Soon, a palace maid in the hall came out with a tray and red eyes.

There was also a teapot on the tray, a few sporadic teacups.

"What's wrong?" Li Zhong asked in a low voice.

The palace maid flattened her mouth and said aggrievedly: "The slave maid served tea to the emperor, and the emperor said that the slave and maid couldn't even serve tea well, saying that he wanted to punish the slave and maid to go to the Huanyi Bureau on an errand, but the slave and maid didn't want to go to the Huanyi Bureau, Gonggong Li, you can help me say a few words to the emperor." ”

There are endless clothes in the Clothes Bureau.

In addition to helping the emperor, princes, and concubines wash clothes.

I also have to help some first-class palace maids, aunts, and grandmothers wash their clothes.

Especially in winter, your hands will get frostbite and crack after washing.

Tired and tired, being a cow and a horse, if you can't invite half a good word, you will be coldly looked at.

But the Longxuan Hall is different, the Longxuan Hall is the emperor's bedroom.

On this errand, even if she is the most inferior palace maid, she has more face than the slave next to her, and she is not so tired.

Li Zhong looked at the palace maid crying and his eyes were red, and he was also a little helpless.

He is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself.

If he doesn't help the emperor solve problems, he will be unable to be the chief manager, where will he have the kung fu to manage the palace maid.

Li Zhong could only frown and said: "The emperor has been a little angry recently, a few days ago, there was a eunuch who served the emperor to clean his hands, sprinkled half a basin of water, dragged it out and beat twenty boards, and now he is still lying on the bed, but do you know what the eunuch said after being beaten?" ”

Actually, the eunuch didn't know how to sprinkle water at that time.

But the emperor had a cold face, and he was picky there, so frightened that the little eunuch's hands and feet trembled, and this was the mess.

The palace maid shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.

Li Zhong: "The eunuch said that he was fortunate that he was still alive, and he would suffer from twenty boards, and when he was injured, he still had to be careful on an errand." ”

They are slaves, and they are dogs, otherwise how can they say that dogs are slaves and dog slaves?

Accidentally hitting the board and slapping the mouth, it is commonplace.

In more serious cases, head movement is a common occurrence.

Speaking of this, Li Zhong patted the palace maid's shoulder seriously, "So, do you know the meaning of the miscellaneous words?" ”

The palace maid pursed her lips and nodded, indicating understanding.

Just nodded, and the tears fell from his eyes, "The slave knows, as long as she is alive, Huanyi will be Huanyi." ”

After speaking, the palace maid also said, "Thank you Li Gonggong for your public guidance", and she wiped her tears and retreated.

After Li Zhong pacified the palace maid, he raised his feet and entered the palace.

As soon as he entered the hall, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was a little cold.

A group of palace maids and eunuchs were there to clean up the broken porcelain on the ground.

Li Zhong thought to himself, the emperor is not in a good mood, he must be smooth!

As for the reason for the emperor's discouragement, he already knew what it was.

It's not the Tilting Pear Palace's Tilting Concubine?!

Since the concubine Niangniang asked the Shang Sleep Bureau to withdraw the sign, the concubine has never met the emperor again, and the emperor has never been to the Tilt Pear Palace.

These two masters have a strong temperament, with a character of "if you don't come to me, I won't come to you".

She poured her concubine into a breath and said that she was full, and she was extremely brave in one meal, and she was angry enough.

But the emperor couldn't find anyone if he wanted to be angry, and he was so angry that he was angry, but he couldn't find the concubines to vent, so he had to sprinkle his anger on them who were slaves.

After Li Zhong entered the palace, he sent away the servants after the palace maid and eunuch cleaned up the broken porcelain on the ground.

After a while, the servants of the Shangshi Bureau entered the temple to make meals.

After Ying Zhan approved a few folds, he sat down at the dining table in the hall.

There are palace maids and eunuchs who serve soup, rice, and vegetables for him.

Li Zhong stood aside and waited quietly.

He bet that the emperor would like today's meal.

Because he had noticed it before, the emperor was very satisfied with the food cooked by the concubine, and his appetite increased greatly every time.

Secondly, every time he goes to the concubine for dinner, the emperor's appetite is also good.

So he specially told the imperial chefs to make it according to the taste of the concubine.

Next, just as Li Zhong had expected, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to like tonight's meal very much, and ate three bowls of rice in a row.

Just when Li Zhong breathed a sigh of relief and a sense of accomplishment in his heart, he heard the sound of the emperor eating and drinking and putting down the dishes and chopsticks.

and His Majesty the Emperor's cold voice came, "Li Zhong, I find that you are now more and more able to figure out my thoughts, huh?" ”

Ying Zhan elegantly wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, but her tone was full of bone-eroding coldness.

As soon as these words came out, Li Zhong immediately knelt down in fear.

They are slaves, and they are simply companions like tigers.

If you don't understand the master's thoughts, you can't serve the master well.

But if you understand the master's mind too well, you will commit the imperial taboo again.

Above the emperor's 10,000 people, even in the last dynasty or on major occasions, it is necessary to cover the face with a crown, so that the emperor's expression and mind are not easy to see.

If someone finds out the emperor's thoughts, they have the intention of offending the emperor.

Li Zhong was busy expressing his loyalty, "Your Majesty, wronged, how dare the slave figure out your holy will, you are borrowing a hundred courage from the slave, and the slave will not dare to do this." ”

"The slave just saw that you didn't have much appetite recently, so I thought that the concubine in the harem knew how to eat very well, and I wanted to say that the imperial chef would make a few appetizing dishes for you to taste according to the recipe of the concubine, so that you could have a good meal."

"Is that really it?" The emperor asked, raising an eyebrow.

Li Zhong immediately kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the minions' loyalty to you can be seen by the sun and the moon......"

"Since you are so faithful and so caring, I will give you a chance to atone for your sins." Ying Zhan leaned back in the chair leisurely and looked at Li Zhong, who was kneeling at his feet, "Aren't you very good at figuring out the holy will?" Then I will figure it out, where is it more appropriate for me to go later? ”

Li Zhong shook his head with a sad face.

Every time the emperor is in a bad mood, he likes to play this game of "guess and guess" with him.

And no matter whether he guesses well or not, he can't get it right.

If he accidentally guessed something taboo for the emperor, then he would be finished.

Hey, he's really physically and mentally exhausted.

Li Zhong: "Emperor, emperor, emperor, where is the minion figuring out your thoughts, it is the recipe in the courtyard of the concubine, plus the imperial chefs are delicious, this matter has nothing to do with the minions." ”

"Don't put garlic in front of me." Ying Zhan's tone was light.

However, Li Zhong heard the unspeakable majesty in the emperor's words.

He lowered his head, under tremendous pressure, and tried to say: "Your Majesty, you have always been diligent in government, why don't you taste tea for a while, and then review the recital and official documents?" ”

Although he knew that the emperor wanted to go to the concubine's mother.

But in order to show that he didn't know the emperor so well, he deliberately said the wrong thing first.

Otherwise, the emperor will blame him for being too able to figure out the holy will.

After Li Zhong finished speaking, he looked up at the emperor.

I saw that the emperor was looking at him with that kind of faint eyes.