The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 59 Dark Tide
After exiting the Zichen Palace, Xue Li took out the small seal to look at it.The carving is really delicate, the craftsman cleverly used the green and white distribution of jade, the green part just carved into a piece of wrinkled vegetable leaves, extending down and gradually turning into white vegetable stalks.

The top of the stalk has been ground flat, and there is a boxy box inside, with four words in the box: Imperial Catering Lady.

"Do you know how rare this jade is in recent years? You are lucky." Wei Chen said with a smile.This jade carving belonged to Luo Wu, probably because the envoys were frightened at the banquet last night when they said they would mobilize troops, so someone gave it to him and asked him to find out if there was any movement in the army.

How can he accept this thing?He had no choice but to transfer it to the emperor when he entered the palace for an audience.

At that time, Xie Zhao had just finished writing a decree, and when he took it over, he smiled and said, "Let's engrave a seal for Sydney."

This is convenient.The cabbage is carved. The craftsman grinds the top of the stalk and then engraves the characters.Such a small seal with only four characters is a practice job in the eyes of the old craftsman, and it was returned more than an hour after it was sent out.

Wei Chen understands that the emperor intends to slap the Luowu people even louder—is it something they handed over like a treasure?After changing hands, it was changed to Yin and fell into the hands of the maid.

Of course, this is indeed a coincidence, it happened that Sydney presented a boiled cabbage last night, and it was a bit like her "famous work".

But this thing is good-looking, and Sydney is worried when holding it in his hand. I've never heard of the title of "Imperial Dining Female Officer" before. According to the meaning of the imperial decree, it means a Bicong fifth-rank female historian.

——This is at the same level as Cui Wan!

But she didn't even quite know what the emperor wanted her to do.

He raised his head and asked Wei Chen, Wei Chen advised her not to worry about this, and told her, "I'm in charge of the hotel, and I'll tell you exactly what to do."

Sydney felt a little relieved, and then asked Wei Chen: "Is your lord going to the hotel too? Can you... go together?"

She is a little scared, although the imperial city is very safe, but after all, she is "unfamiliar with the place" when she leaves the palace gate, so it is not easy to get lost...

"Hmm..." Wei Chen hesitated for a while, and then said, "I have other things to do, but I will pass by the hotel, so I can take you there first."

This is also very good!
When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the eunuch led the horse for Wei Chen, and Wei Chen took her around to the palace gate that was not commonly used on the west side, and waited for a while before someone came out again.

Sydney, who was playing with the horse's mane, looked up, and something was wrong—what's going on! ! !
"Your Majesty..." She looked at him in shock.It's been a long time since I saw him wearing this commander's clothes, and it's hard to relax when I see it suddenly.And, and...

Your Majesty is leaving the palace for a walk? !

Xie Zhao was also taken aback when he saw her here, and asked her why she hadn't gone to the hotel yet, Wei Chen replied first, "Seeing how she dared not leave, I'll give her a ride."

Xie Zhao understood.Seeing that Wei Chen had helped her onto the horse, he himself took the reins that the eunuch had just presented, turned over and jumped onto the horse's back.

The two horses were slowly walking side by side on the palace road of the imperial city. The summer afternoon sun was extremely hot, and Sydney was scorched by the scorching sun.

Wei Chen, who was riding the horse behind her, was quite contented, thinking about things to himself, and turned his head to Xie Zhao: "I'm not in the hotel today, and I can't arrange what she does, why don't you take her out for a walk?"

"Not safe." Xie Zhao frowned slightly, glanced away from the corner of her eye, but saw her bright eyes dimmed, and she took a deep breath, "Do you want to go out to play?"

Sydney shook her head.

In fact, it's no wonder if you don't want to!Although she has been in the palace for more than three years, what does Luo'an City look like... She only had a look at it when envoy Luo Wu came yesterday.There are also some maids in the palace whose homes are in Luo'an, and she heard them tell various anecdotes about Luo'an city.For example, the night market is very lively, there are a lot of food, some small restaurants on the corners of the square are delicious, and there are often hawkers who buy small things on the street...

