The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 44
After hesitating again and again, Xueli spoke carefully and carefully, and she spoke carefully and carefully—in fact, it sounded simple and straightforward to Xie Zhao.

Probably in the past few days, quite a few people have "visited" the three of them. Some of them have serious business, such as delivering meals to them;Most of these people's status is not high, some are similar to them, and more are lower than their status.

But regardless of whether they are serious or not, they all said some similar things in a roundabout way, not just because they wanted to make friends, for example: "If a girl wants someone to help take care of the yard, the younger one is willing to come, and what the younger one is doing now is just free time." Difference."

They didn't pay attention to it the first two times, but they felt a little weird the third time.It was Yue Tingxian who figured out some clues first, and she said, "Why does this sound like... like you want to come to us as an errand."

Being attracted by her like this, Xueli and Zixian thought about it, it seemed that they really meant it!
Then the three of them couldn't figure it out together, why would anyone want to come to them to work as an errand?How can someone come to them as an errand?
They are also maids of honor and serve others, so how can they be served by others?

Even if she is a female official of Shangshi, in that position, she is indeed served by food and daily life-but it is only the maids of the Shangshi Bureau who take turns to take care of these things. After all, the main task is Shangshi. The work in the food bureau, I never heard that there is a palace lady who works for her alone and does not do other things in the official room of the Shangshi lady.

They felt that those people were confused, and they felt that it was wrong. They felt that they knew more about the affairs of the imperial court than the three of them. How could there be such "confusion"?But this just doesn't make sense...

Sydney has covered every step of consideration back and forth, and occasionally realizes that she has forgotten something, and goes back to the previous link to add it.Shaking his head and fluttering, it seemed that he was really confused by this matter.

Xie Zhao saw that she was so funny, so he suppressed his smile all the time, looked at her, and continued to look at her when she finished speaking, so that she lowered her head to avoid his gaze under pressure, and he relaxed and snickered. One sound.

Instead, he said, "You have to put two people in your yard."

what? !

He said: "The courtyard can't always be empty. The flower house will move some things for you to plant in the past. If you like something, you can tell me first. Do you take care of these yourself? Also, if you come back late when there is a palace banquet , are you hungry or thirsty, and you still cook for yourself?"

He felt that she must have understood after saying this, but Xue Li took it for granted: "These servants can do it by themselves."

She has been in the palace for three years, and when it comes to a festive palace banquet, no matter how busy she is, she will take care of herself no matter how tired she is - at worst, she will wake up after a night of hunger before eating.

Although she has never done anything about planting flowers, isn't she just watering and fertilizing?
She thought she could handle it.

Xie Zhao examined her for a long time, and this time he let out a "chi" laugh in front of her.

What's so funny about that!

Sydney felt a little angry.She knew that he didn't like to laugh usually, so it was obvious that he was laughing at her now.

Xie Zhao straightened his face: "You...you are still young, eat when you are hungry and sleep when you are sleepy, don't tire yourself out."

"..." Xueli was inexplicably embarrassed by his obviously coaxing tone, she lowered her head and looked left and right for a long time before responding, "No."

Then he said encouragingly: "I won't help you choose people. If you have any more visits, you should pay attention to them. If you see someone who is eye-catching, you can stay. Just talk to Chen Jijiang."

He knew that she didn't understand many things, but in matters between people, sometimes "feeling" is more important than deliberate weighing and selection, and what feels bad is probably not good.

So let her do it herself.If something happens if she doesn't pick the right one, he'll just change someone for her.

The emperor savored the pros and cons carefully, and was startled when he came back to his senses. After thinking about it again, he thought it would be fun to teach her.

It is true that he does not expect and does not want her to become scheming, but it is very interesting for him to explain to her little by little the things that she should understand but she has not yet understood.

Because of the two things the emperor said, Sydney agreed in a tangled manner.

The next day, someone from the greenhouse came over and asked them what they wanted to grow.The eunuch who came looked at it and said, the yard is not big, if you grow flowers, you can grow more, but if you plant trees, you can only grow four or five trees.

Sydney thought about it, and asked for a pear tree, a peach tree, an apple tree, a plum tree, and a cherry tree. The eunuch was very happy when he heard it, and asked her: "Girl, are you just looking at it or eating it?" ?”

"Look when it blooms, and eat when it bears fruit!" Sydney thought very clearly!
"Hey, that's it." The eunuch responded with a smile, and said to her, "I'm sure I'll pick out the ones that will produce fruit for the girl. If you want to add some potted flowers to the room, the girl can tell you at any time."

The three little girls thanked him happily together, stuffed some broken silver in the past, and sent him out together.

After exchanging a farewell salute, Xueli suddenly remembered again and asked, "Master Zhong! Can we take care of this tree ourselves? Or do we need someone who knows how to do it?"

The eunuch thought for a while and said slowly: "Of course it's best to have someone who knows how to do it. After all, trees can also get sick. But if you want to raise it yourself, it's fine. If there's anything wrong, the flower house is there anyway."

