you poked my tail

When Bai Ruan heard this, he stared at him immediately, his face turned pale, and he rushed to the side of the pot, lifted the lid, and cried, "Ah Que, Ah Que..."

As he said that, he was about to start fishing, but Mo Jiuli held him back, and then cast a spell to fly all the contents of the pot out of the pot, and scattered them. He searched carefully, but he didn't find the little tit.

Mo Jiuli frowned, and thought in his heart, could it be that he couldn't tell the difference after being stewed?

Thinking of this, his brows frowned even deeper, and his face became a bit ugly.

Bai Ruan's eyes were full of tears, and he cried so much that he was as pitiful as he could be. The little tit was a very, very important bird to him, and nothing could happen to him.

The maidservant He Xiang turned pale with fright, knelt there and trembled in fear, even begging for mercy repeatedly.

Nothing will happen to Ah Que, Bai Ruan thought.

But where is Ah Que now?The maid said that Aque was poured into the pot, but there was no pot, could it be...

Thinking of the possible outcome, Bai Ruan cried even harder.

Mo Jiuli frowned, turned his head and asked He Xiang, "Do you remember clearly? Did you really pour the bird in the bowl into the pot?"

He Xiang trembled, "Slave, servant remembers clearly. The servant didn't look carefully at the right time, and mistakenly thought it was a marinated meat dumpling, so he picked up the bowl and introduced it into the pot... Master... Slave... Wangfei Forgive me." He said and kowtowed.

When Bai Ruan heard it, he broke down and howled, and said softly, "A Que is not a meat dumpling! A Que is a friend of A Ruan."

Mo Jiuli thought for a while and then asked, "Hexiang, there are two bowls on the table, can you remember clearly, is it the bowl of the princess?"

He Xiang cried in fright, wiped her tears and said, "Return to master, He Xiang has remembered clearly."

When Bai Ruan heard it, his eyes were round and round, he almost fell to the ground because of these words, and cried pitifully while clutching his heart.

"Ah Ruan, I'm awake." At this moment, the voice of the little tit came out from the pile of firewood. There was a straw stick on the melon as big as a walnut, and it looked cute and bleary-eyed. Use the tip of the wing to scratch and pull the face.

"Ah Que." Bai Ruan cried and rushed over to hug the little tit.

The little tit blinked its black bean-sized eyes, and looked at the sobbing and twitching white softness for no reason, as if it hadn't fully woken up yet, and stared in bewilderment.

"A bird." Bai Ruan held the little tit to his chest, hugged it carefully, and carefully checked if it was injured or otherwise.

The little tit blinked and blinked again, and gradually regained its energy. It was taken aback, and seeing Bai Ruan crying pitifully, it immediately narrowed its eyes, its feathers flew up, and said angrily, "Ah Ruan, who bullied you?" Who?" He stared at the other people in the kitchen with a fearless tone, "Which one of you bullied Ah Ruan? Let me tell you, even though I'm a bird, I don't allow bullying Ah Ruan Yes!" When he said this, he shrank in Bai Ruan's palm, which looked a little funny, but it was also kind of cute.

Bai Ruan stopped crying, with tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, he touched the little tit on his hand.

"Ah Que, no one bullied Ah Ruan, it's just that Ah Ruan thought you were thrown into the pot as a meat dumpling and stewed." Bai Ruan said with tears.

The little tit blinked and let out an "oh" in a daze.

Bai Ruan took off the straw stick from its head, blinked its watery eyes, and asked very puzzled, "Why did you run into the woodpile?"

The little tit thought for a while, then shook her head, "I don't know."

Bai Ruanruan's little face was even more puzzled, and just wondering, Xingxiang entered the kitchen with a small bundle of firewood.

Seeing He Xiang kneeling on the ground wiping her tears, she was taken aback for a moment, and then sensed the emotions of the masters, immediately put down the firewood, bowed her head and bowed, without daring to say a word, bowed her body and withdrew.

Since the little tit was fine, Bai Ruan completely forgot about the fright and worry just now, and naturally he would not punish He Xiang, so he asked her to get up and comforted her a few words.

