Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Chapter 114 Prince Xiao Xun
Xue Baobao just kept her eyes open until the sound came. She actually didn't want to move, but thinking that this was the palace, and she was also responsible for making breakfast for Queen Mother Yang and Baozhuang, she finally struggled.

Unexpectedly, just after washing, Bizhu came and said that Queen Mother Yang had ordered that Baozhuang was leaving the palace today, so there was no need to trouble her to make food herself and she could have a good day's rest.

Xue Baobao said a few polite words and then agreed.

After Bizhu finished talking about business, she asked with concern, "What's wrong with Miss Xue? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

She was the personal maid of Queen Mother Yang, and Xue Baobao had to deal with her often in the Cining Palace. Over time, the two of them had become very familiar with each other.

Xue Baobao nodded, "It's okay to have nightmares."

Bi Zhu smiled and said, "It's common for children to have nightmares because they are short-tempered. Don't be afraid. Dreams are all the opposite."

Xue Baobao's heart moved slightly. Are all dreams reversed?
"It just so happens that the Queen Mother has issued a decree. Miss Xue, please go to bed and lie down. At this time, there is still time to get some sleep."

Xue Baobao shook his head, "I'm not going to sleep anymore, Miss Bizhu. I want to go for a walk in the garden. Is it convenient?"

The garden of Cining Palace is not in Cining Palace, but on the opposite side. After exiting Cining Gate, you can enter the Cining Palace Garden from Changxing Gate on the opposite side.

When Xue Baobao is in a bad mood, she likes to eat and cook. But when she is in a particularly bad mood and is too lazy to move, she just wants to see Hua Hua Cao Cao and her quiet mind.

Bi Zhu laughed and said, "What's the inconvenience? Your Majesty has given orders. The girl is a distinguished guest in Cining Palace. Wherever you want to go and what you want to do, you can only follow the girl's wishes.

It just so happens that I don't have any errands in the morning, so I will guide the girl."

Xue Baobao was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted and thanked her, just in time to prevent her from wandering off blindly and violating the taboo in the palace without knowing it.

At this time, it was not completely bright yet. Bi Zhu smiled and helped her out, "This time is just right. Most of the masters are not up, and the garden is quiet. If we walk faster, maybe we can catch the sunrise. I know There is a perfect place to watch the sunrise in the garden.”

The best place to watch the sunrise mentioned by Bizhu is the Baoxiang Tower next to the garden. Although it is not yet dawn, the palace servants in charge of sweeping have already begun to work. The lanterns in the Baoxiang Tower have been lit. Awei carefully helped Xue Baobao go up.

After going upstairs, Bizhu hung the lantern on the beauty's back, took a breath and said with a smile, "I originally thought that Miss Xue was spoiled and would not be able to walk fast, but I didn't expect that her footwork is no worse than mine."

They were afraid of not being able to catch the sunrise, so they walked a little faster. Awei and Xue Baobao didn't feel anything, but Bizhu was a little breathless.

Xue Baobao smiled, "It wasn't that good originally, but thinking about the sunrise in the palace, wouldn't it go faster?"

Bi Zhu covered her lips and laughed, "Your Majesty was still telling me that day that the girl's temperament was too stable. She had been in Cining Palace for so long and could not even take a step out of the room door. I didn't expect that in private He is also a naughty one."

Xue Baobao smiled. She wanted to step out of the room. Wasn't she frightened by the palace fighting dramas she watched when she was a teenager?

Xue Baobao was wrapped in a thick fox fur. People who practice martial arts in Awei are not afraid of the cold. Only Bizhu came in a hurry and didn't go back to put on more clothes. After a while, he was shivering slightly from the cold.

Xue Baobao loosened the ties of the fox fur, spread out his wings to hold Bizhu in his arms, and wrapped the two of them in the fox fur.

Bizhu was startled, struggled and said she didn't dare.

Xue Baobao smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? This way I will be warmer.

Today I came to watch the sunrise, and I stood at such a high place with such strong wind to watch the sunrise, but it was all your instigation. If I get frostbite, you must bear at least half of the blame."

Bizhu then stopped moving and thanked her with a smile. The two of them leaned together and waited quietly for the moment when the sky had turned slightly white and the sun broke through the clouds.

However, before they could wait for sunrise, one of the owners of the Forbidden City - Prince Xiao Xun - arrived.

Naturally, it is impossible for Xue Baobao to know the prince, but Bizhu does!

Seeing Bizhu kneeling down in fear, Xue Baobao had no choice but to kneel down too. If she had known that she would have to kneel down to watch the sunrise, she would have huddled on the bed and not moved!

Xiao Xun didn't have any airs, he helped Xue Baobao kneel down, and gently asked Bizhu and Awei to level up, and said with a smile, "I suddenly got up today and came here to watch the sunrise. Unexpectedly, I bumped into a friend of mine. You don’t have to be restrained, just think of it as having another like-minded person.”

