The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 100 Growth
Although Xie Zhao coaxed the gloom out of his heart in Zichen Palace this day, Xue Li was still a little apprehensive when he returned to the small courtyard.

When Yuxiang saw her at the gate of the courtyard, she jumped down from the tree. The branches in late autumn had become dry and were broken by it.

Yuxiang ran over and rubbed against her hard. When it stood up, its paws could reach her shoulders, so it hugged her again and rubbed hard.

Sydney knew it was wronged.When it grows so big, it is only when it is not willing to sleep in the house and throws people away, and no one ever wants it.So today he rubbed against her for a long time longer than before, and when he saw that she was going into the house, he wanted to follow her with bright eyes.

It was obvious that he really wanted to go in with her.

Xue Li knelt down and patted it on the forehead: "Wait a minute, I'm going to go in and talk to Mammy first."

She didn't know that Chen Jijiang had come here earlier, and she still felt that she had to explain to Nanny Bai.In the end, before she could find the South Courtyard, Nanny Bai came out first, and smiled when she saw her: "Miss is back?"

"Nurse..." Seeing her, Xue Li panicked, while Yu Xiang growled and bared her fangs again.

But Bai Momo seemed to be a completely different person, she became very polite to Sydney, she turned her head and called Xingren and Candied Dates to come over and help her to freshen up first, and then said to her: "Miss, take a good rest. Let me tell you, These new girls, and the eunuchs over there, you have to pay attention, don't just close your eyes and ignore everything after arranging the accommodation. Know."

Bai Momo's "You" woke up Xueli: Someone must have already been here!Nanny Bai won't teach her those little rules anymore!

She was completely relieved this time.It happened that dinner was also served in Zichen Palace, and she had nothing to do at the moment, so she called Dou Sha over first, and asked her how she felt after getting along for the past two days.

Dou Sha said: "Brown Tang is young and doesn't see much. I see that almonds and candied dates are very gentle towards people. Candied dates know how to fight for work; sesame is more clever but playful. Today, when no one is paying attention, he ran to the north to be with Fu. They were expensive to chat with, and I dragged them back three or five times."

Dou Sha lowered her eyes as she spoke, flicking her eyes from side to side.Xueli has been with her for so long, of course she knows that she has something to say and is hesitant to say it, so she said with a smile, "What else? You just say it."

Dou Sha bit her lip, and said with a smile, "Later, I was also... a little angry, so I punished Zhi Zhi not to eat at night..."

A fine meal is not too heavy, but Sydney was a little surprised: Dou Sha, you are very courageous!
This is a good thing, she will be relieved if Dou Sha can suppress those few.When she saw so many people yesterday, her first thought was to worry that this harmonious small courtyard would become harmonious—more people make it easier to fight. For example, at the Shangshi Bureau, Jiang Yuyao competed with them; She competes.The same thing applies to Dou Sha and the others. The more they are the same age and the same seniority, the more they will compete for superiority. She is quite afraid that there will be several parties and factions among such a dozen or so people.

So she asked again: "Then Zhima will listen to you?"

Dou Sha nodded: "Yes, after my sister explained the day before yesterday, after we moved in, they were very polite to me when they saw that I lived in the main room. That's, that's why I think the nanny should live in the main room, after all, she is Teach Mammy."

This is indeed Sydney's ill-considered arrangement.

Not to mention that this teaching nun is the one with the highest status and the most dignified status in her small courtyard, even if she goes to the imperial court to compare, she is weaker in terms of real power, but in terms of status, she is really no worse than Mr. Chen.She arranged for Dou Sha to live in the main room, and Nanny Bai must have gone to a side room.This one has to be moved for a while, otherwise what will Bai Momo do if she doesn't like the bean paste in the future?
Sydney made a note of this and asked Dou Sha to rest, and then asked Fu Gui to come in and ask.Fugui's side seems to be more harmonious, at least there is no such obvious playful thing as You Zhima.It's just that Fugui said: "Peng Qizhong and Peng Qiyu, these two elder brothers, I am afraid that I have suffered a lot before looking at them. Brother Quan was a little thinner when he came here, and he is quite happy to get to know each other. These two... It's kind of scary!"

