The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 175
Xie Zhao didn't agree to Feng Shan's matter, but after thinking about it, he didn't let Chen Jijiang answer.

He ordered Chen Jijiang to arrange other matters explained by Sydney, and after he weighed it for a while, he went to Jiugeyuan.

This stupid Lizi's confidence has risen quite quickly, but Feng Shan's momentum is a bit overkill.

She needs to stand up among the concubines, relatives and courtiers, but she can't do things that are too noisy like Feng Shan for the time being.After all, she has not yet become a queen, and she is still in the period of filial piety. She is too popular at the moment, and she is still too popular in the matter of having fun, which can easily cause dissatisfaction.

Once the filial piety period is over and the queen is registered, all these will be left to her.Not to mention closing the mountain, it is because she wants to go out to have fun and be safe when the time comes, so she has no problem closing the city.

Xie Zhao knew the importance of these details in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask Chen Jijiang to tell her directly, "Your Majesty said it's not okay to close the mountain."

——She had just raised her confidence, and he didn't want to push her back just because he showed a little dissatisfaction.

In terms of confidence, if he had to choose between being too shallow or too full, he still hoped that she would be a little more full.If it's too shallow, it won't be able to hold people down and sit still, but Guo Sheng is nothing more than today, he can help her get stuck in the last link.

Xie Zhao entered the Jiuge Courtyard while pondering. It was almost noon, and the courtyard was full of laughter.

"Yuxiang, come and eat!" Ah Yuan held a large meatball with a browned outer layer in both hands to tease Yuxiang. As soon as Yuxiang jumped down from the wall and came to him, he threw the ball out with all his strength. .

"Wow!" Yu Xiang howled and ran towards the direction in which the ball was thrown, and as soon as the ball landed on the ground, it snatched it away with precision.

It turned its head to look at A Yuan proudly, and saw Xie Zhao when it turned around and wanted to jump up a tree to eat meatballs.

So it came over obediently and squatted down. He patted its head, and it put the ball in its mouth on the ground, pushed it forward with its paws, and tilted its head: You eat first?

"You eat what you eat." Xie Zhao rubbed its big ears, beckoned A Yuan to come over, and asked him, "Where's your mother?"

"Dining with sister and sister Jinshu!" A Yuan replied.

Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Then why don't you go eat?"

"I..." A Yuan suddenly looked guilty, and lowered his head to peek at him, "I was full from eating rice cakes just now..."

After he finished speaking, he didn't dare to make a sound, as if he had made a big mistake and was waiting to be told - he really shouldn't have eaten so much, but after his own one was eaten, he felt that he didn't eat enough... just Go grind my sister.

The two elder sisters gave him half each, and he ate a full two.

He is not yet three years old, and after eating two fried rice cakes, he is full.

The emperor flicked his forehead with his hand, picked him up with a straight face, and walked into the house.

When you enter the house, you can see that the atmosphere in the house is also very quiet!

While eating, Sydney glared at A Yao and Jin Shu with obvious cold eyes. Jin Shu was too frightened to look up, and A Yao flattered her by sending a piece of braised pork into her bowl, and said in a weak voice, "Farewell, mother." angry……"

Xie Zhao said, "What's wrong?"

The three of them followed the prestige together, A Yao and Jin Shu immediately got up and gave Wanfu.Xie Zhao went over to take a seat on the empty seat, looked at Xueli who was still holding her face, and looked at A Yao: "Why did you make your mother angry?"

Ah Yao pursed his lips, exchanged glances with Jin Shu, and said, "Mother told Ah Yuan not to eat more fried rice cakes, but Ah Yuan wanted to eat them very much, so we gave him half of each..."

When they gave it to him, they didn't expect the consequences to be so serious!Mother ignores people!very scary!
After A Yao finished speaking, she looked aggrieved, and peeked at her father: "Father, A Yuan really loves fried rice cakes!"

"Oh, that's it..." Xie Zhao responded with a long voice, and then said to A Yao, "Listen to what the father said, okay?"

Ah Yao nodded heavily!

"First, your mother won't wrong your brother for nothing. It must be reasonable for her not to let him eat more. You must listen to her."

A Yao hesitated for a while, then nodded again.Niang really said that eating too much rice cake would make her feel uncomfortable, but she felt that it would be uncomfortable if she couldn't eat what she wanted, so she gave it to Yuan.Now that the emperor has said the same, then she should be obedient.

Xie Zhao was very satisfied, and fed her a piece of shrimp, and said: "Second, you and Jin Shu go back to the house to have dinner first, Father has something to say to your mother."

