The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 137
In Changle Palace, the Empress Dowager, who was used to napping, couldn't sleep.

At the end of the day, when the eunuch Xu Chunsheng in charge and the court lady Luxiang entered the palace, they saw the Empress Dowager sitting with her hands on the couch table with her eyes closed, slowly rubbing her temples with her fingers.

Lu Xiang hurriedly stepped forward to rub it for the queen mother, exchanged glances with Xu Chunsheng, and said cautiously: "Is the queen mother having a headache about the Liugeyuan?"

"Yes." The Empress Dowager didn't even open her eyes, she lightly locked her eyes and responded with such a word.

The thoughts in the bottom of my heart seemed to be stimulated by Lu Xiang's words, and they scattered like ink on the surface of the water.

After hearing Li Fei's words today, she was unable to make a judgment.Not to mention anything else, in those days when the Ruan family went to visit relatives, there were indeed too many things that were not in accordance with the rules and etiquette-whether those arrangements were made by the emperor or not, they were still not in compliance with the rules.

However, the Empress Dowager was a little surprised. When she heard about this, she was not so relieved that she had someone who could get rid of the Ruan family. On the contrary, she hoped that after the matter was found out, the Ruan family would be innocent.

This feeling made her hesitate all the way.After returning to Changle Palace, following the thought of "this should be done", I sent Xie Han to ask questions, but after eating and resting, this feeling intensified, and it disturbed her so much that she couldn't sleep, and she couldn't ignore it anymore...

Then, she seemed to understand why there was such a contradiction in her heart.

Xie Yuan, that child who is not yet one year old...

She just saw him last night, and with the support of the nanny, she could barely walk, but when he was put on the couch and left alone, he could only crawl.She also couldn't tell which aspect of that child made her feel "not bad". In short... She was able to put on a face to Ruan Shi last night, but today when she heard Concubine Li say that, she suddenly panicked , I couldn't help but hope that all doubts can be washed away in the end, and Xie Yuan is really the grandson of the emperor.

The Empress Dowager opened her eyes a little, waved Lu Xiang back to the side, and continued rubbing her temples.

Then she smiled lightly to herself: "In the past, Ai Jia always thought that Concubine Li was stupid. This time, it seems that she has improved a bit."

Lu Xiang was startled, and looked at Xu Chunsheng, and the two looked at the Queen Mother together.

But the empress dowager didn't go any further, she just calmed down and thought about it.

Concubine Li wanted to stick to her, that's why she said such bold words in public.

She is someone who has experienced it, and she can figure out what Li Fei's calculations are.

This matter was exposed in public, just to force the emperor to investigate.Firstly, Concubine Li is betting on the odds - if Ruan's child is really not the "Prince", then Concubine Li has made no mistakes, and they have to remember all the credit; and even if she is wrong in the end, the emperor will not really do anything to her Do it, after all, she just raised doubts following those things that did not comply with the rules. The truth is that the emperor doted on Ruan Shi so much that she gave her a reason to talk, and she wanted to make the emperor suffer from being dumb.

But probably because the emperor sent her to the palace for two years without saying a word, Concubine Li actually knew to save her.

So Concubine Li revealed this matter in public and in front of her... The second reason is that she wanted to post it to her to seek shelter.As long as she complied with this matter and helped Concubine Li pick it out, it would be difficult to ignore her in the future.

So if Concubine Li made a wrong bet, and the emperor didn't intend to suffer from being dumb, but forcefully sent her off, a word from her as the empress dowager could save her life no matter what.

It's nothing more than going back to the palace with her and never coming back again. It's better than dying, and she still has no worries about food and clothing.

Concubine Li really dared to bet.

The Empress Dowager admired Concubine Li's courage in putting all her eggs in one basket.

With a clear smile, the empress dowager collected her thoughts, raised her eyes and asked Xu Chunsheng: "Lao Qi went to the Zichen Palace after going out from here, what did you say, can you find out?"

