Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 118 Skillful tricks to treat the villain

Bai Zhi stepped forward and used a stick to pry open the mouth of the big snake, which was already powerless to struggle. After looking at it, she said: "The fangs are still there."

Fangs still there?snort!Lu Xinyan sneered twice, "Since someone wants to put us to death, there must be more than one poisonous snake prepared in this yard and room! Bai Zhi, sprinkle the medicine powder you brought in a circle, and I will wait first with Shuyun Pieyue and Xiaohe." In the circle, you and Qingtong will search the entire yard, catch the living ones first!"

Before entering the palace, Lu Xinyan knew that Wu Wan, who had a prejudice against her, would definitely find her unlucky, so she specially brought Baizhi, and asked her to prepare many different kinds of medicine in advance, one of which was the medicine powder for repelling poisonous insects and snakes.

"Yes, ma'am."

The yard is not too small, if only relying on the two of them, they might not be able to finish the inspection in a few hours.

But with Bai Zhi here, everything is much simpler.

She sprinkled some medicine on the eaves far away from Lu Xinyan and the others, and within a quarter of an hour, several big green snakes quickly crawled towards that place, followed by centipedes and spiders.

Except for Xiao He, Lu Xinyan and the others felt creepy even looking at it, and hurriedly lowered their heads not daring to look again.

"Bai Zhi, keep two snakes, pull out their teeth, kill the rest, and bury them!" Lu Xinyan quickly ordered.

The yard is quickly cleaned up.

Shu Yun and Lueyue's legs were still shaking, and they dared not enter the room. Lu Xinyan was actually shaking too, but she was a young lady, so she couldn't make it too obvious, "Let's see this. Some anti-insect and snake medicine, the three of us will sleep in two rooms, and we will have a caretaker to avoid accidents."

Combing Yun Xuyue nodded in response in a hurry.

"I sleep in the same room as Miss." Xiao He hugged Lu Xinyan's arm.

Lu Xinyan couldn't help laughing, "Okay, you and I, and Baizhi in the room, and Qingtong combing the clouds and the moon in the room."

"Great! Miss is great!" Xiao He cheered happily.

The shock just now was only a few breaths away, and she completely forgot about it.

With this interruption from her, Shuyun Lueyue's mood also calmed down a lot.

It seems that this little girl is not completely useful, it is good to adjust the mood at critical moments, Shu Yun thought.

At this time, a soft call came from the door, "Mrs. Gong Shao!"

Lu Xinyan went out, only to see Li Qinxuan standing at the gate of the courtyard, she was relieved to see her, "Madam Gong, I seemed to hear a voice from your side just now, but what happened?"

Lu Xinyan said: "There was a servant girl who was careless and accidentally broke one of the things she brought. Miss Lao Li is worried."

"It's great that there's nothing wrong. Does Mrs. Gong need help?" Li Qinxuan asked with a smile.

Lu Xinyan responded with the same smile, "No need, it's almost done."

"Then I'll go back first, and anyone who needs help speaks out."

"Miss Li, go slowly." Lu Xinyan watched her leave with a smile.

After Li Qinxuan's figure disappeared at the gate of the courtyard, Qingtong couldn't help but said: "That Miss Li is very polite and polite. As for that Miss Liu, she is really uneducated!"

Lu Xinyan declined to comment, "Let's pack your things first."

Several rooms were tidied up, and it was time for meals, and the little eunuch who was in charge of delivering the meals brought the meals.

Shu Yun uncovered it and was stunned, "Little eunuch, isn't this amount wrong?"

The little eunuch raised his chin and said in a sharp voice: "This servant is only responsible for delivering the food. I don't understand what is so insignificant."

Shu Yun smiled and said: "Little eunuch, you see that there are six of us in total, and your portion is enough for three people at most. Could you be more flexible and send another one?"

The little eunuch cut out, "Girl, the servant has already said that he is only in charge of sending it off, other servants can't be the masters."

"Little eunuch..." Shu Yun wanted to say a few more words, but the little eunuch turned around and was about to leave, "This servant will continue to deliver meals to the palaces, and this servant is leaving."

"If you just leave like this, I'll tell the Queen Mother that you stole this meal." Lu Xinyan who didn't know when she was standing under the eaves said coldly.

The little eunuch immediately stood still, turned around, and saw a beautiful woman standing not far away, with a light skirt, as graceful as a picture.

He was stunned at first, and then angrily said: "You are unreasonable to say that! In our palace, not to mention anything else, every eunuch and maid can have a full meal, and the palace masters from time to time Who would steal other people's meals?" What's more, it's not a rare delicacy!
Lu Xinyan snorted coldly, "Stealing or not, you don't count if you say it, I say it doesn't count, the queen mother says it counts! If the queen mother knows that there are six of us here, but you only sent three people, you say the queen mother What would you think?"

The little eunuch almost jumped up, "Slave... The slave was only delivered as required, and the same is true in the other two courtyards. It's useless for you to force the slave!"

Lu Xinyan said: "There are only three people in the other courtyard, so the portion you gave is naturally enough, but we have six people here, how can you get enough?"

"It's not up to the slave to decide how much to send to which yard, the slave is just responsible for delivering it!" The little eunuch blushed, and after a while he said unwillingly: "At most, I will go to the imperial dining room after the slave has delivered, and I will give it to you." Is there any left?"

Looking at him, Lu Xinyan must have really didn't know, and said: "Don't bother! How about it, I just saw an abandoned small kitchen in Baihua Palace, and I will send some oil, salt, soy sauce, chili vinegar and so on."

