The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 121 Qin Zhou
Sydney feels that the days after pregnancy are more fun.

It's not like the kind of fuss of teasing Yuxiang in the small courtyard. Most of this kind of fun is light and peaceful, but it's always there, and you can feel it almost as soon as you open your eyes, and it turns into a dream after falling asleep.

For example, two people are very curious about whether it is a boy or a girl-it is one thing to think that both boys and girls are good, but it is another thing to want to know earlier.

The imperial doctor took a couple of pulses and before they could find out, the two of them couldn't help but start to guess for themselves.

In this matter, Xie Zhao is obviously more enthusiastic.At most, Xueli felt that she had vomited a lot in the past two days, so she thought wildly that she might be a little prince, because the boy made a fuss and made her vomit; after two days, she didn't vomit too much, and she thought it was Diji again. Because little girls make trouble occasionally, and boys...probably make trouble every day!
But Xie Zhao is not like this. Xie Zhao is extremely curious about this, and he can analyze all kinds of changes in the taste of Sydney.

For example, that day, when Su Zixian went to the bedroom with buns three times in a row, Xie Zhao felt... well, she was probably pregnant with a boy, and boys love meat!

On the second day, he ordered all kinds of snacks for three consecutive meals of pears, and chewed the plums all day. Xie Zhao looked at the pile of plum pits at night and thought: This may be a girl!How can a man hold plums and eat them every day!

Then, if Sydney likes to eat sour food, he thinks it is a boy; after two days, if he likes to eat spicy food, it is a girl—a sour and spicy girl!

He didn't dare to let Xue Li know about these wild guesses, and Xue Li would definitely laugh at him if she knew it.But he is really happy, when he held A Yao in his arms, he couldn't put it down, and his heart ached even more, this time it was him and her child... He felt that he would pass the half year in excitement .

Even the Southern Tour, which had made him feel so exhausted, seemed less annoying, and when he was in a better mood, he became more comfortable handling things.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, Yujia arrived in Qinzhou.This is the most important part of this trip. Several families have important forces here, and they will stay here for at least two months. For Sydney... it can be regarded as living on the ground again!

There has never been a palace built in Qinzhou, so on this trip, many local rich and noble people's houses were requisitioned, and this task was entrusted to the imperial guards.As soon as we got off the boat, Wei Chen greeted him. After seeing the gift, he handed over the memorial in his hand, and roughly reported that he had used whose house.

Xue Li felt very uncomfortable listening to it. Seeing that there was no outsider nearby, she lightly tugged on Xie Zhao's cuff: "Your Majesty, we expropriated his house. Where does he live? Won't you feel resentment for this?"

There are many rich and noble families in that family!Where did you drive people away?Although it is said that the world is his, and he can live anywhere he wants, but won't this cause a bad reputation?

Before Xie Zhao finished listening, she already had a look of holding back a smile. She looked down at her, and once again witnessed what "thinking during pregnancy" is...

This little look makes me almost cry with worry!

He leisurely handed the memorial to Wei Chen, shook Xue Li's hand, and said solemnly: "Your brother handed over the book a few days ago and said that he would find time to congratulate you. Just in time, let him take you there first." Take a break, and I'll explain it to you by the way. I have to meet a few people first, dear."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took two quick steps, and as soon as he turned his back to her, he held his forehead and smiled.

Seeing his shoulder trembling from behind, Xue Li understood it, and gritted her teeth: I hate it!Laugh at me again!
She also knows that Duo has been thinking a lot recently, and she can think about all kinds of things. Many times when she asked him, he was holding back a smiley face, and then she couldn't see it anymore. Laugh out.

Is she that ridiculous?Why is he smiling so much recently!
Wei Chen felt like laughing at the sidelines, calmed down, and ordered his subordinates to bring the carriage for Sydney first, let her and A Yao sit in it, and he rode his horse to protect the surroundings—actually, he was not needed Nursing, the surrounding three streets were cleared an hour earlier.

Two quarters later, we arrived at the mansion prepared for the emperor.Su Zixian helped Xue Li go in, while Wei Chen explained: "This is the Chi family's new house. It was built two years ago, and I haven't had time to live in it yet. I heard that the royal driver is coming, so I volunteered to offer it." He nodded slightly, "It's almost the same in other places. These families rarely have only one house, and the best ones are donated, and the family also has other places to live."

Seeing that Xue Li breathed a sigh of relief, Wei Chen didn't say any more.There's no need to tell her about deep things.

How many of these people who donated houses were old friends or followers of the big families... When he checked this relationship, he was really dumbfounded.

A thousand households under his command sighed with a smile, "What Tanzhou? Once this level of influence is released, they can be called 'Little Luo'an'."

