Dry Dream

King Ling intentionally let me see his life in the inner courtyard.

Seeing that I found the two people at the door, Xiangqin said, "There are four sons in the palace, 'Chunjiao', 'Xia Yan', 'Qiushi' and 'Dongshuang'. These two are Mr. Qiushi and Mr. Dongshuang. The lord usually favors them according to the season, and now these two young masters should serve the lord."

I wanted to laugh when I heard Xiangqin's words. The names of these four young masters are actually the names of the four pavilions in this garden.It seems that King Xiaoling is not generally fond of this garden.Having said that, isn't my name also related to this garden?Could it be that when he named me, King Xiaoling thought that he would call me a male favorite in the future?

Bah bah bah!How could I have such an idea!I really practice myself!

Thinking of this, the voice suddenly disappeared, and then the voice of King Xiaoling came.I immediately stood up and said: "The prince is back." Ignoring Xiangqin's reaction, I hurried out of the waterside pavilion to the gate of the garden to look outside.I saw King Xiaoling in court clothes standing in the yard far away talking to the chief steward.

23. Veal Ribs

This is the first time I have seen King Xiaoling wearing a court dress, and on his head is the purple gold crown of Panlong Xizhu. The black pearl the size of a pigeon egg in the center is dazzling in the sun.He wears a gold silk satin python robe with a black background, four-clawed golden python embroidered on the front chest, and clouds rising from all over the world embroidered on the hem of the robe.Around his waist is a finger-wide purple jade belt, and under his feet are a pair of Yunteng court boots inlaid with black jade, with unicorn patterns embroidered on the feet.With such a splendid attire, coupled with King Xiaoling's tall and slender figure, he looked majestic and imposing like a descendant of God.

The entourage behind him is the guard Han Zhen I have seen, dressed in black guard uniform as before.He wears a black gauze crown on his head, a tortoiseshell hairpin inserted horizontally, a black dragon sword on his waist, and a gold velvet cloak embroidered with dark patterns in pure black on his arms.This person's martial arts are unfathomable, and he is absolutely loyal to King Xiaoling.

Seemingly aware of someone spying, Han Zhen turned to look at me.I hurriedly shrank my head and ran back to You Yuexie avoiding his sight.After entering the water pavilion and sitting down, Xiangqin, who bowed his head and played the piano, raised a strange smile.I didn't even bother to talk to him, I just sat up straight and calmed down and waited for King Xiaoling to come over.At the same time, he planned over and over again in his heart, how to thank him, and how to ask for medicine.I suddenly remembered the words that my elder brother said before leaving the house to make me like King Xiaoling, and I felt a little hot on my face.

I waited anxiously for a while, but I didn't see a single person.Over there, the Xiangqin has stopped playing, and began to drink tea and rest leisurely.I don't know when the sun turned to the right sky, and it seemed that it was already noon.I couldn't help but feel a little restless, so I wanted to ask why King Xiaoling of Xiangqin didn't come.

Just as soon as he turned his face away, he suddenly heard the sound of fine and orderly footsteps coming from outside the garden.He hurriedly turned his head to look at the gate of the garden, and saw an old eunuch leading a group of maidservants and young eunuchs rushing into the garden gate with trays and low tables.The scent of wine and vegetables drifted over with the breeze, making my stomach suddenly gurgling.

I hurriedly covered my stomach in embarrassment, and secretly glanced at Xiangqin.Seeing that he was still sipping tea with his eyes down, with no special expression on his face, he felt relieved.

Seeing those eunuchs and maids walking quickly along the neat bluestone path and entering the water pavilion, I hurriedly stood up and stepped aside.Watching them put down the low table against the railing with a large group of beautiful soft pillows, and arrange the good wine and dishes neatly, then they bowed to me and retreated.In the end, the old eunuch did not leave, but bowed and said: "Master Qi, the prince will be here soon."

"Thank you, father-in-law." I returned the courtesy.The old eunuch didn't dare to take a word with a respectful expression, then exited the waterside pavilion and guarded the door.I looked at a table of sumptuous food and drink, swallowed secretly, then knelt down against the fence and waited.

After about another cup of tea, King Xiaoling, who had already changed into a gray-blue high-grade grosgrain casual robe with wide sleeves, finally came in from outside the garden with lazy steps, followed by Han Zhen five steps away.I straightened my clothes a little nervously, but found that I had completely forgotten the set of rhetoric I had calculated in my mind when I was waiting, and couldn't help scolding myself for being a fool in my heart!

When King Xiaoling stepped into the waterside pavilion, he said jokingly: "Why do you keep running more diligently the more you tell me not to come?"

I responded speechlessly, looking down at the back of my hands on my knees with a hot face.There was a sound of rustling clothes in my ear, and King Xiaoling said again: "You little guy is arrogant and thin-skinned, come and sit here, you must be hungry after waiting all morning."

I was even more embarrassed by King Xiaoling's words, I just lowered my head, answered yes in a low voice, then stood up and walked to the table and knelt down.King Xiaoling chuckled and said, "Why sit so far away? Come and sit beside me."

My heart tightened, and I remembered what my elder brother said.Sui slowly raised his head to look at King Xiaoling opposite, and saw him smiling lazily at me.I froze for a moment, I don't know why his smile gave me a strange feeling.

