The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 133
Everyone who should be done has done it, and Sydney doesn't want to think about it any more.As long as Ah Yao is happy again, she is really not in the mood to ask more about Shi Shi and Chen Shi.

Just two more things.

For one thing, Sydney took care of it herself.She asked Fugui to copy a copy of the roster of the three Chen clans, and asked the painter to make a portrait of each of them for her, just in case.

In fact, counting, among slaves in the palace, Sydney has only seen sour plums and dark plums so far, and the chances of Chen's family members coming to her or her children are very small.But after weighing it over, she felt that it would be good to prevent problems before they happen, and she alone could pay off, but there were A Yao and A Yuan, so the troubles would be less if they were less.

For another matter, she had to ask the emperor what he meant.

So when Xie Zhao came to Liugeyuan again after a day, Xueli carefully prepared a few dishes.Just a moment after eating a meal, he felt that she had something to say.

She doesn't eat well by herself at all.For a while, I put a pearl ball for him, for a while, a squirrel mandarin fish, for a while, I put a piece of eggplant, and after a while, I put a chicken wing on the plate for him...

Not to mention him, even Ah Yao, who is not yet four years old, felt something was wrong.Looking at mother and then at father, do you think father is very hungry?Then he reached out and grabbed a flower roll from the plate in front of him, and handed it over boldly: "Father, eat it!"

Xie Zhao let out a "puchi" laugh.Originally, he wanted to just ignore Xue Li and see how long she could hold back, but now he had to take the initiative to speak.

He put down his chopsticks and raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

Xue Li, who originally planned to show her hospitality during the meal and make this request that may not be in compliance with the rules, was a little embarrassed when he asked him this question, and said with an apologetic smile, "Let's talk after eating, let's talk after eating."

Xie Zhao smiled lightly, and was not in a hurry to question her, and continued to "show courteousness" with her leisurely.Among them, the stewed venison is very good. It is delicious but not greasy. He seems to be addicted to eating it.Obviously it's just a cold dish, but because of the careful combination of seasonings, the taste is quite rich, so it's just right to eat it with the flower roll that A Yao stuffed for him.

Xie Zhaozu ate half a plate, more than a dozen slices.Xue Li didn't notice this until the palace servants came to withdraw the food, and told Dou Sha: "Let the kitchen make something to remove the heat and bring it here."

Eating venison is too angry, she is anyway.After a few mouthfuls, after half an hour, the mouth will be foaming, bulging and big, and it can last for several days, not to mention eating, even shutting up hurts!
The two rested while waiting for something to remove the fire.Xie Zhao read the memorial, and Xue Li took A Yao's hand and taught her to write—in fact, she thought it was too early to learn to write at the age of three, but the emperor said that the prince Di Ji started to learn at this time.I don't ask how good-looking her writing is, the main thing is to find out such a feeling, and it is easier to teach her to read by writing with a pen.

Sydney remembers how painful it was when she first learned to write - she could only recognize and write before entering the palace, after entering the palace, she learned the general idea, and then copied hundreds of recipes at every turn, which made the little palace ladies complain to the sky, There are even those who wash their faces with tears!
But Ah Yao learned to write very well.She could sit still, and didn't feel bothered by the slow writing of more than two dozen big characters. After finishing a sheet, she raised her head with a smile and asked her, "Is it well written?"

Of course Sydney said it was well written!It was she who wrote it with A Yao's hand, the characters were her characters, so she wouldn't say that she couldn't write well!

After Xie Zhao finished reading another memorial, he just heard Xue Li happily say, "It's really well written!" He listened with a smile, and walked behind the two of them in a relaxed manner, and then...um...

Xueli suddenly heard a sentence thrown down above her head: "Come on, Ayao, my father will teach you to write."

She had no choice but to back away and sit by the side to watch him write while holding A Yao's little hand.After watching for a while, I suddenly understood why he came to take on this job.

He thinks her writing is not good-looking! ! !
Sydney watched from the side feeling depressed.Not to mention, even she herself has to admit that his writing is much better.At best, her handwriting can be rated as "beautiful", but it can't compare to his bold and unrestrained handwriting but still clear, and the positions of each stroke are very suitable. When she writes it in the middle of the night, there is no one that makes her say "" not well written".

