Seeing Yu Meiren walk away angrily, Wen Xiaotu sighed, "Why do I get into trouble every time I come out?"
Hong Guo looked puzzled, "Cai Ren, did you get into trouble last time you went out?"
The last time she and Bi Xin went for a walk in the West Garden, she didn't tell anyone about meeting the emperor.
"Didn't Bi Xin say that she just met Concubine Xian? Did Concubine Xian give you a look? But Concubine Xian has always been fair in dealing with things, so this shouldn't be the case." Hongguo became more and more puzzled.
Wen Xiaotu hesitated, "What I'm talking about is that last time I went out, I accidentally fell into the water, which was also very troublesome."
Speaking of falling into the water, Hongguo immediately didn't dare to say anything. She secretly looked at her talent with a very indifferent expression. Could it be that... the talent's young master really just accidentally fell into the water that night and was not seeking death?
Maybe... Cai Ren was just in a bad mood, so he went to the Taihan Pond to calm down alone. It was too dark, so he fell into the water?
Hongguo couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Yi Nian Palace.
Queen Mother Rong looked at the gentle and calm Mr. Lu, and couldn't help but smile kindly, "What is the date of your letter?"
Lu Jieyu looked slightly embarrassed, but she had to reply to the Queen Mother's question, so she whispered: "I will return to the Queen Mother at the end of the month."
The Queen Mother nodded slightly, "If your menstruation is late, you must summon the imperial doctor immediately."
Lu Jieyu felt extremely embarrassed. The emperor had never summoned her, so how could she be happy?
But Lu Jieyu never dared to say anything about this kind of thing, so she only responded "yes" meekly.
The Queen Mother pointed to the rosewood embroidered pillar beside her and said kindly: "Sit down."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother couldn't help but take a closer look at Lu's face. Although she was not stunningly beautiful, her brows were gentle and very pleasing to the eye. The emperor had only summoned Lu during these days when he returned to the palace, which showed that he still had concerns about the Ai family's selection of new members to enter the palace.
Dissatisfied.
The Queen Mother sighed sadly, "It's naturally a good thing that the emperor is nostalgic for the past. It's just that those newly promoted concubines haven't slept with her until now. The emperor is trying to vent his anger on the Ai family."
Lu Jieyu hurriedly said: "How could it be? The Emperor has just come back and is busy with government affairs, so it is inevitable that he will have no time to spare. In the future, the Emperor will definitely like it when he sees the new sisters all blooming like flowers."
The Queen Mother smiled bitterly: "But until now, these newcomers have never even seen the emperor's face!"
Lu Jieyu thought to herself, hadn't Wen Cairen already met the emperor? It's a pity that Wen Cairen's appearance was ruined, so the Queen Mother didn't consider it at all.
Lu Jieyu said softly: "Your Majesty comes to pay your respects to the Queen Mother every day, and the newly promoted sisters often come to you to pay their respects. As time goes by, you can always meet them."
This makes sense. Yu Meiren, Jiang Baolin, Lin Xuanshi and Cui Xuanshi all pay their respects every morning and dusk, and Concubine Xian also brings Jinyan to pay her respects every evening.
It's a pity that he always misses the emperor. It seems that the emperor knows when the concubine will come to pay her respects to the Ai family...
It's always such a bad luck.
The Queen Mother's heart suddenly moved. If the opportunity did not come, she would create an opportunity. "Today the peonies and peonies are in bloom, and the Ai family is planning to hold a flower viewing party."
Lu Jieyu looked slightly embarrassed. The emperor had no choice but to greet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother kept all the concubines in her palace, and the Emperor could no longer avoid them.
Sometimes, the Queen Mother really has great ideas.
On the other side, Wen Xiaotu had just returned to Yanqingtang. Xiao Yuanbao and Xiao Zuozi had already returned with lunch. Wen Xiaotu's index finger moved when he saw it, "Today's meal is quite sumptuous." - Lunch and dinner are usually the same.
It's richer than breakfast and has more meat dishes.
