The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 95 Grievance
In the early morning two days later, Yu Jia returned to the palace.

Dousha and Fugui had already tidied up the yard together, and Xueli happily wanted to go back, but was stopped by Xie Zhao.

Xie Zhao said with a calm face, "Zichen Palace will make a side hall for you."

Xueli froze for a moment, then shook her head firmly: "Slaves, let's go back to live! This side of the Zichen Palace... there are always adults to visit, so it's inconvenient..."

This is different from the summer vacation. Although there are courtiers during the summer vacation, it is much less than in the palace. Many things can be sent directly to the memorial.She closes the door when someone has an audience, and just stay in the room for a while until the discussion is over.

But in the Zichen Palace, what can often be seen is that after the early court, the emperor came back and people kept seeing him, and it was normal to discuss matters all morning—but if she was on duty that night, she liked to sleep until noon and then dawdle. Another lion is lying here.In case one day, the adults accidentally turn around and see a court lady sleeping on her back in the side hall, with a big lion next to her being rubbed until its fur is messed up...

How can I meet people in the future!
Xue Li made up her mind that this was absolutely impossible, seeing Xie Zhao sternly refusing to agree to her and not shrinking back, tugging at her sleeves beside her, Dai Mei frowned in aggrieved way: "Your Majesty let the slaves go back, there are still a lot of fruit trees over there What! Autumn is here and it’s time to bear fruit, and the slaves still want to pick and eat by themselves!”

When Xie Zhao heard this, he really had no choice.

If she just said that it's not good to be seen by outsiders, he has his own reasons to detain her - in fact, it is also possible to go to the Xuanzheng Hall ahead when discussing matters.

But she said that he had nothing to do with this reason, and she couldn't move the tree to the Zichen Palace for her to plant for fun. She also deliberately emphasized "picking and eating by herself", which means that it is impossible to ask someone to pick it and send it over.

Seeing her face full of smiles, her eyes narrowed into a curved slit, and the thick and slender eyelashes pressing out another arc, Xie Zhao also knew that she was using a reason to deceive herself.He patted her on the forehead angrily, and he reprimanded "heartless" with a cold face, and then he had no choice but to go back with her.

It would be nice to let her be at ease.Although he wanted to get closer to her, it might be self-defeating to restrain her by force.

After several days of ups and downs, Xue Li Zixian was so tired that she went back to her room to sleep after taking a bath, and Yang Mingquan even fell asleep when she fell down.The things brought back from the palace were directly handed over to Dousha and Fugui, and let them choose what they liked.

It's quite different from the palace there, even the styles of accessories popular among court ladies are different.Sydney was a novelty to see, and brought back a lot for Dou Sha, and some small things like waist-wearing sachets for Fu Gui.The two felt very happy looking at things in the room, and Dou Sha directly studied how to make the silk flowers in his hand.

There was a knock on the door in the courtyard, the two were startled, Dou Sha got up and went to open the door, she said to Fugui: "I just came back, maybe I need to ask my sister for something, I'll open the door, you collect things."

Fugui responded and started to tidy up.After tidying up, I heard that the conversation outside seemed to have turned into a dispute. I ran out and saw that there was a bean paste inside the door, and a female officer who looked about the same age as Xue Li Zixian outside the door. Both of them really looked bad.

"This sister." Fugui smiled and bowed, and put Dou Sha behind without a trace, "I will take care of the affairs in the yard. Tell me if you have something to do."

The female officer calmed down, then glared at Dou Sha, and then said: "I came to see the imperial dining female officer and Miss Su, and brought them some things. She is fine, she just said that they are not allowed to enter the door when they are asleep, what is it?" Why don't you accept it?"

When Fugui heard it, he understood.

This was actually confessed by Su Zixian. Su Zixian felt that now that Xue Li had gained face in front of the imperial court, more and more people would come to curry favor.It is a trivial matter for them to receive a gift, but it is a major event to owe a favor after receiving the gift.

Li Xueli also nodded in agreement, so the small courtyard has long established a rule, except for the rewards from His Majesty, it is okay to be courteous and courteous with Chen Jijiang, Xu Shishui, the imperial maids and acquaintances in the imperial dining room, and the rest will not be accepted.

