Gu Yin bent her lips, holding the handkerchief and reaching out to wipe the sweat for him.
Wu Qingyi closed her eyes slightly, enjoying her service comfortably.
The coaxing people laughed beside them, and Wu Qingyi, whose sweat was wiped away, turned to look at them, and said to Gu Yin, "There is so much smoke and dust in the open space, you go back to the stand."
Gu Yin nodded, "Then you also go back and change your clothes, and be careful not to catch a cold."
The two finished talking next to each other, and walked side by side to the stands before they separated.
The people who were booing laughed again, laughing and laughing, and they didn't know who came to say: "If only I had a daughter-in-law too. I will be as good to her as the general is to his wife!"
Then they suddenly fell silent.
A group of rough men who have been busy with Wu Qingyi for a long time, look at me, I look at you, and in the end there is only a wry smile on their faces - they don't even have a daughter-in-law! Why bother to coax the general and the general's wife to show their affection, isn't this self-inflicted!
After the outcome was decided, the night was a lively bonfire party.
From the emperor to the courtiers, after hunting so many prey, naturally they are not discarded at will, but distributed to each family for enjoyment.
There was already a lot of prey here in the British government, but later Emperor Zhengyuan sent some more, and the hill where the prey was piled up became a little higher.
This is Gu Yin's talent show time. Others just let the servants pack up the prey, and then put the meat on the fire and roast it casually.
Gu Yin is very particular about how to deal with what kind of meat, she has already learned from shopkeeper Zhou.
Smaller prey are made into skewers, medium-sized ones are made into teppanyaki, and larger ones are put on the fire and grilled whole. Others that can't be eaten are either set on fire and smoked, or smeared with salt to make bacon.
The meat of the prey is properly arranged, but the blood released is a little embarrassing - this thing is usually not eaten, Gu Yin sees the waste, and plans to make a little blood.
That is, after the water is boiled in the pot, pour in the solidified blood clots, then adjust the fire to medium heat, and cook for more than a quarter of an hour. When fully cooked, place the clot in cold water to cool it down. The blood clots produced in this way are no different from the ones bought. After cutting into pieces, put them in the chili soup base, and then put all kinds of wild vegetables.
At first, Mrs. Wang was afraid that Gu Yin would be tired, and said that she was just out to play, and she could just deal with it, and she didn't need to do anything else.
Later, I heard from Gu Yin and knew that the steps were really not difficult, so Wang shi didn't stop her, she only said that she would cook this dish, and Gu Yin would touch it when the chili soup base was finally fried.
Gu Yin was still in charge of barbecue, bacon and cured meat, so she let Wang go.
Song Shiliu had to follow Wang Shiliu to help, and Wang Shiliu rushed along with her, saying that Song Shiliu had not been born when she was working, and it was just a little work, and no one needed to do it.
Song Shiliu stayed by Gu Yin's side to help.
After a while, Gu Yin was busy with the work at hand, and went to fry the chili soup base, and together with Wang Shi, made a big pot of hairy blood.
The oily barbecue, the red hair and blood, plus a newly made pot of fragrant vegetable rice.
Watching people move their index fingers.
Wu Zhong and Wu An sat down at the table first. Since they were only eating for their own family, they didn't pay attention to any rules. The father and son set up chopsticks first.
Wang Shi came over with a meal, and when he saw that they were going to eat the hairy blood, he reached out and patted the back of their hands.
"This dish is very spicy, one of you is in poor health, and the other is young, so you can't touch it!"
After being taught a lesson by his wife, Wu Zhong obediently put down his chopsticks.
However, Wu An said with reason: "My sister-in-law got so many peppers and took them home. At that time, my mother said that it was rare to eat, so I asked the cook in the house to make some. At that time, my father and I both ate it. It doesn't matter."
Just as Gu Yin and Wu Qingyi also came over, a trace of unnaturalness flashed on Wang's face, and she turned round and said: "You also said that it was an early adopter, this time and another time. And these prey today are your brother If you call back, naturally you have to eat close to him first."
Wu Qingyi was about to open his mouth to say that there were a lot of things he called back, and he had enough to eat.
