Chapter 111: Lichun (Today's Lichun, have you eaten spring cakes)
Early in the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, King Xiao really went to the Qingyi Pavilion to agree with Ruan Liangdi about taking over the palace feed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Chifu accompanied me to read in the study.
I looked at the look on her face, and couldn't help but laugh and say, "What do you want to say?"
Chifu said embarrassedly: "The maid is just curious that Ruan Liangdi really responded to the matter of taking over the feed." She has always been smart, so she naturally knows that this matter should be done at this time, and it is inevitable that Mrs. Sumire will be jealous. ”
I smiled lightly: "Just because she is smart, she knows that whether or not she takes over Zhongfang today, she will attract Mrs. Sumire's jealousy." And it's been around for a long time. ”
I knew from listening to Zhan Lu's description before: When I didn't come to King Xiao's Mansion, these two people had already faced each other.
Chifu was not without worry: "The prince left Duofuxuan to arrange this matter, doesn't Mrs. Sumire know what you mean? You are not afraid that she will ...... in the future."
"Things have come to this point, and it's useless to be afraid. She calculated that I had forced people into a corner, and if I repaid my grievances with virtue, then how could I repay virtue? Since she had set up that game, she should be prepared to repay the situation one by one. ”
Chifu straightened her waist and smiled, "It's the same." Speaking of which, hasn't Ruan Liangdi always been reluctant to do these things, for fear of causing her to become tacky, how can Ruyi say that this is not the case, but he agreed to the prince without hesitation. ”
I didn't speak, but I knew in my heart: On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Ruan Liangdi looked coldly at Mrs. Pansy calculating my calculations, and she would definitely feel cold lips and teeth. can take the opportunity to frustrate Mrs. Sumire's prestige, and she has the ability to deal with trivial matters, she is naturally happy to sell King Xiao a favor. Didn't she also say that she listened to King Xiao.
Moreover, she probably thought that if she didn't go, King Xiao would come to Duofuxuan to entrust this matter to me. How could she be willing to fall behind me in King Xiao's place! Not even half a step.
As for Su Su, since the last time Deputy Envoy Sheng had an accident, she had no choice but to ask me to come here, and after that, she was obviously more concerned about things like the authority of general affairs than before, and she was naturally happy to see it come to fruition.
I couldn't help but smile as I flipped the page of the book in my hand backwards.
Hearing Ruyi's words, Ruan Liangdi summoned the stewards in the house to speak in the second half of the day, and King Xiao also sat in the hall.
Although King Xiao didn't say anything to the stewards, his presence was an attitude, a silent command.
The people in the house naturally did not disagree on their faces. As for the small calculations in my heart, I can ignore them for the time being. Even Mrs. Sumire's people know how to follow the trend and protect themselves.
Ruan Liangdi set rules for the stewards, and the stewards would naturally beat the servants, mothers-in-law and maids.
As for how Su Su and Ruan Liangdi behaved and how they flowed, both of them were smart people, and after a few days of running-in, they must have rules and conventions. There is really no need for King Xiao to bother.
The steward that Duofuxuan went to was Zhan Lu.
After Zhan Lu came back, she also smiled and said: "Ruan Liangdi and Mrs. Su Su are really transparent people, and they actually know everything about the affairs of the house. At the end of such a day, there is not even a little mess, which is strange. Which house can't do anything about the handover!"
I closed the book, looked at the little ink that had been frozen in the Xiyan on the table, and said to Zhan Lu with a smile: "It's only the first day." ”
On the sixth day of the first month, the beginning of spring.
Su Su came to Duofuxuan early in the morning, when I had just woken up in the morning and was sitting in front of the dressing table to make up in the mirror.
Seeing Su Su wearing a big red feather gauze cloak and smiling, he bowed in a proper manner and said with a smile: "Zhaoxun sleeps well, but he is a little sleepy in spring? It can be seen that I was right to send the spring plate over in the morning! Come and 'bite the spring'!" said and took off the cloak and handed it to the maid.
I went to the west room with her with great interest, and the table was already full of: radish strips, spring cakes, lettuce, Japanese vegetables fried with leeks, vermicelli, spinach shreds, enoki mushrooms, shredded potatoes, bean sprouts, lotus root, green onions, wilted artemisia, leeks, etc., as well as shredded chicken, shredded sea cucumbers, shredded lean pork, yellow sauce and a bowl of steaming millet porridge.
I pulled Su Su to sit down together, and I was going to send someone to invite Qing Zhuo to come.
Su Su hurriedly stopped: "She also has it there." Eat it quickly, or the bread will be out of shape in a while. As he spoke, he glanced at me with spring-like eyes, and added: "The prince's was also sent to the Qingyi Pavilion in the morning, and Ruan Liangdi's share." Don't worry about others all the time, and be kind to yourself!"
I listened to her pun, and knew that it was for me to be unjust-King Xiao was sent by Ruan Liangdi to ask him to leave yesterday evening in Duofuxuan.
However, it was inconvenient to say anything, so he concentrated on eating, and said with a smile: "Let me taste if the dishes you have placed are tender and fragrant!"
As soon as the words fell, Qing Zhuo suddenly poked his head at the door, and when he saw that both of us were there, he opened the door curtain, rolled the wind outside, and came in, clapping his hands and laughing: "Sure enough, this new official has three fires in office." The spring plate sent by our Mrs. Su is much better than in previous years. Although I have already used it in my room, I will use some of it when I come to my sister's place now. ”
As he spoke, he let the maid clean her hands, and with a smile, she took a piece of cake and began to roll vegetables. The bright black eyes swept over my face with Su Su, "Who made the spring cakes sent by Sister Su Su taste good! The cakes are not thick or hard, and you can see the dishes through the cakes." The vegetables are tender and fried tenderly. The bean sprouts chew like a puddle of water, the spinach is not 'collapsed', the meat is fat but not greasy, and the skin is glutinous and fragrant. ”
He couldn't stop talking, he had rolled the spring cakes in his hands, and his smiling eyebrows and eyes were crooked into his mouth, and he squinted his eyes with great enjoyment.
I couldn't laugh when I saw Su Su, and said bluntly: "Every time I eat with Qingzhuo, I feel as if it is the best food in the world, and it is very fragrant, and I always eat too much unconsciously." ”
Qing Zhuo ignored it and began to roll the second cake.
I suddenly remembered what King Xiao said about Concubine Ding's nephew, he has not eaten all these days, and it must be very difficult. If he sees Qing Zhuo eating, he doesn't know if he can break his stubborn temperament.
Seeing that I was a little distracted, Su Su stretched out his hand and shook it in front of my eyes.
I looked back at her and remembered the Xu Shilang I had seen in the palace on the day of the prisoner sacrifice and celebration banquet. If it's really Susu's uncle, wasn't he a scholar of the Ministry of Rites before? Thinking like this, he asked Susu directly.
Su took a handkerchief and printed the corners of his mouth, and said with a little disdain: "This is all thanks to my eldest aunt! The eldest uncle was demoted three levels in November last year and retained in the post of waiter. Guan Linyuan, the father of Guan Huiying, a former subordinate, became the same level, and the two were in charge of the four divisions of the Ministry of Rites. ”
Seeing that I looked at her in surprise, I said: "At that time, you were in the palace, the news was not clear, I couldn't find anyone to discuss and I couldn't talk to you, and when you returned home, the matter has passed." ”