Seeing that the little eunuch was about to jump again, Lu Xinyan took out a piece of silver from her sleeve, "If you get it, the money will be yours, if you can't get it, then I will meet the Queen Mother and you can choose."

Still have to choose?The little eunuch pouted, "The slave will be right back."

Bai Zhi asked: "Miss, are you going to make it yourself? There are no ingredients!"

Lu Xinyan smiled, "On the way here, I saw an abandoned lotus pond, there should be lotus root in it, Qingtong, go and dig two lotus roots."

Bai Zhi's eyes widened, "Miss, this is the palace!"

Go to the palace to touch the lotus root?Didn't you say that you have to follow the rules when you come here?

"Miss, I want to go too!" Xiao He quickly raised her hands, her eyes glowing, "I used to go down the river to touch lotus roots in Zhuangzi, but I have experience, and I am better than the aunts next door."

"Follow the matter urgently." Lu Xinyan shrugged at Bai Zhi, then looked at Xiao He with a smile, "Xiao He, it's up to you!"

"Yes, Miss, I promise to complete the task!" Xiao He excitedly followed Qing Tong.

The little eunuch quickly brought the seasoning, took the money and left happily.

After a while, Xiao He came back covered in mud, holding two muddy things in her hands, and excitedly ran towards Lu Xinyan, "Miss, I am better than Sister Qingtong, I touched this lotus root! "

Lu Xinyan stretched out her arms in disgust, and touched her forehead, not letting her approach her, "Xiaohe is the best! Go take a shower and change your clothes!"

Bai Zhi started, washed the lotus root, cut it into cubes, cut a few red peppers, and started to light the fire in the stove.

She lived in Zhuangzi for several years and lived with the aunts in Zhuangzi, so she learned some basic skills.

Lu Xinyan boiled the pot with boiling water over and over again, and after it was absolutely clean, she began to fry the lotus root in oil.

Her level is average, but the few people who came, except for Bai Zhi, were all masters who could only eat but not work, so she had no choice but to go to battle herself.

Lu Xinyan cooks hot and sour diced lotus root. Fortunately, the dish is simple, so it can be handled.

After the oil is hot, pour in the diced lotus root and stir fry, then add a little chili pepper, soy sauce, and finally vinegar.

Very soon, the hot and sour smell spread in the room, making the stomachs of the already hungry people growl.

"Miss, it smells so good!" Xiao He poked her head around, moving her little paws from time to time, eager to reach out and grab a piece immediately.

"Don't steal it! This is for grandma." Lu Xinyan saw her move and immediately stopped her.

"Ah? Why?" Xiao He said disappointedly: "Miss asked me to touch the lotus root. Isn't it because the food sent is not enough, so she specially added food? If this is sent away, what shall we eat?"

"We have six people here, and Yang Cairen is very clear about it, but the imperial dining room still only sent three people's portions, which means that someone is deliberately playing tricks behind the scenes, and we can't get along with us! We will live in this palace for several days. If The first meal was easily let go like this, and it will be like this in the future!"

"But this is the imperial palace, the old lady is in charge of this matter!" Xiao He was puzzled.

"The old lady can't be the master, someone can be the master!" Lu Xinyan's eyes narrowed slightly, and the streamer flickered.

On the first day of Feng Shi's visit, the Empress Dowager would definitely invite Feng Shi to have a meal with her, so she pretended not to know and sent it to Feng Shi, and then she would definitely meet the Empress Dowager. .

Before leaving, Lu Xinyan warned: "Qingtong will go with me, you wait here, don't run around! I left half of it uncooked, come back and fry it again!"

In the Longevity Palace, the Taihuang summoned Feng Shi and Gong Jin, and was about to have a meal together, when he heard a report from the palace: "Empress Dowager, Mrs. Gong Shao has brought food to Mrs. Gong."

The Taihuang frowned, "A Bing, what do you mean by your grandson-in-law? Are you afraid that Ai's family will starve and you will die!"

Feng hurriedly said: "The empress dowager, calm down! Zhuzhu is filial to the minister's wife. She must have seen something delicious and wanted to share it with the minister's wife! This is all the fault of the minister's wife. I didn't tell her that the queen mother would invite the minister's wife to share with the minister's wife." Eat, let her make a joke."

The meaning of protection in these words is self-evident, the queen mother glanced at her, and said to the palace: "Let her come in, the Ai family also wants to see what good things are."

After Lu Xinyan thanked the eunuch who sent the message, she carried the food box and walked into the hall, "My wife will see the empress dowager!"

"Get up." The queen mother said: "What good things did you send Ah Bing?"

"Queen Mother," Lu Xinyan hesitated, "My wife didn't know that my grandmother would accompany you to eat with the Queen Mother, so I came here rashly. Retire."

The Empress Dowager's eyes flashed, "I forgive you for your innocence, quickly uncover it and have a look."

"That minister's wife will show her shame." Lu Xinyan opened the food box, and immediately a hot and sour aroma came out, and everyone who heard it whetted their appetites.

"It smells so good, Zhuzhu, what is that?" Gong Jin asked.

"Sigu, this dish is called hot and sour lotus root! The ingredients used are lotus root, which is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effect of cooling blood and dispelling silt when used raw. It can benefit the blood, stop diarrhea, strengthen the spleen, and appetize. In autumn, it nourishes the lungs, and the white enters the lungs. It is advisable to eat acid and help the liver qi. This hot and sour lotus root dish is a delicacy that must be eaten in autumn!" Lu Xinyan said: "It seems The Royal Dining Room of the Imperial Palace really deserves to be called an Imperial Dining Room, and it has done a lot of research on the use of ingredients for health preservation."

