Chapter 142 The meaning of saying a few sour words
"Since sister likes to drink it, I will pack two taels of tea leaves later and ask her to take it back. I can make a cup to quench my thirst when I have nothing to do."
Yu Lan hurriedly waved her hand and said there was no need to be so polite. Xiao Luzi said nothing more and asked, "I wonder what Miss Le would like to eat for dinner?"
This was business, Yulan didn't dare to delay, and immediately learned what Cabbage had told her.
Xiaoluzi listened carefully and said, "Sister, please sit here and rest. I will go and report to the master. Please help yourself."
He quickly ran into the kitchen, found Chef Liu who was checking the ingredients, and told Miss Le what she wanted for dinner today. After hearing this, Chef Liu waved his hand: "Hurry up, go find two of the freshest dishes."
Grass carp and white rice must also be dried three times, and there must be no residue at all!"
"Yes, I'll go right away!" Xiaoluzi called to another imperial chef and walked quickly to the warehouse.
After about a cup of tea, dinner was ready. Chef Liu carefully put the dinner into the food box and carefully closed the lid. He knocked on Xiao Luzi's forehead and said seriously:
"Be careful on the road and don't spill the porridge."
"Don't worry, I will be very careful!" Xiaoluzi picked up the food box with both hands, walked to the next room, and put it in front of Yulan, "Sister, wait a moment, I'll be back soon."
Before Yu Lan could speak, Xiao Luzi ran away. After a while, he ran back again holding a small paper bag. He put the small paper bag into Yu Lan's hand and said with a smile: "This is the tea from Longjing before the rain."
, not much, only two taels, sister, you can come back to me and ask for it after you finish drinking."
Yulan couldn't refuse, so she had to hold on to the paper bag. Xiaoluzi picked up the heavy food box with both hands, followed Yulan out of the imperial dining room, and went straight to Yeting.
On the way, Xiaoluzi kept looking for topics to chat with Yulan to prevent her from getting bored. He was smart and humorous, and he could make Yulan giggle with just a few words.
Magnolia had never been praised like this before, and she couldn't help but feel a little carried away when she was suddenly complimented like this.
Arriving at Yeting, Xiaoluzi handed the food box to Yulan, then retired and left quietly.
Yu Lan walked in with a food box and put the dinner on the table. Xiao Lezi looked at the steaming porridge with raw fish fillets in front of him. The white porridge was soft and plump. The aroma of rice and fish fillets hit his nostrils, and there were chopped slices sprinkled on top.
Chopped chives and thin shreds of ginger, white, green and yellow, very beautiful.
She drank two bowls of porridge with cold vegetables. Fortunately, the bowls in the palace were not big, so the two bowls of porridge together were not much.
After eating and drinking, she took some medical skills and sat by the candlelight to watch slowly.
Cabbage and Magnolia quietly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks. After walking out of the room, Magnolia tugged on Cabbage's sleeves and whispered about how she was complimented and given two taels of tea in the imperial dining room.
Yulan was not sure whether this was considered a private gift or not. The palace rules clearly prohibited palace maids and eunuchs from passing tokens privately. Once discovered, they would be severely punished.
Cabbage smiled nonchalantly: "Don't worry, it's just two taels of tea. In the future, when Miss Le becomes a concubine, there will be more people rushing to curry favor with us. Don't care what others say, you just need to
Just make sure you know it well. In this palace, we are slaves, and loyalty is more important than anything else."
Yu Lan was shocked at first by the news of being concubine, but then she quickly came to her senses and swore through gritted teeth: "Don't talk about two taels of tea, even if a mountain of gold is placed in front of me, I will never betray my master in the slightest."
What an idea! I was Miss Le’s person when I was born, and I am Miss Le’s ghost when I died. I will only be loyal to Miss Le in this life!”
Cabbage just glanced at her twice, turned around and left without saying a word.
After watching the medical skills for an hour, Xiao Lezi put down the book and rubbed his dry eyes.
Cabbage said: "It's getting late, it's time to resettle it, right?"
Xiao Lezi nodded, and Magnolia came in with hot water, and together with Cabbage, she helped Xiao Lezi wash and change clothes.
As soon as I climbed into bed, someone shouted from the front: "Your Majesty is here!"
Everyone hurriedly walked to the door and knelt down to greet him. Xiaolezi had no choice but to get up, throw on a blouse casually, and go to pick him up with his long hair loose.
Eunuch Xia helped Xiao Feng walk in. As soon as they came in, Xiao Lezi smelled the smell of alcohol. Looking at Xiao Feng's face turned red, eyes blurry and unsteady on his feet, he knew that this guy must have been drunk.
However, due to the fact that there were many people watching beside him, Xiao Lezi did not go forward to greet him directly. Instead, he knelt down and said, "My slave, I respectfully welcome your Majesty."
Xiao Feng was not completely drunk. He waved his hand, and everyone understood and exited silently.
Xiao Lezi stood up and took Xiao Feng from Eunuch Xia's hand. She helped Xiao Feng lie down on the imperial concubine's bed. She helped him take off his outer blouse, twisted a wet handkerchief to wipe his face, and waited for him
The oil on his face was wiped off, and his drunkenness was almost gone.
