The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 42

Xie Zhao took a breath, lightly tapped her finger on her shoulder to signal her to back away, then he also dodged a little, and turned his head: "Come on."

Two burly eunuchs stepped forward and kicked hard with a "bang", the door flew straight into the room!
Under the moonlight, the bedroom was in chaos.

Zixian and Ting Xian were frightened when they looked this way, they swallowed back the words that the ladies of the palace wanted to scold, and crawled down to the bed to greet them.

Xie Zhao glanced at the furnishings in the room, and told Chen Jijiang: "Change the residence for those two, and you can figure out what to do with the other four."

Chen Jijiang complied calmly.Xue Li pinched her fingers and immediately looked up at Xie Zhao: "Your Majesty..."

"Those two" refer to Zixian Tingxian, and the "other four" are those four court ladies—what should she do? !

She wanted to ask a question, but when she saw that his face was full of cruelty under the moonlight, her words got stuck, she silently lowered her head, thinking that it would be better not to ask.

He scanned the four maids again, his complexion became more and more serious, he leaned over and grabbed Xue Li's arm, dragged her back, and said in a serious tone: "Come to Si Shan!"

The emperor's face was so scary that Xue Li didn't dare to say anything.She didn't dare to struggle while being held by his arm all the way, but fortunately he slowed down, so she didn't get tired after following, so she was "dragged" into the Zichen Palace just like that.

As soon as they entered the palace, the palace people immediately went to stand where they should stand, and they planned to pretend that they didn't exist if the emperor didn't ask questions.

The emperor took a look at Xueli, and ordered her to take a bath and change clothes. Two seventeen or eighteen-year-old maids hurried forward and asked Xueli to go with them very politely. The voice was so gentle that it was clear that she was afraid that she would be unhappy.

Sydney gave a blessing to the emperor and followed them.The two maids prepared water for her in their own room, and no one dared to go out when she was washing, and insisted on staying in the room.It made Xueli feel very embarrassed, even though there was a screen behind it, she still felt awkward, so she washed in a hurry, and shouted "Sister, don't come here" before getting out of the water.

After she put on her underwear, trousers and skirt to go out, two court ladies came over immediately, one gently helped her apply the medicine, and the other patiently helped her wipe her hair, and took out the hair tie after the hair was half dry After a simple tie for her, he came over with clean clothes.

Sydney quickly said: "I wear it myself!"

The two maids looked at each other, and one of them said: "Miss, you are welcome, your hand is hurt, if you scratch and touch again, we will not be able to take care of your Majesty asking."

She had no choice but to be obedient.In fact, it’s good to have someone to help, all their court ladies wear chest-length skirts, and the lace on the top of the skirt has to be wrapped around the chest for two or three times. These days, she grinned as soon as she put on her clothes.

Fortunately, they didn't take her to see the emperor again. As soon as the eunuch came out and confessed a few words, they took her to the west side hall and said to her with a smile: "Your Majesty said it's getting late, let the girl tonight Sleep in the side hall first. The girl rests first, and we will get you something to eat."

The door of the inner hall was closed tightly, and the bright lights inside could not hide the awe-inspiring chill.

Wang Wanzhi was a little flustered.

He was going to sleep at this time, he didn't know anything about what happened in the imperial dining room just now.

He is a person who pays attention to health preservation, and he thinks he can think clearly: sitting in this seat can almost be a domineering person, but he has to be alive to be a domineering person.So live very "carefully", take ginseng slices in the morning to boost Qi, and eat lotus seeds in the evening to calm the mind.

The lotus seeds are not cored, and he is not afraid of hardship. After they are cooked thoroughly, they chew and swallow them.He was chewing lotus seeds just now when the eunuch in front of the imperial court passed the message. Hearing that His Majesty sent him the message, he almost choked on the bitter core. After he coughed it up, he asked the little eunuch what happened.

The little eunuch got Chen Jijiang's advice, but said he didn't know, and Wang Wanzhi had to come anyway.

In this way, he also ate the remaining three lotus seeds in the bowl in one go, and even poured down the soup before coming out.The little eunuch laughed at him in his heart: It is right for you to maintain your health, but you also have to live with your life.

After entering the Zichen Palace and taking a look, Wang Wanzhi sensed that something was wrong.After thinking about it, it seemed that he had done nothing wrong recently, and he didn't hear that there was anything wrong with the things presented, so he calmed down again and went straight into the inner hall.

When seeing the ceremony, he kowtowed his head and knelt for a moment without getting up.

The emperor did not speak, and continued to practice calligraphy with a pen; Chen Jijiang next to him did not speak, and stared at the tip of his shoe as if he could not see Wang Wanzhi.

This made Wang Wanzhi panic, but he didn't dare to ask.

After a while, the emperor took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and continued to write, but it was Chen Jijiang who spoke: "I have a few words to ask you."

This neutral tone made Wang Wanzhi a little angry, but he was determined not to explode in front of the emperor, and he quickly responded: "You ask, you ask."

Chen Jijiang said slowly: "All kinds of snacks and dishes that His Majesty has rewarded these days are available all over the imperial court. Have you given the person just transferred by Shangshi Bureau?"

Wang Wanzhi was taken aback for a moment, not knowing where Chen Jijiang noticed that he was ostracizing those court ladies.

After thinking about it, he said Chen Jijiang, you can do it, no matter how you know, how dare you tell His Majesty about the maids?Do you really think of yourself as a piece of material?
This side kowtowed: "Yes, of course I did. Your Majesty's grace is immense, and the people below are grateful."

The emperor still didn't say anything, Chen Jijiang raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in the same tone: "Then the dishes that His Majesty ordered those maids to cook, were they all made by them?"

of course not.The three young ones were suppressed by him, and the seven big ones also found excuses for not eating in the dining room for a few days.When asked about this, Wang Wanzhi felt a little guilty, but he still responded quickly: "Zi Shi, Zi Shi!"

