The Biography of Concubine Xi of Yongzheng

Chapter 447 Fishing
Originally, the Old Summer Palace was being expanded, but due to the sudden death of the Empress Dowager, work was suspended here.

The house that Yanhua once lived in has not been touched, and this time when she set foot here again, her mood and feeling are different.She still remembered that it was in this room that she was told that she had become Concubine Xi, and that it was also in this room that Hongli and Xiaoxiao were born. Thinking about it this way, her fate with Yuanmingyuan is not shallow.

Because of doing the "interesting" things along the way, when she arrived at the Old Summer Palace, Yanhua's stomach was already half-fed, and her mouth was half-swollen from gnawing, so that after getting off the carriage, she kept using Pa Zixu covered his mouth.

Because Yinzhen thought that he would sneak away for half a day, so after arriving in the garden, he took Yanhua to the waterside pavilion by the lake to cool off.He has already reviewed all the important papers, and he really doesn't want to touch them now.

There are melon and fruit snacks already placed in the pavilion of the water pavilion, which exude a refreshing fruit fragrance. There is also a jug of wine next to the melon and fruit. The fragrance of the wine overflows from the mouth of the jug.

When she got closer, Yanhua saw someone behind the pavilion pillars. Taking a closer look, the person's whole body was as hazy as smoke, with handsome eyebrows and eyes, obviously wearing a dark purple palace robe of a palace maid, but her fair skin and ruddy The lips, however attractive they look, are like little fairies walking out of a painting.

That unattractive palace robe outlined her graceful curves.

Yinzhen led Yanhua closer, and she hurriedly saluted gracefully.Although she is a court lady, she is full of demeanor in every gesture, revealing the unique gentleness of women in Jiangnan water villages.

What's happening here?How could there be such a symbolic court lady in the garden?Last month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs selected a palace lady, and Yanhua had heard about it, because she also had two new maids in the palace.But it was the first time she had seen a court lady with such a symbol in front of her.Could it be some meddling eunuch in the palace, who saw that Yinzhen didn't choose women to fill the harem, so he cooperated with the people from the House of Internal Affairs to pick a few beautiful maids to hang out in front of the emperor.Tsk tsk, this is not good, she went back to the palace, but she wanted to arrest someone and ask him about it.

However, even though she had changed her mind thousands of times at this moment, Yinzhen didn't pay much attention to the maid next to her.Only then did Yanhua breathe a sigh of relief, and put away the veil covering her mouth.There are few people here, so she no longer covers her eyes and mouth.After seeing the fishing rod on the railing of the gazebo, he wondered: "The emperor wants to fish?"

Yinzhen glanced at the fishing rod: "Perhaps it was prepared by Su Peisheng, so it's okay to fish. If you catch a fish, would Chanchan want me to cook some fish soup?"

Yanhua glanced back, Shaoyao was standing beside her, she couldn't help being a little disappointed that Lingxi didn't come.In her Wanfu Pavilion, Lingxi's culinary skills are the best, not to mention cooking fish soup, even if she is asked to cook dozens of dishes out of fish, she can still cook a whole table without heavy preparations.

"The concubine's craftsmanship is probably... If the emperor doesn't dislike it, the concubine is willing to cook. However," she suddenly gave Yinzhen a charming look, and said with a smile, "The emperor will catch the fish first. If you can't catch the fish, The emperor has to promise his concubine one thing."

"You can be regarded as a bandit? If you catch a fish, I will only let you make a soup, and you can drink it yourself. If you can't catch me, you can't drink the fish soup. I have to allow you one thing. This business, no matter how you look at it I'm at a disadvantage!" Yinzhen chuckled, some creases appeared in the corners of his eyes, which moved up and down with the smile, very vivid.

This kind of him has a lot of human touch.She just said that he looks good when he smiles, even though he is old now, he is still so exciting.Well, maybe others are not moved, but she will still be moved by his smile anyway.

She smiled softly, and embraced his arm with tenderness: "The emperor is the emperor, and it is not a disadvantage to let the concubine get some benefits. Could it be that the emperor is not willing to let the concubine get some benefits?"

As she spoke, she put on an innocent and aggrieved expression, and looked at him with big eyes, like a ignorant kitten, which made her heart soften.No matter how hard-hearted he is, he can't resist such tenderness, let alone he was joking with her.

"Okay, okay, then tell me, what do you want me to promise?" He couldn't help but raise his hand to pinch her cheek again, halfway with his big hand, he changed his posture again.Every time she pinches her cheeks these years, she always angrily says that she is no longer a child.So he just touched her face in the end, and it was still smooth and nice to the touch.

Yanhua's thoughts turned a few times, now that he is the emperor, it's hard to catch up with a golden mouth.She wanted to ask for something for Hongli, but after seeing the white hair on his temples, she changed her mind.Yinzhen has been keeping a low profile for so many years to win the battle for the position. She should also teach Hongli to keep a low profile. If she expresses too bluntly that she wants Hongli to be the prince, it will easily make him feel disgusted.

Her thoughts turned quickly, and before he showed any impatience, she raised her hand and touched his temples, and said distressedly: "The emperor promised his concubine that he would sleep an extra hour every day from now on, right?"

"One hour? No way. How can I waste so much time on sleep."

Now his son has become the emperor again, and he opened his mouth to be me.Of course she knows that he is busy, but she shouldn't be busy like this. When he was in the palace before, no matter how busy he was, it was only a matter of a while, and he could still rest well, but now it seems like he can't see the end, every day In less than a year, he has aged a lot.

