wedding dress

Chapter 198 Sour Brew
Prince An's Mansion was also full of joy, it was swept clean inside and out, even the leaves of flowers and trees were brushed off, making it gratifyingly green.

"Uncle Fu Hai."

"Hello princess, hello son-in-law, it's been a hard journey, and the prince is always thinking about it." Fu Hai welcomed them in with a smile.The various gifts brought by Xiaodong were carried into the door one by one.Fu Hai twirled his beard: "Look, it takes so much effort to make these things."

"I don't need to carry it, and I don't need to move it. It's just a choice. Ah, where is my father?"

"My lord is in the study, but I've been waiting for a long time."

Xiaodong walked in quickly, but before he reached the gate of Wang An's study, he saw Zhang Ziqian coming out quickly.

Qin Lie clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Brother Ziqian, please welcome me personally, I really dare not do it."

"Where are you talking?" Zhang Ziqian said with a smile: "The prince was still talking about it just now, the princess please come in."

Xiaodong stepped into the courtyard gate, Wang An was standing in front of the study window, Xiaodong felt his nose sore, walked a few steps quickly, and bowed gracefully: "Father."

Wang An helped her up and looked her up and down carefully: "Well, she lost weight, but she is in good spirits."

Wang An wiped her cheek with his finger: "How old are you still crying? Could it be that Qin Lie bullied you?"

Xiaodong hurriedly wiped his face with his hands: "Who is crying. How is father these days?"

"Okay, everything is fine here for my father. How is Suizhou?"

Xiao Dongyi babbled beside Wang An, and Wang An listened with a smile.Xiaodong probably ran outside a lot this summer, his hair was a little dry and scorched, even after using pomade, it was still not very obedient, and the bun was a little fluffy.Wang An was a little dazed, thinking of her when she was a child.The hair is also yellow and soft, tied with a hair rope, a small bunch.

"I also went to the Yao family's old house, but I haven't met anyone from the Yao family."

"Really? What's it like there now?"

"Well, the house is still in good condition, and the courtyard is also cleaned quite cleanly. But it is very desolate, and there is only one person guarding it."

"Is it Laoguan?"

Xiaodong shook his head: "I don't know...he never spoke."

"Well, did you see the house?"

"Well, I went in." Xiaodong paused, she didn't bring that jade ring out today.I don't know why - she had an intuition that such things should be kept quietly.That thing should not be owned by King An, so there is no need to take it out to annoy him and worry about the past: "The house is also very clean, but it is empty. Father, I don't really remember what my mother looks like."

King An said softly, "Your mother was born beautiful."

"Then, do I look like her?"

Wang An shook his head: "It doesn't look like much."

Xiaodong touched his face: "Well, it is said that a daughter looks like a father, and I probably look more like you."

Wang An smiled and stroked her hair: "Maybe. I also lived in that house."

"Really?"

"Well, there are two windows against the east wall, aren't there?"

"Yes." Xiaodong remembered that she had pushed the window open.

"People haven't woken up in the morning, the sun has risen, and the light is shining on people's faces. If you want to be lazy, you can't do it for a while. There are vegetable sellers outside, and the shouting is loud and continuous. The whole alley I can hear you."

Xiaodong had also heard that yell, long and incomprehensible in dialect, but the voice was loud and clear, and could be heard far away.

"When did that happen? Is there me?"

"Of course you weren't there at that time." Wang An said, "There is a crabapple in the yard, and your mother would pick a half-opened flower and stick it on her head. Her hair is black and oily, thick and dense, and it complements the flower even more. The red is even brighter. She even went to the kitchen to cook the rice herself, but her skills are only average, and the rice was burnt a few times."

There was a slight sadness on Wang An's face, Xiaodong didn't interrupt, and listened to him continue.

"During that time, we didn't go anywhere, just stayed quietly in the house. If I wrote, she would rub the ink for me. If she washed her hair, I would slowly comb and dry it for her. At that time, Lao Guan was not a talkative person. He was silent all day long, almost making people forget his existence. Those days were the happiest days I lived. Well, one day we went out, and it rained halfway At that time, I met Qin Lie's mother, she was about to give birth, because of the heavy rain, she was also trapped, and there was no one around her, so the situation was very bad."

"Ah..." So it was at that time, Qin Lie was born at that time.