But the Wang family had already brought a bowl of vegetables to Wu Zhong and Wu An, and took the two of them to another camp to eat, leaving him and Gu Yin to eat alone.
It is naturally a good thing that the two of them can be alone, and Wu Qingyi said nothing.
The barbecue was divided into half by the Wang family, but the remaining large pot of Maoxuewang did not move, and the two of them naturally couldn't finish it.
There is no shortage of barbecued meat in the tents, but they are not as thoughtful as Gu Yin to cook other dishes. If you use it as a gift, you don't have to worry that the other party will find it redundant.
Gu Yin divided some and sent them to Queen Zhou. After a while, the maid on Queen Zhou's side brought a plate of cherries in person, and said with a smile, "Our mother thinks that eating barbecue meat alone is not enough, and my wife just happens to be The spicy dish was brought, and both the Empress and Her Majesty liked it very much."
Queen Zhou made a special trip, and Gu Yin took out a small jar of dried chrysanthemums in return.
Dried chrysanthemums are soaked in water, and it is best to drink a cup after eating meaty and greasy.
Seeing the maid next to Empress Zhou talking to her respectfully and familiarly, after the maid left, Wu Qingyi inevitably asked, "When did you and the empress get so close?"
"When you're not at home, the niangniang comes out of the palace to eat for the day. And today, you all went out, and the second hall also took a nap, and the niangniang came to ride a horse with me for a while and talked for a while. "Speaking of this, Gu Yin thought of the thing Queen Zhou mentioned in the afternoon, "The Queen Mother also asked me to convey her apology, saying that she shouldn't blame you because you didn't find Xiao Ye, and gave you some more. cold face."
Wu Qingyi shook his head disapprovingly, "It's okay, the empress did treat me coldly in the past, but the rewards and respect that should be given have never shortened our family's."
The two chatted while eating, and soon finished a meal.
The bonfire outside was still beeping, but the men were all busy all afternoon, so it didn't take long before the families went back to their tents to rest. The whole camp was quiet, and it was time to go to bed.
At this point, Gu Yin realized that there was an inconvenience—she had to sleep in a tent with Wu Qingyi!
The tents of each family are arranged uniformly after reporting the number of people, and then the subordinates of each family are responsible for decorating.
There are three bedrooms in the tent of the British government, one for Wang Shi and Wu Zhong, one for Wu An, and one for her and Wu Qingyi.
It is still early, and there are many servants around to drive, and it is actually too late to add another.
However, the tents were all next to each other, and her front feet were arranged for new ones, and everyone on the back feet had to know that she and Wu Qingyi slept in separate rooms, so what kind of rumors might spread.
Seeing the tangled look on her face, Wu Qingyi consciously took out a whole piece of animal skin from the cage and threw it on the edge of the bed.
Gu Yin didn't say anything else, turned around and went out to wash.
She also sweated a lot in the afternoon, so she took off her long hair and washed it slowly.
By the time she had packed up and returned to the bedroom, Wu Qingyi had already washed up one step ahead of her.
He washed his hair, and his hair was drenched in water vapor behind his head. He wore a pure white nightgown, revealing a chest with old scars.
Seeing Gu Yin coming, he put down the military book in his hand and picked up the dry cloth on the table.
Gu Yin sat softly in front of him, half lowered her head and said softly, "Just wipe it at will."
It was the first time that Wu Qingyi had done this kind of work. She wrapped the end of her long hair with a cloth, and gently wiped it.
The nightgown on Gu Yin's body is light blue, which is also a conservative style that is not transparent at all.
But the fabric behind her was stained with water vapor, and it stuck to her body, revealing her fair complexion.
Wu Qingyi glanced at it, only to feel that his throat was tight, and immediately dared not look again.
He increased the speed of his hands and quickly wiped the moisture from Gu Yin's long hair.
Their hair is half-dry, and it must be hard to sleep right now.
But in such an atmosphere, sitting alone is a bit awkward.
Gu Yin got up and opened the box. Except for the personal clothes, the other salutes were taken care of by the servants in the house, which must be something to pass the time.
After rummaging, Gu Yin really found two boxes of chess pieces and a chessboard.
Then came the new problem, neither she nor Wu Qingyi could play Go.
