Chapter 1023: Happiness or Confinement?
cpa300_4(); I paused for a moment and looked up at him.
He also looked at me, without the gentle smile on his face, but said calmly: "You can also taste it." β
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I didn't move for a while, I just looked at him stunned, and Li'er next to me immediately said: "Yes, mother, you can taste it too, it's delicious." β
I looked at her, and then at Pei Yuanhao, who was still looking at me on the other side, was silent for a while, and still picked up the chopsticks on the table and put the shrimp in my mouth. The shrimp is very fresh, the owner's craftsmanship is also very good, there is no too heavy fishy smell and sauce taste, there is only the sweet and tender shrimp meat itself, and the taste is indeed very good.
After eating one, Li'er looked at me: "Delicious, right?"
"Hmm. β
She immediately smiled and her eyes crooked, and she turned her head to look at Pei Yuanhao again: "I want to eat another one." β
Pei Yuanhao had already finished peeling another shrimp, dipped it in the soup and then sent it to her mouth: "Come on." β
Li'er opened his mouth and ate.
Even if I didn't eat that shrimp, just looking at Li'er's smile now and the bright light in her eyes, I could know how sweet the shrimp was.
Pei Yuanhao looked at her smile, his face was also full of faint, gentle smiles, and asked, "Do you still want to eat shrimp?" I'll peel it for you again." β
Li'er shook her head: "Don't." β
After speaking, she picked up the chopsticks in front of her.
As soon as he heard that she was not eating, a faint sense of loneliness flashed on Pei Yuanhao's face, but he didn't say anything, he looked at Li'er, and then turned his head, and the attendant next to him immediately stepped forward to wash his hands with a bowl of water, cleaned it slightly, and wiped it clean with a towel, he turned around and prepared to eat, but saw a piece of fish with soup and water being sandwiched into the plate in front of him.
He was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to look at Li'er.
Li'er put the chopsticks in his mouth and sucked them for a while, and then said to him, "You can eat too." β
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Pei Yuanhao looked at his plate blankly, without any movement.
After a while, he raised his head to look at Li'er, and a look of confusion flashed in his eyes.
As an emperor, he has always been cautious and cautious more than enjoyable when eating, even if there are dozens of dishes on a table, he can't eat more of what he likes, and he can't taste what he doesn't like, even if he eats with the queen and prince, he eats his own food, how can anyone give him dishes like this?
What's more, it was his daughter who had been separated for many years.
I saw that his eyes were obviously messy, and I was silent for a long time before I coughed lightly twice and said, "You gave it to me?"
"Hmm. Can you taste it, is it delicious?"
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"Eat quickly. β
Pei Yuanhao looked at her for a while, and then reached out to pick up the chopsticks, but for some reason, he didn't pick them up after pinching them several times, but the tender fish meat was crushed by him after a few clicks, and Li'er didn't eat anything else, just biting the chopsticks and looking at him.
In a few moments, there was only a pile of rotten fish left on his plate, and he couldn't hold it anymore.
He thought for a while, put down his chopsticks and said to the attendant next to him, "Fetch me the spoon." β
An attendant immediately flew down, and after a while, he came up with a box, Pei Yuanhao took out a silver spoon from it, carefully scooped up the fish, and then put it into his mouth.
Li'er immediately asked, "Is it delicious?"
He didn't speak, but chewed it carefully for a long time, like a small piece of fish with an endless aftertaste, and after a long time, he swallowed it slowly, and then said, "Well, it's delicious." β
Li'er immediately laughed.
He also smiled: "Why is this fish so delicious and so tender." β
"We bought fresh fish. β
"I don't know what kind of fish it is. β
"Anyway, it's delicious. β
They even praised and ate at the same time, especially Pei Yuanhao, who had the enthusiasm to leave Mo Baoyong as a memorial to this restaurant, but at this moment, I heard the owner of the restaurant downstairs hurriedly say to Wu Yanqiu: "My lord, that fish, take it down quickly, you can't eat it!"
When Wu Yanqiu heard this, he immediately asked, "Why?!"
"The fish, the man in the small kitchen, took it easy, and replaced the fresh fish with the dead fish. β
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"Damn the little ones, damn the little ones!"
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For a while, he heard a heavy slap, which made the entire restaurant hear, and immediately, Wu Yanqiu immediately rushed upstairs in a hurry.
The three of us also heard their conversation, I couldn't help frowning, many restaurants have such a technique in the back kitchen, showing the guests fresh fish, but when the kitchen starts to make it, it is replaced by cheap dead fish, and some guests can't eat it, so they make black money.
The back kitchen of this restaurant probably also has such a convention, the cook is easy to do, and it is replaced by dead fish, and the next interview dish is only to test whether it is poisonous, how can you test whether it is dead fish.
So, the bite that the emperor just ate -
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at Pei Yuanhao, who looked uncertain on the other side, I was afraid that he would be furious.
He burst out laughing.
Not only did he laugh, but even Li'er covered his mouth and giggled.
I sat next to me, watching the two of them laugh like this, and the more they laughed, the more they laughed, Li'er's face turned red, and Pei Yuanhao, I had never seen him smile so happily, his eyes were bent so that there were only two slits left, and there was a happy light in them, and the corners of his eyes were almost full of tears, and the wings of his nose twitched, just like his constantly shrugging shoulders.
