After Yan Shi dipped the candied haws, Hua Ling happily took them in her hands. Seeing that it was still snowing outside, he couldn't help but get emotional. He asked the chef to warm a pot of hot wine, made some side dishes to go with the wine, and sent them to Nuanyang Pavilion after a while.
Pushing open the door, the snow is still falling endlessly, fluttering and falling, it is very beautiful.
Yan Shi said: "Do you want to build a snowman?" He still remembered that when he was in Gaofu that day, the little princess wanted to build a snowman, but there was not enough snow, so he had to give up.
Hua Ling nodded fiercely: "Think about it!"
Yan Shi shook his hand: "Then let's build a snowman, where do you want to build it?"
Hua Ling thought for a while: "Let's pile it up at the gate of the house, I want everyone to see that this is the snowman my brother and I built."
Yan Shi smiled dotingly: "Okay."
There were several servants standing guard at the gate of the palace. Seeing the two of them approaching this way, they hurriedly asked, "My lord, my concubine, are you going out of the mansion? Please wait a moment, the villain will go to prepare the carriage."
Yan Shi said: "It's just in front of the mansion gate, you don't need to wait on you, you can do whatever you want."
Hua Ling couldn't help but said, "Brother wants to build a snowman with me."
The servants of the palace: "!!!"
Make a snowman, did they hear correctly
Hua Ling thought for a while, and let a servant hold the uneaten candied haws: "Don't steal it, and give it to me after the snowman is finished."
The servant held the candied haws like some rare treasure: "Even if the concubine gave the villain great courage, the villain would not dare to steal it."
The heavy door was pushed open with a "squeak", Yan Shi walked out first, and Hua Ling followed behind him.
It was only when he got outside that Yan Shi remembered that he had forgotten something: "I forgot to wear gloves, I will ask my servant to go back and get a pair of gloves for you."
"I don't want to wear that, it's uncomfortable." Hua Ling looked at Yan Shi's hand, "Didn't brother wear it too? The snow was cold to the touch at the beginning, but after a long time, the hands became warm. Besides, What's the point of making a snowman if you can't even feel the snow."
Yan Shi thought for a while, but didn't insist anymore, and chose a place on the left side of the gate with Hua Ling to build a snowman.
"Brother, I want to build a snowman as tall as you." Hua Ling shouted.
"good!"
"Brother, I want to build the most beautiful snowman in the whole abyss."
"good!"
"Brother, I want to build a snowman that can stay in this world for a long, long time."
"good!"
"elder brother… "
In the dead of night, Hua Ling's noisy voice could be heard far and far away.
Seeing the happy look of the little princess, for a moment, Yan Shi felt that even if he could not win the throne, such a life would be good.
Hua Ling was only responsible for piling up the snow, while Yan Shi was responsible for the delicate work of carving into the shape of a snowman.
The little princess squatted on the side with her hands on her chin and waited patiently. Whenever Yan Shi sculpted a little shape, she would always receive praises: "Wow! Brother is so good!"
"Wow! My brother is amazing!"
"Wow! My brother is amazing!"
Yan Shi was a little embarrassed at the beginning, but after listening to it a lot, he got used to it.
Although it was night now, there were occasional passers-by in front of the palace. When they saw the two making a snowman, they all craned their necks curiously.
I don't know how long it took, but with the concerted efforts of the two, a tall and beautiful snowman was finally piled up. Hua Ling deliberately went back to Nuanyang Pavilion to find some of the most beautiful buttons in her small box, and went to the kitchen to get the reddest and most beautiful pepper.
He carefully inserted these things into the snowman's face to make his eyes and mouth.
The red mouth is curved at both ends, as if smiling.
Hua Ling thought for a while, then took another candied haws and stuffed it under the snowman's arm.
, a snowman finally piled up.
Hua Ling stood in front of the snowman and watched for a long time: "Brother, I really hope it can stand here forever."
Yan Shi put his hand in his palm and covered it: "If you like, you can build a snowman whenever you want."
