The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 162 Gu Quan
After having two more children at once, Sydney felt that she would not feel idle in a short time.

If you have nothing to do, just play with the children!

Although there are nurses and maids in the palace, there is basically nothing that she has to do personally, but she can do it herself if she wants to. It was like this in the past, and it is the same with the newborn son and daughter.

For example, she likes changing clothes very much, and always takes them down to do it herself.

Before, the obedient Ayao was first called in, and she made gestures with all kinds of upper jackets and lower skirts. A Yuan, who was running around, came back and pressed the bed to change.

It's different now.

Ah Yao did not change this step, and then put a pair of dragon and phoenix twins on the couch together, and changed each of them into soft clothes. After finishing the two of them, Ah Yuanzhun sat obediently by himself and waited for the change. .

After a few times, the pear smelled a little bit—Xiao Ayuan, you are fighting for favor!
In fact, it was normal. Thinking back, A Yuan was the smallest one in the yard.Aside from the maids, eunuchs, nurses and other servants, she and A Yao also pampered and protected him together.Now that two younger ones came unexpectedly, Ah Yuan felt that he was not as cared about as before, so there was nothing wrong with taking the initiative to show his existence.

But after careful consideration, Sydney felt that she had better be careful about this matter.

As the child of an older brother or sister, it is inevitable that there will be a process of change in thinking, but it is not good if there is an accident other than the normal change!

——When A Yuan was born, A Yao was almost provoked by Shi Shi and Chen Shi!

Thinking about Ah Yao's lost look when he locked himself in the room and wept bitterly that day, Xueli's heart aches even now.This kind of thing happens once is enough, if it happens again, she might as well ask San Chi Bai Ling to hang herself to death!
As a result, Sydney's leisurely life became "well-organized" as a matter of course-get up at Maoshi, first go to each child's room to look at it, kiss Ayao and rub A Yuan, the two young ones are too tender, she dare not kiss or rub , can only touch.

After looking around, he went to scratch Yuxiang, and said to Yuxiang with a smile on his face, "Although I have four children, I still like you"——most of the time, Yuxiang, who is half asleep and half awake, is too lazy to talk to her, just talking about it After yawning, patting her with his paw is considered a way of showing face, and Xue Li always felt that when he patted her, he must be saying: "I know, be good, don't talk nonsense, let Sajia sleep..."

After exchanging feelings with Yuxiang, Ayao and Jinshu mostly got up, rubbing their eyes and complaining to Sydney that they were so sleepy and wanted to sleep a little longer, but they couldn’t, so hurry up and have breakfast, and then Mother Fu will come to teach They read!
In the morning when the two girls were studying, Sydney just happened to be able to accompany A Yuan, or take A Yuan to see his younger siblings; in the afternoon, it was the other way around, and let A Yuan go to read poems with the nanny or something, and she took A Yao to see her younger brother. younger sister.

In the evening, she would probably make some snacks, and she would tell stories to A Yao A Yuan Jinshu while eating. If the emperor came over, he would take them to practice calligraphy.After a month like this, the children, including Yu Xiang, were all happy, and nothing unpleasant happened, and Xue Li was relieved.

But when she was lying on the bed, she went into a trance from time to time, feeling as if she hadn't done anything all day...but she was really busy!

Under such inexplicable busyness, she lost weight quite quickly.When she suddenly found that she was able to put on her pre-pregnancy dress smoothly, she still nervously asked Doctor Yan if she was not in good health.

Doctor Yan told her calmly: "My lady, you are still young, and you need to take more care of yourself. It is normal to lose weight quickly."

In the blink of an eye, a pair of children have been more than two months old, and the name of the second son of the emperor has been decided.Before the official decree came down, Chen Jijiang first passed on a message, saying that the word "cong" was chosen.

Xie Cong.When I heard this name, Sydney could only think of "murmuring water". I wondered why I chose such a word. There are many words from the Ministry of Water!
Chen Jijiang said with a smile: "It's just 'murmuring water'. The Ministry of Rites reported that His Royal Highness, the second son of the emperor, lacks water in the five elements. When taking this word, everyone first thinks of 'gurgling water'. The water was replenished."

...is this all right? !
Xueli nodded stiffly with a slight astonishment.Fortunately, Xie Cong wasn't hard to hear. She repeated "Achong Achong" twice, and then asked Chen Jijiang: "Then Di Ji's name and title have been decided?"

