Chapter 61: Lantern Festival
"Imperial Princess, uh... Do you want a slave to help you? ”
"No, cough cough" Song Wan hurriedly took off the steaming lid, and put the boiling water into a Gu, well... It's a soup, and then motioned to Ziyu to cover the lid, and threw it into the stove with firewood, saying while throwing it back: "Isn't it just stewed pears with rock sugar?" What's so strange, ahem.... I don't believe I can't do it, ahem."
"Imperial Princess, cough cough, is this smoke too much? Ahem"
Xiao Beichen walked in in this thick smoke, at first he thought he had entered some kind of fairy maze, but after a closer look, he found that there was a familiar figure in the direction of the stove that was constantly fanning the fire..."Wanwan, what are you doing?" ”
"Ahem, boil, cook"
"Cooking?" Seeing that the smoke is getting heavier and heavier, if you don't stop it, it will catch fire! Xiao Beichen hurriedly took Song Wan's hand and walked out of this place, and instructed Ziyu: "Go and call someone to come over and extinguish the fire here." ”
"Yes!"
"Ahem, what are you pulling me out for? Isn't it all like this when you cook everything? Ahem"
"I won't pull you out, you're about to become a human in it" After saying that, Xiao Beichen looked back at Song Wan disapprovingly, but when he saw her look funny like a little flower cat, he couldn't help but break his skills. "Haha... Haha"
"Laughing at what?" Song Wan, who finally relieved herself, saw that she had been laughing all the time, and couldn't help but wonder.
"Laugh at you flower cat" After Xiao Beichen suppressed his smile, he took out a handkerchief to help her gently wipe the carbon ash left on it, and a pure white handkerchief quickly turned black..."Na, see for yourself, is it a big flower cat, hehe"
"Hmph, I have no conscience, who do you think I'm working in it for, it's not for you!"
"Me? The"
"Didn't you hear that some people like to eat stewed pears with rock sugar? How can you fake yourself as an imperial concubine, but since the four princes are disgusted, then I won't cook it in the future, hum! "The more I think about it, the more angry I become, this place of cooking is to have a grudge against her, from the last life to the present, every time I want to do something, it ends in a fiasco, I really her off!
"Hehe, why are you still angry about this? also said that I am a big vinegar jar, I look at you, you are a little vinegar. ”
"How about I'm angry" Song Wan glared at her angrily, and continued to say in a weird manner: "People are meticulous and considerate, and specially boiled a Gu rock sugar stewed pear for you, are you already sweet in your heart without eating it?" In my opinion, my cooking skills are not as good as others anyway, if you have any appetite in the future, you can go to someone else, don't worry about me, anyway, you ignored me last night! ”
Well? Why is it that the more I listen to it, the more wrong it becomes, the point that dares to make her angry is actually that he didn't coax her last night, so he staged such a scene of stewed pears with rock sugar today? Didn't she tell him not to let him into the house, why did she blame him in turn? Alas, Xiao Beichen touched the bridge of his nose helplessly, and said secretly: It's really difficult to raise villains and women!
"Okay, I'm wrong, can't I, last night I thought you were really tired, so I went to the study for the night, otherwise if I entered the house, do you think you can still sleep? Well? ”
"You, that's all you have in your head, right, you can't lie down and talk to me all night?"
"Hehe, what are you talking about" Xiao Beichen shook his head amusedly, and said softly: "Beauty is in company, and I am not a monk, how can I sit still and not mess up?" ”
"You, I" Song Wan pointed at him tremblingly, she couldn't say a word for a long time, she knew that she was his opponent when it came to playing scoundrels!
"Don't be angry, Wanwan" Xiao Beichen held her hand and continued to coax: "I promise you, no matter how angry you are next time, I will enter the house as soon as possible to coax you, and never let you stay alone in the empty room, okay?" ”
Forehead... Is this good or bad? How does it sound weird, things don't seem to be going the way she originally wanted, this guy....
"Okay, then tell me, what's going on with Yao Xuetang?"
"What's going on?"
"Still playing stupid?" Song Wan crossed her hands, looked at him with a posture of preparing to interrogate the "prisoner", and said coldly: "When I fell off the cliff, I heard that you got along very well, why, don't you plan to talk to me?" ”
"This is wronged, madam" Xiao Beichen saw that this was wrong, and immediately raised his hands in surrender and said: "When she stayed in the mansion, Meng Yu was present, but I was innocent with her, and nothing happened." ”
"Have you eaten the stewed pear with rock sugar?"
"No, I don't like sweetness, so I'll reward Meng Yu" After that, Xiao Beichen stepped forward and gently grabbed her hand, and explained as he walked: "As for why I asked the chef to stew for you last night, it is because it is really one of the most famous desserts in Ruxianglou, I think your girl's family should like it, so I brought it to you, who knows"
Even if he didn't say the last half of the sentence, Song Wan already understood, so she misunderstood him? "Uh... Then you, uh, me"
Seeing his expression of being stumbling and spitting out obvious losses, Xiao Beichen knew that this matter was completely overturned, so he hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, Wanwan, you have been in the capital for so long, you must have not had a good visit, it just so happens that there is a lantern festival today, let's go out for a walk together, okay?" ”
"Hmm" Knowing that he was helping her out, Song Wan also followed his words, but the embarrassing flush on her cheeks could still be seen until she got into the carriage.....