Xu Chunsheng hurriedly bowed down: "Queen Dowager, please calm down. Yuqian has always kept his mouth tight, and he really can't ask anything."

That seems to be what it said.

The Empress Dowager was deliberating, not sure whether she should accept Concubine Li's hand for the time being - it's okay to accept it, it's right to be cautious about matters related to the royal family's blood, but she doesn't like to let others decide...

After thinking about it, the queen mother said: "Since Lao Qi has already revealed this matter, let's just wait and see."

If the emperor directly investigates, then it will not count as her doing any favors to Concubine Li, and whether to save Concubine Li is up to her own will; if the emperor doesn't take this matter to heart, she will continue to weigh whether or not to It's not too late to take over.

In Liugeyuan, Xueli was full of fear since she came back from lunch, no matter how calm she was, it was useless, the feeling that life and death were hanging by a thread came out from her bones.

The Seventh King and the emperor went out to talk for a long time, saying that they were going to the outer hall, but when she wanted to leave and return to the Liugeyuan, there was no one in the outer hall—this made her feel very scary, even though the emperor gave her a scroll before leaving. A roasted duck roll was more or less a sign of her peace of mind, but she didn't know what they said when they went out, and she didn't know whether the emperor would change his mind during those conversations...

Xueli sat on the couch with a mournful face and rubbed Yuxiang vigorously. Yuxiang protested when she made her feel uncomfortable.

Before she let go, it opened its mouth angrily and nibbled on her arm, and quickly gnawed out a row of small teeth marks, but it didn't break at all.

"Yuxiang, what should I do..." Xueli couldn't restrain the choked up in her words, and buried her head in Yuxiang's shiny hair, rubbing back and forth, "How can you prove your innocence in such a thing? Even if you prove your innocence, there will still be rumors in the future..."

"Aww." Yu Xiang felt comfortable being rubbed, rolled on her lap and lay down, hugging her face with her two big paws.

Xue Li sighed, even seeing Yu Xiang acting like a baby, she could only smile wryly.She scratched Yuxiang's chin, and Yuxiang raised his head and squinted his eyes very comfortably, but after a while it actually fell asleep.

"Alas..." Xueli sighed again, and put the big Yuxiang on the couch with great effort, and went to see the child by herself.

A Yuan fell asleep in a small cradle a few steps away, holding a cloth tiger in his arms, and smacking his lips, wondering if he dreamed of something delicious.

She went out of the main room to the side room again, A Yao was obediently following Qingxi to read "Enlightenment of the Rhythm", and she read a sentence after Qingxi read, the little girl's childish voice made people feel very soft.

As soon as she saw Sydney, she read the sentence "the spring breeze is curling, and the green bamboos are filling the window" all at once. After reading, she ran towards her and raised her arms: "Mother!"

"You're so good. It's Chinese New Year today. You can read less." Xueli hugged her bouncingly in her arms.

A Yao said: "I know! Qingxi said that it would be enough to read for a while!" Then she turned her head and asked Qingxi, "Is it a quarter?"

"It's almost there, Di Ji." Qing Xi was cleaning the table for her, and after she was done, she came over to greet the two of them and then left.

Xueli hugged A Yao and sat on the couch, took off her bun and combed her again, A Yao turned to look at her, blinked and asked: "Is mother happier?"

Xue Li was taken aback for a moment, she didn't stop her hands, and said with a smile: "When did mother get upset?"

"Mother is just not happy." A Yao pouted, "Mother has been unhappy since lunch time, and neither has Yuxiang... Do you all not like Uncle Seven?"

"...No." Xue Li hurriedly dismissed her doubts, explaining to her that Mother and Uncle Seven have been good friends since a few years ago, how could she not like him?

Only then did little Ayao feel relieved, nodded heavily and said "Oh", and asked her again: "Why is that mother unhappy?"

Sydney couldn't explain further, she couldn't tell her, "Your father may be suspecting that your mother is not clear with other men", so she had to prevaricate and say that she was really not unhappy.She worked very hard, but fortunately, when she was about to give A Yao a bun, A Yuan's crying came from the main room, so she took A Yao to see her younger brother, and bypassed the topic.

