The night in late autumn comes very early.
This day, but Youshi, is already twilight. As the sundial gradually moves westward, the last bright color on the horizon gradually fades away, and the Daning Palace is shrouded in thick night.
Qiu Yutong was lying on her cat's body, hiding behind a large osmanthus tree at the corner of the palace wall, listening carefully.
He is waiting for someone.
Waiting for a little eunuch delivering food from the imperial dining room.
It was already past dinner time, but Qiu Yutong knew that Lu Xiao had a very fixed habit - after dinner on the 15th of every month, he would definitely eat two pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, accompanied by a pot of Qiulubai.
And today, it is September 15th.
As a cultivator, Qiu Yutong is very fond of delicacies in the human world, especially sweets. A plate of soft, glutinous and sweet osmanthus cake, paired with a pot of light autumn dew, is simply irresistible for him.
Because of this incident, he was often laughed at by the brothers in Shuo Xuecheng.
As a junior, Qiu Yutong was fine with being laughed at by his seniors, but in front of Lu Xiao, he always tried to put on a bit of a master's air. Therefore, after accepting Lu Xiao as his apprentice, for a long time, he has been enduring this little hobby, at most occasionally buying some, and secretly eating them.
But he was suffocated.
Fortunately, Qiu Yutong soon discovered that Lu Xiao also had a sweet tooth. Not only do you like sweets, but you are also good at making sweets, especially the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, which is better than the master chef of Liufangzhai in Beijing. It is white and soft, powdery and glutinous, sweet but not greasy. .
What surprised Qiu Yutong even more was that Lu Xiao was not only good at making sweets, but also had a picky taste, so he couldn't eat much every time.
After eating a little bit of two yuan, Lu Xiao would frown and say, "Oh, I didn't do well this time, it's a bit sweet... Master, do you want to try it?"
Qiu Yutong pretended to be reluctant, and said indifferently: "Yes."
Over time, it became a habit - on the 15th day of every month, Lu Xiao would make a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake with his own hands, paired with a pot of Qiulubai to relieve the tiredness, and the master and apprentice would eat it together.
This habit has been maintained for many years, rain or shine.
In the days before he ascended the throne, in order to stabilize the situation in the court, Lu Xiao had to work until late at night every day. Even so, on the 15th of each month, he would still spare a little time to make a plate of delicate osmanthus cake with his own hands. The best Qiulubai in the Shang Palace, invite Qiu Yutong to taste it together.
At that time, Qiu Yutong looked at his dark circles and couldn't help but said, "Stop doing these things these days."
But Lu Xiao didn't care about it: "This time, I tried to add a little linden tree honey to the osmanthus cake, which makes it stickier and has a scent of linden tree... Master, try it?"
"Oh."
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Qiu Yutong squatted under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, thinking about those distant past events, couldn't help sighing.
A few days ago, he had inquired about it, and Lu Xiao still likes osmanthus cake very much. Over the years, on the 15th day of each month, the king of a country in the Great Chen Dynasty would personally make a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in the small kitchen of the Jingxin Hall, and then send a pot of good Qiulubai to the Imperial Dining Room.
This is his only chance to get close to the meditation hall.
He was thinking wildly when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from afar.
The visitor's footsteps were light, but his lower body was flimsy, and he was wearing hard-soled cloth shoes. He should be a young eunuch.
Qiu Yutong lifted her spirits—it's finally here!
The moment the little eunuch turned the corner, Qiu Yutong rushed out from behind the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, tightly covered the little eunuch's mouth with one hand, and hit the jade pillow on the back of the other's head with great precision with the other hand hole.
"Uh, uh..." The little eunuch struggled limply a few times before passing out.
Qiu Yutong dragged the little eunuch into the bushes, took off the eunuch's uniform with green round collar and put it on for herself, then took out the eunuch's pear-blossom waist card, and carefully hung it on her waist.
He thought for a while, then wiped two handfuls of dust on the ground, randomly rubbing it on his cheeks and neck, then picked up the food box and walked out slowly.
He was very careful, lowering his eyebrows and lowering his head all the way, bending down respectfully to avoid people when he met them. For such an ordinary little eunuch in the imperial dining room, almost no one paid attention to him along the way.
After a while, Qiu Yutong came to the gate of Jingxin Hall.
