Chapter 10: Feeding the Porridge
After Qi Jinghuan came out of Yongshou Palace, he went directly to the imperial study to deal with government affairs, and when he returned to Shengning Palace, he found that Shen You'an was not there, and he was not in a good mood, and he didn't even use a few mouthfuls when he took dinner, so he went to Xinuan Pavilion.
When Shen Youan came back, Gao He hurriedly greeted him.
"Mr. Gao."
Shen Youan took the two small palace people behind him to bless his body.
"Ouch, my little aunt, where have you been?"
Shen Youan was about to reply when he was interrupted by Gao He; "Okay, hurry up and go in and serve Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in a hurry."
As soon as Shen Youan heard this, he turned around and asked the people of the little palace to let them put their things in the duty room, and then walked towards the Xinuan Pavilion.
When he arrived at Xinuan Pavilion, he saw that Qi Jinghuan was handling government affairs, so he didn't dare to disturb, so he stood behind Qi Jinghuan.
Qi Jinghuan was about to let her explain herself, but when she saw that she didn't say anything, she stood behind, and she didn't plan to say anything.
glanced at her slightly, and said while annotating the folds; "Where?"
Shen Youan was stunned for a moment, and then replied; "Back to Your Majesty, the gold thread used for embroidering pillowcases is not enough, and the slave maid went to the Shangfu Bureau to get some."
As soon as she said this, Qi Jinghuan knew it in his heart.
"This kind of trivial matter, the palace people under you are instructed to be a secretary, and you still need to go to this little thing in person."
"There are several kinds of gold threads with different colors and colors, and the slaves and maids are afraid that they will not be able to tell the difference."
What kind of gold thread in her mouth is still divided into types, Qi Jinghuan naturally doesn't know, and he doesn't understand, but he is dissatisfied with her going for so long today, tunnel; "Why did you go for so long?"
"There is an aunt in the Shangfu Bureau who is not good at stitching, so I delayed some work."
Although he didn't understand why His Majesty was so inquisitive, Shen Youan still answered truthfully.
"You are the female official next to me, not the female official of the Shangfu Bureau, and the palace people of the Shangfu Bureau will not naturally be taught by the people of the Shangfu Bureau, so you are not needed."
"The slave knows what is wrong."
As he spoke, he was about to kneel down and plead guilty, but Qi Jinghuan hurriedly grabbed her and said; "I'm just talking, and I don't blame you, you don't need to kneel, your problem of kneeling at every turn should really be changed."
"Yes."
"Don't leave the Shengning Palace casually in the future."
"Yes."
Qi Jinghuan put down the brush and looked directly at Shen You'an; "I have a headache with those courtiers' tirades every day, so I especially want someone to talk to in the Shengning Palace to relieve boredom, but you are all like a stuffy gourd, and when you answer my words, it is one word, one word, I feel uncomfortable, so I have to say a few more words when I reply in the future, do you understand?"
Being stared at by His Majesty the Emperor like this, Shen Youan couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to, raised his head, and looked at Qi Jinghuan's face, just so that Qi Jinghuan could see her dazed look, she was really at a loss, the courtiers' tirades every day, shouldn't she want to be quiet when she comes back?
"Do you understand what I said?"
"Back to His Majesty, the slave understands."
It's not just a word.
"Miss You'an."
Gao He held a gold-inlaid red tray, stood by the door and whispered to Shen Youan, Qi Jinghuan heard it and gently tugged at the corners of his mouth, and continued to flip through the folds.
Shen Youan heard Gao He calling her, walked to the door and blessed herself; "Father-in-law Gao."
Gao He handed her the plate in his hand and said softly; "Miss You'an, your majesty has two mouthfuls of dinner, you go and feed this bowl of porridge to your majesty."
Shen Youan took the plate, looked at the emperor who was still criticizing the folding, turned his face and said; "The slave maid has never served His Majesty in the Xinuan Pavilion for dinner, and I dare to ask my father-in-law, how should the slave and maid serve this point of Majesty's meal."
It seems that she was indeed frightened by the eccentric emperor Xià, as soon as she said this, Gao He obviously felt the hot gaze of the emperor Xià, shook his spirit, and said with a smile; "You'an girl, Your Majesty is diligent in government and loves the people, and often reviews and folds until late, and this time she is reviewing and reading and folding is definitely unwilling to divide the time to eat, and you will feed it directly to Majesty later."
"Hello?"
"Yes, you can directly use a spoon to scoop it to His Majesty." Gao He said vaguely.
"Yes."
The emperor was satisfied, gave Gao He an approving look, and then withdrew his gaze, at this time, the emperor was in a very good mood, and sure enough, it was useful to warn Gao He at the beginning, in the end, he had been serving himself for a long time and understood his own thoughts.
Shen Youan took the plate, put the plate on the desk, picked up the bowl, glanced at Qi Jinghuan and said; "Your Majesty, please use porridge."
Qi Jinghuan frowned, picked up the pen and drew a line on the fold, without even looking at Shen Youan.
Shen Youan picked up a spoon and scooped it up and sent it to Qi Jinghuan's mouth, Qi Jinghuan opened his mouth to take a bite, and at the end, he smacked his lips and said; "It's too hot, blow."
