The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 43 Placement
After Sydney was full, Xu Shishui took her out.When she asked where she was going, he smiled and didn't answer. Fortunately, it was not far away, so it didn't whet her appetite.

The places where the palace people live on the east and west sides behind the Zichen Palace are connected one by one in a row, but on the south side, the place closest to the Zichen Palace, there are nine sets of courtyards on each side, which are used by the palace people who have gained face in front of the emperor. Yes, a detached house.

But right now, because the emperor uses more eunuchs than court ladies, there are no court ladies who can be called "red men" in front of the imperial court.On the east side of the eunuchs, Chen Jijiang and Xu Shishui each occupied one set, while the nine places on the west side were all empty.Last night, the emperor said that he would let Sydney live in one apartment, and Chen Jijiang hurriedly arranged for someone to clean it overnight, so that it was cleaned up beautifully.

The small courtyard sits west and faces east, with houses on three sides and walls on one side, the main house on the west, and the main hall in the middle, which is small but unique.The north side is divided by a partition fan, which is the bedroom of the main house; the south side is partitioned by a bogu shelf, which is about the same size as the bedroom. It is good to use as a study, but there is also a small couch for people to rest.

In addition, there are two rooms on both sides of the yard, the north side is a wing room, and the south side is a wing room with a small kitchen, which can be regarded as everything that should be there.

Everything was immaculately kept, and some pieces of furniture were obviously new additions.Xueli followed Xu Shishui to look inside and out, although she liked it happily, she was a little apprehensive.

She asked Xu Shishui: "Isn't it appropriate for a slave to live here..."

Xu Shishui smiled generously, and taught her to say: "Girl, what you said is inappropriate. Think about who in this palace has the final say? Your Majesty nodded, how can there be any 'inappropriate'?"

Xueli nodded hesitantly, then asked him hesitantly: "Then... Zixian and the others, are you coming?"

She doesn't want to live in this yard by herself!From the moment they met, Zixian was always in harmony with good things, besides, let her live in such a courtyard by herself, she was afraid!

Xu Shishui thought for a while: "Your Majesty didn't say anything about it. But if you want to do this, I'll ask Mr. Chen for you. He can make up his mind. You live in the main room and they live in the wing room. I think it's appropriate."

Hearing that "they should be able to come" through his tone, Xueli was a little more happy and smiled.

Xu Shishui heaved a sigh of relief: His majesty's confession is full of a sheet of paper, and this is the first thing. Fortunately, he has the ability to coax her to accept it.

He was really afraid that she would be stubborn, if she refused to ask for it, it would be difficult for him to handle future errands!
When the two returned to the Zichen Palace, the emperor had already returned from court, and sent someone to invite Xue Li to enter.

The emperor also just entered the palace, with his arms outstretched, the palace servants were about to serve and change clothes.Sydney took a peek, he looked really majestic when he was all in black, and his wide sleeves looked particularly oppressive!
She just glanced at it, and lowered her eyes to salute, but Chen Jijiang stepped forward to block her without saying a word, and at the same time stopped the maid who was about to serve tea, took the tray and handed it to her.

Xueli looked surprised, Chen Jijiang did not move his eyes and only mouthed: "Go."

She felt that Chen Jijiang had nothing to do with harming her, but she was a little flustered - serving tea to His Majesty is not difficult, but His Majesty is standing up, she is not tall enough.

Xue Li measured it from a distance. He was two heads taller than her, and the position where she was holding the tray was only up to his waist.

Seeing Chen Jijiang's expression, she still hesitantly walked over.After reaching the emperor's side, he bowed: "Your Majesty, your tea..."

When the emperor heard the movement, he turned his head and looked, saw the top of his head, then raised his sleeves to see who it was, and smiled: "Have you visited the residence?"

"Yes." Xue Li nodded again and again, still nervous enough, her eyes fixed on the teacup in front of her for fear of spilling it.

Seeing that she was scared like this, Xie Zhao stretched out his hand to take the tray and teacup together, put it aside without drinking, and tapped her forehead with his finger: "Don't be afraid, go sit next to me and see what you want to eat at noon. What."

What happened in the past two days was soon known to both the front and back palaces of the Imperial Palace, and there was no storm in the inner palace for a while because of a little maid—they couldn't reach them even if they were in front of the imperial palace; shrink away.

Who doesn't know?His Majesty killed the two sticks surnamed Xia who bullied her, and took Wang Sishan to feed the lions!

Who doesn't know?The four court ladies who refused to let her in were poured with cold water by Mr. Chen's men and knelt outside for a night. It was still cold in February night, and then they were sent to the Clothes Bureau. It is not certain how long they will live!
Also, everyone knows that the current breakfast, lunch and dinner meals in Sydney are also withdrawn from the imperial banquet, but that is different. Before each meal, His Majesty asked the Shangshi Bureau to copy a copy of the meal list to show her, and let her choose which one she wants to eat. , Take it down and send it to her directly.

This has never happened before, and Mr. Chen did not receive such treatment.

There was a little eunuch at the bottom who was not convinced, and ran to gossip with Xu Shishui, Xu Shishui was somewhat unwilling, and told Chen Jijiang tactfully...

Knocked on the forehead by Chen Jijiang: "Look at your prospects! Can we eunuchs compare with palace maids? That girl is like this now, maybe she will be put to the back in two or three years! Even if you don't put it to the back, Your Majesty is like this now! Take care, will it be difficult for her to make a good relationship with her when the time comes? What's wrong with us forming a good relationship!"

