Under the Empress Dowager, all members will be King

Chapter 93 Summer Cherry Party

Jiang Zhaoyi praised Shuang'er, and Shuang'er's basic necessities of life went up to a higher level.

As night fell, Xing'er lightly shook her bamboo fan and sat under a tree to rest in the cool. Two court ladies came to her with baskets.

"Sister Xing'er, let's go and pick the petals."

"Ms. Zhaoyi, do you want to take a flower petal bath?" Shuang'er got up impatiently.

"It's not Empress Zhaoyi taking the flower petal bath, it's Sister Shuang'er who wants to take the flower petal bath."

Xing'er's squeezed anger reached its peak at this moment, her face was flushed, she didn't catch her breath, and began to cough violently.

"Sister Xing'er, it's fine if you're not feeling well, we'll go."

Xing'er's eyes turned sideways, and a poisonous plan was brewed in her heart.

Shuang'er insisted on being beautiful, and ruined her appearance. Let's see how she flaunts her might. She was asked to pick flower petals even though she had changed shifts in the middle of the night.

She is also worthy of taking a flower petal bath. No matter how you wash it, the slavishness on her body will never be washed away. She is a slave.

Xing'er pushed open the door, turned around and went into the utility room, stretched out her hand and pressed on the wall, a small hole appeared on the wall, and there was a pack of medicinal powder in the hole.

Xing'er scooped up half a scoop carefully with the leaves and put it in her purse. While there was no one around, Xing'er secretly sprinkled the powder into Shuang'er's dressing box.

After Shuang'er came back, she could tell at a glance that the things on the dressing table were not in the same position as hers, so she guessed that Xing'er had moved her dressing table secretly.

Xing'er pretended to be nonchalant, and Shuang'er picked up a box of rouge with a smile: "Sister Xing'er, I will give you a box of rouge."

Xing'er had just added ingredients to the rouge, but she was not willing to accept it, so she shied away and said, "You keep it for yourself."

"I don't need it, since my sister won't accept it, I'll give it to Empress Zhaoyi."

Jiang Yuan's own rouge can't be used up, she is not willing to use the maid's rouge, Xing'er has a ghost in her heart, worried that after Jiang Yuan uses the rouge, her face will rot and cause big trouble, so she hastily stopped it.

"You keep it for yourself, the empress's rouge is different from ours."

"Oh, is that so? Why is it different? It just so happened that the empress also gave me a box of rouge. Why don't my sister get involved and let me verify it."

Shuang'er opened two boxes of rouge at the same time, and was about to paint her face as she spoke.

Xing'er was embarrassed and refused to let her paint.

"Could it be that something has been added to my rouge, ouch, it's too bad, I have to go to the imperial doctor for a check."

Shuang'er pretended to go out, Xing'er put on a desperate expression, "Let you paint it, you paint it."

Shuang'er took the rouge and wondered where to apply it, Xing'er felt like she was sitting on pins and needles.

"Empress Zhaoyi will take me to the cherry banquet hosted by the Empress Dowager tomorrow. She asked me to dress up well and arranged for me to present a gift in front of the imperial court."

Layers of rouge swept Xing'er's face, Xing'er looked like a stone statue.

"Sister Xing'er, from tomorrow onwards I will no longer be a slave, I finally made it through."

Shuang'er just wanted to tease Xing'er on purpose, she didn't intentionally smear rouge on her face to disfigure her, but pretended to be careless, knocked over the rouge, the rouge powder was sprinkled on the back of Xing'er's hand, Xing'er The son was in pain, and hurriedly put his hand into the basin.

Shuang'er looked regretful, "Tsk tsk, it turned out that my rouge was broken, and my sister Xing'er was injured. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay, a little injury doesn't matter."

Xing'er said it was fine, then poured a laxative into Shuang'er's tea.

Shuang'er knew that there was a laxative in the tea, but she took a small sip on purpose.

Shuang'er hardly slept all night, kept running to clean the room, blowing out lamps and lighting up lamps for a while, deliberately making trouble so that everyone could not sleep.

