The next day, the weather was muggy, and there was a thunderstorm, the sky was gloomy, and the thunder was rumbling.
The pouring rain made the gardenias scattered and fragrant.
Tao Ti was sitting in the dimly lit curtain, after realizing that she thought about the deep kiss yesterday, she couldn't help touching her lips with her fingers.
Yesterday's kiss was very different from the previous one. Pei Yan used to be gentle and restrained. But yesterday's kiss, she could feel his strong lust...
If she didn't come back to consciousness, it might not be as simple as a kiss.
Although Pei Yan respected her wish and didn't take the next step, but now the weather is getting hotter and the clothes are wearing less and less, the two of them lie on the same bed every day and hug each other, sooner or later they will shoot each other...
Although Tao Ti didn't resist that matter, she couldn't accept it to go to that step so quickly, not to mention that Pei Yan's health is not good, and indulgence hurts his body, so he can't mess around like this.
After pondering over and over again, Tao Ti wondered, should I tell Pei Yan to sleep in separate beds at night
After a brief wash, she walked to the door and looked at the rain outside the house.
The rain and mist are hazy, and the flowers, plants and trees in front of the court are extraordinarily quiet.
Linglong stepped forward, offered a cup of fragrant tea, and said, "When the rain is over, the weather will be even hotter."
Tao Ti took a sip of the tea and asked casually, "Is there any ice in the palace in summer?"
Linglong replied, "Yes, every year at the end of May, each palace can receive a certain amount of ice."
Tao Ti said, "The end of May, that's almost there."
At the thought of ice cubes available, a bunch of food popped up in her head, popsicles of various flavors, smoothies, iced drinks...
When she lowered her eyes and looked at the jasmine tea in her hand, her eyes lit up, and she said to herself, "Yes, summer is here, how can there be no milk tea?"
Linglong was startled, and saw the princess drank the tea and went to the small kitchen with great interest.
On a rainy day, drinking milk tea and eating fried chicken is nothing more comfortable.
Tao Ti tried to boil black tea and milk together. She took the best black tea and put it into gauze to make a tea bag, and boiled it with hot water. After the aroma and color of the black tea were boiled, she took out the tea bag and added fresh Cook the milk together.
The color of the black tea is red and bright, and when it comes in contact with the milky white milk, it will quickly turn into a light coffee color, which is similar to the color of the milk tea sold in the milk tea shop in the previous life. When cooking, add sugar according to personal taste, and a cup of mellow and rich original milk tea is ready.
After cooking, Tao Ti poured a big cup by herself, and put the rest into a big thermos pot.
She picked up the oil pan again and fried a pot of chicken legs. And use some existing ingredients, such as leeks, Chinese cabbage, lotus root slices, bean skin, eggplant, enoki mushrooms, tenderloin, chicken wings, sausages, etc. to make fried skewers—as long as the sauce is well adjusted, everything can be fried.
When making milk tea, the small kitchen is filled with the aroma of sweet milk and tea. Although the aroma is attractive, it is not particularly gluttonous.
But fried food is different, whether it is fried chicken legs or fried skewers, the ingredients are put into the oil pan and fried, and the overbearing aroma immediately floats out of the small kitchen and spreads throughout the Yaoguang Temple. With this smell, I can't move my feet.
Even the kitten Yuan Bao meowed when he smelled it, wanting to sneak into the kitchen.
The little eunuch Tai Sheng hugged it, fed it with dried fish, and coaxed, "Oh, my ancestor Yuanbao, you can't run outside, it's raining outside, it's not good for your beautiful hair to get wet .”
While he was coaxing, he couldn't help looking into the kitchen, thinking, the princess is really amazing, as soon as she enters the kitchen, the fragrance will overflow, making them salivate, His Royal Highness is really lucky!
Besides, Tao Ti made some snacks here, and she was also thinking about Pei Yan's side, so she asked Linglong to send some over.
The milk tea is served in a thermos, and the fried skewers and fried chicken legs are placed in the upper and lower layers of the food box respectively for heat insulation.
Away from the rain and fog, Fu Xirui saw Linglong coming with a food box in his hand, smiling all over his face, "Is the princess making delicious food again?"