A Yuan's cradle is placed here during the day, and placed in the south room or the nanny's room at night.He used this cradle except when he was taking a nap with Ayao—but recently, Sydney found that he gradually disliked this cradle, probably because the cradle was too tight for him to slip down to play by himself after waking up. I often see him frowning and grinning anxiously inside while climbing up while holding on to the railing, looking at the world outside full of resentment.

It was like this again when she entered the room now, A Yuan, who was frowning, saw her mother and sister coming in hand in hand, and cried as soon as she grinned, and stretched out her little hand to be hugged by her mother.

Xue Li hurriedly went over to carry him out, when there were still three or five steps left, she suddenly heard a voice outside: "Your Majesty, Sheng An!"

This seemed to be the first time she felt that this kind of sound was like a thunderclap.

By counting, it's been nearly three hours since lunch... It's time for dinner.She doesn't know what's going on. Now, he's here.

Xue Li bit her lip, restrained her increasingly chaotic heartbeat, turned around to greet her, when she walked to the door of the room, he happened to be in front of her, she bowed her head and knelt down, "Your Majesty..."

Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows, walked around her side, stroked A Yao's head, then hugged A Yuan, and sat on the back of Yu Xiang who was sleeping. Yu Xiang woke up with eyes full of displeasure.

Xueli was left hanging by the door, her back was cold, she hesitated whether she could get up by herself, or whether she should take the initiative to go over and explain to him.

Xie Zhao supported A Yuan, who was sitting on Yu Xiang's body and rubbed his hair happily, and glanced at Xue Li, whose back was turned to him, from time to time, feeling very angry.

This stupid pear, what are you afraid of!He even hugged A Yuan, who was really questioned, and coaxed her to play, she was still there and didn't even dare to move!

This matter sounds big, he can understand her crying and crying, but when she sees him coming, she gives a big gift...

In fact, he can understand it, but he doesn't like it in his heart.

Xie Zhao gritted her teeth and refrained from wanting to see how long she could kneel there by herself, after all kneeling for a long time was tiring and hurting her body.

He beckoned A Yao to come over, and asked her: "A Yao, what's wrong with your mother?"

"I don't know." A Yao shook her head, the fringes on her hairpin swayed briskly, and then she told her father seriously, "Mother has been unhappy since lunch, and she still doesn't admit it when I ask her! Father Your Majesty, please persuade your mother, okay?"

"Okay." The emperor nodded, seeing that Xue Li was still there, he patted A Yao, "A Yuan can't sit still on Yu Xiang, father wants to support him, you go and pull your mother over, okay? "

"Okay!" Little Ah Yao responded, and hurriedly headed towards Xueli, and when she reached Xueli's side, she grabbed her hand and went there.

Just a little dazed, Sydney managed to avoid being dragged down by her, and hurriedly got up to stand firm, and walked staggeringly during these few steps.

At any rate, she stood firm when she reached the side of the couch, and as soon as A Yao let go of her hand, she climbed up on the couch to play with her younger brother. Xueli stood in front of the emperor in a dazed way, bowing her head: "Your Majesty."

Xie Zhao lowered his eyes and said nothing, and shook her hand to signal her to sit down. Seeing that her back was still tense when she sat beside him, he stretched out his hand to massage her back to make her relax.

His actions somewhat reassured her, and her complexion calmed down a little. She glanced at him and asked, "What His Royal Highness said..."

Xie Zhao looked at her: "Are you afraid that I won't be able to stop this?"

"No..." Sydney blurted out.She never thought that he, the emperor, would be unable to stop any affairs in the palace, but...

"That's because I'm afraid I'll believe it." Xie Zhao smiled lightly, and stretched out his arms to pull her into his arms.

Her body was stiff, but the moment her side cheek touched his shoulder, her whole body went limp.

