Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 4
Fu Shaoyun walked up to Su Xi, leaned over, pinched her pink and tender face, and asked, "Why did you lose weight?"

Fu Shaoyun was sixteen this year, with a handsome appearance and a slender figure. Once he stood in front of Su Xi, he blocked all her sight.Su Xi covered her cheeks and leaned back, staring at him with round almond eyes, her face is not a steamed bun, how could she pinch her face as soon as they met?
The little girl's eyes were moist and bright, like the clearest water in the mountain stream in the early morning.With a blink of the thick eyelashes, a butterfly nestled.Fu Shaoyun looked at Su Xi's dissatisfied face, and smiled lowly: "The little girl should be round and round to look good."

Fu Shaoyun took out a greased paper bag from his skirt, opened it, and there were several whole rose cakes lying inside.He held Su Xi's little hand, and put the rose cake in Su Xi's palm, "I happened to pass by Yuhe Tower when I went out today, so I bought your favorite snack. Come, try it."

Yuhelou is famous for its pastries, among which rose flower cake, pine nut lily cake and jujube paste cake are very popular.Su Xi likes rose flower cake, because it tastes sweet with petals, soft and crispy.If Fu Shaoyun had brought this to her half a month ago, she would have been very happy, but now Su Xi is very embarrassed, looking at the attractive rose cake in her hand, she doesn't know what to do with it.

If she ate it, wouldn't all the hard work these days be in vain?

Fu Shaoyun didn't see Su Xi's entanglement, so he turned his gaze and landed on Little Luobotou behind him.Startled, he crookedly smiled and said, "Little guy, what are you staring at me for?"

Su Baiyu clenched his rope-holding hands into small fists, he must have been very angry, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "... Pay me for my sparrow."

Fu Shaoyun didn't understand why, but after Su Xi explained it, he suddenly realized, and smiled loudly: "It's just a sparrow, I just catch it for you, and you can have as many as you want."

As he said that, Ting Yan really asked Ting Yan to prepare the millet again, and together with Su Xi and Su Baiyu, he started to catch sparrows.

Su Li stood under the porch pillar, looked at the three people in the yard who were in high spirits, and smiled silently.

After returning home yesterday, he was very surprised to hear Madam Cui say that Youyou brought Baigeer to Hualu Tianxiang.Bo Geer doesn't want to get close to people, Su Li knows better than anyone else, he hardly talks to anyone except himself and Nanny Cui.Originally, Su Li was worried that Youyou would not be able to take care of her. After all, she was a child herself. Looking at it now, he was overly worried. It might be a good thing for Bo Geer to get in touch with Youyou more.Look, aren't they playing well now?
Su Xi fed the last piece of rose cake into Su Baiyu's mouth, and said with reluctance: "Kids, eat more to grow fast. The men of our Su family are all tall and imposing, Brother Bo You can’t hold back either.”

Su Baiyu's cheeks were bulging from the stuffing, and when he heard what Su Xi said, he chewed and swallowed it silently.

On the side, Fu Shaoyun watched all the snacks he bought entered Su Baiyu's stomach, and flicked Su Xi's forehead with two fingers, and said, "Don't you like the rose cake from Yuhelou the most? How about today?" Don't eat a bite?"

Naturally, Su Xi couldn't say that she was on a diet, otherwise Fu Shaoyun would definitely ask her why, and said, "I want to save my stomach for a while and eat roasted sparrows."

It was because Su Xi suddenly remembered that a large part of the reason why she grew fatter in her previous life was due to Fu Shaoyun.One of the great joys of Fu Shaoyun's life is to collect all kinds of delicious food for her from all over the world, delicacies from mountains and seas, delicacies, and delicacies. In the end, he not only made Su Xi's mouth tricky, but also made Su Xi's body round.

With ulterior motives, Su Xi thought silently.

After half an hour, Fu Shaoyun caught a total of eight sparrows.He asked the people in the small kitchen to clean up the internal organs of the sparrow, and then directly set up a fire in the courtyard with fragrant flowers and sat in the snow to roast the sparrow.Su Xi moved a small twig and sat on his right, and Su Li and Su Baiyu sat on the left. After a while, the sparrow meat was roasted, and there was a tangy aroma.

