Tao Ti didn't wake up until noon, and when she got up and asked, she found out that Pei Yan ordered before leaving to burn some tranquilizing incense to make her sleep more peacefully.
As for Pei Yan, he had already gone out with the officials of the East Palace as usual.
After a simple lunch, Tao Ti asked about the girl Xia Sang who was brought into the mansion yesterday, "Linglong, where is she now?"
Linglong replied, "She lives in a wing room in the back hall, does the Crown Princess want to see her?"
Tao Ti thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Well, you can bring him here."
Linglong nodded and turned to go out.
Not long after, Xia Sang walked in with Linglong.
She changed into clean and plain clothes, and most of the redness and swelling on her face disappeared, revealing her original delicate and pretty face.
Seeing Tao Ti, Xia Sang immediately knelt on the ground and made an extremely solemn gift, "The daughter of the people thanked the princess for her kindness. The daughter of the people has nothing to do with her. She only has this humble life. , Minnv is still alive, Minnv is willing to be a servant, a cow and a horse, to repay your kindness to the Crown Princess."
Tao Ti was taken aback for a moment, and after realizing it, she quickly asked Linglong to help her up, and moved a stool for her.
"It's just a little effort, and I didn't help much." Tao Ti's eyes were curved, and she said to her in a gentle voice, "I called you here today, just to see how you are currently..."
Xia Sang said, "Thank you for your concern, Princess Princess... It's okay."
Tao Ti looked at her red and swollen eyes, and the black eyes, and knew that she must not have a good sleep last night.
As a bystander like myself, I have to rely on sleeping incense to get a good night's sleep, let alone Xia Sang, a little girl who lost her loved one.
Tao Ti sighed in her heart for a while, raised her head again, and looked at Xia Sang with more gentle eyes, "I really admire your courage and strategy, you can find a way to get in touch with Shizi... Aren't you afraid of revealing your secrets? If there is any Flaws, you may have to take your own life to get in."
Xia Sang said, "After my sister dies, Minnv has nothing to worry about in this world. As long as she can avenge her sister, even if there is only a glimmer of hope for revenge, Minnv dares to do it."
Speaking of this, there was a little gratitude in her eyes, "Minnv is stupid, she didn't think of seducing that beast at first, but a kind-hearted person told me to do so. If it wasn't for the kind-hearted person's guidance step by step, Minv Now it should still be a headless chicken, bewildered and confused."
When Tao Ti heard it, she became interested, "Good-hearted person?"
Xia Sang said, "It's a grandma who works in Prince Mu's Mansion. My sister had an accident and her body was thrown into the well. She also told me... Also, it's because of her that I was able to sneak into the Yancui Tower." , one of her distant relatives happens to be the steward of Yancui Tower. If the big revenge is avenged, I must thank that grandma face to face. She and the Crown Princess are both my great benefactors."
Tao Ti thought it was really strange, she didn't expect that there was such a warm-hearted old woman in Prince Mu's mansion. Listening to Xia Sang's description, it's a bit like the sweeping monk in martial arts novels.
But she didn't think much about it, and just said with emotion, "There are still many good people in this world."
After a brief chat with Xia Sang, Tao Ti asked her to go down and rest first.
Hearing that Prince Mu's son is already squatting in the prison, and Prince Mu's mansion is currently very calm, Tao Ti is relieved, but also vaguely uneasy.
She covered her thumping chest, her two beautiful brows were slightly furrowed.
Linglong stepped forward worriedly, and asked, "Crown Princess, what's wrong with you?"
Tao Ti pressed her heart, came back to her senses, showed a faint smile, and said softly, "I'm fine."
It's just... She came to this ancient time, and she always felt that she was getting less and less courageous
Alas, human life and body are too fragile. If she were her own body, she would have almost eternal lifespan and powerful divine power... Ahem, although her divine power is not particularly strong, it is more than enough to deal with small humans—
Tao Ti: Weakness jpg.
Linglong saw her crown princess shaking her head and sighing, as if she was still resentful of the evil deeds of Prince Mu's residence. After thinking for a while, she suggested, "Crown Princess, don't you always say that eating desserts can make you feel better, so the servant asked the dining room to make you some snacks?"
When it comes to eating, Tao Ti rests her cheeks with her two small hands and thinks about it, what will she eat at night
As May was approaching, the weather was getting hotter and hotter day by day, plus the mess of Prince Mu's Mansion...it really made her lose her appetite.
Just when she was about to let the dining room do whatever she wanted, Pei Yan's tall and straight figure suddenly appeared in her mind.
She felt that he seemed to have lost a lot of weight recently.
After taking a bath last night, he was wearing snow-white pajamas, his skin was cold and pale, he was tall and thin, and he felt as if he was going to become a fairy in the next second.
