The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 151 Undercurrent
Sydney knew that Xie Zhao was in a bad mood.The news that the Empress Dowager was ill spread quickly to Mount Ying, but she only said that she wanted to see the Seventh King, and didn't mention him as the eldest son. No one would be happy if he changed it.

But Xie Zhao didn't reveal anything in front of her, and ordered Xie Han to hurry back to Luo'an after Shiji, and then he should talk to her when he should talk to her, and play with the children when he should play with her. This made Sydney want to comfort him I didn't know how to comfort him, and felt that he was so pitiful again in my heart.

——It’s been a long time since I felt this kind of emotion.She thought about it carefully, every time she felt this emotion, it seemed to be related to the Queen Mother.The queen mother just didn't care about the eldest son at all, in her eyes there was only one son, Xie Han, the Seventh King.

When it was time to prepare supper, Sydney looked over and saw that A Yao was playing with Yuxiang, and A Yuan was sitting on Xie Zhao's lap learning to talk to him, so she excused herself by saying she wanted to go for a walk in the backyard by herself, and got into the bedroom when she got out of the bedroom. The kitchenette went.

Su Zixian brought the ladies in the palace to have supper at the beginning, and when she saw her coming in person, she knew that there was probably something special, so she asked her in private: "What's the matter? What are you going to do?"

Xue Li said: "Your Majesty is not in a good mood. I was thinking... Do you have tofu curd? This food is tender and smooth, sweet and salty. If you have it, you can eat this."

"Is this the only one?" Su Zixian asked her, "Aren't you going to order something else? There are several ready-made dim sum baked today, and some steamed ones too."

Sydney shook her head: "No need, just bean curd is fine, but you can give me a few more things to go with it." She still planned the old way, let the emperor mix it himself, and she would feel better!

After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's make another bowl of sugar-steamed custard and a bowl of yogurt. The sugar-steamed custard is for A Yao, and the yogurt is for A Yuan. Prepare a few more of the same ingredients. They also like to eat like this."

"Okay, this is easy." Su Zixian nodded in agreement, and Xue Li went back to the bedroom.

After entering the bedroom, Lilac came by Xie Han's side, and was reporting that Yi Liangyuan was pregnant, and His Royal Highness was rushing back to Luo'an right now, so it was inconvenient to take her with her, and wanted to ask for an order to let Yi enter the harem for miscarriage.

Xie Zhao didn't speak for a while—wasn't he lucky?I kind of want to say that it would be good for her to have her own pregnancy in the house. The people around her are all from the palace, so it is easy to use.

But when Xie Li came in, Xie Zhao swallowed those words suddenly.

"Let her come, I will let Chen Jijiang arrange it." He replied flatly, and Ding Xiang quickly thanked her and then left.

He looked at Sydney after Lilac left, and said in a lonely voice, "Sit with me for a while."

Xue Li knew to look at him, and signaled Dou Sha to take A Yao and A Yuan out first.Dou Sha understood, and asked the other palace servants to leave together.

The two sat on the side of the couch together, she was silent for a while and finally persuaded: "Don't worry about it. Isn't the queen mother ill? It is inevitable that she is seriously ill and can't take care of so much, so she just ordered according to her own thoughts. .”

Xie Zhao sneered in her heart, when she was not sick, she still only wanted to see the seventh brother.

"Let her make trouble." He frowned and half-lyed on the couch, "If she wants to take advantage of her illness to declare once again that she is at odds with me, then let her go. Anyway, her Qu family is exhausted."

...Hey, this is all straight!He is really angry!
Xueli put on her embroidered shoes and climbed to the inner side of the bed, lay down beside him, looked at him with her chin propped up for a while, and felt that it would be wrong to say anything else, she withdrew her hand and put her face on his shoulder.

She felt him sigh heavily, and the helplessness in it was self-evident.

No mother hurts, don't blame him for feeling uncomfortable.

She raised her eyes and reached out to caress his chest without saying a word. After a few strokes, he held her hand and said in a steady voice, "I'm fine, don't worry."

"Oh..." Xueli murmured, then raised her head to look at his expression, and couldn't help but look more and more uncomfortable.

Most of the time, he looks majestic and intimidating, whether he sits upright in the palace or leans sideways idle, his aura seems to be born with him.This kind of obvious loss is too rare, his eyes are lowered in a daze, obviously not looking at anything, but the emotions in his eyes are very complicated.

