first princess

Chapter 42
Naturally, Shui Lingqing had no objection, and obediently followed Xiao Dezi. Xiao Dezi took away a jug of milk wine and left a jug, saying that it was for Shui Linglong to taste.

When the two of them disappeared completely, Shui Linglong finally realized that something was wrong!Concubine Yu is pregnant, so she should not drink alcohol, so who is this wine for?And Xiao Dezi doesn't seem like a lazy person, but he said he was too lazy to make a trip... The more Shui Linglong thought about it, the more she felt that Xiao Dezi actually wanted to drive Shui Lingqing away.Shui Linglong recalled that Concubine Yu had been a little weird all day long, not that Concubine Yu was acting unnaturally, but an instinctive reaction, Shui Linglong felt that Concubine Yu was hiding something from her.

Shui Linglong thought about it for a moment, it is better for someone else to deliver this dish to Concubine Yu.

Having made up her mind, Shui Linglong put the dishes on the plate, turned off the fire in the stove, and turned around to leave the small kitchen.

At this moment, a hearty man's laughter came from outside the door: "It smells so good! Is Concubine Yu inside?"

A eunuch beside him echoed, "Your Majesty is pregnant, but she can't cook. Maybe she's a cook. Wait a minute, Lord Long Live. The slaves will go and have a look."

"I come here at this hour every day. It must be her surprise prepared by others. She knows my taste best. Let me go in and see who cooks such a good dish!"

Shui Linglong was terrified, who else could call herself "Zhen" besides the emperor?

Shui Linglong's first reaction was: Concubine Yu wants to use her cooking skills to curry favor with the emperor!But Concubine Yu clearly said this before: "Linglong, bring it over and eat with me after you finish cooking. I will have a better appetite when I have someone to accompany me."

The emperor came at this hour every day. Obviously, Concubine Yu wanted her to show her face in front of the emperor with the emperor's favorite dishes!
Shui Linglong's second reaction was: Concubine Yu wanted to give her a chance to curry favor with the emperor.But she has already made an engagement with Zhuge Yu. With such a status, if it weren't for the kindness of Concubine Yu, she shouldn't even go out of the boudoir, let alone meet a strange man?Concubine Yu is well educated and reasonable, so she shouldn't make such common-sense mistakes.

Or, is this the original intention of Concubine Yu?
Xiao Dezi took Shui Lingqing to the storeroom to get medicine, he randomly picked a box of golden sore medicine and handed it to Shui Lingqing, Shui Lingqing thanked her with a smile, and was going back to the small kitchen to help Shui Linglong, Xiao Dezi He blocked her way, and asked with a smile: "Miss Fifth, the way back to the wing room is on the right!"

Shui Lingqing said solemnly: "I'm not going back to the wing room! I'm going to the small kitchen! Eldest sister is cooking delicious food for Empress Yufei! I want to help elder sister!"

Xiao Dezi gave her a meaningful look, and his smile remained unchanged: "Well, now you can't be sure that the eldest lady has finished finishing and sent it to Empress Yufei, why bother to make a trip?"

Shui Lingqing shook her head: "No way! Eldest sister will definitely wait for me to send it to the empress! She said so, and the empress will give me a high opinion!"

Seeing that she couldn't be persuaded, Xiao Dezi rolled his eyes: "I see, so please go ahead!"

After finishing speaking, he turned sideways to give way.

Shui Lingqing walked towards the small kitchen, and when Xiao Dezi passed by, Xiao Dezi suddenly stretched out his foot and stepped on Shui Lingqing's skirt!
Shui Lingqing staggered and rushed forward!

Xiao Dezi quickly let go, grabbed her arm with one hand, and grabbed her back collar with the other. With a hiss, a long tear was split on the back of her jacket: "Oh! My clothes!"

Xiao Dezi hurriedly slapped himself a few times, and said guiltily: "It's not good to be a slave! I accidentally stepped on you, and even tore your clothes! Wait a minute, this servant is going to apologize to the empress!"

She is poor, and the satin given by the eldest lady was used up before making two clothes. If the elder sister hadn't sent some materials one after another, she would have few sets of clothes that could stand on the table.But she knew more or less the rules in the palace. The servants would be punished severely if they did something wrong. Xiao Dezi must not have done it on purpose, so she better not embarrass Xiao Dezi.Shui Lingqing hurriedly said: "Forget it, I'll go back and sew it with thread, it should still be able to wear."

