The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 170
The fact that Xingren was handed over finally caused a little discussion in the palace.

For a while, the maids in Jiugeyuan didn't dare to look up when they saw the emperor again. No matter when they were answering, reporting, or waiting for something, they all lowered their heads very politely, and their eyes were completely focused on the emperor. Pressed within the range of his feet, it was almost like writing "Miss Ruan, I did not seduce Your Majesty", "Your Majesty, I did not seduce you", "I will work honestly, don't dislike me".

Sydney: "..."

Hey, this problem has to be settled!It's a good thing to scare them all so that they don't dare to change their minds, but if this continues, people's hearts will become more and more inconsistent, and then she will face more dangers.

——Even if you don't consider this, this problem has to be settled!It's too awkward to get along like this every day, and she feels that a layer of embarrassment has been added to the Jiuge courtyard.

However, there is no rush to win people's hearts. It's better to take advantage of the right time, place and people.

Su Zixian and Wei Chen are finally getting married, and the wedding date is set on July [-]st.

Of course Xue Li had to go to congratulate her in person, the emperor meant to let her take A Yao and A Yuan with her, and A Yuan was waiting for him to congratulate her.

This kind of arrangement is considered to have earned a lot of face for the courtiers, and even Bai Nao said that Master Wei and Miss Su might have a good life and be flattered by the court for a while in the future.Naturally, Sydney dare not neglect, she has been arranging the banquet since the beginning of July, and competes with Curry's jewelry every day.

I don't know when Curry accumulated so many jewelry, many of them are complete sets.The last time she went to Curry to "familiarize with things" was not so much, and this time she was taken aback again.

Seeing her stiff expression, Dou Sha rolled her eyes: "Every season, the Shanggong Bureau will send new ones according to the rules... But my lady, you like to use the ones you are used to, and you don't even bother to read the brochures. Of course I don’t know what’s there!”

She knew that the Shanggong Bureau had to send things according to the rules every quarter...

But there are so many, what kind of position is this prepared for her? !
Sydney asked Dou Sha, Dou Sha thought for a while and said he didn't know, anyway, they kept it from the Shanggong Bureau, and never asked about their status, maybe it was at the level of the third lady.

In this way, Sydney happened to let herself get acquainted with the babies she had neglected for a long time by matching jewelry.She probably tried it in the afternoon, when the children were eating snacks, Ah Yao and Mr. Jin Shu looked at her in a daze.

Ah Yao was thinking, why did Mother suddenly have so many jewelry?Why haven't I seen you use it before?
Jin Shu tugged at A Yao: "Auntie tried the sets that I tried today, I tried them the day before yesterday..."

Xueli, who was originally admiring it attentively, was taken aback when she heard the words, turned to look at the two children, and asked with a dry smile to send these sets back and get the ones she hadn't seen yet.

—too many!I can't even remember it!

On July [-]th, I finally settled on what to use.On the head is a set of Diancui, one main long hairpin and two embellishment combs.As soon as the light turns, Cui Yu will emit a radiant luster with the light. At first glance, it doesn't look as good as direct gold, silver and jewelry, but it is actually much more luxurious.

Earrings and necklaces are also made of Diancui. Although they are much smaller than long hairpins and combs, they are just right.A little bit of streamer reflects on the earlobe and neck, which is also very beautiful.

The dress is also freshly made, and the whole body is in a charming royal blue color.The jacket is made of thinner and softer silk, and when matched with the slightly thicker bust-length skirt, it adds a bit of agility to the otherwise solemn dress.A completely symmetrical lotus flower is embroidered on the matching myrobalan. The lotus flower is in full bloom, revealing a corner of the lotus pod.

There is also a long-sleeved shirt on the outside. The sleeves are so wide that the hands must maintain a posture and be carried on the abdomen. It is slightly lowered by two inches, and the sleeves outlined with golden thread and lotus patterns are about to fall to the ground.

Xueli put on the whole set of things and even tried on the makeup. She was standing in front of the bronze mirror and was smug. She glanced at the edge of the mirror and saw the emperor looking at her from a few steps away.

"Does it look good?" Sydney turned around and asked.

As beautiful as a peacock.

Xie Zhao smiled and approached: "I'm just waiting for you to turn around and let me see your face...... Well, my wife is like a fish or a wild goose."

Oh, I'm so sorry...

Xueli lowered her head and covered her face, Xie Zhao reached out and took the Diancui pendant on her neck to look at it.

