Chapter 2 II
Two
Zhao Chengjin was the most sleepy age, and he didn't wake up until the end of the second day, squinting his eyes and being confused for a while, before he suddenly remembered the snow on the bed. Quickly turned his head, caught a glimpse of the little cat on the futon with round eyes and looking at it, immediately rejoiced, reached out and rubbed it on its little head, turned around and ordered: "Sister Yu, you ask the kitchen to cook a bowl of meat for Xue Tuan'er, it likes to eat." ”
Cui Yu smiled helplessly while dressing him: "The prince doesn't want to call the slave sister again, if it is heard by others, the slave and the maid will really die." ”
Zhao Cheng pursed his lips and did not speak. Cui Yu glanced down at Xue Tuan'er, who was pulling Zhao Chengjin's trouser leg and swinging, suddenly felt a headache, and said: "Xue Tuan'er is still young, I'm afraid it's not good to eat such a greasy thing early in the morning, so it's better to drink porridge." Mama Zhang said that the kitchen boiled minced meat porridge today, which was also very delicious. If Xue Tuan'er doesn't like it, it's good to let the kitchen burn again. ”
Zhao Chengjin is only four or five years old, and he has never raised cats and dogs, where do you know what to eat for Xuetuan, hearing Cui Yu say this, he felt that there seemed to be some reason, looked down at Xuetuan'er, and asked in a low voice: "Xuetuan'er, you are cute and eat minced meat porridge?" ”
Xu You hurriedly "meowed-" with his tail raised high, and dogged Zhao Chengjin's trouser leg to please him.
"Huh-" Zhao Cheng grinned, and said to Cui Yu in surprise and joy: "Look at it, it understands what I say." ”
Cui Yu didn't look up, carefully helped him put on his coat, and said with a smile: "The cat raised by the prince is naturally the smartest. He said this in his mouth, but he didn't believe it in his heart.
Here Cui Yu was waiting for Zhao Chengjin to get dressed and washed, and Xu You also jumped out of bed and followed Zhao Chengjin behind his ass inch by inch. She is very self-aware in her heart, as a cat, if she can't please the little baby in front of her, she will suffer in the future - if she is really driven out of the house, she is afraid that she will become a stray cat, she can't really grab mice with a group of wild cats.
Her actions obviously flattered Zhao Chengjin greatly, Xiao Shizi didn't even care about eating, so he picked her up after washing and carried her all the way to the flower hall outside.
The maids had already set up breakfast and set up a dense table: a plate of bean paste buns, golden silk siu mai, pea yellow and donkey rolling, a bowl of rouge rice porridge and chicken noodle soup, and four side dishes: white-cut beef, crystal elbow, red oil bamboo shoots and salted peanuts. In Xu You's opinion, it was extremely rich, but Zhao Cheng squinted his eyes and looked around, but he pursed his lips in disgust, and said unhappily: "I'm tired of eating it all." ”
Cui Yu naturally knew that this little ancestor was the most picky eater, for fear that he would lose his temper and refuse to eat today, so he hurriedly coaxed softly: "Tell the slave what the prince likes to eat, and let Ming'er make it in the kitchen." Let's use some casually today, or I'll get hungry when I come back. ”
Zhao Cheng was silent, lowered his head and said to the kitten on the table: "Xue Tuan'er likes to eat, I'll give it to you." ”
Xu You didn't make a sound, and walked to the chicken noodle bowl with cat steps and wagged his tail vigorously. Zhao Cheng understood and immediately smiled: "It turns out that you like to eat noodles." As he spoke, he didn't let the maids help, and personally put a large number of chopsticks and noodles in the small bowl in front of him. Xu You was already hungry and panicked, and he opened his mouth unceremoniously to bite. In the end, she was a monk halfway, without two hands to help, and her movements were not very skillful, and after only two bites, her mouth was full of oil, and a lot of noodle soup was sticky to her beard, so angry that she wanted to cry, and she looked very embarrassed. Zhao Chengjin only thought it was interesting, his eyes widened and he smiled.