Linglong smiled and said, "Yes, there are food and drinks, and they are delicious. As soon as our princess is ready, I will send them to you. Is Your Highness in there?"
"Here, I'm talking with several adults." Fu Xirui said, "Miss Linglong, give this to me first, I'll take it in."
"Okay." Linglong replied, and handed the food box to Fu Xirui.
Taking advantage of the lack of rain, she took an umbrella and went back.
Inside Zixiao Palace, as soon as Fu Xirui came in carrying the food box, everyone seemed to sense something, and looked at the food box in his hand like a torch.
Fu Xirui walked up to Pei Yan without changing his expression, and whispered a few words.
Pei Yan glanced at the big thermos, then opened the food box and looked in. Seeing that the portion was enough, he asked Fu Xirui to take it out and share the food with the officials of the East Palace.
As soon as the food box was opened, the strong fragrance came out. Song Taifu and others sat upright as much as possible, but their eyes glanced at the food box uncontrollably.
Especially when Fu Xirui shared the meal, each of them had a serious and calm face, but his heart was like a cat's paw scratching his heart, why hasn't it been sent to me yet
There were not many people in the hall, and in the end, each person got a cup of milk tea, a fried chicken leg, and two skewers. Although the quantity was not large, it was full of fragrance.
Pei Yanwen said in a low voice, "After talking about political affairs for so long, you should be tired. Let's have some snacks and rest for a while."
As he spoke, he picked up the milk tea and drank it first.
The milk tea has been placed in the thermos all the way, and it is no longer as hot as when it was first boiled, and it is warm and suitable, just right into the throat. Keemun black tea is sweet and mellow, and milk is mellow. When the two are mixed together, the tea flavor neutralizes the greasy taste of milk, and the milk neutralizes the astringency of black tea. The taste is very smooth and fragrant, and the sweetness is just right. The stomach is warm and comfortable.
Seeing the prince started to eat, everyone in the audience couldn't wait to taste it.
The fried chicken legs are golden and crispy, and the surface seems to be sprinkled with a layer of spices. It is slightly spicy and salty. The flour on the surface is so crispy that the slag falls off, but the chicken legs inside are extremely smooth and tender. When you bite down, the delicious juice is on the tip of your tongue. Wandering around, before I had time to taste it carefully, there is only one bone left in a chicken leg. It is delicious, but it is not enough!
With this feeling in their hearts, everyone rushed to eat fried skewers. Everyone got different fried skewers. There were fried lotus root slices, fried bean curds, and fried sausages...but no matter what it was fried, it was poured on the outside. A layer of salty chili oil is enough to make ordinary ingredients delicious.
"This fried chicken leg is crispy, tender and juicy. It tastes really good."
"I didn't expect that small green vegetables, fried like this, and put some chili sauce, can become so delicious!"
"This tea is also good. It tastes mellow and fragrant. The addition of milk makes it more fragrant and less astringent..."
"The fly in the ointment is that the amount is too small, and I just tasted it, and it's gone."
Everyone praised and sighed, Pei Yanjing sitting in the seat, rubbing his fingers on the wall of the cup, but thinking in his heart, at this moment, his little princess should be lazily lying on the couch, eating these, Are you looking at the storybook
He is busy these days, so he can only spend time with her every day and night. In a few days, when his uncle's family comes back, he will be even busier, and maybe he won't even have time to have dinner with her.
Pei Yan raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, seeming to laugh at himself. He never thought that one day, he would be bound by the affection of his children.
The word love is really difficult to understand.
...
In the evening, Song Taifu's residence.
"No, no, not this smell."
"This tea tastes too strong, put more milk. And this, the sauce is too light, not fragrant enough..."
"It's not difficult to fry a chicken leg. Why aren't the ones you fried crispy at all?"
Song Taifu shook his head while holding his forehead, looked at the terrified servants, and waved his hands, "That's all, let's all step back."
As soon as Song Yuning helped Mrs. Song into the house, she saw the servants carrying food and leaving the house, and the grandfather and grandson looked at each other.
Mrs. Song walked into the room slowly, and seeing her old husband sitting cross-legged on the couch with a depressed look, she couldn't help asking, "I heard that when you return to the house, you let the kitchen cook and eat. Could it be that the East Palace today Didn't provide lunch, making you hungry?"
