Chapter 41: Gratitude I
When King Xiao saw me joking with him, he knew that I was depressed when I saw him, and now he laughed and wanted him to be more open-minded. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info didn't say much, just smiled and drank the soup, watching me eat crab meat with relish.
Seeing that only Chifu and Liuli were in the house, he said, "My father is as good as a stream, and the doctors have returned home." He was fined three months for dereliction of duty. ”
I let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Sure enough, the prince cherishes Sister Xu." This is the real prize for her. ”
King Xiao smiled dumbly: "How do you know that you don't have a color head." The official of the Ministry of Rites has already informed the mansion, and the clear decree of canonizing Qu Zhaoxun tomorrow will arrive. ”
I was slightly stunned, and my hand paused, but I came back to my senses and learned Xiao Wang Suri's nonchalant tone, "Okay, people ate two crabs today, and this is 'Erjia Chuan'!"
While joking, Nanhong, another big girl of King Xiao who was guarding outside, came in and reported, "Ruan Liangdi has come to see the prince." ”
I gently threw the crab leg in my hand on the plate and said with a smile, "The beauty of the prince is here." Xiaoguan will find an excuse to retire after a while, the vinegar on this table is enough. ”
King Xiao was stunned by me, and the corners of his eyes and mouth were full of smiles.
I got up and cleaned my hands, and went out to welcome Ruan Liangdi in.
Sure enough, when Ruan Liangdi saw King Xiao, she said coquettishly, "Why didn't the prince call Shuoren together, and many people were also lively." Leave Shuoshuo alone in the Qingyi Pavilion, regardless of it. It made Sister Xiaoguan see our jokes. ”
I asked her to sit down next to King Xiao, and helped Liuli set up the dishes and chopsticks for her, and then sat down and continued to eat. In front of people who are older than themselves, why bother to say more and say more wrong. Just be obedient, and it's over.
King Xiao only smiled, and the room was quiet for a while. The demeanor of the three of them is elegant and gentle, and the sound of spoons clinking bowls is also very low.
Ruan Liangdi used very little, but she always looked at me intentionally or unintentionally.
I secretly slandered that most of Ruan Shuo's people had already eaten at the Le Yi Pavilion, and I heard that I was accompanying King Xiao for lunch here, so I rushed over. How worried I must be!
After finishing the meal for a while, Nan Hong brought two maids in to serve tea, and changed Liuli and Zhan Lu to eat.
I took the teacup, took the lid of the bowl and gently flicked the foam, brought it to my mouth and took a small sip.
The tea soup was warm and pleasant, apparently pinching the time we had finished eating, skimming the first brew before it was served. The people around King Xiao were really well trained, and everyone was also attentive.
Drinking tea, feeling sweet between her teeth, and feeling a little comfortable, Ruan Liangdi suddenly said unhurriedly: "Sister Xiaoguan has never been rude at the Chongyang banquet, and even the daily meals are well-behaved, and it seems that I don't need to mention the behavior of receiving orders tomorrow." I heard that the official of the Ministry of Rites was coming, and I was still carrying the heart of the boss. ”
I was about to answer when I heard this, and thanked her for the reminder. But seeing her sneer, she turned her head and put the teacup in her hand on the table, "It's just that I heard that Sister Xiaoguan is just a little maid from the princess's mansion, so where did this all-round bearing and insight come from?"
I didn't expect her to ask like this, so I was stunned. Today, I just had a meal with her, and my background was almost figured out by her.
I was short for a while, so I had to hide it with a smile: "Sister Xie Ruan praises." Where can Xiaoguan afford it? Fortunately, the Princess's Mansion and Xiao Wang's Mansion are both the homes of Tianhuang nobles, and Xiaoguan can also receive some of the enlightenment of the Immortal Langyuan during the walk. Sister Ruan and Sister Ye don't hide their secrets, and often mention them. ”
As she spoke, she felt a tingling in her back, did she know something?
