Chapter 318 Is it an acquaintance?
This face of Yanping’s was undoubtedly beautiful, but Zhao Su vaguely saw the shadow of another person through these eyebrows. By the time she poured all of her attention into digging this person up in her mind, this thought dissipated as quickly as a cloud of smoke without leaving the slightest trace between her fingers.
“You should know each other, right?” The Emperor looked at the two of them and said, “I should have met them after all.”
Zhao Su and Yanping of course can not talk about acquaintance, otherwise would not have been so shocked at the first sight of her, although the capital said that the circle is not big, but there are many people, the original owner of the time also do not want to have a deep friendship with the “famous girls”, not to mention that Yanping in the past also live in the deep palace. Even if you have met, you will not have a deep impression. However, this was someone Empress Dowager Lu valued, so of course she had to be friendly.
She turns to the Emperor, “Of course I know him, it’s just that I didn’t have much of a chance to talk properly before.” After saying this, she smiles at Huo Mingyu, “County princess arrived at the capital from afar, did the journey go well?”
While she is gazing, Huo Mingyu is also silently sizing her up, hearing this she nods slightly, “Many thanks imperial sister-in-law, the road was good, even the weather was not bad.”
A conversation is this middling, except for the hint of attention that swims between each other.
Zhao Su is not a person with low self-esteem, but she also doesn’t feel that she has had any outstanding aura, Huo Mingyu is observing her, this is something she can clearly feel, and she even detects a hint of constraint from this that is more obvious than the usual stranger encounters. But she still has a familiar feeling towards Huo Mingyu, and is not repulsed, which is strange, could it be that they have really crossed paths somewhere before?
This kind of thought is just a flash. This side of the emperor does not seem to be the two of them by chance encounters to disturb the mood, she turned her attention to the eunuchs carried in on the food box, asked while sitting down: “What do today?”
“It’s stewed chicken with chestnuts, beef tenderloin with eggplant sauce, shrimp and tofu, lotus root tips tossed in sesame oil, shredded jellyfish tossed in sesame oil, as well as ginseng pigeon soup, and a cage of black rice.” Zhao Su said to open the food box, one by one on the table, suddenly a table full of color and flavor of the meal is spread in front of the eyes. Finally, she also took out a small pot of mixed congee: “I’m afraid you think the rice is dry, but also boiled a pot of skinny meat congee with eggs.”
The aroma of the congee rushes into the nostrils, instantly stirring up the five viscera and six bowels.
Huo Mingyu originally attention fell on Zhao Su, at this time can not help but be attracted to these food: “Good fragrance. The Imperial Catering Room’s cooks even have this kind of pattern already!”
“This is not what the cooks do.” The emperor sat down at the table, and smoothly pulled Zhao Su to sit down as well, “It was made by Ah Yu.”
“Sister-in-law?”
“Didn’t I tell you? Ah Yu is an excellent cook, she makes a lot of food that you’ve never even seen before.” The emperor smoothly takes a bowl for Zhao Su, and seeing that Huo Mingyu is still there, he says, “Do you-want to stay and eat together?”
Huo Mingyu stunned, then cheeks flushed, looking at the two of them sitting side by side behind the table, the emperor’s hand held the tooth chopsticks also fell in Zhao Su bowl, simply intimate has no longer allow a third person, inexplicably rose a wave of embarrassment, backed up and said, “Thank you, third brother, I’m going to the Ci Ning Palace to accompany the Empress Dowager for dinner.”
The emperor nodded slightly: “Mother has always treated you as her own daughter, easy to come back, should be more accompanied.”
Zhao Su feels that the emperor’s words are too harsh, and just as she is about to speak out to ease the atmosphere, Huo Mingyu has already silently exited the hall.
Zhao Su then glanced at the emperor. Unfortunately, the emperor lowered his head to drink congee and did not look at her.
Luo old master is the dynasty’s highest generation, reputation is also the most prosperous family, in order to show respect, Huo Xiu with Huo Mingyu last morning to visit the Luo family, out before lunch, the old master and they agreed to choose a day to go over the house to the feast, so only to come back to the house. Just as there are guests in the house to visit, sent Huo Mingyu into the palace, Huo Xiu in the house to welcome the guests.
