One hundred and one: Plum blossom appreciation
Yao Chuxi rarely wears this tender yellow color, which looks fresh, as if it is a sign that spring is coming.
Several people sat down together, and the palace people came over with steaming food, and Yao Chuxi saw clearly that on each square plate was a small cage drawer, which was either snacks or dishes, as well as two pots of tea and a pot of warm water.
This warm water is naturally hers.
There are many styles of dim sum, and it seems that Yuan Shaoyu has been preparing them since before the morning.
Some are petal-shaped, and some are crispy ice skin on the outside, and red petal mud on the inside, Yao Chuxi recognizes this snack, it is called rose crisp, Yuan Shaoyu made it for her before she was pregnant.
It's just that spring has just entered now, and I'm afraid that this idea of rose petals is carefully cultivated by Sihuafang, and I'm afraid that it will waste a lot of their hard work.
In addition to the flower style, there are also a few dim sum that Yao Chuxi is familiar with. The green bean dough that is brighter than Tong Xiuyi's clothes, the small shortbread that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the fried golden twist flowers, the milky white and sweet chestnut flour cake, and the Ruyi cake carved with different patterns in the middle of the square.
This is just what Yao Chuxi usually likes to eat, and there are several kinds of dim sum that she can't name, and the taste is also good.
There are also many kinds of dishes, such as Yao Chuxi's favorite red plum beads, braised fish, and braised pork with even fat and thinness, delicious braised lion's head, and abalone cup churning in the cup.
In addition, there are many dishes, among which there are several kinds of dumplings, shrimp stuffed with shiitake mushrooms are more common, and this time with cabbage and radish filling.
There is only one winter melon and shrimp soup in the soup, and there are not many dim sum in each dish, a small plate.
The emperor was also worried about waste and unorthodoxy, so he ordered every dish in the dining room to be more delicious, and half of each dish was usually the standard, and no more was allowed.
"In order to make my sister eat more comfortably, the emperor deliberately made the dining room exquisite and delicious, and my sister should not live up to the emperor's good intentions." Liu Zhaorong said.
Yao Chuxi was picking up a dumpling and putting it on the plate, listened to Liu Zhaorong's words and smiled faintly, and turned to look at the emperor.
The emperor was also looking at her.
"Concubine Xie Emperor."
If you just wondered why the emperor came with Tong and Liu, there is an answer now.
Taihe Hall is not far from Changchun Garden and Yunning Palace, so it is normal for the emperor to come over with them. According to the meaning of Liu Zhaorong's words, the emperor and them probably didn't mention Yao Chuxi along the way, thinking of this, Yao Chuxi couldn't help but feel a little sweet, and blushed slightly, as if the dumplings they ate were made of osmanthus honey, and they were sweet to the heart.
At this time, the petals of the plum garden fell to the ground, each petal floated down slowly like a nostalgic flower branch, turned around in the air from time to time, and finally fell to the ground, and the ground was almost covered with petals after a long time.
Just like the snowflakes falling in winter, the plum garden at this moment is filled with red snowflakes, white snowflakes, and red and white petals flying all over the sky, which looks particularly pleasing to the eye.
Except in the palace, I am afraid that it is difficult to see such a view from outside.
Others say that plum blossoms fall, naturally plum blossoms are beautiful when they fall, and now that they see it with their own eyes, Yao Chuxi knows that this is true.
She had never been to Luomei Garden before, but she was not favored, and no one listened to her, so naturally she would not be let out of the back garden. Second, the women in the back garden had poisonous eyes, and they kept staring at her every move, so they said Xu Jieyu, she was just a talented person when she didn't become Jieyu, and she lived in Yunyan Pavilion with Yao Chuxi, at that time she always said that the master of the palace was ruthless, and if she saw Yao Chuxi one day, she was afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat.
It means that it will not be safe when you get out of the back garden, and it is good not to be favored by the emperor, if you are really favored, you will not know how to die if you are afraid of death.
Yao Chuxi knew that she didn't want the emperor to see her, after all, the emperor had never been in the habit of coming to the back garden at that time.
But it is not up to her to choose whether she is favored or not, Xu Cairen really exalted her when he said this, who said that the emperor would definitely summon her when he saw her?
Ironically, Xu Cairen, who did not let Yao Chuxi go to the Falling Plum Garden and the Imperial Garden, went to the Falling Plum Garden to sing songs on Chinese New Year's Eve, and was summoned by the emperor that night, directly turned over and became Jieyu, and it didn't take long to move out of the back garden.
Yao Chuxi didn't feel angry about what she did, there were too many people who were afraid of her, and they had more or less done some black hands, or said some unpleasant things, compared to them, Xu Jieyu's words were not worth mentioning.
But at that time, where could Xu Jieyu have thought that Yao Chuxi, who laughed all day long, would step on her head one day, although her position was not as high as her, but people were angry and pregnant with a dragon fetus, and when this dragon fetus was born, if it was a prince, let alone Jieyu's position, it would be low to be directly promoted to Chongyi Chongyuan and Shunrong, if she has been spoiled like this, it is estimated that it is possible to be promoted to the concubine position after the child is born.
