Harem Pampered Beauty: Chen Xiangxue

Chapter 21

Murong Xue's longing for a better future only got him a half-smile and a slightly mocking look, and then she turned over and put on a posture of getting ready to sleep.She still had a stomach full of things to say to him, but it was a pity that her voice was really unsightly, so she put it all back and waited for the next day.However, sharing the same bed should at least embrace each other and sleep with necks crossed.She wanted to hug his waist very much, but she was embarrassed, looked at his back eagerly, and called him to turn around and hug her with her heart, but unfortunately, this kind of thing didn't happen, and he soon fell asleep. caught.

She had no choice but to fall asleep in a half-lost, half-sweet drowsiness, and when she opened her eyes again, it was already morning.The bed around her had already been empty, only the man's unique smell in the quilt reminded her that last night was not a dream.Fortunately, there is no concubine in the palace, except for Yeluyan, who is considered the master.So, he continued to lie on the bed for a while without any psychological burden, and then stood up with his limp body supported.Xipa on the bed was rolled by the two people so that she was no longer in the original place. As soon as she sat up, she saw the hard evidence at the foot of the bed, with red marks on it, reminding her of the absurdity and confusion of last night.

With a blushing face, she put away the Xipa, then called Shuying and Anxiang to come in, took a bath again, and changed into new clothes.

An Xiang waited on her to dress up, and couldn't help saying: "Congratulations, madam."

This well-intentioned sentence made Murong Xue blush immediately.

Then, Shuying praised again: "Madam looks really good today."

This sentence is more likely to make people think wrongly, Murong Xue is a little afraid to look at herself in the mirror.

Because it was almost noon, she ate a little pastry, then drank a cup of tea, and recovered a lot of strength.

In front of the window is a beautiful spring scene in which the willow wind is not cold, and the little peach is slanting a red branch. The flowers are confusing the eyes, and the grass grows and the warblers fly.A few unknown birds flew over the lake. On a whim, she got up and walked out.

The lake was rippling, and there was a pavilion in the middle. She couldn't help thinking how wonderful it would be to watch the moon and listen to the wind with him in the pavilion in summer.

Walking around the lake surrounded by willow smoke, she felt a little lonely. On the first day of the wedding, shouldn't her husband be by her side, and when she got up in the morning, she thrushed her eyebrows and asked her husband, whether it is deep or not?But when he opened his eyes, he was gone.She turned her head and asked Anxiang: "Where did the prince go?"

"The thieves in Shandong are making trouble, the emperor wants to send troops to suppress the bandits, and let the prince take his post in the Ministry of War."

"Aren't you coming back at noon?"

"Probably yes." An Xiang paused and then whispered: "The prince doesn't come to Jinghu often, most of the time he stays in the Yintao Pavilion."

When Murong Xue heard this, she was half worried and half happy.The worry is, wouldn't she be able to be with him all the time?The good news is that this shows that he is not a womanizer.

A faint fragrance of orchids wafted from the orchid pavilion in front, and Murong Xue walked in with the faint fragrance and scattered shadows.The layout of the courtyard is the same as that of plum pavilions and statues, but instead of plum blossoms, orchids are planted.It was quiet as if no one was there. There were several pots of bluegrass on the porch, and two of them bloomed with light yellow flowers. She walked over lightly, and was about to lower her head to take a deep breath of the quiet fragrance, when she suddenly heard someone talking in the window, the voice was very loud. Low, but very crisp, sounds no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.What Murong Xue admires most now is other people's good voice.

"Have you seen the side concubine Murong in the plum hall?"

"No, I heard from Luxi that she looks very beautiful, but her voice is not good."

"It's no wonder that the Meiguan was quiet last night, unlike that beautiful woman from Fanbang, who was so loud that even the water in Jinghu Lake swayed three feet."

"You shameless and skinless girl, you dare to say such words."

There was a crisp laughter from inside.

