Chapter 232: Strong
At three moments, Zeng Rong stood under the steps of Cining Palace again with the food box, this time without waiting for her to speak, the palace maid at the door took the initiative to go in and spread the word, and soon Aunt Yuan came out, Zeng Rong inexplicably had a sense of flattery, and at the same time he was sincerely afraid.
"Aunt Yuan, how did you come out... Zeng Rong sent a smiling face.
Aunt Yuan stood on the steps and looked at her condescendingly, "Come with me." ”
Zeng Rong quickly shut up when he heard this, and obediently followed the other party, and when he left, he went directly to the door of the apse, and just saw Amei and another eunuch guarding under the corridor, but he didn't see Xiao Haizi.
"Zeng is in charge, this medicine is for the second prince, it is best to persuade him to drink it while it is hot, the queen mother said, dinner time is almost coming, and I ordered you to accompany the second highness to meet her after dinner."
"Aunt Yuan, this, this, is this appropriate?" Zeng Rong stammered and asked.
Although this result was predicted by her a long time ago, although she also cared about the person in the opposite room, she was not Zhu Heng's palace maid after all, she was the head of an inner chamberlain, what was going on?
"What's out of place? Don't forget, how did the old lady teach you, those of us who are subordinates, don't we have to share the worries of the master? Aunt Yuan said with a straight face.
With just this sentence, Zeng Rong had to put away those careful thoughts and be obedient.
As soon as he stepped out of the door with two feet, Zeng Rong had new doubts, turned his head and asked, "Aunt Yuan, what if he doesn't listen to me?" ”
This time, Aunt Yuan didn't answer her, but forced her to look at her.
The eyes of the two met, Zeng Rong was defeated, turned around, walked in front of Amei, smiled bitterly at Amei, nodded, opened her mouth, and asked Amei to look at her lips and ask, "What's the matter?" ”
Amei shook her head and whispered, "I'll take you over." ”
The two walked to the door of the upper room, and Ah Mei knocked on the door, "Back to the second highness, Sister Ah Rong is here, saying that I have something to see you." ”
There was no movement in the room, and after a while, I saw Xiao Haizi open the door, "Your Royal Highness is tired, and said that you won't see any guests today." ”
"I am not a guest, you tell him that today I am his attendant aunt, and if he refuses to see me, I can only stay here until he agrees to see me." Zeng Rong said, the voice was not small, enough for the people inside to hear.
This "attendant aunt" is a title made up by Zeng Rong casually, there are only attendant palace maids and attendant eunuchs in the palace, and the aunt is generally the aunt in charge or the aunt in charge, which Zeng Rong can't reach at present, so he made up a name for himself.
This little Haizi is also a dead-eyed person, and when he opened his mouth, he asked, "Aunt Sui?" How come I haven't heard of such people? ”
"Haven't you heard of this?" Zeng Rong glared at him, "Don't you want to pass it on?" ”
Xiao Haizi was frightened by Zeng Rong's momentum, and didn't think much about it, turned around and went in, Zeng Rong saw that he didn't close the door, nor was he polite, so he took the food box and followed up, when she lifted the curtain of the study and walked in front of Zhu Heng, Xiao Haizi's eyes widened again, "You, you, how are you... ”
Zeng Rong ignored him, put the food box on the desk, took out the bowl of soup medicine from the food box, and said directly to Zhu Heng: "This bowl of medicine was fried by me guarding the small tandoor for an hour, do you drink it or not?" ”
Zhu Heng was also shocked by Zeng Rong's momentum, looked at Zeng Rong, and showed his still gentle smile, "What's the matter, who made you angry?" ”
"I should ask you that, right?" Zeng Rong brought the medicine to him.
"You, you are presumptuous, what, how can you speak to the Second Highness?" Xiao Haizi finally came to his senses, pointed at Zeng Rong and shouted, but his momentum was a little lacking.
"You get out." Zeng Rong and Zhu Heng said almost at the same time, obviously Zeng Rong's tone was heavier, and Zhu Heng's voice was softer.
Of course, it's not whose voice is loud or who's momentum, although Zhu Heng's voice is still gentle and gentle, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Xiao Haizi instantly shut up, and walked out of the study step by step.
"Can you say that?" Zhu Heng looked at Zeng Rong.
"Drink the medicine first." Zeng Rong sent the medicine bowl to Zhu Heng's mouth.
Zhu Heng smiled, with a hint of helplessness, and also with a hint of spoiling, "That's why you dare to force me like this." ”
Zeng Rong saw him pick up the medicine bowl, and hurriedly took out a small porcelain bowl from the food box, the porcelain bowl was filled with Cui Yuanhua's homemade rose sauce, the roses were planted in the courtyard of the Pharmacopoeia Bureau, with some honey and starch syrup, Zeng Rong tasted it, it tasted good, it was originally prepared by Cui Yuanhua for the emperor, and when he learned that she was going to send medicine to the Queen Mother, he gave her a little.
Zhu Heng poured the decoction into his mouth in one go, and when he was pursing his mouth and trying his best to suppress the bitter taste and the feeling of nausea and wanting to vomit, Zeng Rong scooped a spoonful of petal sauce and sent it to his mouth.
Zhu Heng didn't ask, he opened his mouth and ate it directly, chewed it, and after the bitterness in his mouth was replaced by the fragrance of roses and the sweetness of honey, Zhu Heng finally had a sincere smile on his face, and his eyes were extremely bright and dazzling when he looked at Zeng Rong.
"Thank you, it's the best preserves I've ever had." Zhu Heng said.
"I'm sorry, I lied to you, I didn't fry this medicine, it was fried by Sister Du Juan, this candied fruit was made by Aunt Cui, I borrowed flowers to offer Buddha." Zeng Rong told the truth.
"Oh." Zhu Heng was slightly disappointed, and then asked, "Why is Fang Cai so angry, what did the imperial grandmother tell you?" ”
"I was brought directly by Aunt Yuan, and I haven't gone to see the Queen Mother yet, saying that I am afraid that the medicine will be cold." Zeng Rong replied.
Only then did Zhu Heng remember what Zeng Rong said about what kind of cuckoo was fried, and what Aunt Cui made of the candied fruit, these two people were not from Cining Palace, and then looked at the food box and porcelain bowl that Zeng Rong carried, it didn't look like it was in Cining Palace.
In other words, Zeng Rong was forced to come, and the person who forced her could only be the Queen Mother, because only the Queen Mother understood his mind.
"Don't worry, I'll go see the imperial grandmother later, and I'll tell her that I'll take care of myself and won't trouble you anymore."
"It's not me who is in trouble, it's yourself, how old are you, what do you see yourself doing? If this road doesn't work, change it, why do you have to push yourself to a dead end? If you fall, who do you feel the saddest person with? Who is the most satisfying? ”
When Zhu Heng heard this, he knew that his matter had reached Zeng Rong's ears, and he no longer pretended to be himself, smiled bitterly, and asked, "If it's you, what should I do?" ”
Zeng Rong didn't answer, he went to the high table and picked up the teapot and poured him half a cup of tea, and when he touched it, it was cold, so he splashed the tea, directly took the kettle on the stove and poured half a cup of hot water, and put it in Zhu Heng's hand after blowing it cold.
Zhu Heng didn't understand, looked at Zeng Rong, and waited for her explanation.