Blessed

Chapter 37 Shen Xian Stands Under the Corridor

The two masters of the Duke's Mansion will come to the Summer Resort every year. They are used to serving as maids, and they have made good preparations early.There is no maid waiting for Shen Shizi, just follow a young servant, and he will not get sick in the carriage. Only the little princess has prepared pills early here, and took one on the first day of departure. His head must still be a little dizzy. It will get better in two days.

From the second day on, Shen Mei really felt much more comfortable, she leaned on the soft pillow with Yuzhu and talked, the two little girls talked about everything, so they rushed all the way to the summer resort.

In the first two days, there were ice cubes for backup, and it was much more comfortable for people to sit in the carriage. In the next few days, the ice brought with them melted away, and only the Empress Shengshang and Concubine Mu Guifei collected ice cubes from the vicinity with fast horses, but others did not have this. For the treatment, noon is the hottest time, and I usually find a post station to rest for an hour or two before going on my way after the sun goes down, and I also have to rush for an hour or two at night, hoping to get to the summer resort as soon as possible.

In the first few days, the two little girls still felt fresh, talking, and opened the curtain to see the scenery all over the mountains and plains outside. In the next few days, they couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep. Fortunately, they entered Pingzhou in a few days. Most of Pingzhou is a plain area with several large mountains. Most of the people here rely on the mountains to eat. The food production is very good, and it is known as the land of fish and rice.

After walking for another full day, they reached the hinterland of the valley of the Summer Resort, and the outline of the entire Summer Resort appeared in front of her eyes. Yuzhu looked over from the window of the car, and vaguely saw animals on the top corner of the palace, and the magnificence and beauty of more than a dozen palaces. The scale of the garden building.

The second feeling is that it is very big. She heard from Meier that the summer resort covers an area of ​​seven or eight thousand acres. It is said that it was established from the first emperor of Ruiguo, and the lake area was developed, islands were built, embankments were built, and palaces were built. , the palace, and the palace walls made the villa begin to take shape. The first two generations of emperors expanded the villa on a large scale, and the villa was considered complete. It was not until the previous generation of Emperor Ruiwen that he built a hunting ground dozens of kilometers north of the villa. He will bring his concubines and important ministers to Qiuhun every day, and he will also live in this summer resort.

Shen Mei looked at the immortals and beasts on the top of the palace, and let out a comfortable breath, "It's almost here, Yuzhu, let me tell you, this summer resort is fun, and the emperor will not care about us, as long as we don't break into it." There is nothing wrong with the palace. We can fish and play near the lake. We can also take a boat to pick lotus flowers in the lake and eat lotus seeds. There are also a lot of fruits near the garden that can be picked and eaten. At night, we can ask maids to help Barbecue in an open space."

Hearing what she said, Yuzhu felt a lot more sad about the idea in her heart. It has been almost ten days, and she still misses her family, and she has never been away from them for such a long time.

Entering from the tall and majestic main entrance, Yuzhu has been staring at the two stone lions. The two stone lions at the main entrance are two meters high, which is really majestic and imposing.The big furniture is all overwhelmed by boats and cars, and the eunuchs and maidservants will lead them to live in the palace first.

Those palaces are the residences of Emperor Ruiwu and his concubines, and the palaces are the places where ministers, aristocratic families and their families live. Every time the ministers have to go to court early, they live in the palaces near the palace. The princess, prince, and family members who came to play even live in some remote places.

There are more than a dozen courtyards in the palace, which are clearly separated and scattered in an orderly manner. In the palace, there are huge rocks and beautiful forests.

The palace maid led Yuzhu and the Shen family brothers and sisters into a small courtyard named Yingyue Pavilion. The entire courtyard was small, small and exquisite, elegant and beautiful, and there were several peach trees planted inside. The peaches on the trees were pink and tender. One is the size of a fist, and there is a small flower bed, where a hundred flowers are in full bloom, extremely delicate and beautiful.

The yard was not too big, just big enough to accommodate the three of them and a few maids.

When the palace maid left, the maid boiled hot water to serve the two young masters, Shen Shizi also brought only a young servant, and the same young servant who helped the Shizi give Yuzhu a set of the Four Treasures of the Study also cleverly brought hot water in for the two young masters. Master washes up.

They were new arrivals and tired, so the two little girls washed up, put on clean cotton and silk jackets, and went to sleep together on the bed.

Because they are newcomers, if there is a banquet in the palace at night, everyone has to go, eat and drink, and the next morning, the Holy Majesty will not care about them. Anyway, everything will be managed by eunuchs and maids. supply.

After walking for ten days, they didn't recover immediately after coming here. The two of them slept for two whole days. The place is very cool. As long as you don't go out to bask in the sun at the hottest time at noon, you won't feel too hot. At night, you have to cover yourself with a thin brocade quilt to sleep.

After sleeping for two days, the two little girls woke up, got up early, had dinner and played in the wing room for a while, and had lunch and rest at noon. When the sun was not so strong, Shen Mei really took the jade beads and went to the sightseeing boat to pick them up. lotus.

Shen Xian was sitting on a stone bench in the yard, flipping through a book, and when he heard the words, he didn't stop him, and lightly told the servant girls, "Stay behind, don't let the two of them fall into the lake."

Shen Mei turned her head and snorted, "Brother, can't you say something nice?"

Shen Xian ignored her.

