The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 89
A few days later, Yu Jia set off for the summer palace at Mount Ying in the north of Luo'an.

All the people from the Imperial Dining Room went with them, and naturally Sydney also went with them.The bean paste and fugui all stayed in the palace, but the emperor mentioned "bring the fish fragrance", which is equivalent to bringing Yang Mingquan with him.

Yu Xiangdan had a carriage set into a large cage, Yang Mingquan was in the same carriage with the other eunuchs in front of the imperial court, Xueli, Zixian, Cui Wan and two other maids from the imperial dining room were in the same carriage.

It's annoying to think about walking for three days on the road. It's one thing to have nothing to do, but the main reason is that eating and living have become inconvenient.Although this long-distance carriage is more spacious and exquisite than the usual one, it is definitely difficult for five people to sleep well when crowded together.

I don't pay much attention to eating - it's good to eat on time, and it's probably not hot.

When Yujia passed the Royal Street in Luo'an, the voices of the people on both sides shouting long live were deafening.Xueli curiously opened the curtain to look, and saw that the crowd was so dense that there was no open space, and the imperial guards were blocking people with knives on both sides of the street, spreading from the gate of the imperial city to the gate of Luo'an city.

The moment they drove out of Luo'an city gate, there was silence in their ears.

The bustling city is separated by a door, and now it is desolate everywhere, with nothing to see at all.Xueli propped her forehead in a daze, and Zixian leaned on her shoulder and murmured, "It would be nice if I could hug Yuxiang to play."

—Of course this is just talk.Yu Xiang has never traveled far, so she should stay obediently in the cage.It's not a good thing if you get too nervous and hurt someone, or Xinye runs away.

At noon, the carriage stopped for a while, and someone brought food.

Meals along the way were prepared by the staff from Shangshi Bureau, and several cars behind were used as "kitchens".But after all, the stove is simple and the place is small, and what they serve are a few stews, soups, and sesame seed cakes.

It was really cold.Turn the two bowls of egg custard from the middle, and some heat can escape from the inside, and the three stews are completely cooled.Fortunately, they also do this. Cui Wan brought out a small stove and poured them in one by one to heat them up.

It's impossible to be satisfied with the food, but no one complains—where's their turn to complain?For these three days, even His Majesty and the accompanying concubines could not eat much better.

Someone outside tapped on the wooden frame of the car window.

Cui Wan opened the curtain and turned her head to call Xueli, who raised her eyes and smiled: "Lord Wei!"

Wei Chen looked at her with a smile on his horse, with one hand resting on the window frame and the other behind his back, after thinking for a while, he said, "Brother, I'll give you something nice."

There were so many people in the car, Sydney was blushed by his words!

They have known each other for so long, and it is said that they are god-siblings, but Wei Chen hasn't mentioned this request yet.

When he mentioned it suddenly, of course Sydney couldn't say it out loud.She looked at him dumbfounded, but wondered what he brought.

"Hurry up." Seeing that he was in a good mood, Wei Chen urged her relentlessly.Seeing that she was blushing too much, she clicked her lips and changed her words, "Or you can change your name to 'Ming Xuan Jun' from now on, you choose."

It's weird to say this all of a sudden...

Everything is wrong in Sydney.In addition to Zixian, Cui Wan and the others all smiling and holding back, she held back for a long time, then lowered her head and called out: "Mr. Mingxuan."

Calling is also common, but it's not a big deal.

Wei Chen let out a low laugh, stretched out his hand and threw the things he had prepared behind his back into the car.The thing was three or four inches long, wrapped in oiled paper, and after rolling twice in the car, it was blocked by Xue Li, who opened it and laughed: "Roast chicken?!"

"There is a village nearby. I bought it on the way during my inspection and ate it while it was hot." Wei Chen smiled at her again after speaking, but drove away without waiting for her to say anything.