Hua Ling looked at it for a while, and then reluctantly took Yan Shi's hand: "Brother, let's go back to the house."
Arriving at Nuanyang Pavilion, Hua Ling looked at the white snow in the yard and said, "Brother, can we build a snowman here tomorrow? Then I can see it without leaving the house."
"Okay." Yan Shi agreed with a smile.
Seeing that the two of them had returned, the master chef in the kitchen sent over the food and wine that Yan Shi had asked for just now.
As soon as he entered the Nuanyang Pavilion, a gust of hot air came over his face, and Yan Shi put the wine and vegetables on a small table in front of the window, where he could just see the snow.
"Brother, do you want to drink?" Hua Ling smelled the scent of wine in the air and sniffed it. In his memory, he had never seen Yan Shi drink alcohol.
Yan Shi poured a glass of wine: "The alcohol content of this wine is not high, it's okay to drink a few glasses, Ming Ting can also try it."
Hua Ling took the wine that Yan Shi poured for him, and after taking a sip, his eyes sparkled: "It's really delicious, not spicy at all, with a scent of flowers and sweetness."
"This is Qingyue's wine made from peach blossoms last year." Yan Shi also drank a glass, "It's only one jar, and I don't drink it often."
Hua Ling was not as happy as before, her heart was sour as if it had been soaked in a vinegar vat for many years, but she still put on a happy look on the surface: "Young Master Qingyue is so powerful, he can actually brew Such a delicious wine, next year I must ask him for advice."
Yan Shi held the wine glass with a yearning look on his face: "Okay, then next year I will be lucky enough to drink the wine brewed by Ming Ting himself."
Seeing him smiling so happily, Hua Ling flapped her wings and flew away when she was a little awkward just now.
"Brother, I see that Mr. Qu quite likes Mr. Qingyue. What do you think of the two of them? Do we need to help?" Hua Ling asked with ulterior motives.
Yan Shi's face froze, he slowly put the wine glass on the table, thought for a while and said, "Young Master Qu is from the Shifang Sect, and I have already kicked him out of the house."
"Ah?" The peanuts on Hualing's chopsticks fell back into the plate, his face full of disbelief, "He, he is from Shifangmen? How come?"
Yan Shi then told Hua Ling all about what had happened.
After hearing this, Hua Ling snorted: "I have long seen that he is not a good person, he is with bugs all day long, no normal person would do that. I should have guessed that he is the person from Shifangmen, I heard None of the people in the Shifang Gate is normal, but I don’t know what he wants to do in the palace? Fortunately, he was discovered by my brother, who is really powerful.”
Yan Shi smiled, he didn't want to talk about this matter with the little princess, not because of anything else, just because Hua Ling would be worried, so he put a piece of vegetable into Hua Ling's bowl: "Eat more."
Hua Ling happily finished eating, Fang Houjue said: "Brother, you just said that when you let Qu Liushang go, Master Qingyue was there?"
Yan Shi didn't understand, so he nodded: "Yes."
Hua Ling's originally joyful expression was gone, and she pouted her mouth in displeasure: "Young Master Qingyue knows about this, how did I not know until now? My brother said that Qu Liushang has been gone for two days, if I don't Ask, or not, and I'll never know."
The little vinegar vat just now came back with flapping wings, and the smell of wine in the room was covered by the smell of vinegar.
Yan Shi really didn't expect the little princess to be picky because of this matter: "I just don't want you to worry, after all Qu Liushang has been with us for so long and it took him so long to discover his true face."
"Hmph, what?" Hua Ling folded her hands on her shoulders and tilted her head to the side, refusing to look at Yan Shi, "I'll know about this sooner or later, won't I be worried after knowing it? Why don't you worry about Mr. Qingyue? , and dealt with him behind my back. Do you want to say again, Mr. Qingyue can help you? That's why you let him handle it with you? I knew it, my literary talent
No, neither martial arts. Apart from being able to eat more than you, I am inferior to you in everything. "
The more Hua Ling talked, the more wronged she felt, and she even refused to call her brother.
