The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 147
The skin is thin and juicy, and it should be eaten while it is hot. One bite, it will be hot and fragrant, and the outside will be crispy and the inside will be tender.

But also because it has thin skin and juicy content, it is difficult to achieve "very good" in eating.Sydney wanted to have a refreshing meal, so it was not made into the small and exquisite ones that are common in palaces.So after Su Zixian arrived, the emperor, who had just eaten half a fried pan fried, had no choice but to say goodbye to it...

He put the remaining half on the empty plate at hand: "Let's talk about things first."

As soon as Xueli heard it, she brought a plate of fried rice from the table in the main room to the table in the room: "Ayao, Ayuan, come to eat, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

Xie Zhaobei came from it.

Then she actually took a small plate and packed four of them for herself, which meant that she intended to bring them to the main room without any scruples, and listen to what he said while eating.

That's right, Su Zixian is her friend and he is her husband, so she naturally doesn't have to feel like avoiding anyone.Xie Zhao had no choice but to try not to look at her eating raw fried food while it was hot - the way she ate her favorite food was so appetizing!Many times he didn't want to eat it at first, but after watching her eat it for a while, he would also want to have a bite, not to mention that he wanted to eat it now!

Talking about the business calmly, the emperor first coughed lightly: "The matter of your relatives is about to be settled, the Lu family has already charged the crime, and the other families should be soon. Miss Su, your marriage with Mr. Mingxuan... "

Xueli bit her mouth for a while, knowing that he might have asked Su Zixian to mention this, but she didn't expect to be a matchmaker directly.

Su Zixian's face was even redder, she bowed her head in silence for a while, and left her seat to pay her respects: "Your Majesty will listen to you."

The emperor took advantage of the situation and said it more directly: "Then let the Ministry of Rites choose an auspicious day first, preferably in autumn. When the matter is settled, it is obvious that you will feel at ease when you marry."

Su Zixian: "... promise."

Afterwards, the emperor directly asked her to step down, and Xue Li looked a little confused: She thought she had something to talk about, but it was actually just an order for the marriage arrangement?

Then it’s okay not to call someone over!

Xie Zhao cleared his throat again, and gave her a cold look: "Go into the room, talk while eating."

He is really hungry.I didn't eat much for lunch, and the afternoon snack was useless, and then I wrote a copybook for A Yao until now.Originally, I called Su Zixian here to talk about this matter, but she became more and more distracted by her sex...

So he directly picked an arrangement that he thought was pretty good!Then hurry back to the room to eat fried rice!
Otherwise let cool!

Of course, Sydney could see that he was very hungry, so she tried not to laugh at him face to face, and went back to the room to see them eating this plate of fried rice. He probably didn't have enough to eat, so she asked Brown Tang to go to the kitchen to order something: "It's noon. That cabbage meatball vermicelli soup, go ask if it’s convenient to make it again? If not, you can order another soup. Add some steamed rolls or red bean paste buns, and give me a small dish of chili.”

That vermicelli soup is delicious with some chili sprinkled on it.Sydney occasionally likes this spicy and soupy way of eating especially in summer, especially on rainy days, pouring a bowl of soup with spicy taste will immediately stimulate a sweat, which is very happy.Go take a shower again, and feel refreshed after you come out.

When the vermicelli soup and Hanaju bean buns were served, the fried rice on the plate was just finished.As soon as Ah Yao saw the red bean paste buns, he immediately reached out to grab them, Xie Zhao smiled slightly: "Ah Yao has been eating a lot late at night."

"She is inevitably tired from studying during the day, and she has a good appetite lately." Xue Li touched A Yao's head, then bent down and ate the bean paste bun that A Yao handed over to her, "I don't seem to gain weight, just casually." She ate. I also want to give her a snack in the morning and afternoon, so as not to be hungry and study."

"Alright, just don't prepare too much." Xie Zhao nodded in agreement and took a sip of vermicelli soup.The meatballs in the soup are all freshly made, and taste extremely fresh. Once the cabbage is boiled in this fresh soup, the original slightly sweetness is also brought to the extreme.

He put down the bowl, and said silently: "The affairs of your relatives have been taken care of, and it's time to start the matter of making you a queen."

Sydney almost choked on the ball that was just put into his mouth!
"So fast?!" She was dumbfounded, unable to imagine what would happen if she became a queen in a blink of an eye.