I didn't know about this Sydney before, but I'm not surprised to hear it now.

Those two seem to be honest people at first glance, but in the palace... Honest people are actually not easy to mix with.People who wink and flatter can get promoted steadily, but honest people can only count the days to get up.It's not bad to be promoted if you can get promoted, but in many cases, when you should be promoted, you will push the honest ones down.

When I think about this Sydney, I am very glad that I am a member of the Shangshi Bureau, and I can still speak with my craftsmanship.If she were to go to the Shangyi Bureau, where she might be assigned to serve in front of concubines at any given day... she would definitely be caught blind with this little ability!

But when people came to her, she would not step on them together with others, so she said to Fugui: "Well, you go and talk to them frankly. One is the people in our yard, let's compare They are all young; if they are older, Nanny Bai is already older. I can only do the heavy work in the yard for them, and I will inevitably work hard for them in the future."

Fugui laughed and said, "Needless to say, people already know about it."

Xueli said again: "No, you still have to tell them. Tell them after you've finished. From now on, both of them will get an extra two renminbi of silver every month, and I will pay them. Don't let them be too polite. We are all our own people here."

Sydney understood after Fugui had finished speaking, and responded with "It's okay" and hurriedly sent the word.

She took a long breath, sat down and seriously thought about what she had just told... She thought the arrangement seemed okay?

Master Chen meant that she could use these people as long as she could hold them back.She thinks it doesn't have to be "pressing", it can also be holding!
Anyway, if there is no trouble, it is enough to work together. It is much easier for her to draw them closer in a friendly manner than to let her cruelly torture people or something!She really can't do that, after all, she is also a court lady herself.So she won't stop small fines like bean paste and a sesame meal, but for other things, it's more expensive to be reconciled or to be reconciled!

She also doesn't want the place where she lives to be filled with bloodshed every day, making everyone avoid her, how boring it is!
Then Sydney calmly rubbed the lion for a long time. Yu Xiang, who was wronged yesterday, was so at ease by her. Happy, happily jumped on her bed and went to sleep.

Yuxiang, you didn't wash your paws...

When Xue Li heard the movement and turned her head to stare at it, she felt such resentment in her heart, but she still didn't delay the matter at hand, and went to find Nanny Bai first.

Nanny Bai was putting shoe soles in the room. Knowing that she was there to deal with the newcomer, she waited while deliberating. When she came over, Nanny Bai asked questions first without further ado. Say it first.

Bai Momo, who thought she didn't understand anything yesterday, was a little surprised after hearing this: Oh, this girl is okay!

It's not all about nothing.Let’s just talk about this arrangement, it’s impossible for her experienced old mother to feel that it’s “excellent”, but after much deliberation, she couldn’t find any one that was inappropriate.

What's more important is that she didn't think about bothering herself at all, but only set up two subordinates who were directly in charge of her, and let the subordinates take care of the subordinates.

There are disadvantages to this. The easiest thing to think about is that Fugui and Dousha can completely collude with the people below to take her out of the air, but the advantages are also obvious-the two stay with the rest for a longer time. Let her You can't keep staring at her anyway!

Bai Momo thought about it carefully and decided to let her go. After all, there was a reason why she decided to trust Fugui Dousha - he was an old acquaintance for several years.If it doesn't work, she will still be watching, right?

Besides, being able to "employ people without doubt" is a skill in itself.

Overall, Nanny Bai was quite satisfied, and she didn't forget to praise Sydney.I was very happy to be praised by her so much about Sydney, so I smiled and said: "Mommy, there is one more thing. I didn't think much about it the day before yesterday. I just came back to it after I mentioned Dou Sha."

Nanny Bai just say whatever you want, and I'll help you make up your mind.

