The sun is setting, the long street is lonely under the sunset, and a horse-drawn carriage slowly runs over the bluestone road, making the sound of wheels.

At first glance, the decoration of this carriage is not ostentatious, but many subtleties that are not easy to detect by ordinary people are very elaborate, showing the extraordinary status of the owner's family.

The windows on both sides of the carriage were obscured by a light blue veil, which prevented people outside the carriage from exploring it, adding to the mystery

In Bianjing in September, the air has turned cold, and the cold wind is howling, occasionally lifting a corner of the veil covering the outside of the carriage window, and the cold air suddenly rushes into the carriage along the gap in the window.

Wei Chen turned his face away, looking at Rulan and Minglan's shrinking appearance, he couldn't help frowning slightly: "Are you wearing too thin clothes today, it's not a matter of being cold." ”

Then, Wei Chen stretched out his hand to close the windows on both sides, took off his big hat, and covered Rulan and Minglan with his heart.

Seeing the concerned gaze in Wei Chen's eyes, Minglan only felt warm both physically and mentally, snuggled meekly in her husband's arms, and said softly: "It wasn't so cold when I went out in the morning, but I was negligent." ”

"What kind of negligence, it's not for you to save face!"

Rulan on the side pouted dissatisfiedly, calling out for herself and her sister.

"Before going out today, my sister and I looked cold, and we wanted to wear more, but after thinking about it, today's 100-year-old banquet is full of high-ranking and noble wives.

Wei Chen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Rulan's words, but he didn't expect that the root of the wives freezing was actually from himself.

"It's all because the husband was careless and didn't take good care of the two ladies, and you suffered......"

Seeing Wei Chen's head down and his face full of self-blame, Rulan couldn't help but blush a little, coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not that cold, it's very warm in this carriage, it's just that I accidentally got some cold wind, my sister and I will go back and drink two more glasses of hot wine and we'll be fine." ”

"Sister's is, it's not a big deal, and you don't have to take it to heart."

Minglan also echoed on the side, and she also thought of a way to alleviate the guilt in Wei Chen's heart.

"Not far ahead is the Zhouqiao Night Market, just buy some hot water and wine to drink, warm up. What else would my sister want to eat? ”

Then, Minglan glanced at Rulan, who immediately understood and unceremoniously snapped her fingers and nodded.

"Wang's freshly roasted pork rind, Mei's freshly baked chicken offal, Zhang's sauce elbow, as well as fried tongs, batch-cut sheep's head, ginger and spicy radish, plum ginger, lettuce shoots, ......"

Rulan unconsciously hooked the gluttonous worms in her stomach, her eyes were shining, and she couldn't wait to order all the famous foods in the night market.

Minglan saw that her sister was so unreasonable, so she quickly interrupted: "Enough is enough, haven't we had dinner in King Huan's Mansion, I'm not afraid of killing you!" ”

Rulan stopped at this time.

Minglan glared at Rulan angrily, turned her head to look at Wei Chen again, and said with a smile: "I don't know if the prince is willing to deign to run this trip for our sisters?" ”

"Willing to be willing, naturally willing!"

Wei Chen, who was deep in self-blame and guilt, heard that there was an opportunity to compensate his wives, so he didn't allow it, and nodded busily, not caring at all about the mixed mix of three religions and nine streams in the night market.

In Wei Chen's heart, as long as Rulan and Minglan are happy, it is not a big deal to let him go down to the river to catch fish and go up the mountain to hunt deer, not to mention just buying some wine and food to make amends, it is really nothing.

Out of the Huanwang Mansion, after about two miles of distance, through the south gate of the inner city of Bianjing, that is, the Suzaku Gate, straight to the front of the Longjin Bridge, about a mile long road section, is the famous state bridge in Bianjing

Every time after dusk, the Zhouqiao night market will be lively, all kinds of stalls are hundreds and ten, miscellaneous chewing and eating are dazzling, the cold wind at first rises, so that tonight's guests are a little less than in the past, but the night market is still bustling, lively and extraordinary.