"But don't you have to go to court recently, how can you have time to accompany me to the Lantern Festival here?"
"Well, when my father saw my newlywed Yan'er, he specially allowed me to rest for three days, and I didn't have to go to court."
"yes, what were you up to yesterday?" Song Wan gently approached him and asked curiously.
"You mean afternoon?"
"yes, didn't you come back until midnight, where have you been?"
"Oh, I heard that a friend from afar was coming, so I went to check it out."
"Friends? Who is it? Do I know one? ”
Xiao Beichen, who asked three questions in a row, was stunned and raised his hand helplessly to stroke his forehead, and said with a smile: "Why didn't I know before, Wanwan's curiosity was so strong?" I don't even know which one to answer. ”
"Eh, hehe" Song Wan touched the bridge of her nose awkwardly, and whispered to herself: "People are just curious, you don't want to say that I won't force you, of course, it's better to talk about it, after all"
"Huh? What" The more she spoke, the quieter she became, Xiao Beichen didn't have time to hear the second half of her sentence, and the voice of the guards came from outside: "Lord, it's here"
"Hmm" When the words fell, Xiao Beichen turned around and pinched the soft flesh on Song Wan's cheeks, and said dotingly: "Don't be curious about everything, if people arrive, you will naturally see them." Now, I'll take you to see the largest restaurant in the capital first, let's go. ”
"Restaurant?" When Xiao Beichen led him to the gate called Qilin Drunk, Song Wan looked at the people around her, and still asked unclearly, "What are you doing here?" Are we going to eat? ”
"Wanwan doesn't know, the restaurant may not only be a place to solve the appetite, there are still many things hidden in it."
"Huh? What do you mean" Before she finished speaking, Xiao Beichen pulled her into the inner hall familiarly....
"Guest officer, how many?"
"Two taels of gold pliers, three taels of gold pliers"
Hearing this, Xiao Er, who was still smiling and welcoming guests just now, suddenly changed his face and said respectfully: "But four? ”
"Exactly!"
"When the distinguished guest arrives, there is a long way to welcome, please come with the little one, dare to ask if it is still business as usual today?"
"Well, it's business as usual."
"Yes"
"By the way, has the prince of the Guan family come recently?"
"Since the last time I had a dispute with General Fu, I have disappeared here for a while, and the little one has never seen him again."
"Really? I see, you go down first. ”
"Yes, the little one is waiting not far away, if you need anything, just tell the little one."
"Hmm"....
"Xiao Beichen, where is this?" Seeing that the person was gone, Song Wan looked at the red rust door in front of her, which was completely different from the layout just now, and wondered: "This is, is there a basement?" ”
"I can't talk about the basement, it's just an empty shell and used it to collect intelligence in Beijing."
"What? But how did you know about this place in such detail? ”
"Naturally" Xiao Beichen's eyes flashed, and he said softly: "I met the shopkeeper, hehe"
"Xiao Beichen" Song Wan glanced at him speechlessly, and said helplessly: "You don't want to say forget it, then you brought me here, do you just want to show off that you know the shopkeeper?" ”
"Of course not, am I such a boring person?"
You are! Song Wan looked at him with disgust, and her eyes almost said those three words.
Uh, well! Xiao Beichen stepped forward and pushed open the door of the wing room, which was connected to Lanxiang Building, one of the largest brothels in the capital...."Wanwan, do you still remember that before King Qi was imprisoned, the Fu family was taken back by his father?" ”
"You mean that General Fu is a Qinglou woman, and he discounted the legs of the second son of the Guan family?"
"Not bad"
"Then what's there here" After a pause, Song Wan suddenly realized: "You mean that the woman is the person in this Lanxiang Building?" ”
"Yes and no"
"What do you mean?"
Hearing this, Xiao Beichen chuckled, turned around and pulled her to sit in the only small hall in the plywood, and whispered: "Although the woman is not from Lanxiang Building, she did appear in Lanxiang Building, and after the incident, the woman seemed to have evaporated from the world, and no one could find any trace of her!" I suspect she's been silenced long ago. ”
"If you guess, who will be the one who killed the mouth?"
"I don't know, but it is rumored that the eldest son of the Guan family is the advisor of the Eighth Prince."
"The Eighth Prince?" Song Wan frowned when she heard this, and said suspiciously: "Since the Fu family is from King Qi's side, what is his intention in doing this?" ”
"Wanwan" knew that she had listened, so Xiao Beichen did not continue to respond, but skillfully changed the topic and said: "The Lantern Festival is about to start, I'll take you to the banquet table first.....