The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 26 Inspiration
The little girl forced herself to sit upright by the stone table, but couldn't help but yawned continuously.

... This situation made Yan Chenghuai particularly embarrassed.

Actually, Xue Li was also very embarrassed, she really wanted to talk or listen to Yan Chenghuai, but she was really sleepy!
Yan Chenghuai hesitated for a long time but didn't speak, feeling that he was in a dilemma, it was inappropriate to call her out because of this past matter, but it was not appropriate to let her go back after all the calls.

He looked at Wei Chen, who was looking up at the stars in the sky, with "Don't ask me" written all over his face.

So Yan Chenghuai was silent for a while, and simply didn't want to "speak", bent over and lifted the food box that was put aside to the table.

Open the food box, inside there is a bowl of Laba porridge, a plate of crabmeat tofu, a cage of soup dumplings, and a plate of crispy bean paste. The aroma wafts out...

As expected, Sydney's eyes lit up!
——She is not only sleepy, she is also very hungry!

"Eat quickly." Yan Chenghuai held back his smile, and pushed Laba porridge and soup dumplings in front of her, with crab powder tofu and bean paste crisps beside him.

She was so sleepy that she couldn't keep her eyes open after eating, and at the same time, she looked like she was enjoying the food.Her normally bright eyes narrowed into curved slits, and the distress on her face made her look a bit drunk.

After eating a soup dumpling, Xueli came to her senses and looked at him: "How does your lord know that this servant is hungry?"

"Today's Laba, the palace banquet ended very late, I guess you either didn't eat it, or didn't eat well." Yan Chenghuai smiled, and after a moment of silence, asked her, "Does every palace banquet make you so tired? "

Xueli shook her head, and yawned again: "Actually, the palace banquet was okay, but the way Miss Shi punished the servants to copy [-] times of venison balls in clear soup, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

...The practice of copying venison balls in clear soup three hundred times?

This method of punishment sounds novel to both Yan Chenghuai and Wei Chen, and seeing her sleepy face, Wei Chen said, "Why punish you like this?"

There was no answer for a while.

Xue Li's eyes fell on the porridge bowl in front of her, scooping it with a porcelain spoon, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

The two were attracted to watch with her, and they didn't know what she was looking at, so they heard her take a deep breath, her voice was a little choked with nervousness: "My lord... this is made by the imperial dining room."

She is not a question, she is very sure.Yan Chenghuai's heart twitched, and there was no room for denial: "Yes... how do you know?"

"The folk Laba porridge often has longan and lily, and the palace also does the same, and there are some that are presented to the concubines in the palace..." She looked up at the commander, her thin lips turned white, "But your majesty doesn't like it. These two things, so I never dared to let them go. The Shangshi Bureau knows, and the Imperial Dining Room also knows."

After she finished speaking, she put down the porcelain spoon in her hand, and sat upright, not touching the porridge, nor touching the other foods.He lowered his head and twisted his sleeves, as if he didn't even feel sleepy anymore.

The two guessed what she was thinking and looked at each other. Wei Chen smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if it's from the imperial dining room. We just went to report the matter, so we just asked for it."

Xueli raised her eyes a little, looked at the delicious food in front of her and then looked at Wei Chen, her expression suddenly became very serious: "Sir, what is 'easy' to you may be fatal to a servant. "

It's rare to see her so serious, Wei Chen was slightly surprised, Yan Chenghuai laughed shortly: "It's not possible. If you want to trouble you, you have to find us first. The imperial dining room doesn't have the guts."

"But Your Majesty has..." Xue Li's bright eyes widened, and she blurted out.

This time Yan Chenghuai was speechless, and was very curious about what she was thinking, while Wei Chen laughed and said, "Your Majesty doesn't have that leisurely heart."

Sydney remained silent, feeling conflicted in her heart.

The food in front of her was delicious, and she also felt that the emperor probably didn't have the time to check such trivial matters.But on the other hand, she did not dare to forget that the emperor is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, holds the power of life and death, and is moody.

Putting these three together, it was enough for her to be careful and careful, not to mention that today she was a few feet away from the emperor, because she didn't react for a while, she was almost dragged down by the people in front of her to punish her.

Although I don’t know why it’s okay later, but I’m afraid after thinking about it...

In Sydney's eyes, the emperor is definitely a person who will hide as far as he can.As for the porridge, even though she had reason to believe that the emperor would not care or even know about it, she still couldn't get rid of the spontaneous fear.

how to say?She felt that the imperial palace belonged to the emperor, and he probably knew everything he wanted to know, right?So what if he found out?What if he cared?
She wouldn't dare to bet even if it was a one-in-a-million possibility, she seriously felt that her life was worth more than these few dishes!

So Xueli's serious face remained unchanged, she looked at the Commander, and analyzed seriously: "Master Commander, this servant is different from you and Lord Wei, what you take for granted may be really fatal when you come to this servant! Look, The gold hairpin from before... is thanks to Lord Wei for saving me, but I can't wait for Lord Wei to rescue me for everything!"

