Reborn as a Sickly Child: The Emperor's Beloved

Xiao Jingzhan walked in front and his eyes lit up when he looked at the furnishings in the house.

"This design is quite novel. It's the first time I've seen such a special wooden house." Shen Xiaojingzhan said as he looked at the unique furnishings in the house.

"I call this chair a sofa. I had it custom-made by an old craftsman. The cushions on it can be customized by finding a fabric shop or a garment shop. Give it a try. It's much less restrictive than the chairs we usually sit on." Shen Yanyan said as she sat on the sofa opposite the rectangular coffee table and invited the two to sit on the sofa next to the coffee table.

As for An Liu An Qi, they stood behind the two. Shen Yanyan didn't care. After all, in ancient times, the hierarchy was clear. I think the guards wouldn't dare to sit on the same sofa with their master, even though the sofa could still accommodate two people.

After Xia Zhu poured tea for the three of them, he stood behind Shen Yanyan.

Xiao Jingzhan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and praised: "This tea has a pleasant fragrance and a sweet aftertaste. It's good."

Wu Qingfeng also echoed: "Indeed, this tea tastes very good, it must be the best tea."

Shen Yanyan smiled and said: "This is what we stir-fried on the tea mountain. I added some medicinal herbs to it, so it smells a bit fragrant.

Shen Yanyan looked at the three people who were looking around. Xiao Jingzhan came in, took a quick look and then sat on the sofa drinking tea. On the contrary, the other three were looking here and there, like curious babies.

Shen Yanyan smiled and said to Xiao Jingzhan and Wu Qingfeng: "Most of the things in this villa are designed by me. If you like them, I can draw a design for you and you can find a craftsman to make them yourself."

"In that case, thank you very much, Miss Shen. This is the first time I've seen this kind of display. It's very novel." Wu Qingfeng said with a sincere smile on his face. Miss Shen is very generous. She just asked for such technology.

"Ms. Shen, I've wanted to ask what that is for a long time, but I was afraid it might be too abrupt." Wu Qingfeng pointed at the hot pot stove in the open kitchen and asked.

"That is a stove. You just need to add some charcoal and put an iron pot on the stove to eat hot pot. We will use the stove later. If it is cold in winter, you can add more charcoal in the stove, which will have a good heating effect." Shen Yanyan explained.

The kitchen has been slightly modified. There is no stove or anything. A small stove is placed in the middle, surrounded by some storage cabinets. In addition to chairs, there is also a specially customized rack for hot pot restaurants to place dishes, which makes it easier to take food.

The living room was separated from the inside by a beaded curtain. Wu Qingfeng remembered that the wooden house outside the gate looked a little small from the front, but when he looked at the side, there were two or three larger wooden houses connected to the back, and there should be two or three inner rooms inside. But Miss Shen just said that she usually lives here by herself, and he, a scholar, couldn't ask these questions, although he was really curious.

"As we exchanged greetings, the aroma of roasted whole lamb gradually spread.

Looking at the sun that was about to set outside, Shen Yanyan stood up and said, "The roasted whole lamb is almost ready. I'll ask the maid to prepare the hot pot and we'll eat together later. It happens to be a very good weather today. The sunset is very beautiful from the position of the open-air restaurant. We can come back to eat right after watching the sunset."

Several people came to an open-air restaurant. The sun was setting. The fiery red sunset dyed half the sky. The distant mountains were dark blue, so beautiful that it seemed unreal.

Shen Yanyan, Xiao Jingzhan and Wu Qingfeng stood in front of the fence.

The afterglow of the sunset shone on the three of them. At this moment, everyone was very quiet. The beautiful sunset and the beautiful scenery made people feel relaxed and comfortable.

Xiao Jingzhan looked at the fiery sunset, at Shen Yanyan's lively courtyard, at the person in red next to him, whose face was even more beautiful than the sunset. He felt more relaxed than ever before, as if at this moment, the heavy pressure on him was lifted. There was a faint smile on his face, and his expression was more relaxed than ever before.

"The sunset is so beautiful, but it is near dusk." Shen Yanyan looked at the slowly setting sun and unconsciously recited a line of poetry.

