Inexplicably, I came to Guogong's mansion, just in time for lunch at Guogong's mansion, so everyone sat down to eat together.
Except for Ji Heng who looked not as smiling as he used to be, everyone else was very happy.
Kong Liu and Wen Renyao are the most lively, and Wen Renyao enthusiastically said: "The second girl Jiang tastes the craftsmanship of our grandfather, it is more authentic than the imperial kitchen in the palace, and it is not something you can taste every day. , Every new year and holidays..."
With a "pop", the silver chopsticks in Ji Heng's hand snapped off, and Wen Renyao immediately fell silent, extremely quiet.
General Ji glanced at Jiang Li and asked: "Girl, your surname is Jiang? I haven't asked you, which house is the girl from? Listen to your accent, is it a Yanjing?"
Jiang Li replied politely and nonchalantly: "Yes. My father is Jiang Shoufu, and the old general should know him. I will do the second at home."
"Jiang Yuanbai?" General Ji changed his expression and asked, "Are you Jiang Yuanbai's daughter?"
Jiang Li nodded.
Old General Ji didn't murmur something, but his gaze at Jiang Li was not as eager as before. I thought it was a holiday with Jiang Yuanbo in the past, but Jiang Li didn't care much.
She tasted the ham and bamboo shoot soup in the small bowl in front of her, which was very delicious. I tasted the jujube mud yam cake again, it was sweet and sour. Wen Renyao is right. Although she is not a person who can often use the imperial meal, she wants to come to the imperial chef to cook, but that's just the case.
Ji Heng would cook, and his craftsmanship was so good, which overturned Jiang Li's previous imagination. In addition to those who are so busy with ecstasy in his days, Jiang Li felt that he had never really known Ji Heng before.
"How is it?" Kong Liu smiled: "Does the food meet the taste?"
Jiang Li nodded: "Very good."
Ji Heng threw his chopsticks impatiently, and seemed to have exhausted all his patience when eating with such a big table here. After enduring and forbearing, he picked up the chopsticks again.
"Can Girl Jiang Er cook?" Wen Renyao suddenly asked Jiang Li, "I heard that some girls have different talents in cooking, but I have never met one. Like September, I don’t know how to cook. I’m afraid. She poisoned it."
Situ Jiuyue sneered: "You have poison in your bowl now."
Jiang Li was stunned, and said, "I know a little bit."
"I know that the second girl Jiang is humble, and she should be very good at the so-called good." Wen Renyao's eyes lit up.
Kong Liu also looked at Jiang Li. It was so strange that Jiang Li could cook. Kong Liu had seen the shadow of this girl riding and shooting on the school ground, and that was a heroine with no shame. Although it looks weak, it is actually murderous. If she weren't for Jiang Yuanbai's daughter, Kong Liu would have planned to recruit her to the riding team. How can such a girl wash her hands and make soup? It's violent!
"What is Jiang Er's best?" Wen Renyao asked.
Jiang Li thought for a while: "Roasted venison, as well as flowers and birds."
As soon as these words came out, all the eyes of the people in the room focused on Jiang Li, and even Ji Heng, who had not been very happy, looked at her inquisitively.
"This... this... Will Jiang Mansion do this?" Wen Renyao asked hesitantly.
"It's like a quack." Lu Ji narrowed his eyes, "Second Miss has always been very chic and charming."
"I have lived in Qingcheng Mountain for eight years, and many things are not the same as in Yanjing City." Jiang Li smiled and said, "The mountain is very cold. Although it does not snow in winter, it seems to be colder than Yanjing City. If a hunter hunts deer, Take the deer skins, and sell us venison at a lower price. The maid and I can set up firewood in the forest and grill the venison without any condiments. A little bit of coarse salt is enough. The roasted venison does not It's smelly, but because of the bamboo sticks skewered with the fragrance of bamboo."
What she said was not hurried or slow, but a scene could not help but appear in front of everyone. In the mountains in the winter, one master and one servant, two little girls, surrounded by a hot pile of firewood, their cheeks flushed red. The venison is racked on bamboo poles, and the grilled sizzling oil becomes the only taste in the mountains.
"You are not allowed to kill or eat meat in the temple, did you sneak out?" Situ Jiuyue asked.
"Yes." Jiang Li smiled and said, "carrying the people in the temple."
"It's hard for you to laugh." Situ Jiuyue snorted.
Everyone looked at Jiang Li's gaze, with a little pity, but Jiang Li couldn't laugh or cry. In fact, she didn't really stay in Qingcheng Mountain for eight years. These methods of roasting venison were also learned from Xue Zhao. But in the eyes of others, it's about having fun in hardship, and it's quite satisfying.
