In the dusk at Jingyihuangzhuang, there is always a strong smell of cooking smoke.
Cen Xijin moved a small porridge and sat on the open space outside the palace, looked at the glow in the sky, sniffed in a literary and emotional way, then turned back to the second prince and said, "Do you smell it? This is the smell of home."
After saying that, she continued to wash the pig's water.
The second prince sniffed, then frowned, shook his head and said, "I only smell the smell of pig on your hands - aunt, why do we eat this kind of thing?"
Pigs are in the water. In the palace, these are all unwanted garbage from the food supervisor and the small kitchen. They are usually thrown out in piles. Only the poor people outside the palace who don’t have much money will eat this kind of food. Dirty things.
Cen Xijin cleans up the pigs in the water neatly in his hands. When he heard this, he did not argue, but laughed happily: "It's good to have pigs in the water to eat! You have never had a hard life!"
The second prince was afraid of leaving a bad impression in front of her, so he said loudly: "No, aunt! I just looked at these offal bloody things and smelled so stinky that I felt a little disgusted!"
Cen Xijin picked up a pair of pig intestines dissatisfied and asked in shock: "Is it just a little bit?!"
He was so far away from her, and just smelling it made her feel sick, so what should she do if she was allowed to touch him with her own hands like this?
She doesn’t want to either!
But... Cen Xijin swallowed and thought about the smell of braised pig intestines, pig blood and pickled cabbage soup, then dipped his hand into the basin and continued to scrub the pig waste in the basin.
At this time, she still did not forget to educate Little Rouwaner carefully: "Then let me ask you, is the fermented fermented glutinous rice wine delicious?"
"Of course it tastes good!" The sweet, sour and intoxicating aroma cannot be compared to the bloody and smelly pig waste.
"But fermented glutinous rice wine and fermented rice wine are also eaten by the common people outside the palace. Don't you think Yu Zun has demeaned you?" Cen Xijin stopped and looked at him sideways, with a smile unconsciously appearing on the corner of his mouth. She wanted to hear how he argued.
The second prince met Cen Xijin's gaze unceremoniously, and saw that her green hair was slightly blown by the warm evening breeze. Behind her was a large swath of brilliant sunset, reflecting the orange glow of the sky, and the mountains in the distance. , he looked at this simple, bright, and full-color pastoral landscape with longing, and felt that it had just the right amount of softness.
Of course, this has to ignore the pig in her hands.
Suddenly he saw her bright smile again and called out in a low voice: "Your Highness?"
In this situation, it was as if the picture just now came to life. The second prince, who was drowning in Cen Xijin's smile, struggled to come back to his senses. He felt that he was in a state of confusion, and he even stuttered when he spoke: "I, I, I... …I won’t argue with you!”
Hurry up and enjoy the beautiful scenery, why are you arguing!
To be a man, you just need to be bold.
Didn’t you see that Mr. Mickey in the Mickey Mouse story is very respectful and caring to Miss Minnie?
Seeing that the second prince's face was slightly red and still unable to answer, Cen Xijin happened to wash the large intestine in the water, then he exhaled and laughed heartily: "You can't compete with me after all!"
"Huh, no!" The second prince turned away with a complicated expression. Huh, he couldn't compete with her!
It's just... When my aunt tells stories at night, she likes to make remarks like this, saying that a man must give in, pamper and coax a little to the woman he loves.
Now that he had tried it and saw her smiling face like this, the second prince really felt in his heart that as long as she was happy, that would be better than anything else.
Braised pig intestines, pig blood and pickled cabbage soup, Cen Xijin is very good at cooking. She and the second prince were chatting and laughing while working with their hands, but their movements were very fast.
After the dishes were finished, they added a bowl of hot white rice, two empty bowls, and four chopsticks to complete their dinner.
table? No!
stool? Need not!
The two of them found a clean spot on the grassy slope where they usually went, and sat down carelessly.
Chewing the crystal-clear rice, looking at the warm dusk in the palace, and the laughter and play of children of the same age in the courtyard not far away, the second prince unexpectedly realized a simple, ordinary but warm and simple artistic conception.
It was a very happy and carefree feeling.
