- The thin wooden door was violently pushed open from the outside, and the door panel flew to the side along with the wheels, smashing into the ground and throwing a layer of coins. At the gate of the courtyard, where there was no longer a trace of obstacle, a middle-aged man dressed in a cloth shirt and a powerful eyebrow strode in. However, he had only taken a step, and as soon as his gaze touched the people in the courtyard, he was stunned.

In the small courtyard, a monk in a plain cotton robe is carrying a kettle and watering an orchid grass at the base of the wall. The sound of the courtyard door slamming on the ground came, and the monk stood up straight, looked sideways, and immediately smiled slightly.

The middle-aged man in cloth who was still standing at the door said abruptly: "You are really calm enough, since you are avoiding people, why don't you hide it more secretly?"

The monk said with a smile: "Don't say that this small temple is the whole of Kyoto, and there is no corner that you can't find in the Commander."

"You can also hide outside the capital, and no one can stop you from doing so." The middle-aged man in cloth smiled brightly, and then his gaze swept over the monk's growing head, and he hesitated for a moment before saying, "You have been saving since that night?"

The monk didn't hide anything from this and nodded. He put down the kettle, spread his hands and made a "please" gesture: "What is the so-called matter, go into the house and sit down and talk about it."

……

The bamboo temple is not big, but it is quiet. The meditation room is simple and minimalist, so it gives people who have just walked in a very neat and tidy feeling.

Li Gai took off the tungsten iron scale knife he carried with him from his waist, placed it flat on his lap, and then sat on the futon next to the small coffee table. At the same time, the monk Xixin, who had originally had a smooth top of his head, but now had newly grown black hair half a finger length, also sat down on his knees opposite the coffee table.

A few young monks who were guarding outside the small courtyard before saw that Li Gai was not kicked out, and they probably knew what things were going on. They didn't dare to say anything more, and soon came in with a pot of tea as a gift of hospitality, and quickly withdrew.

Xixin's figure leaned forward slightly, with one hand on his sleeve and the other hand on the teapot, and poured two and a half cups. Set aside the teapot. He sat up straight and spoke slowly, but his words were unusually direct: "This time you came to me, it won't be related to killing again, right?"

Li Gai, who was sitting on the other side, was about to raise his hand to touch the teacup in front of him. Hearing this, he lowered his hand again. After a moment of silence, he said with a smile on his face, "Not really......

Before he finished his words, Xi Xin suddenly said again: "You haven't denied it, the difference from last time is only more and less." At this point, he sighed softly before continuing, "You may think it's ridiculous, but I really don't like the feeling of blood coming to me with someone else's body temperature."

……

According to the royal rules, although the second prince Wang Hong is not the biological son of Concubine De, Wang Hong also wants to serve Concubine De as his mother. And even more so in general. He was actually raised by Concubine De.

I still remember his poor physique when he was a child, and sleeping at night was the most prone to illness and trouble. Concubine De grew up to take care of him, and how many nights did she survive.

At that time, Concubine De was in her early twenties, and a woman's most energetic youth was pasted to an adopted son. For Wang Hong, in a sense, Concubine De's kindness to him is even heavier than the hardships of his biological mother's pregnancy in October.

Because of what happened during the day, and for several reasons that only she knew in her heart, Concubine De obviously couldn't sleep tonight. In the eyes of others, she is worried about her injured husband and her son, who has not recovered from his injuries. It's human nature.

Of course, Wang Hong would not have any objections to Concubine De's visit at night, and he should have expected this matter a long time ago. During the day, while riding a horse, his hand was wounded for the second time, and when he was rebandaged at the imperial doctor, the gentleman had a tense face from head to tail to show his concern for the second prince's hand. and faintly reproachful.

On the surface, it was just a cut in the palm of the hand with a sharp weapon, but in fact, the wound was too deep and hurt the periosteum of the hand. When bandaging for the first time. The imperial doctor opened the crack and cleaned it, and he could see the white joints inside. Such injuries are prone to malignant diseases on the inside, and the outer skin wounds have healed, but the cracks under the skin are suppurating, and the poisonous blood erodes the bones, and it is difficult to heal.

For this superficially simple but secretly sinister external injury, the imperial doctor will never dare to be careless, and at the same time, he is also afraid of taking responsibility. Because of the poor identity, the imperial doctors are unable to say too much to His Royal Highness, but it is also because of an identity reason, they will inevitably report this matter to Concubine De, because it is difficult for His Royal Highness to listen to what Concubine De said.