And here is a land of fish and rice, rich in various products, and silk fabrics are also outstanding.So many aristocratic families reached out to such a wealthy place. After Wei Chen found out, he understood why His Majesty had to go here in person.

so horrible.Whoever becomes the emperor will be worried about how much money this place can raise for these aristocratic families, and if the money is used for military weapons, it will be a terrible threat.

So in this line of work, not many people know that half of the imperial guards were transferred here two months in advance.And outside Qinzhou City, there are 40 troops stationed there. His Majesty's trip can be said to be a statement or a declaration of war. The aristocratic families who have been suppressed for eight years will have a harder time.

If this was Qinzhou City, which was occupied by others during the war, His Majesty might not be able to do anything about it; but now it is a peaceful and prosperous age, and he will not let such a rich place be at the mercy of others.

Wei Chen thought about it and sighed heavily.Then he laughed again, helped Xueli to settle down together, teased Ayao for a while, and then said: "The kitchen is also ready-made here, I think the people from the imperial dining room just followed. If you are hungry, you want to eat The food is also easy, and His Majesty is meeting people in the main hall now, so he probably won't come over to eat."

Xueli nodded: "Is brother busy? If not, let's use it together? I think you are so tired and thin."

Wei Chen knew it himself.In the past two months, he has been too busy, and he is worried about leaving many important things to his subordinates, and he feels that he has lost weight.

He thought about it, and there was nothing to do tonight, otherwise he wouldn't be able to follow Sydney.Then he said lightly, "It's good to have a meal of the imperial meal", and Sydney happily asked the bean paste to order the meal.

"I want to eat the beef noodles made by Awan's sister. The beef slices are slightly thicker, with a little bit of tendon. The soup should be bone broth. Add a cucumber and it will be fine!"

Then she looked at Su Zixian, and Su Zixian said that she wanted to eat wontons: "I'll make it myself! I want some fresh soup. The boat shook too much today, so I lost my appetite!"

Hey, is the boat shaking a lot today...

Sydney has no feeling for this.Except for the severe vomiting on the first day, she didn't have much time to vomit after that.Occasionally she felt nauseous, she didn't even care about it, and she didn't know whether it was the seasickness medicine or the anti-fetal medicine that helped.

She looked at Wei Chen again, with a generous face: "What do you eat? Order it! There are only things you can't think of, nothing that my imperial dining room can't make!"

Wei Chen laughed and thought for a while: "Don't bother me. Give me a bowl of wontons too, and I won't ask for it. Let's do it."

It only took a moment for the food to be served.

What Su Zixian got was a bowl of small wontons. The soup was so delicious that it filled the room as soon as he entered the door.The color of the soup is clear and light, with a little oil floating on it, and there are shrimp skins, chopped green onions, etc., and the light pink meat filling that comes out from the peeling, which is appetizing.

Wei Chen's bowl of wontons was significantly larger. One was the size of three of Zixian's bowls, and the skin was also thin. It looked like a big meatball was tucked into the skin that could be broken by blowing bullets. Wei Chenguang Just looking at it makes me feel hungry.

After that, when he looked at the bowl of beef noodles in Sydney, Wei Chen was shocked...

The noodle bar is quite normal, it looks springy and delicious; the beef is also normal, each piece is half meat and half tendon, it seems to be marinated before cooking, and the taste is deeper.

But this soup...

Wei Chen and her could smell the vinegar smell clearly across the round table!Looking at the color of the soup, the brown color is as deep as soup, and I don’t know whether it is the original noodle soup or the vinegar!
When Wei Chen was dumbfounded, Su Zixian was helping Sydney to add chili.

It is fried chopped chili, which smells very fragrant, especially the spicy oil, which is very appetizing.

The two of you scooped the noodles one by one, and Wei Chen counted by the side: one spoon, two spoons, three spoons, four spoons...

After ten spoonfuls were put in, the vinegar soup, which was almost the color of soup medicine, was no longer visible, and the top became a layer of dark red pepper powder with a shimmering orange red.Even the original color of the noodles is hard to distinguish, each one is coated with a layer of chili, Wei Chen's tongue is stiff when he sees it...

Therefore, when the emperor met some local officials and ordered a few small things to come back to rest, when he entered the door, he saw three people sitting around the table.The bowls in front of Xueli and Zixian were all empty, and Ayao was sitting on the couch being fed by the nanny, and the bowl was also empty, but the bowl of wonton in front of Wei Chen was full, as if it hadn't moved.

The emperor was slightly startled: "Mr. Mingxuan?"

In this way, Wei Chen couldn't react quickly, and stood up to salute after a while. Xie Zhao smiled: "It doesn't suit your taste? Let them do it separately?"

"No, no need..." Wei Chen pinched himself hard to regain his senses, and only then did he realize what happened just now.

He was dumbfounded when he saw the way of eating Sydney!The chili and vinegar are so thick, how can she still eat it? !

