The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 85
After reluctantly cooking up a supper, the emperor returned to the Zichen Palace dejectedly.

Totally different than expected.

When I was not aware of my thoughts before, I was never so unfamiliar with eating with her.I had nothing to say today, I finally found a topic and finished talking in a few sentences, and then she just ate hers, and he couldn't even eat it beside him.

Sitting in front of the case, Xie Zhao was thinking about it in distress, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong - it seemed that it wasn't all about the hard-to-peel shrimp problem.

Chen Jijiang looked at the emperor thinking hard, and after a while, he let the others back out, and carefully said: "Your Majesty, can you be more calm when you treat Miss Ruan?"

As for the meal just now, not to mention your Majesty and Xueli being awkward, everyone he was watching was also awkward-what's the matter?Ordinarily, Sydney is the person His Majesty likes, and she has always been quite close to His Majesty.Over the past two years, she has done a lot of eating and drinking in the Zichen Palace, and everyone is used to eating together, but the meal just now should be more awkward than serving the concubine in the harem, isn't it screwed up? ? !

After thinking about it, Chen Jijiang realized that the fault really wasn't on Xueli, she didn't know anything, it was because His Majesty had changed his mind to be awkward.

When he mentioned this, Xie Zhao sighed, his expression darkened with annoyance: "I know. But when I see her now, I don't know how to be 'calm'."

He wanted to do it in that direction, so he was picking up food and looking for words, but the atmosphere turned out to be awkward, and he was at a loss.

Chen Jijiang thought for a while, and he seemed to understand what was going on. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Your Majesty, what do you want Miss Ruan to do now?"

Xie Zhao was startled suddenly.

Chen Jijiang continued persuasively: "Do you want to make her happy and tell her about the canonization, or do you want to call the servants first and then directly canonize it? I think Miss Ruan is young, and she must have never thought about it. You It’s easy to make up your mind here.”

If both of them are like headless chickens, what should we do about this matter?

Xie Zhao thought about it carefully, it was neither.

He didn't directly decree the canonization because he didn't want her to be afraid, so he didn't want to simply "coax" her to reveal the matter.Not to mention summoning a servant to bed—not to mention that Xue Li didn't think about it, he didn't even think about it for the time being.See how embarrassing dinner is today?Even if this is the case with a meal, how can it be so stiff that no one dares to move at that point?
He didn't see her as a woman in the harem trying to curry favor with him, and he didn't want to turn her into that with his own hands.

He just wanted Sydney to live as easily as she is now, and it would be best if she could never be restrained by the harem rules.He can help her when she is in trouble, and he can come to Zichen Palace to find her when she is bored...

This kind of feeling makes him feel comfortable and happy when he thinks about it, but it seems unrealistic.

Sydney quietly returned to the residence after finishing her night shift.The courtyard door was left open, leaving a gap for her.As soon as she pushed it, there was a rustling of branches and leaves inside.

Yu Xiang jumped down from the peach tree branch, went to the door to "welcome" her in, stretched her front paws and stretched her waist, and followed her into the house.

Xueli looked at the fallen leaves under the peach tree and the little peaches that hadn't grown yet, and knew that Fugui should feel distressed again, so she reached out and patted Yuxiang's head, and pressed the tone and said, "Climbing the tree again! Why don't you stay with Zixian? "

Yu Xiang looked at her sleepily, and yawned "Aww".

That's all... I also know that Quilt Zixian may have "kicked" it out.

When Sydney was on duty that night, Zixian was so happy to take Yuxiang to her bed to sleep, but she was too dishonest to sleep. She was very happy hugging Yuxiang when she was not asleep, and unconsciously stretched her legs and arms when she fell asleep.

Yuxiang was woken up several times by her kicking her like this when she was a child, and then she became angry. As soon as Zixian kicked it, she turned around and left, sleeping or playing by herself in the yard, but by the way, she didn't know the skill of "climbing trees" pass……

Xueli sat in front of the dressing table, took off the pearl hairpin earrings, changed her clothes and washed her face, after tidying up by herself, she dragged Yuxiang over to wash her paws, after washing the four big paws which were two-thirds the size of her hand, one person A lion went to sleep happily.

She was lying against the wall, Yuxiang was facing her with her back against the edge of the bed, yawning and pushing her head into her arms to let her touch her, Xueli's neck was itchy from being rubbed by it, and she laughed straight: "How old are you! Don't make trouble. Don't make trouble!"

Then Yuxiang put a big paw on her lower abdomen, as if she felt the warmth of her master before she was willing to sleep.

As a result, Yu Xiang fell asleep next to her, and Xue Li closed her eyes for a while, but couldn't sleep anymore.

——As soon as I calmed down, I couldn't help but wonder what happened to Your Majesty these two days.

She turned sideways, facing Yu Xiang's beautiful lion face, and muttered: "What do you think is wrong with Your Majesty? He seems to be preoccupied. He came to my place for dinner for no reason, didn't say anything, and even peeled the shrimp for me by himself." eat."

Yu Xiang raised her eyelids with great effort, and her round ears flicked, which probably meant: Listen, you continue.

"I don't think it's just a matter of going to the palace to entertain the prince... Is he sick? But it doesn't look like it..."

Xue Li frowned, feeling annoyed and confused, she stretched out her hand sadly to wrap Yu Xiang into her arms.

Well, it really makes me feel better to have a big fluffy ball in my arms.

"What's wrong with him!" Sydney worried.

Yu Xiang was stuffed in her arms: "Woo..."

Xueli said again: "Don't let anything happen! Your Majesty is very good... The wine you stole that day was given to me by Your Majesty! Is it delicious?"

Yuxiang: "Woo..." Don't steal wine anymore, okay?

