Pan'er looked at the rain outside.
The rain hit the banana leaves outside the window, and the sound was noisy at first, but a special rhythm can be heard when you listen carefully.
She stretched out her hand for a while, and the cold rain wet her hand, which made her shrink subconsciously, but she reached out again. Aunt Qing hurried over and said that she was still a child at heart, and she wanted to close the window, but she refused to let it go. .
That's when the prince came in.
"Your Highness." Pan'er turned around and called out, gesturing to get up, when the crown prince had already approached and held her down.
"doing what?"
Seeing that her hands were still stained with raindrops, and recalling the scene he saw just now when he came in, the prince took the veil from Cattail, wiped it dry for her, and rubbed it in his hands until it became warm.
"You're not a child."
"I'm just a child." She said it confidently, with her hips crossed, her belly slightly raised, her little nose wrinkled, which made the prince laugh again, and she had the illusion that she had raised a daughter.
"Okay, you're a child." He distractedly said to Aunt Qing, "I don't want to eat, so I ordered someone to pass it on." Then he went in and changed into homely clothes, and the two went out together.
Dinner is still very rich.
Four cold, four vegetarian, six hot dishes, four big dishes, and one soup pot.
Paner glanced at the pan, and there were braised lamb's feet, salted foie gras, honey roasted goose, braised tendons, Shaojiu duck gizzards, sesame oil mushroom slices, assorted roasted bran, red oil bamboo shoot tips, dried shredded sesame oil, glutinous rice lotus root slices, honey sauce Fire side, roasted beef with wine, baked squab with salt, braised fish mouth with sauce.
More than half of them are Huaiyang cuisine, which is also her favorite food. Maybe because of the rainy and cold weather today, there is a Yipin hot pot.
The so-called Yipinguo is a soup pot. There is no standard for what to put in this dish, it is all random. However, the chef of Jiang's family is meticulous. She has eaten this pot twice before. It contains chicken, duck, fish balls, meat balls, whole pigeon, and maybe some other things, which she doesn't know.
All in all, simmer into a pot until the soup is soft and milky white. After the pot is simmered, add some fresh vegetables, mushrooms, dried shreds, bamboo shoots, shredded chicken, shredded ham, etc. The soup tastes very rich and fragrant, and the dishes are fresh to eat. You can drink two bowls of soup on the plate, and you can also eat a bowl of rice with the soup.
Once the prince saw her eating like this, he was quite disgusted, saying that only puppies and cats would eat like this. But I can't stand the plate and I like to eat like this. Waiting for the second time, the prince will not say anything, knowing that it is useless to say it.
This time, as expected, she asked Cattail to serve her a bowl of soup as soon as the plate was served.
After drinking a bowl of soup, I felt hot all over.
She couldn't eat it by herself, so she asked the prince to watch, and she asked cattails to serve him a bowl, but the prince refused.
Seriously speaking, this soup is very well made and fresh enough, but the crown prince couldn't help it when he saw this soup, he remembered how it was like cooking rice on a plate.
"There is nothing wrong with eating this way. Many people in Yangzhou eat soup and rice. We have a dish called Jiusi soup. In fact, this dish is similar to Jiusi soup. It is a soup and a dish, and it can be eaten with rice. That's right."
Anyway, whatever Pan'er said was a nonsense, and this was only recently discovered by the prince.
Because of her gags, she never stopped eating, and the prince, who eats and sleeps without talking, has changed a little now. He doesn't say a word when he eats, and occasionally he will ask whether the dish is delicious or not. Say a few words to her.
Seeing that she was eating with big eyes and slightly narrowed eyes, with a look of intoxication on her face, the prince wondered whether the cooking skills in the dining room of the Eastern Palace were still not good enough, and the idea of letting the Jiang family have two cooks when she left was disturbed.
After a meal, the plate was full again.
But it was raining outside today, but there was no place for her to take a walk, so she could only walk around the house. The prince went to drink tea and read the mansion newspaper, and she just walked around the room without stopping, opening the window from time to time to look outside.
After a while, I heard her say to the servants: "I don't know when it will rain."
After a while, I heard her say again: "The rain has finally stopped."
But it was getting dark at this time, so she still couldn't go out, so she went back and forth to make some small clothes.
Yes, in the past few days, Pan'er has found another job for herself, making clothes for the children.
The Jiang family sent a lot of fabric, and she carefully selected it for a few days, and finally chose a few bolts of the most inconspicuous muslin, and asked Cattails and the others to help cut them into palm-sized pieces, so that they could be made for unborn children. clothes.
