Since the twins’ first week of pregnancy, the two little brothers have been walking more smoothly day by day.

November has passed in the blink of an eye, and the Forbidden City has entered the colder end of the year.

The plum blossoms in the imperial garden were in full bloom against the heavy snow, and the refreshing fragrance of plum blossoms drifted across the courtyard wall to the Chuxiu Palace.

After drinking the thick and mellow Laba porridge, it also heralds the end of the semester.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the fifth princess academy in the North officially closed its doors for the winter vacation, and the imperial concubine also became leisurely.

The imperial concubine is now free, and the twins don't want to work anymore.

On weekdays, the two brothers often go to the Princess Academy with the imperial concubine. Sometimes the imperial concubine works in the dean's study, and the twins play in the yard with Aunt Bailu.

Now that Beijing Fifth Institute is on holiday, the two younger brothers have no place to play, but their studies are not over yet.

The bored twins could only walk slowly every day with their two short legs hanging behind their backs like two little tails, pointing eagerly at the big slide on the east wall of the front yard, showing that they wanted to go out.

Willingness to play.

Qingyan wanted to let the two brothers go out to play, but God was not kind to her.

As the New Year is approaching, not only are there many things going on, but snow is falling one after another. The snow on the golden glazed tile roof has not yet melted, and is covered by the newly falling white snow.

The temperature outside is so low that water turns to ice, and there are rows of transparent ice more than a foot long hanging under the eaves. If people stay outside for a long time, their ears may be frozen off.

The twins had no choice but to hold their sepak takraw ball. After breakfast every day, they watched the tenth brother carry his backpack to Nansan Elementary School.

He told Brother Ten to come back early after school to play with them.

Little Thirteen and Little Fourteen were looking forward to it. Such boring days lasted for more than half a month.

Until the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Nansan Institute also went on winter vacation. The enlightened brothers no longer had to go to school. The twins finally had playmates, but they were so happy that they gave away all their toys.

He took it out and placed it in the hall.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, fine snow began to fall outside again.

After breakfast early in the morning, Qingyan took the time to go to the study to handle the end-of-year palace affairs.

Zhang Tianxi led the eunuchs to hang two red lanterns with golden tassels under the eaves at the entrance of Chuxiu Palace, and then hurriedly hung red couplets with gold characters on the door frames of the main hall and the east and west side halls.

Bai Lu and the little maids sat in the warm hall, cutting window grilles with small scissors and a large pile of thick red paper.

The hands of the palace maids were very dexterous, and with a flick of their wrists they cut out beautiful window decorations.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the day after tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year. There is a strong New Year atmosphere both inside and outside the palace.

Bai Lu thought that next year's 23rd year would be the Year of the Rat, so she specially cut out several red rats. She planned to wait for Zhang Tianxi and the eunuchs to hang the couplet sign on the door frame, and then she would also use glue to paste the "red rats" on the door frame.

Stick it on the glass window to create a good and auspicious meaning.

Sitting cross-legged on the wool carpet and stacking blocks with his tenth brother, Xiao Shisi happened to catch a glimpse of Aunt Bai Lu holding the "red mouse" by its ears and admiring it against the light.

His big eyes lit up, he hurriedly got up from the carpet, and staggered towards Bai Lu.

Xiao Yinzhen's sudden departure attracted the curiosity of Xiao Shi and Xiao Shisan. The two brothers also put down the blocks in their hands, got up and walked to Bai Lu one after another.

"Gugu, I want a brain axe, oooh, a brain axe."

Xiao Si walked up to Bai Lu, held Bai Lu's arm, stood up on tiptoes and looked at the table. After seeing the various beautiful window grilles spread on it, he immediately waved his two short hands while talking and gesticulating.

Tell Bai Lu his needs.

Bai Lu looked at the little one in front of her, opening and closing her mouth trying hard to pronounce the accent of "tiger", but she couldn't control her mouth and the word "brain ax" came out. She looked at herself without speaking, and the fourteenth brother also used two

His little hands held the round ears on the golden tiger hat on his head, tilted his little head and repeated "Ouch, Ouch" to show her, but she was so cute that she hurriedly dug it out from the pile of red papers.

From a few pieces of golden paper, each of the twins and the eleventh brother cut out a vivid "golden tiger" for the three brothers to play with.

