The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 178
Xueli froze immediately, and her first reaction was that she said something wrong.

He wanted to open his mouth to smooth things over, but seeing the emperor's suddenly cold face, he swallowed the words again.

It seems that he wanted to mention this in the first place, and it has nothing to do with whether she asked or not.

The emperor watched Chen Jijiang kneeling beside him sweating coldly, and peeled off the shell of the tea egg in his hand, leaving only the last small piece of support.He handed the egg to Sydney for her to eat, and asked Chen Jijiang leisurely: "How much do you know?"

"Your Majesty means..." Chen Jijiang saw a drop of sweat falling on his hands, and couldn't pretend to be calm.

"How much do you know about these things up and down!"

The cruelty of the ending sound shocked all the surrounding palace people to their knees, and the hall was silent.

Chen Jijiang thought for a moment, knowing that his life was hanging by a thread at this moment, and he could kill himself if he said a wrong word.

Choking in his throat was painful, he gritted his teeth and kowtowed, telling the truth: "I... I know something. For example, about hairpin jewelry, I used to know that Shanggong Bureau has a lot of leeway in terms of quality and quantity. Private pockets. It is common for low-ranking concubines in the harem to be deprived of their status. As for those with good family backgrounds and spare money, they can buy more things they like with their own money. Some of the purchases are on the bright side, clean, But many more were withheld from others, and some... and some were not recorded from the beginning."

Xie Zhao's expression remained the same.

He knew a little bit about such things as deduction of shares, and when the trouble was the worst, he asked Concubine Hui to take care of it.

What he wants to hear right now is not this, but the fact that the palace servants use their power to use their power to spend their minds on filing and bookkeeping and enrich their own pockets. Chen Jijiang seems to say it too simply.

"Just 'heard of'?" The emperor looked at him coldly, "It has nothing to do with you?"

"This..." Chen Jijiang knew what His Majesty meant, and wrote a big "injustice" in his heart, but he couldn't shout out the word injustice, and it was useless to shout it.

He kowtowed and said: "Some of them should have fallen into the hands of the minister. During the holidays, the Liushang Bureau will prepare a gift and send it - but... no one will tell the minister what the origin of the gift is, minister." I didn’t even think about asking whether there was any violation.”

During the New Year's Eve, it is normal for courtesies to reciprocate.The Six Shang Bureau came to give gifts, and he also wanted to return the gift with something. Did he ask "Hey, are you a black thing in the palace?" at this moment?
Besides, he really didn't think much about this ring.He still did it when he was in the East Palace to take things that shouldn't be taken under the table. After he became the chief prisoner, he couldn't do it anymore, so he pulled himself out of it.

After all, is it a crime?

After a long time, he somewhat ignored these dirty things, and only thought that the gift he gave back to Liushang Bureau was clean and everything would be fine.

After Chen Jijiang finished speaking, he knelt down for a while, but he didn't hear any more questions or anything else.

Need, there is a sound of turning chapters.His expression tightened, knowing that the words he answered just now did not satisfy His Majesty.

He held his breath and kowtowed boldly, "This... If your majesty intends to get something out of it..."

There was another sound of flipping chapters.

Chen Jijiang: "This minister really doesn't exist anymore. Such matters must be discussed in detail frequently. After all, the Liushang Bureau is in the harem. If the minister walks back and forth like this...Your Majesty, you would have known."

It was him who Yuqian couldn't leave the most.Even when he was not on duty, he didn't dare to go far, for fear that there would be an unexpected accident that would require him to make up his mind.Therefore, if there is no errand that requires him to go to the harem, he doesn't want to go that far at all. How about drinking tea in the small room at the back of the palace when he rests?
While listening, Xie Zhao looked at Chen Jijiang's expression and weighed the truth and falsehood inside. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Get up."

Chen Jijiang suddenly felt that he had escaped a catastrophe!
After he stood up, the emperor said again: "You don't have to worry about this matter, and Gong Zhengsi doesn't need to interfere, I will let the imperial guards handle it."

"... promise." Chen Jijiang's heartstrings tensed.

Let the imperial guards do it and separate Gong Zhengsi, who is in charge of the command and punishment in the palace. It can be seen that this matter is not only bigger than he expected, but also beyond His Majesty's own expectations.

His Majesty didn't want to turn a blind eye at all anymore, and even cut off the chance to let Gong Zhengsi forgive him.

