It is not easy to be the fourth master's wife

Chapter 191

After the short reunion of the two, there was a long day of separation, and it took only a moment to go to the front hall. Zhou Ting stood in front of the door and watched Yinzhen wrap up in a cloak and go out. Fei Cui hurried over with the stove and told her to hug her.

The snow fell finely and densely, covering the yellow glazed tiles, and only the sable cloak that Yinzhen was wearing pierced her eyes in the white. Zhou Ting's eye sockets were slightly wet, and her mood was fluctuating, and white mist came out of her mouth. , took a few breaths of air-conditioning before calming down, loosened his tense fingers, tilted his head slightly towards Jade, with a slight smile on his eyes and eyebrows: "Go and ask what dishes are prepared for the master in the dining room."

Fei Cui is an old man in the Qian Mansion, and she was happy for Zhou Ting after hearing those things, but because Guo Xiao couldn't show her joy, her voice deserved to be extra crisp.

When keeping filial piety, you just eat some green vegetables and tofu, but Yinzhen's body can't be ignored. If Zhou Ting hadn't ordered Su Peisheng to persuade him, it would have been impossible to send someone to report to her, and I don't know how long Yinzhen would stay up every day I just slept, and then I ate poorly, how could I hold on.

The dining room knew that Zhou Ting had to intervene every day, and even though Zhou Ting would not criticize anything that was wrong, the imperial chefs had to introspect themselves.It is necessary to make up for one’s body and essentials. There has been no funeral for many years. The emperor’s vegetarian food is really not prepared. It is all served by the master chef who made vegetarian food for the original empress dowager on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. His status It's a thousand miles a day.

Now it is no different from when there was no empress. From the first day of Yinzhen's ascension to the throne, the emperor and empress shared meals. When everyone remembered that the emperor should not eat with the empress, the new rules had already been established.

Since the emperor and empress eat together, it saves the royal chefs two worries. It is enough to toss and toss just preparing the vegetarian food for the emperor alone. Whoever has nothing to cause trouble for himself will turn the menu in his heart and report it to the empress every day. listen.

Fei Cui didn't have to go in person, someone came to report to her, waited for Zhou Ting to finish the last bit of bird's nest porridge, and the long list of dishes was reported. Zhou Ting spit out the tea in her mouth into the enamel pot, pulled out The handkerchief pressed the corners of his mouth: "The tofu in the plain pot is called more finely, and has no fishy smell. It turns out that tofu in the house must be made with some dried scallops to relieve the smell. Ask the dining room if there is a way. Seaweed and seaweed are not limited. I can put some more." Coral wrote it down carefully and then passed it to the dining room.

Take care of everything inside and outside, ask Yinzhen when she fell asleep, and what she had for snacks at night, it's almost time, and Zhou Ting's day as queen can be regarded as the beginning.

Since she came here, she has never had the hard work of serving her mother-in-law. Now she not only has to serve her decent mother-in-law, but also has to take care of the empress dowager.There has been no queen in the palace for many years, even if Zhou Ting wants Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, there is no precedent for her to escape, she has to figure out everything by herself.

Since Concubine De was promoted to Empress Dowager, she naturally moved out of Yonghe Palace and lived in Compassionate Ning Palace, which matched the Empress Dowager's Ningshou Palace one by one to the east and west.Zhou Ting sealed up the Yonghe Palace on the pretext that the empress dowager lived there, and even newcomers will not be able to set foot in the Yonghe Palace in the future.

This selfish concubine may not be unaware of this, but Yinzhen is extremely in favor of it. If Empress Xiaoyiren hadn't been away for too long, Yinzhen would also like to seal up and keep the Chengqian Palace where she originally lived.This is how Zhou Ting handles things. As long as Yinzhen's temper is right, she can take advantage of everything she does.

The palace lanterns in the Compassionate Ning Palace were about to light up Zhou Ting's sedan chair, and Ruizhu personally lifted the curtain to welcome Zhou Ting in, and bowed her knees to salute: "Master, I entered the eight-treasure cake sent by the empress last night. It is soft, glutinous and sweet, and I told the kitchen to make it again today."

"This thing nourishes people and is easy to digest. It's okay for my mother to add more." Red ginseng, tuckahoe and Jianlian yam, which one is not a good thing, except for the two palaces of Ningshou, Cining, and other places, ginseng is not used everywhere. Use red dates to nourish qi and blood.