She thought that in his heart, the empress dowager was probably still a "close relative".No matter how many estrangements there were, the blood would still be severed, so he had endured it for so many years, otherwise, with his usual way of handling things, the Qu family might have run out of breath many years ago.

He kept giving the Qu family a sigh of relief, this is not his usual style, it can only be for this mother—maybe he didn't admit it in his heart, and felt that it was just because he didn't have any evidence in his hand, but the more she The more I think about it, the more I feel like this is the case.

He had borne enough, but the empress dowager just refused to look at him more.

Xueli suddenly remembered that he executed Shi and Chen in a fit of rage earlier, and suddenly realized that he didn't fully understand him at that time—he didn't just want to make an example, but he had kept in his heart for several years. This kind of pain of not being liked by the mother makes it extremely intolerable for someone to impose this pain on his child.

She squeezed his hand: "Your Majesty?"

"Huh?" He narrowed his eyes slightly in a daze, and moved to her face.

She pursed her lips: "I have something to say, you... forgive me first!"

He raised his eyebrows and smiled, turned over and surrounded her: "Why are you so different all of a sudden, I don't blame you."

"Okay." Xue Li cleared her throat, and the words reached her mouth, which still made her face turn pale with nervousness, "Thank you, thank you, Xie Zhao! I like you! I like you very much..."

His expression froze, Xue Li twitched in his arms, and the unfinished words became: "You don't blame me for what you said!"

He stared at her, holding her hand tightly: "Why did you say this suddenly?"

Xueli gritted her teeth and continued: "I like you very much! So you...you can't make yourself uncomfortable, I think I can go out and see more in the future, what's the point if you are sick!"

This kind of emotion has been accumulated in his heart for so long, and she is really afraid that he will become ill one day because of this accumulation.This kind of disease is really overwhelming!It will be too late to unravel him at that time!
After she finished speaking, she stared at him nervously and seriously, and he also stared at her without blinking.

After a while, he suddenly burst out laughing, and then withdrew his smile again: "Dai Li, what are you thinking?"

"I'm serious!" She crawled forward, put her arms on his chest and pressed him to lie flat, and said condescendingly, "It's not your fault, and you can't change it. I know you I feel bad, but I don't want you to feel too bad..."

"Okay, okay." He stroked her back with his hands, looked at her with a smile, and was serious under the smile, "I won't force myself out of illness, there are still many happy things in the world."

For him, the most depressing time has passed, and now he has her, A Yao, A Yuan, and another child that was not born in her womb by his side, he no longer feels so dull.

Thank you for worrying about him so much.

The smile in his eyes deepened, and he clicked his lips to her ear: "It's been a long time since I was called by my name, and it's very nice when you call it."

"..." Xue Li was stunned for a short while, her cheeks were all red, and she whispered brightly while pushing him, "Xie Zhao, Xie Zhao, Xie Zhao! Xie Zhao, Xie Zhao, Xie Zhao! I like you! I like you very much!"

Xie Zhaolang laughed out loud, hugged her tightly and kissed her, when he shouted outside the door: "Your Majesty!"

Is it Chen Jijiang's voice?

He frowned and turned his head, facing the closed door and asked, "What's the matter?"

"That..." Chen Jijiang's voice was apologetic and trembling, "I just want to remind you that Lady Ruan is pregnant..."

"Get out!!!" Xie Zhao couldn't bear it anymore, picked up the pillow and threw it over, angrily said, "She is the second child! I know it! I want you to take care of it!"

Then there was a faint sound of rustling footsteps, obviously Chen Jijiang slipped away.Xie Zhao gritted his teeth and turned around, and at a glance, he saw Xue Li beside her biting her lip and trembling with a smile, her eyebrows and eyes curved into two beautiful crescents.

When she met his eyes, she pulled the quilt next to her with both hands to hide, and he got up with a breath, grabbed her feet out from the bottom of the quilt, and stretched out his hand to scratch.

"I was wrong!" Xueli hid because she was afraid of being scratched by him, but she didn't expect him to grab her foot, begging for mercy while kicking, "I don't dare! Young master, don't...don't! Ahhhhh!"

Outside the door, Chen Jijiang and all the palace officials took a deep breath—Your Majesty, you...you, you...

Three days passed peacefully thereafter.

