The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 131
In the Liuge courtyard, there is a happy scene of a family of four.

In the Zichen Palace, Chen Jijiang was almost cursing after hearing the letter that had just arrived.

In a few days, on the ninth day of October, His Royal Highness's eldest son, Xie Ce, will be two years old.Word came from the palace that the empress dowager wanted to see Xie Ce and asked the eldest son to go there together.

——It sounds like there is nothing wrong with this, but in fact, anyone who complains will be kicked!
Chen Jijiang said in his heart, isn't this stabbing His Majesty in the heart?Oh, it’s also a grandson, one is the second birthday of the village and the store, and you will meet the Queen Mother in person; the other has such a big day as a hundred days a while ago, and I didn’t see you mentioning it, even if you missed it It's okay to prepare a gift, or just say auspicious words!

It has never been, and the empress dowager is so quiet that she doesn't seem to know that the eldest son of the emperor is born.Now that His Royal Highness's eldest son's birthday is coming, if he said to let the eldest son of the emperor go with him, what does that mean, that the eldest son of the emperor is just a "piggyback"?

Yes, another stab at His Majesty's heart.

Chen Jijiang thought about it, and didn't intend to run into this bad luck himself.Looking around, he called Xu Shishui over and said to him, "Go to the Liugeyuan to report that the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince wants to see the Empress Dowager on his birthday, and told the eldest son to come and see him."

As soon as Xu Shishui heard it, he said in his heart, "Master, you are plotting against me".

So he agreed on the surface, and as soon as he went out, he called his younger brother over: "Go, go to Mrs. Ruan and report to Your Majesty that the eldest son of His Highness the Seventh Prince is born, and the Empress Dowager wants to see him. He said that the eldest son of the Emperor should go there with the Empress Dowager." See you."

After hearing this, the junior brother responded with a "No" and left. After taking a few steps down the long steps, he suddenly realized - senior brother, you are pushing me to death!
But this is out of the palace, and it is not easy to push it to others, so he walked around for a while, but when he saw a useful person, his eyes lit up: Master's youngest apprentice, Xiao Cheng.

"Come, come, Xiaocheng." He called Xiaocheng to come over, Xiaocheng was quite polite when he saw the courtesy, he quickly said "you are welcome", then took two steps to the side with Xiaocheng's shoulders, and said with a smile, " Here, I have a good errand for you. Go to Liugeyuan to report a message, and say that His Royal Highness Seventh Prince’s eldest son’s birthday is coming soon, and the Empress Dowager sent him to see him in the palace, so that the eldest son of the emperor can go with him.”

After he finished speaking, he patted Xiaocheng on the shoulder again, turned away before Xiaocheng could react.

Xiaocheng thought about it: No, this must not be a good job.

Although he didn't realize what was going on inside, he didn't realize that the senior brothers were rushing to go to Liugeyuan, because Mrs. Ruan was His Majesty's favorite, and everyone wanted to leave a shadow in her eyes .

On weekdays, no matter whether it’s giving rewards or inviting people, the seniors would fight so hard that they would fight, but later the master said, “Don’t grab, rock paper scissors if you want to go in the future”—this didn’t hurt the former seniors. amiable.

Can such a "good" job fall on him now?Xiaocheng would rather believe that the place where he was stabbed can grow back than believe this!

But he has nothing to do, he is the youngest among the people under the master, and he can't push it back to any senior brother.So I had no choice but to go all the way to Liugeyuan, cursing in my heart, and took a look at the gate of Liugeyuan. Xiaocheng took a deep breath... and planned to be wicked for a while.

He looked at the man who was now in the yard.Fugui can't do it, Fugui is smarter than him, otherwise he can't be in charge of Liugeyuan; Yang Mingquan is also not good, Yang Mingquan is in charge of the lion, he offended this person, what if this person turns him into fodder? All right; Zhang Suicai and Dai Xuyong are not here, maybe he has some errands to go out; Peng Qizhong and Peng Qiyu usually do rough work in the yard, so it is inappropriate to let them in the house...

Ouch, I am so unlucky!

Xiaocheng poked at the door and smacked his lips in worry, even thinking about the little eunuchs who called over after the southern tour, but he also knew that those few hadn't had a chance to show their faces in front of Mrs. Ruan yet.Fugui has strict control over people, if he pushes one in... he will die for this, and if Mrs. Ruan takes a fancy to it and thinks it can be used, then he will steal the benefits of Fugui, and Fugui will have to do it kill him.