The Empress Dowager said: "It smells quite attractive, and it looks pretty good. Ah Bing, can the Ai family enjoy the filial piety specially sent by your granddaughter-in-law?"

"But it's disrespectful." Feng said, "Pearls, serve them quickly."

"Yes, grandma." Lu Xinyan took the food box and walked a few steps closer. After a maid took it, she put it in front of the Empress Dowager, and put a piece of gold-rimmed jade plate in front of her.

The queen mother picked up the ivory chopsticks, put them in her mouth and tasted them for a while, then nodded, "Not bad, the sour taste is moderate, the spicy taste is not obvious, it really is a good dish! Ah Bing, Jin'er, you should try it too. "

The other two maids who prepared vegetables took a piece and placed it on Feng's and Gongjin's plates respectively. After eating a piece, their eyes lit up, and they looked at Lu Xinyan and nodded, "It's really good."

The Empress Dowager said: "Young Madam Gong has made great contributions in offering dishes, and I passed on the word of mouth to the Ai family that according to the dishes delivered to the Longevity Palace today, I will reward Madam Gong for a portion!"

Lu Xinyan knelt down to thank the empress dowager, "Thank you, empress dowager! My wife will not disturb the empress dowager's meal with grandmother Sigu, and my wife will leave."

When I turned around, I heard the Empress Dowager behind say: "This soup is a little cold, it must be that the eunuch who delivered the meal didn't control the time well, let the head of the imperial dining room give a good lecture!"

"Yes, the Empress Dowager."

The corners of Lu Xinyan's mouth curled up slightly. The Queen Mother was clearly trying to teach the little eunuch a lesson, but in fact she was giving the chief supervisor a warning!
It's a pity that the little eunuch who is only responsible for delivering food.

This time, the speed of the imperial dining room was extremely fast, Lu Xinyan just fried a new plate of hot and sour lotus root, and the meal rewarded by the queen mother arrived.

The queen mother ate lightly when she was old, but with Gong Jin around, there were two more meat dishes.

There are seven or eight dishes in this combination of meat and vegetables, plus the food delivered earlier, enough to feed six people.

"It's so rich, Miss, hurry up!"

-

After taking a short break after eating, a court lady came to call out, "Mrs. Gong, Yang Cairen told you to bring the clothes you are going to perform to Jingyuan Palace over the Imperial Garden."

Lu Xinyan opened the door, "Where are Miss Li and Miss Yang?"

The palace maid said: "Sisters have gone to invite them, and this slave is in charge of inviting Mrs. Gong Shao."

"Understood, please wait a moment."

Lu Xinyan called Qingtong Baizhi and Xiaohe, took the clothes and left with the maid, leaving Shuyun Xuyue to watch the house.

After the few people left, Shu Yun said dissatisfiedly to Lueyue: "If there is any good thing for Miss, I will only think of Sister Qingtong, Sister Baizhi, and Xiaohe. We have never had a share! It is also my first time entering the palace. , it may be the last time in my life, I also want to see the scenery inside the palace!"

Lueyue persuaded: "The three of them will stay by Miss's side first and get acquainted with Miss. If there is any good thing, Miss will naturally stick to them first. Without Miss, we don't know where to serve those stinky men now. We can't help ourselves. Now I am very satisfied that I can be free like this.”

"Sister Qingtong knows kung fu and can protect the young lady. Sister Bai Zhi knows medical skills and can help the young lady avoid being framed. But that girl Xiaohe doesn't know anything. She just eats and drinks every day. I really don't understand why the young lady likes her so much?" When she was angry, she couldn't listen to Jin's persuasion, and said angrily: "At the end of the day, Miss is just worried that I have other thoughts, so she doesn't believe me at all!"

"Don't you have one?" Yue Yue asked lightly.

The two were good friends in the past, and now they face each other day and night. Naturally, what Shu Yun was thinking could not be hidden from Lueyue, and Shu Yun paused, "People go to high places, and water flows to low places. Qian Cheng, what's wrong? Besides, I'm not a person who has no sense of propriety. I've never been to and heard of where the palace is. I have no intention of entering the palace! It's you, "

Shu Yun glanced at Lueyue, "It's rare to have someone who treats you sincerely, but you shut him out! If it were me, let alone Perfect Bi, even if he has served countless men, as long as he is willing to treat me sincerely, I am interested in him again, and I will go with him no matter what!"

"Stop talking, I want to rest." Lueyue got up and walked to the bed, and lay down on it.

Shu Yun chased after him, unwilling to let go, "I told you a long time ago, people like us, don't be sincere about anything! Now it's all right, but it's nothing wrong with being touched and kissed by the prince, you're just like this You can’t think about the pain, and even Mr. Tian is suffering too, why bother? Why can’t you look away? Life is so short, when you encounter an opportunity, you should throw everything away and have a great show. Don’t regret it when you’re old!”

"Stop it!" Lueyue frowned and lowered her face.

Seeing that she was really angry, Shu Yun changed the subject, "Speaking of which, Sister Qingtong and Sister Baizhi have extraordinary backgrounds at first glance, and it's natural to behave properly, but Xiaohe is a maid who grew up in a village, with little knowledge and age. Small, but I watched her act, and never lost the chain at the critical moment, it is amazing."

