Qing court ladies

Chapter 4

"Suyue, I'm going to pickle plums today, hurry up and clean some jars with those bastards." The chief manager of the imperial dining room waved a large spoon, and his fat body stood on the high steps under the plaque of the imperial dining room facing Su. Yue shouted.

Su Yue dropped the food in her hand upon hearing the sound and said, "Young maidservant will go right away."

Watching the manager leave, Su Yue burst out with a smile. The head manager of the imperial dining room loves to cook, but the dishes for the members of the royal family have already been set and will never be changed, so the new dishes developed by the head manager are usually made by him. I ate it alone, and occasionally let other people in the imperial dining room taste it, so this chief executive has a fat head and big ears, and he is extremely fat. His protruding belly is bigger than that of a pregnant woman who is pregnant in October, and it is a bit shaking at every step. Suyue was very surprised, how could he see, the fat on the upper and lower eyelids blocked his eyes, Suyue didn't even know that his eyes were long No matter what, but fortunately the manager has a docile temperament, and he is very respected in the imperial dining room.

Su Yue smiled, left the dishes she was washing, and ran to the backyard to fetch water and wash the jars.

Xiaolizi and Qingmei were already busy with their work, seeing Suyue came and gave a sympathetic smile, Suyue was very strange, walked to the altar, and instantly understood what the two of them meant, the altar gave off a very smelly smell smell.

Su Yue covered her nose with her arm, and asked hoarsely, "What kind of jar is this?"

Xiao Lizi smiled and replied, "The sauce jar, it was made a few years ago, so it stinks now."

Suyue imitated Qingmei, tied the handkerchief behind her head, covered her nose with her nose, and asked doubtfully, "Xiao Lizi, are you not afraid of smell?" Su Yue expressed her incomprehension to Xiaolizi's cheerful brushing.

Xiao Lizi's smile was even brighter, and she bared her big white teeth and replied, "I have had a cold for the past few days, and my nose can't smell anything." After saying that, she still smiled proudly at Qingmei.

Suyue was silent, Qingmei glared at Xiaolizi, and said to Suyue with a sad face, "Xiaolizi's illness is really timely, and you can't even smell the smell when you wash the big pot, Suyue, do you think I'm going to get some wind and cold?" ? This big jar is not so easy to finish, and the plums have to be pickled, so it will take a long time, how can I bear it?"

Suyue shook her head. In fact, Gang Suyue also had this plan, but she thought of another possibility, so she gave up decisively, and replied, "If you get a cold, your nose can still smell the smell, so it's not for nothing."

Qingmei didn't expect it, but she just looked at Xiao Lizi with even more indignant eyes, "It's cheaper for you, it's better to be sick"

Xiao Lizi smiled with her head held high, and didn't answer, Su Yue shook her head, thinking about these two live treasures, she began to scrub vigorously, so that the smell would not smell after finishing it sooner.

Qingmei is a palace maid who entered the palace with Su Yue, one year older than Su Yue, but because she is a little fat, fair skin, and childish face looks younger than Su Yue, her temperament is delicate, but she is also outgoing.Xiao Lizi entered the palace a year earlier than Suyue, and has been doing odd jobs in the imperial dining room. She looks ordinary, but with an active and naughty personality that matches her age, the three of them naturally became friends. Although Suyue is younger than them in seniority, But because Su Yue is the best at putting on airs, the two of them are somewhat obedient to her.

The jars were cleaned for three consecutive days, and Su Yue was really disgusted by herself for the past three days. She had a stench on her body that couldn't be washed off no matter what. Fortunately, the pickled plums didn't need their help, and the three of them got out of this predicament.

"Suyue, do you still smell it?" Qingmei stood in front of Suyue, stretching her arms.

Su Yue shook her head, and blocked Qing Mei's hand, "I can't smell it, my body stinks these past few days, I can't bear the smell, how can I smell it?"

Qingmei tried her best to smell Suyue, frowned and shook her head, "I can't smell it either, but it just smells stinky."

Xiao Lizi came in with a big wooden basin, and asked with a smile, "It's still just the two of you in your room."

Qingmei was furious, chasing after Xiao Lizi and wanted to beat Xiao Lizi, Su Yue sighed and washed the vegetables with the water brought by Xiao Lizi, talking about this, Su Yue really shed bitter tears, ever since they cleaned the jars, the smell was unbearable, they lived The room in the room was a Datong shop, and the others couldn't stand it, so they pleaded with the manager to evacuate, and moved to another room to squeeze with other maids, and never returned. In the room that was lively at night before, there were only two veritable stinky girls in an instant sighed.

The two of them came to wash the vegetables after fighting, Suyue thought luckily there was no one here, if someone saw her, she would have to be boarded, Suyue thought of Nanny Rong and Uncle Zhang again, there were two of them here In those days, Suyue was an ignorant child, and when she was with Qingmei and the others, Suyue was the role of Nanny Rong who talked about worrying.

"Suyue, come here." The head of the imperial dining room swayed his fat body and said, pointing at Suyue.

Su Yue hurriedly wiped her hands and stepped forward, "The servant is here"

The chief executive smiled with eyes that he didn't have in the first place and said, "Miss Concubine De's lunch is ready today, but Qiu Ling suddenly feels unwell, so you can deliver the meal on her behalf."

