The little lady in the palace

Chapter 110 Vegetarian
The matter of keeping filial piety during pregnancy is not difficult to solve. Filial piety is important, but having children is also a major event. If it was left a few decades ago, just ask for an order.

However, a few decades ago, a group of rotten Confucianists made a fuss, regardless of their blindly preaching "filial piety is the first of all virtues", insisting that pregnant women have to observe filial piety meticulously, and this rule has continued to this day.

Want Meng Junhuai to say, isn't this an asshole?

None of those rotten scholars wanted to give birth to their own children, and they asked pregnant women to eat vegetarian food as soon as they touched their pious lips, and they all took it for granted that this was a big deal.But if they put aside those so-called etiquette and smiled and read two medical books, they would know how dangerous pregnancy is. He also read it after Yuyin was pregnant last time.

But now this happened by coincidence, Meng Junhuai was really at a loss as to what to do.

It is absolutely impossible to steal supplements. How can there be an impenetrable wall in Beijing?Spreading the word is a mortal sin.

But if you go to ask for an order...

He didn't know what Brother Huang thought about this matter, he didn't dare to ask for an order rashly, for fear of getting into trouble - in the past four or five days, there were too many people in Beijing getting into trouble.First, the old ten was scolded by the emperor's brother, and then sent to guard the spirit of the father; then the seventh brother who was in charge of the East Factory was slapped on the hoof, also received a reprimand, and was ordered to shut himself up for a month.

He is not afraid of these things, but he is afraid that Yuyin will be implicated. If the emperor sends someone to scold Yuyin, will he not let her have a good pregnancy?

Meng Junhuai had no choice but to hold back his temper, thinking about a few days later, waiting for the emperor's brother to recover from the grief of his father's death before going to ask for an order.However, he almost watched Yuyin's complexion deteriorate day by day.

How many days has it been?Her whole body was in a bad mood, and she ate less and less.It's really not her fault, he doesn't have an appetite looking at the big table of vegetarian dishes, does he?

Meng Junhuai panicked with worry, and wandered around in the study whenever he thought about it.

He Jing, who came to accompany him at the order of his mother and concubine because he was afraid of losing his father, was too sad. He was turned dizzy, frowned, and condemned: "Father, don't turn around, just tell me if you are unhappy." !"

"..." Meng Junhuai stopped and looked at her, but of course he couldn't tell her.

He Jing, who was dressed in plain clothes, looked very fair, blinked, and said: "Otherwise, I will go with you to find the concubine mother? Or go to see the younger brothers? Hey Ah Li? Why don't you punish brother Ah Cheng to copy books?" !"

Meng Junhuai: "..."

He sighed, walked up to He Jing and squatted down: "Don't think about it, go back and accompany your mother and concubine, father and king think about it yourself."

"What are you thinking? Can I help you?" He Jing looked at him and said.

Meng Junhuai was quiet for a while, then sighed: "Yes. Your mother and concubine have a bad appetite recently, see if you can persuade her to eat more, or the body will not be able to hold on after a long time."

"Oh..." He Jing pursed her lips, and suddenly felt that this was a hard job.She hesitated for a while, then murmured truthfully, "I think... Mother Concubine is gluttonous!"

"I know." Meng Junhuai's worried expression became more obvious, and he said helplessly, "But you should still persuade her well, and bring your younger brothers to persuade her together."

He Jing obediently agreed, and went out while thinking about what to say.After she left, there was a moment of silence in the study, and then Yang Enlu's voice came in: "Master..."

Meng Junhuai turned his head and saw a porcelain bowl on the porcelain plate in Yang Enlu's hand, and walked into the room with a smile: "Master, I found some good things, but you...don't get angry when you see it."

Is it a good thing but afraid that he will get angry?

Meng Junhuai frowned: "Don't hold back, let's take a look."

Yang Enlu answered "Yes", stepped forward and put down the porcelain bowl.He lifted the lid, and Meng Junhuai swept it away: "Isn't it vegetable soup?"

The bowl was really emerald green, he really drank a lot of soup like this recently, he drank it back and forth, worried that his face would turn green after a while.

