The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 30 New Years
After Chen Jijiang asked, he strode out. Hearing Xu Shishui reply behind him, "It's Empress Li", he didn't stop for a moment.

After exiting the gate of the outer hall, seeing Concubine Li who was waiting outside turned around, she hurriedly bowed, "Concubine Li, concubine Li."

"Lord Chen." Concubine Li opened her mouth lightly, and glanced left and right under her lowered eyelids. Chen Jijiang noticed that all the palace people accompanying her stayed under the long steps, and all the palace people around this place were also suppressed. She brushed it off.

It seems that there is something "shameful" about this.

Chen Jijiang was impatient, took a step forward, and smiled as usual: "Your Majesty, have you ordered?"

He gave him a wink, and Xu Shishui stepped forward holding the gold ingot in both hands, obviously intending to return it.Concubine Li didn't answer, she turned sideways, her expression turned cold: "What are you doing, my lord? I'm just asking you to do some trivial things."

"Since it's a trivial matter, I dare not accept my mother's reward." Chen Jijiang's face remained unchanged, and his smile didn't change. "My lady, what is it?"

Concubine Li took a deep breath, and raised her peachy eyes slightly: "I heard that His Majesty just went to the Shangshi Bureau to order food?" Chen Jijiang didn't respond to her, and she sighed, and said, "It was my negligence in the past that actually treated the food." Your Majesty doesn't know anything about food and daily life, it's really an omission that shouldn't be there. In the future, I will pay attention to these things, and do my best for His Majesty, and there will be Lord Lao..."

Heh, that sounds really nice.To put it bluntly, don't you just want to inquire about the emperor's daily preferences in diet and daily life?

Chen Jijiang cupped his hands deeply, and expressed his apology: "My lord, forgive me, there are rules before the emperor."

Concubine Li's delicate face immediately turned cold, she looked at Chen Jijiang and then glanced at the gold ingot: "My lord, if you don't think it's enough..."

"Your Majesty, even if you move a golden mountain, I can't do this." Chen Jijiang bowed a little deeper with an unshakable tone, "My Majesty, please come back."

Concubine Li is furious.

Glaring at the two of them angrily, she reached out to copy the gold ingot in Xu Shishui's hand, turned around and went down the long steps.

Turning around, the hem of the skirt swirled quickly, as if deliberately matching the master's anger, Chen Jijiang glanced at the hem of the skirt, and sneered: anger is in vain.

When you think about it, you get it.He can't stand these concubines like this the most, can't they use their brains before doing things?
Chen Jijiang went back to the palace with his stomach full of slanders, took two steps, and stopped for a while: "Your Majesty hasn't seen Concubine Li for a long time?"

"Yes." Xu Shishui nodded next to him, "I went there once last month, but I left after eating for some reason. I haven't seen him since the twelfth lunar month."

Oh, then Yilifei has to be anxious with her temperament.

Chen Jijiang clicked his tongue, still not planning to dip into this muddy water.

His Majesty was young and vigorous, although it is definitely not a good thing to be too obsessed with beauty, but it doesn't seem to be a good thing right now - he looks "annoyed" when he thinks of the harem.

It has been four years since he succeeded to the throne, and there is not a single child in the palace. The Second Highness and the Third Highness, who are about the same age as His Majesty, have both children, and the Fourth Highness also had a daughter at the beginning of the year.Many people secretly worried about this, and Chen Jijiang was in front of the imperial court, and he also "worryed blindly" for a while-but it turned out that this was a thankless task.

The first time, His Majesty listened; the second time, His Majesty stared at him coldly for a long time; the third time, His Majesty almost kicked him himself.

Later...

Chen Jijiang observed for a while, His Majesty seems to have set a rule for himself?Because he was so regular when he went to the harem!

On the first and second day of every month, he summons his concubines, on the third and fourth day he goes to the harem to find a random palace, and on the fifth day, either Concubine Hui or Concubine Shu...

The regulations are so strict, how can this be called a lucky concubine?The eunuch Chen Jijiang thinks that your Majesty is going through a robbery?

And why are they piled up at the beginning of the month?No matter how he looked at it, Chen Jijiang felt that this was the taste of "quickly get over this annoying matter, and you can live with peace of mind for the next 20 days or so".

If it hadn't been for looking at the five-day life note of the sleeping lady and remembering that it was the case, Chen Jijiang would have wondered if His Majesty was as good as Long Yang.

All in all, how can he persuade him?How can he help the harem?
Xueli anxiously waited until Yuqian withdrew the meal and sent back the meal box and dishes before she heaved a sigh of relief.

After going back to the room and resting, she lay on the couch and thought about what the commander told her, it was true that others wanted to go to the imperial dining room, but she decided not to go...

"So as not to frighten you."

That's what he said, and she has a deep understanding now!

A dish of stewed pears with rock sugar scared her for a long time, and she would not live to prepare meals for the emperor every day.

Pulling off the quilt and covering her head, she fell asleep, and Xueli was full of anger and thought: the three-acre land in the Shangshi Bureau is the best!

Five days later, the unique auspiciousness and solemnity of the New Year covered all parts of the palace at the same time.

From New Year's Eve to Shangyuan, the palace will be very busy.The Liushang Bureau had to deal with not only the large and small palace banquets everywhere, but also the affairs of the Zichen Palace.

The first day of the lunar new year is the Grand Court Meeting on Yuan Ri. From the second day onwards, all officials, clan relatives, and foreign envoys will have an audience one after another, but the emperor is only one, and the audience must be slow.When and who to meet does not necessarily have an exact arrangement, so everyone had to wait outside, not seeing each other for a day and continuing tomorrow.

