urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 256 Secret
But Mu Zhaozhao was also very curious, wondering if the Holy Majesty and the Empress would leave the palace this year?

Although they are the most honorable people in the Daqing Dynasty, there are many people who want their lives.

The most important thing is that if they go out of the palace, my cousin will be the bodyguard, so I can't come back to spend the Lantern Festival with me.

She thought about it wildly for a while, and when she waved her hand to let the maids back, she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Minger Rang and sister-in-law, don't forget to prepare more glutinous rice noodles for the Lantern Festival, so that you can make glutinous rice balls, and Get some silkworms and sticky cakes, steamed, boiled or fried.”

After speaking, I swallowed my saliva first: "I haven't eaten sweets for a long time, let them pack a few more sweet glutinous rice balls."

"Yes!" Zisu almost laughed out loud when she heard the words, and what Shi Zifei said was pitiful.

Mu Zhaozhao was thinking about his own mother and younger brother: "Also, you can go to Meng's house tomorrow to see how the family is doing?"

After finishing speaking, he winked at her again, and smiled: "Let Zixiao take you back, let you talk, and let him go to meet your parents and the others, isn't this concubine interesting enough?"

Zi Su blushed, but did not refuse.

The concubine Shizi asked them to get married in February, regardless of her parents' patriarchy and didn't take herself seriously, but after all she gave birth to her own relatives, she also wanted them to see Zixiao.

What's more, her being able to marry the handsome and eloquent Zixiao who is next to Shizi is also a good marriage that makes many maids envy and jealous?

Waited until the next morning.

Of course, it was not early when Mu Zhaozhao got up, and he might be able to have lunch in another hour.

However, what Mint served was not noodle soup, dumplings, millet porridge, bird's nest, white fungus, etc., but a big bowl of glutinous rice balls.

"Concubine Shizi, this is the Eight Treasures Lantern Festival, how about you have a taste?"

After tasting it, Mu Zhaozhao understood why it was called Babao Yuanxiao.

There are eight walnut-sized glutinous rice balls in this bowl, and the fillings are eight flavors, including common red bean paste and black sesame fillings, peanut fillings, walnut fillings, meat fillings, and roses. , egg yolk quicksand glutinous rice balls.

It's really memorable.

"Why are there only a few?" She felt that she was not satisfied with eating, so she couldn't help but said, "One more bowl."

But Mint refused straight away: "Concubine Shizi, this glutinous rice is indigestible, you can eat it like this, and you will have lunch later."

"Besides, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and there must be glutinous rice balls tomorrow."

Mu Zhaozhao rolled his eyes at her: "I'm not stupid, there are so many delicious dishes tomorrow, can I have other delicacies after eating glutinous rice balls?"

After finishing speaking, he thought of another place, clapped his hands, and suddenly realized: "Yes, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, isn't it?"

Then the family from the second bedroom next door will definitely come over to have dinner together, so the second old man can take this opportunity to meet the old lady in a fair and honest manner?

But if they met during the day, it would not be easy for Zixiao and the others to eavesdrop.

Nowhere to hide?

She could only hope that they would meet after dinner, otherwise she would feel very sorry.

She was also very curious about the secret that the second old master was about to tell.

Mint didn't understand what the concubine Shizi meant, so she just stood there and watched her smile excitedly for a while, and frown for a while, with a look of unwillingness.

After a while, Mu Zhaozhao said, "Go to Zixiao and tell me I have something to tell you."

Mint subconsciously glanced at the other side, this errand was Zisu's favorite thing.

After looking over and not seeing Zisu, I realized that Zisu is on leave today, and went to Meng's house with Zixiao.

As for what Zixiao and the others did, the concubine Shizi obviously didn't want too many people to know, and she couldn't let other maids call people, so Mint also went inside and took a few silver peanuts and put them in her purse. go out.

She had less dealings with those women at the second door, and she didn't have time to chat with them, so she could only spend some money.

After she went out, she first went to the waiter to greet Hongxiu and the others to come in and wait on her, and then she put on a thick green satin silver mouse coat and went out.

The two women guarding the second gate originally hid in the inner room, kowtow melon seeds and chatted about the wife's illness.

Mrs. Zhao muttered there: "I heard from the neighbor's house earlier that everyone will be rewarded with two taels of silver during the Lantern Festival. Hey, we probably won't even have two taels of silver."

Mrs. Qian sighed: "That's right, our wife is getting more and more stingy, maybe she wants to use money to supplement her mother's family?"

Mrs. Zhao approached her and said, "I heard Madam has been unwell for the past two days, and I don't know if she will come back tomorrow to entertain the Second Old Master and the others."

Mrs. Qian looked surprised: "Madam, what does it have to do with us if you invite the second wife? The second old master and the others don't go anywhere generously. They went back and forth and didn't reward us with a copper coin? Bah, they are still high-ranking, With a look of disdain, they are all misers."

But Mrs. Zhao said: "If it's a banquet, then we can eat better. It won't be like now. If you want to eat some meat, you can only find minced meat in the vegetables."

Mrs. Qian continued to complain: "Hahaha, what you said is so true. I was so happy when I said it was fried pork with chili at noon, but there was only a little oil residue in the chili, thanks to the people in the big kitchen. It’s an embarrassment to say it’s chili fried pork.”