"Jiang girl, what is the origin of the calligraphy of flowers and birds?" The old general Ji was about to be a foodie, and did not express any other emotions about Jiang Li's tragic situation, but asked: "The old man has only heard of calligraphy, but he didn't. Ever called flowers and birds."
"Actually, it's almost the same as a chicken," Jiang Li smiled, "After cleaning the bird hit by a slingshot, you don't need to pluck the hair, put some seasoning in the belly, wrap it in mud, and bury it in the ashes where the fire is lit. After waiting for half an hour, I took it out and patted the mud, the natural hair was taken down, it was very beautiful golden yellow, brushed with a layer of honey, and it was ready to eat."
General Ji slapped his thigh: "This is good! I'll go and fight a bunch of birds tomorrow!"
"Master, it's freezing in this cold weather, where's the bird..." Lu Ji was helpless.
"Your life is quite rich." Ji Heng put his chin on one hand and looked at her with a smile.
He is not just the way he was going to eat people.
"Yes, Miss Jiang, your cooking skills are different from what I thought." Wen Renyao said: "I thought you were cooking in your own small kitchen, and everyone else prepared all the ingredients. The maid is also ready, you just need to move your mouth. I didn’t expect you to even find the ingredients yourself, and the food you eat is different from others. But it sounds interesting, different from ordinary boudoir girls!"
Jiang Li smiled: "It's just forced by the situation."
When she was Xue Fangfei, after she married to the Shen family, she also made soup for her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and husband. Because of her outstanding craftsmanship, the Shen family is not rich, and even the cook is saved. She is best at roast venison that she wants to eat in the winter, but Mother Shen will not let her make it in the house. It is said that the taste is too great, and it is only eaten by farmers or hunters. It cannot be served on the table.
So the fun of grilling and drinking in winter is gone. In fact, thinking about it now, from the time she married to the Shen family, she sacrificed too much from the beginning, that free self.
She fell into her thoughts, until Ji Heng's voice called her thoughts back, and Ji Heng said: "The government can also roast venison in the future." He looked at Jiang Li and said with a smile: "You come. "
"Me?" Jiang Li was surprised.
"I won't." Ji Heng narrowed his beautiful eyes, "Of course you come."
"But..." The relationship between her and Ji Heng has not yet reached the point where they can go to the other's house to roast venison! This is Guogong's Mansion and not Jiang's Mansion. Why did she go to Guogong's Mansion to roast venison? What kind of restaurant is Guogong's
"Good, good!" General Ji laughed and agreed for the first time, and the name Jiang Li changed from "Jianyatou" to "Liyatou", he said: "Liyatou, come over! The ingredients are ready, you just need to bake! Tell the old man what you need, and never let you get tired!"
I'm tired just baking.
"It's not bad, I think this proposal is good." Wen Renyao is not too busy in any place, and he has to come to join him, "I have never eaten roast venison! The second girl just said that my saliva It's going to flow out. In this case, let's make an appointment. When the second girl cooks roasted venison, we will all come. How about making the flower and bird together? Let's try it!"
Kong Liu: "Agree."
Lu Ji: ".... I agree."
Situ Jiuyue: "..." Although he didn't say a word, but he didn't expressly refuse, it was obviously acquiescence.
Jiang Li: "I don't agree."
Her "I disagree" didn't even arouse the splash, and she was drowned in everyone's chattering discussion. Jiang Li was frustrated and couldn't help but look at Ji Heng. He saw Ji Heng resting his cheeks and looking at her, with a clear smile of mischievous success in his eyes.
He didn't like cooking at all, so he dragged her into the water. The so-called can't go to hell alone
It's treacherous.
At the end of the meal, Jiang Li became a strangely unhappy person. After the meal, everyone dispersed. Wen Renyao would like to pull Jiangli to enjoy the flowers in the flowerbed of the Guogong Mansion. He said: "Don't come close, just look at it from a distance. The only flowers in Yanjing City in the winter are here."
He really used the Guogong Mansion as his home, and he didn't see anything outside. However, taking a girl to admire flowers in the winter can only be done by Wen Renyao.
Jiang Li stood still in front of the door and asked, "There is one thing I am curious about. I would take the liberty to ask, what is the relationship between Mr. Wenren and Mr. Guo?"
Situ Jiuyue and Ji Heng had known each other and grew up together at least when they were young. Wen Renyao's actions and actions clearly showed that they were very familiar with Ji Heng and the Guogong Mansion. Situ Jiuyue is a master of poison, what is the identity of Wen Renyao? He looks like a good-looking dude, or the kind of no brainer.