Outside the gate of the courtyard, there stood two guards with knives of Jin Wu's avant-garde, looking forward to flying, majestic.
A tall black-faced guard stretched out his hand, blocking Qiu Yutong's way: "What are you doing?"
Qiu Yutong lowered her voice, and murmured: "I... the younger one is from the imperial dining room. It's fifteen today, no, send Qiu Lubai here as usual."
He lifted the food box and lifted the lid.
Immediately, the aroma of wine overflowed, refreshing.
The black-faced guard couldn't help but took a deep breath, and praised: "Good wine. But, you little eunuch, you look so cute... Where's your waist card? Show me."
"Oh." Qiu Yutong pursed her lips, had no choice but to take off her waist badge and hand it to the black-faced guard.
"Xu An from the Imperial Dining Room, you don't need to be yellow..." The black-faced guard read the small characters on his waist card while looking at Qiu Yutong, "You are Xu An? But I don't think your little face is yellow. .”
Qiu Yutong was really helpless, so she could only talk nonsense: "I've been on night duty lately, so I'm covered."
The black-faced guard frowned, as if he wanted to say something else, a guard next to him interrupted: "Old Zhao, it's almost over, these are all people in the palace, what's there to investigate. You forgot, who was late last time?" It's about His Majesty's business, and it turned out..."
The black-faced guard shuddered, and quickly waved his hand: "Okay, okay, go in quickly."
Qiu Yutong breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly walked in with the food box.
After entering the courtyard, bypassing the study in the front hall, you will find the backyard and bedroom. It is very quiet here, not even a single eunuch and maid.
Five years ago, Qiu Yutong and Lu Xiao briefly lived in the Jingxin Hall for three months, so he can be said to be very familiar with the backyard sleeping hall.
On the west side of the sleeping hall is Lu Xiao's bedroom, and on the east side is Qiu Yutong's bedroom.
In the back of Lu Xiao's bedroom is a small bathroom remodeled from a West Wai room. Every time after Lu Xiao cooks, he will simply take a bath in the bathroom, and then invite Qiu Yutong to have dinner together.
Therefore, according to Lu Xiao's living habits, Qiu Yutong made this sword stealing plan.
The first step is to pretend to be the eunuch of the imperial dining room and sneak into the Jingxin Hall in the name of delivering wine; the second step is that when Lu Xiao takes a bath, he can't take Ye Yu with him, and he will hang it in the bedroom in all likelihood. You can take this opportunity to steal Ye Yu away.
Qiu Yutong tiptoed into the bedroom, there was a faint sound of water from the back, and there was a touch of incense, Lu Xiao was indeed taking a bath.
He gently put the food box on the table, and was about to look for Ye Yu, but suddenly paused.
There is a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the table.
A plate of snow-white sweet-scented osmanthus cake wrapped in a layer of sesame sugar powder, which looks very delicious.
He has not eaten for a long time.
Qiu Yutong stared at the plate of extremely tempting osmanthus cake, and silently swallowed.
It shouldn't matter if you eat a small piece... But...
He endured it, and endured it again, but in the end he couldn't hold back, gently picked up a small piece of unremarkable sweet-scented osmanthus cake from the edge of the plate, and carefully put it into his mouth.
It smells... exactly the same as it did five years ago.
Soft and waxy, it melts in the mouth.
It was so delicious.
Qiu Yutong licked her lips, she really wanted to eat another piece, but she hadn't done her business, so she could barely hold back her appetite, and rummaged around lightly.
Lu Xiao's bedroom is not big, and there are not many things. Except for a carved canopy bed, there are only tables, chairs, benches and screens, not even a cabinet, and it is deserted. But Qiu Yutong searched for a long time, lifted up the mattress and looked at it, but didn't even find a ghost.
Gradually, Qiu Yutong became a little anxious.
Where can Lu Xiao put Ye Yu
Not in the bedroom, could it be in the study in the front hall? However, Lu Xiao has always been used to hanging the sword in the bedroom, and will not put it so far away...
When he was thinking hard, the sound of water in the back suddenly stopped.
Lu Xiao seemed to have heard something, and said sharply, "Who is it?!"
There was silence in the bedroom.
"boom!!"
With a loud noise, Lu Xiao messed up his snow-white underwear, kicked open the back door of the bedroom, and strode into the bedroom.
