Chapter 70
70 [How to mix beads with fish eyes]
It had been five days since Li Rui stepped into Qinghe Palace again.
Concubine Zhuang took it out in person, dressed plainly, but with joy at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes.
Li Rui helped her up, looked at her complexion and smiled: "The concubine looks good today, the imperial doctor said that you are well, I don't worry, come and have a look." ”
Concubine Zhuang bent her eyebrows slightly, raised her hand and touched her cheeks, and said with a smile: "There is no serious illness, there is Emperor Lao who is worried about it." The previous dynasty was so busy, you still have to take the time to come over to see the concubine, the concubine is really ashamed. ”
Li Rui stood with his hands in his hands, looking at his concubine, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile on his face did not decrease, but he had already walked towards the palace first.
The smell of wood wafted in the Qinghe Palace again, but Li Rui only frowned slightly this time, and did not ask anyone to extinguish the incense.
He sent someone to Qinghe Palace in the morning to spread the word, and only entered Qinghe Palace after a while, and I don't know how long this incense has been smoked.
He walked in front, and Concubine Zhuang followed closely behind him half a step away. As soon as he stretched out his hand to the side, Debao immediately stuffed a royal blue auspicious cloud pattern sachet into him. Li Rui put the sachet under his nose and sniffed it, then casually stuffed it into his arms.
With a faint aroma of fresh grass and a slight spiciness, Zhuang Qin's complexion changed slightly, but she soon returned to calm.
"The emperor's sachet is special, the concubine doesn't seem to have seen it before?"
"The new spices from Nanyang are quite special." Li Rui looked sideways at Concubine Zhuang, the corners of his mouth curled, "If Concubine Guifei likes it, I will ask someone to give it to you." ”
Concubine Zhuang smiled and said, "You know, concubines don't like these fragrant things. But the smell of this incense is quite special, I wonder if the Emperor can let the concubine take a look? ”
The eunuch Debao on the side interjected with a smile: "Hui Niangniang, this spice has a name, called Gathering Qi and Rejuvenating Soul Incense, which is particularly refreshing. The emperor is busy with state affairs these days, and if he stays up late at night, drinking strong tea is not as refreshing as this incense. ”
After finishing speaking, he took out an identical bag from his arms and presented it to Concubine Zhuang.
Concubine Zhuang took it and sniffed it under her nose, but there was a slight discoloration.
She is good at making incense, and although she can't know all about the ingredients of this spice based on her taste, she can smell it out.
There are a lot of night-stopping incense[note 1] mixed with a small amount of ambergris, kaempfera, and mountain huo incense, which is the great enemy of the incense she lit in her temple.
Li Rui wore this sachet close to him, and it was almost impossible to cause his illusion or even hallucination by relying on the smell of this charming incense.
Concubine Zhuang secretly gritted her teeth, after waiting for so many days to bring the emperor to come, who knew what spices Nanyang would pay tribute at this time?
Concubine Zhuang pinched the sachet in her hand, and wanted to return it to Debao, Li Rui glanced at it coldly and said, "I still have a lot of them, you can keep this one." ”
When the emperor sat down, Concubine Zhuang was still talking about what happened when he came back: "It's just that I got the recipe before, thinking that this pickled with crisp peaches might be delicious, so I tried it twice." Concubine Zhuang asked the emperor to sit down, and a palace maid had already come up with a white jade six-petal flawless shallow dish, with translucent peach strips in it and honey water on it, which looked very attractive.
"This is made by the palace people in the Qinghe Palace, the concubine has tasted it, and the taste is excellent, the emperor, can you taste it?" Concubine Zhuang took the silver chisel plum blossoms, and the chopsticks took a peach strip and put it in the emperor's mouth.
When they were children, Zhuang Qin often used chopsticks to bring delicious things directly to Li Rui's mouth.
It's just that now that they have all grown up, one has become an emperor and the other has become a concubine, and such an intimate act has not been seen for many years.
Seeing that the chopsticks stretched out in front of him, Li Rui leaned slightly and dodged the chopsticks that were brought to his mouth, but he smiled silently.
Concubine Zhuang was slightly stunned, and there was a hint of embarrassment on her face: "It's because the concubine has forgotten her form for a while, and she has forgotten the rules, she really deserves to be beaten." As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted it lightly on his mouth, and then laughed, "I remember that in the past, you had to feed your concubine, and if you didn't feed it, you wouldn't eat." ”
"That was a long time ago, when I was young and ignorant." The corners of the emperor's lips hooked a perfect arc, such a handsome and graceful, even the palace people in the Qinghe Palace looked at it one by one, and their hearts were a little shaken.
The emperor is really good-looking.
A food tasting eunuch behind Debao stepped forward quickly, took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened it, and there were special silver chopsticks and silver spoons in it. He took the peach strip with chopsticks and said, "Thank you, Niangniang!" He shoved the peach strip into his mouth.
After tasting it, he stepped back.
This will have to wait for a while, and if it is confirmed that there is no problem with this food, the emperor can move the chopsticks.
Li Rui sat upright, put his hands on his knees, and straightened his body.
"Come on, bring good tea." Concubine Zhuang Guifei deliberately used dried peaches to induce the emperor to say, but the emperor was very calm, and he just didn't ask her about the beauty in pink in the peach forest.
After a while, a palace maid came up with a tea tray and put the tea in front of the emperor and the concubine, but did not retreat, but stood three or four steps away from them. Moth eyebrows, although she is still wearing the pink clothes of the palace maid, but when she stands silently, she also has a unique style.