But Yang Enlu smiled, and poked his fingers into a notch on both sides of the inner layer of the porcelain bowl, and took out the inner layer.

Meng Junhuai was surprised by the smell that wafted away all of a sudden.

He walked over a few steps and saw that there was meat soup in the bottom layer, with chicken floating in the soup, and a layer of golden chicken oil covering the soup. I haven't recovered.

Yang Enlu lowered his eyebrows and didn't look at his expression: "I just found it by chance at the market that day. It was originally used to heat water in the bottom to keep dishes warm in winter. But after I tried it, the one on the top Once the layer is pressed, the smell from the bottom will not escape at all, and the space under the bottom is enough to put a soup, so I think of the princess..."

He said and bowed his body: "Whether it can be used, I ask the prince to make an idea."

"You are a thief!" Meng Junhuai was overjoyed, picked up the bowl of green vegetable soup he put aside and put it back, stuffed the soup for him, and said, "Hurry up and send it to the princess. Avoid people, the less the more the better." good."

"Yes, Xia Nu knows it well." Yang Enlu explained his arrangement of "beheading first and playing later", "This matter is known to Xia Nu and a cook, and the whole family of the cook is in our house, and he is determined not to cause trouble .And there are two of these bowls. After sending them to the princess, let the princess use them up. Let the people close to me wash them in the house before sending them out. If there is no time to wash them, there is another one that can be used.”

Meng Junhuai nodded in satisfaction, Yang Enlu didn't say any more, and left with the soup in his hand.

In the main courtyard, Yu introduced He Jing to coax her to eat when she came back, and knew that this little girl must have been "instigated" by Meng Junhuai.

She leaned on the couch and pulled He Jing's nose: "Why are your ears so soft? The mother concubine asked you to accompany the father, and when the father asked you to coax the mother and concubine to eat, you came back?"

"I think the father is right!" He Jing said seriously, "You have lost your appetite recently, and you are still pregnant, you should eat more!"

Yu Yin's eyelashes were filled with tears, and she was shouting with all her heart... I really can't eat it!

She didn't feel much after eating vegetarian food for ten years before, but now she can't bear to stop eating meat.After eating vegetarian for about three days, she felt that there was no taste in her mouth, and she felt that there was something missing every day, but she could only continue to eat vegetarian dishes every day.

Moreover, she really didn't like to complain to Meng Junhuai, not because she was afraid that he would get angry, but because he was already suffering enough from the pain of losing his father, so she went to tell him, "I can't stand being so vegetarian"?That still makes people alive!

Yu Yin had no choice but to deal with He Jing. She pinched He Jing's face and said, "This concubine mother understands it all. Be good. If the concubine mother has an appetite, she must eat more. If she doesn't have an appetite, stuffing it down is not good for her health."

The mother and daughter were grinding each other, Ningzhi probed into the room: "Master?"

The two of them looked over together, Ningzhi entered the room and gave a blessing, and said: "My lord, come out for a while, Mammy Rui has something to say to the princess."

As soon as He Jing heard this, she went out obediently. She is very used to this kind of thing, knowing that there are some words in the adult world that are not convenient for her to listen to, and she has never been curious about what it is.

Not a moment after He Jing left, Mammy Rui entered the room with a bowl of soup, took out the inner bowl, and as soon as the smell dissipated, Yuyin was dumbfounded: "Mama, you..."

She took a deep breath: "Sister, please don't! This is a filial piety for the Supreme Emperor, how can you do this!"

"Shhh—" Mammy Rui pressed her lips to signal her to keep quiet, and said with a smile, "This is sent by the prince, don't worry about it. Eunuch Yang, slaves, and a cook know about this, so it's all right."

Can this be done?

Yuyin panicked, she had never done such a sneaky and sneaky thing before, it was scary.

Under the wall outside the dining room, Ah Li took the sauced beef wrapped in paper, put it in his arms, turned his head and ran away.

Keeping filial piety is really terrifying... He has never eaten so vegetarian before, and it is said that his father, queen, mother and concubine will eat this way for more than two years and nearly three years, and their juniors will also eat it for a year, so he feels that life is hopeless!
But fortunately, there is no limit to the road, just yesterday, Ah Li found out that there are eunuchs stealthily eating meat!