When Yinzhen and Yinzhen came from Yuqing Palace and Nansan Palace in the south to look for the imperial concubine, they stretched out their hands to lift the cotton curtain in the hall, and when they walked in across the threshold, they saw Xiao Shi and the twins both cutting Aunt Bailu's hair.

They put their paper tigers on their faces as masks, and the three little ones faced each other and screamed "oooo, oooo".

After seeing this scene, the two brothers burst into laughter.

Bai Lu, who was cutting paper, and the three brothers who were playing around followed the sound and looked at the door. When they saw Yin Reng and Yin Zhen, their eyes lit up.

The three little ones wore paper tiger masks on their faces and ran up to the two older brothers.

Bai Lu also put down the scissors and red paper in her hands, stood up from the chair with a smile, leaned over and saluted Yinzhen and Yinzhen:

"His Royal Highness, Fourth Brother, the master is handling palace affairs in the study."

"The empress thought that you two should come over today. Yesterday afternoon, the emperor sent two fat and strong beef cattle to the imperial kitchen. The master specially ordered the slave to go to the imperial kitchen to get five kilograms of good beef. He said that at noon

Waiting for you two to come over and eat beef pot together."

"Hahahaha, then it seems like it's a coincidence that we both came here."

Yin Reng and Yin Zhen stood at the door and handed the wind-suppressing cloaks they wore to the maids, and knocked off the snowflakes stuck to the hem of their winter robes.

Yinreng leaned over slightly and used his cool right hand to pinch the soft flesh on the cheeks of Xiao Ten and Xiao Fourteen who were jumping up to him, and smiled at Bai Lu without raising his head.

Yinzhen also took off the paper tiger covering Xiao Shisan's face, gently wiped off the scraps of paper stuck to his younger brother's face with his hands, and said funnyly:

"The three of you are here pretending to be tigers, moaning and groaning, while the eldest brother is lying on the bed alone with pain in his buttocks, moaning and groaning."

"What happened to Baoqing? Did you slip and fall on the snowy road?"

Qingyan finished her work in the study and heard her eldest son's words when she walked out. She couldn't help but asked with a curious smile.

Seeing that her mother-in-law had finished handling the palace affairs, Bai Lu hurriedly directed the maids to collect all the paper-cutting things, then turned around and went out to prepare meals in the kitchen.

When Yinzhen saw E Niang coming out, he took Xiao Shisan's hand and walked to E Niang. He suppressed a smile and said to the imperial concubine:

"Mother, you don't know, right? Yesterday, my eldest brother went to the Yanxi Palace to pay his respects to Concubine Hui. Empress Hui gave her two good-looking personnel maids and asked him to take them to Nansan Institute. The eldest brother was so anxious. He was red-faced and unwilling to accept it, which made Concubine Hui anxious and was about to beat him. The eldest brother had to hesitantly carry Khan Ama out and said that Khan Ama required him to be over 18 years old. There was a maid in charge, and after hearing this, Concubine Hui was just shocked, and she didn’t even have time to ask why, so she nodded in agreement."

"Unexpectedly, the more Empress Hui thought about it, the more she couldn't understand why Khan Ama did this. When it was getting dark, she sent someone to the Qianqing Palace to find Manager Liang, and then she found out why Khan Ama made this request to her elder brother. It was all caused by the 'true love remarks' made by the eldest brother, which made Concubine Hui very angry."

"Early this morning, Concubine Hui rushed to the Nansan Institute with a feather duster and pushed my eldest brother under the quilt and gave him a good beating. I could hear my eldest brother's cries of pain in my yard. After that, , my second brother, the prince, and I went to see him. The eldest brother’s buttocks were swollen and bruised. Now he is still lying on the bed and whining.”

After Yinzhen finished speaking in a mellow voice like a storyteller, he recalled his eldest brother crying miserably and the macho man crying. He couldn't hold it in any longer, so he burst into laughter.

Yinreng also curled up his lips. He held Xiao Shi in one hand and Xiao Si in the other and walked to his aunt. It wasn't that he and Xiao Si didn't love each other as brothers. It was because they couldn't feel sorry for their eldest brother. No matter how miserable things happened, His elder brother was like a clown in a play. Apart from making people feel funny, he really couldn't arouse sympathy.

When Qingyan heard this, the expression on her face became extremely wonderful.