The pendant is a small five-petal flower with pointed ends and a pearl in the middle.It looks a bit petty, but because of the exquisite craftsmanship, Diancui itself is uniquely beautiful, so it doesn't hurt too much.

Xie Zhao frowned after looking at her for a while, and then looked at her headgear and earrings—the hairpin and comb had gold bases, but the earrings and necklaces had silver bases.Although it is the same emerald green color, the color of the thin outline exposed outside is obviously different, and the aura of the whole person becomes weaker as you go down.

He turned his head and told Chen Jijiang: "Go and ask the Shanggong Bureau to make a gold-bottomed emerald necklace and earrings, and send them before Mingxuan's evening ceremony."

Xue Li was taken aback, and quickly stopped him: "Forget it..."

Xie Zhao looked at her: "It's rare to be beautiful in front of outsiders, isn't it completely beautiful? It's okay, Shanggong Bureau can do it."

"...No." Xueli lowered her eyes and curled her lips, "It is said that making Diancui is to pluck kingfisher feathers, which is quite bloody. I think...the ones that have been made and sent by the Shanggong Bureau as a rule, I will use them. , make another one just for me... just forget it."

After finishing speaking, Sydney looked at Xie Zhao sincerely.There are many reasons for her idea!

One is because I really can't bear it.Although eating beef, mutton, pork, etc. is also killing animals, but firstly, they are killed before eating, unlike Diancui, which has to pluck the feathers of birds to ensure the luster; secondly, they kill one to eat several meals, this... this I don't know how many ones I have to kill for a small piece of jewelry!
The second reason is that she really has a guilty conscience. It seems that the older she is, the younger she becomes. She is quite afraid of such things as "reincarnation of cause and effect", and she panics when she thinks that there is a blood debt to be charged to her head.

Three...

Isn't she thinking about relaxing the atmosphere in the yard?Of course you should stay away from this kind of thing!If people say, "She loves to use Diancui, and His Majesty specially made new ones for her enjoyment, and I don't know how many kingfishers have been killed"—is this a good word? !

So Xueli insisted on asking the emperor to avoid this matter, so the emperor had to ask Chen Jijiang to send someone to look for ready-made ones to see if there was anything that was gold-backed and suitable for her to wear.

After giving the order, the two leaned over to the couch and chatted for a while, and Chen Jijiang found something and came back soon.

One is a wishful bean, one is auspicious cloud, and the other is a lucky melon.Among them, the one of Xiangyun has a few small southern red beads inlaid around it, and the other two are small pearls.

The little eunuch next to Chen Jijiang brought them over, Xueli looked at it, took the Xiangyun one, and peeked at Xie Zhao: "Your Majesty, I'll take the other two too, okay?"

Xie Zhao was amused by her look of taking advantage of a small advantage: "Okay, if you like it, you can keep it, anyway, let it go."

Sydney is very happy!Turning his face away, he asked Chen Jijiang to give the two to A Yao and Jin Shu, and deliberately asked Jin Shu to pick them first.

Two children, one Diji and one Wengzhu, all these things are not lacking.But Jinshu doesn't see his parents very often, Xueli always consciously takes care of her more.

Before dawn on July [-]st, Sydney got up with energy and got ready to go to the wedding banquet.A Yao and A Yuan were yawning all the time, and A Yao had to dress up, so he was unavoidably a little irritable.

When combing her hair, she propped her head up on the dressing table and dozed off, but the carambola that combed her hair accidentally hurt her, and Ayao, who was still angry on the bed, grabbed the comb and threw it out.

For a while, Ah Yao's room was coaxed and apologized.When Xueli heard about it, she hurried to coax her. Ayao fell into Xueli's arms and was about to cry: "Mom...I'm so sleepy...I'm not going, okay..."

Mother always said that father Huang Yinshi got up too early, and it's not Yinshi yet today!
Xue Li also felt sorry for them, when Chen Shi went out and got into the carriage, she immediately started coaxing A Yao and A Yuan to sleep, watching the sour plum Wu Mei who was sitting with A Yao in the corner of the carriage fighting with her eyelids, so in the end the two of them couldn't hold back to fall asleep At that time, Sydney didn't care.

The four children in the carriage were sleeping staggeringly, and Xue Li had to stare at A Yuan's nanny.

This line of battle was quite large, and there were all the guards of honor that a prince and concubine should have.For the escorting imperial guards alone, Sydney did not know how many hundreds of households were used, so she could only comfort herself and say that this is also very good, after all, it is the faint gift of their immediate superiors!Take it as a congratulations...