Shen Youan was stunned, scooped up another spoonful from the bowl, put it to his mouth and blew, just as he was blowing, Qi Jinghuan suddenly leaned over and took the spoonful of porridge into his mouth, so frightened that Shen Youan's hands trembled, and all the porridge in the bowl was sprinkled on the ground.
"Ah, slaves deserve to die."
Shen Youan knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty, Qi Jinghuan stared at the bowl of porridge that had been spilled, his eyes were on fire, and he wasted an opportunity in vain.
Suddenly, he saw that Shen You'an's wrist was still stained with some porridge, and he was in a hurry, so he hurriedly took out a handkerchief from his arms and covered it, and asked anxiously; "It's not hot."
Shen Youan was already dumbfounded at this time, wasn't this the handkerchief she lost a few days ago? Why was it in His Majesty's arms, as for the anxiety and chagrin on the emperor's face at this time, she didn't pay attention to it at all.
She gently pressed on her wrist, pulled her wrist out of Qi Jinghuan's hand, and said; "Your Majesty, the porridge is warm, not hot."
Qi Jinghuan also realized that his reaction just now was too intense, and then glanced at the handkerchief that was still on Shen Youan's wrist at this time, and put his hand to his mouth with some embarrassment, coughing twice; "Well, since it's okay, then don't kneel, tell them to come in and clean up."
"Yes."
Shen Youan stood up with her wrist and walked outside, Cai Xuan saw that she had a handkerchief on her wrist, thought she was injured, and asked worriedly; "What's wrong, are you hurt?"
Shen Youan shook his head and said; "No, I knocked over the bowl, and His Majesty asked me to come out and call someone to clean it."
"And what's the matter with your wrist?"
"The bowl was knocked over and some porridge was sprinkled on it, it's okay, the porridge is warm."
Cai Xuan lifted the veil and saw that her wrist was not red and swollen, so she reprimanded with a straight face; "You, be careful next time, fortunately, the porridge is not hot, if it is hot, you will suffer another crime."
After speaking, he ordered the palace people behind him to go in and clean up.
"Sister Caixuan, Your Majesty hasn't used two mouthfuls yet, so it's better for you to go in and serve Your Majesty for dinner."
Gao He, who had been wandering outside, happened to sneak here and heard this sentence and said busily; "Your Majesty is still used to your serving, you hurry up and bring a bowl of porridge in to serve Your Majesty, don't be hungry."
"Yes."
Although I don't understand how compared to Cai Xuan, who has been serving by her side since she was a child, she is used to serving by herself, but Shen Youan still responded immediately, the one inside has a very strange temper recently, although she doesn't understand some things, but she is also afraid that she will leave like this, and that person will get angry, so she threw the handkerchief on her wrist in the duty room and brought a bowl of porridge again.
Emperor Majesty was finally satisfied with the porridge fed by Shen You'an, and his mood was much better, not only the few people who were serving around him felt the strong spring of Emperor Majesty, but even the courtiers on the second day of the court also felt that Emperor Majesty was in a good mood, and those officials who lacked silver immediately expressed their hope that Emperor Majesty could allocate another sum of money for the project he was responsible for. Cover it with long sleeves at the bottom, and cover the straight pumping of the heartache.
In the early spring, thick clothes changed into thin shirts, the palaces shone with a warm light under the sun, and the palace people also became a lot more energetic, when Shen Youan entered the door with a basin, he saw Bitong sitting at the dressing table and drawing his eyebrows in front of the bronze mirror, with a smile on his face.
Putting the empty basin down, Shen Youan walked behind Bitong and said with a chuckle; "My sister is in a good mood today."
When Bi Tong saw her coming, she turned around and pulled her to sit down; "Come, I'll paint your thrush too."
Shen Youan smiled and pushed her hand, saying; "No, I've painted it myself."
She doesn't have a girl around her now, so she can't always trouble Bitong, so she learned some from Bitong, and she still knows how to make simple makeup now.
"Tomorrow is the day for the female officer to meet her family, and then you must get up early, and I will dress you up beautifully."
Hearing her say this, Shen Youan remembered that tomorrow was the day when the female official met her family in front of Cheng'en Gate, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly when she thought of this, I don't know who will come tomorrow?
"What's wrong?"
Bi Tong saw that her expression was wrong, and asked worriedly.
"Nothing"
Shen Youan came back to his senses and smiled at Bitong; "I used to hear my sister say that there is a younger sister at home, and when the little girl's family loves beauty the most, I still have a few hairpins and hairpins there, and my sister will take them to my sister tomorrow."
"What little girl's house, it's like how old you are, my sister is a year younger than you, you are all good things, where can she use them."
Shen You'an's things are naturally the best, Rao is that she has been serving by His Majesty's side for many years, and she can't have those good things, and now that she wants to give them to herself, she naturally can't accept them.
"Those things are also a waste to put them here for me, and Your Majesty is not allowed to wear them, it is better for you to take them back to your sister, the love of the little girl's family is quiet, let's serve Your Majesty in the palace, Your Majesty is not allowed, we naturally can't use it."
She said that Bi Tong was not polite to her, but Her Majesty never said that they were not allowed to wear hairpins and hairpins in front of them, and she didn't understand why She didn't allow Young An to wear it, a good little girl, and now her head is very pure all day long.