She also heard a few days ago that when the Chuxiu Palace was closed, when the five Yinti brothers lived in the Qianqing Palace, Yinti once used the love history of Weng Kuma Fa and Han Ma Fa as an example in front of the brothers. , who arranged the affairs of their Khan Amma’s “true love” concubine in the future.

Now I heard that because of this incident, Concubine Hui carefully selected the personnel maids for her son and couldn't fill them in the Nansan Institute. Concubine Hui, who had spent all her efforts in vain, beat her son with a feather duster until he couldn't get out of bed. She couldn't get out of bed either. You know what to say.

It can only be said that "blessings and misfortunes depend on each other". Whether it is a boy or a girl, it is definitely not good for a boy or a girl to have sexual intercourse before their body is fully developed. Now that Yinti was beaten violently by his mother, he can wait until ten Having contact with women at the age of eight will definitely be good for his health in the long run. To be honest, Qingyan also wanted to laugh a little, thinking that Yin Ti was really a young man with a sense of joy.

At this time, Bai Lu opened the cotton curtain outside, looked at the few people standing in the center of the hall, and asked with a smile:

"Mother, the beef has been cut into thin slices as you ordered. Master Bai has also prepared the pot bottom and sauce. Do you want to serve now?"

\&t;Let’s do it.\&t;

Qingyan nodded and waved to Bai Lu.

Bai Lu also smiled, put down the cotton curtain in her hand, and turned around to leave.

While Qingyan was leading the children to wash their hands, Bai Lu had already led the little palace maid to place the steaming mandarin duck pot and the plates of chopped meat and vegetables on the dining table in the side hall one by one. superior.

The twins and Xiao Shi, still wearing rice balls tied around their necks, were carried by the imperial concubine into their exclusive children's dining table and ate their light children's meal.

The Mongolian beef cattle on Huangzhuang are well fed and exercise a lot. In addition, they are just slaughtered, so the meat is firm and delicious.

The bottom of the pot is made of beef bones. The difference is that a lot of healthy mushrooms are added to the clear soup pot, and some red peppers are added to the slightly spicy soup pot.

The soup in the clear soup pot was boiled to a milky white color, with mushrooms cut into small pieces floating above the soup. Qingyan couldn't tolerate spicy food, so she put most of the beef slices on the white porcelain plate into the clear soup pot.

The copper pot was boiling and bubbling on the small stove below. After the beef was put into the pot, stir it in the soup pot a few times with a large silver spoon and it was done.

Little Fourteen smelled the strong fragrance and drooled, holding his little silver spoon and almost flipping it over from the children's dining table.

Little Thirteen and Little Ten were also very greedy, but the two brothers were obviously calmer than Little Fourteen.

Qingyan caught a glimpse of the three little ones sitting on the children's dining table, who were almost unable to sit still. It was so funny.

He first reached out and picked up Xiao Shi's small green-glazed bowl and put seven or eight slices of beef into his small bowl.

The twins were too young and their deciduous teeth could not bite meat yet, so Qingyan used a male spoon to scoop two spoons of beef soup and pour it on the two brothers' fish and meat rice. She also added some minced beef on top, brother.

They are not picky eaters and they eat deliciously.

The three younger children only had food to eat, so Qingyan chatted with the two older children while eating.

Xiao Shi immersed himself in finishing the beef in his small bowl, and Bai Lu picked up his small bowl and put food in it.

Xiao Yiner glanced at the plate and there was still a lot of sliced ​​beef, then scratched his furry head with his little hands, looked at the imperial concubine and asked in a sweet voice:

"Empress Huang, my eldest brother was spanked by Concubine Hui. Why don't we give him some beef?"

Qingyan smiled and shook her head.

It is a mistake not to mention that Yin Ti arranged for his Khan Ama to have true love. Just saying that Concubine Hui, whether she beats her son or scolds her son, is the mother-in-law's re-education for her son. Although she is the prince, the princess's

Queen Mother, it is not appropriate to deliver beef to Yinzhi at this time. If Nala knew about this, she would be even more angry. Maybe she would think that she was going against her?

Xiao Shi saw Huang'e Niang shaking her head in refusal and didn't ask any more questions. Just as Aunt Bai Lu filled up his small bowl again, Xiao Yiner once again waved the small spoon and chopsticks to happily eat!

After about half an hour, the bustling beef pot was finally finished.
To be continued...