The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 152 Spicy Noodles
In Hanbing Pavilion, because there is an extra Yi'an Lord who is about the same age as Ping'an Diji, it is more fun.

Xie Jinshu is quite sensible, and because he knows that he has a different status from the prince Diji, he is always close to A Yao and A Yuan, and he is more sensible and modest than he should be at this age.This made Sydney more or less distressed. She always felt that children of this age knew so much and had too many things on their minds.And she really doesn't seem to be as happy as she is. Xue Li, who didn't want to bother too much, couldn't help but take care of her more, and they get along very well.

After a few days, the emperor remembered that Xie Jinshu could be A Yao's companion, so he went to discuss with Xue Li, who thought it was really an idea.

The reason why I didn't choose a companion for A Yao before was because the companion, like Fu's mother, had to come to the palace every day.But for children, running in and out of the Tiantian Palace is too much trouble, and most of them can only live in the palace-but a four or five-year-old girl, whether it is a child of the vassal king’s family or a child of the courtier’s family, the emperor It's too unreasonable to call people in directly under the order.How could such a young child bear it if they held each other in their palms at home, suddenly left their parents and went to an unfamiliar place to accompany Di Ji, and it took half a month to go back home?

But the seven or eight-year-olds are much older than Ayao, and Ayao and them will not get along well, and the books they read are not at the same level, so Sydney had to let Wumei, who is more than a year older than Ayao, give her She is a companion.

But Xie Jinshu is different now, it was sent in by the five kings himself, and it is just right to study with A Yao.

Xueli smiled and asked Tinghan to call the two children in and tell them about it.Ah Yao naturally had no objection to this, Xie Jinshu looked a little hesitant, Xueli picked her up and put her on her lap: "What's the matter Jinshu, you can tell your uncle Huang if you have other ideas, we won't force you. "

Xie Jinshu's small face was tightly wrinkled, and after being bored for a long time, he looked at the emperor who was sitting in front of the desk drinking tea, and said in a soft voice, "Uncle Huang, I would like to study with Sister Ayao, but... But Yanmo Things like that, I won't..."

Xie Zhao was stunned for a moment, then understood, and sneered.

Unlike the prince Diji who invited children from his courtiers' families to study with him, most of the children in the palace chose children of the same age.Xie Jinshu must have had a companion in the mansion before, both as a companion and as a maidservant, so naturally he wanted to help her study ink and lay paper, the child directly followed that.

The emperor strolled over to touch her forehead: "You don't need to do those things, just study with A Yao, and the palace servants will do the rest."

"Oh, that's good!" Xie Jinshu finally agreed with confidence.Xue Li breathed a sigh of relief, and someone brought A Yuan into the house, and then ordered snacks.

It's time for some snacks!
The people around Xue Li and the kitchen staff took care of the snacks, and the few who were with A Yao tactfully retreated to the small room next to her, leaving only Qing Xi to watch.There are some more detailed rules here, whoever should do the errand.It doesn't matter where the extra people stand, if there is an order, and Xue Li glances at them and calls them casually, it will be a rush to stand out and hurt the peace.

After a few people arrived in the small room, they also ordered two simple snacks to eat.Beside A Yao, besides Qingxi Tinghan's two big maids, there were kumquats, pomegranates, carambola and grapes who came later, and two slave girls, sour plums and ebony plums, a total of eight people.

Usually they don't all follow Di Ji, but when it's time for meals and snacks, they will all get together. Right now, Tinghan puts a few pieces of snacks for Qingxi into an empty plate, and then asks Pomegranate to put the missing ones Call them all over for refreshments.

After the sour plum and ebony entered the house, they first consciously poured water and made tea for them. They continued to chat, and Kumquat ran up to Qingxi, bowed to Qingxi and said with a smile: "Sister Qingxi, now the Lord is reading with us Diji. I need to add another waiter, right? Sister let me go, I have been practicing ink research in private for a long time, so I can't make mistakes."