She herself often has times when she "doesn't write well".Most likely, the more I look at it after I finish writing, the more I feel that "this horizontal line should be a little lower" or "that point should be a little higher".

When the kitchen was ready and brought over, I had just finished writing ten words.Xie Zhao put down the pen and picked up A Yao: "Have some snacks before writing."

Ah Yao is happy.No matter how patient she was with writing, she would never find writing more interesting than eating.

There are four kinds of things brought in, a cup of mung bean cold cake, a cup of water chestnut and bamboo cane water, a plate of honey yam puree, and a pot of lotus heart tea.

Lianxin tea Sydney is very fond of drinking recently.Of course, according to her taste, more honey should be added to completely cover the bitterness. In this way, Ayao still frowned and cried bitterly when she drank it. Today, when she saw lotus heart tea again, the little girl cleverly climbed onto her father's lap and sat down. It was like "people who drink lotus heart tea stay away from me".

Xie Zhao was also willing to coax her, so he hugged her when she sat up, and fed her a little bit of honey yam paste.A Yao yawned after eating for a while, so Xue Li asked Qing Xi to take her to bed.

When Qing Xi and A Yao were gone, Xie Zhao asked her, "Is it about A Yao?"

She refused to say it during dinner, and she still doesn't say it now after dinner is over for so long, probably because of Ayao's presence.

Xue Li nodded, poured a glass of water chestnut and bamboo cane water and pushed it to him.This thing is sweet, but it has a "sweet" feeling, and people who don't like sweets will not feel upset when drinking it.

He drank her and said: "I have an idea when Mrs. Chen's incident happened, but it may not conform to the rules of the palace..."

"Let's talk about it first." Xie Zhao smiled, shaking the cup to look at the shredded water chestnuts at the bottom.

Xueli sat up straight and said, "Can I leave a nanny by my side? She is over three years old, and she has been weaned long ago."

"She has been weaned a long time ago, but..." Xie Zhao frowned, not knowing what she was thinking, "Do you think that the people around her will inevitably have one heart? But there must always be someone around her, no To keep a nanny means to add a palace maid, isn't it the same?"

You can't all use little maids like sour plums and dark plums.Here, even sour plums and dark plums are older and more thoughtful than Ah Yao.

Xueli shook her head: "But the maid is different from the nanny."

She was a little guilty, so she pushed the mung bean cold cake in front of him: "Your Majesty, do you think that if the sowing words that Mrs. Chen told her were from Suanmei, would she believe her? I don't think so. It's Qingxi Tinghan may not be able to tell me what Tinghan said, or she will ask me suspiciously. Because Qingxi Tinghan usually does not say anything to her or teach her anything other than following orders to take care of her. She does not feel that she should Listen to them."

Xueli told the emperor that there were a few times when Ah Yao was having fun with Yuxiang, Qingxi Tinghan wanted to coax her back to sleep, but she raised her face and replied "I don't!" Qingxi Tinghan had no choice but to come to her This is a mother, she works as soon as she calls.

"But in Ah Yao's heart, the nanny is similar to me. They are her elders, and she listens to what they say very well, and she doesn't doubt it at all." Xue Li sighed, "So I don't think it's necessary. Really. What to teach her, it's better to have only one person decide. Many times, one more person will have one more idea, even if things like Chen's don't happen again, it may not be good if it goes on like this."

Xie Zhao listened to her while eating cold cakes, and the porcelain spoon's struggle with too much brown sugar in the bowl did not affect his consideration of the matter.

Xue Li looked at his expression, and said again: "Besides, she is growing up slowly, she should know that she is an Empress Dowager, and now there are more people who are pressing her down than she can manage. If this continues, I am afraid that she will live longer The more emboldened you are."

As the saying goes, "Pick the soft persimmons and pinch them", although with the status of Di Ji, no one would dare to bully her in her life, but if she is too soft, there will always be disadvantages.Now what a nanny like her is saying, who knows if she will let her in-laws decide after she gets married and dare not say a word?
——The husband’s family dared to bully Diji, they could ask the whole family to blame, but if Diji herself didn’t let the palace know, then there was nothing she could do!
Sydney felt that Ayao was too soft now, an obedient little girl, everyone praised her cuteness when she mentioned "Emperor Concubine Ping An", but there was probably no one who was in awe of her status as an imperial concubine.