But this is not in the way. If you can't play Go, you can play Gomoku. Gu Yin explained the gameplay of Gomoku to Wu Qingyi.
The gameplay of Gobang is very simple, and Wu Qingyi quickly understood it.
It just didn't take long for Wu Qingyi's eyes to stick to Gu Yin's hand unconsciously—
Her black satin-like black hair scattered behind her head, and it was dark and dark, which made her face with makeup removed as lustrous as white jade.
Gu Yin played chess seriously and did not notice his scorching gaze, the warm jade chess piece was rubbing against her tender fingertips, and after a while the chess piece fell on the chessboard before she said with a smile: "Just now you said No, I almost let you win."
After speaking for a long time without waiting for a response from the other side, she raised her head and met Wu Qingyi's gaze.
He just looked at him quietly, but that look made Gu Yin a little scared.
Like a beast staring at its prey.
Gu Yin was caught by the scorching gaze. For some reason, she also felt a little dry, lowered her eyes in a little panic, and picked up the cherries in the fruit bowl at hand and brought them to her mouth.
The bright red cherry was bitten off in half by her small mouth, and the juice remained on her lips, making her lips more and more delicate.
Wu Qingyi watched her slender neck make a swallowing motion, and followed her throat.
"Do you want to drink water?" Gu Yin asked as she stretched out her hand and pushed the tea cup in front of him.
Wu Qingyi didn't reach out to pick it up, but stood up, left a sentence, "I'll go out", and strode away.
Gu Yin waited at the table for half an hour, and seeing that he hadn't come back, she put away the chessboard and pieces, and went back to the bed to rest first.
After lying down, her eyelids became heavy in a short while, but at the same time she was sleepy and felt something was wrong.
It's hard to describe what's wrong, it's like after staying up late, the body is very sleepy, but the spirit is very excited, making it difficult to fall asleep.
After another cup of tea, Wu Qingyi came over with a whole body of water vapor.
"Is the water on the stove still hot?"
Wu Qing responded vaguely, then turned off the lights and lay down on the floor beside the bed.
It was quiet outside the tent, only the rustling of the wind blowing through the trees could be heard.
The night wind in the mountains was gentle, and the temperature in the room was suddenly much colder than during the day.
Gu Yin didn't feel cold, but thinking of Wu Qingyi next to her, she stood up again and found another quilt on the inside of the bed, ready to hand it over.
However, just as she reached out, her wrist was pinched by a terrifyingly hot palm.
Gu Yin's body froze, and she hurriedly explained softly, "I thought you fell asleep and wanted to add a quilt to you."
Wu Qingyi still didn't respond, but the temperature of his palm was still gradually rising, even making Gu Yin feel that his wrist was about to be scalded by him.
"Your hands are so hot." She dripped into Mosquito's tunnel.
In the next instant, the strength on her wrist was heavy, and Wu Qingyi pulled her from the bed to the bottom of the bed, and fell into his arms.
The stillness of the needle falling in the house could be heard, and only the sound of the two entangled breathing and the pounding heartbeat remained.
After a long while, Wu Qingyi said softly, "What did you give me?"
His voice was hoarse, and his throat was like a ball of fire.
This is not to mention, his body also exudes a scorching temperature, and the whole person seems to be on fire.
Previously, Wu Qingyi felt that she was unable to control herself. Just wiping her hair and playing chess by staying with her was so easy to get distracted.
But just after taking a cold shower, he still couldn't calm down, and instead felt more and more hot and uncomfortable.
In retrospect, everything that went wrong started after the evening meal.
Gu Yin is also very wrong. It's not that the two have never been next to each other. Although the heartbeat was fast at that time, it was not as fast as it is now, as if it was about to pop out of his mouth.
She said that Wu Qingyi's hands were hot, but in fact her body temperature was not low.
Gu Yin covered her heart and replied naively: "No, although I made the meals, our family used it together."
While talking, Gu Yin thought of something and stopped talking.
After a long while, the two of them said in unison, "It's that bloody one!"
It was said that the Wang family first prevented Song Shiliu from helping out with him, and then prevented Wu Zhong and Wu An from eating it!
