The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 25 Night
A group of little girls hadn't realized it yet, but the slightly older ones in Sydney did.This kind of etiquette mistake should not have been made - he should have remembered it long ago, not to mention that he should have remembered that he shouldn't look up at the emperor, and he should have reacted immediately when he should perform a great gift.

It's just that they had seen too few palace banquets before, let alone the emperor, so they couldn't react for a while.

Seeing the eunuchs in front of the imperial court coming here aggressively, they recalled it, and suddenly looked away and knelt down to salute, and there were scattered kneelings in the alley.

When they knelt like this, even the young maid was able to react, so she knelt down again.

The eunuchs who had rushed to them stopped and turned to ask Chen Jijiang what he meant.

Chen Jijiang was stunned and didn't dare to make any more gestures.

He didn't think it was a big deal, but the emperor just stopped there.He paused in his heart, and looked carefully at the emperor's expression, but saw that the emperor no longer looked at the path, turned his head to the other side, pondered for a while, and said, "Forget it."

Chen Jijiang reacted for a moment before he understood what the emperor was saying, "forget it".The emperor had no choice but to signal the eunuchs to come back with a wink, and the emperor continued to go to Qingxin Hall.

Xue Li knelt down on the ground, feeling her heart beating still, and suddenly saw the eunuch in front of her retreat back, and after a moment of silence, she secretly raised her eyes.

Looking up, I saw that handsome figure passing by the crossing a few steps away.

After the emperor entered the palace, he naturally saluted like a ritual.The wives who bowed down one by one on both sides greeted each other in a regular manner, but when it came to the concubines, there was obviously a bit of surprise in their voices.

The three concubines also did not expect the emperor to come, but only Concubine Li showed a clear smile, Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu were only slightly startled, then calmly left their seats to greet the ceremony.

"No." The emperor responded casually, and after the three concubines got up first, the concubines and wives who were farther away got up one after another.

Gong'e offered clean water for washing hands, and Concubine Li's beautiful eyes lit up, and she greeted her swiftly, smiling sweetly: "I serve Your Majesty to wash your hands."

The emperor didn't speak, but his brows furrowed a little more indistinctly.Concubine Li was still at the side and said, "I haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time, and said that Your Majesty has forgotten my concubine", Chen Jijiang really wanted to kneel down for Concubine Li - he really didn't know how to look at his face!

Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu stood silently by the side, smiling lightly, not even bothering to look at Concubine Li.

It wasn't until the emperor took his seat that this inexplicable embarrassment got better.Concubine Li continued to smile coquettishly, and handed over a roll of pigeon pine and lotus leaf with her chopsticks.

But before she could introduce this dish, the emperor turned to Concubine Hui unknowingly: "Have you heard about the seventh brother?"

Concubine Hui rolled her eyelashes, pretending not to see Concubine Li's hand holding the chopsticks, she leaned over and said, "I heard about it yesterday, so I don't have time to ask what His Majesty means."

"I just summoned the people from the Ministry of Rites." The emperor's face was slightly cold, and he quickly calmed down, "Just do as the queen mother wants, come in after the Lantern Festival, and you look at the arrangements."

The two of them spoke indifferently, and Li Concubine became more and more embarrassed when she was beside her.He hesitated for a moment, but didn't dare to take the opportunity to send the pigeon pine and lotus leaf roll to the emperor's plate, and shrank back embarrassingly.

Concubine Shu couldn't help covering her lips with a smile, looked sideways at Concubine Li, and spoke appropriately: "It's not too long, His Highness the Seventh Highness also heard that there will be a call to let the palace people prepare in advance?"

The emperor nodded, Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu all had gentle smiles on their faces, the surrounding palace people looked at Concubine Li, and then all lowered their eyelids, pretending they didn't understand anything.

This is not intentional at all.The emperor had just taken his seat, and the silence after seeing the ceremony just now hadn't slowed down. Many people heard his words. Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu clearly let others see that Concubine Li is useless in important matters—for example, in this matter Of course, both of them knew the whole story, but Concubine Li didn't even understand what she was talking about.

The emperor also saw their meaningful expressions, but he didn't have time to bother about it. He just picked a piece of meat from the nearest plate, and didn't eat it for a long time.

The matter of the Seven Kings bothered him even thinking about it.

It's not a big deal after all.After the New Year's Eve, the Seventh King will be 14 years old. According to the rules, when the princes are at this age, they will choose the big palace ladies to teach "personnel affairs". Serving in position, to put it bluntly, they are folk maids and concubines.

It's not worth getting angry about. The problem is that before the emperor had the time to make arrangements, the empress dowager first passed the word, saying that the person had been selected and would be sent in after the Lantern Festival.

At that time, the emperor was drinking almond tea, and he choked on a sip of tea when he heard the words, the almond fragrance is still lingering in his nasal cavity...

The emperor is the eldest son of the empress dowager, so he knows the empress dowager's temper very well.What kind of girl she chose for the Seven Kings, he...he doesn't even need to ask, just look at Concubine Hui Shu next to him to know!

It's not that it's bad, it's just...

He really didn't want the seventh brother to experience such a bad thing.

It felt as if his heart was blocked all the way to his throat, the emperor stared at the piece of meat in the chopsticks with a dark face for a long time without saying a word, until Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu were dumb.

After a while, Concubine Hui hesitated and called out: "Your Majesty?"