Cui Yu saw that Zhao Chengjin was on the rise, so she took the opportunity to coax him to drink a bowl of porridge, and coaxed him to eat a bean paste bun softly, so she asked the little maids to come over to clean up, and she called Xue Fei to lead Zhao Chengjin to Xuanhe Hall to greet the princess.
When he arrived at the gate of Xuanhe Hall, Zhao Chengjin called out loudly, and said in a milky voice: "Mother, mother-I took Xue Tuan'er to see you." Before he could finish speaking, the man rushed into the hall like an arrow.
Xu Yousheng was afraid that she would accidentally throw out of his arms, so she used her strength to pull the clothes on Zhao Chengjin's chest, until he stopped, she carefully poked her head out of Zhao Chengjin's arms and looked around curiously.
This flower hall is much larger than the main house of Liyuan where Zhao Chengjin was located before, the room is full of rosewood furniture, the west side is against the wall with a huge multi-treasure grid, scattered some porcelain and coral ornaments, the east side is hung with a few landscape paintings, the style is very simple and elegant, and the position due north is placed two Taishi chairs, and two seats are set up on each side.
Inside and outside the house, there were six or seven people sitting or standing, and closer to Xu Yu were two young and beautiful women, both dressed as women, one was wearing a goose-yellow skirt, hanging her head slightly, and her eyebrows were lowered, and the other was dressed brightly, wearing a magenta cardigan brocade gown, and two royal blue dotted emerald flowers were inserted on her head, but she had a cold face, and it was not easy to get close.
Xu You watched TV, and after only a few glances, he guessed the identities of these two, probably Prince Rui's concubine. Qualified to go to the concubine's house to ask for rules, it is naturally not a concubine or a concubine, but I don't know whether it is a side concubine or a concubine?
In the center, there is a beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes, with a long face, red phoenix eyes, combed an autumn cloud bun, and a peony with a thousand leaves and gold on the bun, hanging down the wisps of golden tassels, which is very dignified and luxurious. Seeing that the age is only twenty as promised, but between the eyebrows is a calm and steady, really everyone's demeanor.
"Mother-"
Xu You was still in a daze, Zhao Chengjin had already thrown himself into the arms of the beautiful man, and called "mother" sticky, and then raised Xu You up to her like a treasure, and said: "Mother, look, this is Xue Tuan'er." You said, isn't it much better than the snowball of the Three Emperors' Uncle's house? ”
Princess Rui couldn't help laughing for a while, and covered her mouth and said: "My son, it's not that I remember wrongly, the snowball of your Third Emperor Uncle's house is actually a cat." ”
Zhao Cheng said anxiously: "Even if Xuetuan'er turns into a dog, it will be better than a snowball." And Xuetuan is much smarter than Xueqiu, and he can understand me. He was afraid that Princess Rui would not believe it, so he quickly touched Xu You's head and whispered: "Xue Tuan'er, you call for your mother to listen to it......"
Xu You immediately gave a face-saving "meow-" sound. Zhao Chengjin was immediately satisfied, and said proudly with a little face: "Mother, look at it, is it smart." ”
Princess Rui nodded with a smile, "Since it is a cat raised by Brother Shun, it is naturally extra smart." As he spoke, he quietly glanced at everyone.
"No, the concubine has never seen such a smart and clever cat. Looking at this coat color and eyes, it is not like the Liang breed, but I don't know where the prince found such a beautiful cat, and he really envied the dead. To Xu You's surprise, the person who answered the phone was the concubine who looked at the low-eyed concubine, her voice was gentle and low, but her tone was lively, which made people like it very much when they heard it.
The other only glanced at Xu You faintly, with a look of disdain in his eyes, but he never said a word.
