The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 167
The emperor looked up at her, and laughed in his heart that Sydney had misled everyone around him, and said flatly, "Leave it alone."

Xingren's heartstrings were tense, and after a long silence, he boldly added a sentence: "Your Majesty, today is the Dragon Boat Festival..."

The emperor frowned slightly, and looked at her again.

The people in front of Sydney are rarely so talkative in front of him. At most, they will answer a few more words when he asks a question, or when he is in a good mood, they will say a few more nice words by looking at his face.

Today, Xingren knows that he is in a bad mood and talks too much, which is uncharacteristic...

Did Sydney miss him?

Xie Zhao secretly clicked his lips, thinking it was probably true.

I haven't seen you for nearly half a month.Although knowing each other is still in the palace, there is less emptiness in their hearts like "thousands of miles apart", but in the end, they really didn't see each other.

He thought about it, and put down his pen for a while: "Let's go, I'll just go to Shangshi Bureau."

Xingren was stunned for a moment, then regained consciousness, the emperor had already stepped out, and she could only keep up.

In a small courtyard of Shangshi Bureau, everyone was very lively.

Brown Tang was on her way to deliver rice dumplings to the eldest son of the emperor, but she actually went astray.Su Zixian had nothing to do by herself, so she and her nanny brought the eldest son of the emperor to Sydney for the festival, and at the same time called Yuxiang.

"Farewell" for half a month, both A Yuan and Yu Xiang were happy when they saw Sydney.A Yuan hugged her mother's neck to express her miss, and then went to hug her sister after hugging her mother.Yu Xiang was so excited that she jumped up and down in the yard, jumping up and down, throwing the pomegranate flowers that were in full bloom on the pomegranate tree in the yard to the ground!
Sydney thought it would be easier outside, so dinner was directly served in the yard.The table was set aside, the dishes were a few fewer than usual, and two extra plates of zongzi were added, and the courtyard was full of zongzi leaves.

Su Zixian said that he wanted to drink some wine, Fugui was clever, and immediately called Shang Dou Sha to the front to ask the female officials of Shangshi Bureau for wine.After a while, more than a dozen kinds were brought back, each of which was a small pot, but the sum was quite a lot.

Su Zixian slapped Fugui with a smile: "You want to force me to death? How can you drink like that!"

Fugui hid and explained: "Why are you so thankless! I ordered a few more because I was afraid that you would be unsatisfied with the drink! I don't know what you like to drink? I'm not Master Wei!"

Well, take this Cha Su Zixian in public!

Su Zixian's face turned red immediately, and she chased Fugui several times in the corridor, and stopped after she got tired.Only then was Fugui able to hide from Su Zixian's distance while stretching out his hand and stretching his neck to point and introduce: "The left side is full of fruit wine, the right side is full of flower wine, and the one in the middle... that's right, that's right, it's the one pointed by Dousha, It was the ladies who said they must send it to the lady, and they called the calamus to pour the fairy wine, specially prepared for the Dragon Boat Festival!"

Calamus down fairy wine?
It is a custom to drink calamus wine at the Dragon Boat Festival to cure diseases and eliminate disasters.But the name of this wine this year... sounds very evil!

Pick up the wine bottle in the middle of Sydney and take a look: it's pretty beautiful!

It is specially presented in a glass bottle, from top to bottom the glass bottle turns from a light yellowish color to a thick golden color, and the five poisons are fired on the bottle body.The whole bottle is crystal clear, and it looks radiant with the little light reflected in the room.

The wine inside is very light orange, covered by the color of the glass bottle, you can only see it if you look closely.

What attracts more eyes than the beautiful bottle is the calamus flower in the wine.

The calamus flower selected is orange-red, with long and narrow petals, and the appearance of blooming is a bit fairy-like.There are many flowers in a bottle, and they float up with a slight shake, suspended in the wine, as if they are still fresh and in full bloom.

Xueli uncorked the bottle, sniffed it first, and then poured a small cup for herself and Zixian.

