Huai En hadn't been to Qingqiu Palace for a long time, and since Concubine Ling's incident, she had been keenly aware of Yuehua's wariness of her.

At the beginning, she would go in and out of Qingqiu Palace, talk to Yuehua, and tease the two children. But later, Yuehua would always quietly let Tan Ruo and Yushu take the two children elsewhere, and the two of them did not talk as freely as before.

This is an extremely subtle feeling, and it may seem to outsiders that Yuehua is still hospitable to her, but she can sense it herself.

In the past, when the two were together, even if no one spoke, they kept silent all the time, and they would not have the slightest embarrassment. And now, even if she is smiling, she can feel the perfunctory and far-fetched in it.

Sometimes, when the two of them laugh and laugh, they may have nothing to say, and the conversation stops abruptly, and they can't find a common topic, and the atmosphere suddenly freezes.

Therefore, it is becoming less and less for Huaien to go to Qingqiu Palace, and it seems that it has been a month.

It's just that when I met the Queen Mother, I still smiled and said hello, shh

Today, Yuehua suddenly called someone to invite her, saying that there was a new chef in the dining room of Qingqiu Palace, and invited her to come over to taste the craft.

She didn't think much about it, and when she came, she also brought two brocades to the little princess and the little prince, which was also her own heart.

As soon as she stepped into the Qingqiu Palace, Huai En was attracted by a sweet and glutinous aroma, she lifted her nose, and immediately understood that it was the aroma of dates mixed with red beans in the retort cake, and she wanted to take a deep breath, but the fragrance that lingered on the tip of her nose changed again, turning into the spicy smell of oily noodles that washed her nose.

These two aromas made the saliva in her mouth immediately rich, squeaking outward, she couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, more and more she thought of the bowl of hot oil boiling, the bowl full of red slivers, green toon, crystal bean sprouts, red spicy seeds, and then poured two circles of fragrant vinegar, there was no time to spin on the tip of the tongue, taste the fresh and sour taste, so she devoured her throat, only a circle of hot oil left on the side of her lips, making her lips jump happily.

Yuehua greeted her with a smile, and also raised her nose and sniffed: "It's so fragrant!" ”

Wynne blinked, "What's this good food for?" As soon as I stepped into the yard, this saliva came out. ”

"I glanced at the list coldly, all of them were the chef's specialty, and we tasted it for a while, and sent someone to introduce it."

Huai En sent the girl behind him to hand over the brocade to the people of Qingqiu Palace: "Then you will have a good day today." What about the emperor? ”

Yuehua said to Nunu in the Qianqing Palace: "I'm still discussing with King Chen." ”

When the two entered the hall, a wave of heat rushed towards them, and the cold air swept away all over their bodies.

"Why is it so hot in the house today?" Wynne took off his cloak, handed it to the girl, and asked casually, "One out and one in, can the two children stand it?" ”

Yuehua let her sit down at the table: "The two of them are all playing wild, where can they stay in the house, and they will run to her imperial grandmother as soon as they open their eyes." I remember that you were afraid of the cold, so I asked them to buy more charcoal pots. ”

Tan Ruo stepped forward and poured hot tea for Huai En, and Yuehua ordered all the prepared wine and food to be served.

The inner dining room had already been prepared, just waiting for Yuehua's order, the fish rushed in, and the same dishes were put on the table.

Wynne didn't speak, looking at the various dishes on the table for a while, his face was cloudy.

Yuehua took the chopsticks handed over by Yushu, and first pinched a little stick chicken for Huaien: "Try it, is the taste authentic?" ”

Wynne's face began to become unsightly, he lowered his head and bit a little, and nodded: "It's delicious." ”

Then he sandwiched a little red oil stuffed skin: "What about this?" ”

Wynne only let out an absent-minded "um".

"If it's too spicy, it seems that there are also Huangyang peach blossom rice and retort cake, and the imperial chef said that you like to eat red bean retort cake since you were a child."

The sweat on Wynne's forehead was already trickling down.

Tan Ruo brought up the scalded wine, sifted the cups in front of Yuehua and Huaien, and stood respectfully beside Yuehua, not leaving an inch.

Wynn smiled forcefully: "Niangniang, you know that Wynn can't drink." ”

Yuehua smiled: "Don't worry, it's just rice wine, it's not much more powerful than the famous mash wine in Wangyang, you can eat it with confidence." ”

Wynne looked a little cramped and uneasy: "I remember that Niangniang doesn't like to eat wine very much, why did she even burn wine today?" ”

"In such a cold weather, how can you warm up without eating a few glasses of wine?" Yuehua raised the wine glass in his hand: "This is a rice wine, drink it to be appetizing." ”

Wynn smiled far-fetched, and picked up the wine glass in his hand: "Then Wynn will give up his life to accompany the gentleman." ”

After taking a sip gently, he frowned slightly: "Why does it seem to have a medicinal smell?" ”

Tan Ruo on the side continued: "It is to add a little safflower, angelica, etc., which can dispel the wind and dispel the cold." ”

Yuehua drank all the wine in the cup, meaningful: "Your mouth is a brute, I have drunk so much, and I haven't even tasted it." ”

Seeing that Yuehua's wine was dry, Huaien was embarrassed to shirk it again and again, and reluctantly drank the wine in the cup, keeping his mouth shut and not explaining.