"Oh, good!" Ayao immediately agreed, and together with Jin Shu gave him a blessing and then left.The small kitchen will automatically send the dishes to their room again, and they can go there with peace of mind and wait for a while.

Watching them leave, Xie Zhao put A Yuan down as well, and tugged at Xue Li's sleeve: "Are you really angry?"

Xueli couldn't help snorting softly: "These two... just have to get used to A Yuan! It's been said several times, and it's useless to say, A Yuan is a boy, what will he do in the future after being spoiled by his sisters!"

It's not just about A Yuan, in fact, she doesn't want to see any child being spoiled.Even though the prince Di Ji is spoiled, he can still live a lifetime of adequate food and clothing, but which parents don't want their children to have a future?

Sydney was very angry. Xie Zhaozai glanced around the dining table after the palace man brought him more bowls and chopsticks, and brought a piece of Qianye tofu to her mouth: "Hey, eat well, and you can't fill up when you are angry." Full belly."

Sydney: "..." Who said she didn't eat well!She had been eating sullenly before he came!

Raising her eyes to stare at him, Xue Li took a "Hang Chi" bite.

"Woo...!" She let out a muffled cry, and she covered her mouth with tears - the chopsticks were stuck in her teeth!

Xie Zhao just hugged her, held her in his arms for a while, scraped her face with his thumb to wipe away the tears, then lowered his head and kissed her: "Look, being sullen doesn't do me any good. Ah Yao is used to love Follow her, you can go with her."

Xue Li frowned at him puzzledly, her teeth were still gritted, so she didn't argue with him.

Xie Zhao lightly said: "Ah Yao spends most of his time studying now, and there is not much time to get used to A Yuan. In the spring of next year, A Yuan should invite a husband, and A Yao will have even less time to pamper him... I think There is no harm in letting them get closer now, but when they grow up, boys and girls will gradually separate if they have different preferences, if you force them to break up right now, then the siblings will not kiss at all."

Xue Li was startled, and immediately felt that what he said was right.

She was lying in his arms thinking, and he fed her another tendon from the braised tendon with sand ginseng spareribs.

This time, the pears were eaten very politely, the tendons of the elastic teeth made a slight "creak" sound when chewed in the mouth, and the texture was soft and slightly sticky.

After she finished eating, she raised her head and rubbed against him: "More!"

Then the emperor just fed her the whole meal?That's not true, in fact, the two are feeding each other.

After eating and drinking, they leaned on the couch together to rest.

It was rare for Xie Zhao to be so idle during the day, and fell asleep drowsily while lying down.After waking up after a short while, when she opened her eyes, she saw her wide open eyes looking at him.

He smiled, turned around and hugged her, and told her something serious: "Sydney, you took Ayao to the Fifth Prince's Mansion in a few days..." He paused for a moment, then continued, "Other instructions let me let you Chen Jijiang did what you told me to do. Just climb the mountain. I don’t think so. They are all female relatives, so don’t get tired. Besides, there are two or three prematurely born Wengzhu princesses who are weak. It’s the turn of autumn and winter. , it is easy to get sick."

He never mentioned that it was because she didn't know how to measure it properly. Xue Li thought about it and said hesitantly: "But Ah Yao said a while ago that he wanted to climb a mountain..."

"To escape the summer heat in the coming year, why not let Yingshan play with her?" He said bluntly.

It's hard to say anything about Sydney.That's right, Ah Yao and Ah Yuan had a bump when they went out to play, at most he would get angry with her, if someone else's child fell, it might affect their brotherhood, it's better to be safe.

So a few days later, on the appointed day, Xue Li took A Yao and Jin Shu out of the palace together.I had a good time that day, and I didn't feel the smell of "Hongmen Banquet" that Sydney smelled when I heard He's invitation.

But from the night of that day to the morning of the next day, the threshold of the Jiugeyuan was so hanging that it was not broken.

Posts keep coming.

They were all sent by the palaces. There were posts from the princess who took the child with her that day, and there were posts from the concubine who didn't show her face that day.The rhetoric is still the same, they are all "Thank you for taking care of our family XX".

In this way, Sydney saw the way out.Letting the children get acquainted is an introduction, but in fact it is the women's families from various prefectures who want to visit her.

There are so many doorways here!Like this, the main room handed over the post, and the side room also handed the post. Most of them were not negotiated and delivered together, but were mixed with wives and concubines.Otherwise, it's fine to have the main wife show up, so what's the matter with the concubine?
Sydney has a headache and is angry. The headache is because another unresolved matter is in front of her eyes, and the anger is because she feels that she has been cheated!

If she had known that there were so many posts, she would not have gone. How annoying is this? !