At first sip, it tastes like Liulin wine...

Hey! ! !

Sydney was a little nervous immediately.Xie Zhao likes the taste of willow forest wine very much, but it is too strong for her. She is someone who can even drink bayberry wine to get drunk. Almost two cups of willow forest wine can knock her down.

But after tasting it carefully, it is different from Liulin wine.

Liulin wine is famous for its mellow and strong taste. This calamus pouring fairy wine is rich and mellow, but it is not as strong as Liulin wine.The burning sensation that runs through the chest when you drink it is much less than that of Liulin wine, but it flows down slowly, like a hot spring flowing through the heart.

It is more sweet than Liulin wine.

The sweetness of the calamus light fragrance is flowing on the tip of the tongue, and it is also kneaded in the sweetness.Not too sweet, not too strong, but delicious.

I can't complain that it is called "Daoxian Niang" - this kind of wine is the most deceptive, because it is not strong and delicious, even if the girl has nothing to do to drink by herself, she can drink most of the bottle without knowing it.

There was no reaction when I drank it, and when the reaction came...

Most of the time you can fall down and get a good night's sleep.

But it's okay, it's already this hour, and it's okay to get a good night's sleep at night.Xue Li happily drank with Su Zixian, and dipped a little bit of chopsticks for A Yao and A Yuan to taste.It's a holiday, so let's have a look.

After A Yao smacked his lips, he hugged her arm and asked, "Mom, can I have a drink?"

Sydney: "..."

Ah Yao is five years old, so it's not okay to drink too much, but it shouldn't matter if you take a sip.But she looked at the poured fairy wine in the cup, and still felt that it was too strong for her, so she said to her: "This one won't work. You can choose a milder flower wine or fruit wine and take a sip."

Ah Yao was dumbfounded.

Turning to look at the nearly twenty small pots on the table: which one to choose...

In fact, even Xue Li didn't know which one of these was the mildest and most suitable for children to drink. After hesitating for a moment, she thought about gritting her teeth and helping A Yao taste it all—she mixed it up and got drunk, it's better than drinking it together. Ah Yao is too drunk!
While she was thinking about it, the sour plum came over on her own initiative, she hesitated and begged for orders, "Maidservant help Di Ji taste it."

Huh?
Sydney thought about it, agreed, and took a clean wine cup for the sour plum to taste.The sour plum tasted her while telling her: "Drink less, the smell will be strong, so don't drink it."

After tasting the sour plums, he picked a peach blossom wine with the softest and most obvious sweetness and poured it to Ayao.A Yao took the cup and just took a sip when Suanmei felt dizzy...

"Sour plum!" Su Zixian quickly supported her.

Sour plum leaned on Su Zixian's shoulder in a daze for a while, then began to hum a little tune...

Then the whole courtyard was dumbfounded to see that the sour plums started to go crazy with wine.

This is definitely drunk!
Sour plum leaned on Su Zixian's shoulder and smiled happily. After getting up and turning around, she stumbled and sat next to Xueli.

Wu Mei was so frightened that she went crazy, her legs were about to kneel down to apologize for Sour Mei, Xue Li quickly stretched out her hand to pull her up: "It's okay..."

Before he finished speaking, the sour plum hit Sydney's shoulder!

The grown-ups don't even care about their drunken madness, not to mention the eight-year-old Sour Plum!No matter how cautious she is in her daily life, it's not like that at all now...

Leaning on Sydney's shoulder, laughing and reciting poems, she looks like a little girl.

Sydney looked at her dumbfounded, what can I do?I can only try to see if I can coax her.

She was afraid that the sour plum would get dizzy and fall, so she hugged her and coaxed her: "Sour plum? Sour plum is good! Don't read poetry! It's getting late!"

Sour Plum: "Chun Mian doesn't know dawn..."

Sydney: "Be obedient! You are not allowed to recite poetry!"

"Hmm..." Suan Mei blinked sleepily and drunkenly, "Clouds against rain, snow against wind..."