Tan Ruo continued to sift the wine full.

Yuehua sighed: "It seems that we have never drunk wine so seriously, even if there is no palace banquet, you always shirk it, and rarely join in the fun." ”

Wynne nodded: "I don't know how to drink, and it's a waste of fun to go." ”

Yuehua raised the wine glass in her hand again and motioned to Huai En to toast: "I always didn't understand why men like to be greedy for cups. Now I feel that this wine is really a good thing, and only after drinking wine can I open my heart and say something from the bottom of my heart. Otherwise, I don't have the courage to ask. ”

Wynne smiled bitterly and raised his wrist, as usual.

"Even if he doesn't drink, Wynne knows everything."

"Really?" Yuehua raised her eyebrows indifferently, noncommittal, and sandwiched a little braised mutton for Huaien: "People in Huangyang prefer to eat mutton steamed buns, but it's a pity that this master said that it needs old soup, and it is authentic to make it." ”

Huaien nodded: "It's not only the mutton steamed bun, but also the beef soup ramen that Niangniang likes to eat on weekdays, which is also the most authentic made in Wangyang." ”

"You have been away from your homeland for so many years, and you must miss these special snacks of your homeland very much."

Wynne nodded: "I can't remember it clearly for a long time, and I almost forgot the taste of my hometown." ”

"This cook is a serious Huangyang person, and the Ding family recommended it to us. He said that he and you are old friends, do you want to meet? ”

"Things are people, and I don't know what else to say when I see them, which only adds to my sadness." Wynne shook his head: "The water and soil are different, and the food made tastes different after all." What's more, although he is attentive, he is inevitably too refined, and he is not as bold and eclectic as he originally made in my house. ”

Yuehua sighed deeply: "Over the years, you have changed your name and surname, and you have really wronged you." ”

Wynne took the initiative to drink all the wine in front of him this time: "It's hard for you to remember every word I said to you, and guess my identity based on these." ”

"You have always been submissive in the palace, and even in front of me, you have never had a disagreeing opinion. Only that time, when you mentioned the Ding family case, your reaction was too intense. That was the first time you couldn't control your emotions in front of me, and your eyes turned red. ”

Wynne slightly hooked the corners of his lips: "The hatred of the extermination of the clan is not shared." It has been buried in my heart for so many years, and it has been growing like crazy, and I can't suppress it at all. When I learned that the emperor had redressed the grievances of my Ding family, the past was vivid, like a knife sharpening a cone and stabbing at me, forcing me to take revenge and never die. ”

"I remember telling you that the witch Gu case back then had nothing to do with the emperor, it was all the evil results of the Chang family's party fighting against differences, and the emperor has always felt guilty and wanted to make up for it. You have caused so many murders in the palace and harmed so many innocent people, how can you bear it? ”

Wynne's eyes turned red almost instantly, and she tried to hold back her tears, not letting tears come out of her eyes: "That's because you haven't tasted the tragic situation of your relatives falling down one by one in front of you, and the blood is flowing like a river." Don't you know how hard it is for a girl to be alone in the bitter cold of the northwest, struggling to survive?

Although it is true that you have suffered from accidents since childhood, like me, you are lucky, you have a shelter from the wind and rain, you can have fine clothes and food, and you have maids and servants to serve you.

But I suddenly fell from the clouds, and I fell straight into the mud! The family is ruined, the people are displaced, and they endure inhuman torture, and the day is precarious. The bitter hatred that accumulated bit by bit with the ordeal gradually swelled and filled all my limbs, and when I saw him for the first time, I hated to die with him at once. ”

Wynne, who was distorted by hatred like a flower, was unfamiliar, and his eyes, which were so clear that there was no trace of impurities, were dyed the color of blood, like a lake under the bloody sun, half a river and half a river blood red.

"You entered the palace simply to avenge your family, didn't you?"

Yuehua tried her best to speak in an extremely calm tone, not too sharp, and directly stabbed Huaien's irritable heart.

Wynne nodded categorically: "Otherwise for what?" Take the initiative to enter the palace and grovel to your enemy, and serve him tactfully at night? It's ridiculous, I regard this Chang'an court as an enemy, I can't kill him, I am biased, and the Queen Mother also gave me the name of 'Huai'en', which is simply ironic. ”

Yuehua remembered that when she first entered the palace, Huai En insisted on calling herself "Lan Ting" in front of her, and disdained the Queen Mother's gifts.

Ting, the first one on the right is "Ding", she is keeping the only thought left to her by her family in her own way.

The Ding family in Huangyang is Lan Huaien's root, the only surviving daughter of the Ding family.