Su Jinling leaned alone on the carved brocade window and looked at the fireworks in the night sky that compared the bright moon to the loss of color, and she had lost her mind for a long time.

The shoulder was gently patted, but it was a pity.

Xiqing said softly: "Concubine Yu called you." ”

She retracted her mind and walked to Concubine Yu's side.

Concubine Yu took her little hand lovingly: "Homesick?" ”

She was homesick, she was thinking......

His mind wandered again, and he only heard Concubine Yu sigh: "I want you to accompany me, but I make you uncomfortable and live up to this good day......"

She hurriedly said: "Niangniang is too worried, the slave is just a ...... A little homesick......

She was embarrassed to tell this lie, and hurriedly lowered her eyes, but she was really worried about Mo Yuan'er in her heart. I remember that during the Lantern Festival last year, the mother and daughter admired the moon together, ate a bowl of Lantern Festival together, and enjoyed simple happiness. At that time, her heart was as empty and quiet as the Qingxiao Garden at night, without so much complexity, not so many thoughts, no joy, no worries, no worries, no ...... He......

I don't know what he's doing, will there be a "suddenly look back, but that person is in the dim light" in the light and shadow of such a fire tree and silver flowers?

A bowl of hot Lantern Festival suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Sister, try it, how does this rice ball taste?" Xiqing said with a smile.

The carved flowers, birds, beasts, flowers, grass patterns, lotus petals, celadon bowls hold the snow-white round rice balls, and the hot air floats with a strong fragrance, which is extremely attractive.

I scooped a rice ball with a porcelain spoon, gently blew away the hot air on the surface, and carefully put it in my mouth......

Smooth, soft, fragrant and mellow.

"Is it delicious?" Xiqing's eyes were bright.

Su Jinling nodded.

"Then eat more." Xiqing was very happy: "You must know that this rice ball is made by the mother herself." When the mother heard that her sister was coming today, she specially cooked. You know, we haven't tasted the dumplings made by Niangniang for so many years. Hey, don't be there to watch the excitement, come and try Niangniang's craftsmanship, and I'll let Jinling eat it all up in a while......"

Concubine Yu glared at her with disgust: "You know nonsense, when did this palace not make rice balls?" What year didn't you have your share? ”

"Alas, in previous years, we were stained with the light of King Qingning, but this year we are going to touch the light of Jinling's sister......"

"Poor mouth again!"

Concubine Yu was about to fight, but Xiqing had already jumped to the side and made a grimace.

"This ghost girl, it's the palace that spoils you on weekdays!" Concubine Yu scolded with a smile, and then added a bowl to Jinling: "I haven't entered the palace yet, my family is very poor, and I can't afford to buy yam and pearl yuan in the powder shop every Lantern Festival. Later, he secretly went to the back kitchen of the house and learned the craft through the window. Although I learned the craft well, how could anyone have such a precious ingredient, and the result was just barely edible. When I entered the palace, I found some ingredients for my father-in-law in the imperial dining room, and I made it once in my memory, and it was extremely delicious. Alas, when I was sixteen years old, it was the first time I had eaten such delicious rice balls. ”

The corners of Concubine Yu's eyes sparkled: "Use gouache and make dumplings, so that the skin will be smooth and abnormal." The practice of this gouache can be exquisite, soak the glutinous rice in water for a day and night, grind it into powder with water, use it to hold it, add ash under the cloth, to remove its slag, take the fine powder and dry it before it can be used. As for the filling, you can put whatever you want, and I still remember the first time I made it after entering the palace, it was pine nut and walnut filling. Alas, after all these years, I will make rice balls every Lantern Festival, and I feel that this skill is becoming more and more exquisite, and the ingredients are becoming more and more refined, why is the taste less and less delicious than the first time? ”

Concubine Yu frowned and was annoyed, she was as cute as a child.

Su Jinling smiled: "The slave maid heard a story......

"Storytelling, that's great!" Xiqing immediately jumped over.

"Once upon a time there was a general who had lost a battle, and he was hunted down everywhere and had not eaten for days. At the end of his rope, it was a few beggars who rescued him. In a ruined temple, beggars lit a fire and cooked something in a clay pot. The general was in a coma, when he suddenly smelled a particularly good smell, which caused his stomach to rumble, and he suddenly woke up and asked them what they were cooking. The beggar said that it was 'pearl jade white jade soup'. The general drank all the soup in the crockpot, and he felt that he had never eaten such delicious food in his life. Later, he turned defeat into victory, and he was a high-ranking official and rewarded unlimitedly. He lived in a beautiful mansion and ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, but he always felt that it was not as good as the bowl of soup in the ruined temple, even if he ordered the best cook to do it as described, it would not taste good. He thought about it so earnestly that after a long time, he became ill. Later, he personally went to find the beggars and ordered them to make soup as it was, but in fact it was just a mass of moldy noodles dotted with a few vegetable leaves. The general took only one sip and spit it out, believing that the beggar had deceived him. The beggar kowtowed and begged for mercy, and said, General, this is really the bowl of pearl jade and white jade soup back then, but the general is no longer the down-and-out brother of the year......

Xiqing was a little puzzled, and kept asking Su Jinling what this story meant.

