The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 60
Sydney just felt that this day was... too indescribable!

Two imperial guards took her to Dongshi, and she was dumbfounded when she stood at the gate of Dongshi.

Naturally there would be no bazaar in the palace, and the bazaar she had seen at home when she was a child was not as big.

As far as the eye can see, rows of commercial stalls in the East Market are neatly arranged, and the bazaar is noisy with sales, but it looks like it is orderly.Around the bazaar, there are more exquisite shops, which are located in a small two-story building built in a circle, selling everything, and there are many restaurants.

Sydney stopped and went, there were many people in the market, and Yuan, who was ordered to protect her by the two imperial guards, was still a little nervous. She didn't dare to move her hand on the Xiuchun knife. point" posture.But after seeing the little girl bouncing around and seeing everything happy, they naturally relaxed a little.

Sydney looked around, and after walking for a while, stopped in front of a stall selling red bean buns.

I want to eat, but I don't know if it suits my liking.After thinking for a while, she stepped forward and asked the vendor, "Uncle, are your bean buns made of beans or bean paste?"

The vendor turned his head and saw that it was a little girl. He was a little surprised: "You are very particular about your age. I have been selling bean buns for 20 years. There are both bean and red bean paste. Which do you want?"

"Bean paste!" Sydney was happy.She felt that the whole bean in the bean bag was terrible. It was crunchy in the mouth, the skin was still worn out, and the sweetness was probably not enough.

Red bean paste buns cost eight cents a piece, and Sydney said they wanted three, so the vendor wrapped them in paper and handed them to her, and she turned her head and held them up to the two imperial guards: "My lord!"

"..." The two were not prepared to eat at all, and one of them immediately waved his hand and said, "I'm on business, I don't want to eat."

"Oh..." She responded in a muffled voice, and withdrew her hand... Only then did she see that each bean paste bun was as big as the mouth of a bowl!The red bean paste buns in the palace are all small, the size to be eaten in three or four bites, why are they so big!

It's hard to finish eating...they still don't eat.

Xueli looked at the red bean paste buns with tears in her eyelashes, and thought that she would not be able to finish them, making her even more unhappy. After a moment of hesitation, she picked them up and handed them to them: "My lord, eat one... I won't tell others!"

She spoke very earnestly!
The two imperial guards were also young men, and they were not so strict about the rules. Seeing her "gracious invitation", they looked at each other hesitantly, said "thank you" first, and reached out to eat.

Men, women and children in the market couldn't help turning their heads when they passed by them. They saw a juicy girl followed by two murderous imperial guards, and then all three of them were gnawing on the white skin and red stuffing in their hands. Bean paste buns...why does this look so weird? !
Unable to bear this matter, she became "obsessed with the authorities". Sydney felt that they were all very good people, and she didn't feel murderous at all; as for the two imperial guards, they didn't feel that they were "murderous". very comfortable.

After eating bean paste buns and eating jelly, and eating jelly and eating chicken skewers, Sydney felt from the bottom of his heart that this day was too happy!
She ate a lot of food without spending any money. Her monthly salary in the palace was two taels of silver, and she was often so poor that she couldn't even buy a plate of candied fruit at the end of the month.But right now, she bought six or seven kinds of candied fruit, two taels of each, and only spent a few tens of pennies!

Sydney was so shopping that she didn't even want to go back, so the imperial guard teased her by eating the hot beef pie he just bought: "Don't worry, the daytime market is actually not interesting, it will be interesting when it comes to the night market later."

Xueli's expression darkened immediately, and she bit her lip: "I want to go back before dark."

"...Oh." The imperial guard kept his mouth shut, and wisely stopped mentioning the night market.

Since the sun slowly turned red, she kept looking at the sky.After watching it five or six times, I offered to go back.

She didn't play enough, she didn't play enough, but the emperor made it so clear that she really didn't dare to go back late.It was inevitable that I felt a little bored along the way. Fortunately, I still held a bunch of candied fruit in my arms, and I ate one from time to time, so I didn’t feel too unhappy.

It was already very close to the imperial city, and behind him, suddenly there was a chime.

The ear-piercing sound crossed the sky, Xueli was just startled, but the two imperial guards were startled, and they subconsciously turned around to rush over, but after a moment of reaction, they all froze.

