The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 51
In Zhengze Palace, Sydney felt something was wrong all night!

First, His Highness the Seventh Prince detained her in the main hall and refused to let her return to the side hall, and even added a pair of bowls and chopsticks for her directly beside his desk, causing all the guests to keep sweeping here.

Then she was not able to return to the side hall until the banquet was over.When I entered the door, I saw that Zixian and Tingxian were already gone, and even the food was collected.After dragging the palace servants to ask, he realized that His Majesty had just left before His Highness Qi ordered the two of them to go back as well.

Just like that, His Royal Highness still won't let her go!
First dragging her to play chess and then letting Ding Xiang take her for a walk, Xueli became more and more convinced that something had happened.But when she asked directly, His Royal Highness Seventh Prince and Ding Xiang were perfunctory with her "it's all right", and when she tactfully said that she wanted to go back, they pretended not to understand and then went on to do what they should do.

Due to the difference in status, she couldn't just walk away.

The whole night was quite anxious, His Highness the Seventh Highness may be considered to be late when she left, even Wanfu was uneasy when she left.

"Sydney." Xie Han stopped her.After thinking about it, he finally said something pointedly, "If you see something after you go back, it's the imperial rule, so don't talk too much."

Xue Li was stunned, as if she understood what he meant, but after thinking about it, she really didn't know what he was referring to.Once again, Yifu walked out, feeling overwhelmed.

By the time we rushed back to our residence, it was already more than half of the night.The moon is not very visible on this day, but the sky is full of stars, which are very bright, one by one inlaid on the sky, making the palace and towers very peaceful.

She was afraid of disturbing her companion's sleep, so she tiptoedly opened the door and went in. She took a closer look, but the lights in several rooms were still on.

There was a tightness in my heart, and I was especially afraid that something might happen to them.After walking two steps into the courtyard, Zixian pushed the door out and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her: "You're back!"

"What's the matter..." Xueli was at a loss. After looking up and down, she was sure that Zixian was fine, and asked her again, "Who happened?"

Zixian shook her head vigorously, said repeatedly, "It's okay, everything is fine", and then went back to sleep, and advised her to go to sleep too.

Xue Li frowned, stopped asking her questions, and walked into the main room.

Looking to the south, she entered Dou Sha's room.

"Dou Sha?" She called softly, and Dou Sha, who was lying on her side on the couch, looked over, tightened her arms holding the quilt, and shrank back unconsciously.

What's wrong...

Xueli was full of doubts and had nowhere to answer, seeing her like this, she naturally had to go over and ask her a question.But no matter what she said, Dou Sha just shook her head, bit her lips and refused to say a word, as if she was dumb.

Dou Sha was also frightened. First, Wei Chen held a knife against her, and then she heard His Majesty personally say that if she dared to say more to Sydney, she would have no tomorrow. How dare she speak?

Therefore, after several efforts, Sydney had no choice but to give up, covered her with a quilt to comfort her to sleep well, walked to the desk and blew on the candlestick, and went back to sleep by herself.

After getting up in the morning, I went to have a look. Dou Sha was sick.

His forehead was burning hot, and his lips were burning white.Fugui is a young boy, he is not very good at taking care of patients, Xue Lizi Xian Tingxian is hesitating whether to ask someone to take a leave of absence to take care of her, or to invite a medical girl to come over, but the people from Yuqian came first .

A big maid greeted at the door: "Xue Li, Your Majesty told you to go over quickly. Breakfast is prepared for you over there."

Sydney froze, said "Oh", and looked at Zixian Tingxian hesitantly.

"Go quickly, we are here." Zixian hurriedly persuaded her, so Xueli had no choice but to leave, and followed the big maid to Zichen Palace.

When he arrived in front of the palace, he raised his eyes and was startled—the palace people on both sides stood neatly, including palace maids and eunuchs, it seemed that everyone from the front of the imperial court had come, even those from the imperial dining room.

There was a bench in the middle, and Xue Li was palpitating. She was about to ask who she was going to blame, but the big maid turned her head and said, "Go into the palace."

