The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 79
The New Year's Eve was approaching day by day, and it was obvious that the emperor was in a good mood, and the tense atmosphere in the palace that arose from hearing the news of the Southern Tour also eased a little.The concubines of the palace should buy new clothes for those who should appreciate the palace, and those who should buy new clothes, and the taste of the new year is slowly coming out.

In Zhengzheng Palace, the Seven Kings Xie Han pretended to be sick and pretended to be unlovable.

At first, he pretended to be sick in order to see Brother Huang quickly, and to explain clearly what should be said.In the end, after the meeting, the emperor's brother exposed him for pretending to be sick, and said "I don't doubt you at all", and then asked him to continue pretending.

So the whole palace and even the whole court heard that the emperor suspected that the money from the south and the weapons forged privately were paid to the seven kings, so he called the seven kings to reprimand them, making the seven kings ill. .

——After hearing the whole story, Xie Han knew that this was an arrangement related to the overall situation.But after pretending for three or four months, he was still very helpless, and he still couldn't help secretly thinking that Brother Huang was trying to trick him on purpose!
When I was outside, I was bored on the boat or in the carriage every day. After returning to the palace, I was bored in the regular palace every day, unable to do anything...

The Seven Kings are now 15 years old, and they will be [-] years old after the end of the year. It's hard for a man of this age to be locked in the house every day.But he had no choice but to bear it, and he had to act like it, he felt that he could even act.

Among the people around me, only Zhang Kang and Ding Xiang knew the truth. When they came to outsiders, they occasionally cried to express their worries. This was for outsiders to see; In appearance, she came to greet him early in the morning and evening during the days when he was recuperating after returning to the palace, and there were also worries in his words, but he never cried.

The only one who is really worried is Yi Fengyi.

Seeing that he is always in a bad mood, Yi Shi can't bear it. There are several times when she clearly wants to talk to make him happy, her eyes turn red while talking, and she apologizes when she avoids going out and recovers. Xie Han has to comfort her , her eyes were red again...

On the contrary, this kind of thing happened more often, and the two got closer.Xie Han didn't dare to tell Yi the truth, but when she saw that she was about to cry, he took the first step to coax her and say "it's okay, it's okay, I feel fine" or something, and the subsequent apology was naturally avoided.

Zhang Kang and Ding Xiang looked at each other and felt very good.

This day, Yi Fengyi came with Chu Liangyuan. After entering the door and meeting Li, Yi Fengyi cried before he could speak.

This situation has never happened before, the palace people looked at each other in blank dismay, Chu Liangyuan glared at her angrily, and said in a calm voice: "Your Highness, after the new year is over and it is time to pick family members, Madam Hui just called my concubine to talk about it." It is said that the Empress Dowager ordered to accompany His Highness... two more people, ask His Highness what he wants, Madam Hui will help His Highness pay attention."

No wonder Mrs. Yi couldn't bear it, even Chu Liangyuan hesitated for a moment when he said this.

Xie Han lay on the couch and became even more sluggish: What are you doing!I am only 16 years old!Not to mention that the Chu family and the Yi family were formally called in, the two older ladies in the Shang bedroom were also sealed up as children according to the rules.

...Why does the queen mother still put people on him?The regular palace can't live anymore!
I don't know if he had the same worries as him, but Chu nodded with a smile, and took the initiative to mention: "Your Highness will leave the palace next year, and I heard that His Majesty has already selected a house for His Highness."

Xie Han: "..."

Yi's tears were already streaming down beside him, and he stood with his head bowed without making a sound, his fingers were clenched red.

Xie Han, who was just pretending to be sick, really felt a headache this time. After lying down for a while, he suddenly got up and went out. He had to see Brother Huang to go!
As soon as he was in a hurry, he rushed out directly. According to his own intention, it was the fastest to rush directly, and he also vented his anger.

Ding Xiang and Zhang Kang were taken aback. Didn't they just pretend to be sick before they passed by?Quickly ordered the warm sedan chair to be ready, and dragged the Seventh Highness back to stuff it in. Zhang Kang repeated to him: "Your Highness, calm down... calm down!"

Fortunately, Xie Han had already calmed down by the time he arrived at Zichen Hall, and he did not forget to pretend to be weak when he went up the long steps, and even when he entered the inner hall, he gave his salutes weakly.

The emperor calmly asked everyone else to retreat, leaving only Chen Jijiang. As soon as the door of the palace was closed, His Highness the Seventh Prince "transformed".

