Lingchan Moon Palace.
In the back garden, Miss Qin, dressed in a snow-white dress, was sitting in the pavilion in a daze.
Bai Ling walked quickly from the house, entered the pavilion, and whispered, "Miss, she's gone, and the son-in-law didn't see her."
Miss Qin didn't say anything.
Bai Ling asked curiously, "Miss, do you know that spirit?"
Miss Qin still didn't reply.
Bailing tilted her head, glanced into her eyes, was slightly startled, and said nothing more. She turned around, raised her head and looked into the distance.
In the room.
Xia Chan sat in the corner of the bed, hugging her knees, with her head down, so that the expression on her face could not be seen clearly.
Luo Qingzhou went over and opened the curtains.
The sunlight came in through the window, and the room suddenly became bright.
He then walked to the bedside and said, "Chanchan, don't blame yourself. The Second Miss just did it on purpose. She didn't really cough."
Hearing this, Xia Chan slowly raised her head and looked at him with red eyes: "You are lying."
Luo Qingzhou sat down beside the bed and said, "I really didn't lie to you. The Second Miss just felt that the atmosphere was too tense, so she coughed on purpose to ask you to leave. I didn't expect you to be so sensitive. The Second Miss just asked me to come over and apologize to you on her behalf."
Xia Chan rubbed her eyes, shrugged her shoulders, looked at him and said, "Really?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "Really."
Xia Chan looked at him for a while with tears in her eyes and said, "You are lying, yes, puppy."
Luo Qingzhou nodded and said, "Okay."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grasped her slender feet in snow-white silk stockings, stroking them and saying, "Chanchan, do you want me to help you change a new pair of socks? Ah!"
The sword in Xia Chan's hand suddenly hit the back of his hand. She retracted her feet and hid under her skirt, staring at him with her cheeks slightly puffed up.
Luo Qingzhou rubbed the back of his hand, stood up and said awkwardly: "Then you take a rest. I have to go back to study. You guys caught me to tell stories so early in the morning, wasting my precious time."
After saying that, he turned and left the room.
He turned around and glanced at the back garden. He wanted to say goodbye to Miss Qin, but after thinking it over, he decided to leave.
After leaving the house, he did not return to the Exiled Immortal Residence, but went directly to the Meixiang Garden.
Judging from the Second Miss’ pale face just now, she didn’t cough on purpose, but was really invaded by Xia Chan’s cold air, so she couldn’t help coughing.
The Second Young Miss was extremely intelligent and it was impossible for her not to know how much psychological burden her cough would bring to Xia Chan.
It seems that the second young lady's illness is getting more and more serious.
He had to get the last medicine as soon as possible, boil it quickly and give it to the second young lady to help stabilize her condition.
When we arrived at Meixiang Garden.
Zhu'er was practicing throwing knives in the yard. When she saw him come in, she seemed to want to show off. She suddenly threw two throwing knives at the same time, and both hit the bull's eye.
Luo Qingzhou clapped his hands and said respectfully: "Zhu'er is amazing!"
Zhu Er raised her chin proudly, and then said: "The young lady is talking to the princess in the study, so you can just go in directly."
Luo Qingzhou stopped in front of her, glanced at the closed study window, and asked, "How is the Second Miss?"
Zhu Er said, "After I came back, I drank a few sips of medicine and stopped coughing, but my complexion still doesn't look very good."
Then he asked, "Sir, when can we get the morning dew from the Xuantian Jade Girl Tree?"
Luo Qingzhou paused and said, "Wait a few days, they should still be collecting."
Zhu Er sighed, looked at him and said, "Son-in-law, I heard that you are going to play football in the palace tomorrow. You must play well and try to get the little princess to give us the medicine as soon as possible."
Luo Qingzhou said: "I know."
"Squeak..."
At this moment, the window suddenly opened.
Miss Qin Er was wearing a plain white dress, standing in the window with her eyebrows slightly furrowed. She looked at him anxiously and asked, "Brother Qingzhou, how is Xia Chan?"