It was very similar to the feeling Cen Xijin gave him, very solid, and it hit the depths of his heart.
"This place is actually not bad." After taking a bite of the soft but chewy braised pig intestines, the second prince's taste buds seemed to explode in an instant!
too delicious--
Hearing this, Cen Xijin shook his head and laughed: "Actually, what you see now is only the happiness and freedom of the people, but you don't see the difficulties of ordinary people who are suffering and worrying about their livelihood."
"Well, I still want to be a prince." Compared to being a commoner, the second prince felt that he preferred to be the crown prince of a country. When he grows up, he can inherit the throne smoothly. How great.
"Hush! Don't say this nonsense!" Cen Xijin was so frightened that he quickly looked around.
Fortunately, it was outside the palace. If it had been inside the palace, someone might have heard about it!
The second prince secretly stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a ball of pickled cabbage, and responded with a smile on his face: "I know. I only tell my aunt, not anyone else."
"Don't talk to me anymore! Just keep some things in your heart. You don't have to talk about them all day long!" There is an idiom that says walls have ears, okay?
The second prince pouted aggrievedly, but the chopsticks in his hand did not stop. He carefully bit open a piece of purple-red pig blood: "How can you know my thoughts if I don't tell you! Uh, hiss -"
Cen Xijin hurriedly threw down the bowl and chopsticks and asked him to open his mouth for inspection. Then he complained like an old woman: "I told you to stop talking while eating! Look at you, you burned your tongue! I wonder if there will be air bubbles!" "
The second prince burst into tears instantly. He hugged his knees and huddled up. He opened his little mouth pitifully and begged vaguely: "Auntie, blow your tongue for me!"
"You still have the nerve to say that! Really, you are so old, you are not careful at all!" After finishing his blabbering, Cen Xijin moved closer to his sticking out tongue.
This tongue is pink, clean, and moist, but the tip of the tongue is particularly red and swollen.
Then Cen Xijin started blowing on this tongue.
The second prince's eyes immediately lit up, his waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer painful, and his tongue was no longer burning. He could run down the mountain with just one breath!
I felt happy for several hours, until night fell, and only whispers and barking dogs could be heard throughout the palace.
In the palace, on the soft couch, the second prince licked his tongue and coquettishly said: "Auntie, my tongue still hurts, please blow it for me again!"
Cen Xijin was stunned: "No way? It's been so long and it's still not healed? Otherwise, I'll ask Dr. Liu to come up and give you an acupuncture!"
"Uh, no need. It's not good to bother Imperial Doctor Liu so late." The second prince retracted his head into the quilt and refused angrily.
"No trouble, if you are really in pain, I will just go to the bottom of the mountain to find him." After saying that, Cen Xijin got up and started to put on his clothes.
When the second prince became anxious, his head came out and he hurriedly said: "Isn't it good to be alone this late at night?"
"What's the matter! Didn't I invite him up when you had acne?" After putting on his outer clothes, Cen Xijin started to put on his shoes again.
At this moment, the second prince finally understood what it meant to shoot oneself in the foot.
Either admit that he was lying, or watch his aunt go to see the young and handsome Dr. Liu in the middle of the night - the latter simply couldn't bear it!
Originally there were only two roads, but the second prince was so lucky that he actually hit a third road?
"Someone is coming! Someone is breaking into the Imperial Manor! Ah, it's a refugee! Refugees are breaking in! Someone is coming!" The companions in the village shouted hurriedly in front of them.
At first glance, the second prince felt quite happy, but when he thought about it again, refugees? The refugees who came from nowhere during this period are just people who escaped from Shunde Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture!
Cen Xijin was stunned for a moment before he figured it out. Yes, more than 20 counties and towns in these three prefectures were ravaged by smallpox, with countless casualties. Emperor Zhengxing ordered that the three prefectures be sealed tightly regardless of life or death. People are allowed in and out, if anyone resists, they will be killed on the spot!
But sometimes, restricting people will only arouse the anger in the hearts of the people - after all, some people have not been infected with smallpox, after all, they also want to live!
Obviously, this fire has reached Shuntian Mansion.
These refugees did not go anywhere else, but sneaked into Jingyihuang Manor. Aren't they just here for the second prince?
