After Xu and Zhou left, Jiang Shuyao asked someone to bring the rest of the roast duck.
Xie Xun came back from his official uniform and saw the roast duck on the table, his mood warmed up: "Is this deliberately reserved for me?"
Jiang Shuyao hesitated for a moment, then nodded with a guilty conscience: "Yeah." She originally planned to keep a whole one for Xie Xun, but a few of them lost their appetite, and only half of them were left.
Hearing her affirmative reply, Xie Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he froze for a moment, no, what's so nervous about this
Putting aside his doubts, Xie Xun quickly solved the roast duck, and even dipped the lotus leaf cake into the sauce and ate it clean.
According to his habit in the past, after dinner, he would go to the study room to read for a while, and then go to bed in the east wing when it was time to rest.
But today he was uncharacteristically, instead of going to the study to read, he followed Jiang Shuyao to the kitchen to hang out.
Jiang Shuyao was busy preparing food for tomorrow and ignored him.
He coughed lightly: "Have you been with the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law recently?"
"It's okay, what's the matter?" Jiang Shuyao kept his hands.
"Well, it's nothing, just asking." Xie Xun said vaguely.
Jiang Shuyao didn't care, and continued with the task at hand.
Xie Xun'an watched quietly, and suddenly said, "Does sister-in-law often bring children here?"
Jiang Shuyao stopped what he was doing, wiped his hands, and frowned at him: "No, why are you asking this?" It was strange.
Xie Xun didn't understand why he asked this, and said uncomfortably: "It's okay, I just think that you are bored in the yard all the time, and it's fine if you need more concubines to walk around." It was sincere and somewhat insincere.
"Of course." Jiang Shuyao packed up the ingredients for tomorrow, turned around and walked out of the small kitchen, and said while walking, "Especially the second sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law... You know, she has saved my life, and her own experience It also makes me feel pity, I always want to accompany her more and comfort her."
Xie Xun followed behind her and listened silently.
This was the first time she brought the affairs of the second room to Xie Xun seriously and said: "To be honest, the second room is very bad. I think if the second sister-in-law is with me, she can forget her worries, It's better to enjoy food happily, isn't that the true meaning of food?"
It's always bad to talk about his brother in front of Xie Xun. Jiang Shuyao was a little embarrassed after speaking and didn't say any more.
Xie Xun watched her enter the east wing and stood in the courtyard for a while, thinking silently.
Even if Jiang Shuyao didn't confide in him, he could understand her concerns. Thinking of his second brother's confusion with his wife and concubine, he couldn't help sighing.
With the second room in front of her, no matter how she hesitated and avoided it, he had to work hard to prove to her that he and the second brother were not of the same kind.
I don't know how difficult this road is, and whether I can do it myself.
Xie Xun walked on Yuehua while thinking about it, and unknowingly walked to Qushuiting. When he looked up, he saw his two brothers again.
However, today they did not play chess, but were enjoying the moon and drinking.
It's not yet time for Xu, and the two are already drunk, lying on the table as if awake from a dream.
He knew about his two older brothers. Tomorrow is not going to be a holiday, but the two of them were drinking and getting drunk without restraint, fearing that they would be troubled.
His eyes fell on Xie Lang, who frowned and muttered vaguely, and then looked at Xie Li, who was sleeping soundly beside him, presumably it was the elder brother who accompanied the second brother to drink here.
He was about to turn around and walk away when suddenly he heard a loud bang.
Xie Lang was so drunk that he didn't lie down properly, he fell off the stone table with a slanted body, and fell firmly to the ground.
The ground was cold and hard, and Xie Lang gasped in pain, but he still didn't wake up.
Xie Xun stopped.
His brother fell to the ground, how could he watch.
His footsteps showed a bit of haste, and strode forward to Xie Lang. My brother was lying on the ground, his face full of pain. He seemed to have fallen hard and was still in pain after so long.
Although it was summer, the ground was still cold. It was not good to lie down like this, so he had to get up quickly.
So Xie Xun looked worried and anxiously... raised his right foot and kicked Xie Lang's leg.
Huh, no response.
Xie Xun turned his hands behind his back and kicked his arm with his left foot.
Still no response, how could he be so drunk.
He sighed softly and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Not far from Qushuiting, he met a passing maid, and he stopped him: "Go to the big room and tell the eldest lady that the uncle fell asleep in Qushuiting, and let her send someone to help the uncle back, so as not to avoid caught cold."
The maid responded and hurriedly walked to the big room.
As for the second brother, his yard is in a mess and he doesn't know who the maid should go to, so he just waits for the eldest sister-in-law to send someone to look for the eldest brother. .
