Afraid that Jiang Fenghao would get tired after eating too many mooncakes, He Xiaoqiao only let him taste each of the three flavors once, and resolutely refused to let him touch the fourth.

Although Jiang Fenghao was a little unsatisfied, he did not object to He Xiaoqiao taking away the remaining mooncakes, but was just looking forward to saving energy in two days and August.

He Xiaoqiao naturally won't let him down, you must know that in addition to moon cakes, she still has several secret productions that have not been revealed!

Time flies like a white horse, and in a blink of an eye, it is the day of the August Festival.

A bunch of mooncakes have already been baked, and almost everyone in the house has one. He Xiaoqiao finished the task at hand, and when he was idle and had nothing to do, he commanded a group of subordinates to move a lot of tiles over, and together with Jiang Fenghao, he built a tile kiln more than two meters high on the largest open space in the palace, preparing to burn and play when he admired the moon at night.

This is the custom of his hometown, He Xiaoqiao did this, in addition to wanting to stir up the atmosphere, but also to miss his homeland.

Cailian was already able to get out of bed, although her face was still a little swollen, but she was full of energy when she saw it, and after taking the medicine, she ran behind He Xiaoqiao for half a moment, and the tea and water were delivered at the back end of the saddle, and she seemed to be quite happy with it, and she didn't even listen to He Xiaoqiao asking her to rest.

At noon, in order to reward everyone, He Xiaoqiao personally cooked a few crisp and refreshing summer dishes - cold lotus root, cucumber, minced meat mixed with tofu, as well as garlic white meat, spicy river shrimp, lotus leaf steamed pork, crispy fish rolls and a pot of sour plum duck pot that is very flavorful.

In order to show her special treatment to Jiang Fenghao, she also deliberately made an extra wine-stuffed balls and sent them over, which made him so happy that he almost couldn't find the north.

Yesterday morning, colorful lanterns began to be hung all over the house, and now they are all arranged.

After visiting the colorful appearance of the mansion, the group was eating in the hall with Liu Yidao, but suddenly heard someone come to report, saying that someone was from the palace.

Jiang Fenghao didn't raise his eyelids, he was busy peeling the shrimp shell in his hand, and asked casually, "Who is here?" What the hell is going on? ”

"It's the fish father-in-law next to the emperor." The person who came to report the news hung his head respectfully, and replied in a voice that could be heard by just a few people, "It is said that the emperor has decreed, and the prince is asked to bring the princess-to-be to this year's mid-autumn banquet tonight." ”

Jiang Fenghao's action of peeling the shrimp shell paused, and He Xiaoqiao couldn't help but open his mouth with curiosity, "Mid-autumn banquet? What is that? Is it fun? ”

"......" not at all!

The legendary Mid-Autumn Banquet, in addition to admiring the moon, drinking, eating, and eating, the rest is nothing more than watching fireworks, watching dancing girls, or chatting and fartizing, complimenting each other, or secretly pulling strings and messing around with mandarin duck scores - Jiang Fenghao, who has been blocked several times and asked him to take over the yellow flower girl in the family, said that he was under a lot of pressure.

This kind of blind date in disguise will really make people have a very psychological shadow please!

Seeing that Jiang Fenghao smiled, his expression was a little gloomy, He Xiaoqiao hurriedly lowered his voice, "What's wrong?" Was there any unpleasant experience? ”

“…… No," Jiang Fenghao shook his head, and asked back, "Do you want to go?" ”

"Well...... this"

He Xiaoqiao held chopsticks in his hand, unconsciously took a bite of the piece of meat that was sent to his mouth, and said vaguely, "Let me think about it." ”

Although she really wanted to see what the dinner party in the palace was like, she was not happy to let her rush into the palace to be a monkey to a group of strangers because of a boring holy decree.

Not to mention that the palace is also well prepared, and many big and small things are still purchased by her! If she was allowed to leave it like this, she would definitely be reluctant.