Xueli then told about the inappropriate arrangement of the residence, and said to Baimao: "Mom, I didn't mean it. I was tired when I came back from duty the day before yesterday, so I didn't think about it. You can go to the main room and let Dou Sha lives here, after all you are a nanny."

Hearing what she said, Nanny Bai smiled and waved her hand: "Well, it's okay. Just let Dou Sha live in the main room, it's fine for me to live here."

Sydney panicked, she wondered if Nanny Bai was trying her?Or put on a face?

Without waiting for her to make amends, Nanny Bai said: "Look, girl, I'm the nunnery teacher, wherever I go, I'll always be the nunnery teacher, and Master Chen was still polite when he came to give me instructions today. So don't let me live on this side, let me live with the palace servants who are handymen, as long as this status does not change, I can still suppress people."

Xue Li nodded half-understanding, and Bai Momo continued: "But Dou Sha is different. She is about the same age as those few, and it is said that Xing Ren is a few months older than her. Her status can only be carried by you .It’s fine if you let me live in the main house, your arrangement just now will not work.”

I see!
Xue Li had a dazed look on her face, and suddenly felt that you were the most thoughtful, mammy!
Just now she and Dou Sha couldn't put these two things together and think about them together, but Nanny Bai immediately weighed them all up!

So everyone rejoices!Xueli went back to her room refreshed and went to wash and sleep. From yesterday to today, she felt like flying back to the clouds from the trough. There was no gap between her and the emperor, and she didn't hate Nanny Bai anymore. Those things yesterday were trivial matters Well, now that Nanny Bai has calmed down, she feels that she is quite a nice person.

More importantly, Nanny Bai is really a senior!She is incomparable!

In this way, Sydney slept until dawn and was going to be on duty, and Zixian, who was on duty at night, just came back.

She saw Dou Sha beckoning Candied Xingren to serve Zixian to take a break, and both of them really listened to Dou Sha.Feeling at ease, seeing that Zhima was not around, she quietly told Dousha: "Speak soft words to Zhima today, and advise her to eat more for breakfast, so don't make any enemies over it."

"I know!" Dou Sha responded readily, with a look of "I planned to do this too", which made Sydney more confident.

After more than half a month like this, at the end of October, preparations for His Majesty's birthday began again everywhere in the palace.I heard that there has been a lot of movement in the harem recently, and those who live in Luo'an and have family backgrounds are begging their families to make a decent gift to come in. When this matter spread to the ears of everyone in front of the imperial court, they both wanted to laugh and felt helpless.

——It doesn't matter how much effort you put into preparing the congratulatory gift...Your Majesty, he has seen so many good things!Every year on this day, rare treasures come in batches, and His Majesty never sees a few.

It's really not that he deliberately didn't give face.There are clan relatives, courtiers, and concubines. There are too many things. It may take more than half a month to enjoy them one by one. How can I have such leisure time.

Recently, Sydney has always seen a huge "annoyance" on the emperor's face. Everyone is wearing this "annoyance". When it comes to matters related to birthdays, the "annoyance" is more obvious...

So three days before her birthday, Sydney had to send a message to the imperial dining room, asking to prepare more candied fruit or something.

And you have to be a bit "picky", don't want uneven color, too wrinkled flesh, slightly black spots or something, not to mention the taste. don't want.

He understood that night when she was so prepared.

At that time, Chen Jijiang had to bite the bullet and read to him for a long time which clansmen were coming this year, which made him sigh and gasp.

——This is really annoying!In fact, he doesn't even care about his birthday, but every year he has to set aside such a day for everyone to celebrate his birthday.If Xie Zhao were to speak his mind, he would feel like it would be a whole day, wouldn't it be good to let him do something serious?If it doesn't work, if you have to celebrate your birthday, why don't you let him do something he likes and wants to do?

Anyway, it really made him relax.It's good now, and it's a birthday celebration, and it makes him collapse every year.

Every day he thinks the tricky political affairs in the court are very cute! ! !