That appearance in the Zichen Palace made Sydney feel a little palpitated.

After returning to Jiugeyuan and sitting for a while, she felt that she still had to go see Chen Jijiang and express her apology no matter what.

——If she hadn't suddenly checked the accounts in the palace, the chief supervisor wouldn't be so surprised.

Xueli asked Fugui to say hello first, and after the evening shift, she went to Chen Jijiang's residence alone.

The Jiuge Courtyard is directly opposite to the Nine Courtyards for the eunuchs, and the two are actually separated by a square.As soon as she went out here, Chen Jijiang saw her in the courtyard, and went to the courtyard gate to wait for her.

"Miss Ruan." Chen Jijiang made a bow.

Xueli Qianqian said: "Master Chen, I'm so sorry today."

"Miss Ruan, don't say that." Chen Jijiang smiled, and stretched out his hand to invite her in.

After entering the main hall, she had to take a seat.When Chen Jijiang sat down beside her, she got up and handed over a small brocade box in her hand: "Here, my lord..."

"Don't." Chen Jijiang waved his hand, didn't answer, and said in a calm tone, "Ms. Ruan, let's make this clear. Your Majesty knows about the affairs of the palace and comes to inquire about crimes. That's His Majesty's business. Mrs. Ruan, you are just helping to check the accounts, aren't you?" You didn’t mean to sue me. You’re on an official mission, and what happened just now has nothing to do with you.”

Chen Jijiang is very clear now, no one can accept gifts at this moment, no matter if it is from Mrs. Ruan or Liushangju.

His Majesty was worried about him, and he couldn't explain it when he accepted another gift.

But when these words fell into Xueli's ears, it was hard to avoid feeling that Chen Jijiang was still saying the truth with a grudge in his heart.

She was quiet, and said: "My lord, please calm down, this account in the palace..."

"I know, I know." Chen Jijiang interrupted her with a quick wave of his hand, "I know what you want to say. Don't worry, lady, if you really feel uneasy..."

He smacked his lips: "Can you cook two tea eggs for me too? You are a good cook, and those tea eggs just made me so hungry."

Sydney: "..."

Well, he really didn't hold any grudges.

Sydney quickly agreed, saying that I will make it when I get back, and I will send it to you tomorrow morning, and I will use this year's new tribute Dahongpao!
Chen Jijiang was very satisfied, the one he drew was made of Dahongpao.

Then the atmosphere naturally relaxed, and the two drank tea and chatted about these things for a while, and Chen Jijiang even gave Sydney some advice.He said that now that he has found out about this juncture, she is the one who can't show weakness.Because from Liushang Bureau to Gong Zhengsi, Internal Official Supervisor, Huanyi Bureau, and Tai Hospital, they must be staring at the opportunity to catch their breath. As soon as she backed down, they immediately had a chance to breathe.

In order to save their lives, they might join hands to deal with her.

What she said made Xueli panic, and she kept weighing this when she cooked tea eggs for Chen Jijiang.The next day she woke up very early, slipped out of the house quietly, and told Dai Xuyong to deliver the tea eggs to Chen Jijiang, she stayed in the yard for a while before going back to her room, and lay down for a while before the emperor woke up.

Xueli felt uneasy, she huddled into his arms and didn't want him to leave.Xie Zhao snorted and hugged her: "Are you afraid?"

She nodded.

He said: "Don't be afraid, I will stand with you when something big happens. It is now and it will be in the future."

Then the two huddled under the quilt for a long time, and the direct result... was that he went to court before he had time to eat!

The new year was pretty peaceful.As usual, there was no palace banquet during the filial piety period, and on New Year's Eve, Jiuge Courtyard was bustling most of the night.

At the end of January, when Ah Yao's birthday was approaching, there was an epidemic in the palace.

"Hey, there was a commotion in Luo'an City first, and the eunuch who bought it accidentally got infected and brought it in." Chen Jijiang sighed and told Sydney, telling her to pay special attention here, and then took someone to the harem to spread the word .

The sudden outbreak of an epidemic is scary!If you are only an adult, you may be able to survive the infection.But she has a lot of children here, if someone is careless, there is no room for regret!
Sydney hurriedly made arrangements to have Jinshu sent back to the Five Princes' Mansion, and Princess Xianning of the Three Princes' Mansion who would come to accompany A Yao to study in the next year would also be sent back.Afterwards, he heated up a lot of spirits, sprinkled spirits inside and outside the room and washed them again, and told Nanny Bai, Fugui, and Dousha to keep an eye on them these days.