After Xie Xun came back, he felt much more comfortable.
In the evening, in the bedroom with Jiang Shuyao, the tone was also much more relaxed, and gossip with her: "How's your mother-in-law doing recently?"
Jiang Shuyao is still very interested in this topic: "Mother said that she plans to open some restaurants in other piers one after another, and then plans to open more restaurants. I think she means to make the restaurants bigger."
"That's good, just opening a restaurant is a waste of your recipes and methods."
Jiang Shuyao sighed, "I don't know what these restaurants will be like."
Xie Xun said: "If you are curious, let's see if we can go."
Jiang Shuyao raised his head and looked at him: "Really?"
"Naturally take it seriously." Xie Xun was amused by her appearance, "I will accompany you whatever you want."
Jiang Shuyao was stunned.
The light in the room was dim, and Xie Xun couldn't see her expression clearly: "You can tell me what you have in mind in the future. Since I promise to take good care of you, I will not break my promise."
Jiang Shuyao has something in common with the Zhou family who just married to a certain extent, Xie Xun thought about the current appearance of Xie Lang and the Zhou family, and added: "Don't worry too much in front of me, act with restraint, I... no I would like to see you become like the second sister-in-law."
After he finished speaking, he didn't hear Jiang Shuyao's answer for a long time. Just when he thought she would not answer, she suddenly came over.
Jiang Shuyao looked at his eyes seriously, and said softly, "Xie Boyuan, you have to do what you say."
Her warm breath sprayed on his face, causing him to numb half of his cheeks instantly, his mind went blank, and it took him a long while to spit out the word "ok".
As soon as the voice fell, a sound suddenly came from outside the door, breaking the hazy atmosphere between the two.
"Miss, it's not good, the fourth young master has a bad stomach, and the big room has invited a doctor, which alarmed the old lady."
Jiang Shuyao was startled and suddenly sat up from the bed.
Xie Xun was also startled, quickly got up and put on his robe, opened the door and let Bai Zhi come in.
Bai Zhi explained the process roughly.
Xie Yao has always been frail and vomited twice at night, but it was a big deal. Jiang Shuyao and Xie Xun rushed to the big room anxiously.
When they arrived at the big room, the old lady was also there, scolding Xu with a sullen face.
Seeing Jiang Shuyao coming, she immediately aimed the fire at Jiang Shuyao. After all, Xie Yao had a bad stomach from her.
As soon as he got up, the doctor came out.
The old lady immediately shut up and looked at the doctor anxiously.
"I just ate the accumulated food. I must have eaten a little greasy dinner. The little boy feels uncomfortable in his stomach. It's good to spit it out."
This was a false alarm, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But the old lady is here, and this matter can't be gently revealed just because Xie Yao is not in serious trouble.
After the old lady asked Xie Yao's dinner carefully, she was dissatisfied: "The duck skin is fat, and A Yao's body is not good, how can you eat more?"
Xu Shi tried to defend: "A Yao's body is much better, and it is rare for him to have such a good appetite. I see him eating happily—"
The old lady interrupted displeasedly: "Okay, what are you doing with so many excuses."
Mrs Xu had to bow her head and said, "My daughter-in-law is wrong."
"He's your son, it's you who is sick and distressed, it's useless for my old lady to talk too much, but you—" the old lady cast her eyes on Jiang Shuyao, "I punish you for this, do you recognize it or not? ?"
Before Jiang Shuyao spoke, Xie Xun was ready to speak out to defend her: "Mother..."
As soon as he said two words, he saw Xu Shi kept winking at him.
Originally, the old lady just planned to give a light punishment, after all, Jiang Shuyao was indeed responsible. But if Xie Xun offered to help, the old lady might not simply punish him.
"I admit the punishment." Jiang Shuyao said, she was worried about Xie Yao, and felt guilty in her heart, "I will admit the punishment." This was indeed her negligence.
Seeing that the worried and anxious look on her face did not seem to be fake, the old lady softened her breath: "This matter is caused by eating, so let's seal your small kitchen for ten days."
The snake hit seven inches, which was indeed a punishment for Jiang Shuyao.
She nodded: "Okay."
"I'll send someone over tomorrow morning." The old lady was getting old and tired after all the tossing. She didn't want to say more, "Okay, go in and see A Yao."
After she finished speaking, Jiang Shuyao immediately got into the inner room, Xie Xun was about to follow, but was stopped by the old lady.
She felt strange when she saw Xie Xun and Jiang Shuyao enter the door together, but now she looked at him with a gloomy expression after hearing the punishment, a look of distress and distress, and even more unpleasant: "I punish her, don't you like it?"
Xie Xun looked at the old lady and was speechless.