Lueyue gave her a white look, "Didn't you just envy her for being favored by Miss without knowing anything?"

Shu Yun lay down on the bed, squeezed Yueyue into it, and said disapprovingly: "One size counts for one size, the little girl is very sensible, her mouth is sweet, sometimes it is really painful."

Yue Yue couldn't help laughing, "You, you..."

"Hey, let's not talk about it. It doesn't matter if she is sensible or not. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. I'm going to sleep." Shu Yun turned over and fell asleep as soon as she said sleep.

The smile on Lueyue's face gradually faded away, and the sockets of his eyes gradually turned red. Looking at Shu Yun who was breathing steadily beside him, he felt envious.

If she could be like her, fight for what she wants desperately, and never regret it even if her head is broken, how great it would be!

-

When Lu Xinyan and the others came to Jingyuan Palace next to the Imperial Garden, Li Qinxuan and Yang Liuer had already arrived. Li Qinxuan greeted Lu Xinyan with a smile, "Hi, Mrs. Gong Shao."

Yang Liu'er snorted, turned her face to the side, she was not in a good mood at all.

She was already jealous that Lu Xinyan showed her face in front of the Queen Mother first, and then she had an argument with Wei Wei and Lu Xinyan in front of the Baihua Palace, and was caught by Yang Cairen and scolded her. Now, in her heart, she completely classified Lu Xinyan as black list.

"Hello, Miss Li." Lu Xinyan also smiled back, Yang Liuer ignored her, so naturally she would not hurry to put her hot face on his cold ass.

"Miss, I want to see the flowers in the imperial garden." Xiao He whispered, when she just came here, she took a few glances, the flowers in the imperial garden are so beautiful, many of them she has never seen before!
Walking out of the palace gate, the imperial garden is just a hundred steps away, Lu Xinyan nodded: "Go, be careful, don't go too far."

"Thank you miss." Xiao He went out happily.

"Where are you Qingtong Baizhi?" Lu Xinyan asked, "Want to go to the Royal Garden to see it, or stay here with me?"

"Let's stay here with Miss." The two said in unison.

Li Qinxuan took the initiative to open the topic, "Mrs. Gong, do you know why Yang Cairen asked us to bring the clothes?"

"I don't know, does Miss Li know?" Lu Xinyan said.

"I heard from the elder sisters in the previous class that the palace would pick out some handsome maids or concubines and arrange them to wear our clothes for performances." Li Qinxuan said, "Maybe Yang Cairen asked us to come because in this way."

"Sister Li, do you mean that Yang Cairen asked us to choose concubines or maids?" Yang Liu'er became interested and asked.

Li Qinxuan said: "...If it's a concubine, it's picking the clothes, and if it's a maid, it's also appointed, it's not our turn."

Lu Xinyan said: "I guess the one performing this time should be a court lady."

Yang Liu'er cut out, "You know?"

"The decoration of this Jingyuan Palace is worse than that of the small courtyard where I live, so it cannot be a concubine." Lu Xinyan ignored her and said to Li Qinxuan.

Li Qinxuan and Yang Liu'er looked around, and saw that although the palace was new and exquisite, in terms of texture, it was indeed inferior to the Baihua Palace where they lived.

"Mrs. Gong's observation is so meticulous." Li Qinxuan praised.

"Sister Li, you said that we are only here to perform, and the Baihua Palace we live in is so exquisite, so the girls in this palace, don't they live in a palace in the sky?" Yang Liuer asked eagerly.

Li Qinxuan said truthfully: "Sister Liu, it's my first time entering the palace, and I haven't met any empress, so I don't know."

"Hey!" Yang Liu'er rolled her eyes, "Didn't you pay homage to the Empress Dowager? Tell me!"

Lu Xinyan turned a deaf ear.

"Hey, I'm talking to you, what's your attitude?" Seeing that she ignored her, Yang Liuer got angry and rushed to Lu Xinyan to accuse her.

"Who's calling here?" Lu Xinyan glanced at her lightly.

Yang Liu'er hesitated, "It's just a title, why are you so fussy? Tell me, what is the decoration in the empress dowager's palace?"

Lu Xinyan said coldly: "I never deal with rude people, please go away, don't pollute the air in front of me!"

"You!" Yang Liu'er's eyes turned red with anger, "Don't be so arrogant just because you have met the Queen Mother, tell you, Sister Li is afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you!"

Lu Xinyan couldn't help but roll her eyes, who is this arrogant?

Li Qinxuan quickly pulled Yang Liuer aside, "Sister Yang, it's okay, don't talk about it, Yang Cairen is coming soon, if she hears anything bad, we will be reprimanded again."

Only then did Yang Liu'er stop, staring at Lu Xinyan, as if we'll wait and see.

At this time, the little eunuch outside sang: "Yang Cairen has arrived!"

The three stood up immediately, "Hello, Yang Cai!"

"Well, let's all sit down." Yang Cairen walked in proudly, followed by a dozen court ladies, she looked at Lu Xinyan, seemed a little surprised, and quickly looked away.

Li Qinxuan quietly gave Lu Xinyan a wink, indicating that she had guessed correctly just now.

"The clothes that won the Huayi Festival came to the palace. According to the usual practice, all the sisters in the palace, or the outstanding ladies in the palace wore them to perform. This time, in order to compete for this spot, there was a lot of trouble in the palace. Empress Empress speaks, and the palace maids will perform directly." Yang Cairen said: "This Palace will imitate Empress Empress and directly appoint candidates for you."