It's just that Concubine De came at this time, and the second prince Wang Hong was fine, but it was a big taboo for those two people outside the palace!

Xiaoxing and the person hiding behind the screen, no matter which one is seen by Concubine De, I am afraid that they will not be able to escape the disaster. Even the incident that I have been watching for many years will probably be implicated.

will let these two people get into danger, it is caused by their own carelessness, and suddenly I saw the personal maid who had not returned for three years, but found that she had a terrible encounter on her appearance, and he was angry for a while, and he forgot to guard against the outdoors.

Fortunately, after a few years of operation, there are still a few clever people in the Huayang Palace where he lives.

The eunuch outside the gate suddenly shouted: "Concubine De Niangniang has arrived." The sound was loud enough to pass through the two walls for the people inside to hear, and it also gave the people inside precious time to count their breaths and prepare.

- Xiao Xing's return to Huayang Palace must have been known in advance by a few old people in this palace.

In the face of the emperor's favorite concubine, the closest adoptive mother of the prince in the palace, and the concubine Niangniang, who still faintly has the momentum of being sealed, the palace people who are despicable and slaves have no right to speak, let alone find an excuse to block it. The eunuch just shouted loudly, and his voice was suddenly too high, and he inevitably received ten slaps.

"In the dead of night, there is such noise, disturbing the prince's rest, how did you behave?" The door of the outer hall has been opened, and there is only one door separated from the inner room of the dormitory, and Concubine De's slightly annoyed voice came in a little, "The female official wrote down, and during the day, she will be punished by this inferior slave, and she will be confined for three days, and she will copy the rules of the palace pavilion at night again!" ”

In the inner room of the dormitory, Wang Hong had already walked quickly behind the long screen and saw the little star with a shocked face. As for the man he had hidden behind this screen a few days earlier, he was nowhere to be seen.

Concubine De came, Xiaoxing had already heard the sound outside, and before she could say more, Wang Hong grabbed her wrist, pulled her to a row of wardrobes, swept her eyes, opened one of the cabinet doors, and pushed her in.

He pulled two sets of robes hanging in a tall closet for one person. After making a cover-up, Wang Hong closed the cabinet door and walked back to the screen quickly.

Although the outer hall is dozens of steps deep, the horizontal distance from the inner room is only about ten steps. When Concubine De had already walked to the door of the inner room, Wang Hong in the room had just sat on the edge of the couch, and she had not had time to take off her shoes and lift the quilt and pretend to be asleep.

Looking at the door of the inner room slowly opening, Wang Hong's eyebrows jumped, and he suddenly remembered the booklet that Xiao Xing had just handed him to record the affairs of the north. The booklet categorically couldn't be seen by Concubine De, but when he got up and went behind the screen just now, he didn't put it away, I'm afraid it was spread out in a conspicuous place on the couch.

The faint light of the lamp in the inner room of the dormitory was forced by the palace lamp outside the door that was getting closer and brighter, and the two kinds of light and dark contrasts were intertwined. Instead, everything in the room became blurry, like a painting that had been flooded.

Wang Hong was anxious, turned around and grabbed the couch indiscriminately, but fortunately his luck was good, and soon his fingers touched the edge of the booklet. Hurriedly grabbed it and stuffed it under the brocade quilt.

There was no more time for him to have a chance to hide the booklet in a more secret place, the door of the inner room of the dormitory had been opened, and under the light of the Huanghuang Palace lamp, Xiao Wanting, the richly dressed concubine, stepped lightly and walked in.

As a group of palace maids and eunuchs stepped in, the lamps and corner lamps in the dormitory were lit, and the room was suddenly illuminated. The second prince sitting on the edge of the couch narrowed his eyes slightly.

When Concubine De walked into the inner room of the dormitory, she saw that the second prince Wang Hong was not lying on the couch, but sitting on the edge of the couch, and his feet were already in his shoes, as if he was about to get up, Concubine De couldn't help but be surprised. At the same time, there are still some doubts in my heart.

Wang Hong didn't seem to have just been woken up by the shouts of the eunuch outside the door, but seemed to have woken up a long time ago, but the palace maid who stayed in the inner room to keep vigil was at the gate outside the hall, so what happened in this inner room just now?