This rule is the most strictly enforced by Dou Sha. She once got boarded for talking casually with people in the harem because she was ignorant.When she saw that the female officer insisted on sending things in, she also turned sideways, and stretched out her arms to prevent people from coming in, and the people outside became anxious.

Fugui thought for a while, then said with an apologetic smile to the people outside, "Lady wait a moment", then put the bean salad aside: "This man looks like a man with a high status, maybe the two sisters are in the palace A friend I know. Why don't you go back to Sister Ruan and see what she says?"

Dou Sha thought about it seriously, and said, "I'll call Sister Zixian! Sister Xue Li is on duty tonight, let her fall asleep first."

Fugui thought so too, Zixian won't be on duty until tomorrow night.Just like that, after a while Su Zixian came out of the room yawning, she was a little bed-sick, when she got to the door and looked outside, she burst out laughing again: "Miss An."

I gritted my teeth in my heart: what are you doing here...

When An Jin saw Su Zixian was also full of smiles, and she was happy with Zixian, she walked across the threshold, holding the wooden box in her hand: "I wanted to have a good talk with the two girls on the way, but I didn't expect I didn’t have any chance when I was on the way, so I had to visit now.”

Su Zixian twitched the corner of her mouth and smiled: "Young lady, come in and talk."

Then he invited people into his room, closed the door, invited the guests to sit down, Su Zixian made two cups of tea and brought them over.At first it was unavoidable to say a few pleasantries, An Jin took a sip of tea and said pleasantly: "It's really good tea, better than the reward I got from Mrs. Hui."

This mouth is sweet...

Su Zixian looked down on An Jin anyway, and she didn't plan to respond to her words, and said with a casual smile: "I don't understand this from a small family. From entering the palace to now, I drink what I have. This tea Since I got it from Sydney, new ones are sent to this yard every year, and I didn’t care about it, it’s really good to hear you say that.”

As soon as she said this, An Jin really couldn't hold back.

In fact, how could Su Zixian not understand?Ever since they entered Shangshi Bureau, they have dealt with gourmet food, and they have tasted all the famous teas in the world.But the last sentence is not from An Jin, the tea given to Sydney every season is not bad, they follow suit, and the court ladies in front of the imperial court love to come and drink a cup when they are in a good mood.I don't know how it compares with the harem, anyway, it is the only treatment in the imperial court.

An Jin smiled coyly, looked down at the clear tea color again, then put down the tea cup, nodded to Su Zixian and said slowly: "How about it... the royal dining lady is a first-class celebrity in front of His Majesty ? Not even Mr. Chen can compare."

Su Zixian sensed that there was something in her words, so she didn't bother to ask questions, and waited for her to speak on her own.

An Jin said in a low tone: "But Miss Su, tell me, how many young women are there in this palace? The imperial kitchen ladies are not the first in terms of talent and appearance. Your Majesty likes her now and pampers her, but in another three years How about five years, ten years or eight years? How pitiful would it be if you suddenly fell from the clouds at that time?"

Su Zixian's eyebrows twitched fiercely, and she sneered: "Miss An..."

"Miss Su, listen to me." An Jin smiled softly, with a hint of coquettishness in the corners of his eyes, "In the emperor's harem, there are hundreds of flowers blooming, and no one can be spoiled forever. In this way, it is better for two people to be spoiled than one—" — Not to mention that we can support each other right now, and we will have a companion when life gets tough in the future, don’t you think?”

When she said these words, Su Zixian was shocked but also admired.

She originally thought that An Jin was here to provoke her and Xueli, so that she would stop helping Xueli so that she could take over.But it wasn't, she just wanted to get a share from Sydney, but her real purpose was to make friends with Sydney.

This man has a brain.

Su Zixian suddenly couldn't make up her mind.From a friend's point of view, she doesn't want anyone to share favor with Sydney. How nice is it to see that Sydney and His Majesty are glued together every day?With someone beside her, Sydney will definitely change from carefree to preoccupied.

But An Jin's words, she seemed unable to deny that they made sense.Then if she directly rejected this, maybe it would cut off Sydney's way?

Su Zixian hesitated, and after contemplating for a long time, he calmed down first.

