The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 146
Ever since a newcomer was added to the palace, Wanyu would go to Elder Brother's place every now and then to amuse the little ones.

On this day, Wanyu went to Elder Brother's house and saw Yuwen and the emperor waiting in front of Chengqing's bed for fun.

She quietly stepped forward to salute, and then jokingly said: "The emperor Wan'an, now with Yu Wen, I am afraid that the concubine will not come at the right time."

Yuwen greeted Wanyu affectionately, and then took her hand and sat down together: "It's my sister who likes to joke the most. The emperor accidentally called his concubines to come and have a look at Chengqing. He is no more thoughtful than my sister. When I have free time in the daytime, I often come to visit the prince."

The emperor also smiled heartily, pointed to Cheng Qing's bright eyes and said: "Chengqing and Wan'er got close and just fell asleep, now after listening to Wan'er's movement, Baba'er has to see it for real."

Wanyu's cheeks were slightly red, and she stepped forward to touch Chengqing's puffy cheeks, making Chengqing amused: "I think it's also Chengqing's full year, and he has won the emperor's favor, so hurry up and rejoice for yourself."

As she said that, she looked around again, and seeing Chenghu and Chengxiang's infants were empty, she asked, "Why don't you see Chenghu and Chengxiang?"

The nurse who was waiting on the side smiled and replied: "The sky is clear today, and the flowers in the imperial garden are blooming a lot. The Empress Empress took the second elder brother to the garden early in the morning, and the fourth elder brother was crying so much just now. , Maybe he was hungry, so the servant girl went to find a wet nurse and took him down to feed some milk."

Wanyu nodded, and then told Yunchan: "Go and put the food box in the veranda where the nurses are resting, and let them in quickly while it's warm."

"It always requires you to worry about it." The emperor shook Wan Lai's hand, and said with tenderness in his eyes: "Just tell the servants in the imperial dining room to do these things. You don't have to worry about it all the time."

"You can worry about other things in the imperial dining room, but what about the emperor's business?" Wanyu smiled, and took another food box from Yunchan's hand: "I also made a box of pastries, and I thought I would give it to the little brothers after watching it later." Go give it to the emperor, now it's a coincidence, and it will save the concubine from running away again."

The emperor smiled heartily, pointed at Wanyu and said to Yuwen, "Look, I'm actually ranked behind the children."

Yuwen pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Is it possible that the emperor still wants to compete with his prince for the love of sister Wanbi?" She looked sideways at the food box in Wanyu's hand: "Although the concubine lives with sister Wanbi, the I have never tried her handicraft, so today I am lucky.”

The emperor looked at the food box that seemed to be steaming hot, and curiously reached out his hand to lift the food box: "You have come all the way, but you are still steaming, what have you done, let me see."

Wan Yu flashed back her hand, pretending to be mysterious and pressed the top of the food box, and said with a coquettish smile, "Let's guess what the emperor and sister are?"

Yuwen leaned over to embroider the smoke, but it was colorless and odorless, and she couldn't smell it: "This is amazing, why can't you see the smell of food?"

The emperor said with a smile: "Don't be a fool, I happen to be a little hungry right now."

Only then did Wan Lai roll up her blue cuffs embroidered with bats, and opened the food box.

The food box is opened, and the mist rises inside it.

A closer look reveals that there is a full layer of ice particles in it, which is why the smoke is generated.

On top of the ice are three five-bat tuanshou plates and a cyan jade bowl, which contain various exquisite snacks.

Seeing that the emperor and Yuwen were amazed, Wanyu was quite contented, took out the small plates one by one, pointed to them and said: "This plate is made of purple sweet potatoes ground into glutinous mud, added with corn, fragrant taro, red fruit three flavors, wrapped Made of purple potato and taro balls."

Yuwen pursed her lips, seeming to like it very much: "The thick red juice dripping on it has a faint plum fragrance, but is the sweet plum boiled and turned into juice?"

Wanyu nodded, pointed to another plate and said: "This plate is a smooth sesame cake, made of dried and plump black sesame seeds, and high-quality horseshoe powder is added to it, mixed evenly and served in a steamer. The taste is moderately sweet and glutinous. , Eating it can invigorate qi and activate blood."

The emperor moved his chopsticks and took a piece to share with Yuwen. Both of them were full of praise. Wanyu pointed to the red soup in the sapphire bowl and said: "This sweet-scented osmanthus and taro seedlings are handmade by my concubine's mother. After learning the fur, I used it to show my ugliness. It’s just that the general method of this soup is to pour it with hot soup, and the concubines only serve it after it has cooled, so it has a special flavor.”

The emperor put a tablespoon of taro seedlings in his mouth, and nodded again and again to recall the taste: "The taro seedlings are boiled soft and rotten, and a little sweet-scented osmanthus sugar sauce is added to thicken the lotus root starch. "He had a happy expression on his face, and within a moment, he and Yuwen shared the dishes of desserts and ate them all.

The two of them were still not finished, the emperor even took Wanyu's hand and sat beside her, sighing: "I only knew that you were good at piano and singing, but later I learned that you have read poetry and books, but now you don't even know how to cook. With such proficiency, how many surprises are you hiding from me?"

Wanyu's complexion showed a bit of pink, and a charming smile adorned it, and she said shyly: "How can my concubine afford the emperor's reputation?"

When the three were talking and laughing, they heard Cheng Qing suddenly cry.

Yuwen hurriedly got up to look at it, the child was crying in the mother's arms, the emperor and Wannai were worried and looked up: "It was quiet just now, why are you crying so hysterically now?"

The nanny patted Chengqing's back, then reached out to touch his crotch, and seeing that it was not soaked, she said: "Perhaps it smells that the emperor and the two young masters are having a good time, and you must be hungry. This servant will Take Elder Brother down and let the wet nurse feed you."

The emperor raised his hand and ordered her to go quickly, although it was fine, but Yuwen and the emperor always looked anxious.

Seeing this, Wanyu couldn't help sighing, how could it be a piece of flesh that fell from her own body, the worries of being a mother can only be understood if she has experienced it herself.

The three of them waited in the hall for a while, when they heard a commotion outside the door, they looked up, but it was the empress leading Chenghu, followed by a group of slaves, coming towards elder brother.

As soon as she entered the room and saw the emperor was there, the queen hurriedly handed Chenghu to Qingyue to hold her, and greeted the emperor with blessings.

The emperor took two quick steps to help her up, then teased Chenghu and said with a smile: "The queen is back, how are you playing with Chenghu?"

The queen wiped the sweat from her forehead with Juanzi, shook her head and sighed helplessly: "Chenghu is very strong. He just learned to walk a few days ago. When he arrived at the imperial garden, he cried a lot, and he didn't let his concubine hold him. No, a group of slaves will be too busy to follow."

The emperor's finger was dangling in the air to tease Chenghu Zhile, and in a trance, a voice came out of Chenghu's mouth: "Ama."

As soon as the sound came out, there was silence all around.

The empress looked even more surprised, and hurriedly surrounded her, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

It wasn't until Chenghu yelled 'Ama' again that the two of them were extremely happy, and the queen said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, Chenghu is only one year and five months old now, so he can speak I'm calling you Ama."

The emperor took Chenghu from Qingyue's arms and hugged him, and said happily: "I know that Chenghu is worthy of being the eldest son of you and me, so smart, I am very relieved!"

(End of this chapter)