The Lady of the Red Chamber

During the autumn period of Daqing, the banquets every night are very special.

It's not the sound of silk and bamboo, but the bursts of fairy music, and the fluttering of neon clothes.

Instead, all the princes and nobles gathered in an open space that had been marked out long ago.The elders exchanged cups and chatted loudly.The juniors sat in the distance, lit a fire, and roasted the hard-earned prey of the day while laughing and laughing.

Yun Qing slowly sat beside Yun Qingyu, staring at the flying bamboo stick in Yun Qingyu's hand, moved his throat, and urged, "Second brother, how long is it?"

Yun Qingyu turned the burnt-smelling rabbit in his hand, and sprinkled some salt and chili powder: "It's almost ready, it's almost ready, just wait a little longer."

Yun Qing slowly sniffed, picked up the small bottle containing cumin, and handed it to Yun Qingyu courteously: "Second brother, put some more of this."

Cumin is a rare commodity in Daqing, and it all comes in from the Western Regions.

However, because the people of Daqing think that the taste of cumin is too strange, so that the previous leader in the seasoning industry was left alone in a corner of the spice shop, and no one cared about it.

After Yun Qingxuan discovered it by accident, he had someone buy them all back, and brought them to the hunting grounds, just thinking about using them for barbecue.

Yun Qingyu had never tasted cumin, but seeing Yun Qinghuan's expectant face, he picked up the bottle enduring the pain, and sprinkled some on the rabbit he had baked so hard.

In an instant, a strong fragrance filled the surroundings.

Princess Huining, who was doing it herself, turned her head, put down the half-baked food, walked over following the scent, looked at the rabbit in Yun Qingyu's hand, and swallowed her saliva: "It smells so good. Uncle, what did you put here?"

Yun Qing smiled slowly, with a hint of complacency in his tone: "This is the cumin I bought a few days ago, it's perfect for barbecue."

Then he picked up the small bottle beside him and handed it to Princess Huining: "Princess, would you like to try it?"

Princess Huining didn't know what cumin was at all, but seeing that Yun Qingyu's roasted meat tasted so delicious, she couldn't help it, and immediately took the bottle of cumin, and said happily, "Then I'll go and give my roasted meat too. Wipe a little."

At this time, Yun Qingyu had already applied the last layer of honey.

The fire light rose rapidly due to the dripping oil, making a crackling and crackling sound.Yun Qingyu held the bamboo stick and spun it around a few more times, and breathed out a sigh of relief: "It's done."

Then cut it into small pieces with a knife, put it on a plate, poked a piece with a bamboo stick and handed it to Yun Qinghuan: "Huanhua, how do you taste it?"

Yun Qing slowly took the bamboo stick, and blew on the hot air from it.

The little barbecue was overflowing with sizzling oil, salt, cumin, chili powder and other seasonings collided together, and the sweetness of honey rushed straight into Yun Qingxuan's mind.

Yun Qing took a deep breath, as if she wanted to absorb all these fragrances into her body's taste buds without missing a single bit.

Seeing Yun Qingxuan being so greedy, Yun Qingyu smiled and scratched her nose: "Okay, try it quickly. It won't taste good when it's cold."

Yun Qing slowly put the barbecue into her mouth, her eyes lit up instantly: "It's delicious."

He poked another piece with a bamboo stick and handed it to Lin Daiyu: "Cousin, you can try it too."

Lin Daiyu took it, took a bite of it reservedly, her face moved slightly, and praised: "It's really good, I didn't expect my second cousin to be so powerful."

Yun Qingyu was very happy to see that Yun Qingxuan and Lin Daiyu were so sure of his cooking skills, divided the meat into several plates, and said to Yun Qinghuan: "Give these to Concubine Yi, Your Highness the Sixth Prince, father and uncle, and Lin Daiyu The adults will send it. I will bake another one."

Yun Qingxuan happily accepted it.

The sixth prince and concubine Yi were sitting next to the emperor, she didn't dare to go, but asked Shuangxue to help her give the sixth prince and concubine Yi.

Then he turned to the seats of Zhen Guohou's Mansion and Lin Mansion, and after handing over the plates in his hand to the elders, he ran back quickly.

Lin Daiyu can't bake either.Sitting on the brocade, watching Meng Xiu, who was not far away with Yun Qingyu, often sat in front of his own fire, and fluttered his wrists unyieldingly.

But it was obvious that Meng Xiuchang didn't have the skills to light up the barbecue.

When the finished product comes out, Meng Xiu often looks at the coke in his hand, and throws it into the fire decisively, pretending that nothing happened: "Qing Yu, when will your meat be roasted? Sister Yun and Sister Lin is hungry."

Both Yun Qinghuan and Lin Daiyu couldn't help laughing.

Yun Qingxuan even pointed at the shapeless roast chicken in the fire, mockingly said: "Brother Meng, my sister has little knowledge, please explain to me, this black thing is What about roast chicken? Or black-bone chicken."

Yun Qingyu laughed so hard that his hands were shaking when he heard Yun Qinghuan say that.Yun Qing hurriedly said: "Second brother, be careful, don't turn this good rabbit into a 'black-bone rabbit'."

A few people just talked and laughed, sharing today's prey.

It was getting late, and the emperor went back to the palace first because of his fatigue.Concubine Yi, as the highest ranking concubine in the palace, naturally had to keep up with her service.

Not long after, Shuang Xue was ordered by Concubine Yi to invite Princess Huining and Yun Qing to return to the palace to rest.In fact, Yun Qingxuan was somewhat reluctant to have such a lively party, but she also knew Concubine Yi's uncompromising character, and she didn't dare to be willful at such a critical moment, so she could only go back reluctantly.

Concubine Yi sat in the watery palace, raised her fingers, and removed the heavy hairpin on her head.

