The little lady in the palace

Chapter 186 Dim Sum
West Lake seems to be bigger than the children imagined.

Lan Jing knew that her four younger brothers had all gone to race horses by the West Lake, and the small street where she and Tan Yu walked was also by the West Lake.She was a little nervous at the beginning, afraid of bumping into her younger brothers, but after half an hour passed, she didn't see anyone in the mansion.

So Lan Jing relaxed.In addition, she and Tan Yu were both wearing casual clothes, so she was not afraid of being recognized by outsiders, so she mustered up the courage to reach out and grab Tan Yu's arm, and said as usual: "Let's go over there to see the dim sum!"

"Weng..." Tan Yu was taken aback by her, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she gave her a beautiful look.He choked, and didn't know what he was thinking, but he didn't say any more, and he knew it was wrong in his heart.

The dim sum shop not far away specializes in lotus flower cakes, which is a very famous snack in Hangzhou.The whole dim sum is made into the shape of a lotus flower. The petals are made of deep-fried puff pastry and unfolded layer by layer. Generally, the inner layers of petals are of one color, and the outer layers are of another color, creating a beautiful and elegant combination. Effect.

There are also chefs who can make this thing in the palace, but it is obviously not so exquisite, and there are not so many tricks, but there are so many tricks here that Lan Jing doesn't know which one to buy for a while.

The one with white outside and powder inside is date paste core, the one with outside powder and inside white is bean paste flavor, the one with light yellow and light powder is mixed with lotus seed paste, the one with light green and light powder is wrapped with Longjing tea stuffing...

There are no less than [-] kinds of flavors in total, and the colorful little lotus flowers are spread out in front of your eyes. A colorful and fragrant picture scroll.Lan Jing looked left and right and thought they all looked good, so she finally told the shopkeeper, "One of the same!"

Tan Yu: "..."

He whispered to Lan Jing: "Is it too much...? This thing can't be kept for a long time, why not..."

Before he said, "It's better to come out a few more times and buy them separately", Lan Jing turned her head and said, "You help me eat together!"

Tan Yu's words faltered, and her cheeks blushed instantly when she met her bright eyes.

He hurriedly turned his head away to calm himself down. The store in front of him was a middle-aged woman who was helping them pack dim sum. Seeing this, he turned around and added another one for them, and handed it to Lan Jing with a kind smile: "This is our new one." Mandarin Duck Cakes haven’t officially started selling yet, so the girl is eating them for fun.”

"Auntie..." Tan Yu panicked and was about to explain, but Lan Jing happily took the dim sum, turned around and handed the pair of mandarin duck biscuits to him: "Try it?"

Tan Yu took a breath in surprise.

Everyone in the world knows what mandarin duck means, but it is impossible for Lan Jing, the head of the palace, to not know.

He stared at her blankly, then looked down at the pair of snacks she was holding in her hand.

The dim sum was served in an exquisite little straw basket, and a pair of mandarin ducks lay side by side in the straw basket, exquisite and lovely.

Tan Yu couldn't tell what kind of emotion he was in, he raised his hand and put it down, finally found a piece of broken silver, turned his face and paid for the dim sum first.

Most of the time on weekdays, he thought about saving more money for his family, but this time he didn't even think about asking the shopkeeper for change, so he said "Thank you" before turning around and leaving.

"Hey..." Lan Jing froze, and hurried to catch up.

Tan Yu didn't walk too fast, she caught up with him in two or three steps.Looking up at his tense face, she couldn't help regretting that she was too abrupt, and lowered her head to apologize: "Don't be angry... I have no other meaning."

His heart was still in a state of confusion, knowing that there were some things he couldn't get past, but at the same time he really wanted to reach out and pick up that piece of snack.

Counting it, he has known her for a long time, and he is always very happy to see her become happier little by little.But he had never thought about this kind of thing... Now he feels strangely that this matter has been buried in his heart for a long time.