Furthermore, why did the emperor choose this time to make the decree?

It was noon before I came to inform them to enter the palace for the banquet, the time was so rushed, if it wasn't because of something delayed, it was premeditated and didn't want Jiang Fenghao to prepare—it seems that the one sitting on the dragon chair has a lot of twists and turns in his stomach!

Thinking about it like this, He Xiaoqiao thought about it comprehensively in all aspects, and finally looked at Jiang Fenghao, "...... Can you not go? ”

It is better to be at home as a monkey than to be at home.

"Then I won't go." He Xiaoqiao's refusal was expected by Jiang Fenghao, so he was not surprised at all, and with a wave of his hand, he directly ordered, "Tell Yu Honduo that this king knows what his master's idea is." Let him go back and tell his master, and say that this king has no time to play with him now, and he will settle accounts with him when he has time. ”

"Subordinates obey."

Seeing that the guard seemed to be surprised and walked away with brisk steps, He Xiaoqiao was dumbfounded on the spot, and he didn't pay attention, and the bamboo shoots in his mouth smashed into the bowl with a click.

"This ...... That's it? ”

Nima, this is a blatant disobedience, hey! Is it really okay dear? Is it true that he will not be exiled from his house and beheaded to punish the nine clans?

"Princess, someone from outside has brought something, saying that the barbecue grill you ordered has arrived."

"I'll go right away."

All the tangled feelings of worrying about being sat down disappeared in an instant, He Xiaoqiao's eyes lit up, and he put down the dishes and chopsticks and ran out.

In the room, Jiang Fenghao turned the wine glass leisurely, his eyes fell on her excited back, and he couldn't stop laughing in his beautiful eyes.

Aside from the palace, the father-in-law Yu, who had been rewarded with a closed door, hurriedly returned to the palace, and as soon as he stepped into the palace of heart cultivation, his master immediately spared no effort to project his eyes with all kinds of excitement and concern.

"How? See my seventeenth aunt? What kind of woman is she? ”

"This ......" Father-in-law Yu broke out in a cold sweat on his head, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to close his eyes, "Back to the emperor, the slave didn't see Princess Changning." Not only did I not see the princess's face, but I didn't even see the shadow of King Changning.

As if being splashed with a basin of cold water, the young emperor wearing the golden crown of the Nine Dragons instantly lost his smile, "Why? ”

"Because...... Because ......" Father-in-law Yu wiped his cold sweat and explained under pressure, "because the prince said...... Didn't want to come. ”

Those who dare to be so arrogant and refuse the emperor's banquet without the slightest hesitation, except for King Changning, there is probably no second one in the world.

"What?" The young emperor in the bright yellow robe was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then slapped the table hard, roaring angrily, "Resist the decree again!" ”

"The emperor is angry!"

It's not the first time that King Changning has resisted his will, you just know that he can't do anything about him if he openly resists the order, right?

Father-in-law Yu scolded in his heart, but his face still looked like he couldn't complete the task and was ashamed of his master's bitter hatred.

The current emperor probably reacted, remembering that his imperial uncle had never been afraid of boiling water for a dead pig, and he sighed weakly, "That's it, that's it." With Uncle Seventeen's strange temperament, even if I go in person, I may not be able to invite him, let alone you......"

Father-in-law Yu half-hunched his waist, and when he heard the words, he immediately secretly added in his heart: You said this by yourself, and it has nothing to do with our family.

"Why don't you ask for it later?"

"Not necessarily." The emperor sat down on the dragon chair and waved his hand in frustration, "Since Uncle Seventeen said that he would not come, then he would definitely not come—as for Aunt Seventeen...... Anyway, there will always be a chance to see it in the future, so forget it this time. ”

That's all there is to it.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have already arrived at the Imperial Garden to wait, do you see if it is ......?"

"Let's go." The young emperor swept away his frustration and strode out with his hands behind his back.

