The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 168
In the Xuanzheng Hall, the early court was in the middle, and in the small room behind the Xuanzheng Hall, Chen Jijiang and Xu Shishui sat on both sides of the Eight Immortals Table and drank tea.

Both master and apprentice were a little worried.

They all saw it in the morning. There is no doubt that this is because the people under Mrs. Ruan's hands are outraged.

His Majesty didn't care that His Majesty's thoughts were all on Ruan Niangzi, and he didn't look at the girl at all, but they saw the doorway at a glance.

You have to weigh this matter clearly when you come out of the door.It's okay for the concubine next to her to have a big heart, anyway, she didn't see His Majesty very much in the past, and now she doesn't even see her at all.But Mrs. Ruan is different. Mrs. Ruan can see His Majesty at least 360 days out of [-] days a year. of.

She can always see her, and the big-hearted maids around her also see her, there are too many opportunities to show her courteousness and play tricks.This time His Majesty didn't take it seriously, what about next time?
After a long period of silence, Xu Shishui put the teacup aside: "Master."

"Huh?" Chen Jijiang turned his head slightly to look at him.

Xu Shishui frowned and said, "It's inappropriate for us to clean up this matter. I think I'll tell Mrs. Ruan first, and let her clean the door by herself."

"No." Chen Jijiang replied to him, paused, and then said, "I have inquired, that girl is considered as the person close to Mrs. Ruan, except for Dou Sha, she is her face. Now Mrs. Ruan has not seen the slightest sign of it." , let's go and say this, and if she is not sure, she will think that Xingren offended us and we are going to cause trouble, it is thankless."

"That……"

Xu Shishui felt that he couldn't just say nothing!
Nothing has started now, and His Majesty himself has not noticed that girl's thoughts, and when Miss Ruan is angry, she will be angry. When the time comes to accuse her of crimes, His Majesty will not blame Miss Ruan.

It's better than waiting for that almond to really climb up the dragon couch, okay?

If she really got on the dragon couch, with Miss Ruan's jealousy, she would have to come over and peel them alive if she couldn't clean up the almonds. If the matter is put on His Majesty, she hopes that His Majesty belongs to her alone!
Thinking about it, Xu Shishui sighed until it was a pain.If they really let things develop to that point, wouldn't they cause trouble for themselves?
He wanted to persuade Chen Jijiang again: "Master, this..."

"Don't talk, I know what you want to say." Chen Jijiang didn't look at him again, but raised his hand to signal him to shut up.

Xu Shishui was dumb, held back for a while, and couldn't help but said: "Now it's not two or three years ago! Miss Ruan is nineteen years old this year, she is still young, but isn't Xingren younger than her? Master, don't be careless .”

When Chen Jijiang, who hadn't thought about it just now, heard it, his mind immediately turned around.

Then my heart calmed down again: "Let's see... that almond is too tender, but if she reveals a little tail for Miss Ruan to see, Lady Ruan will be able to cure her. We don't care about anything, as for this girl If you really have the ability to climb to the dragon couch..."

Chen Jijiang narrowed his eyes and smiled, and didn't say anything further.

——Even if she really has the ability to climb onto the dragon couch, she will be destined to become a target of public criticism in the harem!
There is no extra room for another Jiuge Courtyard at the back of the Zichen Palace. Lady Ruan has sons and daughters, so even if His Majesty is temporarily tempted by others, he will definitely not wrong her.

Shangshi Bureau.

When I woke up from drinking too much sour plum last night, the first thing I felt was a headache, and I felt even more top-heavy after sitting up.

Wu Mei was also in the room, seeing that she had woken up, she hurriedly told her about the drinking that ended the night before, so that her face turned pale.

Why she drank so much, only she knew.It's not just for Di Ji to taste something suitable for her, but also because she feels too uncomfortable and wants to drink too much.

Most of the people in slavery are not regarded as human beings, but they are still human beings, and as human beings, they have feelings...

