The little lady in the dining room

108 Coexistence
Concubine Hui found out that all the concubines were absent-minded during the paring this morning.

Concubine Shu, who was demoted to Shi Xiurong a while ago, was especially obvious.

She drank her tea and thought carefully about what happened recently, or whether there were any big days that she had neglected, but she couldn't remember it after thinking about it.Seeing that there were still people whispering in the hall, she stopped them and asked, "Cai Ren, what are you talking about, why are you talking so much today?"

Lin Cairen, who was talking just now, closed his mouth, got up and gave a blessing, and said awkwardly: "The concubine is talking to the beautiful sister, is the lady Ruan who served yesterday a bit too arrogant? I haven't seen her come to say hello to Madam."

As soon as the voice fell, there were voices of agreement all around, and a few whispers could be vaguely discerned saying "too unruly".

Mrs. Concubine Hui smiled coldly, wanting to say that she herself did not expect Ruan Shi to come.

She raised her hand, and everyone pointed at her. She smiled and said, "I can't complain that everyone is here today, as if they don't want to leave. They want to see her? You guys, this is all confused——she is still the same as before. For the person in front of the imperial court, His Majesty did not order her to be put in the harem, and I can’t find fault with her in terms of rules. Let’s all go away.”

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and some of them wanted to ask more questions, could it be that she has not entered the harem all this time?But there was a smarter person standing next to him, taking a look at Madam Hui's expression, and persuading him, "Don't ask, see if you can find out, Madam is not willing to mention it."

Soon, everyone left.Concubine Hui raised her eyes to see that Shi Xiurong was still sitting there with a stern face that could freeze to death.

Concubine Hui sighed: "Are you feeling uncomfortable again?"

"Am I at ease?" Shi gnashed her teeth, "I have been with His Majesty for so many years, and I have not gained anything. In the end, I have to suppress my position. She is fine, a girl who has just grown up, and Ji Li will make a big deal of it." , Di Ji also gave it to her, now that she has served the king and is not sent to the harem, how many rules does His Majesty have to break for her!"

Concubine Hui didn't know what to say.On the one hand, she felt that Shi Xiurong's demotion was ultimately done by herself, but on the other hand, she couldn't tell her that.

After being silent for a while, Concubine Hui just said quietly: "I just want to remind you, in the palace, status is the most important thing."

Shi Xiurong was startled: "Sister?"

"I used to think that Your Majesty treated Ruan very well, pampered and protected her, and would not let her be wronged for a long time." Concubine Hui smiled relaxedly, "Now it seems that she may not care too much about her. But, yes She can meet His Majesty's wishes for a while, so His Majesty is happy to coax her to let her serve by his side. As for other things...whether His Majesty really likes her in his heart is another matter."

Regarding Ruan's status, Concubine Hui had been unable to find out the letter before.

Someone in front of the imperial court said that His Majesty had drafted a decree to be named Jieyu. At that time, she thought that this was really high--even the noble daughters of the new palace may not be able to be named this position. For a court lady, this rule is simply It's broken.

For this reason, when Ruan Shi was performing the ceremony outside yesterday, she had been hanging on her heart.Having mastered the harem for so many years, she actually didn't know how to face this new Jieyu.

But after the Ruan family returned to the palace, they didn't hear the decree from the front for a long time.

Until the evening, I only heard that Mrs. Ruan was going to bed, but I didn't hear that the position was granted, and it was still not there this morning.

Concubine Hui suddenly realized that she had touched the wrong thing again?
If His Majesty really liked her, how could there be such a thing as not giving her a title?Even if he was appointed as the last good envoy, that would be justifiable.Ruan's current status is unclear, what is it?
Looking at Shi Shi who was still a little puzzled again, Concubine Hui said a slightly blunt sentence: "Calm down. Your Majesty wants to keep a pet, so let him keep it. This is the impression Ruan Shi has in his heart. It will be difficult to change in the future, and it cannot be overwhelmed by you."

Shi Xiurong suddenly realized something, as if he understood something.Concubine Chao Hui Yifu resigned, and when she retreated, she always had a thoughtful look on her face.