"My grandfather and General Ji are family friends, and my father and General Ji are family friends. Ji Heng and I are family friends!"
Jiang Li: "Why do you say'calculate'?"
"Tsk, Ji Heng doesn't admit that I am his family friend." Wen Renyao was very aggrieved, "He despises me."
Jiang Li: "..." On this point, Wen Renyao is not wronged, and whoever wants to have such a family friend will not be willing to admit it.
"But my father and my grandfather are dead, and we are the only one left." Wen Renyao said: "He has to admit if he doesn't admit it, if he doesn't have me, who will help him?"
"Fu Ji?" Jiang Li was startled.
"The one of us is the'Xianxian Gate'. We can help you to predict good or bad luck, and you can hardly miss it. However, we can only help you for one person in your life," he looked at Jiang Li apologetically, "Although I admire Jiang Er very much, But forgive me for not disobeying my teacher's orders, and I cannot help the girl Jiang Er."
Jiang Li was surprised. It turned out that Wen Renyao was the real expert, different from the liar, Taoist Chongxu. But... it's hard to convince him to look like this.
"In fact, Xia Xia also thinks that his talents can only be put on one person, which is really a waste. Especially every time I help Ji Heng, the result is almost the same. After so many years of divination, except for a woman, It’s the same every time, nothing special."
"Woman?" Jiang Li asked curiously, "What woman?"
"A woman destined to be in Ji Heng's destiny." Wen Ren approached and said, "Don't tell anyone. When I helped Ji Heng in the past, I discovered that his life is tied to a woman in his life. Simply put. Come, even this woman who is Cheng Ye will be defeated, and this woman will become a Buddha at one thought and become a devil.
"Wen Ren Yao." Before he finished speaking, a voice interrupted him from behind. When the two looked back, Ji Heng was standing at the gate of the yard, watching them not far away.
I don't know how much Ji Heng heard their voices just now.
Jiang Li was embarrassed to be caught inquiring about the news behind others. After thinking about it, he said to Wen Ren remotely: "I have something to discuss with Lord Guo, so I won't delay Master Wen Ren's time."
"Hey?" Wen Renyao asked, "Aren't you enjoying the flowers?"
"No." Jiang Li smiled, "Next time."
Wenren touched his nose and left unwillingly. Jiang Li walked up to Ji Heng and said with a smile: "Master Guo."
In the ice and snow, his red dress is particularly conspicuous, and the person is also very beautiful. When there were only two of them, he showed that kind of lazy, inattentive expression to each other.
Ji Heng asked: "Do you have something to tell me?"
Jiang Li nodded.
"Come with me." He turned around and left, Jiang Li hesitated and followed.
The yard was covered with deep snow into a silvery white. His red dress is flowing fire, ginger pear green skirt is green, one is beautiful, the other is smart, two colors that are clearly incompatible, and they look strangely harmonious, as if they were born to be like this.
For the few people hiding behind the door, General Ji touched his chin thoughtfully.
Kong Liu quietly touched Lu Ji's arm, and asked, "What do you think, Grandpa Guo seems to be a little different to Miss Jiang Er."
Lu Ji glanced at him contemptuously, and "what does he think?" A fool can see this! Although I don't know what the adult's purpose is, but Miss Jiang Er is obviously not an insignificant official lady to Ji Heng at present, it doesn't matter if she died.
"Why do I think they look pretty together when they are together, at least..." Kong Liu snarled in the direction of Situ Jiuyue, "It's better than walking together with Situ. Walking with Situ is full of evil spirits, and Miss Jiang Er. Well, anyhow, it's a little more peaceful."
Situ Jiuyue said: "...I heard it."
…
The people behind him didn't know how to evaluate Jiang Li, and Ji Heng took Jiang Li back to his study.
Contrary to what Jiang Li thought, Ji Heng's study was extremely black and white, and there were not many things in it. She thought that a person as gorgeous as Ji Heng should be extremely luxurious and warm, but after coming in, she felt like two worlds.
Outside the door, Wen Ji was guarding the gate loyally, Ji Heng walked to the table and sat down, Jiang Li also sat down opposite him.
The desk is next to the window, and you can see the snow scene outside at a glance. Xiao Si brought hot tea, Ji Heng poured a cup and pushed it in front of Jiang Li.
It was supposed to be done by someone else, but Jiang Li saw him several times, as if he liked to do it himself. Of course, his gesture of pouring tea is beautiful and his hands are beautiful. This gesture alone is pleasing to the eyes and refreshing.
Jiang Li took the tea and took a sip.