Do you want to recite pairs instead of poems?

Laughing all around!
When the emperor arrived, he heard insane laughter inside before entering the hospital.

He continued to walk curiously, stepped over the threshold, and saw A Yao and A Yuan hugging each other and laughing together at a glance, A Yao laughed so hard that he wiped away his tears!
Looking at Sydney again, there is a little girl hanging on her arm.The little girl was reciting "Enlightenment of the Rhythm" seriously but inarticulately. Xie Zhao listened to the sentence "The autumn rain is light, and the yellow flowers are full of rot; the spring breeze is curling, and the green bamboos are filling the window", pondering, thinking, This is all back to the "Jiang" chapter.

She waved her hands back and forth, and Xueli pressed her hand down again and again in embarrassment: "Sour, sour plum? Sour plum, stop making trouble!"

"The Jing is facing the ji, and the building is facing the building!"

"Okay, okay, the motherland is against other countries..." Sydney was about to cry, and she reached out to cover Suanmei's mouth.

When the emperor coughed lightly and walked over with a sullen face, the sour plum was being muffled and said "a thousand mountains to a thousand waters" in a muffled voice.

When everyone was in a hurry to salute, there was another crisp shout: "Jiuze vs Sanjiang!"

This time everyone felt that this slave girl was finished.

She was already dead and no one cared, but she was rude and went to His Majesty!

While supporting the sour plum, Xueli wanted to greet her with a smile, and was very embarrassed for a while: "Your Majesty..."

So Yu Xiang was able to jump into Xie Zhao's arms before she did, put her big paw on his shoulder, and licked it with her tongue.

"...Yuxiang! Go away!" Xie Zhao hurriedly pushed its head, and after pushing it away for a long time, A Yao and A Yuan ran over again: "Father!"

"Hey..." Xie Zhao was a little overwhelmed. After hugging the two children, Xue Li was still in a stalemate with Sour Plum.

So he glanced at her, and went into the house calmly.Xueli took a look, tried her best to break away from the sour plum, helped her to sleep, and trotted to catch up with Xie Zhao.

Don't be unhappy!
... She didn't mean to be so unruly!

Xie Zhao put A Yao and A Yuan on the couch, A Yao pulled him and asked how his younger brothers and sisters were doing, Xie Zhao touched A Yao's forehead with a fatherly look and replied that they were all fine and they were growing fast.

Xueli was laughing and looking for something to say: "I also miss Acong Aling..."

Then A Yuan asked, did they eat zongzi?Xie Zhao told her that they were still too young to eat zongzi.

Sydney continued to make excuses for her jokes: "That's right, Ah Yuan, you also ate zongzi for the first time last year!"

Tears flowed in her heart: Don't be angry, Your Majesty...

Xie Zhao was actually not angry, just seeing her face of "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong" just now, and felt that he should cooperate with her.

Sydney sat beside him, wrapped his arm around his shoulders and rubbed against his shoulders: "Your Majesty..."

The stern-faced Xie Zhao burst into laughter.

Then A Yao was quickly coaxed out, and A Yuan, who was lying on the couch and refused to leave, was picked up by Xie Zhao and bluffed and spanked, but he had no choice but to make a face and run away.

"Let's go, Yuxiang! Go find my sister!" A Yuan greeted Yuxiang and ran out.

The room is ready to start the spring night is short?Not yet.

Xie Zhao hugged Xueli and leaned on the couch, and the two chatted casually.He nodded and kissed her forehead from time to time, and most of the time it was Xue Li who poked her head up and gave a "baji" sound on his cheek.

The palace servants staying in the room could only lower their heads and pretend they didn't know anything.Hey, in the entire palace, it is probably the most tired when these two people are put together, and every time they get tired, the onlookers get toothaches.

Xueli put her arms around him and complained: "Why don't you come here after that?" She hasn't seen enough flying fish suits yet!

