Chapter 371: Golden Thighs in Exchange for Silver Fish
Mu Yan was on duty at the west corner gate of the inner palace without squinting his eyes.
Now that the queen has passed away and the emperor has left the court, he only holds discussions in the main hall on the west corner gate. Mu Yan's place of duty has also been moved to the west corner gate.
A young man was walking with a scroll in hand and looking into his hands. The corners of his mouth would raise from time to time.
When I arrived at the door of the main hall and was about to go in, I suddenly smelled something and took a sniff.
Well, I smelled it right. It smelled very fragrant and delicious. I glanced at the two guards on duty at the entrance of the hall.
He raised his legs and walked over, circling around the two of them.
"Your Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson." The two of them saluted.
"What are you hiding in your arms?" Emperor Changsun walked up to Mu Yan.
Mu Yan bit his back teeth. Does the prince, the eldest son, have such a sharp nose?
He took out a small package from his sleeve and handed it over.
Zhu Zhanji put the painting under his arm and opened the package with both hands. He found something yellow and a dozen fingers long. He didn't know what it was. Just smelling it made him feel very fragrant.
I cautiously poked my head into the hall, quickly picked up one, stuffed it into my mouth, chewed it twice, my eyes lit up, it was delicious!
Two more sticks were inserted.
His mouth bulged: "What is this?"
"Dough." Mu Yan lied without any burden.
Zhu Zhanji glanced at Mu Yan. It was strange that he believed him. It was obviously meat. He broke open a long ball and found that... it was not meat. When he looked closely, it turned out to be whitebait.
Whitebait shouldn’t be meat, right?
These days, he has become less and less like a bird in his mouth. He stuffed a few more sticks into his mouth. No matter if they were meat or not, he just ate them all.
The small bag of snacks that Mu Yan brought to fill his stomach was eaten in the blink of an eye.
Another guard, named Ye Chen, is the concubine of Uncle Chang Ning's family. These days, like everyone else, he can only eat some vegetarian food. At this time, seeing His Highness the Emperor Changsun secretly eating delicious food, it is called greedy.
He swallowed secretly.
He looked at Mu Yan again and saw that this guy was a thief. He actually hid food secretly. He just hid it and ate it alone secretly without giving him two bites.
so bad.
Mu Yan held the saber and looked forward, pretending not to see his sad eyes.
He had to practice in the morning and evening, and during the day he stood upright in the palace for seven or eight hours, acting like an iron man. He ate those tasteless vegetarian dishes with little oil and salt, and his calves were not shaken.
It was Kan Er who persuaded him several times, and the little liar happened to bring silverbait, so he secretly put a small bag in his sleeve.
But now there is no more.
He glanced sideways at the corner and saw that His Highness the Emperor Sun was letting the eunuch wait for him to rinse his mouth. He sniffed his body again, then turned around and entered the main hall pretending to be nonchalant.
"Grandfather, come and see the painting your grandson just made..."
"What's good to eat?"
"Uh, no..."
"You are still young and don't need to follow the imperial grandfather to become a vegetarian..."
Faint voices came out of the hall. Mu Yan pricked his ears to hear the good atmosphere inside and let out a sigh of relief.
Although the emperor would not care about such trivial matters, the crime of tempting the emperor's eldest grandson to eat meat could be serious or minor. Since the queen's death, the emperor's temper was unstable, and Mu Yan was worried about it all day long.
This makes me feel a little regretful for taking away Kan Er's food.
After a while, the emperor's eldest grandson came out of the hall and threw the painting to Mu Yan, "Hey, I reward you. Thank you, dough."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."
After the emperor's grandson took the people away, Mu Yan unfolded the painting and saw that it was a picture of a cat playing, which was lifelike. Everyone said that the emperor's grandson was good at painting, but they didn't expect that he had such high attainments at a young age, and his future was formidable.
Mu Yan put the painting away and put it in his arms.
After getting off duty, Mu Yan and Ye Chen walked out of the palace. Ye Chen suddenly looked into Mu Yan's arms, but Mu Yan didn't want to stop him and let him open it to take a look.