The tea has a slightly bitter fragrance and is hot. When it enters the stomach, it can alleviate some of the cold outside of the wind and snow.
"Let's talk." Ji Heng poured tea for himself, while saying: "What can I say?"
Jiang Li hesitated for a while before asking, "Where is Dao Master Chongxu now?"
Ji Heng stopped for tea, looked at Jiang Li, and asked, "What do you mean?"
"My father said that he should tell the emperor the true identity of Dao Chang Chongxu. If the emperor knew Dao Chang Chongxu's identity, Li Lai would inevitably happen. But now, Li Lai still has nothing to do, so I wondered whether to Chongxu. Master Xu Dao is not in Yanjing City at all, or did my father temporarily change his mind?"
"Oh." Ji Heng lowered his head again, slowly pouring himself tea. The tea was poured neither too much nor too little, just covering the edge of the teacup, showing a light brown color, and the porcelain-white teacup lined with it was more lustrous and radiant.
Ji Hengfu looked at Jiang Li again, and said with a smile, "Just ask Jiang Yuanbai about this kind of thing. Why do you ask me?"
"My father may not tell me the truth." Jiang Li said.
"Then how are you sure, I won't tell lies to you?" Ji Heng answered unhurriedly.
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Duke Guo has no need to lie to me, this little girl. I am not worthy of the effort."
"You don't have to belittle yourself. You are not a little girl. In my opinion, you are more like a liar than Chongxu." Ji Heng looked at her lazily. What a guise."
Jiang Li was speechless for a while.
After a long while, she said: "Duke Guo can see clearly, I am really ashamed."
"You don't look ashamed. It's like a broken jar." Ji Heng picked up the folding fan on the table to play with, brushing his slender fingers across the handle of the fan, describing the woman's slender fingers as "referring to cutting onion roots." Ji Heng's fingers weren't that weak. Although they were beautiful in shape, they were full of power.
It is believed that if these hands strangle someone's throat, they will break it easily.
"Can Lord Guo tell me?" Jiang Li asked politely, withdrawing his gaze from Ji Heng's fingers.
"Yes." Ji Heng replied freely, "Chongxu is locked up in a private prison, and the emperor also knows his identity."
Jiang Li was startled, and tentatively asked: "Could it be that... the emperor has already had a Lie, just because this matter is of great importance and will not be disclosed to the outside?" In the case, a noble man died unjustly. In addition, asking the emperor to admit that he had misidentified the liar would be a loss of royal majesty.
"No." Ji Heng's answer was beyond Jiang Li's expectation. He said: "Li Bi is safe."
This time, Jiang Li really couldn't conceal the surprise on her face. She said: "Why? Your Majesty has really spoiled Lili to such a degree?"
If so, Libi only needs to blow the pillow wind in front of the emperor, and then the wind will be the wind or the rain will be rainy.
Ji Heng glanced at Jiang Li with a smile, and asked, "What do you think?"
In his tone, he couldn't hear what he thought of the matter, but Jiang Li gradually calmed down. No, if Libi was really favored to such a degree, the Ji family would have risen step by step to the point where they could fight against the Jiang family. Although the Ji family has indeed been promoted in the past few years since Libi entered the palace, he still followed the rules and did not go too far.
Besides, the emperor is so easy to be dazzled by beauty, so why should Ji Heng belong to him? At least now Jiang Li believes that Emperor Hong Xiao is not a weak and incompetent young emperor. He has his own constitution and his own ambitions.
"Why didn't the emperor know?" Jiang Li put on a humbly asking for advice, "Is there any other use for him to keep Libi?"
Ji Heng was still smiling, but his tone sharpened, and he said: "This is a palace secret, girl, don't want to know everything, beware of the murder."
It’s a pity that Jiang Li is now getting bolder in front of him. He is not afraid of it, but righteously said: "But now my life belongs to the grandpa. The grandpa tells me the secrets, and it will be me. Take it to the coffin, the dead can keep the secret the most, right? In that case, what's the matter with me?"
The girl raised her face slightly, she was not very old, she was in very good years, and she could see the youthful vigor on her face, just like the flowers in the courtyard of the Guogong Mansion, which can bloom brilliantly even in the cold winter.
Ji Heng has lived for more than 20 years and has seen many people who laugh and talk about life and death. There are dead men with secrets, and there are brave men who die for righteousness. But I have never seen a fifteen-year-old girl who calmly talked about her death. There is no fear of death on her face, nor timidity. She speaks calmly, so calm that people can't help but wonder what kind of things have happened to her that will cultivate such a contradictory temperament.
He chuckled and said, "It's like you died once."