When he mentioned it like this, Xu Shishui came back to it.

can not?Regardless of whether His Majesty means that to her or not, whether she can become a concubine and be favored in the future, even if His Majesty just likes her as a little girl, as long as she doesn't make big mistakes in the past two years, she will probably marry after two or three years. A prince and aristocrat.It doesn't hurt that they treat her better now.

When the master and apprentice met in this way, their hearts were in harmony, and their rhetoric to the bottom was also unified.Naturally, the people below are only polite to Sydney, and no one wants to be the next one to grind the teeth of the lion.

They were at peace, and Sydney was the only one who was nervous.

On the first day, she and Zixian Tingxian were busy "moving", so it didn't matter.

The next day, they rested together for a day, which was normal.

On the third day, they heard that the emperor let Cui Wan take charge of the imperial dining room temporarily, and Zixian Tingxian was on duty that afternoon, and she felt something was wrong when she was still idle.

On the fourth day, she went to ask Chen Jijiang directly, and Chen Jijiang took her into the palace to see the emperor without saying a word.

"Are you in a hurry to be on duty?" The emperor asked her in a low voice. At that moment, Xueli's heart tightened, she held her breath for a moment, and said softly, "No..."

Your Majesty is right, this girl is timid.Chen Jijiang endured the unhappiness at the side, and looked serious with a straight face: "She is asking when I can go back to duty."

The emperor's description remained unchanged, and he put down the memorial he was reading: "You come."

Xueli walked over in small steps, and stopped in front of his desk, but he gestured for her to come to his side, so she had no choice but to go around the desk and rub forward.

The pressure is so great that it seems that the scalp is a little numb!

Xie Zhao looked at her for a long time, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that she had been bullied by Wang Wanzhi and she had lost a lot of weight, her chin was obviously sharp, it hadn't grown back yet, and her complexion was not very good.

He wanted her to take care of her for a while longer, at least not like it was four days ago, it was so light that it didn't weigh much in his hands.But seeing that she brought it up on her own initiative, and knowing that she is still terribly afraid of him now, I think it's better to follow her.

He nodded: "Since you want to go, I'll ask someone to tell the Imperial Dining Room."

Sydney breathed a sigh of relief.

He was silent for a while, then pondered: "Tell me what happens every day in the imperial dining room?"

Xueli was slightly stunned, her eyes blinked, and she said while thinking: "Prepare snacks for the morning and afternoon, and what His Majesty ordered for meals. In my free time, I learn how to cook with Sister Awan, or practice by myself."

She spoke softly, her tone still revealing a bit of dexterity.

Xie Zhao smiled, and his tone became more relaxed: "How long will it take to learn how to cook and practice by yourself? When?"

Sydney thought about it again: "One or two hours? Mostly in the afternoon or evening."

The emperor nodded again, and said slowly: "Then let's do this..."

Sydney immediately pricked up her ears to listen.

"You go when you are making snacks in the morning, and come back with the food passer when you are done. Go in the afternoon, learn things and practice with you after making snacks, and come back before dinner."

So many times to go back and forth like this!
Xueli was dumbfounded, raised her eyelids and asked quietly: "Why..."

"If you are idle there, you are also idle." He said it simply with a smile, took the kidney bean roll from the desk and put it in front of her, "Come to Zichen Palace and have some snacks."

Sydney has a flat mouth, doesn't want to run around, but wants to eat.

She had contradictions written all over her face, somewhat disrespectful, Xie Zhao didn't care, and let her ponder for a while.

However, he didn't discuss this with her after all, he made up his mind to do so.

In the past, I was taking care of her emotions, and I was afraid that she would be even more afraid if he always asked her to come, but I didn't expect that if he didn't see her, she would become a soft persimmon at the mercy of others... a soft pear!

That day when he suddenly saw her crying like that, he felt as if someone had slapped him in the face, and his face burned badly even if he looked at her more.He thought he rescued her from his mother, but in the end her life was not as good as before. He really felt that he was too ashamed to do this.

The people he transferred were bullied right under his nose!
Xie Zhao figured it out this time, if she was afraid, she should be afraid, as time went by, he would not believe that she would not be able to recover.But the thing of being bullied by others cannot happen again, even if the emperor wanted to protect a little maid, he couldn't protect him, so he thought it was funny.

So he opened up and treated her well, looking up and down, he was close to sticking a note on her forehead "I sent it myself"!
"That's it." Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, his tone hardened a little, but she nodded quickly: "No!"

He smiled again and comforted her and said: "You are still young, I am afraid that you will think about things you don't understand. You often come to Zichen Palace and ask if you don't understand. I will help you think about it."

The casually changed self-proclaimed made the surrounding courtiers speechless.Xue Li didn't realize this, she thought seriously: there are really things she doesn't understand these few days, and she and Zixian Tingxian are both a little bit overwhelmed.

His Majesty offered to help her think, um...

Xueli's emotions were complicated and weighed like a roll, and this little thought was written all over her face.

Xie Zhao could see it clearly, so he happened to be beside him and said: "Ask, I will teach you, okay?"

Chen Jijiang looked down at the side: Your Majesty, have you seen what kind of folk traffickers are like?
(End of this chapter)