He resolutely didn't let go of this opportunity, and stood behind them calmly. When they turned their heads and saw him, they were frightened out of their wits.

Then everything was as he planned, he threatened and lured them to get him a meat dish every day, otherwise he would report the matter to his father, and they agreed without hesitation at all!

Hahahaha……

Satisfied, Ah Li carried the bag of beef to the west.On a remote path to the west, Aqi and Azuo Ayou were waiting for their brother curiously, not knowing what he was going to do.

Seeing him approaching, Ah Qi was the first to call out: "Brother!"

The three boys ran over together, and Ah Li dragged them to a corner to squat down, mysteriously asking, "Recently... are you craving meat?"

"Greedy..." Ah Qi flattened his mouth all of a sudden, "It's too vegetarian these days! I can't even eat meat floss..."

As soon as the words fell, a handful of sauced beef was presented in front of him.

At first glance, it is fresh sauce, the meat is fresh and tender, and the color of the outer layer of sauce is crystal clear.The three younger brothers were stunned for a moment, Ah You was about to reach out, but Ah Li withdrew the beef again.

He sternly ordered: "Don't say anything, absolutely not, or you won't have meat to eat in the future, one year, you can figure it out!"

"Don't say it! Don't say it even if you kill me!" A Zuo immediately raised his small hand to promise, but A Zuo slapped his forehead: "Keep your voice down."

Ah Zuo immediately shut up again.

Then, the four boys ate one by one under the wall with great relish.I didn't think there was anything rare about this thing before, and no one would touch a chopstick even if a large plate was placed on the table, but now I think it's really delicious...

When there was almost [-]% of the meal left, Ah Li wrapped up the rest: "A Zuo, you take this."

"What are you doing?" A Zuo didn't answer in a daze, he felt that he was full, and even if he wasn't full, he didn't want to be greedy for such an extra portion.

Ah Li stuffed the beef into his hand: "Take it back to my sister, and tell her never to tell her outside. Tell her again, we will meet here every afternoon at this time from now on, and come over if she is fine!"

"Okay, okay!" A Zuo hurriedly put away the meat left for her sister.The children don't need to be so sneaky on weekdays, but now they are a little excited to play like this?
The feeling of doing bad things behind the back of an adult is so exhilarating!

However, Ah Qi remembered another person, and he tugged on Ah Li's sleeve: "What about the second sister?"

"Don't mention it to Lan Jing!" Ah Li glared at him, his eyes full of threats, "No one is allowed to mention it! She is too timid, she can't hide things from her mouth, and if I tell her, it won't be more than three days. We should know, what shall we do then?"

Let the father, queen, mother and concubine know that there will be no meat to eat!

The boys all felt that this would be serious, so they immediately decided to keep their mouths shut, and didn't tell Lan Jing if they were killed!
In the main courtyard, Yu caused Chubu to feel very guilty.

Filial piety period, the whole family is obediently keeping their filial piety, she is the only one who eats big meat twice a day, and she is very particular about it, even her own children are not told, is there such a mother!
However, one day by chance, when He Jing approached her and talked to her, she suddenly smelled something and frowned: "Why do you smell like duck sauce?"

She was just asking casually at first, but He Jing's face suddenly turned pale, and she fell silent all of a sudden.

Yu Yin felt that this was very problematic!

It happened that Meng Junhuai was there at that time, he heard the words and looked this way, and said: "He Jing, go back to practice calligraphy, and show it to Father Wang in a while."

Guilty He Jing simply responded "Okay!", and ran away.

"What's going on?" Yu Yin frowned and looked at him, "Did you get them something to eat too?"

"No." Meng Junhuai sneered, and sat down on the side of the couch, "But don't be angry with He Jing, it wasn't her idea, it was A Li who made it."

"A Li?!" Yu Yin was surprised.

"That's right, not only He Jing, but Azuo and Ayou must have eaten them all, you didn't see it at all?"

Yu Yinxin said that I didn't see it, and asked him: "How did you see it?"

"Tch." Meng Junhuai laughed, "The other day I checked Ayou's recitation of hundreds of surnames, and there were two drops of oil on the child's front lapel, and there was an elbow smell when he opened his mouth. Let him eat."

