Chapter 322

She put down her purse and followed wanshijie.

Through the garden, I came to the front hall. At the foot of a pavilion, I really saw the national master sitting there alone. There was a large table of dishes on the stone table in front of him. These dishes looked very exquisite and the ingredients were exquisite.

Although these dishes don't taste very good, the workmanship must be complex. For example, a simple braised eggplant will be as complex as that in a dream of Red Mansions:

Ye Xiaoxian remembers that the braised eggplant described in the book is like this: peel the eggplant just picked, clean the meat, cut it into small pieces, fry it with chicken, then cut it into small pieces with preserved chicken meat, fragrant mushrooms, fresh bamboo shoots, mushrooms, spiced rotten dry fruits and all kinds of dried fruits, simmer it with chicken soup, collect the sesame oil, mix it with bad oil, put it in a porcelain jar, seal it tightly, and take it out when you want to eat, Stir fry chicken and melon.

This is the case with the dishes served at the Imperial College.

Seeing ye Xiaoxian coming, the national master quickly pointed to the opposite position and said to her, "Mrs. Xiao is coming? Sit down!"

Ye Xiaoxian went over and sat down.

Somehow, she felt that the master's attitude had changed this time.

When I saw him a few days ago, he was all skin and flesh, and his face was full of cunning.

But this time I saw you, there was a trace of sincerity in that smile.

Ye Xiaoxian thought that it was also possible that she was not deeply involved in the world and could not touch the routine of this national teacher. How could the national master be sincere to her? He must be full of calculation.

"I asked the cook to fry some small dishes. Try them." The national teacher smiled and sandwiched an eggplant for ye Xiaoxian.

Ye Xiaoxian picked up chopsticks and put the eggplant in her mouth.

"It tastes OK." She said.

"What about the others? Try them all." The national teacher smiled again.

Ye Xiaoxian looked at the national master's face with crow's feet crowding with laughter, and felt even more hairy in her heart.

This dish won't be poisoned, will it?

Unfortunately, she didn't bring a silver needle, and not all dishes can be tried with a silver needle.

So she didn't move, but looked at the National Teacher: "why doesn't the National Teacher eat?"

Seeing ye Xiaoxian's cautious appearance, the national master understood, so he said, "you think I poisoned the dishes? How could it be? Am I the kind of person who poisoned my own house? What's the advantage of poisoning you? I have to spend some time dealing with the corpse."

Ye Xiaoxian thought, who knows you? What if he wants to poison her, remove an arm or thigh, and send it to the front line to threaten xiaobaoshan?

Eh, I'm afraid to think about it!

Seeing that ye Xiaoxian still didn't eat, the National Teacher moved his chopsticks first. He took a bite of each dish and put it in his mouth. Then he said to Ye Xiaoxian while chewing: "well, you should believe me now?"

Ye Xiaoxian moved her chopsticks again.

However, she still didn't know what to eat. She had been guarding against the national teacher and didn't want to taste the delicious food.

The national teacher asked her with a smile: "how are you doing in the mansion recently?"

"It's OK." Ye Xiaoxian said.

"You've been to the capital for a long time, haven't you gone out? Otherwise, you go out with the girl in your house, and I'll let Wan Shijie accompany you. You can buy whatever you want and eat whatever you want. You don't have to stay in the house all the time."

"..." Ye Xiaoxian was surprised.

The old fox just didn't poison her, and didn't ask her for an arm and a leg.

Did Xiao Baoshan compromise on the front line? He promised the terms of the national teacher?

She asked, "Baoshan, do you have any news now?"

The national master immediately praised and said, "yes, he worked hard on the front line. Since he went to the north, there have been good reports from the north, which shows that he is really good at fighting and is a good pillar to protect his family and country."

"I mean, does he have a private letter back?" Ye Xiaoxian asked again.

"It's not, but it should be fast!" The national teacher smiled again.

Seeing that ye Xiaoxian stopped eating again, the national master quickly pointed to the dish in front of him and said, "why don't you eat? If you don't eat it again, it will be cold."

Ye Xiaoxian moved her chopsticks and ate again.

While eating, she looked up again and saw that the national teacher was still smiling at herself. She couldn't help feeling numb again.

At this time, she was like a precious jade and a piece of incense in his eyes.

Conspiracy, there must be some conspiracy!

……

After coming to the capital for so long, ye Xiaoxian can finally visit the capital.

She walked on the road with Jin Xiaoyu, chatting while walking.

"The national master gave 200 liang of silver, saying that he could buy whatever he wanted and eat whatever he wanted." Ye Xiaoxian said.

Jin Xiaoyu asked, "does the national teacher want to please you and let you bargain with xiaobaoshan?"

"It's not impossible." Ye Xiaoxian said, "but I won't do such a thing."

"Then you take his money?"

"Enjoy it when you should."

“……”

As they walked and talked, they soon went to the largest restaurant in the capital. Ye Xiaoxian pointed to the wine corridor: "go up and rub a meal."