Chen Jijiang glanced at the emperor's expression, and motioned for the eunuch waiting at the side to come forward.

The eunuch held a tray with hairpin jewelry, copper coins and broken silver. He bowed in front of Wang Wanzhi, and Chen Jijiang asked again, "Where did this come from?"

Wang Wanzhi panicked completely this time!
This is what was found in their room in Sydney.In fact, there are not many, the three of them have only a dozen hairpins and five or six pendants, most of which are made of silver or copper, and only one gold hairpin is exquisitely made. The flowers on it are made of jade pieces. Clusters, like pear blossoms.

But now that these things are in Chen Jijiang's hands, is this, is this someone looking for his residence? !

Chen Jijiang took half a step forward, and stared at him with a smirk: "Master Wang, you just admit it, are you bullying those court ladies? Especially those three twelve or thirteen-year-olds?"

"No, no..." Wang Wanzhi denied it flatly, and suddenly heard the emperor sneer.

Xie Zhao put down his pen and looked at him, unable to restrain the fiery anger in his heart, he gnashed his teeth: "I haven't seen Xueli for more than half a month, and she has lost a lot of weight, how dare you say it? "

As soon as the word "Sydney" came out of the emperor's mouth, Wang Wanzhi was dumbfounded: Those little girls can directly ask His Majesty for support?Is Chen Jijiang so imposing?I was blind!

The emperor's gaze was lingering: "You are accused of bullying the emperor, isn't it wrong?"

Wang Wanzhi felt a chill all over his body. He knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, forgive me! Your Majesty forgive me!"

Xie Zhao remained silent, letting him knock.After more than twenty knocks, the ground was covered with blood, and Chen Jijiang yelled beside him: "You dirty the ground of Zichen Palace!"

Wang Wanzhi's scalp went numb, and he didn't dare to move anymore. His forehead touched the ground, and he seemed to have settled down quietly.

"I didn't waste your hard work in the imperial dining room for so many years." The emperor swept him lightly and smiled, "Your face is flushed, so you can see that you have eaten well."

How dare Wang Wanzhi answer.

The emperor let out a sigh of relief, and the murderous intent in his eyes turned away: "A few days ago, the imperial guard came to report, saying that the pine tree on the temples of the clouds has grown up, and you need to find a living creature to open your teeth, you go. "

Hearing the emperor's words, Chen Jijiang broke out in a cold sweat!

Yunbin Songling is a pair of lions raised by the imperial guard. They took a four-character word tablet and opened it. The female one is called Yunbin, and the male one is called Songling.

Wang Wanzhi, who had just been quiet for a while, immediately kowtowed like garlic again, sweating all over his body, and even his voice cracked: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me...Xueli, Sydney, she is..." He swept it away and it was still beside him I made up a tray and said, "His hands and feet are not clean, so I cured her. Look at that hairpin..."

Wang Wanzhi felt that her hairpin was so valuable that she either stole it or used it as an eyeliner for some palace. If he dragged her down like this, his crime would be lessened.

Chen Jijiang rolled his eyes at the side: You really have no eyesight!

Wang Wanzhi wiped off his cold sweat, and raised his breath: "Your Majesty's enlightenment! That girl looks so small! Otherwise, why do you think she came to the Imperial Dining Room with Mr. Chen's line!"

Chen Jijiang felt sorry for his thinking.He yanked his mouth to make him shut up, and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense! Is that the person I transferred? I was passing the words for His Majesty!"

Wang Wanzhi almost bit his tongue, and the blood from eating ginseng slices for a long time was gone.Only then did I know that this is the emperor's man, and he has the heart to kill him.

However, "death" is not what he decides now.

Chen Jijiang immediately asked someone to come forward and drag him out.Wang Wanzhi was so fat that he still had the strength to struggle when being dragged out by two eunuchs. He shouted more and more heartbreakingly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Chen, Lord Chen, help me! Lord Chen!"

It wasn't until he was dragged down the long steps that he was out of sight that the emperor's eyes softened slightly.After concentrating for a while, she noticed that Gong'e who had entered the side hall to deliver food seemed to have just walked in two steps before retreating, so she was called over.

"She didn't eat?" The emperor rolled his eyes at the food that hadn't moved, and the palace maid turned around and said, "When the servant girl went in, Miss Ruan was already asleep..."

It was exhausting.

Xie Zhao waved her hand to make her retreat, the more he thought about it, the more he felt depressed.After thinking about it for a moment, he stopped practicing calligraphy, spread out a piece of clean paper, and picked up a pen to write down.

Sydney slept very well this time!
She didn't even know when she fell asleep, and when she opened her eyes after stepping steadily, it was already dawn.

There was an imperial maid waiting outside, and when she saw that she was awake, she raised the curtain and came in to help her wash.

They called her "girl" and she called them "sister". The two sides were polite to each other for a long time, and finally laughed. The atmosphere was relaxed, so she ate breakfast happily after washing.

She hasn't eaten properly for many days, and every meal is a vegetarian cold dish with rice. The hot shrimp dumplings, steamed buns, and bean paste buns on the table right now made her eyes shine!

I happily added more sugar to the purple rice porridge, which seemed to be sweet enough to my heart.

Xu Shishui, who heard that she had woken up, saw her eating satisfactorily as soon as he entered the room. Seeing that she was about to sit up, he bowed first: "I'll just say a few words while you're eating."

Sydney looked at him while biting the bean paste bun. The bean paste was so fine and fragrant!

Xu Shishui smiled and said, "When you're full, come out with more clothes and take you somewhere."

(End of this chapter)