"What are you still doing in a daze, my lord wants you to sit here." Xiangqin, who was serving with a jug at the side, suddenly reminded me.

I suddenly came back to my senses, glanced at Xiangqin hastily, then stood up and walked to sit down beside King Xiaoling.King Xiaoling picked up the golden chopsticks and looked at the table, then reached out and picked up a piece of vinegary red short ribs and put it on a small plate in front of me, saying: "You are growing up now, eat more meat to nourish your body Body bone. This is the freshest veal rib steak, try it and see how it tastes."

I was a little flattered, but the bright red, oily and tender veal rib steak on the plate was very fragrant.I was already very hungry, so I couldn't help but licked my lips greedily looking at this rib.Seeing my appearance, King Xiaoling said with a smile: "Looking at the ribs licking your lips, this is for eating, hehehe..." After finishing speaking, he began to eat and drink by himself.

I peeked out and saw King Xiaoling started to eat, so I impatiently picked up the silver chopsticks at hand and picked up the veal bone steak that made me drool in the plate and put it into my mouth.At that moment, a few things were brought out for me to take.I took this opportunity to tell my sister-in-law about asking the elder brother to take care of Mr. Ning Yao in the Zhuzhu Pavilion.

I almost want to marvel.I have never eaten such delicious pork ribs. The smooth and tender meat with a hint of sweetness almost melts in the mouth. I can't help but fix my eyes on the full plate of veal ribs not far away.

24. A glass of Shaochun wine

King Xiaoling glanced at me with a faint smile on his face, and said: "This dish is called 'Hongyu Piaoxiang'. It was made by a cook I met in a restaurant when I was on tour. I saw that he made this dish very well. Alright, I bought it back and made it a chef." Seeing what King Xiaoling said, Xiangqin hurriedly put down the jug and put the plate of pork ribs in front of me, with a slight smile on her face.

I hastily put down my chopsticks, swallowed the delicious meat in my mouth, and said, "Thank you, my lord."

King Xiaoling chuckled, and teased, "Why did you swallow the bones? Be careful to get your throat stuck. You don't have to be so cautious, just eat as you like." After finishing speaking, he picked up the small celadon carved wine glass in front of him and put it to his lips for a sip. Then he closed his eyes and frowned slightly, looking quite intoxicated.

I couldn't help being a little curious, and while I was eating, I was paying attention to the wine glass in King Xiaoling's hand.Hearing a pungent aroma of wine wafting out of the wine glass, his mouth began to salivate.He really deserves to be the much-loved courtier in front of the Empress Dowager, and all the things in the mansion are treasures.Although there are quite a few good wines at home, they have never smelled such a rich and intoxicating aroma.

I ate this meal for nearly an hour, one was because the dishes on the table were too suitable for my appetite, and the other was because eating with King Xiaoling couldn't be as casual as in my own home, so I ate quite slowly.And King Xiaoling didn't move his chopsticks much from the beginning to the end, just sipping the fragrant wine a little bit.I counted them next to each other and drank five glasses in total.But I dare not open my mouth to ask for it, I can only smell the aroma of wine and salivate in my heart.

Seeing that I was almost done eating, King Xiaoling waved, and Xiangqin filled another cup for him.Sui picked up the wine glass and looked at me with a gentle expression, stretched out his arms to gently wrap around my waist, and I sat in his arms involuntarily.Seeing this, Xiangqin, who had been kneeling and waiting at the side, hurriedly saluted, got up and quietly retreated. In an instant, only the two of us were left in the waterside pavilion.

My body froze suddenly, and the words of the elder brother in front of the door immediately flashed in my mind.The serious matter to be done has not yet begun, and it is impossible to refute King Xiaoling's interest, so he forced himself to calm down.

Xu felt that I had relaxed my body. King Xiaoling smiled in satisfaction, and put the arm holding the wine glass around his shoulders, shook the wine glass in front of my nose, and said, "Do you want to try the Jiannan Shao that Guo Xinde sent yesterday? spring?"

I stared at the wine glass in front of me, licked my lips, and swallowed. I was already attracted by the intoxicating aroma of wine, so I just nodded unconsciously.King Xiaoling chuckled, and put the wine glass to my lips.I reached out to take the wine glass, but he suddenly dodged it.He raised his face to look at King Xiaoling who was smiling strangely, and then looked down at the wine glass.After hesitating for a moment, he finally couldn't bear the desire for good wine, so he raised his hands to hold the hand in front of him, brought the wine glass to his mouth, and poured it down...

It's the first time I've heard the name of Jiannan Shaochun wine, the aroma is really intoxicating, but once this wine enters my mouth, I become a fool.

It felt like a fire had been put into the mouth, burning the tongue and teeth numb.The smell of wine that was originally strong in the nose is now like a sharp sword, rushing along the nose to the top of the head.I couldn't help swallowing the ball of fire in my mouth forcefully, and my throat was also burned.Immediately afterwards, the fire rushed straight into my abdomen, burning my whole body.The feeling of numbness spread from the top of the head to the heels, and then rushed from the heels to the top of the head, and the whole body felt like this again and again.