Chapter two hundred and thirty third day and night yearning
Ulanara smiled and said: "The emperor is my concubine's husband, and it is my duty to serve the emperor with consideration."
As soon as these words were spoken, Fourth Master fell silent.
Ulanara secretly regretted it - she was a little eager to make progress.
Yinzhen glanced at the embarrassment on the queen's face, and he could see through her thoughts at a glance. Just as the eunuch serving the meal came over with a small soup bowl, he raised his hand to stop it, and then told the servant: "This bowl of soup is for you."
Queen."
Uranala sighed and stood up with her hands on the table. The hairpin tassel on the flag head kept trembling with her movements, and her voice trembled slightly: "I thank you, Your Majesty!"
As she said this, Hua Rong came over, bent down on his knees, took the bowl of red and white duck soup with first-grade bird's nest, and brought it to the queen.
Yinzhen lowered his head, chewed intently, and said nothing.
The eunuch serving the food standing next to him was just concentrating on picking up the dishes, looking at his nose and his nose.
Sometimes, when Yinzhen used too much for a dish, the eunuch would remind him in a low voice. Otherwise, he would remain silent.
In the blink of an eye, the hot towels used to wipe hands and faces had been put on several times, and the plates in front of Yinzhen and Ulanala had also been changed several times.
When the queen saw that the cakes hadn't been served yet, she turned around and whispered to Hua Rong to hurry up.
Not long after, a golden jade rice cake and a double pastry plate made of Wanfu abalone cake were served steaming hot.
The so-called Wanfu Abalone Cake, from the name, may easily be mistaken as a pastry made with abalone and conch as the main ingredients, supplemented by other ingredients.
But in fact, this Wanfu Abalone Cake has nothing to do with abalone or conch.
It just dries the Songhua River whitebait, grinds it into powder, stirs it with rice noodles, heats oil in a pot, fry it, pick it up, then continue to roll it in flour, and evaporate it in a steamer.
Finally, cut the pastry out of the drawer into thin rectangular shapes, sprinkle with a layer of shrimp crumbs, and a fragrant pastry is ready.
But in fact, the Qing royal family did not have much interest in seafood.
This is because the Qing Dynasty arose in Manchuria, and the dishes on the dining table often had strong foreign characteristics.
The imperial dining room of the Qing palace was the domain of the Han army bannermen - the Han army banner cooks regarded it as their own territory.
Before they entered the customs in the early Qing Dynasty, they were already accustomed to cooking Han-style dishes in the Liaoshen area. Not only were their cooking skills becoming more and more exquisite, but they were also passed down from generation to generation to cater to the tastes of their Manchu ancestors who hunted and loved game.
Continuous improvement.
The dishes on the dining table mostly include venison, roe deer, pheasant, and wild duck, which are tender, delicious, and full of flavor.
When meals are prepared in the imperial dining room, except for the occasional dish with sea cucumber as the main ingredient, or crabs during festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is basically no trace of seafood.
But there is one exception for Yinzhen.
That is the raw material of the Wanfu cake in front of you - whitebait from the Songhua River.
Yinzhen still remembers that when Huangkao once visited the east, local officials happened to bring the Songhua River whitebait as tribute - the fresh and tender fish meat instantly conquered Huangkao.
The whitebait with the sweet taste of the Songhua River water is almost completely different in flavor from the whitebait soup served from the imperial kitchen in the Forbidden City.
Yinzhen remembered that at that time, Huang Kao ordered a special person to rush eight hundred miles to deliver the fish and meat back to the palace and share it with the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.
This was already a long time ago.
At that time, the imperial examination was in the prime of life, and they were chatting and laughing along the way to the east. Although the empress dowager and the empress dowager had silver hair, they were still in good spirits, and the emperor and grandsons could clearly tell them apart.
At that time, the eldest brother and the prince were also working hard and competing with each other. There were also several emperor brothers above him who were gradually growing up. They pretended to be casual, but they were also ready to make a move in every move.
He was thinking about the past here and put down his chopsticks unknowingly.
The queen didn't know when she had taken the chopsticks from the waiter, picked up a chopstick of Wanfu cake herself, and placed it on the plate in front of him.
She was a little far away from him and couldn't reach him.
Uranala simply stood up and walked around Yinzhen.
Then, something suddenly moved in her heart, and she gently raised her hands. After a slight hesitation, she began to massage Yinzhen's shoulders and neck.
Seeing that Yinzhen closed his eyes and showed no intention of resisting, the smile on the queen's face grew thicker.
With this intimate gesture, she tried her best to soften her voice and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have been looking at you for a long time. What are you thinking about?"
Yinzhen frowned slightly and said nothing.
Seeing that he kept his eyes closed, Uranala continued to talk to himself: "The previous dynasty was very busy with political affairs. You have been discussing with ministers for a day and have been working hard for a day. At this time, it is time to relax!
