Author: Bai Xia

There were not many ingredients in the kitchen. There was not much meat in the first place. Almost all of it was given to her yesterday, but today it was gone. There was only a pile of eggs left in the corner, about a dozen.

Tao Yue'er opened the "Quiet Drinking Meal Book" and happened to find a very beautiful way to make eggs: place gardenia leaves on the wet eggs, wrap the leaves tightly with gauze, then tie them tightly with cotton thread, and then add mugwort leaves.

When boiled, the eggs will be imprinted with the appearance of gardenia leaves.

On the third day of the third month, eat eggs, boil moxa leaves and yellow gardenia together, which has the effect of removing dampness. It is both beautiful and delicious.

When Tao Yue'er brought the hot mugwort egg soup to the table and divided one piece per person, the children's eyes lit up and they exclaimed: "These eggs are so beautiful!"

Tao Yue'er scratched her head and seemed a little embarrassed to be praised by everyone.

The children each took an egg from a bowl and hurriedly put it in their mouths. Tao Yue'er walked up to the child without arms and helped him peel the egg and put it in his mouth.

From the beginning to the end, Hua Ling only looked at the eggs in the bowl, without speaking or looking at her. Nor did she eat. When everyone finished lunch, the eggs in front of Hua Ling were still intact.

Ayin looked at the eggs and said, "Brother Hualing, I remember you don't seem to like eggs, otherwise..."

Hua Ling raised his head, his expression was as usual, but his eyes were slightly red. He then picked up a spoon, cracked open the eggs, and finished the eggs slowly and gracefully one by one. It didn't look like he was eating eggs.

It's like eating some kind of gluttonous feast.

It's the kind of food I was lucky enough to eat only once in my previous life.

After eating, Hua Ling breathed a long sigh of relief, closed her eyes slightly, and sat at the table in a daze.

Tao Yue'er was arranging the dishes while secretly looking at him. Suddenly she had a feeling that if he opened his eyes, he might shed tears...

Are the eggs she makes so delicious?

Was it so delicious that he was moved?

"What's wrong with you?" Tao Yue'er walked over and asked with concern.

Hua Ling looked up at her, threw the plate into her hand, and then turned around and returned to the room.

His back was lonely and a little indifferent. He also seemed to have lost his temper for no reason, which was unpredictable.

"Hey...he misses his wife." Ayin's voice sounded leisurely. She looked at Hua Ling's back, the expression on her face was even sadder than Hua Ling's.

"Wife...son?" Tao Yue'er was stunned and frowned: "He has a wife?"

Ayin nodded, her face darkened, and infinite sadness appeared in her eyes.

She let out a long sigh and said slowly: "Brother Hua Ling's wife was once the daughter of the lord of Beijiang City. She was guarding the distant Mobei and was the first line of defense in the northern part of Jingguo. Later, when Liuguo attacked, his

His wife died tragically under the hooves of a Tartar horse. She was still three months pregnant when she died. He..."

"But that's not what you said last time!" Tao Yue'er stared at A Yin in stunned silence and said: "You clearly said that he... he..." Tao Yue'er hesitated for a long time, unable to say the word.

Come.

Ayin's face was full of confusion: "How is he?"

After a long time, she finally bit the bullet and said, "You clearly said that he is the forbidden pet of the eunuch's son!"

"Ah, that's it, then he married a wife before becoming a forbidden pet! He was so sad and sad that he was captured alive..."

"You clearly said that he was a pampered young master!" Tao Yue'er's face turned green and she became even more unbelieving.

Ayin was stunned, then ignored her as if he hadn't heard anything, climbed off the table in a hurry, and ran to the backyard to wash the dishes. There was no embarrassment at all about being exposed. Instead, he was just confident, as if he was lying without drafting a draft.

Something to be proud of.

Seeing this, the other children covered their mouths and laughed at Tao Yue'er, saying straight to her: "You are such a grown-up person, and you still can't tell the difference between storybooks and reality. If she likes to tell stories, just let her tell them, and just listen! You still can't tell the story.

Seriously?"

Tao Yue'er looked at the young adults in this room and felt that compared with them, she was more like a child with a yellow mouth who was not familiar with the world.

For the rest of the afternoon, Tao Yue'er reflected on her shortcomings of being 'easy to deceive', but although she was easy to deceive, Hua Ling should also bear some responsibility.

If he didn't have such a face that would bring disaster to the country and the people, how could she believe the nonsense that he was the forbidden pet of the eunuch's son?

Just because he was good-looking! She had to believe it...

After convincing herself, Tao Yue'er finally gained some confidence and felt that her twenty-five years were not in vain. It was understandable that she was deceived.

It was night, after Tao Yue'er had tidied up the courtyard and prepared breakfast for the next day, not long after she returned to her room, Hua Ling came to her room holding the quilt, put the quilt on the table, and said: "

I'll change rooms with you."

"Ah? Why?" Tao Yuer'er was a little confused.

"I'm afraid you won't sleep well at night." Hua Ling said, pointing to the dark room opposite.

Tao Yue'er felt guilty, and then thinking about her rudeness last night, she immediately turned around and packed up her bedding, saying as she did so: "Thank you, Master Ling. I, I am naturally timid, and Ah Sheng is particularly dangerous.

I, I won’t be polite to you anymore…”

Hua Ling stood aside, silent for a while, and said, "Even if you are born timid, courage can be cultivated."

"Huh?" Tao Yue'er turned around, looked at him with a puzzled face, and said hesitantly: "Then should I move?"

Hua Ling was startled for a moment, but finally nodded: "Move."

"Thank you, Master Ling." Tao Yue'er got used to calling him, and still called him the same way as before. Not only because of A Yin's previous story, but also because of Hua Ling's temperament.

Hua Ling's aura is exactly like that of the protagonist in the story, as if she has fallen from a noble son of a wealthy family to a forbidden pet.

There is this faint sense of sadness on his body. He is clearly beautiful and gentle, but he always gives people a feeling of being thousands of miles away. So unruly, so cold.

Hua Ling saw that Tao Yue'er was weak and didn't know what she was thinking, but her weak appearance made it hard not to want to help.

He stepped forward and while helping Tao Yue'er pack the quilt, he said: "Don't call me young master in the future, call me by my name."

"Um?"

"Hua Ling. My name is Hua Ling."

Hua Ling was serious and didn't seem to be joking.

He was so solemn that it really left people powerless to resist. Even if she couldn't get close to him enough to call him by his first name, there was no way she could refuse.

Tao Yue'er could only barely raise a smile and nodded at him: "Okay, okay, Ling..."

"Huh?" Hua Ling glared at her, and Tao Yue'er quickly changed her words: "Hua... Hua Ling."

"My name is not Hua Hua Ling. My name is Hua Ling."

"I know, I know..." Tao Yue'er suppressed her embarrassment and stuttering, swallowed, and said, "Hua... Ling."

Hua Ling was then satisfied, hugged Tao Yue'er's quilt and turned around to leave.

He was afraid that Tao Yue'er would be scared walking alone at night, so he helped her hold the quilt and took her back to her room.

Tao Yue'er followed him and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him walking in front of her.

Somehow, she was just afraid of him.

Maybe it was because the first meeting was not friendly, or maybe he was always calm and composed during subsequent interactions, while she always acted like a reckless and reckless person, losing all face in front of him. So much so that she, in front of him,

I am always three points shorter without realizing it...and this three points is engraved in my bones and I can never get it back.
Chapter completed!