She raised her slender hand, and the twelve court ladies stood out in groups of four, "These four belong to Li Qinxuan, these four belong to Yang Liuer, and these four belong to Lu Xinyan."

Lu Xinyan looked at the four assigned to herself, then at the four assigned to Li Qinxuan and Yang Liuer, and couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

Li Qinxuan looked surprised, but Yang Liuer almost laughed out loud, and gloated in her heart: It seems that it is nothing special to have the support of the Queen Mother. Isn't it the same as being tricked behind the scenes, and divided into four crooked melons and split dates? No matter how beautiful the clothes are, there must be a beauty to wear them. It seems that the final winners are her and Sister Li!

Yang Cairen lazily stretched his waist, "I am tired after working for a long time. You guys should take them home and train them well. The empress dowagers and sisters in the palaces are full of expectations for you. Don't let them down!"

"Yes, Yang Cairen." Li Qinxuan and Yang Liu'er said in unison.

Lu Xinyan said: "Yang Cairen, my wife brought some people here, so I don't need these people."

Yang Cai's face was serious, "This is the rule of the palace! The performers have always been from the palace, and they are never said to be useless by outsiders! Are you dissatisfied with the arrangement of the palace?"

"That's right, Mrs. Gong, sister Li and I have no objections, but you have opinions!" Yang Liuer didn't want Lu Xinyan to succeed, and added embellishments: "You must be dissatisfied with Yang Cairen and deliberately cause trouble!"

Yang Cairen's complexion was not worried, Yang Liu'er's words made her face even darker.

"Yang Cairen misunderstood. Your arrangement is naturally excellent. It's just that my wife's shoes for this competition are a little different. I haven't trained for three or five days. I'm afraid I will make a fool of myself." Lu Xinyan smiled slightly, not affected by the opponent's anger at all. , "If you make a fool of yourself during the performance tomorrow, the queen mother will blame you, and the servants alone will not be able to bear it."

"Are you using the queen mother to threaten the palace?" Yang Cairen said gloomyly.

Lu Xinyan said: "Don't dare, I just reminded Yang Cairen first that if something happens, my wife will be punished. Yang Cairen is responsible for arranging the candidates for the performance, so he will be punished as well!"

"Cut! What kind of shoes are so powerful? Don't scare me!" Yang Liu'er was disdainful at first, and then said flatteringly: "Yang Cairen, don't listen to her nonsense, my little girl thinks that there are people who just want to know the nobles in the palace, and think they are the same as you." Everyone is different, I want to specialize!"

Lu Xinyan shrugged, "Yang Cairen, Miss Yang, if you don't believe me, the shoes are here, you can try them yourself, and you will know if my wife is lying or not!"

Bai Zhi and Qing Tong put a pair of high heels in front of Yang Cairen and Yang Liu'er at the right time.

Smooth and feminine lines, simple and elegant shape, immediately attracted the attention of Yang Cairen and Yang Liuer.

As long as it is a woman, no one can escape the spell of high heels!

Yang Cairen swallowed her saliva, her eyes sparkled, she couldn't help but wanted to take off her shoes and try it out, the palace maid who followed her hurriedly said: "Cairen, why don't you let Miss Yang try it first."

Yang Cairen came back to his senses, pointed at Yang Liu'er, "You, first try to show me."

It was a pity in Lu Xinyan's heart, she actually hoped that the two of them would try it together.

Yang Liu'er's rude words should be taught a lesson. As for Yang Cairen, the poisonous snake in Baihua Palace and these four ugly maids are all her masterpieces, how can we not let her suffer?
It's a pity that the maid next to her is a little sober!
Yang Liu'er couldn't wait for it, took off her shoes, immediately put her feet into the high heels, just stood up, "Ouch", the whole person fell forward.

Li Qinxuan on the side stretched out her hand to pull her but failed, she just grabbed her sleeve, and with a puff, the sleeve couldn't bear Yang Liuer's forward momentum and split.

Li Qinxuan pinched half of her sleeves in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, sister Yang, I..."

"Oh, it hurts me to death! What broken shoes!" Yang Liu'er hit the ground with her whole face, especially her nose and chin. The pain caused her to burst into tears. Fortunately, there is a carpet on the floor, otherwise she would have to break her face, "Gong Young Madam, are you harming me?! Yang Cairen, you must decide for my little girl!"

"Miss Yang, as I just said, the shoes for this competition are a little different. I haven't trained for three or five days. I'm afraid I'll make a fool of myself. If you don't believe me, you still say I'm alarmist." Lu Xinyan shrugged, "Now that you fell, Who is to blame?"

Li Qinxuan quickly helped Yang Liu'er to sit aside, Yang Liu'er still wanted to yell, but Yang Cairen pointed to a court lady assigned to Lu Xinyan and said: "You, come and try!"

Seeing that Yang Liu'er fell so embarrassingly, the palace lady was very nervous, she put it on carefully, and managed to stop without falling, but her whole body swayed from side to side.

"Hmph, it doesn't look that great! I was careless just now, so I got into your way!" Yang Liu'er snorted.

She had just finished speaking when she heard the maid exclaimed, sprained her right foot, and fell to the ground.

Yang Liu'er opened her mouth wide, but Yang Cairen pointed at another court lady in disbelief, "Come and try!"

One after another, even the most cautious person fell down after walking only five steps, and the walking posture was extremely ugly and extremely stiff.