Murong Xue stood in the yard, her complexion changed.She still had fantasies in her heart, he didn't touch beauties at all, but these few words broke her beautiful fantasies at once, at least he met a foreign beauty.

An Xiang immediately went in and reprimanded: "You girls are itchy, don't you hurry up and apologize to Mrs. Murong."

Immediately, three little girls came out of the room and knelt down tremblingly.

"Forgive me, ma'am."

"Get up."

Murong Xue, full of sour vinegar, turned around and left the orchid pavilion. The weeping willows by the lake no longer had the beautiful artistic conception of "willow smoke, pear clouds and wetness". The pieces were pulled off and thrown into the water.

An Xiang hurriedly persuaded in a low voice: "Madam, calm down, those bang beauties are long gone, Madam don't need to worry about it, getting angry will hurt your body."

Murong Xue choked her throat and asked, "Why is she screaming so loudly? Did you hear that?"

An Xiang blushed, and said: "Here," let her an innocent little girl say what, Mrs. Murong, who has already tasted the rain, is even more ignorant than her, to ask such a question.

Murong Xue stomped her feet: "Why don't you understand anything?"

Dim Fragrance: "...."

Shuying hurriedly said: "The beauties of Fanbang only stayed for three days before being sent away. The concubine was married in a serious way, how can she be compared with those beauties. They are just floating clouds and flowing water, Madam must not take it to heart."

"What does that bang beauty look like?" She didn't want to take it to heart, but a thorn in her heart hurt so badly that she couldn't ignore it even if she wanted to.And she was really curious about what that bang beauty looked like, would she look better than herself?She has grown up so much, and she has never seen what a Fanbang beauty looks like, and now it really highlights the difference between people in small places and people in the capital.

When An Xiang heard the strong sourness in her tone, she didn't dare to tell the truth, she smiled and said: "It's not good-looking at all, a tall man, almost as tall as the prince."

Who would have thought that what she said would actually hit Murong Xue's heart disease.She was born in the south of the Yangtze River, and she was very confident in her dexterous and petite figure, but after being hit by Yeluyan several times in a row, she felt resentment in her heart. The word "little short legs" came to mind even more, it was carved deeper than a knife.Every time I think about it, I hate it.

She pouted and looked at the lake, a few birds had already been frightened and flew away.Humph, what's so good about having long legs, she turned her head and said, "Shuying, go ask someone to buy some pairs of egrets."

Shuying and Anxiang were startled, the noble ladies have heard of raising parrots, mandarin ducks and swans, but they have never heard of raising egrets.However, the servants did not dare to question the master's order.Shuyingdang even arranged for Luxi and Hongran to do it.

Murong Xue returned to the plum hall angrily.

"The water in Jinghu Lake has three-foot waves." She thought about this sentence over and over again in her heart, it hurt so much, it hurt to death, that's why she screamed so loudly, thinking this way, she While being jealous of those Bangmeiren and Yeluyan who rolled over the bed, and sympathizing with her experience, those few days in the Zhuguan must have led a life that would have been worse than death.

Recalling last night, she actually wanted to yell, but she was really worried about her throat being ugly, so she gritted her teeth and kept silent because of the pain.

I don't know if he will take revenge tonight. Thinking of this, she has a headache.

An Xiang went to arrange lunch, and after a while, it was served.

Eight dishes and one soup, four meat and four vegetables, looks very delicate and delicious.After tossing and tossing for so long last night, she was physically exhausted, and she ate too little this morning. Murong Xue's appetite was so great that she ate two bowls full of rice. Two words, okay.

Although the dishes are only made in the small kitchen in the Meiguan, the cook's skills are already very good, but she feels that it is still a bit inferior to her own skills. At least in terms of color, she thinks that no one can reach her level.

After taking a nap after dinner, she wrote a piece of paper and handed it to Anxiang: "You go and prepare these things, I will cook by myself tonight."

