Two months later, Yao Hei'er received a letter from Yao Pei from Jiyan City.

In the letter, Yao Pei told her mother that when they arrived in Jiyan City, Mrs. Jin was already weak, and Mrs. Jin Chong and his wife rushed to marry them, and Mrs. Jin smiled and finished her life.

Because of overwork, Jin Heng's mother also had a serious illness, and the young couple wanted to be filial piety in front of Jin Heng's mother's bed, and the other was to mourn Mrs. Jin for a year, so they couldn't come back for the time being. Jin Heng had already written another memora and asked the emperor for another year of leave.

It was the hottest time of summer, Yao Hei'er sat on the Fuyao Pavilion in the back garden, holding her daughter's letter, and a layer of fine sweat came out of her palms.

Sure enough, I can't come back.

An indescribable anxiety and uneasiness slowly spread in Yao Hei'er's heart little by little. Her hands began to tremble slightly.

Not far away, Zhong Cuiling was walking towards the pavilion with three or four people. When Yao Hei'er looked at it carefully, she saw that several people were dressed in the palace, so she hurriedly stood up, stuffed Yao Pei's letter into her sleeve, and greeted her.

The leader is Mama Hu next to Yao Qiong.

walked up to Yao Hei'er, squatted down to give a salute, Yao Hei'er hurriedly bent down to support him, and said with a smile, "Mom, how dare I be?" Your old man is here at this time, but what does the mother command? ”

Mama Hu said with a smile on her face, "Mrs. Yao Guo, but the great joy is coming." Just now, the imperial doctor diagnosed the pulse of the queen's mother, saying that the mother was pregnant, and everything else was fine, but the mother vomited badly and couldn't eat, so she sent the slave and maid back and forth to the lady, saying that she wanted to eat the hawthorn osmanthus cake made by the lady, and the cook in the palace made it, and the mother was not satisfied, so she had to bother the lady, so she did it as soon as possible and sent it to the mother. ”

Yao Hei'er was suddenly overjoyed, smiled from the corners of her forehead, and agreed in a stacked voice, "Okay!" Good! Good! I'm going to do it. He turned around and told the little girl, "Quick!" Let the kitchen buy the freshest hawthorn and osmanthus! ”

"Cuiling! Invite the mothers to sit in the room, good tea and water are waiting! ”

"Mrs. Yao Guo, no need!" Mama Hu stopped with a smile, "If you want to come to Mrs. to make hawthorn osmanthus cake, it will take a while, and the slaves and maids will return to the palace first, but I am afraid that Niangniang will not send anything else." Madame is ready, just send it over in person. As he spoke, he quietly pulled Yao Hei'er's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Madame still doesn't understand?" Niangniang just wants to see Madame. ”

"Oh! Oh! Oh! Yao Hei'er patted her forehead with her hand and said with a smile, "I was so happy and confused, I didn't expect this." Thank you mom for the reminder. As he spoke, he quietly gave Zhong Cuiling a look.

Mama Hu and the others gave another salute and said goodbye to leave.

Yao Hei'er took Mama Hu's hand and personally sent it out, and when she was about to reach the gate, Zhong Cuiling came from behind and quietly stuffed a roll of silver tickets to Yao Hei'er.

Yao Hei'er didn't look at much, and stuffed her brain into Mama Hu's hand, and laughed in a low voice, "Mom, you old man take this old man to drink tea." ”

Mama Hu was polite, and at the same time, she had tucked the silver ticket into her sleeve, and she was extremely happy in her heart, every time she came to Yao's Mansion to deliver a letter, this Mrs. Yao never let herself go back empty-handed.

The group had walked to the gate, Yao Hei'er watched everyone get into the car, Fang turned back, and asked Cuiling with a smile, "How many silver tickets did you take just now?" ”

Zhong Cuiling said with a smile: "In the past, Mrs. always gave the head of the grandmother a hundred taels of silver, and the rest of the fifty taels of silver. This time is a big happy event, I make my own decisions, the first two hundred taels, and the other grandmothers one hundred taels. ”

Yao Hei'er smiled slightly.

