Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 153
It was more than July, and the weather was scorching hot. Ming Shengdi discussed with the officials of the Ministry of Rites in the imperial study room to take the female family members of the palace to the Mercy Mountain Villa to escape the summer heat for a few days.

Every time it comes to this time, the palace will be busy again. The favored ladies and princesses will go to the Mercy Villa with Ming Shengdi. There are so many masters who have to carry a lot of luggage, and there are many stops on the way. Walking around is also a big expense.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is not feeling well recently. I heard that the Empress Dowager is bedridden a few days ago. This year, I will go to the Mercy Villa to escape the summer heat. Do I still want to bring the Empress Dowager along?" asked the Minister of Rites, clasping his hands.

Ming Shengdi held the table case, rubbed his acupoints on his head and said: "Let's arrange it for now, the specific matters will be decided after I discuss with the Queen Mother."

"Yes, the minister will definitely do it properly!"

Several officials stood up one after another after speaking, and presented several proposals on the relocation of the Hegong to the Mercy Villa to Ming Shengdi, and then they bowed and retired.

In summer, the heat is very severe. Rao Ming Shengdi is still in good spirits, but it is undeniable that he has entered the age of knowing his fate, after all, he can't stand the heat like a few years ago. This is only the beginning of July. , In the imperial study room, ice cubes have been placed in porcelain basins, and a lot of materials for cooling down the heat have been intentionally added.

Xiao Xiazi played cattail fan for Ming Shengdi, and on the imperial table was rock sugar and pear soup from the imperial dining room. Ming Shengdi looked at the play, took a mouthful of cold and delicious sweet juice, and moved his body. It's pleasant.

"Your Majesty, Princess Mingzhu is here, waiting for your summons outside the Imperial Study Room!"

He only heard the little eunuch from outside push the door open and come in, calling out, and flicking the whisk in his hand.

Ming Shengdi nodded and signaled the palace servants to invite Xia Zijin in.

"I pay homage to my father!" Xia Zijin said Shi Shiran, she was wearing lake green clothes today, the silk satin was embroidered with pink lotus patterns with top-quality embroidery, and a string of emeralds was pinned to her waist The auspicious string of jade beads glowed with luster as she moved.

Ming Shengdi responded and raised his hand to make her stand up.

"I see that my father is using rock sugar and pear soup, but are you annoyed by the heat?" Xia Zijin said sweetly, handing over the food basket in his hand, "Today, I specially made Xue Mei Niang, and made it with smoothies. For the filling, pear and ranunculus powder are mixed into glutinous rice and kneaded into the dough, as long as you eat one or two, you will feel comfortable all over!"

"Oh?" Ming Shun raised his eyebrows, first of all he became interested.

Xiao Xiazi took the food basket Xia Zijin handed over, and lifted the carved mahogany lid, and saw a plate of snow-white round pastries inside, and the center of each round ball was covered with floral sauce and red plum juice It looks delicious with a garnish.

Ming Shengdi laughed cheerfully, picked one up with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, Xue Mei Niang melted in his mouth, the soft and glutinous skin on the outside melted on the tip of his tongue, blending with the cold and sweet stuffing inside material, giving the thickest satisfaction to the tip of the tongue.

Ming Shengdi frowned and gave a good compliment, and ate more than half of the plate.

"Zijin's craftsmanship is getting better and better. I work hard for state affairs every day. It is really magnanimous to have such a caring daughter."

Xia Zijin smiled and said: "Father is absurdly praised, this son is just doing his best, it is a great honor to be able to accompany father in the palace, if the fourth sister can accompany father at this time If you are next to the emperor, I will honor you like a son-in-law!"

Ming Shengdi, who had just picked up a piece of Xue Mei Niang and put it in his mouth to chew, paused, and let out a soft hum from his throat.

"Tell me what she is doing again!"

"It's my son's fault, my son's slip of the tongue." Xia Zijin blessed Fushenzi and said, "It's just father, I don't know what to say about something now..."

Ming Shengdi was in a good mood at this time, he shook his eyebrows and did not object.

Xia Zijin took advantage of the opportunity and said, "Father once said that the fourth sister is not allowed to enter the palace for half a step, and she is not allowed to communicate with the people in the palace privately. It's just that the palace people of Erchen just received a letter from the nunnery today. I thought that the letter sent by me was probably written by my fourth sister, so I didn't dare to open it privately, so I had to hand it over to my father."

After all, Xia Zijin took out the letter from her sleeve pocket, because she had already opened it first, and then Xia Zijin ordered Xiaokui to seal the envelope again, so that she could pretend to be an envelope. It looks like I haven't opened it myself.

When Ming Shengdi heard that the letter was written by Xia Ziqi, his eyes moved, and he reached out to take it.

"Hmph, she is restless. I ordered her to think about it in the nunnery, and she has to send news to the palace. Is it possible that she is still counting on Concubine Yue to intercede for her?" Ming Shengdi said while opening the envelope. .