Don't ask how the crown prince knew, when he was tossing around, he was drinking tea and reading secret letters and newspapers as he is doing now. He remembered that she cut out a lot of fabrics in the first time, and then these strange-shaped fabrics became less and less, and finally only the few pieces in her hand were left.
So the prince came to a conclusion that she was not good at sewing.
But this matter is harmless, and she doesn't need to do needlework anyway, and most of the people below are doing it. The crown prince is busy these days, and he is afraid that she will be too bored in this yard. Now it seems that she is too busy looking for things for herself.
After doing needlework for a while, Pan'er threw the things aside, and the prince didn't need to worry about her eyes being hurt if she stared for a long time.
She is only as hot as a cup of tea, and she is not good at sewing. She gets frustrated when she is doing it, and she doesn't want to do it, and then throws it away.
According to her words, there is no rush, anyway, it is still so long before the child is born, the prince suspects that when the child is born, her little clothes may not be able to do well.
Because of this incident, he also specifically told Zhang Laishun to tell Aunt Qing, let her keep an eye on it, and find two embroiderers who are good at sewing after a while, so don't listen to Su Fengyi's big promises. You can't count on her.
In fact, Zhang Laishun didn't need to remind her. Aunt Qing also knew that Pan'er was taught by her. This girl can learn everything, except needlework.
Pan'er had nothing to kill himself, so he came to torture the prince.
She can't win at chess, and she can't win at Shuanglu. She just found a new game recently—playing backgammon.
The origin of backgammon is earlier than that of Go. Unfortunately, because it is too simple, not many people play it. Many people use it as an enlightenment for young children to learn Go. However, it is said that backgammon became very popular there after it was introduced to Japan, and it was played by men, women and children all over the country.
This is said to have been heard by Pan'er in her previous life.
In fact, if you play it seriously, you will find that backgammon is infinitely interesting. First, it is simple. You don’t need to count ten moves like Go. The second is that the outcome can be determined very quickly, and you don't have to be patient for a long time like playing Go.
Pan'er usually wants to go first by herself, and then the prince will go. After she connects to three pieces, she will find that her way is blocked by the prince, and she will take the routine of beating the old master to death with random punches. Just walk around indiscriminately, just block the prince's way, this kind of play usually wins five out of ten games.
With such a high winning rate, she was naturally interested.
But I also said that it is usually, in fact, someone let her, she didn't know it.
Usually she regrets the wrong moves, for this reason the prince told her many times that it is not a real gentleman to regret a game, and she has no regrets after starting a move.
If she couldn't play tricks, she pretended to be pitiful, and then the prince gave in and made her regret it.
The time passed slowly like this, and when Pan'er yawned for the first time, there was a sudden sound of a piano outside.
She immediately cheered up as if she had been beaten to death.
"here we go again!"
At this point, the prince was a little dumbfounded. He always felt that the more he knew her, the more faces she had. It was like digging for a treasure with many things hidden in it. Every time he shoveled down, there would always be surprises.
It can also be said to be frightened, after all, sometimes Pan'er's reaction is a bit unusual, anyway, the prince is quite puzzled.
Just like now.
This is not the first time that the sound of the piano has appeared, it has been appearing for almost half a month, and it can be heard that the player who plays the piano is superb, and it is also among the top ones the prince has ever heard.
Who is the piano player? Who is free to play the piano here at night? The crown prince had no curiosity, but Pan'er asked Zhang Laishun to investigate, and finally found out that Jiangcheng's sixth daughter, Jiang Qiong.
Speaking of Jiang Qiong, anyway, according to Zhang Laishun's inquiries, Jiang's family from top to bottom all praised her, the number one beauty in Yangzhou, gentle personality, virtuous and decent, and generous treatment, anyway, they are all praises, everyone All said yes.
What does such a rich young lady want to do without sleeping at night, playing the piano in a nearby pavilion
In fact, everyone knows that it stands to reason that Pan'er should be jealous again. But not only was she not jealous, every time she heard the sound of the piano, she felt as if she had been injected with chicken blood, and she even dragged the prince to appreciate it.
The reaction was not like that of an ordinary woman.
The prince even suspected that she always opened the window to see if the rain stopped outside, just waiting for the sound of the piano.
Not to mention that Jiang Qiong was still playing the piano outside in the early spring cold on a rainy day like this. Pan'er here cheered up a bit and started yawning again.
It's time to take a break too. It's best to sleep in a lukewarm day like this.
She seems to be a little lethargic lately. The prince glanced at her and thought.