The emperor came back to his senses, cleared his throat, and asked casually, "What kind of meat is this?"

"..." Concubine Hui was stunned for a moment before replying, "Taro Rabbit."

The emperor's eyebrows twitched fiercely, and then he threw the piece of rabbit meat on the plate without eating it.

The maids of the Shangshi Bureau returned to the dining room at the back, and the ladies naturally heard about the movement outside just now, and scolded their heads and faces.

"I'm dying, right?" Cui Wan knocked on Xue Li's shoulder with a rolling pin. Although she had put in most of her strength when it fell, it still made Xue Li tremble with pain.

Sydney immediately bowed: "Sister, I was wrong!"

She admitted her mistake very quickly, and then it was Cui Wan who reprimanded her, she admitted her mistake once, after three or five sentences, Cui Wan lost her temper, and said with a cold face, "Copy the recipe of clear soup venison balls three hundred times" and then left up.

With a lump in her throat, Xue Li responded obediently, and as soon as Cui Wan turned her head and walked away, she wanted to cry.

—Three hundred times!This is to copy a day and a night!Moreover, the steps of that dish are very complicated, and the strokes of the word "deer" are very many!

When I returned to my room, it was already the end of the hour, and I had been busy all afternoon, and I couldn't even bother to eat when I returned to my room, so I hurriedly cut paper and ink.

Su Zixian was no better than her. Although she didn't have the responsibility of taking so many little maids, she ran out to watch out of curiosity. She copied the recipe of stewing quail with wine fragrance two hundred times for punishment, and she couldn't sleep overnight.

I was so hungry that Sydney couldn't bear it anymore after copying and copying. As I wandered through the pen and ink, the scene in my mind turned very fast:

Fresh venison mince...

Add appropriate amount of scallion and ginger to remove fishy smell and enhance freshness...

Crack an egg to make the meat tender...

Slowly adjust the various seasonings...

Pinch of meatballs...

goo...

With a growl in her stomach, Xue Li lay on the table sadly, her wrist and stomach hurt together, and her eyelids were so tired that they were fighting.

At this time, I really want to sleep in a carefree sleep, and I can’t sleep for a long time and sleep in the dark!
"Hurry up and write." Su Zixian yawned to encourage her, Xue Li was still lying on her stomach, she didn't even have the strength to stand up, and replied in a daze, "I'll take a short rest, you can call me later."

I don't know if there was a moment later, and there were two knocks on the door.

Xueli opened her eyes, and the yellow halo of the candlelight by the desk flickered. When she looked up, Su Zixian yawned and got up to open the door.

"Sister Ann." Zhang Fugui bowed, and then turned his eyes around Su Zixian to look at Xue Li, "Miss Ruan, Master Wei is looking for you."

"..." Xueli still leaned on the desk for a while, and managed to regain consciousness before realizing what he was talking about. She stood up and estimated the time, "It's very late..."

At least it's halfway through the hour.At this time, except for the imperial guards, other foreign ministers are not allowed to walk around in the palace.

Seeing her listless look, Zhang Fugui knew that she definitely didn't want to go out, but he couldn't go out and go back, so why not: "Master Wei is already here."

Sydney was helpless, and she didn't want to cause trouble for him.

What happened to Gong Zhengsi last time, she later found out that Fugui helped her.

She suffered a total of two slaps, and the pain disappeared immediately. Zhang Fugui couldn't walk easily for several days, but the injury was not serious enough to ask for leave to rest. Those few days were particularly difficult.

Although she also sincerely thanked Zhang Fugui for sending snacks and stuffing money, it doesn't mean that she can trouble Zhang Fugui again with peace of mind.

So Xueli yawned for a long time, stood up strongly, went to the water tank outside to fetch cold water with floating ice floe, washed her face, briefly touched up her makeup, and then stumbled out.

Wei Chen was waiting outside the main entrance of Shangshi Bureau.From that day on, he didn't avoid people anymore, and he kept on confirming the relationship between his god-siblings in Shangshi Bureau, clearly supporting Sydney.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Wei Chen turned his head and saw Xue Li's feet fluttering towards this side, she had already yawned twice in a dozen steps, and her overall look was not very good.

With a dumb laugh, he simply stepped forward to give her a hand, and asked her dumbfoundedly, "What's wrong?"

"I'm so tired..." Xueli felt as if the ground under her feet was not solid, and she couldn't stand still.Instead, he held Wei Chen's arm and used his strength to stand still, then raised his head and asked him, "What's the matter, sir?"

Wei Chen pondered for a moment, then sighed lightly: "Come with me."

If it wasn't for the fact that the errand had already been accepted, seeing her like this, he really wanted her to go back to sleep.

Sydney followed Wei Chen all the way in the chaos, feeling like she was dreaming while walking.She couldn't react at all when turning a corner. Wei Chen helped her several times, so she didn't bump her head against the red wall.

When her toes touched the threshold, she was almost tripped, and Xueli regained her senses a little. She opened her eyes wide again, and when she looked, she turned out to be in front of the small courtyard.

Wei Chen had already stepped inside, and she followed.Dazedly seeing that a few steps away was the commander standing with his hands behind his back, she held back the next yawn, and even subconsciously said, "Lord Yan."

Of course Yan Chenghuai could see that she was not in the right mind.

(End of this chapter)