Chapter 14: The Game (2)
The Emperor of Dinner was served in Ming Cui Xuan. In addition to the dishes prepared by the imperial dining room, Fang Yushan also specially ordered the small kitchen to make a few other chic dishes - magpie Dengmei, butterfly shrimp rolls, ginger fish fillet, spiced pigeon and sweet and sour lotus root.
After the meal, Huanyue brought up the tea prepared in advance, she put the tea knife cut, almond bergamot, crispy apples, Heyi cakes, etc. in front of the emperor one by one, and said while adding Lu'an melon slices to the emperor and Fang Yushan: "I ate too much meat for dinner, and the little master was afraid that the emperor would be tired of using dessert after dinner, so he specially ordered the slave maid to make a pot of Lu'an melon slices, saying that this is the most greasy and life-relieving." ”
"I remember the first time I lost your jewelry because of this girl, and I joked that I wanted to reward you for being smart. Now it seems that this Huanyue is not stupid at all, not only is he not stupid, but he can also speak well. Duan Yulin took a sip of melon slices and laughed with Huan Shan.
"Slaves and maids thank Your Majesty for their praise, they are all good taught by the little master." Huan Yue smiled shyly, walked a squatting and retreated, Duan Yulin looked at Huan Yue's back but smiled silently.
"This girl is really talkative, it seems that the concubine is not trained enough." Seeing that Duan Yulin just took a bite of the almond Buddha hand and stopped touching anything else, Fang Yushan was concerned: "Why doesn't the emperor use more, is the dim sum in the concubine's palace not in line with the emperor's taste?" ”
"No, that's good. It's just that I ate a little too much for dinner, and I don't want to eat any more. Duan Yulin patted Yu Shan's hand soothingly.
"Since Your Majesty has eaten well, can the concubine accompany you to play chess?" As he spoke, he took out the chessboard with great interest.
"I don't know that Lan'er still likes to play chess, I just remember that you love to dance." Duan Yulin played with the black and white chess pieces, and glanced at Huan Shan with a smile in his eyes.
"It's not that I heard that the emperor always goes to Yilan Hall to find Su Guiren to play chess, and she also made a nobleman because of this, which shows that the emperor is obsessed with chess. Na Lan'er wants to please His Majesty, so naturally he also wants to vote for His Majesty's favor. He threw the chess pieces back into the chess jar and changed to play with Fang Yushan's slender jade fingers, and said with a smile: "Although she was promoted because of her chess skills, I don't want to play chess today, so you can't use this trick." ”
Fang Yushan was in a hurry, her hand was grabbed and she stood up, and then she went into Duan Yulin's arms, and said coquettishly: "The emperor only cares about Su Guiren and not his concubines, and the concubines don't follow!" ”
"Who said I don't love you, you can dance if you don't play chess, I love to watch you dance." As he spoke, Duan Yulin picked up Fang Yushan by the waist and came to the edge of the bed in a few steps.
Fang Yushan tightly wrapped her arms around Duan Yulin's neck and said shyly: "The emperor is really, how to dance on this couch?" Without waiting for Yu Shan to argue again, Yu Lin's arm was slightly loosened, only to hear Yu Shan's exclamation, and the two rolled into the hibiscus tent.
There is a saying that "the dream of the spring night is infinitely good, and the new nobles wake up in the morning", after this night, Duan Yulin really showed his grace, and the nobles of Jin Lan were concubines, and the decree was set on August 15 with Li Jingyi to be canonized. Duan Yulin remembered that Jiang Lianhuan's family background was comparable to Fang Huanshan, and he felt that it was not appropriate to favor one over the other, so he also set the title for Jiang Lianhuan - "Lotus". For a while, there was an endless stream of people congratulating Ming Cuixuan, and Fang Yushan finally stood out among the fourteen rookies who entered the palace in the same batch.
