The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 185 Tan Chi
After learning the truth, Sydney can spend a hundred days with Wei Jin with peace of mind.After a hundred days, she stayed at home for three or two days, and then went back to the palace.

On the fourth day of her return to the palace, the palace began to hold "funeral ceremonies".

Because news came from the imperial guards that the robbers hadn't caught it, and a female body was found by the river a few miles outside the city.The face has been scratched, but judging from the clothing and stature, it can only be Mrs. Hui.

It is said that Lan Xin and Yue Xin, who had been with Mrs. Hui all the time, took a look at it, and they also insisted that it was Mrs. Hui.

This is how the palace is fried.

On the first day of February, the body of Concubine Hui was brought back to the palace, and Zi Palace was set up in Roujia Palace where she had lived before.The concubines received the news and went to Crying Spirit one after another. When Xue Li arrived, she looked in from the gate of the palace and saw that the Qingxin Hall was already full of people kneeling.

Concubine Hui has the highest status among the concubines, and after taking over the seal of the phoenix, all the concubines without exception wore plain white, and some of them simply wore linen and filial piety. Sydney, who was light green enough to be clean, hesitated for a long time before moving on, telling herself that there was nothing inappropriate to wear like this.

——They don't know the truth, but she knows it.Knowing that Concubine Hui is not dead, she still wears filial piety for her. Isn't this intentional to add bad luck to others?

Lan Xin and Yue Xin greeted her, wiping away tears, and said to her after saluting: "Your Majesty is in the palace, please come in."

Very good!It's better to go in and stay than to cry outside. Knowing that Concubine Hui not only survived but also found her own happiness, she really couldn't cry!
So Xueli also made a gesture to wipe away her tears, walked past the concubines, and entered Qingxin Palace.

There was no one else in the hall, and Xie Zhaozheng was reading the titles of books one by one in the west wing with great interest, and when he saw Xueli coming in, he smiled: "Come and see."

"What's the matter?" Xueli walked over as she said, and fixed her eyes on the books spread out on the desk...

"Biography of the Ranger of the Great Swallow" is a set of ten volumes, "The Heroes of Yan Dong" is a set of six volumes, and "Qi Xia Zhi" is a set of six volumes.

These three sets are relatively well-known in the story books about rangers, and she also recognized them there.In addition, there are many books that she has not read, such as "Long Sword" and "Bamboo Forest Record", which can be roughly known from the names, which are also from the Jianghu script.

Xie Zhao tapped his fingers on the book in hand: "I said how could she fall in love with a ranger, and think that her temper has changed really quickly. Looking at it this way, there are already signs of it."

It was he who overlooked that Concubine Hui had been obsessed with these books about Jianghu since a long time ago.He also specially asked Chen Jijiang to find more new books of this kind for her, and he also brought them to her during his southern tour.

But he didn't know that she liked these things so much - he only found out after asking Lan Xin this time that later, Concubine Hui couldn't even put down the book in her hand when the concubine came to sleep in the morning and evening, and often read and listened to others say.

This incident sounds ridiculous, but thinking about it the other way around, it can be seen that the palace suppressed Concubine Hui too much.Everyone thinks that she is always well-behaved, and the world in her heart is tightly controlled.

And when the rivers and lakes were right in front of her eyes, she finally went all out and stepped in.

fair enough.

He didn't know how Concubine Hui, who was always cautious in the palace, managed to break through the shackles in her heart and be with the ranger, but he must be someone she liked very much.She may read these books a little crazy, but she is not stupid after all.

Isn't it?Even he saw it with his own eyes, the ranger dared to risk his life to save her.

"It would be great if I could still meet her." Sydney flipped through the book casually.

Xie Zhao said, "Okay, she will enter the palace in two days, and I will ask her what she means then."

Sydney was surprised: Entering the palace in two days?How could a person who cheated his death enter the palace blatantly? !

——Then Sydney discovered that His Majesty really knows how to play!
In the past two days, the whole palace heard that Mrs. Concubine Hui had a younger sister.It's the twin sister. According to Mrs. Hui's hometown, the twin children have a separate soul and must be raised separately. They can't see each other, otherwise they will both be weak and sick.So my elder sister went to Luoan with her parents, while my younger sister stayed in her hometown with her grandparents.

Naturally, the lives of the two sisters are completely different - the elder sister entered the palace and became a concubine, and the younger sister married a ranger in her hometown.

Right now, my elder sister passed away, and my younger sister, whom I had never met, rushed to Luoan to attend the funeral.

After listening to this episode, Xueli couldn't help but slapped the table in Zichen Palace: "Your Majesty, you are so good at making up!"