Ruan Liangdi's delicate eyebrows were raised slightly, and she smiled lightly, and said, "Isn't it true that you have long been high-minded and dedicated to climbing the dragon and the phoenix, so you have learned it with your heart compared to all the nobles?"
Her words were so provocative, so undisguised disgust, but my heart stretched inch by inch—fortunately, she was just trying to humiliate me by entrusting me as a slave in the princess's mansion. It's not that any news has been found.
So, I only glanced at King Xiao with a smile, lowered my head and said, "What my sister taught me is that Xiaoguan must be more diligent and attentive in the future." ”
Then he got up and saluted King Xiao and said, "Thank you for the food." Duo Fu Xuan just received the monthly order from Mrs. Sumire today, and Zhan Lu is here with me, and I don't know if the people in the house can distribute it. Rong Xiaoguan retired first. ”
King Xiao couldn't see anything on his face, only bowed his head slightly. I smiled and curtsied to Ruan Liangdi, and withdrew with Zhan Lu's hand. Ruan Liangdi's beautiful voice came from her ears: "Even the monthly silver of the people in the house is so tight, it is really coppery, and it is difficult to get into the elegant hall." ”
I froze on my feet and stopped outside. After a while, I endured it.
As soon as I left the Le Dao Hall, Zhan Lu saw that my face was a little pale, so she comforted me with words: "Ruan Liangdi is this temperament, Mrs. Guan, don't be annoyed that she hurt her own body." The prince has put you on the cusp of his heart!"
I took her hand and tightened it slightly, "I can save it." ”
Sent away the warm sedan chair waiting at the door, and slowly walked back to Duofuxuan along the flower path.
These days have been fine sunny days, and the dry wind is blowing in with the bright sun, warm and bright. The slight slanting sun gilded the distant emerald with a golden halo.
A gust of wind blew, and a few plane trees planted on the periphery of the flower path rustled, slowly dropping many leaves on the road. I wore a pair of soft satin shoes with green green and pink plums on my feet, and stepped firmly on the yellow leaves, making a nice creaky sound.
This was my favorite trick when I was a kid.
But in the autumn of the year when I first entered the princess's mansion, at the age of twelve or thirteen, I was instructed to sweep the flower paths of the entire main courtyard. I was small and frail, the broom was taller than mine, and I suddenly changed my home, and my heart was depressed and panicked, so I had to grit my teeth and hold back my tears, and clean up little by little.
After sweeping a section of the road, a gust of wind rose, and leaves fell.
So, sweep again.
I don't know the rules for the servants of the princess's mansion to put food, so I went late at noon, and I didn't even have residual soup.
I endured the hunger in my stomach and finished cleaning in the afternoon. I didn't want to eat dinner when I was tired, and I went back to the next room, which was still the residence of a large bunk, and Chifu was assigned to the big kitchen to do miscellaneous work, and she was not in the same place.
Both palms were blistered, and the fire hurt from the fire. I didn't dare to cry, so I had to cover my head with a hard, heavy, musty-smelling coarse cloth quilt, and wept in a low voice.
For breakfast on the second day, I didn't care about the porridge burning my mouth, so I rushed to drink two large bowls first.
I still went to clean, and I thought about changing the method of force, and with experience, it was a lot faster than the first day.
At noon, the cleaned yellow leaves were piled in one place, and I was about to go to the kitchen to receive the meal, when I met the seventh lady of the house and invited a group of female companions to the princess's mansion to appreciate the laurels.
Note: "Erjia Chuanlu": The image of a crab clamping a reed with double clawing pliers will appear in the ancient stationery supplies, which is actually taken from its homonym "Erjia Chuanlu" to imply "Erjia Chuanlu". "Chuanlu" is "Golden Palace Chuanlu", is the emperor announced the ceremony of ascending the rank of Jinshi, the artistic theme of "Erjia Chuanlu", is the ancient scholars to the title of the gold list, fame and fortune of the good wishes. Xu Wei's "Miscellaneous Album of Crabs" (collected by the Palace Museum) is self-titled "Passing the Lu".