After passing the Zhide Gate, it is the scope of the East Palace.
Although Tao Ti had just finished visiting the Eastern Palace yesterday, she remembered well and showed the attitude of the hostess, introducing the various parts of the Eastern Palace with the sixth princess along the way.
The sixth princess looked around curiously with her big bright eyes, and responded obediently from time to time.
When passing through the small garden, the double-petal roses were in full bloom. Under the bright and clear sunlight, the purple-red petals bloomed heavily, bright and fragrant.
Tao Ti stopped, and said to the sixth princess in a warm voice, "Come on, let's pick some roses and go back."
The sixth princess's big eyes fluttered and she asked, "Is my sister-in-law picking flowers to make fragrant dew?"
Tao Ti smiled and said, "I don't want to make fragrant dew, but pick some to make snacks."
When she visited the small garden yesterday, she took a special look. These roses are all edible roses. If the main purpose was not to step on the map yesterday, she would have picked them yesterday. There is nothing left and right now, just pick a basket and go back.
Seeing this, Linglong immediately asked the little eunuch to prepare a basket and scissors.
Tao Ti took the sixth princess to visit the garden while choosing flowers with excellent appearance.
"Materia Medica Text" records: "Rose, clear but not turbid, harmonious but not violent, softens the liver and refreshes the stomach, disperses qi and activates blood, clears and suffocates stagnation, and has no disadvantages of pungent, warm, rigid and dry. The most effective and the most docile, there are almost no other fragrances.”
After picking a basket of flowers, two girls, one big and one small, returned to Yaoguang Palace.
Tao Ti's Yaoguang Hall is very warmly decorated. After getting acquainted with the supervisors of the Three Temples and Five Bureaus, she ordered a lot of flower seeds and potted plants, and filled the vacant area of Yaoguang Hall with flowers and plants. There is also a fruit tree planted in the backyard, such as pear trees, peach trees, apricot trees, pomegranate trees, etc., one by one. She is happy to think that when the fruits bear fruit in the coming year, she can pick fresh ones and eat them directly.
Of course, she also thought about it, maybe before the fruit was full, Pei Yan gave her He Li Shu... and Li Shu, from another perspective, it was also Pei Yan's death notice.
Tao Ti tried not to think about such sad things, she selfishly hoped that Pei Yan could live longer, at least taste the fresh fruits of the four seasons, enjoy some of the little good things in the world, and then face death at this time, perhaps with less regret.
The sixth princess was a bit cautious at first, but Tao Ti didn't treat her as an outsider at all. She placed all kinds of candied pastries in front of her, and said softly, "Beifei, sit and rest for a while, I'll make you some desserts .”
"Sister-in-law, don't bother..." She stretched out her little finger and touched the candied pastries on the table, "There's still so much to eat here."
Tao Ti didn't even bother, she turned around and went into the kitchen.
Seeing the enthusiasm of the concubine's sister-in-law, the sixth princess felt warm in her heart. She sat on the couch in good order and waited, neither running nor moving, just picked up a piece of pea cake and ate it in small bites.
She originally thought that the "soon" said by the concubine's sister-in-law was just casual talk, but she did not expect that the concubine's sister-in-law would come back when the tea in her cup was still warm.
"It smells so good..." The sixth princess sniffed the sweet fragrance and looked curiously at the tray in the palace man's hand.
Tao Ti signaled the palace staff to arrange the desserts, and sat down opposite the sixth princess.
On the red sandalwood carved kang table, the two desserts are placed in exquisite white porcelain bowls. The appearance is not much different from ordinary sweet soup, but the thick milky fragrance and floral fragrance fill the whole hall, as if caught in a sweet and beautiful scene. in the dream.
"Sister-in-law, what kind of dessert is this? It's the first time I've seen it."
"This one is peach gum milk ball soup. The other is rose-flavored ginger milk... I didn't plan to make ginger milk, but I just saw that the roses we picked were very fresh, so I made it." Tao Ti Passed a silver spoon to her, smiled slightly, "Try it."
Children love desserts, not to mention the aroma of the sweet soup in front of them, which makes people's index fingers move.
The sixth princess tasted the peach gum milk dumpling soup first, and just after taking a sip, her dark eyes lit up like a deer, "Sister-in-law, this sweet soup is so delicious, I have never tasted such a good sweet soup." !"
The peach gum is soft and chewy, and the snow-white balls are also very elastic. When you bite down, there is a sweet and sour mulberry filling inside. At this time, take another sip of the sweet milk soup, which is fragrant and refreshing, full of happiness.
Tao Ti held her chin and looked at her with a smile, "Then you can try this ginger milk again."
The sixth princess actually doesn't like to eat pungent ingredients such as onion, ginger and garlic, but after tasting the peach gum milk dumpling soup, she has a certain trust in Tao Ti's cooking skills. Dessert, I can't help but look forward to it a little more.
Just like fresh and tender water tofu, it is easy to scoop out a spoonful. The sixth princess put the spoon into her mouth, and the next moment, she was stunned.
The smooth and sweet milk jelly melts in the mouth, the ginger taste is not too strong, the sweetness is a little spicy, the charming fragrance of roses is mixed with the fragrance of milk, warm and warm, as if a heart has also become Get warm and gentle.
"How is it?" Tao Ti asked.
"..." The sixth princess didn't speak, just buried her little head, eating the ginger milk in front of her mouthful after mouthful.
There was a faint sound of thunder outside the window, and Tao Ti looked out sideways. The sky in the distance was dark and dense, with a few wisps of gray-blue clouds floating quietly.
She whispered softly, "It's going to rain again."
At this time, there was a small movement suddenly, she thought it was rain falling, but when she turned around, she realized that the sound was made by the sixth princess.
