The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 118
At night, when the moon was dark and the stars were bright, Chen Jijiang went back to his room, packed up and prepared to go to sleep.

Today, Lady Ruan is staying in the Zichen Palace again, so it is enough for the young apprentices under him to keep an eye on it. With her around, nothing serious will happen, so he can take a good rest.

Poured a cup of wine and drank it slowly, Chen Jijiang closed his eyes and hummed a little tune in a comfortable way, when suddenly there was a voice beside him: "Master!"

Frowning and opening his eyes, next to him is the proud student, Xu Shishui.

Among his so many apprentices, Xu Shishui is the one who stands out now, and the age difference between the two is less than ten years old, so Chen Jijiang is more polite to Xu Shishui in private.

He poured a glass of wine and pushed him over to let him sit beside him. Chen Jijiang took another sip and asked Xu Shishui, "You're quite energetic at night. What's the happy event?"

"Hey, it's not a happy event." Xu Shishui didn't refuse, he picked up the wine and drank it, "but it's a happy event."

Chen Jijiang frowned: "What fun?"

Xu Shishui raised his hand and pointed to the outside: "Outside, Chuisi who is next to the Concubine Li of Yilan Palace is here. Let me tell you that the Concubine Li wants to come to see you. Do you think this is a pleasure?"

Hey bastard!
As soon as Chen Jijiang slapped the table and stood up, he was about to pour wine on him, but Xu Shishui reacted quickly, laughed and ran away without splashing a little wine, and Chen Jijiang was so angry that he scolded behind him: "You brat is so brave!" Right! How dare you watch your master’s joke while drinking the master’s wine! Don’t let me take your fault!”

Xu Shishui didn't come back to beg for forgiveness, Chen Jijiang stared at himself for a while, smiled angrily, and then sighed after laughing.

Well, the big palace maid next to Empress Li is here, see you soon.If it was someone else, it would be fine if he disappeared, and he was afraid that the more he disappeared, the worse it would be.

So Chen Jijiang drank another glass of mulled wine, bit the bullet and went out.

He also lives in a detached courtyard here, and Xu Shishui lives next door.It can't be compared with Mrs. Ruan's three courtyards, which are all used by one person and accompanied by palace servants to serve them, but they also live comfortably, and they can just call in any apprentice when they need help.

When we got to the gate of the courtyard, we saw Chueisi.Probably seeing Xu Shishui sprinting away from him just now, Chusi's face was a little uneasy, and seeing Chen Jijiang coming out, the uneasiness disappeared, so he quickly gave him a deep blessing: "Master Chen."

"Miss Chuisi." Chen Jijiang cupped his hands and invited people inside, "The past two days have been boring, and it may rain again in a while. If you have something to say, I have good tea here."

After a few words of refusal, Chuisi followed him in. After entering, Chen Jijiang sat down steadily on the main seat, and Chuisi only dared to sit halfway in the side chair. It shouldn’t be so late to disturb your lord. But it’s not... Concubine Li asked her servants to ask your lord, what day will you be free, your lord, your lord has just returned to the palace, and you want to come to see your lord. on."

What she said was false enough, of course Chen Jijiang could hear it—for example, "I used to work too hard to take care of Concubine Li." care.

But Chen Jijiang held the empty wine cup on the table and turned it around twice, and he still happily agreed. He said, "I don't dare to take it. I think it's like this. Miss, please go back to Lifei, and wait until I'm free. I'll go see her. Your Majesty has something to say, so let's just listen."

His words startled Chusi, who almost slipped off the chair and knelt down for him.

Chen Jijiang waved his hand to signal her to relax, and explained: "I, let's not talk about it. What are you and that... called?"

Chusi said, "Flowers and leaves."

"Ah, right Huaye." Chen Jijiang patted his thigh, "You two are good girls, I don't want to make it difficult for you, I'm going to do the matter of Li Fei, I shouldn't, that's my business, I just don't go It’s just the two of you, isn’t it?”

Cui Si never thought that what he was thinking was this, she was almost moved to tears, and looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Then Master Chen..."

"Okay, okay, let's go back." Chen Jijiang thought about it, then casually touched some broken silver from his sleeve and gave it to her, and stuffed it into her hand, "I know it's not easy for you two, so go buy some makeup for yourself. But you But I have to tell Empress Li, I'm busy here, I really can't listen to her orders when I can go there, I can only make arrangements for myself these two days, so that she won't blame her."

"Okay, okay... this servant must tell Concubine Li!" Chusi nodded repeatedly, thanking her a thousand times.As for the money that Chen Jijiang confiscated, she certainly didn't dare to accept it - it was all the other palace servants who gave money to the chief supervisor, how could they take his money in reverse?
But Chen Jijiang resolutely refused to take it back, and pushed Chusi to invite her out, as if sincerely letting her accept it, which made Chusi so moved that he kowtowed to him at the door before leaving.