The beautiful shoes are in front of him, but they can only be seen but not worn. Yang Cairen is a little angry, "Lu Xinyan, there is something wrong with your shoes at all. What do you mean by taking them out on purpose? To tease Ben Gong?"

Lu Xinyan said: "Yang Cairen, my wife dare not, these are the shoes worn at the Huayi Festival, Miss Li and Miss Yang have both seen them with their own eyes!"

"Who has time to care about you, I was only concerned with my own game at the time, I don't know!" Yang Liuer vetoed it.

Li Qinxuan hesitated and said: "Yang Cairen, my little girl seems to have met her before, but at that time, like sister Yang, she was caring about herself and had no time to talk to others, so my little girl is not sure."

She apologized to Lu Xinyan, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Gong Shao, I couldn't help you."

"It's nothing, Miss Li is just telling the truth, don't blame yourself." Lu Xinyan smiled.

This made Li Qinxuan feel even more sorry, "Let me think about it more carefully."

"Lu Xinyan, now they all say they haven't seen it, how can you argue?" Yang Cairen said angrily.

"My wife doesn't need to quibble, because facts speak louder than words!" Lu Xinyan said: "Qingtong, put it on and show it to Cairen Yang!"

"Yes, miss!" Qingtong quickly put on her shoes, raised her chest and retracted her abdomen, slightly retracted her chin, and began to walk like a cat.

She stood aside before, holding her breath, and others basically didn't notice her existence. Now, as soon as she put on her shoes and opened her aura, the whole hall was shocked by her strong queen aura.

Wow!So beautiful!Yang Cairen's heart was pounding with excitement, she thought that she was not inferior in appearance, her only weakness was that she was too plump and her waist was not slender enough, if she put on these shoes in the future, she would be two or three inches taller, then she would not only She has a slender waist and long legs.

The emperor...

Just thinking about it, Yang Cairen couldn't help but look happy.

Lu Xinyan said: "Yang Cairen, my wife has now proved that these shoes can be worn, and secondly, they really need training to wear them and walk gracefully. Who are you to watch this performance..."

Yang Cairen received the instruction secretly, and she was very reluctant at first, but compared to the serious crime of making a fool of herself in public, she could only reluctantly accept it, "Okay, this palace will report this matter to Concubine Yang, let's do it first."

After a pause, he said again: "How many shoes do you have? Can you give me a pair?"

Lu Xinyan said: "Back to Yang Cairen, there are only four pairs of these shoes in total, and they are all for this performance, but after the performance, these shoes will be sold in Suyifang in the capital. The palace is dedicated to you."

Yang Cairen was disappointed for a while. If she sold it, she would not be the first person in the palace to wear these shoes. There are so many coquettish and sluts in the palace. If she is not No.1, how can she attract the attention of the emperor?

She wanted Lu Xinyan to give her a pair of these four pairs of shoes after the performance, but she is a talent in the palace, how could she wear a maid?Yang Cairen had no choice but to hold back.

At this time, a court lady hurried in, "I met Yang Cairen."

"Why panic, what happened?" Yang Cairen couldn't express his anger, so he directly vented it on the maid.

The maid shrank back, "Back to Yang Cairen, just now a little girl picked the empress's favorite hibiscus flowers in the imperial garden, and Princess Changping saw her, and insisted on punishing her! The people around Mrs. Gong Shao!"

"Xiao He?" Lu Xinyan frowned, this little girl shouldn't be so confused! "Yang Cairen, the minister's wife is going to take a look, and I will leave first."

"Just cause trouble for me!" Yang Cairen glared at her, "I'll go and see, too. If she really messed up, the princess can spare her, but I can't spare her!"

Lu Xinyan twitched the corners of her mouth, but said nothing.

"Sister Li, let's go and watch the show." Yang Liu'er said viciously, "It's better for the princess to vent her anger, and let the queen punish her for her crimes!"

Li Qinxuan kindly reminded, "Sister Yang, half of your sleeve is broken, so it's not good to go out to meet people."

"It's important to watch a good show!" Yang Liu'er said indifferently: "Anyway, at this time, I won't meet any nobles."

Even though it is late autumn, under the careful care of the palace craftsmen, the imperial garden is still full of flowers, colorful flowers compete with each other, and it is too beautiful to behold.

Xiao He's eyes are staring straight, she just thinks that the flowers in the palace not only have many flowers that cannot be seen outside, but even the ones in the palace are much more beautiful.

She walked and watched, squatting down from time to time to watch carefully, and walked to the other side without knowing it, and was attracted by a bright red.

"This is a rare species among camellias. It's called Chidan, also known as sea pomegranate, Yuminghua. It is winter-resistant, charming and beautiful, lively and enthusiastic. Many concubines in the palace like it." A warm voice whispered beside her ear. sounded.

Xiao He raised her head and said pleasantly, "The First Prince!"

She squatted on the ground, originally the sun was shining softly on her head, but now when she raised her head, the golden sun shone into the clear and undefiled wave light, so pure and clean that it made people feel the thoughts of destruction.

What a pair of eyes!

Xiao He stood up abruptly, because her feet were numb after squatting for a long time, she couldn't stand upright, and fell to the ground.

A pair of hands held her arm in a timely manner, and said softly: "Be careful."

"Thank you, First Prince!" Xiao He smiled brilliantly, her bright eyes were bright, her face was slightly red, but she was not shy.

Wu Yuan was startled, then smiled, "Why are you here alone?"

"Miss is in Jingyuan Palace. I wanted to see the flowers in the imperial garden, so I came out." Xiao He said enviously, "Prince, you are so lucky, you can see so many beautiful flowers every day."