"Mother." Wang Hong saw that Concubine De had already come in, so he called first. Then he got up and greeted him, "Erchen meets the concubine ......"

Without waiting for Wang Hong to bow down, Concubine De walked a little hurriedly, raised her hand to support his forearm, and said with a smile: "Excuse me, you are still polite to the concubine, sit down."

Concubine De wanted to help Wang Hong back to lean on the couch, but Wang Hong was afraid that as soon as she lifted the quilt, she would see the booklet he hastily hid under the brocade quilt, so she just sat back on the side of the couch, and then immediately called the palace maid to wait for Concubine De to sit down.

Although Concubine De was puzzled, she didn't show anything immediately, but first followed Wang Hong's wishes, but she told the palace maid to move the chair to the side of the couch, and she sat down.

When she saw Wang Hong's forehead clearly, Concubine De's face suddenly showed worry, she took a silk handkerchief from her waist, wiped it carefully for him, and said compassionately: "Why do you sweat so much?" Wasn't it okay when you just came back from outside the palace?"

Wang Hong just smiled lightly at this and overshadowed it with the old words: "Erchen has been so easy to drag down other people's physique since he was a child, in fact, it's nothing, it will ease up after a night's rest."

"That is, you dare to treat yourself like this." Concubine De couldn't help but reproach, "Mother Concubine watched you go from just learning to walk in a rocking chair to growing into your current miner, and you have paid half a lifetime of hard work, you should owe me, you need to take good care of yourself, you know?"

"The retainers obeyed." Wang Hong lowered his head slightly.

Concubine De sighed faintly, and then said slowly: "The concubine just heard from the imperial doctor of the Imperial Doctor's Bureau, the injury in your palm was just a little better, and it was broken again, the imperial doctor said that this time you must take care of it carefully, the concubine was worried, so she came to see you." You're used to getting sick at night, how are you feeling now? If there's something uncomfortable, you can't hide it, you have to call someone to serve it in time, you know?"

"Erchen knows." Wang Hong raised his head slowly, "Thank you, Concubine, for your advice." ”

"Now that you have grown up, it is impossible for your mother to watch you to sleep every night like when you were a child, so she can only tell you from time to time and teach you to pay more attention to yourself. Fortunately, in recent years, you have been less reborn, which makes the mother feel much more at ease. While speaking, Concubine De reached out and touched Wang Hong's forehead, only to feel a little cold when it was tentacled, and she couldn't help but say again: "It's so cold, hurry up and get into the quilt to cover it."

Seeing that Concubine De hadn't gotten up yet, Wang Hong hurriedly moved, and sure enough, he "drilled" into the brocade quilt. He didn't dare to open it, still afraid that the booklet would be exposed. After getting into the quilt, he moved his body very slightly, pressing the book under his legs, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Concubine De was actually about to stand up and help Wang Hong tuck the quilt just now, and the reason why she didn't act was because she was used to glancing at the ground before getting up, and then she saw the burned fire stalk on the ground next to her feet.

She didn't drop her hands to pick it up. Just fixed her eyes on the fire fold for a moment, and then she said with a slight annoyance: "What's going on? The palace is heavy, how many times do you have to be admonished to be careful about the fire candle? Which rough slave left this behind? If you stand up and confess your sins, you can ask for some forgiveness. Don't wait for the main palace to interrogate one by one! ”

Among the several palace maids and eunuchs in Huayang Palace who were in charge of keeping vigil today, none of them made a sound.

Wang Hong, who was already nestled in the quilt, leaned over when he heard the sound and glanced down at Concubine De's gaze, and he quickly understood what was happening. His eyes changed for a moment, and there must be one thing that he couldn't bypass today, and he couldn't help but sigh silently.

The fire fold was also left by the cloth skirt woman Xiaoxing who suddenly appeared in the inner room of the dormitory just now, which was a small accident, but fortunately, this kind of fire fold was very ordinary, and it was not possible to see the traces left by someone's personality from above. However, in order to hide this doubt, there must be a palace slave who has to suffer some grievances tonight.

In the face of all voices, there is silence. On the couch shrouded in silk tents, the second prince Wang Hong, who was sitting quietly leaning on two soft pillows, suddenly spoke: "It was probably accidentally dropped by the palace maid who held the lamp just now, it's just a trivial matter, it's not worth the mother's life and sadness."