After that, she felt that the most important thing was to be more careful, and it was much safer to be cautious than to ask others for help when something happened.She would rather "overcorrect" herself in matters of etiquette than enter Gong Zhengsi's door again.

"And, and..." She stuttered, and continued with a little embarrassment: "I have been in Shangshi Bureau for three years, and I haven't experienced anything. There are many things that I don't understand when I put them in front of me. Something must happen. Only then did I suddenly realize that I know the severity, it’s so good!”

It stands to reason that the reason she can say should be very simple, but this time Yan Chenghuai and Wei Chen pondered for a while, and they didn't quite understand her exaggerated fear-mainly because they couldn't "empathize with me." ".

Thinking over and over again, Yan Chenghuai smelled a little frightened.Understanding that she was young, and that Gong Zhengsi's incident had frightened her enough, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and pushed it forward: "Think about it."

……what is this?
She picked it up in doubt, and heard him say again: "It's good for you to avoid things, but you can't catch what to avoid, you have to think clearly about which one to avoid."

Xue Li stared at him in a daze, feeling that his words were difficult to understand.

After being dazed for a while, he opened the note in his hand, on it were five words "Congratulations on the Year of the Golden Chai", and the inscription on the lower left corner was "Yan Chenghuai".

...Is it the note he and the pear blossom hairpin gave her together? !
Xueli was confused and racked her brains to think hard, but all she could think of was that the note disappeared when Jiang Yuyao handed over the hairpin, and Wei Chen asked her.

But what Yan Chenghuai said just now made her think?
She looked at Wei Chen for help, and Wei Chen was counting the stars again.

Yan Chenghuai looked at her blank face with a smile, and didn't speak, giving her enough time to think for herself.

He originally wanted to tell her about Mrs. Jiang so that she would not think about it when she saw her roommate missing, but now he realized that not only did she not "think about it", but she didn't think about it at all—or in other words, the solution she thought of was as simple as None, not even as good as nothing.

Blindly hiding like a headless chicken?He has never heard of such a way!

...Sooner or later, if this goes on like this, it will be a disadvantage.

After the daze on Xue Li's face lasted for a while, she raised her head: "What do you mean, my lord?"

"..." Yan Chenghuai pondered for a while, looked at her, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "You are exhausted today, go back to sleep first. If you really don't understand anything, come back and ask me in a few days."

This kind of thing is always more effective to figure out than to listen to others.Of course, looking at her innocence...he didn't expect her to figure it all out, as long as she could figure out the relationship on the surface, it would be fine.

Sydney naturally wants to break the casserole and ask the end.

But the majesty in his tone could not be seen but could be felt, she choked on her words like this, hesitated for a while, and Fushen retreated.

I don't know why, after returning to the room, Xue Li thought about what happened to Yan Chenghuai just now, and felt very scared for no reason.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that there are so many things hidden in his eyes, so many that they can overwhelm anyone. At that time, she was sleepy and didn't realize it. Looking back now, she knew it was too late.

All I have to do is sit and tremble...

She almost saw through the note that was handed back to her after going around a circle, and she still didn't understand what Yan Chenghuai meant.

What is he trying to say?

And... why did this fall back into his hands?She never took it out, but Gong Zhengsi didn't have this piece of paper when he got it, shouldn't it be taken away by Jiang Yuyao?

Sydney realizes that there may be very complicated or esoteric details in it, but she has no idea at all.

With a long sigh, she took out the box from the dresser drawer, put away the note for now, rubbed the ink and laid the paper, and continued to copy the recipe.

It didn't take long before the eyelids started fighting again.Sydney insisted not to be conquered by sleepiness, so as not to cause more trouble tomorrow.

There are too many ways to punish palace maids. Copying things is obviously relatively mild, neither hurting nor painful, but if the copying is not complete, it is another matter.

It was already the third watch when the clock in the small courtyard sounded.

The stewed quail with wine flavor that Su Zixian copied is simpler and requires fewer repetitions. After copying it, I will help her copy it.

She is still more than 120 times...

The two little girls yawned one on the left and yawned on the other, looking at the bed just a short distance away and found it very attractive.

There was some movement in the yard, and the two listened carefully. A man said "routine inspection".No one moved as usual, until he knocked on the door of his own room before opening the door.

"...My lord." Xue Li gave a blessing.

It is not the eunuch who came back for "routine inspection".This person is familiar to her but she doesn't know her, but she is more familiar with his imperial guard's clothes.

"It's time to put out the candle." The other party reminded me casually. Just as Xue Li was about to explain that they were still up, he handed a stack of papers in front of her, "Master Commander said that you left it with him." .”

She didn't take anything when she went.

Xueli took it in a daze, flipped through it, and found that every page was filled with the recipe of venison balls in clear soup, densely written over and over again...

And it's really her handwriting.

(End of this chapter)