"Bake it yourself?" Han Xianzong didn't react for a moment. He thought Gu Xuan would ask him how soon he would go back. Unexpectedly, the topic turned to roasted sweet potatoes.
"That's right," Gu Xuan nodded seriously: "What can't be done in the palace, can be done outside the palace, right?"
I have never seen the master of any palace roast sweet potatoes in the palace, not to mention... there was a fire in Weiyang Palace before.
Gu Xuan still doesn't know the truth about the fire in Weiyang Palace that day. She just thinks it is dangerous to do so in the palace.
I went to Guoan Temple, and it should be pretty good with roasted sweet potatoes on a snowy day.
"You can bake it if you want." Han Xianzong was also aroused by Gu Xuan's words, and said with a childlike innocence: "But there must be someone around to watch, don't light the restaurant."
The rooms left for the masters in Guoan Temple are all vegetarian rooms. Except for the rooms of those with high status, which are slightly larger, there is no difference in the rest.
Gu Xuan was overjoyed to have received her father's approval. Of course her mother would not stop her, it was just done.
The group of people arrived at Guoan Temple in the afternoon and went to the main hall of the temple to worship Buddha.
After worshiping the Buddha, the other concubines and princes and princesses should go back to their rooms to rest, while the emperor and the empress had to make a special trip to pay homage to the heroic spirits of Dayan's previous emperors and heroes.
Their memorial tablets were enshrined in the back mountain of Guoan Temple. The snowy mountain road was difficult to travel, so Gu Xuan was left in the front mountain as a matter of course.
Xie Ziyue specifically ordered Xin Zhangjing and the other two nuns to look after the princess carefully. These three people were all very smart and obedient people. With them waiting by her daughter's side, she could feel more at ease.
Gu Xuan was a brat, so as soon as her mother and father left, she asked Grandma Sun to go to the abbot and ask for sweet potatoes.
Grandma Sun was helpless: "Little ancestor! Where are the sweet potatoes here? And there is no firewood!"
In fact, she knew that the monks here cooked over a fire, so there must be firewood in the kitchen. But Xie Ziyue had given careful instructions just now, asking them to guard the princess at all times.
Grandma Sun thought that the princess was young and wondered if she could fool her.
Gu Xuan was not that easy to fool. She pulled Grandma Sun's sleeves and shook her from side to side: "Okay, Grandma, just promise me! I told my father before, and he agreed. After a while, father and I When the queen mother comes back, she can still eat roasted sweet potatoes."
It turns out that’s what the princess thought.
They didn't know when Gu Xuan and the Emperor and Empress were talking in the sedan.
Now hearing what Gu Xuan said and seeing her pulling her sleeves to act coquettishly, Grandma Sun sighed helplessly:
"Okay, okay, I'll go ask you now. Princess, you must stay here well and listen to what Grandma Sun and Eunuch Xin say."
"Yeah." Gu Xuan said, "I am a good baby and I am very obedient." "Mommy, go ahead. I will definitely be obedient."
Only then did Grandma Sun leave with peace of mind.
She was still worried if she wasn't guarding it herself, so she walked quickly along the way, and soon came back with a small bag of sweet potatoes and firewood.
Grandma Sun was extremely attentive and asked a few attendants to help. She even brought back a stove where she could bake the sweet potatoes to avoid having to clean them.
"Wow!" Gu Xuan looked at the oven and the small bag of sweet potatoes and clapped her hands happily: "Bake it now!"
Xin Zhangjing and the two nuns hurriedly walked around and quickly lit the fire. They watched Gu Xuan put the sweet potatoes in. Because they were too close, they even gave special instructions:
"Princess, come here! Don't be too close, or I'll burn you."
Gu Xuan obediently took a few steps back and stood by the stove.
After all, she was a novice. Xin Zhangjing and the two nuns took turns guarding her. It was inevitable that several sweet potatoes were burnt in the first batch.
"Oh, I should have taken them out earlier," Gu Xuan looked at the few sweet potatoes that Xin Zhangjing took out with regret on her face.
"Princess, do you want these burnt ones?" Xin Zhangjing couldn't help but ask when he saw that there were still many unroasted sweet potatoes.
"Forget it," just when he thought the princess wouldn't want it, Gu Xuan motioned him to put the sweet potatoes aside: "Keep it over there for your father to eat when he comes back."
Xin Zhangjing: “…….”
Two nuns: “…….”
At this moment, Han Xianzong, who was far away in the mountains behind Guoan Temple, sneezed and subconsciously glanced at the surrounding sky.
It's getting really, really cold lately.
Looking back here, although he was a little embarrassed by Gu Xuan's words, Xin Zhangjing still kept the roasted sweet potatoes.
After all, the princess personally guarded the roasting. The princess might have said it was just a joke. If the emperor wasn't allowed to eat it then, it would be fine for the servants like them to eat it.
So they didn't stop Gu Xuan, who happily roasted a lot of sweet potatoes.
She was not skilled before, so she baked the sweet potatoes a lot, but after baking a few more times, the sweet potatoes came out very good.
Gu Xuan deliberately kept these well-roasted sweet potatoes aside and prepared to eat them together when her father and mother came back.
Perhaps because of the reason, when the new roasted sweet potatoes came out, the sound of people stepping on the snow could be heard outside.
Gu Xuan's eyes lit up instantly: "The emperor and the queen are back!"
She opened the door with excitement on her face, and she saw her father and mother at the door.
"Why is your face so red?" Han Xianzong stepped forward and put his hand on Gu Xuan's face.
Perhaps it was because the snow outside had not melted yet and he had been walking outside for so long, his hands were cold.
However, Gu Xuan's face was hot at the moment, and her father's cold hand felt very comfortable against her. She narrowed her eyes in enjoyment, like a kitten.
"Your Majesty," Xie Ziyue knew that Han Xianzong had cold hands, and frowned at this moment: "Your hands are cold, so don't touch A-Xuan's face."
"Mother, I'm not cold, I feel so comfortable." As a result, Gu Xuan rubbed Han Xianzong's palm with great enjoyment.
"..." Xie Ziyue was speechless for a moment.
It was Han Xianzong who chuckled twice and couldn't help but said: "Okay, I'm getting cold after walking for so long. Let's go in and talk."
After saying that, he pulled Gu Xuan into the house. As soon as he entered the house, he was overwhelmed by the sweet smell of sweet potatoes.
Gu Xuan laid out her baked goods as if she wanted to take credit for them, and they looked very attractive.
