The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 7
The dining room suddenly fell silent.

Everyone had never seen the eunuch before them, but they looked the same as Chen Jijiang, the superintendent in front of the emperor.Feeling beating in his heart for a moment, Qi leaned forward and said "My lord", and then listened quietly to his orders.

The other party was not too polite, and with a flick of the whisk, he cut straight to the point: "Are you sent by Shangshi Bureau to take care of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince's diet?"

"Yes." Shen Nvshi agreed, took a step forward, and asked cautiously, "My lord, are you..."

The eunuch sneered: "Our family is here to pass on a message. The Queen Mother said that if His Highness still can't eat tomorrow, all of you will go to Gongzhengsi to lead the board, and you will be beaten to death!"

The room was dead silent.

Even Shen Nvshi's heart skipped a beat, she forced herself to figure out who this person was, and hurriedly bowed her lower body: "Master Xu, we will do our best, and please calm down the Queen Mother..."

Hearing the words "Lord Xu", all the little maids knew who he was.

It was Xu Chunsheng, the great eunuch in front of the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager has lived in the Yingshan Palace twenty miles outside Luo'an City in recent years, so they have never seen this lord.

The Seven Kings have also been with the Queen Mother in Mount Ying. This summer, the emperor brought him back after going to Mount Ying to escape the summer heat.The youngest son who had been with him all this time suddenly fell ill, no wonder the Empress Dowager sent someone to the palace to watch him.

Xu Chunsheng left without saying anything, and it took a long time for everyone in the dining room to move. A court lady looked at Shen Nvshi stiffly, and said in a trembling voice, "Sister..."

That day Shen Nvshi stayed up all night, and the people below also stayed up all night with her.Meal lists were written out and thrown away one by one, and it was not until midnight that they were finalized.

A list was written on five pages, Sydney and the others took it over and read, sweet, salty, vegetarian, meaty, light, and greasy, all of them were available.

There is no other way to do it. If everything is prepared, there must be two or three things that the Seven Kings like to eat.

Looking at the time, it must be too late to do so many things, not to mention that among the dozen or so people, there are still six little maids who can only do odd jobs.

Shen Nvshi frowned and hesitated for a moment, pushed the door out, and rushed to the Shangshi Bureau to send a helper to the Shangshi female official.

When she came back again, Cui Wan and Xue Qin came together, and they brought more than [-] court ladies with them.

The small dining room was very busy.

Therefore, even if they are just doing odd jobs, Sydney and the others have a lot to do, and there is no time to settle down.

Even so, there was still a dish of dim sum that hadn't been cooked until the front came to pass on the meal.

Several young maids begged the young eunuch who came to deliver the meal, begging him to wait a little longer, stuffing money and offering tea, which can be regarded as stabilizing him.

After the dim sum was out of the pot, the food box was placed in front of him, and the little eunuch wanted to offer tea to them: so much?Eight food boxes!
Seeing that he must not be able to carry it alone, Shen Nushi just opened her mouth and said with a smile: "We will help the nobleman carry it over."

A group of court ladies with slightly higher status were too tired to straighten their backs, so Shen Nushi brought the six ninth ranks, plus Su Zixian who had just been promoted.

The eight people were all very nervous, and Xueli became more and more troubled when she thought about the "one more sugar".

After entering the Seven Kings' dormitory, all the breakfast dishes were taken out of the food box and placed on the small case ready to be sent in, only then did Sydney know how many there were in total:
There are eight staple foods, one sweet porridge and one salty porridge, as well as silver shredded rolls, bean buns, scallion pancakes, hair cakes, noodles, and buns.

There are more than ten kinds of pickles, sweet, sour, bitter, hot, and they are packed in small porcelain plates and put into a large plate, colorful.

All kinds of dim sum occupy a table for themselves. There are so many types of pears that I can’t name them. Each one is made with excellent appearance, either soft or crispy, and it looks attractive enough at a glance.

There are boiled eggs, poached eggs, and duck eggs, goose eggs, and pigeon eggs are also prepared in various ways. The boiled eggs have been shelled, and they look white and clear, and they are easy to eat.

In addition to these, there are separate wontons, dumplings, and pies.

There are four tables full of things, how can it be like breakfast?It looks like a banquet is going to be held!

Together with the eunuchs serving in the Palace of Seven Kings, they carried the four desks in steadily and put them on the side of the couch. Just as the young maids were about to salute and leave, when they looked up, they saw Shen Nvshi secretly giving money to Zhang Kang.

They still understand this point, Shen Nushi wanted to wait a little longer to see if the Seven Kings would eat or not.

So Zhang Kang didn't bombard them, they naturally retreated to the side and waited.The Seventh King didn't feel anything wrong even at his young age, everything happened naturally.

Xie Han half-sitting and half-lying, glanced sleepily at the large-scale breakfast, fixed his gaze, and the eunuch next to him immediately understood, and brought the bowl of wontons over.

Everyone in the Shangshi Bureau was overjoyed, and looked sideways quietly, secretly thinking that as long as he ate this bowl of wontons, their lives would be saved!
However, the Seven Kings only ate two and then let it go again.