After hearing Miss Ruan's exclamation, Chen Jijiang lowered his eyes: really?Too good at making up!
The statement about the twins in it can still be found in ancient books. As long as the Tan family also nods and admits that they really believe it, others can't blindly suspect that the person who went to the palace to attend the funeral is Mrs. Hui herself.

Stories that are half true and false are the easiest for people to believe completely. Besides, who would think that His Majesty the Emperor himself is telling such a big lie?
Hey, this story also reveals a bit of sadness that the sisters will not see each other for a lifetime - Your Majesty, don't you plan to make up more similar stories and sell them to the people when you have nothing to do?Maybe you can make a lot of money!
Here, Chen Jijiang couldn't stop teasing in his heart, while on the other side, Xueli was already shaking the emperor's arm, intending to beg him to write the story completely.The children are all grown up, and even A Cong A Ling is old enough to listen to stories. How wonderful are such novel stories!

Sydney thinks this is more than the story of a rich lady and a heartless man. After telling this story, she can tell her children, "You can't believe everything in the ancient books. There are many twin children. Acong Aling is twins, isn't it?" Are they all living a good life? You have to think for yourself when you read, and believe what you read, and it is easy to cause such a tragedy that your relatives will never see!".

She sorted out all the reasonable thoughts, and Xie Zhao raised his forehead when he heard it. This must be written!

That's all, after all, it's to reason with your own children.It shouldn't be her mother's job to take care of the child alone, he will do what is due to him.

So Xie Zhao asked someone to cut the paper first, at least write it according to the length of tens of thousands of words, and tell the children before going to bed can also talk for a few more days.

In the afternoon of the same day, Concubine Hui Tan Yulan's "sister" Tan Yuxin and her husband went to the palace to pay tribute to her sister. Tan Yuxin cried for a while in front of the Qingxin Palace and was forced to leave, fearing that she would cry out because she was pregnant.

Two moments later, Xueli saw them in Jiugeyuan.

They came here with the emperor. Two days ago, Xue Li, who wanted to see Concubine Hui very much, saw her now but felt she didn't know what to say. She stood at the gate of the courtyard and stared at her for a long time before saying hello. : "Second Miss Tan."

"Miss Ruan." She replied with a blessing, the tears on her face were still visible, but her eyes were full of smiles, "I'm bothering you, my lady."

"...Please come in." Xueli hurriedly let the person in, Tan Yuxin didn't refuse much, and stepped in, and the ranger took her in together.

Xie Zhao waited until both of them had entered the main room before stepping through the courtyard gate, pinched Xue Li's waist indiscriminately, and lowered his voice: "What a fool! It's not the first time we've seen each other!"

Xue Li grinned, and deliberately did not lower her voice: "This Second Miss Tan and Mrs. Hui Concubine are really carved out of the same mold."

"Twin sisters." The emperor's voice also returned to normal, and corrected her in the room, "Don't talk about Miss Tan, she got married early, and her husband's family name is late."

Xueli simply and neatly changed her name to "Mrs. Chi".

After the four of them sat down, they drank tea and chatted a few words, expressing their condolences to Mrs. Hui. As a knight-errant, Chi Yiming seemed to be really not good at acting, so he expressed his "pain" in silence.

After that, the people in the palace retreated, and the atmosphere in the room became relaxed.

Xueli knew that Chen Jijiang would send the palace people far away, so she cupped her hands and bowed to Tan Yuxin without any scruples: "Congratulations, congratulations, when the child is full moon, I will prepare a full moon banquet for you."

Tan Yuxin gave a "puchi" smile: "The full moon feast is not for you, Miss Ruan, I would like to ask, what are we going to have for dinner tonight?"

Sydney was surprised.

These words really don't seem to come from her mouth - at least the former concubine Hui Tan Yulan was determined not to say such words.

Xueli thought for a while: "I generally know what Mrs. Chi likes to eat and what she doesn't like to eat. Do you have any taboos, Young Xia?"

Chi Yiming was taken aback for a moment, feeling a little uncomfortable: "No...you can do whatever you want."

Sydney rolled up her sleeves and went to cook. This meal really refreshed her.

Not only did Concubine Hui become "Ms. Chi" in address, she was completely different.The smile between the brows is not the dignified smile of the past, it is more sincere and more agile.It seems that aura has been added from head to toe, and it looks alive.

After preparing the meal, Xueli didn't ask the maid to come to the kitchen, and walked forward with it by herself.At the back door of the south courtyard, which must be passed by, she raised her eyes and saw that Tan Yuxin was squatting on the ground touching Yuxiang, while Chi Yiming was beside him at a loss - he also wanted to go over to touch it, but when he saw Yuxiang who had no impression of him He bared his teeth and growled as he approached, and he had to quickly retract his hands.