Tinghan was eating the sesame shortbread in his hand, and when she heard her say such things in public, she couldn't help but glance at her secretly, and perfunctorily said: "How can I decide this matter? Those who come to serve, have to Let our lady make up her mind, besides, the Lord Weng is accompanied by someone, you just wait for the order."

The person next to Di Ji who is in charge of ink research is Putao.Everyone wants to snatch the errand in front of her, and Ting Han knows that in at most two years, she and Qingxi will be able to leave the palace and get married.At that time, one of these young people will have to be nominated to be a consul, or maybe one or two will be sent to the emperor's eldest son as a consul, so they will naturally fight.

But the more they fight, the less she can casually mention someone.Making an exception once can break the original peace, which is causing trouble for Di Ji.

After she finished speaking, she didn't want to deal with Kumquat anymore, but seeing Kumquat's disappointed face, she still coaxed her: "Don't be too anxious, you all just turned fourteen, right? The years are still long. Besides, Right now, Diji is accompanied by Wengzhu Yi'an, and she will definitely add another one in the future, it's not just a matter of time."

As soon as Han Han finished speaking, he heard Carambola scream "Ah"!
Several people looked over, Yang Tao frowned and glanced at the back of her hand, then raised her hand and slapped her, and there was a crisp "slap", Wu Mei covered her face and did not dare to lift her head: "Sister, forgive me."

"Can you do something? If you can't, don't stand in the way!" Yang Tao scolded her by rubbing the back of her hand that was reddened by the almond tea. Wu Mei could only listen with her head down. Yang Tao was also angry if she didn't get an answer, and she felt relieved when she slapped her again. comfortable.

Wu Mei was startled, and looked at Tinghan with tears in her eyes: "Sister Tinghan..."

Tinghan frowned, beckoned Wumei to her side, and reprimanded Yangtao for not doing anything casually, before Yangtao had time to argue, Wumei tugged at Tinghan's sleeve: "Sister, you just said that Emperor Ji is now surrounded by Lord Yi'an. An accompanying reader, is that, is that not going to use slaves and sour plums in the future?"

Hearing Hanqian was taken aback for a moment, Wu Mei didn't dare to ask any further questions, she bowed her head and retreated, not even eating snacks.Sour plum followed her out, and Tinghan vaguely saw that the eyes of the two girls were red. After deliberating for a while, she said to Jinju, "I'll send them a plate of snacks later, and I'll go to the imperial hospital to get some moxa sticks." The sour plum has the root of the disease in her knee, and she must be having a hard time with the rain recently, and Ash can feel better."

"No, my sister is kind!" Kumquat smiled and went away.After listening to Han thinking about it, she planned to tell Nanny Bai what happened just now.

It seems that Madam Ruan took care of these two little girls who were slaves so much that she became very angry, and the four of them also wanted to be promoted, and it would be too easy to cause trouble if they were not careful.

Two days later, the emperor finally received a report from the palace servants sent to the palace to inquire about the news, and the seventh brother's memorial also arrived shortly thereafter.

Just when it rained lightly all day and all night, the gray sky pressed down hard.Thick dark clouds were still hanging above the head, and it was still raining lightly, but he just refused to let it go.

After reading the report, he was almost in the same state of mind.It was as if a ten thousand catty boulder was pressing on his heart, causing his uncomfortable emotions to surge up, as if he wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry.

It turned out that the empress dowager was really ill, and when she only said she wanted to see the seventh brother...it probably didn't mean to use this to show his eldest son's face.

The reports from both parties were the same, saying that the empress dowager suffered from hysteria, sometimes confused and sometimes sober.Most of the time when she was awake, she would lie silent, and when she was confused, she would cry or laugh, and would keep calling the seventh brother's name, but even if he was in front of her eyes, she might not recognize him.

That's why the seventh brother never reported his illness to him. He was really tortured to the point that he didn't have any leisure time.