He spoke softly, but only as long as it came out of his mouth. Concubine De will never spare the fault of the palace maid who holds the lamp.

There is no need for anyone to identify it, and the arrangement of the palace slaves for the nightly vigil in the dormitory has long been finalized. The second prince was only halfway through his words, and among the palace maids standing on both sides, one of them knelt down with a "bang" and begged for mercy and cried out for mercy. She was guarding the inner room of the dormitory just now, and she was called by the second prince, so she went to light the palace maid who lit the triangular glass lamp.

The second prince, Wang Hong, didn't say anything more. In order to hide the traces of Xiaoxing, he had to do this. As for this lady who seems to have just been elected to Huayang Palace, the grievances she suffered today, if he wants to make up for it, she will have to discuss it another day.

Seeing the palace maid constantly kowtowing and begging for mercy and crying for injustice, it seemed that she had really been wronged. Among the several slaves of Huayang Palace present, there was an older eunuch who vaguely grasped the intention of the Second Highness, not only did not help the palace maid speak, but also said a little meaningfully: "Don't argue anymore, you can review it yourself." When did His Royal Highness wronged which palace servant? It's all your own rudeness, do you still want to throw the responsibility back on Your Highness?"

Concubine De's last hesitation was also removed by the eunuch's words, and anger gradually grew on her face.

The eunuch was right, the second prince Wang Hong may have developed a gentle temperament since he was a child, and he rarely got angry, so he was rarely angry with the servants in the palace. Over time, he gradually became a rare good master in the hearts of most palace slaves in the harem.

And as a prince, the wisdom of the gentleman he has learned, the breeze of the person he has cultivated, and the generosity and kindness of his character are not a problem. It's completely unimaginable that he should do the thing of framing a little palace maid, and if the palace maid denies it again, it will be a bit like throwing dirt on His Royal Highness the Second Prince.

The palace maid who was kneeling on the ground didn't dare to speak anymore, and after listening to the eunuch's accusation, although she had some hatred in her heart, she also had doubts about herself, was it really her negligence just now? The eunuch's words were not all wrong, how could His Royal Highness wronged himself as a little palace maid?

"Doing things so crudely, and refusing to bear the mistakes after committing them, how can the emperor's bedroom be left with such a bad servant." Concubine De, who was silent for a moment, spoke coldly, and at the same time flicked her sleeves, "Let's go to the Huanyi Bureau tonight, you will be more diligent there in the future, and you will not even live up to this last master's expectations." ”

As soon as Concubine De's words were finished, two of the palace maids who surrounded her here stood up, stretched out their hands on the shoulders of the kneeling palace maids, and quickly carried her out.

After saying the words that could almost change the fate of a palace maid just now, Wang Hong, the second prince sitting in the brocade quilt, kept his eyes slightly lowered. He also heard the words of the eunuch, and in fact he was exactly that kind of person, accustomed to treating all those around him gently, and did not like to treat these people who served him carefully as cattle, horses, and livestock, and he would not feel the slightest pleasure in his heart when he saw these people being punished.

What's more, the punishment that this palace maid received at this time was indeed forced on her own head. But of course, he can also understand that the eunuch suddenly spoke, and his help was very appropriate, although that would cause the palace maid to be punished more severely, but he still had to firmly protect Xiaoxing's original intention.

It's just that this is the practice of hurting one person in order to protect another. After all, it made him feel a little sorry.

After disposing of the palace maid, Concubine De let out a long breath, as if she had not completely relieved her hatred. After calming down a little, Concubine De turned her gaze. looked at Wang Hong through a layer of foggy silk tent, and said helplessly in his tone: "When the concubine first came over, she was still wondering, why did all the people in your palace stand at the gate, and now it can be seen that these palace slaves were not served well, so they were driven out by you." But why don't you know that slaves are not useful, and it is useless to just drive them away, so they have to be replaced. The concubine has told you this many times, and it's all for your good. Why don't you just refuse to do it?"