"The name has been decided, His Majesty said Xie Ling."

Sydney: "The 'Ling' of Linglong is still the 'Ling' of Reiki."

"Neither of them." Chen Jijiang smiled and bowed, "It's the 'Ling' of the water character department. If you follow the rules of Daqi, only the prince will follow the genealogy, and the emperor's concubine will have a nice and auspicious name, but your majesty said that the daughter If you teach it well, you may not be any worse than your son, so you will also name it according to the genealogy."

She usually spends too much time laughing and joking, and every time she hears him say something affectionate, she feels a little embarrassed, especially this kind of quiet way of nourishing things from other people's mouth.Xueli bit her lip with a slightly warm face, got up and thanked Chen Jijiang with a blessing, and asked Dousha to get a gold ingot.

Instead, Chen Jijiang waved his hand to signal the others to back off, and he took a step forward, nodding: "Lady."

Xue Li was stunned, and waited until the maids in the room all retreated, before asking, "What's the matter, Your Excellency?"

"It's not a big deal, but it's better to tell the lady." Chen Jijiang lowered his voice again, and said to her, "If you don't ask your majesty about the imperial concubine's title, please don't ask me. This morning's title is It was probably dissatisfied that His Majesty rejected the title of those who were submitted to Zichen Hall together with their names."

"...Oh." Xue Li nodded without thinking.If you are not satisfied, you can wait for the Ministry of Rites to think about it, it is not an urgent matter.

Chen Jijiang: "The one who was rejected along with the title of Emperor Ji, and His Royal Highness the Seventh Highness asked for the title for his daughter."

Sydney heartstrings mention.

It's been a long time since she saw His Highness the Seventh Prince, and she hasn't heard about the people and things about the Seventh Prince. She only knew that when the Empress Dowager was seriously ill, there was some estrangement between the two brothers.

For my daughter please seal...

Yi's daughter was born in September last year, and the child is almost half a year old now.

She couldn't help asking a few more questions, asking Chen Jijiang what happened to the invitation, was it lowered before or was it not sealed at all?

Chen Jijiang replied that she had never been granted a title at all, and now that child has no titles, even the palace only dared to call her small characters, and did not dare to add the title of Wengzhu, Junzhu, Countyzhu without authorization.

Are these two brothers really having a bad time?
Xue Li was apprehensive, and did not dare to do anything rashly, thanked Chen Jijiang again, and called someone to see the guest off.

In the Zichen Palace, the emperor's anger had nowhere to vent.

Ever since the incident in Mount Ying last year, when Concubine Cheng asked for an order to divorce his wife on behalf of the five kings, he took the matter of easing the relationship between brothers to heart.However, the more he paid attention to it, the more he realized that this matter was really difficult to handle.

When his mother was seriously ill, he hardened his heart and didn't go to see her because he couldn't see her either in public or privately.In public, he couldn't let the Qu family see the slightest soft-heartedness, and in private, he couldn't ignore the tragic death of so many people.

He really couldn't cross that threshold to express any forgiveness to his mother. After more than a month, he suddenly realized that his seventh brother was angry with him.

This caught him off guard a bit.

To be honest, he was actually worried about this at the beginning, and he tested the seventh brother a few times overtly and secretly, but the seventh brother didn't show any displeasure.When they went to kowtow to the Queen Mother, the two even met face to face several times, and they were like brothers and friends, so that he didn't feel any abnormality when they faced each other.

Seventh brother has been sullen for a long time...

The emperor was greatly annoyed by this.Thinking back to the past few months after the Queen Mother's death, he not only tested the seventh brother, but also took advantage of the heat to completely dispose of the Qu family. With such a big commotion, the seventh brother didn't show anything, not a word of displeasure.

If it weren't for the matter of asking for a seal for the child, he would probably continue to be kept in the dark.

He hadn't personally asked about this matter before, there were too many things in the court, and he really didn't have the time to chase after a child and ask "Should I seal it up, when will it be sealed?" In the past, each mansion would choose one Days hand in memorials, if he is more free, he will give him a title, and if he is busy, he will hand it over to the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, he knew about the fact that the seventh brother had an extra daughter at the time, but at the time when the queen mother was seriously ill, it was difficult for the seventh brother not to mention him, so he forgot about it afterwards.It wasn't until this morning that someone brought it up that he remembered that there was still such a clan girl who hadn't been enthroned.

