Chapter 11 Bit by bit
But it was said that Xiao Cong came to the East Palace since Shen Yun came to the East Palace, and came to the bamboo house every three or five times, or gossiped with her, or accompanied her to eat, and then he must stay overnight, so frequently, it attracted the attention of everyone in the palace, Jingyi and Liu knew that Xu Yan was in that section, and they didn't want to say much, Wang was timid and afraid of things, and didn't dare to say more, these three were okay, although Zhao Yue was not happy, he was self-conscious, and he didn't make trouble, and it was okay. But when she arrived at Li Ji, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, I saw her buzzing everywhere all day long, arranging Shen Yun with whoever she caught, what was difficult to hear, but it made a lot of gossip about Shen Yun everywhere in the palace.
On this day, Shen Yun looked at the clear weather outside, so he took Luoying to wander in the garden, walked to the pond, and saw that the koi inside was very fat, so he asked Luoying to find a handful of fish food, sitting by the water, there was no one to feed and tease the group of fish, and was enjoying himself, when he suddenly heard the whispering of two passing palace maids on the other side of the rockery.
“... If you look at her like that, you will know that she must be just serious on her face, and she is a slut in her bones. ”
"It's not, otherwise how would our East Palace run to her so diligently, how could there have been such a thing before."
"Alas, in the end, she came out of the hook bar, the East Palace is naturally rare for her fresh methods, our ladies suffer losses because they are all high-ranking nobles, and they won't do her tricks..."
When Luo Ying heard this, she was about to rush over and scold them, but she was grabbed by Shen Yun and stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, making her face flush.
Shen Yun waited for the two palace maids to go away before withdrawing his hand and said, "What are you going to do?" ”
Luo Ying said angrily: "Naturally, I want to teach them a lesson for the lady." ”
Shen Yun laughed and said idly, "Teach them a lesson, quarrel with them so that everyone comes to see the fun, and my face will shine?" ”
"That's... Isn't that what it is? ”
"Otherwise, what else."
"But what they just said is too ugly."
"Is it hard to hear? Well, even worse, you haven't heard of it yet. Shen Yun paused slightly, and then said, "Besides, what people say is also the truth, I am just relying on some subordinate means to entrap the East Palace." ”
"How can a lady practice herself like this."
Shen Yun sighed and said quietly: "Luoying, it's not that I want to practice myself, it's the way of the world that is practicing me." However, it is not my fault that the country is ruined and the family is ruined, and I don't need to dwell on these things, nor do I need to imagine myself as a white lotus that needs to be muddy and unstained, and I feel sorry for myself every day, and I just want to live a good life, and live with some dignity by the way. ”
"That's not as unbearable as the lady said. Even if there is no these, after a long time, the East Palace will feel that the lady is good. ”
Shen Yun smiled and sighed: "Silly girl, I don't want to make trouble with people, but who has so much spare time to slowly discover your goodness, don't use the most simple and quick means to envelop the East Palace, do you want them to trample on me first, peel me and cramp, and crush my bones and ashes?" ”
"The lady said it was too scary, so that's it."
Shen Yun thought for a while and said: "Just think of it as my villain's heart, maybe it's not like this in the East Palace, but there are some things that are better to prevent them from happening." ”
As she spoke, she sprinkled the fish food in her hand into the pond with some interest, and said with a long sigh: "Luoying, you remember, in the future, this kind of thing is the best choice as if you haven't heard it, just like a dog bites you, if you have to bite back, nothing will fall except for a mouthful of hair." ”
said and clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, Donggong said that he would come over tonight, so he had to go back and prepare first." ”
But said that the two of them returned to the bamboo house for a while, Luo Ying went to the dining room to get the dishes for dinner, but when she came back, she saw Shen Yun lying on the table with her stomach covered, and hurriedly came over to help her up, seeing her expression in pain, and thought that she was really plotted by someone as she said before, and she was so panicked that she was about to go out and shout someone, who knew that Shen Yun just said, "Don't panic, I'm fine, it's just that the moon letter has suddenly arrived, you help me to lie on the couch for a while, and then go to pour a soup woman and boil some ginger syrup." ”
Luo Ying heard this, and hurriedly helped her to the couch, but heard her say again: "Oh, by the way, let Peizhu go to the East Palace to talk about it, don't let the family run for nothing." ”
Luo Ying went to pour the soup woman as she said, at this time Shen Yun only felt so painful that even her stomach kept churning, and then she vomited a mess, Luo Ying was busy tidying up for her, serving her to lie down, and going to boil ginger syrup for her.