Several girls happily shared the roast chicken in the car. It has a strong aroma and is not bad to eat with sesame seed cakes.It was stewed thoroughly, and the chicken fell off the bone with a light touch, which was much better than those few tasteless stews.

In the afternoon, I was bored and sat in the car for an unknown distance. In the evening, I went to the post house to rest.The post house is not big, and it was strictly guarded half a month ago. At this time, there were no outsiders. After the post house officials greeted the holy driver, Sydney saw His Majesty and several high-ranking concubines go in, and the palace people stayed outside to sleep in the carriage. , even the low-ranking concubines.

They got out of the car and did some activities, planning to pack up the car and make do for the night.Just as Cui Wan stepped up, Xu Shishui came out and said with a smile, "Cui Sishan!"

Several people looked at him together, Xu Shishui didn't show anything special about Xue Li, and said to the five together: "There are two rooms left in the post house, which can accommodate four or five people. You go."

The five people's eyes lit up when they heard it!
Although I had to think about whether it would be more appropriate to invite the concubine in first, but no one said it - don't be polite about this matter, let yourself sleep comfortably before talking.What's more, the concubine sleeps by herself in the car, and the small couch in the car is enough, and the five of them huddled together so crowded that they couldn't sleep.

So they took the needed items from the car, thanked Xu Shishui and entered the post house.Cui Wan and the other two court ladies entered the palace in the same year, so they entered the same room. These two juniors, Xueli and Zixian, ended up in the same room.

There is a posthouse to prepare meals, so the food is much better than at noon. The dishes delivered are two vegetarian and one meat, and there is also a winter melon ball soup.The two chatted while eating, and when they talked about the palace, Zixian said: "The queen mother has been in the palace, I don't know if I will see you this time..."

After speaking, the two stuck out their tongues at each other, their faces were full of expressions: It's best not to see each other!
After all, the queen mother is notorious for being difficult to serve, and she was punished by Xue Li before, and now she is afraid of this person when she mentions this person--thinking about it more deeply, the queen mother found out about having dinner with His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince. The Queen Mother felt that she had broken the rules, so...she had dinner with His Majesty, went out together, and vomited on His Majesty in the past two years.

This let the queen mother know that she must be punished to death!
The two were chatting happily when the door was "scratched".

Zixian was always afraid of the sound of sharp objects scratching, so she shrank her neck when she heard it.Sydney felt bored and went to open the door to check, but when the door was opened, she was stunned!
"Yuxiang!!!" She quickly drank it - Yuxiang licked it so happily after pushing her down!Two paws rested on her shoulders, and after licking her forehead and cheeks, the barbs on her tongue were so worn that Xue Li was afraid that she would be licked by it, so she spent a long time laughing and pushed it away, then threw her arms around her neck and cursed, "Recently What's the matter with licking people? Are you a dog?"

Yuxiang yelled "Aww" to prove that she was not a dog but a lion, and then ran out, ran out the door and turned her head to look at her, ran back and slapped her paw on her foot, and ran out again.

This is for her to follow.

With a puzzled look on her face, Xue Li was stunned and followed it out.Anyway, the post house is very safe, and I am not afraid to follow it around.

The people in front of them all lived with the emperor on the third floor, the concubines on the second floor, and other attendants on the first floor.Yu Xiang ran very fast in the corridor on the third floor, running and jumping for a long time before turning around and waiting for her.Where can Sydney beat this "big cat"?It was quite difficult to follow, and I saw Yu Xiang going straight to a door, Xue Li looked intently, and shouted urgently: "Stop!!!"

When it was about ten feet away, the sprinting Yuxiang took advantage of his strength to jump, and the imperial guards in front of the door with knives did not have time to block it, and the door was thrown open.

Yu Xiang landed steadily, and stood at the two doors, only to hear a domineering howl: "Wow!"

After Sydney chased after her, she "plopped" and knelt down.

Xie Zhao who just took a bite of glutinous rice lotus root: "..."

