I sell morning tea in ancient times

Several carriages stopped in front of Zhu Hong's palace gate.

Tao Zhiyun got out of the carriage after Mother Tao.At this time, although her face was calm, her heart was full of turmoil.

She actually has a marriage contract?Is the marriage contract partner still that Shizi Xie who has always been known as a banished immortal?

Coincidentally, although Xie Shizi grew up in the capital, the original owner only knew him by name, and the two had never even met each other.So Tao Zhiyun didn't know what Xie Shizi looked like.

Xie Shizi is twenty one this year, five years older than the original owner.Since he was a child, he was extremely intelligent, capable of both civil and martial arts, and he had a face like a banished fairy. He was dressed in white clothes all day long. At the age of 15, he bid farewell to his family, went out to study, and did not return until he was weak.

But the original owner was weak since he was a child, and had been recuperating in the palace until he was ten years old. After ten full years of care, his body was considered to be the same as that of ordinary people.Only then did Father Tao and Mother Tao allow her to go out of the palace to play.The original owner was detained in the palace for ten years, and was severely restrained. She was finally able to leave the palace. Naturally, she played hard for a few years to dissipate all the suffocation in her heart, but she also gained a reputation as a savage.

When she was able to leave the palace, Xie Shizi happened to go out to study.When Xie Shizi came back from his study tour, the current situation was in turmoil and Zhao's army was in full swing. Father Tao was afraid that something would happen to his daughter, so he forced her to be detained in the palace again and was not allowed to leave the palace.So the two just missed it.

"Yun girl."

Tao Zhiyun was thinking about something in her heart, when someone yelled unexpectedly.Turning around following the sound, I saw Mrs. Qi with silver hair and kind eyes.

"Old lady!" Tao Zhiyun shouted happily, and looked at Mother Tao again.

Mother Tao nodded to her, and said with a smile: "Go." As Tao Zhiyun walked towards Mrs. Qi quickly, her eyes also fell on Mrs. Qi.Looking at the kind smile on her face, she blinked, and a layer of watery light appeared.

For the Qi family, they have always felt guilty.If they had thought properly back then, the Qi family wouldn't have...

Mrs. Qi noticed her gaze, smiled at her gently, then took Tao Zhiyun's hand, talking intimately while walking into the palace.

Mother Tao froze for a moment, and the water turned into a crystal teardrop, which slipped down silently.

In the palace, there are towering black walls on both sides, and a long road paved with bluestone in the middle.

On the Qingshi Road, Tao Zhiyun supported Mrs. Qi and walked slowly.Behind them, there are four eunuchs carrying a sedan chair, followed by two court ladies.

"Old madam, why don't you get on the sedan chair. Let Xiao Dezi and the others carry you there." The maid was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead, she persuaded softly.

"No, my body is strong, so I don't need a sedan chair." Mrs. Qi waved her hands again and again, and said to Tao Zhiyun with a smile: "Girl Yun, I'll take you to see my granddaughter. You are kind, but she is straightforward." , you will definitely hit it off."

Mrs. Qi's granddaughter, isn't that the empress, the heroine in the book?Tao Zhiyun had a good impression of her when she was reading novels, and when she heard that she could see the heroine, her eyes lit up and she said with a smile, "Okay!"

Kunning Palace.

The luxurious and elegant Qi Xinyue was half-lying on the couch casually, listening to the palace maid Xuelian report on the trivial matters in the palace.

The palace maid Rushi came in, and said softly: "Madam, the old lady has arrived, and there is a girl by her side."

Hearing this, Qi Xinyue opened her eyes that were lazily closed, and sat up.

Xue Lian hurriedly stopped to report, and went forward to tidy her exquisite and luxurious temple hair.

"Who is that girl?"

"The one in Shunchang Hou's Mansion, the old lady keeps smiling, she seems to like her very much." Rushi replied with a smile.

Qi Xinyue moved the long armor on her tail finger, "Really."

Inside the warm cabinet.

Tao Zhiyun was sitting beside Mrs. Qi, quietly waiting for the heroine to appear.

Seeing her appearance, Mrs. Qi smiled and said: "Young girl Yun, don't be nervous, Yue'er is the most forthright and enthusiastic."

Tao Zhiyun was indeed a little nervous, but she didn't expect to be spotted by Mrs. Qi.She quietly took a deep breath, smiled and nodded.

"Grandmother, did I hear you right? Are you praising me?" With a burst of laughter, a gorgeously dressed woman walked in, followed by four maids in light green palace attire.

"Look at what you said, it seems that I often scold you." Mrs. Qi cursed with a smile, and then introduced: "Yue'er, this is girl Yun."

"Sister Tao of the Marquis of Shunchang, I know her." Qi Xinyue sat directly next to Tao Zhiyun, held Tao Zhiyun's hand affectionately, looked him up and down carefully, and said with a smile, "My sister is so beautiful, I just took a look at her." Keep it in your heart, and read it all the time.”

She suddenly smiled and winked at Tao Zhiyun, "No, I specially arranged the seat of Xie Xie next to my sister."

When Mrs. Qi heard the words, a bad premonition suddenly appeared in her heart, "What does this have to do with him?"

She was surprised and said: "Don't grandma know? Sister Tao and Shizi Xie have a marriage contract. I heard that the tokens have been exchanged, but the appointment has not been made public yet."

The palace banquet soon began.

