The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 67 Opinions
The Seventh King Xie Han arrived at the Zichen Palace two quarters later.After entering the hall, the seven kings bowed to each other and said a few words to celebrate the birthday. The emperor responded casually, and then the two brothers took the seat together.

The atmosphere was very harmonious, and it seemed extraordinarily relaxed because there was nothing serious to do, but from the moment Xue Li entered the palace, the Seven Kings felt a little strange...

Chen Jijiang stood beside him with downcast eyes, pretending that this matter had nothing to do with him.

In fact, serving meals is not Sydney's job, and she hasn't stayed in the inner hall for half a year.But just now she suddenly grabbed him, and hesitantly stuffed some money into him and said, "My lord, can you let me go to the palace today..."

Chen Jijiang was not greedy for her little money, he thought about it, although he didn't know what was wrong with her, but just now His Majesty ordered her paper-cut to be framed and hung in the dormitory even though he looked angry. His Majesty likes it!
Then it shouldn't be a big deal to let her in to serve the meal, maybe His Majesty would be happy to have her by his side?
So Chen Jijiang agreed.But the current situation... Tsk, it makes him a little unclear.

His Majesty always cooks the dishes in front of him by himself, and His Majesty the Seventh Highness also has the same habit.If you want to eat food that is far away, there will be a special eunuch who will help you. Xueli stood by the side and looked at nothing to do, but she obviously hesitated to talk a few times.

Chen Jijiang wondered what she was trying to say, Xie Han was sitting opposite her, and was also curious about what she was up to.

The emperor ate the food, pretending not to know, and conveniently picked up a Kung Pao shrimp ball and put it on the plate of the Seven Kings: "Eat the food."

"Oh..." The Seventh King was stunned. On the one hand, he felt that Brother Huang seemed to be angry with Xue Li, but on the other hand, he felt that he couldn't——Brother Huang, why is he angry with a court lady? !

Xueli herself was also awkward, so she wanted to speak up quickly, but seeing the emperor concentrate on eating and ignoring her, she really didn't have a chance to speak!

A figure flickered at the door, Xueli raised her eyes and looked over, there was a palace maid serving soup.Immediately, his eyes lit up, and he obediently greeted him to help.

The soup was divided into two cups, it was winter melon and shrimp soup, and it was served a little late because it was ordered by the Seven Queens.Xue Li brought it over, put one firmly by the emperor's hand, and said timidly, "Your Majesty..."

The emperor ate a piece of chicken and ignored her.

Xueli gave the other lamp to the Seven Kings in frustration, Xie Han looked at her, and finally couldn't help asking: "Xueli, what's the matter with you?"

I didn't expect him to ask so abruptly. Xue Li, who was looking forward to giving her a chance to speak, suddenly didn't know what to say.

The emperor also raised his eyes to look at her with a calm expression, also with a questioning expression.

Sydney: "..."

"Let's talk." The emperor's description didn't change, he only raised his eyebrows slightly.After a pause, he added a little "incentive", "It's my birthday today, I'm in a good mood, I'll give you whatever you want."

Xueli held the tray with the soup just now in her arms, scratched it with her fingers, and said, "Then, what happened just now... Your Majesty forgives the innocence of this servant, is that okay?"

Xie Zhao was startled for a moment, his face calm: "I don't seem to blame you for anything?"

Xue Li murmured: "Your Majesty withheld the slaves' snacks for a month..."

A month, a long time.Salty and sweet, plus candied fruit and even fruit and drinks can be classified as "snacks". At that time, she was so dazzled by his flicking on the forehead that she didn't realize it. Once she realized it, she was stupid.

This is equivalent to the fact that she will only have dinner for the next month...

Sydney hesitated again and again and still felt that this was really painful. While she was afraid to ask the emperor, there was a voice in her heart that kept saying, "Please try it"——then thinking about it, His Majesty seems to like her paper-cutting a lot, that The voice is at the top!
So she just came to serve meals in the inner hall, and after waiting for a long time, she finally got the chance to say this.After speaking, she lowered her eyebrows and became very obedient, and sincerely prayed that His Majesty would not care about her.

It's not that she didn't want to give it to him on purpose, she just felt that she couldn't do it!

Xie Zhao guessed that she had reacted lightly from the moment she asked for forgiveness and innocence, but she still wanted to laugh when she said it herself.