During the past three days, Xue Li noticed that Imperial Physician Yan always looked at her a little strangely, and he always hesitated to speak.This made her feel uneasy, and after a few tactful questions, the old doctor Yan blushed and stroked his beard in embarrassment: "This... I heard something from Master Chen. Although your pregnancy is stable, ma'am, ...But at the beginning of pregnancy, it's better to exercise restraint, after all..."

Yan Yuyi felt that he couldn't continue while talking.Early in the morning, Chen Jijiang described to him the movement in the room at night with a pale face, and he was frightened when he was young. Scream?No matter how stable the tire is, it must be gone!
Then he hung his heart to take her pulse, but...

Is it still stable?

Doctor Yan was really puzzled by this situation. Is it because Mrs. Ruan is different from ordinary people or is he not experienced enough?

After he finished speaking with a blushing old face, Sydney's face also turned red.

Mr. Chen, what nonsense are you talking about!

How would she explain to Imperial Physician Yan that she didn't experience the excitement she shouldn't have with the emperor?She was screaming at the soles of her feet being scratched!Not what they think!
Then Imperial Physician Yan resigned with a serious face, and Xue Li sat on the side of the couch feeling ashamed, feeling that her image had been ruined too thoroughly.

Qingliang Hall.

After cleaning up the mansion for three days, Mrs. Yi finally entered the palace.There was no way around it. Although Xie Han was very worried about his mother's condition at that time, he still gave a lot of orders—many of which were given by him while he was on the road, and then someone sent them back to the house non-stop.

Mrs. Yi felt that she was about to move in the Seven Kings Courtyard at the foot of the mountain. Not to mention the bedding and pillows, even the bed was dismantled and brought in by Zhang Kang according to Xie Han's order, because Xie Han was afraid She is not used to living in the palace.

When entering the palace to face the saint, Yi Shi was trembling and guilty, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was inappropriate. She had to trouble the emperor more or less to arrange for her entering the palace, and then she took everything with her, making it seem like I can't trust the emperor...

On the throne, Xie Zhao also had a complicated expression.

He heard how much Yi Shi brought in, and he also knew that it was the seventh brother who asked for it.I really wanted to scold the seventh brother back and take Yi away, so I tried my best to hold back!

Forget it, the little witch sees the big witch.

He felt ashamed just thinking about it.When Yi Shi was pregnant with Xie Che in the past, the seventh younger brother has been around Yi Shi, and he still complained about why he is such a big man, why is he so worthless, and then Sydney got pregnant...

Xie Zhao now has no confidence to choke Seventh Brother.

No matter how much the seventh brother circled around Yi's family, he didn't make the whole Imperial Hospital circle around Yi's family.

The two tasted tea for a while with each other's thoughts. After a long time, the emperor put down the teacup first: "Live in peace, the seventh brother is going back to fulfill his filial piety, and nothing will happen. If you want to write a letter, feel free. I asked the imperial guard to send it to him urgently."

"No, thank you, Your Majesty." Yi stood up with her stomach in her arms, and the emperor waved her back. She hesitated a little, and said, "Your Majesty, I have something else to do..."

The emperor nodded: "You say."

Yi turned his head sideways and let Ding Xiang bring him in.The emperor took a closer look, isn't this Xie Jinshu, the eldest daughter of the fifth younger brother, the lord of Yi'an?
How did Yi Shi bring her in?

He looked at Yi Shi suspiciously, Yi Shi was equally puzzled, and said truthfully: "Today, my concubine is about to leave the mansion to go to the palace, and someone from the Fifth Highness's mansion came to send Mrs. Yi'an over, saying yes …It is said that Lord Yi’an is about the same age as Di Ji, and let her come in to accompany Di Ji, lest Di Ji always pester her mother when she was young, and affect Ruan Niang’s pregnancy.”

... Does this sound strange?
Xie Zhao knew immediately that there must be a story in it.If not, it doesn't matter if you send Xie Jinshu in, why don't the fifth younger brother or the princess come in person?

He frowned: "Does the seventh brother know?"

"At least I haven't left a message for my concubine." Yi Shi said, "But I have no time to report to Luo'an first, and then wait for His Highness to reply, so I have to bring him in first, Your Majesty, look..."

This was deliberately rushing in before Yi Shi left the mansion, knowing that Yi Shi could not evade, so he could only bring people here.