But she really ate it!And it tastes delicious!Didn't even feel like it was too spicy...

Pear, you are insane...

Wei Chen gasped as he watched, forgetting to let himself eat.Right now when the emperor asked, he was a little embarrassed, held back for a long time, and tremblingly said: "Mr. Chenghuai, Sydney's taste is... too heavy!"

Too heavy to bear to look at!

Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows, and he knew what was going on just by looking at the color of the two mouthfuls of soup left at the bottom of the Sydney bowl—he was also shocked when he saw her eating like this for the first time.

So Xie Zhao patted Wei Chen on the shoulder to signal him to take a step to speak, and the two went outside together, Xie Zhao frowned: "Isn't she pregnant? Why do you have such a big opinion?"

Wei Chen said in his heart that I have no objection!
Then Xie Zhao took out a piece of paper from his arms and gave it to him with a blank expression: "Here, it's almost time to eat crabs. Sydney is greedy for this, so I can't let others eat her and watch her. I inquired, folks have a way The dish is called Sai Crab, and there is a chef from Jinyuelou in Qinzhou who cooks it well, go find him."

Wei Chen's face turned pale: "..." He said to himself, Your Majesty, do you still think that the minister is not busy enough? !
The emperor smiled: "Go and finish this matter, I promise you to rest for half a month."

Wei Chen responded immediately!

Isn't it just to find a cook!trifle!
The next night, Sydney heard that there was going to be a banquet.

Attending the banquet were the emperor, vassal kings, accompanying officials, local officials, garrison generals, and some well-known local merchants and literati, as well as people who are famous far and wide.

To this, Sydney’s response was: won’t the latter categories be scared to death…

Before she entered the palace, she became nervous when she thought that she might see the emperor in the palace!In fact, it wasn't just before entering the palace, it was still in this state during the three years in Shangshi Bureau.

There is no way to do this, not only because of the disparity in status, but also because of too many rumors.As a result, she had a hazy impression of the emperor as the "Ninth Five-Year Lord" at that time, and she had never really gotten along with him, so she naturally felt that this person was unattainable.

Those people should be similar to how she felt at that time...

And the reaction of Qinzhou City to this incident was... The whole city is fried!
This kind of thing cannot be hidden, after all, there are so many people coming from all directions.The city was boiling, and every household was saying, "That so-and-so, and that so-and-so, and so-and-so, they are going to face saints!".

It is said that there are still people who have the guts to get closer to watch, but the residences of the emperor, the vassal and the officials from all walks of life are all in two complete areas, and the imperial guards are directly asked to clean up the surrounding area, and they take turns in twelve hours. If you want to force your way, you have to ask if the Xiuchun knife in the other person's hand agrees, so nothing happens.

Sydney only listened to Zhima about the new things she had inquired about outside for a day, and then Su Zixian said that she wanted to go out for a walk, so she went with Su Zixian and took Zhima, and lay down for a rest by herself, thinking about what she could do at night.

Let's make porridge first.Mung bean lily porridge is ready, although she used to serve him salty porridge when he was drunk, but this is not summer, mung beans can also relieve heat.

Then make a dough pancake or cake. In short, it should be soft and non-sticky, comfortable to eat, and she can try to make him eat two more yuan before going to bed!

After thinking about it, Xueli tied up her hair and was ready to go to the kitchen. Before going out, she patted A Yao's head: "Hey, let the nanny put you to sleep tonight. Your father drinks a lot of wine, so mother will make it for your father." Order something to eat!"

Ah Yao was a little unhappy, but thinking about whether Mother would take care of her father, she still nodded and agreed, stood on the couch and hugged Mother for a while, then waved generously: "Mom, you go!"

In the evening, in the main hall of the front yard of the Chi family's mansion, wine and wine were exchanged.

After all, the private house was no wider than the palace, although the hall could accommodate dozens of people, the banquet was still held in the courtyard.

From the vassal kings to the officials toasted in turn, all the vassal kings who learned that the Ruan family was pregnant would inevitably mention this. The fifth king Xie Ming, who just had a son last year, said: "Brother, you have delayed until now, is it right?" Didn't you wait for the younger brothers to have plenty in the house first, and have a group of little cousins ​​help you take care of the prince in the future?"

Then everyone laughed, and the second king, Xie Yun, calculated the approximate time when the child would be born, and said with a smile: "Next year, the New Year will not be in time, but the Mid-Autumn Festival will be lively. When the time comes, children from all prefectures will be able to play together." Well done."

It's easy to say for a while, which family's children are the most naughty, causing trouble in the uncle's elder's house, and which family's children are the most spoiled, usually hiding in the palace and not going out.

