Chapter 47: Breaking the Ice

After the Queen Mother was furious, Concubine Yi really restrained a lot.

She stayed in the palace every day, either to learn embroidery by threading, to work as a female worker, or to read some books dedicated to the palace such as "Women's Rules" and "Internal Training". The grandmother of Chenyang Palace came to check several times, and saw that she was quite peaceful, and she was not stubborn at all.

"Master...... Let's go. ”

Seeing the dark blue clothes flashing across the corner of the corridor, Le Yue glanced at her mysteriously and pointed in the direction of the palace gate.

"Are you really leaving?"

Concubine Yi's right hand was still holding a tube of inky black wolf brushes, she was originally sitting on the side of the desk, carefully copying scriptures, but at the moment she was half-tilting her body, looking in the direction pointed by Le Yue, revealing a sly gaze.

"Ouch...... Call...... I'm so tired! ”

The man on the desk relaxed, put down the ink pen, twisted his neck, and stretched a long lazy waist tiredly.

"Leyue, come on, come and give me a beating!"

"Master, you said that the ladies in this palace all seem to be golden and noble, why do I feel tired of living? Since we entered the palace, we have been rumored, the emperor has punished, and the queen mother has issued a decree, and it has not been a few days since we had a peaceful birthday. ”

The people in the back were kneading on their shoulders, and their mouths were still complaining.

Concubine Yi's lips were slightly upturned, and there was helplessness in her eyes.

"Alas, this duck is on the shelf, and your master is also forced...... Otherwise, who will be fed up? Willing to come to this tomb of the living dead to suffer! Wouldn't it be beautiful to want me to be at home and loved by my mother? ”

"Mother's ......"

As he spoke, a servant suddenly burst in.

Since the last time the staff was cut, the minions of the Showa Hall have been even more diligent, abiding by the rules, and serving thoughtfully, for fear that one will be accidentally caught by the grandmother and punished into the pickled place to clean the toilet, and there will never be a day.

The entire Showa Palace is in good order.

Hearing someone coming in, Le Yue quickly let go of her hand as if she had been electrocuted, lowered her head, and stood with her hands tied.

"What's the matter? How unruly! ”

The interest was interrupted, even though he has always been good-natured, the person on the side of the case also has a temper.

The maid was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting the master to get angry, so she pinched the silver nude in her hand, stepped forward stiffly, and said carefully:

"If you go back to Niangniang, it's Hui'er from Ziwei Hall, who came to Sister Leyue to ask for tricks, and I've been waiting outside for a long time."

Hearing this, Le Yue on the side hurriedly said:

"Yes, master, the slave maid called her yesterday, and she forgot about it when she was busy today, it was my fault, it was hard for her to wait so long, and the slave and maid went to find her."

Hearing Le Yue say this, Concubine Yi's complexion also softened.

She looked straight at the palace maid kneeling on the ground, a pair of bright eyes, turned a few times, and suddenly came to mind, and her tone was soft.

"This palace remembers that Hui'er is the big palace maid of Ziwei Hall?"

Asked coldly, the servant girl nodded again and again.

"Yes, I was waiting in front of Concubine Feng."

"Hmm."

The person on the case suddenly smiled, as if relieved, and looked at Leyue beside him, with a slightly reproachful tone.

"Concubine Feng has always been dignified and virtuous, and the palace also admires it very much, how dare you be arrogant and snub the people of Ziwei Hall? Why don't you go and find a trick and give it to others? ”

Looking at her master's reaction, Le Yue's eyes were dissatisfied and she didn't move.

Concubine Yi glared at her eyes and ordered, "Why don't you go quickly?" ”

"Yes......"

"By the way, Bengong remembers that the small kitchen made osmanthus cake, it tastes good, you can also wrap a few things, and give them to Hui'er to taste."

"The slave knows."

After speaking, those clear eyes looked straight at the people on the ground.

"You go down too, you're still smart and sensible today." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to the bun and personally plucked out a jade gilt hairpin, "This will be rewarded to you, if everyone in this Showa Palace is as loyal as you, this palace can sit back and relax." ”

I thought I was going to be punished, but I didn't expect to be rewarded, and the maid was naturally overjoyed.

"Thank you, Niang!"

After the two left, Concubine Yi supported her head with her hands and leaned on the side of the desk to meditate quietly.

Half an hour later, Le Yue stepped on broken steps and entered the hall again.

"Master?"

The person on the side of the desk slowly raised his head, rubbing his elbows that were a little numb, and his eyes were stunned, for example, a lot duller.

"Does the master have something on his mind? The slave saw that something was wrong with you. ”

"You see that, too?"

Le Yue nodded lightly, "But the slave doesn't know why. Recently, Concubine Feng has been favored, and everyone in the palace is watching our jokes, but you have never cared, master, although Hui'er is a person from Ziwei Hall, she is just a slave, why ......"

"Why do I take such care of her, don't I?"

Smelling the vinegar smell of Le Yue, Concubine Yi pursed her lips and smiled.

When there were no outsiders in the palace, she always disliked the word "Bengong", as if these two words would separate the feelings between them.

"Do you know that the servant girl who broke in just now has silver in her hand?"