Afterwards, the grand maid also stepped back and stood aside, Xueli looked around, and walked into the hall with a slight stiffness.

There is not even a palace person in the inner hall, so it can be seen that they are all outside.Sydney looked at the emperor, and the emperor pointed to the small breakfast table next to her for her to eat, and briefly explained: "The outside has nothing to do with you."

Half a moment later, Zixian, Tingxian and Fugui were called out of the hall, and after another half moment, the imperial guards entered the small courtyard, and Wei Chen glanced at Dousha: "Take it away."

After last night, Dou Sha was already terrified of Wei Chen to the point of death, but now she has a low-grade fever, and can't speak a word when she is frightened again.

Going around the main hall to the front of the hall, and put it directly on the bench, two eunuchs stepped forward and held their arms and pressed their shoulders, and another person pressed their ankles behind them.

Dou Sha couldn't move at all, and when he looked up and saw Xu Shishui, he was so frightened that he cried, "My lord..."

Xu Shishui looked at the little girl who was much shorter than the bench, shook his head, and stuffed the cork in her mouth: "Girl, hold on, it's only twenty boards. Remember to make a memory after this one." , your blessings lie ahead."

Others looked at the little girl as pitiful, but Xu Shishui knew that she was lucky and she was lucky enough to have Sydney.That is to say, His Majesty was afraid that if he killed someone, he would frighten Sydney, so he passed the punishment like this. Otherwise, if you dare to talk about the imperial affairs with the harem, you don’t have to worry about your Majesty. Master can get rid of people with a word, no matter how old you are ?

Dou Sha was so frightened that she couldn't cry, and after she nodded subconsciously, the piece of cork that fell from the first board didn't bite: "Ah..."

Listening to the sound, Sydney felt a shock on her shoulder: bean paste? !
She had just bitten halfway through a piece of jujube cake.This thing is mainly glutinous rice, which is sticky and thick. She was stunned for a while and didn't bite any more. She couldn't help but spit it out and threw it away. The look of looking out of the hall in horror became particularly entangled.

The voice outside became clearer, crying, "I dare not!"It was indeed red bean paste, Xueli regained consciousness and put down the jujube paste cake, and looked at the emperor in astonishment: "Your Majesty?!"

Xie Zhao looked back at her flatly: "I won't beat her to death."

"Dousha is sick." Xue Li blurted out.

He also said: "Wei Chen's people will be counted."

But but...

Xueli froze there, feeling a mess in her mind, not knowing what to say.

She wanted to say that Dou Sha was only ten years old, but she also knew that the emperor must also know that she was only ten years old; she wanted to ask her what mistakes she had made, but even if she asked, she couldn't stop the outside world.

Seeing her expression changing again and again, and her brows furrowed tighter, Xie Zhao felt uneasy.

As soon as it was quiet outside, he asked her, "Are you angry?"

Sydney shook her head: "No."

He looked obviously angry.

He sighed and walked to the empty chair beside her and sat down. Just as he was about to explain, she raised her head first: "Your Majesty knows that Your Majesty is doing it for your sake."

……Um?

Xie Zhao was a little surprised. She said this sincerely, and she wasn't trying to put him off.

He thought about it, and smiled a little: "It seems that I'm not so stupid that I can't tell good from bad. Then you understand what's going on?"

Seventh brother already told her?

As a result, Xueli was dumbfounded again, shaking her head, with two big characters on the brows and eyes: I don't understand!

She just learned that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince forced her to stay last night. She knew that something bad was hiding from her. She understood that this part of the ring was probably afraid of scaring her, and then all the palace people in front of the imperial court were watching outside, but she didn't have to go. Also afraid of scaring her.

This shows that the emperor takes good care of her, just for her sake.

Moreover, the emperor was older than them and knew more than them. She knew that there must be a reason for him to do this!

But why do you want to do this?what happened?Why is it for her good to punish Dou Sha?I don't understand this.

To put it simply... At a glance, she can judge Hao Lai, but the reason behind Hao Lai is that her eyes are darkened!

The emperor sighed and rubbed his temples: Dumb Lizi.