That's right, with his weak body, he insisted on observing the people's situation, inspecting the dams, inspecting the work every day, leaving early and returning late, he could be called a model worker.
She can eat whatever she wants, but she can't let Pei Yan follow her casually—
There is a saying, no matter how poor you are, you can't get poor education, no matter how hard you are, you can't suffer children... Ah bah, what am I messing with!
Tao Ti raised her hand and patted her forehead, then stood up immediately, "Go, go to the dining room, and make some refreshing and appetizing food."
Linglong paused for a moment, and seeing that the princess had returned to her usual energetic appearance, a smile appeared on her face, "Yes!"
…
Not long after, in the dining room of the palace.
Tao Ti took a large spoonful of flour and started to work.
Linglong asked curiously, "Crown Princess, are you making noodles?"
Tao Ti shook her head and said with a smile, "Make Liangpi."
Mix a large bowl of flour with water, knead it into a relatively hard dough, knead it patiently until it is smooth, and then put the dough aside to wake up for a while, then you can start to make the most critical part of Liangpi—washing the face!
Tao Ti held the dough with her fair hands and kneaded it repeatedly in a basin of clear water.
This process is actually quite decompressive, like kneading a small toy to vent out, with a little bit of kneading, the dough becomes smaller visible to the naked eye, and the originally clear water gradually becomes cloudy, turning into a beautiful milky white. After the starch in the dough is washed out, there is a small piece of sticky and slightly elastic left, which is gluten.
Tao Ti covered the noodles with water and gluten, and ordered the imperial chef to boil a pot of sour radish and old duck soup on the stove, cleaned her hands, turned to Linglong and said, "Let's go, go back and take a nap, and make it when you wake up. "
If you want to taste the food, you need to wait patiently.
After waking up from a nap, it was still dark, and Tao Ti lay lazily on the couch and read the script for a while.
She didn't get up from the couch until the sky was full of sunshine and the sun was setting. She guessed that Pei Yan should be coming back.
Walking outside the hall, looking at the gentle afterglow that filled the courtyard, Tao Ti suddenly thought of—
How can I look like a wife who has prepared dinner and is waiting for her husband to come back from get off work
As soon as this idea popped up, his face turned red again.
She held down the frenzied and restless deer in her heart, so be sober! He regards you as a trusted friend, yet you want to sleep with him
And he is a patient who is dying, you can't be so beastly!
Seeing the princess covering her chest again, Linglong became more and more worried: Do I need to find an imperial doctor to give the princess a safe pulse tomorrow
…
The night fell.
When Pei Yan arrived at Jixian Hall, Tao Ti was sitting at the dining table with a dignified expression, holding her small head.
Pei Yan's eyebrows moved slightly, and he glanced at Linglong calmly, as if asking: "What's wrong with the princess?"
Linglong looked puzzled: The servants are not too clear.
Pei Yan looked away and walked over slowly.
"Ah Ti." He called softly.
Tao Ti was thinking about various plans for "how to euphemistically propose to sleep separately", when she first heard the call, she was stunned, "Ah."
Pei Yanshi stood still in front of her, bent slightly, a handsome and delicate face was caught off guard, and appeared in front of Tao Ti at close range.
Tao Ti, "...!"
She gasped, and subconsciously fell backwards.
Pei Yan's eyes flashed, as if he was afraid that she would fall if she didn't pay attention, he stretched out his hand to hook her slender waist, and slammed it around.
The next moment, Tao Ti bumped directly into his warm embrace.
Her forehead was pressed between his chest and abdomen, and the tip of her nose was instantly filled with the nice cold fragrance of his body. Through the thin fabric, she could feel the hard lump under the fabric...
He really has abs!
She thought inappropriately, glanced down inadvertently, and realized what part it was, her face instantly became hot.
It's over, it's over, I'm really hopeless.
She struggled to get out of his arms, buried her little head very low, and mumbled, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."
A man's warm voice with a smile sounded from above his head, "Why are you apologizing, it was Gu who pulled you first."
Tao Ti, "..."
Although, she always felt that she was belittling him and taking advantage of him.
After a while of silence, Pei Yan walked to the side and sat down as if nothing had happened, and said softly, "What delicious food did Arti cook tonight?"
Still lowering her head, Tao Ti whispered, "I stewed a sour radish and old duck soup, a cucumber, and the staple food is Liangpi."
After speaking, she turned her head and gestured to Linglong.
Not long after, the palace people put the dinner on the table.
