Chapter 36：

After Tao Ti came out of Mingyue Palace, she went straight to the East Palace. He didn't expect that when she first walked to Zhidemen, she bumped into Pei Changzhou.

Looking at him in this direction, he should have just returned from Queen Zhou.

There was a straight road to Demen, and they couldn't avoid it when they touched each other.

His eyes met, surprised, one disgusted, and the other angry.

Tao Ti adjusted his emotions now that he encountered it head-on, and said without a smile, "His Royal Highness, this is the lifting of the ban? Congratulations."

Pei Changzhou stared at her and snorted coldly.

"Look at how you tell the truth." Tao Ti smiled politely, posing as a sister-in-law, and glanced at his face faintly, "I think the complexion of His Royal Highness III is still very good."

This sarcasm was too much, and Pei Changzhou's face suddenly turned red and white.

Tao Ti clearly saw his fists clenched, and saw him suffocating back abruptly, staring at her gloomily, and lowered his voice, "Why have you become so mean? You weren't like this before."

Tao Ti snorted, "You are ashamed to say that in the past, it seems that the last time you slap you haven't figured you out, should I give you a sober mind?"

Pei Changzhou's eyes flickered, and he took a step back subconsciously.

He still remembers the pain of the last slap, don't look at her looking petite and lovely, but her hand is surprisingly strong. On that day, his face was red and swollen like a pig's head, and the pain made him sleep on his side for three consecutive days.

Tao Ti snorted when he saw him like this, too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and left with Linglong.

Pei Changzhou looked at her leaving back, a shadow of prey flashed in her black eyes.

This woman who doesn't know how to promote...

Wait and see, when she falls into his own hands in the future, he must let her survive or die!

...

"Ah sneeze—"

"Princess, what's the matter with you?" Linglong worried.

"It's okay, the nose is a little itchy." Tao Ti raised his hand and rubbed his nose. Could someone scold her behind her back?

Thinking of Pei Changzhou's angry eyes, Tao Ti squeezed his fingers lightly.

It was refreshing for a while, but afterwards, if Pei Changzhou really became the prince in a few years, would this guy retaliate against himself?

Perhaps in the first few years, Emperor Zhaokang was pressed, and Pei Changzhou did not dare to do anything to himself, the widow of the prince. But sooner or later Emperor Zhaokang will retreat to the second line or pass away. When Pei Changzhou becomes emperor, he wants to kill himself. Isn't it as simple as pinching an ant?

It's over.

If it is really like that, then I might as well accompany Pei Yan to die together.

Tao Ti became more pessimistic the more he thought about it: whether to survive or die is a big question.

Linglong saw her princess sigh suddenly, still a little confused, just about to ask, she saw the princess suddenly stopped and turned around—

"Princess, where are you going? That's not the direction to go back to the East Palace."

"Go to Qinzheng Hall."

"Qin...Qinzheng Hall?!"

Linglong was taken aback. When she recovered, the princess had already walked a long distance, and she hurried to catch up.

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When Tao Ti returned to Yaoguang Hall again, it was already dusk.

The setting sun dyed the clouds into a brilliant crimson, and the brilliant flowers in the courtyard were also plated with a calm golden red, with a taste of calmness over the years.

Not long after she came back, Pei Yan also came.

Seeing her lazily collapsed on the beauty couch, Pei Yan hooked the corner of her mouth and laughed softly, "I'm tired after going to Mingyue Palace?"

Hearing this voice, Tao Ti was taken aback, and hurriedly opened his eyes, "Your Highness."

She sat up on the couch, embarrassedly closed her thin red-colored gown, and looked at him with bright eyes, "Are you finished with government affairs?"

"Yeah." Pei Yan nodded slightly, and looked down to see a few messy strands of hair on her smooth forehead. His eyes moved slightly, and he couldn't help raising his hand to lift her aside.

His fingers have distinct knuckles, clean and beautiful.

The fingertips have a little bit of coolness, like a piece of ice and snow falling between the eyebrows, inadvertently touched, and inadvertently melted.

Tao Ti stood blankly, with the clear and pleasant cold rosin lingering around his nose.

It wasn't until the man's gentle voice "Okay, no mess" came over her head, that she suddenly recovered, stepped back a little bit, and whispered, "Much, thank you, Your Majesty."

Pei Yan was inexplicably happy when she saw her small, white ear tips dyed a faint red.

The palace man quickly brought tea and pastries, and the two sat and chatted.

"His Royal Highness, have you tasted all the pastries I sent you today?"

"I have tasted them, they are all delicious." Pei Yan replied.

"You just want to eat it."

Pei Yan picked up the teacup and took a sip. When he put down the teacup again, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and he fixedly looked at Tao Ti, "Ati, there is only one thing I want to tell you."

He has been calling her like this since he called her "Ati" last time.

Tao Ti was a little uncomfortable at first, and every time she heard him call her with that gentle and extremely magnetic voice, her mind always waved for a while. After listening for half a month, I barely gained resistance.