But said that Pei Zhu was hurrying to the East Palace according to Luo Ying's instructions, but he met a team of people led by the waiter who was dedicated to the East Palace to pass the meal, carrying the food box towards the bamboo house, and the waiter saw him and said with a smile: "It's just right, you go back and tell your lord that the East Palace is going to her for dinner today, so that she can prepare it." ”
Pei Zhu sighed: "Alas, I was about to go to the East Palace to report, and the man lady is inconvenient today and cannot serve His Royal Highness." ”
The chamberlain let out a "hi" and sighed: "I said that your family master is really good at picking days, and there are not many opportunities to dine with the East Palace." ”
"Who's to say it isn't." Pei Zhu sighed and continued to walk forward, the waiter thought about it, and then took someone to follow him back, and walked for a while, but saw Xiao Cong coming here with Gao Qinian.
When Pei Zhu saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Please be safe Your Highness, may Your Highness be happy forever." ”
Xiao Cong stopped and said, "Get up, why are you here." ”
"Your Highness, our lady is suddenly inconvenient, and she can't serve Your Highness today."
"Oh, it's okay, let's have dinner together." Xiao Cong said, still walking towards the bamboo house, and a group of people had to follow.
When he arrived at the bamboo house, he saw that it was quiet inside, Xiao Cong did not let people report, he went to the house to look around, bypassed the screen and saw Shen Yun facing sideways, lying on the couch and curled into a ball, immediately felt that something was wrong, walked over and pulled her over to take a look, only to see her biting her lip tightly, her eyes were closed, her face was pale, and she hurriedly asked her what was wrong, Shen Yun was in a trance at this time, muttering just shouting pain, but he made him a little helpless, fortunately, at this time Luoying came in with ginger syrup, Xiao Cong hurriedly took it and fed her a few sips, Who knew that she had another wave of nausea in her chest, and she didn't hold back for a while, so she spit out the few mouthfuls of sugar water she drank on Xiao Cong.
The three of them were dumbfounded, but Xiao Cong reacted first, turned his head and saw a strand of broken hair on her lips, so he reached out and wanted to pick her up.
Shen Yun saw that he suddenly raised his hand, thinking that he was going to be beaten again, so he instinctively closed his eyes, turned his face sideways, and dodged his body back, and waited for a moment without movement before trying to open his eyes slowly, but saw Xiao Cong clenching his fists, looking at her with a calm face, and hurriedly rolled over and got out of bed, knelt on the ground and said: "The concubine has no form, Your Highness forgives her sins." ”
When Xiao Cong saw her like this, he had mixed feelings in his heart. This woman who looks like a grandmother, how has she been treated over the years, and she will have such a reaction. Then I thought about how she was treated during the years when she was not by Ah Yan's side? Has anyone bullied her like that?
And the woman in front of her, who was once regarded as the pearl of her palm, if they knew about her encounters, how distressed they should be.
Thinking so, he sighed, leaned over and picked her up from the ground and put her back on the couch, put her under the quilt, and continued to feed her the ginger syrup.
Shen Yun was frightened just now, and broke out in a cold sweat, but he felt better, so he drank the ginger syrup silently, endured the pain in his abdomen, leaned on the head of the bed with low eyebrows, and didn't dare to come out.
