Chapter 8 Gossip
Author: Koi Yuanbao
The orioles singing along the Luoshui River are singing beautifully. If you follow the Yangzhou tune and go inside, you will find the famous opera orchid "Orchid Garden" in the capital.
On weekdays, the door would be opened to welcome guests at noon, and the singing would end at nightfall. Today, the crimson aconite door was tightly closed, and a sign standing at the door clearly read the four characters "Thank you today."
But if someone is objective enough to lie down by the wall and eavesdrop, they can still hear the tender and melodious "Xun Yang Ye Yue" being hummed inside.
Beside the lotus pond.
On the stage, the sound of silk and bamboo strings rose and fell one after another, and the leader's singing voice was melodious and moving.
Under the stage, the three royal highnesses of the dynasty each had their own thoughts.
After the song ended, the little princess wearing a peony-colored Sichuan brocade pomegranate skirt spoke first: "It's really boring. It turns out that old man likes to listen to this soft tune all day long, which is far worse than our Qiang drum in Dibei.
Tsk tsk, no wonder their soldiers are also weak persimmons."
The boy serving the tea was so frightened that his hands trembled.
"The defeat of Bingjia is not due to Qu Qu, but to the good training of our second brother." His Highness Bai Shu glanced at the person next to him and said in admiration: "If it hadn't been for the immature training of the Forbidden Army by my second brother in those years.
We are not as good as dogs, how can our cavalry attack the city so easily."
The little princess Bai Fengzhi, who was still embarrassed a moment ago, heard this and subconsciously looked at her second brother Bai Ye who was sitting in the middle.
Bai Yesheng is handsome and sharp, with a sharp eyebrow and a raised eyebrow when talking to others, with an irresistible frivolity and dissoluteness.
But that was when he was in a good mood.
If he is in a bad mood, he will be the same as now, with his eyes closed and silent, like a Shura King ready to draw his sword at any time.
Bai Fengzhi thought of the years when she was separated from her second brother, and pursed her lips in distress.
Anyone who endures humiliation and burden at the enemy's feet for three or four years will not be in a good mood, let alone face an arrogant and domineering wife of the county head every day!
The third brother really doesn’t want to pick up the pot!
Bai Fengzhi gouged out Bai Zhu and saw that the other party didn't care. She picked up the pastry and bit into it.
"Eh?"
Suddenly, the bright little princess narrowed her almond-shaped eyes and looked at the cake, as if she was confirming something, and then took two more tentative bites.
Just as he was about to take the last bite, Bai Shu interrupted with a smile: "What? Could it be that the Jiangnan tune is appetizing to my sister?"
Bai Fengzhi snorted softly, picked up the plate and smiled at Bai Ye: "Second brother hasn't eaten anything for a day. Come and try this fruit. It's really delicious! It's even more delicious than the jujube paste cake you brought back!"
"Forget it, my second brother has been eating just this for the past few years, and he's already tired of it."
Before Baizhu finished speaking, he saw that his sister's eyes were about to pop out, so he choked softly and closed his mouth.
Bai Ye rested his forehead on his long fingers, showing no interest in their playfulness.
The refugees in the city need to be resettled, the people's stereotypes of Di Bei need to be reversed, and the complaints about the uneven grain taxation of various states need to be resolved. The fourth child is not good at getting along, and the strategy of clearing up chaos may leave legacy...
Where there was laughter in his ears, he clearly thought it was noise.
The man sitting in the middle suddenly opened his eyes, and the two juniors laughing and playing on both sides were immediately frightened into silence.
"I'm going back to the palace first, you continue."
The leader just opened his voice today, and the second brother is leaving?
Bai Fengzhi was extremely unhappy, so she raised her butt and wanted to keep others together to have a happy reunion.
Before she could stand up staggeringly, without even holding on to her sleeves, she looked up and saw Bai Ye striding out of the garden.
Baizhu has a good temperament. When his sister is disappointed, he can't bear to laugh at her anymore. He just wants to find other ways to make people happy.
As a result, his heart was as big as Bai Fengzhi, and he had curled his lips just a moment ago, but when he took the fruit into his mouth, he immediately smiled.
While laughing, he praised: "It's so delicious. Shopkeeper, what's the name of this fruit? I'll ask Shangshi Bureau to make some tomorrow!"
