I was looking at the valley in front of me, I saw the back of the mountain, the other end of the winding road slowly appeared a row of black dots, approaching, I could hear a pleasant sound of Tongling, it turned out to be a caravan, there were more than a dozen horses, a few cars, swaying over.

The guards had already gone up to stop them, and the people in the caravan didn't expect to meet the holy car, so they all fell to their knees in a daze, and came over to ask the emperor for peace in a trembling voice, Pei Yuanhao didn't say anything, and simply asked them a few words, and the people in the caravan didn't dare to go away with the holy car, so they honestly stayed by the side, waiting for the emperor's car to set off, and then dared to move again.

I stood without incident, so I wandered over to talk to them, but I saw an old man in the caravan, in his sixties, with gray hair, who was being helped to stand there trembling and holding a bowl of water to drink. ”

Mistress of the palace? It was the first time I heard this kind of statement, and I smiled slightly: "Old man, you don't have to be so afraid, I'm just here to see you." ”

"Thank you, thank you."

I said to the old man, "Old man, at such an old age, you still come out and run?" ”

The old man laughed and said, "My lord, the grass people are not their people, but they are just going to Shengjing to see my son." He was afraid that I would encounter thieves on the way back, so he paid me to go with the caravan on the road, and someone took care of me on the way. ”

"Oh." I smiled and said, "Your son is so filial." How is he in Katsukyo? ”

"He's doing the work over there."

"What do you do?"

"He is a chef, and he has worked in several restaurants in Yangzhou before, and his skills are very good. A few years ago, someone went to Yangzhou to invite a chef, and the salary was several times higher than in the restaurant, and the puppy wanted to earn a sum of money to go back to the countryside, so he followed, and did it for more than three years, and the grass people missed him, so they came to see. ”

"Oh?" I'm a little surprised, people on the grassland are used to beef and mutton, and the food is not expensive, how can someone go to Yangzhou to invite a chef? So he asked, "Who invited your son over?" Is it Katsukyo's restaurant? ”

"It's not." The old man shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's from the palace over there." ”

"In the palace?"

I was stunned for a moment, as if I felt something, and hurriedly asked, "Who is in the palace?" ”

The old man said: "The grass people don't know this, not only the grass people, but even the grass people's sons don't know." Every day, just place an order from above, and the puppy will do it according to the list, and someone will take it when it is done. In the past few years, I have eaten all kinds of dishes in the south with water signs. ”

"......" My heart skipped a little heavier, and I asked again: "Then, Yangzhou cuisine can be particular about the materials, if you make it in Shengjing, I'm afraid it's not easy to make, right?" ”

"Hey, no, no." The old man said, "If you want to say that the people there are really good at finding a way." They dug a big lake behind the palace, the water in it was so clear, the fish sticks were so fat, and they planted lotuses! He also built a palace next to the lake, planted willows, poplars, and rockeries, and raised cranes...... The grass people only followed their son to secretly lie at the door and watch it once, tsk, it's exactly the same as Jiangnan! ”

“……”

"What can be raised at home, all have been raised; If you can't raise it, you will send someone to transport it from Yangzhou, this thousands of miles of road! ”

"......" I was speechless in shock.

If it weren't for this old man, I wouldn't have believed that someone was in the grassland thousands of miles away, creating such a scene, magnolia sculls, kingfisher crying spring, it seems to be another Jiangnan.

How much manpower, material and financial resources do it take, and how much perseverance it takes!

When I spoke again, my voice trembled a little: "Who lives there?" ”

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know about this." ”

“……”

"It's just that the grass people guess that the people living in it must be people from the south, otherwise how could they go to Yangzhou to find a cook?"

“……”

"Shengjing has a very powerful prince, he goes every day, and no one else is allowed to break in and disturb the people inside, and any rare treasures are also sent in......"

“……”

"I just don't know, who is in there, such a big pomp."

I almost felt like I was about to lose my feet, when I heard a few little eunuchs running from behind me shouting, "Get up!" ”

Looking back, the officials and concubines all returned to the carriage one after another, and Shui Xiu also ran over, led me and said, "My lord, go back quickly, it's time to leave." ”

"......" I only felt that my teeth were knocking, and I was a little speechless, and she pulled me to take two steps, before I looked back at the old man and said softly, "Thank you." ”

"Ah, don't be so polite, sir."