Fu Shaoyun handed the first roasted sparrow to Su Xi.

Su Baiyu turned his head and tugged on Su Li's sleeve, his bright eyes were like black pearls washed by water, "Daddy..."

Su Li stretched out his big palm, rubbed Su Baiyu's little head, turned the roasted sparrow with the other hand, and said, "Don't worry, it will be fine in a while."

Su Baiyu stopped urging and waited quietly.

"What did I say that it smells so delicious, so you are secretly roasting sparrows here!"

Just as Su Xi took the first bite, a crisp sound came from behind.She turned around and saw two eleven or twelve-year-old girls standing at the door of Hualu Tianxiang, the one in the apricot red jacket covered with golden embroidered lotus patterns was walking in front, and looked at Su Xi with a smile: "Okay Sister Xi, you don't call me when you eat roasted sparrows, it's really unkind."

Su Xi stood up and called, "Sister Tang." Then she looked at the girl behind Tang Wan wearing a concubine-colored floral-patterned cloak, paused, and said, "Sister Yi."

The wife of Lord Qing Fu Hongsheng, Mrs. Tan, and Mrs. Su are cousin sisters, from the Tan family in Bozhou, so Fu Shaoyun and Fu Yi are Su Xi's cousins.

Fu Yi is [-] years old this year. When she was [-] years old, she was famous for her talent in "Early Spring Fu", and was praised by Zhou Yuan, a great scholar of poetry, as a "plastic talent".Today, although Fu Yi is not very old, she has already begun to gain popularity among noble ladies.Regardless of appearance or manners, they are all very good.Fu Yi smiled slightly and replied, "Cousin Xi, Cousin Li."

Su Xi knew that Fu Yi was only emerging now. After two or three years, her talent gradually spread far and wide. To be trampled.

Su Xi stared at the sparrow on the iron sign, and suddenly lost her appetite.

When Fu Yi was famous in her previous life, she was studying in ethnology.Although Su Xi's talent was no worse than Fu Yi's, but because of her young age, people judged people by their appearance, Su Xi's plump figure was really not appreciated by others at that time, so the gap between the two widened.People in the Great Yan Dynasty advocated "beauty is the most important thing", and having a face is enough. Wouldn't someone like Fu Yi who is both talented and beautiful be more likable?

So it's only normal for someone as old-fashioned and rigid as Li Yan to fall in love with Fu Yi.

But since Li Yan liked Fu Yi, why did he agree to marry her?Marrying her, but still pretending to be someone else in her heart, this really made Su Xi very angry.

Tang Wan saw Su Xi pursing her pink lips and was silent for a while, so she couldn't help but bumped her with her elbow: "Sister Xi?"

Su Xi was in a daze, and when she met Tang Wan's caring eyes, she gave Tang Wan the roasted sparrow in her hand, and said in a languid way: "Sister Tang, let me eat it for you, I ate a lot of breakfast today, and now I can't eat it." Hold on."

Tang Wan is the daughter of Tang Huaikang, the envoy of Huaihuai Salt Transport. Tang Huaikang and the elder Su Zhen were classmates and friends in the early years, and the two had a very close personal relationship.Tang Wan often came to Su's mansion with his mother, Tian's family, and over time became close friends with Su Xi.Tang Wan came here with his parents today, and there were people who were catching up with Duke Qing's mansion, so he had no choice but to bring Fu Yi to find Su Xi.

Tang Wan didn't have much friendship with Fu Yi, they were not on the same road, and they didn't talk much along the way.

Tang Wan took the iron pick, took a big bite, and said, "You roasted this? The sparrow meat is quite tender, and the taste is just right. The craftsmanship is good."

Su Xi blushed, and subconsciously looked at Fu Shaoyun beside him.

It just so happened that Fu Shaoyun was also looking at her, with a faint smile on his lips.Obviously he didn't say anything, but it just gave Su Xi an inexplicable sense of guilt.

Fortunately, Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun also walked towards this side, distracting everyone's attention.After greeting Tang Wan and Fu Yi, the two sat between Su Xi and Fu Yi, and chatted warmly with Fu Yi.Su Xi didn't want to be next to Fu Yi, so she was happy to make room for them.

Su Lingrong said: "Miss Yi's clothes are really beautiful, the pattern on the neckline is very unique, I wonder which embroiderer embroidered it?"