Yao Chuxi used a few dumplings and snacks, and ate a few more mouthfuls of dishes, including a cold chrysanthemum cabbage, less sesame oil and salt, put a little chili oil and minced garlic, hot water blanched chrysanthemum vegetables and then directly cold, the taste is refreshing and greasy, very refreshing.
This dish is not only delicious, but also very easy to make, Yao Chuxi used to make it with his mother when he was at home.
Although it is not good for her to make the name of the dish now, if you let her go to the kitchen to do something or something, it will not be difficult for her.
The emperor specially brewed the flower tea of Yingxue Pavilion this time, and Tong Xiuyi and Liu Zhaorong both said that the tea tasted good after drinking it, and Tong Xiuyi even had to learn the craft of making flower tea from Yao Chuxi.
"The concubine is just adding some new dried flowers, it's really not a craft, if my sister likes to make some concubines another day, let the palace people send them to Changchun Garden."
"What's so embarrassing!" Tong Xiuyi smiled faintly, "Sister, you are a person with a body now, don't worry about it, this flower tea is very simple to make when you say it, go back to my sister and give it a try, how can I bother my sister to do it?" ”
Liu Zhaorong also responded on the side.
Not to mention that these two people are really in a good relationship, even when they speak, you say one sentence after another, which is completely refusal.
Yao Chuxi thought that if these two people had the heart to compete for favor, they were afraid that there would be nothing to do with her and the abolished queen.
The emperor also said on the side, "You are now a person with a body, what should you do if you are tired and tired?" It's up to them. ”
Come on, who the hell is this spoiling? Yao Chuxi's heart faintly rose with a sense of jealousy.
The plum blossoms are almost gone, I'm afraid that there will be another three or two days to be cleaned, Yao Chuxi let the rain and snow pick up a lot of petals before leaving, and prepare to return to the snow pavilion to dry flowers, which can be made into flower tea, and can also be used to take a bath, and it is also good to make dim sum fillings, and it will not be wasted after all.
Tong Xiuyi broke two plum blossom branches and went back, ready to insert them in the water to raise them to see if they could let it live for two more days.
Liu Zhaorong looked like an atmospheric person, she didn't take anything away, as if she didn't have any nostalgia for this plum garden.
When he returned to Yingxue Pavilion, it happened that Doctor Nian came, and after checking the pulse, Doctor Nian nodded with some relief.
The fetal decoction has been drunk for a long time, and it has been stopped for a long time, but the young doctor still has to observe it often, so as not to make anything wrong with this Yao beauty.
But this is nearly a month after the drug was stopped, there is nothing wrong with Yao Chuxi, the dragon fetus is even healthier, and the young doctor can clearly see that Yao Chuxi is in good spirits for a while, although he often takes a nap, it is normal for pregnant people to be sleepy, and he is not prevented.
"The minister prescribes a prescription for the beauty to replenish the body and invigorate the qi, you continue to recuperate, and the body will recover almost in another month or so."
What Doctor Nian said was not very obvious, but Yao Chuxi heard it, which meant to prescribe another prescription to make up for the loss of her bardo incense poison last time.
To tell the truth, this second pregnancy is really not a good time, the body has not recovered well, the residual poison of yin incense poison has not been completely discharged, it is usually nothing, after all, it is not in the way, the time of injury has passed as early as the first miscarriage, and the detoxification is not in a hurry. But right now, there is still a dragon in her belly, if the poison remains in her body, won't it be fully absorbed by the dragon?
The fetal decoction that I drank before and this decoction could not be drunk at the same time, so between the fetal protection and detoxification, I thought about it for a long time.
After dinner in the evening, Yao Chuxi took a beautiful bath.
The water in the bath bucket was only warm before, steaming slightly, Yao Chuxi helped Luoxia and Luoxue to go in carefully, Luoshuang brought a large bucket of hot water in, and poured it into the bath bucket with a bang, and in an instant Yao Chuxi could feel that the hot water seemed to open all the pores of her body.
If the water is a little hot at the beginning, then Yao Chuxi will naturally feel uncomfortable, this trick is somewhat similar to boiling frogs in warm water, but one is to cook slowly, and the other is to pour hot water immediately.
There were also two sachet bags soaked in the hot water, and the bags were full of plum blossom petals picked up in the plum garden today, and they were washed and packed into the sachet bags by the falling rain.
I originally wanted to use it as a rose petal and put it directly in the bathtub, but the master is now pregnant, and the rain really doesn't dare to make the decision without permission.
If they think about it as palace maids, they don't need to use it if the master doesn't want to use it, but the fact is that Yao Chuxi wants to bathe with plum blossom petals, and when it rains, he has to ask the young doctor.
There were four steps in the tub, followed by a wooden platform that was slightly wider than the steps, and Yao Chuxi carefully sat on the wooden platform, letting the hot water wrap her whole body and wet the gauze she was wearing.
Although the rain and snow have served her for three years, women are sometimes a little shy, such as Yao Chuxi now, but she is embarrassed.
She took off her gown in the water, handed it to Falling Rain, and then took the water and threw it twice on her shoulder.
The water was just over her chest.