Xue Li said: "Dousha Fugui looks at his own people, please work harder, nannie, the nannies, maids, kitchen and chores behind the prince Diji will all be handed over to you. Please ask the imperial doctor to give us more Secondary medicine, whenever you leave Jiugeyuan, you will drink a bowl first when you come back. If something happens and you leave the palace, you will be locked up in an empty room at the back for three days after you come back, and make sure you are not infected before doing anything else."

After she gave the order, the three of them were obviously more relaxed when they answered, but she herself was not at all relaxed.

Never dealt with a disease!She didn't know if this arrangement would work or not.

She made up the matter of locking people up for three days to make sure they are not sick. She had heard before that when the epidemic was severe, the city would be closed, and the place where the epidemic was plagued was sealed tightly. Outsiders were not allowed to enter, and those inside People are not allowed to go out.To put it bluntly, it is a bit like letting the people in the city wait to die, but there is no way, it is better than spreading it all over the country.

Now this move is similar to the meaning, except that instead of waiting for people to get sick before shutting them down, she shuts them down before they find out that they are sick—it's safer!Preventing problems before they happen is good for everyone!

In the evening when Xie Zhao came to have dinner, she mentioned this arrangement, he was startled, and then smiled: "You can be flexible. But don't be too nervous, the same is done in other places in the palace, the palace people who are sick have been separated from each other." Hold on, the disease will not spread for the time being."

Sydney rested her chin, glanced at the dishes on the table, and sighed.

Suddenly, I felt that there were a lot more things to worry about, and my heart and stomach were full, and I had no appetite at all.There is a table full of food in front of me, one word: delicious, but I just don't want to eat it.

She leaned on the table with her forehead down, Xie Zhao looked at her while chewing a piece of braised tendon, and reached out to touch the back of her head: "Tell them to remove the dishes, and exchange them for something you want?"

Sydney leaned on her arm and shook her head: "No, I don't want to eat."

Xie Zhao frowned lightly.There were not many times when she lost her appetite. When she first started to check the accounts a while ago, he was afraid that she would be too busy to eat, but it turned out that she was more delicious than him when eating together in Zichen Palace.

Counting forward, she often tried to persuade him to eat when he was upset, and when he needed to coax her to eat...

almost none.

Xie Zhao clicked his tongue, beckoned the palace servants to remove all the things on the desk, thought for a while and said, "I'll serve boiled fish, and then I'll serve spicy chicken. For non-spicy dishes, let the kitchen watch and prepare three or four dishes." .Give her a jug of something cold to drink, let’s go.”

Brown Tang, who came in and obeyed his orders, retreated outside to pass a message to the kitchen.

Fugui stopped her: "Do you understand what His Majesty means?"

Brown Tang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded blankly, then shook his head after thinking about it.

Fugui smiled and said: "My wife can't eat spicy food very much. Tomorrow, I will make boiled fish and spicy chicken diced to eat such a taste. The chili is not very spicy. Today, you tell the kitchen, why is it authentic? Come on, it’s not too spicy, but it’s not spicy enough.”

Brown Tang immediately made an "Ah?!" expression, and Fugui pushed her: "Go, we're waiting inside."

After a short while, the newly ordered dishes were served, and Sydney, who had rested on her stomach for a while, felt better.She also knew that it was impossible not to eat, and these dishes were specially ordered by him, so eat as much as possible!
Xueli sat up straight and took the rice that was refilled with brown sugar.Xie Zhao picked up a piece of white and tender fish from the red oil in the pot and put it on the rice for her. She didn't need chopsticks anymore, and just used a porcelain spoon to scoop up the rice and fish.

After chewing twice, Sydney's face suddenly turned red!

She looked at Xie Zhao helplessly, and he smiled and handed her a glass of chilled sugarcane juice.

Sydney rushed over and took a sip. The sweet taste covered the spicy in an instant, and it was cool from the mouth to the stomach, and the whole person was refreshed!
But it was only for a short moment... After the sweet coolness flowed, the hotness came back again!

