Chapter 22 Do you know how long it takes to make lotus cakes?
"My aunt didn't say anything, why did the princess lie like this? Could it be that he was stepped on by the dog's tail and jumped like this? At this, Miss Biao couldn't help but laugh.
"Enough! As the princess of this king, it is not your turn to talk nonsense here. Your aunt asked you to come to the palace to let you recuperate, not to let you be a long-tongued woman here. If you want to stay in this palace for a few days, keep your mouth shut, otherwise you will move back to Xufu as soon as possible! ”
Zhao Ru'an suddenly yelled at Miss Biao, and then took Furong's hand and left the main hall.
"Why is the prince angry?"
Furong followed Zhao Ru'an and staggered all the way, and when she saw that his pace slowed down, she asked him.
"This king is not angry, but he doesn't like to listen to some outsiders talking and pointing fingers there." Zhao Ruan still had a straight face, for fear that Furong would misunderstand something if his expression eased.
"So?" Fleur smiled, Zhao Ruan treats Miss Biao as an outsider, that is, treats her as an insider?
"Then the prince thinks the dishes I made today are appetizing?" Furong stood in front of Zhao Ru'an, looking at him with her head raised, with "expectation" written on her face.
"The dishes are good, but you disobeyed the king's requirements and used the ingredients in the house without authorization, and you still have to be punished." Zhao Ru'an had already calculated everything, and no matter whether the dishes made by Furong today were good or bad, he had a reason to punish her.
"Okay, what does the prince want to punish me? Won't you want me to prepare breakfast for the whole house tomorrow? Furong couldn't guess what Zhao Ru'an was thinking at the moment.
"This king will punish you to go with me tomorrow for a cruise on Jasper Lake."
Zhao Ru'an said a word, and Furong almost thought that she had heard it wrong.
"How can a cruise with the prince be considered a punishment?" Could it be that the table of dishes just now completely changed Zhao Ruan's opinion of her and wanted to cultivate a good relationship with her?
This doesn't look like Zhao Ru'an's character, if Zhao Ru'an was so easy to be influenced, wouldn't she have cooked for him earlier?
"Yes, since it is a punishment, it is not allowed to refuse, and there is no excuse. This king will still sleep in the study today, and tomorrow morning you dress up and go to the study to find this king. ”
Zhao Ru'an threw down these words and walked straight towards the study again.
Furong muttered in her heart, but she also knew that she couldn't ask the truth in Zhao Ru'an's mouth, so she called the White Eagle to ask questions, and looked around the palace but didn't find the figure of the White Eagle.
"Miss, Inu is worried about you, you and the prince are husband and wife, isn't it normal to swim in the lake together? Maybe the prince wanted to ask you to swim in the lake for a long time, but because of his bad face, he opened his mouth directly, so he deliberately found such a step to say it? You go to bed early tonight, and tomorrow the slave will comb your hair beautifully, so that the prince will not be able to take his eyes off you when he sees you. ”
At dinner, the princess protected her young lady's appearance, Huan'er saw it, and in the future, with the support of the prince, she believed that the young lady's life would be much better, and of course she was happy.
"But he's Zhao Ru'an, how could he suddenly change so much? Forget it, don't want to. Huan'er, tomorrow is out of the house, you will find out the new styles of the ready-to-wear shop for me, and I will wear it out for people to see, maybe I can also bring business to the ready-to-wear shop. Tomorrow you don't have to go with me to the lake, just go to a few shops to get back the account books of the last quarter, I'm afraid I won't keep an eye on it, there will be problems on the shop side. ”
After all the instructions were over, Furong asked Huan'er to fetch hot water, planning to take a hot bath and go to bed.
But just as she was undressing and preparing to bathe, a dark shadow suddenly flashed behind the screen.
Fleur was startled, quickly put on her clothes, and shouted, "Who is there?" ”
The shadow flew out of the window at the back of the house in the next second, and when Fleur reached the window, she couldn't see anything more.
Afraid that someone would find out that she knew martial arts, so she didn't dare to chase her out casually, she closed the window door tightly, locked it from the inside, and let Huan'er stay at the door, so she continued to take a bath with confidence.
While bathing, the more Fleur thought about it, the more wrong it became.
When did the Shadow Man hide in her house? Was it when Huan'er went to fetch water, or was it when she had dinner?
If this person hid in her house early in the morning, the martial arts were too strong, and she couldn't even notice it?
So what is the purpose of his coming? If these women from the house sent it, there is no need to go through such a lot of trouble, any reason can bring her trouble. Besides, judging from the relationship during this time, she didn't think that the people in the house could set off too much turmoil, and the Xu family's methods were mostly some tricks of infighting in the deep house, and she could cope with it alone.
If the shadow man was from outside the palace, he might not have come to her.
People in the whole capital know that she married into the palace for three years but was not favored by the prince, and always left her in the suburbs of Beijing. She has only moved to the palace for less than half a month, and people outside the mansion may not know the news so quickly, even if they do, they will not think that Zhao Ruan slept in the study every night, but she slept in the bedroom.
From this point of view, this person is likely to be coming for Zhao Ru'an.
Could the person who locked the door of the bedroom a few days ago also be this black shadow man?
