After the early dynasty, in the east hall of the Taiji Palace, four people gathered together to discuss state affairs on weekdays, but now there are only three people left, and there is a layer of melancholy shrouded in nothingness.

A round of deliberation fell, Gong E presented, among the colorful pastries, a snow-white and crystal chrysanthemum cake, which provoked Li Junye and Yan Zijin couldn't help but look at it with a new look in their eyes, and their index fingers moved.

"It melts in the mouth, soft and sweet, and it is really the best in chrysanthemum cake." Yan Zijin tasted it for the first time, and was immediately captured, squinted his eyes, and sighed happily.

"This cake is sweet but not greasy, and it is fragrant, good, good."

Li Junye is not as enthusiastic about desserts as Yan Zijin, and when he saw the crystal clear chrysanthemum cake today, he was rarely aroused, and he went down to his stomach two or three pieces in a row, and praised rarely.

When Li Junye unconsciously grabbed the last piece of chrysanthemum cake.

Yan Zijin immediately flew to the table vigilantly, held the disk tightly in his arms, and said urgently: "Jun Ye, you don't like sweets on weekdays, but today you grabbed it with me for the first time."

"I don't know, but when it tastes like seclusion, the point of eating ......"

Li Junye couldn't help but withdraw his claws when he saw Yan Zijin, a foodie, like a child, and let him laugh.

Yan Zi reluctantly grabbed the last piece of chrysanthemum pastry, closed his eyes, and swallowed it little by little in obsession.

After Yan Zijin finished eating the chrysanthemum cake, he felt tasteless when he tasted other pastries.

Yan Zijin threw the osmanthus cake that he had only bitten into on the plate, and asked the emperor with starry eyes: "Is there still a chrysanthemum cake?"

Xiao Jingyu took a sip of the clear-eyed chrysanthemum tea, shook his head and said: "Among these pastries today, only this plate of chrysanthemum cake is not made by the imperial dining room, but by the little palace maid Qinghe, a subordinate of Meigong Meimeiren, and I don't know if there is more."

"I said that the level of today's cooks, how can it far surpass the previous imperial chefs, it turns out that there are other people." Yan Zijin looked through the empty plate of chrysanthemum cakes and seemed to see a large number of delicacies beckoning to him.

"Hey, you're just hungry yourself, why are you pulling me there?" Li Junye saw that Yan Zijin had just left the Taiji Palace, so he pulled him to the back of the bed, puzzled.

"I don't have a sister, I am a concubine in the palace, of course, I can only see the little cook in your name."

It turned out that Yan Zijin ate the chrysanthemum cake and was worried about the other delicacies of the cook, but the harem is not a place where anyone can go, and there must be an imperial decree to see the palace relatives at home.

"I really can't help you!" Li Junye couldn't help but laugh.

When the two walked into the Mei Palace, they saw that outside the house, there was a wooden ladder under the big pear blossom tree, a palace maid pressed the ladder, and a young palace maid was lifting her skirt and climbing the ladder up the tree.

"Hey, do you know where Qinghe from the Mei Palace is?" Yan Zijin suddenly asked.

"Ahh

"Girl, be careful!" Li Junye saw that the palace maid had lost her footing and fell down the ladder, so he hurriedly ran up and stretched out his hands to catch the woman.

The light green palace veil, like a colorful cloud in the air, slowly falls, the black black hair is teasing, and the white face with a shocking color.

"Sir—" The woman retreated in surprise as she landed in a pair of sturdy and safe arms, and muttered in a daze as dazzling as frost in front of her.

"Small...... ...... happy?" Li Junye only felt that the girl in his arms was as light as a swallow, and he heard a familiar name in his ears, and when he heard the words, he looked at the woman and said in surprise.

On that plain white face, shallow eyebrows like smoke, bright eyes like streams, Qiong's nose like gall, lips like delicate flowers, she is not the appearance of a little girl in her memory, but a beautiful girl who has just grown up next door.

Li Junye suddenly felt that his heart was knocked open by a gentle wind, and he looked straight at it, smiling like a flower.

"Hey, Jun Ye, what have you been doing with other girls? Is it interesting to her? Yan Zijin saw his friend holding a girl abnormally and didn't let go, and said with a wicked laugh.

Li Junye hurriedly put the flowers on the ground and put them on the ground steadily, his face recovered quietly, and he was always carefree and carefree.

"Sir, how did you come here?" Hua Xihuan hurriedly cut her hair, grabbed a lock of long hair, and asked shyly and timidly.

