Chapter 494 Waiting

In early spring, the wind weakens and the chill decreases.

Zhu Huaizhen can finally listen to the opera seriously.

Ahem, she usually listens to it too.

It's just too noisy and I can't hear it.

Today, Taoyao Tower no longer takes in refugees and has returned to its former tranquility.

Of course, although it is quiet, there are still many guests, most of whom are businessmen.

"Your Highness, there's a letter from the Changshengku." Tu Mi lowered her voice.

When Zhu Huaizhen saw this, he knew that this was a letter sent by Princess Rongyang Zhu Huaishu.

Alas, elder sister is still too impatient.

Zhu Huaizhen was not in a hurry to open the letter. Instead, he pulled Tu Mi to listen to "Peach Blossom Fan" together.

Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.

Why do I feel sleepy while listening to it?

Zhu Huaizhen invited Tu Mi to drink together the rich and colorful tea, which was made of sesame salt, bamboo shoots, chestnuts, loofah kernels, walnut kernels, spring immortal seagulls, swan osmanthus, rose and brine, and Lu'an sparrow tongue bud tea.

"Your Highness, can you guess the content of the letter without reading it?" Tu Mi joked.

"Tu Mi, don't be arrogant at any time." Zhu Huaizhen shook his head and laughed.

Then she opened the letter.

In the letter, Zhu Huaishu chattered non-stop.

They chatted about family matters and reminisced about the past, all about food: squirrel mandarin fish, fried eel paste, chicken head rice soup, crab roe tofu, ginkgo and choy sum, Tibetan mutton, honey-glazed fire square, mother oil boat duck, three-fresh wontons, and fermented rice dumplings.

Let's talk about political affairs. The situation in Northern Jin was complicated, and Zhu Huaishu still secretly helped Emperor Hui of Jin.

The Northern Zhou Dynasty was only mentioned at the end, and it was revised many times.

Zhu Huaizhen guessed that Zhu Huaishu wanted to find out about Bai Chenfei's situation.

After all, Concubine Bai Chen is Zhu Huaishu's mother.

Unfortunately, it’s not the right time yet.

One day, Zhu Huaizhen will meet Bai Chenfei.

"Tu Mi, tell the eldest sister that we are acting too hastily. As for the reason, she seems to have a lot of free time, so take your time to think about it." Zhu Huaizhen smiled like a flower, his eyes moving.

In the letter, Bai Huaishu asked whether it was possible to send troops to Northern Zhou at this moment.

The answer is no.

The gap between the nobles and the common people in the Northern Zhou Dynasty deepened because of this cold winter.

If the Northern Jin Dynasty intervened, the Northern Zhou nobles and common people would unite to fight against the foreign enemy.

Then, all the little tricks she had done in Taoyao Tower were in vain.

Now, all we can do is wait.

When the cold winter passed, the Northern Zhou nobles thought that normalcy had returned and treated the common people as before. However, the common people's mentality had changed. If they did not fight for themselves, when the crisis came, they would only have one way to go, death.

Zhu Huaizhen also wanted to wait and deal with Zhao Lian'er.

She had kept Zhao Lian'er alive for too long.

If she stayed any longer, she wouldn't know whether she could be considered reborn for revenge. It would be so boring.

"Your Highness, you are just too lazy." Tu Mi pinched Zhu Huaizhen's little face.

Zhu Huaizhen was not convinced and ate a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

Life is short, enjoy it while you can.

The prerequisite is that you have the capital.

Sugar-heart abalone, pineapple sea cucumber, white shark lips, young deer tendons, claw meat, golden shark fin, ivory clam meat, spider fish glue, quail eggs, ham, pork ribs, clean winter bamboo shoots, king oyster mushrooms, chrysanthemum mushrooms, wild pine mushrooms, morels, snow bamboo fungus, Shaoxing wine, eighteen ingredients, eighteen delicious flavors. The moment you lift the lotus leaf covering the jar, the rich meaty aroma is so fragrant that even a Buddha would jump over the wall.

Tsk tsk, I’d rather be a princess in my next life.