Spring Forest Evening

But Shen Fu didn't show up right there, and waited until it was dark before returning to the inner courtyard in a hurry. Seeing him come back, Zhou Heng quickly ordered Chun Tao to put a plate of steamed wontons in the small kitchen pot with hot water. bring it:

"Sister Shen came to tell me that you were back in the afternoon, so I thought about making dinner early, but I didn't wait for you after wrapping it up. Fortunately, I have some experience now. The wontons were supposed to be boiled. I Follow my grandma's previous method and change it to steamed, and you can eat it with the sauce later, I tasted two of them myself, and they taste pretty good."

Shen Fu was really hungry at the moment, after hearing what she said, he quickly sat down, and when Chun Tao came over with a plate full of wontons, he picked up the chopsticks and put one into his mouth without even wiping his hands.

"Oh, it tastes better when dipped in some sauce. I also made this sauce myself. Try it!" Zhou Heng hurriedly pushed the small saucer with the sauce towards him. There were chopped green onion, pepper, and minced garlic in it. , sesame, etc., it smells very fragrant.

The wonton was not big, and Shen Fu finished it in two or three mouthfuls. Seeing her like this, he put down his chopsticks and asked her in a low voice:

"What about you, did you only eat two of them?"

On the other hand, he boasted:

"taste good!"

"I'm not hungry, let's eat together when you come back," Zhou Heng explained to him while carrying a sauce for himself:

"This morning the Zhou family sent a letter, wanting me to go to the hot spring village to have a gathering with them, so I made a box of mooncakes and sent them over, well, you can have a taste later. "

While talking, she pointed to a plate of moon cakes placed in the middle of Shen Fu's table, and continued with him:

"Since I made it, I ate it naturally. The mooncakes are still quite full. I tasted two more wontons later, so I don't feel hungry now."

Shen Fu glanced at the plate of mooncakes on the table, stretched out his hand and shook Zhou Heng's hand, but didn't say anything, just took another wonton and dipped it in the sauce, and waited until the wonton was eaten before saying a word Let Zhou Heng smile:

"It seems that when I go to the Northwest in the future, I will have good food, Ah Heng, and I won't have to go to court anyway. You have to make me every day. These wontons are really delicious."

"Is it so delicious?" It's always a pleasure to be praised for the delicious food. Zhou Heng lay his head on the table to watch him eat:

"If you like it, don't talk about going to the Northwest in the future, tomorrow I will-"

Speaking of this, I can't help but be speechless, tomorrow is really not good, as for the day after tomorrow, alas, I hope the day after tomorrow will be calm!

"It's okay, I have to enter the palace in the afternoon tomorrow, and I don't need to go early for the palace banquet tonight." Seeing that she was silent, Shen Fu simply reached out and grabbed one of her hands, while continuing to eat wontons with the other hand, Said to her in a low voice:

"There's nothing else to do tomorrow morning. Just do the same as usual. You don't have to wake up early. It would be better if you can sleep more. Then I will be in the study outside. If you have something to do, you can ask Chuntao to send me a message. We will try to stay as late as possible in the palace." Go, you must wait until Mu Yun to find out the whereabouts of those people from Zhongnan Road."

That's right, Zhou Heng nodded with a serious face to express that he knew, Shen Fu couldn't help smiling when he saw this, and came over with a wonton in his arms as if to do it for her:

"Come on, open your mouth!"

After Zhou Heng ate the wonton obediently, he continued to tell her:

"I don't know how they will leave when the time comes, but it won't be too early, so we won't leave too early in the afternoon. Let's use lunch together in the study outside. Chunyu will come over to dress you up later. If you haven't What news, you can also take a nap first, and, depending on the water, I will send someone to the palace tomorrow, wait—"

"Wait a minute!" Zhou Heng interrupted Shen Fu vaguely, swallowing the wonton in his mouth quickly, and then hurriedly planned to ask Shen Fu:

"You said water depends on—"

"Don't worry, eat slowly," Shen Fu stretched out his hand to wipe off a little scallion from the corner of her mouth, smiled and said in a gentle voice:

"Don't be nervous about entering the palace tomorrow. It must be getting dark when we enter the palace. It has always been like this in previous years. There are people everywhere in the palace. When there is a palace banquet, the most important thing to watch out for is whether there are people entering the palace or not. Bringing weapons, the palace is to prevent water leakage, that is, fear of fire. These things, Uncle He told me in detail when I was young, and the rest only need to be reported to the palace by each household in advance. For example, how many people are there, whether they are male or female, old or young, and what their specific identities are?

"Generally speaking, because it is entering the palace, there are eunuchs serving them at the palace banquet, and civil and military officials will not bring servants or guards into the palace, so if there are, the imperial guards will strictly interrogate them. In contrast, female family members They are much more relaxed, especially the young ladies of various families, they will bring wet nurses or older nurses with them, and the palace will specially arrange maids to take care of them during the banquet. If you bring young children, it is even more You can bring several servants with you."

"So tomorrow at the gate of the palace, I have already said hello to my aunt. Then they will meet us at the gate of the palace, and you will become a servant girl by my aunt's side. In this way, after entering the palace, you will 'coincidentally' meet Go to Concubine Liang's nanny, the one who went to Daxiangguo Temple to meet the eldest sister, then you just follow her to Cuiwei Palace to meet Concubine Liang and the Fourth Prince, get to know them, don't worry, even though the palace will The lights are shining brightly, but as you said before, it is always brighter and clearer than the daytime. No one will notice you as a maid. If someone really asks, it can be said that you are taking things for your aunt, and you will be vague. "

Speaking of this, Shen Fu smiled slightly, leaned forward and brought over the plate of moon cakes placed in the middle of the table, picked up a piece, waved it in front of Zhou Heng who was stunned, and said:

"But I'm not worried. My family, Ah Heng, has seen the world. According to what she said, she has strolled around the palace several times before. Now this little battle should not scare her, and she will be able to respond accordingly. is not it?"

This refers to Zhou Heng’s visit to the Forbidden City in the 21st century that Zhou Heng once mentioned to him. Yes, this can be regarded as having experience, and he also has the experience of participating in an English speaking competition in college. As for the people in No. [-], Zhou Heng felt that his psychological quality was indeed not bad.

Of course, if you can't, you have to pretend that you can in front of your sweetheart. Now you can't run away, so Zhou Heng nodded in cooperation, and replied to Shen Fu with a pursed smile:

"That's right, you can't lose face to Prince Jing."

"My face doesn't matter," Shen Fu stretched out his hand to hold her shoulder, and said softly:

"Aheng, you have to remember that no matter when, you are the most important thing."