The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 65
Sydney, who had already been busy all day, was taken aback by the poisoning incident after preparing Wei Chen's meal. She waited anxiously until she was sure that it had nothing to do with her, and felt exhausted as soon as she relaxed.

After a simple wash, I lay down on the couch and wanted to sleep soundly, wanting to sleep till dawn.

As soon as he fell asleep, he was called up.

Someone came from the palace and said that the emperor had ordered her to take her back to the palace, and she was no longer needed in the hotel.

It seemed that she hadn't fully recovered until her hair was tied up, and followed the eunuch who came to pick her up to the outside of the hotel in a daze.When I met Wei Chen at the door, Wei Chen smiled and said to her, "I'll go with you. I haven't seen you for a long time, and I have something to report."

Xueli responded casually with a dazed expression, "Oh".

Then she got into the carriage, and there was an eunuch riding the horse, and Wei Chen rode a horse and walked slowly beside him.

There was also an eunuch in the carriage accompanying Xue Li, and Xue Li was not sure whether she was dreaming or waking up, when she heard him muttering beside her: "His Majesty's birthday is coming soon."

It was just "hearing", basically the left ear went in and the right ear came out, so she naturally didn't respond.

The eunuch thought about what Mr. Chen had told him, and when he saw that she didn't respond, he became anxious, but he was not a smart person, and he didn't know how to mention it to her "accidentally" as Mr. Chen said.

After thinking about it, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and stare at her intently, changing my tone of voice and saying over and over again: "Your Majesty's birthday is coming soon, Your Majesty's birthday is coming soon! Your Majesty's birthday is coming soon? Hey... Your Majesty's birthday is coming soon!"

So Xueli saw in her dream that she was hearing Mr. Shu's storytelling, but the Mr. Storyteller was so annoying, he kept saying the same sentence over and over again, which made her neither happy nor sleep well.

Just like that, he was in a daze until he entered the palace gate.

She got off the carriage at the gate of the palace, yawned all the way, and when she was able to return to her room, she was somewhat sober.

……ah! ! !

What did the eunuch say just now?His Majesty's birthday is coming soon? !
Sydney, who had just closed the door, stood in front of the door.

She didn't understand many things, but the eunuch's meaning was too obvious - if he only mentioned it once, she might not be able to understand it, but he said it all the way!
This is... obviously wanting her to do something?Want her to prepare a gift?

Thinking of this step, Sydney was full of hesitation and a face of embarrassment.

Why was she so sleepy just now?The sooner you react, the sooner you can ask him a few questions!For example, does it mean to ask her to prepare a gift?What kind of gift is appropriate?
Sydney, who thought of this step, was made to cry by herself!

Staggering to the side of the couch, Xueli threw herself on the couch, feeling bored for a while: No.

His Majesty's birthday is at the end of October!Like her, it's almost "one year" and it's only the end of July.

... It's over, it's over, I specifically mentioned it to her at this moment, and made it clear that I wanted her to prepare the gift, and I left three months for her to prepare.

Then she lost sleep all night because of this matter, and she didn't think of a reason.

He is the emperor!It's very easy for him to reward others with something casually, but how to prepare gifts for him?The world belongs to him, and he doesn't lack for anything - she certainly can't get what he lacks!

The next day, as soon as Zixian and Ting Xian came back, she stopped her to ask this question.

Both of them also looked surprised and confused.

The three of them dragged Dou Sha and Fugui to discuss it together, but they couldn't come up with a good idea after much deliberation.Fugui urged her to ask Mr. Chen directly. Mr. Chen must have a solution, but Zixian disagreed: "To prepare a gift and ask Mr. Chen to give advice, doesn't it seem that there is no sincerity at all? Besides, what Mr. Chen can think of ...We don't have to come out!"

Chen Jijiang is so much older than them.If you really ask him for an idea, if you don't prepare according to his idea, it will be disrespectful, won't it?Sydney and Chen Jijiang are not that familiar.

The five of them stared at each other for a long time, and then Dou Sha went back to the room with a sullen head.

She left without saying hello, Ting Xian frowned when she saw this, and said to Xue Li: "Look, you are used to this girl!"