"Thank you Miss Fifth for your kindness! This servant is really sorry for ruining Miss Fifth's clothes. Miss Fifth doesn't care about Miss Fifth's magnanimity, but this servant never dares to be so irresponsible. In this way, you go back to the room first, and this servant immediately goes to Tan Tan Mammy ask for some of the best needlework." Xiao Dezi leaned over to look, "Golden thread, silver thread and light yellow thread, just happen to have these in Mammy Tan's hands."

"You are amazing! You can tell what thread you want to use at a glance! Thank you, Eunuch De!" Shui Lingqing said with a smile, and went back to her room.

Xiao Dezi couldn't help but sigh, children who grew up outside the palace are pure.When Shui Lingqing walked away, he flashed his figure and went to Dongcijian.

Behind the hanging flower gate, Shui Lingyue and the maid Si Xi had a panoramic view of the scene, both of them showed unimaginable expressions, Shui Lingqing realized that confused bastard, but the two of them saw it clearly, Xiao Dezi deliberately stepped on the water Lingqing, Shui Lingqing was the only one who fell, and Xiao Dezi ripped out the tear on Shui Lingqing's clothes on purpose.

Si Xi asked puzzledly: "Miss Si, do you think Eunuch De is weird? Didn't he finally ask Nanny Tan to get the line? But Nanny Tan's yard is on the west side, and he went to the east side." .”

Only Concubine Yu lives in the east.

Shui Lingyue circled the tassel around her waist, her eyes gradually became sharper: "Didn't you hear Shui Lingqing say that she was going to the small kitchen, and did Eunuch De stop her? In my opinion, there is something strange about the small kitchen! "According to what Shui Lingqing said, Shui Linglong is cooking delicious food for Concubine Yu, that lowly girl Shui Linglong gave Shui Lingqing the chance to curry favor with Concubine Yu, but not her, hum!They're all a bunch of bitches!
Si Xi asked again: "Miss Si, what should we do now? The Eldest Miss and the Fifth Miss are trying their best to curry favor with Concubine Yu, we must not fall behind! They cook, so we can do it too!" After four In the past few years, although the young lady was suppressed by the second lady, she has always been full of pomp in front of other concubine girls, but since the eldest lady returned to the house, the fourth lady has lost her momentum day by day, and they have lost their prestige as servants.

Shui Lingyue glared at her: "The question is, can you?"

Si Xi choked, she wouldn't, Fourth Miss... let alone!Si Xi thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and he suggested, "Miss Si, everyone has their own strengths. Missy knows how to cook, and you can embroider. You forgot, even the ladies in Xiulou have praised your embroidery skills." , Although this time, for the sake of the occasion, I gave Concubine Yu the jade carving of Guanyin giving a child, you might as well get another pair of embroidery! Guanyin giving a child is to wish the empress a man in one fell swoop, and it will be her birthday in a few days, you can send it again Such a unique embroidery will raise your position in the heart of the empress!"

"Hmph! Are you blind or a fool? Didn't you see that Concubine Yu put all her heart and soul into Shui Linglong? As long as Shui Linglong doesn't make mistakes, no matter how much I do, it won't help!" Shui Lingyue said sourly, Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, no mistake?Yes!Why didn't she expect Shui Linglong to make a mistake?Especially... breaking the taboo of Concubine Yu, will Concubine Yu still favor Shui Linglong again?After making up her mind, Shui Lingyue helped the bead flower on her bun, and said softly, "Go back to the room and sleep!"

Let Shui Linglong flatter her!The higher you climb, the harder you fall!However, what kind of dish Shui Linglong cooks, it's so delicious!Even she is drooling!
Shui Lingyue turned around, and Si Xi followed suit.After walking a few steps, I heard a shrill voice coming from the opposite corridor: "Your Majesty! Slow down! This servant can't keep up with you!"

"I can smell it! I can smell the grassland! Li Chang, have you smelled it?" It was the emperor's ecstatic voice.