Suanmei heard that her mother had passed away four days ago, but she could neither visit nor cry from a distance.Not only not this time, but also on the anniversary of death in the future.

There was nothing she could do but keep her mother firmly in her heart.This made her unable to sleep for several days, and when she closed her eyes, she was filled with sadness.

She heard that wine can relieve sorrow, so she seized the opportunity yesterday and drank some logically, but she didn't expect that drinking would cause such a big trouble.

Suanmei got up from the couch, tidied things hastily, and then went to Mrs. Ruan to apologize.

She and Wu Mei are not free to enter Lady Ruan's residence, they have to find the maid in charge first.On this day, Dousha was resting, Xingren was in charge, and Suanmei saw her in the corridor in front of Lady Ruan's door.

"Sister Xingren..." Suanmei Yifu, Xingren who was sitting leaning against the pillar of the porch looked up at her: "What's the matter?"

Ever since she knew that Xingren had been fined half a year's salary because of herself, sour plums and dark plums have scared her.

So Suanmei hesitated for a while before saying: "Sister, lady...are you awake?"

"Wake up, I'm practicing calligraphy with Di Ji." Xingren looked at her impatiently, "What do you do?"

Suanmei said: "Your servant wants to... go in and apologize, I drank too much last night..."

Xingren frowned slightly: "No need, Mrs. Ruan won't blame you for this."

Sour plum kept silent, but her heart was beating a little.

She also knew that Mrs. Ruan was a good person, but last night she was rude and went to His Majesty.Although generally speaking, it would be fine if you don't ask the crime at the time, but for such a big matter... who knows if you want to wait for her to wake up before asking the crime?
Suanmei was hesitant to ask Xingren for a few more words, when suddenly Xingren said impatiently: "Come on, I'll tell you."

Then, she heard a soft complaint: "Everyone is afraid that she will be like this, and she is still a palace maid!"

Sour Plum was slightly startled, she held back her curiosity as soon as it surged up.Xingren went into the house, turned back after a while, glanced at her with disgust and said, "Go in."

Suanmei thanked Xingren Fushen and entered the house.In the room, Xueli and Ayao sat in front of the desk, writing something face to face.

A Yao is writing the homework left to her by Fu's mother, and Sydney is rewriting the final roster.

Ayao is used to writing homework like this, her little face is very calm and her heart is as calm as water, while Xueli is a little irritable in her heart - mainly because she has already written it once, and now she has to do it again, so annoying!
Annoyed, she kicked everyone out.I complained in my heart that Yi Shi did it too well and in too much detail, which was much more difficult than what she had done before.It took her two minutes to finish writing that book, and this one she had just started...

Hehe, half an hour passed before she finished writing about the four of them.

There are sixteen more people!
Sydney couldn't sit still anymore, even the sweet candied fruit could not suppress her temper.

She was rubbing her temples to soothe her nerves, when a sentence came from not far in front of her: "Mistress Wan'an, Emperor Ji Wan'an."

Looking up, it was a sour plum, knowing that there must be something wrong, Xueli simply took advantage of this to put down her pen: "Get up, what's the matter?"

Suan Mei straightened her body but did not dare to stand up, she lowered her head: "Lady, I was rude last night... last night."

"It's okay, it's okay, what do you know if you drink too much? This time you know you can't drink, just drink less in the future." Xue Li smiled and pulled her up, Suanmei's head was still dizzy and her feet were unsteady, she pulled the sour plum directly Sit by the case, poured tea for her, and said with a smile, "You can recite the book so smoothly even after drinking too much, you girl really didn't learn in vain!"

Suanmei felt so ashamed, she blushed and sniffed the tea.Sydney continued to write that annoying brochure, and after writing two lines, she suddenly remembered: "Ah, sour plum... When you go out later, send a message for me, so that Xingren can watch Yi Liangyuan, who was backing up as a gift to the Seventh Prince's Mansion. Send it off. She left the palace yesterday, and I didn't have time to send her off."