Xue Baobao, "..."

You said it easily.

Xiao Xun was indeed very relaxed, and he sat down on the beauty's chair very familiarly, then asked Xue Baobao to sit down, and said politely, "I've heard for a long time that a distinguished guest has come to my mother's harem, but I haven't had a chance to see him.

It's a coincidence that today, Miss Xue, don't be polite, please sit down quickly, don't disturb the girl's happiness by calling me alone."

Xue Baobao had no choice but to laugh awkwardly and said, "Your Highness is serious."

Xiao Xun always said that "we share the same interests, we share the same interests". Although Xue Baobao wanted to turn around and run away, he could only sit with Xiao Xun and wait for the sunrise.

Xiao Xun was very eloquent. He first asked Xue Baobao if he was used to being in the palace, then asked Yu Xin, and then asked Xue Pan about the scenery of Jinling.

After the initial embarrassment and fear, Xue Baobao took it upon himself to answer the teacher's question, which did not make the atmosphere too embarrassing.

Soon the bright red sun broke through the cloud cover, and its beautiful brilliance spread to the earth. Xiao Xun sang loudly, "The sunrise in the sky and the dazzling scenery are really beautiful. It's worth getting up early and waiting for it."

Xue Baobao, "..."

The ancient habit of reciting poetry whenever they disagree is really bad. How can she, a scumbag, answer the conversation?

Xue Baobao, who couldn't recite poetry, could only smile awkwardly. Your Highness, you are right. Your Highness, your style is so good!

Fortunately, Xiao Xun didn't insist on asking her to answer the conversation, and asked with a smile, "I've seen the sunrise, where will Miss Xue go next?"

Xue Baobao said truthfully, "I'm going to take a walk in this garden."

"There are some kinds of orchids blooming very well here. It's worth seeing. I just don't want to accompany the girl because I have other secular things to do."

Xue Baobao was busy greeting him and said, "Your Highness, you are so polite."

If you really accompany me to go shopping in the garden, the Crown Princess will probably rush over the next second, and the next second later, the Queen Mother will immediately pack me up and send me home.

Xiao Xun added, "The Crown Princess often told Gu Xi that the palace was deserted. If Miss Xue had nothing to do in the palace, she would come to the East Palace for a walk."

Xue Baobao thought he was just saying polite words and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness."

Xiao Xun bowed his hands to her, said goodbye and left.

Several people watched him and the waiting palace attendants go away. Bizhu patted her heart first and exhaled heavily, "It's really scary. Why did His Highness the Prince suddenly come to watch the sunrise!"

Xue Baobao glanced at her, smiled and did not answer.

Although I originally wanted to visit the garden today, it was Bi Zhu who inspired me to watch the sunrise.

She went out to Cining Palace once in 800 to watch the sunrise, and she happened to meet Xiao Xun. Although it may be a coincidence, it is also possible that Bizhu played a role in it.

She had no proof and no evidence, so she couldn't just ask. She could only be more careful in the future. She just didn't know what the purpose of this was if she really meant it.

The few of them waited for a while to make sure they would not bump into Xiao Xun again before going down to Baoxiang Tower.Bizhu first took them to see the orchids that Xiao Xun mentioned. There were indeed many famous ones and they bloomed very well. Even Asafoetida was amazed by the flowers and asked, "Is it possible to make flower cakes with such beautiful flowers?" Is it particularly delicious?”

Xue Baobao, "..."

She remembered that asafoetida had never tasted so delicious before.

Bizhu laughed, "You want to eat it, but I'm afraid you can't afford it. I heard someone said that every flower here is enough to buy hundreds of slaves like us!"

Awei was even more surprised and asked again and again.

Xue Baobao did not participate in their conversation. He only stared at a Jianlan - no, it should be Molan.

This ink orchid was obviously mistaken for a jianlan orchid. It was planted with several jianlan orchids and was planted in a place with the best sunlight.

Unlike Jianlan, Molan loves shade and requires 50.00% shade even in winter.

Due to long-term exposure to the sun, this originally dwarf orchid has become shorter and thinner, its leaves have turned yellow, and it looks like it will not live long.

Xue Baobao stared at this short, yellow orchid for a long time. As long as this orchid did not grow in the palace, she would immediately move it to a sheltered place.

But now, it grows in the palace and in the garden of the Queen Mother's Cining Palace.

Last time, when she told about the snake mint, all the gardeners in the imperial garden were kicked out of the palace, and the gardener who introduced the snake mint was killed with a cane.

If this time she reveals that the orchid was planted in the wrong place, will another person be scolded and kicked out of the palace?
Most of the craftsmen in the palace were eunuchs and were kicked out of the palace. How would they survive the rest of their lives?

She is not the Virgin, but she doesn't want to ruin someone's life because of a flower.

However, she looked at the wilted orchid, but she couldn't take a step forward.

Bizhu and Awei talked for a long time. Seeing that Xue Baobao was just in a daze, she hesitated and said, "Miss Xue, is there something wrong with this orchid?"