The emperor is here?Shui Lingyue followed the sound and looked sideways, and saw a bright yellow shadow flashing by like a hurricane, she hadn't seen the emperor's true face clearly, the emperor had disappeared in the aisle, and the direction the emperor was going away was the small kitchen!
Shui Lingyue's eyes are bit by bit deep, complicated and meaningless!It's really dozing off to send a pillow, if Concubine Yu finds out that the emperor and Shui Linglong are alone together, Shui Linglong will peel off her skin even if she doesn't die!The most important thing is, if Shui Linglong has a problem with her character, how can the Zhenbei Palace want her?She tightened her handkerchief, her eyes sparkled with excitement: "Go! Follow up and have a look!"

When Xiao Dezi returned to Dongcijian, Concubine Yu was lying haggardly on the imperial concubine's couch reading a book. She had a hard pregnancy. This is true. Just smelling the smell of cumin meat made her sick to the stomach. After a while of turmoil, Officer Xin flicked the filament, and the room became a little brighter again: "Your Majesty, don't look at it, it hurts your eyes!"

Concubine Yu put down the book, where did she read it again?
"Your Majesty, the servant is Xiaodezi."

Concubine Yu's hands trembled, her eyes trembled: "Come in."

Xiao Dezi walked into the house with a bow and hit Qian'er.

"Is it all done?" Concubine Yu asked indifferently. At this time, her expression was indifferent and her eyes were clear. She was not as skilled, gentle and approachable as before. When she looked closely, she was even tinged with melancholy.

Xiao Dezi replied truthfully: "Returning to your mother's words, the eldest lady has done it seriously, and the smell is three or two points more fragrant than what you have made before, my mother." I understand that this is what Concubine Yu wants to hear.

Sure enough, Concubine Yu gave a bitter smile, but her expression was much more stable: "That's natural, she got her mother's true biography, so how could the cooking be so bad? Really speaking, my culinary skills can be regarded as outstanding."

Only then did Xiao Dezi start to praise: "Your Majesty, why should you belittle yourself? Your cooking skills are my favorite!"

Concubine Yu's face was neither happy nor worried: "How is Nanny Tan?"

Xiao Dezi said: "Going to sleep, the servant mixed some tranquilizing medicine into her meal, and she was very sleepy when she got back to the room, and probably won't wake up tonight."

"That's good. She doesn't have bad intentions for Ben Gong, but she doesn't like Ben Gong to have bad thoughts! To put it bluntly, she is only loyal to the emperor!" Such a person is useful as long as it is useful, but it must be guarded against.

Lady Xin lifted Concubine Yu's feet and rubbed her calf: "Madam, can this really be done? What if the emperor doesn't like the eldest lady? The eldest lady is comely and intelligent, and she is just a beautiful woman. Yun's harem, such a beauty may not be able to catch the eyes of the emperor."

Concubine Yu smiled lightly: "It's up to people to make things happen. I have tried my best. If it ends in failure, I have nothing to say."

His tone was clearly full of confidence.

"Hey! Is your method going to work?" The third princess tugged at the eunuch's clothes, her whole body was terribly awkward. She was the dignified daughter of the empress, and she actually wore the eunuch's clothes, "I said! Go in through the front door?"

"You are a princess, you can enter, what about me?"

"You don't want to go in! Is it the same if I convey it for you?"

Guo Yan quickly retorted: "That's so insincere! Did you remember the wrong way?"

Guo Yan took the hand of the three princesses and walked carefully along the wall. Although they were dressed as eunuchs, one of them was tall and strong, and the other was small and exquisite. When they met the experienced Imperial Forest Army, they might reveal their secrets on the spot.

The third princess said firmly: "I can't remember it wrong! The Guanju Palace did have a back door, but it was sealed after it was not used all the year round, but it was abandoned for a long time, and then it seemed to be changed to a... what was it changed into?" I don't know, it's not for people to live in anyway! It's so dark now, there must be no one there, we just climb over the wall!"

"Okay." Guo Yan nodded, and continued to move forward with the third princess.

The third princess calculated in her mind the time when the palace gate would be locked, and it seemed that there was less than half an hour left. If there was a delay later, wouldn't it be that... Guo Yan couldn't get out tonight?If he can't get out, he can only stay in her bedroom secretly, sharing... the same bed with her?They want to advance... a bridal chamber?
Guo Yan walked a few steps, and found that the third princess was a little abnormal, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

The third princess blurted out: "I... I'm not ready!"