After washing up and getting on the couch, Pan'er obediently went inside to lie down, the sound of the piano was still playing outside, mixed with some sadness, as if to say that it is hard to find a soulmate in the high mountains and flowing waters.
The prince became curious, "Why is the little vinegar bag not jealous this time?"
Pan'er was waiting for the prince's words, she guessed that he would not be able to hold back.
"Why should I be jealous?"
The prince leaned halfway on the pillow, glanced at her, with a look of 'don't pretend, I'm just waiting for you to be jealous'.
Of course, Pan'er read it from the prince's expression, and added some of her imagination, but she would definitely not tell the truth. She also regained her energy and sat up with her legs crossed, as if she was going to have a long talk with the prince.
The prince went to pull her to make her lie down, but she was still a little puzzled. The prince glanced at her stomach, and Pan Er was a little embarrassed. Now, she didn't show her stomach at all, so how could she be lying down.
But the prince is so considerate, she still benefited a lot, and took advantage of the opportunity to get close to his arms.
"I don't understand, why does His Highness think I'm jealous?"
"Is not it?"
"Your Highness didn't even see what she looked like, just because of the sound of a piano, why should I be jealous? It's amazing to be able to play the piano? Although my piano skills are not very good, I can still play a few pieces of music. I can do it." Jealous of her?"
The prince didn't speak, but he was obviously saying that's it.
"Besides, everyone said it was good, there must be something strange in it. Let's use my own concubine as an example. When I was a child, I was the most beautiful girl in the area where we lived. I am not boasting. I am good-looking and polite to others. Sensible, those aunts and aunts all praised me in front of people.
"What's the matter with you? In fact, it's all on the surface. In private, many people say that I don't look like my father. For a long time, I just disliked my father's incompetence and ran away with others, and later they didn't want my mother, so my mother came back."
Pan'er breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Look, even ordinary people in the market have so many right and wrong, you can't say that human nature is inherently evil, I can only say that some people don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, anyway, everything is unreasonable, Can make them guess the story.
"The place where my family lived before, His Royal Highness, has never been to it. It is the most dilapidated place in Yangzhou City. It is dirty and messy. The people who live there are all the low-class people in this city. They are all coolies, bathhouses, etc. Those who bathe people in the house, Taoist women who pretend to be gods and ghosts, those who give music to people on weddings and weddings, people who sell dog skin plasters in the streets, and gangsters who cheat and kidnap, are the low-grade people in the ordinary population.
"Adults are busy with making a living, so they inevitably neglect the children. Few of the children in the house are cleaned up. People like my mother have a strong personality, but if they are poor, the adults in the family have to clean up the children, so that they are usually comfortable. But in that kind of place, if you are clean and you don't fit in with the group, you attract people's attention. Plus, my father is dull.
"If a man can't stand up, a woman has to be strong. Otherwise, the whole family will be bullied there, so the people nearby have been beaten by my mother. In addition, my brother and I are among the best among the children. Well, it’s not too big of a deal if some people watch the excitement together. You said that the words they spread were not intentionally provocative. Just because of this, my mother fought several times with several women, saying that they would tear it up. Their broken mouths."
Pan'er got excited and talked a lot.
She also realized that she had talked too much, she turned her head and smiled at the prince embarrassedly, and quickly got to the point: "What I mean by this analogy is that this is the norm, and one thing cannot be perfect. If you say yes, there are bound to be people who can’t say yes because of various reasons. What is it that everyone said is good? We live in the Jiang family’s garden now, and everyone’s surname is Jiang, so there are some things that cannot be said. letter."
The prince also became interested and looked at her: "You said so much, you just want to say that the girl from the Jiang family is not as virtuous and generous as Zhang Laishun asked, and she is also very beautiful."
Pan'er turned a corner and said bad things about people without ambiguity, nodded: "It's almost like this."
The prince laughed, but didn't speak.
She was annoyed by his smile, and said coquettishly, "Could I be wrong?"
"Yes, why not, Gucai found out that you are very smart."
"I've always been smart."
Seeing that the prince stopped talking again, she was annoyed again, "Isn't it? Don't His Highness think I'm smart?"
"A little clever."
"Just a little smart?"
The prince smiled and said, "Well, it's more than cleverness."
"That's all?"
"Isn't this enough? You see, after telling such a long story, you just turn a corner and say that others are deceitful, which is not as good as what others say," the prince was originally talking slowly, but seeing that she was showing signs of becoming angry, he hurriedly spoke Su: "The key is that Gu still thinks it makes sense. If you say you're smart, that's not bad. Gu usually doesn't praise people very much."