She was still eating the bowl of ginger milk, but her head was buried very low, and the other hand wiped her eyes from time to time.
Tao Ti felt that something was wrong, and asked concerned, "Feifei, what's wrong with you?"
The little girl didn't look up, her voice was soft, with a bit of crying, "No, it's nothing."
Cried? !
Tao Ti's heart skipped a beat, and she hurried to her side, staring at the childish little face of the sixth princess, "What's the matter? Don't cry first, and tell your sister-in-law if you have something to do, she will work with you to find a solution, huh?"
Her gentle inquiry was like a small key that gently opened the closed heart of the sixth princess.
Under the slightly dim light, the sixth princess slowly raised her little head. Those dark eyes were like grapes soaked in mist, two lines of tears slid down her cheeks, and the corners of her eyes were red.
Not to mention Tao Ti now, even the palace people on the side were startled: Didn't you still eat happily just now, why did you cry all of a sudden
The sixth princess's nanny was uneasy at the side, but because of her status as the princess, she didn't dare to ask rashly.
Tao Ti coaxed at a loss, "What's wrong with you...don't cry yet..."
Seeing that she was worried, the sixth princess quickly wiped away her tears, sniffed and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm fine. It's just that the smell of ginger and milk reminds me of my concubine mother..."
Tao Ti said: Huh? ?
As far as she knows, this method of ginger bumping milk has not been done in this dynasty... So how did this dessert arouse the sixth princess's longing for her mother? Could it be that the sixth princess's biological mother is also a time traveler
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was possible. After all, the broken system of the underworld was so old, maybe another time traveler was drawn to this dynasty.
Thinking that there might be a modern fellow in the harem, Tao Ti stretched out her hand and patted the sixth princess on the shoulder, comforting, "Okay, don't cry now, I'll take you back later, and go find your concubine mother together?"
Suddenly, the surrounding air seemed to freeze.
The tears of the sixth princess were more like beads with a broken thread, falling down rustlingly.
Tao Ti, "...?" she panicked.
Did I say something wrong
She didn't know how to coax the child, so she stretched out her hand to hug the sixth princess in her arms, and patted her on the back gently, "Don't cry, don't cry..."
When Pei Yan stepped into the Yaoguang Palace, he happened to see the scene where the sixth princess was buried in Tao Ti's arms and wept.
Fu Xirui, who came in on his heels, gasped: This is... The Crown Princess bullied the Sixth Princess to cry
Pei Yan's black eyes glowed with a deep cold light, and the hanging palms were slowly tightened, and he strode forward.
"Your Highness...?" Tao Ti looked at the person in surprise.
Pei Yan's pale lips were slightly pursed, he looked at everything in front of him calmly, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
There was a bit of helplessness in Tao Ti's eyes, "Beifei misses her mother and concubine."
When the sixth princess heard that the prince was coming, she quickly stopped her tears, suppressed her discomfort, and left Tao Ti's arms, with big red eyes, she softly called "Brother Prince".
The chill in Pei Yan's eyes gradually subsided, and returned to his usual tolerance and gentleness.
He asked in a gentle voice, "Isn't Xiaoliu not fond of crying, why is she crying like a little cat now?" As he spoke, he wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
The light dimmed, and the sound of pattering rain could be heard outside the window. Tao Ti looked at the warm picture of brother and sister Gong in front of her, and thought: He is so gentle.
The sixth princess's mood gradually stabilized, and she explained embarrassingly, "My mother and concubine made this dessert for me before, and I thought I would never taste it again in this life... I just tasted this familiar taste suddenly, and I couldn't control it." It reminds me of my concubine…”
She lowered her eyebrows, full of apology, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry for making you worry just now."
"It's okay, it's okay." Tao Ti waved her hand, and vaguely heard that something was wrong with the sixth princess's words. What do you mean you won't be able to taste it in this life? Could it be that the time-traveling fellow doesn't cook food for the little princess anymore
Even though Tao Ti had doubts, she didn't open her mouth, so as not to accidentally poke the sensitive spot of the little girl and make her cry.
To stay in the rainy day, Pei Yan and the sixth princess stayed in the Yaoguang Palace.
Lunch was delivered from the dining room, including cherry meat, minced shrimp, sliced fish, vegetarian stewed three delicacies balls, crispy quail, two vegetables, one soup, one sweet soup, and several pastries. There is a table, which is very rich.
Tao Ti also heated three salted duck eggs, one for each person.
As soon as the chopsticks were pierced, the red oil came out of it. She first poured the red oil on the rice, then peeled the shell and ate the egg white, leaving only the oily red yolk in the bowl, and poked it with chopsticks , eat with rice.
The sixth princess looked at her eating method and felt fresh, "Sister-in-law, does it taste better this way?"
Tao Ti said, "Just try it and you'll know."
After the sixth princess cried in her arms, the distance between them became closer invisibly.
Seeing her say this, the sixth princess followed suit. After eating a mouthful of rice mixed with salted egg yolk, the little face was full of joy of opening the door to a new world, "Wow, it tastes really delicious like this, and you don't need to eat vegetables."
Tao Ti thought to herself, isn’t that right, all kinds of modern bibimbap sauces are selling well, such as salted egg yolk sauce and crab yolk sauce, and the price is not cheap.
Pei Yan unconsciously remembered the bowl of fried rice with salted egg yolk last night, and ate it as they did.
The taste is indeed good, but... the fried rice last night is more fragrant.
As soon as this thought came up, Pei Yan felt it was funny. Thinking of him as a dignified prince of a country, what delicacies have you never eaten? I didn't expect that one day I would miss a simple bowl of fried rice.