Early in the morning, Xiaoci was humming songs and playing on the swing in the yard.
In the distance, he saw bamboo baskets coming out of the house.
Before the swing had stopped, he jumped off the swing.
He was so surprised that all the maids behind Xiaoci turned pale.
He ran all the way into Zhu Rui's arms, Xiao Ci was not very high, and then he reached Zhu Rui's waist.
Zhu Rui hugged Xiao Ci, then squatted down, took off the handkerchief and wiped Xiao Ci for him, and said with a smile: "Why are you sweating so much?
"Come inside to relieve your sweat and take care to catch a cold."
He said, holding Xiaoci's hand and entering the house.
The house was originally a Chinese-style building, but due to the arrival of Xiaoci and his party, there were many shadows of Korean interiors.
Haoyue put down the tea cup and saw Xiaoci holding Zhu Rui's hand into the room.
She invited Xiaoci to sit next to her and carefully wiped the sweat on Xiaoci's forehead.
Zhu Rui did not sit down, but Haoyue saw it, raised her head and smiled and said, "Zhu Rui, sit down and have a rest."
Li Shi Haoyue was the daughter of the Korean clan who lived in Taoyaoju together with Xiaoci.
These days, Zhu Rui and Haoyue have been communicating in Chinese.
Xiao Ci does not know Chinese.
When Zhu Rui talks to her, she mostly uses Korean.
Although it is still a bit lame, she can still barely communicate.
After staying with Zhu Rui for a long time, she often Listening to her and Haoyue speaking Chinese, Xiaoci could occasionally come up with a few words.
In the twelfth lunar month, Kangxi would host a state banquet for the North Korean envoys.
At that time, the prince, princes, and ministers would all attend.
It would be more grand than the reception banquet when the North Korean envoys first arrived.
Seeing that the banquet was approaching, Haoyue seemed to be getting anxious.
Zhu Rui couldn't say much, but he sometimes heard something from Xiao Ci, but he had no way of knowing the reason.
I haven't sorted out my own affairs yet, so I'd better forget about this "helping foreign friends" thing.
As Xiaoci and Haoyue moved in, gifts from all directions landed on Taoyaoju's desk.
Xiaoci never paid attention to this.
Haoyue occasionally looked at it, and Zhu Rui only glanced at it twice.
Most of the gift lists follow the usual rules.
The earliest one is for the prince.
After the prince, there are gift lists for other princes.
Those for the concubines and their family members are listed separately.
When Zhu Rui saw Brother Fourteen's gift list, he almost laughed in front of Haoyue.
This Fourteen, was he deliberately showing it to her, or was he demonstrating other customs to North Korea?
Say no more, But the few extra gifts were a bit strange.
The names were pretty good.
They were jade rollers with a gold pole inlaid with sapphires.
The bamboo basket picked up the jade roller closest to him and played with it.
It was made of gold inlaid with jade, which was really good.
Real materials.
Next to the bamboo basket, Haoyue picked up a few small seed-like particles, put them under his nose and sniffed, then frowned slightly and said to the bamboo basket, "What is this?"
fennel seeds "What are you doing?"
Brother Fourteen hurriedly picked up his cup and moved away.
In the end, he asked Zhu Rui to throw a few fennel seeds in.
"Master Fourteen is so ignorant.
I'm so kind.
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I see your eyes are swollen.
I'll make you some fragrant seed and mint tea.
You still don't appreciate it."
Zhu Rui glanced at Brother Fourteen and said what he said without blushing.
After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and continued to sort out his spices.
Seeing Zhu Rui's words, Brother Fourteen doubtfully smelled the tea in the cup and whispered: "It does have a special aroma."
Putting down the cup, Brother Fourteen took a sewn spice bag , weighing it in his hand and saying, "You girl has so many evil ideas.
How dare I just listen to you so easily?
I won't be able to protect myself and I'll be miserably deceived."
Zhu Rui still lowered his head to arrange the spices and curled up the corners of his lips silently.
He really hit the mark.
He thought he was noisy at first, so he threw a few fennel seeds to punish him.
What he said later came to his mind suddenly. , but there is no need to explain to him.
Brother Fourteen saw that Zhu Rui ignored him and asked himself: "What are you doing sewing these sachets and hanging them to smoke the house?"
The bamboo basket snatched the spice bag and threw it into the basket on the table, and said: "What about fumigating the house?
I have seen anyone use star anise, cinnamon and fennel seeds to fumigate the house."
The spice bag was snatched away, and the fourteenth brother couldn't breathe.
He picked up a piece of cinnamon and smelled it.
He suddenly covered his mouth and nose and coughed twice, saying, "What kind of thing is this?
It smells so bad."
"You are the uncle.
Of course I have never seen these spices for stewed meat.
Look, slave, you should stay wherever you should."
The spice bags were sewn, and the bamboo baskets began to tidy up the table.
"What about stew?
You want to make some food?"
Brother Fourteen heard Zhu Rui saying that he wanted to stew meat.
He immediately sat up straight and stared at Zhu Rui with bright eyes.
Zhu Rui would sometimes make his own food to satisfy his cravings.
The fourteenth elder brother went to Zhu Rui frequently, so naturally he was asked to take advantage of it, and the raw materials were in exchange.
Knowing that he was the most greedy one, Zhu Rui gave him a big eye roll and said: "I got excited when I heard about the food.
I didn't even bother to pay attention.
Fennel, fennel, this is to see off guests."
He won ten Looking at the cup in Brother Si's hand, Zhu Ji said, "It's not like we'll be able to eat the stew all at once.
If we cook it another day, I'll pick some of each and send it to you."
Brother Fourteen was used to bickering with Zhu Rui, so he didn't feel dissatisfied when Zhu Rui got hurt.