An Xiang's eyes widened, she had never heard of the mistress of the palace cooking in person, not to mention the side concubine Ru Furen, even Ji concubine lived a luxurious life where she opened her mouth for food and stretched out her hand.

Murong Xue instructed Zizhu again: "Go and watch outside the Yintao Pavilion, and when the prince comes back, come and tell me."

Zizhu waited outside Yintao Pavilion for most of the day, until dusk, when Yeluyan returned to the mansion, and immediately went back to report.Murong Xue was overjoyed, and immediately said to An Xiang: "Go and invite the prince over for dinner, just say that Madam cooks the food herself."

"Yes."

As soon as An Xiang left, Murong Xue immediately went into the kitchen and started cooking the ingredients prepared in the afternoon.

After half an hour, Yeluyan came slowly.

At this time, Murong Xue had already finished her preparations, and she changed into a high-waisted and corseted pink dress with broken golden cherry blossoms, a rouge-colored drape, and no pearls or hairpins on her bun, except for a white peony with twigs. Hosta, look at yourself in the mirror, and your appearance is shining.She looked at herself in the mirror and decided to only wear high-waist skirts in the future, because her legs looked long.

When Yeluyan stepped into the Meiguan, he was the first to smell the tangy aroma of food.Standing in front of the dining table was a beautiful woman, delicate and beautiful like a flower, with picturesque eyebrows, looking at him affectionately.This lively and fragrant scene is quite enjoyable, and the troubles of the day at the Ministry of War seem to have disappeared.

Holding a warm towel in her hand, Murong Xue wiped his hands, then said with a smile, "Husband, I made this with my own hands."

Because this is dinner, it shouldn't be too greasy to digest, so she made a few light home-cooked dishes: green vegetable tofu, shredded pork with pepper, egg custard, and fish ball soup.

"My lord, please taste it."

Yeluyan first looked at the vegetable tofu.The green vegetables are as green as washing, and they don't lose their vitality like fried and boiled ones.The tofu cubes are the same size, not broken or cracked, and are as white and tender as a girl's skin.After taking a sip, it was obviously a vegetarian dish, but it smelled like a meat dish.Shredded pork with pepper, red shredded pork with green and green peppers, the color alone is very appetizing.The egg custard is even more pink and golden, with a few green green onions sprinkled on it, the yellow and green are very beautiful.The fish ball soup is a must. The balls are the same size and round like pearls. The soup is light and delicious, with a few petals floating, like a stream of spring water.

In these few dishes, the richness of northern cuisine and the lightness of Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine are just right, just like a woman with heavy makeup and light makeup is always suitable.

Murong Xue had an expression of waiting for praise, and flowers of longing were about to flash in her eyes.

It's a pity that Yeluyan was not a warm east wind that intoxicated the beauties, but a icy northwest wind, and he only gave a faint "oh".

In an instant, the flowers in her eyes withered.But she found that although he didn't praise her, he used a lot of food, two bowls of rice and one bowl of soup.

After leaving the dining table, Anxiang, Zizhu, Luxi and the others retreated tactfully.

Murong Xue unceremoniously sat on his lap, put her arms around his neck and said, "Husband, isn't the meal I cook particularly delicious?"

"Fortunately."

Murong Xue said angrily: "It's obviously delicious, you ate two bowls of rice."

He looked at her and said, "I usually eat three bowls."

Her smile froze all of a sudden, and she pursed her lips and snorted, "I hate it."

"Ma'am." Shuying's voice came from outside the door.

"come in."

As soon as Shuying entered the door, she saw Murongxue sitting on Yeluyan's lap with her arms around his neck, her face turned red immediately, she didn't dare to look any further, she lowered her head and said, "Mrs. I didn't buy egrets all afternoon."

Yeluyan frowned: "Why are you buying egrets?"

Murong Xue sent Shu Ying back, and then said sourly: "Husband doesn't like long legs, Lulu's legs have grown."

(End of this chapter)