The person who came to mention this matter is from Yi's natal family.The Yi family had been promoted by the Qu family, and after running the Qu family, he wanted to protect the Yi family for his seventh younger brother, and he couldn't give much real power, so he settled down as a vacant job with a salary, and gave Yi's father a second job. The title is considered a reward, and just like that, the Yi family is qualified to enter the palace to meet the saint.

But Xie Zhao didn't expect that the first time Yi's parents entered the palace to meet the saint was to ask for the throne for their granddaughter!

The two of them seemed to be almost half a century old, and it was quite difficult to open their mouths. They hesitated and hawed for a long time, and they explained the matter clearly.When Xie Zhao heard this, his head grew bigger!

This decision is definitely not as simple as it sounds on the surface. He guessed that the two of them might not be very clear about the twists and turns inside—how could Feng Feng ask her natal family to invite her?It is a matter of one sentence for the mansion to send someone directly into the palace!

Let them come, it can only be that Yi Shi mentioned it to the seventh brother, but the seventh brother ignored it-as for why the seventh brother ignored it, he couldn't think of anything other than that he was competing with him and refused to speak to him reason.

Did you delay your daughter so much?

He directly sent Yi's parents back, telling them that it was against the rules to do so.He had to discuss with his father what kind of title the clan daughter would give.

After politely sending the two away, Xie Zhao was deeply depressed.

The relationship between brothers is far more important to him than the relationship between mother and child.The discord between him and the queen mother has existed since he can remember, and it was not created by him alone, nor can he ease it all by himself; but the growing estrangement between brothers is mostly his fault.Even if he just had too many things to think about and had to be negligent, it was still his fault.

The emperor approved the memorial for most of the day in a dull manner. Although he had taken care of many things, these troubles were still lingering in his mind.

When it was dark, he finally felt a little hungry. He put down his pen and said, "Go to Sydney."

The palace people followed silently at their feet, and the two long lines walked in dead silence.When they arrived at the gate of Jiugeyuan, everyone else was waiting outside, only Chen Jijiang and Xu Shishui followed in.

He entered the main room, looked inside to see if Xueli was not there, and asked the maid in front of him where she was with a black face.

Brown Tang didn't dare to raise her head: "The lady is playing with the prince Diji and Yuxiang in the north courtyard."

The emperor turned around and went to the north courtyard, which is now where A Yao and A Yuan live. The courtyard Sydney, which had reserved a flower garden for planting flowers and plants, was filled up with green bricks and became a large open space for convenience. Children run and jump.

Under the moonlight, several palace lanterns were set up around the courtyard, illuminating the courtyard brightly enough.A wrist-thick ball rolled on the ground, it sounded hard, and it made a rattling sound when it rolled.

Yuxiang was chasing the ball very happily, but it was difficult to catch up—mainly because Ayao and Ayuan were too bad, and they scrambled for the ball all the way.It doesn't matter even if you can't catch it, if you see it is about to catch up, run over and kick it first, and the ball will roll away again, and the three of them will chase it together.

I don't know how long after playing, such a majestic and mighty lion like Yuxiang was panting, and continued to chase persistently, but he was not angry with Ayao and Ayuan.

Seeing him come in, Jin Shu, who had just come out of the house to tease Yu Xiang, suddenly stopped and greeted him, and Ah Yao also stopped when he heard the sound.Yuxiang was finally able to catch the ball, and he clenched his mouth tightly until it creaked.

Sydney died laughing watching it on the porch.The ball was ground by Yang Mingquan with beef bones, and it had a fishy smell. Since throwing it to Yuxiang this morning, Yuxiang has been inseparable from it, but the ball fell into A Yuan's hands at noon. He didn't return it after he caught it, and even teased it with his two sisters, which made Yuxiang feel so angry.

Now that it is finally snatched back, the smell of fish is beautiful, rolling and gnawing on the ground.As soon as Xie Zhao went over and squatted down, it immediately took the whole ball in its mouth, expressing clearly "no snatching".

Xie Zhao didn't know the previous situation, so he reached out and wanted to take it.

Sydney hurriedly greeted him: "Your Majesty, let him eat it! Let's have some snacks!"