After becoming a queen, she will go to the Changqiu Palace, so she will inevitably have to meet the concubines.Sydney had heard from Nanny Bai before that it is necessary for a concubine to go to the empress every morning and evening to wake up in the morning—every morning and evening!That's twice a day!
She had avoided the harem for so long, when she thought of seeing the concubines twice a day in the future, she felt that Liugeyuan was a very good place!Even if she wanted to be his legitimate wife, she originally hoped to wait until Ah Yuan was older...

So she was worried by the emperor's words.

Xie Zhao chuckled: "Why are you surprised? Sooner or later you will become a queen. But probably not as fast as you think, the enlistment is a big deal, and it's on you...you have to take your time."

The so-called "it's time to start" means that he is going to slowly raise her identity.Putting her in the sight of everyone, let the courtiers and even the common people gradually know that there is such an important woman by his side.With such a transition, book her as the queen can look more "natural".

The lintel of her house was too low after all.It's one thing for him not to dislike it, but it's another thing when he's finished. Xie Zhao has been troubled by this for quite a while.In fact, on the issue of raising her status, the easiest way is not to lift her up by force, but to raise her family together, and her status will naturally go up.

But he thought about it...

Oh, forget it.Just after getting rid of several big families on the front foot, she is holding another one on the back foot, which will make her a target of public criticism.Besides, thinking about it in the long run, in a few decades, if her family is the same as the Nangong family that the empress dowager raised, what will he do then?Do her home again?

So it is more appropriate to force her to be a sufficiently dazzling person.This has to be done slowly, and at the beginning, there will be some "unruly" things that will be strongly opposed by the courtiers and clansmen, but they will have to get used to it after a long time.Letting her attend the banquet on New Year's Eve and taking her to watch the fireworks was originally a step in this plan. If the queen mother hadn't tossed too much later, maybe the progress now is not small.

Xie Zhao told her the general idea, and then mentioned that the Queen Mother was in the middle and felt lucky, so he picked a mouthful of vermicelli to eat with a black face, and fed half of a meatball to A Yuan.

Sydney sat and thought about it, she seemed to understand, but she didn't know what to do, so she simply asked the nearest thing first: "What should I do now?"

"It's hot." Xie Zhao smiled shortly, "In a few days, go to the palace to escape the heat."

No matter how many people go with them during the summer vacation, there are still many officials who can't go, but will send memorials when they have something to do.In this way, there will be fewer people to deal with the things that are most likely to "arouse public anger" at the beginning. Although the important ministers will inevitably be dissatisfied, it is much better than letting them play a battle of "many people and powerful forces" in Luo'an up.

At the end of April, Yu Jia set off for the Yingshan Palace.

This time the number of people accompanying them was significantly higher than that of the year before last. Many concubines from the harem accompanied them, even if they were just for display; a batch.

What surprised Sydney was that the Empress Dowager did not go.She thought he would take this opportunity to send the queen mother to the palace, and then let her live there for the rest of her life.

Xie Zhao frowned when she heard her thoughts: "Take a good break from the summer heat, and bring the queen mother to continue to make trouble?"

He was so tired these past few months, he really wanted to take a good rest.On Mount Ying, there are many beautiful scenery inside and outside the palace. How nice is it for him to ride with her and the child on horseback?It is unavoidable to have a queen mother.

Like last time, three days were spent in carriages and posthouses on the way.A Yuan is still young, and he doesn't care too much about the bad food when he comes out excited.

Ayao was in a bad mood.On this trip, she got into the carriage alone. There were only the palace people around her in the carriage. Her mother and younger brother were not there. After bumping in the carriage for a long time, her body would still hurt. Fu mothers taught her to read as usual, but she read in the carriage. Two lines are disgusting!

So the next day when they arrived at the post house, they entered the emperor's house in Sydney, and Ah Yao pouted and went to grind his father.

She didn't grind unreasonably, she was wronged and said very sincerely: "Father, when I get to the palace, I can read twice as many books every day, okay? I really can't stand it in the car. Headache."

And the food is not good.She had hoped to have a good meal to relax after a long day's work, but the breakfast and lunch were really "just enough", and she could only have a hot dinner when she arrived at the inn.

Of course, Xie Zhao didn't intend to use reading to drive his good daughter out of trouble, so he picked up Ah Yao and put him on the couch: "I won't read tomorrow, let Yuxiang accompany you in the car. These days in the hotel, every other You can only study in the morning, and when you are free, Father will take you out to play."

A Yao was overjoyed.On the last night before arriving at the palace, she fell asleep in the car with Dayu Xiang in her arms.