Most of them are old friends who come to catch up with each other, some of them are the old Wei Yuan Marquis and the elders who made friends with the Princess when she was alive, and some of them are the sons and daughters of Huo Xiu’s own friends. In addition to the invitation, almost all of them expressed the will to help if there is a need in the case of the theft of the remnant armor.
Duan Shu help ushered in, at the end could not help but say: “I can’t believe that the capital is quite humane, not because the marquis went to Guangxi on the estrangement.”
Huo Xiu flipped through the case file sent by Marquis Jingnan, did not raise his head: “Tongzhou County Yamen have news to come?”
“No. That side should not be able to find out anything.”
“Who is in charge of this case at the Da Lisi?”
“The head of the temple, Guan Wenting.”
Huo Xiu closed the case file and leaned into the back of his chair.
Duan Shu said, “It’s still early in the day, do you want to go to the Da Lisi?”
Huo Xiu stared without saying anything, but a moment later, his eyes cast toward the door. In the shadow of the bamboo, Huo Mingyu walks in with the setting sun.
“Brother.”
Huo Xiu looks at her, “Back so early? Didn’t you have dinner with the Empress Dowager?”
Huo Mingyu sits down on a chair in front of the bookcase, slightly sinking her breath, “The empress dowager eats lightly in the evening, fearing that I would not feel comfortable eating, so she let me come back.”
Huo Xiu raises an eyebrow: “So, you told the Empress Dowager that you don’t live in the palace, and the Empress Dowager agreed.”
“She has never been forced, with the brother sent to take me to Guangxi, the Empress Dowager is not also not hard to stop.”
Huo Xiu looks at her for a moment, “That makes sense.” After saying this, he faces Duan Shu: “We’re not going out today. Pass the meal.”
Duan Shu nods and suddenly adds, “By the way, at noon, the fourth master of the Marquis of Qingyun came to visit and sent an invitation, saying that he was going to prepare a luncheon at the residence and invited the Marquis and sister Yu to join him at the residence.” Saying this, he pulls out the invitation from his sleeve and offers it.
Huo Xiu took it in his hand, and Huo Mingyu couldn’t help but look at it sideways. After reading it, he said, “This Zhao family, is it so grand? Also invited a few guests?”
Duan Shu heard: “Today, Zhao fourth master to say, the future of the two families are also relatives, the Marquis returned to the capital from afar, Zhao family should be devoted to hosting a banquet to receive the wind. Please take the time to draw up a time, back to a word.”
Speaking here, he could not help but step forward slowly: “You see this Qingyun Marquis House just out of a quasi-Queen, busy set up the abbot’s money to, is not too anxious point?”
Huo Xiu looked up at his words, “If people just set up a banquet according to their usual status, you have to say that they are indifferent and insincere, right?”
Duan Shu paused. Then he smacked his mouth, “That’s what I said!”
“Don’t talk nonsense even if you say it.”
Huo Xiu returned his gaze to the invitation and looked at it one more time before placing it back on the countertop. “Tomorrow is too late, the day after tomorrow has already answered Marquis Jingnan’s appointment, so I will reply to the Zhao family and say that after the tenth day of the first month, all of them can follow Uncle Zhao’s arrangements.” After saying this, he added: “Go and ask Temple Zheng Guan Wenting to come to the mansion for tea at night, I have some things to talk to him about, and on the way, clean up the Yishan Pavilion.”
Duan Shu responded.
Huo Mingyu waits for them to finish before asking, “Has brother seen Miss Zhao?”
Huo Xiu, who was halfway up, twisted his head to look at her, “I’ve naturally seen her, but I have no impression. How is it?”
Huo Mingyu sinks her breath slightly and says in a hushed voice, “I’ve seen her before, but for some reason, the her I see today seems very different from my impressions. Moreover, today’s version of her also seems to have a few moments of familiarity ……”