After he said that, Sydney didn't make up his mind for a while, and the three of them went back to the house to discuss it. Ting Xian felt that it was better not to ask for someone, it was too eye-catching, and he should invite someone from the green house when necessary.

Zixian said: "Let's have someone come here. We don't know how to raise them. What if something goes wrong? It's not appropriate to go to the greenhouse every day to find someone. Besides, His Majesty has already agreed, so don't be afraid of being eye-catching..."

The two of them have an idea, and Sydney is even more uncertain.After conflicting for a while, I simply changed my mind and asked them: "Does anyone know where the greenhouse is?"

Ting Xian shook his head, and Zi Xian gave a general idea: "It's in the northeast, the imperial palace is next to it."

It's quite far away...and you have to go through the entire harem. The concubines are in a bad mood and they have all heard the "legendary story" about the passing maids. When Sydney thought about it, she made up her mind: "Let's pick someone!"

That night she began to wonder who to use in her heart.

Ah, so annoying!There are a lot of people coming these days, there are sixteen, seven or eight if there is no 24, but they only exchanged a few words, and she doesn't know who is good and who is not.

It is best to be about the same age as them, so that there will be less barriers!

First decide on such an idea, and then think in this direction.Think about it this way...

She thought of someone, but felt very, very, terribly inappropriate.In the dark, I lay flat on the couch with my eyes wide open, conflicted for a long time, and finally decided to find an opportunity to ask tomorrow.

The next day, I went back to the imperial dining room to be on duty.

The arrangement of shifts is similar everywhere in the palace. The first shift is from midnight to morning, the second shift is from morning to after dinner, and the third shift is from after dinner to midnight.

Sydney this day is the morning to after dinner shift.Get up and tidy up, and go to Zichen Hall to "report".

Walking into the Zichen Palace and taking two steps, I realized that the heads of the surrounding palaces were extremely low.

what happened?

Sydney's heartstrings tightened slightly, and she continued to go inside.When he reached the threshold of the inner hall, he was about to take a step, but someone stopped him.

"Master Xu?" Xueli stood still.

Xu Shishui looked in, lowered his voice and said to her: "Master asked me to let you know that His Majesty is in a bad mood today, see if you can persuade her later."

One sentence made Sydney dumbfounded.

Seeing her like this, Xu Shishui immediately showed embarrassment.He just said, this girl is so timid, telling her "Your Majesty is in a bad mood today" will probably scare her away from going in, and let her "persuade" her?
I don't know what Master thinks!

But he couldn't just say "it's fine if you can't persuade her", so he pretended not to see that she was afraid, turned around and went back to the palace.

Xueli slowed down severely outside the threshold before she could step in.

The hall was as quiet as if frozen in ice.

Chen Jijiang has been watching Sydney intently since recently.The emperor was writing a memorial, but when he heard the sound of footsteps, he frowned and raised his gaze.

The palace people were so close that they immediately held their breaths, and did not dare to look more closely.

The emperor's eyes flicked on the face of the visitor, and his complexion immediately relaxed, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and his tone became normal: "Come?"

"Yes." Sydney Yifu.I still think about it in my heart, but I can't tell that I'm not happy.

Then she said: "The servant girl went to the imperial dining room first?"

The emperor smiled slightly: "Go."

Chen Jijiang looked at Xu Shishui indifferently, Xu Shishui almost knelt down to his master on the spot, but the master knows how to judge people!
Then she withdrew like this, and the dead silence in the hall seemed to be relaxed a bit during the question and answer just now, and the hearts of the palace people were slightly relieved.

——Sydney came out of Zichen Palace and ran away!
She doesn't know anything else, but after the past three years in the Shangshi Bureau, there is one thing she has seen many times: If His Majesty is in a bad mood, you must be very careful when preparing meals, and maybe the meal list needs to be adjusted to avoid causing trouble. He is even more unhappy!

The morning snacks were delivered at [-]:[-] pm, now it's [-]:[-] pm, and I don't know if I can change the meal list in time!
When she ran into the small courtyard of the imperial dining room, she was out of breath. Others avoided her because of what happened in the past few days, but Cui Wan saw her expression normal, so she came over to reprimand her with a straight face: "When you arrive at the imperial court You're dead, can you be more steady in your work? You snatched Nezha's Hot Wheels?"

"Sister, forgive me, I, I..." Xueli couldn't speak smoothly, and she tried her best, and said, "I just came from the Zichen Palace. Master Xu said that His Majesty is in a bad mood today. Sister, take a look at what is presented in a while. Don't you want to change?"

Cui Wan frowned, and pondered for a while: "Why are you in a bad mood? Why are you in a bad mood?"

……do not know.

Just now I was too anxious, I didn't even think about asking Xu Shishui in detail!
Xueli had no choice but to reply, "I just saw everyone lower their heads, as if they would die if they looked at His Majesty too much."

(End of this chapter)