At the end of the day, we arrived at Weifu.There are servants and servants at the door who are welcoming the guests, all of them are dressed festively and speak auspiciously.People coming and going keep clapping their hands, and gifts are also received non-stop.

The guard of honor on the Sydney side stopped a few feet away, and the entire alley was temporarily curfew, and the guests who happened to arrive at the door also stopped.Looking at Sydney from a distance, there are officials who give big salutes, and there are also clansmen who give shallow salutes.

This is a salute to the prince Diji—but the prince Diji is still sound asleep.

Fugui first went to the gate of the mansion to speak back to the consul's butler, and after a few words of politeness, the butler led someone to welcome him over in person.The carriage drove up again, and stopped at the gate of the mansion after driving the few feet.

The housekeeper made a bow outside: "Miss Ruan, forgive me, my lord has gone to welcome the relatives, but has not come back yet."

It is quite far away to go to the palace to welcome relatives.Su Zixian had complained about this earlier, she asked Xue Li if she could borrow the Ruan family's use and let her leave the court from the Ruan family, Xue Li persuaded her to go out from the palace.It stands to reason that only princesses are married from the palace, and it is rare for female officials to marry like this.Although the matter of face does not necessarily have to be fussy, but you still have to want what you can!

After all, Su Zixian will have to deal with many foreign wives with excellent backgrounds in the future.

Thinking that the two of them were both in Jiugeyuan this morning, but they were so busy that they didn't have time to see each other, Xue Li wanted to laugh: "My brother, just don't worry, it's a happy event...it doesn't matter if others wait."

At the gate of Jiuge Courtyard, Wei Chen is going crazy!
No one thought of such a way to block the door!How wicked!
The six maids in the small kitchen under Su Zixian stood in the front, followed by the two maids who did not accompany A Yao, followed by Zhang Suicai and Dai Xuyong with four eunuchs, and at the end there was Yuxiang lying on the ground. Stretching.

This is the obvious "don't think about breaking in" posture.Wei Chen was waiting anxiously for the next step when Nanny Bai came.

Bai Momo carried a large pot of vegetables, which contained five or six potatoes, three or four carrots, three or four onions, and a Chinese cabbage.

A eunuch followed behind, also holding the same thing, and the two put the vegetables on the table in the yard respectively.

Bai Momo smiled and said, "Congratulations on your marriage first. The six maids are all under Miss Su's hands. You can choose one, and you can go in faster than her chopping vegetables."

Wei Chen: "..."

Help! ! !
As the commander of the imperial guards, in order to pass the barrier of blocking the door, he took advantage of his position to inquire about the methods of blocking the door all over the country.He was mentally prepared for answering questions, finding shoes, and so on—especially for answering questions. In order to pass smoothly, he carefully studied Su Zixian's preferences.

Then they asked him to chop vegetables? ! ? !
Let him be a commander to chop vegetables? ! ? !
He never took a kitchen knife!Xiuchun Knife is usually used to cut people!

Wei Chen picked the youngest among the six people, dragged it aside, first stuffed a red purse with gold ingots, and laughed together: "Girl, take it easy, take it easy, don't get tired..."

In fact, of course everyone would not embarrass him to death. The first few good students showed off their knife skills and saw that Wei Chen made a fool of himself.Bai Momo was watching from the side, seeing that Wei Chen was sweating coldly on his forehead, she tapped the table with her fingers intentionally or unintentionally.

But the court ladies and eunuchs who are full of this code understand it, but Wei Chen doesn't understand it!

He was anxious in his heart, feeling that Su Zixian would not be able to catch Su Zixian if this went on. It was no match for them to use a kitchen knife, so he let out a "swish"...

Embroidered spring knife out of its sheath!

All court ladies and eunuchs: "...?!"

Yuxiang lying on a nearby branch: "Oh?!"

Now it's all right, there's no need for the maids to release the water, Wei Chen cut a carrot that almost made everyone kneel down to worship the teacher!
The carrot was thrown in front of the eyes, and the knife was slashed from the bottom, and before I saw it clearly, it was slashed to the top again.Just like this, the knife is moved up and down, and the technique is so fast that the carrot has no chance to fall on the table.Slices of orange-red discs flew all over the courtyard, and when he exhaled and said, "It's over!", the little maid next to him was still dumbfounded.

The whole courtyard is frozen!

A few younger eunuchs were scared to the ground, but the most honest Peng Qizhong said without thinking: "You didn't even cut it on the plate...!"

They all flew out!
Before Peng Qiyu had time to cover his brother's mouth, Wei Chen acted foolishly: "Don't worry! I'm done cutting it!"