"What's wrong?" she asked in a daze.

One person frowned and said, "It's Mingdi who was called by the imperial guard for help."

help? !Xue Li was startled, but before she could ask any further questions, the two of them took her to the imperial city again, and explained to her: "There will be many people rushing, we will send you back first."

Having said that, their anxiety was evident, and they walked in a hurry, and Xue Li knew the reason and couldn't ask them to slow down, and she ran with her skirts in the back.

Moments after they stepped into the imperial city, several horses galloped by!

The people on the horse seemed to be imperial guards too, they held their breath for a while, their expressions calm.

A few horses stopped not far away on the left, and Xue Li looked over there: Your Majesty is there too?

The three of them continued to walk forward, during which several people galloped by on horses, and there were already more than a dozen people gathered by the open space.

They rushed a few steps to the nearby place, they bowed to each other, and she said, "Your Majesty."

The emperor nodded, and Xue Li's eyes fell on the ripped shoulders of his clothes, startled.

No one spoke, the surroundings were quiet, and everyone's face was very serious, which made Xue Li feel puzzled, and was too oppressed by the atmosphere to ask any more questions.

After a while, a carriage came rushing up.

Everyone turned around and looked around.

The rider of the horse was obviously in a hurry, and he swung his whip so fast that the wooden cart seemed to be bouncing behind him.There were several imperial guards riding horses to protect them. A group of people galloped to the front, and one of them reined in his horse: "Woo——"

After the noise of horseshoes, there was an eerie silence.

Wei Chen opened the curtain, jumped out of the car, and forced himself to be composed before saluting, "Your Majesty."

Xie Zhao's eyes were fixed on the side of the carriage where drops of blood were oozing, choking in his throat: "Who is it..."

Wei Chen maintained the posture of clasping his fists and did not answer.

"Who is it!" the emperor shouted, and the people who came with Wei Chen lowered their heads to avoid his sight. After a while, they said humanely, "It's... Master Lu."

Xie Zhaozhi's face paled in shock.He subconsciously took half a step backwards, then stepped forward immediately, stretched out his hand and yanked off the car curtain, his whole body was shaken by the tragic scene inside.

Blood was everywhere, and even the vivid flying fish embroidery pattern on his chest could not be seen clearly.Seemingly aware of the light shining in, the eyelids of the unconscious person inside moved slightly.

"Lu..." Xue Li was standing at an angle where she could see clearly, but she only said one word, and she was so shocked that she couldn't make any more sound.

"Tell the imperial doctor!" The emperor's voice trembled uncontrollably, and someone replied, "It's gone."

In the car, Lu Yong took a deep breath and finally opened his eyes: "Your Majesty."

He wanted to sit up, but he couldn't do it, so he frowned and had to move his hand out: "Leave only this."

Xie Zhao hurriedly reached out to pick it up, and a small object fell into his palm, cool and sticky with blood.Before he had time to look at it, his hand was suddenly shaken.

"Your Majesty..." Lu Yong panted with his brows tightly furrowed, his chest hurting badly as he exhaled.He was silent, and annoyed, he spat out the ginseng slices he held in his mouth to raise his breath.

Just as Xie Zhao was about to stop him, Lu Yong smiled weakly: "Your Majesty... I beg you to help me settle A-Jiao."

"Yes." The emperor quickly agreed, wanting him not to talk too much, and afraid of blocking his last words.Gritting his teeth, Zhong shut himself up.

"Tell her not to wait for the minister to go back..." Lu Yong's breathing gradually became labored unconsciously, and he laughed again, "She was originally a medicine jar."

Only half of the setting sun was left in the sky, and the sky was still hot, but Sydney felt that her hands and feet were freezing.

After all, Lu Yong couldn't wait for the imperial doctor to come, he glanced at the half-set sunset and closed his eyes.

A group of people walked towards the palace with heavy footsteps, Xue Li felt her head was in a daze, she felt that she should go to the hotel, but she seemed unable to react to this matter.

When she regained consciousness a little bit, she was already in front of Zichen Palace.

When Chen Jijiang came out to welcome him, the emperor let out a heavy sigh: "The Ministry of Rituals, according to the prince's ceremony, a generous burial."