Then he sighed again: "It's better when Chef Quan is here. Even if there is less meat, at least the saltiness is suitable. Now the dishes made by Li Chef are either as if they are reluctant to put salt, or they are like his own salt sellers. Die!"

"Isn't that so?" Mrs. Zhao had an envious look on her face, "But now that the whole cook is with the concubine Shizi, I'm afraid the whole family can eat delicious food and drink spicy food."

"Yes, although the door of the Meng family is a bit low, the Meng family does not lack money. When the concubine entered the door, the dowry brought in was really full..."

Mrs. Qian was talking, but her eyes were fixed on the inner courtyard. She was afraid that the women in charge would come out and curse people if she didn't see them.

They are not afraid of cursing people, what they are afraid of is being confiscated.

So she saw a woman approaching from a distance, took a closer look, quickly pushed Mrs. Zhao, stretched out her hand and patted the whitish blue cotton padded jacket she had washed, with a happy expression on her face: "Quick, quick, the mint from Shi'anju is here. "

The two women came out quickly, and even though the north wind was blowing their faces, they all smiled obsequiously, very kindly: "It's so cold, why did Miss Mint come out? Please come inside."

"Please trouble the two mothers."

Mint stuffed them with a two-dollar silver peanut in one hand, and smiled slightly: "The imperial concubine ordered me to find Yunxiao, but the pair of cards that went out was taken away by Zisu, so I ask the two mothers to be more accommodating, which mother will I ask for later?" Walk with me."

Walking between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard is very strict.

Even masters who are not favored can't come in and out at will.

And Mu Zhaozhao has a pair of cards that he can enter and exit at will, and the maids around him go out to do errands, and they can go out with the pair of cards.

Ordinarily, Mint should go to his wife to ask for a pair of cards when he goes out, but this is too troublesome.

Besides, based on the current incompatible relationship between the wife and the concubine, I am afraid that others will not be willing to give it.

However, the women guarding the door are willing to accommodate the celebrities around the concubine Shizi.

Mrs. Qian's smiling face turned into a chrysanthemum: "Miss Mint, you are welcome. The old lady will accompany you for a walk, this way please."

She wanted Mint to appreciate her, so naturally she would not follow her, as if she was worried about her, and when she came to Yunxiao's room, she whispered: "I'll go clean the room, and I'll be back in half an hour."

Before she could say anything, she quickly ran away.

Mint knocked on the door.

Soon, the door was opened.

Seeing his disheveled appearance, Mint quickly turned around: "You, why didn't you come to open the door after putting on your clothes? The Crown Princess has something to look for you."

When Yun Xiao saw it was her, he didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed.

He came out so quickly, of course he thought there was something moving over the old lady.

Then in broad daylight, it would be difficult for me to eavesdrop.

"Oh, I'm sleeping." Seeing the strong wind outside, Yunxiao motioned for her to come in: "Come in and sit down, I'll wash my face."

Mint is the person next to the concubine Shizi, and if he came to look for him, it must be because the concubine Shizi had some orders, so he won't be able to sleep when he returns to the cage.

Mint hesitated for a moment, but followed in.

After he went to the inner room to wash up, she sat on the armchair, only to find that there was no cushion underneath, and it was very uncomfortable to sit on.

Looking around again, oh my god, there are teapots and cups on the table, and the other ones are bare, looking in through the screen, the inside is also very monotonous.

In a blink of an eye, Yun Xiao had washed up and came out neatly dressed: "Okay, let's go."

Now that Qin Mu is not here, it is not appropriate for Mu Zhaozhao to see Yunxiao alone.

So Mint accompanied the princess to the living room by himself.

When Mu Zhaozhao saw Yunxiao, he told him his speculation, and finally got a little worried: "What I'm worried about now is that they will meet in the daytime. The maids in my yard are so beautiful that it is impossible for people to ignore them after seeing them. Do you still have a maid who is a bit unfamiliar, who knows martial arts, and who can be at ease? I want to get one in just in case, and tell the outside world that my mother sent me to take care of my food."

After hearing this, Yun Xiao was silent for a while before speaking: "Yes, this subordinate will go find someone right away."

There are no maids like this, but there are people who can disguise men as women, but to bring a man into the inner courtyard, he has to talk to the prince first.

Mu Zhaozhao thought that her request was a bit too much before, but she didn't expect Yun Xiao to agree to her so happily, she was a little curious: "Come here early, just in case."

Yun Xiao hesitated for a moment: "Yes, but Zi Xiao is not here now, and his subordinates have to stay in the mansion just in case, and when he comes back, he will bring him here."

Speaking of this, he was very thankful that he was tall and tall, unlike Qi Xiao, who had male and female looks and average martial arts, so he had to succumb. Zi Xiao had often been dressed as a beauty before.

He still remembered that the son was worried about Wanniang's mother and daughter at the beginning, thinking that their mother and daughter had ulterior motives, and asked them to test Mu Zhaozhao.

At that time, Zi Xiao dressed up as a wretched middle-aged man and forced Qi Xiao to dress up as a beauty to embarrass Mr. Jiang's family. In the end, it was the current imperial concubine who came forward to rescue Mr. Jiang.

However, since we just met once at the beginning, the Shizi Concubine probably wouldn't recognize Qixiao, right?

(End of this chapter)