"The emperor will use the concubine for lunch today, some fungi were sent from the north some time ago, and the taste is very delicious, the emperor will try it today?" After talking about business, the queen naturally wanted to stay with the emperor to eat in Qiwu Palace, and she said that she was sick and did not attend the last celebration banquet, but the emperor was a little unhappy.

Now that something happened, the husband and wife are still one, he didn't go to other ladies to talk about these troubles, and the queen felt some comfort in her heart.

"The queen's famous mouthpiece says delicious things, it must be very good to think about it, let the imperial dining room make some, and I will accompany the queen to use some." The emperor smiled.

The queen raised her eyebrows coquettishly, and then gave Manager Xu another look in the emperor's laughter.

Manager Xu took advantage of the time to go to the imperial dining room to spread the word, but the matter of the emperor staying in Qiwu Palace was spread all over the place, and before lunch time, the ladies in each palace knew that the queen was back in favor.

After lunch, the emperor drank the tea made by the queen herself, and discussed with her: "The queen mother's birthday is coming soon, although this year is a victory, but the treasury has also lost a lot because of this war, I am afraid that it will not be able to do as big as in previous years." ”

The queen shook the folding fan lightly and smiled: "This is a big event in the palace, where can I be sloppy, the treasury is not full, the concubines will dig out their own pockets, how can I make the queen mother's birthday beautiful, no matter how bad there are so many sisters in the palace, if the concubines are not enough, let them all make up a little, this filial piety to the queen mother is not what we should do, do you say this reason." ”

"You're filial!" The emperor smiled with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and pulled the queen's free hand and held it in the palm of his hand, "It's not in vain that the queen mother who is full of harem loves you the most." ”

The queen covered her mouth with a folding fan and laughed softly: "No, the concubine is also a person who knows gratitude, the queen mother's birthday is similar to the concubine, in previous years, the queen mother received something good on her birthday, but the first time I thought about the concubine, where was the concubine embarrassed to ask for her old man's things, but the queen mother said that it was a birthday gift for the concubine, these concubines can remember it." ”

The emperor paused for a moment, and then chuckled again: "Speaking of which, the queen's birthday is also in September, and when the queen mother is done, it is also necessary to do a good job for the queen." "If it weren't for the reminder of the Queen Mother in previous years, he really wouldn't have remembered the queen's birthday.

The queen said shyly: "It's so difficult for the emperor this year, don't think about the concubines, the concubines who can't do it don't care, as long as the emperor remembers the concubines." ”

"I am very pleased to have the queen so considerate." The emperor smiled and got up and said, "I'll go back first, the queen has been busy for a long time, let's have a good rest." ”

The queen hurriedly stood up and hurriedly asked, "Didn't the emperor want to take a break after the morning, why is he in a hurry to go back?" But what else is there to deal with? ”

The emperor shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that it's a little hot in the queen's palace." ”

The queen hurriedly asked someone to fetch the newly arrived ice cubes and chilled lychees, and at this time she did not forget to win a little favor from the emperor: "The concubine wants to be frugal, and in September, she didn't let the internal affairs government send ice over, but she wronged the emperor." ”

Mama Xu led her subordinates to put the ice basin on the table, and sent the lychee that had just been chilled, and the emperor was half-lying down on the soft collapse again.

The queen peeled the lychee with her own hands, used a silver dagger to remove the core inside, and then fed it into the emperor's mouth, "If the emperor is sleepy, you can sleep directly for a while, the concubine is watching here, and the concubine will call you when the time comes." ”

Autumn has already begun in September, but the weather is still very hot, and the sun is even hotter than in summer, so Shen Jiahe can't go out if he can.