"In fact, it's not the taste of the food that has changed, it's the people, it's the heart, it's the situation of these years......" Concubine Yu sighed.

Xiqing pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized, but said with a smile: "But why do I think the rice balls made by Niangniang are getting better and better?" Niangniang also made several flavors this year, my sister came to try it, which one do you like the most?

Su Jinling didn't expect a story to cause Concubine Yu to be full of emotion, she lost her mind, she knew that she was wrong, and she didn't know how to comfort her, so she hurriedly took a bowl and shouted, "I must eat it all" to divert Concubine Yu's thoughts.

The pork is fragrant, the shredded fish is soft and smooth, the bean paste is sweet, and the pine nuts are mellow......

Su Jinling tasted them one by one, and was about to answer, but when she raised her eyes, she saw Concubine Yu and Xiqing looking at her, and her expression seemed to be a little nervous.

"Which one is delicious?"

Su Jinling looked at the dozen or so bowls in front of her in embarrassment, and picked up one of them: "Is there anything else about this?" ”

Xiqing immediately laughed: "It's really the same taste as the prince......

As he spoke, he unceremoniously stretched out his hand in front of Concubine Yu.

Concubine Yu shook her head helplessly, took out a small gold coin from her sleeve and put it in her palm.

Xiqing was so happy that she almost jumped up, turned around and shouted: "Niangniang admits to losing the bet!" Sisters, you must fight all night today......"

"This girl is becoming more and more lawless!" Concubine Yu was angry and laughing, but she glanced at Su Jinling meaningfully.

"Jinling, if you like to eat it, you can eat it all, and you won't leave it for the prince at all! Just because the prince likes it, in previous years, the mother only made black sesame seeds. This year, with you with his mother, he will rest assured that he will go out to play, and he doesn't know when he will come back......"

At this time, there was a commotion outside the palace gate, and it seemed that a little palace maid excitedly shouted: "The prince is here......

For a while, the people who were originally surrounding the rice balls hula piled up at the door, and every voice was asking: "Where is the prince?" Where is the prince? ”

But I saw a eunuch walking in with a huge tray in his hand.

"Fulu Suxi see Concubine Yu's ......"

The little eunuch was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a round head and a round head, and a face full of cleverness.

Su Jinling was pondering what kind of holiday greeting this was, why did it sound so awkward, but was turned by Xiqing with her elbow: "This name is absolutely amazing, right?" The prince took it. ”

It turned out that Fulu Suxi was the name of the little eunuch, because one year King Qingning asked his subordinates what New Year's gifts they wanted, he casually said "Fulu Suxi is indispensable", and then King Qingning rewarded him with these four words as a name, which is indeed "indispensable". And this little eunuch is particularly able to adapt to the situation, and directly knelt on the ground and asked to serve King Qingning closely.

"If Fu Lu Suxi is by the prince's side, won't the prince always have Fu Lu Suxi with him?"

In this way, he became the personal eunuch of King Qingning.

This Fu Lu Suxi is also really clever and highly trusted, but whenever Yuwen Xuanyi can't leave if he has something to do, he is sent to Qiuqian Palace to ask for peace.

"The prince just watched the lights in the bazaar, and saw this Yumei by chance, so he bought a few small ones to send over, although they are inconspicuous gadgets, they are all fun for the occasion, and they are plugged into the mother's mother and the sisters in the palace......"

The crowd immediately surrounded her, so angry that she screamed, but no one listened to her.

Also, this is something sent by the king of Qingning, who is loved by everyone in the world, isn't it all going to be robbed for lovesickness?

In the chaos, Fu Lu Shouxi's eyes rolled wildly, and he suddenly stared at Su Jinling, and came over with a smile: "This sister looks a little ......."

Xiqing immediately glanced at him: "Go, go, you slave with your elbow turned out!" ”

Fu Lu Shouxi immediately aggrieved: "I have always remembered my sister's ......"

As he spoke, the group of palace maids were making trouble, and took out a white silk plum blossom from their sleeves.

Xiqing glanced at Su Jinling embarrassedly, snatched Yumei, and pulled Su Jinling towards the crowd.

Concubine Yu was almost drowned in the excitement of the crowd, she was kind and gentle on weekdays, and now King Qingning had successfully touched the hearts of the girls, and this situation was not within her control at all. Just a few jade plums make the palace chaotic like this, and there may be some kind of traffic jam on the street.

Yumei has been snatched up, and the palace ladies are comparing with each other whose flowers are better-looking.

"Come," Concubine Yu smiled and put a jade plum on Su Jinling's bun, and asked her to turn around and take a look, nodded and smiled: "You still look good in it......"

Su Jinling saw that Concubine Yu gave her the one she owned, and she was about to take it off, but she was stopped, grabbed her hand and stood up, pretending to say loudly: "Let them go crazy, let's go out and get rid of all kinds of diseases!" ”

The palace maids hurriedly stopped arguing immediately, each dressed in thick clothes, and laughed and hugged the two out of the house.

Fu Lu Shouxi came over and whispered a few words in Concubine Yu's ear.

The corners of Concubine Yu's lips curved slightly, as if she had already understood.

Walking out of the door, the cold wind and the clear snow on the branches came to the face, which made people feel refreshed, but Concubine Yu immediately coughed.