Weifu.

Before the groom welcomed the bride back, everyone's attention was on the honorable eldest son of the emperor and Princess Ping'an.

——But the eldest son of the emperor was still too young to understand, so he grabbed his cousins ​​and went crazy in the yard; although Emperor Ping An obediently greeted adults and talked well, everyone could see that she I also don't like to be disturbed when playing with others.

So after a short while, everyone tacitly pulled their eyes from the children to the mother.In the side hall, the foreign wives took their seats next to Xue Li, chatting very lively.

Facts have proved that she was right to choose this set of Diancui jewelry, which is particularly conspicuous among the gold and silver jewelry in the first hall. They also quickly found a topic from it, and praised everything from the materials to the workmanship...

Unfortunately, Sydney didn't quite understand.

She really didn't know much about this person, and they could talk in such detail as to which part of each kingfisher's body was the best or which hair was the best, and she felt dizzy even hearing it.

Therefore, when others tried to ask her which craftsman from the Shanggong Bureau made it and what kind of kingfisher she used, Xue Li could only try her best to hide her embarrassment and smiled truthfully: "This... I don't know, I sent it to you. I was locked in Curry after that and didn't notice."

Everyone: "..."

Dou Sha covered her mouth a few steps away.It's not the first time that Mrs. Ruan has surprised everyone by being so careless. She thought it was not good before, but Nanny Bai said that she doesn't care about Mrs. Ruan's "ignorance".

Bai Momo said: "Being able to tell one, two, three, four, five about the fineness and craftsmanship of jewelry at most shows that she is very good at it or is very interested in it. The best things are locked in the warehouse and don't even bother to look at them, so it seems Her place is different from other places! It’s not a bad thing to be proficient in this way, but if you don’t care about it, it shows that these things are common to her.”

Sure enough, after saying this, the wives did not dare to show their eyes in front of her.In the past, some people used to talk about her jewelry to prick the wives who were not pleasing to the eye in the past, or to show off themselves, but now they are all good.

The fifth princess, He Shi, opened the topic very appropriately: "Miss Ruan has four princes and concubines to take care of, so of course she doesn't have the heart to care about these extraneous things. You guys, why don't you ask about cooking, this is Miss Ruan specializes in things—it’s all about cooking for fun, so we can at most make ourselves happy in the mansion, right? Miss Ruan has shocked the envoys.”

Tsk tsk... the fifth princess can talk!
In Sydney's heart, "service" is capitalized!
If He Shi only said that she was specialized in cooking, it would be easy for someone with a heart to tell her that she looked down on Sydney's background.But He Shi didn't leave this opportunity, the next sentence directly led to the matter of "foreign wives cook", and now I'm waiting for her to answer.

Hey, but this matter has actually been talked about many times...

When I have more children, I don't have many state banquets, but when I was in Liugeyuan, every time I had a banquet with foreign wives, I had to talk about cooking when I had nothing to do.

How about something new this time?

Sydney looked at the sky and asked Dou Sha, "When will the bride and groom arrive?"

"Maybe it will take a while." Dou Sha smiled at Fushen, "Mistress, you think, the name 'Hun Li' is because of the dusk salute, and it's only afternoon now. Don't worry, if you're hungry or thirsty, there are people in the house The small seats prepared in advance, the slaves just ask them to bring them over."

Xue Li breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm not hungry. Since I still have time, let me write a recipe for the ladies, and it will make people speechless. And it doesn't take much trouble. I can cook it myself in the room. After the previous process is finished, it is not dirty or tiring, and then let the kitchen do the cooking."

She said it lightly, as if the dish she was thinking about was really exquisite and homely.

Someone next to him cheered and said: "So good? How about asking Mrs. Ruan to show you your skills? You can just do the previous one, let us see something new."

Sydney: "..."

Not suitable?Come to attend the evening ceremony, she rolls up her sleeves to cook in this side hall?How out of order?

As a result, this "unruly" incident really attracted everyone's booing, which made Sydney's face turn pale.He Shi took a look, and whispered to her: "It's okay, if you think you can do it, you can do it. These little wives can make a fuss on weekdays, and the rules are far less strict than ours; but if you think you can't... I will help the lady." Even if you block it, they can understand it."

That's it!
Xueli weighed it in her heart, and called Dou Sha and whispered a few ingredients. Just as Dou Sha said "Nuo" was about to leave, she yanked her again: "I still need needle and thread, bring them together, let's go."

(End of this chapter)