Tao Ti wanted to reply "You said", but seeing the serious look between his handsome eyebrows, suddenly realized something, and quickly intercepted his words, "Wait!"

Pei Yan, "...?"

"Well, it's getting late. It's time for dinner. The wild peppers I soaked before are almost ready to eat. I plan to make a beef with sour soup." Tao Ti said as he stood up, "What's the matter? Shall we talk after dinner?"

Seeing her evasive reaction, Pei Yan revealed some doubts in his eyes.

After a while, he didn't say anything, but replied gently, "Okay, I'll talk about it after dinner."

Tao Ti smiled, turned around and ran to the kitchen.

The soul of the sour soup fat cow lies in the sour soup, and to make a delicious sour soup, you must have good chili.

The hot and sour and crispy pickled wild wild pepper is chopped, the green and red millet is sliced ​​into rings, the yellow lantern pepper is finely chopped, and the green onion, **** and garlic are cut out for later use.

Although there were no machine-cut fat beef slices in ancient times, the pottery knife did not work well. I chose a very fresh beef tenderloin, and a kitchen knife moved flexibly in the hand, and slices of fat beef slices of suitable thickness were cut.

Boil the fat beef out of blanching water and set aside. In a separate oil pan, saute the garlic, minced ginger, wild mountain pepper, and yellow lantern pepper until fragrant, and finally add the thick broth.

The soup base presents an attractive golden-yellow color. The enoki mushrooms and mung bean sprouts are placed on the bottom of the plate, covered with beef slices, and finally topped with a spoonful of hot oil sautéed with green and red millet peppers.

There was only a "thorn" sound, the aroma was overflowing, golden yellow soup, white enoki mushrooms and bean sprouts, fresh beef, and red and green dotted millet peppers. It was really delicious, just a glance Make people move their index fingers.

The palace people sniffed the sour, spicy and fragrant smell in the air, and they only felt that the tip of their tongue was secreting drool crazily.

"The crown princess is really amazing. Simple ingredients can make such a fragrant taste."

"Who said no! When she finally poured hot oil, my saliva almost came out!"

"It's a good idea if I say that the princess's knife worker is so good. I think the beef slices she cuts are exactly the same in size and thickness, thin, fat and thin, and snowflakes, tusk tusk, this beef must be very tender when it is blanched!"

The palace people can only smell the lingering fragrance, relying on their brains to make up for the freshness. Tao Ti has already picked up a bowl of rice, and said to Pei Yan, "His Royal Highness, let's eat!"

In addition to the beef with sour soup made by her on the table, there are also a few refreshing side dishes from the dining room, light soup, meat and vegetable collocation, simple and warm.

But the beef with sour soup is undoubtedly the most tempting. When the dish is served from one end, the strong sour and spicy fragrance pierces into the human nose, making it impossible to ignore its existence.

"His Royal Highness, this fat cow should be dipped in soup to eat it, and it will taste better." Tao Ti said and held a chopstick as a demonstration.

The moderately thick beef was dipped in the sour soup. The surface of the beef was soaked in the soup and delivered to the mouth in time. The hot and sour and refreshing soup was mixed with the tender and smooth beef. It was so delicious that it flew up.

Seeing that she was so satisfied that she was shaking her head and shaking her head, Pei Yan also learned her to eat a piece.

Sour, spicy, fresh, fragrant...

These feelings burst out on the tip of his tongue in turn, the beef slices are not old at all, soft and tender, and it goes perfectly with this soup.

"The hot and sour soup is just right." Pei Yan commented.

He also tasted the enoki mushrooms and bean sprouts under the beef slices. The enoki mushrooms were fresh and chewy, and the bean sprouts were crisp and delicious. These two have been buried in the soup. They have already absorbed the hot and sour soup, and the deliciousness does not lose any fat. Cattle.

"This dish is the best one. It is hot and sour in summer and warm to warm the stomach in winter." Tao Ti said, taking a spoon and pouring soup on the rice.

Simply mixed, the crystal clear white rice is wrapped in the soup, the entrance is full of rich and delicious, a few mouthfuls of rice, the hot and sour taste turned into a warm stream throughout the body, the meridians of the whole body were opened up Generally, satisfying and cheerful, and there is a sense of happiness that is difficult to describe in words.

Not long after, the two ate up the big bowl of sour soup and beef.

After eating the third bowl of rice, Tao Ti leaned back in the chair contentedly, just thinking that life is really wonderful.

Pei Yan rinsed his mouth with the tea, wiped the corners of his mouth gracefully, sat quietly for a moment, and asked, "Walk in the courtyard, and eat?"

Tao Ti agreed and got up leisurely.

The sky outside was already dark, and scattered stars hung in the black sky, few but bright.

The backyard of Yaoguang Hall is very large, with yellow palace lanterns hung everywhere, exuding dim light.

The two walked side by side, the wind in late spring was gentle and gentle.

After walking for a while, Pei Yan stopped and looked down at Tao Ti, "What I want to tell you..."

Tao Ti paused and grabbed his head again, "His Royal Highness, can you let me speak first?"

