14. Chapter XIV

Meiya followed her gaze, and the gloomy palace was like a delicate cage, making people shudder away from it.

She stepped forward two steps to urge Xinhui: "Miss, let's go." ”

Xin Hui seemed to say to himself: "Strange, how can there be a palace - who will live there?" Is it the sister-in-law in the palace? ”

The two little palace ladies with umbrellas shook their hands when they heard this, and shook out of the bright lake under the bridge.

Meiya glanced at the two of them and said, "Madame asked, you are all dumb." ”

The palace lady who looked like a hemp rod in her hand lowered her head: "The slave maid has just entered the palace not long ago, and the slave maid doesn't know it." ”

The other pointed chin opened his mouth, stopped talking, and glanced at Xin Hui: "There, I heard that it is the place where the successive ladies of the monarch protect the fetus......

Xinhui knows that his father's stout and round Mrs. Ru has to set up a separate courtyard to recuperate in peace after she is pregnant, so as not to have many "people" and many feet, so as not to collide. The royal palace is worthy of being a royal palace, and even to protect the fetus, you have to find such a secluded and isolated place.

At this point, she believes her grandmother's words: children and mothers are fate, there is a certain number in the dark, everything that can be left can be left, and the hard work that can't be left is also a bamboo basket to draw water. Protecting the fetus has always been the people's hearts, doing their best, and obeying the destiny of heaven.

When Meiya heard this, she smiled and glanced at Xin Hui's flat lower abdomen: "Miss, it looks pretty good there...... The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the air smells fresh. "Full of encouragement.

As if in response to her words, there was a crisp sound of water in the hula, and a black fish more than a foot in size jumped up and made a beautiful splash on the surface of the water.

Xin Hui's eyes followed the black fish, leaned over the railing to look, and saw a few fresh and fat big black fish slowly swimming under the bridge, like crucian carp and carp, all with big shoulders and round waists.

Her eyes lit up, and she scooped a small spoonful of porridge from the food box she carried with her and poured it down, and in an instant, there was a bang, like cold water in a hot pot, half of the fish pond was boiling, and more fish poured out of the lotus leaf stems nearby, and all the fish competed for food, desperate for their lives.

"My good ......" Xin Hui swallowed, this is to poke two fingers out.

"Miss, it's not too early." Meiya stiffened her head and glanced at the two little Gong'e, and the three of them led the way, one left and one right "helped" Xin Hui to continue to move forward.

"Have you seen it, there are a lot of ......" Xin Hui looked left and right, and whispered with secret joy: "Fish, ......"

After coming to the Chu Palace for so long, because of the quirks of the King of Chu, she had never even seen a piece of fish scales, and she thought that she was insulated from the fragrant fried, fried, stewed, fried, and sliced fish, but who knows, it turned out that they were all waiting here.

Meiya calmly glanced at the young lady who couldn't help but be happy: "Your Majesty, you hate fish the most, followed by people who eat fish." ”

Xin Hui nodded, this is what he has heard, but is it possible that she will be stupid enough to serve it to him to eat, naturally she is unaware.

She continued to immerse herself in her imagination, and she just wanted to finish the porridge as soon as possible, and said to herself all the way: "Or, don't want sweet and sour, the taste is heavy; Steamed and delicious, the fish head was secretly buried under the camellia tree in the backyard...... Well, it's better to slice it into thin slices and wrap it in rattan peppers......"

As a result, after a long time, when I arrived at Shouning Palace, a beautiful female official came out, and a pair of restless eyes saw Xin Hui through, and then replied lukewarmly, only saying that the Queen Mother had just drunk medicine and rested, and it was inconvenient to disturb at this time, leaving porridge and two palace ladies politely sent Xin Hui out of the palace.

Meiya was annoyed in her heart, looking left and right at the female official who was not pleasing to her eyes, and was about to have a seizure, but she was pressed by Xin Hui's wrist, and she suppressed the drink in her mouth, and listened to Xin Hui's polite words patiently, and asked the Empress Dowager Bao about her diet and daily life, and then left.

They went out of the palace gate with their front feet, and they heard the female official muttering angrily with their back feet: "Fall down!" Throw them all out! …… It's just too deceitful. ”

The hall was ringing, and a palace lady walked out slowly with the Empress Dowager in her arms: "Who provoked my Cui'er again?" ”

"It's not your smiling fox-like daughter-in-law, auntie." Cui'er pouted, "People are also unhappy for my aunt." ”

Empress Dowager Bao was obviously taken by the compliment behind this title, and smiled faintly: "Oh? I just listened to Xinnu's words and deeds, not slow or slow, and her posture was dignified - I don't know what this injustice is called? ”

Cui'er's knife-like gaze swept to Yuan Qi, who was meekly kneeling on the ground: "What you see, you say to the Queen Mother." ”

Yuan Qi's voice was gentle and unfazed: "The slave maid passed by Ensichi and accidentally saw Mrs. Jun, feeding fish with rice porridge prepared for the Queen Mother. ”

Empress Dowager Bao was stunned for a moment, then smiled lightly, and looked at her niece: "My aunt still thinks that something is amazing, at least, it proves that this rice porridge is just rice porridge." ”

"The little daughter of the Xin family is so presumptuous-aunt, you can bear it, but your niece can't bear it, but the king has been to her side a few more times, and now she is about to ride on your head."

"Cui'er. Mrs. Jun is Mrs. Jun, and she has always been on my head. Empress Dowager Bao was not annoyed, and looked at her with a smile, "You, this temper is spoiled by your mother." ”

Cui'er's mouth pouted higher: "My mother can say that my temperament is spoiled by you." ”

Empress Dowager Bao stretched out her slender index finger and poked her forehead with her cold fingertips.