Yu Yin: "..."

He continued: "I thought it must not be given to him by you, so I called the people in the dining room one by one to ask. Later, two eunuchs confessed that it was Ah Li who forced them, but I really don't know how Ah Li returned it. compared to others."

She was dumbfounded, and asked after a while: "Then you don't care?"

"If you haven't made a fuss, just pretend you didn't see it. I also told those two eunuchs, pretend I didn't ask." Meng Junhuai smacked his lips, "I can't handle being a vegetarian every day, let alone a few children? Besides, Ah Li Doing this and thinking about his brothers and sisters is also considered his righteousness, we can't boast about this, let him be righteous to the end."

This is true, Ah Li is righteous enough.He is the oldest of the boys, and he should also have the biggest appetite right now.It's obviously not too much to steal some meat dishes by myself, and I can share them with others. This kid is really good.

——Yuyin's thoughts froze at the thought of this, and she felt that it was strange to sigh "this kid is really good" in such a matter...

She turned the topic to another place: "Do you want to also... Bubu? I can't finish the two servings of soup every day. Let's eat together?"

But Meng Junhuai shook his head, he sighed: "That's my father."

Yu Yin fell silent, clutching his hand and stroking it, all she could do was to comfort him silently.

In the Qianqing Palace, on the 15th day of the Supreme Emperor's death, the emperor ushered in the No. 30 four-fold book that his tenth brother handed in to the Qianqing Palace.

The tenth brother is completely confused.

Until the Supreme Emperor passed away, he was still sowing discord in front of the Supreme Emperor, but at that time neither of them thought that the Supreme Emperor would leave so quickly, and he didn't have time to leave a word for the old ten.

Everything that Old Ten did before became nonsense.And the emperor no longer has to save face for his father just to take care of his father's face and body.

Faced with these memorials, the emperor's initial anger gradually turned to ridicule.

At first he was annoyed that the tenth younger brother had no position at all, disregarded his dignity at all, and was still opposing him just a moment ago, but his father immediately relented as soon as he passed away; later, he couldn't even feel this annoyance anymore.

He just felt ashamed to have such a younger brother.If the father hadn't just left, he really wanted to kick the tenth brother out of the clan!
After reading the new memorial, the emperor sneered, put it down, glanced at King Pu who was kneeling under his eyes, and sighed: "Okay, get up. I know what happened to you and the old ten, I can't blame you body."

"Thank you, brother." Prince Pujun stood up wiping cold sweat, with a bitter face, "brother, I write every day, and you don't reply every day...then why don't you let me deliver this letter? My brother Doing this every day is really..."

The emperor sneered: "Anyway, I don't blame you, so you can deliver it for him."

Prince Pujun complained in his heart, contradicted for a while, and told the emperor the truth.

In the final analysis, his tenth brother is still too bastard.Every time he came back to his mansion, he begged him to take him into the palace to meet the saint, or he would be fine if he didn't see his mother and concubine.King Pu Junhui was so angry at him that he wanted to close the door and never see him at all... However, there was another holy metaphor asking him to hand in the memorial of the old ten.

Prince Pu thought, hurry up and urge the tenth younger brother to guard the mausoleum, isn't it a shame to spend so much time?
After hearing this, the emperor groaned for a moment, then chuckled softly: "When he comes to you again tomorrow, just tell him that if he continues to make trouble like this, I will adopt his children to other brothers."

King Pujun was dumb.

Adoption of children is often a precursor to expulsion from the clan...

King Pu Jun didn't dare to say yes, and then he bowed to leave.

Meng Junya watched him leave, feeling that it was really tiring to deal with this kind of matter.

In Prince Yi's Mansion, Yuyin looked at the dark sky outside after finishing a small bowl of matsutake chicken soup, wondering why Meng Junhuai hadn't come yet.

She called Shan Shan and asked her: "My lord has been entangled in Jin Yiwei's affairs again?"

"No." Shan Shan said in a low voice, "It's Master Shi who came..."

Yu Yin: "..."

In her impression, it seemed that she had never met this tenth master seriously, but she didn't want to see him either.