Wu Qingfeng suddenly turned to look at Shen Yanyan, his eyes showing undisguised amazement, "Good poem, good poem, the sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk, and Miss Shen can still write poetry."

Xiao Jingzhan also silently recited two sentences: "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it is almost dusk."

The poem is good, but there seems to be a hint of sadness in it. Is it because of her illness? Xiao Jingzhan looked down at the woman beside him and thought to himself.

"I don't know how. I just saw this poem when I was reading a book before. I thought it was suitable for the situation, so I just recited it out loud." Shen Yanyan looked at Wu Qingfeng and said.

"What book is it? Miss Shen, can you tell me? With such good poems, the book must be very good," Wu Qingfeng was very curious.

Shen Yanyan cursed Wu Qingfeng in her heart. Why did he ask so clearly? Can I tell you that this is a modern poem? Where can she find the title of a book for him? She smiled and said, "It's been too long. I forgot it."

Wu Qingfeng said somewhat frustratedly: "I forgot, what a pity."

Without waiting for Wu Qingfeng to finish, Shen Yanyan pointed to the fields below and said, "Look, those plots of land over there are where I planted all kinds of fruits and vegetables. How are they? They're growing well." Shen Yanyan pointed to the lush green fields and said, fearing that Wu Qingfeng would ask too many questions, she quickly changed the subject.

"My vegetables are more numerous than those on the market. Many of them are new varieties of vegetables that I transplanted from the wild and are edible."

The location of the open-air restaurant is just right to see the vegetables and fruits in the field. Although it is a bit far away, the few people can still see the fruits and vegetables growing well. In ancient times, there were few people with myopia. In addition, the few people practiced martial arts all year round, so their eyesight was naturally much better than that of ordinary people. Unlike modern people, their eyes are poisoned by mobile phones and computers.

Shen Yanyan said to the two people beside her: "It should be almost ready, let's go eat."

The group came to the living room kitchen, Shen Yanyan asked someone to bring up the roasted whole lamb, cut it into small pieces, and put it on a plate. The three of them sat around the stove, enjoying the delicious roasted whole lamb.

There was a cooked double-boiled hotpot base on the stove. Shen Yanyan pointed at the base and said, "This side is made with wild mushrooms and chicken broth, and this side is a spicy hotpot base stir-fried with chili peppers, peppercorns and various seasonings. You can put your favorite dishes in your favorite pot according to your preferences." Shen Yanyan introduced them one by one, and pointed to the vegetable rack next to her.

After making this stove and the simmering hotpot, she would always eat hotpot whenever she came to the villa. Nanny Li could now prepare all the necessary ingredients with ease.

Shen Yanyan pointed to the seasoning bowl in front of her and said: This is dried pepper, chili pepper, and green onion. You two can put some in according to your preferences. If you can't eat spicy food, just drink the original seasoning in the bowl.

Xiao Jingzhan could eat spicy food, so he put some dried pepper into his bowl.

Shen Yanyan was able to eat too. She added some dried peppercorns and chili peppers to her bowl, looked at the soup boiling in the pot, added fresh lamb slices and pork belly, and asked the two people next to her to blanch their favorite dishes.

Shen Yanyan originally wanted Anliu and Anqi to sit down and eat together, but the two refused to do so. So she asked Xia Zhu to take Anliu and Anqi to an open-air restaurant to solve the problem themselves. There was still a small stove, so they could set up a pot outside to cook hot pot. The three of them only cut a small part of a roasted whole lamb. Xia Zhu and the other two ate the rest, and the remaining half was taken by Nanny Li to the other courtyard for everyone to have a snack.

Wu Qingfeng didn't want to add pepper at first, but seeing the other two eating with gusto, he added some pepper himself.

"Mr. Wu, can you handle spicy food? This pepper is a bit spicy, put less in it." Shen Yanyan kindly reminded.

“It’s okay to add a little, it tastes better when it’s spicier,” said Wu Qingfeng.

"Did you come up with this hotpot yourself?" Xiao Jingzhan asked Shen Yanyan while blanching a piece of Chinese cabbage.

"I guess so. I read in a book that in some cold places people use copper pots to cook and eat the food, so that the food will not get cold easily. So I innovated on my own and got this hot pot." Shen Yanyan replied.