Wang Hong was silent for a moment, it was really not good to help Concubine De to be angry anymore, and the servants in his palace suffered a lot, so he said softly: "The slaves and maids in Huayang Palace are usually very conscientious in serving their sons, and occasionally they are a little negligent. It's not a big deal, just teach a few words, and they will remember it for a long time. ”

"Teach them to abide by the rules of the palace, and naturally there are grandmothers and female officials in the palace doing it. You are a dignified son, and you must not be entangled in these trivial matters, and you should really take on the big things. If you have to worry about these things, will those grandmothers and female officials who are full-time discipline the new palace maids and eunuchs have a good meal?" The more Concubine De spoke, the heavier the anger on her face. After a slight pause in the middle of the conversation, her eyes were slightly sharp, and she said sentence by sentence: "No, the mother concubine still doesn't worry about you, change Ming'er, the mother concubine will call a few more grandmothers over." Check out you, the slave in Huayang Palace, to see who hasn't done it carefully enough. Slaves who are not qualified to stay here will all have to be changed in this palace! ”

As soon as Concubine De's words were finished, all the palace maids and eunuchs present were frightened, including the few servants who served Concubine De who came here with Concubine De. There was also a hint of panic in his eyes. Today's check is Huayang Palace, maybe tomorrow it will be the turn of your own Xiaohuai Palace. And Xiaohuai Palace is not protected by a good-tempered master like His Second Highness, if it is really investigated, I am afraid that the palace slaves in Xiaohuai Palace will be even more desolate.

And the second prince Wang Hong was suddenly taken aback after listening to Concubine De's words. If Concubine De wanted to check his palace maids on the grounds of eliminating bad slaves, her father would definitely agree. He didn't know what Concubine De's review criteria for palace maids and eunuchs were, but depending on the two people she disposed of today, once she really started to investigate, the palace servants who were already familiar with each other in her bedroom would definitely be excluded, and then some new people would be filled.

This will greatly disrupt his camp in the palace, and no one knows if Concubine De arranges new palace servants to serve by his side, whether these newcomers will be her henchmen. Since then, if I want to quietly leave the palace again, I am afraid it will be even more difficult. And if you want to check the reason for the death of Concubine Ye's virtuous concubine back then, it will also take more time because it is not easy to get out of the palace.

In addition, once there is a newcomer like Zài among the servants of Huayang Palace, Xiaoxing's chances of coming back will become even slimmer, and the person he hid behind the screen of the head of the dormitory will not be able to stay here any longer.

But I coincidentally can't refuse to Concubine De at this time.

In the past, when Xiaoxing was still a maid in Huayang Palace, Wang Hong sent her to secretly supervise the palace where Concubine De lived, and at that time he had already discovered that Concubine De was not a simple-minded woman. She has cultivated a few powerful personal maids, but she usually does not show the slightest appearance, and only acts as an ordinary palace maid. Wang Hong believes that Concubine De's nurturing and loving love for him can contain true feelings, but this does not mean that she does not have any other thoughts.

Could it be that she had also noticed something strange in Huayang Palace?

If this is the case, his refusal at this time, no matter how tactful the wording, will arouse her greater suspicion.

Can...... Is that acceptable?

After frowning slightly and thinking for a moment, Wang Hong still did not refute Concubine De's decision, he slowly opened his mouth and just instructed the pair of eunuchs who were in charge of the lantern palace maid just now: "Ajia, this palace is thirsty."

"Your Highness, wait a minute." The eunuch who was called Aja hurriedly answered and went out with a palace maid.

The main hall of Huayang Palace inside and outside is equipped with a small water room, and the fire is continuous all night, and boiling water is available at any time. Aja soon came in with a crane-beak kettle, and when the palace maid he took out came back, she already had an extra tray in her hand, and on the tray was a set of bone china tea sets, a teapot, and only a tea cup.

Seeing this scene, Concubine De suddenly remembered something, and immediately questioned: "It's time to fall asleep, and you are still preparing to serve tea?"

The eunuch Aja stayed in Huayang Palace for several years. has long qualifications and experience, and in the face of Concubine De's questioning, he is more able to calm his mind. After a moment's consideration, he explained, "Niang Niang, please listen to the explanation of the slave." This is the habit of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and the water must be warm before entering the mouth. ”

"Oh?" Concubine De was surprised.

The eunuch Aja ordered the maid to put the tray on the table, and then only the teapot was removed, and the nine teacups were still placed in the tray in two rows. Then he carried the big iron kettle in his hand, and moved it up and down, and there was half a cup of boiling water in the nine tea cups in the tray.