When the carriage arrived at the palace, Xue Li hugged A Yuan to the side of A Yao's carriage and saw that she hadn't come down yet. Qingxi Tinghan and the two were discussing outside whether they should directly carry Di Ji down and put her in the dormitory to sleep.

Xue Li laughed, stretched out her hand and opened the curtain to have a look, in the carriage, Suan Mei slept on the far left, Wu Mei slept on the far right, A Yao slept in the middle with Yu Xiang in her arms, the four of them slept without regard for their appearance.

She thought for a while and signaled Qingxi Tinghan not to move, and ran to Yujia to find Xie Zhao.

Xie Zhao, who was chatting with the feudal lord, was pulled by her sleeves, and she listened, and said, "Look at Ah Yao's sleeping position...it's so funny!"

A Yao usually sleeps quietly.Xie Zhao followed her with dignity, and behind her, several feudal lords saluted her off respectfully.

Fifth King Xie Ming: "I'm in love with you, isn't it not far from our sister-in-law?"

Seventh King Xie Han: "If you change your mind now, Brother Huang probably has no objections."

Xie Zhao followed Xue Li to A Yao's car and looked inside, he really laughed out loud!
A Yao obviously didn't let go of her hair before going to bed, and now a few hairpins are hooking her hair in a mess, and a small pink silk flower is still on her forehead, she doesn't feel it either.

The breast-length skirt was twisted like a twist during the tumbling, and the skirt was wrapped around Yuxiang's big claws.Sleeping posture is rare and domineering, with Yuxiang's face covered with his left hand, and Wumei's leg pressed with his right foot...

Fortunately, Wu Mei was able to sleep as dead as she did.

Xie Zhao smiled and watched for a long time, and when he had seen enough, he stepped on the low stool and climbed onto the shaft of the car, leaned half his body in and reached out to pat her face: "Ah Yao, Ah Yao woke up and arrived at the palace."

A Yao let out a big yawn, opened her eyelids a little but didn't really wake up, turned over and planned to go back to sleep with Yu Xiang's arms around her, the emperor suppressed a smile and forced her out.

Empress Ping'an with disheveled hair suddenly appeared in everyone's sight. The palace people who were busy moving things suddenly saw her, and subconsciously let out a "poof", and quickly lowered their heads to hold back when they realized it.

Xie Zhao raised his hand and took off the little silk flower drooping on her face, and coaxed her, "I'll sleep later, be good."

Behind him, sour plum Wu Mei also woke up, and the two hurriedly got out of the car and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

"It's okay, get up. You've worked hard too, so go to bed early at night." The emperor said kindly and carried A Yao to the palace.

In this way of carrying out the palace, she accidentally showed her identity as Sydney as she wished.

The feudal kings and several important ministers followed behind.At the front, the emperor hugged A Yao, and Xue Li hugged A Yuan. A Yao, who had come to his senses, was embarrassed by the scene just now, and lay on the emperor's shoulder pitifully denouncing: "Mother, you are bad! You bullied me! I am angry La!"

Xue Li and A Yuan laughed together, so angry that A Yao simply stopped looking at her, leaned over and lay on the emperor's other shoulder, beating the emperor's back with his small fist: "Mother bullied me! Father! Mother bullied me!" !"

"Okay, okay, good boy." The emperor refrained from laughing with Xue Li, and continued walking while coaxing A Yao.

Behind them, everyone looked different.Some laugh and play, and more frown and shake their heads.

The vassal kings were close to the emperor, so they were more casual, and after seeing this scene, they arranged according to their own ideas.

The fifth king, Xie Ming, called the eldest daughter, bent down and said to her, "Remember? That's Empress Ping'an, a little younger than you, can you go play with her some other day?"

Xie Tian, ​​the lord of the Five Princes' Mansion, nodded: "Okay!"

The Seven Kings took the hand of the eldest son Xie Che and told him warmly: "You go with your sister Tian."

Yi pursed her lips and smiled, and said to her son, "Don't bully A Yuan, A Yuan is still young."

Xie Ce should be very happy, the couple stopped talking about anything else.A Test got excited, and asked all the brothers and sisters who came with his uncles and uncles. After a while, a group of children were assembled. The children are happily waiting to find Emperor Ping'an and the eldest son of the emperor to play.

The emperor walked in front and listened with a smile, and pressed the tone to tell Xue Li: "The children are young, you can teach them to call you aunt first. You can also prepare some gifts for the meeting. It doesn't need to be expensive, just something small that the children like."

His own family had to win over first, and the emperor made the plan very stable.

On the third day in the palace, Ayao only had to study for half a day.The emperor watched the memorial in Qingliang Hall, and there was laughter in Sydney's Hanbing Pavilion.