Even the words in the memorial trembled with obvious fatigue.The seventh brother pleaded guilty in the memorial, and then told him that the imperial doctor said that the matter of the Qu family had dealt a great blow to the queen mother, and that her waking time might be getting shorter and shorter. As for whether she would die soon or go crazy Live for years...not necessarily.

Xie Zhao suddenly felt a convulsion in his heart.From childhood to adulthood, the queen mother has always been very dignified, even if her dignified appearance is full of ridicule to him, now that he hears that she is going to live insanely, he still feels helpless and terrifying.

He also has a little regret.This time, he did it too badly. In order to show the court his determination to eradicate the family, he didn't even keep anyone with the queen mother in case he needed to report to him. The four best imperial doctors in the imperial hospital also They were all taken to Mount Ying by him, if he hadn't...

Xie Zhao sighed.On the one hand, he knew that even if this was not the case, he might not be able to stop all of this from happening, but there was still self-blame lingering in his heart, which made him more or less feel that he was indeed unfilial.

The palace people didn't dare to make a sound, they all lowered their heads, hating themselves for not being able to escape on the spot.

The outside of the hall was covered with dark clouds, and the inside of the hall seemed more gloomy than the outside. The candles trembled wildly when the humid summer wind blew in, adding a bit of weird agility to the gloomy hall.

This solemnity lasted for a long time.

Chen Jijiang had been observing the emperor's expression intently, and seeing that he was indeed in a trance, he finally slipped out quietly and called Xiao Cheng who was more eloquent: "Go, talk to Mrs. Ruan about the matter here. Tell her—don’t say too much, be careful to startle her pregnancy. Tell her emphatically that His Majesty probably doesn’t feel like eating today. We will try to persuade His Majesty to go to her place. Focus on what specifically makes her decide."

"No." As soon as Xiaocheng agreed, he was about to go.Chen Jijiang blocked him, and for the first time rewarded him with a small amount of money—Xiaocheng immediately realized that this task was difficult to handle.

Moments later, in the Hanbing restaurant, Xueli, who was eating a bowl of rice noodles full of sour bamboo shoots, was stunned.

--What?Is the empress dowager suffering from hysteria?Isn't that just... crazy?

OMG!

She really didn't know how to react for a moment, but her heart was filled with fear.She was stunned for a long time, and Xiaocheng shook his hand in front of her for a long time, and then she finally regained her senses.

Xiaocheng nodded and bowed and repeated to her the main points of the master's explanation: "Lady, the master said that your majesty probably won't be in the mood to eat. Please make your small kitchen here well prepared, and the little ones try to persuade your majesty to come over. Use some, do you think it will work?"

"...Okay! Okay, okay!" Xueli nodded in shock and agreed, but it was a long time after Xiaocheng left that she noticed what he just said, and hurriedly started to prepare.

Let the maids of the upper and lower courts change all the bright clothes first——Although the Queen Mother is crazy or dead, it is not appropriate to dress festively at the moment. It is better to wear plain clothes and mourning. Do you want to stab a knife in your heart?

After everyone changed, she looked at them one by one, and the people in front of her changed into a set of sky blue chest length, which was fine; Qing Xi Tinghan who was next to Ah Yao chose a yellow-green one, which was also good; the bottom four wore light blue ones. In the blue suit, she took off a red silk flower on the side of the bayberry after looking at each of them; The headbands were changed, to navy blue ones." They were originally wearing pink ones.

After everything was tidied up, Sydney looked around, and the Hanbing Pavilion suddenly became less lively and more elegant, and everyone looked very dignified.

She doesn't care about the children.She just didn't want to make it too bright to make him feel dazzling, but letting the children change it too, it really feels a little filial, and that's too much.

She just called Ayao over and said: "The queen mother is ill, your father feels uncomfortable. If he comes over in a while, don't mention it, just be obedient, take care of him with mother, and make him happy, okay?"

"Okay..." Ah Yao agreed in a sweet voice, and then pulled Jin Shu to ask Jin Shu to help her together, and Jin Shu naturally agreed.