The action of pouring water is fast and smooth, and there is hardly a drop of excess hot water spilled on the outside of the tray.

Immediately afterwards, the palace maid lifted the porcelain lid of the teapot that had been removed from the tray before, and then she shook the boiling water in the nine teacups in turn. Poured into the teapot, and then put the nine bone china teacups that had been scalded back into the tray in turn, still two rows up and down.

The eunuch Aja once again carried the large boiling kettle with the crane beak in his hand, and this time he did not move it up and down, but only filled one cup.

The maid approached the table again. He didn't shake the cup of boiling water again, and poured it into the teapot on the side, but started with the cup of boiling water and poured it through the nine bone china cups in turn.

When it was her turn to pour into the last bone china cup, she picked up the cup of boiling water, which was no longer steaming, and paused lightly on a soft velvet handkerchief in the tray to wipe off the starry water stains at the bottom of the cup. Finally, he walked to the couch with the glass of water.

There were already two astute palace maids, one left and one right, who reached out and lifted a corner of the silk tent.

"Your Highness, the water is warm, you can moisten your mouth." The palace maid with the cup stood on the edge of the couch, and did not dare to sit on it, but leaned her upper body and handed the cup over with both hands.

The second prince, Wang Hong, just took the cup. I heard the eunuch Ajia open his mouth again and asked softly: "Your Highness, do you need a wheat pipe?"

Wang Hong shook his head slightly, raised his hand holding the teacup higher, first took a shallow sip, and then drank the warm water in the cup into his stomach in three or two sips. When the empty cup is returned. He exhaled comfortably.

Concubine De had been watching this scene silently, and several doubts had already risen in her heart, and only then did she look at the eunuch Ajia and ask, "What is the 'wheat pipe' you just said?"

"It's a kind of tubule." As he spoke, the eunuch Aja reached out and took a small long box that had been placed in the tray a long time ago, opened the lid of the box, and bowed down and passed it over her forehead with both hands, so that Concubine De could see the contents of the box clearly, and then he went on to explain: "This is taken from the rod of ripe wheat, and each one is carefully inspected and cleaned by the slaves, and sometimes when His Highness is thirsty at night, he uses this kind of straw, so that he can drink water without sitting up, and he will not choke."

Concubine De listened to his explanation, and a look of novelty appeared in her eyes.

In the early years, she lived with Wang Chi in the north, where wheat was the longest crop sown by the peasants. Wheat in the north resists the windy climate, and because of some geographical and soil conditions, it generally grows with thick stems and large ears. But at this time, Concubine De saw that although the box held by the eunuch Ajia was indeed wheat straw, it obviously looked like southern wheat.

"How did you get this thing?" Concubine De stretched out her fingers and picked up a wheat pipe, looked up and down at the section of the nozzle at both ends, and said, "Is this thing safe?"

The eunuch Ajia lowered his eyebrows and said, "This kind of wheat pipe has been refined by a special process designed by Kyoto merchants, and is used in many teahouses. However, the batch of people who purchased into the palace was opened by the Hu Workshop with a single work area, so there should be no problems. ”

"Hu's Workshop?" Concubine De raised her eyebrows slightly, "That's a big factory ranked fourth among the five major workshops in Kyoto, how could they make such a gadget?"

"Because this batch of wheat pipes is for the use of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, in addition, the palace people on the eldest princess's side also have to purchase some, so they appointed the Hu family workshop to make zuò. The processing technology of wheat pipe is not complicated, and small workshops can generally make zuò, but only the products made by Hu's workshop are produced by the humble slaves, and the cheap slaves dare to purchase them and serve them for His Royal Highness. When Aja said this, he seemed to remember another thing, and after a slight pause, he hurriedly added: "However, the Hu Workshop's errand is not without any income. Whenever the palace finishes purchasing these fine things, the owner of the Hu Fang will sell the remaining part to several teahouses in Kyoto at a high price, because the quality and honor rely on the afterglow of His Royal Highness the Prince, the owner of the Hu Fang will naturally collect a good price. ”

Concubine De couldn't help but smile when she heard Aja's words come to this point: "It's just something made from wheat straw, how high can it be sold for?" Besides, Kyoto residents are used to borrowing such small items to drink tea?"