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This time, Yinzhen closed his eyes and finally said yes.
Ulanara used a little force on her hands to help Yinzhen knead it - she had just the right amount of strength to do it. In the past, when the fourth master came to her courtyard in the dormitory, he also used this method to relax his muscles and bones.
There was silence in the hall, and after a while, Yinzhen could be heard sighing comfortably.
Ulanara lowered his eyes and saw faint beads of sweat on Yinzhen's neck. He took the handkerchief from his chest and wiped it carefully for Yinzhen.
She turned her head and glanced at the palace people next to her. The palace maids understood and came forward to clear the dining table. The serving eunuch lifted the table down.
When all the people were gone, the light in the palace gradually dimmed - the palace maid extinguished a few extra lights.
Late at night.
The dining table was removed, but Yinzhen was a little tired and didn't get up for a while.
Uranala leaned forward and sat half-way behind Yinzhen. From the cushion pillow under the kang table, she took out a small jade hammer that she usually used, and gave it to Yinzhen to beat gently, pinching and helping.
He relaxed his shoulder and back muscles that were stiff and painful from correcting too many memorials.
Yinzhen still closed his eyes.
Because he had his eyes closed, Ulanara could look at him boldly and boldly.
The bridge of his nose is very straight, and under the sword-shaped eyebrows, the ends of his eyes are slightly downward, with a hint of indifference and indifference. His thin lips are tightly pursed, revealing fortitude and the emperor's determination to kill.
of courage.
It was still the same as the first time he saw Ulanara when he was the emperor's fourth prince's direct descendant.
She was only a teenager at that time - a delicate girl loved by her father and mother, who had just left her boudoir.
E Niang cried so hard that she couldn't bear to leave her.
As a result, she also carried others behind her back, swallowed her tears and pretended to be happy, only daring to secretly wipe her tears.
As a result, the first time she saw him, she stopped crying, and her heart was just beating loudly in her chest.
There was a sweet yet bitter smile on the corner of Ulanara's mouth. While immersed in memories, he looked at the fourth master attentively.
The fourth master's facial features are not as round and honest as those of the late imperial concubine Wu Yashi, nor are they quite like the late emperor.
Although she could not remember the late emperor's face clearly, she still remembered his wise, domineering and high-spirited demeanor.
Fourth Master is different.
If the late emperor had a generous and open-minded attitude, the Fourth Master's aura was more reserved and hidden, and even gave people a sinister feeling.
It's hard to imagine that such a cold and stern face could be as gentle as water when facing Ji.
It's not like she hasn't seen the way he looks at her, which is as lingering as silk, with doting, love, pity, and various meanings.
That was his other face that she had never seen before.
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The lights in the hall were dim, and Yinzhen almost dozed off. At some point, he slowly smelled a faint fragrance in his nose.
Yinzhen didn't mind. He waited for a while before he suddenly realized that this was not Ulanara.
The queen has never had such a sweet and strong fragrance.
Yinzhen suddenly turned his head and saw Hai Shixianxing kneeling behind him.
Where is the figure of Queen Ulanara in the palace?
Haishi wore a begonia red Qipao summer cheongsam with a slightly loose collar, which made her skin look more like jade. Her facial features were already very good, and her eyebrows and eyes were carefully drawn, and she suddenly became as delicate and charming as the person in the painting.
Yinzhen could tell after just one glance - she had dressed up deliberately tonight.
Because of his identity, Heidegger could only have a straight hairstyle, and his hair accessories could only be worn in the most common and inconspicuous styles.
But instead of evenly distributing her buns on both sides, she gathered all her black hair on one side sideways - it looked more like a Han attire, which made her look even more natural and romantic.
At this time, Haishi pursed her lips, lowered her head slightly, raised her almond-shaped eyes, and looked at Yinzhen shyly. She seemed to be afraid, trembling her lips, and timidly said: "...I am so bold, I am so bold.
Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
As she said this, her hands did not stop, but she brushed Yinzhen's strong chest intentionally or unintentionally. Her eyes were slightly red, and she whispered: "Although the emperor is tired of maids and concubines, but maids and concubines are to the emperor,
But I yearn for it day and night, and my heart can’t help but feel..."
Seeing that the emperor had an indifferent face, Haishi couldn't help but kneel down, slightly tugged on the hem of Yinzhen's robe, and said as if begging or coquettishly: "Your Majesty..."
Yinzhen only smelled a strange fragrance in his nose.
Ulanara was originally outside the hall with the curtain slightly raised to peek inside, but at this time he couldn't help but turn his face away.
She shook her head slightly, then stretched out her hand, patted her cheek gently, gritted her teeth and sighed to Hua Rong: "You have risked your life to get this, if she doesn't succeed this time, then she was born with no ability to bear it.