But the room was also very hot, and he was woken up by the heat during a nap, Shen Jiahe waved a handkerchief and called Bai Ying: "It's too hot, you ask someone to prepare some hot water for me, I'll wash it." ”

When he came out of the ear room to wash up, he didn't see Bai Ying, but he saw Pei Yuan waiting outside, and hurriedly asked, "Are you done?" ”

Pei Yuan stepped forward to tidy up her clothes, and took her to the house to dry her water-soaked hair, "I wanted to take a nap with you, but I heard Bai Ying say that you were woken up by the heat, you haven't spent the summer in the house anymore, and you don't know that there is a good place to escape the heat, so I'll take you to see it later." ”

After Shen Jiahe got married, the weather was not very hot, and then she followed her to the border after it started to heat up, it was true that she had not spent a bitter summer in the Xianwang Mansion, and she still longed for the good place to escape the summer that Pei Yuan said.

Pei Yuan took her to the study, there was a row of bookshelves in the innermost part of the study, Pei Yuan turned around according to a blue and white pen holder on it, and the bookshelf was divided into two pieces and pushed open to both sides.

Shen Jiahe looked at the secret passage that appeared in front of him, and looked at Pei Yuan in surprise: "Where does this lead?" Are there any other secrets in this palace that I don't know? ”

Pei Yuan laughed: "Where is the secret, it's just a dark room below, it's not a tunnel leading to other places, and there is no secret in the Xianwang Mansion." ”

Shen Jiahe was held by Pei Yuan in his hand and walked along the secret passage, the closer she got to the secret room, the cooler the temperature became, until Pei Yuan pressed the switch and walked in with Shen Jiahe, she saw the ice cubes piled up in the dark room.

"So much? I thought the summer was over and there was no ice to spare. "In ancient times, storing ice cubes was also a matter of material and financial resources, and ordinary people simply did not need it.

Pei Yuan casually moved an ice basin in the direction of the bed: "These are all prepared by the Yuanyuan Pavilion, the Yuanyuan Pavilion is available all year round, you don't have to worry about the summer in the future." ”

Dragging Shen Jiahe to sit down on the bed, Pei Yuan introduced this place to her: "This underground is built according to a two-bedroom apartment, I was the only one in the palace, and I spent the most time in the study, so I built such an underground dark room here, and I didn't bother to run back and forth in summer, so I rested here at night, and these ice cubes under the ground melted slowly, and it was easier to store." ”

Shen Jiahe couldn't hold back his excitement, looked around, and finally returned to the bed in the inner room: "Now you can sleep well." ”

She turned sideways to look at Pei Yuan and said with a smile: "It's a pity that you are the prince, if you use your head in business and construction, maybe you will be famous all over the world now." ”

Shen Jiahe still felt that it was too hot outside after taking a nap, but he was too bored alone, so he pulled Bai Ying to accompany him underneath, and when the two talked about the recent situation of the people around them, Shen Jiahe suddenly remembered that Yao Xinrou said that her children always had eczema in the summer, and the doctor saw that it was caused by the hot weather.

"I wrote a letter to Yao Xinrou, drew a sketch for her, and asked Cheng Yiming to make such a picture at Cheng's house, so that they would not suffer again." Shen Jiahe is a full man of action, and after speaking, he instructed Bai Ying to get pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for himself and began to write letters to Yao Xinrou.

After Pei Yuan was done, it was already time for dinner, and when he saw that the kitchen was about to send dinner into the dark room, he couldn't help frowning: "The princess hasn't come out of it yet?" ”

"The princess said it was too hot outside and refused to come out for dinner."

Pei Yuan waved his hand and ordered, "Send it to the dining room, we'll be here in a while." ”

Pei Yuan went to the dark room and saw that Shen Jiahe was still lying on the bed, and there were several ice basins in front of him, and he hurriedly fished people in his arms: "Even in summer, you can't be so cold, not to mention that it's already autumn, hurry up and follow me up for dinner, except for the hottest time at noon, you are not allowed to stay here for a long time in the future." ”

Pei Yuan carried Shen Jiahe back to the room, but Shen Jiahe, who had just come out of the dark room, still felt very hot: "The old people say that this day is an autumn tiger, and I haven't felt so hot when I was outside in the summer before." ”

"At that time, I was all about war, where could I think of so much." Pei Yuan gently fanned her, "I'll fan it for you, you go to sleep first." ”

In the past few days, when Pei Yuan left the court, Shen Jiahe took Bai Ying to the dark room, and all the things that needed to be dealt with in the palace were also sent to the dark room for her to deal with.