Sydney patted the heads of the two little girls and praised "Good boy" before going to the small kitchen.

What should I prepare...

She thought she was quite capable in this area and knew how to make him happy, but this time she was really in trouble, and she didn't think of any ideas along the way.When she found Su Zixian, she discussed it with Su Zixian, and Su Zixian gave her the appearance of dislocating her jaw.

Su Zixian tugged her and whispered, "Are you kidding me? The Queen Mother is crazy, Your Majesty is suffering for this—no matter what their relationship was like before, the pain at this moment must be a great pain! Want to cheer him up with food? Sydney Do you think he is a three-year-old?"

Xueli hurriedly covered her mouth, both helpless and anxious: "I can't help it! But the message came from the emperor, can I ignore it? If he suffers from this for a long time, he can't let him not eat or drink every day, right? He is my husband!"

"It's useless even if he is the Supreme Lord!" Su Zixian was serious and surprised, "Let me tell you, using food to make people happy is just a small thing that works--you can't do it as a mother, you go and tell your son 'Come on! You are happy to eat well, you are not helping, you are doing death!"

Su Zixian's words were exaggerated, and she was really worried that Xueli would miss her footsteps in this matter.This fact is too great. Although it is true that the emperor and the empress dowager have been at odds for a long time, the emperor is also the empress dowager's own son. No matter how complicated or sad he feels at this moment, he has to be careful about this matter.

—Coax him with food or coax him to eat?After Su Zixian thought about it carefully, she was really afraid that if this matter fell into the eyes of His Majesty, Sydney would become ignorant or even heartless!When people are in grief, they tend to lose their temper easily. He may calm down after losing his temper and understand that he will come back to coax Sydney, but this kind of thing is still sad for Sydney!And she's pregnant!

Su Zixian wanted to block this matter.She didn't think it was a big deal for the emperor to be hungry, so many people in the palace couldn't let the emperor starve to death, right?But Sydney is different!Xueli's honor and disgrace are all tied to him, and she doesn't want her to take this risk.

Su Zixian patiently broke up with her and broke it up, analyzed the importance of it with her very seriously, and persuaded her in the end...

Suddenly, Xue Li's eyes lit up, and she rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen: "I know what to do!"

Su Zixian: "..." So you were thinking about what to do just now, right?You didn't listen to me at all, did you!Can we still be friends!
In the kitchen, Xue Li called Wei Xi, the female official of the code book, and asked her: "How many kinds of fresh peppers do we have now?"

Wei Xi flipped through the booklet: "Twelve kinds."

Sydney asked her again: "Which one is the spiciest?"

Wei Xi: "..."

Not so much.They do know which is "not too spicy", which is "more spicy" and which is "extremely spicy", but Wei Xi gets stuck in order to rank these twelve kinds as "most".

I haven't tried it...

So I had to call all the ladies in the palace, move the four kinds of "very spicy" recognized by everyone into the house, and taste them now.

But in fact, it is also difficult to try.Taste it consecutively, your tongue will become numb if you taste one kind, and you won’t be able to tell later; if you try it separately, the feeling of the first kind will be blurred when you try the second kind, and you won’t be able to taste it right. .

In the end, Sydney had no choice but to go into battle in person with a sad look on her face, using one of her peculiarities after pregnancy—not very good taste.

She can still taste the ups and downs of pregnancy, but it feels much lighter.It was like this last time, and it's like this again this time. Every time she added chili and vinegar in a calm manner, she would frighten the people around her to cover their noses.

This time it was used in the right place.Xue Li chewed all four of them, neither gasping for breath nor shedding tears, the little green pepper in the third row: "This is the spiciest!"

Surrounded by maids who are still crying and snotting: what have you been doing...