They don't dare to leave easily, so even if Shangshi Bureau prepares meals well, they can't go to other palaces to make good use of them, so they have to serve snacks or dry fried, fried and other convenient dishes every hour. Which adult If you are hungry, eat two bites of pad pad first.

Busy to busy, this errand to deliver food is a beautiful errand in the eyes of everyone.Don't be afraid of making small mistakes, because apart from a few of the foreign ministers who are too old and have several generations of hairpin tassels, there is no one who dares to trouble the maids; the rewards are also very large, and the foreign ministers are more polite and catch up with the New Year, and their mouths are more clever. It is very common to earn a salary of two or three months.

Such a good job is naturally not the turn of someone who just entered the palace to do it.Sydney and the others have been watching eagerly for three years. Every year, they tilt their heads and imagine what the day will be like under the corridor of Shangshi Bureau. This year, it is their turn to run.

On the tray in Xueli’s hand, there are three stacks of nine small steamer trays, one stack is for shrimp dumplings, the other stack is for steamed buns, and the third stack is the leaves that have been peeled off the “leaves” carefully. , all three in one drawer, dare not put too much.

She walked around the outer hall of the Zichen Hall, two drawers of shrimp dumplings were cut off, one drawer of steamed buns was taken away, and when she walked around the square outside the hall, only one drawer of leaves was left.

There were a few pieces of scattered silver in the tray, which were the rewards from this trip.Sydney smiled flatteredly, almost ready to return to Shangshi Bureau.

Turning to the west, before she could reach the palace road next to her, she looked up and saw an acquaintance.

"Miss Ruan." The other party smiled when he saw her, and walked over, Xue Li bowed his knees and said, "Master Wei, are you hungry?"

The tray in his hand was raised closer to him. Wei Chen was indeed hungry, but he opened the lid and looked at the sticky leaves inside. He didn't seem to have much appetite, so he put it down and said with an apologetic smile: There is something other than glutinous rice in a while, can you save some for me?"

"The servant girl will go get it now, and send it to the lord first!" Xue Li had a heavy sense of responsibility of "leaving this to me" written on her face, and then asked him, "How long have you been waiting, lord?"

Wei Chen looked at the sky and said, "It's four or five hours." It was still dark when we came here, but now the sun has turned into sunset.

Xue Li stuck out her tongue resentfully, very curious: "What would happen if you left without waiting?"

Wei Chen laughed, and asked her back, "What are you thinking?"

What is it?She is really curious!At this time every year, there are countless people waiting here for an audience, and waiting for a few hours is wasted here. From the first year, she wondered, what would happen if she didn't wait here?Lost office?die?Ting rod?Deduction of salary?

If you don't have any... It won't matter if you don't see them!

Furthermore, with so many people, most of them congratulate a chronology to show their loyalty. Does the emperor really remember who came?
Wei Chen took a deep breath, bent down with a smile, and his eyes became level with her.

Xue Li was slightly surprised, blinked and backed away involuntarily, Wei Chen said with a smile: "Master Commander said that you said that His Majesty was moody and cruel to the palace people and was not good to His Highness the Seventh Highness, are you thinking about something bad again? "

"..." Xueli was embarrassed, stuttering with guilt, "No, no... this slave is just... curious."

But I was thinking in my heart, how could the commander be so free to gossip about her with Master Wei? !
Wei Chen's smile suddenly faded: "You'd better not tell him these things in the future."

"Oh..." Xueli nodded, and explained to herself, "That time, the Commander asked the question, and the servant told the truth. But he doesn't like to listen, and the servant will not say it again in the future."

Wei Chen nodded in satisfaction, and she blessed again: "My servant, go back to Shangshi Bureau to get food."

After the ceremony, she walked towards the palace road next to her. Wei Chen nodded, and suddenly felt a slam on the back!
——Startled, Wei Chen immediately held the handle of the knife, turned around and took a closer look before he was relieved, and cupped his hands: "Your Highness."

Xue Li, who was about to leave just now, couldn't go anymore, respectfully: "Your Highness Seventh."

Xie Han looked annoyed, and asked Wei Chen out of breath, "Is the emperor free?"

"..." Wei Chen pointed blankly at the Zichen Palace a few steps away, "I'm afraid it won't be empty for a while. What's the matter, Your Highness?"

Xie Han gritted his teeth and propped up the nearby palace wall, his face flushed with anger.After taking a few breaths, he glanced at the food in Xueli's hand, and asked her, "Are you from Shangshi Bureau?" Before she could answer, he frowned and said, "Have I seen you?" ?”

"...Yes, my servant Xueli is a member of Shangshi Palace. When His Highness fell ill in autumn, this servant went to Zhengzheng Palace to prepare meals."

Xie Han thought of her, his eyes lit up, he grabbed her arm regardless and walked towards Shangshi Bureau: "That's great! Do me a favor!"

"Your Highness?!" Xue Li was dragged by him so that her feet kicked several times, her hands tossed for a long time before raking the leaf to the ground, and she didn't dare to move.

Wei Chen's eyes were slightly cold, and he stepped forward to block the Seven Kings: "I don't know what's the matter, Your Highness?" His gaze seemed to pass by Xueli's face inadvertently, and there was something strange in his words, "You want to use the Shangshi Bureau?" It is better to report to His Majesty first."

(End of this chapter)