Xie Zhao's hand on her shoulder slid down, stopped on her slender waist, and pinched it back and forth: "There are too many things recently, and I can't spare time."

The most important members of the Qu family were finally convicted and released. The head of the family, Qu Wen, who was his uncle, was dragged to the graves of Lu Yong and He Jiao after his death as promised.Then he accepted the courtier's proposal and asked the craftsman to chisel a curved and stable kneeling statue to stand in front of the tomb of the two.

"That's it..." Xue Li smiled, raised her bright eyes, and wanted to pretend to be shy and say to him, "The girl in this book doesn't blame Mr. Yan", but saw his brows frowning.

So that sentence turned into: "My lord, are you unhappy?"

"..." Xie Zhao kept pinching her waist, and after a moment of silence, he sighed earnestly, "It's better for you to be fatter."

She lost weight soon after confinement, and is now as slim as before giving birth.Good-looking is good-looking, but he squeezed for a long time and didn't pinch any flesh, and it wasn't soft anymore!
Xie Zhao sincerely wondered if she could be persuaded to grow a little more flesh, or if the soft pear is more comfortable to hold.

Sydney is sincerely thinking, Your Majesty, when did you make this mistake?Like to pinch the flesh on her waist when you have nothing to do?
He never had this hobby!It must have been added when she was pregnant with A Cong A Ling!
Then is she going to gain weight?never!

What should His Majesty do if he wants to pinch meat?Let him quit!

Xueli whimpered and twisted and struggled in his arms to express her dissatisfaction with this request, Xie Zhaodan stared at Niqiu in front of her for a while, and with a firm hand around her waist, she was wrapped up and rolled over. Lie on my stomach.

"Look at you lightly." He appropriately sneered to show his contempt.

Xueli puffed her mouth and stared: "Isn't it good to be light? Your Majesty can hug it anytime you want!"

Xie Zhao raised his chin slightly: "No, others thought I was bullying you - but you have been fed by me since you were 12 years old."

Sydney: "..."

The two of them just half-lyed, half-sitting and teasing the poor, Xie Zhao felt relaxed.

Everything here is much more casual than in other places, so that he can't even get angry when he sees sour plums playing drunk, and if he changes to other places, he will feel bad manners.

——Who made her feel "natural" here?

There is always this kind of relaxed and happy atmosphere, which makes people feel comfortable after watching it. Of course, they are not in the mood to care about the rules.

Sydney, who hadn't seen Xie Zhao for half a month, let herself be bored with him for a while, and then the two went to take a bath and change their clothes.When Xueli returned to her room, she and Fugui asked for the unfinished calamus wine.

It's a big night of wine, and there is no food for the wine.Xie Zhao looked at the little glazed pot and raised his eyebrows lightly. When he opened it to her, he couldn't help the evil smile in his mouth: "It's...very interesting!"

That is!

Xue Li raised her brows, and quickly poured wine to drink with him.

After having a few drinks, the two happily put down the curtains and rolled onto the couch!

The spring night is too short...in fact, it is not so short.

After sweating all over, Xie Zhao put on his clothes as usual and went to the bed to ask someone to come in to take a shower. After cleaning himself, he took two clean wet handkerchiefs to wipe her.Xueli was lying on the couch feeling exhausted, and she didn't even bother to move when he said "raise your arm".

——At this moment, she felt that she must have been tossed and crippled by him!

"Woo..." Xueli frowned, full of sleepiness, and wanted to fall asleep directly after pulling off the quilt.

"Hiss...you still dare to be impatient?" Xie Zhao knelt on the couch and lifted the quilt again, and continued to wipe her back.She kicked the bed with her feet to express her annoyance, he took a look, and finally dropped the veil and reached out to touch her waist.

"...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Xue Li screamed for mercy after being scratched so badly, she quickly snatched the handkerchief from him, and obediently wiped it off herself.

She wrapped herself in the quilt and wiped it. From the outside, he looked like the quilt was being arched and arched. After seeing it for a while, he couldn't help but disturb her, and put his hand in through the gap...