In this way, Chen Jijiang can be considered as finished reading such a thick book.Picking out a few more important people to remind him again, Xie Zhao put his hand on his forehead and said, "Understood, hard work."

Then his arm was touched: "Your Majesty?"

Looking up, Sydney didn't know when she came over with a plate of preserved fruit.The plates are all orange, and they look pretty, like preserved apricots.

There is also a sweet smell coming out, which is sweet with the smile in her eyes.

Xie Zhao sneered, "You're making me happy again?" She used this trick a few years ago.

"Eat." She handed the plate forward, "It's better to have something sweet in your mouth than to taste light and tasteless. Your Majesty, try it. If you don't like it, the Imperial Dining Room has prepared many kinds! Your Majesty can take your time." taste!"

There is nothing wrong with her.

Xie Zhao had no choice but to take one to eat as promised.In fact, he also knows that this is really... just a little bit of use.

When she first told him about it, he was led sideways for a while.At that time, there was always a plate of candied fruit on his imperial case, and when he encountered some disturbing memorial, he would touch it without knowing it, and then gnawed the candied fruit in his mouth while thinking about the matter at hand...

At that moment, he felt that eating would make him feel better.But the more times I do, the more I feel ashamed!
——A majestic emperor, and not a little emperor, who always coaxes him with candied fruit when he reads a memorial?Is it nice to say it?
In this way, he later ordered Chen Jijiang not to bring him candied fruit in, at least he got rid of his problem.Now it seems that she still intends to mislead him again.

Xie Zhao ate the preserved apricot in his mouth while thinking about it, and of course he didn't want to eat the next one after eating it.

He lowered his head and continued to read the memorial. It was a trivial matter at hand, so he simply approved two strokes and closed one.

Before the next book was opened, an orange-yellow crystal clear apricot was brought to my mouth first.

Her white and slender fingers seemed to make the apricot more attractive.He was about to say "don't eat", but she took a step ahead: "Eat another one!"

Xie Zhao: "..."

It's hard to say no!

So the emperor straightened his face, nodded slightly, and took a bite, and ate the preserved apricot between her fingers.

The apricot is not big, but he still touched her finger when his lips fell slightly. With such a light touch, he immediately coughed subconsciously: "Sydney."

"Huh?" Sydney looked up at him.

After thinking about it, he also picked up a preserved apricot and put it to her mouth as if no one else was there. After she opened her lips and ate it, he said: "Last year's birthday was completely useless. There will be a table in the Zichen Hall, and Concubine Hui will host the banquet later to invite foreign famous women. You should rest that day and don't come over."

He's probably going to drink heavily again, although the clan members still pay attention to etiquette, but who knows if he drinks too much?Don't be afraid to make a fuss after drinking too much, a fight is a trivial matter, in case someone tries to mess with her...

Hehe, he took advantage of the lack of alcohol and killed him.

Letting her go to the harem to help is even worse.Now that the situation put her in the harem, he didn't think Concubine Hui would torment her, but others couldn't be sure.

So it's best to let her rest.He thought about it, and then said: "Maybe someone will want to meet you, just make up your own mind, if you can't make up your mind, Nanny Bai will get it for you."

Xue Li was seriously eating the preserved fruit he fed, but when she heard this, her mouth stopped for a moment, she didn't understand: "Who wants to see the servant girl?"

"Well, probably... you'll know tomorrow." Xie Zhao looked very proud of his pedantry, Xue Li curled his lips and didn't ask, but looked up at him, and with a hint of revenge, he stuffed a candied fruit again. He then excused himself and went back to sleep.

When "tomorrow" came, Sydney was stunned.

——Someone really wants to see her!And it's very formal, there are two days before His Majesty's birthday, so I handed in the post first!

Dousha and Xingren hugged a stack of posts and put them on her desk, then Dousha wiped off the cold sweat and said, "It turns out that my sister is so famous..."

Sydney was also surprised, had he already made a name for himself among the rich and powerful? !
(End of this chapter)