Xia Zijin didn't say a word, but obediently stood there and waited with his head bowed, but he had already made up his mind, and gently raised his mouth, waiting for the next scene.

Sure enough, Ming Shengdi just opened the letter with a little sarcasm before reading it. As he got more and more familiar with the content of the letter, Ming Shengdi's face was like a pool of water soaked in ink, bit by bit was gloomy and confused. Infected by violent emotions.

There was only a loud bang, and Ming Shengdi also threw out the porcelain bowl on the imperial table, and Xiao Xiazi fell to his knees on the ground with a plop in shock, and Xia Zijin also pretended to be timid.

"It's really unreasonable!" Ming Shengdi slapped the table furiously, his face turned red with anger.

"Father, calm down, I don't know what Fourth Sister did to make you so angry..."

Ming Shengdi's eyes became cloudy in an instant, he snorted out his nose, tightly squeezed the crumpled letter in his hands, and remained silent for a while, but he did not intend to tell Xia Zijin the contents of the letter.

"You go back first." Ming Shengdi waved his hand, and the good mood just now was destroyed for a moment.

Xia Zijin said yes, but didn't say much, and resigned tactfully.

She walked to the door of the imperial study with strides, and as soon as her slender fingers touched the wooden door, there was the suppressed voice of Ming Shengdi's orders from behind.

"Go and call the eldest prince to me..."

Xia Zijin raised the corner of her lips, knowing it clearly.

"This is a good show..." Xia Zijin said in a low voice and exited the study, looking forward to seeing Xia Ziqi's final retribution in reincarnation.

Xia Bin was originally planning to write a plan for the trip to the summer resort in the prince's mansion, but suddenly he heard the palace servants from the palace come to the prince's mansion to spread the word, saying that Ming Shengdi wanted to see him immediately, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, so he stopped Business hastily entered the palace.

Ming Shengdi had been waiting for him in the imperial study room for a long time, Xia Bin stepped into the imperial study room, touched the suppressed and dark face of Ming Shengdi above him, his heart was beating secretly, and he didn't dare to say anything else , first saluted in a proper manner, and then waited for Ming Shengdi to speak first.

"Do you know why I called you here?" Ming Shengdi said, as if the words were squeezed out of his throat, cold and without a trace of joy.

"I don't know..."

Before Xia Bin finished speaking, Ming Shengdi threw the letter paper that he had crumpled to pieces to Xia Bin, with angry words coming out of his mouth from time to time.

Xia Bin unfolded the letter paper balls one by one, and Xia Ziqi's grievances and grievances appeared on the paper word by word. Looking at it like this, Xia Bin's face didn't look good at the end, showing a look of astonishment, looking up at Ming Shengdi's face, what kind of behavior he shouldn't have done for a while.

"This...how could this be..." Xia Bin whispered, as if he couldn't believe it.

Ming Shengdi snorted coldly, clasped his hands behind his back, as if he was extremely angry.

"How could it be? She has the face to do such a thing, so how can she think about whether she should or not? Now that the royal family has lost all face, if I don't resolve this matter quickly, I'm really uneasy Already!"

The letter that Xia Ziqi originally wanted to give to Shui Yanran contained nothing but a letter for help.

When Xia Ziqi compromised with Zhang Niang and the master in charge, she made up her mind that she must rely on her unique capital to seek happiness for the rest of her life.

After Zhang Niang arranged Xia Ziqi's first guest for the first time, she became more and more shameless, and used all the skills she had learned in the palace to compete for resources with other sisters. Fan is going to serve the next one.

She used to have a young girl's cuteness, but later she became more and more philistine, exalting her social status and bargaining with the master in charge to exploit his commission. He quarreled with other women who were also in the skin business.

As a result, Xia Ziqi became the object of cursing and cursing secretly by the aunts in the nunnery.

But the good times didn't last long, Xia Ziqi circulated in front of various benefactors every day, and because he didn't follow up with good cooking, he still suffered retribution.

This is also the reason why Ming Shengdi was furious and Xia Bin was astonished.

Xia Ziqi's womb was secretly conceived, and she was pregnant!
You must know that even for ordinary women, it is extremely unrestrained and embarrassing to be pregnant without getting married. Besides, Xia Ziqi was once a royal princess. It is indeed the blood of the royal family of Diana Lai, and what they do will still affect the reputation of the royal family of Dalai Lama.

Such an undeniable fact has become the thing that Ming Shengdi cares most about and can't bear the most.

"Father, Fourth Sister, she really shouldn't have committed such a wrong thing..." Xia Bin sighed and shook his head, a bit of disgust flashed in his heart, he really didn't want to admit that he would give birth to Xia Ziqi Like a shameless daughter.

Ming Shengdi didn't know about Xia Bin's entanglement with Shui Yanran, and he, who considered himself a father, couldn't bear the smear on his face that Xia Ziqi did such a thing.

(End of this chapter)