After she had gone far away, Lan Xin returned to the hall, glanced at Concubine Hui, and asked softly, "Ma'am...what you said just now..."

"I don't know." Concubine Hui smiled lightly, and slowly turned her gaze to Lan Xin, "I don't know if this is the case. I just thought it might be, so I told her first."

Lan Xin was a little confused.Although Madam can't be sure of everything, she always speaks out when she is sure that she is sure. Like this, even she thinks it's just "maybe", and she will hide it in her heart first. I thought about it.

Concubine Hui sighed softly: "But Xiurong has been too irritable recently. Let her calm down first, there is no harm."

She was able to do the matter of going to the Ruan family to rob Di Ji!

Xuanzheng Hall.

There are not many things in the morning.After all, it is a prosperous age, there are fewer rebellions, wars and other things, and there are much fewer difficult problems to deal with.

It's just that the offshoots or slaves of several big families made enclosures in the south, which disturbed him a little.Where did those people get their confidence? Since the last tour to the south, he also knew it well. It would be troublesome to directly order them to be arrested.

So he suppressed this matter first, and said in the morning that it was not a big deal, and several people were so angry that they stared blankly.Just let it go first, he plans to go south again after a while, and it will be fine if he handles this matter smoothly. After he sees it with his own eyes, he will deal with it. Others will only say that it is "the emperor is furious", and the follow-up troubles Much less.

After leaving the Xuanzheng Hall, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief looking at the bright morning sun, and asked Chen Jijiang, "How is Sydney?"

Chen Jijiang replied truthfully: "Dousha next to her has talked back and forth, saying that it is... she has been rolling on the bed for a whole morning, maybe she is not feeling well?"

Xie Zhaoxin said, have you ever seen someone who was not feeling well and "rolled and tossed all morning"?She was just thinking wildly again and embarrassing herself!

With a light smile, the emperor said, "Go and see her."

In the small courtyard, Xue Li was eating with A Yao, and she cooked all the food herself - no way, A Yao came over this morning with a look of grievance.

A Yao dragged her and said, "Auntie, why don't you take me to sleep."

"Auntie, I don't want to sleep with Mammy."

"Auntie, I don't want my father to grab the bed with me."

So Xue Li, who was immersed in shame and couldn't help herself, had to get up to coax her!And she couldn't explain to her why her father couldn't take her to sleep when the emperor was here. The little child couldn't explain it clearly, so in the end she had to stuff her little mouth with delicious food!

Sydney held her in her arms, fed her almond tofu, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, I will coax you to sleep tonight!"

A Yao ate the almond tofu with transparent sweet soup, blinked and asked her earnestly: "What about the father?"

"Your father is not coming today!" Xue Li said cheerfully.

She was thinking in her heart that someone who is "strict on self-discipline" like His Majesty must be looking for another concubine today-it is said that there has never been a case of recruiting the same person for two consecutive nights. In the time when Donggong Shi and Concubine Li were favored, it was different then. At that time, he was under too much physical and mental pressure and needed to vent, but now he is obviously not greedy for this.

Unexpectedly, just after she finished speaking, A Yao who took another bite of almond tofu raised his eyes and his face collapsed: "Here we come."

Xueli turned her head to look: "..." Ayao, I didn't mean to lie to you!

She laughed and stood up to greet her. Xie Zhao stretched out his hand to help her, and then looked at A Yao who was sitting on the chair with her head drooping. He still didn't know the reason: "A Yao? Are you unhappy?"

A Yao looked up at him, his eyes were red, he jumped off the chair and hugged Xue Li, shouting flatly: "I want to sleep with my aunt!"

Xie Zhao found that he was rejected as soon as he entered the door!
Smiling all over Xue Li's face, she asked Qi Shi to coax Ah Yao, and at the same time persuaded Xie Zhao to go to the back room. He hadn't changed his early royal uniform yet, so he had to change into comfortable clothes first.

After entering the house, she wanted to do it herself, but he stopped her, and he asked her to rest beside her, so she had no choice but to sit on the couch and ask for help dryly: "Ah Yao can't go on like this... What if after a long time she feels that I What if I don't like her anymore? Or, what if she gets older...what should I do if I hide from the nurse and come to me?"

