Chapter 80: Blue and White Porcelain
The palace maid knelt on the ground in horror when she heard this, "I beg my mother for forgiveness, and the slave maid will go to the dining room to change it again." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Why change it, this bowl of porridge is good. I asked you to call Rue Xiang over just to reward her personally. What's your name, why don't you call her? Su Wanqing was already a little angry in the end.
"Slave maid Yu slave, slave maid is going to call Aunt Yunxiang." As he spoke, he slipped away in confusion.
Rui Hong was also puzzled, and brought the porridge to serve Su Wanqing to eat, and asked curiously, "Niangniang, it is the duty of the slaves and maids to take care of you, why bother rewarding the cook again?" ”
"I have my own will." Su Wanqing said with a smile. The moment she opened the lid just now, the mellow smell rushed into her nose, and she could conclude that this Rue Xiang chef had been in charge of cooking for at least twenty years. It is indeed incomprehensible that such exquisite cooking skills are hidden in a palace that is not often visited by the royal family.
Yunu quickly brought Rue Xiang, Rue Xiang was really middle-aged, and the silver threads on her sideburns were particularly eye-catching.
"The old slave greets the mother."
"You're Rue? Raise your head and let me see. ”
Rue Xiang raised her head reluctantly, although the corners of her eyes were wrinkled, she could vaguely see the delicate appearance of her face, and she thought that she had a bit of a look when she was young.
"Your porridge tastes so good, it tastes like my mother. Say, what reward do you want? ”
Rue Xiang humbly lowered her head, "It is the duty of the old slave to serve a good mother, and the old slave does not dare to receive the reward." ”
Su Wanqing got up and helped her up, and when he touched her mottled hand, he didn't miss the two obvious scars on the back of his hand, "I knew you would say that, just Rui Hong, take the box of pear blossom gouache that the emperor gave me and give it to Aunt Ruxiang." ”
Rue Xiang bowed her head in fear and said, "The old slave is old, and he doesn't dare to accept the reward from his mother, and besides, the old slave can't use this gouache." ”
Su Wanqing deliberately glanced at the jade slave, and said thoughtfully, "If you don't need it, you can still use it for your niece!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Yunu and Ruxiang knelt on the ground one after another. Rue Xiang was surprised, "How does Niangniang know...?" ”
"She looks so much like you, except for the mother and daughter, she is an aunt and nephew. You are guarding the palace to this age, how can you get married and have a daughter, and you think that the jade slave is your niece. Take this gouache, this palace still looks forward to drinking your porridge every day. Su Wanqing sat on the chair with dignity, and the reactions of Rue Xiang and Yu Nu were all expected by her.
"Thank you for the reward. Niangniang's mind is exquisite, and she will definitely be extraordinary in the future. ”
Rue Xiang received the reward and retreated with the jade slave, but Rui Hong was pleasantly surprised, and praised her vigorously, like a master of solving cases.
Su Wanqing smiled, "Tomorrow, the jade slave will deliver the meal, and you will hand it over in person, and you must not let others handle it." ”
"Yes, sissy."
Su Wan looked at the deep mountains behind the Jixing Palace, and whether Rue Xiang was the person she was looking for would be seen tomorrow.
Before the second day, Rui Hong brought a sandalwood food box. Su Wanqing didn't have time to eat, but rummaged through the food box, but found nothing else except breakfast.
Rui Hong was very puzzled, "What are you looking for?" ”
Su Wanqing couldn't help but be disappointed, and muttered, "Am I wrong?" Not them? ”
"What are you talking about?" Rui Hong couldn't help but get nervous when she saw her frowning.
A spirit flashed in Su Wanqing's mind, slowly turned his gaze to Rui Hong, stared at her for a moment, she confirmed her thoughts more and more, and pulled Rui Hong's sleeve and asked, "Did the jade slave give you anything?" ”
Rui Hong knelt down in horror and said, "Niangniang forgives her sins, the slave maid never intentionally accepted the things of the jade slave, she must stuff them into the slave maid, and the slave and maid saw that it was just an ordinary sachet before accepting it." ”
Su Wanqing smiled knowingly, got up and helped Rui Hong up, "Give me the sachet." ”
Rui Hong timidly took out the sachet and put it in Su Wanqing's hand. Su Wanqing couldn't wait to open it and look at it, and poured out the dried petals in the rose red sachet. Sure enough, a tiny note was hidden in the dried petals.
Rui Hong was dumbfounded, "Niangniang, this..."
Su Wanqing picked up the small note that was rolled up, and gently unfolded it, "Inherit the good intentions of the king, and become the good things of the king." ”
She already knows it in her chest, and there is a reason why Rue Xiang succumbed to the Chengde Palace. Calculate the age, Rue Xiang is the same age as the Empress Dowager Zhou, probably the Empress Dowager was waiting for meals when she was recuperating in the palace. At first, she just wanted to find out something about the Queen Mother, but when she saw Rue Xiang's eyes full of grievances yesterday, she knew that things were not so simple.
"Rui Hong, you go and call Master Zhang and the head of the palace Liu, I have something to order."
Rui Hong was ambiguous, and she couldn't figure out what the beautiful woman in front of her was going to do, so she just said, "Niangniang has something to arrange, the slave maid will go and send a message to Lord Zhang and Manager Liu." ”
"Well, you go and tell Master Zhang that the girl who delivered breakfast is very much to my heart, and she will deliver every meal and additional meal in the future, and there is no need to assign others." Su Wanqing held the blue and white porcelain bowl with both hands, and approached the bowl to smell the fragrant red date and lily porridge.
"Does Niangniang still need a slave to send a message to Yunu?" Rui Hong was not a fool, and saw through her intentions at a glance.
"When you're done, I'll tell you what I'm doing. Go for it! ”
Su Wanqing knew that she couldn't hide Rui Hong, so she had to explain to her, only in this way would she not go out and talk nonsense. As for the way to deliver the creed during the meal, it is because Chen Yi is "protecting" her in the dark, which also means that her every move will be known by the emperor.
At three o'clock, the sky is still bright, and sometimes you can hear the chirping of faint birds, and the sound is worrying and worrying. The sky in Chengde is cloudless, the blue sea is like a clear sky, and the rolling mountains in the distance appear to be slightly vicissitudes because of the lack of green quilts, but they blend into the sky at dusk, and gradually smooth out the outline as night falls.
The jade slave walked in humbly, handed the food box to Rui Hong, and bowed down, "Niangniang." ”
"Get up and talk back, simply tell me what happened, and I'll think about what to do."
According to her aunt's instructions, Yu Nu said in a deep voice, "The slave's father was a handyman in this palace who sent charcoal, and one day he missed the time to deliver charcoal, and it was already dark after all the coal was unloaded. My father got lost in the palace and accidentally broke into Mrs. Yu's Luoshui Palace, where he learned Mrs. Yu's top secret. Just three days later, his father was assassinated and killed, and his killer left behind a dime token with flying tiger stripes faintly visible on it. ”
"The token engraved with the Flying Tiger stripe is held by the Flying Tiger Army under the King of Jin, and Ling Zun broke through Mrs. Yu's affair with the King of Jin, so he was assassinated."
The jade slave kowtowed and said, "Ask the mother for advice, how can the slave and maid take revenge?" ”
Su Wanqing got up and helped her up, "Today's saint does not allow King Jin to be arbitrary, and he has already given him death. ”
"But the Empress Dowager Zhou is still alive, and she is still the most noble woman in the world. She is more ruthless than anyone else, if my aunt hadn't pretended to be crazy and stupid, and didn't hide the slave maid, how could our aunt and nephew survive to this day?! ”