Then he slowly explained to her, from Zhang Baolin wearing the same clothes as hers must be on purpose, and it was Dou Sha who let the words out, to Zhang Baolin knowing that he would go that way, it was Yuqian who was dishonest.He especially consciously spoke as plain and straightforward as possible, and he didn't dare to skip any step, for fear that she wouldn't understand.

Even Dou Sha's actions clearly did not harm her and why he still had to be punished, she explained bluntly, so that Dou Sha would have such a consciousness first, so as not to say anything in the future and cause trouble for her.

In this way, it can be regarded as slowly seeing her face "why" turned into a dazed "yes..."

The emperor sighed again, and wanted to write "dumb pear" on her forehead with a pen.

Then Xueli thought about it, straightened out everything in her heart, and there was only one thing she still didn't understand: "But the bean paste didn't do it on purpose, did it?"

She just revealed the matter without any precautions. Isn't there a saying that "one who doesn't know is not guilty"?

"..." Xie Zhao couldn't continue explaining, "Anyway, it's good for you, and it's not all bad for her. You'll gradually understand."

Xueli nodded ignorantly, and he took the opportunity to scare her with another thing: "Eat well, and if you are a vegetarian, I will pack the bean paste."

She was obedient on the spot, immediately, immediately took a bite of the soup dumpling, and then ate the whole meal with great care, which made Xie Zhao very satisfied.

In Qingxin Hall, Concubine Hui was once again dizzy from Concubine Li crying.

She also knew what was going on, that is, the people in front of the imperial court were dishonest, so His Majesty took care of it; Zhang Baolin, who lived with Concubine Li in Yilan Palace, was dishonest, and His Majesty was not polite—all the palace servants in Yilan Palace were responsible for thirty , Zhang Baolin is also counted in it, and he was escorted to the palace road outside Yilan Palace to fight, and everyone in the palace knows.

Concubine Hui was annoyed when she looked at Concubine Li, she thought to herself why are you crying with me about this?If you feel wronged, you can cry with His Majesty!
Concubine Li burst into tears: "Sister, this concubine has been grounded for more than three months, there is really no other way to let Zhang Baolin do that... Now, now His Majesty has lifted the ground confinement of this concubine just to let this concubine see Zhang Baolin being punished, Does Your Majesty know what this concubine means..."

Concubine Hui secretly said that you are talking nonsense.

Concubine Li cried even harder: "The concubine is just luck, who knows, who knows... Sister Hui, you can't ignore it! I heard that Ruan is only 13 years old, really waiting for a 13-year-old little girl!" Can the girl be on top of us?"

Concubine Hui's eyes lightened slightly, and she glanced at her face: "You are a little bit advanced! Open your eyes and see clearly, you are in the seat of the first rank, and I am the head of the first rank. How can that girl have the ability to overwhelm you?" Get on top of us!"

Concubine Hui looked at Concubine Li indifferently, and silently recited "Namo Amitabha Buddha" twice in her heart to meditate.She thinks that she has always seen it better than Concubine Li, this is the palace, and status is the most important thing here, other things, who His Majesty favors is not something she has to worry about.

Besides, His Majesty still doesn't know what the Ruan family is thinking.People are not in the harem, how can she manage?Run to the imperial court to file a complaint or call people to the harem to reprimand them?
Isn't it embarrassing to challenge a 13-year-old little court lady?

Concubine Hui frowned, and waved her hand to let the palace servants see off the guests. She really didn't have the time to appreciate Concubine Li's pear blossoms with rain.

The court lady in charge, Lan Xin, opened the curtain and came in after Concubine Li walked away. Concubine Hui leaned on the small couch and thought for a while, and told her: "Go to the library and pick two pairs of hairpins from the dowry of the palace. If you want something suitable for a little girl, send it to Yuqian."

"Yuqian?" Lan Xin rolled her eyes, "Madam, do you want slaves to send it to the Ruan family?"

"No, don't go directly." Concubine Hui shook her head, "Take it to Chen Jijiang, tell him that this palace rewarded the Ruan family, and ask him to pass it on."

(End of this chapter)