"Hate it!" Xue Li cursed and punched it down.

Xie Zhao: "..."

pain……

The two "revenge each other's grievances" for a long time, and when they finally had a truce and fell asleep, it was a quarter of an hour.

When Yinshi Xie Zhao woke up, Sydney also woke up, rubbing his eyes and laughing, rolled out of bed to help him change his clothes, and sometimes he was in such a good mood that he couldn't help himself "la la la la" when he tied his laces.

"Puchi." Xie Zhao couldn't help laughing, and scratched her nose with his fingers, "A good mood is written on her face every day, can you be more reserved?"

"Not good. It's not a bad thing to be happy, why should you be 'reserved'?" Xueli pushed him casually, turned around and took the crown from the palace man, and thought about it before putting it on him, "If you don't use it first Meal?"

Xie Zhao said: "Go back to the Zichen Palace, so as not to be late for court."

"Oh..." She pursed her lips, tiptoed to put on the crown for him, and carefully helped him take care of the twelfth.The twelve pins are all made of beads, and they are easy to get entangled if you are not careful.She was so focused that she unknowingly got closer and closer. Xie Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, sniffing the fragrance that was getting closer.

"Hmm...!!!" Xueli's lips became hot, and the sound of the twelve-pronged beads "cracking" could be heard all around her ears.

A circle of palace people covered their mouths and snickered, Xue Li waved his hands for a while before remembering to push him: "Oh!"

"Yeah." Xie Zhao let go of her and took a deep breath, his face refreshed.

He nodded and looked at her with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work. Hurry up and give me the roster, and hurry back to Jiugeyuan."

With a guilty conscience, Xue Li thought about the extremely concise roster she had written, and stuck out her tongue: "I know! It will be over soon...just a day or two!"

"Okay." Xie Zhao smiled, stretched his arms around her and hugged her for a while before letting go.He straightened his collar and went out.

Down the corridor, Xingren had settled his mind for a long time, but he still couldn't help trembling slightly when he saw the door open.

She took a deep breath again, and stepped forward with a tray: "Your Majesty."

Xie Zhao looked sideways and stopped for a while.

With a beating heart, Xingren pushed the tray forward by two inches, keeping his head down.

She suppressed her anxiety and said: "Your Majesty...you can eat something before you go, this, this is freshly made."

On the tray in her hand was a drawer of steamed buns, obviously just out of the oven, still steaming.

Xie Zhaoye was a bit hungry, so he casually picked up one and bit it down...

Xingren nervously waited for the evaluation.As long as he shows a little liking, she can follow along to thank him for his praise, and say that this is the first time she has done it...

The emperor tasted it, and his brows frowned suddenly.

Looking down, the skin is too thick, and the stuffing is not well-chosen—the Shangshi Bureau mistakenly presented something that the little palace maid practiced?

But he didn't care about it, and went out again, casually throwing the buns on the wall: "Yuxiang!"

"Aww!" Yu Xiang made a beautiful leap, bit the bun while landing, swallowed it almost without chewing, licked her mouth and squatted next to the emperor, paws on him: more.

"Ha." The emperor laughed, leaned over and patted it on the head, then turned his head and said to Xingren, "Feed it, after eating this small box, you won't be allowed to give it any more." It ate too much salt and lost its hair. !The last time I ate braised pork ribs secretly, I rubbed against him and Sydney with their yellow hair!
The emperor rubbed Yuxiang patiently for a while with a smile in his mouth, making Yuxiang so comfortable that he snorted.

It pretended to turn over and lie down again for him to rub its stomach, so he quickly patted its head and said: "Okay, I still have something to do, you go eat buns, and play after Sydney brings you back to Jiugeyuan."

"Oh..." Yu Xiang responded, but she didn't know if she understood or not.

A few zhang away, Xingren froze in place holding the bun, staring blankly at the emperor who was smiling warmly but not smiling at her, his mind went blank.

(End of this chapter)