She beat her head and couldn't make up her mind, it was useless for Bai Momo to persuade her to take it slow - how to take it slow?Maybe it's time to make a decision, but if you make a mistake and accidentally mess up the relationship in the family's house, it will be bad.

Bai Momo looked at her with a smile, and said to her: "This is really something that the queen has to worry about. You should look through this post first, and at least pick one or two to see."

Sydney went through the post again in distress.First, select the ones with two or more posts in the same mansion and put them aside, and spread the rest one by one in a fan shape on the table, in order: Four Palaces, Six Palaces, Seven Palaces, Eight Palaces, Ten Palaces, etc. The second palace and the thirteenth palace.

... Your Majesty, why does he have so many younger brothers!

Xue Li's eyes flicked back and forth twice, and she frowned and pulled out the Seventh Prince's Mansion.

It was delivered by Mrs. Yi, but Mrs. Yi did not take Master Ning'an to the Five Princes' Mansion that day.The post did not mention the specific reason for the visit, but only said that they wanted to "walk around".

"Invite Yi Liangyuan to come in first." Xue Li handed the post to Nanny Bai, and took the initiative to explain her reasons, "I have always been close to Yi Liangyuan, so I invite her to come in first, and others can't say anything if they know about it. "

She rolled her eyes: "And I can also ask her about the situation of each prefecture! It will be easy to decide who to invite next!"

But Nanny Bai disagreed. She felt that it would be too deliberate and too clear to distinguish between closeness and closeness if she still met Mrs. Yi under the premise of posting posts from so many concubines who had just met yesterday.

For the first time, Sydney had an argument with Nanny Bai straightforwardly: "I don't think this is right. Don't say that I am not a queen on the surface now, even if I am already, can't the queen have someone who has a good personal relationship?" ? Besides, His Majesty is clearly closer to His Highness the Seventh Prince. Is it normal for me to be close to his family? This is not deliberate, it is a true thought."

Bai Momo was taken aback for a moment: "But everyone else will be your younger siblings in the future..."

"The princes of all the prefectures are His Majesty's younger brother!" Xue Li retorted quite crisply.In this matter, she decided to make up her own mind.

Nanny Bai didn't argue with her, and asked Lai Fugui to spread the word.She calculated in her heart and understood that sooner or later this Ruan lady would make up her own mind, she couldn't keep pressing her down and watching things for her.

In this case, instead of helping her to take care of everything now, it is better to let her run into trouble.If you touch it once, you will naturally have a long memory in the future; and if you don't touch it... Her mother Bai is also happy to admit that she was wrong in her estimation!
So the next day, Mrs. Yi went to the palace to see Sydney.Sydney prepared tea and snacks to welcome her. The tea was white tea sent by Yuqianxin, and the snacks included bean paste milk rolls, sweet-scented osmanthus taro seedlings and brown sugar glutinous rice cakes.

The other two items were a bit sweeter, but sweet-scented osmanthus and taro seedlings were more suitable for the two of them. They both sipped and ate with a smile. The thick juice made from lotus root flour was warm and sweet.

"You will inevitably stutter when you come back here." Shi Yi laughed while talking, and then asked with a smile, "What's for lunch?"

Xueli couldn't hold back a "puff", and cleared her throat: "Our place is close to the imperial dining room, so it's not difficult to explain to the Food Bureau. What do you want to eat, Mrs. Liangyuan, I'll ask someone to do it?"

"Tsk..." Mrs. Yi thought about it, and after a while, she said that she wanted to eat pickled fish, so Xue Li sent Dou Sha to the small kitchen to spread the word.

The fish is killed early in the morning so that it can be taken at any time. Therefore, this fish with pickled cabbage is prepared very quickly, but it is served in no time. It is connected to the stove and cooked slowly in a pot. It is hot.

When Yi saw it, he praised "It smells so good", and said to the two maidservants he brought in: "Go to the kitchen and ask who made it, and learn from it. The dishes here from Mrs. Ruan are in line with my taste. The cook here is much better."

The two maidservants said "No" and left. The red bean paste and brown sugar that were still in the room knew at a glance that they were trying to dismiss them. Before Xue Li could speak again, they went out with the two of them.

After the door was closed, Xue Li pressed her voice and asked Yi Shi: "What's the matter?"

Mrs. Yi smiled: "I heard that all the prefectures have sent posts to the lady."

She talked about the business, but she didn't stop.The pot of fresh fish sauce in front of her is thick, the white and tender fish meat is rolled up in the pot, and the dark green sauerkraut leaves are floating in the soup. She really wants to eat fish and says that it will not delay.