He nodded to me and saluted, but I couldn't say anything anymore, and stumbled back with Shui Xiu, just passing by the Queen Mother's carriage, Pei Yuanhao was still standing next to me and taking care of it in a proper manner, and the Queen Mother looked up and saw me and said, "Girl." ”

"Queen Mother......" I walked over and greeted her, she looked at my lowered face, and said, "Why is your face so ugly?" ”

Pei Yuanhao also turned his head to look at me, and when he saw my pale face, his brows furrowed: "What's wrong?" ”

I reluctantly said, "No, it's fine." ”

His brows tightened a little more, and he said to Shui Xiu, "How did you take care of it?" ”

When Shui Xiu heard this, she was so frightened that she knelt down with a puff, and asked the emperor to forgive her sins, I hurriedly said: "It has nothing to do with her, I have nothing." ”

Originally, everyone was walking towards their own carriage, but when they saw the scene on the emperor's side, they all stopped, and there were also a few concubines standing and watching from afar, what else did I want to say, Pei Yuanhao had already turned his head and said to Yugong fairly: "Another carriage for Yue Qingying." ”

"This-" In such a place, it is simply difficult for a strong man to set another carriage, I looked at the embarrassed appearance of Father-in-law Yu, and the sharp eyes of several concubines around me, and suddenly the tip of my nose turned red, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, no need, Weichen-"

"That's all!"

He wouldn't let me say any more, turned around and went back to his car.

I stood in place, unable to move for a while, I just felt that the eyes of the people around me were a little ambiguous, and I could not care about these, but when I met those cold eyes, the whole person shuddered, but he just glanced at me lightly, as if he didn't care, turned around and got into his carriage.

It's just that, I don't know if it's my delusion, when he got into the carriage, his steps seemed to stumble.

I bit my lower lip and reluctantly helped the Queen Mother back to the carriage, she looked at me, then looked at the emperor's back, and reached over and grabbed my wrist: "Girl-"

I said, "Queen Mother, I know what you have to say. ”

"You-"

I looked at those eyes behind me, and only said softly: "I have something to say, I'll tell you when I refuse the horse." ”

She looked at me, seemed to see something in my gaze, nodded slightly, and Mama Wu served her to sit down and lowered the curtain.

I turned around, the people around me had already gotten into their own carriages, Shui Xiu was still kneeling next to him and didn't dare to get up, but Grandpa Yu ran next to me for a long time, and finally came back to me, his face was a little embarrassed: "Lord Yue, this carriage-"

I hurriedly said, "Father-in-law, I know, it's okay, I was-"

"The emperor has opened his mouth, so don't push it." Yugong said fairly: "It's just that it's really difficult to set another carriage now." In this way, you can be aggrieved and squeeze. ”

Squeeze? I frowned slightly, squeezing with whom?

As he spoke, a carriage had already arrived in front of him, and Father-in-law Yu carefully lifted the curtain and said respectfully inside: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the slave has offended." ”

“……！”

Eldest princess, this is Pei Yuanzhen's carriage?!

I was shocked for a while, and I heard a sound that seemed to be laughing but not laughing, and said lazily: "Father-in-law Yu said so, and this princess can't afford it." ”

Father-in-law Yu nodded obediently, and I walked over gently, and saw Pei Yuanzhen sitting there, looking at me lazily: "Lord Yue, we are really fateful." ”

“……”

I stood there, not moving, and didn't go away, Father-in-law Yu looked at the two of us with the curtain open, and his face showed embarrassment, but he didn't dare to say anything to Pei Yuanzhen, so he only whispered: "Lord Yue? ”

“……”

Shui Xiu also whispered behind me, "Adult......"

“……”

I gritted my teeth and finally said, "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, I'm bothering." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and let Shui Xiu help him into the carriage, and Grandpa Yu and Shui Xiu seemed to be relieved, put down the curtain and walked away.

In a few moments, the carriage began to move forward in a hurry.

The carriage is not big, but the eldest princess's car is naturally different from others, there is a comfortable mattress in it, and there is a faint incense, even if it is a long and boring journey, it is naturally much more comfortable to spend in it.

Moreover, I also saw that Pei Yuanzhen still had a book of poems in his hand, which was used to pass the time.

The two of them faced each other in a not spacious space, once they didn't speak, the atmosphere was a little depressing, I looked at her, she looked at me, her eyes were not fierce, and there was no malice, but I believe that she, like me, had a sense of confrontation.

After a long while, she still spoke first, but said casually: "It's uncomfortable to sit all the way, right?" ”

"It's fine."

"Do you have anything to prepare?"

"No, I didn't."

"Then your girl is too out of ideas."

"Shui Xiu is the palace maid of Jingren Palace, and she takes care of His Royal Highness, not the girl of the lower officials."

Pei Yuanzhen smiled, picked up the open booklet, and said: "Those girls in the palace can only play, but this poetry book given to me by Qinghan looks interesting, and it is not so boring along the way." ”

“……”

Although I had expected that she would definitely mention the light cold when she spoke, as soon as I heard her words, there was still an inevitable cramping pain in my chest, and I bit my lower lip and smiled reluctantly: "Is it?" ”

"Of course."

“……”

"I don't know yet, it turns out that he likes poetry, and there are his annotations on it."

“……”

"Do you know what his favorite poem is?"

She looked at me, smiled with a "you can't guess" expression, picked up the book of poems and read it slowly: "The most nosy thing is the autumn wind, the red and white head of the maple leaf." ”