Seeing the two of them like this, I couldn't help but laugh.
Then he turned around and waved his hand lightly to Wu Yanqiu, who was still a little nervous at the head of the stairs, and he immediately understood, and hurriedly turned around and retreated.
The two of them laughed for a while, Li'er wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and gasped, Pei Yuanhao asked her with a smile, "Do you still want to eat fish?"
"I don't want it!"
Li'er immediately shouted, but when the yelling was over, she rolled her eyes, and then picked up a piece of fish meat and put it on Pei Yuanhao's plate: "Come on, eat fish." β
I was about to scold her not to mess around, but Pei Yuanhao smiled and picked up the piece of fish and put it in his mouth.
"Heyβ"
I watched in amazement as he slowly chewed the fish, his face was full of sunlight from the window, gentle, warm, and even the shallow smile lines at the corners of his lips appeared, as if containing countless sweetness and happiness, all slowly revealed in this smile.
Li'er smiled and said, "Is it delicious?"
"Well, it tastes good. β
Seeing the two of them like this, the faint worry in my heart also dissipated, and I shook my head gently, and then began to eat my own food.
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I didn't eat too much of this meal, and the fish and shrimp things have always been inconsistent with me, but Pei Yuanhao and Li'er were playing around, and most of the dishes on a large table were eaten, and even his entourage next to him came up to persuade him twice before he put down his chopsticks. The attendants came up with copper plates filled with water, and colorful petals floated on the water, and after we had washed our hands, we tidied up a little, and then went downstairs together.
The shopkeeper and a few other people knelt in the doorway downstairs, and the red fingerprints on their faces had not dissipated until now, and when they heard the footsteps of us coming down, they trembled as if they were sifting chaff.
When Pei Yuanhao walked in front of the shop, he stopped, looked at him with a smile and said, "Your craftsmanship is good." β
The shopkeeper was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he couldn't even speak.
Pei Yuanhao laughed again: "Reward." β
With that, he walked out.
Wu Yanqiu, who was next to him, walked over, glanced at the shopkeeper who had almost collapsed to the ground, waved his hand and made a gesture to the attendant behind him, and walked out with us.
The carriage was still waiting outside.
Li'er asked, "Where are we going next?"
Pei Yuanhao smiled: "Does Li'er like flowers?"
Li'er immediately nodded: "I like it!"
"Then, let's go enjoy the flowers. β
"Okay!"
Li'er clapped his hands happily, and then our group got into the carriage again, this time the distance was far, after entering the main city of Yangzhou, and walked along the road for a long time, the carriage kept swaying, plus eating those fish and shrimp before, I only felt that my chest began to burn, and the carriage finally stopped.
When we got out of the car, we were in a somewhat deserted alley, and in front of us was a small red lacquer door, with towering gray brick walls on both sides, and we couldn't see the edge at a glance.
And I looked at the scenery around me, and it seemed to look familiar.
When Li'er saw it, he immediately asked, "Are there flowers here?"
Pei Yuanhao smiled: "Won't you know if you go in and take a look?"
As soon as his words fell, Wu Yanqiu and the others had already stepped forward to greet the people inside, and the door immediately opened, and Pei Yuanhao walked in with us.
As soon as I entered the door, I found that this was the official residence of Yangzhou Mansion.
I lived here many years ago, but because I lost my memory at that time, and Pei Yuanhao has always let me cultivate, so I only wandered around the wing, in fact, the official residence of Yangzhou Mansion is very large, larger than the area built by Pei Yuanxiu and Han Ruoshi on both sides of the mansion, in addition to the official residence in front, there is a huge garden in the back, surrounded by mountains and rivers, all kinds of flowers, birds and trees, very pleasant and pleasant. After Pei Yuanhao ascended the throne, he went south to Yangzhou and did not build any palace annex, also because the official residence of Yangzhou Mansion was very gorgeous.
It turned out that Pei Yuanhao was going to bring Li'er in to enjoy the flowers.
But as soon as I entered the door, the guard guarding the door immediately reached out and stopped Gu Ping behind me: "Who is he?
Pei Yuanhao and Wu Yanqiu both glanced back.
Gu Ping was cautious all the way, and followed us silently and cautiously, until he got here, when he heard that he couldn't enter, he suddenly frowned.
Li'er immediately said: "Why can't you enter? He is my brother Ping!"
Those guards had probably heard of who Li'er was, and when they heard her speak, they were a little hesitant, but they didn't put down the hand that stopped Gu Ping, but just looked at Wu Yanqiu with some embarrassment.
Wu Yanqiu also frowned slightly, looked at Pei Yuanhao, and then looked at me.
And I frowned.
I used to follow Pei Yuanhao and Li'er to visit the market and eat at the restaurant, all of which were just to play around, but now he takes us to the official residence, even if we have been active in Yangzhou, but coming to the official residence - the meaning of this place is different.
I don't dare to say that he will immediately turn his face and imprison us here, after all, since he was reunited with Li'er, I can feel that he is still trying his best to maintain his image of being kind and close to Li'er's heart, but at least for me, entering this place will make me uneasy.
If you don't even go in to Gu Ping, then-