Xueli saw that she was comfortable eating vegetables, and she didn't want to be hungry, so she picked up a piece of sauerkraut, mixed some soup into the rice, ate it while it was hot, and said, "Isn't it? I'm just worrying about this."

But she didn't say much about why it was annoying, she wanted to hear why Yi Shi took the initiative to mention this first.

"To tell you the truth, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince asked me to come." Yi's expression was relaxed, and he let out a sigh, "The relationship between these palaces is not so harmonious, and there is always a little friction from time to time. The Seventh Highness, because it is His Majesty My younger brother doesn’t get involved in other things, but the relationship with each government is justified.”

Xueli smiled casually: "This is normal. Don't say that all of your Highnesses have great fortunes. They are brothers in the folk, and they also have bumps and bumps from time to time? Life is like this."

"Don't think so simply." Yi continued consciously, "The Seventh Highness's worry is that you treat the royal family as an ordinary family. Let me tell you... Every mansion has its own affairs. Three princesses Didn't you say that you want Princess Xian'an to come in, but you didn't come in with Lord Yi'an this time? This means that the nearby palace is dissatisfied."

Sydney: "..."

so complicated?Isn't it just children reading together!As for you guys!

She silently scooped fish meat and fish soup mixed with rice, and the bowl was full, which was both ugly and appetizing.Yi smiled and shook his head, and imitated her way of eating and mixed the rice in front of him, and said: "His Royal Highness asked me to tell you about the affairs of each government, you should remember it, so that it can be used to balance the balance in the future .”

Sydney immediately sat upright and listened attentively!
Mrs. Yi really said a lot of things. For example, there were rumors in the early years that the Third Highness had ambitions to seize the throne when the first emperor was in power. His Highness's mother and His Sixth Highness's mother were sworn enemies in the palace in the early years...

It was only then that Sydney realized that the princes who dared to get drunk together during New Years and festivals still had a lot of old grievances.

Then Mrs. Yi told her again: "All the women's families in the palace have friendly people in the palace. You don't have to worry about concubines...with you, they will probably be like this. It's the Liushang Bureau. In the future, you You have to be more careful when you become a queen, I heard..."

Yi Shi suddenly suppressed his voice, Xueli leaned over to listen knowingly, Yi Shi said softly: "I heard that several palaces and the Liushang Bureau have a close relationship, Xiaodao got some tributes from the palace that they shouldn't have, big enough Interfering in matters such as the palace maid's whereabouts and errands... This kind of thing can be small or big, you say, if at any time someone is not clear-headed, use the contacts in the palace to tell you or Do something to His Majesty..."

Sydney was shocked!
Yi frowned: "Don't be so surprised. I'm afraid the two highest seats will never be peaceful. Even if no one dares to touch His Majesty, what about you? There are so many officials and eunuchs that the concubines have good friends with. There is a person who has a heart to let his sister and daughter enter the palace to serve the emperor, isn't your favorite queen a thorn in your side?"

Sydney was really taken aback for a moment.On the one hand, she felt that what Yi said was too exaggerated, on the other hand, she couldn't refute these words.

Even if her and Xie Zhao's lives are not involved, she can't say that Yi's words are wrong.After all, there are too many things that can be calculated from them, not only the throne and successor, especially Xie Zhao, his random decision may be related to the honor and disgrace of the family.

The more "bottom people" in the palace, the more they want to go up. At this time, if there are people from the palace who are willing to push, they will really have the courage to gamble with their lives.

She has seen a lot of dirty thoughts, this place...is impossible to be clean in the first place.

"His Highness the Seventh Prince was with your friend, and because of the stalemate with His Majesty a few months ago... he felt very uncomfortable, so he insisted on me telling you about this." Yi Shi shook her hand Hand, finally, told her the closest thing in a concise manner, "If the concubines come to ask you for something, don't answer it directly. For example, regarding the status of the eldest daughter of the Second Highness, don't you know that your Majesty is anxious?" ? I have been ignoring it, there is a reason for that.”

Does Your Majesty want to put all the government's concerns first?

He has so many things to do on weekdays, and he doesn't have time to worry about these trivial "household affairs", so it's a good way to temporarily use this method to hold down all the houses.

Sydney thought about it with anxiety in her heart.Yi Shi then helped her decide what to do next, and was saying, "If you have to see people, you can only see the main room, and you can't make a mistake", when Xue Li slapped the table: "It can't go on like this!"

Yi Shi: "...?"

Xue Li gritted her teeth and left as soon as she said: "I'll see Your Majesty!"

"Hey..." Yi didn't even have time to block, looking at the hot pickled fish in front of her, I don't know what her plan was.

The idea of ​​letting her leave without food... Maybe it's a big idea!

(End of this chapter)