Palace people in the room: "..."

Xueli didn't dare to raise her head, she stretched out her hand stiffly, tugging at Yuxiang's tail: "Yuxiang..."

Yu Xiang flicked her tail and ignored her, then walked towards Xie Zhao with a little bump on her feet, looking very happy!

Xie Zhao was also quite curious about what it was trying to do. He raised his eyebrows and saw Yu Xiang jumped onto the empty seat next to him, stood up with his front paws on the edge of the table, and then stared longingly at the plate of rock sugar knuckles on the table. .

Xie Zhao: "...Puchi!!!"

He got up and patted Yuxiang on the forehead, "waiting", then walked to the door first, picked up Xueli, then walked back to the table, and said to Xueli as he walked: "It's really good to teach it. It will claw itself."

Xu Shishui couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it next to him: Is this still worthy of praise?Are they all on the edge of the table?

Dede... the smell of fish is good!Your Majesty, you can watch anything related to Sydney!
Yu Xiang looked expectantly left at Sydney, right at Xie Zhao, then turned her head to look at Elbow.After watching for a long time, the elbow did not fall into its mouth.

——Your Majesty ordered the dining room to stew a new one for it, just don't put any seasoning on the elbow, lest it get salty and lose its hair.

It takes a lot of time to stew this stuff, during which Sydney just looked at Yuxiang stupidly, and Yuxiang looked stupidly at the stewed drool on the table, and Xie Zhao was already full when he brought it to his elbow nearly three minutes later , happily feeding the lions with Sydney.

Yuxiang is crazy, okay?The big pieces of elbow meat can’t be more enjoyable to eat. It’s much more bold than eating meatballs. After eating the meat, there is still a big bone in it, which is more than an inch thick. It is full of bone marrow and leaks out Oil.

Xie Zhao was feeding Yuxiang in his hands, but his eyes were always on Xueli's smiling face.It is estimated that she is quite tired after this day's turbulence, so she thought about leaving her to sit for a while and drink a cup of tea to calm her mind.So after feeding the meat, he threw the big bone in his hand to Yuxiang, told it to "gnaw it slowly", and then got up to clean his hands.

Then Xueli got up to wash her hands, and the palace servant brought a copper basin, and the two of them were washing each basin, when they heard "cracking, crackling" in the middle, thinking violently!
Turning his head in amazement, the big bone was quickly shattered under the fangs, and it was licking the marrow inside with shining eyes.

——I didn't intend to "slowly chew".

The mouth is so good!Sure enough, it's not a dog!

Xie Zhao, who always had a straight face in front of outsiders, burst out laughing several times seeing Yu Xiang gnawing on a bone tonight.Sydney is also quite relaxed - since the incident of "vomiting His Majesty", she is far less in awe of him than before, as if deliberately reminding herself that "he is the emperor" is not too nervous, I always thought he was very kind.

So at this moment, he casually said that someone would serve black plum juice for her to drink, and she didn't say "Thank you, Your Majesty" as politely as before, and said "Thank you" with a frown, which seemed more sincere.

After a while, two bowls of ebony juice were presented, and the dark brown soup was steaming in the bowls. Xie Zhao took a bowl to drink first, and then Xueli reached for the other bowl.

She raised her eyes and noticed the maid who came in with ebony juice—it seemed to be about the same age as her, but she was born so beautiful. The pair of red phoenix eyes were bright and moving on her delicate melon-seeded face, the makeup was lightly applied, and her cheeks were slightly flushed. The implicit smile on the face is quite attractive.

But she seems to have never seen this person before the imperial court...

Out of curiosity, Xueli couldn't help but look a few more times, and the girl also looked at her. When their eyes met, Xueli felt that she had been caught, and she lowered her head in embarrassment and stopped looking.

On the contrary, the girl said generously: "Don't be surprised, female officer. The servant girl, An Jin, is with Mrs. Hui."

(End of this chapter)