"Xiao Ah Huan, how did you enter the palace?" Li Junye looked at Hua Xihuan in palace clothes and asked puzzledly.

"I'm ...... I want to enter the palace to find Mr. ......" Hua Xihuan was like a little girl who had made a mistake, lowered her head, and said softly.

"Alas, your personality is not suitable for staying in the palace, Tanxian is more suitable for you, I will let the emperor let you out of the palace another day." Li Junye touched the little apprentice's head lovingly and said.

Hua Xihuan hurriedly avoided his touch again, and quickly shook her head and refused: "Sir, I don't leave the palace, I can't leave without me."

"Li'er? But Mei Meiren. Li Junye frowned slightly.

"Exactly, I am like a sister to her, and I can't leave her alone in the palace." Hua Xihuan mentioned that Mo was separated, and the spring in her eyes was a little less, and she replied seriously.

"You are already the age to be married, and you are willful to spend your years in this palace, have you ever thought about Aunt Hua."

Li Junye saw that his kind-hearted little apprentice, for the sake of favor, did not hesitate to accompany his good sister in his good years, and he couldn't help but have a trace of anger in his tone, and criticized harshly.

"Sir, I don't want to go out of the palace to marry...... A person who doesn't like it......" Hua Xihuan glanced at Li Junye, who was angry, and said sadly in a low voice.

"Alas, forget it, this is my belongings, if you want to leave the palace, come to me with this jade order." Li Junye took off the jade pendant on his waist and hung it on Hua Xihuan's belt in person and said.

"Sir......" Hua Xihuan's slender fingers touched the jade order with excellent color, and exclaimed movingly.

Li Junye touched her head, and a doting smile spread out at the corner of her mouth.

"Jun Ye, where did you come from, little apprentice?" Yan Zijin stepped forward with interest and asked.

"This is the daughter of a cook I hired when I was living in seclusion in Tan County, and I taught her to read and write when I had nothing to do, and I was her husband."

Li Junye answered his questions and said that of course he would not reveal that he was holding a recipe to teach Hua Xihuan to read and write, so that she could satisfy her appetite.

Li Junye remembered in his mind that the carefree time in Tanxian County, and his solemn face couldn't help but relax.

"This is so funny, Xiao Ah Huan, I am Yan Zijin and your husband's friend." Yan Zijin saw the girl in front of her, her bright eyes and bright teeth were very cute, and she couldn't help but want to reach out and touch her head.

Hua Xihuan hurriedly stepped back defensively, pointed to Yan Zijin's face with red lips and white teeth, raised her eyebrows, and said angrily: "I know you, three years ago, it was you who wore official clothes and lured Mr. into the palace."

"Hey, you know me, that's easy, do you know where Qinghe is?" Yan Zijin saw that she knew herself, and asked happily.

"What are you looking for Qinghe?" Hua Xihuan looked at him defensively and asked.

"I ...... I asked her to teach her how to make chrysanthemum cakes, and I wanted to ask the cook at home to learn how to make them. Of course, Yan Zijin couldn't say it directly, he was looking for Qinghe to eat, and he made an excuse in a high-sounding manner.

"I'm Qinghe." Hua Xihuan saw that he had no malicious intent, so she replied to speak.

"Ah, great, it turns out that you are Qinghe, will you make other things?" Yan Zijin saw that the cook lady was in front of him, and his saliva immediately flowed, and he asked excitedly.

"By the way, you can drink the chrysanthemum wine I brewed, sir, you can wait a while."

Hua Xihuan saw the jade gourd on Li Junye's waist, remembered that he loved fine wine, happily trotted into the house, took a small iron and pried it out in a blink of an eye, and dug the soil under the pear blossom tree in a hurry.

Where would Li Junye let his female apprentice be tired, took the shovel and asked the location of the Ming Zang wine, and after a few pries, the wine jar was exposed.

Hua Xi happily took out the wine jar, took out a handkerchief from her arms, wiped the bottle, and finally uncovered the lid, and a pungent chrysanthemum aroma greeted her.

Li Junye couldn't wait to step forward and take the chrysanthemum brew, sniffed deeply, and sighed: "It seems that Aunt Hua's winemaking skills have also been learned by you, hahaha......"

After he finished speaking, he put his mouth directly to the mouth of the bottle, took a sip, and poured the wine on his clothes, and he did not hesitate to scruple about it.