Shi Xiangyuan and Lu Jiuzhi handed Shen Jiahe a post early in the morning, but when they arrived at King Xian's mansion, they couldn't see Shen Jiahe's figure.

Shi Xiangyuan stopped Gonggong Fu and asked, "We made an appointment with your princess early in the morning, where did she go?" ”

Father-in-law Fu said with a smile: "The princess is afraid of the heat, eighty percent is hiding from the cold, the two girls will wait for a while, and the old slave will help you take a look." ”

Father-in-law Fu invited Shi Xiangyuan and Lu Jiuzhi to sit down in the tea room, and went straight to the dark room in the study, and sure enough, he saw Shen Jiahe with Bai Ying inside: "Miss Shi and Miss Lu have already come, and they will be waiting in the front hall." ”

Shen Jiahe withdrew his gaze from the account book in his hand and looked at Father-in-law Fu: "Then invite them to come here." ”

After thinking about it, he called out to Father-in-law Fu: "Forget it, I'll go and invite it in person." ”

Shen Jiahe followed Father-in-law Fu to the tearoom, and saw that the teacup in front of the two had not moved at all, and said to Father-in-law Fu with a smile: "On such a hot day, I'm afraid they can't drink hot tea, Father-in-law Fu asks you to ask the small kitchen to send some sour plum soup and some cold cakes to the dark room." ”

Shi Xiangyuan asked strangely, "What dark room?" Could it be that we don't talk here? ”

Shen Jiahe nodded and led the two of them out: "The heat hasn't gone down until now, I can't stand the heat, I've been hiding in the dark room for the past few days, there are a lot of ice basins piled up in it, but it's comfortable, you will know when you meet." ”

Lu Jiuzhi couldn't help but shudder as soon as he entered the dark room, and when he walked in and saw the ice basin piled up, he said enviously: "My mother doesn't allow me to use so much ice when I am here, and I only let me use a little bit during dog days, and I keep it away from people." ”

"What's the use of that? Isn't it uncomfortable on such a hot day? Shen Jiahe asked puzzledly, to say that the Lu family is not an ordinary family, so he will not feel sorry for the two ice basin money.

Shi Xiangyuan looked at Shen Jiahe strangely: "Could it be that when you were at your mother's house, your aunt wouldn't interfere in your use of ice?" ”

This kind of trivial matter is not in the memory of the original owner at all, Shen Jiahe naturally doesn't know about this, seeing Shi Xiangyuan asking like this, he had to reveal it vaguely: "Mother always can't resist me." ”

"That's it," Shi Xiangyuan sighed, and was also very envious of Shen Jiahe's hint, "You say that girls are just troublesome, and they have to be managed with ice in summer, saying that women are cold, and if they use too much, they will hurt their bodies, but men don't have to worry about this." ”

Shen Jiahe remembered that her parents had also said that she should blow less air conditioners and eat less things in the refrigerator, and couldn't help laughing, whether it is ancient or modern, the common problem of parents is the same, "Once in a while, it's not in the way." ”

Father-in-law Fu sent sour plum soup and cold cakes, and the three of them were eating and chatting together, Shi Xiangyuan suddenly mentioned the queen mother's birthday: "I heard that the queen's birthday this year is going to be a big deal, originally my mother guessed at home that this year because of the war, it must be canceled, but I didn't expect the emperor to be business as usual." ”

Lu Jiuzhi looked at Shen Jiahe and said, "Jiahe, as Princess Xian, must participate, Xiang Yuan and I don't have to go." ”

Shen Jiahe nodded: "I want to be like you, but I can't excuse myself because of my identity." ”

Lu Jiuzhi laughed: "There should be a lot of fun things at the birthday banquet, and it is lively every year, so it should be regarded as a temple fair." ”

Shen Jiahe patted her lightly: "If those people in the palace hear this, they will definitely torture you in prison." It's a joke, but in her heart, it's like a mirror, where is the temple fair, for her, it's obviously a Hongmen banquet.