"Mingxuan-jun arrange two people to follow her." Xie Zhao sighed, and then said to Sydney, "Go back to the hotel before dark, do you hear me?"

Sydney nodded immediately!

this little girl...

Xie Zhao shook his head helplessly.In fact, if he hadn't been busy, he would have liked to take her around in person, and he knew that she would be very happy looking around, making everyone around her happy to see her.

Stepping out of the gate of the imperial city, dozens of imperial guards came into view. Wei Chen ordered two people to protect Sydney, and then the group left without saying much.

Sydney looked at the billowing dust from the horse's hooves, and couldn't help wondering what it was that made the emperor come out of the imperial city in person.

"Where are you going?" the unfamiliar imperial guard knelt down and asked her with a smile, but Xueli couldn't answer, so she could only answer: "Walk around casually? My lord, will you take me to find a place?"

In the palace, Chen Jijiang routinely spread the emperor's new edicts everywhere, and added a "female official of the royal family" before the imperial court, and everyone must know about it.

The people below talked back and forth one after another, saying that everything was done, Chen Jijiang breathed a sigh of relief, drank a cup of mung bean soup and first pressed it, then went out and headed for the Shangshi Bureau.

The Shangshi Bureau is naturally very busy these days. Although palace banquets are not held every day, many people are missing to go to the hotel, and the manpower is a little tight.Chen Jijiang also knew this. Although his identity was placed here, he knew that the other party was probably in a bad mood, so he didn't want to add fuel to the fire.

So when he saw Zou Shangshi, he smiled apologetically: "Miss Shangshi, can we talk a little longer?"

Zou Shangshi had heard about Sydney's promotion half a quarter ago. When he saw Chen Jijiang coming, he knew that it was probably related to her, so he explained the matter in the dining room to his subordinates, and then invited Chen Jijiang to sit in his room. .

Seeing Chen Jijiang sipping tea leisurely, Zou Shangshi knew that he had to say something himself to make a point.After thinking for a while, he said, "Sydney has been promoted to the 'Imperial Catering Lady', but what will the Shangshi Bureau need in the future?"

"I can't say it's a helper." Chen Jijiang smiled, "Sydney used to be someone under your command, and you also know that she is not a person who likes to do things—to tell you the truth, I have never seen His Majesty dote on anyone so much, she still should Just be careful, and you haven't provoked anything you shouldn't. Let me see, you can rest assured about this."

Yo?Isn't that for Sydney?

Zou Shangshi was a little puzzled: "Then the lord came here for..."

"Alas..." Chen Jijiang's smile turned into a heavy sigh, and he shook his head.

Zou Shangshi waited for a while, and he said: "Miss Shangshi also knows about the matter of the imperial dining room. In the past, Wang Wanzhi was the secretary of the dining room, and he fed the lions; Your Majesty put Cui Nushi in charge, but she has never been in charge. Mention, there was also a Dian Shan who was taller than her in the imperial dining room. This is not a problem, the imperial dining room is bound to be a bit messy."

His tone is long.It sounded like she was "discussing the matter as it stands". Zou Shang took a closer look and felt that it was a trick, so she smiled: "My lord, you are not a nosy person. What is the story here? My lord, just tell me."

Chen Jijiang nodded in satisfaction: "I'm not going to hide this from you. When the Imperial Dining Room was first selected, Concubine Li wanted to fill it with her own people. I heard some rumors about this, and later I heard that Mrs. Hui agreed acquiescently. I didn't care about that. But didn't His Majesty personally draw up the list and finalize it later? Concubine Li's matter didn't work out. But I look at the current situation of the Imperial Dining Room and the current situation of Concubine Li, and I'm afraid she still has to Move over here."

This made Zou Shangshi confused for a moment.