After deciding on this, she officially began to prepare meals.To be honest, she was also apprehensive in her heart, she didn't know whether this method would work or if it would piss off Xie Zhao and turn against her.Gritting his teeth again, he decided to give it a try. After all, even if he was unhappy when the incident happened when she was pregnant, he would have to let go of his anger for the sake of the child. The child could save her once; but he was different Well, if she doesn't release him, no one will dare to release him now, even if he is not sick after holding back for a long time, his body will become numb.But he still has so many government affairs that he can't let go of, how can this be done!

Sydney thought about it, and first took out two taels of small green peppers, wrapped them in Bai Lian and squeezed out the juice, and then looked at the juice in the bowl, it was too little.

So I added another four or two, and curled my lips after squeezing, it was still too little.

I added three more times like this, and finally squeezed out a total of 20 taels of small green chili juice, and the bowls that made the juice were replaced with small pots, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Zixian tugged at her with a pale face: "Xueli, you..."

What are you doing! 16 taels is a catty, and 20 taels is more than a catty of peppers!You're not going to coax him anymore, you're going to kill him directly!

Is he your husband now? !

With a calm face, Xueli poured the clean chili juice into the casserole, covered it and waited.

When it was boiling, she lifted the lid again, and Wei Xi, who was recording the ingredients by the side, threw down the booklet and ran away-this is not spicy that people can bear!

Then Sydney put two or two sides in the chili water, adding a little water from a small wine cup.After the noodles are cooked, put two lettuce leaves, four rapeseed leaves, a handful of diced carrots, and a handful of diced mushrooms.

After these four things are cooked, the smell is obviously not so strong.The main reason is that the smell of diced shiitake mushrooms spread out, covering up a lot of the pungent spicy taste-of course, most of what was covered up was just the smell.

I cracked another pigeon egg, but instead of boiling it directly in the pot, I boiled it into a poached egg and put it in. After soaking it for a while, I put the noodles and egg into a porcelain bowl.Sydney exhaled, and asked people to get other ingredients.

"I want pork cartilage and char siew in honey sauce. Pork cartilage should be marinated thoroughly, cut it and serve it up. Cut the char siu into thin slices, choose bright and beautiful ones, three or five slices will do."

After she finished speaking, Su Zixian immediately went to pick it out in person.Quickly bringing them back to her, Xueli put the two things on the face, which was quite attractive and attractive, and then shook her hands: "Okay."

Xie Zhao endured it all afternoon before he could be counted as not getting angry with someone who had nothing to do with him.In the past, he would not have been so tolerant, but now there is always a consciousness hanging in his heart, thinking about accumulating virtue for the unborn child, otherwise something went wrong when Sydney gave birth...

He was afraid that the child would be gone, and even more afraid that she would be gone together.

But it is uncomfortable to resist the emotion and have no place to vent. When Chen Jijiang carefully persuaded him to go to the Hanbing Pavilion, he was silent for a while and then went.

He also wanted to make himself feel better.

After stepping through the courtyard gate, Yu Xiang was the first to run over, and as usual lazily rubbed against him.Then A Yao and Jin Shu ran to him hand in hand, A Yao raised his head and asked him, "Father, you are here!"

Yo, she remembered how to use honorifics.Xie Zhao knew that the two Fu mothers were teaching her this recently, but Ah Yao couldn't remember it—after all, she didn't have this awareness before.

Xie Zhao bent down and picked her up, smiling: "Well, here it is. Where's your mother?"

A Yao's little finger pointed into the room: "Mother made food for the father, and is waiting for the father."

Do the cooking yourself?

He sighed lightly, knowing that Sydney must have heard about his bad mood.

Entering the room with Ah Yao in his arms, he saw Xue Li sitting by the desk with her chin resting on her shoulders, with a large bowl of noodles in front of her.The noodles are very rich, and they look colorful from a distance, and there are all kinds of meat and vegetables, which are very appetizing.

But Xie Zhao's appetite was not raised too much.He felt a little guilty, and felt that it was not good to worry about him even if she was pregnant.Since she made the noodles with her own hands, he will try to eat some even if he has no appetite.

(End of this chapter)