"Well, if you don't eat for nothing, you should enjoy it!" Jin Xiaoyu learned what ye Xiaoxian said.

The two women went to the restaurant, asked for a separate room very grandly, and then asked the waiter to introduce the special dishes in the store. After the introduction, she asked the waiter to bring the most expensive one. The two ordered seven or eight dishes in total.

Wanshijie follows the two girls wherever he goes. There are experts around him. The two girls have limited freedom and can't escape.

Ye Xiaoxian thought about letting Jin Xiaoyu escape first for several times, but Jin Xiaoyu analyzed it and felt that there was little hope.

This is the capital city. It's easy to chase her under one national teacher and above ten thousand people. She can't get out of the city at all.

Besides, she couldn't bear to leave Ye Xiaoxian alone.

Ye Xiaoxian felt guilty, so when the dishes came up, she kept asking Jin Xiaoyu to eat more.

Strange to say, they were originally love enemies, but after being locked up for a while, they are now as intimate as the two sisters, and some sympathize with each other.

They chatted while eating and looked at wanshijie next to them from time to time.

No one wants wanshijie to sit down for dinner. He's just a valet.

Jin Xiaoyu also deliberately evaluated the delicacy of these dishes while eating and drank the soup.

However, wanshijie is also a person around the national master. He must have seen all the scenes. He showed great disdain. He asked the waiter for two steamed stuffed buns and chewed them alone.

……

This restaurant is really big. In addition to eating here, many noble sons and women in the capital gather here to recite poems against each other, or eat wine and play cards.

In the middle of dinner, ye Xiaoxian went to the toilet. When she came out, she suddenly heard someone call her, "eh, isn't this Mrs. Xiao?"

Miss Ye looked along her voice and saw a lady under the corridor. The lady was supported by a servant girl and looked familiar.

"You are..." asked Ye Xiaoxian.

"Mrs. Xiao forgot me so quickly? We met the night the queen gave the banquet. I sat opposite you that night."

Yes, but ye Xiaoxian really can't remember.

There were so many people that night and there was no close conversation. Where would she remember which was which?

The servant girl beside the lady quickly made a round of the scene: "this is Mrs. Li, the Minister of punishment."

"Oh, it was Mrs. Li. Sorry, there were too many people that night. I can't remember for a moment. Please forgive me, Mrs. Li." Ye Xiaoxian is sorry.

"It's all right. You're so forgetful!" Although Mrs. Li was a little unhappy, she also knew that it was really difficult to recognize people on that occasion.

So she asked, "did Mrs. Xiao come out with her family or by herself? If it's convenient, why don't you take a seat in my private room? There are several ladies in our private room that you met that night, so that we can deepen our understanding?"

Ye Xiaoxian thought, I'm afraid it's inconvenient. She was followed by someone in the last toilet. So she apologized and said, "sorry, I... Have friends waiting. Next time."

Mrs. Li saw that ye Xiaoxian didn't agree, and saw two people following Ye Xiaoxian not far away. She must have followed Ye Xiaoxian.

She couldn't help wondering.

A general's wife came out for dinner and had to be followed?

"If Mrs. Xiao is embarrassed, I won't be embarrassed. If it's convenient next time, I'll entertain Mrs. Xiao alone."

"OK!" Ye Xiaoxian thanked Mrs. Li and then went back to her room.

Mrs. Li also went back to her own room.

Officials and family members want to have a party. In addition to going to the temple, they can also come to the restaurant. In Mrs. Li's room, there are seven or eight officials and family members who attended the Empress Dowager's banquet that night.

As soon as Mrs. Li sat down, she said to them, "guess who I just met?"

"Who did you meet?" Someone asked.

"Mrs. Xiao, I asked her to come and sit for a while. She didn't want to, and I found that the people of the national master's family were staring at her."

As soon as they heard this, they were all curious, and they talked about it one after another.

"Mrs. Xiao is already the person received by the queen. Why hasn't she lived back to her residence?"

"Did the national master put her under house arrest?"

"I heard that the national master wanted to use her to threaten General Xiao. Isn't there a war in the north? He may be worried that General Xiao will attack the capital again after winning the war. After all, I heard that General Xiao sold the country before. With Mrs. Xiao in his house, he didn't dare to do so."

"Oh? That's not my news. I heard that the national division wanted General Xiao to destroy Yan Ziyan's gang. Those people were born as grass bandits. The imperial court did not allow such people to stay in the north."

"Will it be because Mrs. Xiao looks like the Empress Dowager? I heard that the national teacher and the Empress Dowager..."

"Shh, stop talking nonsense. Walls have ears!"

If someone stops, everyone will stop talking. This kind of thing can't be discussed by their official wives. If they accidentally say something wrong, it will also affect their own men.

In short, they sympathize with Ye Xiaoxian.

……

After dinner, ye Xiaoxian and Jin Xiaoyu went to the largest cloth shop in the capital.