The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 49
Sydney tried hard not to let herself gain weight.

But it was so difficult, if the emperor asked her to eat dim sum when she was in Zichen Palace, she would not dare to tell him "don't eat" if she gave her two hundred courage, she would eat one or two yuan at most.

I had no choice but to eat more vegetarian dishes and less meat for dinner.But it can't be called a meat dish because of this. It doesn't make sense to drag Zixian, Tingxian, Fugui, and Dousha to lose weight with her, so it becomes them eating meat. She looks at it, and every time it's time to eat, Sydney feels so pitiful!

Fortunately, after persisting for more than half a month, she seemed to have lost weight... just a little bit!

The third day of June is the 14th birthday of the Seventh King Xie Han. Xie Han took the initiative to tell the emperor that he didn’t want to be too extravagant, and then said that he wanted to hold a family banquet in Zhengze Palace and invite “all friends who are acquainted with each other” to sit sit.

He bit the word "various ways" very hard, and kept looking towards Sydney.In this way, not to mention that the emperor understood what he meant at a glance, Sydney, who was eating lychees, almost got stuck.

Then he hid his elder brother's gaze, the emperor smiled and looked at Sydney, she also wanted to hide inexplicably.

Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows and smiled: "You go to the banquet to prepare meals, and it doesn't matter to bring your two friends."

To put it bluntly, he just let the three of them play together.The people in the imperial dining room did not follow. If we really want to talk about meal preparation, the small kitchen on the side of the Zhengze Palace is the first division of labor. They will definitely not be able to intervene there. .

Sydney is naturally very happy, and she has never been stressed when getting along with the Seven Kings, and she has never seen a palace banquet similar to a family banquet, so it can be regarded as seeing the world?
On the evening of the third day of June, the three of them wanted to go together. According to the rules, Sydney had to "report" to Zichen Palace first, so Zixian and Tingxian were asked to wait outside.

As a result, after a while, the emperor and Xueli came out of the palace together.There were still a group of palace people following in a mighty manner, and Zi Xian and Ting Xian turned pale in fright.

Also, it's his brother's birthday, even if he doesn't feel like sitting for a long time, he still has to go.

The three of them understood this but they still couldn't help being unhappy!
They had planned to chat and walk away.The Zhengzheng Palace is on the west side of the imperial palace, the shortest way is through the harem, and the scenery is good, and there will be a lake passing by, they really want to take a good look.

But His Majesty can't do anything here, they can't chat behind the emperor.The matter of looking at the scenery was even more useless, so I just walked obediently.

So along the way, the three of you glared at me and I glared at you, and each of them had two words on their faces: Disappointment!
After walking like this for a short while, Xie Zhao felt something was wrong.He turned his head to look at Xueli, and she immediately lowered her head obediently, and the two lowered their heads even more.

He thought for a while, and roughly guessed what was going on, and said, "Go ahead first, I think of something."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and went elsewhere. The three of Xue Li happily sent off with big gifts, and immediately felt refreshed in their hearts.

When Xie Zhao looked back again, he saw Xueli happily picking wicker on tiptoe, tugging at the corners of her mouth, and continuing to walk her own way with a dull head.

The three walked very leisurely.On weekdays, I would not dare to do this in the harem, and even if I could not come to the harem, I would not come to the harem.But isn't it "ordered" to help at the Zhengze palace banquet today?There is no need to be afraid of encountering a concubine who is in a bad mood and causing trouble, which is a bit of a fake.

"Is the Palace of the Seventh Prince short of manpower?" Ting Xian asked Xue Li suddenly, but Xue Li was startled, and could only say, "I don't know..."

She still doesn't want to mention these relationships too much, she always feels that it's not good to talk too much, after all, she is a court lady.

This lake is very large, and there is a pavilion in the middle of the lake.It was getting late now, and the candles in the pavilion were burning brightly, and one could vaguely see delicacies and snacks on the table inside, but there was no one there.

Going around a rockery, I met a woman face to face.

Fortunately, the two parties reacted quickly and did not collide with each other.The three of them took a quick look and saw that the woman was followed by four court ladies, so they knew she was a concubine, and they stepped back to the side in unison, saluting.

The other party was stunned in front of them, and his hesitant voice trembled a little: "You... are the people in front of the imperial court?"

"Yes, this servant is from the imperial dining room." Yue Tingxian replied first, and immediately said the most important next sentence, "I am ordered to celebrate the seventh highness's birthday."

Then it was quiet for a while, and did not hear what the concubine in front of her said, but the maid beside her said again: "Your Majesty, don't you want to see His Highness the Seventh?"

Yue Tingxian said again: "Probably will go... I just came together, but suddenly thought of something, and went to another place first."

The three of them lowered their heads and saw the concubine walking away in a hurry without another word.

Why do you feel weird?

The three of them were a little confused, and after getting up, they secretly looked over there. Under the half-darkness, they walked really fast, as if they were chasing something, and the palace lanterns in the hands of the four maids were not stable.

Zixian stared intently for a long time, very seriously, she was still watching after Xue Li and Ting Xian both looked away.Xueli waved her hands in front of her in trouble, and she suddenly came back to her senses, and said to Xueli, "You also have that dress!"

……Why? !
Sydney froze, and took another look, it really is!
She has the same chest-length skirt. The upper skirt is a light-yellow pair of breasts, and the lower skirt is a white background with light-grey flowers. There is a touch of light gray lining under each flower, so that the yellow-and-white material will not look too eye-catching. .

She quite likes that outfit, and on the premise that Dousha can drive out a new outfit for her every two days, she still wore that skirt three times in the past half a month.

- But it looks really different!That concubine was taller than her and had a more graceful demeanor. In short, she looked much better dressed than her. If Zixian hadn't said it first, she wouldn't have been able to react.