Taking a deep breath, he strained his smile and sipped the soup calmly: "Do you want a salary or snacks?"

Xueli: "Snacks!" There is no need to worry about food and lodging in the palace, and the salary will be deducted, but if he orders not to give her snacks, she can't buy them with the salary.

I can understand it!

Xie Zhao couldn't help but laughed, and turned serious again: "All right, I don't care about you. You can eat the snacks, and half of this month's salary will be deducted."

Chen Jijiang rolled his eyes vigorously from the side: I have never heard of a penalty of only half a month for salary!
After the dinner, there were a few odd things left, the main part being that the concubine would also come to celebrate His Majesty's birthday and express her affection.

This is easy to deal with. Seeing that His Majesty is not in the mood to see more, Chen Jijiang directly made up his mind: those who are below the fourth rank are basically selected by His Majesty after he ascended the throne. Concubine Hui Shu has full power to be the master. Don't worry, let them kowtow outside to send them away.

From the fourth grade to the third grade, there are four people at the level of "27th World Wife". They were the people who were kept by the queen mother during the selection. They were also asked to kowtow outside, and then invited them to the side hall for good tea. Wait a moment", and then went to apologize after a while and said "I'm sorry, four ladies, Your Majesty doesn't want to see anyone anymore", they couldn't say anything.

The two concubines in the ninth concubine are relatively "hard to say" - these are the grand palace ladies who were sent to teach personnel affairs according to the rules when His Majesty just grew up, and both of them are a few years older than His Majesty.When His Majesty first ascended the throne, everyone in the palace thought that the two of them would definitely not get any good fame, and they were nothing more than raising them in the harem. As a result, His Majesty directly conferred the title of Nine Concubines, which was quite polite to others.

So when thinking of these two, Chen Jijiang thought hard for a while, and then said: "If they come, please go in and have a message. Your Majesty will see you when you see them. If you don't see them, please go to the side hall for tea."

Counting up, there is only one concubine from the first rank to the fourth concubine, and it is also the most difficult one - Concubine Li.However, hey, Concubine Li was sent by His Majesty to the palace to serve the Empress Dowager, Chen Jijiang thought it was very relaxing!
Needless to say, Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu, who are in the third lady's row, have to go in and answer, and His Majesty will meet him for face, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

Less than a moment after dinner was removed, people arrived one after another.More or less, they also prepared gifts, but they were obviously different from those prepared by courtiers and clan relatives. Courtiers loved to prepare some precious treasures, and concubines, mostly needlework, wanted to appear virtuous.

It was still Xu Shishui who greeted her at the door, and said with a smile on his face, "I will definitely! I will let His Majesty know what the lady thinks!"—Actually, hehe, how can there be such effort.

The two in the ninth concubine came half a moment later. The emperor didn't say that he wanted to see him, but he gave some rewards.

Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu came half a quarter later than these two, and came together.Chen Jijiang personally welcomed them in. Both of them had very dignified makeup. Yingying bowed down to pay homage to Sheng'an, got up, and retreated to sit on both sides.

Seeing the two people winking at each other, Xie Zhao lightly coughed and asked, "Concubine Hui?"

Concubine Hui nodded, and smiled slightly, "Yes, I just heard today that the Royal Guard lost an adult of a thousand households more than three months ago. His Majesty was deeply saddened, and ordered that he be buried according to the prince's rites."

It's Lu Yong.

Xie Zhao didn't deny it, but nodded, "Yes, the funeral department has already handled it."

Concubine Hui also nodded: "The concubine knows that the deceased is the most respected, so she doesn't care about the affairs of the court. It's just that the concubine wants to know what the widow of Lord Qianhu means..."

"My husband's family pursues the posthumous posthumous title of king, so she should be treated as a concubine." Xie Zhao sighed, and after explaining, he said, "I wanted to invite her to the palace to see her, but she replied that there are many things to do during the funeral. There is no reminder. Now that the hundred days of filial piety have passed, let her come to the palace to visit you another day."

This Xie Zhao is not easy to stop.Regardless of whether Mrs. Lu slowed down or not, she had to come in and kowtow to the person holding the phoenix seal despite the rules.

He only thought that Concubine Hui was here to remind him of the etiquette, so he felt that the point had come.While serving tea, Concubine Hui pursed her lips and sneered, "Your Majesty, this concubine feels that it is inappropriate to give this Mrs. Lu the seat of a concubine."