Tried this way three or five times, every time it made Tan Yuxin laugh so hard.Then Tan Yuxin rubbed Yuxiang's head: "Yuxiang, first time raw and second time cooked! You let him touch it, and it won't lose any hair!"

Yuxiang rolled over with a "owwow", looking very cute, when Chi Yiming reached out again, it still bared its teeth!

Xueli also laughed when she saw it, and when the two turned their heads at the same time, Tan Yuxin immediately greeted him: "I'll help you."

"No, no, madam is still pregnant." Xueli avoided her and went straight to the main courtyard. After seeing the bean paste, she asked her to take someone to the kitchen to bring the rest of the food, and then called the children to eat.

After everyone was seated, Xie Zhao also put down his books and walked over from the south room, glanced at the small black pots on the table, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "This is really not like entertaining guests."

"The casserole has everything, why is it not a 'treat'!" Sydney retorted without hesitation!

Her casserole is exquisite, everyone's is different, and everyone has both meat and vegetables.For example, Ah Yao’s dish uses mushroom soup as the base, and the vegetarian dishes in it include green bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots, vermicelli, bean curd, and small rapeseed, while the meat dish contains her favorite prawns and barbecued pork.

A Yuan likes the chicken soup made by Sydney recently, so she made a pot of chicken soup for him.I intentionally put more vegetarian dishes—this bad boy has become more and more fond of meat recently and refuses to be vegetarian, so he can probably eat more after stewed like this.

Ah Cong and Ah Ling's are made of bone broth, and both vegetables and meat are cut finer so that they don't feel uncomfortable eating.

She added her favorite fish balls recently, and Xie Zhao added a few slices of beef to her own.She didn't know Chi Yiming's preference, so she avoided celery and other things that many people don't like. As for Mrs. Chi's...

Sydney added two dumplings to her pot.

After the maids lifted the lid of the casserole, the long-suffering fresh fragrance filled the main room instantly.The colors in each small pot are also very beautiful. Bright red prawns, white and tender meatballs, and emerald green rapeseed cores are placed on the rich soup surface, and more vegetables below are covered by them, looming. I know that this pot is very rich.

"As soon as you came, I found out that she had hidden something." The emperor moved his chopsticks first with a smile after dismissing the palace people, and ate the well-cooked yuba with rice.

While blowing the fish balls, Xueli secretly stared at Mrs. Chi, wanting to urge her to eat dumplings.

She made those two dumplings casually, one with cabbage vermicelli and one with pork and shiitake mushrooms.The two dumplings were placed on top of the casserole just to make her eat them quickly!
Finally, Mrs. Chi got one up!Judging by the slight pink color from the thin skin, it is pork shiitake mushrooms!

Xueli gritted her teeth and held back a smile, Xie Zhao swept her away inadvertently, and was slightly stunned: "Lizi?"

Sydney made a silent gesture.

Mrs. Chi didn't notice, she blew on the dumpling and opened her mouth to bite it down. As soon as she chewed, her brows furrowed, she quickly took out her handkerchief and threw it up!
"Live or not!" Xueli said immediately.

Tan Yuxin was startled, and suddenly her cheeks turned red.

With a red face, she leaned on Chi Yiming's shoulder, avoiding their gaze: "What are you doing, my lady...the children are still here!"

"What does it have to do with children? The presence of other people's children will affect whether you will have children or not?" The emperor put down his chopsticks with a stern face, "Tell me quickly, whether you will have children or not."

"Woo..." Tan Yuxin lay on Chi Yiming's shoulder feeling extremely embarrassed, Chi Yiming patted her on the back: "It's okay, it's okay!"

"Hey, hero, can you speak?" The emperor looked at him dissatisfied, "What's the matter with 'nothing'?"

"Your Majesty." Chi Yiming thought for a while, put down his chopsticks, and cupped his hands, "Mrs. Ling asked the wrong question."

Sydney was slightly taken aback.

Chi Yiming touched Tan Yuxin's belly, which was not yet visible: "It's not 'raw', it's already cooked."

Sydney: "..." That makes sense.

Tan Yuxin: "..." Where are you from?
Xie Zhao sighed "convinced" in his heart, took a piece of beef and threw it into his mouth.

Ah Yuan, who didn't know much about this, stole a shrimp from her sister's pot on her own.Ah Cong saw him, and followed his elder brother's example, and also grabbed a piece of meat from Ah Ling's pot.

A Ling frowned, unhappy: "Mom! Second brother is bad! Second brother bullied me!"

(End of this chapter)