From spoiling concubines and destroying wives at the beginning to all kinds of things later, this tenth master didn't make a good impression on her mind, and Meng Junhuai, the elder brother, hated him more than she did.Yu Yin wondered, Meng Junhuai probably wasn't chatting with Master Shi anymore, but he was entangled and couldn't leave?
She said to Shan Shan: "Wait a little longer, wait a little longer. If the prince still doesn't come over after a while, you can send a message to the front, saying that I am not feeling well, and ask him to come and come quickly."

Coral should go down and leave.After leaving the house, I saw Zhao Chengrui sneaking around outside.

Coral tugged at him: "What's the matter, what are you looking at?"

"Tsk... Guess what!" Zhao Chengrui's brows were so frowned that they could be knotted, Shan Shan said "Ah?" Zhao Chengrui pointed to the side, "Ahead, Master Shi and Master Shi are fighting!"

"Ah?!" Coral was terrified, "Why did they fight?!"

"Hey, keep your voice down, don't scare the concubine!" Zhao Chengrui dragged her away while talking, and only told her the beginning and end when he was outside the courtyard gate.

In the main hall of the front yard, Meng Junhuai wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked indifferently at his tenth younger brother who was slumped on the grand teacher's chair supported by the eunuch: "Do you want to continue? If you say a few more words, I still have the strength to fight again. "

"Hey, I'm going to Sixth Brother..." Meng Junhong was paralyzed there panting, angry and powerless, "You are... when did you practice boxing kung fu? You are too..."

"Heh." Meng Junhuai raised his eyebrows, "I dare to take on Jin Yiwei without any kung fu? Do you think everyone is good at flattery like you?"

He really didn't expect that the tenth brother would have the face to curry favor with them at this moment, let alone the weapons that Wei Yulin stockpiled...he couldn't explain it clearly!
I remember clearly the accounts found by Jin Yiwei. Wei Yulin sold a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings, good land and beautiful houses in exchange for money to garrison troops. Who was it for?If he didn't work for this tenth master, then he really couldn't think of anyone else.

How dare he be so cheeky as to beg him to bring him a face saint!
Meng Junhong covered one of his swollen eyes and looked at him with difficulty: "Sixth brother, let me tell you... I tell you, you are not authentic! Tell yourself, what a crime it is to expose this matter, I beg you Is it too much for you to cover this up for me by bringing me to Brother Huang? That was originally my brother, so I begged you like that?"

"Then don't beg me quickly." Meng Junhuai sat down on the chair farthest from him in the diagonal corner with a livid face, "If you really have the ability to stab me, you can go. I will bear the charge of teaching my son poorly." , I won't eat your set!"

"Hey you..." Meng Junhong was so angry that he couldn't breathe, he slapped the table and stood up, "Okay, okay! Then I will let the people in the capital see how you, Prince Yi's mansion, keep filial piety for your father! Your mansion None of the eldest sons and legitimate sons in the village obey the rules, so you should think about it!"

Meng Junhuai gritted his teeth and looked at him, trying not to say a word.

He also didn't expect that he turned a blind eye and let a few children secretly eat meat, but the old ten saw it.The old ten turned his face and threatened him with this matter, telling him to either take him to the palace to face the saint, or to make trouble in the palace.

It's really bad luck...

Of course Meng Junhuai wanted to protect the child, but the old ten was opposite him.With so many years of grievances here, whether he himself is willing to bow his head to him is ranked second, and the question that ranks first is that if he bows his head now, Prince Yi's Mansion will not be able to mix in front of other mansions in the future!

The two were in a stalemate, neither of them said anything, until Ah Li ran in with a sullen face: "Father!"

"A Li?" Meng Junhuai's expression was startled, and he frowned, "Why are you here?"

"Hmph! I know what Uncle Ten saw! It's definitely not good for him to see it!" Ah Li was not tactful at all.

His tenth uncle: "..."

Ah Li ran to Meng Junhuai in a few steps: "Father, don't be afraid! I'm going to plead guilty to Uncle Huang! This matter has nothing to do with my sister and brother, I did it alone!"