Xingxiang at the door heard it, and seeing Hexiang frightened like that, felt sorry for a moment, hesitated for a moment, went into the kitchen, knelt on the ground, and told the whole story.

It turned out that she took out the little chickadee from the bowl and put it on the window sill beside the firewood pile, and spread some grass on it. She was thinking about putting the little chickadee next to the vegetable cutting table, in case it was thrown away as a vegetable. It's a terrible thing to get out of the pot, so I did it without authorization.

Bai Ruan's crying shoulders trembled, his round and moist eyes were dumbfounded, he raised his hand to wipe away his tears, and said happily, "So that's the case." He waved his hand very generously, "It doesn't matter, as long as Ah Bird is fine."

The little tit thought the same thing. He scratched his face with the tip of his wings, "Maybe I slept too deeply, so I rolled over and fell into the woodpile."

Bai Ruan nodded, turned around and continued to wait for the chicken feet.

The little tit was all right, Mo Jiuli heaved a sigh of relief, calmed down, put the stewed chicken feet into the basin, the aroma wafted around, his soft eyes looked at the chicken feet, his normally round eyes stared even rounder now , couldn't help swallowing, not to mention being a greedy cat.

This is in someone else's place. It can't be disrespectful. Bai Ruan remembered this. He suppressed his greed and said, "Sister Jiuli, let's go out and eat chicken feet together."

What he secretly thought in his heart was that he must eat half of this pot of chicken feet later to satisfy his greed.

Mo Jiuli was amused by his appearance, smiled lightly, and said, "Princess, go eat first, I'm cooking porridge here, and then I'll make two side dishes."

Bai Ruan puffed out her chest, with a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, "Then you do it, I'll eat it first." After finishing speaking, she carried the little tit that was still a little dizzy and left the kitchen, not forgetting to turn her head and tell her The maid holding the chicken feet said, "Be careful, don't burn it."

This meal is free and happy, and even foolishly always runs to Ningxiang Pavilion, eating and drinking for nothing else.

Yinmo Jiuli not only cooks delicious chicken feet, but also cooks any dish deliciously. The Baihua tea and Baihua wine are also delicious.

Qiu Rong and the others always reminded him to be careful of Mo Jiuli from time to time, don't condescend to go to her place to beg for food just because of a few delicious meals.

Bai Ruan rested his chin, ate glutinous rice cake leisurely, didn't care about what Qiurong and the others said, and invited them to Ningxiang Pavilion to eat chicken feet, saying that the food made by sister Jiuli was delicious.

Hearing this, Qiu Rong and the others almost collapsed in anger.

Bai Ruan changed his posture, put the glutinous rice cake in his hand back into the bowl, picked up the letter Chu Heng wrote to him, read it again and again, and he recognized the words "Chu Heng" and "A Ruan", But as soon as he thought that it was written by his family, Ah Heng, his little face immediately flushed, and he held it in his arms like a baby, showing a satisfied smile.

Bai Ruan was in a good mood, touched his belly, and felt that he had to go to Ningxiang Pavilion to have a delicious meal today, just thinking that Ningxiang Pavilion brought Mo Jiuli's freshly stewed chicken feet.

Bai Ruan got out of bed quickly, made a soft couch and sat on the chicken feet, not forgetting to praise Mo Jiuli.

"Princess, why do you build up other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige?" Qiu Rong clenched her lips with tears in her angry eyes.

Bai Ruan looked at her, seeming to understand, "Sister Jiuli, the food you cook is delicious, even Ah Ruan can't cook."

Qiu Rong yelled at him, stomped her feet, turned around and left the room with a look of hating iron for nothing.

Bai Ruan still didn't know what Qiurong was angry with, blinked his eyes, and continued to happily eat the stewed chicken feet sent by Ningxiang Pavilion.

After leaving the room, Qiu Rong trotted to sit in the gazebo, secretly wiping tears with a handkerchief.

"Qiurong." Dongmei walked over.

Qiu Rong wiped away tears, looked at her, "Yes."

"Why are you crying?" Dongmei sat next to her with eyes full of concern, with questioning eyes.