The emperor listened more and talked less. At the end, he said with a faint smile: "If it's a prince, it's still too early for him to come out to play by himself. The princes of each mansion can bring them into the palace to meet Emperor Pingan first." Ji, let’s go to Shangyuan next year, and it’s Diji’s third birthday, so let’s have a big event.”

These words made everyone feel a little tense, and the atmosphere at the banquet was unavoidably a little cold.Xie Yun and Xie Ming, who somewhat ignored Emperor Ping'an's concubine in what they said just now, were especially embarrassed. The two left the table to apologize, and Xie Ming got drunk and said directly, "My brother's eldest daughter is about the same age as Di Ji, let her enter the palace. It's good to be a companion for Diji" - Xie Yun was taken aback by these words, and quickly called Xie Han, the seventh younger brother who is close to Xie Ming, to pull him back!

——How nice it is for my daughter to be pampered in the mansion, you are willing to send it to the palace!
Fortunately, the emperor didn't really accept the matter, he smiled softly and followed him back to his seat.The short episode passed, and the banquet had to continue.

Officials are more careful with their mouths when toasting, most of them are congratulating Taiping and praising Mingjun, and no one dares to say "come, let's drink this cup" like the vassal kings. up.

This round goes by quickly.Then, there are the local squires.

Although the seats were arranged according to their status, these people were at the end, and they were all placed in the courtyard outside the hall, but in fact, this group of people was the most important part of the banquet.

It's a trivial matter here that the first one is the wealthy party, but many of them are the big and small followers of noble relatives, and a certain proportion of them are directly related to relatives and engaged in marriage.So before they came in, the emperor found an excuse to go to the small hall at the back, sipping a cup of tea slowly to calm his mind, and for the first time in his heart, he really felt that dealing with these powerful and influential people on the ground everywhere It is much more difficult than sitting in the court to cook those seemingly bigger things.

A moment later, the emperor returned to the banquet, and those who were called in first were those who sat most firmly in the area.

Most of these squires have large fortunes, and there are one or two officials in their families.His reputation is not bad, and he often does things like giving out porridge in adversity years, donating rice and silver.

After several people gave the big gift, the emperor ordered him to sit down, and they all looked very grateful.Afterwards, they had a small chat with a harmonious atmosphere, and the topics they talked about were neither painful nor itchy, and basically revolved around the customs and customs of Qinzhou.

Afterwards, seeing that the interest was pushed up, several people looked at each other with smiles, and the youngest one looked out again.

There was no intention of avoiding this look at all, the emperor and all the feudal lords noticed it, but if they didn't take the initiative to say it, they didn't ask.The emperor only glanced at Chen Jijiang briefly, meaning to remind the outsiders to pay attention, if these squires want to present a folk unique skill...such as juggling or something...then it will be avoided!Too ruined the atmosphere!

It's not like I haven't seen it during the last southern tour!They were chatting amicably with the meal, and there came something like swallowing a long sword—not that it was bad, Xie Zhao also admitted that it was a unique skill.It can only be said that these squires have seen little of the world and are not very good at doing things.

So Chen Jijiang hurriedly glanced at the door, Xu Shishui had been waiting there, understood it at the first sight, and immediately went out to check.

From afar, I saw some younger brothers leading a group of girls over.They're all about fifteen or sixteen years old, they're all young, and their manners...it seems like they're not some random girl, but the young lady of a rich family.

Xu Shishui took a look: It's broken!This is to send someone to the dragon couch!
It’s not a big deal on weekdays. Someone sent them off on the last southern tour, and His Majesty also brought back two of them and put them in the harem—to be honest, His Majesty and all the other Highnesses in it are the most precious people, and they plan to collect all the beautiful girls in the world. If you go, you can't say it's wrong.

But now it's different!
Before the last tour to the south, Ruan was just a little girl, and His Majesty didn't care about her that much.But now, not only has the Ruan family grown up, followed His Majesty, and is the only one in the harem...she is still pregnant!

Both Xu Shishui and his master have such a shadow in their hearts, knowing that Sydney is a little jealous - this means that His Majesty does not blame her, but everyone can see that she is not happy!

But now—it doesn't matter if she doesn't like it, she can't serve the emperor herself, how many days has His Majesty held back!
The ones brought to you...

Xu Shishui gasped in his heart, dragged the junior who was walking in the front aside, and slapped him: "Why didn't you give me back?!"

"Aiyo brother..." The eunuch felt so wronged, covered his face and said, "What's the matter? Dedicated to His Majesty and all of you, all of them come from good backgrounds, how dare we make decisions without authorization!"

Xu Shishui was very angry, but there was nothing else to do.

He thought about it, and Master asked him to look at one thing and take into account the overall situation...

Xu Shishui gritted his teeth: "Go! Go and move Mrs. Ruan to a new residence! Keep it a secret! If Mrs. Ruan gets pregnant because of this, I will skin you with my own hands!"

(End of this chapter)