Wu Qingyi shook his head with a smile, "It is estimated that the deer blood was eaten tonight."
Gu Yin said embarrassedly: "It's my fault, I was doing both barbecue and other things at that time, and I didn't pay attention to it."
Although the words that are said at the moment are normal, but even so, the heat on the two of them still does not subside.
Wu Qingyi buried her face in her hair that was draped over her shoulders, and the ends of her hair were still damp, temporarily reducing the heat on his face.
However, her hair also carried the unique fragrance of her body.
The scent entered from the nasal cavity, and it swirled around, making him dizzy, afraid that he would not be able to hold it any longer.
Wu Qingyi sighed lightly, took a few deep breaths in her hair, and muttered to herself, "It's not time yet."
Then he let go of her wrist.
Gu Yin withdrew her hand, just opened her mouth to ask "what's the time?", the next moment he was out.
…
That night, Gu Ye served with Emperor Zhengyuan and Empress Zhou.
The barbecue was cooked by the chef in the palace, with a lot of spices, but it didn't taste right to him.
Fortunately, his mother sent a small pot of Mao Xuewang, and the spicy food jumped up. Although he couldn't eat more, he only used the wild vegetables in it, and it was considered that he had finished his meal.
After dinner, he wanted to talk more in front of the emperor's father and the queen's mother.
After all, he is his own parents, and he is still happy to be a middleman, allowing them to communicate with each other.
Before he could talk much after the meal, his emperor father, who had always liked him, began to chase people away, saying, "You've been hunting for half a day with you, you should be exhausted by now, hurry up. Go and rest."
Gu Yegang said that he didn't feel tired, but Emperor Zhengyuan gave him a rushing look, and he was sent out by Qian Sansi in a confused way.
"Your Highness, rest in peace, this old servant understands your thoughts. You don't have to worry about your Majesty and the Empress, they are fine!"
Leaving such a sentence, Qian Sansi called Lu Zhao's nanny again, took Lu Zhao out of the tent, and asked the other palace servants to withdraw together.
Gu Ye couldn't understand Qian Sansi's ambiguous smile, thinking that he was always safe in handling affairs, so he no longer bothered about this matter.
He went back to his camp.
Xiaoluzi had already prepared people to wash the tub and prepare hot water.
As soon as Gu Ye went back, Xiaoluzi did not let others do it, and personally served him to change his clothes and bathe.
Gu Ye was not used to having maids serve him before, but he was naturally not shy about a little eunuch like Xiaoluzi, so he leaned lazily on the tub and let Xiaoluzi wash his hair for him.
After washing and washing, Gu Ye was about to fall asleep, and asked casually, "Nothing happened in the camp today, right?"
Although Gu Ye went out in the afternoon, a palace servant like Xiaoluzi who was not skilled in martial arts did not go with him.
These people are the most well-informed, especially Xiaoluzi, who is Qian Sansi's only apprentice, the first eunuch in front of Gu Ye, even if he doesn't know who he is, he has to sell his master and Gu Ye's face as a fierce king.
So it's not like Xiaoluzi bothered to take the initiative to inquire, and someone else rushed to pass the matter to his ear.
Xiaoluzi reported: "His Royal Highness played with the Younger Highness for a long time in front of him, and the Younger Highness took a break after lunch. The Empress did not know anyone else, so she went to find the General's wife to ride with him..."
Gu Ye listened with a smile on his face unconsciously.
He had been persuaded by Gu Yin before, and he no longer worried about whether they would be jealous of himself, and sincerely hoped that the two mothers could get along well.
However, Xiaoluzi changed his words and said again: "The lady and the lady met the little lady of the Lu family in the grove, the one who betrothed to the Duke of Lu. The general's wife didn't go up to say hello. The lady took the initiative to come over…”
Xiaoluzi relayed the situation at that time to Gu Ye.
Gu Ye opened his eyes, and the smile on his face faded.
Although he is young, he has excellent manners and demeanor, and he already has a majestic aura when he sinks his face.
When Xiaoluzi saw it, he said: "Then the little lady of the Lu family is too frivolous, she has no eyesight, and there is no difference between not taking the general's wife in her eyes, and not taking her highness in her eyes. What about the lady of Shangguo?"
