188, Beauty Comes at Night (1)
Feng Miao expected that someone from the Changli Palace, and when she followed Huikong out to the first mountain gate, Huikong also diligently helped her tie up the curtain made of bamboo strips. Feng Miao walked over calmly with a smile, and secretly laughed at her in her heart.
Turning around the porch, I thought I would see the little maid of the Changli Palace, but Feng Miao raised his eyes and first saw a robe made of peacock feathers twisted into threads and mixed with gold wire, which was brilliant and incompatible with the dilapidated mountain temple. The son wearing a finch gold brocade robe was standing idly on the side of Xiangding, and only turned around when he heard the sound, it was Feng Dan, the eldest prince of Changli Palace.
Feng Miao was stunned, stepped forward to say hello, and called out "eldest son" in a decent manner.
Feng Dan took out two gold ingots from his arms and put them in Huikong's hand, "Trouble Mrs. Lao, help me copy a few volumes of scriptures, and I will take them back to my mother to read later, so that I can say a few words with my sister." ”
Huikong saw his luxurious clothes and demeanor, and already knew that he must be either rich or noble, and saw that he was generous, and put on the name of Changli Palace, so he hurriedly agreed, and his eyes almost narrowed into slits, and asked a young sister-in-law to bring tea up, and then retreated.
Feng Miao remembered that before leaving the palace, Tuoba Hong had asked Feng Dan to go to Wuzhou Mountain to build a Buddha grotto, and it was reasonable to dig a Buddha statue in the mountains, which could not be completed in three or five years, but he didn't know why he suddenly returned to Pingcheng at this time.
The corners of Feng Dan's mouth always carried a gentle smile. He looked at Feng Miao's complexion carefully, and did not distance himself because of her rumored tuberculosis, "Sister Miao, you still refuse to call me big brother." ”
Feng Miao was haunted by the old things in her heart, and at this time, she remembered that her long-standing brother had been used three times and twice, and she became more and more unhappy, and said in a somewhat blunt tone, "Don't dare to climb the eldest prince, only the daughter of the eldest princess of Boling can call you a big brother." ”
Feng Dan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Your temperament is still the same as when you were a child...... he paused, and his expression suddenly became serious, "However, whether you believe it or not, I didn't use the paper written by my brother to harm you at the beginning." The paper was given by the palace, and my father asked me to show you the handwriting written by my brother, so I brought it. ”
He supported his forehead with his hand, revealing a completely different look from the prodigal appearance in front of people, "Don't blame your father, there are so many people in the Feng family, he can't help it." Sister Ying's matter, I also asked Yuye later, how much do I know. It's not that I'm biased towards Qing'er, it's just ...... I've already lost a sister, how can I bear to punish another one. ”
Even though she hated Feng Qing's ruthlessness in her heart, Feng Miao was still somewhat moved when she heard Feng Dan's words. In the end, he just wants to try his best to protect his sister. Her expression softened slightly, and she still couldn't call out the "big brother", but she no longer stubbornly called him "eldest son", "When will you return to Pingcheng?" ”
"I just arrived yesterday, and I just saw that my father prepared something according to your letter, so I came to run this trip," Feng Dan regained the usual expression of the son's brother, "I made a special trip back this time to hire Princess Le'an, and after the etiquette is done, I will go back to Wuzhou Mountain." He didn't have any special impression of Princess Le'an, but remembered that she always sat at the bottom of the palace banquet, and her delicate makeup covered her facial features.
He put the things he brought from the Changli Palace, all the same in front of Feng Miao, ten-colored twisted yarn threads, twelve sterling silver embroidery needles of different lengths, and Nanmu embroidery frames...... There are many things that cannot be bought in Heijo, and each piece is very fine and precious.
Feng Miao took the things, raised her head and said to Feng Dan, "Thanks to the blessings of the Empress Dowager and the emperor, my body is a little better." After living in the mountain temple for a long time, I also learned a few fresh and unique dishes. Can you wait a while, I'll do it, and you can help me bring it to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to taste? On one side is his aunt who has loved him since he was a child, and on the other side is a playmate who has been a gentleman and friend since childhood, she is not sure who Feng Dan will prefer between the two parties, and she does not dare to tell him the news she heard directly.
Seeing Feng Dan nodding with a smile, she turned around and went to the stove room. It wasn't time to make a fire and cook, and there was no one in the stove. Feng Miao called for honeysuckle, made a few vegetarian dishes with tofu and marinade, and made two more dim sums, put them in the food box and handed them to Feng Dan. She blushed slightly and told Feng Dan, "A few vegetarian dishes, please give them to the Empress Dowager, and two dim sum dishes are for the emperor." ”
Feng Dan still smiled and agreed, and left with the food box in his own hands. Feng Miao leaned against the mountain gate, thinking to herself, I hope the food box can be delivered to Tuoba Hong smoothly, and I hope that the secret inside will not be discovered by the Empress Dowager. As long as Tuoba Hong has never forgotten her, he will definitely be able to discover the message she sends.
Feng Dan returned to Pingcheng from Wuzhou Mountain, and he should have entered the palace on the first day to greet the Empress Dowager, even if he was only away from Beijing for a few days, it had always been like this. But this time, as soon as he returned to Pingcheng, he heard news from the palace, saying that the Empress Dowager was not very well, so he postponed the matter of entering the palace and came to Qingyan Temple first.
The Empress Dowager is really sick, but not a physical illness, but a heart disease. Ever since Tuoba Hong mentioned the old incident of Liu Zhang, the envoy of the Southern Dynasty, in front of Li Chong, she always suspected that someone was talking about her in private behind her back.