The three children ran over as soon as they heard that they wanted snacks, but no one rushed to do it.When he approached steadily, Sydney held a small celadon bowl for him: "Osmanthus sweet potato seedlings. Just out of the oven, this bowl has less sugar."

Candy taro seedlings have always been very suitable for eating to relieve boredom, and children also like it.There are knuckle-sized yams inside, shaved round, soft and delicious after cooking.The soup is boiled with lotus root starch, sweet-scented osmanthus and brown sugar, which is sweet and fragrant.The thick and thick texture is enough to allow the taro to float in it, and the finely divided osmanthus petals are also condensed in the light brown, which looks a bit like amber at first glance.

Xie Zhao looked at it casually with a smile, and then lowered his eyes to see the three children looking at him eagerly, and immediately handed the bowl to A Yao: "Eat first, I will order something else."

This is how Sydney teaches children. If he doesn't mention many rules, she will never take the initiative to teach them, but she is very active in teaching things like "respecting the elders" and "respecting Fu's mother".

The children are now sensible.Including A Yuan who is annoying—his new hobby is to steal a brush from his sister and draw everywhere. When he sees him, he knows to obediently call "Father Emperor" first. When he is seated, he knows that parents should sit first and eat first. eat.

Seeing that he took the initiative to hand the candy taro seedlings to Ah Yao, the three children went to eat snacks happily together.Sydney asked him what he wanted to eat, and he thought he hadn't eaten dinner, so he said: "Order something real, and warm up some wine, I just want to discuss something with you."

Xue Li thought for a while, then turned her head and said: "Tonight, I will serve some more of the casserole rice noodles that Ayao likes. The wine should be the Liulin wine just sent by the Shangshi Bureau. I will serve it after it is hot, and I will also serve some other dishes. Let the kitchen take care of it."

Now is the time when spring and summer alternate, and it feels chilly after sitting outside for a long time at this time of night, so it is just right to eat a casserole.So the two of them didn't go back to the main courtyard, they were still sitting on the porch of the north courtyard, and when the casserole was ready and served, Xie Zhao smelled it and became hungry.

The soup in the small black pot is boiled white bone broth with complete ingredients.The vegetarian ones include white and tender tofu cubes, crystal-clear boiled cabbage, and mushrooms that enhance the flavor and chewiness; the meat ones include a few slices of chicken thigh meat, three or five meatballs, and a few slices of translucent marinade of beef tendon.

Xie Zhao scooped up the soup first and drank it, his mouth was full of delicious aroma and his whole body was warmed up.When Gong'e served the warm wine, he was so hot that he had to cool the wine for a while before drinking, and he ate a mouthful of sliced ​​sausage first.

Sydney ate a piece of steamed abalone by herself.Most of these steamed seafood are not too complicated, only ginger and garlic are used to enhance freshness, and some simple seasonings are added to season.

Abalone is already thick and plump, and it tastes good, and the steamed soup is full of reverberations.Xueli looked at his expression and saw that he was also concentrating on eating, so she let herself carefully finish tasting the delicious piece of abalone meat before asking: "What do you want to discuss?"

Xie Zhao took a sip of his wine: "Two or three months ago, the old maids were let out, and the new maids entered the palace, and the imperial court needed to add some people. In the imperial dining room, Cui Sishan and several of the female officials under his command were married off. Haven't made it up yet."

Because he always comes to her place to open a small stove, if he really wants to prepare something temporarily, it can be called Shangshi Bureau, even if the imperial dining room is not used.

Xueli didn't realize what it had to do with him for the time being, and he sat and listened nervously. He fed her a chopsticks of shrimp and egg, and said, "You go to Shangshi Bureau to stay for a few days, and choose someone."

Sydney was surprised.

Xie Zhaoyi, of course, didn't mention the thought of "I won't be nervous when I become a queen in the future after these things are done well", but only told her: "You can handle this matter well, I probably like to eat what you like, according to your taste Just pick what you like."

"Okay." Xue Li raised her confidence a little, Xie Zhao took a sip of wine again: "I plan to let Mrs. Yi go to the Shangyi Bureau. She is good at mathematics but not familiar with the palace. If you are not sure If I ask you for help, you can figure it out.”

Yi's?

Sydney thought about what Chen Jijiang said earlier, and her heart skipped a beat.

(End of this chapter)