The familiar smell of cumin and the scent of milk wine brought the emperor back to the vast grassland more than ten years ago in an instant. He seemed to be able to see the green grass under the blue sky and the herds of cattle and sheep. She waved her whip, The Ruhuo skirt bloomed a vibrant flower in the sky.Such a bright color, Rao has gone through vicissitudes of life, faintly shining in the moment of inadvertently looking back.

The emperor couldn't help being in a trance for a moment...

"Yingying! Is Yingying you?" The moment he stepped into the small kitchen, the emperor exclaimed happily. However, in addition to the green curtains fluttering in the wind, a plate of delicious cumin beef, and a pot of fragrant Overflowing milk wine, nothing else!The emperor's heart sank suddenly. Looking at the plate of cumin beef, he fell into deep thought and remained silent for a long time.

Li Chang sighed and said, "Long Live Lord, this should be made by the cooks, it's nothing special."

The emperor picked it up with chopsticks and took a bite, his eyes suddenly lit up: "No! The imperial chef can't make this kind of taste! It's been more than ten years, and I have never forgotten this kind of taste!"

"Long live, Master Ying, she..."

Before Li Chang could finish his sentence, the emperor's ears twitched: "Who? Who is here! Come out for me! If you don't come out again, I will order people to search, and if they find it, I will take your head off!"

...

In the mud pond outside the kitchen, Shui Linglong was covered with her lips, she didn't dare to vent her breath, until the emperor and his party left, she bit the man violently!
Guo Yan gasped in pain, but he dared not use his internal strength to resist, for fear of hurting her.

Shui Linglong saw that she had been biting for a long time but the other party did not respond. She thought that the other party did not have any malicious intentions. She loosened her teeth, turned her head to look, her eyes widened in surprise, Guo Yan?How did he sneak into the Guanju Palace of Concubine Yu?

It turned out that when Shui Linglong heard the emperor's footsteps and voice, she jumped out of the window immediately and fell into the mud pond. The mud pond was not deep enough to cover her knees, but when she fell in, she would make a noise that would easily arouse the emperor's suspicion. At the moment, a pair of strong arms hugged her tightly, saving her from the bad luck of being in close contact with the mud pond.Her first reaction was naturally to struggle, and Guo Yan covered her lips, and only then did the previous scene happen.

Guo Yan was so excited that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He felt that she was really in his arms, soft and soft, with a vigilant yet childish look on his face. He felt that he had flown into the clouds. It turned out that she He was so young and so petite, it seemed that he had seen how this thin body struggled to grow up in an instant, if possible, he would prefer her to live a simple and happy life in this life.

Guo Yan smiled: "My name is... Guo Yan."

I know, then what?Shui Linglong blinked her bright eyes and looked at him, showing surprise: "You are a mighty general? Why did you come here?"

Remembering that he still left the three princesses on the other side of the wall, and that the palace gate was about to be locked, Guo Yan decided to cut a long story short. He fixedly stared at Shui Linglong, and said seriously with eyes so pure that he could not find any impurities: "Oh, I was playing hide-and-seek with the third princess, and I accidentally hid in."

Yes, Guo Yan wanted to tell Shui Linglong that he was Xun Bin, but in Guo Yan's perception, Shui Linglong would not believe it, and would treat him as a lunatic from now on, just like Shui Linglong never told anyone that she was reborn Once, such a shocking thing, everyone's first choice is to rot in the stomach!

"Oh, that's it." Shui Linglong is obviously not a person to be fooled easily. Guo Yan's forced smile, disordered breathing, and rapid heartbeat all prove that he lied. She is not sure how much Guo Yan understands about what happened just now. She didn't care if Guo Yan sneaked into the Guanju Palace for another purpose, anyway, she felt that the purpose must have nothing to do with her, as for the others, go to hell.

In fact, Guo Yan didn't hear anything, and he didn't guess anything. He focused all his attention on Shui Linglong. From the moment he hugged Shui Linglong, he began to wander into the void. It was just his martial arts instinct that told him There were people inside, they couldn't make a sound, so they covered Shui Linglong's mouth.

Guo Yan smiled slightly, a little shy and a little excited: "I apologize to you on behalf of my sister. She helped Shui Lingxi to plot against you during the plum appreciation banquet. She knew she was wrong. You are a worthy friend. Please go In the future, I will play more around Guofu."

As if afraid that Shui Linglong might suspect something, he added, "My sister described your appearance, so I recognize it."

(End of this chapter)