Because Fang Binshan's promotion was too hasty, and there were only seven days before August 15, the auspicious clothes required for Su Binshan's canonization ceremony were too late to be prepared, and the Internal Affairs Office suggested borrowing the auspicious clothes worn by the concubines with higher rank when they were sealing the concubines and slightly modifying them, and Fang Huanshan had no choice but to accept this expedient measure. It's just that she is high-profile after entering the palace, and she disdains to interact with people on weekdays, so she has a poor relationship with the concubines, and she doesn't know who to borrow this auspicious dress from for a while.
On this day, Fang Huanshan took Huan Yue to the Imperial Garden for a walk, after walking for a long time, Fang Huanshan felt a little tired, and it happened that the Yunyue Pavilion located in the east of the Imperial Garden was not far from where she was, so the master and servant walked to the Yunyue Pavilion. Before arriving at the destination, I saw Yun Concubine alone in the pavilion from a distance, and at this time, Yun Concubine also seemed to see Fang Huanshan, so she beckoned to her in a friendly manner and invited her to come to the pavilion.
The two met and performed the same salute, and then sat down together and chatted. Fang Huanshan saw that Yun Shu was the only one, but she didn't see her personal maid Yuzhu, so she asked her: "Why is Sister Yun Concubine here alone, and my sister's maid?" ”
"I watched the scenery here just now, and I saw clusters of newly blooming chrysanthemums over there from a distance, but I suddenly wanted to eat chrysanthemum cakes, so let Yuzhu go to the imperial dining room first and order, I will wait for her to come back and then go back to the palace together." After speaking, he covered his lips and smiled a little embarrassed.
"I see. However, after this autumn, the weather has turned cold, and my sister should not blow the wind for too long, and she felt the wind chill carefully. Fang Yushan watched Concubine Yun's every move, gentle, amiable, and approachable, and thought that she was not from a high background, and she was easy to get along with concubines and concubines like Hunan noble concubines, so she started to borrow auspicious clothes from her.
"Thank you sister for your concern. Speaking of which, my sister has to be promoted to the position of concubine, and I haven't had time to congratulate you as a sister yet. You also know that I came from a humble background, and in recent years, I have not been liked by the emperor, and the things in the Drunken Cloud Pavilion must not be as good as Ming Cuixuan, so I don't know what to give my sister. I calculated that it was only seven days away from my sister's canonization ceremony, and I was afraid that it would be too late to make auspicious clothes, and it happened that I had found out the auspicious clothes when I went to the year when I was tidying up the warehouse these days, and if my sister didn't mind, I took my auspicious clothes to change them, right? Yun Shu knew that Fang Huanshan's drunkard did not mean to drink, if it wasn't for borrowing her auspicious clothes, how could a lady like Fang Huanshan who was above the top be willing to take the initiative to show favor?
"Don't mind, don't mind, Sister Yun really has my urgent need. This is really a great gift, and I thank my sister here first! Fang Yushan was overjoyed, she didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
"Sister Lan doesn't have to be polite, I'll send someone to send Jifu to Mingcuixuan when I return to the palace in a while." Yun Shu smiled and shook his head.
"In that case, my sister won't disturb my sister's Yaxing who is watching the scenery here, and I'll leave first." Fang Huanshan saw that Jifu had already been settled, and she didn't want to negotiate with Yun Concubine and the snake anymore, so she just found a reason to leave.
"No." Yun Shu was sarcastic in his heart, this person was really a corner who crossed the river and demolished the bridge. As soon as Fang Yushan walked on the front foot, the raindrop returned to Yun Yue Pavilion on the back foot, she whispered in Yun Shu's ear for a while, Yun Shu frowned from time to time, and her expression seemed to be a little embarrassed.
"Aren't you afraid of offending the Pony Mansion by doing this? Is this what she means? Yun Shu asked Yuzhu suspiciously.
"The news is indeed from Qingyin, and it should be the meaning of that person. And...... What she means is that if we don't show any traces, we naturally can't offend the Horse Mansion. Yuzhu also found this request really embarrassing.
"Well, I did my best." Saying that, he walked out of Yunyue Pavilion with Yuzhu and walked back to the direction of the Drunken Cloud Pavilion, both of them were preoccupied at this time, and they had always been keen, and they didn't even notice a light figure quietly hiding in the bushes on the side of Yunyue Pavilion.