Blessed

Chapter 18 Date Paste Shortbread
Mrs. Liu heard the words, but she didn't blame the old mother, she waved her back to the courtyard and brought a fur muff, and lowered her head to comfort the fleshy girl in her arms, "Little princess, don't make trouble, your typhoid fever hasn't completely passed yet." Well, after the wind blows, you have to invite the imperial doctor to prescribe medicine for you. The medicine is so bitter, you don’t want to drink it, do you? How about I take the little princess out to play in just two days?”

The little princess has a bad temper, and all the nobles in Beijing know that whoever makes her father a prince and mother a princess, even a bad temper will only be said to be true temperament.

At this time, a girl who was sitting next to Mrs. Liu, wearing a hibiscus-colored silver embroidered soft silk jacket and a silk pleated satin skirt with dark flowers, walked over slowly.The girl is about eight or nine years old, with white skin, eyebrows and eyes somewhat similar to Mrs. Liu, she should be Shen Yan, the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion.

There is also a third girl in the Duke's Mansion, Shen Wan, who was born to my concubine's mother, but she is only two years old, and she will not be taken out to admire the plum blossoms in this weather, and she will be coaxed by the nurse in the room.

Shen Yan walked to the side of the little princess and smiled, "Second sister is good, when the banquet is over, how about I play with second sister?"

"No!" The princess Shen Mei turned her head and stared at Yuzhu, "I want Buddha beads."

"Young princess, please don't do it." Madam Liu said gently, "The Buddhist beads were given to Miss Jiang Si by Master Guangji. The meaning of these Buddhist beads is not ordinary, so how can you ask someone to ask for it?" Where did Master Guangji get the beads, and she didn't know why the princess wanted this string of beads.

Normally, the little princess is taught by Mrs. Liu, but now her tone is gentle, but it has a hint of sternness. The little princess's almond-like eyes gradually gather tears, and she looks at Yu Zhu'er eagerly, seeing that she is I'm going to cry.

Yuzhu'er expressed her innocence, she just came to see Plum Blossom, and besides, the Buddha beads had already been given to the eldest sister as a dowry.

Lin got up and blessed Shen Mei, "Please forgive me, the little princess, Yuzhu really can't take out the Buddhist beads. A few days ago, Yuzhu gave the Buddhist beads to Yuning to add makeup and brought them into the palace. At this moment, the Buddhist beads are no longer on her body." gone."

Did you add makeup?The wives and girls around showed surprise, such a thing was made casually to add makeup, this little girl is really generous.

When Shen Mei heard this, tears fell down, the strings of teardrops couldn't be stopped, Yu Zhu'er panicked, she said tenderly, "Princess, don't cry."

"Little princess is good, don't cry, don't cry." Liu Meier hugged the little princess and patted her back, and said softly, "Why don't we just watch the plum blossoms here, and I even let the kitchen make your favorite food The jujube paste shortbread will be delivered in a while."

This jujube paste shortbread is the specialty dessert of the first cook in the palace, because the little princess likes to eat this dessert the most when he goes to the palace, the Holy Majesty rewarded the cook to the Duke's mansion.

Jujube paste cakes are made of golden shredded jujubes, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a crispy shell and sweet jujube flesh, sweet but not greasy, crispy and palatable.

When she heard that there was something delicious, Shen Mei hesitated for a while, nodded and stopped making trouble, and sat obediently in Mrs. Liu's arms, waiting eagerly for the jujube paste cake to be delivered.

Seeing that the little princess finally stopped making trouble, all the wives and girls breathed a sigh of relief, and the laughter resumed for a while. Shen Yan also sat next to Mrs. Liu and accompanied the little princess to tease her.Not long after, the old lady came over with a big red cloak and a pair of fur muffs. Mrs. Liu put on a muff for the little Princess, and put on the cloak again, wrapping up the little doll tightly, only showing a small face out.

These plum-appreciating wives saw that Mrs. Liu was so careful with the little princess, they couldn't help but praise from the bottom of their hearts, and felt that Mrs. Liu was very generous.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the kitchen brought dim sum hot soup. All kinds of dim sum were exquisite and small, and each small dim sum was just right for the mouth. The soup was made from the broth that had been boiled all night and added fresh mushrooms. It was delicious and delicious. It's rare to find these fresh mushrooms, especially in cold weather.

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "These mushrooms are some rewarded by the Holy Majesty. They are grown in the Tou Si Nong Temple in the palace. It is rare to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in cold weather. The output is not much, only a few nobles in the palace If you can eat it, it was only rewarded by the Holy Majesty looking at the face of the little Princess."

Everyone was eating dim sum and drinking hot soup, and they couldn't help but think that it really is the Duke's Mansion, and the taste of the dim sum soup is different.

Yuzhu'er also enjoyed eating, the jujube paste shortbread that the little princess likes to eat is really delicious, and the mushroom soup is also delicious and rich.She couldn't help sighing, a little envious of the food in the Duke's Mansion.In her previous life, she was rushing to eat every day for the company. How could she taste it and live her life again? Only then did she feel a lot of sighs. She had never thought of such a day, and she wanted to cherish it even more.