"No." Yan Shi hadn't coaxed anyone, and was a little flustered, "I, I... blamed me, blamed me, blamed me for not being thoughtful." Halfway through Yan Shi's speech, he didn't want to defend himself at the time. Jiang Qingyue has always been his right-hand man, and he will let him know as soon as there is anything, this is also the result of years of habit.
At first, I didn't tell Hua Ling right away because I was afraid that he would be worried, but I forgot about it later, but anyway, I still blame him for this matter.
Hua Ling pouted her mouth high in grievance, and finally squeezed out a few golden beans with great effort: "I'm so sad, so sad."
Seeing the little princess crying, Yan Shi's heart ached so much that he hurried to his side, hugged him in his arms, and gently wiped his tears with his fingertips: "This matter is I was wrong, it was because I didn't think carefully. I accept the penalty and accept the punishment, it's up to you, don't be sad, okay?"
Hua Ling grabbed Yan Shi's clothes, buried her face in his chest, couldn't hide her smile, but still made a fussy look.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Yan Shi had to look at his face: "Don't cry, you'll have nightmares when you sleep at night."
Hua Ling pretended to twitch a few more times before saying sullenly, "Then I'll forgive you this time, but let me know everything in the future."
"Okay, okay." Seeing that his tone softened a lot, Yan Shi felt relieved, "No matter what happens in the future, I will let Mingting know first."
Hua Ling sniffled, looked up at him, "I don't want to be angry with my brother, it's just that I was too sad." Having said this, she pursed her mouth again, and stared at Yan Shi with aggrieved eyes.
Yan Shi's heart was about to break, and he sighed softly: "It's not my fault that Ming Ting is angry with me, if it were me, I would be angry too."
After Hua Ling messed around for a while, he drank a few more glasses of wine with Yan Shi, checked that it was getting late, and prepared to go to bed after taking a bath.
The two were lying on the bed, Yan Shi slept inside and Hua Ling slept outside.
After Hua Ling rolled over three or four times, Yan Shi raised an arm and asked worriedly: "Ming Ting can't sleep? But you still feel uncomfortable?"
"No brother." With a shy expression on Hua Ling's face, she slowly got under the quilt, covering her mouth and nose, leaving only a pair of bright black eyes outside, "I feel a little uncomfortable. , so I can’t sleep.”
"Where is it uncomfortable?" Yan Shi frowned slightly, "I'll teach the imperial physician."
Hua Ling hurriedly grabbed Yan Shi's wrist, put his hand under the quilt, and placed it on her body: "It's not comfortable here."
Yan Shi's face turned red immediately, and the palm of his hand shrank back as if it had been scalded by something. Hua Ling drank some wine tonight, it should be the effect of this wine.
"Brother, I can't sleep, I feel uncomfortable." Hua Ling said softly again.
Yan Shi lay back bit by bit, pulling down Hua Ling's quilt to keep him from getting bored: "Ming Ting, have you ever felt this uncomfortable feeling before?"
"Yes." Hua Ling paused for a while, and then spoke with a bit of shyness in her tone, "It was the night we got married."
Fortunately, it was Hei Ye who couldn't see each other's faces, so Yan Shi felt that his face must be blushing: "Then how did you get comfortable again?"
"Brother, I know!" Hua Ling's eyes seemed to be shining, and he rushed towards Yan Shi.
Yan Shi thought to himself that he was the one who abducted Hua Ling.
Hua Ling thought to herself, she finally coaxed him into her hands.
When the sky just dawned, I heard Qingji's energetic voice, which resounded through the entire palace: "Who is so bold! How dare you build a snowman in front of the palace!"
The concierge's servants hurried over: "It was piled up by the prince and concubine last night."
"My lord and my concubine?" Before Qingji could remember, he saw Yan Shi and Hua Ling walking slowly towards this side, busy
Go over and say hello.