Xueli covered her mouth and collapsed, Xie Zhao leisurely filled her bowl with fried pork with wild rice stems, mushrooms and rapeseed, Sixi meatballs, and a spoonful of braised soft tofu.

He smiled kindly: "Hey, eat something else, it's useless to just drink that."

Holding the bowl of rice with tears in her eyelashes, Xue Li plucked the food quickly to suppress the lingering spicy taste in her mouth, and at the same time wanted to free her mouth to ask him if it was right for the bowl of noodles cooked with chili sauce a long time ago revenge!
Then the meal became amused, and Sydney even saw that Sesame was too painful to hold back her laughter, so she hid out and came in with more concentrated bean paste, thinking that she must have "miserable" written on her forehead now.

——After she ate the few mouthfuls of the vegetables he picked up in the bowl with rice, he sent another piece of spicy chicken.

She's not stupid, the boiled fish just now was so insanely spicy, and the spicy chicken now must be too!
She said, "I won't eat."

He raised his eyebrows calmly: "Eat quickly, imperial decree."

Sydney: "..."

He has never suppressed her with an imperial decree, but he plans to suppress her now, can she not listen?cannot!
I ate that piece of spicy chicken with tears in my eyes, and then repeated the process of drinking sugarcane juice and eating other dishes desperately.

When he brought over another piece of boiled fish, Sydney's face turned green.

"I won't eat it... I won't eat it!" She was really about to cry, because she was completely stimulated by the chili—the spiciness of the last bite hadn't finished yet!

"obedient……"

"Can I eat other dishes?" She said, and immediately took the initiative to grab a piece of Sixi meatballs that had been crushed by him, and then picked up vegetables, ate vegetables, picked vegetables, ate vegetables, until the Eat the rest of the rice in the bowl!
Then he was satisfied, and she held on.I used to like to eat some snacks at night, but I saved them today.

Sydney continued to look through the account books of Liushang Bureau. In order to feel better, she looked for the account books of Shangshi Bureau, which she felt more familiar to her.He pulled up a chair and leaned over to watch with her. As he watched, his hand touched her waist.

"Hiss...!" Xue Li gritted her teeth and slapped her lightly, and said in a low voice, "Don't make trouble!"

Xie Zhao: "I'll just hug you for a while."

Well, let's hug then.Sydney didn't care anymore, and she was calm about the accounts of the winter bamboo shoots.

After a while, his hand slowly moved up two inches.

Sydney: "..."

When she looked up with a blushing face, she realized that the palace people had already quietly retreated, so she turned her head to look at him stiffly: "Didn't you just say hug for a while..."

Xie Zhao nodded: "Yes. So after hugging, you can start other things."

When he said this, his expression was calm, and Xueli met his eyes, and felt that there were four words faintly revealed in his indifferent eyes-I am shameless.

Then she seemed to be bewitched under his gaze, lost her mind, and soon she was shameless with him!

After tossing and turning on the couch for a long time, he planned to come back after she lay exhausted for a while, but she wrapped herself in the quilt to express her refusal, and he pulled the quilt back and gave her a reason: too much spicy food at night I'm afraid she will get angry.

... Can this really relieve the fire? !

Xueli sighed and looked at the sky as she felt the rising temperature in the tent.

When the two tossed until it was almost midnight, before going to bed, as usual, the palace servants were sent in to serve and wash.This time it was rare for her to get up on her own—mainly because she didn't wash up at all just now, and now she can't just wipe herself off, she has to rinse her mouth!

...the taste of boiled fish still lingers in the mouth!
After falling back on the couch, Xue Li fell asleep in the blink of an eye.

I had a nightmare all night. At night, I dreamed that I ate boiled fish and spicy chicken and was thrown on the couch. I ate boiled fish and spicy chicken again and was thrown on the couch again.

So she frowned all night, and when Xie Zhao opened her eyes when it was nearly Yin Shi, she saw the bitter face of the little beauty beside her.

He stretched her brows with his index finger and middle finger with great interest. She was really asleep, and she didn't wake up after he fiddled for a long time.

"Your Majesty." A eunuch kowtowed behind him.Knowing that it wasn't time to call out, Xie Zhao turned his head suspiciously: "Say."

The eunuch kneeling by the couch straightened up slightly, and subconsciously wiped off his cold sweat: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness, the eldest son, had a high fever an hour and a half ago, and the nanny is worried that it may be infected, infected..."

(End of this chapter)