The empress dowager just got up and hadn't put her hair out yet. Knowing that Zhou Ting went to see Yinzhen first, she felt sorry for her getting up early every day, and asked: "It's time to eat, and it's good to drink a hot bowl to keep warm." body."

"I've used it at my master's place." Zhou Ting stepped forward to take the comb and straightened the empress dowager's hair.In less than two months, she has already done it well, and the ebony and silver inlaid comb moves up and down in her hands with incomparable lightness.

The empress dowager squinted her eyes to enjoy, and Zhou Ting said softly: "I have something to discuss with Er Niang." The palace is almost cleaned up, so it makes sense that those princesses in the hidden mansion should move in."

The Empress Dowager opened her eyelids and glanced at Zhou Ting in the mirror. Even though there were not many old people in the palace earlier, the chaos in the palace would be a worrying thing; if it was later, no one would say What, I always feel that Zhou Ting is incompetent as a queen, and now the timing is just right.

She nodded: "You can do it as you see, you have always taken care of these things." She said emphatically and closed her eyes again, and waited for Zhou Ting to insert the tin for her before she said: "The few in the mansion There is no merit, even if you are an old man, you don't need to be too high-ranking, in my opinion, it's all right for Mrs. Li to pursue a concubine."

These words were obviously aimed at her, and Zhou Ting felt warm in her heart. No credit refers to no birth. In fact, besides Li Shi, Song Shi also gave birth to children, but they failed to survive. Since the empress dowager spoke, the rest are nothing more than The nobleman is always here, and the palace full of calculations will be filled, which is different from what Zhou Ting had prepared in her heart. Although she is grateful for the empress dowager's kindness, she has to make plans for herself.

"It's nothing else. Fuya is going to get married in a year. If the seal is too low, I'm afraid her face will be dull." Ruizhu brought a tray over, and Zhou Ting picked up a sapphire dragonfly as a hairpin. Later, he showed the empress dowager a front and back picture with the target mirror, and said with a smile, "Even if it's not for her, there's still Hongshi, and it's time to show him his wife."

Everyone is dead, and Zhou Ting doesn't care about these false names. None of Li's family has become an official. There is no support from his family, and Hongshi was raised by Zhou Ting from childhood. There is nothing wrong with giving him this dignity.

The empress dowager pondered for a while, and nodded for Hongshi: "The concubine is not too low. After all, Fuya is a serious princess. If Li's family is promoted to a higher level, she will still be Princess Heshuo. But Hongshi, wait for the next time." It's a big pick, but you have to choose someone who understands the general etiquette for him." After a few words, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law settled the title.

No one mentioned Nian Shi, she was originally gifted by Kangxi, and she is also a side Fujin, although she is not favored, she should be a concubine no matter how bad it is, these things are discussed by the Ministry of Rites, Zhou Ting is only concerned about how to arrange the palace.

Ningshou Palace has been waiting for a group of old people from the Kangxi period, but they have changed from concubines to concubines. There are a lot of concubines and concubines in the room. Zhou Ting and the empress dowager accompany and talk for a while Then, I hugged the little elder brother and came over to have fun, and most of the day passed like this.

The palace is boring all day long, and the women have nothing else to do except talk and recite the scriptures. The original entertainment will stop now, and they all go to rest when the time comes.However, the queen has endless things to do. After spending time with her mother-in-law and her mother-in-law, she sent the children to take a nap. It was time for the queen to summon her wife after lying on the arhat bed for a while.

Huirong Yining is a frequent visitor, but today Zhou Ting wants to see her old friend Xie Ying, whom she has not seen for a long time. She left Beijing two years ago, and this is the first time she has returned.Although they haven't lost contact these years, it's just giving each other gifts on New Year's Day. Zhou Ting never thought of seeing her again, and she was already on the throne.

Since Yinzhen is in the top position, it is natural to promote his own people, not to mention Yinzhen's family, those who have a relationship with Zhou Ting have also jumped up several levels, Tang Zhongbin was promoted to the imperial physician, Feng Jiuru also became a minor official, Supervisor of Fujian Shipbuilding, this is Yinzhen's new official position, but from the fifth rank, it is really lacking.