"Silly girl. You can't look at things for a while. The tone was doting, as gentle as a mother, but there was not a single nail on the ten fingers, and it looked shocking.

The early summer has arrived, the sky is full of clouds, and the temperature is neither hot and uncomfortable, nor cold and coughing. Empress Dowager Bao looked at the weather, pulled Cui'er over and straightened her sideburns, and straightened her clothes, and then glanced at her with satisfaction: "Go, pick more fresh lotus leaves for my aunt and come back." ”

Cui'er didn't like her dress: "Why does this dress smell musty, aunt, people think this dress is ...... The pomegranate dress you made me last time ......"

"Cui'er." The smile on Empress Dowager Bao's face paused, Cui'er was shocked, and immediately smiled, "However, what my aunt gave to Cui'er must be excellent." Cui'er went to pull it first. ”

Cui'er turned around and was about to call Na Yuanqi, but the Empress Dowager Bao ordered two palace ladies to follow, all of them were people beside her, their appearance was not good, and standing with Cui'er, it became more and more obvious that she had bright eyes and bright teeth.

Jiangnan lotus field, picking lotus between the waves, just sit on the delicate and small lotus boat, even the wood-like people are also smart, not to mention the original playful Cui'er, two thin Gong E carrying a rattan basket sit behind her, see her slender ten fingers on the lotus leaf stem, small nails lightly pinched, the tender green lotus leaf slid into the hand, splashed water waves along the lotus leaf back and forth, like transparent glass beads, and like colorful foam, within reach but difficult to grasp.

Unconsciously, the lotus boat slipped into the depths of the lotus, this place, it is rare for people to come, far away, you can see the island and palace that is independent of the world, Cui'er does not like that place, so she ordered the palace people to turn around, want to go back to the place where they came.

But I didn't want to, in the dense lotus bushes, the lotus boat had just moved a few feet, and it slammed into something, and the whole hull shook, shaking her so much that she almost fell into the water, and a green lotus leaf in her hand rolled with water beads on her face.

Cui'er was about to be annoyed, but she saw that the lotus leaves began to move, she immediately thought of all kinds of rumors about Ensi Lake, and suddenly her hair stood on end, and a heart in her cavity jumped out of the moment, and she saw a hollow and sleepy face emerging from the lotus leaf bushes and the pile of flower bones.

"King, your lord......" She knelt down with a puff, wondering why she didn't insist on wearing the prettiest pomegranate skirt and inserting the jade that had just been beaten.

When the King of Chu saw her, he was in a trance for a moment, and when he was about to speak, there was another sound of rustling, and then, next to the King of Chu, another fair and handsome face appeared, which was Yan Yin, who had always been by his side.

The two of them had obviously been here for a while, and the lotus leaf marks on Yan Yin's face had faded.

Cui'er's heart sank instantly, could it be that the rumors in the palace were true? No wonder the king doesn't favor the concubines, it may not be a private rumor, but the one in front of him is the real reason.

Her eyes swept the spot in front of her, although it was deserted, but if you looked closely, there were several boat paths that were feasible, and it was quite close to the shore, and if you jumped out desperately, you could dive back to the shore in about a few steps......

Her heart was in turmoil, and she suddenly heard the King of Chu ask, "Which palace are you in?" ”

Cui'er's heart sank, she went in and out of Shouning Palace a lot, and she had also seen the King of Chu several times, serving tea and porridge...... He even asked her which palace she belonged to?

Seeing that there were many lotus leaves piled up on her boat, she was relieved and nodded: "The lotus leaves at this time are fragrant and long, and they are very suitable for porridge." When I said this, I suddenly remembered the piles of lush lotus leaves in a certain palace.

Cui'er was confused and nodded indiscriminately.

The two boats touched, and the fish in the boat moved in all directions, and there were two huge black fish struggling extremely hard, but they seemed to be trying to move but couldn't.

Yan Yin brushed aside the lotus leaves that shaded his face and said with a smile: "Weichen has only heard of the extreme north, the meadows are continuous, and the fish can't move with a scoop, but I don't want the king to have this scene in the palace." ”

The King of Chu's face turned cold, and he looked at the giant fish surging below, his eyes were like swords, as if he was about to be eaten alive.

Yan Yin naturally understood, so he reached out to drive away the two black fish who didn't know each other, but he didn't want to, and when he pulled, he pulled out a small and tough grass vine, and as soon as he exerted his strength, the fish struggled back, and when he moved, he suddenly saw a white and fat white lotus root looming in the water.

This white lotus root is delicate and smooth, silvery-white, the flesh is crisp and juicy, and the sweetness is rich, but it has always only been after the golden autumn, and I didn't expect it to be so good in early summer.

Yan Yin's face was overjoyed: "Your Majesty, look at what Weichen found?" Just said lotus, this will be sent to the door, it is really ......" His voice was stunned, the feel was wrong, and it was soft......

The next moment, he came back to his senses suddenly, pulled it with one hand, and the other hand instantly pulled out the soft sword of the King of Chu, and after a burst of water sound, a, no, a huge lotus root demon with a fine lotus root demon was pulled out.

The ship sank heavily.

Xin Hui's whole body was wet and dripping with water, and she didn't know how long she had been in the water, how long she had hidden, how long she had endured, her lips were purple, her face was pale, her whole body was trembling, and she was still holding two big black fish in strings tightly in her hands.

Because the weather was warm in the early summer, the clothes were loose, and at this moment, because they were soaked, the slender fabric was tightly wrapped around the body, and the delicate and plump figure and seductive curves were about to come out, and the scenery on the chest was even more thrilling.