Although Song Jinning has superb poker skills, isn't it always the Empress Dowager Song and others who play cards with her? Everyone is mainly for fun, so naturally she can't really let go of her hands and feet to win, so as not to hurt each other's feelings.
So even if she wants to win, she usually only wins a little bit (except for the fight with Li Chengxuan), and sometimes she even loses a little bit. But this time, it's Tianhu again, and it's self-determined. If you win with two big names, the money you win will be quite considerable.
Concubine Rong took out the silver to Song Jinning, and while shuffling the cards, she turned her head and said with a smile to Queen Mother Song: "I thought the emperor came here to give the queen silver, but now it seems that this is not here to give silver, it is clearly Come to collect our money."
The Empress Dowager Song laughed.
"That's not true. He only sat beside Ning'er for a while, and Ning'er has already made a fool of himself. You can't let him sit next to Ning'er anymore, or I'm afraid all the money I brought over today will be lost." Not enough to lose."
Even though Li Chengxuan was able to be aloof when facing his courtiers in the previous court, and he could suppress them all to bow their heads with a single word, but now he is facing four women.
Can't we still 'talk against the Confucians' with them? They can only be ridiculed.
And when they teased, what they said was that he and Song Jinning had a good relationship. Li Chengxuan found out that he actually, it seemed, liked listening to this kind of teasing.
Without speaking, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea.
As for Song Jinning, she must be even more silent.
She also understood. It doesn't matter what she says, or how she behaves, anyway, these people have already confirmed that she and Li Chengxuan have a good relationship, and they will tease the two of them whenever they get the chance.
That being the case, what did she spend so much time explaining
As the saying goes, let him be strong, let the strong wind blow the hills. Just play your own cards.
But in order to 'repay' their teasing, she decided to let go of her hands and feet today.
Li Xiyan is a kind and good girl. Seeing that Li Chengxuan and Song Jinning were both silent under the teasing of Mrs. Rong and Empress Dowager Song, she thought they were both shy.
And the queen mother also said something that would not allow the emperor's brother to sit next to the emperor's wife. Although it's a joke, isn't Brother Huang embarrassing for such a thin-skinned person
So I kindly made a rescue. Called Li Chengxuan: "Brother Huang, I don't know how to play cards, so come and help me see."
Lee Seung-sun: ...
In fact, even if the Empress Dowager Song and Concubine Rong teased him again, he still planned to sit beside Song Jinning and not leave, but he didn't expect that now Li Xiyan would specifically invite her...
This doesn't seem to be possible in the past.
From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Song Jinning, trying to see what she meant.
It was obvious that he wanted her to ask her to stay.
Song Jinning said to this, big brother, what do you see me doing? Your own sister has already spoken, why don't you come over? And how do I ask to stay? I didn't say anything just now, Empress Dowager Song and Concubine Rong don't know our two mothers who are making fun of us. If I ask you to keep you, then what kind of jokes will they make of us
Okay, so you'd better hurry over there.
Obviously the two of them didn't speak, and they only met for a short time, but it was strange that both of them instantly understood each other's meaning.
So Li Chengxuan had no choice but to stand up and walk towards Li Xiyan.
Naturally, some palace servants immediately moved the embroidered pier where Li Chengxuan had just sat, the tea he drank, and the coffee table.
So when Cui Nong came back, she was surprised to find that the emperor had moved from the queen to the princess.
Standing there for a moment, Cui Nong came back to his senses, turned around and walked towards Li Xiyan. Then he placed the same pastries on the tea tray in his hand on the tea table.
Li Chengxuan glanced at it. I saw a plate of Poria cocos cake, a plate of almond cake and a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, but there was no such egg yolk cake as the eunuch said.
Li Chengxuan remained calm, reached out and picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and took a bite.
This sweet-scented osmanthus cake has three layers. The upper and lower layers are as white as snow, and there is a layer of filling made of peanut filling and red bean paste in the middle, which is really soft and delicious.
This is the proud work of the pastry chef in the small kitchen of Shoukang Palace. Li Chengxuan has always liked to eat it.
But this time he only took such a bite, put the rest back on the plate, and said with a slight frown: "It's too sweet."
Cui Nong: ...
Your Majesty, didn't you like to eat this sweet-scented osmanthus cake the most when you came to Shoukang Palace, why do you dislike it for being too sweet today
As for the other two plates of Fuling Cake and Almond Cake, Li Chengxuan didn't even look at them, let alone eat them.
Trion: What happened? I obviously brought these pastries according to your Majesty's past preferences.
Zhou Jing, who was watching this scene, secretly laughed in his heart.
Your Majesty has such an awkward temper.