Xueli lay limply on the desk without saying a word. After a while, Dou Sha came back with an extra stack of papers in her hand.

She put the paper on the table, and said to Xueli hesitantly, "Sister, let me teach you how to cut paper...you can do a little more complicated ones, it will take three months, take your time."

Xue Li's eyes lit up, and she looked at her in surprise for a long time: "You still have this unique skill?!"

On Dousha's face: "My family sells this in the village, and I have learned from it since I was a child."

Sydney shouted in his heart, Dou Sha, you are so good!

The stack she brought was already cut, and the red pattern was pasted on white paper for easy preservation. It was used to let Sydney choose which one was suitable.It doesn't look like a thick stack, but there are actually dozens of them, all of which are dazzlingly beautiful.

Sydney looked left and right, the most complicated "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", she was very self-aware and didn't dare to look at it; she likes a palm-sized butterfly the most, but it doesn't work, Your Majesty is a man...

In the end, I chose a horse pattern, with grasslands underneath and rolling hills beside it.It looks imposing, but there are no particularly small and difficult parts to cut. The most difficult parts should be the mane and tail.

There is a square rhombus on the horse, with the word "Fu" written inside, Xue Li asked Dou Sha: "Can you change this word to 'Shou'?"

Dou Sha glanced at it, and curled her lips: "Yes, I can. But this is for Chinese New Year, which means 'blessing immediately', for auspiciousness. Isn't it weird to change it to 'blessing soon'?"

"His Majesty's birthday!" Xue Li said, "Let's not mention the meaning of 'coming soon'!"

This is also possible.

Dou Sha nodded in response, and put away a stack of paper-cuts, and went back to draw patterns first.

Ting Xian and Fugui also went back separately, and Zixian was also about to leave when she was dragged away by Xueli.

She turned her head to look at Xue Li, but Xue Li didn't speak for a moment, she blinked, and when the two of them had gone far away and closed the door, she pressed her voice and asked her, "Is Ting Xian unhappy?"

Ting Xian's complexion was not good when Dou Sha went back to the room to pick up things, and when she came back, she had a cold face from the beginning to the end - Dou Sha herself had obviously noticed this, and she had been hiding a bit, Sydney had to ask .

Zi Xian stuck out her tongue: "Before we went to the hotel, Ting Xian wanted Dou Sha to sew a new headband for her. At that time, Dou Sha seemed to be helping you with half an arm, so he didn't respond to it."

Sydney grinned: "Unhappy until now?"

"Really?" Zixian was also helpless, and helped to mend it back, "But I probably didn't care about the hair tie, because I thought that Dou Sha didn't give her face. You haven't been appointed as a female official at the time, we are the same It's not good for Dou Sha to come back..."

After thinking about it, Xue Li went straight to Dou Sha's room.

Dou Sha had just drawn a large outline on the red paper, when she saw her coming in, she got up and asked her what was the matter.

"Dousha..." Xueli pulled her to sit down, said the matter concisely, and finally said, "If you have time, take some time to make her hair tie. Don't be in a hurry, don't be tired Just let her know you're doing it yourself."

How worthless is it to hurt your peace over such a trivial matter?

Dou Sha, on the other hand, seemed a little reluctant. She hung her head in suspense for a while before nodding her head in agreement, then took her hand and begged her: "Then sister, don't tell others about this... I know I was wrong."

She was so active in admitting her mistake—Sydney knew what she was thinking immediately!
There are also times when she admits her mistake actively and quickly, for example, in front of the emperor, as soon as the emperor frowns, she immediately admits her mistake without any hesitation.

The reason is very simple, you are afraid, you can't afford it!
Dou Sha is also like this now, I'm afraid she will be terrified.Xueli thought about it, she never bullied her, it was only because the twenty boards made her afraid of the Queen Mother.

So he quickly coaxed her and said: "It's not wrong, don't be afraid. I definitely don't blame you, and I won't complain to others. You are the youngest in our small courtyard. There is nothing you can do if you broke the imperial rules last time. Usually This little matter is our own business, and I will definitely not blame you!"