After Xueli finished speaking, she waited for the emperor's reply. The emperor thought for a while, sipped the soft cold cake and said, "It's against the rules not to keep a nanny. But your idea is not bad, or else..."

He paused slightly: "Now there are three nanny left, send two away. You choose one to live in the imperial city, and the nanny will receive the salary that the nanny should receive. In the future, when Ah Yao grows up, he can make decisions for himself." Afterwards, if you want to have someone to support you, you can call her back. When a princess gets married, she usually needs a nanny to accompany her, and she is considered a nanny when she follows her to the mansion, at least she is one of her own."

"That's okay!" Seeing that he didn't object, Sydney relaxed, and immediately had an idea who would stay, "Then keep Sister Qi, and Jane and Zheng will let them go back. I'm closer to Sister Qi , Ah Yao also kissed her, she is the most suitable."

"Just make up your mind." Xie Zhao smiled, let the palace servants go to the south room to prepare water for bathing after heaving a sigh of relief.Xue Li had bathed earlier, so she only asked Dou Sha Xing Ren to bring water for her to wash briefly.

Then she sat in front of the mirror and asked Mi Zao to comb her hair. After combing her hair twenty or thirty times, Mi Zao suddenly put down the comb and retreated to the side.

As soon as Xue Li looked up, she saw him in the mirror behind her.Without saying a word, he hugged her up and kissed her directly on the neck.

Sydney: "..." I knew exactly what this meant.

She shyly avoided him with a smile: "I haven't finished combing my hair yet!"

"I'll comb it tomorrow." He leaned over and hugged her, then walked towards the bed, with a serious expression on his face, "Venison really got angry."

……Pooh!Don't blame the venison!

Even if only bitter melon is served for dinner, it is the same!

A moment later, Sydney was lying on the couch clutching the pillow with tears streaming down her eyelashes, suspecting that the venison might indeed have played a role in fueling the flames.

It was not yet mid-November when the decision was made to send the nanny away, but Sydney procrastinated appropriately, and only told them in late December: "Diji is growing up, and everyone has worked hard these past few years. Let's go home for the New Year. Then there is no need to come back and work hard, the silver is rewarded by His Majesty, 100 taels per person, see you in the future."

It doesn't make sense to drag it on for more than a month.Mainly because of the matter of the Chen family, in order to make an example of others, the punishments used were quite frightening.Immediately afterwards, the nannies were invited to leave. They would inevitably think about it, and they would inevitably be frightened-although they would naturally understand that it was all right after a while, but isn't it unnecessary?If you can get together well, you can still get together well.

Sure enough, with such an arrangement, the three of them were quite calm.It’s just that after being together for so long, I was a bit reluctant to leave suddenly, but seeing that all the money from His Majesty had arrived, I knew that it was useless to grind with Sydney, so I made out with A Yao for a while, and then packed up my things and said goodbye.

Sydney didn't say much in front of the three of them.Afterwards, he pulled Qi Shi privately to tell her that she could still stay in the imperial city.

"I'll invite Sister Qi back when Ah Yao is older. Usually, during the holidays, Sister Qi can come in if she wants to." Xue Li smiled and said kindly.

Qi Shi smiled and said: "That's fine, actually, I understand how you arrange it. People have their own thoughts, even I dare not guarantee that if someone in the harem pays a big price to buy me one day, I will definitely Don't be tempted...you did this for Di Ji's benefit, and you should take care of yourself in the future."

"Well, thank you sister Qi for being considerate." Xue Li gave her a blessing, and the two chatted a few more words, so she didn't bother Qi Shi to pack her things.

In the evening, money was sent to the Shangshi Bureau, and the Laoshang Food Bureau prepared four tables of delicious banquets. They had a meal together in the front yard and the backyard, which was regarded as a practice for the nannies.

After the nannies left, Sydney didn't have any new dignitaries, and only gave Ayao the four maids who had been allocated last year.After all, these few have been taught by Dou Sha for more than a year. Although they haven't done anything near them, they know the basics better than the outsiders.

As for the personal service that might not be done well... this Xueli is not worried, anyway, there is always a process of adaptation, not to mention Qingxi Tinghan taking them.

