The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 58 Cabbage
After a short pause in the Sydney language, I was about to introduce this boiled cabbage dish, but the emperor made a "silence" gesture.

She was slightly startled, blinked, and followed the emperor's gaze to look at Qi Ke, the envoy of Luo Wu.

I saw that Qi Ke's expression of fear and fear had changed, and now he had picked up the ivory chopsticks and picked up a small cabbage leaf from the side.

The soup was too clear, and the cabbage leaf didn't even change its original color. It was green and white, and it was so ordinary that Qi Ke put it into his mouth without looking at it much.

As soon as he chewed it, several people around him clearly saw that his face froze.

The fragrance of cabbage is clearly still there, but the mellow and fresh fragrance emerges from the chewing.The feeling of fresh fragrance in the mouth is extremely rich, coupled with the tenderness of the cooked cabbage leaves, it took Qi Ke a long time to recover.

In fact, he thought that there might be some mystery in this dish, if he could tell the mystery here in an understatement, it would be a game back.

——But after tasting all the leaves carefully and slowly, I still haven't tasted how it is done.

At first glance, I think it is chicken soup, but after a closer taste, I think it is not, or more than that.But looking at the color of the soup that was too clear, Qi Ke really thought this idea was ridiculous—how could the chicken soup be so clear?

He hesitated for a long time, but finally did not speak. Looking at the expression of the emperor leisurely tasting wine, he frowned and asked Sydney: "Is this really made of boiling water?"

Xue Li thought about it, changed her mind, and nodded: "Cold water can't cook things well, my lord."

"..." Xie Zhao restrained himself from choking out a mouthful of wine.

After the dinner party, the emperor still felt in a good mood even though the alcohol was a bit overwhelming.

This Sydney is really unexpected when it is dexterous.Although the sweet-and-sour bitter gourd dish was really outrageous, it was not bad.

The one in the middle described the seriousness as "bitter and blatant", and Qi Ke was really shocked in terms of taste.Especially the latter dish of boiled cabbage, Qi Ke couldn't help but ate half of the plate, if it wasn't a palace banquet, Xie Zhaozhen doubted that he could eat the whole plate like a storm.

However, preparing these three things must have worn her out.

The emperor smiled slightly, and told Xu Shishui: "Let Sydney go to the hotel tomorrow, and go back to her courtyard to rest tonight."

Xu Shishui answered "No", and the emperor said again: "Go to Roujia Palace."

In the front is a palace banquet for the officials of the diplomatic corps, and in the back, Roujia Palace prepares a banquet for the accompanying female relatives.It's also the female family members of the envoys and concubines. After all, this kind of banquet is rare, and Luo Wu's folk customs are more sturdy. He is somewhat worried, so he has to ask Concubine Hui.

As soon as the imperial chariot arrived at the gate of Roujia Palace, Concubine Hui was already waiting there.Behind the two maids holding the lamps, Concubine Hui blessed her lower body: "Your Majesty, Sheng'an."

The emperor stretched out his hand to help, Concubine Hui got up and took a half step to the side, bowing her head to ask him to go first.

After they all entered the Qingxin Hall one by one, the hall was busy again.

Several sets of the emperor's clothes were prepared everywhere, and when Concubine Hui saw that he had not changed into the neat crown clothes when he attended the banquet, she immediately asked someone to get the regular clothes to change for him.She brewed tea with her own hands and brought it over. The emperor took the tea with his right hand and shook her hand with his left: "Thank you for your hard work."

Concubine Hui nodded, and replied, "It's the job of a concubine".Seeing him put down the teacup and go to the bedroom, he followed him in.

Xie Zhao was also exhausted that day. From morning till night, envoy Luo Wu had to meet with him. He seemed to be chatting and laughing all the way, but in fact he couldn't rest in his mind for a moment.After entering the bedroom, he naturally relaxed a lot. He went straight to the side of the couch and sat down, heaved a sigh of relief, and lay down on his head, with a relaxed tone: "Come, tell me about the banquet here."

Concubine Hui is not easy at all.He sat down next to him, straightened his back, and said every sentence of the banquet, in detail, but there was a lot of politeness in the words.