"By the way, let's have some wine. Hot pot goes well with wine, the more you drink, the better. What would you like to drink, pear blossom wine, plum wine, osmanthus wine, or red wine?" Shen Yanyan looked at the wine on the wine rack and asked the two of them.

"Miss Shen, I want to drink that sweet-scented osmanthus wine." Wu Qingfeng was obsessed with this sweet-scented osmanthus wine, so Shen Yanyan gave him two jars. It had been more than half a month, and he had finished them long ago. Since he drank the sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed by Shen Yanyan, he could no longer drink the sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed by Zuiyue Tower.

Shen Yanyan signaled Xiao Jingzhan with her eyes and asked him what he wanted to drink.

"Let's have pear blossom wine." He still prefers pear blossom wine.

"Here, yours is the osmanthus wine, yours is the pear blossom wine, and my wine. Get it yourselves." As he said that, he each picked up a jar of wine and placed it next to the two of them, and poured himself a glass of sweet and sour wine.

She'd better not touch strong liquor. If she loses her memory again and teases others, she'll be really speechless.

"Cheers, cheers. We are already friends because we ate hotpot together. From now on you don't have to call me Miss Shen. You can call me Yanyan. Everyone calls me that. We will be friends from now on. Don't be so polite." Shen Yanyan raised her glass and motioned for the two to drink.

After drinking a glass of wine, Shen Yanyan felt doubly happy. Sweet and sour fruit wine, and two handsome guys accompanying her to eat hot pot. How could it not be good?

"Well, then I will call you Yanyan from now on." Xiao Jingzhan curled the corners of his lips slightly, and looked at Shen Yanyan gently with his eyes.

Wu Qingfeng looked at Xiao Jingzhan with a gentle face and felt incredible.

"Then I'll also be called Yanyan." After Wu Qingfeng said that, he felt a cold gaze falling on him. He raised his eyes and saw the coldness in Xiao Jingzhan's eyes as if shooting at him like a sharp sword, and he shut up instantly.

Shen Yanyan was struggling with the fish balls in the pot, and did not see the man's gentle eyes. She replied nonchalantly: "Sure, the name is for calling, what's wrong with that."

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the three of them chatted more and more happily.

"Yanyan, I'm going back to the capital," Xiao Jingzhan said and looked into Shen Yanyan's eyes.

Shen Yanyan looked at him calmly and said, "I have to go back to the capital so soon. What a pity. I won't have the chance to play with you guys again in the future." Shen Yanyan was not surprised. Spring goes and autumn comes, people come and go, who can accompany you for a lifetime, not to mention that they are just friends.

"Is Mr. Wu going too? Isn't he from Yangzhou?" Shen Yanyan asked again.

Wu Qingfeng was about to speak, but Xiao Jingzhan spoke first: "Well, he's going too." He gave Wu Qingfeng a cold look.

Wu Qingfeng was speechless. When was he going to Beijing? This guy didn't want him to be alone with Miss Shen. How could he be so childish?

"Do you want to go to the capital?" Xiao Jingzhan looked at Xiao Jingzhan and said in a gentle voice.

Shen Yanyan thought for a moment and didn't really want to go. Compared to the capital, she wanted to see the mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas, the desert, and the flying snow. "I don't really want to go, but I will go if I have the chance in the future."

"Don't you like the capital?" What should he do? If he asked her to stay in the palace all the time, she would not be willing, but he wanted her to stay by his side. Xiao Jingzhan's expression was unclear at the moment.

"It's getting late, we should go back." Xiao Jingzhan looked at the sky outside the window and said with a little regret.

It's time to go." Wu Qingfeng immediately agreed.

"Okay then, we'll see each other again if we're lucky enough." Shen Yanyan said with a smile.

"Well, see you later." Xiao Jingzhan stared at Shen Yanyan's face and smiled, saying something meaningful.

After seeing the two people off, Shen Yanyan sat alone in the open-air restaurant, drinking by herself, fearing that she would lose her memory again and do something out of line. She hadn't been able to drink freely just now, but now that the people had left, she drank one glass after another.

She sighed softly and thought, "I finally met two handsome guys here, but they left after just two meetings. What a pity..."