The emperor was stunned, but he suppressed it just as his heart burst into flames.

It is not difficult for Concubine Hui to say this.She doesn't know about the affairs of the court, but now the internal and external wives are under her control, and there is one more for no reason, and she is the princess, which is a bit against the rules.

He took a deep breath and explained: "Concubine Hui can do what I want. Lu Yong and I have known each other for many years and are like brothers. Now that he is gone, I can't do anything else but take care of him. There are some family members, I know it well."

"No matter how much you are a brother in love, you are also different from a monarch and a minister in terms of identity." Concubine Hui said calmly, with a three-point solemnity in her mouth, "Your Majesty's doing this will damage the face of the royal family. Not to mention that your majesty's uncles and brothers are What status, even the concubines are all noble daughters. The courtiers have inquired, Lu He is only a daughter of a merchant, it is easy for His Majesty to make her a concubine, can she afford it herself?"

"...Concubine Hui." Xie Zhao took a deep breath to stop her words, which really made him uncomfortable.

He thought she was going to say that Lu Yong's wife, the daughter of a merchant, did not know the etiquette in the palace, so it would be embarrassing to have a palace banquet in the future.He was ready to tell her that there was no need to force Lu He to attend the banquet, but what she said was that she felt that she couldn't afford it given her background.

"You don't understand the affairs of the Imperial Guard." He said, put his hands on his forehead and thought for a while, then stood up.

Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu also got up quickly, Xie Zhao walked in front of Concubine Hui, silent for a while, calmly said, "This matter will be done according to my wishes. You don't need to worry about the Lu family, and you don't need her to enter the palace for future palace banquets." .”

"Your Majesty?!" Concubine Hui felt that it was even more inappropriate.

"I will call her into the palace to see you in a few days." He nodded slightly, "If you feel uncomfortable, I won't let her see you, and let her go back after drinking a cup of tea in Zichen Palace."

Concubine Hui frowned and looked at him with dissatisfaction in her eyes.He avoided her gaze and ignored her, turned his head and said "I'm going to sleep" and headed towards the bedroom. The palace servants immediately politely asked Concubine Hui Shu to leave.

Chen Jijiang thought about it for a while, and went out to send it off together, thinking about what happened just now, he clicked his lips.

After stepping out of the gate of the Zichen Palace, Concubine Hui's expression finally became a little uneasy, and she asked Concubine Shu to go first, took her down the long steps, and sighed: "Master Lao Chen advises, it's not a problem for Your Majesty to follow one's temper."

Chen Jijiang choked in panic.

Yes, Madam Hui, your etiquette is very good. Anyone in the palace who comes to you can only listen to the training, but...not to mention whether it is not considerate of you to train His Majesty together, even if This matter is indeed His Majesty's fault, but don't you see that His Majesty is really sad about this?

Chen Jijiang was silent for a moment but still didn't respond to the "no". He bowed and said tactfully: "I know that Madam is doing things out of courtesy, Madam Rong Chen said something offensive - Your Majesty is also a human being, and a human being has a heart." When you're sad."

Concubine Hui frowned, and looked at him: "What do you mean, my lord?"

"I don't mean anything, I just want to say that on this difficult hurdle, others can use etiquette to make strict demands, but for those who are close, it is better to pay more attention to love."

How big is it?Those who were buried according to the prince's ceremony were all buried, so what's the big deal if there are multiple people treated according to the queen's ceremony?The emperor seldom did anything out of the ordinary, so "acting recklessly" now, it can be seen that his heart is too difficult.Just this one time, what's wrong with pampering him once?
Concubine Hui's face was heavy, she stared at the twilight for a long time, then turned her head and said indifferently: "Don't think about love and forget about duty."

Chen Jijiang bowed and said nothing, Concubine Hui shook her head helplessly, took the maid's hand, and walked slowly down the long steps.

Chen Jijiang lowered his eyes, and did not raise his head until she was far away. He collected himself, and immediately called the eunuch next to him to come forward: "Listen, keep an eye on Roujia Palace these few days, especially be careful about correspondence."

"Letter correspondence?" The eunuch was slightly startled, puzzled, "My lord, what do you mean..."

"Stupid!" Chen Jijiang slapped him on the face, "If Mrs. Concubine Hui tells the Queen Mother about this matter today, His Majesty will be in trouble again. When the time comes, will you take it?!"

(End of this chapter)