The matter was put aside, and the three continued to go to the Zhengzheng Palace of the Seven Kings.They stopped and walked all the way, and the banquet started within half a minute after arriving there.

Sure enough, as Sydney expected, there was no work for them at all.But there were other clans and nobles, so it was not easy for them to sit at the same table, so the palace people added a table for them in the side hall according to the order of the Seven Kings, knowing that they didn't speak too clearly in front of Zixian Tingxian, they just laughed: "There are enough people today, so I won't bother the three girls in front of the imperial court. I also trouble the three girls to make a trip in vain. The girls eat and drink well."

Then this person left, there were only the three of them in one side hall, and there were no outsiders, so of course they sat down to enjoy the delicious food with peace of mind.

Hmm... This table is really prepared according to His Royal Highness's taste. Most of the meat dishes are served, and there are only a handful of vegetarian dishes.

Su Zixian picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs with his first chopsticks, Yue Tingxian pulled a piece of steamed sea bass, Xue Li was conflicted for a while, and silently picked up a piece of cucumber.

It was okay before, she didn't think she was very fat, just take her time.

But the "encounter" by the lake just now really made her blush more and more, and the more she thought about it, the more she realized that she was wearing the same clothes, and she was shorter and wider than that palace concubine!This kind of contrast is really simple and direct, and she will be heartless if she opens up to eat.

When Ding Xiang goes around to check whether the guests are satisfied or not, she is here with a chopstick of cucumber on the left and a carrot on the right. .

Ding Xiang, who had seen her eating before, looked at it for a while, and probably understood.After thinking about it, he went back to the main hall where the banquet was held to report to His Highness Qi, saying that Sydney only eats vegetarian dishes, and asked him if he would add some vegetarian dishes there.

"This servant looks at Miss Sydney... afraid of getting fat."

Xie Han heard this, and was about to tell Ding Xiang to go to the small kitchen to say something, when the emperor who was drinking next to him choked.

After a moment of silence with an uncertain expression, the emperor put down his wine glass: "Go and call her."

Ding Xiang turned back to the side hall again.Xue Li hadn't seen her for quite a while, but when she saw her suddenly, her first reaction was to thank her for saving her before, before she finished speaking, Ding Xiang smiled and said, "I'll talk about this later, Your Majesty will pass you on."

Xue Li didn't think too much, followed Ding Xiang to the main hall, and gave a blessing in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty."

Xie Zhao scanned her up and down, and said directly: "Why do you only eat vegetarian dishes?"

Sydney: "..."

It's embarrassing to be asked this in person, and it's even more embarrassing to say bluntly that I'm fat.She lowered her head and was a little shy, the emperor said again: "Afraid of gaining weight?"

It seems more comfortable for her not to speak up herself!Xueli quickly nodded to admit the reason, and the emperor was helpless: "Who said you are fat? Do you want to grow taller?"

She thought about it and nodded quickly again!
Of course he wanted to, he was gesticulating for her that day, and when she grew two inches longer, he wouldn't call her a child.But……

Xueli secretly looked at him and argued softly: "The servant is a little too fat now. Just now I met a lady by the lake, she wears the same clothes as the servant, but she looks much better!"

Xie Zhao's expression condensed slightly: "What did you say?"

"It's true!" Her face was full of sincerity, as if she was afraid that he wouldn't believe it, "If it wasn't for Zixian's sharp eyes, I wouldn't have been able to tell that it was the same dress...it's better to be taller and thinner..."

She lowered her head, her heart was full of the little girl's petty thoughts of beauty, and she didn't notice the emperor's hand holding the wine glass tightly.

After being speechless for a while, Xue Li felt guilty, wondering if the emperor was really upset, when he raised his eyes, the emperor just said to the seven kings: "I'm going back first, you take your time."

Xie Han got up quickly, ready to send the emperor out.

The emperor glanced at Xueli again, sank, and didn't speak, but she was flustered by that gaze.

"Give her some vegetarian dishes." The emperor walked out while talking, Ding Xiang took the order with a pale complexion, Xie Han followed with a heart hanging, and just stepped out of the regular palace gate to speak for Sydney : "Brother Huang..."

The emperor sighed lightly, waved his hand to make the palace people back away, and then looked at Xie Han: "She is timid, don't say anything to her."

"Brother, are you saying..."

He certainly didn't mean to blame Sydney in his words, but the tone was unpleasant.Xie Han was stunned for a short moment and then suddenly realized: "Ah!"

"Understood?" The emperor sneered, seeing him nodding his head and feeling nervous, he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Xueli stay with you for a while, and try to get those two back to Zichen Palace first."

Xie Han watched the emperor's brother leave, choked from his heart to his throat, calmed down, and hurried back to do what the emperor's brother told him.

After looking at it, Xueli was still in the main hall and didn't dare to come out without permission, so it would be easy, just send someone to the side hall to tell Zixian and Emperor Tingxian that Emperor Tingxian has returned to the palace, according to the rules, they should go back together, it is considered appropriate .

Then he entered the main hall.

Xue Li was still standing in the position just now trembling, and when she saw him coming back, she kept asking: "Is Your Majesty angry? I said the wrong thing!"

Xie Han's gaze fixed on her face for a while, and he only said, "I'm not angry with you."

The other half of the hidden words are: But I am really angry.

After hearing the words, Xueli breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.

"I've asked someone to add some vegetarian dishes for you, and it will be ready in a while, let's sit here for a while, over the side hall..." Xie Han paused, unable to make up the reason in time, "Anyway, you can stay here for a while. good."

This is a bit strange.

Sydney looked at him suspiciously: "What's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)