Dinner was not delivered, so Xie Ning and the emperor were sitting in the pavilion.
You can hear the croaking of frogs near the water.
In the summer evening, the weather is so stuffy that people are a little out of breath, and the sound of frogs can be heard far and near.
The mood is different, and the feeling of hearing the frog croaking is completely different.
When I first entered the palace, I stayed at Yeting Palace.
There was a pond nearby, and you could hear frogs croaking at dusk.
At that time, she felt so miserable that she didn't even have anyone to talk to.
Everything outside her body was unfamiliar.
The more she listened to the croaking frogs, the more panicked she became.
I was particularly afraid of the dark at that time.
It was okay during the day, people were coming and going in the yard, and some were talking.
But at night, she was too afraid to turn off the lights.
She always felt that there was a completely strange and dangerous world outside.
"What are you thinking about" Xie Ning instinctively avoided the topic of frog crowing and only said: "It's going to rain."
As if to accentuate this sentence, muffled thunder rolled across the lake, and the heavy rain that had been brewing all afternoon finally fell.
From the first sound of thunder, the croaking of frogs was like a promise, and all stopped for a moment.
The emperor held her close to his body and asked softly: "What kind of incense do you smell?"
Xie Ning shook his head: "No, I don't like incense."
Especially in such a hot summer, she was impatient to smell all kinds of complicated and different aromas.
No matter what kind of incense it is, it is always made after various processes, including steaming, stir-frying, broiling, blasting and baking.
It's fine in other seasons.
People are already irritable in summer, and no matter what fragrance they are, you can smell a murderous aura rising from the smoke.
She said: "The smell of lake water and rainwater makes people feel cool and peaceful."
There is also the fragrance of lotus leaves and lotus flowers, and the scent of time-precipitated wood exuding from the centuries-old wood in the pavilion.
The rain gradually became heavier, thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed between the clouds.
The emperor was very leisurely and stood with her by the window watching.
The colors of the electric lights are different, blue and white, purple and blue, and the electric lights are like cracks in the sky.
"As long as it rains for an hour, the lake will rise and cover the Jiuqu Bridge."
The emperor pointed to the long bridge across the lake and said with a smile: "When I was still young, I was playful once, and I was afraid that I would miss it.
When I was studying, I wanted to take a shortcut across the bridge.
When I got here, I saw that the water had covered the bridge and was almost a foot high. " Xie Ning could imagine that situation.
The curved bridge has a low deck, and the lake outside is about to rise.
"Then what did the emperor do then?"
The emperor smiled: "It's too late to take a detour anymore, and I will definitely be caught by the master.
I took off my shoes and socks, rolled up my trousers, and ran across the bridge."
Xie Ning almost didn't laugh out loud and quickly lowered his head.
Even so, he still couldn't help it.
Think about what the emperor looked like at that time, with his bare feet and trouser legs rolled up, running through the water on the bridge like a giant monkey.
"It doesn't matter, just laugh if you want to.
I also want to laugh now that I think about it."
He said, "After crossing the bridge, I wiped my feet randomly, put on my shoes and socks, and walked quickly again.
I really caught up with my wife.
Fu's front and back steps."
Xie Ning didn't know how to comment on the emperor's past, so he could only say vaguely: "Dinner has been delivered."
The dinner meal was covered so tightly that it didn't get wet at all from the rain, but the eunuchs who delivered the meal were mostly wet.
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She ordered the winter melon soup to be served in a copper soup pot.
When the clear soup was opened, the fragrant winter melon fragrance filled the pavilion.
The eunuch serving the meal cleverly filled the soup for the emperor first, and then it was her turn.
The soup is extremely delicious, the winter melon is sweet, the shellfish is extremely fresh, and the salty ham makes the soup so happy that you won't even want to eat anymore.
The braised bamboo shoots are also delicious and crunchy, with a slight crunch when you bite them.
Every bite gives you a sense of accomplishment.
The dishes in front of the emperor were richer, but people often think that the rice in other people's bowls is more fragrant.
Xie Ning didn't take more than a few bites of the braised bamboo shoots in oil.
The plate was not very big at first, but all of it ended up in the emperor's stomach.
The same goes for winter melon soup.
Xie Ning scooped up a few spoonfuls of the soup and ate it with rice.
The emperor had never seen this way of eating.
It's not that this is unruly, but whether he gives meals to his ministers or dines with the women in the harem, no one ever treats eating as eating.
Serious eating and solid eating are all just showmanship and empty.
He also followed her example, ladling the soup into the rice and mixing it.
He finished the bowl of rice in just a few mouthfuls.
"I used to eat like this when I was at home."
After eating, Xie Ning explained a little embarrassedly: "It's delicious."
"It's quite delicious."
The emperor asked her, "Will you stop eating like this after entering the palace?"
"I've eaten like this a few times, but the palace maids around me couldn't see it, and always tried to stop me, saying that eating like this would make me gain weight.
If I eat it later, my belly will be fat, and my clothes won't look good."
The emperor was really speechless.
Xie Cairen frankly told him that whatever he said was inappropriate.
Others always work hard in front of him, striving for perfection in every move, word and deed, making them impeccable.
Xie Cairen doesn’t understand, or he doesn’t know how to do it.
The emperor knew what was going on.
She understands and she knows how to do it, but she doesn't want to do it.
Like a marionette, like everyone else.
She surprised him because of her openness.
Even their tastes were very close, and the dishes she ordered came true to him several times.
As an emperor, of course he cannot reveal his greed for food and drink, and those around him do not dare to make decisions without authorization.
I dined with her several times and always enjoyed the food to my heart's content.
The rain outside was getting heavier.
Xie Ning looked at the endless rain curtain.
His stomach was full, but his thoughts were far away.
I don’t know how to go back later.
Anxi Pavilion is obviously not a place to spend the night, but it’s raining so hard, holding an umbrella is useless.
I hope the rain will stop soon.
The rain didn't stop after dinner, and the emperor didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave.
He even asked her with a smile if she wanted to listen to some music to relieve her boredom.
"Jiaofangsi rehearsed new music a few days ago.
The pipa and flute are both good."
Xie Ning asked with some confusion: "Can I listen to music on a rainy day?
I heard someone said that on rainy days, both the strings and the flute are damp and astringent, and they even go out of tune."
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"Don't worry about this."
Xie Ning was also very obedient.
Since the emperor said she didn't need to worry too much, she really didn't need to worry too much.
The musicians came in the rain, and the musician holding the pipa was wearing a bright red soft silk dress, which looked very sad in the rainy night.
The flute player, a tall and thin man, followed behind her.
Xie Ning sat next to the emperor and listened to the musicians adjust the strings a few times.
The clear sound was like dew dripping from the flowers and leaves in the morning, and the tone was clean and transparent
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