Hua Ling happily ran to the snowman and looked around: "Brother, it looks better during the daytime, it's so beautiful."
Yan Shi smiled: "When I come back, let's make another one in Nuanyang Pavilion."
Qingji's mouth was opened as big as an egg stuffed, and before he could say anything else, Yan Shi got into the carriage, and Hua Ling reluctantly returned to the palace until the carriage could no longer be seen.
Qingji shook his head, and followed him in, feeling that the relationship between the prince and concubine seemed to be different from the past? Also, why did the prince always rub his waist just now
One day later, it will be the new year, and this morning Hua Ling specially told Yan Shi that he must come back early.
Not long after it got dark, Yan Shi came back from Dali Temple.
When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I went to look at the snowman. The snowman didn't change much, but the candied haws it held in its hand shrunk a lot. Yan Shi smiled, and stepped into the mansion.
"Brother, you're back!" Hua Ling saw him at a glance in Nuanyang Pavilion, hurriedly opened the door for him to let him in, took off Yan Shi's cloak by the way, and poured him another cup of hot tea. Very virtuous.
"What did Ming Ting do today?" Yan Shi came to the brazier to warm his hands.
"Go to Mr. Qingyue and ask him to read to me for a while." Hua Ling stuck out her tongue when she said this, "But I fell asleep after listening to it."
Yan Shi smiled and stretched out a finger to scratch his nose: "It turns out that Qingyue still has this ability. If anyone can't sleep in the future, please invite him to study."
"Brother." The little princess tugged at Yan Shi's sleeve and shook it embarrassedly, Yan Shi also smiled.
Hua Ling suddenly said mysteriously, "Brother, guess what we're having for dinner tonight?"
"What to eat?" Yan Shi thought for a while and wanted to know that today is Xiaonian, "Eat dumplings?"
"Guess right." Hua Ling grinned, "but the dumplings haven't been made yet. I met Mr. Shen yesterday, and he said that every year during Chinese New Year, he and Mr. Zhang make dumplings by themselves. We're going to the palace for the new year. , I can’t make dumplings myself, but today is a new year, and it’s also a new year. Why don’t we call everyone together to make dumplings today? It’s lively.”
Yan Shi was very interested in his proposal. There were many people in the mansion this year, including Jiang Qingyue, Sang Yu, Qingji, Mute Nanny, and Xiang Ying.
On New Year's Eve, he and Hua Ling are bound to enter the palace, and the few of them left in the mansion probably won't have a good year, so it's better to do it earlier.
Yan Shi readily agreed, and asked his servants to call them to Nuanyang Pavilion.
Not long after the servants left, Yan Shi suddenly remembered something very important: "Can Ming Court make dumplings?"
Hua Ling also forgot about this: "I don't know how...but it's not difficult, the dumb mother's dumplings are so good, I can learn from her."
Just as she was talking, the dumb mother opened the door and came in. Yan Shi thought about her getting older, so he found her a room with a good orientation in the courtyard of Nuanyang Pavilion, and she didn't need her to serve her on weekdays.
Hua Ling was very happy when she saw the dumb mother coming: "Dumb mother, I was talking to my brother about making dumplings. My brother has already called everyone, and we will make dumplings in a while, but we don't know how to make dumplings. You have to teach us."
The dumb mother gestured a few times, which meant that it was all on her body.
The first one to arrive was Jiang Qingyue, and his plain white robe made his handsome face even more deserted. Then came Sang Yu, and then Qing Ji and Xiang Ying also arrived. Although Qingji is a servant, he grew up with Yan Shi in the palace since he was a child. He accompanied Yan Shi through the most difficult years, and his relationship with Yan Shi was also extraordinary.
When they heard that they were coming to make dumplings, they felt a little strange.
The fresh noodles and minced meat had already been delivered from the kitchen. Hua Ling couldn't help poking the white face with her fingers, and a hole was sunk in the face. Get up a little bit.
The dumb mother kneaded the face again, then pulled out a piece, and slowly kneaded a long