She was afraid that he would believe it!The doubts Xie Han said just now are so clear, those arrangements for visiting relatives are indeed like that, she herself can't prove that she has never seen outsiders in those days.

Xue Li's mood, which had been strained all afternoon, collapsed in an instant, as if she was grabbing something to save her life, her arms wrapped around him tightly, and her nails were unconsciously buckling down, and she didn't even realize it.

She choked up and explained to him: "I didn't do that kind of thing, Your Majesty, Your Majesty can't believe it!"

"Mother?" A Yao heard the crying sound and turned to look at his parents, Xie Zhao turned his head and scratched his daughter's nose: "You and your younger brother are playing for a while, and if you have something to say to your nanny, your father and your mother will go over there to talk. "

The nanny stepped forward.Xueli was about to get up when she heard the words, but was hugged by Xie Zhao and went straight to the south.

Xie Zhao understood completely this time.Although this dull pear has a set way of dealing with palace people on weekdays, and can be tough when it is necessary to be tough in other things, but he has no such ability at all.

Many times he felt that she was hiding needles in her cotton, and she didn't cause trouble, but if anyone pinched her hard, she would stab someone—but as soon as she got to him, she seemed to throw all the needles out by herself immediately, without any effort to think about the pros and cons. If it doesn't work, it's just a dull pear.

Whoever gave her confidence was given by him.

Xie Zhao sighed inwardly, put her on the narrow couch in the south room, squeezed her sideways and lay down on her side, held her fingers and wiped her tears: "You dare to cry even with your children, are you ashamed?"

She was frightened all afternoon! ! !
Xue Li looked at him with tears in her eyes, and put her arms around his arms: "Your Majesty believed me and didn't tell me a word. I was worried all afternoon...I couldn't help it."

He smiled, bowed his head and kissed her while comforting: "Okay, ah, it's okay. I wanted to tell you a long time ago, but isn't this the first day of the new year..."

After lunch, after talking about those things with the seventh brother, he really couldn't find time. The courtiers and relatives who came to celebrate the New Year were piled up outside, which disturbed his lunch. He wanted to make up for it. It doesn't work, let alone a trip to her Six Courtyard.

He didn't dare to let the palace people spread the word about this kind of thing, in case there was a slight difference in meaning... This stupid pear could be scared to death in Liugeyuan!

Xueli was so frightened by his kiss that she rubbed her arms in his arms, rubbing her heart full of grievances and tears to him. Xie Zhao didn't realize that she had done nothing good in his arms until he finished tenderly and looked down!
The skirt was rubbed all over the folds, and it was still wet to the touch.

"Hiss..." Luckily, he gasped and raised his eyes to stare at her, Xue Li got up with a compensatory smile and said shamelessly, "I serve the young master to change clothes".

After saying that, she got off the couch and ran back to the bedroom on the north side, but returned after a while with a set of clean clothes.He didn't ask the palace servants to come in with him, but ran directly behind the screen, and undressed him as soon as he started.

Untie your belt, take off your knees, take off your skirt, take off your top...

Xue Li's fingers tugged at the tie of his jacket, Xie Zhao raised his brows silently: "Even the jacket has to be changed at this opportunity, this stupid Li has learned badly lately."

He pretended not to know, followed her to take off his coat, and then walked around behind him to put on a clean one.Afterwards, she didn't go back around anymore, and groped to tie his clothes with her hands from behind his back. Her side cheeks were completely attached to his back, and she couldn't tie them properly even when she poked her hands around. Always inadvertently rubbing it like that...

Xie Zhao just looked down at her cleverly "taking advantage of him", thinking about when to expose it once and scare her.

——This is all implicit!

Ever since she suddenly noticed the well-defined muscles in his abdomen more than a month ago, she has always found various opportunities to reach out and touch her, and she doesn't know where her addiction came from!

There were at least two times when he was sleeping soundly at night, he felt something gently stroking back and forth, occasionally poking in the dimness, and when he opened his eyes, he saw her curled up in the quilt, and he knew it was her without lifting the quilt. My little hands are addicted again!