The person in charge of Lanyuan has a kind face, a kind-hearted look and is easy to talk to. In addition, he has met no less than a hundred relatives of the emperor over the years, so the scene is quite overwhelming.
"This is called hibiscus cake. It's a new product from Xiaominyuan."
Bai Fengzhi nodded.
After recalling the crispy, soft and sweet taste, I couldn't help but murmured again: "Hibiscus, Rong, Cake, what a good name~ It's really as light and full as hibiscus, and leaves a fragrance in your mouth."
The person in charge bowed his head and offered Shun Zui a favor: "If the princess likes it, more of her will come to the garden in the future."
Bai Fengzhi raised her eyebrows slightly: "No, just tell me the recipe and I will ask the imperial chef to make it later."
Bai Shu, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but laugh: "Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents. The shopkeeper makes it clear that he doesn't want to tell you the recipe. Can't you hear it?"
Bai Fengzhi glanced over.
The person in charge was ashamed and smiled.
"Your Highness has misunderstood. The princess asked, how could Xiaomin have any reason to hide it? It's just that Xiaomin does not have the recipe for this pastry. To be honest with you two highnesses, Xiaomin's master Bai An returned to his hometown last month. Now Xiaomin is...
It’s also a business deal negotiated with the fruit shop outside.”
"Which fruit shop?"
Bai Shu shook his head helplessly. His sister always sought the truth in everything and liked to break the casserole and get to the bottom of things.
But this time the person in charge really couldn't answer. He was in charge of the whole garden, and there were hundreds of people in the garden waiting for him to take care of them. How could he take care of so many things?
Fortunately, the little princess will not continue to make things difficult for him, but she will ask him to say hello to the chef before replying.
The new emperor has new rules, and the person in charge has no choice but to adapt to them.
After they wiped their sweat and went back, Bai Fengzhi ate the fruit and thought of the previous events. Now that her second brother was gone, she had to settle old scores.
"Third brother, don't mention the past again! Second brother will feel uncomfortable after hearing this!" Bai Fengzhi said: "Especially the county head of the former queen's family!"
"That's your sister-in-law—"
"Ex-sister-in-law!" Bai Fengzhi said angrily.
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, the late emperor is stupid and incompetent, and the late queen spends money like water. The girl they picked out is probably far from the virtue of Duan Shu.
The point is that she also spread rumors of domestic violence against her second brother!
"Perhaps that woman was arrogant and willful and clung to the second brother, so the second brother accidentally let go..."
"Impossible!" Bai Fengzhi said resolutely: "Although my second brother has a fierce temper and looks fierce, and is not easy to get along with strangers, he will never hit a woman!"
The more Bai Fengzhi talked about it, the more she felt that this was what happened.
"That woman must have listened to the late emperor's instigation and deliberately wanted to ruin the reputation of our Bai family! Now she has succeeded. Everyone in the capital thinks that our Di Bei Erlang is evil, and no noble girl dares to marry the royal family!"
"How do you conclude that she is not a good girl? You have never met her."
"That's because she runs fast!" Bai Fengzhi said: "This is because she is smart. She knows that we can't spare her, so she doesn't dare to bother her unnecessarily and leaves. I hope she will only worship the Buddha sincerely in the future and let the Buddha bless her.
Let her meet me!"
Bai Shu smiled fondly and helplessly at his sister.
Thinking about the preface, he felt that there was no harm in not getting married. The brothers could still live happily for a few years. Once they got married and were given fiefs, they would go their separate ways. Young Taihua would never come back...
My little sister is really that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is.
Bai Shu couldn't help but joked: "Little sister, are you really worried about your brothers? Or are you afraid that if we can't find a wife, you won't be able to find a wife from your father?"
"Brother!" Bai Fengzhi's roots turned red: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Picking up the fruit and stuffing it into her mouth, Bai Fengzhi waved her little hand, and the whole garden suddenly started to play.
The spicy taste on his face was instantly washed away by the sweet taste, and his beating heartbeat seemed to be covered up by the wonderful sound.
Bai Shuxu pointed at Bai Fengzhi's greedy look, but he didn't have the nerve to continue to expose her.
Chapter completed!