Finally, when it was mentioned that the female relatives were a little drunk after drinking for three rounds, Concubine Hui smiled wryly: "They are interesting, they are all women's families, and they want to play Cuju. There is no such thing in the concubine's palace, so I have to send someone to the Seventh Highness. They borrowed it from there. Just like that, they still want to bring the concubines in the palace with them."

Xie Zhao imagined a group of foreign women playing Cuju in Roujia Palace, and he was a little bit dumbfounded.After thinking for a while, he yawned: "It's just the family members of the envoys, they should be treated with courtesy, but you don't have to get too used to them."

Concubine Hui's heart sank, knowing that today's palace banquet was about diplomatic relations.Hearing that he seemed to be blaming, he was wondering if he hadn't handled it well, and he said: "Don't make yourself unhappy just to take care of them. You don't like the excitement, so it's not annoying to let them play Cuju with you." is you?"

Concubine Hui put aside her worries, breathed a sigh of relief, and lowered her head: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."

Xie Zhaomo was silent, knowing that she would not be easy today, so he stopped urging her to talk, and reached out to hold her hand and tug.

Concubine Hui was caught off guard and leaned back and turned her head to look. As soon as she bumped into his arms, her face became hot, and she hurriedly turned her head. Cheeks flushed.

In this way, she suddenly felt ashamed, propped her hands on the couch, sat up again, lowered her head and took a breath, and after she calmed down a little, she bowed slightly to the emperor: "The concubine still has two pages to read, your majesty, please rest first." on."

"...?" Displeased?
Xie Zhao was stunned for a moment, she had really retreated out neatly.He didn't realize what made her unhappy for a moment, seeing that it was late, and he didn't want to delay her going to bed, so he also got up.

Concubine Hui's steps were stagnant when she was retreating, and he had already passed her: "I'm going back to Zichen Palace, you should rest earlier."

Concubine Hui was stunned.Chen Jijiang shook his head outside, seeing the emperor coming out and concubine Hui coming out to see him off, he really wanted to block them both back.

After the two of them saluted at the gate of the hall and the other went to help the ground, and the concubine Hui returned to the hall, Chen Jijiang couldn't help but boldly said: "Your Majesty, it's so late, why don't you rest in Qingxin Hall?"

"She is uncomfortable when I am here." Xie Zhao was also helpless.Concubine Hui was obviously upset just now. It is said that she was tired all day today, and she was in a bad mood. It was not that he didn't want to persuade her.

But she is Concubine Hui.After a few years, he also knows her temperament.If he asked her if she was upset, she would definitely say no, and it would be useless for him to apologize directly to coax her—he tried it once, and she replied "Your Majesty, you said so, the concubine is in a state of panic" which made him feel uncomfortable for a long time In other words, it took a long time to slow down.

In this way, he can't persuade her, it's better to give up the bedroom and let her go to bed early.

In Qingxin Hall, Concubine Hui stepped over the hall door and her foot softened, Lan Xin helped her up quickly, she held Lan Xin's hand slowly: "Is Your Majesty angry?"

"No, no..." Lan Xin recalled the emperor's expression and said.After a moment of silence, he said cautiously, "Madam, why didn't you leave a word for Your Majesty? It's all here...and, just now, what are you hiding from?"

Just now when Madam broke out of His Majesty's arms and said she wanted to read a few pages, Lan Xinyue was startled, but she didn't dare to reveal anything on the spot.

Concubine Hui frowned, she looked a little dazed, but her tone was reasonable: "All the palace people in the room are watching, if I don't hide, should I let His Majesty hug me?"

... So what if His Majesty just hugs her?This sentence flashed in Lan Xin's mind but she didn't dare to say it.While she said to herself, "Madam has her own boundaries", at the same time she really didn't understand, this is Madam's bedroom, and Your Majesty is Madam's husband, what's wrong with the two of them being tender here?
Even if they feel embarrassed, they should be the palace maids who have withdrawn. Why did Madam just... why did she simply push His Majesty away?

Concubine Hui sat on the side of the couch, thinking back on what happened just now, and fell silent for a while.Moving his gaze down, he saw the creases on the couch where he had just laid out, sighed a little, and told the maid to prepare water for washing.

It is useless for her to think about whether the emperor is angry, she must go to bed early, and the concubine will come to Chenxing tomorrow morning, so she must not be listless.

In the bedroom, Xue Li was tossing and turning on the couch, unable to fall asleep.