Ye Chen looked at it for a while and then returned it to Mu Yan. "What kind of dough is that? Can you bring me a portion tomorrow?"
"cannot."
"No, bring me one. I'm really hungry."
"I'm so greedy."
"You are too ruthless..."
Huo Xi was called to the tea shop by Kan Er, and the situation was still unclear. She didn't know why the young master of his family wanted to see her. I heard that the guy was so busy that he hit his head on the back, so he still had time to see her?
After sitting down in the private room, Mu Yan pushed the painting in his hand to her.
"What is this?" Huo Xi took it and unfolded it, and saw that it was a picture of a cat play. There was a red seal on it. After debating for a long time, he didn't recognize it.
"Did you draw it?"
Mu Yan shook his head. Huo Xi looked at him suspiciously. It was not painted by him, so why did he give her a painting by someone else for no reason? It was a painting that had not been prayed for.
"I'll give you a golden thigh." Mu Yan said and looked at her.
"Golden thighs?" Huo Xi hurriedly looked at the seal on the painting, but still didn't recognize it. Suddenly she remembered that this man was working for the emperor, and her eyes widened: "Did the emperor paint it?"
Mu Yan rolled his eyes. He didn't know the character on the card, and he still thought about the emperor's calligraphy.
"Who is that?" His status is not low, otherwise why would he talk about golden thighs?
"Drawed by the emperor's eldest grandson."
"Drawed by the emperor's eldest grandson!"
Thinking of the rumors that the emperor's eldest grandson was very popular with the emperor, Huo Xi suddenly became happy. These golden thighs were nice and thick.
"I will go to the art studio early tomorrow morning to frame the painting myself, and then buy a sandalwood box to enshrine it."
Seeing that the little liar was so happy that he could hardly see, he couldn't even see. Mu Yan suddenly wanted to reach out and snatch the painting back.
Early the next morning, Huo Xi took the painting to the art studio in person and asked someone to frame it.
The owner of the art studio is naturally knowledgeable, and his eyes widened when he saw the paintings.
Can their shop frame the paintings of the emperor's eldest grandson? He secretly looked at Huo Xi from time to time, wondering who he was in front of him. There was actually a painting by the emperor's eldest grandson.
Do you want to pay the other party to buy it?
As soon as he opened his mouth, Huo Xi rejected him.
She was still afraid that he would take it away. The other party said he would pick it up in three days, but she still didn't agree and insisted on waiting to pick it up immediately. When the shopkeeper saw that she was leaving, he hurriedly said that he would pick it up tomorrow and promised not to hurt a single hair.
Put down the painting and leave.
The next day she went to pick it up in person. The boss made a last-ditch effort to persuade her to sell it to a painting studio and use it as a treasure for the shop, but Huo Xi flatly refused.
Is this a painting? This is a golden thigh that shines blindingly.
After selecting a box, I carefully packed the painting, took it home, and hid it.
I remembered Mu Yan’s birthday on August 15th this year. Because he was so busy in the palace, he didn’t even give him a birthday gift. Remembering that he also gave him a painting by his eldest grandson, I felt a little neglectful of this golden gift.
thigh.
Thinking that the autumn weather was crisp at this time, it was the time when crab legs were itchy, so I went to shrimp and crab pots with Huo Erhuai for several days in a row. I got a lot of crabs, peeled them myself, and made several jars of bald butter and sent them to him.
Mu Yan thought about it and found out that the emperor himself said that the emperor's eldest grandson could eat meat, so he sent two more cans to the emperor's eldest grandson. He received two pieces of white fox skin as a reward from the emperor's eldest grandson, and then gave them to Huo Xi.
Huo Xi got two pieces of white fox fur, which were of such good quality and rare. She was very happy. She was looking for someone in the workshop to make two scarves for her two younger brothers.
Qin Huaiyu personally took over the job.
When I got it, I gave it to Huo Nian to try. He was very happy and praised Huo Xi while holding it in his arms. The siblings found a holiday and returned to Zhuangzi with the white fox scarf.