The annoying autumn rain falls again at midnight.
Falling on the silent golden tiles and red walls of the Forbidden City, it made a trivial and annoying sound.
Moreover, the sound was very irregular, intermittent and extremely clear, and was accompanied by the faint sound of wind, making it difficult to fall asleep.
In the old man's bedroom, the eunuch who kept watch carefully stared at the old man's curtains.
He knew that the Supreme Emperor on the bed must not be asleep, because he had just heard the Supreme Emperor of Curtain curse the thief who was sleeping on him.
There was a soft clang, and the copper bell hanging above the curtain swayed.
Two little eunuchs in white socks walked forward quickly with their heads lowered and gently opened the curtain. Then, the old man's old and somewhat irritable face was revealed.
"Why is it raining?" The old man stood up with a blanket and asked.
This question immediately caused the two young eunuchs to quarrel. Why does God want to rain? How could they, the eunuchs, know?
But seeing that the Supreme Emperor couldn't sleep because of the sound of rain outside and was extremely angry, they didn't dare not answer.
"Back to my lord, it started half an hour ago." A young eunuch replied with a pale face and a trembling voice.
The old man squinted at him, stretched out his feet to put on his shoes, "The emperor is the emperor, who told you to add the word "老"?" Then he squinted again, "Are we that old?"
"My slave deserves to die, my slave deserves to die!" The eunuch lay on the ground, trembling all over.
"Get out of here!" The old man looked at him, feeling increasingly annoyed. He stepped over the eunuch and walked straight to the window. Then he stretched out his hand and pushed open the window, letting the autumn wind rush in.
The wind rushed in, bringing with it fine raindrops, which fell on the window lattice and disappeared immediately.
"Damn it, you're still up and raining all the time. Did Dragon Prince pee on the bed?" The old man looked at the sky coldly, "If you don't stop even after sleeping, you can't rain in the daytime!"
At this time, Pu Bucheng heard the old man getting up, appeared behind the old man with his clothes on, and waved the young eunuch lying on the ground to get down.
"Master, Feng Liang!"
The old man didn't look back, but instead pulled up a stool, wrapped himself in a blanket and sat down, looking out the window at the swaying shadows of the trees in the wind and rain, "What time is it?"
Pu Bucheng stepped forward and put another blanket on the old man's shoulders, "It's Haishi!"
"Why do the days go so fast and the nights go so long?" The old man moved his eyebrows.
Time seems to fly by as people age.
But because people get older and sleep less, the long nights seem extra long.
Pu Bucheng squatted down and slowly kneaded the old man's calf, "Master, it's late at night, please rest!"
"Hurry up, you'll have plenty of time to sleep after you die." The old man cursed, "Go and get something to eat, we're hungry!"
"Do you want to eat...?"
"Make something warm, don't make those sweet things." The old man's brows suddenly relaxed, as if he thought of something fun, and a smile appeared on his face, "You should still remember that when the queen was here,
As soon as it rains in autumn, we will stew cabbage for us to eat."
As he said that, the old man looked at Pu Bucheng, still smiling, "Just now we were in a daze, dreaming about her. I dreamed that she was picking up the soles of her shoes and scolding us at the same time, haha."
Pu Bucheng's hand that was squeezing the old man's calf paused silently, and then continued to squeeze gently.
Since his last serious illness, the old man's energy has declined like never before, and his whole person is far less energetic than before. Except when facing the emperor and the prince, he rarely speaks, and even less appears.
Moreover, what he said always made Pu Bucheng, the person who had served him all his life, feel heartbroken.
"Do you think we are really about to die?" The old man suddenly asked again, "They say that only people who are about to die will think about the past all day long, and the memories will be really real, just like what happened just now.
Same."
"Master, you are so energetic that you will live forever!" Pu Bucheng raised his head and said with a smile.
"Longevity without borders?" The old man shook his head and smiled, "That's nonsense!"