Xie Zhao thought for a while, guessing that the fifth younger brother might have something to hide or something to ask for, so he still asked Mrs. Yi to retreat and rest, and called Xie Jinshu to ask a few words, and then left her to eat in the hall for a while dessert.After reading the memorial, he led Xie Jinshu to the Hanbing Hall together.

The mother and son are bullying Yuxiang in the yard.

All three of them ate dim sum, probably stuffed with meat, and Yu Xiang's eyes lit up with greed.But the three of them didn't give it any food, they formed a circle and shouted "Yuxiang Yuxiang" in turn. As soon as Yuxiang came, they ate the dim sum in one bite, and then called it again on the other side.

Yu Xiang had been bullied to the point of aggrieved face, the emperor stopped by the door for a while and wanted to laugh: They don't know how powerful Yu Xiang is!
He has seen that Yuxiang sneaks out to play in the middle of the night, and sleeps on a branch of a tree or on a wall. If a palace servant brings him a supper with meat, it will gracefully jump down and jump up to catch people. throw down.It doesn't hurt anyone, but the food won't stay.

Several times, the court ladies and eunuchs who were serving supper suddenly encountered this "bandit". After being robbed, they could not be snatched back, so they could only go to the palace to kowtow to him and apologize.

Tsk tsk, it's really a lion, majestic outside, but doting on family members at home.

Xie Zhao thought about it with a smile, and asked Xu Shishui to tell the kitchen to add a big piece of meat to Yuxiang at night, with bones and tendons together, not too old, so let him eat to his heart's content.

After he finished speaking, he took Xie Jinshu and walked forward again, calling "Yu Xiang", Yu Xiang's round ears twitched, and when he saw him, all the grievances in his eyes disappeared, and he ran towards him joltingly.

When he came over, he rubbed against his leg, wheezing to express his grievance, Xie Zhao knelt down to touch it, and Xie Jinshu hid back in fear.Xueli also came over with the child, took another snack from the plate and brought it to his mouth: "Here! Cloud leg shortbread, freshly baked, very delicious."

Xie Zhaoxin said that you should just bully Si Yuxiang.

The cloud leg shortbread is made of delicious ham meat, which can be full of fragrance in one bite, and it will be even more fragrant after being made into shortbread and roasted.The crispy skin will also be stained with the oil juice in the ham, which will become rich in flavor...

Then he ate the shortbread she fed in one bite, and didn't share it with Yuxiang.

Yu Xiang looked at Xie Zhao, who was still expressing comfort to it just now, with a look of surprise and disappointment: "Woo..."

"Okay, Yuxiang is good." Ayao was still kind-hearted, tiptoed to feed it from the plate held by Sydney, and then rubbed his head, "I'll ask the kitchen to add meat for you! This ham I'll give you a few slices too, and eat it at night!"

After Ah Yao said a blessing to her father, she ran away.

Her father: ...I have asked the kitchen to add meat to it.

After swallowing the cloud leg shortbread, Yu Xiang looked at the "stranger" Xie Jinshu who had already been hiding away.

"Yu Xiang, sit down!" Xie Zhao hurriedly drank it, and beckoned Xie Jinshu to come over. Xie Jinshu was afraid of Yu Xiang and did not dare not listen to him, so he timidly walked over to Sydney and said, "Auntie Ruan is blessed."

She was there when the children came to play that time. Sydney remembered her and knew that she was two months younger than A Yao.

"Fifth Brother suddenly said to let her come into the palace to accompany Ah Yao. I don't know what it means. She just stays with you first, and the people around her will also come in, so you don't need to worry about it."

What the emperor said made Sydney feel a little confused.She looked at Xie Jinshu, Xie Jinshu just hung his head and didn't speak, she didn't know whether it was because he was scared or unhappy.

"Come on, Jin Shu, Auntie will take you to play with Sister A Yao." Xue Li said while smiling and took Xie Jinshu to find A Yao.The emperor looked at the backs of the two men and thought about it for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

"Chen Jijiang." He called someone over under his voice, and after some deliberation, he ordered, "The seventh younger brother hasn't written to report the Queen Mother's condition so far. You send someone to the palace to have a look. Send another letter to the seventh younger brother, and there is no need to tell him." I sent someone to inquire, and I only asked him to write back quickly."

(End of this chapter)