The emperor didn't take the tea, but just looked up at the beautiful woman with fine makeup, and then said to the queen: "This person is looking at the eyes tightly, is he the person who came to serve in the Qinghe Palace?" ”
Concubine Zhuang was overjoyed when she heard this, and the topics that the emperor avoided talking about were finally picked out by himself.
"It's only been two months since I've been here, and I've always been clumsy before, so I asked her to do some work in the back. Now that he has grown up, he is quite sensible and caring, so he was transferred to the front to do things. The concubine explained as if unintentionally, while peeking at the emperor's face, "The recipe for pickling peaches was still offered by her." ”
The emperor lifted the lid of the tea bowl slightly, and in the white porcelain bowl, the yellow soup was clear, and the hanging needle-like tea leaves swirled in the cup, floating and dancing in the water like a beautiful woman in blue clothes.
Then he put the lid of the bowl and put the fragrant tea back.
"Why don't you dare to lift your face?" The Emperor asked.
"Xu was shocked by the emperor's heavenly might." Concubine Zhuang smiled and said, "Come, Yu Tao'er, raise your face and let the emperor take a look." ”
Jade Peach? The emperor glanced at Concubine Zhuang. The name will be lazy and flattering.
"It's a little familiar." The emperor pondered for a moment and said to Concubine Zhuang.
"The concubine also feels that Yu Tao'er looks a little bit of the charm of a queen."
The pink palace maid's eyes fluttered, and she bowed slightly: "The slave doesn't dare to compare with the queen's mother." ”
The voice was tactfully low, with a squeamishness of wanting to speak, and the way the voice was slightly raised was somewhat similar to Zhao Yanrong's ordinary tone.
The emperor, who was still half-smiling, suddenly turned cold.
"Guifei, the day before yesterday, the number of people in the palace was counted, and it was said that the concubine asked a rough maid from the Huanyi Bureau to come over, but is there such a thing?"
Zhuang Qin, who was sitting, and Zhao Qingrong, who was standing, suddenly "clicked" in their hearts.
When Concubine Zhuang got Zhao Qingrong out of the Huanyi Bureau, she was extremely secretive.
is just a palace maid who has been punished, and most of them like Zhao Qingrong are punished to the Huanyi Bureau, and they will not be able to get ahead for the rest of their lives. There are people above who are willing to fish, and the people in the Huanyi Bureau are naturally happy to be favored.
If you can get ahead, you are meritorious, but if you can't get out, you are just a palace maid, and you can't turn the sky upside down.
The palace supervisor of the Huanyi Bureau didn't take it seriously at all.
is good, why do you have to count the number of people in the palace? Since it is counted in the palace, why hasn't her Qinghe Palace gotten the slightest rumor?
Could it be that the emperor knew Zhao Qingrong's identity and specially asked people to check it?
A few thoughts quickly swirled in Concubine Zhuang's mind.
must have come back and saw that she looked too much like a queen, so he asked people to check the origin.
And the subordinates may not be able to clean up all the things, and they were caught and reported to the emperor.
That's why he came to the door again after these days.
Concubine Zhuang immediately got up, turned to the emperor and knelt down.
As soon as she knelt, all the people in the palace knelt down, and Zhao Qingrong knelt at the feet of the concubine, not as bold as before, she only lowered her head, and she didn't dare to take a breath.
"It's a concubine, isn't it?" Concubine Zhuang's voice was still so supple and natural, and she couldn't hear any anxiety at all, "This jade peach is indeed a concubine who was transferred from the Huanyi Bureau, but there are some reasons for this." ”
"Oh? Why? The concubine might as well talk about it. The emperor was sitting precariously, only looking at Zhuang Qin with a pair of eyes, and he didn't give anything to Zhao Qingrong.
"After the concubine finished handling the palace affairs last time, she heard that there were some disputes in the palace, and the queen's own sister offended Tong Meiren. The queen was fair and the law was clear, and punished her sister for kneeling in front of the Qingliang Palace for three days, and was punished to work in the Huanyi Bureau. At that time, the concubine passed by the Qingliang Palace, and saw it from a distance, it was a delicate little person, although she did something wrong, but in the end she was also a simple child, and she looked a little pitiful. Concubine Zhuang raised her head, looked at the emperor and said, "Although the queen's parents have been reconciled, but in the end, they are relatives of blood and blood, and the queen must not feel good when she punishes her own sister like this." Originally, it wasn't a big deal, but it would be a pity to let a charming lady spend her years in a place like the Huanyi Bureau in the future. The concubine quietly took her out and placed her in her own palace. ”
"Qingrong, come, raise your head and let the emperor take a closer look." Concubine Zhuang said softly, "Let the emperor see how similar you are to the queen." ”
"The emperor is a person of great affection, and the queen must also be very affectionate. Qingrong already knew that Lu Dao was wrong, and the punishment was also punished, so please ask the emperor to be extra kind and spare her. ”
Li Rui sat on his seat, condescendingly looking down at the women kneeling on the ground, and shook his head gently.
"The queen is in charge of the harem, since she has been punished, she has her own reasons. Guifei, who gave you such the courage to dare to pick people out privately? Zhuang Qin, do you think the queen's words are nothing? Or do you think that this harem matter has to be judged by you? ”
Concubine Zhuang Guifei's face was bloody, and she fell to the ground: "The concubine doesn't dare, the concubine acts recklessly and trespasses." ”
The author has something to say: Note 1: Night-stopping incense is mint.
I can't stand it, I really can't stand it, get out of my sleep.
Before crushing, I would like to report to you that Cherry saw the male god and goddess in CP14 and gained a lot~~ and cried happily~~~~
I can finally go home tomorrow!!!!!!!! Maya....................................