After eating snacks and drinking soup, Shen Yan got up and blessed her lower body, and said to Mrs. Liu, "Auntie, it's winter after all, and there is still some wind when the sun comes out. It's not good for the girl's house to blow too much wind. I thought about it. How about taking my sisters and sisters back to my courtyard to rest, and having a meal together at noon before going back home."

The wives Mrs. Liu invited this time were all of the same age, in their twenties and thirties, and the girls in the family were about the same age. Some Shen Wan did not come.

They were all little girls, and they were cautious when following them. Mrs. Liu nodded and asked Shen Yan to take the girls back to the courtyard.

Yuzhu'er was still young, so Licorice carried her across the way. There were no wives along the way, and these little girls started chattering. They were all daughters of the Shangjing Zanying family, and they all knew each other. Even Yuxiang Yulan knew a few, but Yuzhu'er's eyes were darkened, so she didn't remember a few.

Fortunately, when she was young, others only regarded her as a milk baby, and few people talked to her, so she just napped in the arms of licorice.Along the way, only she and the little princess were hugged, and the offended little princess even looked at her several times, her small eyes were round and round.

The Duke’s Mansion is big, these little girls walked for a quarter of an hour to get there, and the verandas are decorated with pine stones. Walking on such a veranda does not feel boring, and there is only sigh in my heart, every place in the Duke’s Mansion The layout is exquisite and beautiful.A group of people crowded into a courtyard. This courtyard was also very particular, with evergreen trees planted all year round. There were even two golden wintersweets in the Wintersweet Garden. The whole courtyard was exquisite and exquisite.

The girls followed Shen Yan into the main room, and sat down behind the carved pear wood screen, Shen Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, just sit wherever you want, Fei Cui, go and pour some hot tea."

The maid named Fei Cui withdrew in response to the sound and went to pour tea.

These little girls from rich and noble families have invited female gentlemen to study in the mansion early on, and they are all talented in literature. Since they are admiring plums, they should not write poems with the theme of wintersweet plums. Yu Zhuer admired each poem after another Yes, even Yuxiang Yuxiang has prepared poems.

Yuxiang Magnolia's poems are so-so, and after reading it, all the little girls clapped and applauded. It's just fun for everyone to play together, there is no need to be aggressive, and they are all young ladies from aristocratic families, well-educated, how can they really be serious? Who is going to make things difficult in front of everyone.

Shen Yan's poem is the finale, and after reading it, Yuzhu'er didn't quite understand it, and she thought it was very good. A round-faced girl in a light purple sweetheart collar embroidered plum blossom jacket clapped her hands the most vigorously, and said, "Sister Yan is really talented." It’s amazing, such an outstanding poem, I’m afraid even Mr. Rong Ruo would like to praise it.”

Yuzhu'er has not been in Beijing for many years and knows who this Mr. Rong Ruo is. He is a very famous gentleman. He is not only talented in literature, but also has many other specialties. He is good at chess, tea ceremony and painting. The little prince was teaching homework, but his husband quit because he thought it was too restrictive, and he traveled around the world all the year round, and his whereabouts were not sure.

These little girls only smell the name of Mr. Rong Ruo, but they might as well use Mr. Rong Ruo as a compliment.

Yuzhu'er thought about it hard, and remembered that this round-faced girl was Chu Yintong, the daughter of the deputy governor's family of Shangduhu Mansion.The deputy governor of the Shangdu Hufu, from the official position of the fourth rank, commanded the tribes, comforted, conquered, commended meritorious deeds, punished them, and judged the affairs of the government. He was also a famous general.

In Lamei Garden, I saw that Chu Yintong and Shen Yan had a good chat, presumably they had a good handkerchief handover, Shen Yan was two years older and ten years old this year.

Who doesn't like to hear compliments, Shen Yanyu smiled sweetly, "Don't praise me like that, Sister Chu's poems are also very good."

After reading a round of poems, everyone was thirsty. They sat down and drank tea to moisten their throats. Shen Yan's eyes fell on Yuzhu'er, and she said with a clever smile, "Today we are all performing, and there is only this little girl left. .”

Yuxiang said, "My fourth younger sister is only enlightened at a young age. She can only recognize a few words, but she can't compose poems."

Yulan rushed to say, "Although my fourth younger sister can't compose poetry, she is also very smart. She can solve Nine Links!" Her tone was very proud, her chin was slightly raised, and her excited little face was a little red.This little girl knows how to be jealous of Yuzhu when she is away from home, she knows how to win glory for the uncle's house.

But Yuzhu'er didn't want to show off the limelight, she tugged at Yulan's clothes, "Third Sister, don't talk nonsense."

Shen Yan chuckled, "So smart." There was a bit of disbelief on her face.

Chu Yintong even covered her mouth and laughed, "You can't talk nonsense. I'm afraid that none of the people here can untie Jiulianhuan. Only Shen Shizi in the mansion has this ability. You say a three-year-old baby can untie Jiulianhuan, who can solve it? letter."

"I'm not lying!" Yulan's face turned red with anger, "My fourth sister really knows how to untie Jiulianhuan." She didn't believe it when there were rumors in the mansion that Yuzhu could untie Jiulianhuan, but she didn't believe it when Yuxiang said that Yuzhu could really do it. I believed it a little bit, and knew that Yuxiang should have seen it when she went to play with Yuzhuer.

(End of this chapter)