The rest of the maids also followed for a while, which made Zhao Cheng more and more proud, and stepped forward to hug Princess Rui's neck and said coquettishly: "Mother, mother, mother, I will take Xue Tuan'er to see the imperial grandmother when I go back?" Xue Tuan'er is so well-behaved, the imperial grandmother must like it when she sees it. ”
This cat of unknown origin is just accepted in his own house, where do he dare to send it to the palace. Princess Rui didn't want to talk to Zhao Chengjin, so she only smiled and said, "Your imperial grandmother caught a cold yesterday and coughed badly, but she couldn't touch these cats and dogs." After a few days, wait for your imperial grandmother to get better, okay? ”
Because there is only one seedling in Prince Rui's mansion, Zhao Chengjin has always loved him as an eyeball, Zhao Chengjin is naturally very affectionate to his loving and protective grandmother, as soon as he heard that the Queen Mother was sick, he immediately became worried, and asked quickly: "How is the imperial grandmother sick?" Can you get seriously ill? Mother, can you accompany the child to visit the imperial grandmother in the palace? ”
Seeing that he was well-behaved and filial, Princess Rui was extremely comforted, stroked his hair, and said softly: "You go and say hello to your father, and your mother will accompany you into the palace in a while." ”
Zhao Cheng nodded, handed the cat in his hand to Xue Fei, and advised: "You help me watch Xue Tuan'er, if I can't come back at noon, remember to feed it." Xue Tuan Er likes to eat meat. ”
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, and Mama Su, who was next to the princess, said with a smile: "In the past, the slave maid only heard that cats like to eat fish, but this one raised by the prince is different. ”
The previous concubine also smiled and agreed: "Why else would you be so well-behaved and beautiful." ”
Only the concubine in the magenta coat always kept a calm face and didn't say a word.
Cui Yu led Zhao Cheng back to Liyuan to change clothes, Xue Fei took Xu Yu to the courtyard to bask in the sun, and the two concubines also returned to their own courtyard, and soon only Princess Rui and a few waiting maids were left in the flower hall. Princess Rui waved her hand, leaving only Mama Su and her two henchmen around the white screen and red dye.
"That Ning Xin'er is really getting more and more presumptuous, and she still dares to wear magenta today, and she doesn't weigh her identity." Seeing that there were only a few of them left in the house, Mama Su couldn't help but complain, "Is that magenta also something that she can wear as a concubine?" Niangniang, you don't care, if you continue to let it go like this, I'm afraid she will climb on your head. ”
Princess Rui took a sip of the tea in her hand as usual, and smiled disappreciatively: "Don't be annoyed, Mama has one in her stomach now, and her body is naturally more expensive, so let her go first." Otherwise, she will complain to the prince again, saying that I have embarrassed her. ”
Concubine Ning Shu was diagnosed with a happy pulse a few days ago, and now it is only two months, although she has not yet shown her pregnancy, but her pregnant woman's posture is sufficient.
Mama Su flattened her mouth and said: "The slave is just holding grievances for the mother." What is your identity, and what is the identity of that woman, she dares to take it big in front of you, which is really annoying. Besides, she is also the life of a daughter, even if she is pregnant again, it is just an extra dowry in the future. ”
Concubine Ning Shu was also born as an eunuch, and her father was the county magistrate of Xing'an County in the south. Because of her graceful figure and sweet voice, she was put into the house, and she planned to ask the queen mother to be a side concubine after the wedding, but Ning's father was accused of being greedy for ink, and after Ning Xin'er became a criminal official, not to mention the side concubine, she couldn't even be a concubine, so she could only be a concubine without a name.
Because she was the first to follow King Rui, King Rui did have some affection for her. She stayed in the palace for nearly ten years and gave birth to three daughters, and it was not until last year that the Queen Mother relented and gave her the title of concubine. It's just that she can't figure it out, relying on the fact that three of the five children in the house were born to her, and now she is pregnant again, so she is a little bigger.
Today, she wore a magenta brocade that was very close to the red color, and it was only because she had gone to the nunnery to ask for a lot, and the host said that she was a boy in her womb, so she was very proud.
"Let Bai Ping go to Zhuyuan to say it, just say that I pity her for her heavy body, and I don't need to come here to make rules recently, so I have a good baby in the house, don't walk around and have a fetus." The princess put down the teacup, stood up slowly, and smiled indifferently, "Not to say that she can't give birth to a son, what if she really gives birth to a son?" Can the Queen Mother loosen her mouth? ”
Mama Su immediately ignored what she meant, the status of the prince in the palace has long been stable, and Concubine Ning Shu is from that background, and she can't get ahead with any number of children. In comparison, it is Li Yuan's Concubine An - I heard that the eldest brother of the An family just entered the Hanlin Academy this year.