He glanced around fiercely, his long black hair was still dripping: "Who is sneaking around?! Come out!"
"Meow~" Fat Tuan'er got out from under the table and circled around Lu Xiao's feet.
Lu Xiao froze for a moment: "...it's you."
Qiu Yutong lay on the beam of the bedroom and breathed a sigh of relief. Fat group, good job, I will definitely reward you Xiaoyugan when you go back.
Just now, in his desperation, he unexpectedly climbed onto the beam lightly and deftly with a stroke of ingenuity. It's just that this body is very delicate, and after such a toss, the arm hurts like hell.
The beam was covered with thick dust and cobwebs. Qiu Yutong endured the pain in his arm and lay down carefully, fearing that if he touched a little dust, he would be caught by Lu Xiao.
Lu Xiao stroked his dripping long hair, picked up Fat Tuan'er, and sat down at the table.
Qiu Yutong poked her head cautiously, and couldn't help cursing in her heart—the Ye Yu he was looking for so hard,
It happened to be hanging completely on Lu Xiao's waist!
No wonder he couldn't find it. When the kid of emotion takes a bath, he always takes the protective spirit sword with him!
After all, this kid is also the apprentice of his genius sword repairer, so why is he so timid? Do you still have to put it under the pillow to suppress shock when you sleep at night? !
Naturally, Lu Xiao didn't hear Qiu Yutong's slander. He stroked Fat Tuan'er and stared blankly at the plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the table. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly sighed softly: "You stole it again."
Qiu Yutong's eyes darkened, so he couldn't be so unlucky, he only ate an inconspicuous piece, and was discovered by Lu Xiao
Although this kid has always been careful, but this is too careful! An emperor who is so determined to kill and attack every day, can actually notice that there is a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake missing from the plate!
What a... bug!
Being caught stealing food is really not a glorious thing for a monk. Qiu Yutong felt a little embarrassed in her heart, and was about to cough lightly in embarrassment, and fell down from the beam, but Fat Tuan'er let out a low "meow".
Lu Xiao shook his head and said, "Don't play tricks. Since you stole it, there won't be any dried fish tomorrow."
Fat Tuan'er was inexplicably blamed, and was so wronged that he screamed "Miwu Miwu".
Qiu Yutong breathed a sigh of relief.
Uh, let Fat Tuaner carry this blame.
However, it seems that Lu Xiao treats Fat Tuan'er well now. In the past, this kid would hold Fat Tuan'er by the back of the neck at every turn, wanting to throw it out in disgust, so that Fat Tuan'er would hide from him when he saw him.
Lu Xiao sat at the table, stroking Fat Tuan'er, and staring at the plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in a daze.
Qiu Yutong lay on the beam for a long time, her hands and feet felt numb, and she couldn't help crying secretly. Lu Xiao has been sitting here, of course he can't get down, and this delicate body doesn't know how long it can last.
Lu Xiao sat there for a long time, then suddenly stretched out his hand, poured himself a cup of Qiulubai, and drank it down in one gulp.
Then, I poured another cup.
He just drank one cup after another, several cups in a row.
Although Qiu Lubai is not strong alcohol, it has a strong aftertaste. Drinking it on an empty stomach is not only very harmful to the body, but also easy to get drunk.
Qiu Yutong couldn't help frowning.
Such a reckless way of drinking... Did Lu Xiao encounter something unpleasant? Was it something that happened in the hall? Or is the frontier in chaos again
Lu Xiao poured himself a drink for a long time, until the pot of wine was empty, and then slowly put down the glass.
He shook the empty wine jug in a daze, then slowly raised his eyelids, staring drunkenly at the lonely osmanthus cake on the table.
Qiu Yutong breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, after drinking so much wine, I'm also drunk and my stomach feels uncomfortable. It's time to eat something.
After eating sweet-scented osmanthus cake, take off your clothes and take a good rest.
When Lu Xiao falls asleep, he can...
Lu Xiao stared at the plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake for a long time, his eyes were a little red, and suddenly he slapped his sleeves fiercely!
"Clang!"
With a crisp sound, the snow-white sweet-scented osmanthus cake rolled to the ground, and the delicate plate was smashed to pieces.
Qiu Yutong blinked inexplicably.
What kind of temper is Lu Xiao throwing