Although Xie Ying still bears the name of Mrs. Feng and goes to sea under the same banner of a merchant ship, she and Feng Jiuru live in two places, one in Fujian and the other in Guangzhou, and they rarely communicate with each other.The little concubine brought back by Feng Jiuru gave birth to a son, and Zhou Ting even sent a birth-picking gift, which was regarded as saving Yinzhen's face, and she didn't socialize much other than that.

Mrs. Zhengtou is gone, how could it be Zhou Ting's concubine's turn to move around here? If it weren't for her excellent shipbuilding skills, Feng Jiuru would not be able to get to where she is now. Fifth grade, Zhou Ting didn't know whether he regretted it later, but as soon as she met Xie Ying, Zhou Ting knew that she had no regrets at all.

After a long time no see, Xie Ying's figure became more and more upright, her eyes were shining brightly, her actions and words were full of free and easy, as soon as she entered the room, she first saluted Zhou Ting: "May the master be well."

The last point of inappropriateness on her body was also worn away, but she still looked different. Zhou Ting sat on the pit by the window, wearing a queen's uniform, looked at her with a smile, and waved to her: "Long time no see, sorry!" More spiritual."

Xie Ying has been wandering on the sea these years, she made up her mind not to live with Feng Jiuru anymore, so she took over the business in Guangzhou, which was not the Feng family's favorite place, who knows that since Xie Ying took over, it has become more and more As it gets bigger and bigger, it gradually becomes the same level as Fujian. Which dock merchants don't know that there are two Feng's families up and down.

The many twists and turns in the process are worth it now. When Zhou Ting said this, she didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "In the past few years, I have taken Dechang to many places. If it weren't for the late emperor, this I'm still in England for a while."

History has turned a corner, and Xie Ying is more motivated to do things. Her assembly line work is penetrating into various industries, except for the business that is handed down from father to son, it has gradually spread from the coastal areas to the inland. Needless to say, a provincial capital, such small workshops have also started to spring up in small towns, and the finished products are collected by someone and sold to Feng Ji's shop.

Zhou Ting deliberately asked the children to go out and have a look. It was inconvenient for the daughter, but the sons had to go and see it. If the children and grandchildren really closed the country and reproduced the history of humiliation, not only Xie Ying, but also Zhou Ting came here for nothing. once.

After saying this, Xie Ying was silent for a while, then suddenly raised her head and smiled, raised her hand to stroke her hair, looked at Zhou Ting and said with a smile: "I came to Beijing to receive a letter of appointment, and I will go to Guangzhou after Dr. Feng leaves." Zhou Ting I wasn't too surprised, but hearing that Xie Ying didn't even want to call her husband, I couldn't help feeling a little emotional when I remembered the story of Feng Jiuru taking her out to sea.

Fei Cui stood under the curtain, and after hearing this, she knew that Zhou Ting and Xie Ying were going to have some private conversation, so she took a step back and made a gesture, and all the palace people in the room retreated outside the door.

"Since you are living a happy life, it is according to your own mind. If there is any inconvenience, you are always familiar with me." The last time Xie Ying was leaving Feng's house, Zhou Ting meant this, but now she said The basis of these words is different.

Xie Ying was tantamount to admitting that she would never return to Feng Jiuru's side. She confessed to Zhou Ting in order to gain Zhou Ting's support. She had nothing to do by herself, and raised the son born to her original partner Bai as her own.

Now that there is a son there, even though Feng Dechang is the heir apparent, Feng Jiuru might not leave all the family property to the younger son, it was all because of her hard work, and she couldn't let it go.Bai Shi owed her life, and except for Bai Shi's son, no one would be willing to give it to anyone. After hearing Zhou Ting's words today, she immediately let go of what was on her mind, her eyes were red and she almost choked up.

Xie Ying never thought that Zhou Ting would support her to such an extent, she had a sore nose, finally endured it and said with a smile: "With the words of the master and empress, the servant can feel at ease, this is originally the empress's private property, how to deal with it is entirely up to the empress .”

After living for the rest of her life, she actually asked someone she didn't know for protection at the end of her life. Zhou Ting still felt a little bit hurt in her heart. No matter how good Yinzhen is, can she stay the same forever?My heart, which was still warm in the morning, is now a bit chilled by the cold.

After sending Xie Ying away, Zhou Ting lifted her closed eyes slightly, and ordered: "Bring the palace map here."

(End of this chapter)