Xueli was thinking about it while hugging Yuxiang and talking about it, and then it was like talking about herself into a dream.Yu Xiang, who was so uncomfortable, stretched out her paws to push her away, looked to see if she hadn't left the "master who seemed very unhappy today" by herself, rubbed half an inch to the side, and fell asleep on her stomach.

Near noon, the two imperial eunuchs who came to pass the message entered the room and saw that the imperial dining lady was sleeping on the inside of the bed without knowing it. On the outside was a half-sized lion with shiny brown hair. A big front paw is drooping underneath, and the tail is still flicking.

The two eunuchs looked at each other, swallowed their saliva together, hesitating: should I wake her up?

Don't call, His Majesty is waiting over there; call, there is a lion beside here...

"Go!" The tall one ordered in a low voice.

The short one glared: "Why? You received the decree, and I just came with you. You asked me to feed the lions?!"

Hearing the movement, Yu Xiang turned her ears, opened her eyelids a little, glanced over indifferently, and exhaled: "Huh!"

"Oh my god!!!" The two eunuchs turned their heads and ran away when they heard the movement, they were so terrified that they didn't even look at the lion's movement, and rushed into the bean paste room all the way to startle the bean paste: "Master, sir? "

"Auntie...girl!" The short one stroked his chest and panted, "The lion it...it it..."

Dou Sha was stunned, and looked him up and down: Did it bite you?No way?After the teeth grow, it has never been on the mouth of people!
The short "it" stayed for a long time, and the tall one held back: "It woke up!"

Bean paste: "...Oh."

So a moment later, Sydney in her sleep smelled the aroma of meatballs.She could even smell that the meatballs were her own handiwork. The pork was mixed with surimi and a few vegetables. It was boiled first and then rolled over the fire for a while to stimulate the aroma...

Yuxiang is cute to eat!

She guessed that it was Zixian or Dou Sha who came to feed Yu Xiang, but when she opened her eyes, Yu Xiang was "sitting upright" by the bed, and Dou Sha brought a pot of meatballs specially made for him three steps away. It, it just won't go away.

Just wondering why it doesn't love the meatballs, Xue Li's eyes moved a little further: Oh, there are outsiders.

Yuxiang is very good at guarding the door. It feels that this three-acre land is its territory. It doesn’t matter if it has met acquaintances. " look.

—It would be fine if it were a dog, but it's a lion!It's really bluffing.

So Xueli turned over and went to bed, and while taking the pot of meatballs in Dousha's hand, she picked a few and fed it in her palm, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, you two gentlemen... what's the matter?"

The tall one trembled: "It..."

"It's okay, it doesn't bite, just tell me." Sydney said brightly.

Then the two eunuchs tried their best not to look at the meat-eating lion, and finally finished the sentence intermittently.

It turned out that His Majesty the Third Highness was not feeling well when he came in. His Majesty, the elder brother, wanted to show his concern, so he planned to go to the palace to visit the sick and let her go with him.

Sydney was a little surprised: Is this appropriate? !
Remembering Master Chen's instructions, the two eunuchs understood in their hearts but kept silent. They just lowered their heads and said: "You are a female official of the imperial catering, not to mention cooking the imperial catering every day, and you have also dealt with envoys. Your Majesty means that if the third highness I don't have a good appetite, you can help give ideas."

That seems to be right!
So Xue Li complied kindly, and after sending them off, she fed Yu Xiang for a while.After eating half of a pot full of meatballs and fish fragrance, the ground beside her bed was covered with minced meat, and then he left with a pork-smelling belch, and she squatted down to clean up by herself.

Picking out a chest-length skirt that looked a bit more gorgeous and putting it on, Xueli put her hair up in a bun, and picked out a bunch of beautiful hairpins from the box of hairpins of unknown material that His Majesty brought back from her southern tour. Xifu Begonia came out.

Looking in the mirror, you can see a watermelon-red pair of skirts and a white-bottomed skirt with pale pink floral branches. This skirt has two layers, and an extra layer of very light gauze is added on the outside to make the floral branches inside look hazy.

She hasn't worn this outfit yet after it's done. She thinks it's too delicate and eye-catching, and it's not good to wear it on duty.But isn't she going out of the palace to meet people in the palace today? She is too plain and inappropriate as a royal catering lady.

And she still looks pretty pretty...

Xueli praised herself a little in her heart, and then went out to Zichen Palace.In the yard, she met Yu Xiang who was lying on the ground with her stomach turned over to bask in the warmth. She kicked him up and patted his head: "Be good, don't climb the tree, don't scratch the corridor, and don't scare people when outsiders come. Do you hear me?" ?”

Yuxiang's tail whipped twice on the ground, and Xue Li tacitly agreed.

When he arrived at the Zichen Palace, the emperor was already pacing up and down the long steps leisurely. Xue Li saw that she was a little slow, so she added a sentence during the ceremony: "Your Majesty, forgive me, my slave is a little late."

Xie Zhao said, "It's okay, the car is just ready."

Then he got into the carriage freely, sat down and waited for a moment and realized that there was no movement at all, then lifted the curtain and poked his head out: "Sydney?"

Xue Li looked back in a daze: "Your Majesty has any orders?"

With a dark face, Xie Zhao passed his hand to signal her to come up, and knew that according to the rules, she could only follow the car, at most sit on the shaft, and said proactively: "It's not very close, come in and sit."

Xueli hesitated for a moment, but went up generously——holding her hand on the shaft of the car, she was very dexterous.

Xie Zhao held his breath and turned his head away: Don't hold his hand yet!
The carriage drove up slowly, and drove out of the vermilion palace gate under the golden afternoon sun, the rumbling wheels were fast and steady.

Behind the carriage, the royals watched off for a while with mixed emotions, and then told each other: "Don't say anything."

"Yes, you can't tell anyone."

(End of this chapter)