Tan Yu followed his heart to think, and couldn't deny that he probably liked her too.But this decision will not have any results. She is the prince's daughter, and there are not many girls with higher status than her in the world.And before he entered the palace, he couldn't even satisfy his food and clothing; although his situation has improved a lot now, he is still just one of the servants in the palace.

He didn't want to feel inferior, but this was a disparity that couldn't be ignored even with his eyes closed.

Lan Jing next to him saw that he was silent, so she also remained silent.The two walked a few feet away in silence together, when she suddenly heard him say: "Master...don't be like this in the future."

Unable to restrain her resignation, she remained silent for a while, then murmured: "I won't let others know..."

"It doesn't matter if anyone else knows." Tan Yu didn't dare to look at her when he said this. He paused for a while, and then continued, "Some things are destined to have no results, but thinking about them will disturb people's minds. How about In no mood."

He spoke very plainly, as if a handful of clear water was poured slowly and evenly into the West Lake not far away, without causing any waves, not even audible noise, and no trace could be found after pouring. .

Ke Lanjing's heart, however, was like a fish sleeping peacefully in the lake, clearly aware of every movement when the water poured down, and sank to the bottom of the lake little by little with the sound of water hitting down.

So she didn't respond, she didn't want to agree to Tan Yu's request at all.Tan Yu took a look at her, and stretched out his hand: "May I, Mr. Weng, reward the pair of mandarin ducks to the humble?"

Lan Jing's depressed heart was overjoyed by his words, she thought that he was also reluctant, so she put the little grass basket in his hand with a frown.

Tan Yu looked at the pair of little mandarin ducks again, gritted his teeth, and threw it out with a sudden swing of his arm!

"What are you doing!" Lan Jing screamed hoarsely, seeing the dim sum flying out of the small bamboo basket and separating the mandarin ducks, her eyes turned red, "Can't you talk about it!"

Then she chased them out without thinking too much, but there were not many passers-by on this small street, and two pieces of puff pastry fell to the ground, but they would be crushed and kicked away in a moment, so there was no trace of them .

Lan Jing was suddenly very sad, tears welled up all of a sudden, making the scene in front of her eyes foggy.She wiped it indiscriminately, gave up and continued to search in frustration, thinking in her heart that he had done what he wanted.When he looked up, he suddenly saw the little straw basket.

Naturally, the straw baskets are much stronger than pastries, but after being kicked inadvertently by tourists, they rolled onto the main street a few steps away.

Lan Jing hesitated a little, but soon decided to pick up the straw basket. She gritted her teeth and ran to the main street. Worried that she would be kicked again and couldn't find it, she fixed her eyes on the straw basket.

Tan Yuyuan was also depressed, and suddenly saw her running to the main street without hesitation and hurriedly chased after her, but a horse neighed and rushed to Lan Jing before him!
"Master Weng!" Tan Yu was shocked, seeing Lan Jing a few feet away, she subconsciously waved her hand to block it but couldn't remember to hide, so she jumped up and ran into it before thinking too much.Lan Jing was kicked aside while screaming, Tan Yu wanted to dodge again but it was too late.

The frightened horse kicked wildly to defend against the man who came suddenly, Tan Yu suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head after carrying it a few times, and his eyes went dark.

A few miles away, Meng Jun Huaiyuan and Yu Yin were walking by the lake, and ran into several sons who were running horses, so they became six people walking together.

They ran so fast that their clothes were all wet. Yu Yin was afraid that they would catch cold and get sick after a sudden rest, so she forced them to put on extra clothes.

Of course the boys, who already felt hot, were not happy about it. After walking for a while, they still felt that the heat could not go away. Ah Li patted Ah You on the shoulder, took off his coat and said, "Let's go, fourth brother, let's go on." Let's race!"

What Ah Li meant was obviously "Since it is easy to catch cold after resting, let's not rest"!
These words hit Ah You's heart, Ah You immediately understood and took off the hot coat, tucked it in the hand of the servant, and jumped on the horse without saying a word!
Of course Meng Junhuai understood what the two brothers were planning, so he didn't stop him with a snort or a smile.Yuyin glanced at them obliquely, curled her lips, and felt that it was better to let them be happy.