The sour radish and old duck soup is served in a delicate casserole. There are some goji berries floating in the soup. The soup is light yellow. It is the duck fat that is boiled out. It looks greasy, but the sour taste is neutralized by adding the secret sour radish. The greasy taste makes the whole pot of soup taste not only not greasy, but also very delicious. The sour taste mixed with the smell of meat wafts out, which makes people salivate.
The plate of cucumbers, oily green skin and light green flesh, covered with hot and sour garlic sauce, was coated with a layer of bright red and bright luster, and there was also a layer of fragrant crushed peanuts sprinkled on the surface. One bite, hot and sour and crispy, chewing carefully, mixed with the unique oily aroma of peanuts, and the refreshing sweetness of cucumbers, it really gets better the more you eat.
In addition, there was a large plate of Liangpi, and the prepared sauce hadn't been put in yet.
Tao Ti poured a large cup of tea to fade the blush on her face, then rolled up her sleeves and started to stir on the spot—
"This cold noodle is mixed fresh when you eat it, and the taste will be better. If you mix it early, the taste of the sauce will be completely soaked in, and the cold noodle will become sticky and not so refreshing."
When it comes to food, she doesn't stutter at all.
Pei Yan caressed the teacup in his hand, and said with a warm smile, "Arti made it, it tastes good."
Tao Ti paused when she mixed the cold skin, "..."
The tip of the ear rubbed, and it turned red again.
The mixed Liangpi was divided into two bowls, and she pushed a large bowl in front of Pei Yan, not daring to meet his eyes the whole time, and said a little "Hmm", "Your Highness, eat."
She took her own bowl, sat across from her, and started eating with her head buried.
Off-white translucent cold skin, mixed with green cucumber shreds, red carrot shreds, and golden gluten lumps, and then poured with a layer of fragrant chili oil and seasoning sauce, just looking at it makes people appetite open.
Pick up a pair of chopsticks and bring it to your mouth. The Liangpi is slippery, slightly cold, tender and smooth, and each stick is evenly dipped in the sauce. As soon as you enter your mouth, the delicious spicy and sour taste stimulates you. The taste buds couldn't help secreting saliva in the mouth. After chewing a big mouthful with satisfaction, there was still a refreshing slight numbness in the mouth.
One bite after another, Tao Ti ate up the bowl of Liangpi in front of her before long.
Pei Yan's eyes fell on her slightly red and swollen mouth. After a while, he put down his chopsticks, and gently scooped her a bowl of sour radish and old duck soup, and put it aside to dry.
Tao Ti pursed her lips, thanked her in a low voice, and said, "Your bowl is not as spicy as mine. I just added two spoonfuls of chili oil to make it so spicy."
Pei Yan nodded gracefully, and said calmly, "It's not spicy, but it tastes good. This cold noodle dish is very suitable for summer."
Tao Ti said, "Then you eat more, if you like it, I will continue to make it tomorrow."
Pei Yan responded with a smile, and said again, "The weather is getting hotter, and Gu's errands can be completed within three days. By then, we can pack our bags and prepare to return to Chang'an."
Hearing this, Tao Ti blinked in surprise, and looked at him, "Can I go back?"
Pei Yan said, "Yes."
Then, he raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "Ah Ti is homesick?"
Tao Ti was taken aback for a moment, her thick and long eyelashes drooped, and her dark pupils flashed a bit of melancholy.
Are you homesick
I thought about it, but what I thought about was not the Yongweihou Mansion in Chang'an, but a modern home.
But maybe because she lived in the Eastern Palace for two months, subconsciously, she also regarded the Eastern Palace as her home in Dayuan Dynasty.
She pursed her lips and said softly, "I kind of think about it."
Pei Yan smiled lightly, stared at her deeply, and said, "If I can go back to Chang'an on the Dragon Boat Festival, I will take you to the Weihe River to watch the dragon boat race?"
"Yes, it's already the end of April, and it will be the Dragon Boat Festival soon..."
Suddenly, Tao Ti opened a pair of curious big eyes and looked at Pei Yan, "Your Highness, isn't this dragon boat race very lively?"
Seeing her playful appearance, Pei Yan laughed hoarsely, "It's very lively, and then you have to follow Gu closely, don't get lost."
"I'm not a child anymore, how can I get lost so easily!"
Tao Ti smiled and said half-jokingly, "It's really impossible, tie our hands together with a rope, so that we will never be separated."
The smile in Pei Yan's eyes stopped.
rope.
His hand unconsciously caressed the skirt of his chest.
Those two red ropes still hold the position of his heart, and they haven't found the right time to send them out...
In a few more days, when Luoyang's bad debts are settled, he will find a better day to tie the red rope around her snow-white wrist with his own hands.
Linglong who stood by and waited, "???"
Why is His Royal Highness covering his chest, this thing is still contagious