Shen Mei is familiar with this place, so she took Yuzhu to the lake and found a small boat. Luckily, the boat lady was waiting for her. The whole villa was thoughtful and considerate. The little master ordered them to take them to the field where the lotus grows thickly. The boat stopped there, surrounded by green lotus leaves, pink lotus flowers, and a thin mist, like a fairyland.

The two little girls picked several bunches of lotus, and picked a lot of tender lotus pods. They played in the lake for more than an hour, their clothes were a little wet, and they were urged back to Yingyue Pavilion by a few maids.

Shen Xian didn't know where he went, but when he wasn't in the courtyard, Yuzhu and Shen Mei peeled off the lotus pods and a lot of licorice, planning to make lotus seed porridge and candied lotus seed rice at night.

The meal delivered by the palace maid was also very delicate, fried wings with silver needles, Dinghu Shangsu, pork loin with northern mushrooms, chicken with asparagus, crispy crucian carp, crispy ginger preserved eggs and a pot of braised fish lips.This is the case with the power at the top of this era, even if they travel hundreds of miles to escape the summer heat, they must have all the necessary clothes and style, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation are all exquisite, not half-sloppy.

This kind of power, like the servants in the kitchen of the uncle's mansion who lied to the master, deducted from the family, and bought rotten vegetables to make up for it, is absolutely not in the palace. If this kind of thing is discovered, it is easy to lose his head, and even the nine clans are not involved. People dare to intercede.

The meal delivered by the palace maid was delicious, but the three of them couldn't finish it, so they gave it to the servant girls to eat.The lotus seed and millet porridge boiled with licorice just relieved the greasy, and a plate of candied lotus seed rice was also made as an after-dinner snack for the two girls.

After eating their snacks, the servant girl brought them warm water and salt to wash their mouths and freshen up. They were not in a hurry to rest for a while. After washing up, they changed into clean clothes. The person lay on the soft pillow with engraved silk mud, gold and silver, wishful cloud patterns, stared at the big moon in the bright starry sky, and was dazed for a while. When Yuzhu was drowsy, she heard a quiet voice, "Yuzhu, my princess mother lives in Pingzhou." Woolen cloth."

Yuzhu woke up halfway from her doze, turned her head to look at Shen Mei, "Mei'er..."

Shen Mei also turned her head to look at her, and there was a light in Yuzhu's eyes that Yuzhu had never seen before. She said softly, "Yuzhu, tell me, can I go find my princess lady? I, I want to see my princess lady."

When Yuzhu heard this, her heart ached, and she felt sorry for the princess. She hadn't seen her mother who gave birth to her for more than six years. She must have missed her and wanted to look forward to it.

At this moment, Yuzhu was a little displeased with Princess Jiahe in her heart. Even if she was really unwell, not to mention going back to Beijing every year, she should at least have a few letters to her sons and daughters. No, there is no news, she is an adult at heart, well-informed, and knows that if a mother loves her child, she shouldn't behave like this.

Yuzhu held Shen Mei's fleshy hand, and said softly, "But, Meier, you don't even know where Princess Jiahe's Zhuangzi is, so how to find someone."

Shen Mei's radiant eyes dimmed just like that, she said in a muffled voice, "Yes, I don't even know where Princess Madam lives, and my eldest brother didn't tell me, how should I find her?" She said with a leisurely sigh , "Yuzhu, tell me, is it because the Princess Mother doesn't like me at all?" Otherwise, why didn't she come back to see her.

"How could it be?" Yuzhu and the princess were head to head, "Meier looks like a jade ball. Anyone who sees it will like it, and Meier's princess wife will also like it. She is just not in good health. Wait for her When you get well, you will come to see Meier, right?"

Shen Mei nodded slightly, staring at the bright moon above her head, after a quarter of an hour, she started to breathe evenly, apparently fell asleep.

Standing under the veranda, Shen Xian quietly looked at the pair of little girls on the couch beside the peach tree. They were handsome and tall, their faces were hidden in the shadows, and they couldn't see the expressions on their faces clearly, but they could feel the seriousness of their eyes. .

After the two little girls fell asleep, a few maids carefully carried the little masters into the bed, covered with a thin brocade quilt, wrapped in a smile and licorice, and slept on the imperial concubine's couch next to the screen carved with gray painted figures inlaid with huanghuali. Excuse me, this place is close to the bed, and the two little masters can hear any movement at night immediately.

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Mei was so heartbroken that she forgot about yesterday's yelling about looking for the princess's wife, and ran out to play after breakfast with Yuzhu.The two children played carefree for several days, Yuzhu began to be unhappy, and said to Shen Mei, "Mei'er, my eldest sister is the concubine of the prince, and it seems that she came with her this time. I want to see the eldest sister." .” She just came to the palace banquet and saw the big sister from a distance, but she was too far away to see clearly.

Shen Mei smiled and said, "What's the matter, just wait, I'll ask someone to deliver a post to the empress, maybe the empress is too busy, so she forgot about it."

The queen remembered it after reading the post, she smiled lightly and said to Jianchun next to her, "I've been really busy these few days, I will forget about it by then, and I haven't seen Concubine Jiang for several days. , you go and help Ben Gong to deliver a message to Lord Fuchang County, let her come over and get together with Concubine Jiang."

The matter of coming to the Mountain Resort was arranged by her, so it is normal to forget about it, even the side concubines haven't greeted her for a long time.

(End of this chapter)