In the end, he went in bravely, and when he was halfway there, he saw a little girl coming out of Di Ji's room, and he immediately called out thankful in his heart: "Hey, sour plum."

He called someone over, but Suanmei didn't know him, so he knew from his clothes that he was on business for the emperor, so he hurriedly gave him a blessing.

"Sour plum." Xiaocheng tried his best to smile kindly, and said to the sour plum, "Go, go to the house to deliver a message for my brother. The eldest son of His Royal Highness's second birthday is coming, and the empress dowager wants to Tell him to meet in the palace and let the eldest son of the emperor go with him. That's it, go."

"Oh..." After taking notes carefully, Suanmei answered "No", and went to the main room.

Xiaocheng didn't dare to leave either. He exchanged greetings with Fugui, and then went to the window to listen.If the little girl Suanmei died because of this, he had to collect her body, but don't let her come to him at night.

In the room, the remaining two bean paste milk rolls fell into A Yao's stomach, and little A Yuan, who could only watch dryly, was so angry that he kept crying and crying.In the end, A Yao couldn't stand it any longer, and leaned against Xue Li, hugged her arm and begged, "Mother, let my brother have a taste."

Sydney is actually a little shaken.Firstly, he cried so hard, it’s not good to cry for a long time; secondly, the bean paste milk roll is actually soft and melts in the mouth, although it’s not better than mush and other things he can eat, but it’s a little bit less , it shouldn't be a big problem...

So in the end she dug out a small spoonful, thought about it, scraped it back into the plate and cut half a spoonful, and then tasted A Yuan's mouth: "Ah Yuan, be good, don't cry."

Ah Yuan's crying stopped abruptly, she looked at her mother with tears in her eyes, and then at the milk roll with almost no bean paste in front of her, she opened her mouth and ate it.

Then he was happy again!Regardless of the tears and snot on his face, and giggling again, Xue Li looked helpless, and scolded him with a smile: "You can make me happy with one bite? Promise!"

The emperor took the handkerchief from Xingren and wiped his tears with his own hands. After listening to Xueli's words, he gave her a hug: "It's up to you."

Xue Li blushed, and immediately argued that she was not so easy to coax.The two were arguing with each other when the sour plum came in.

Sour plum bowed three or five steps away from the couch: "Your Majesty."

The two looked at the past together, and the emperor still smiled: "What's the matter, tell me."

The sour plum kowtowed, and repeated what Xiaocheng said just now without saying a word: "The eldest son of His Royal Highness Seventh's mansion is about to turn two years old, and the empress dowager will send him to meet in the palace, so that the eldest son can go with him."

As soon as she finished speaking, the room became unnaturally quiet, Suan Mei somehow sensed something was wrong, and dared not raise her head, Xiao Cheng also held her breath outside the window and said nothing.

Only then did Fugui understand the situation, gritted his teeth, and slapped Xiaocheng on the head, and said in a low voice, "You are so wicked!"

In the room, Xueli didn't think for a moment that her son was "carried along" in this matter, but when she heard that the empress dowager wanted to see her, her heart was tense, and seeing the emperor's complexion darkened, she said: "Seven His Highness's eldest son is two years old, and our A Yuan is only over eight months old...going to the palace is not far but not close, isn't it too much trouble for him?"

The emperor turned pale in the gentle inquiry, nodded and said: "Yes. And you have to go when he goes, and you have to take Ayao with you when he goes. It's only a few days, and we can't arrange to come."

"Besides, the end of the month is His Majesty's birthday!" Sydney strikes while the iron is hot, "The son must be here at this moment! I don't think it's too late to talk about seeing grandma. After that, there will be New Year's Day, and his one-year-old will be later. Birthdays are more suitable than this moment."

"Yeah." The emperor nodded, and was about to let Suanmei go out to answer, but Xueli took a step ahead of him: "Xingren, go to the imperial court to reply, and say that the eldest son of the emperor is too young to withstand the bumps, and it is His Majesty's birthday at the end of the month. It's not appropriate to go now, let's talk about it later. Let Dou Sha back up the gift for me, and send it to His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince tonight, and give it to Mrs. Liangyuan."