"The mother calmed her anger and let the cheap slave say something disrespectful. In fact, this is also the holy oracle of His Majesty, all the people are a family, and they must not rely on the royal status to bear the benefits of the people. In any case, the merchants who do things for the palace should not be allowed to specialize in loss-making business. With this errand, the owner of Hu Fang borrowed the glory of His Royal Highness to earn back the capital. It's barely within the rules. Eunuch Ajia said this, and couldn't help but raise his eyes slightly and quietly glanced at Concubine De's face at this time. Seeing that her face was still calm, he added: "As for whether the residents of Kyoto are used to this wheat pipe, the cheap slave also asked the owner of Hu Fang curiously, and explained in his words that the sales of this small thing in Kyoto are not bad, otherwise there would not be so many small workshops in mass production." Presumably...... I guess Kyoto residents are used to it. ”

"Oh......" Concubine De groaned and said leisurely: "Listen to what you just said, Huayang Palace." And the princess is using this kind of thing, it seems that only the main palace has not known about it?"

The eunuch Ajia was slightly stunned when he heard this, but soon he came back to his senses and hurriedly explained: "Niangniang is angry, because this kind of thing is ...... When I used it, I more or less damaged Yayi. So ......"

Aja was extremely careful at the beginning of his speech, for fear of giving Concubine De the slightest reason for anger, but unconsciously, he still said it to a dead end. Is it indecent to use a straw? Concubine De can't lose her posture, so His Royal Highness the Second Prince doesn't need posture? Princesses don't need it anymore?

Aja's tone of voice gradually became hesitant, and cold sweat began to break out on his back in the soap-colored eunuch suit.

That's when it happened. After moistening his throat with warm water, the second prince Wang Hong, who had been sitting quietly on the couch, suddenly said loudly: "Ajia, you should retreat first."

When the eunuch Ajia heard that he was amnesty, he hurriedly responded, and confessed his sin to Concubine De, and then picked up the crane-beak iron kettle with most of the pot of boiling water, and took the palace maid to clean up the cups on the table. He withdrew from the inner chamber to the outer sanctum.

Her eyes stopped on the backs of the pair of eunuchs and palace maids going out, and Concubine De turned her face to look at Wang Hong, smiled and said: "The slaves in Huayang Palace also have a place of love, even some places are finally messing around."

Wang Hong smiled lightly and said, "What the mother concubine said is nonsense. Is it the matter of the sons and daughters using wheat pipes to soak up water?"

"What's ...... matter," Concubine De pointed to the position of those cups on the table just now, and said with a slightly surprised face: "Let's just talk about the nine cups of water, and the mother concubine is also the first time to see it."

Wang Hong suddenly smiled and explained: "This is also the trick that those palace maids think, sometimes the ministers suddenly feel thirsty at night, but the stove in the water room in the outer hall is boiling water, and it can't be warmed for a while, and they can't do it like the mother concubine, blowing the water cold, so they thought of this way."

When Concubine De heard this, her heart moved slightly, and she unconsciously thought of the palace maids in her night. In comparison, although the maids in the Xiaohuai Palace are careful with the rules everywhere, they are also a lot less interesting, and if they are told to go to the left, they will never go to the right. Today's trip to Huayang Palace, although she met a few unruly inferior slaves, but at the same time, she also faintly felt that those palace slaves in her bedroom were all a little well-behaved not like living people, but like wood.

After a moment of silence, Concubine De said thoughtfully: "It seems that these slaves are not at all careless, and when they poured water just now, they also knew that they would burn all the cups first."

At this time, Wang Hong suddenly felt that the time had come, and was about to take advantage of Concubine De's loose mind at the moment to take advantage of the opportunity to say that he had a different opinion on Concubine De's mention just now.

But at this moment, Concubine De spoke before him, but she was about to leave.

"Okay, the concubine won't disturb you here to rest more, so I'll go back." Concubine De said that she was going to turn around and go out.

Wang Hong was also about to get up to send off, at this time, Concubine De suddenly turned around, raised her sleeves and made a stopping motion, and then she instructed the two palace maids on the left and right: "The prince was injured and lost blood a few days ago, and his body is a little cold, don't suffer from the wind and cold again, you two go to the wardrobe behind the screen to get another set of silk carpets and cover the prince."

The two palace maids hurriedly responded and walked towards the back of the inner room.

When Wang Hong heard this, he was secretly surprised-