Seeing this, Xiao Cong sighed softly, got up and said, "You rest for a while first, and then go back to the palace to change your clothes." So saying, he got up and left. Shen Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought to himself a little self-deprecatingly, he really hated the way he looked now.
She originally thought that changing clothes was just an excuse, but she didn't expect Xiao Cong to really go and return, but she was still uncomfortable at the moment, so she didn't care about so much, just hugging Tang Pozi and curling up on the couch, but she still felt that her waist and abdomen were like being immersed in ice water.
Xiao Cong looked at her really pitiful, or ordered someone to invite the medical officer, the medical officer came to toss for a while, only said that the qi and blood are not in harmony, cold and damp accumulation, but there is no need for medicine, just eat some medicinal diet to recuperate, the most important thing is to nourish the daily life, you need to eat more things that nourish qi and blood, and it is advisable not to touch cold things, Yunyun.
Xiao Cong put her mind at ease, thinking that she couldn't have a good rest here, so she gave a few words, went back to the dormitory, and sent someone to send a lot of supplements the next day, which made Shen Yun both reluctant and a little moved, so when serving him, she also added a little sincerity, occasionally washed her hands and made soup for him, and when she talked to him, she was willing to talk a little more. These two changes have brought infinite surprises to Xiao Cong, one is because Shen Yun's cooking skills are really good, many ordinary ingredients, through her hands, can be transformed into infinite taste, and the other is that he has always looked forward to her because of what Su Huaijin said before, but she was only asked and answered before, and she was always very cautious, and she never said anything irrelevant, but now she is willing to say a few more words, Xiao Cong immediately felt the fun, and often felt that her words were worth remembering.
However, that day, Shen Yun said that the words of the Israelite people were unfortunately listened to by Li Ji who was passing by, and she was so happy that she immediately ran to the crown princess to add fuel and vinegar, and finally fanned the wind and said: "Your Highness, you see, it is really a slut who came out of the hook bar, and she will only use some subordinate means to seduce the East Palace, and it is really shameless to say such things in the blue sky and daylight." Your Highness must slap her mouth properly. ”
Who knew that Jingyi listened to her, and just said lightly: "Slap her mouth?" The master and servant of the family whispered a few private words, hindering others with something, as for how others can please the East Palace, that is also the ability of others. If you can't learn it yourself, don't always think about making waves and disturbing everyone's peace, are you right, Li Niangzi. ”
When Li Ji heard this, she knew that Jingyi had rejected her surrender, so she had to retreat in a sneering manner, thinking in her heart that this princess was afraid that she would not be able to climb up, so she would look for an opportunity next time to try her luck with Zhao Liangdi.
When Yulu saw her leaving, she came over and said to Jingyi: "A villain like her, it is right for His Highness to ignore it." ”
When Jing Yi heard this, she sighed and said: "Isn't it, there are too many villains in this world, especially in the palace, obviously a helpless woman's words of lamenting her life experience, you see what she has been passed on." That's it, you should be careful in the future, don't let them spread such gossip in the palace again, don't talk about the miasma in the palace, and one day it will reach the ears of His Royal Highness, it will really be incompetent for me as a wife. After speaking, he thought about it and said: "In this way, this Manji is really an understanding person, but I don't know how deep her involvement with Jin Yangjun is." ”
After a period of time, Yulu punished a few palace people who liked to chew the root of their tongue the most according to Jingyi's instructions, and the palace people didn't dare to pass on these things anymore for a while. Li Ji was naturally unwilling to do this, and always wanted to make up some new jokes, which was also a coincidence, one day Liu happened to talk to Wang about the similarity between this Manji and Xu Liangdi, and she heard it again, so the content of those gossips in the East Palace changed.
They seemed to have lost interest in her "subordinate methods", but began to study how similar she was to Xu Liangdi, who had passed away, so that Donggong loved her so much.