Qiu Rong lowered her head and sighed, "I'm not worried about the princess. The princess is simple and delicate. As servants, we should protect him wholeheartedly. But Qiu Rong in Ningxiang Pavilion thinks that her mind is not simple. But Wangfei is so unwarranted towards her, Qiu Rong is just worried for Wangfei." She said wiping her tears.

Dongmei understood her worry, sighed, and said for a while, "Don't cry, our current duty is to serve the master well. The prince has already arrived in the capital, and the ancestor worship ceremony must be done." After that, I will return to the fief, and when the time comes, I will report these matters to the prince, and the prince will decide."

Qiu Rong froze for a moment, thought about it, then nodded.

And Bai Ruan, who was full of food and drink, lay back on the bed, hugging the small pillow, lying on the soft quilt, holding the letter that Chu Heng wrote to him in his hand, his round eyes squinted into crescent moons, shaking his feet The servant girl hummed a song, at the moment he was very contented, and he didn't know the maidservant's sorrow.

-

Today is the day to enter the palace, the carriage stopped at the entrance of the palace, and it took a while before they were allowed to enter.

Chu Duo stood far above the city tower, staring at the carriages of the princes of various fiefdoms, touched the saber at his waist with his fingertips, and narrowed his worried eyes.

This time the ancestor worship ceremony, Chu Heng was able to come to the capital, which was simply too much for him.

"Your Majesty." Sun Ju took a step forward and whispered, "All the carriages of the princes of the fiefdoms have entered the gate of the palace, and the residences have been arranged. Should we let them wait or the Emperor will announce their audience?"

Chu Duo turned his head slightly to look at him, with cold eyes, and said slowly, "Brothers have traveled thousands of miles to the capital, and I want to greet them in person, so I can show my affection."

When he said this, his eyes were full of hostility, which made people feel intimidated.

Not long after entering the palace gate, the carriage stopped, and the princes and lords of all the fiefdoms got out of the carriage one after another. Chu Heng sat in the carriage, thinking deeply about something.

Even though he was not close to these so-called brothers, he still had to show some superficiality. He straightened his clothes, got out of the carriage, and greeted them one by one.

All the princes are like a bright mirror in their hearts, and no one can tolerate anyone, but everyone greets them with a smile on their faces, and they do their superficial skills well, and they staged a scene where the brothers met with tears in their eyes.

However, Chu Heng has a cold temper and is not good at speaking. The tearful eyes did not reach him, but it also made him frown, feeling uncomfortable.

Tired of running around for days, coupled with missing the little goblin at home, Chu Heng was very sleepy, let the brothers chat and laugh, and he sat there only occasionally echoing a few words.

The palace people served tea and snacks, Chu Heng picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, thinking about going to rest.

But before he could say this, a palace official announced, "The emperor is here."

He was so sleepy that he ran away for five minutes. When he came to Kyoto this time, he had to be careful in everything, and he had to know that there was a goblin at home waiting for him to go back.

"Brothers are safe and well." Chu Duo strode in with a smile.

All the kings stood up and saluted, and Chu Heng was no exception. He got up, lifted his front robe and knelt down to salute.

Chu Duo stopped in front of him, took a step forward, bent over to help him, and said, "Prince Jing please get up, I can't bear such a great gift."

After speaking, he glanced at all the lords present and said, "My lords, please get up quickly, I only have one pair of hands, but I can't help them."

All the kings got up one after another and looked at each other. Chu Duo chuckled, glanced lightly around, and finally settled on Chu Heng. His sharp eyes fell on Chu Heng's body for about two breaths. Then he changed his clothes and said softly, "The last time the Empress Dowager celebrated her birthday, King Jing didn't come. I was really worried. For this grand ancestor worship ceremony, I must stay with King Jing for a few more days."

The hypocrisy of these words made Chu Heng laugh in his heart.

"After the ancestor worship ceremony, I still want to mourn my father. In a short time, it will be the anniversary of my father's death." Chu Duo said, looking at Chu Heng again, and said slowly, "The thing my father loved most before his death was Jing Jing. King, I think my father, Huang Quanxia, ​​wants to meet his favorite son."

As soon as this remark came out, the atmosphere became tense immediately, Chu Heng's eyes became colder, and he stared at Chu Duo, as if an explosion was imminent.