A Zuo and A Qi saw that their father, queen, mother and concubine didn't stop them, of course they got on the horse immediately, but before the four brothers had time to gallop again, they saw some officers and soldiers galloping not far away.

Meng Junhuai and the others came out with their entourage, and when they saw this, someone went up to meet them first.Those officers and soldiers got off their horses and whispered a few words to the eunuch who came forward, Yu Yin saw the eunuch's complexion suddenly changed from afar.

Then the eunuch reported to Yang Enlu, who came to the front one step later, Yang Enlu's face was also shocked, and he turned back to Meng Junhuai and bowed: "Master, this is an official patrolling the streets nearby. They said that there was someone on the street over there who asked the horse to kick him." Yes, I looked at the badge on my body...it might be our Er Weng Lord."

"What?!" The husband and wife were shocked, the four brothers who were already on the horse reacted quickly, asked which street it was, and immediately galloped there!
Meng Junhuai immediately led someone to lead the horse over, and when Yu Yin saw him get on the horse, he tugged him: "Go together!"

He nodded and pulled her onto the horse, and after a while, he chased the smoke and dust left by his sons to that street.

The local officers and soldiers were also frightened when they found out that the person who had the accident was probably a Weng Lord. Before they arrived, they dispersed the idlers and waited for the street to be quiet again.Right now, this night street is extremely quiet, so quiet that Yu Yin feels uneasy.

Before going too far, they saw Lan Jing.She was still in a coma, so she was helped to the table of a noodle shop on the street and lay down. The officers and soldiers waiting beside knelt down and said to Meng Junhuai: "My little ones, the Lord Weng has passed out by then. Passers-by said that the Lord Weng seems to be Wanting to pick up something, I ran to the main street but didn’t notice the carriage. The accompanying guards arrived a bit late, so we had to push the Lord Weng away, and the Lord Weng knocked on the wooden door of the shop on the street, and fainted.”

Meng Junhuai took a few breaths and hummed.Yu Yin glanced at the man leaning by the door from the corner of his eye, looked at him carefully, and asked, "Which guard is this?"

The officers and soldiers replied "Yes", and said again: "He didn't dodge after pushing the Lord Weng away, and let the horse kick him a few times, so he also fainted."

Then the officer said: "The coachman has been detained outside, and he is listening to His Highness."

That being said, they could indeed take their anger out on the coachman, but in fact it was hard to blame the coachman for this matter.

Lan Jing rushed up the main street by herself, the coachman couldn't react naturally, and there were so many passing people watching, if they really showed their anger in spite of themselves, probably tomorrow Hangzhou city will say that they are bullying others.

So Meng Junhuai shook his head: "Don't blame the driver, let him go."

"Yes." As soon as the officers and soldiers responded, they withdrew to pass on a message. From the noodle shop, their servants came in and carefully helped Lan Jing into the carriage.

Yuyin held Lan Jing in her arms all the way, but Lan Jing didn't wake up all the way.After returning to the house where he was staying, Meng Junhuai immediately called the doctor.

After a careful examination, the female doctor reported that there was no external injury, but the doctor said that the brain must have been shaken by the impact, and asked the doctor to take a rest and look at it after waking up.

The husband and wife kept watch. In the middle of the night, Lan Jing had a fever again. The two who had just planned to lie down on the couch to sleep for a while stretched out their hands to touch her forehead one after another, and then woke up again.

Fortunately, at the dawn of dawn, Lan Jing woke up in a daze.

"Lan Jing..." The two breathed out at the same time, Lan Jing saw Yu Yin first, then rubbed her eyes and called "Mother Concubine".Yu Yin responded, and asked her how she felt in a soft voice.Would you like something to eat and drink?He then asked her if she needed to call Qiao Liangdi or Concubine He over?