Luo Qingzhou walked up the stairs and stood in the corridor and said, "She's fine. I told her that you coughed on purpose and apologized to her on your behalf."
Miss Qin heaved a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. Thank you, Brother Qingzhou."
At this time, Nangong Meijiao appeared behind her and asked coldly, "Luo Qingzhou, I asked you to tell us about "The Heroic Legend of Shooting" last night, why didn't you come?"
Luo Qingzhou looked at her and said, "I'm tired and need to rest."
Nangong Meijiao sneered and said sarcastically: "Aren't you tired after telling your sister-in-law such a long story?"
Luo Qingzhou looked at her expressionlessly and asked, "Does it have anything to do with you?"
"you… "
"Sister Meijiao, don't be angry."
Miss Qin Er saw that the two were on edge and tried to persuade them. Then she said to Luo Qingzhou, "Brother Qingzhou, I'm fine. You can go back and have a rest. You still have to play football with Sister Meijiao in the afternoon."
Nangong Meijiao stiffened her neck and snorted coldly: "I won't take him with me."
Luo Qingzhou said: "I know the way myself."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Nangong Meijiao glared at his back with a face full of anger. After he walked out of the courtyard, she angrily said, "Wei Mo, look at his attitude for yourself. I am a princess after all, but he is so rude. Does he think that he has become arrogant and looks down on others because he passed the imperial examination and married the eldest princess?"
Miss Qin Er said awkwardly: "Sister Meijiao, Brother Qingzhou is in a bad mood today, don't blame him. When he is in a good mood next time, I will ask him to apologize to you."
Nangong Meijiao paused, looked at her suspiciously, and said, "Wei Mo, tell me honestly, what is the relationship between him and Xia Chan? Why is he so nervous about her? You were obviously really unwell just now, but he didn't come back with you, but went to see Xia Chan first. What's going on?"
Miss Qin Er smiled helplessly, sighed softly, and said: "Sister Meijiao, this matter is a bit complicated, I will tell you later."
Nangong Meijiao frowned and said, "When is the future? Why can't we tell you now?"
Miss Qin gave her a meaningful look, paused, and said softly: "In the future... that will be the time when Sister Meijiao will have to accept it."
Nangong Meijiao was even more confused when she heard this: "What do you mean I have to accept it?"
Miss Qin Er smiled slightly, took her hand and said, "Let's not talk about this, Sister Meijiao, continue to tell me about Brother Qingzhou playing football yesterday."
Nangong Meijiao looked at her suspiciously and sneered, "There's nothing much to say, just one word, pretend!"
Luo Qingzhou went to the kitchen, took a lot of ingredients, and returned to the Exiled Immortal Residence.
Unexpectedly, just as he came back, Song Ruyue followed Mei'er in and frowned, "Qingzhou, are you going to cook again? You are a scholar, don't always go into the kitchen, people will laugh at you if you tell others."
Luo Qingzhou was boiling water in the kitchen and asked, "Mother-in-law, do you want to eat here at noon?"
Song Ruyue glanced at the dried incense in his hand and said nothing.
Luo Qingzhou took out a plate, put the dried fragrant orchid in it, and said: "I'll make some food for the second young lady, but there are only a few people. If mother-in-law wants to eat here, I'll make more."
Song Ruyue coughed and said, "I don't care. It's the same no matter where you eat. But your father-in-law and your second brother seem to like the food you cook. So make more. I'll bring some to them later."
Luo Qingzhou said: "Okay."
Song Ruyue's mouth twitched, she walked over and put on her apron, saying, "Come, I'll help you pick the vegetables."
Mei'er also hurried over to help.
Xiaodie was putting firewood into the stove.
After the water boiled, Luo Qingzhou took a few tomatoes, cut a cross on them with a knife, put them in a large bowl, and began to blanch them with boiling water.
The tomatoes of this era were also brought from other countries, and their flavor was more natural and rich.