The nurse who was present that day was sent to the riot room because she smiled at the queen mother when she teased the crown prince. Later, two or three nursing mothers were changed one after another, and they always said a word carelessly, which made the Queen Mother angry. In the end, Aunt Cui simply called for two deaf and dumb nurses, and the matter was over.
There was also a little eunuch, just because he said when watering the flowers, "The flowers sent from the south are the incense raised in Biping City", he was suspected by the Empress Dowager that he was chewing the root of his tongue insinuatingly, and ordered someone to beat him with forty rods, and took his life.
Aunt Cui couldn't bear it, but she couldn't persuade the queen mother, so she could only tell the palace maids and internal supervisors in private not to talk much when she was on errands. The palace became more and more lifeless, and the palace maids who entered the hall to serve tea did not even dare to come out, so they put down the tea cup and left in a hurry.
In the empty hall, only the voice of the crown prince came out from time to time. But this childish voice also upset the empress dowager, a child who is more than two years old, can't say a complete word, the crown prince's qualifications are mediocre, and he is too much worse than the emperor back then.
came and went, and several troubles came together, and the Queen Mother had some liver and kidney yin deficiency, insomnia and night sweats. I often wake up several times at night, and I feel poor during the day. At this time, Aunt Cui heard that the eldest prince of the Feng family had returned to Pingcheng, so she hurriedly arranged for him to enter the palace to greet the empress dowager. The Empress Dowager has always loved this nephew the most, and maybe when she sees him, she will be in a better mood.
When Feng Dan returned from Qingyan Temple, he happened to meet the carriage from the palace waiting at the gate of the Changli Palace. He went back to the house to change his clothes, and then took the food box prepared by Feng Miao and entered the palace together.
After a few months, the Empress Dowager's face was a lot haggard, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes became more and more obvious. When Feng Dan stepped forward and kowtowed to say goodbye, his voice was a little choked. When the Empress Dowager saw him, she was genuinely delighted, and asked him to come closer and take a closer look, and after a long time she said, "The complexion is tanned, but this is good, and it is more heroic than before." ”
I heard that he came back to hire Princess Le'an, and the Queen Mother was even more happy. She has said it several times in the past, but Feng Dan always refuses to marry a wife seriously. She didn't know that this was the result of Tuoba Hong's persuasion, but she thought that this nephew was finally willing to change sex.
Feng Dan turned around and took a small box carved from purple jade, and handed it to the Empress Dowager, "My nephew remembers that my aunt has always slept poorly, so she deliberately paid attention to looking for spices that could sleep peacefully. Coincidentally, near Wuzhou Mountain, I found this kind of balm, called Beauty Night, so I brought this box back and honored my aunt. ”
He opened the box, and it contained not the usual incense blocks, but turquoise balm. The Empress Dowager took a closer sniff, nodded and praised, "The fragrance is pure and elegant, and it is indeed a good spice, but I don't know what ingredients are used." ”
Feng Dan picked a little bit with his little finger and put it into the incense ding, "Legend has it that the Xue family, the favorite concubine of Emperor Wei Wen during the Three Kingdoms, is good at needlework and embroidery, and can embroider the whole beauty picture in the deep drapery without lamps and candles." The name of the beauty at night is taken from this allusion. He took the tinder, lit the balm, and accompanied the Queen Mother to taste the incense.
Smoke wafted out of the thin holes in the lid of the incense ding, and the fragrance soon filled the entire inner sanctum. The Empress Dowager originally had some doubts, and did not dare to use this kind of spice that she had never seen at will, but it could be seen that Feng Dan also followed her to taste the incense in the palace, and thought that this spice was found by him personally, so she put her mind at ease.
A piece of balm the size of a lotus seed quickly burned out. The fresh and elegant aroma is indeed refreshing. The Empress Dowager asked Aunt Cui to put the balm on a small shelf next to the bed and keep it for daily use. Feng Dan stared at Aunt Cui's movements, and saw that she had put the purple jade locket away, before he continued, "My nephew also went to Qingyan Temple to see Sister Miao, she is in better health, and she made some vegetarian meals with her own hands, and asked her nephew to bring it over." ”
When I lifted the lid, the dishes in the food box were already a little cold, but fortunately, it was summer, and the food was all vegetarian, so it didn't matter. Vegetarian roasted duck made from tofu, vegetarian shark fin, a plate of fresh vegetables made of five grains, and a plate of lotus root with green beans stir-fried in the moonlight of the lotus pond, even the ingredients are full of color and flavor.
The Empress Dowager tasted everything, and suddenly pointed to the bottom layer of the food box and asked, "What's in this?" ”
"Sister Miao has a heart, and I have prepared two kinds of snacks for the emperor," Feng Dan opened the upper layer of the food box, revealing a plate of steamed buns and a basket of steamed cakes on the lower layer, "Sister Miao said, this bun is called Qibao vegetarian bun, and it is stuffed with seven kinds of ingredients, representing the seven treasures recorded in the Buddhist scriptures, eggplant on behalf of purple gold, bean sprouts on behalf of silver, shiitake mushrooms on behalf of glass, lettuce jelly on behalf of crystal, tofu on behalf of Chequ, red beans on behalf of coral, and radish on behalf of amber. This steamed cake is made with marinade and noodles, and it tastes very good. ”
The Empress Dowager glanced at the two dim sums, the steamed cake was just a thin small sheet, and it couldn't hide anything, but the Qibao vegetarian buns were all tightly pinched. She stretched out her silver chopsticks and poked them directly at one of the seven treasure vegetarian buns, "This snack sounds fresh, and the mourning family also wants to taste it." ”
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