Spring Forest Evening

Soon, it was the fifth day of August, thinking that Shen Yi's family would definitely come over for dinner that day, Zhou Heng decided to celebrate Shen Fu's birthday one day earlier.

For this reason, thinking about making him a stick of long-lived noodles, she woke up early in the afternoon and started kneading the noodles. She didn't want the noodles to be awake, but Shen Yi came without warning.

Seeing Zhou Heng coming out of the small kitchen to meet her with gnocchi on his hands, Shen Yi was also extremely surprised:

"Aheng, what are you trying to do? What, you actually know how to make noodles? Hey, if I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it!"

Although the words are a bit exaggerated, it is still true. After all, there is no delicate lady who can seriously cook by herself from start to finish.

However, the little girl Chuntao who was helping her was also helping, with an adoring look on her face:

"Princess, you don't know, Miss Biao has been practicing making it for a while, so the servants are also very happy with it, and have eaten the noodles made by Miss Biao several times, they are delicious!"

"I'm not free, I learned from others when I was in Zhongnan Road!" Zhou Heng was a little embarrassed by the praise of the two, so he explained embarrassingly while picking the flour on his fingers A sentence.

Anyway, no one has ever been to Zhongnan Road, whether it is Chuntao, Mother Shen, or Shen Yi now, they all simply use this trick to fool them.

"You can't say that, no matter how busy you are, it still depends on people's minds." Shen Yi came up and took her hands to wash in the basin, and then dried her carefully, sighing:

"After all, Ah Fu is so lucky!"

Afterwards, the two went back to the room to sit and chat with each other. Zhou Heng was a little puzzled at the moment. According to the explanation, it was Shen Fu's birthday, and the two families lived not far away, so it would not be possible for Shen Yi, the older sister, to come over a day earlier, right? A birthday party, and it's not the kind of grand birthday for the elderly who spend their birthdays all over the place. As an old errand, Aunt Shen can handle it completely.

But from the looks of it, it shouldn't be a big deal, after all, Shen Yi enthusiastically asked about how to make the noodles after she was seated, and applauded when she learned that it was actually a single noodle from the beginning to the end:

"Ah Heng, you really have a heart! The meaning of this longevity noodle is really good, one heart, one life, smooth sailing, not bad!"

Speaking of this, I thought of something again, and suddenly my eyes lit up:

"Oh, speaking of it, as the eldest sister, I have to add some thought! What a coincidence, even though I haven't made it for a while, you also know that the taste of the braised pork handed down by my grandfather Xie's family is not boastful, how about it? , Let A Tao go to the kitchen to get the ingredients, just let us cooperate once, oh no, it should be said that the protagonist is you, A Heng, I will add the icing on the cake, I will make a piece of braised pork, and then put it in the longevity noodles. It's a red-hot kindness, do you like it?"

Zhou Heng naturally didn't disagree. Originally, he just wanted to make a simple dish of vegetable and egg noodles, so it seemed more grand. Besides, Shen Yi was Shen Fu's sister after all. She said that she was polite to let herself be the protagonist.

At that moment, Zhou Heng got up and sent Chun Tao to the big kitchen in the mansion to get the ingredients for making braised pork. It was only after he came back that he remembered that he forgot to ask Shen Yi the purpose of coming:

"But you need to make some preparations for tomorrow's birthday party in advance? Unfortunately, I can't help you much tomorrow."

At that time, I guess I have to be an invisible person.

"Hey, Ah Fu, why do he have to make grand preparations for his birthday, not to mention that he just got rid of clothes this year, but it's just that our family of four came to have a meal and have fun!" Shen Yi didn't think so, and after finishing speaking, she pulled Zhou Heng again Sighing: "I know you have a heart, those birthdays in previous years have made you wronged!"

It means that the lady from the Zhou family in the original body rushed to celebrate Shen Fu's birthday, and every time she got frustrated, right?Zhou Heng didn't want to make any further comments on this, so he smiled and turned the topic back:

"The elder sister is here today?"

"Oh, by the way, look at me, I almost forgot the business!" Shen Yi quickly took out a handkerchief from her bosom as she spoke, opened it and motioned Zhou Heng to look over it.

"It looks like... a dragon?" Inside the handkerchief was a piece of white jade pendant. Seeing that the quality of the jade was quite good, Zhou Heng knew that the ancient jade pendant was quite interesting, so he took a second look at the pattern. Hurry up and find that there is a dragon engraved on it.

"Don't be afraid, this jade pendant is not arrogance." Shen Yi gave her a reassurance first, and then explained: "You can see this dragon clearly, it has no horns on it, it is a Chilong, and Ah Fu is the prince Lord, just right."

Zhou Heng felt relieved, but began to doubt the preciousness of this jade pendant. Could it be that Shen Yi spent a lot of money to build it without telling her family's Lord Hou?Otherwise, it wouldn't have been delivered one day earlier, and there wasn't even a decent box.

Then he smiled and said, "Then I'll help Elder Sister get a box and put it in a box. Ah Fu will definitely cherish such a precious gift when he sees it."

Shen Yi knew that Zhou Heng had misunderstood, stopped her from getting up to look for the box, and continued to explain with a smile:

"Where is the gift! Oh no, you can't say that. That's it, Ah Heng. I went to the palace this morning. According to the usual rules, I went to visit with a group of wives who had just returned from the so-called recovery from the palace. Empress Dowager."

So this jade pendant was given by Queen Jiang?Zhou Heng showed a clear expression, which made Shen Yi very satisfied:

"That's right, this jade pendant was given by the empress."

Then he took the jade pendant and put it in her hand: "I will tell you this baby, and you will give it to Ah Fu later. I have to go back later. There are two bastards at home. Ah Rong will be with his younger brother after school. Noisy, the old woman doesn't care, blindly pampering, I have to go back and look at it!"

Then he briefly described the situation in the palace:

"The empress said she was not in good health. At that time, only a few people were summoned to go into the inner hall to meet her. The rest of the people were waiting outside. I was also called in, so I was given this jade pendant. At that time, she was the only one in the hall. With my confidant nanny next to me."

"You can also see that this jade pendant looks simple and gentle. It's been a few years, right? The empress said that it was given to her by the emperor when she first entered the palace. I didn't know until now, the empress The nickname is A Li, Liuli's Li, and I don't know if it has something to do with the "Pharmacist Liuliguang Tathagata Original Vow Merit Sutra" that the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple gave her that Uncle He said last time. The emperor also had some affection for her, and the emperor was still in the residence at that time, so it is estimated that this chilong is his daily use."

"But according to the empress, the reason why the emperor gave her this jade pendant is because 'chi' and 'glass' have the same pronunciation, and the dragon naturally refers to the emperor himself, which is quite... affectionate, haha."

"However, I didn't think much about it when the empress was in front of me. On the way back, I felt that the empress might have wishful thinking about this matter."