Fu Yi smiled and said, "It's Xiuchunju's clothes."

Both Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun showed envy on their faces.

Su Lingyun even exaggerated: "As the saying goes, Taoists rely on clothes, and Buddhas rely on gold clothes. Sister Yi wears this dress, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a fairy daughter in the sky." Seeing Fu Yi but smiling, Su Lingyun asked again: "It is said that clothes in Xiuchunju are hard to come by. I make ten pieces every year, and they were ordered by the ladies in the palace early on. I don't know how Sister Yi got it?"

Fu Yi looked at Fu Shaoyun on the opposite side, and said, "My brother gave it to me."

These words successfully shifted the attention of Su Lingyun and the two to Fu Shaoyun.Su Lingyun looked at the handsome Fu Shaoyun with a jade-like face, her face flushed slightly, she bit her lips and said, "Cousin Yun, is the sparrow in your hand cooked?"

Fu Shaoyun smiled peachy-eyed, but he didn't look at Su Lingyun.He flipped through the iron pick in his hand, and seeing that it was almost baked, he said, "It's done." Then, he raised his eyes and glanced at the absent-minded little girl beside him, handed the iron pick to her and said, "Cousin Xi, eat it." .”

A sparrow does not have a few taels of meat.It's not good for Su Xi to refute Fu Shaoyun's face again and again, let alone in front of many people, she said: "Thank you, Cousin Shaoyun."

The smile in Fu Shaoyun's eyes deepened: "You're welcome."

Su Lingyun's face was blue and white, quite embarrassed.

After eating the roasted sparrow, Su Li was rarely free, so he accompanied Su Baiyu to play elsewhere, and Fu Shaoyun also said goodbye and went back to the front hall.

As the master, Su Xi took Fu Yi and Tang Wan to the backyard to stroll around the garden, just in time to take a stroll to digest food.

Su Lingyun, Su Lingrong and Fu Yi walked in front, and Su Xi and Tang Wan were a little behind them.

Su Lingrong said casually: "I heard that Princess Shouchang will hold a peony banquet in Luhua Garden during the Shangyuan Festival this year, and Princess Jin will also be present at that time."

Su Lingyun gave a strange "huh" and blurted out: "Isn't Princess Jin far away in Qizhou? When did you return to Beijing?"

Jin Wang Wei Liankun is the cousin of Jinshang, and he has not set foot in the capital for many years since he enfeoffed Qizhou.

Su Lingrong said: "I also heard about it from my uncle and my ancestors by chance. It seems that King Jin was summoned to return to the capital today, and he will arrive in the capital in a few days." Then, she turned her head and looked at Fu Yi, " Sister Yi, you and Weng Wanping are on good terms, do you know when Princess Jin will arrive in the capital?"

Wanping Weng patron Heli is the daughter of Princess Shouchang.

Fu Yi smiled and shook her head, "He Li won't tell me these things."

Su Lingrong was obviously disappointed.

Although the inquiring was about Princess Jin, how many people are really interested in Princess Jin?
Jin Wang Shizi Wei Feng Zhilan Yushu, rich and handsome, that is the object that the noble ladies of Shangjing yearn for.This time King Jin returned to the capital, Wei Feng must also come back together.

Although Wei Yan is far away in Qizhou, his talent and reputation have already spread throughout Shangjing.People at that time praised Wei Wei with a saying-"Pine, Fengshui, and moon are not enough to compare with Qinghua; Xianlu Mingzhu, who can make it bright and smooth." Even Xianlu Mingzhu can't describe his handsomeness, what kind of appearance should it be ?
Although Su Lingrong had never met him, it did not prevent her from imagining Wei Feng's appearance in her heart.

In this room, Su Xi and Tang Wan walked slowly behind, watching the pear blossoms in the yard while talking endlessly.

Tang Wan said: "My second elder brother will go to Sansong Academy to study after the beginning of spring. I want to go to the street to pick out a farewell gift for him. Can you go with me? It happens that there are many fashionable new materials outside. Walk around. What do you say, Youyou?"

Su Xi was looking at the cluster of pear blossoms in front of her, when she heard that and turned her head, her tender cheeks were comparable to pear blossoms.She said, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)