She said to herself, Mr. Chen, didn't you just ignore it?Why are you suddenly worried that she is still thinking about it?Oh, yes, in the past, Mrs. Concubine Hui "accepted", but the results were not the same?What's the matter?

Chen Jijiang looked at her, and tapped his fingers on the desk: "Shang Shi, Sydney wasn't in the imperial dining room in the past!"

Zou Shangshi suddenly realized.

If it is said that Concubine Li planned to send people to the imperial dining room in the past just to please His Majesty from the delicacies, it is hard to say whether the people in the Concubine want to suppress Sydney this time——Concubine Li is not Concubine Hui, Concubine Shu, just her That temperament, if she hears about the incident in Sydney, she will feel sour from jealousy.

Zou Shangshi had to admit his words.Then, thinking about it further, it doesn't matter if Concubine Li wants to treat Sydney, but when something goes wrong in Sydney, according to the previous example, someone has to feed the lion.

Master Chen is afraid that he will feed the lions?
Zou Shangshi smiled heartily: "Then what does your lord need my Shangshi Bureau to do?"

Chen Jijiang smiled lightly, reached into his sleeve and took out an envelope, put it on the desk, moved two fingers, and pushed it to her.

A moment after Chen Jijiang left, Zou Shangshi was still sitting in front of the desk, with cold sweat dripping down his back.

Gee...

After all, it is an eunuch, a person who has been stabbed is much more ruthless than a court lady.

But the numbers he touched were also accurate.Concubine Li wanted to put people in the imperial dining room, but they definitely couldn't be people from the small kitchen in her own palace, that was too obvious.Other than that, there are only two ways, one is to pick someone from the Shangshi Bureau, and then find a way to let them go; the other is to directly buy someone from the Imperial Dining Room.

According to Chen Jijiang's opinion, the second possibility is unlikely, the imperial court has strict rules, and there are only about thirty people in the imperial dining room, Concubine Li has been able to bribe them long ago, but now it looks like nothing unusual.

So he has to check the first thing first.

He said: "Shang Shi, do you believe it or not? According to Li Fei's temperament, even if she has doubts about Xue Li's matter now, if she is given a chance to get rid of Xue Li, she will do it. She can't sit still!"

This, Zou Shangshi believed too much.Not to mention a palace maid from the imperial dining room, even the girl she married along with her, didn't she also die for no apparent reason?That girl was really wronged, in fact, Concubine Li had already fallen out of favor at that time, she had nothing to do with others at all.As for this girl, she just suffered from heatstroke on the way to get her salary, and happened to meet the imperial chariot passing by, so she ordered a bowl of mung bean soup, and then let the medical girl go and have a look.

How normal is this?The emperor clearly saw that a palace man was obviously pale and weak, so he would be considered compassionate if he gave him a bowl of mung bean soup and asked the medical lady to see him?The people in front of the imperial court saw it clearly, he didn't even ask the maid's name, but Concubine Li couldn't bear it!
So according to Chen Jijiang's intention, Concubine Li's unbearable temperament can be used to good use.

If she has already settled someone in Shangshi Bureau, they can use this method to try out this person first, and pull her out before she enters the imperial dining room.

The situation is just right now.Sydney is in the hotel, far away from Yuqian.They can show Li Fei a hole on the surface, making her feel that it is time to make a move.

"Shangshi, please let go of your words. If you don't want to be in the hotel, you can ask to come back; if you want to go, you can also take the initiative to say and arrange it." Chen Jijiang's light smile revealed a bit of coldness, "Then It’s not a good job. Those who didn’t say they want to come back, and those who took the initiative to go, are all stared at. But if there is any change, I would rather kill by mistake.”

While he was talking, he was thinking about all the rumors from his subordinates.The signs of Concubine Li's matter are already obvious, heh... In the past, there was no way to let Wang Wanzhi block him, but now that Wang Wanzhi is gone, and another one who can't move appears, he will be so cheap!

(End of this chapter)