The four were all about 14 years old. After entering the main room, they reported the names that Dou Sha had changed for them earlier: Kumquat, Pomegranate, Carambola, and Grape.

The four names are all fresh fruits, which are obviously different from the maids around Sydney who are either raw materials, dried fruits or candied fruits.She thinks about sour plums and dark plums again... She feels that the people in this room are screaming and talking!
Then, just like when I saw Qingxi Tinghan, Xue Li put A Yao on the chair and stood aside by herself: "From now on, you will follow Di Ji, come and kowtow to Di Ji."

This one is more or less useful, it will let them remember who is above and who is below, lest these few want to make up their minds for A Yao.

When Xie Zhao walked in, he saw the four of them kowtowed to Ah Yao, "Wanfu, Emperor Ji", but he didn't bother, and stood by the door waiting for them to finish the salute.

As a result, the four of them stepped back and walked out after seeing the salute. When they reached the door, they suddenly raised their eyes and were so frightened that they knelt down again: "Your Majesty Sheng An!"

"Let's all back down." He nodded slightly and walked towards Xue Li, and gave Ting Han a wink, signaling Ting Han to take A Yao out.

Sydney didn't expect him to come now.Weishi, the Weishi of the previous year, is generally busy.All kinds of New Year's matters were submitted to Zichen Palace, and she only saw him after dinner recently.

So after being cautiously surprised, Xue Li twitched her brain: "Oh my lord, why are you here so soon today..."

Xie Zhao looked horrified: "..."

After his whole body was sore, the veins on his forehead twitched. After looking at her for a long time with raised eyebrows, he couldn't help sighing. Although he didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm, he still had to tell the truth: "It's okay, you don't have that enchanting potential. , let's pretend to be different."

...Isn't it too embarrassing? ! ? !
Xue Li immediately turned her head and looked at the bronze mirror on the dressing table in the room from a distance, feeling quite dissatisfied: Am I not that enchanting?Don't pretend to be like it!

Fortunately, he didn't give her a chance to dwell on this. He dragged her into the room and sat on the side of the couch, putting his hands on her shoulders: "On New Year's Eve, come to the banquet and watch the fireworks with me?"

Hey? ? ?
Sydney is not interested in attending banquets, but going to watch the fireworks on the tower is very suitable for her.

But she thought for a while: "Isn't the Queen Mother coming this year?"

"Come on." Xie Zhao nodded, "But don't worry about her. Besides, if you're not with me, it's easier for her to trouble you."

This year, the Empress Dowager has an aura of "unfriendly people", even the letters she sent are blunt.Xie Zhao knew that the Empress Dowager was on fire.

Earlier, she summoned the eldest son of the emperor to see him, but they refused to let him go, and then executed the Shi Shi she had chosen for him in the early years...

Even if she doesn't see the emperor's eldest son, she may not feel that much, but she must feel that the emperor has slapped her in the face when Shi Shi was executed.

One of the manifestations is that within a few days after Shi's death, the Nangong family applied for an official order for her father--Xie Zhao sneered after seeing it.With her father's aptitude, Xie Zhao felt that it was flattering him to be the magistrate of the county. The Nangong family's memorial book asked for his "outstanding political achievements" to be promoted to magistrate?
Xie Zhao refrained from replying "Fuck off" and gave a good "No".

The Nangong family has nothing to do with the Shi family, and it is obvious that he is speaking for the empress dowager. If he really wants to "fuck off", the empress dowager probably came to challenge him earlier.But now, it is estimated that it will be difficult to live a good year.

Xie Zhao sighed as he thought about it, and hugged Xue Li in his arms.

Xueli leaned on his shoulder and pondered, wondering if he should ask the Imperial Dining Room to cook some fried bitter gourd, fried lotus heart, and fried lotus root slices for him that day...

Thinking about the queen mother made her very angry and wanted to drink two pots of lotus heart tea angrily.My son has been the emperor for so long, why can't she take good care of her old age?What's the point of seeing the eldest son disliked every day and sowing discord between the two sons?

Also, it's fine if she doesn't accept A Yao, but Xue Li really doesn't understand, how can she not even like A Yuan?
(End of this chapter)