Yan Zijin saw that he was going to drink all the chrysanthemum brew, so he hurriedly stepped forward to grab it, Li Junye avoided it, let him pounce in the air, protected the chrysanthemum brew in his arms, and said with a smile: "This is Xiao Ah Huan brew for me to drink, you don't have a share."

"You...... You abandoned me as a friend for a jar of wine. ”

Yan Zijin stepped forward angrily and continued to rob, Li Junye's body was like a light bird, and Yan Zijin pounced in the air again and again, Hua Xihuan covered her mouth and laughed beside her.

Mo Xiangli was taking a nap in the house at noon, and when he heard the laughter outside, there seemed to be a man's voice, and he woke up and couldn't help but find the door.

"Mei Meiren, good afternoon." Li Junye saw a beautiful woman in white coming out of the room, stopped playing with Yan Zijin, and the two said hello in unison.

"Prime Minister Li, Prime Minister Yan, good afternoon." Mo Xiang made a salute in a manner, as if she was a noble daughter who had been carefully educated since childhood.

"Li'er, Li'er, you see that Mr. came to me, and he just saved me." Hua Xihuan ran forward, grabbed her hand, and shared happily.

Mo Xiangli swept his eyes towards Li Junye when he heard this, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes, and said reservedly: "Today, Prime Minister Li Cheng doesn't know why in the palace place, Ah Huan and I met for the first time in the palace in three years, which is really unusual."

As soon as Hua Xihuan heard her words, the happiness in her eyes dropped a lot, and she thought: How could Mr. come to her? I couldn't help but put away my smile with inferiority.

This woman is not a good person, there is a sharp needle hidden in her words, I am afraid that she is scheming, and I am afraid that it is not a good place to follow her.

Li Junye saw the inferiority complex on Hua Xihuan's face, and her heart ached, she was innocent and romantic by nature, who taught her to be humble and lowly.

Li Junye restrained the color on his face, and replied generously: "Junye has come to see my imperial sister Mrs. Li this time, and by the way, I came to ask Miss Huan for her cooking skills."

Mo Xiangli stared at the jar of chrysanthemum brew he was holding in his hand, his red lips smiled slightly, and he couldn't help but be jealous.

I was buried in the soil with Ah Huan last year, and she, the master, hasn't taken the first sip yet.

Little Ah Huan girl, she screamed affectionately, and she didn't necessarily come to find Ah Huan once in the past three years, but the wine was drunk so quickly.

"Presumably, Prime Minister Li Cheng has been here for a long time, don't look at this chrysanthemum brew, the taste is refreshing and delicious, and the purity is not small, so as not to delay the Prime Minister to do big things."

Mo Xiangli's sentences seem to be caring, but in fact, they are heart-wrenching, and they have the implication of driving people.

"Hey, little Ah Huan girl has superb cooking skills, how can she ask for advice in just a few words, Mei Meiren feels sorry for us to stay here for a long time, and eat all the good things in the Mei Palace."

Yan Zijin next to him has a strong foodie heart, how can he be driven away by Mo Xiangli with a few words, he is still counting on coming to Hua Xihuan every day to find something to eat, so he hurriedly said.

"Hehe, Prime Minister Yan and Prime Minister Li Cheng like the cabinet art in my palace, naturally they are not very honored, and Li'er will not feel sorry for the small things, but this is the place of the harem, I am afraid it is inconvenient for us to live with the adults for a long time."

Yan Zijin looked at the woman who was smiling and feasting opposite, and couldn't help but have a little more meaning in her eyes.

This woman, although her appearance seems to be like a weak snowflake, fleeting, and unlovable, her logic is well-organized, she can accurately choke her weaknesses, and she is not an ordinary woman.

Compared with the innocent and romantic Hua Xihuan, the personality can no longer be likable.

"In broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, besides, we have never stepped on the Mei Palace, there are many people here, presumably everyone is a reasonable person, and will not speculate at will and make random words.

Niangniang came out for less than half a cup of tea, and there was no need to be afraid. ”

Yan Zijin followed her words, resisted the dark sword in the words and said, pulling out the weakness in her words and saying.

"Hehe, that's what I'm worried about." Mo Xiangli smiled dryly with an ugly face.

"Tomorrow, we will come to Miss Xiao Ah Huan to ask for cooking skills here, and hope that Niangniang will satisfy our studious humility."

Yan Zijin said it very bluntly, meaning that I still have to come tomorrow, do you dare to stop us?

"Naturally......" Mo Xiang said inconsistently, and looked at it secretly happily, with a great intention of hating iron and not steel.