How embarrassing it is to run into a living erotic house when you enter the house-children don't understand, but they are embarrassed as people on the erotic palace!

Xie Zhao laughed in her heart that she was worrying too much. Thinking about it, she felt that it would be better to think ahead.Otherwise, when Ayao really ran this way, it would be useless if there were palace people blocking her, she would be more likely to think that Xueli didn't like her, and she was forcibly stopped from entering the house!
When he went to the main room after changing clothes, the emperor began to reason with his daughter.

He said kindly: "Ah Yao, the emperor will come here often in the future. When the emperor comes, you are not allowed to sleep with your aunt, do you understand?"

"Why!" Ah Yao became impatient, looking at him and then at Sydney, completely confused!

"Because father married your aunt, we are husband and wife, husband and wife should sleep together, understand?"

Ah Yao seemed to understand but half understood, he hesitated and nodded first.

Xie Zhao said again: "Also, when your father comes over, you are not allowed to make trouble for your aunt to cook for you in the morning, okay?"

A Yao asked "why".Xie Zhaoyi looked at Sydney and said, "Your aunt will be tired."

Sydney's face was flushed: what's so tiring! ! !

She had to bear it so hard that she didn't let herself hide in the house.Seeing that A Yao heard the reason, he immediately nodded and agreed, feeling that A Yao is so sensible, he hugged her and put her on his lap, then fed her almond tofu, and said silently in his heart: Let's ignore you, an unscrupulous father ...

Seeing her face blushing and coaxing Ah Yao, Xie Zhao suppressed a smile, glanced at the table, only to notice that there was a bowl of rose lotus seed jelly among the desserts.

"I haven't eaten this seriously yet." He picked up the bowl and looked at it. The rose petals were condensed in the transparent jelly and had a bright color, and he could feel the coolness coming through through the glass bowl.

Xue Li was startled, she could see what was inside through the glass bowl, and immediately understood what he was thinking of!

The first time she saw him was when she went to Zichen Palace to deliver supper.But that time she was so afraid that she didn't even dare to lift her head, so it couldn't be regarded as "seen" at all.

The second time was when she accidentally went to the small courtyard where the imperial guards were trained. That day she was planning to give a gift to the female officer in charge of the Clothes Bureau with rose lotus jelly.He and Wei Chen thought she was sent by someone to inquire, and a few darts scared her to cry and made him have tears and snot in his hands.

But he didn't take the rose lotus seed jelly away, and let her give it as a gift.

Later... No wonder Concubine Li suddenly went to the Shangshi Bureau to ask for this, and Concubine Shu simply took all the roses away!
It must be that he mentioned it to someone casually, which made the harem take care of it immediately.So much so that... when he sent someone to order food again, Shangshi Bureau couldn't do it. Zou Shangshi had an idea and pushed the matter to Concubine Shu. Later, when he heard that Concubine Shu had done it, he also Didn't eat much.

At that time, Sydney only felt that "His Majesty is moody".Now that I think about it, it is probably because Concubine Shu didn't make it, and he didn't eat more because it made him feel that the color was different.

In the final analysis, the co-authorship is because of myself!

After straightening out her thoughts, she put A Yao down embarrassingly, and rubbed her face in front of him with a blushing face. She put the white porcelain spoon into his bowl, and said softly, "Then try it..."

He smiled and took a sip to eat.A trace of sweet fragrance entered his heart with the slight coolness, and seeing her bound hands and feet in front of him, he put down the bowl and pulled her over.

Sydney pushed subconsciously: "Your Majesty!"

Just eat what you eat!Why are you hugging and hugging all of a sudden!
He hugged her as if he didn't hear her, anyway, she couldn't break free unless he let go.He was tasting the rose flavor while smiling and feeling her hugging back and forth in his arms. After a while, she seemed to give up, and asked him after a sigh: "That...is it delicious?"

"Hmm..." Xie Zhao thought for a while, and whispered in her ear, "It's not as good as you."

