Early the next morning, Qin Ziyu woke up in a daze.

Su Yunze had already gone to the morning court, and she vaguely remembered that she couldn't sleep last night, and she slept very uncomfortably, half because there was an extra person beside her, and half because he had been suppressing his cough.

Thinking that the wind and cold in his body were also caused by her, Qin Ziyu sighed and sat up from the bed.

After dressing and washing, she went to the kitchenette.

"Aunt Qiuyue, does the pear really stop coughing when it is steamed?"

Qin Ziyu asked as she cut the peeled pears into pieces.

The fresh pears on the plate are snow-white, juicy and fragrant, and look tempting to take a bite.

Qiu Yue was busy helping her peel pears, and replied: "This slave and maid can't say it well, but the slave and maid eat this and it works, and those people in the slave's hometown have a bad cough in order to save money for medicinal materials, and they all steam the pears like this...... Oh yes, and add some rock sugar to it!" she said, putting down the half-peeled pear and turning to get the rock sugar.

Qin Ziyu pursed her lips and said, "I don't need to save money on medicinal materials, but the medicinal soup is bitter, I felt more uncomfortable than being sick after drinking it for half a month before, if there are other ways, let's try it first, if it doesn't work." ”

The fire in the stove was strong enough, so he put the pears into the bowl, laid them out one by one, added a few pieces of rock sugar, and brought them to the stove lady and asked her to put them in the pot.

Qin Ziyu didn't know the bottom in her heart, as a princess, she naturally hadn't done this kind of chores, and she didn't know what it looked like when she steamed pears for the first time, so she had to take a look first, if it was steamed strangely, she would have to do it a few more times.

Qiuyue's hand peeling pears did not stop, and continued to prepare the materials. When she was free, she looked up at Qin Ziyu slightly, and found that her gaze had been locked on the lid of the pot, and her face was worried that the pot would fly, and the corners of her lips suddenly bent the corners of her lips.

She watched this princess grow up since she was a child, and she couldn't say anything else, but she had nothing to say with a white heart. When people treat her well, she can't wait to share all her good with others. Qiu Yue still remembers that Concubine Li once said to her:

"Alas, Yu'er's temperament is not suitable for growing in the palace. Even if she knew who was good and who was bad, she couldn't be ruthless. ”

Qiu Yue sighed, if it weren't for Zhu Wenjun's matter, what a good person the princess would be!

"Aunt Qiuyue, what are you staring at me?" Qin Ziyu found a focused gaze behind her, and turned her head sensitively.

Qiu Yue's face was a little embarrassed, and she smiled and said, "The concubine knows the princess's intentions, and this body will definitely get better soon." ”

Qin Ziyu frowned slightly and shook his head: "Mind? Turning around, he continued to cut the pear: "It's just that I don't like to receive gratuitous favors." If you accept a lot of kindness, you will always feel uneasy. ”

Qiu Yue saw her duplicity and said no more.

After an hour in the blink of an eye, Qin Ziyu's steamed pears had been remade three times, but the color of the steamed pears looked brown and dull, and they were very unappetizing.

Qiu Yue also felt that this color looked strange, thought about it left and right, and said: "By the way! The slave maid remembered that some people would add fritillary powder." ”

"Mother-of-pearl powder, shell powder?"

"No, no, fritillary powder is a powder made of Sichuan shellfish, white, you can buy it anywhere, it's ......"

"How?"

"It's just very bitter. After Qiu Yue finished speaking, she paid attention to the expression on Qin Ziyu's face.

Sure enough, Qin Ziyu vetoed it.

"Forget about the bitterness, doesn't it mean that he has lost his appetite these days? ”

As he spoke, Qin Ziyu lowered her eyes to the row of spices behind her.

What's sweet in what's sweet?

Sucrose, brown sugar, rock sugar......

There's rock candy.

Turning his eyes to the hanging vegetables and fruits, there are almost no naturally sweet vegetables, and the flesh ......

Qin Ziyu was slightly stunned, remembering that when she was a child, Zhang Linyin pointed to a loquat tree in Hanfang's courtyard and told her:

"This loquat is a good thing, the leaves can be used in medicine, and the fruit can also be used in medicine. However, loquat leaves are particular about medicine, new leaves are not good, old leaves are not good, gray green is better. And the fluff behind this loquat leaf can not be eaten, if you eat it by mistake, you will always be nauseated, uncomfortable. As for this loquat fruit, in addition to the delicious flesh, it can also relieve cough and expectoration. I heard that Concubine Li's throat occasionally hurts, if she is free, Yu'er can take some loquat fruit, remove the core and marinate it in honey. When Concubine Li's mother is unwell, it is best to soak in water. ”

Since then, Qin Ziyu has used to asking people to pickle some honey loquat every year. Now with steamed pears with rock sugar, maybe the effect will be better.

"Aunt Qiuyue, did you send all the honey loquat pickled this year to the concubine?"

"Not really!" Qiu Yue thought for a moment, "Concubine Li's mother has a sweet craving after pregnancy, and there are one or two sweet dishes of food all day long, and honey loquat is not very flavorful in it, so we still have two small jars in the house." ”

"Take it. ”

Qiu Yue didn't understand what she meant, but still nodded: "Yes, the slave will go and get it." ”

After a while, the fourth steamed pear came out of the pot, Qiu Yue just took the honey loquat, Qin Ziyu opened the paper seal, scooped a large spoonful of honey loquat with a porcelain spoon and put it into the pear bowl.

I saw that the pears in the bowl were instantly wrapped in clear golden, and honey flowed between them, and soon soaked the juice in the bowl. The three or five pieces of loquat meat at the tip of the bowl are bright in color, which really adds a lot of color to the whole bowl of steamed pears.

This scene directly stunned Qiu Yue and Zao Niang's eyes.

"Princess, you are so powerful!" the stove lady said.

Qiu Yue relieved herself from her surprise and said, "How did the princess come up with that? Although there is only one thing added to this, it really looks very different. ”

Qin Ziyu said, "Just think about it." He asked again: "He should have gone down early, and he hasn't come back yet?"

"The slave went to see it, but the colt hasn't come back yet. Qiu Yue smiled, "Actually, it's a good thing that the horse is so busy, which shows that the emperor values him." ”

Qin Ziyu was noncommittal about this, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

Others don't know Su Yunze, but she still does.

From the time they met, she knew that Su Yunze's choice to study in the Qilin Academy was just a preference, not anything else.

He liked that there was something in the Royal Academy that he couldn't get to the outside, and he said that it was very interesting to learn more and have a wider range of knowledge.

He went to western Sichuan for five years, and he also took the initiative to apply, because some people may spend their lives in the customs there, and they will not be able to see each other once.

So if he can choose, it is probably to place his affection on the mountains and rivers with her, tossing and turning in the world, tasting the fragrant tea of spring and autumn, and appreciating the flowers of winter and summer.

...... Wait, and her?

Qin Ziyu was stunned for a moment, why did she take herself into account?

Thinking of her sudden silly thought, she chuckled to herself and shook her head.

The wind swept to Qiuyue and Zao Niang looking at her, puzzled, and she hurriedly retracted.

coughed lightly and said, "This bowl is filled with sugar water, and then put it in the pot to warm it, and then serve it to him when he comes back." ”