Under the night, Chusi wiped away her tears and walked away. Behind the big tree by the gate of the courtyard, Xu Shishui came out happily: "Hey master... what are you doing today? Are you eating fast?"

Chen Jijiang's face turned cold, this time Xu Shishui didn't run away, and got kicked by the master firmly: "It's good to learn kung fu by listening to the corner!"

"It's not... thanks to you." Xu Shishui brushed off the footprints on his clothes, and asked earnestly, "What on earth do you mean? Go to see Empress Li in person? Her Yilan Palace is now... Isn't it worthy?"

"Tsk." Chen Jijiang squinted at him, patted him on the shoulder, turned his head and walked back, and only said to him, "Whenever you can look at one thing and think about the overall situation, you will be considered a teacher."

In Chen Jijiang's view, this matter was too terrible.

It doesn't matter if he goes to Yilan Palace to be questioned by Concubine Li, really let Concubine Li come to see him?It doesn't matter to him if Concubine Li is willing to show off, but what if Concubine Li has sharp eyes and looks across from his residence, to the west side behind Zichen Hall?

The three courtyards are connected and it is not obvious from the outside, but there are a lot of court ladies and eunuchs who are obviously not high-ranking, and there is also a lion, and Emperor Ping'an is also there. He said to her earlier, "Hey, this is the one who made you go to the palace to serve the queen mother back then, and now you are really favored"?

Of course, she would have to know about this sooner or later.But Chen Jijiang made up his mind that it was better for her to know later than earlier, and if she could not let her know from himself, she couldn't let her know from himself!
In Zichen Palace, a night of lingering sorrow.

At the beginning, Sydney thought it was a special thing for the emperor to invite his concubines to sleep in the Zichen Palace. Now, looking at it from my own perspective, fortunately there is still the Zichen Palace...

Otherwise, she wouldn't know how to face Ah Yao!Even if she wasn't in the same room, even if Ah Yao went to sleep in the next yard, she still felt guilty and flustered, especially afraid that one day Ah Yao would come over curiously and ask her, "Mother, what are you shouting at night?"

So it is good to have Zichen Palace!With Zichen Palace, she doesn't have to worry about it!Ah Yao couldn't hear anything, at most she hugged her arm with tears in her eyes and said: "Mother, I miss you, don't go to find father."

The next morning, Sydney rarely got up too late.At least when she tidied up, the emperor hadn't come back yet!
But she didn't have breakfast in the Zichen Palace, she took her and turned back directly. She thought it was true to spend more time with him, but recently he was too busy with political affairs, and courtiers often came in to report matters during the day. She consciously avoids as much as she can.

She can't help with these things, but she can at least not make trouble for him! ——Xue Li thought about this very clearly, and said to herself that she was not in a hurry to get along with him.

As a person, you still have to be sensible, too bad to wink at anyone - wouldn't Concubine Li just make herself fall out of favor?Xue Li thinks that she is different from Concubine Li. First, she doesn't want to kill herself, and second, she really doesn't want Xie Zhao to be more troubled because of her. After all, she likes him.

So she has been living her little life in peace recently, she has entered a small courtyard, she has her A Yao, as for who was beheaded in the front... that really has nothing to do with her.

After entering the small courtyard, it happened to be able to take a meal with Ah Yao again.

This kills two birds with one stone, firstly, it saves people from having to go to get food again, and secondly, Ayao is happy to eat with her.As for the relationship between mother and daughter, it is better to focus more on it.

A Yao took a piece of rice cake in his hand.This rice cake is made with milk, it looks very white, and it is steamed fluffy, and it tastes slightly sweet with sugar, both she and Ayao like it.

Ayao picked up small pieces to feed her, and Xueli ate happily, so she took the porridge from the nanny's hand and fed it to Ayao herself. It was very interesting to feed each other.

When you are full, ask someone to withdraw the meal, and Dou Sha comes in with sesame seeds and water to serve and rinse your mouth.Bai Momo came in together. When Xueli raised her eyes, she rolled her eyes for a moment. Xueli was taken aback for a moment, and after rinsing her mouth, she hugged A Yao: "A Yao, go play with Yuxiang first, mother has something to do. I will take you to read Tang poetry in a while!"

Ah Yao answered "Okay", ran to the couch and pulled down the poor Yu Xiang who was dozing off, pushing and mopping the floor outside, Yu Xiang went from the house to the main room and then to the yard. Bu Lu yawned several times.

Then Dou Sha stepped forward to close the door, and Xue Li sat down and looked at them: "What's wrong?"

Zhima Yifu: "Lady, I heard that the maid who was next to Concubine Li came to Mrs. Chen last night and said that she wanted to see Mrs. Chen. But Mrs. Chen returned it, and Mrs. Chen said that he would take some time to see Concubine Li .”