Jiang Li's eyes dimmed slightly.
Of course she died, and it was because she died once that she understood more why Princess Yongning had to kill her and even destroy her. It was because in the eyes of Princess Yongning, only the dead would keep secrets.
"Speaking of," Ji Heng suddenly thought of something, looked at Jiang Li, and said: "Since you keep saying that your life is mine, when are you going to give it to me? Ji Shuran is dead now, the capital Come on, there is no match for you."
Jiang Li was taken aback and looked up at him.
The young man's red robe reflects the snow, a lazy and elegant posture, a pair of amber eyes are filled with a light and moving smile, and the small red mole under his eyes also makes his grace a bit coquettish.
Jiang Li looked down: "It's not time yet."
"When is that?" He rarely became aggressive.
"Wait for Princess Yongning to die." Jiang Li raised his head and said firmly: "I will take care of everything, so I will go to the door personally and leave it to the master of the country."
Her eyes are clean, her speech is gentle but stubborn, she is obviously making up her mind, not just talking. She has always been cunning, leaving herself a third of everything. This is the only thing that seems to be done with all my energy, unscrupulous and reckless.
Ji Heng raised his eyebrows.
He said: "You just said that?"
"From Lord Guo, I have nothing to hide." Jiang Li smiled, "It was a waste of effort to hide it."
"You know the current affairs well," Ji Heng said: "It's sweet. No one of my staff is more pleasing than you."
Jiang Li bends her eyes: "Thank you, Lord Guo, for the compliment."
When she laughed, she was very warm, like a heartless, innocent cardamom girl. A deep meaning flashed in Ji Heng's eyes, he knew, of course it wasn't like that.
This girl was also standing on the stage wearing a mask, painted with paint, so that people saw her smiling face and didn't know what the truth was under the paint.
Nothing, take your time, the truth will always be discovered.
He coughed slightly and said, "Do you really want to know why Lili is all right?"
Jiang Li said, "Really."
Ji Heng: "Why?"
"Is the royal secret? Everyone wants to hear it." Jiang Li said it for granted.
Ji Heng also choked for such a reason that could not be regarded as a reason, and was silent for a while. He said, "Lie is a king."
Jiang Li was about to pick up the teacup. Hearing that the next one was unstable, he almost fell over. Fortunately, Ji Heng's eyes were quick, and she grabbed her wrist to prevent the teacup from knocking over and splashing the hot tea on her body.
His hands were icy cold, covering the skin, as comfortable as they were taped by jade, Jiang Li's mind had such a thought for no apparent reason. Ji Heng retracted his hand, not paying attention to Jiang Li's distraction, only asked: "Are you so surprised?"
Jiang Li looked at him dumbfounded: "Of course..."
Libi is a king!
Libi is a member of the Ji family. The Ji family and the Jiang family are relatives by marriage. Although the Jiang family and Wang Cheng are in peace for the time being, you know that once Cheng Wang really wants to move the idea and succeed, the Jiang family will not be able to keep it. . Ji Jiaran has taken refuge in Cheng Wang? Jiang Yuanbai certainly didn't know about this!
"The Ji family didn't take refuge in becoming a king." Ji Heng seemed to be able to guess what she was thinking, and promptly said: "It's just Li Yan alone."
"Why, why?" Jiang Li said: "The Ji family doesn't know about this?"
"You have dealt with the Ji family, you should know the temperament of the Ji family," Ji Heng smiled with a hint of sarcasm. "When it comes to weighing the pros and cons, no one can compare them."
"Lie has been in the palace for many years without children, and the Ji family has already prepared other Ji family's daughters to enter the palace." Ji Heng only said a word, and Jiang Li understood.
Although Li Bi was favored by Emperor Hong Xiao, she has not given birth to a prince for so many years. Even if she is favored again, she cannot be regarded as a firm foothold in the palace. Because of this, Li Bi is not arrogant because of her favor. The above is docile temperament.
But the Ji family are not satisfied with this. If Libi fails to give birth to the prince and cannot further consolidate her position, the Ji family cannot continue to move up. There is not enough heart to swallow an elephant. The Ji family intends to select some beautiful and intelligent girls from the clan to enter the palace. Li Lai is on the side to help, win the favor of Emperor Hong Xiao, and it is best to give birth to heirs.
This seems to be for the sake of the overall situation, but it is very unfavorable for Libi. One more beautiful girl to share the emperor's favor, especially the idea of his own family.
Libi would definitely not be reconciled.
"Wang Cheng knows that Li-嫔 is unwilling." Ji Heng said: "He bewitched Li-嫔, and Li-嫔 was fooled."
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