The iron mine in Yaojia Village, at the end of summer and winter every year, there will be a lot of silver tickets sent to Yao's mansion. Because Mrs. Yao Guo is generous, the eunuchs, palace maids, and grandmothers in the palace don't like to run errands for the queen?

I haven't cooked for a long time, the corners of Yao Hei'er's mouth are raised, she is smiling, her eyes are narrowed into a slit, and the hawthorn core is carefully removed.

The original cooks in the kitchen, who were supposed to be helpers for the master, were all driven away.

At this time, several people leaned against the door frame of the kitchen, looked at the half-intoxicated master, and covered their mouths and snickered.

Although it is a small snack, it is very time-consuming to make, and Yao Heier is demanding perfection, so she has put in even more effort. By the time the hawthorn osmanthus cake was ready, it was already half of the afternoon.

She hurriedly packed the food box again and took the car to the palace.

The eunuchs guarding the door smiled and said, "Mrs. Yao Guo, are you here to bring food to the queen?" ”

Yao Hei'er hurriedly took down the food box and said with a smile, "Father-in-law, according to the rules, you have to check it, I understand this." ”

The eunuch at the head waved his hand and said with a smile, "Madam said that you are joking, will your old man bring anything else?" Someone else's needs to be checked, but you don't need it, so go in. Mother Hu explained to us and said that the queen was waiting. ”

Mrs. Yao Guo smiled, pretended to be careless, and stuffed a few silver tickets to several eunuchs.

In Kunning Palace, Yao Qiong was sitting at the kang table drinking tea, and beside her, there were three chairs, sitting Concubine Xian, Concubine Kang and Concubine Ning.

Yao Hei'er handed the food box in her hand to Qingyu, and bowed down, "Courtesy Yao Hei'er, meet the queen!" Meet the virtuous concubine! Meet Concubine Kang! Meet Concubine Ning! ”

Except for Yao Qiong, the other three hurriedly stood up and said with a smile, "Mrs. Yao Guo, we sisters don't dare to be, please get up." Qinglu came over and picked up Yao Hei'er.

Concubine Xian smiled and said, "Look at the food box, it should be Mrs. Yao Guo who sent delicious food to the queen, we are blessed, and we are going to touch the queen's light." ”

Yao Hei'er hurriedly opened the food box, took out the hawthorn osmanthus cake, and said with a smile, "This is not a good one, it is often made at home." Let the three mothers laugh. ”

When Concubine Xian saw it, she said, "Ouch", Yao Hei'er was stunned, and hurriedly said, "Niangniang, but what's wrong?" ”

Concubine Xian shook her handkerchief and said with a smile, "It's nothing, when the palace was just pregnant that day, the imperial doctor explained that he should eat less hawthorn, because this thing invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis, but I am afraid that it will not be good for the fetus." Doesn't Mrs. Yao Guo know? ”

A wave of anger rose in Yao Hei'er's heart, she looked at Concubine Xian's bulging belly, forcibly suppressed her anger, and said with a smile, "Hui Concubine Xian, the courtiers have little knowledge, and they haven't heard of this." When the courtiers were pregnant with the queen, because they wanted to eat sour, they ate a lot of hawthorn, but there was nothing wrong. ”

Concubine Xian smiled lightly and said, "That may be that this palace is too worried." Mrs. Yao Guo is the mother of the queen's mother, and she will not ......"

Yao Qiong interrupted Concubine Xian's words, and said lightly, "It's the palace that wants to eat this, and I specially ordered someone to tell my mother." ”

The atmosphere in the palace suddenly became awkward.

Concubine Ning hurriedly smiled and said, "Since Concubine Xian Niangniang and Mrs. Yao Guo have different opinions, Niangniang's phoenix body is the most important, it is better to send someone to ask the imperial doctor again, if it is not in the way, it will not be too late for Niangniang to eat." As he spoke, he turned to his palace maid and said, "Lian'er, you go for a run." ”

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