Dou Sha came over to look at it twice when she heard the noise, so Xueli had no choice but to push her back and urge her to go to sleep.

I don't know if I was too nervous or too excited, anyway, I still can't let go of a heartstring.Even when I close my eyes, I feel like I'm still thinking, and I'm replaying the picture of today's dinner party over and over again in my mind.

The picture couldn't be stopped, and then it made her more and more awake.

The section that made her sweat the most was the worst.The more she thought about it, the more she felt that when she served that plate of bitter gourd, what she said was too much, it was more than "disrespectful and disrespectful". When she thought about it afterwards, she felt that she was possessed by some evil spirit who was not afraid of death.

The emperor also specially left a message, asking her to return to the hotel tomorrow...

However, the other palace servants who were sent to serve in the residence had already gone back after the banquet, not even Zixian Tingxian and the others stayed together.

The more she thought about it, the more she couldn't help being startled and worried that the emperor didn't want her to go to the hotel because she said something wrong at the banquet—that meant he was angry!
Ahhhhhh so scary!Xue Li hugged a corner of the quilt and rolled herself up. She was bored inside and didn't look at anything. She said rationally to herself, "It's okay, even if His Majesty is angry, you are not lost, are you? Don't worry too much." But I still can't help but panic in my heart!

In the morning, Dou Sha waited and waited for her to get up, so she lifted the curtain to go in and saw her lying on the couch with a "Sydney roll" wrapped tightly in the quilt.

"...Sister?" She called out, but there was no movement.Walked over and pushed her shoulder, and called again, "Sister Li!"

Xue Li woke up groggy, and immediately felt that she was covered in sweat.

Breaking free from the quilt, she sat up and rubbed her eyes. She asked Dou Sha what time it was, and Dou Sha replied that it was almost noon.

"It's so late?!" Xue Li woke up suddenly, and Dou Sha said, "Yes...just now Yuqian came to take out breakfast, and asked my sister what's wrong after seeing that the lunch list hadn't been drawn yet."

It's bad, it's bad, after making inquiries like this, His Majesty probably knows that she is not ready to go to the hotel yet.

After freshening up, Sydney pushed the door open and left, after much hesitation, she decided to go to Zichen Hall to "report" before going to the hotel.

The emperor was just discussing with Wei Chen how to suppress the envoys in the next step. When Wei Chen raised his eyes, he saw her slipping into the palace.

"Sydney?" He called, and the emperor also looked over. Xueli, who had planned to say hello to Chen Jijiang and then run away, was dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." As soon as the title was said, the fear that had lingered all night was smashed in his mind again, "What was said at the banquet yesterday, I was talking nonsense! My lord envoy, he, he..."

Xie Zhao thought for a moment before he understood what she was talking about, and when he realized it, he wanted to laugh.

"I thought you had grown up all of a sudden." He sneered, looking at her dark circles under the eyes, "It's because you're superficially stubborn. After you go back, you've been terrified all night?"

Isn't it just...

She bowed her head silently, Xie Zhao said again: "Didn't I tell you the truth?"

"Yes, but the envoy..." Didn't the envoy get angry on the spot?Sydney just went ahead and thought about it, what if the envoy insists on arguing about it?Does the emperor's refusal to let her go to the hotel have something to do with this?

Wei Chen wanted to laugh at the way she was so courageous in front of outsiders and showed her timidity when she returned home, she cleared her throat and said solemnly, "Qi Ke is so angry, we are discussing what to do with you. "

One sentence made Sydney "plop" to her knees in fright.

The emperor gave Wei Chen a dissatisfied look, "It's not my sister after all, is it?"

She is less courageous than a pear pit, if you scare her to death!

While slandering, he got up to help Xue Li.When she passed the case, she casually copied the silk scroll on the case, and when she got up, she stuffed it into her hand: "Here."

Xueli reached out to receive it, and then knelt back when she saw that it was the imperial edict—no one stood up to receive the edict.

"..." Xie Zhao coughed lightly, and said seriously, "Okay, get up quickly after reading it, what do you use to prepare meals in the hotel these days, you can directly send someone to Shangshi Bureau to inquire."

As he spoke, he handed her a small square box, and Xue Li opened the lid in a daze, and there was a small print the size of a thumb lying inside.

The carving is exquisite, and the whole is a lifelike...

Small, white, vegetables? !
(End of this chapter)