"Leave it," he said.Then he pulled the quilt and was about to lie down, intending to continue sleeping with his head down.

Xue Li glanced sideways, Shen Nushi gritted her teeth tightly, sweat was already breaking out on her forehead.

She pursed her lips, wanted to do something but lacked confidence, so she tugged on Su Zixian's sleeve, and said in a very low voice, "The worst thing now... is death, right?"

Su Zixian was dumbfounded when she heard it: "Otherwise?"

Death is in front of your eyes, why do you want to think about something worse?
"Your Highness..." Xue Li started in a low voice, the first time because it was too low that no one could hear her, so she looked towards the bed, raised her voice slightly, and said again, "Your Highness."

The Seventh King didn't respond, but he must have heard.

Xue Li bit the bullet and continued: "Your Highness, please... eat a few more bites."

Xie Han was lying on his side with his back to them, so he couldn't see who was talking.Hearing the voice trembling violently, he frowned: "I can't eat it, so withdraw it."

Shen Nvshi on this side also held Xueli's wrist, glanced at her, and signaled her not to persuade her anymore.

But it's a death anyway...

Xueli was also stubborn, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and she couldn't help but complain in her frightened tone: "The servants have been busy all night without sleep..."

There was no movement from the Seven Kings, Zhang Kang stepped forward and reprimanded: "Shut up!"

"It's good for you to have two more bites of dim sum." Xueli pretended not to hear, and said, "The glutinous rice sweet glutinous rice cake, when the maidservant helped Nushi season it in the morning, I added an extra bit of sugar for His Highness..."

Xie Han's heart tensed suddenly, he sat up suddenly, and said, "Shut up!!!"

Xueli didn't dare to say anything anymore, the Seven Kings gritted their teeth, a little annoyed: "Everyone else backs down!"

The people who served nearby all saluted and then retreated. The whole group from Shangshi Bureau were all sweating for Sydney, but there was no other way except to retreat as promised...

As soon as the door slammed shut, Sydney lost all strength.His legs softened, and he knelt down without a bone: "Your Highness, forgive me!"

Xie Han sat on the couch and stared at her for a long time. An Jizhong saw her kneeling on the ground shrinking lower and lower, her body that was not tall was shrinking into a small ball, and he couldn't swear harsh words.

"Who told you that!" He jumped off the bed and asked angrily, "Zhang Kang?"

Xueli was a little hoarse in fear, and shook her head vigorously: "No, it's because the servant saw that Mr. Zhang added a piece of sugar to the snacks ordered every night, so I guessed it myself..."

Hearing the sound of sudden relief, the Seven Kings sat back on the side of the couch.

Still angry and staring at her for a while, Xie Han said, "Who else knows?"

"There's no one left!" Xueli said hastily, "I'm not convinced, I dare not tell others!"

Xie Han turned pale, rolled his eyes, fell back on the couch, and said lazily, "That's fine. I have my own plans, so don't worry about any of you."

He consciously said what he said, but after a short while, the voice below was choked up: "No, no..."

"how?"

Xueli was both anxious and afraid, relying on him not being able to see, she knit her eyebrows and curled her lips while lying on the ground, and finally forced out a sentence: "If you don't eat, you will be punished by the Queen Mother if you refer to the Shangshi Bureau palace staff who come to Zhengze Palace." The rod is dead!"

Xie Han was startled, sat up again, and blurted out: "Really?"

"Yeah!" Xue Li nodded again and again, boldly looking at him, her bright eyes were full of tears.

Xie Han, who originally thought she was bluffing him, saw her appearance and immediately believed that what she said was true.

This little maid obviously looked younger than herself, Xie Han suddenly felt that she was bullying the weak.

His expression became a little embarrassed, Xie Han scratched his forehead in embarrassment, got up and pulled her up: "I'm really sorry, I don't know."

Xueli's focus has not changed, she didn't even realize that a prince was apologizing in front of her, she persistently pointed to the small table next to her: "You can eat something..."

But the Seven Kings said, "No."

Sydney looked at him with a tight face.

"Xu Chunsheng must have come, right? I'll ask Zhang Kang to explain it to him. Then it's nothing to do with you. I still have my own business to do, so don't worry about it." The Seven Kings spoke seriously and clearly. Chu, look at the little maid in front of her who is nearly a head shorter than herself and who is terribly frightened by herself. After thinking about it, she nods her jaw slightly, "I frightened you? Then I apologize. What do you need? I let Zhang Kang Bring it to you."

Sydney immediately wanted to say: Can you open your mouth and ask the female officer of Shangshi to allow me to stay in Shangshi Bureau?

The words came to his lips and swallowed hard, no no no, these words cannot be said.Asking the Seven Kings to help with this, I don’t know if the female officials will think that she is taking advantage of others. It’s not like I haven’t seen other court ladies wearing small shoes afterwards for similar reasons!
I don't want to let go of this opportunity.After all, a prince, the emperor's younger brother with the same father and mother is right in front of him...

Suddenly, Xue Li's eyes lit up, she looked up at him, and asked, "Can Your Highness order this servant to do an errand?"

"Ah?" Xie Han didn't understand.

(End of this chapter)