While thinking about it, she ordered, and after giving the order, Xingren withdrew, and when she turned her head, she saw the emperor holding a teacup and blowing hot air while suppressing a smile.

"What's the matter?" Sydney tilted her head, Xie Zhao glanced at her, and nodded: "I'm getting better at handling things."

"Tch." Xueli moved closer, and lowered her voice, "I know they are twisted and twisted. How can sour plums spread such words?"

Sour plum has nothing to do with such an errand, and if it fell on her, it was definitely pushed over on purpose.

"Come, sour plum." Sydney smiled and beckoned sour plum to come forward, sour plum kowtowed again and got up and approached, she took the untouched pineapple cake on the table and gave her, "Take it and eat it." If it’s not enough to play, Zixian still has more.”

Sour Mei was in a daze, feeling guilty in front of the emperor, and was about to take a peek at the emperor's expression when he plucked a bunch of red sandalwood leaves from his wrist and gave her: "Here."

——San Mei, who has just turned six years old and has been living very carefully for the past six years, is going to go crazy!He stammered his blessings and thanked her, and after leaving with snacks and beads, he realized that he should have given a big gift just now, but no one pursued her.

She went out of the main room as if she lost her soul, and saw Xiaocheng looking at her with a pale face in shock. The two of them stared blankly for a long time. , and then disappeared as if being chased by a wolf.

In the house, Sydney called Fugui in to talk about the yard, and Fugui told Xiaocheng's reaction just now.Sydney laughed heartily and fell on the emperor. The emperor shaved her face and couldn't help laughing at her: "Have you been bored recently? Why are you competing with them!"

"I just don't like to see them bully the small." Xueli rolled her eyes, and said slowly, "Do what I should do well, grab all the good things, and push the bad things out. You can do anything else, and push it to the sour plum. Seeing that she is young and in slavery, she is not treated as a person. Wait to see her be punished? Who are you playing!"

She is really a little angry, there are many things in the palace where people are pushed out to watch others be punished.In this kind of thing, those who are unlucky will be punished, but in fact, the one who is reported is also being played by the subordinates?What if they don't know the tricks here?
After hearing her finish, Xie Zhao couldn't help smiling.

This is to lift the spirit.

In the past, she might have done the same thing, but only because of poor sour plum.Right now, she still has kindness, but her thinking is different. She is unwilling to be manipulated by the subordinates, and she has the idea of ​​making her own decisions.

Good.

When this matter was reported to the imperial court, several people, including Chen Jijiang, who could have done the job by themselves, regretted it!
Co-authoring is really a good job, isn't it?A plate of pineapple cakes and a bunch of red sandalwood leaves, this reward may not sound like much, but it was handed over by His Majesty and Mrs. Ruan.
Hey, if I knew they would not be afraid!It's good now, all capable people shrink back, and it's just a little girl who doesn't understand anything!

Therefore, for a long time after that, all the errands to Liugeyuan became robbed, including news that didn't sound good—for example, her father in Sydney caught a cold, and her sister-in-law nearly lost her life due to dystocia. ...

The weather soon turned cold again, and before the first snow fell, the three little girls in Liugeyuan all put on their cloaks.

The three pieces look similar at first glance, but in fact Ayao's lining is better and the wool quality is more exquisite.This kind of difference still needs to be made. Sydney will not take care of sour plums and dark plums to take care of her daughter's face.

But the sour plum and ebony are still very happy—that day, Sydney saw the two little girls smile for the first time.It's the first time I've known them for over a year.

A Yao was very sensible as always, holding the cloak and saying she liked it, but after going out to play for a while, she ran back and asked her, "Where's A Yuan's?!"

"...A Yuan is still too young!" Xueli pinched her face funny, and pointed to A Yuan who was crawling on the couch and pulling Yuxiang's tail, "Look, he can only crawl now, even if he wears a cloak. It's useless, I can't hold it together. Mother will let him stay warm in the room, don't worry! Good boy!"

Only then did Ah Yao feel relieved, and ran out to play again, pulling the sour plum and ebony plum.At noon, she still asked the nanny to carry A Yuan to A Yao's room to sleep together - the siblings like to stay together like this, and they look so cute on the couch with their arms around each other!
But this day, when Mimi Meng fell asleep in Sydney, she was woken up by loud cries!