What impact will the closure of the small kitchen have on Jiang Shuyao? She has been eating in the second room at noon recently, so she can go to the second room to cook and eat.
He was different. His lunch was completely gone, and even dinner had to be cooked in the big kitchen again.
Rather than punishing Jiang Shi, it is better to torture his son.
He said gloomily: "Mom, go back to sleep, I'll go and see Ah Yao first."
Leaving the old lady in the same place confused.
＊
In the early morning, before the old lady sent someone to seal the kitchen, Jiang Shuyao made Xie Xun's last lunch and brought it.
Xie Xun carried the food box to the East Palace, looking unhappy.
The bruise and blood on his forehead dissipated, leaving a shallow trace. With his very cold expression today, it was inevitable for everyone to speculate.
When it was time for dinner, Xie Xun opened the food box to prepare for dinner.
Maybe because this was the last lunch recently, Jiang Shuyao specially made a big bowl for him, one meal can be worth two meals.
Thinking of this, Xie Xun's face became even more resentful, which made his face even colder, and scared that there was no one sitting around the table.
Lin Cheng came over as always, and before he had time to guess what surprises there would be to eat today, Xie Xun lifted the lid, and a strong sour and spicy aroma came out.
There was a large porcelain bowl in the food box. The white bowl was lined with clear brown soup. The color contrast was very eye-catching.
There is a full bowl of fern root powder in the porcelain bowl, sprinkled with chopped peanuts, chopped green onion, shredded chicken, and the black fern root powder makes the diced red peppers especially eye-catching, the soup is watery, look It's cool.
Jiang Shuyao processed all the peppers sent by Lin's people, and thought about testing the taste of peppers. Today, he specially made hot and sour fern root powder, which included diced red peppers and some pickled peppers. The root powder has a unique sour aroma of pickled pepper, and it is refreshing and refreshing to smell.
Xie Xun saw that there was a lot of ingredients, so he simply gave Lin half a bowl.
After the separation, the two of them immediately buried their heads and ate.
The fern root powder is smooth, soaked in the cold soup to make the slippery more obvious, and the chopsticks are straight and slippery. Compared with rice noodles, it is more refreshing, not sticky or sticky, and has a bit of crispness in the tenderness.
The soup is refreshing and will not hang on the fern root powder, which makes the fern root powder taste a unique soup and watery taste. The smooth and tender fern root powder is perfectly combined with the hot and sour soup that keeps dripping away Together, eating and eating can't help but take a big mouthful.
As soon as I entered the mouth, a strong hot and sour taste instantly filled my mouth, both the sourness of mature vinegar and the sourness of pickled peppers. With the spicy taste, it was crisp and numb from the tip of the tongue to the base of the tongue, and the sourness was so refreshing. The water is like a spring.
But this hot and sour is not thick and heavy, but a cool and refreshing hot and sour, appetizing and greasy.
Smooth and refreshing, fresh and sour, you can't stop after taking a bite.
After sucking and eating a few mouthfuls, the spicy taste on the tip of the tongue gradually climbed up, and Xie Xun picked up the tea at hand and poured it into his mouth.
The tea was hot, and the spiciness on the tip of the tongue was enlarged countless times at that moment. Xie Xun hurriedly put down the tea cup, but the spiciness on the tip of the tongue persisted, and it was so hot that his forehead was sweating and tears were dripping.
First, one person saw it, one poked the other, and everyone in the room saw Xie Xun holding back the tears in his eyes.
The blue and purple on the forehead, the depression when the value is high... Combined, it is enough to make up a sad story.
Thinking like this, they turned their attention to Lin Cheng.
As a close friend, Lin Cheng must know what happened to Xie Xun.
Lin Chengcheng, who was being watched by everyone, raised his head at this moment, and a line of hot tears suddenly slid from the corner of his eyes, dripping on the table.
Crowd: ? !
Boys don't cry easily! In the end what happened!
They leaned over to give you a mouthful of comfort, and Lin Cheng wiped away the hot tears and hissed: "What are you talking about?"
In the spirit of not being able to cry alone, Xie Xun said: "This fern root powder is very delicious, do you want to try it?"
Everyone was confused, came over with a small bowl, and each shared a little taste.
…
The prince came back from the Central Palace, and when he passed the dining room of the East Palace, he slipped in and prepared to condolence to the officials about their meals.
As soon as he entered the door, he was struck by lightning.
The people in the house were standing or standing, all with tears in their eyes, red eyes, and some people were even wiping their tears while sniffling!
It was dark in front of his eyes, and he almost didn't panic.
What was the big mistake in political affairs that made the officials of the East Palace cry together, crying silently like this? !