He smiled and said, "Pick more.
The small cup last time had roasted pork with the word "Fu" on it." , I haven’t even had a few bites, but Xiao Shiwu and the others snatched them all up.”
"The small cup I was carrying last time was a soup cup, but most of the pot was given to you."
Zhu Rui ignored Brother Fourteen's complaint and exposed him directly.
When Brother Fourteen saw that his lie was exposed, he didn't blush.
He smiled and said: "Even if it's a soup cup, how much can a man like me eat more meat than a little girl like you?
Don't talk about that."
Cup, even if you bring me the pot, I can still eat every piece."
Zhu Rui wrinkled his nose and hummed: "Glutty cat" "Without you, this little greedy cat, how could I have become a big greedy cat?"
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Brother Fourteen laughed "haha", pinched Zhu Rui's face, and told Zhu Rui to slap him down.
"Sister Zhu Rui, what is this?"
Xiaoci's voice interrupted Zhu Rui's thoughts.
A bag of glass beads was picked up from the bamboo basket.
They were colorful and scattered all over the table.
Xiaoci was having a good time.
"These are glass marbles.
I think the Fourteenth Master was afraid that Xiaoci would be bored, so he sent you some to relieve your boredom.
The little brother in the palace also often plays with these."
Zhu Rui said a few random sentences. , Xiaoci was having fun and didn't take it seriously.
Jade rollers, fennel seeds, glass marbles, this fourteen, luckily he could think of bamboo rollers, and he burst into laughter as he thought about it.
"What are you enjoying?
You are so happy."
Zhu Rui turned around and saw Si Beile not far behind him.
The corners of his mouth raised involuntarily, he turned back the bamboo basket, tilted his head and said, "I'm laughing at the Fourteenth Master's gift list."
"Fourteenth Brother's gift list, what kind of gift list?"
Si Beile said as he walked side by side with Zhu Rui.
"It's the gift list sent to Taoyaoju.
Guess what he gave," Zhu Rui said with a smile.
"What was sent to Taoyaoju was nothing more than the strings of beads, cloth, and porcelain from the old customs."
Sibeile said casually.
"Of course there are these, but they are still around."
The unstoppable smile on Zhu Rui's face made Si Beile stop in curiosity.
"Let me tell you if you have anything else to say."
Sibeile said.
"For example, jade drum."
"The jade drum is just something that women usually use at home, so it's not that rare."
Sibeile said.
"What about fennel seeds?"
Zhu Ji said again.
"fennel seeds" Sibeile frowned and said, "Why did the Fourteenth give you this?"
Zhu Rui was not in a hurry to answer him.
He spread his palms in front of Si Beile and said, "There is also this."
"Marbles" Sibeile picked up one and turned it around.
He didn't see any tricks and put it back.
After all, it was near Taoyaoju.
It was possible that some North Korean might hear it and cause a conflict between the two countries.
Zhulu didn't make it clear to Sibeile.
"By the way, stop making food for those boys from now on.
One by one, the imperial kitchen is not enough for them to eat.
What are you always doing when you are tired?"
Sibeile said.
Hearing this, Zhu Rui was startled for a moment, and then realized that Sibeile meant that the fourteenth elder brother always ate and drank at his place, and even the younger elders below him also had a good time.
He smiled and said: "Why are you giving it to me?"
I just make some of what they make if I want to.
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Since I’ve made it, more or less is the same.
It’s not a big deal and I won’t be tired.”
"I didn't see you bring me some."
Sibeile turned away and muttered softly.
Although the voice was small, the bamboo basket was close, so he naturally heard it and chuckled: "It's just something I made casually.
I don't have the nerve to carry it and offer it as a treasure in front of you."
After hearing this, Sibeile suddenly turned around and blurted out: "I don't care about anything you do."
After saying this, Sibeile seemed to feel a little embarrassed.
Sibeile coughed and turned sideways.
Zhu Rui was stunned for a moment.
She didn't expect that a person with Si Beile's temperament would say such emotional words, let alone in a place where people would pass by at any time.
She knew it was not allowed, but the next second, actions took over. thought , Zhu Rui hugged Si Beile's waist from behind, put one cheek against Si Beile's back, and said softly: "The purpose of giving them food is to raise them until they are full of fat.
In this way, only I will Yinzhen is the most handsome."
Pulling Zhu Rui in front of him, Sibeile scratched Zhu Rui's nose and pretended to be angry: "Am I not the most handsome among the brothers now?"
Ever since Zhu Rui let it slip once before, Si Beile seems to be very comfortable with the word "handsome".
Zhu Rui looked at Si Beile carefully from top to bottom for a while, nodding and shaking his head, but said nothing.
Previously, Si Beile really let her look at her like it was a serious matter, hoping that she would have something nice to say, but the more she looked at Zhu Rui's attitude, the more she thought about it, the girl couldn't say anything good anymore, and she was impatient.
Losing his temper, he pulled Zhu Rui over and slapped Zhu Rui on the buttocks.
Zhu Rui was startled.
Although he wore more clothes in winter, he couldn't just do it.
Zhu Rui's face swelled.
She wanted to tease him, but she never thought that she would be "molested" instead.
Seeing Zhu Rui embarrassed on the spot, speechless, Si Beile smiled even more proudly and said: "What little tricks are you playing with me?
Be good from now on, otherwise" Si Beile glanced at the place where he just started, and saw De Zhului stiffened and couldn't help but turn sideways to block his view.
Sibeile smiled even more and said, "Otherwise, I will deal with you just like I did today."
Somehow, he returned to his room and pushed the door open.
Haoyue was waiting inside.
Zhu Rui frowned inadvertently
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