Shuangxue stretched out her hand to press Concubine Yi's sore shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the kitchen has prepared a soothing ginseng soup, let Shuang Bing serve a bowl for Your Majesty?"

Concubine Yi nodded tiredly.After Shuang Bing went out, she thought of something again, and asked, "Did Xin Hong and Slowly sleep?"

Shuangxue kneaded gently, and when she heard Concubine Yi's question, she replied softly: "The princess and Miss Yun have both gone to bed. Empress, don't worry too much."

"I don't know what happened to my sister? In the past, she liked autumn and winter hunting the most, and she never wanted to miss this kind of excitement. This time, in order to take care of Xiuqing, it's fine to stay in the palace. I just don't know if she will be affected by Zhaoyang Palace. Bully."

Shuangxue has been by Concubine Yi's side for many years, knowing that apart from Concubine Hui, the Sixth Prince and the Eleventh Prince, there is nothing more Concubine Yi cares about, so she lowered her body and followed Concubine Yi's words: "Your Majesty, don't worry. There are people in Deyang Palace arranged by us and His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, and we will definitely not let Concubine Hui suffer any humiliation."

Concubine Yi smiled, picked up the wooden comb placed on the table, and combed the lock of hair in front of her one by one.Looking at himself in the mirror who had lost his face, he sighed faintly: "A few years ago, I cooked a cup of lotus tea for my sister, but I didn't expect this method to be learned by Concubine Zhen. We all together Those who entered the palace had sons who were so big, so it would be false to say that they were favored. Concubine Zhen got such a clever son, which caused His Majesty to praise her again and again, saying that she would feel unwell without this tea for a day. "

Shuangxue smiled, and continued to knead gently: "How about concubine Zhen Gui is the most dexterous person in the harem. I heard from Dai Quan that your majesty even brought this tea with me this autumn. It’s just to have a good time.”

"Really?" Concubine Yi said inexplicably.

Just at this time, Shuang Bing came in with ginseng soup, and Concubine Yi insisted on spooning it, drinking it spoon by spoon.After the exquisite porcelain bowl in his hand had bottomed out, he took off his coat and fell into a deep sleep under the service of the two personal maids.

There are a total of eight days in autumn, and the beginning and end of each autumn are the times when the guards are the strictest.It is impossible for the second prince to choose to raise troops at these two times.

So Yun Qing slowly counted the days and happily found that she still had a few more good days to live.

So she went hunting in the forest with Princess Huining and Lin Daiyu every day, and occasionally raced horses with Yun Qingyu, watching Meng Xiuchang blushing and embarrassed, trying to talk to Lin Daiyu at a loss.

Except for encountering Princess Jiatai from time to time, everything is peaceful anyway.

Four days passed peacefully.

One night, when Yun Qingxuan was sleeping wrapped in a quilt in the side hall of the Water Flower Palace, she was suddenly awakened by an ear-piercing noise.

Yun Qinghuo immediately jumped out of bed, rushed to the window without even having time to put on her shoes, pushed the window open, looked at the flames in the distance, her heart was beating wildly, and she clung to the wooden window lattice tightly.

The second prince, after all, is the opposite.

Princess Huining was also woken up.But she was even more courageous, she put on her clothes and went directly to the courtyard, looked up at the illuminated half of the night sky, and asked a little confused: "What's wrong?"

Realizing something, he woke up instantly, Princess Huining's voice suddenly raised: "What's wrong?"

Looking back, I saw Yun Qingxuan standing in front of the window, and hurriedly ran to Yun Qingxuan, grabbed Yun Qingxuan's hand through the window, turned back again, and said in a trembling voice, "Slow down, could it be that someone took advantage of the emperor's grandfather to hunt, so Deliberately picking this time to carry out the assassination?"

It's not that Princess Huining doesn't know that it's his uncle and uncle who may be planning to rebel, but after all, they are his relatives, no matter how clear he is intellectually, he is unwilling to believe it emotionally.

Shuang Bing hurried in at this time, and saw the aunt and nephew leaning against each other shivering, hurried forward, took Princess Huining's little hand and knelt down and said: "Princess, you go to the Missy's room to hide first. Don't worry." Don't come out, okay?"

Princess Huining nodded, and Shuang Bing took her by the hand into Yun Qinghuan's room.He went forward and pulled Yun Qinghuan, and placed them on the innermost big bed.

Yun Qing slowly clutched Shuang Bing's sleeves, and said nervously and fearfully: "Aunt Shuang Bing, where is Aunt Yi Concubine? Where is my aunt? Where are my father, uncle and elder brother? Are they all alright?"

Shuang Bing stroked Yun Qingxu's hair, and comforted her in a soothing tone: "The empress is by His Majesty's side now. The eldest lady and the second lady are also in her own room, so they are safe. Miss, don't worry."

However, there was no mention of Zhen Guohou, Yun Zhengran and the two brothers of the Yun family.Yun Qinghu's heart sank.

Needless to ask, father and uncle must have gone to the battlefield with His Royal Highness's cousin.

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden fight outside.Even though they were far apart, the two people in the room could hear clearly.

Princess Huining tried her best to calm herself down, glanced at the distance through the window, and said, "Auntie, did the second emperor raise his troops? Is the father escorting the emperor's grandfather? There are also the mother, concubine and concubine in the palace. Grandmother, have they been held hostage by Concubine Zhen Gui?"

In fact, how could Shuangbing know so much.It's just that Princess Huining can only calm herself down by asking, and stop being so worried and frightened.

Shuang Bing could also see the tension in Princess Huining and Yun Qingxuan's heart, sitting beside them, patted their backs, and talked to them in a low voice.

The separation of a room prevents countless hustle and bustle, tranquility and serenity.