It's not all politeness, she and Yi's relationship is very good, this time they are both busy with their own affairs in the palace, and they don't see each other very much, so Sydney wants to prepare a gift as a small apology, in the future Find another day to let the children on both sides play together.

"Nuo..." Suanmei paused for a while, thought for a while, and asked cautiously, "Is it okay for this slave to go to Sister Xingren instead of Sister Dosha?"

……Um?

Xueli looked up at her: "Dousha is resting today, she is probably sleeping comfortably, don't disturb her."

Suanmei immediately suggested again: "Then, can this servant find sesame seeds? Candied dates? Brown sugar?"

"..." Sydney inevitably frowned.Of course she knew that after punishing Xingren's salary last time, Sour Plum Wumei felt guilty when she saw Xingren, but because of this, it was wrong for Sour Plum to have to haggle for her to send a message.

Xueli looked at her indifferently: "I just want you to pass on a message. I did the order. Xingren won't show you face."

"But... my lady." It was the first time for Suan Mei to argue with someone like this, and she clearly heard that her heartbeat was not right.

She still gritted her teeth and continued: "Lady, Sister Xingren seems to be very dissatisfied with you... towards you."

"Ah?!" Xue Li, who was about to continue writing, was taken aback.

Suanmei immediately said: "Maybe it's just a bad mood today!"

Xueli finally had to ask carefully, and there seemed to be nothing else, sour plum just told her the sentence she heard, "everyone is afraid that she will be like this, and she is still a palace maid".

Sydney was dumbfounded.

How could almond say such a thing?Although this is the truth... but the people close to me said this, somewhat with a sense of resentment.

She was stunned for a while, and Ah Yao puffed her mouth and shouted to Suanmei: "She's talking nonsense! My mother is not a palace maid! Father said, mother is the queen!"

"...Ayao!" Xueli tapped her with a pen, and after thinking for a while, she told Suanmei, "Then you go and let Zhima do this, she is clever. Xingren...you don't need to say anything, I am Think about how to arrange it."

"No!" Sour Mei responded without any hesitation, her heart seemed to brighten up, and she felt as if she had accomplished an unprecedented event.

She has always been unable to resist people who treat her badly, and she can't help people who are kind to her, but this time, did she help Mrs. Ruan?

The mood of Suanmei, which had been suppressed for several days, became more relaxed, and her steps became brighter when she walked out.

Sydney, on the other hand, pondered over the almonds with concern.

Xingren is actually very resentful towards her?Why?She treats Almond very well...

Just because she was fined for half a year's salary?
Sydney thinks it's not enough just because of that.

This kind of punishment will make people feel unhappy, but everyone in the palace also knows that it is actually the most leeway to just pay a fine if something goes wrong.After all, there are still so many criminal responsibilities available, she didn't punish her to kneel and move the board, right?

What's more, the sour plum and Wumei were bullied so badly that time, and Wumei's arm was dislocated. Such a big matter was because Xingren was lazy for a while, and she punished Xingren with half a year's salary to save face, right?

But if it wasn't for this, there must be other reasons.

This "other reason", Xueli couldn't even think of it - she really didn't treat Xingren so hard!
Sydney, who couldn't figure it out, had to go to Dou Sha to discuss it.

A Yao looked at her resentfully as she dropped the pen and left, no matter how she looked at it, she felt that writing this thing was too disturbing, so she found an excuse to run away.

Dou Sha, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened by the smell of fish, and instantly felt that his whole body was broken.

"Yuxiang... Yuxiang!" She huddled under the quilt to hide from Yuxiang, and Yuxiang was still excitedly stepping on her, trying to find a hole to get in and play with her.

"Yuxiang!!! You go away!!!" Dou Sha collapsed, and suddenly lifted the quilt to wrap Yuxiang who hadn't dodged in time, pressed and rubbed vigorously, "Are you going to open the door again? You're going crazy! "

After "scrambling" with Yuxiang for a while, Dousha suddenly raised her head: "My lady..."