——So he rolled his eyes and thought, girl, do you think that if the flesh turns into muscle, you won't feel it?

——Also, did you know that your nails are very long? ? ?
Xueli Haosheng felt happy after groping for a while, and then he fastened his belt slowly, and then put on the ordinary clothes outside so fast that he teased in his heart, "You don't even know how to do it well in acting."

That's all, for the sake of her being shocked all afternoon, don't bother with her.

Xie Zhao breathed out, and then calmly told her that she was hungry and wanted to eat something real, and Xue Li immediately asked the kitchen to bring food over.After a while, the dinner was delivered, and the two of them became very calm, almost talking about the "inappropriate things" that had just been reported in the harem in a tone of saying "this dish is delicious".

Xie Zhao said that she wanted to eat something real, so she asked the kitchen for a braised elbow, a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, and a Sixi meatball.

Between a circle of vegetarian dishes and cold dishes, these three dishes are particularly domineering.

Especially the braised elbow, Sydney felt that the whole one looked more appetizing, so she specifically told the kitchen not to cut it first, so it became a "monster" among various delicate dishes.However, this elbow is very well stewed. When you pinch it lightly with chopsticks, the crispy meat will fall off the bone, and even the shiny and soft skin can be torn off with one pinch. It is very comfortable to eat with rice!

Sydney, who was not too hungry, concentrated on serving Xie Zhao's food. She put the flesh of her elbows in strips and put them on his plate, saying, "What's going on? Although the Queen Mother has been treating me... Well, but I think it's strange when I think about it, it's been almost a year since A Yuan was born, and she suddenly suspected this, it can't be because she met A Yuan last night and felt that she didn't look like His Majesty, right?"

She finds it impossible!Ah Yuan looks like him!

Xie Zhao ate two mouthfuls of elbows with the rice, and then took a piece of meat from Sixi meatballs and fed it to her mouth.

After she ate it, he said: "Concubine Li provoked it. When I was in Roujia Palace in the morning, I said this in front of the Liugong. At noon, the Empress Dowager called the seventh brother to ask questions, and the seventh brother was very frightened. Come to me right away."

Li Fei, you are sick!
Sydney chewed the meatball viciously, eating it with a crackling sound——Sixi meatballs contained not only pork, but also chicken, minced water chestnuts and various seasonings.She always likes to cut the minced water chestnuts a little bigger, and thinks that it will have a better taste when eaten this way—but it used to be just for the taste, but today she suddenly found that eating like this can relieve Qi!

Seeing her, Xie Zhao couldn't help laughing, turned his elbow casually, and pulled a piece of tendon that had been stewed until soft and golden, and tucked it down for her: "Chewing this will relieve your breath."

Sydney: "..."

Xie Zhao leisurely poured some stewed elbow soup on the rice, concentrated on bibimbap and said with a relaxed tone, "You can rest assured about this, I know what you're thinking. If you don't trust me, you won't let you visit your relatives like that."

"Then won't Your Majesty look it up?" She chewed on the tendon and said, "Don't let others explain it?"

"The more you check, the bigger the disturbance. There is no movement from my side, and it's useless for Concubine Li to torment. Even if she borrowed the Queen Mother's hand to make Chaozhong make trouble together, I haven't responded, and Chaozhong naturally knows what I mean." He said. I picked up a piece of short ribs and threw them into the mouth together with the bones. After eating all the meat, I rolled the bones with my tongue to play.

"Is it just like that?" She scratched the rice with her chopsticks and lowered her head and asked softly, more or less disappointed.

Concubine Li has hurt the reputation of the eldest son of the emperor, so he just calmed down?

"Others, I want to see what the Queen Mother is doing first." Xie Zhao smiled lightly, "Let's see if we only do one or do it together."

At this time, it will be a lot of trouble to bring down the queen mother in one fell swoop, but if she wants to touch his child...

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, even a desperate fight must be fought.

(End of this chapter)