"Yes, the servant obeys." Su Yue cursed in her heart, this poor manager is real, there are so many people in the imperial dining room, why are you looking for her?What's more, seeing that the master has a lot of rules, it is really troublesome. Su Yue's discouraged way is really Zhu Da (Zhu Da), Zhu Da is his name, but everyone likes to call him Zhu Da secretly, the chief executive is fat The heart is also broad, and she doesn't express anything about it. Su Yue has not been here for a long time, but she has learned the habit of nicknames.

Although Su Yue is reluctant in her heart, she can't disobey, and she is also a little curious in her heart, what did this concubine concubine look like when she was young.

At the beginning of noon, the concubine De concubine sent Aunt Qingyu who was beside her to pass on the meal. Because it was the first time for Suyue, she walked last. She was carrying Yuzhu soup in her hand, but it had a very beautiful name - Yudiao Baixue, The soup bowl is very heavy. Fortunately, Suyue can carry a bucket of water for an hour without any problem, so she can barely deliver the meals slowly. Thinking about the self in the past, I couldn’t carry a five-kilogram bag of rice from the supermarket. What a difference. what!Here, Su Yue has to thank Nanny Rong for her hell-style training, hanging two buckets of water on her arm and walking slowly, which is really amazing.Thinking of Nanny Rong, Suyue realized that she hadn't been to Yimeiyuan for a long time, and she really missed Uncle Zhang and Nanny Rong.

The meals in the palace had to be tested with silver needles first, and then the eunuchs who tried the dishes tasted the dishes before they could be served. Su Yue waited with soup until it was noon, when Su Yue’s dishes were served, and then she received the reward and left.

Su Yue glanced curiously, but she didn't see the woman wearing the flag dress and flowerpot shoes. Thinking that Concubine De had not come yet, Su Yue had to leave disappointed. Su Yue was very curious about this eccentric empress, but she wanted to Now the fourteenth elder brother has not been born yet, so there is nothing to see.

Because Concubine De thought of her mother-in-law, Su Yue felt uncomfortable, thinking that she didn't know when she would see her again, Su Yue felt even more melancholy.Su Yue was distracted and didn't notice that she had fallen behind. When she found out, Su Yue could no longer see the food delivery person. Su Yue was ready to go back. Fortunately, the manager of the imperial dining room was loose and would not intentionally watch her not return.Concubine De's Yanxi Palace is close to Yimei Garden, and Suyue knows the way back. Besides, Suyue's biggest characteristic is that she has seen the way once, and she can definitely return the same way.

Su Yue walked down the corridor, and faintly heard the sound of crying from the rockery. It was very small, like a cat moaning. Su Yue's heart was flooded with sympathy, and she followed the sound. There was a child sitting in the cave under the rockery, hugging Crying softly on her knees, Su Yue knew that this was an elder brother when she looked at the gown with gold thread, and she felt a little unwilling to take care of it. The emperor's son is a lot of trouble, and if one is accidentally used to vent his anger, it is really a dead end , Suyue turned around and went back, walked a few steps and sighed in her heart, the sound was like a kitten's paw, making Suyue feel very uncomfortable, Suyue turned around and walked back to the fake cave, sitting on her buttocks. Beside the child, he picked up the candy in the purse and handed it to the child.

"Eat a piece of candy, and I won't feel sad." Su Yue loves to eat this kind of candy. It was made by her mother-in-law, and mint is added in it, which is refreshing and comfortable.Usually Su Yue dare not eat too much, because it is not easy to bring this candy to the palace, but today she is not in a good mood, so she is willing to eat it.

The child was frightened by this sudden person and thing, looked up at Suyue with a cute face, tears still on his face, looking pitiful, it made people feel distressed, but he didn't accept the things Suyue handed over.

Su Yue was speechless, put one in her mouth, and said, "I remember someone said, if you feel bitter, eat a candy, and your heart will not be so bitter."

The child looked at the candy handed over and asked, sobbing, "Who are you?"

"Su Yue" regretted it after talking about Su Yue, why didn't he think about it, if this elder brother was afraid that Su Yue would publicize what Su Yue was crying today, what would he do if he killed her?She wanted to explain something, but she was afraid that the cat would become darker, so Su Yue had to shut up.I am very annoyed.

The child was disturbed by Su Yue, and the feeling in his heart was half gone, but his childhood education prevented him from eating any untried food, although the candy in front of him was indeed very tempting.

Su Yue was depressed by the child's eyes, she wanted to but was afraid, she was arrogant, Su Yue suddenly realized that the prince's things need to be tried, she gave the prince to eat so abruptly, would it be possible Being thought of as a murder or something, she took back the sugar, lowered her head and gave the sugar in her mouth to the child, and then smashed her mouth. The child's mouth had a milky smell, which smelled very good. It reminded her of her child who had no chance. Since losing that child, Suyue will pay more attention and love to any child, every time she sees a child, it will arouse the melancholy in Suyue's heart.So even though she knew it was the prince in front of her, Su Yue couldn't help but come.

The child was stunned even more by Suyue's actions, but he couldn't resist the sweetness in his mouth, and then ignored Suyue's rude behavior, leaning against the rockery in a daze, tasting the cold sugar in his mouth.

(End of this chapter)