Xueli breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down on the side of the couch calmly.

— Waking up angry is terrible!Bean paste, if you feel angry when you wake up, give it to Yuxiang!

Dou Sha and Xue Li looked at each other stiffly for a while, and saw that when Xue Li was apologetic, she stopped stiffening: "Miss, what's the matter...?"

After all, the relationship between Xue Li and her is different from others. When Dou Sha came to her side, she was just a palace maid in the imperial dining room, and Dou Sha called her "sister".

Therefore, the two have been very casual in private.Now that Xue Li was going to sit on the side of the couch, Dou Sha moved in to make room for her.

Xueli then told Dou Sha what Suanmei said just now, saying that she thought that Suanmei would not lie, but she didn't know how to offend Xingren.But since Xingren is dissatisfied with her, she is not at ease staying with her, after all, there are four children by her side.

Dou Sha was bored for a while and said, "Understood. Ma'am, you are planning to make me sing a red face, right?"

Xue Li smiled and nodded: "It's more suitable for you than me to handle this matter. If I tell her to push her down, it will become more troublesome and uglier."

Dou Sha said "I understand, I understand", and after weighing it for a while, she told Sydney: "I see, I will discuss it with Fugui later... see what is the best way."

Zichen Palace.

Although Chen Jijiang and Xu Shishui watched Xingren's affairs with cold eyes, they kept staring at them closely.

Two days later, when Fugui presented the roster for Mrs. Ruan, both master and apprentice stopped him and asked, "Hey, is everything okay with Mrs. Ruan?"

The eunuchs who can get ahead are all very shrewd, Fugui heard this, although he couldn't figure out what Xingren was thinking, he knew that they must have heard about what happened in the past two days.

He just said truthfully: "All good, all good. The roster is confirmed, and Mrs. Ruan is ready to go back to Jiugeyuan. That's right... Recently, the girl in the small kitchen has been slack, the dishes were not cleaned, and the white The nanny was devoured. You know, Madam Ruan has always respected Nanny Bai, so she sent Xingren to watch her in fear of accidents."

Hehe, the people in Jiugeyuan are very smart.

Although I don't know what Xingren has done recently, Mrs. Ruan has figured out the clue.But since Mrs. Ruan brought the matter to Nanny Bai, don't say that others can't say anything, probably Xingren herself can't say anything.

Chen Jijiang laughed after thinking about it, exchanged some pleasantries with Fugui, and then presented the roster.

The emperor took over the roster and flipped through it, seeing that it was written in more detail than the one submitted by Yi Shi, he understood: I can't blame this dull pear for writing so slowly, because he mistakenly thought that the one written by Yi Shi was the one he wanted?

It's his fault, he didn't tell her the reason in advance.After flipping through the book hastily, the emperor approved the word "Zhun" on the booklet, and then sent someone to the Shangshi Bureau to invite Sydney to come.

Sydney was also planning to move back, and as soon as she heard someone came to invite her, she took A Yao to go out together.For a while, you can stay in Zichen Palace for a while, and then go back to Jiugeyuan directly.

After A Yao entered the palace, he ran and jumped to rely on his father, and said sweetly, "Father, I miss you so much".Father Huang kept a straight face, saying that she just knew how to sneak out to play with her mother, neither studied hard nor came to see Father Emperor.

Ah Yao giggled, and wrapped his arms around the emperor's arm: "I also practice calligraphy every day in Shangshi Bureau! I didn't come to see Father... because it's too far away!"

Well, well, it's also a reason.

Xie Zhao and his daughter couldn't hold back their faces, and after a while they hugged her to their knees.Xueli asked people to bring A Yuan, A Cong and A Ling, and the Zichen Palace became lively immediately.

Xie Zhao teases A Yao and A Yuan to play, and she happens to be able to coax A Cong and A Ling well.She hadn't seen her for more than half a month, and she was quite afraid that these two little guys would forget her!
It didn't turn out to be possible to know if they had forgotten her.