Huh?Has Li Fei made any movement?

Xueli's heartstrings tightened a little, but she didn't feel too much fear. She answered "I see" and let Dousha and Zhima go out. She looked at Nanny Bai and said, "What do you think?"

Bai Momo smiled: "I have to say, you used sesame seeds to calculate the correct number."

Sesame mouth is playful and loves to chat, they all thought that this girl could not be used as an important person.But after going out for a long time, Xueli explained the severity to Zhima by punishing Fugui.

What she basically meant was: "I don't care if you like to make friends or chat, but you should remember one thing, you can tell me if you inquire about other people's affairs, and you are not allowed to talk about the affairs in our small courtyard."

In this way, Zhima is very happy first of all, she finds it very difficult to let her not speak, but she can still do it by letting her speak selectively!

Sydney has just so many channels to inquire about outside news, which is also very good.Of course, trivial things don't matter, if she really finds out something important, she will still discuss it with the emperor.

Not only because he cared, but also because she knew she was not good at these twists and turns.

So Xue Li was very satisfied when she heard Bai Momo praised her so much, she smiled, and said, "Then what about Li Fei Empress? Do you think it has something to do with us? Should we be careful?"

"I think..." Bai Momo thought for a while, "If you are worried that Mrs. Chen will help her, then there is no need. Mrs. Chen is a sensible person. He didn't go through the mess when Concubine Li was in trouble. Shui, it's impossible to get up against you right now. But, it's okay to be more careful—at least nothing will happen before the southern tour, His Majesty is worrying, so let's not make trouble for him."

Hearing what Nanny Bai said, Sydney knew what she was talking about!

In fact, if she really wanted her to be "more careful", there was nothing specific about it. After all, Concubine Li was in the harem, and if the two of them couldn't touch each other, it would be almost impossible for them to be framed.

At most, Xueli should pay special attention to food, drink, and incense. The things that enter the mouth are the most likely to go wrong. She should not only pay attention to her own, but also be careful of A Yao's.

It's not difficult for her, she doesn't have to order the incense for fear of problems, and she can make it herself for food!

In the blink of an eye, it was almost June, and in the Zichen Palace, Xie Zhao clearly felt that Sydney had not been clinging to him very much recently.

Basically, if he didn't ask her to come, she wouldn't come. When he said he wanted to see A Yao, it was mostly the nanny who brought A Yao over, and she didn't show up.

Xie Zhao thought about it, and knew that she probably didn't want to cause him trouble—he recently needed a quiet place around him so that he could take care of these things in peace, but when he suddenly realized this, he felt a little sorry for her.

That stupid pear obviously wanted to stay with him.If he asked her to come over at night, she would stay in his arms all night without turning over, and if he turned over, she would subconsciously reach out and hug him back.

It must have been hard work for her to resist not coming to him during the day. He should visit her more often, no matter how busy he is.

So he found a time when he was not in such a bad mood, and rushed to the small courtyard.

It's late May, and the weather is obviously very hot. If I'm not preparing to go on a southern tour, I should go to escape the heat right now.

Recently, Sydney has been competing with various soups that relieve heat and appetize.

She has made bayberry soup, ebony soup, sour plum soup, and mung bean soup. Ayao loves bayberry soup, so she tries to make it better.Ah Yao will naturally eat well after drinking refreshingly, she looked a little hungry and thin earlier...Xue Li is so distressed!
When Xie Zhao arrived, Ah Yao was happily drinking the red bayberry soup, jumping up and down on the couch while drinking, and Xueli was waiting by the couch, she jumped up until her mouth was tasteless, so she leaned over to take a sip, and then continued jump.

Xie Zhao sneered, without saying a word, walked straight behind Xue Li and hugged her, holding her hand holding the spoon, he took a mouthful of red bayberry soup and put it into his mouth.

Sydney turned her head: "..."

A Yao looked dumbfounded at his father, who was grabbing bayberry soup with him when he entered the room, and was stunned for a moment before jumping over to hug him: "Father!"

Xie Zhao sat down with her in his arms, and asked Xue Li with his lips: "What is it made of? It's so red and so sweet."

"Yangmei." Xueli smiled, "Ayao likes to drink something sweeter. Is there anything in the kitchen with so much sugar added? I'll present it to you."

After she finished speaking, she ran to the kitchen, served a bowl from the sour pot, and added more ice.

She has tried this way of eating herself. The bowl is filled with crushed ice stubble, and each crystal piece is soaked into a beautiful purple-red color. It is good to eat it directly with ice, which is cool and delicious, with a sweet and sour taste.

But Ah Yao dare not eat like this.Ayao is too young, I'm afraid she will have a stomachache if she eats like this.