"You are happy to see beautiful flowers?" Wu Yuan asked.

Xiao He showed longing, "Yes, I think seeing beautiful flowers and eating delicious food every day is the happiest thing in the world!"

Wuyuan smiled lightly, "Sure enough, he's still a child."

"I'm not a child anymore. After today, I'll be fourteen." Xiao He pouted unhappily.

Young people don't like others to say they are children, especially Wuyuan is Xiaohe's savior, and her position in her heart is very different.

"Today is your birthday?" Wu Yuan asked in surprise.

Xiao He quickly put on a smiling face, "Yes, Miss didn't want to take me into the palace at first, but because it was my birthday, I begged her desperately, and she agreed."

"Your young lady is really kind to you." Wu Yuan smiled.

"My lady is the best lady in the world!" Xiao He said with a smile, "The eldest prince is also the best eldest prince in the world."

Wu Yuan couldn't help laughing, "There are many young ladies in this world, and there is only one eldest prince in Tianwu Kingdom, he is not the best but also the best."

"Then let me put it another way, the eldest prince is the best person in the world, the best person except my mother, miss, and sister Qingtong..." She clattered a series of names.

"It turns out that I am at the bottom of Xiao He's heart." Wu Yuan joked.

"No, you have no priority in my heart, they are all equally important!" Xiao He said seriously.

A prince is as important as an aunt. Anyone would find it ridiculous, but Xiao He's expression is sincere, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

Wu Yuan smiled, and took out a bamboo dragonfly from his sleeve, "Today is your birthday, I have nothing else prepared, this is for you."

"Wow, it's so delicate!" Xiao He's eyes sparkled, "Thank you, First Prince!"

She happily played with it for a while, and asked, "Eldest Prince, why do you have bamboo dragonflies on your body?"

Wu Yuandao: "Some younger brothers and sisters in the palace are too young to leave the palace, and I hear people say that there are so many interesting things outside the palace and they are very envious. Every time I enter the palace, I bring some gadgets for them."

"Your brother and sister are so lucky to have you as a good brother." Xiao He was extremely envious, "I am the only mother, but my mother loves me very much, my aunts love me, my sisters love me, and my young lady loves me too." , Hahaha, I am actually very happy.”

As she spoke, she giggled again, "The eldest prince also loves me!"

Xiao He didn't realize what she said, but when it fell into the ears of an adult married man, she would always think deeply.

Wu Yuan was slightly taken aback, seeing her innocent face, he smiled and said: "You continue to look at the flowers, I have to leave first."

"Goodbye, Eldest Prince." Xiao He bowed politely, and watched Wu Yuan leave, the little girl's eyes were full of undisguised joy, like a glow on her back.

At this time, a crisp voice said: "Hey, come here."

Xiao He turned her head and saw a beautiful woman with the appearance of a court lady standing not far away, waving to her.

"Is there something wrong? Miss Sister." Xiao He walked over and said with a sweet smile.

"My name is Ye Sang. Concubine Yun asked me to pick some hibiscus flowers. I forgot to take the basket. Can you help me?" Ye Sang said.

"But isn't it impossible to pick the flowers in the royal garden?" Xiao He asked curiously.

"You don't need to pick it, just wrap it in your skirt for me." Ye Sang said: "Please, Concubine Yun is impatient. If I go back and get the basket and pick flowers again, Concubine Yun will get angry after a long time." .”

"Okay." Xiao He couldn't help her pleading, and complied, thinking that she would be fine if she didn't do anything but just help.

"Thank you!" Ye Sang said gratefully, "By the way, what's your name?"

"My name is Xiao He." Xiao He said sweetly.

"Xiao He, your name sounds really nice! Are you a new little maid?" Ye Sang asked.

Xiao He proudly said: "No, my young lady is the young wife of the Guangping Houfu Palace, she won No.1 in the Huayi Festival, and she wants to enter the palace to perform, so I will come with her."

"Wow! Your young lady is amazing!" Ye Sang said with a shy smile, "I'm sorry, I thought you were a new little palace maid, so I asked you to help. If I had known earlier, I would never have asked you to help."

"It's okay." Xiao He saw the big red hibiscus flowers in her bosom, and asked, "Sister Ye Sang, I can't wrap my skirt anymore, is it enough?"

"It's almost done, I'll pick two more flowers." Ye Sang said.

"What are you doing there?" came a rather stern voice.

Ye Sang exclaimed, "It's Concubine Chen! Come on, follow me to pay my respects!"

As soon as Xiao He turned around, Ye Sang Hengli suddenly stretched out a foot, Xiao He couldn't stand still, and fell forward, pressing on the hibiscus flower, splashing red juice all over the ground.

"You guys are so brave! How dare you steal the empress's favorite hibiscus flower? Come on, pull out the fifty-weight stick!" A big court lady sternly yelled.

Ye Sang knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Ms. Chen Concubine, this servant has never picked it up. It was this little girl named Xiao He who looked good at picking it. This servant was just trying to persuade her not to pick it up. Please check carefully, Mrs. Chen Concubine." !"

Xiao He was stunned for a moment, she was obviously just helping around, how could it be her picking flowers? "Concubine Chen, Xiao He didn't pick the flowers. It was Sister Ye Sang who said that Concubine Yun ordered her to pick the flowers. She forgot to bring the basket, so Xiao He helped her carry it..."

The stern female voice reprimanded earlier: "Bold! People in the palace, don't they call themselves slaves?"