After she came over, she just said a few words, "Mother misses you so much" and "Come, let mother see if she has grown up", they all yawned and fell asleep.

...That's all, you guys sleep.

Xueli had no choice but to join in the game between the father and the children over there, and took a closer look, and he was teaching them how to play chess.

Sydney: "..."

She basically didn't know how to play chess, so Xie Zhao taught the three of them alone.

Playing chess takes a lot of brainpower. After learning for a while, both the teacher and the learner will be hungry.

Sydney couldn't think of what to eat for a while, so she asked them what they meant.But Ayao and Ayuan didn't pay attention, and it was Xie Zhao who said in the end, "There's Sunite sheep from the new tribute, don't you like that steamed stuffed bun? Let the imperial dining room make it for a try?"

Sunit sheep!
Sydney drools when he thinks about the big meat buns he ate at the restaurant outside the palace, but thinking about it, he doesn't seem to want to eat buns now...

"Let's have mutton steamed buns!" She suggested.

This is also something that is not often eaten in the palace, but it is actually very famous.

"Long delicacy has Xiong La, Qin cooks only yokan" - Su Shi even wrote a poem for him!Shangshi Bureau also asked the little maid to recite this poem.

Mutton steamed buns are not particular about the name, but the cooking process is actually very meticulous.The seasoning ratio of mutton soup must be particular, otherwise it will be wrong; the meat must be fat but not greasy, and it will be delicious if it is stewed thoroughly.

Steamed buns are served separately, soaked as much as you eat.Sydney likes to eat a few mouthfuls of steamed buns with a little sugary garlic, which is refreshing and refreshing.

After two minutes, the imperial dining room replied that it was ready.According to the report, the six-month-old sheep that is most suitable for making this thing were selected, but because of the urgency and lack of preparation in advance, I had to use the previously slow-cooked sheep soup for processing-in other words, the method was slightly changed, and the taste was improved. There is also a difference.

It's okay, as long as it's delicious.Xue Li and Xie Zhao are not so rigid about this, but think that as long as the taste is good, it is good to have a few more ways.

Xie Zhao ordered someone to bring it in.As soon as the footsteps gradually entered the ears from outside the inner hall, the rich and warm aroma of soup arrived first.

Two eunuchs walked ahead carrying four bowls of soup, and the maids behind carried a stack of cakes.

Chen Jijiang and Xu Shishui took a closer look at the court lady, even though they knew that they hadn't revealed the truth to others, they still gritted their teeth and scolded the eunuch on duty outside!
Seeing Xingren, Xue Li shivered slightly.

This time it was clearly wrong.She asked Xingren to go to the small kitchen to watch. Xingren shouldn't be here.

It would be fine if she wanted to go back to her and do things again, but she chose the time when she was in Zichen Palace...

Xueli calmed down, and planned to block her first, regardless of whether she had good intentions or malicious intentions.

She left her seat and walked over to pick up the tray in Xingren's hand: "Let me come, you just finished taking care of things and went back to the hospital, didn't you? You rest."

Xingren didn't argue with her.Xue Li took the cake and walked to the imperial case and stopped, only to see that she was still following behind.

Are you excited?

Sydney pursed her lips, but didn't pay attention to it yet.Together with Xie Zhao, they cleaned their hands in the copper basin brought by the palace man, then took a piece of cake and tore it into Ayao's bowl, and said with a smile: "Ayao, you can eat it directly, if you want to make it yourself, you must wash your hands! "

"Yeah!" A Yao obediently agreed, and Xue Li took another one to tear up and soak it for A Yuan.

Looking up, he saw that Xingren also came back after cleaning his hands, and also picked up a piece of cake, but it was obviously for the emperor.

When it comes to this point, Sydney will naturally understand it in an instant!
Xie Zhao looked down at the hot noodle cakes falling into the delicious mutton soup, and inadvertently raised his eyes to see the person serving the meal, and frowned slightly.

(End of this chapter)