"A Li, don't make trouble..." Meng Junhuai stopped talking halfway through persuasion, glanced at the old ten next to him, changed his mind, and said, "Okay, my father will take you into the palace. But remember, don't be afraid, Your father must have covered this matter for you."

Meng Junhuai weighed it up, the old ten would definitely make a fuss about it, so instead of letting him do it first, it's better for them to seize the opportunity.

The child took the initiative to admit a mistake, and this matter could have been smaller.If Brother Huang is really angry, then he has no choice but to bear it with all his might—at worst, he will follow this hapless old ten to guard the imperial mausoleum.

As soon as Meng Junhuai took Ah Li's hand, he got up and went out. The old ten snorted coldly, and followed along with luck.

The few people walked neither fast nor slow, and when they reached the gate of the mansion, two eunuchs hurried over and stopped them: "My lord, please wait!"

Meng Junhuai took a closer look, they were both from the main courtyard, Zhao Chengrui and Wang Dongxu.

Zhao Chengrui bowed and said, "My lord, please wait a moment. The king and the princess said that she will take the princess with you."

Meng Junhuai turned his head, under the night, Yu Yinzheng stepped forward and entered the courtyard gate with a dignified gait.

"Master." Yu Yin walked in front of the two expressionlessly, nodded, and glanced lightly at Meng Junhong.

Meng Junhong shivered.

He felt that there was a hidden sentence in the eyes of this sixth sister-in-law: Watch my Xie family clean up you...

Two quarters later, the Qianqing Palace was brightly lit.

The emperor listened to the two kneeling children with a cold face. After listening, he glanced at the three adults behind him, and said slowly, "So... who will bear the blame?"

"I'll bear it!" Ah Li raised his hand when he got excited, but silently put it down after realizing that he was impolite.

He explained: "I came up with the idea, and I threatened them not to speak out. Of course it was my fault."

"That's not the case!" He Jing suppressed his voice all of a sudden, and argued, "I'm the biggest, I don't need to listen to him. I also know that this is wrong, but I still didn't tell my father, mother and concubine, It's my fault that I've been helping him hide it all this time, and it's my fault!"

The emperor frowned slightly, looked at them for a while, and then glanced at the dizzy old ten.

Then he frowned: "The old ten goes out first."

"Brother Huang..." Meng Junhong's face turned pale, he managed to enter the Qianqing Palace once, but he didn't even say a word!
The emperor drank it again: "Get out!"

He had no choice but to leave in a cold sweat.

The emperor looked at the two children and took a breath, then raised his hand: "Get up and answer."

A Li and He Jing stood up together, obediently lowered their heads and neither of them said a word.

"Tell me about you, you have enough food and clothing since you were a kid, is this really the only thing you lack?" The emperor's voice was cold.

Ah Li hung his head sullenly, hesitated for a while, and said honestly, "Que..."

emperor:"……"

Meng Junhuai blushed, and patted him on the shoulder from behind: "A Li!"

In the end, He Jing also said with a bitter face: "Que... the mother concubine is still pregnant, she eats vegetarian every day, and her appetite is not good."

Yuyin: ...you stop talking, I don't eat vegetarian every day...!
Everyone in the palace felt that the atmosphere was weird.

Oh my god, the emperor was obviously unhappy and asked them, "Are you really short of this meat?!", but one or two of them sincerely told him that they were really short? !

Meng Junya didn't even know how to communicate next.

Childish words are innocent.They are definitely not trying to anger him on purpose, they are just telling the truth, what can he say?
After a long while, Meng Junhuai heard Brother Huang take a deep breath, and let out a long breath: "Old Six."

Meng Junhuai bowed his head: "My brother is here."

"The child is still young, and the princess is pregnant. Keep filial piety. If you can't bear it, you have to say something else." The emperor pondered for a while, and gave instructions that didn't sound too bad. Pregnant wives and concubines, and children under the age of ten may eat meat before noon."

"Ah...?!" He Jing's face collapsed.

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

He Jing was very disappointed: "I happen to be ten years old this year..."

"..." The emperor made her laugh at this sentence, held back his forehead for a while, and changed his face, "Under the age of 11!"

(End of this chapter)