She smiled at An Jin: "Miss An, you have seen that here, we are all in the light of Sydney, and it is not appropriate for me to make decisions for her. Well, I will tell you what you said, whether it will be successful or not Or let Sydney make up her own mind, girl, can I wait?"

"Okay." An Jin nodded without hesitation, and didn't intend to delay any longer. She stood up and took a look at the wooden box on the case. "Then thank you Miss Su. This thing is not a respect." , Miss Su took it."

"Miss An, let's take this thing back." Su Zixian stood up and smiled, "You've spoken clearly, if you want to support each other, it's not a bad gift."

After leaving the small courtyard, An Jin also went back to her room to lie down, but she was obviously very tired, but she couldn't fall asleep because of tossing and turning.

Still too hot.It hadn't completely cooled down at the end of July, and her room was not well ventilated, so it was naturally stuffy.

It was just now in the small courtyard, but Zixian's room was very cool.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw the big ice sculpture in the porcelain vat in the corner. The ice sculpture had already melted, and she could still vaguely see that it was a crouching tiger.The cold air that keeps radiating makes the whole room very cool, look at yourself...

From Luo'an to Yingshan and back to Luo'an, she didn't even have a share in the ice, and her life was worse than at home.

An Jin was naturally unwilling.After a few months, she, who was pointed out to be in front of the imperial court in order to win the favor, was kept out, and she didn't even see His Majesty's face. She didn't even know if His Majesty knew about her existence.On the other hand, on the contrary, the royal dining lady is getting more and more popular.

She lived in the Qingliang Palace, and she also used the hot spring behind the Qingliang Palace. An Jin heard these things indirectly from others, so she was only anxious.

And she also knew that Madam Hui was also in a hurry.

As soon as she returned to the palace, Concubine Hui passed her on without taking a rest.After asking for warmth, Concubine Hui asked her to sit, and then said to her earnestly: "Do you not understand what I mean? I also think about His Majesty. He is worried about the government every day, and even if he enters the harem, he can take care of himself." There is no one to talk, so I have to worry about it for him. Since he likes young girls, and you are about the same age as the imperial catering lady, you should pay more attention. Share your worries for His Majesty, and there will be more in the future your blessing."

What she said made her feel ashamed, and she thought that she had only seen Shengyan once so far.As a last resort, she hurriedly went to see Ruan Shi, she still wanted to make sense of Ruan Shi's way, because if she wanted to be an enemy of Ruan Shi, she really had no confidence.

In the end, she didn't even see Ruan Shi, so she had no choice but to tell Su Zixian everything, but she didn't know what the outcome would be.Su Zixian didn't even confiscate the gift, so she could only do this and wait.

This kind of fate is in the hands of the feeling is really not good.An Jin turned over annoyed, and took out a round fan from under the pillow to cool herself.

I had to calm myself down and go to sleep quickly.She made a special trip to change shifts with someone. She will be on duty tonight, and she must take a good rest now.

In the small courtyard, Su Zixian was disturbed by An Jin's words and panicked.She didn't go back to sleep, and ran to Xue Li's room to sit stupidly. Later, she still felt too disturbed. Seeing that Xue Li didn't hug Yu Xiang, she dragged Yu Xiang to hug her to relieve herself.

Poor Yuxiang was rubbed in her arms as soon as she was bumping along the road. At first she was moaning and complaining, but then she just pushed her hard not to touch her, which made Su Zixian even more depressed.

When Sydney woke up in the afternoon, she saw Su Zixian sitting at the desk with her hair on her hands under the orange sunlight coming in from the window, staring at the bed dully without blinking her eyes.

"... Zixian?" Xueli called her while shaking her hands, Zixian suddenly came back to her senses, and immediately got up and walked towards her with big strides.

The menacing startled Sydney!
"What's the matter?" Xueli moved in, leaving the edge of the couch for her to sit on.

Su Zixian sat down, sighed heavily, and told the story of An Jin's visit from beginning to end, without missing a single word. Although the gift was confiscated, she did not forget to mention it, and then she put the question aside. To Sydney: "You can make up your mind."

Sydney immediately fell into trouble.

She has been very happy in the past two months, and she knows how much she has enjoyed getting along with His Majesty recently.

It seems that everything about him is good, no matter how you look at him, he thinks he looks good. This feeling has never happened before, and it has never happened to anyone. It makes her heart sweet every day.