He smiled and said to Cui Nong: "Your Majesty used to eat these three cakes a lot. I think they have eaten too much and they are not very fresh. May I ask Miss Cui Nong, do you have any new ones? Your Majesty has not made them before. pastries?"
It's new, if His Majesty has never eaten it before, then there is only...
It's just that this Cui Nong can't be in charge, because after all, it is the empress's filial piety to the empress dowager.
When Zhou Jing said this, his voice was soft, and the Empress Dowager Song was sitting there again, so of course she didn't hear it, but Li Xiyan could hear it.
This kind-hearted little girl doesn't have as many scruples as Cui Ning. She is the only daughter of Queen Mother Song. And she has always had a good relationship with Li Chengxuan, the emperor's brother.
So after hearing this, she immediately turned her head and called Cui Nong: "Didn't the emperor's sister-in-law bring a plate of egg yolk crisps when she came here today? Brother Huang must have never eaten this before. Go and get some for Brother Huang to taste." .”
After so many detours and finally arrived at this egg yolk cake, Li Chengxuan was proud of himself, but it didn't show on his face. Just talking to Li Xiyan calmly: "Try to move this card here, will it be smooth like this? In this way, you can listen to the card with another card."
Zhou Jing thought to himself, this His Majesty has never been a talkative person, and now he is willing to dictate how the princess should play cards. It seems that His Majesty is in a very happy mood now.
Cui Nong informed the Empress Dowager Song, and quickly went to fetch a plate of egg yolk crisps.
Just finished a game. It was Li Xiyan who touched a 20,000 Hu. The little girl blushed with excitement. Because although she can play cards, she is not very good at it. In the past, she could just stumble across a card played by someone else, and she has never drawn it herself.
I didn't expect to touch myself now.
She knew in her heart that it was thanks to Li Chengxuan's good guidance. So grateful in my heart, I specially took an egg yolk cake and handed it over: "Brother Huang, you eat."
Li Chengxuan glanced at Song Jinning.
Hmph, so what if you don't ask someone to bring me a taste of the new cakes, now I still taste them
Then he took the egg yolk cake that Li Xiyan handed over. When I stared at it, I saw that although it was not a big one, it was quite heavy in my hand.
The surface is golden yellow, and you can tell that the skin is extremely crispy. There are also a few black sesame seeds dotted on it, which makes people feel very appetizing at first glance.
Li Chengxuan brought the egg yolk pastry to his lips and took a bite. As expected, the skin was very crispy.
The inside should be a whole salted egg yolk wrapped with red bean paste, so when you eat it, the saltiness neutralizes the sweetness, and it doesn't feel very sweet or greasy, nor does it feel very salty.
And this stuffing should have added such as lard, so it will make people feel a strong fragrance when you eat it.
Except for Song Jinning, it was the first time for everyone to see this egg yolk cake, so it was naturally impossible for the Empress Dowager Song to let Li Chengxuan eat it alone.
Concubine Rong is still here, isn't she
There was a temporary intermission, and after asking the palace servants to bring water to wash their hands, everyone ate the egg yolk cake while drinking tea.
Empress Dowager Song and Li Xiyan are fine. When Song Jinning brought the egg yolk pastry over earlier, the two of them had already eaten one, but it was the first time for Concubine Rong to eat it, and she was extremely surprised.
After eating, it is full of praise.
Seeing this, Song Jinning smiled and said: "This is just an ordinary snack, nothing more. If the concubine thinks it's good, I'll have someone send you a plate when I cook this again in my small kitchen."
Concubine Rong stood up and thanked her.
Seeing this, Li Chengxuan, who was sitting by the side, couldn't help feeling awkward again.
Okay. Concubine Rong likes to eat this, so you can make it next time and ask someone to send her a plate. Why do I also like to eat this, why don’t you say that you also ask someone to send me a plate
Could it be that in your heart, I am not as good as Concubine Rong
The hand that was stretched out to take another egg yolk shortbread changed its direction halfway, picked up the gaiwan instead, and slowly drank the tea.
After the intermission, the game started again.
Li Chengxuan was angry, so he deliberately competed with Song Jinning.
This man was originally a very smart person. Since he failed in Song Jinning's hands last time, he has practiced poker skills hard since he returned. It can be said that now he can also play horse cranes superbly, which is comparable to Song Jinning's opponent. .
Just using the guise of instructing Li Xiyan to play cards, whenever he gets the chance, he will definitely intercept Song Jinning's cards.
He really cut off a few of Song Jinning's beards.
Song Jinning was so angry, she ignored Li Chengxuan after leaving the gate of Shoukang Palace, and walked forward on her own.