She got up quickly and wanted to put on her shoes and run over, but before she could put them on, she saw the nanny and her two children coming over.Ah Yuan's nanny, Yin Shi, was holding him, and Qi Shi was holding A Yao. Both children were crying, crying heartbreakingly, which caught Xueli by surprise for a moment.

what happened?Got into a fight?A Yuan is so young, she can't fight, right...?
She hurriedly took A Yuan over and coaxed her, asking the nanny what was going on while coaxing.

Yin Shi explained: "His Royal Highness refused to sleep, and babbled and harassed Di Ji next to us, but we couldn't persuade her. Later, Di Ji was annoyed by the disturbance, so she stretched out her hand to push her, and His Highness fell back. I knocked my head against the wall...it wasn't damaged, maybe I was frightened."

Sydney was relieved after hearing this.

Ever since Ah Yuan grew up and became "annoying", the place where he often stayed was covered with cushions, and the fear was that he would fall.The side of the couch in Ah Yao's room was also covered with soft cushions, and the wall was covered with a thick layer of cotton with paste. Yin's statement of "not broken" is definitely not a lie.

So A Yuan was frightened by this push, and A Yao was frightened by the fact that he hurt his brother.

Xue Li weighed it in her heart, A Yuan was a little forgetful, the more important thing in this matter was to coax A Yao.She took the two children to her couch, first coaxed A Yao by saying, "It's all right, my brother is all right", then patted her hands to coax A Yuan to sleep, and she still told A Yao: "Look You, tell you that you are not good! Did you annoy your sister? You have the nerve to cry!"

As he spoke, he tapped A Yuan's forehead: "Don't disturb my sister's sleep in the future, do you understand?"

"Mother..." A Yao, who was leaning on her shoulder looking at her younger brother while wiping tears, suddenly sat up straight, looked at her with tears in her eyes, and then leaned over to hug her arm, "I don't blame younger brother, I pushed him."

Oh, Ayao, you really dote on your younger brother!

Xue Li smiled helplessly, put A Yuan on her knees, put out a hand to embrace A Yao, and said to her gently: "But I don't blame you. It was A Yuan who made trouble with you first, and let this matter pass." Well, he's too young to apologize to you, and he can't understand you to apologize to him, and he won't remember it in two days, so you don't have to worry about it, it's okay, be good."

Her original intention was that they each had their own faults, but both of them were children, and neither of them wanted to pick things up.It's over after turning over this article, she will coax A Yuan well, mainly because she is afraid that A Yao will blame herself for this matter.

But after she finished speaking, Ayao hugged her arm even tighter, and the tears that had stopped just now flowed out again, and said to her, "Don't blame my brother!"

"Well, don't blame my brother." Xueli couldn't laugh or cry, Yangyin called "Yuxiang" twice, and after Yuxiang walked in lazily, he said to A Yao: "It's okay, you sleep with Yuxiang in your arms, mother coaxes Ayuan Ah, listen."

"Mother..." Ah Yao's tear-stained face froze suddenly, and he raised his hand to wipe away the tears again, and went to hug Yuxiang on the bed.She murmured, "Come on, Yuxiang, go to sleep."

Sydney suddenly noticed something was wrong.Ah Yao is not like this usually, when coaxing her to play with Yuxiang, she is always happy, and when she calls "Yuxiang!" her voice is clear and clear.

Those words just now sounded a little depressed, even a little reluctant.But she didn't say anything, obediently got down from the couch, and left with the smell of fish...it seemed even more abnormal.

"Ayao?" Xueli called out hesitantly, but Ayao who had already walked to the main room ignored her.

She frowned, doubts grew in her heart, she thought about it, handed A Yuan to Yin's arms, stepped on her heels and went out.

"Emperor Ji?!" There was a cry from outside the door, and Xue Li looked up in surprise. A Yao did not go back to her own room, and led Yu Xiang into the side room that was mostly vacant for the palace servants to rest for a while. .

The door was closed with a "bang", and the nearest listener rushed forward to push it, but it turned into a knock on the door: "Diji? What's wrong with Diji! Don't lock the door! Diji? !"

What's wrong with Ayao? !

"Lady... Diji, she..."

Xue Li was stunned, and only after hearing Han's words did she suddenly regain her senses, and hurriedly went up to knock on the door.As soon as he called "Ayao" twice, he heard whimpering and sobbing from inside through the door.

(End of this chapter)