Luo Ying was even more angry about this, and often chanted in front of her: "How can Xu Liangdi be as good as our lady, and I don't know what they have in their heads." ”
Hearing Shen Yun, she said to her half-jokingly and half-warned: "Look at what you said, isn't this a matter of turnips and cabbages that each has their own love?" You think my cabbage is good, but Donggong loves his radish alone, but in fact, it can't talk about who is good and who is bad, and people who love radishes can't listen to others say that cabbage is better, so what you say, just say it in front of me, be careful not to let Donggong listen to it, and beat your ass like a pickled radish. ”
is as smart as her, how can he not detect Xiao Cong's true attitude, he is a gentle person, and he really treats her well, but the affection in his eyes may not be Shen Yun for her. Later, with the hints of Li Ji and these people, she also had a little point in her heart, and then guessed what Fan Li's so-called "purpose of taking her back to the house" and "the shocking side of the East Palace" meant, and later, the portrait of Xu Yan in the dormitory of the East Palace only confirmed her guesses, so she was not too angry, and even her heart was so wide that she was lying on someone else's smoke cage and taking a nap.
But said that Xiao Cong, after hearing her dream of "then buy osmanthus cake", immediately thought of the "osmanthus cake incident" that Su Huaijin said before, and couldn't help but be Wan'er again, and replied "Okay", then put his arm around her with one hand, and patted her back like a child with the other, but she didn't expect her to be quite useful, not only arched into his arms, but also let out a satisfied sigh.
When she woke up, she saw that she was lying in the arms of the East Palace, and he, holding herself with one hand and looking at the book with the other, hurriedly sat up straight, but she was still a little confused, and couldn't help rubbing her eyes with her hands and said: "Your Highness forgives your sins, the concubine has lost her manners", said, thought about it, reached out and took the vermilion lacquer food box, and said while opening it: "Your Highness is better, do you want to eat some soup?" But as soon as his hand touched the soup can inside, he was slightly surprised: "Ah, it's cold." Then he muttered to himself, a little dazed, "How long have I been asleep?" ”
Xiao Cong closed the music in his hand and said with a smile: "Not long after, I was just about to have dinner, and I woke up in time." ”
Shen Yun listened to this, smiled a little embarrassedly, and then asked, "Then Your Highness is better?" ”
Xiao Cong said: "Well, it's okay anymore. Then he asked, "What kind of soup are you?" ”
Shen Yun said: "Didn't Your Highness say that your throat is a little dry?" The concubine boiled white fungus lotus seed soup. ”
Xiao Cong nodded when he heard this, and asked people to take the soup down and heat it.
When the palace people warmed up the soup, Shen Yun served Xiao Cong and drank it, then saluted him, carried the food box and prepared to leave, but Xiao Cong took her hand and said: "What are you busy with, they have already gone to get dinner, you can accompany me to use it before leaving." ”
Shen Yun had to sit down again, but he was actually not very happy in his heart.
Zhao originated in Huainan, so the routine dishes in their palace are salty and sweet, and she was born in Shudi, so she really can't love this kind of sweet and sweet thing.
Speaking of which, the cook in the former Jiaofang Division was a talent, as long as the money was enough, she could cook a decent dish for you anywhere, but since she entered the Jun's Mansion, she had never eaten a hearty meal, and the situation at that time did not allow her to put more thought into it. As for after arriving at the East Palace, the princess was very strict with her housekeepers, and everyone could only go to the dining room to receive the dishes in order of position, and when it was her turn, there was no choice. How can a person who loves to eat like her stand this, besides, this East Palace is not as complicated as the human feelings in the monarch's mansion, she is idle all day long, and she doesn't think about what to think about, so she resolutely "spends a lot of money" on the stove in the bamboo house, she really doesn't want to eat the usual dishes, so she does it herself, but it is also quite fun, and before coming today, she just ordered Luo Ying to prepare the ingredients, and she didn't want to be kept by Xiao Cong at this time.