Xiao He said: "Sister, Xiao He is not from the palace, Xiao He is the servant girl next to the Young Madam of the Guangping Marquis Palace."

"I'm not from the palace, no wonder I don't know the rules!" the man snorted.

Ye Sang hurriedly pleaded, "Sister Linglong, she is not from the palace, and I don't know that the flowers in the imperial garden cannot be picked. Please beg for mercy from Concubine Chen, please forgive her this time!"

"Wait, did you just say Concubine Yun? Which Concubine Yun?" A soft and gentle voice said, "I have been in the palace for more than ten years, and I have never heard of Concubine Yun."

The woman was 27 and [-] years old, gentle and elegant, and she was the concubine Chen at the Huayi Festival.

"Xiao He doesn't know either. Sister Ye Sang said it." Xiao He said honestly.

Ye Sang hastily explained: "Ms. Chen Concubine, the servant didn't say anything! The servant only said that this is the empress's favorite flower and must not be picked, but she kept saying it was beautiful and what happened. As long as her family Miss will come out, and everything can be done."

Xiao He would be really stupid if she didn't know that there was a problem here. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Sister Ye Sang, if you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense and frame my lady casually. It's wrong to frame her! Concubine Chen won't just listen to your one-sided words. It will definitely be investigated!"

Ye Sang didn't expect that she, a little maid outside the palace, not only didn't cry bitterly until she was overwhelmed by this kind of thing, but articulated clearly, giving Chen Fei a high hat, and making Chen Fei have to investigate this matter carefully!
When she was in a daze, Concubine Chen asked, "Ye Sang, do you have evidence?"

"Slave... Slave..." Ye Sang was racking his brains when suddenly a haughty voice came, "I can testify!"

"See Princess Changping!"

"Free gift!"

"Chang Ping, did you pass by here just now?" Concubine Chen turned around and asked the visitor.

Wu Wan said: "Ye Sang is an old man in the palace, how can she not understand the rules in this palace? It must be the first time this little girl entered the palace, she didn't know the rules and picked flowers, after being reprimanded, she deliberately lied out of fear, Concubine Chen, don't be fooled by her."

This is too subjective!But she is a princess, Concubine Chen couldn't help but give her this face, so she hesitated now.

"Xiao He didn't lie!" Xiao He blushed.

"I didn't ask you a question, when will it be your turn to speak?" Wu Wan snorted coldly, "Come on, give me a slap!"

The maid next to her stepped forward, grabbed Xiao He's collar, swung her palm, and was about to slap her fiercely, when a shadow that flew over suddenly clamped her wrist.

"His Royal Highness, Xiao He came to the palace with the court lady's grandmother to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager. If she does anything wrong, the Empress Dowager should deal with it!" It was Lu Xinyan who rushed over who spoke, and clamped her The maid's is Qingtong.

"Mrs. Gong Shao, are you using the imperial grandmother to suppress the palace?" Wu Wan said coldly.

Lu Xinyan said: "I don't dare, the princess thinks that Xiao He is lying without asking why, and she doesn't give her a chance to defend herself. Anyone who is a person will defend himself in this situation. I didn't intend to contradict you, the princess. Please also My lord has a lot, don't be as knowledgeable as her."

Seeing Lu Xinyan and the others, Xiao He was about to shed tears, but she held back, and Qingtong gave her a comforting look.

Concubine Chen said: "Chang Ping, I think it's better to ask the truth of the matter first, if this little girl did it in the end, how about dealing with it together?"

Wu Wan snorted proudly, "For the sake of Concubine Chen, remember this slap first."

"Hello, Sister Concubine Chen, and Hello Princess." Yang Cairen, who came a step late, saluted.

"Sister Yang, you don't need to be too polite." Concubine Chen nodded and motioned for her to flatten.

Yang Cairen glanced at the people on the ground, "Hey, Ye Sang, why are you here?"

Ye Sang briefly explained the argument just now, which is of course beneficial to her. Yang Cairen immediately said: "Sister Concubine Chen, Ye Sang was just transferred to the concubine's palace two days ago, and the concubine arranged for her Today I went to help my concubine get the winter clothes, so Ye Sang definitely did not lie! This ignorant little maid must have picked them up! Please sister Chen Fei and the princess carefully check!"

After listening to it, Lu Xinyan probably understood the whole thing.

Yang Cairen deliberately chose the Jingyuan Palace next to the imperial garden, the purpose is to lure the maids beside her to go to the garden, even if Xiao He doesn't take the initiative to go, Yang Cairen will definitely find a way to instruct Qingtong, Baizhi and Xiaohe to be among the three beside her. Go alone, when the time comes, Yang Cairen will send Ye Sang out again, and pick off the hibiscus flowers under the pretext of an unnecessary concubine Yun.

They are not from the palace, so they don't know if there is a concubine Yun in the palace, and they don't know that the empress's favorite hibiscus flower is not allowed to touch anything. On He's body, punish Xiao He to death!
"Qingtong, Xiaohe's clothes are dirty, go and get a cloak for Xiaohe." Lu Xinyan's eyes flickered, "Bai Zhi is also here, and take back the clothes for the show by the way."

"Yes, miss." Qingtong Baizhi returned a clear look, and left together.

Wu Wan said: "Mrs. Gong, Yang Cairen said that Ye Sang has no motive to pick the flowers. But your little maid, the flowers are all in her arms. The evidence is conclusive. What else can you say?"

(End of this chapter)