A beech wood Eight Immortals table, half of which was set up - the staple food was white japonica rice, and a cage of thousand-layer steamed buns. There was a whole little hen in a huge purple clay vat. The soup was clear and fragrant.
It also comes with mushrooms, steamed pork, short crispy pork, stir-fried mutton and two vegetarian dishes.
Bi Xin helped her talented person wash his hands and couldn't help but whisper: "You are a talented person of the fifth grade. According to the quota, you have ten small animals, ten fish, thirty catties of pork, and twenty mutton every month."
Jin, even if you eat like this every day, you are still quite wealthy!" - Bei Shanfang only deducted less money from Cai Ren!
Wen Xiaotu comforted himself with a wry smile: If the cook does not steal, the grain will not be harvested.
The dining room is one of the most lucrative departments in the palace.
Even if she doesn't like it, she still has to give her money to warm the stove. If she eats well every day, the palace maids and eunuchs around her can also enjoy the blessings.
Although the palace maids and eunuchs also have special dining rooms, the food there is not much better than pig food. To fill your stomach, you still have to rely on a bite of the leftovers of the empresses and mistresses.
After eating and drinking, Wen Xiaotu wiped the corners of his mouth. The chicken stewed with mushrooms was very delicious. It was different from the modern chickens, but the mutton was really smelly...
She whispered: "You guys take these and share them." - She used two bowls of chicken stewed with mushrooms, but most of them were left. She only ate one bite of the fried lamb with green onions, and none of the short crispy pork and two vegetarian dishes.
Move the chopsticks.
Bi Xin was in full bloom: "Thank you so much, talented person!"
Wen Xiaotu couldn't help but feel pity for these little maids and eunuchs who entered the palace. It was difficult for them to eat meat based on their own expenses.
She lay on the beauty couch in the study to catch up on her appetite, and then asked Hongguo to spread paper and polish ink for her. She inherited the memory of the original owner, which also included the knowledge and skills of the original owner.
The father of the original owner, Wen Qi, was a Jinshi, and the Wen family was considered a scholarly family. Therefore, even the daughters of the Wen family had been invited to teach the classics, meanings, and history books since they were young.
, the requirements for daughters are not high, just familiarity and understanding.
Therefore, the original owner is not considered a talented woman, but she is good at regular calligraphy.
Wen Xiaotu wanted to try it.
"Talent, the ink is polished." Hong Guo reported.
Wen Xiaotu then slowly stood up and walked to the desk, recalling the feeling of the original owner when he was practicing calligraphy in the Wen family women's school. The delicate brush fell on the white rice paper with ease, horizontally and vertically, as if it had been engraved
Muscle memory…
After a while, Wen Xiaotu looked at the beautiful and delicate small characters on the rice paper and compared it with his memory. Well, eighty-nine points, almost the same.
He said, "I haven't written for a long time, and I'm all rusty."
But Hong Guo said with envy: "The talented person's handwriting is already very good! The account books written by the slaves are as crawling as dogs. I don't dare to show them to you in the future."
Wen Xiaotu smiled. In modern times, her calligraphy skills were worse than those of red fruits.
After half a piece of regular script was written, Aunt Bai Shao from the Yi Nian Palace came and said, "Three days later, the Queen Mother will hold a flower viewing banquet in the Yi Nian Palace, and all the concubines in the harem can go. Therefore, I came here to ask.
If the talented man wants to go, I'd better make arrangements in advance."
Wen Xiaotu thought to himself, is it another "flower viewing feast"?
Hearing these three words, Wen Xiaotu's mind automatically replaced it with "pimp"!
Without him, the last time the Queen Mother held a flower-viewing banquet, it was actually a disguised talent show, and she selected eight concubines for Her Majesty the Emperor!
When the Queen Mother holds a banquet, how can the concubines in the harem be absent? But she is given the right to choose whether to go or not.
Wen Xiaotu is not a teenage girl, how could she not understand the profound meaning of Aunt Bai Shao's words?
Wen Xiaotu lowered his eyes and whispered: "Thank you for your love from the Queen Mother, but... I never like to go out. If I go, I will spare the happiness of the Queen Mother and all the concubines."