Song Ruyue was picking vegetables nearby and had been secretly watching him do it. Seeing this, she quickly stood up and said, "Qingzhou, what are you doing? You can just cut the tomatoes and stir-fry them, why are you scalding them with boiling water?"
Luo Qingzhou picked up a freshly blanched tomato from the bowl, placed it on the eucalyptus board, and gently tore the thin red skin off with his fingers on the cross cut. He said, "Look, mother-in-law, peel the tomato skin before frying it, the taste and texture will be better. Every time the kitchen fries tomatoes, we have to spit out the skin when we eat them, don't we?"
Song Ruyue blinked when she heard that. Seeing him peel the tomatoes easily in just a few strokes, she couldn't help but wonder, "You can peel the skin just by boiling water? How is that possible?"
Luo Qingzhou was peeling another tomato and said casually, "It's afraid of heat, just like us humans are afraid of heat and have to take off our clothes."
"puff-"
As soon as these words were spoken, Xiaodie, who was adding firewood, and Mei'er, who was picking vegetables, both burst out laughing.
Song Ruyue was stunned for a moment before she realized that this was a joke. She rolled her eyes at him and said, "You just love to talk nonsense. You are a scholar, but you don't have any integrity."
After saying that, she continued to pick vegetables. As she was picking, she suddenly burst out laughing.
Luo Qingzhou beat a lot of eggs.
After he cut the beef into thin cubes, he beat two eggs, picked out the egg yolks, poured the egg whites into the beef cubes and began to stir.
Seeing this, Song Ruyue asked again in confusion: "Qingzhou, what is the purpose of putting eggs in beef? And why do you only want egg whites?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "In order to prevent the beef from getting overcooked, mother-in-law, you will know when you eat it later."
Song Ruyue said "Oh" and stopped picking vegetables. She just stood behind him and began to look at him curiously and attentively.
"Qingzhou, how come you can just pick up these green vegetables after blanching them in water? Can you eat them?"
"It's edible, served cold."
"Qingzhou, why do you put wine in the stir-fried meat? Will it smell like alcohol?"
"No, it's to remove the fishy smell. When the wine is put into the pot, it will evaporate with the fishy smell, and there will be no smell of wine."
"Qingzhou, why do you add oil when you cook rice?"
"Just two drops, it smells good."
"Qingzhou, why is your MSG different from the last time?"
“Adding seafood makes the taste even more delicious.”
"Qingzhou..."
"Mother-in-law, I'm cooking, can you stand a little further away?"
"Oh, Qingzhou, there's a lot of sweat on your forehead. Let me wipe it off for you... Hey, this dish smells so good. Can I let my mother-in-law taste it first? Just taste it for a while, okay?"
Smoke was coming out of the chimney and the fragrance was carried away by the wind.
The meal was not ready yet, but the second Miss Qin, Nangong Meijiao, Qiu'er Zhu'er, Qin Wenzhen and Qin Chuan all came following the smell.
Of course, Bailing and Xia Chan also came.
And at this time.
On the stone bridge in the West Lake, Hua Gu, wearing a pink dress, was standing at the railing, staring at her shadow in the lake in a daze.
Yueying stood behind her, holding the sword, motionless.
"I shouldn't have gone there with my ugly body. No wonder all those eyes were looking at me warily... This body is too charming."
"Miss, aren't you angry?"
"There's nothing to be angry about. Mr. Luo is a capable man, so it's normal for him to have a temper. If I didn't even have this kind of broad mind, how could I have come this far?"
"Miss, just outside the gate..."
"Just ran into an acquaintance. But it was quite interesting. She seemed a little nervous when she saw me for the first time."
There was silence on the stone bridge for a moment.
"Miss, where are we going next?"
Huagu looked at the lake in the distance, pondered for a while, and suddenly turned around and said, "Let's go to Prince Duan's Mansion and watch Xiaoxin play football. Let's go."
Yueying didn't say anything else. She looked around and followed her into the carriage.