At this time, a carriage suddenly stopped in front of the Wang family's stall, and then a handsome young man lifted the curtain and slowly stepped out of the carriage.

Suddenly, all the pedestrians and stall owners around were stunned, and the lively market suddenly quieted down, and countless eyes fell on this young man's face.

Today is the 100-day banquet of the emperor's eldest grandson, although it is not a court meeting, but it is also a very formal royal banquet, so Wei Chen is wearing a bullfighting suit given by the emperor.

Bianjing is at the foot of the imperial city, and there are many knowledgeable people, the moment Wei Chen appeared in the Zhouqiao Night Market, there may not be many people who recognize him, but there are really many people who recognize this bullfighting suit.

Moreover, even if the flat-headed people don't recognize the bullfighting suit, just looking at Wei Chen's demeanor and temperament, as well as Yuan An and others who follow him, they can guess that his identity is extraordinary, and he must be a figure in the official face, or maybe a certain important minister in the court.

Wei Chen didn't care about the awe or curiosity of the people around him, and after getting out of the carriage, he walked directly to the Wang family's stall and greeted: "Shopkeeper, blanch two pots of wine, and give me two servings of pork skin and meat!" ”

"Okay, okay!"

The shopkeeper responded loudly, but his voice couldn't help trembling slightly, and he immediately ordered the Hun family to make wine and hot wine, and he was busy picking a few pieces of meat that had been marinated and roasting them on the charcoal stove.

Wei Chen took advantage of this moment to go to another stall to buy all the chicken offal, sauce elbow and other food that Rulan wanted, wrapped them all, and brought them back to the carriage together with the freshly baked barbecue.

The Wang family's spinning pork skin is crispy and fragrant, full of juice in one bite, the Mei family's chicken offal is marinated in a secret method, the aroma is tangy, and the crystal rock sugar sauce elbow of the Zhang family is oily and slippery, and the sauce is fragrant.

Seeing that Wei Chen brought back so many delicious foods, Rulan's eyes were straight, although Minglan was more reserved than her sister, it was not much better, and she was also so greedy that she swallowed her saliva.

Wei Chen smiled Rulan and Minglan sandwiched a piece, poured hot wine for them, and the three of them sat in the carriage and enjoyed the delicious food full of market fireworks.

A glass of hot wine was in the stomach, and the chill on the three of them was dispelled without a trace, Rulan ate a plate of roasted pork skin and a plate of chicken offal with hot wine, and Minglan also nibbled a few bites on the big elbow.

At this time, Wei Chen was not worried about them getting cold at all, but was a little worried about whether they would be able to eat.

Finally coaxed Rulan and Minglan to drink a cup of barley tea to eliminate food and relieve greasy, and Wei Chen finally had time to sit down and take care of his stomach.

Casually sandwiched a few slices of barbecue meat and put them in his mouth, feeling the sweet and delicious juice overflowing his mouth, and then taking a sip of hot wine, Wei Chen only felt comfortable.

When I raised my head, I saw that Rulan and Minglan were still dealing with the food in front of them with great interest, eating with their mouths full of oil, their faces flushed, and their foreheads sweating slightly.

If you let those noble ladies at today's banquet see it, I'm afraid that your jaw will drop in shock.

Is this still the two dignified, virtuous, generous and decent Mrs. Wei in the eyes of everyone?

However, the husband and wife have long been accustomed to this, in front of outsiders, Rulan and Minglan are naturally self-denying and courteous, and they will not exceed the rules at all, but in front of Wei Chen, Rulan and Minglan will never restrain themselves, but how to come freely.

This is mainly due to Wei Chen's deliberate guidance for them for a long time.

Wei Chen was tired of dealing with the deceit of officialdom all day long, and when he returned home, he hoped that he was facing two vivid and lovely people, not two lifeless clay statues that respected him like guests.

Wei Chen's unusual approach, Rulan and Minglan were not used to it at first, after all, it was very different from the teachings they had received from their ears and eyes.

But after a long time, Rulan and Minglan slowly got used to it, and gradually enjoyed the love and elegance that belonged to the three of them.