After saying that, the old man looked at the dark night outside again. His pupils were particularly bright.
Pu Bucheng gently put down the old man's feet, then took a blanket and carefully covered it with him, then walked slowly to the door of the palace with his back on his back.
"Go and see if Concubine Hui has rested there. She said that the master is hungry!" Pu Bucheng ordered in a low voice.
He is also an old man, and he has served the old man all his life. He knows that when people are old, they are more attractive. This huge palace is too empty for the old man. He cannot sleep because no one is with him. He thinks wildly because no one is with him.
say.
The wind outside the window suddenly blew violently.
The shadows of the branches swayed violently twice, with a rustling sound.
The old man was sitting by the window. His back, which had never been bent in his life, was stooped. His broad shoulders were high on one side and low on the other.
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I don't know how much time passed, but the sound of footsteps came from behind.
The old man's rickety back straightened immediately and he slowly turned back.
Just then, she saw Concubine Guo Hui coming in with a hot pot in her hands and a smile on her face. Behind her, there were several personal palace attendants.
"Why are you here?" The old man said with a smile on his face.
"I know you will be hungry at night, so I made a hot pot in the kitchen and brought it to you!" Guo Huifei smiled and put the pot on the table, then arranged the dishes with her own hands, walked to the old man, helped him up,
He smiled and said, "I have prepared shrimp, cabbage, stewed tofu and several plates of side dishes for you. It will not bloat your stomach and satisfy your cravings!"
The copper pot is boiling, and the inside exudes the unique aroma of cabbage and tofu. The white and red shrimps float in the milky white soup, which is very pleasing to the eye.
"This is my concubine's new dish." Guo Huifei filled half a bowl of soup with a few trembling pieces of tofu in it. She placed it in front of the old man and said with a smile, "Do you want to try it?"
The old man lowered his head and used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of cabbage. He blew it twice and put it into his mouth. After taking two bites, he said, "This cabbage... is not as good as your sister's stew. It has been cooked for too long and is too soft to eat."
Crispy, soft and not sweet at all!”
Then he added, "Your sister's stewed cabbage is not as fancy as yours. It's just a big pot of onions and garlic. When the pot boils, tear the whole cabbage you just picked with your hands and throw it directly into the pot.
inside."
He took another bite and said, "Even though her cooking is simple, it tastes delicious. After we became the emperor, we have eaten all kinds of delicious food, but the cabbage she stewed was not enough." At this point, he ate again.
Taking a bite of cabbage, "She always told us before that the cabbage in the south is not delicious. Unlike our hometown in Huaixi, there is frost when autumn comes. The cabbage and radishes after the frost are all crispy and raw."
The old man rambled on, saying that Concubine Guo Hui loved him. She looked at his side face with a smile and listened silently.
After the old man finished speaking, she spoke, "Don't talk about you, I also love to eat the food cooked by my sister." After saying that, she said with a smile, "Since I was a child, I haven't been able to cook with any celebrity, so I still married.
After marrying you, my sister taught me step by step."
"But after all, I am not as careful as my sister, so the taste of the food I make is always a bit worse."
"You are the old handsome daughter, and you have been treated like a son since you were a child. Although those years were turbulent, you enjoyed more blessings than anyone else!" The old man smiled, "When we married you, your sister told us a lot.
Please tell me, especially on the wedding night."
"What did sister say?" Guo Huifei asked with a smile.
The old man took a sip of soup, pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Oh, brother-in-law, just tell me!" Concubine Guo Hui took the old man's big hand, "I have never heard of you mentioning this in the decades I have been in the palace!"
A smile appeared on the old man's face, "If you don't tell me, don't tell me!"
"Oh, brother-in-law!"
After all, he couldn't resist. The old man put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "Your sister told us the other day that it's too heavy. She's still young, so you can be gentle at night. But Bai got into the bed and started poking, making a banging sound.
She is still small and has tender bones, so she is afraid of pain!"
This chapter has been completed!