When Xue Baobao entered the palace for the first time, she was also at the side of the Queen Mother Sheep. She still remembered when Xue Baobao said that such beautiful flowers in the imperial garden would attract snakes, or the horror of attracting big snakes.

Xue Baobao came to his senses and said hurriedly, "No -"

Before she could finish her words, she heard a sweet voice behind her with a smile, "There's nothing wrong with the flower. There's nothing wrong with the flower. It's just that it was mistaken for Jianlan and planted in the wrong place."

Following the sound, a small thing swooped up to Xue Baobao's waist, tugged at her belt, and pulled at the purse around her waist in a familiar way.

If not Baozhuang and Sun Xiaosheng, who else?

Xue Baobao, "..."

Can't she just be allowed to stroll around the garden in peace?
Bi Zhu was startled and hurriedly knelt down to salute.

Xue Baobao pulled off the purse from his waist and gave it to Sun Xiaosheng, and also saluted.

Sun Xiaosheng got the purse, immediately abandoned Xue Baobao, jumped back on Baozhu's shoulder, picked for a while, picked the top purse, opened it, took out the chestnut cake inside, and stuffed it into his mouth without politeness.

Baozhuang smiled brightly and stretched out his hand to support her, "Sister Xue, you're welcome. I'm here to pay my respects to my mother. I heard that my sister was visiting the garden, so I came to take a look.

As expected, my sister is very knowledgeable. The short-shaped mo orchid is very easy to be confused with the jianlan. Even gardeners sometimes can't figure it out, but my sister can tell it at a glance."

Xue Baobao glanced at him silently. Didn't you tell it at a glance?

Baozhuang didn't know if he understood her subtext, so he smiled and said, "Sister, don't worry, I will immediately order someone to transplant this ink orchid, and then ask the queen mother to be more generous. Don't blame the responsible gardener."

Xue Baobao breathed a sigh of relief, and Baozhuang looked at her with a smile, "It can be seen that my sister is still restrained in the mother's harem. Can I take my sister out of the palace to play?"

Xue Baobao, "..."

If it weren't for you, I would "go out of the palace to play" every day!
“My uncle said that my sister’s uncle gave him a pair of monkeys during the Chinese New Year, which were very beautiful and rare.

At first, he didn't dare to ask me to watch it before he was trained well. Now that he has been trained well, he invited me to have a look. Does Sister Xue want to watch it? "

Xue Baobao was a little dizzy being surrounded by his "uncle" on the left and the "uncle" on his right. It took him a while to react, and he shook his head and said, "I won't go."

Baozhuang suddenly smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Well, let me guess, it's not that you don't want to go, you just don't want to go with me, right?"

Xue Baobao, "..."

Brother, sometimes you don’t need to be so honest.

"Sister Xue".

Baozhuang sighed, "Since entering Beijing, you have been separated from me. If this is the case, I will immediately ask my mother to allow me to return to Shennong Mountain."

When Xue Baobao saw that he dared to speak like this in front of Bizhu, he simply broke the jar and said, "...You can go back to Shennong Mountain when you go back to Shennong Mountain, and don't try to catch me."

Baozhuang glanced at her, with a hurt look in his amber peach blossom eyes.

Xue Baobao, "..."

Suddenly I felt that I had sinned terribly!
The two were in a stalemate like this for a while. Xue Baobao couldn't bear the sight of such a pair of beautiful eyes looking at him pitifully. He raised his hands in surrender and said, "I really don't want to see any monkeys."

If possible, she would like to go back and watch Jiang Yuhan sing "Beauty~Younger~The entanglement planted in the previous life~"

"Then what do you want to see?"

Xue Baobao, "..."

I dare not say it, for fear that you will send me to Shentan.

Baozhuang looked at her intently. He was always particularly focused when looking at people, and it was easy for people to feel like he could see through you.

Xue Baobao said that he could not resist the pressure of such a look and surrendered again, "Okay, okay, I want to go home and have a look, okay?"

Go home and see if your brother has sent someone to deliver the letter, see if Sister Lin has eaten well, see how Sister Zhen is preparing for her wedding, see if mom has slept well recently, and see if Xue Pan has committed another crime. stupid.

Well, let’s take a look at whether Jiang Yuhan is handsome anymore and whether singing “Beauty~Younger~The entanglement planted in the past life~” will be more interesting.

Of course, she also had to take a look at the Jie Niu Dao space that had been upgraded with the blessing of Baozhuang's mana. In the palace, she didn't even dare to look at it, not to mention taking out the herbs that made her drool.

Baozhuang looked at her and smiled slightly, "I want to go home and see you. Isn't that easy? Come on, tell your mother. I will send my sister home to play for a day, and then pick her back up in the evening."

Xue Baobao, "..."

I just want to go home and have a look. I don’t want you to send me home to have a look. Thank you!
(End of this chapter)