She was standing face to face with him. He was tall, one meter and eighty-five meters tall. She had to face him with her head up.

There was a bit of plea in those big Shui Lingling eyes, and the voice was soft and soft, which made it impossible to refuse, and could not bear to refuse.

Pei Yan nodded slightly and said softly, "Well, you said."

Tao Ti took a deep breath as if she had gathered courage, and said softly, "I know you are going to Luoyang, I...I want to go with you."

Hearing this, Pei Yan's always calm pupils quickly passed a touch of surprise, as if a pool of abyss was raging.

After a while, his eyes became focused and serious, and he said solemnly, "No."

Tao Ti was taken aback, completely unexpected his reaction.

In contact with Pei Yan for so long, it seems that he has never said rejection to her. No matter when and where, the words on his lips are always "good", "ok", "whatever you want"...

Before, she thought secretly, he should be happy if she can accompany him?

After all, going all the way to Luoyang is boring and tiring, and it would be much better to have someone as a company.

But now, he refused so simply, as if a pot of cold water was poured over Tao Ti's heart.

She looked at him in amazement, her clear black eyes seemed to be stained with a layer of wet mist, and she asked in a low voice, "Why..."

Pei Yannong raised his eyebrows, as if thinking about how to answer.

Tao Ti said, "I'm not afraid of hardship, tiredness, or squeamishness. Take me with you, and I can make good food for you and take care of you. I won't cause you trouble..."

As if to add some confidence to herself, she stood on the side steps and shortened the height gap with Pei Yan.

Looking at the little girl in front of him, Pei Yan pondered for a moment, and said, "When you go to Luoyang, you may have meals and sleep, you may also encounter wolves, tigers and leopards, or...other dangers. You are still safer in the palace."

Hearing his words, Tao Ti suddenly had countless conjectures in his mind—

When I watched TV series with my mother in the past, it seemed like the emperor, prince, prince, etc. were going out, and they would inevitably encounter chaotic parties, assassins, and bandits.

Is this what Pei Yan said?

Tao Ti blinked her eyes. Ancient traffic was not well developed, and public security in the wilderness was not good. Thinking about it this way...it was really scary.

Seeing her down, Pei Yan only thought she was dismissing her thoughts. He didn't expect to see her seriously looking at herself in the next second, "Are you afraid?"

Pei Yan was startled, and didn't know how to answer.

Tao Ti didn't want him to answer, and said to himself, "If you are not afraid, then I am not a coward. If you are afraid, go back if you are afraid, courage is commendable... Then I have nothing to be afraid of."

Tao Ti felt that since Emperor Zhaokang dared to send his precious son far away, she would definitely arrange enough guards to ensure safety. She was still very confident in the emperor's arrangements.

"His Majesty, will you take me there? Well, your Majesty agrees that I will go with you!"

"...Father?" Pei Yan's eyebrows moved slightly.

"Well, I'm going to the Palace of Qinzheng to find your Majesty today."

Tao Ti told Pei Yan about going to the Palace of Qinzheng to find Emperor Zhaokang in the afternoon.

At first, Emperor Zhaokang was surprised when he saw her approaching the door, but he still invited her in.

She went straight to the door and said that she wanted to accompany the prince to Luoyang. Emperor Zhaokang rebuked her for mischief. How can she take care of her family when she goes out to do errands? Obstructing and dragging down.

So Tao Ti and him set out one, two or three reasons, to ensure that they would know the cold and the hot, and that the prince would take care of them properly.

Emperor Zhaokang was shaken when she saw that she was talking very well, and that there was concern for the prince both in and out of her words.

Tao Ti finally pretended to be pitiful and reluctant, saying that he was reluctant to be the prince, worried about him, and missed too much.

When Emperor Zhaokang saw her crying and weeping, his temples jumped suddenly, making him a villain who dismantled his lover.

In the end, he waved his hand and said solemnly, "If you want to go, go, but you can count on what you said today. If the prince comes back and loses a half, I can only ask!"

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"Father is still very empathetic. Once he heard that I could take care of you, he let me stay with him."

Tao Ti spoke sincerely, automatically ignoring the "reluctant" words he had said in front of Emperor Zhaokang.

Pei Yan never expected that she should have such courage, so she dared to go directly to the emperor.

Who is the father? The princesses feared him, respected him, and dared not get too close to him, and they were trembling when they spoke.

"Why do you think of looking for him?" Pei Yan asked.

Hearing his question, Tao Ti glanced at him, her misty eyes seemed to have some small grievances, "I originally thought that I would go out with you, and your Majesty would be the one who would oppose..."

Unexpectedly, the emperor who was not good at talking agreed, but the prince who was always good at talking did not agree.

Alas, she is so difficult!

Pei Yanjun's beautiful side face became deeper and deeper in the dim light and shadow, and the evening wind blew through, and the surroundings were exceptionally quiet.

After a long while, he said, "Why do you want to go out with Gu?"

When he asked this, he stared straight into Tao Ti's eyes, as if to find something in her eyes.