auspicious time has come

Chapter 161 Could it be too outrageous?

When Hengyu arrived, he greeted Mrs. Xiao first.

"Didn't you sleep well last night? Your face looks a bit listless..." Mrs. Xiao got up and took Hengyu's hand, and said with concern: "Otherwise, I will rest here for two more days, and the road ahead of us is in a hurry , time is abundant.”

"No need for Auntie." Heng Yu said with a smile, "I'm probably homesick, and it's hard to sleep when I'm near the house."

Mrs. Xiao was stunned and then laughed: "Look at my brain! Yes, Ah Heng is happy to be home soon, but I still think about delaying it for two more days!"

As he said, he dragged Hengyu to the table and sat down, and said: "Then I need to eat more later, I have to replenish my energy."

Seeing this, Nanny Ding, the woman in charge, ordered the maids to pass on the dishes.

Two female envoys came in first with trays of food, and set out small dishes and porridge bowls.

Hengyu saw that there were three sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty is coming too?"

She didn't see him all night last night, before she went to bed, she was still thinking about what this man was doing in the posthouse last night, was he handling official business?
As soon as she spoke this question, she heard the voices of female envoys saluting.

Some called "Hou Ye" and some called "Lang Jun", just the same person on the left and right.

"Doesn't that mean that Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived?" Mrs. Xiao smiled with a sense of calmness.

Hengyu raised her eyes subconsciously.

The visitor was tall and handsome, wearing a navy blue robe with embroidered cloud patterns, his black hair was neatly tied, and his cold face was as expressionless as before.

only--

"?" Heng Yu looked at a cage in his hand in confusion.

Because of excessive doubts, the movement of getting up and saluting was a beat slow.

Then he asked curiously: "Why did Lord Hou bring the food himself?"

Meeting those eyes, Xiao Mu pursed his lips uncomfortably.

He said it would be weird!
But his mother planned it this way and insisted that he bring it himself...

"It's not just brought in person, it was wrapped by Jing Shi himself." Mrs. Xiao said with a smile: "Ah Heng, quickly try his handicraft!"

Heng Yu was dumbfounded, and looked at the cage in astonishment.

Really packed...

Xiao Mu had already placed the steamed stuffed bun in the closest position to her, and sat down without saying anything.

Heng Yu quietly glanced at the indistinct blue and black eyes in his eyes, and couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty has worked hard..."

Xiao Mu picked up the chopsticks without looking sideways: "It's just convenient."

After witnessing all the spring rolls last night, I just feel that my husband's relaxed and casual tone reveals unknown hardships and strengths.

"Ah Heng, try it..." Mrs. Xiao urged with eyes full of anticipation: "It's stuffed with diced pork and bamboo shoots."

"No." Xiao Mu corrected immediately: "...Mushrooms with sauced meat."

He thought the steamed basket of diced bamboo shoots was too ugly, so he threw it to Yin Hai and the others to eat together with the failed products.

In the end, I barely picked out this cage...

"Ah, that's right, it's just steamed buns with soy sauce." Mrs. Xiao said with a smile.

The spring rolls lifted the lid of the bamboo cage at the right time, and Hengyu saw four slightly crowded big buns crowded there, as if they were about to burst the cage—well, the hair is pretty good...

She stretched out her chopsticks and took one for Mrs. Xiao: "Auntie please first."

Then I clipped one to my plate.

Xiao Mu raised his hand to pick up a piece of pickled radish indifferently, but from the corner of his eye, he paid attention to her movements—why didn't he bite it down?So unhurried, aren't you curious about his craftsmanship?

When Hengyu was about to lower her head to take a bite, she suddenly heard a female envoy say: "Madam, Mr. Shaoyan is out to see you."

She put the bun back again.

"..." Xiao Mu's heart went up and down following her movements of pinching the buns.

And because he heard Shaoyan coming, his mood became even more confused.

Even though Mrs. Xiao was fully on guard, she could only say with a smile: "Invite people in quickly."

A moon-white figure walked in quickly under the guidance of the female envoy to salute.

"Ah Heng is also here—" His eyes touched the girl sitting there, and the boy's eyes were a little surprised and a little smiling.

Heng Yu nodded towards him.

Shao Yan smiled apologetically, "I came here to pay my respects to Madam, but I didn't expect to disturb Madam, Master Hou has breakfast."

Facing those beautiful and clear eyes that no one could refuse, Mrs. Xiao said sincerely against her will: "Don't disturb, don't disturb, Mr. Shaoyan can just eat breakfast? If you can use it in time in the future, why don't you sit down and eat something casually together?" Bar."

She is human too!

In her heart, she also likes Mr. Pianpian, who is handsome, gentle and considerate!

She thought about it all night last night...

Tired of thinking, drowsy, a terrible idea even popped up in her mind-if she were Ah Heng, it must be difficult to choose, if she had to have both...would it be too outrageous?
This thought made Mrs. Xiao pat her cheek immediately, forcing herself to wake up.

This kind of thinking is absolutely unacceptable!

After all, the way of the world has not treated women so tolerantly - what will Aheng do if he does this?
Hey, besides, Ah Heng is not such a half-hearted person like her.

Mrs. Xiao, who had thought about everything she should and should not have thought, could only regain her confidence and force herself to stand firm.

"The junior would be respectful rather than obedient, brazen enough to bother." Shaoyan smiled and saluted again.

Soon a female envoy added bowls and chopsticks, filled four bowls of shredded chicken porridge, and served them to the four of them.