As expected, as Qi Xinyue said, Tao Zhiyun's family was arranged next to Xie Shizi, and beside her was Xie Shizi.Thinking about whether men and women would be able to get along with each other, father Tao who was sitting on the other side wanted to change seats with Tao Zhiyun, but was gently but firmly stopped by the female officer on the side.

Hearing that this was specially ordered by the Empress, Father Tao's pupils shrank slightly, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he sat back to his original position with a gentle smile.

Mother Tao sighed inaudibly, and patted Father Tao and Tao Zhiyun's hands comfortingly, one by one.

At this time, Xie Yuanjiu hadn't taken his seat yet, so he was probably still talking with Emperor Zhao.

Tao Zhiyun looked around and found that their seats were very close to the head above. It could be seen that Emperor Zhao attached great importance to Xie Yuanjiu.That's right, if he didn't pay attention to it, he wouldn't dress her up like a gift in a hurry because of Xie Yuanjiu's marriage contract with her, and send her to Xie Yuanjiu impatiently.

This eagerness to take power is a bit ugly.

Tao Zhiyun smiled self-deprecatingly, and wanted to look away, but met a gaze.

It's Qi Yi.

He was sitting diagonally opposite Tao Zhiyun, facing Xie Yuanjiu.His gaze was always gentle and filled with warmth, but for some reason now, there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

Tao Zhiyun smiled at him, but he immediately looked away and looked elsewhere.

It was as if he was mad at her.

Tao Zhiyun was a little confused, when did she offend Qi Xiang?

After Qi Yi looked away, he felt a little regretful.Before he could think more, he heard the little eunuch at the entrance of the banquet shout loudly: "Xie Shizi is here!"

A man in white appeared at the entrance of the banquet.

He is tall and tall, with autumn water as his god and white jade as his bones, his eyebrows and eyes are like a painting.With a calm expression and a three-point smile on his lips, he walked in slowly with a fairy air all over his body.

The voices in the banquet gradually stopped.Everyone held their voices and held their breath, not daring to speak loudly, for fear of frightening the heavenly beings. *

Without moving his eyebrows, he went straight to his seat and sat down.Then looking at Tao Zhiyun, the smile on her lips changed from three to eight, which made everyone around her gasp.

"Sister Tao." There was a bit of tenderness in his brows and eyes, as if a banished immortal had come to the mortal world, and he also attracted a jealous look for Tao Zhiyun.

Tao Zhiyun didn't feel flattered or moved, feeling the hot gazes, there were only two words in her mind: trouble.

"Xie Shizi." She nodded strangely in return, her eyebrows and eyes desperately conveying the message: I don't know you well!

Unexpectedly, there was a chuckle in his ear.

She followed the prestige suspiciously, and saw Qi Yi raised his glass to his lips, hiding his smile, but the smile in his eyes couldn't be concealed, and the slightly frowning eyebrows were also loosened.

Seeing Tao Zhiyun, for some reason she wanted to laugh, her eyebrows and eyes were a little crooked.

Xie Yuanjiu said with a smile: "I heard that sister Tao likes to cook, so I wonder if she likes this jade liquid wine bun on the table?"

There is a small and exquisite snack on the table, which is particularly eye-catching.There are a few lifelike little "corns" on the white jade plate, the bright yellow corn cobs are wrapped with light green corn leaves, and the air seems to be filled with the long-lasting fragrance of corn.

Xie Yuanjiu saw that Tao Zhiyun's gaze was on the Yuye Qiongjiang Bun, and continued with a smile: "I ordered the cook to come up with this dessert specially, but it is only on the case of Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Uncle, Aunt, and Sister Tao." Although Several people were mentioned, but looking at his eyes, everyone knew that this snack was specially given to someone.

"This dessert looks exquisite, but it is actually not difficult to make. Boil corn juice, sugar and fresh milk until it becomes thick, and freeze it to make a stuffing; add corn juice to the dough and stuff it to make corn cobs. Add spinach juice to make leaves, then finely shape it into the shape of corn, steam it out of the pan, and the Yuye Qiongjiang Bao is made.”*

"It looks delicate and cute, and there is a long-lasting fragrance of corn when you smell it carefully. It is soft in the mouth, and the sweetness of corn and the mellow aroma of fresh milk are blended together, which has a special taste." Xie Yuanjiu introduced it in detail, and you can know it after careful research at a glance After a while.

"The prince also loves cooking?" Tao Zhiyun asked curiously.

Xie Yuanjiu shook his head, and said with a smile: "I have never been in touch with cooking, but when I learned that Sister Tao likes it, I tried to find out, and found it really interesting. Although I still can't say I like it now, but in the future contact should still be indispensable.”

Tao Zhiyun naturally understood what he meant.She felt a little touched in her heart, but that was all.

She had nothing to say, and she didn't want to respond, so she just nodded with a smile.

Sensing her indifference, Xie Yuanjiu didn't come forward forcefully, and sat quietly in his seat.

Soon, Emperor Zhao and the Empress arrived.

They said a few official words, and the banquet began.

Thinking that the banquet is a place where accidents happen frequently, she was as quiet as a chicken in her seat, and waited until the banquet was over before getting up with Mother Tao and preparing to go back home.

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The author has something to say:

*1. Li Bai's "Night in the Mountain Temple": "Don't dare to speak loudly, for fear of frightening the heavenly beings."

2. The practice of Qiongye Yuye Bun comes from "Cantonese Morning Tea and Desserts" edited by Xiwen Books, with deletions and modifications.