Song Taifu raised his eyes and saw his old wife and granddaughter, his complexion turned pale, and his sitting posture became more upright, "You guys are here."
Song Yuning helped Mrs. Song to sit down on the opposite side, and sat on the chair diagonally opposite by herself, and asked softly, "The granddaughter didn't move much when she saw the food that was brought out just now, but the food made in the kitchen doesn't suit grandfather's appetite? "
Song Taifu shook his head, talked about the food that he tasted in Zixiao Palace this afternoon, and sighed, "It seems that the recipe is very simple, but I don't know why our chef can't make that taste, it's really strange Strange..."
Mrs. Song had a face full of disbelief, she pouted and said, "It's really that delicious?"
Song Taifu said, "Don't believe it, the smell is really fragrant, and the craftsmanship of the Crown Princess is really worth mentioning."
As if to convince the old wife, Song Taifu also described all the food he had tasted in the East Palace a few times before, and of course he did not forget to praise the Crown Princess.
Song Yuning on the side listened with surprise and admiration. She was raised under the knees of her grandparents since she was a child, and knew that her grandfather would not praise others easily. Now he is full of praise for the Crown Princess, which shows the Crown Princess' cooking skills Indeed.
Last time when King Yu was celebrating his birthday, the princess' actions in protecting the prince changed her opinion of the princess, but she still felt that the princess was not perfect enough. But now hearing that her grandfather has praised the princess, Song Yuning has mixed emotions in her heart...
Mrs. Song was keenly aware of her granddaughter's gloom, and quickly cast a glance at Taifu Song.
Song Taifu paused, saw his granddaughter who seemed a little disappointed, stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and changed the topic, "In addition to her good cooking skills, the princess is also kind and righteous, and her courage is commendable..."
Song Yuning was slightly taken aback, then looked up at Song Taifu.
Taifu Song told about the assassination of the crown prince in Luoyang. After finishing speaking, his calm eyes fell on Song Yuning and asked, "In such a dangerous situation, most wives hide in the private room to take care of themselves, but the princess is too busy?" Dare to rush up and fight the gangsters... Yu Ning, grandfather asks you, if you are, would you dare to go up?"
Song Yuning showed astonishment, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Granddaughter...should know it."
Song Taifu smiled, "Now you are hesitant to answer verbally. If you were in that situation, by the time you figured it out, the assassin would have retreated long ago."
This made Song Yuning's face red and white, and she lowered her head in shame.
Seeing this, Mrs. Song quickly comforted her granddaughter, and gave Song Taifu another look, "Your assumption is really unreasonable. We, Yu Ning's delicate daughter's family, have no strength to restrain a chicken, even if we rush forward, It is also a death in vain! Then I am not willing, I just hope that my granddaughter will live a safe and smooth life."
Song Taifu was not annoyed, but said calmly, "Yu Ning, at the beginning, my grandfather didn't want you to marry into the East Palace because he was worried about these things. The royal family is very chaotic, you are soft-tempered, the farther away the better..."
Song Yuning nodded, stood up and saluted, "Grandfather, granddaughter understands."
Mrs. Song said softly, "Yuning, you should go back and have a good rest, you have to go to the Zhou Mansion for a banquet tomorrow."
"The Zhou residence is attending a banquet?" Song Taifu frowned, "Why don't I know? What name?"
"You are busy with business all day long, so how do you know about the small banquet in the back house." Mrs. Song gave him a strange look, and said softly, "Tomorrow is a tea banquet, and the prime minister's wife will host it personally... Speaking of which, recently There are frequent banquets in the Zhou residence, it should be Mrs. Zhou looking after her daughter-in-law on behalf of her son-in-law."
Song Taifu's face collapsed all of a sudden, and he said coldly, "Just say that our family's Yuning is ill, so we can't go."
Mrs. Song frowned, "You are..."
"My Song family has been clean for many generations, how can I have anything to do with the Zhou family?" After finishing speaking, Song Taifu picked up the books on the table, turned his body towards the wall, and left a nostalgic back view.
Mrs. Song really laughed angrily, but she also knew her old husband's stubborn temper, so she just said, "Okay, okay, if you don't go, you won't go. I just went to see the excitement, and I didn't want Yuning to marry her The son of the Zhou family."