idle mistress

Chapter 56
Now the Holy Majesty's feelings for Prince Sheng are also very contradictory. He wants to make up for his brother, and rewards Prince Sheng's mansion constantly, but he is still very afraid in his heart, and he always sends secret agents to monitor him.

Prince Sheng's mansion is beautiful on the surface, but in fact it is in a situation of walking on thin ice, every move is very involved, and the marriage of the eldest son is the most important thing, so it must be done with caution.

Concubine Qin has been in the deep palace for many years, and she knows that one wrong step can lead to nothing, so she couldn't help but fell into deep contemplation.

When it was time to eat, a group of maids entered Rui'an Palace with the imperial meal.

After the meal was set, everyone moved back, leaving only Qin Taifei's personal palace maid Pearl and two palace attendants to wait on.

Different from the sumptuous dishes in other palaces, all kinds of light side dishes are presented to Rui'an Palace.

Pearl carefully put a piece of tofu into a small dish, and brought it to Concubine Qin. Concubine Qin took a sip, nodded and said, "Today's tofu is more delicious than yesterday. Thank you..."

After hearing this, the palace people below hurried forward to thank him.

Zhu Zhen brought her another side dish, and when she served it, she couldn't help saying: "Even the empress said that you look good, empress dowager, after all, it's the folk doctors who are the best."

Half a year ago, Concubine Qin went to the folks, and after returning, she changed her eating habits. In the past, she was a person who didn't like meat, so she just changed her diet, and her diet was mainly light.

According to what the concubine said, she met a doctor in the folk, and the doctor advised her to change her eating habits. After this change, her health really improved.

While speaking, Zhenzhu picked up a piece of delicate pastry and tasted it, and couldn't help frowning: "Why is this sweet? Don't you know that your mother has given up sweets?"

After hearing this, the palace man was shocked and went forward to plead guilty: "It's the servant's negligence."

"If you are so careless, how can you keep you in front of you?"

Pearl was about to make trouble, Concubine Qin raised her hand and said, "Forget it, you don't need to go up to the post for small matters, just pay attention next time."

The palace man immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't dare to wipe off his brow of sweat, and stepped aside respectfully.

Speaking of sweets, the concubine thought of someone, and she couldn't help telling the maid at the side: "Pearl, go and get the white guard for me."

"Yes...!" Pearl led away.

Soon, the white guard was hastily summoned, and after kowtowing, the concubine gave him a seat and invited him to eat with him.

After the white guard thanked him, he sat down on the chair beside him. He saw that although there were many dishes on the table, they were all light dishes, and he was quite surprised on his face.

Seeing that he didn't move her chopsticks, Concubine Qin couldn't help asking: "Why don't you eat it? Could it be that this dish doesn't suit Guard Bai's appetite?"

The white guard shook his head quickly: "I don't dare to be humble."

Seeing his restrained hands and feet, Qin Taifei couldn't help but also smiled: "Forget it, I can't bear you with the old woman, and I won't make things difficult for you. Guard Bai... I have something to ask you."

"Yes!" The white guard quickly stood up.

"I asked you to check the life experience of the woman surnamed Xu in Mozhou, why didn't you return it?"

As soon as she heard her mentioning Mozhou, the white guard immediately reacted, and quickly replied: "The humble position has already been discounted by the concubine empress, I am afraid that the empress has a lot of work, so I didn't notice the discount."

"Ah? Really? Then I really ignored it. I don't know where the book is now. Tell me about it here."

At this time, the white guard was very grateful that he was impressed by that girl Xu, and hurriedly replied:
"There is nothing special about Miss Xu's background. Her father's name is Xu Lian. He was a scholar. He worked as a book in the county government of Lanyang County. He was not in the establishment and had no rank. Miss Xu is the eldest daughter of her. She lost her mother when she was young. His background was poor, and he grew up in Yucheng. The ancestors of the Xu family had once raised people and had a good reputation, but when it came to Xu Lian, the family was already in decline. Three years ago, the Xu family moved back to Mozhou because they were hiding from debts. Come on, this girl Xu is also considered to be half a native of Kyoto."

Yucheng is one of the five cities under the jurisdiction of Kyoto Prefecture.

Concubine Qin nodded after hearing this, and she ate her meal calmly after the white guard retreated.

The two palace servants looked at each other silently, not understanding why their old master was eating, so they asked an ordinary woman from the people? ——
Xu Weiqiu was removing weeds in the yard when he saw Xu Xiaoke walking in with a happy face on lotus steps.

Xu Weiqiu turned a blind eye to her frequent visits, didn't even give her a look, and continued to do his own thing with his head down.

Xu Xiaoke didn't mind being ignored, she looked around and said, "Why isn't that idiot here today?"

While talking, she straightly moved out a small low stool from the house and sat in the yard. Seeing that the sun was still shining, she moved the stool again... Cheng Chaoren regards whiteness as beauty, and she cherishes her skin very much.

It's not like the man in front of him, who tanned himself so well.Not to mention the rough skin, it is also dry and peeling, which is simply horrible.

Sitting there looking around, she saw pumpkin seeds drying in the bamboo plaque in the center of the yard, so she got up and grabbed a handful without any hesitation, then sat on the bench and knocked.

"Hey, I said that the grass still grows after you pull it out, what are you doing so hard for?" While speaking, the freshly peeled melon seeds were casually thrown at the feet.

Seeing Xu Weiqiu bending over to weed the grass, Quan pretended not to hear him, since his name is not called anyway.

Xu Xiaoke finally couldn't sit still anymore, got up and walked to her: "Xu Weiqiu, Erniang didn't tell you, my marriage has been negotiated, the man is from the Gu family who lives in the county, and he is a colleague of my father in the yamen. That’s right, it’s solid.”

Xu Weiqiu couldn't help feeling amused, this man dared to show off to him.

Seeing that she didn't respond, Xu Xiaoke continued to chatter: "The horoscope has also been combined, and the man will come to Najib at home in a few days. Xu Weiqiu, don't blame me for marrying before you. If you can't marry yourself, you can't let me marry you." I'll spend it with you too, right?"

Xu Weiqiu finally looked up at her: "You can marry if you like, even if you marry three times a year, I have no objection."

Xu Xiaoke was choked by her words: "You..., you... why is your mouth so smelly? Doesn't it mean that I marry well and live a smoother life than you?"

Xu Weiqiu shook his head with a smile, and saw an earthworm stepping on her feet with sharp eyes, and took a big step back pretending to be panic: "Ah...there is a snake..."

When Xu Xiaoke heard this, her face turned pale with fright. She screamed and jumped up like a monkey. Her feet were bound. This jump made her land unsteadily, her butt landed hard, and she fell. A dog eats shit.

She didn't care about the pain, she got up from the ground in embarrassment, turned around and saw that it was just an earthworm, and suddenly, out of anger, she screamed, "Xu Weiqiu...you..."

(End of this chapter)