When he pulled him to the table to see, Shen Yun had lost his appetite, most of them were vegetarian dishes, and the only two meat dishes were stewed chicken soup with astragalus angelica, and the other was sweet and sour fish. She began to slander: You are a prince of the East Palace, as for eating so frugally, look at the vegetarian food on this table, people's eyes are green. Therefore, she just watched the palace people give her cloth vegetables blankly, but she didn't move her chopsticks much, Xiao Cong saw it and asked her: "What, don't you have an appetite?" ”
Shen Yun hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, the concubine is just... Just not hungry. "But what I thought in my heart was that it was either vegetable leaves, or it was a medicinal meal that was smoked just by smelling the taste, or it was a sweet and sour fish that was so fishy, and it was strange that I had an appetite.
However, at this time, her stomach rumbled twice at an inopportune time, and it was really, embarrassingly.
Xiao Cong smiled, and then summoned the waiter who passed the meal, and asked her, "What do you want to eat?" ”
Shen Yun thought, it's embarrassing enough anyway, just break the jar and break it, so he asked with a shy face: "Is there meat?" ”
The waiter tried his best to hold back his laughter, and said in his heart, this man lady looks like a fairy who doesn't eat fireworks in the world, how can she open her mouth to eat meat. But he still replied respectfully: "Today's dining room also has sauce chicken, bacon, bad goose, stewed elbow, squirrel osmanthus fish, Dongpo meat..."
Shen Yun originally listened with a frown, but suddenly said happily: "Dongpo meat? This is good, so be it. ”
Waiting for the waiter to leave, Xiao Cong smiled and said, "Don't you like to be vegetarian so much?" ”
Shen Yun muttered: "What to eat vegetarian, I have gone through six reincarnations and nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, and I finally cultivated as a person, but I didn't come to eat vegetarian." ”
Everyone laughed when he said this, and Xiao Cong also laughed: "I'm sorry, I was originally going to be a vegetarian today, and that chicken and fish were prepared for you, and I still don't like it." ”
Shen Yun listened to this, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Your Highness bothered, the concubine is a vulgar person, she has always only liked things with strong tastes, chickens and fish are very good, but they are too light." But Your Highness, why do you want to be vegetarian today? ”
She had already thought about it, today is not the birthday of the Buddha, nor is it anyone's death day, why should she be a vegetarian.
Xiao Cong's eyes flashed, but he still smiled: "I just want to eat it suddenly." ”
As he was talking, the waiter had already brought up a bowl of Dongpo meat, Shen Yun saw it, his index finger moved, and he couldn't care about anything else, Baba looked at the palace maid and clamped a piece for her, but asked in a fake way before his mouth: "It looks good, doesn't Your Highness really taste it?"
Seeing that Xiao Cong was still smiling and shaking his head, just eating the vegetarian dishes in his bowl, she enjoyed this delicacy with peace of mind.
The two had dinner together and sat idle for a while, and Xiao Cong asked Gao Qinian to send Shen Yun back to the bamboo house.
Shen Yun walked on the road, thought for a long time, and couldn't help but ask Gao Qinian: "Father-in-law, do you know, why does Your Highness want to be a vegetarian today?" ”
Gao Qinian hesitated for a moment before saying, "Today is the day when Xu Liangdi began to be a vegetarian for the sick queen. ”
Shen Yun suddenly let out an "oh", and then thought with some chagrin, how could he eat meat in front of others with relish.
Gao Qinian saw her hanging her head and was silent, and couldn't help but feel relieved: "Don't be a lady, our East Palace is a long-term person, but it's not as rumored, it's just because of Xu Liangdi..."
Shen Yun shook his head with a smile when he heard this, and interrupted him: "My father-in-law misunderstood, the concubine thinks that His Royal Highness has treated the concubine very well, even because of Xu Liangdi, the concubine is very satisfied, and she doesn't dare to ask for more, but in this case, His Royal Highness should have said it earlier, and now it seems that the concubine... How stupid..."
When Gao Qinian heard this, he couldn't help but smile, and said in his heart, she is really a stupid girl.
Shen Yun was even more depressed when he saw him like this.
Look, now everyone thinks she's a stupid big sister.