"It's really dangerous. If father and mother hadn't met her then, maybe..." Qin Lie wouldn't exist in this world.

"So, this is also fate." Wang An said: "Your mother left some belongings for her, but she was very stubborn, she only thanked her, but refused to take it."

"and after?"

"Later... there were changes in Beijing, I had to rush back. Sometimes I thought, if I hadn't come back at that time..."

What will happen then?

The current emperor may not be able to ascend the throne smoothly, and maybe King An will not become King An.What will happen to him and Yao Qingyuan?No one can tell.

Because assumptions are just assumptions.

"By the way, father, I brought a lot of tea leaves and wine from Suizhou. Suizhou's sour brew is very famous. I tasted it once. The taste of the wine is not strong, and the sweet one is not spicy at all. Qin Lie also brought I went out to eat tea porridge once."

"Are you used to eating?"

Xiaodong shook his head vigorously and said, "It's not tasty at all. Fried noodles mixed with tea leaves, sugar, sesame seeds and lard, the taste is not to mention weird. It's greasy in your mouth, and it's hard to swallow, like It's like sticking in your throat."

Wang An laughed: "Well, I also tasted that once in the past. Although it was not very delicious, but it was compacted and carried with me, but it was very good dry food. I took a few pieces with me when I went out. Take a soak in hot water from time to time, very full, but also very hungry."

"That's what you said. I brought a few pieces with me. Would you like to try it again when you come back, so that you can savor it?"

"You girl, you even make fun of me. I heard that the road is not very peaceful?"

What Wang An asked was probably about Fenglindu, probably what Zhang Ziqian said.But even if he didn't say it, the two guards who followed him would probably report it to King An.

"Well, I was delayed at Fenglindu for a while, but fortunately there was no danger."

Wang An nodded and said nothing more.

"Father, I heard... my brother is going to be engaged? Is it true? Which family's girl is it?"

Among the clan's children, there are not many unweds at Zhao Lu's age.He is the son of Prince An, the future king of the county, handsome and capable.If it spreads out and wants to marry him, I'm afraid the threshold of Prince An's mansion will be trampled down.

"Who did you hear?"

"Isn't it?" Xiaodong opened his eyes wide: "Mama Hu heard people say that, is it another rumor?"

Wang An smiled, and actually acted like a fool: "This is your brother's business, you can wait for him to come back and ask him."

"Father?"

Wang An looked around and said to him: "It's getting late, let them cook."

this man!

Xiaodong stared for a while, then suddenly smiled.

"Father, I want to come back for the winter."

Wang An was startled, seeing that she seemed to be joking casually, tilting her head playfully, and said casually, "Okay."

The dinner was placed in the pavilion next to the osmanthus grove. The osmanthus was about to bloom, and the ground was covered with broken golden flowers.Even the surface of the pond is covered with clusters of fallen flowers, entangled with the withered lotus leaf duckweed, and the mouth and nose are filled with the elegant fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.The drink at the banquet was Suizhou sour brewed wine. This wine was said to be sour brewed, but it was actually not sour, with a slight sweetness.Even Xiaodong drank a few cups.Wang An was in a better mood than usual today, and drank several large cups.

Xiaodong felt his face was slightly hot, the cool wind was blowing on his face, the palace lantern above his head was shaking slightly, and the gauze paintings on the lantern were reflected on the pillars, and also reflected on the square bricks in the ground, shadows and shadows seemed real and unreal.The lights in the pavilion attracted autumn insects, circling around the lights.

Qin Lie was asking: "By the way, Shen Jing didn't come today? I haven't seen him for quite a while."

"He's not in the capital right now, he went to the south to investigate the river embankment."

Xiaodong looked at the people in front of him with his chin in his hands.

It's a pity that Zhao Lu is not there, and there are always not enough people.

When he was leaving, King An told her: "Go to the palace tomorrow to pay your respects to the queen mother, and let her rest assured."

"Yes, I will go to the palace tomorrow morning."

The sour brew is soft in the mouth, but it has a lot of stamina. Xiaodong was very sleepy when he got in the car.Leaning on Qin Lie's shoulder, he heard the crisp and regular sound of the horse's hooves, and the creaking and spinning of the wheels, somewhat like the sound of a woman spinning.

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A little card...

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