"Then, half an hour?" Yanhua discussed with him helplessly, it was obviously something beneficial to him, but at this moment the discussion seemed to be embarrassing for him.She really has never seen any emperor who worked so hard. Although she has only seen the first emperor and his two emperors, it is not what is said in the book. No matter how bad it is, she will sneak out to travel south. Private server, she really didn't I heard that any emperor can't sleep well after tossing himself to sleep.

Yinzhen frowned, the expression in his eyes was a bit complicated.He didn't say anything, just looked deeply into her pair of watery eyes, and didn't move for a long while.

Yanhua wrinkled her nose slightly, and compromised again with extreme dissatisfaction: "Then, can I sleep for another three quarters of an hour every day? It won't delay the emperor's handling of court affairs, as long as I fall asleep three quarters of an hour earlier every night, I will be fine." It's okay. Has the emperor not looked in the mirror for a long time? When he was in Prince Yong's mansion, the emperor didn't have gray hair yet. Now, the two temples are all gray. If this continues..."

As she spoke, her nose became sour, and her eye sockets became slightly moist.

Su Peisheng next to him took a deep breath, the emperor had gray hair, no one dared to tell.The eunuch who combed the emperor's hair every day tried his best to hide his gray hair in his black hair, but he still couldn't hide it. This was the first time he heard someone say this in front of the emperor.

"Does Chanchan think I'm old?" He smiled slowly, raised his hand to touch the corner of her eyes, and kissed her forehead so fondly.

"The concubine dare not, the emperor should not think that the concubine is old."

"If you don't dare, you are the only one who dare to say that my hair is white. How old is Chanchan? I have someone tear her mouth open." Yinzhen laughed and patted her face lightly.

"Hmph, if there are many young and beautiful people in the palace in the future, I'm afraid the emperor will dislike the old concubines immediately." She curled her lips and gave him a white look on purpose.

He couldn't help laughing, and stretched out his hand to pull her into his arms and hugged her: "Hey, this is a silly Chanchan." What a great opportunity just now, if someone else had already asked him for something good, she wanted it But let him sleep a little longer every day, I really don't know if she is really stupid or fake, she is such a wise and stupid person, it always makes his heart sour and warm.

When fishing in the afternoon, for some reason, the fish kept running towards the gazebo, and Yinzhen caught one after another, and soon filled the bucket.The fish slapped the water in the bucket with their tails, splashing one by one, and wet the ground of the gazebo.

The years are quiet and good, that's it.

What Yanhua didn't know was that when Su Peisheng saw that the emperor and Concubine Xi were really going to fish, he sent a lot of fish into the lake early in the morning, and then chased them to the gazebo in various ways. That's why the emperor caught one after another. , the harvest is gratifying.

According to the bet in the afternoon, Yanhua will cook fish soup by herself.After she picked two medium-sized fish, Yinzhen ordered people to put the remaining fish back into the lake.

Yinzhen followed her all the way to the kitchen, Yanhua saw him resting his hands and staring at her, hurriedly stepped forward to push him away, and said in her mouth: "The emperor is the son of heaven, how can he enter this place of oily smoke?" , go out and have a rest with your son."

He laughed and walked out obediently, and after walking a few steps, he quietly turned back and stood by the window to look in.His sneaky appearance was like a child playing hide-and-seek, which made the maids and eunuchs beside him couldn't help but laugh.Since he ascended the throne, the emperor has mostly been cold-faced, rarely smiling, let alone being so childish.

Yanhua was watching people carefully remove the scales and gills of the fish inside... After the fish was cleaned, she sprinkled onion, ginger, garlic, cinnamon and other seasonings into the belly of the fish, and then poured some oil into the pot. After frying the fish body, after the fish skin was slightly golden, she poured water into it and started making soup.

Seeing that she looked decent, Yinzhen couldn't help but wonder, "Chanchan really knows how to cook?"

When Yanhua turned her head, she saw him peeking at the window, her face became hot, she hurried to the front and began to chase him away: "The emperor quickly go back and rest, when the pot is ready, the concubine will personally bring it to the emperor Yes." She can't let him stare here, if he finds that she can't cook at all, why don't you throw away the fish soup she worked so hard to cook?

She was so fluent in the set of movements last night, it was not because of Shao Yao who was pointing at her, if Yin Zhen watched her for a long time, she would naturally reveal her secrets.

Fish soup is not difficult to cook, Yanhua and Shaoyao have been watching by the side, and Shaoyao always reminded her to put seasoning properly, so it was the first time for her to cook the soup herself, and it went very smoothly.When the kitchen was filled with the smell of fish soup, Yanhua couldn't help but put some in it and taste it first, calling it a taste test.

After finally cooking it, Yanhua found a beautiful dark porcelain bowl to hold the fish soup.The thick and milky fish soup looked very attractive against the background of the dark porcelain basin, and the tangy aroma made her swallow her mouth water again and again.When she was making fish soup, she threw some tender tofu in it. At this moment, the smooth and tender tofu loomed in the fish soup, as beautiful as suet jade glowing softly.A few verdant green vegetable leaves playfully floated on top of the fish soup, and some mushroom cubes were piled on the fish in the middle, with red goji berries inside.

The maid serving at the side saw this pot of fish soup, and couldn't help swallowing secretly: "The fish soup cooked by the empress is really good, the emperor will definitely praise it full of praise."

"Really?" Yanhua smiled triumphantly, she felt that she was simply too good, it was the first time she really made soup herself, and she cooked it so well!One must know that Yingxiu or Lingxi used to make soup for Yinzhen to drink, and she just put a piece of ginger at random.

The color and aroma are complete, but now the only difference is the taste, but Yanhua has tasted it beforehand, and it is extremely delicious, it is the most delicious fish soup she has ever eaten.After covering the porcelain pot, she swallowed again, and then carefully walked out with the fish soup.

(End of this chapter)