"Brother Huang! Can you grant the mansion to the younger brother later? It will be fine after the selection of family members..."

Xie Zhao heard that Concubine Hui had just summoned the Yi family of Chu to talk about adding men to the Seven Kings, and he guessed that he was going to say this from the moment he entered the palace.I was not surprised at the moment, and took a sip of tea: "What's the use of the Wanci Mansion? The queen mother made up her mind to add someone to you, and the Wanci Mansion is just to let people go home and get married."

Xie Han was dumbfounded.

Xie Zhao dealt with him like this, but he was also helpless in his heart.In the coming year, he will be the first one to "add people" when he is the emperor!According to his own opinion, he is not interested in this. There are already enough things in the previous dynasty, and the harem is a place to add pressure to him.

Furthermore, he hadn't seen many of the ones selected last time, so why put a few more in the palace as decorations?How good is it to let people marry well?
He thought so, but when he said "not to choose", the queen mother refused to agree, and Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu also came to persuade him in turn, and he had a headache for five or six days.

——So seventh brother, you can fend for yourself, big brother, I can't take care of myself, I don't have time to take care of you!

Xie Zhao said this to himself, and calmly sent the dejected seventh brother away.After thinking about it, he felt ashamed, and asked Chen Jijiang to catch up and deliver a sentence: "The illness can be cured."

Everything seems to have happened overnight.

The end of the year is approaching, His Highness the Seventh Highness is recovering from illness, and the election is imminent. There is a lot of discussion in the harem, and even the Six Shang Bureau is buzzing with it.

But in this small courtyard in Sydney, there was no excitement at all.

Because of the steamed dumplings, Yue Tingxian couldn't present anything to the imperial dining table for at least three months, and Zichen Palace wouldn't be her turn to enter. Right now, she's living as if she's "leisure".Coincidentally, just in time for the maids in the court to be promoted, almost all of them in the imperial dining room were promoted: Zixian was promoted from a respectful envoy to a permanent attendant, and no one dared to change her title of "maid of the imperial dining room". He directly mentioned the fifth grade of Zhengzheng in terms of expenses, and added a sentence "at the end of the sixth year of Zhanghe, the fifth grade of Jinzheng".

Ting Xian's promotion was naturally suppressed by the plate of steamed dumplings—she is even better at cooking than Xue Li Zixian, and it was possible to advance directly to the first rank, but now the cooked duck is flying, look No one is pleasing to the eye.

After a few days, Sydney was not feeling well.

She didn't know what Ting Xian was paying attention to in front of His Majesty under the guise of being friends with her when she was outside, she only knew that His Majesty would find fault with steamed dumplings after she finished talking about the "competition" - so She felt that it was a bit too much to find this one, it was just that she couldn't present the royal meal for a few months, and her promotion was delayed, Ting Xian actually didn't do anything to her.

So even though the emperor was very "considerate" and directly found fault with Ting Xian, so that Ting Xian could not blame her for this matter, the more she thought about it, the more guilty she felt...

Seeing that the end of the year was approaching, after thinking about it, Sydney picked out a piece of satin with good quality.This satin was brought back by the emperor during his tour to the south. Flower branches were embroidered with gold and silver thread on the peach red background. It looked enchanting and luxurious but not gaudy. It was most suitable as a cloak to wear outside.

Sydney had that white fox fur cloak, so she didn't touch the material for a while, and now she gritted her teeth and gave it to Dou Sha, asking her to make a cloak according to Ting Xian's size.

"It's Chinese New Year, this color is festive. Stuff more cotton inside, and trim the edge with white wool." She said while thinking, looked at the width and length of the cloth, and said, "If you have enough, you can make one for yourself. If it’s not enough, I have a light pink one with the same texture, and I’ll bring it to you later.”

Dou Sha always listened to her, and felt that she might want to slow down the relationship and hurry up to make it, but it was ready in two days, just in time for New Year's Eve.

The cloak was sent over, but Yue Tingxian confiscated it. When Dou Sha got it back, he was a little embarrassed. Seeing that Xue Li had a bad complexion, he hesitated and said, "I'll try again..."

"Forget it." Xueli didn't want to embarrass her, she reached out and took the cloak and threw it on the bed, suddenly saw two purple marks on Dousha's palm, frowning, she grabbed Dousha's hand, "What's going on?"

This kind of purple mark is too familiar to their court ladies, it is made of bamboo boards.It hurts when the board falls on the palm of the hand. Although it can't hurt the muscles and bones, the pain can torture people for many days, especially when they are working-Wang Wanzhi used this to bully them back then!