Xiaoluzi's last sentence meant something, and Gu Ye understood it after hearing it.
Although the Lu family and the Feng family are engaged, as long as they don't get married for a day, the Lu family is still a merchant family.
The royal family may be a little more apprehensive of the home of meritorious deeds, for fear of making a move that will chill the hearts of the founding heroes.
But for someone like the Lu family, naturally, there is no need to worry.
You don't even have to think of a way, as long as Gu Ye goes to the Queen Mother or Queen Zhou to say a few words, and let them say a few words about Lu Yuanqi's bad, then the Qin family is used to worshiping the highs and stepping on the lows, and they have to pay attention to money and reputation. Repeatedly weigh in between. Maybe he will go back on this marriage.
Without the protection of the Duke of Lu, Lu Yuanqi was just a merchant girl, so naturally he would have no frivolous capital.
Gu Ye shook his head, but he couldn't say it.
"My mother said that the marriage between the two of them is a 'good thing', and this marriage cannot be broken." Gu Ye pondered, "You have to think of a different way."
Not only can't ruin the marriage between the Lu family and the Feng family, but also make the little lady Lu shameless and frivolous, Xiaoluzi really can't help, so he stopped talking immediately.
Soon after Gu Ye finished bathing, Lu Zhao's nanny came over and said that he was crying.
While Gu Ye wondered why Empress Zhou was not allowed to coax him, he went over.
He was really tired in the afternoon, and after playing with Lu Zhao for a while, he fell asleep together.
In the early morning of the second day, Gu Ye woke up and walked out of Lu Zhao's house lightly.
At this time, both Wang Shi and Gu Yin got up and were sitting in one place talking.
Gu Yin drank the scented tea to herself, but Wang shi did not talk to her as warmly and cordially as usual, but lowered her head and admitted her mistake in a low voice, "I am also kind, thinking about that deer blood tonic. , it's a pity to throw it away in vain, so what kind of blood is made. I didn't think it would be so strong."
Wu Qingyi took a cold shower all night and did not return to the house, while Gu Yin suffered from insomnia all night because of the heat.
The two of them lived a very tormented night, especially Gu Yin. Recently, her living conditions have improved, and her body has become more delicate than before. She hadn't slept all night, and there was a blue shadow under her eyes, looking haggard and broken.
When Mr. Wang saw it, he knew that his plan was in vain, and that he wanted to spoil the dish, so he quickly apologized and apologized.
Gu Yin said coolly: "Yesterday, that deer was full of blood, but not only Qingyi and I ate it, but I also gave some to the Empress."
Wang Shi smiled awkwardly, "Then... Then it should be good to eat."
There was something wrong with the atmosphere in the room, Gu Ye didn't go inside any more, he just gestured with the servant at the door and said that he was going back first.
When he returned to his tent and Xiaoluzi waited for him to change his clothes, Gu Ye asked about the role of deer blood.
Xiaoluzi has long seen that his master is different from ordinary people, so she did not fool him because she was young, and explained that deer blood can strengthen the yang and improve the essence, it is a great tonic for adult men, and it is very helpful to children.
If you eat some deer blood, you can have a baby, and it is really fresh. But listening to the conversation between his mother and his mother just now, it should have failed.
Gu Ye couldn't help but smile. After the call was over, his clothes were changed, and he went to wait in front of Emperor Zhengyuan again.
Xiaoluzi still stayed in the tent, because he couldn't help Gu Ye come up with a good idea yesterday, Xiaoluzi felt that he didn't do the errand well, and he was blaming and regretting himself, racking his brains.
When contacting Gu Yewen just now, a light flashed in Xiaoluzi's mind, and he suddenly understood.
Or their Highness has a trick!
That is to say, it was too obscure, and he almost didn't remember it.
Xiaoluzi was not idle in the camp that day. He found the dining room of Emperor Zhengyuan, asked the royal chef for some good wine and deer blood, and asked the chef about the best way to use deer blood, and put these two things together. Mixed together to brew a bottle of deer blood wine.
When the day's hunting was over, the bottle of wine was sent to the tent of Feng Yuan, Duke of Lu, along with the other rewards.