lied to Kangxi

Chapter 794
"First-class Mrs. Cheng'en, slave Li Si'er, I respectfully invite the imperial concubine and empress to be blessed and safe."

Before today, Li Si'er had practiced etiquette for a long time, fearing that she would lose face during the big scene.

However, Li Si'er's etiquette is correct, and the address is also correct, but the bottom of the flower pot under his feet is tilted involuntarily.

As a result, the standard ritual of squatting and throwing the handkerchief turned into an embarrassing one of sitting cross-legged on the ground.

Tong Niangniang held back her smile and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, come quickly and talk to me, we haven't seen each other for a while."

Li Si'er was so ashamed that his old face was flushed red. After getting up, he shyly moved to Tong Niangniang.

Tong Niangniang took Li Si'er's hand and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, we are a family, even if we lose our composure a little, what's the problem?"

The nanny at the side also chimed in and said, "Third wife, our empress has always treated Lord Zhu as her own son. You are not only our mother's third sister-in-law, but also Lord Zhu's biological mother, aren't you a close relative of your natal family?"

The mothers and mothers in the palace raised the jade pillar very high, saying that they must call it Master Zhu.

Although Li Si'er has no culture, he is not a fool.

To put it bluntly, for Yuzhu's sake, who would dare to embarrass Li Si'er around Tong Niangniang?

There are two types of tigers, one is the paper tiger, which looks scary, but in fact, it has lost all its teeth.For example, Tong Guoding.

The other is a real tiger that eats people without spitting out their bones.For example, Master Zhu.

After opening the chatterbox, the chat between Tong Niangniang and Li Si'er was smooth.

Because, Yuzhu had told Li Si'er in advance that no matter what his aunt asked, he must tell the truth without concealing it.

Objectively speaking, in Tong Niangniang's position, what she eats, drinks and wears is not important at all, the key is a matter of mind.

In layman's terms, only by treating her with sincerity can Tong Niangniang feel at home.

Besides, the imperial palace was the darkest and bloodiest place in the entire Qing Dynasty.

Tong Niangniang stayed in the palace for many years, her heart must have been extremely heavy and depressed.

After returning to her natal family, Tong Niangniang continued to face a series of lies, how does it feel, do I need to ask?
After learning that Li Si'er secretly prepared a dowry gift of 25 taels of silver for Xiao Xuanyu, Tong Niangniang couldn't help laughing.

Smile very happily!
This person, after reaching a certain position, what she hates the most is that others treat her as a fool and think she is smart.

Since Li Si'er didn't hide anything, Tong Niangniang also gave enough face and pulled Li Si'er to chat with each other for a long time.

After about two cups of tea, Xiuyun was ushered in.

"Nephew and daughter-in-law, kowtow to my aunt." Xiuyun neither squatted down and shook her handkerchief, nor claimed to be a slave, but knelt down and kowtowed three times.

"Oh, I've always regarded Zhu'er as my own son." Tong Niangniang was extremely comfortable in her heart, beckoning Xiuyun over frequently.

Tong Niangniang was in the center, Li Si'er was on the left, and Xiuyun was on the right, forming an extremely luxurious chat lineup.

The three women present were all the top noble ladies in the entire Qing Dynasty, and they all had a very close relationship with Yu Zhu.

"Xiuyun, don't get too used to Zhu'er." Xiuyun understood Tong Niangniang's hidden words, but Li Si'er didn't understand.

"To tell you the truth, aunt, there are very few men in our banner who don't mess around. As long as my man doesn't look for Mr. Longyang, no matter how many concubines he takes or how many women he raises, I'll do it for you." Tolerance." Xiuyun's answer was unusually straightforward.

Tong Niangniang nodded, Yuzhu is good at everything, but she is too lustful!
However, if Yuzhu, who holds real power, is neither greedy for money nor lustful, the old emperor should find an excuse to deal with him.

This person is always a unity of contradictions.

The old emperor was too suspicious. Since he hoped that Yuzhu would be loyal and filial to his relatives, he also hoped to hold Yuzhu's handle.

To put it bluntly, if Yuzhu really couldn't find a man of high morals with a big stain, how would the old emperor dare to reuse him?
It can be seen from this that the so-called rule of virtue is nothing more than lip service.

Whoever believes is the real great wisdom.

Tong Niangniang, Li Si'er, and Xiuyun chatted for an hour, and as if she just remembered, she began to meet the wives of Tong's family one after another.

However, Li Si'er and Xiuyun were summoned separately.

The rest of Tong's wives were interviewed one by one.

Everything is afraid of comparison!
Tong Niangniang's brilliance lies in that she obviously didn't say anything, but everyone knows a fact: although Yuzhu is only Tong Niangniang's nephew, she is better than her own son.

When the banquet was held, the old Tong's wives sat at a table of eight, like stars holding the moon, and surrounded Tong Niangniang's alone table in the middle.

The huge screens were erected one after another, separating the men and women very thoroughly.

After starting to serve the dishes, Tong Niangniang was surprised to find that the dishes placed in front of her were all kinds of fried dishes that were not seen in the palace.

Yu Zhu had been in charge of the imperial dining room, and he had told Niang Niang in private that most of the dishes in the palace were fancy but not useful.

More importantly, the eunuchs and cooks were afraid of losing their heads, so they didn't dare to offer the old emperor dishes that could not be guaranteed.

To put it bluntly, even though the old emperor is the supreme being in the world, he has never even seen many delicious dishes.

Refreshing cucumber sauce, chicken soup simmered overnight in an earthen stove, served with duck blood and vermicelli, Tianjin famous dish Lao Bao San, Bazhen tofu, etc., are dazzling.

Since it was a family banquet, other people's dishes were all conventional dishes, but Tong Niangniang's table was exceptionally different.

After the meal, Tong Niangniang ordered Xiuyun to help her go to the garden for a stroll to digest food under the pretext that she was full.

The eunuchs, maids and nuns of Jingren Palace consciously distanced themselves from each other.

In this way, the accompanying wives of the Tong family were logically stopped ten feet away.

On the way, while sitting in the gazebo and drinking tea, Tong Niangniang dipped her hand in the tea and wrote a few small characters on the table.

After Xiuyun saw it clearly, Tong Niangniang wiped it, and there were no traces of the words, weren't they all water marks!
Xiuyun was extremely anxious in her heart, but she didn't show it at all on her face.

It wasn't until after Tong Niangniang returned to her room to rest that Xiuyun quit.

Xiuyun didn't move rashly until she stepped into her main room, then she whispered orders to her confidant girl, Jin Qiao.

"Quick, quick, hurry up and invite the master over."

"Yes." Jin Qiao had never seen Xiu Yun lose her composure like this before, she couldn't help but her heart trembled, and she hurried out to look for Yu Zhu.

Yuzhu was entangled by his cousins, and everyone came forward with wine cups, toasting one cup after another.

When there was a lot of fun, the clever Jinqiao pretended to be tripped by a stool, and fell headlong into Yuzhu's arms.

(End of this chapter)