Dou Sha is very grateful for his words.After Xie Li returned to her room, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Dou Sha had become more and more "loyal" to herself since she played those [-] boards.

When she first came here, she was more casual. Occasionally, Zixian Tingxian told her to do whatever she did, and once she came to say hello to Sydney and said, "Sister Zixian is in a hurry, and I will let you work first, sister Li." , okay?"—At that time, she agreed without thinking about it, but now she suddenly made such a comparison, and suddenly realized the contrast between Dou Sha's rejection of Ting Xian.

There is also a difference in diet and daily life.Dou Sha lives in the room on the south side of her main house, there is a main room between the two of them.When Dou Sha first arrived, she advised her to sleep more, so she would sleep more obediently, but after the [-] boards and recuperating from her injuries, as long as she wanted to get up in the morning to be on duty, Dou Sha would definitely get up earlier than her to fetch water for her. Helping her with clothes and combing her hair... She was so proactive in her work that she couldn't persuade her.

...Is it because His Majesty made Dou Sha and she took care of Dou Sha, so Dou Sha was very grateful to take the initiative to lean towards her?
Sydney thought about this, and then couldn't help but wonder if this was also His Majesty's original plan?
She witnessed Master Wei's heart was ashamed and about to resign, His Majesty said with a chuckle that he didn't care if he could recover by himself, and after Master Wei really recovered by himself, she felt that His Majesty was very accurate in the aspect of people's hearts.In the past two days, I have been very amazed and admired. Now when I think about the bean paste, I naturally feel that maybe His Majesty is also right!
Uh... maybe a little blind too.

That night, Dou Sha drew the pattern.The drawing is very precise, no redundant lines at all.Moreover, the difficulty has been carefully reduced—the mane and ponytail hair are not as thin as the one she cut, and the strokes of the characters are also a little thicker.

The rest of the work is cutting and engraving. Dou Sha taught her the basic methods, such as where to use scissors and where to use a knife, how hard the knife should be so as not to damage the paper, and how to cut beautiful arcs when she saw it...

It's not difficult, but it requires patience. Dou Sha repeatedly emphasized to her: "Sister, don't be in a hurry, it's easy to cut it if you are in a hurry!"

Sydney solemnly agreed, gearing up to complete the gift with her own hands.

Three days later, I heard that the Luowu envoys had returned to Luowu after paying their respects to His Majesty the Emperor who was standing on the tower in front of thousands of people of Daqi outside the imperial city.

Ten days later, I heard that Master Wei sneaked into Luo Wu with two hundred households. It seems that His Majesty is still not at ease with Luo Wu—Sydney barely finished the horse's head, and almost lost the eyes when he carved it.

At the end of August, Sydney, which had finally begun to engrave the word "Shou"...it can be regarded as a waste of engraving.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Xue Li screamed in the room, pounding the table and hitting the wall.But it’s okay, the carving is too far, and the “point” of the “inch” has been lost.

Sydney's heart ached as if the knife had been stabbed in her heart just now!
I was so wronged that I fell on the desk and cried!
Dou Sha was startled by her, and immediately rushed in to see what was wrong with her.After understanding the reason, she understood very well - she was very irritable when she missed and cut it, especially when she had finished most of it, she really wanted to chop off her own hand!

So Dou Sha comforted her: "Sister, don't cry...how about I engrave it for my sister, and then give it to my sister after engraving this step. Anyway, my sister has carved the previous one herself, so it shouldn't be considered bullying? Is that okay?"

"No." Xue Li looked at the already engraved one sobbingly, and wiped away tears, "There is still enough time, I will do it myself, this is just a practice..."

Dou Sha looked at her with a puzzled expression and blinked, Xue Li took a deep breath of grief and indignation: "It doesn't matter whether you bully the king or not... I will do it myself!"

In fact, it is very good for Dou Sha to help her, but after a conflict in Sydney, she still can't help but feel very sorry for this.

Sydney calmed down, suppressed her grievances, and wiped away her tears.

She sincerely told herself that His Majesty has really treated her very well and protected her several times!It's fine if you don't do anything special - she can't help him with his family and country.

But the birthday is different, she has to do this paper-cutting by herself!
From start to finish!

(End of this chapter)