…………

There is a mid-autumn banquet in the palace, and there is also its own bonfire banquet in the palace of Changning.

Since the grill and barbecue fork were delivered in time, the barbecue feast was naturally held as scheduled.

Because it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are naturally a lot of spare ingredients in the palace, and there is no need to deliberately buy them, wash all the meat and vegetables and cut them into pieces, put them on a barbecue fork, brush the sauce and grill them on the charcoal fire, and then add a little wine to help the fun, not to mention how comfortable it is.

It was dark that night, and two rectangular grills were erected in the middle of the largest Mingcui Courtyard in the Changning Palace, and the grill was supported in a triangle with an iron rod thick in the arm, and the grill was supported by an iron net, and the charcoal fire under the iron net flickered and flickered, and wisps of white smoke came out.

On one side of the courtyard, several tables have been put together to form a makeshift table, which is filled with cut mushrooms, vegetables, fresh meat, etc., as well as a large plate of seasonal fruits.

In view of the fact that this is a good day, He Xiaoqiao did not hide his secrets, and took out the moon cakes, cakes, biscuits and a lot of seasoned jams he made before, and the wine that he had just brought back from the random garden naturally became the finale and was placed in the middle.

The tile kiln in the center of the courtyard had already been piled up with firewood and burned when the sky was just dark, and the red flames rose up in the shape of a tower, instantly illuminating most of the courtyard.

Jiang Fenghao waited beside him for a long time, and finally got He Xiaoqiao's permission, and immediately hugged the red wine jar, slapped the sealing mud on the jar with one hand, and a unique sweet aroma of wine immediately overflowed.

Jiang Fenghao took a deep breath, poured the wine into the glass, and couldn't wait to taste it, "It seems to be a little astringent......

"Of course," He Xiaoqiao was busy brushing honey and soy sauce on the chicken wings with the cut edges, and glanced at him when he heard the words, "Red wine should be sobered up before it tastes better." ”

In the past, you could add Sprite and plum to season, but now let's not say that there is no such condition, even if there is, it is estimated that Jiang Fenghao should not do this.

Let Suo'er take over his work in front of the grill, He Xiaoqiao took the wine jar back from Jiang Fenghao's hand, took out the big bowl that had been prepared a long time ago, poured the wine into it one by one, and then clapped his hands and left.

"Okay, just leave it alone, and you should be able to drink it in half an hour."

Jiang Fenghao still didn't understand how to 'wake up' the wine, so he naturally followed her step by step and watched, and when he saw He Xiaoqiao pouring all the wine into the big bowl, he let it go, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, "You want to leave the wine like this for half an hour?" ”

"yes, what else would you like to do?" He Xiaoqiao stuffed a strand of hair back behind his ear with his hand and responded calmly.

There is no special decanter here, so it is the most direct and convenient way to make the wine fully oxidized and become softer and more delicious.

"If you leave it like this, aren't you afraid that the smell of alcohol will dissipate?" He had never heard of such a thing as 'sobering up' when he was so big, let alone pouring wine into a bowl and not drinking it to volatilize.

"Don't be afraid." He Xiaoqiao glanced back at him, took a skewer of grilled fish from the grill and handed it over, "The wine is just to be put like this, and it will be delicious after a while until the bad things in it have evaporated." ”

Remove the sediment and tannins, and the wine's fruity aromas and multiple flavors will be revealed, which is called a true aroma.

"I see." If it is really the world's biggest, there are no surprises.

But......

Turning his gaze to He Xiaoqiao, who was biting into the grilled fish fillet, the fun and exploration in Jiang Fenghao's eyes lit up again.

Ovens, grills, wine, and the so-called barbecue in front of her—where did this woman learn all these strange things?

There is such a quirky and wonderful person by his side......

Slowly taking a bite of the grilled fish fillet that was about to cool down, Jiang Fenghao squinted his eyes slightly, but the corners of his mouth were irrepressibly curved.

The days ahead are really full of anticipation.