The next day Shuang'er couldn't get up, she was also haggard, Jiang Yuan took a look, her disappointment could not be concealed, so she took Xing'er to the cherry meeting.

The cherry tree in the Compassion Palace was planted by the Empress Dowager Heng Le herself. The cherries picked are bright in color, big and plump. Take a white porcelain bowl and put it in ice cubes to cool off the heat.

Everyone sat in order, the tables and chairs in the courtyard were arranged properly, and there were various pastries and flowers on the tables.

The cherries are thin-skinned and taste best when eaten fresh. All the cherries at the banquet tonight are freshly picked.

Once the cherries leave the branches, they are like flowers without water. The color of the fruit skin changes from bright red to dark red, and the round fruit gradually becomes soft. It is best to pick and eat now.

There are many ways to eat cherries, the first is squeezed juice, the second is mixed with buttermilk, the third is sprinkled with sugar, and the fourth is the most simple one, without any auxiliary materials, directly fed into the mouth .

Qi Yuer picked cherries in a basket, but there were not many cherries left in the basket, and the ground was covered with pits.

Mei Qingqing was also carrying a basket, and Xi Jiaorong pointed to the reddest bunch of cherries on the tree, begging her to help pick them, Chuchu offered to move the ladder, Mei Qingqing tapped her feet, stretched her body like a wild goose , and landed firmly on the tree.

"Miss Chuchu doesn't need to be tired, the cherry tree is low, and I can reach it."

Xi Jiaorong took the cherry branch from Mei Qingqing's hand, the branch was covered with red cherries, it was very pleasing to look at.

Qi Yuer reached out and picked one, "It's so sweet."

"Concubine Mei, have you seen the tallest one? Quickly fly up and help me pick it."

Mei Qingqing smiled lightly, since she was a child, she has studied hard and practiced light kung fu, is it for picking cherries on the tree?
Qi Yu'er looked expectant, her small appearance became more and more pitiful, Concubine Mei agreed to her request.

Gu Yinwei picked cherries with scissors, Gu Yingxia was busy cracking melon seeds, and Concubine Zhen came to remind everyone.

"Enough cherries, the banquet is about to start, let's go out."

Everyone left the backyard and walked towards the main hall. There were fifteen cherry trees planted in Gu Yingwei's backyard, and many of them hadn't had time to pick.

As soon as Gu Yinwei sat down, Zhu Beifeng hurried over after finishing the government affairs.

He gave Gu Yinwei a hand-operated fan. There was a pile of ice cubes at the bottom of the fan. When the maid gently shook the fan, the temperature in the room immediately dropped a lot.

The cool wind blows, and the heat gradually disappears all over the body.

The concubines took out their presents one after another. Qi Yuer gave a set of tableware, and Concubine Mei gave a set of chess records.

Jiang Yuan made a gesture, and Myolie stepped forward holding the gift box.

Inside was a pile of jade bracelets, Xing'er knelt on the ground, holding the jade bracelets in a regular manner.

Gu Yinwei ordered Chu Chu's subordinates to give gifts, and Ting Tao came to Gu Yinwei's side and said, "Queen Mother, look carefully at the clothes she is wearing."

Xing'er's clothes were remade from Jiang Zhaoyi's old clothes, and the fabric used in Jiang Zhaoyi's old clothes was given by Concubine Xian.

Gu Yingxia was so angry that her nose was crooked, and the fabric was not satisfactory, so she could put it away and put it on the bottom of the box, but she gave it to the maid to wear.

"Xing'er, bring the jade bracelet and show it to Bengong."

Xing'er couldn't make up her mind, she looked back at Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan smiled and said: "You don't have to be so petty, listen to Concubine Xian."

Xing'er held the jade bracelet and knelt at Gu Yingxia's feet: "Concubine Xian, please."

Gu Yingxia pinched the jade bracelet with two fingers and looked at it.

"Oh, why is the jade bracelet cracked?"

Zhu Beifeng motioned for Shuangxi to take it over and take a look. Shuangxi held up the candlestick and looked at it carefully, "The cracks in the bracelet were knocked out by someone."

Sun Shurong pouted: "What a disappointment."

(End of this chapter)