For a long time, Furong was afraid that she would not be able to save her life, so she never asked about any court affairs, but since the last time she returned with the troops, Zhao Ruan's court clothes have been placed in the bedroom box, which means that he has never been to the court.
Could it be that Zhao Ruan offended someone in the court?
"Miss, the water that has been added twice is cold, can I still add it to you?" Huan'er didn't know what Furong was thinking, it had been soaked for two quarters of an hour, why didn't she come out?
"Huh? Don't add it, let's wipe the water with a cloth towel. ”
Originally, Fleur wanted to have a good night's sleep today, but the sudden appearance of the dark shadow man made her insomnia again.
The next morning, when she looked in the mirror, she found that her dark circles were much heavier.
If it goes on like this, I'm afraid she can't even compare to Xu Mengran's appearance.
"Huan'er, the powder under my eyes is a little more pressed, this dark circle is really impossible to see." Looking in the mirror, Fleur couldn't help but wail.
"The slaves and maids told you to sleep well last night, but you didn't listen. Today, the slave maid or the maid should go to the doctor to give you a prescription to calm the nerves, if you continue to stay up like this day and day, I am afraid that the body and bones will not be better. Huan'er said while helping Fleur comb her hair.
"It's okay, it's time to take some medicine to recuperate. By the way, my headdress should be more luxurious today, and it is better to be able to see from a distance in the crowd that I am from a rich background, so that those noble ladies will see it, and they will think that my dress is valuable. ”
In this capital, Furong has to use a pseudonym to do business, and she can't rely on anyone to help her, and she has to rely on her own to find a way to take care of her business.
It's not easy to make some money these days.
"By the way, you find out the pair of white jade ears and send them to the fourth lady in a while, and say that I gave her a gift. Tell her that I'm going on a cruise today, and ask her if she wants to go along. Furong knew very well in her heart that Zhao Ru'an would not be so kind to take her on a boat trip to the lake, and Bacheng thought of some new trick to torture her on the boat, or take the fourth lady to make her feel more at ease.
"Then do you want to tell the fourth lady that the prince will go with him today?" Huan'er asked.
"Of course not! She can't wait for me to stay alone with Zhao Ru'an every day, if she knew that Zhao Ru'an was going, she would definitely not go. Originally, Furong wanted to use the eldest prince as a shield, but now it seems that there are some things that the fourth miss can say, but the eldest prince is inconvenient to talk about, so as a woman, she is naturally more willing to be closer to the fourth miss.
After Furong finished dressing up, she and Huan'er Bing split up, she went to greet the Xu family and the old lady, and Huan'er took the ear to invite the fourth lady.
How did Xu Shi see how Furong was unpleasant today, and when he saw that she had a phoenix pinned to her head, he remembered that he was not willing to buy such a heavy golden hairpin today, and he suddenly felt angry.
"You don't want to come to me tomorrow to say goodbye, I see you now and my chest is tight and short of breath, I'm afraid that if I see you every day, I won't live long."
With Xu's words, Furong was secretly happy in her heart, she could get up a moment later in the future, why not?
Out of Xu's courtyard, Furong went straight to Zhao Ru'an's study, she wanted to tell Zhao Ru'an about the dark shadow man last night.
After all, everything is just her personal guess, and Zhao Ru'an has to send someone to investigate what is going on.
But when Furong was about to walk to Zhao Ru'an's study, she saw Miss Biao enter his study with a plate.
Fleur took a deep breath and ran two quick steps to catch up with Miss Cousin and tug at her sleeve.
"What are you doing?" Miss Biao was startled, and the tray in her hand rolled on the ground, but it was a pity for a plate of delicate pastries.
"Early in the morning, Miss Biao neither went to greet her mother, nor did she rest in the room to recuperate, what did she do in the prince's study?" There is no Xu here, and Fleur is too lazy to get used to her problems.
Zhao Ruan sat there and poured himself a cup of tea, waiting to watch the play.
"What am I going to do, the prince should ask me, but it's not your turn to ask me. You pay for my pastries, but I got up early in the morning to make them for the prince, you pay for it! Miss Cousin jumped to her feet in anger and reached out to grab Fleur's hair, but Fleur dodged on her side.
"How early is Miss Cousin to make such delicate pastries?" Fleur glanced at the dim sum rolling down on the ground, and looked at the gold leaf dotted in the dim sum, and knew that it came from the dim sum shop "Wan Guichun" in the capital for nobles. Where, but there, would anyone deliberately put gold leaf in the middle of a snack? Miss Biao has not been to the capital for many years, and she will definitely not understand this.
"I got up early for an hour, and before dawn I went to the dining room to make snacks. As she spoke, Miss Biao became aggrieved, and her eyes still looked at Zhao Ru'an from time to time, as if she was waiting for him to come over and comfort her.
"There are three kinds of dim sum on this ground, take this lotus cake for example. It will take half an hour to wake up a few times, and then count the work of mixing noodles, stuffing, and oiling, no matter what, it will take an hour. The lotus crisp that has just come out of the pot is still hot. Fleur said this, reached out and picked up the lotus cake on the ground and brought it to Miss Biao and said, "Miss Table, why is there no heat at all in the lotus crisp you just came out of the pot, and it even looks like the lotus crisp that has been returned to oil after the night?" ”