……Hate! ! !
That night, Sydney asked, and the person in front of the imperial court said that His Majesty had slept in the Zichen Palace, so she also had a good rest for a day.

Another day passed, that is, the fifth day of March. She no longer felt so tired, and felt a little awkward in her heart.

When I feel good, it seems... I don't want him to go to someone else!

But it doesn't work.The rule he set for himself was to summon concubines on the first five days of every month.There is a one-day break in between, but two days out of five days, when the same person is called...no!
It's not easy for her to pester him because of this, she seems too jealous! ——She herself felt such a small emotion, and felt that she was so jealous!
She didn't think this way when she didn't want him to see An Jin before.At that time, she mainly thought that An Jin was too beautiful, and she was afraid that he would not like her when he saw An Jin, but at that time, if he went to find other concubines, she would think it was normal, and she had no sense of jealousy at all.

What's going on now...

Just spent a day in the house very entangled, she suppressed this kind of thoughts and was still a little out of control, always distracted when reading Tang poems with Ayao, Ayao asked her strangely afterwards: "Auntie, what's the matter with you ?”

When it was time for dinner, Sydney decided to pamper herself a little.

——She doesn't bother him with other things, but it's okay to have dinner with him according to her own mind, right?

She felt that this idea was not too much, so she went after she figured it out, and when she arrived at the Zichen Palace, it happened to be just in time for the meal to be passed on.

Xie Zhao didn't know that she had been entangled in something on her mind for a day, but she was quite happy to see her here, and put down the unfinished memorial in her hand, planning to talk about it when she was full.

After eating, she realized that she was not in the right mood.

He gave her a piece of sauced beef with chopsticks, and she ate it; he gave her a spoonful of wax gourd balls, and she ate it too; he gave her a bite of sweet and sour carp, and she ate it without hesitation...

She eats very happily, but she just looks sullen—she is a person who enjoys eating, and usually whenever she eats something that suits her taste, she immediately has a smiling face.

So the three things he made for her didn't fit her mouth?impossible!

Xie Zhao pondered, picked up another meatball and put the chopsticks in front of her without putting down the dish. He said, "Open your mouth."

She ate it heartily again, and at the same time burst into a smiling face, the smile was so happy, it didn't look like a fake!
... Is this something on your mind or nothing on your mind?

Xie Zhao didn't know whether he should ask or not. After thinking about it, he decided not to bother her for dinner, and just look at it later.

Sydney silently said in her heart that she was sick, so why did she force herself to be filled with grievances!

He treated her very well, but everyone in the harem also belonged to him, it was normal for him to go to the harem, why should I be obsessed with this!

He actually made himself worry about gains and losses!She was very happy to be fed a mouthful of meatballs by him just now, as for it!

She scolded herself for finishing the dinner. After dinner, he continued to read the memorial, and she just sat beside him.

When the ink ran out, she got up and went to the edge of the inkstone to grind the ink for him, and she just stared at it blankly, the more she looked at it, the more she thought he looked good...

He seems to be upright, and he is born with the majesty of a king. What he is looking at is the major events of his family, country, and world, and he still has a calm face...

Xueli went crazy thinking about it, and at the same time another thought poked up and down on this obsession like a small needle: he is going to the harem soon, going to the harem, going to the harem!

So Xie Zhao raised his eyes when he dipped his pen in ink...

"Sydney? Sydney, it's okay..." The ink was overflowing!

Xue Li panicked when she looked down, and saw that there were two envelopes next to her, both of which were stained with ink. She didn't know if it was important, so she knelt down in a panic: "Your Majesty..."

What's going on here?
Frowning slightly, he stood up and pulled her up, touched his forehead to her forehead, and didn't leave even though he didn't feel the heat, he hugged his arms tightly, and said calmly, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Did you encounter any trouble?"

"No..." Xueli shook her head against his arms, knowing that no matter what she could not say that she was not happy with him going to the harem, she fell into his arms and pondered for a while, then said calmly, "I am not in a good mood today, first Go back to sleep."

Then he looked up at him again, showing a slight smile: "Your Majesty also... rest early."

(End of this chapter)