So she walked over, and Ah Yao quit, and stretched out her little hand to eat.As a result, before Xue Li handed the bowl to the emperor, she quickly took it back, and said to A Yao with a straight face: "Don't make trouble! You will have a stomachache after eating it, and mother will feed you later, be good!"

Ah Yao's eyes turned red, he was unhappy, and looked at the emperor pitifully, and called sweetly: "Father~~"

As a result, the father didn't look at her, he put her aside and patted her forehead: "Listen to your mother, this belongs to the father."

Ah Yao didn't know what to do, sitting next to him with tears in his eyes, he watched his father eat the bowl of crystal-clear bayberry ice, and then saw the completely watery bayberry soup fed by his mother.

In the end, Xie Zhao ate half a bowl of bayberry ice. Sydney looked at it, and finally couldn't resist A Yao's cute and pitiful appearance, so he took a small spoonful and fed it to her, telling her to "swallow it after it melts."

Only then did Ah Yao feel happy again, Xie Zhao coaxed her a few more words, and she obediently followed the nanny out to play.There were only Xie Zhao and Xueli left in the room, he smiled and looked at her: "A Yao likes sweet food, and you also like sweet food, who made this sour one for?"

"..." Xueli's cheeks were slightly red, but her reaction was quick, "I made it for Zixian!"

"Hey, Su Zixian is on duty in the imperial dining room every day, and she can make whatever she wants to drink there, do you need to prepare it for her?" Xie Zhao pointed it out without saving face, and sure enough, her complexion just recovered Then the red went down again, standing in front of him with his head down, unable to respond.

Xie Zhao pulled her to sit beside her, raised her hand and scratched her nose: "I made something for me and didn't bring it to me, and I don't plan to let me drink it if I don't come, right?"

"I didn't want to see you busy, I didn't want to make trouble for you..." Xue Li blushed so much that she didn't dare to look away from him.Obviously they have slept together in the same bed for countless times, but she still feels very, very embarrassed when such petty thoughts are seen through!
Xie Zhao laughed beside her, and lay down next to her, his legs hanging by the side of the couch, looking very idle.

He lightly scratched her back with his fingers: "So good. I will show you around during the southern tour. There are many good places in the south."

Xueli's back was itchy slightly from his scraping, she turned around with a smile, and lay down in front of him with bright eyes: "I've been talking for almost a month, when will I leave?"

"Soon, mid-June." Xie Zhao said.

...That will take another half a month!
Xue Li's expression was unavoidably a little broken, and she leaned into his arms, Xie Zhao patted her and smiled and asked, "What's the matter? Are you in a hurry to play?"

"That's not..." Xue Li curled her lips and sighed in his arms, "Isn't this the empress dowager who left Concubine Li behind? I did it myself. So I wanted to avoid it quickly, or I would be very tired..."

Progress is very fast, will prevent problems before they happen!
Xie Zhao looked at her and raised his eyebrows and smiled, the smile disappeared, and he gave her some advice: "Otherwise, you should live in the Zichen Palace these days, and you will eat in the palace, so you won't be afraid?"

"I don't want it." Xue Li glared at him reproachfully, got up and went out.When she got to a place where he couldn't see, she couldn't help sighing.

From what Zhima heard, Concubine Li has been walking around a lot recently, so she is so conspicuous in the palace, Concubine Li probably already knows about it, it's just that she hasn't done anything yet.Maybe it was the experience of those two years in the palace that scared her, maybe it was Chen Jijiang who temporarily stabilized her.

But, but with Concubine Li's temperament... she will still move sooner or later!

Sydney didn't want to make trouble for Xie Zhao right now, but she didn't know if Concubine Li could cooperate with her and not make trouble for Xie Zhao.

After thinking silently for a while, Xue Li went back into the house again.She knelt down by the couch, held Xie Zhao's hand under her chin: "Your Majesty, I beg you to do something."

Xie Zhao nodded: "Say."

Sydney pursed her lips, deliberated, pondered, and spoke intermittently.

Xie Zhao looked at her a little surprised, and laughed again: "You are really good at it, where did you get the idea?"

"Inference from one example! You taught me, Your Majesty!" Xue Li climbed back on the couch, and poked his index fingers on his chest alternately, "Is this okay? Is this idea a good idea? I've been thinking about it for a long time!"

Heck, what you said, it sounds like you don't care about whether the solution is good or not, but waiting for him to praise her!
Xie Zhao thought so, burst out laughing, and snapped his fingers on her forehead unceremoniously: "Okay, as long as you don't feel tired, what's the matter, if you dare to die as a husband, you dare to bury it!"

Sydney: "..."

She rolled her eyes and fell on Xie Zhao's body. She wanted to foam and felt that "death is not good", so she just stuck out her tongue and asked him, "Is it just a burial? Can it be a rich burial?"

(End of this chapter)