When they came out this time, they didn't bring a single concubine with them.However, Yuyin considered that people are most likely to feel lonely when they are unwell, so she felt that if Lan Jing needed them, it would be okay to pick them up as soon as possible.

But Lan Jing shook her head and said it was all right, Meng Junhuai called the doctor over again, the doctor asked Lan Jing a few questions and said that there was really nothing serious, the fever should be caused by shock, the two were relieved.

After Lan Jing persuaded them to go to sleep, Yu Yin looked at Meng Junhuai: "Go to sleep by yourself today... I will accompany her."

Meng Junhuai nodded and didn't bother them too much. He went to the main room and read the doctor's prescription for Lan Jing and all the extra instructions before opening the door and leaving.

When he walked out of the courtyard, he saw the commander of the guards waiting outside bowing his head: "Master."

Meng Junhuai stopped: "What?"

"The guard who didn't protect the Lord... how do you see it?" The commander said with a sigh of annoyance, "It's because he was careless, and he didn't know how to follow closely. The Lord didn't notice the carriage, and he unexpectedly I didn't notice it, otherwise, why would Master Weng be hurt like this?"

What he said was reasonable, and Meng Junhuai really wanted to get rid of him when he was upset.However, he also knew that the children were getting along well with the guards around him, so he sighed: "The Lord took him out alone, and it's inevitable that he can't handle it occasionally. Others are also injured, so let's punish them slightly. How, you figure it out."

"Hey..." The commander hesitated for a while before answering the word "yes", bowed to Prince Yi again, and left without further words.

He really wanted to replace Tan Yu, and to be more honest, he wanted to replace everyone around Er Wengzhu.After all, there are not many guards in the mansion who can get close to the masters, and they are the only ones who can earn money, and they don't know how to wink, which really makes him angry.

So he came here to make trouble for them, but he didn't expect that the prince didn't even deal with Tan Yu, who was directly involved.

The commander was not happy in his heart, walked a few steps out, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration!
The prince just said, let him figure it out!
Then it would be easy for him to get rid of this Tan Yu, and he would just say that he didn't handle it himself, the dead would not come out to complain, and the prince would not doubt him about the life and death of such a guard.

Then he changed to take Tan Yu's seat with a wink.As long as he promotes this newcomer, the others will have to learn from him if they want to get along. When the time comes, Man said that he can get more money from Er Wengzhu, maybe the few on the other side will also be interested?

After thinking about it, the commander felt that this was a good deal that cost nothing.Immediately, I was overjoyed, and without a word, I turned directly towards the guards' yard.

In the courtyard, because the commander wanted to show Tan Yu a good look, he had ordered someone to escort Tan Yu out a long time ago.

Tan Yu also just woke up not long ago, and his body is still weak.Two eunuchs forced him to kneel down, but he really didn't have the strength to get up.

The commander walked up to him, looked at him, smiled, cleared his throat and said to the two eunuchs: "The prince said, the spine stick is thirty."

Tan Yu felt a chill down his spine, but before he could say anything, the leader continued: "It's thirty now, thirty this afternoon, thirty tomorrow morning."

The two eunuchs were taken aback by their calculations!
A total of ninety, Tan Yu is enough to die twice even if he is a burly man.

Why did the prince suddenly strike so hard?
Amidst their stunned eyes, the leader looked at Tan Yu and sneered: "You can get the thirty that is recorded on the file, and the rest is nothing."

The eunuch choked at the same time.

In this way, they understood that it was an open and secret struggle among the guards.

Then they don't care, they just listen to whoever is rich and powerful, anyway, doing a good job is to make more money!
So the two of them accepted the bank note handed over by the commander with normal expressions, and at first glance it was five taels, thinking that this amount is not small.

Then follow the Commander's wishes well.Afterwards, they decided not to mention it to others.

"My lord, you..." Tan Yu was frightened and angry, and wanted to get up to question him, but the two eunuchs blocked his mouth as soon as they stepped forward, and he couldn't help him to say another word.

(End of this chapter)