Dou Sha couldn't fool her with the reason of "knocking", she retracted her hands, and said with a bow, "Yesterday afternoon, I ate dim sum from the dining room. Sister Yue saw it and said I had no rules... "

Xue Li was stunned for a moment, and then became angry!

She always likes to put some snacks in the living room, just to let them eat conveniently. Everyone from Ting Xian Zixian to Fugui Dou Sha is very used to this, and it has been like this for the past two years.

She felt that there were only a few of them in this yard, and they were all palace people, so they couldn't distinguish between superiority and inferiority. The most important thing was to live comfortably!
What's the matter with Ting Xian suddenly making things difficult for Dou Sha?

If she knew that the emperor made the mistake of choosing steamed dumplings because of her, it would be wrong to vent her anger on bean paste; if she didn't know at all...it would be even more wrong to vent her anger on bean paste!

This matter has nothing to do with bean paste in any way!Dou Sha neither enters the Imperial Dining Room nor goes to the Zichen Palace, isn't Ting Xian taking revenge on her just because she is bullying her for her age and status?

Xue Li opened the cabinet and took a box of candied fruit and put it in Dou Sha's hands, comforting her by saying, "It's okay, ignore her, you should eat and eat again", pushed the door open by herself and went out, intending to explain to Yue Tingxian.

Going on like this is not an option, if Ting Xian is like this, arrest whoever is not pleasing to the eye, the conflict will only intensify.It's better to spread it out early and make it clear that if you can be friends, you will be friends, and if you can't be friends, you will have less dealings.

When Xueli opened the door and entered, Yue Tingxian was reading a book in the room.The door of the room was pushed open suddenly, her face turned cold, she took a look at Xue Li who came in, and smiled slowly: "Is there something wrong?"

Xue Li stood by the door and frowned: "I know you're unhappy, but don't take it out on the bean paste. If you don't like me, you're coming at me, and go to the bean paste, which is called persimmon picking soft pinch!"

She has always been soft-tempered, but she didn't say this politely.Ting Xian was also a little surprised, and stood up after a moment's delay: "What are you doing? You really take yourself seriously when His Majesty gave you the position of female officer, and you don't want to see if you have that ability!"

Ting Xian took advantage of this incident to spread the fire from the past, and the quarrel broke out so far.

Zixian came to help Sydney, her temper was once again out of temper, and she answered all the points: "The position bestowed by His Majesty is up to you to talk too much? Do you think life is too long?"

Dou Sha and Fu Gui are fighting in the middle, Sydney is fine, Ting Xian and Zi Xian are head-to-head, even if they are head-to-head, they speak sharply to Maimang.Fortunately, they have been in the palace for a long time, and they have no face, so it's okay to scold them tit for tat.If this is left outside, it is estimated that they will be swearing!
Zi Xian said that Ting Xian was "shameless", and Ting Xian scolded Zi Xian for "following red and white snobbery". He was in a hurry, and Ting Xian pushed Dou Sha, who was trying to persuade the fight, and Dou Sha fell to the side unexpectedly , knocked his forehead on the corner of the table.

This time I was honest, and there was no sound in the room.

If it breaks, you have to hire a doctor girl, and if you hire a doctor girl, you have to report to Chen Jijiang, and Chen Jijiang is sure to ask what's going on.Even if this can be perfunctory, there are still troubles - during the Chinese New Year, no blood can be seen in the palace, for fear of bad luck.It's another story to talk about giving birth to a child, and other things will inevitably be punished.

When Xueli thinks about it, she is almost scared to death, but in the end she can only report to Chen Jijiang—Ting Xian will not go, and it is not appropriate for Zixian and Fugui to go. Even worse.

After waiting in the outer hall for a long time, Chen Jijiang finally arrived. As soon as she told Chen Jijiang about the matter, Chen Jijiang almost knelt down to her: "Little ancestors! What are you doing when you celebrate Chinese New Year?"

They don't want to...

Xueli regretted so much, she knew that she would not break up with Ting Xian.If she doesn't go, Ting Xian won't quarrel with her, Zixian won't come to help, and Dou Sha won't be pushed in the fight...

Chen Jijiang, one head and two elders, knew that during the Chinese New Year, he was the most particular, so he didn't dare to lift his head when he entered the palace to report.

A moment later, the four girls, together with Fugui, all knelt down in the inner hall.

(End of this chapter)