He took the tea bowl from Xiao Lezi's hand, raised his head and drank most of the bowl, then casually placed the tea bowl on the low table next to him. With a long arm, he took Xiao Lezi into his arms, gently rubbed her forehead, and whispered
:"sorry……"
Xiao Lezi was confused: "How can I say sorry so easily?"
Xiao Feng didn't answer. He hugged Xiao Lezi and followed her. He wanted to crush her into pieces and press her into his body to feel relieved.
Seeing that he looked a little pained, Xiao Lezi didn't want to ask any more questions and stayed with him lying on the imperial concubine's bed for a while. When he felt better, she took a hot bath for him to get rid of the smell of alcohol.
Then the two of them lay on the bed hand in hand and fell asleep under the same quilt.
Because she had moved during the day, Xiaolezi was already a little tired. Coupled with all the tossing just now, she almost fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow.
Xiao Feng didn't sleep. He turned sideways and gently touched her cheek with his fingers. His expression was extremely complicated, and his eyes were full of deep guilt. He couldn't help but murmured softly: "I'm sorry, no matter what I did
No matter what, I love you, you must believe me."
Xiao Feng got up before dawn the next day. He barely slept last night, and he drank some wine last night, which made him look bad.
He got out of bed quietly, got dressed himself, and then asked Eunuch Xia and others to come in and wash themselves.
Under Xiao Feng's signal, everyone moved very lightly and did not dare to make a single sound.
Xiao Lezi, who was only separated from them by a screen, was still sleeping soundly under the quilt. She still showed no sign of waking up until Xiao Feng had already had breakfast and left.
It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Xiao Lezi woke up from her sleep. She got up and stretched out. Cabbage came in to help her dress and wash.
After she got dressed and combed her hair, Magnolia walked in carrying a food box with breakfast. Her face looked a little strange. After putting the breakfast on the table, her eyes kept wandering around Xiao Lezi.
Go, as if he wanted to speak but stopped.
Xiao Lezi sat at the table and said casually: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't act like you want to say it but don't dare to say it. It will make me feel like I have done something stupid again but haven't discovered it yet."
I feel very panicked."
She was willing to just want to laugh, but she didn't expect that Yulan fell to her knees with a plop, her eyes instantly turned red. She said with a choked voice: "This slave deserves to die!"
Xiao Lezi was startled and said quickly: "I was just joking. Don't take it seriously. Get up quickly. I really can't stand others kneeling down at every turn. I'm not your ancestor. How many times do you kneel down like this?
I’m even afraid that my life will be shortened.”
"Girl!" Cabbage frowned and interrupted her. How could you say such unlucky words casually? If you break the taboo, it would be the end!
Xiao Lezi shrank from her glare, fearing that she would say something that was within the rules of the palace again, so he quickly turned the topic back to Yu Lan. Xiao Lezi pulled Yu Lan up and asked, "Look, you are so scared, your face is so pale."
Come on, stop talking in circles, what exactly happened?"
Yulan hesitated again and again, but finally bit the bullet and whispered: "Your Majesty has decreed that you will marry Prime Minister Wang's daughter as your queen."
This simple sentence immediately stunned everyone in the room.
Cabbage was the first to react. She seemed to have thought of something, and her face suddenly turned ugly. She raised her skirt and knelt down at Xiao Lezi's feet. Cabbage said in a trembling voice: "Don't worry, girl, no matter who your Majesty appoints as your successor."
Queen, no one can replace your position in His Majesty's heart! Please take care of yourself!"
Looking at the two palace maids kneeling in front of her, Xiao Lezi suddenly remembered that Xiao Feng's sorry words last night turned out to be because of this incident. She slowly said: "It is a great joy to appoint a queen. I am happy.
It’s too late, so there’s nothing to worry about. Stop kneeling and get up. If someone else sees it, they really think I’m jealous and angry!”
Cabbage and Magnolia stood up. Magnolia kept her head down, not daring to look at Miss Le. She was afraid that she would be angered, so she just wanted to find a corner where no one could see her and huddle up. In comparison, Cabbage was a little bolder.
After all, she has been friends with Xiao Lezi for several years. At this time, she has more confidence to speak than others.
Looking at the indifferent smile on Xiao Lezi's face, Cabbage felt inexplicably sad. The emperor obviously came here last night to have some fun, but after only one night, the emperor was about to marry someone else. It would be very uncomfortable for any woman.
Faced with Cabbage's silent worries, Xiao Lezi was helpless. She reiterated: "I'm not lying to you, I really don't care. Anyway, I can't be the queen. There will always be someone who wants to be the queen. I have long thought that such a day would come.
There is nothing surprising. Besides, even if there is no queen, there will be other concubines. The days to come are still long, and there will only be more and more women in this harem. I can't possibly feel uncomfortable just seeing one of them, right?
I will die of discomfort!"
What she said was very sensible and open-minded. Cabbage stared at her for a long time, but he really couldn't find a trace of anger or grievance in her, not even unwillingness or jealousy.
Xiaolezi is too calm, which is unreasonable.
Cabbage said in confusion: "That's true, but you..." After all, she is a normal woman. In this situation, even if she is not angry or aggrieved, she should say a few sour words to mean it.
It was difficult for her to say the next words, but her expression clearly expressed her doubts. (To be continued)