"No..." Even Chen Jijiang's voice in response was very low.Then the emperor walked up the long steps, and everyone followed silently, and she also followed.

Listening to what they said about today's affairs in a daze, I didn't listen to a word, I just felt that it was very complicated.It wasn't until the imperial guards retreated one after another, and the emperor asked the eunuch to bring wine, that she suddenly came back to her senses and found that only the emperor, Wei Chen, and her were left in the palace.

"Sydney." The emperor was also looking at her, wanting to take advantage of her carefreeness to calm himself down, but his eyes were sour when he said the words.

After a while, he said, "You're tired from playing, go back and rest."

Xueli didn't understand those serious matters at all, but she knew very well that they must be feeling extremely uncomfortable now, whether it was His Majesty or Lord Wei.

She felt that she should say something, but she didn't dare to look at the emperor's expression.Looking at Wei Chen, she walked over and tugged at his sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Master Wei..."

"Huh?" Wei Chen looked at her, trying to slow down his expression.

"Master Wei...don't drink away your sorrows!" She said while sweeping her eyes at the emperor.

Seeing this, Wei Chen smiled: "I know."

After a while, the eunuch came in with the wine, and Xueli knew that Wei Chen was bluffing her.

The emperor sat still, drinking one cup after another, or savoring it for a while, or directly pouring it clean, in short, he did not intend to stop.

The same is true for Wei Chen, who began to drink by himself after taking a seat next to him. He didn't have much to say, and he didn't see the customary courtesies between monarchs and ministers, and he never left the glass.

Sydney was watching stupidly, not knowing what to do.

The situation in front of her was beyond her comprehension.What she knows about "using alcohol to relieve sorrow" is to vent out the anger in her heart while drinking, crying or shouting or throwing a glass or something...

But the two people in front of them were too quiet.It was so quiet that she couldn't hear anything except the sound of pouring wine.

Look at this, look at that, they are still very personable, Xueli was stupid in the hall for a while, suddenly felt that they are so pitiful...

Obviously they all look extremely painful.She saw a little sparkle in the corner of the emperor's eyes several times, but he never let the sparkle overflow, and forced him to go back by raising his head while drinking, again and again.

Xueli felt a little conflicted in her heart, and she rubbed her feet towards the emperor little by little.

"Your Majesty..." she called in a low voice, Xie Zhao turned his head slightly, and looked at her expressionlessly.

She didn't have the guts to look back, she lowered her head and tugged at her sleeves with both hands: "Your Majesty, stop drinking like this...it's useless, you might as well cry if you feel uncomfortable."

"Heh." The emperor smiled softly, looked at her for a while, then shook his head, "Sure enough, she's still a little girl."

It's so simple for her to solve her problems.He thought with a wry smile, holding the flagon in his hand to pour wine again, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Wei Chen pouring three cups in a row, and was thinking about asking the palace servants to change the bowl, when a soft and weak sentence suddenly came from beside him: "Your Majesty... just passed the weak crown?"

The emperor was taken aback.

"Even if it's an old man crying, it's not shameful." Xueli buried her head lower and lower, and pulling her sleeves couldn't relieve the tension in her heart, so she wrapped the palace sash around her fingers instead, "Before the servant entered the palace, the same street There was a grandfather Liu on the Internet. Grandpa Liu was over 70 at that time, and one day his kitten died, and he cried a lot..."

The emperor stared at her with unspeakable emotions. She raised her eyes and secretly touched his gaze, as if afraid that he would not believe her, and said, "It's true. I cried so much...the whole street knows about it."

"..." He actually didn't know how to respond. After thinking about it, he just said, "I am the emperor."

When Sydney heard this, she was surprised: "Is it the law that forbids it?" The law says that the emperor is not allowed to cry?Is it the same as the palace rules saying that palace ladies are not allowed to cry?
... She was wrong.Xie Zhao coughed in embarrassment: "That's not true."

Then I saw her face: why is that?

The emperor frowned, and clearly felt that the grief seemed to be taken astray by her, and the inexplicable irritability made him feel that he should throw her out. He glanced at her confused eyes, but couldn't swear .

(End of this chapter)