But so soon, is it necessary to consider falling out of favor?

She didn't want to think about it at all, and stubbornly said in her heart that she was still young, and His Majesty was also young, and their days were still very long.

However, An Jin's words really made her feel horrified...

Do you want to watch him find a new love while you spend the rest of your life alone in the harem?Xue Li shivered after thinking for a while, and she asked Su Zixian tremblingly: "Your Majesty...will that happen?"

Su Zixian didn't dare to pat her chest and promise anything to comfort her.

Therefore, Xue Li fell into confusion at once, thinking over and over again unable to break free, and the result was that the more she thought about it, the more uncertain she felt.

When I was on duty in the imperial dining room, I couldn't keep my mind off it-it's a good thing that she didn't have to cook today, otherwise I would have messed up.She went to the Zichen Palace with the palace servants who were presenting the meal. For the first time in more than two months, she didn't want to see the emperor. After entering the palace, she said with a helpless blessing: "Your Majesty."

Xie Zhao only thought that she hadn't rested from the bumpy road, so she hurriedly let her sit down, asked someone to serve her a bowl of chicken soup, and told her beside him: "You can rest for a few more days, the imperial dining room is not short of you. .”

At this time, when she heard his words of concern, Xueli felt even more uncomfortable.He didn't even have the courage to answer, so he nodded and drank his own soup in suspense.

Xie Zhao stopped bothering her and concentrated on eating as well.After a while, a little eunuch slipped by the wall and approached, without disturbing the emperor, he only whispered a few words in Xueli's ear.

Xue Li felt a little apprehensive, put down the porcelain spoon, looked at the emperor conflictingly for a long time, finally got up and said: "Your Majesty, someone is looking for... slaves to go out."

"Go." Xie Zhao nodded.

In fact, Sydney hoped that he would stop her from going out now.With mixed feelings in her heart, she left the inner hall and walked through the long outer hall. She saw An Jin before she stepped through the door.

"Female officer." An Jin smiled happily.

She looked even more beautiful today. She was wearing a mid-color bust-length skirt made of water green and cream white, which made Sydney speechless for a moment.

An Jin smiled again: "Miss Su must have not delayed the conversation, she has already spoken to the female officer, right?"

Sydney said nothing.

"What does the female officer think?" An Jin's gentle smile remained unchanged, she approached Xue Li, and reached out to shake her hand. Xue Li felt the temperature of her hand before realizing that her fingers were cold.

She looked up at An Jin in a daze, and An Jin also looked at her with a fixed smile, and said softly, "Can I introduce you?"

Sydney hesitated, and finally nodded.She moved her thin lips for a while, said "wait a moment" to An Jin, then turned around and went into the hall, feeling as if she had lost her soul.

She moved back to the table step by step, instead of sitting down directly, she stood beside the emperor and said, "Your Majesty..."

"What's wrong with you?" Xie Zhao put down his chopsticks and turned to ask her concerned.

"When my servant was in Yingshan, I met a friend named An Jin." Xue Li became confused as she spoke, "I haven't seen her for a few days, I want her to come into the palace to talk, can I..."

At the end of her speech, her voice choked up, and tears fell patter on the back of his hands that were casually resting on his knees, looking as sad as she could be.

——Where is this posture that I haven’t seen in a few days?These are sisters who have been lost for many years!

Xie Zhao slandered in his heart, and naturally knew that this was wrong, so he coaxed her with a low smile: "Don't cry, don't cry, tell me what's going on? Is it because she has a grievance and wants to complain or something else?"

Xue Li raised her hand to wipe her tears, couldn't hold back a sob, and then burst into tears all of a sudden.Xie Zhao was taken aback, and without thinking, he pulled her over and tucked her into his arms, and panicked after he fixed his eyes.Seeing her sitting limply on his lap, he held her tightly with his arms so he didn't dare to move too much, for fear that he would not be able to restrain himself.

Xueli was crying sadly and aggrieved, but he couldn't calm down. He watched from the sidelines, which seemed to be really sad.It's not good to persuade her not to cry, after all, it's not good to hold back her sadness, so I had to hug her and wait for her to cry slowly.

(End of this chapter)