"Last night, I heard Madam mention that Master Hou is good at pasta. This roll looks quite delicate. Could it be that Lord Hou made it himself?" Shaoyan looked at the plate of rolls in front of him and asked casually with a smile.

Xiao Mu glanced at the delicately shaped flower rolls, then at his steamed stuffed bun. After a moment of silence, he finally claimed it: "...the steamed stuffed bun is the one."

Shaoyan looked over.

Mrs. Xiao forced a laugh, and said: "The rough people in the army don't pay much attention to the outer skin... Fortunately, the taste is not satisfactory."

Shao Yan nodded and said: "It can be seen that Lord Hou doesn't care about trifles, the taste is the most important thing above the food."

Xiao Mu was silent for a moment, and said, "It's cold today, let's eat while it's hot."

Wang Jingyong, who was standing by the curtain, lowered his head.

Has the general ever said such things at the dinner table?
This is because I am afraid that my steamed stuffed bun will be even more unpalatable if it gets cold...

Thinking of this, Vice General Wang was inexplicably sad.

And Lord Xiao Hou, who was drinking the porridge with downcast eyes, still couldn't help staring at the steamed stuffed bun on the weighing jade dish from the corner of his eye.

He has never been so concerned about the fate of a bun.

Out of the corner of my eye, the slender hand finally picked up the bun and took a light bite.

Xiao Mu paused slightly when he swallowed the porridge.

She took another bite, two, three.

Then scooped a spoonful of porridge into his mouth.

Xiao Mu frowned very quickly—why didn't he comment?
Fortunately, he was not the only one who also paid attention to that bun.

"Ah Heng, how is it?" Mrs. Xiao asked with a smile: "If something is not to your liking, tell him and ask him to improve it."

"All good." Heng Yu praised sincerely: "The skin is thin and soft, and the fillings are fragrant but not greasy, especially the sauced meat is just right. I rarely eat such delicious sauced meat buns!"

Xiao Mu: ...But the sauced meat is ready-made, not his sauce.

However, for some reason, he still couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and immediately covered it up with the gesture of drinking porridge.

"So I want to try it too!" Mrs. Xiao smiled from ear to ear, picked up the one that Hengyu gave her in front of her, and went to greet Shaoyan: "Mr. Shaoyan also try it, give it to him. Point one or two."

"I don't dare to be a guide, it is the luck of the younger generation to have the honor to taste the steamed stuffed bun made by envoy Xiao Jie himself." The young man was humble and polite, but he was not adulterated at all, his eyes were full of sincerity.

Seeing that there was only the last bun left in the cage, Xiao Mu looked at Hengyu.

Isn't it delicious?

Sensing the urging in his eyes, Heng Yu couldn't help but ask: "Won't Lord Hou eat it himself?"

Xiao Mu said expressionlessly: "...no."

After all, in the kitchen, he really tastes a lot.

Hengyu was also reluctant to show his kindness, and at the same time, she was lucky to have only this cage, otherwise, even if she wanted to appreciate it, she would be powerless.

After eating two steamed buns that were bigger than a man's fist, he drank another bowl of porridge and some light dishes before Heng Yu just put down the bowl and chopsticks.

"Thank you Madam Hou for your hospitality today." After drinking tea after dinner, Shao Yan said politely: "After returning to Beijing, please allow this junior to show some kindness as a landlord."

Mrs. Xiao smiled noncommittally and said, "Mr. Shaoyan is too polite."

"The junior will not bother you." When Shao Yan got up to leave, he looked at Heng Yu: "A Heng, do you want to go back?"

Heng Yu, who had already put down the teacup and was about to say goodbye, nodded.

"Mother, I still have some business to take care of, so I'm leaving first." Xiao Mu stood up.

Mrs. Xiao, who was just about to wink at him, nodded with a smile, her eyes pleased.

Therefore, the three of them left here together.

"I have often heard about Xiao Jieshi's name in the capital, but this time I see it even better than rumors." On the way, Shaoyan said: "Ah Heng's letters also often mentioned how much Xiao Jie envoy took care of her, like an elder .”

Xiao Mu's feet stagnated slightly, and he looked at Hengyu without any trace.

Like elders?

Heng Yu coughed lightly: "That's true."

It was a letter she wrote back a long time ago. At that time, it was also to reassure the family and His Highness, and because he really regarded himself as an uncle, she wrote it casually.

Xiao Mu was noncommittal, looked forward, and said, "Speaking of which, Painter Ji also mentioned Mr. Shaoyan—"

"Oh? What did Ah Heng say about me?" Shaoyan looked at Hengyu with a smile.

"Painter Ji said that Her Royal Highness Princess Yongyang and Mr. Shaoyan are very important to her. Although they are not related by blood, they are as close as family members." Xiao Mu said.

The smile on Shaoyan's mouth was stunned for a moment, and then he returned to nature.

"I grew up with Ah Heng since we were young. We are not family members, but we have already surpassed family members."

Xiao Mu: "It's not easy to get such a relationship in life, and it should be cherished."

Shaoyan nodded, looked at Hengyu, and nodded seriously: "Yes, I will definitely cherish it."

Heng Yu, who was walking between the two, was somewhat suffocated when he heard the conversation that followed the next sentence.

Fortunately, there is a fork in the road ahead, and one of them leads to the study that Xiao Mu temporarily uses to handle official business.

"Aheng, I brought a few picture books and story books newly released by Beijing Central—"

"I have something to discuss with you—"

The two looked at Hengyu almost at the same time, and spoke at the same time.

"..." Heng Yu turned her head to look at the two people on the left and right in turn.

　Good night everyone~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)