The boys were playing and playing, and the little girls asked the palace servants to find kites to play with.There are snacks made by Sydney on the table in the corridor, and the children can come over to eat when they are tired from playing... The harmonious and happy atmosphere of the big family is very well created!

It happened that the princesses or concubines from various prefectures came together, and Xueli sat with them on the porch and watched the children play, and then began to "follow His Majesty's teachings" and brewed to play with dignity.

She found that the vassals were really good at seeing the situation as His Majesty said!
It doesn't matter that the principal and concubine rooms of various mansions just call her "Mrs. Ruan", but the children don't need her to coax her, they just call her "Aunt Ruan".It was obvious that the governments had taught her this in advance, whether it was to help the emperor or to flatter her according to the emperor's will, anyway, once this title came out...she really gained a little confidence.

In addition, only now did she know that Mrs. Yi was four months pregnant again, so she invited A Yao and A Yuan to come over to congratulate Aunt Seven, and children from other prefectures also came to congratulate her.Sydney asked with a smile whether she thought it was a son or a daughter, and Yi replied firmly: "Daughter! It must be a daughter!"

Mrs. Yi ate the watermelon that was cut into small pieces and cleaned from the bowl, and said in public: "I am so jealous that Lady Ruan has such a well-behaved daughter as Emperor Ping'an, I must have a daughter too!"

The crowd echoed the laughter, Xue Li grabbed A Yao in her arms, smiled and said to her: "Go and touch your Seventh Aunt's belly, and turn the child in her belly into a smart and beautiful little girl like you, Take it easy!"

When Ah Yao heard this, hey, do I still have this ability?Immediately touched Yi Shi's stomach in great surprise.Mrs. Yi liked her so much, he wrapped her in his arms and said, "Would you like to take your younger sister to play in the future? Let your younger sister accompany you to read, write, and fly a kite."

Ah Yao said in a crisp voice, "Okay!", Xue Li smiled and took the sour plum soup to drink, and when she looked up, she saw Dou Sha a few steps away, hesitating whether to go forward or not.

"Dousha?" She called with a smile on her face, and asked her, "What's the matter?"

Dou Sha bowed her head and said nervously, "Lady, Mrs. Concubine Hui is here. She said she was bored and wanted to see the children."

Xue Li was stunned for a moment, Dou Sha lowered her voice again, and said in her ear: "Right now, almonds and candied dates are in the way, so I just say that you are busy. But Mrs. Hui probably knows that you are here to sit and meet guests. look……"

Sydney's heart sank a little.

Although in all fairness she had no objection to Concubine Hui, she still felt terrified when she mentioned the "harem".

But everyone is at the door...

Xueli remained calm and could only order: "Please come in, madam."

Everyone left their seats together, and when Concubine Hui came in, all the people in the courtyard, big and small, saluted together: "Concubine Hui, Madam Wan'an."

"Let's all sit down." Concubine Hui nodded, her face was still dignified, but she was visibly haggard.

Xueli hurriedly gave her the main seat, and seeing her sweating on her forehead, she immediately called the palace maid: "Go to Yangmei Binglai, it's too hot."

Concubine Hui did not refuse, but smiled and thanked her.After Xie Li was seated, she clearly saw Concubine Hui's gaze flickering over her face. As soon as she appeared dazed, Concubine Hui lowered her eyes.

What do you mean?
Sydney did not understand for a while.Concubine Hui's eyes trembled suddenly, and she smiled embarrassedly and said: "Look at this palace's memory...I had prepared something for Emperor Ping'an and the eldest son of the emperor, but I forgot it when I went out. See Mrs. Ruan. There are not many opportunities, so I will go pick it up."

Concubine Hui left her seat after saying that, Xue Li looked around suspiciously, but Yue Xin beside her was still by the door.

Absolutely something.

She got up after thinking about it for a while, and apologized to everyone: "Your Majesty Yang Meibing also likes it, but the palace people made it too sweet. I will make a less sugary one and send it to Qingliang Palace, and I will be back in a while." .”

Everyone understood this very well, and they couldn't hold back their laughter and didn't tease her tenderness.

Xue Li walked to the door, walked past without stopping, and followed her knowingly, she turned her head and asked, "Madam, do you have something to tell me?"

"I don't dare to 'command', my lady..." Yuexin looked at her a little timidly, lowered her head, and then continued, "The madam is waiting for you in the lady's study, if the lady doesn't mind, please go and see her ..."

(End of this chapter)