Chapter 209: Birthday Gift (Part II)
"I'm sorry about it. But you must not have the desire to marry me. Lin Yan hurriedly clarified that he had a sweetheart, and his sweetheart was still waiting for him to go back and get married at home.
Xue Hainiang was thinking of teasing him, "Oh-you don't look down on me?" Although I am only a female official serving the emperor in the palace, I am still the eldest daughter of the Xue Mansion after leaving the palace at the end of the period, and my family background is not inferior to yours. β
Lin Yan shook his head like a rattle, "I don't mean to look down on you, it's really ......"
Seeing that he was becoming more and more difficult to speak, the demonic elements in Xue Hainiang's heart became more and more impatient.
She rarely has the interest of teasing people, but for some reason, when facing Lin Yan, she always can't help teasing him.
"Say it. Xue Hainiang tilted her head slightly, and saw that she was on the side of Zhang Yang.
"It's a long ...... to talk about."
Xue Hainiang said again: "It's okay, the night is long." β
Lin Yan swallowed his saliva, so he had to continue, "Before entering the southern country, I met a woman in the northern country since childhood, and before leaving, I promised her that if I returned to my home country one day, I would come to the door to ask for marriage. β
Xue Hainiang said with a smile: "This is a good thing, now that you have returned to the northern country with His Royal Highness, you can fulfill your past promise." β
Seeing that Lin Yan still looked anxious, Xue Hainiang chuckled, and no longer had the intention of teasing him, "You came late at night, you must have something to discuss with His Highness, and he will go inside." β
Seeing that Lin Yan was still confused.
Xue Hainiang yawned, obviously unintentionally explaining to him again, "I'm tired, if you don't understand why I'm here, go ask Your Highness." After that, he collapsed with the futon on, and when he saw that Lin Yan was still looking over, he glared back fiercely, "Don't look at it." β
Lin Yan left in embarrassment.
This oolong can be regarded as a complete trouble.
As soon as dawn broke, the surroundings were still gray and bright, so Xue Hainiang got up from the collapse, asked the monks on the road, and went to the kitchen.
With the existing scarce materials, somen noodles, green vegetables, flour, etc., Xue Hainiang made a few dim sum dishes at random, as well as a bowl of hot, unique longevity noodles.
But later, Xue Hainiang unexpectedly found that the porcelain bowl in this temple was a little small, and it really couldn't hold the longevity noodles in her pot, but if it was divided into two bowls, it would inevitably seem insincere, and after hesitating, Xue Hainiang decided to serve two bowls.
The porcelain bowl contains the soup that submerged the longevity noodles, the long plain white noodles with clear roots are sprinkled with a little chopped green onions, and the tomato slices are cut into a crescent shape, and two green vegetable leaves are decorated with two green vegetable leaves.
Dim sum is three.
A lotus root chrysanthemum sugar cake, a cloud cake, and a white jade cube cake.
In order to better please Nan Shuke, and in order to better repay Beichen Xu's acceptance last night, Xue Hainiang specially took fresh chrysanthemum dew and cooked a chrysanthemum tea.
So, Xue Hainiang put longevity noodles, cakes, and chrysanthemum tea into two bamboo baskets, carrying one in her hand, and the other asked the monk in the temple to send it to Beichen Xu.
In the wings,
Xue Hainiang put the bamboo basket on the square table, knocked on the door of the inner room, and saw that no one answered, and suddenly remembered that Nan Shuke had the habit of getting up in the morning to practice, so he went to the backyard.
Sure enough, the man with a long body and tall black hair was waving 'Langhuan' in the backyard.
Sensing the smell of others in the backyard, Nan Shuke stopped and looked over.
Seeing that it was Xue Hainiang, the corners of her mouth raised lightly to make Langhuan enter the sheath, and she came without hurrying.
When I got closer, I saw that Xue Hainiang was empty-handed, and I couldn't help frowning, "What about breakfast." β
Today is the fifteenth of his birthday, he got up early but didn't feel hungry in his stomach, so he came to the backyard to practice, but he never thought of the time to have breakfast, but the person who promised to deliver breakfast yesterday came empty-handed.
The corners of Xue Hainiang's mouth twitched, and she was quite critical of his straightforward tone...... Dare to be angry but dare not speak.
"In the front yard for Your Highness, the slave just knocked on the door of Your Highness's room, and when I saw that you were not there, I guessed that you must be dancing the sword in the backyard, and this is why I came. β
Nan Shuke twisted his eyebrows, his face displeased, "Speak normally." β
Xue Hainiang nodded.
"Breakfast rests on the marble table in the front yard...... Can you and I go and take a look at Liang Jieyu now?"
Nan Shuke, who was walking in front, paused, turned around and smiled: "Don't worry, when this king has tasted the craft, he will tell you where the Liang family is resting." β
Xue Hainiang's face was as heavy as the bottom of the pot, but she was helpless, so she had to follow the footsteps of Shangnan Shuke and come to the front yard together.
Nan Shuke opened the basket of bamboo strips, and suddenly the aroma of food filled his nose.
The first layer rests longevity noodles, and the second layer shelves three small stacks of delicate pastries.
There is a chrysanthemum tea next to the pastry, and the celadon selected from the teacup is engraved with a chrysanthemum pattern on it, which is very suitable for the occasion.
"Looks like you've put a lot of thought into it. Nan Shuke seemed quite satisfied.
Xue Hainiang said very worriedly: "Since you are satisfied, you will tell me where Liang Jieyu is resting? By the way, you said yesterday that she was unwell, but you asked the imperial doctor to go for treatment?
Seeing her throw out a series of questions related to Liang Bairou, Nan Shuke's face was slightly pale, and his hand holding the tea cup shook even more.
Nan Shuke raised his head, his amber and jade-like eyes were a little gloomy, "If you weren't a woman, and she wasn't a man, I really thought that the two of you were in love, and it would be like more than ten autumns after not seeing each other for a day." β
In the end, it's a bit of a gnashing of teeth.
Xue Hainiang smiled very brightly, vaguely flattering, "Everyone in the palace knows that Liang Jieyu has the grace of knowing me, and I met her before entering the palace, and the relationship is different." But this, the relationship between these two men and women who are in love with each other is a bit exaggerated. β
"En-" Nan Shuke picked up a piece of white jade square cake, which melted in his mouth, sweet but not greasy, and then left a faint herbaceous fragrance in his lips, this skill was far better than that of the chef of his Qinghui Palace.
I'm afraid I can change a batch of cooks when I go back.
If Xue Hainiang knew that a few snacks she made casually today could be so highly praised by the dignified Qinghui King, I don't know what she thought in her heart.
"This king is not exaggerated, you are thinking about her safety, that day ......" Nan Shuke swallowed the dim sum, and the faint fragrance of grass and wood left between his lips and teeth made him happy, but when he remembered that day, Xue Hainiang would rather send himself into the tiger's mouth than Liang Bairou in danger, and the most important thing was to stun him without hesitation. Nan Shuke felt that there was nowhere to vent his anger.
"You are very bold, and you are not afraid of whether you can save your own life in the hands of Beichen Lang. And he handed himself overβ"