As soon as the words fell, Le Yue's eyes widened in surprise.

"When I was a child, I liked to eat candy people, but my mother always didn't allow it, so I secretly took the silver and sneaked out to play with my mother, and I was almost caught several times, how can this little trick be hidden from me?"

Recalling the past, Leyue laughed "poof".

"Of course the slave remembers that the young lady climbed over the wall, and I was like a fart, following behind as a brick, and I was discovered by the family several times, and I chased the garden all over the ......."

Concubine Yi also laughed, but then straightened her face seriously.

"As a big palace maid, it is not strange that Hui'er can give benefits to the people below, but she doesn't come to Showa Palace often, and the palace maid is just a third-class girl, for an embroidery look, she is willing to be so generous?"

Le Yue's expression was also very puzzled, and he hesitated: "Maybe it's ...... The handmaid took the initiative to ask for money? ”

"Nope."

The man in the seat shook his head.

“…… Listening to the tone of the maidservant, she seems to be very intimate with Hui'er, and she should be a familiar person, and this Showa Palace is a new palace maid, and there has never been an old man...... All this is really strange. Although I am unrestrained, I am not stupid. ”

After such a reminder, Le Yue also fell into deep thought.

"Listening to the master, the slave and maid remembered something."

"How?"

"The master still remembers that the emperor came to see the master that day, and there was no one in the palace, which caused our whole palace to be punished, not to mention the cutting of the palace people, and even more affected the master's good reputation......"

The eyes of the people in the seat flashed suddenly.

"What's wrong?"

"But coincidentally, the slave and maid who were supposed to come back early were Concubine Feng Niangniang Libudd, and suddenly put down the reward, and the slave and maid were delayed for a while."

"Concubine Feng...... Feng ......"

Concubine Yi rubbed her forehead, kept muttering to herself, muttering these words, her brows furrowed.

"I think I've heard it somewhere, but I just can't remember it."

"Master, don't think about it, the slave and maid will pay attention to it in the future, our Showa Palace and Ziwei Hall have never had anything to do with it, as for the slave and the maid and Hui'er, it is only a needle and thread exchange, presumably we are too worried."

The man on the desk was silent in thought.

The apocalypse is breezy and the autumn rain is continuous.

In the pool of Showa Hall, the lotus leaves have long since dried up. The cool rain sprinkled on the water surface adds a bit of flavor.

If it is an ordinary person, he must be sad when he sees this situation, but at this moment, Concubine Yi is very excited and overjoyed.

"Leyue, call Xiao Liuzi, let's dig the lotus root."

"Master, Qiu Yusheng, if you get drenched, you will catch a cold, the slave and maid will tell you to go down, and it will be enough for him to bring a few minions."

"Go, go, I'm going to watch ......"

As she spoke, she really lay on the edge of the window lattice and stretched out most of her head.

A few people carried bamboo baskets, upside down in the pond, the scene was very lively, Concubine Yi looked down at a command, and after a while, several baskets of bright white tender lotus root appeared in front of her.

Looking at these trophies, the people in the hall were holding their waists and looking very comfortable.

"Tell the small kitchen, leave the point, peel and then take the knife and roll, to be finely chopped and eroded but broken by the thread, and then stew it carefully in a small red clay stove, supplemented by minced meat, blue lotus, lotus seeds and purple japonica rice, sprinkle with the newly picked osmanthus in autumn, accompanied by Meisu alabaster ......"

Xiao Liuzi stared at his master, his eyes were stunned.

"Forget it, let's leave it at that! Go ......."

"Yes, yes, the minion will do it!"

Recently, she has been holding back for too long, Concubine Yi has long been uncomfortable, God has mercy, all the bodhisattvas are quietly in their own palaces, and even the aunt of Chenyang Palace has been exempted, and her heart has long been happy.

"Give the order to go down and close the palace door. Without the main palace, not a single fly is allowed to enter. ”

"Yes."

Concubine Yi was overjoyed, and even ran to the small kitchen to "supervise" the work herself, and after half an hour, a mouth-watering fragrance slowly wafted out.

"Little Liuzi, find a few people and little eunuchs, and carry the stove to the palace!"

"This ......", Xiao Liuzi hesitated and whispered, "Master, this is not appropriate...... If you are found by Mama......"

"What's wrong? The palace gate is closed so tightly, who can enter?! ”

"Go ahead, there's absolutely no one else today."

After speaking, she glanced at Leyue.

After a while, in the main hall of Showa Palace, everyone surrounded Concubine Yi's small stove, frolicking into a piece, and from the stove, the fragrance rushed in, and the greedy servants quietly swallowed their saliva.

Concubine Yi looked extremely funny, and simply said arrogantly: "Tell me to go down, everyone has a part today!" ”。

"Shh......h

"Oh, my little ancestor, be quiet, be known by the people in the other palace, it's amazing...... Usurping the master of the concubine, this is a big crime, and the slave wants to live for a few more years......"

Seeing his timid appearance, Concubine Yi gradually retracted her voice.

"The emperor has arrived!"

**In the rain, there was a sudden high-pitched singing, and everyone was gathering on the ground and lying lazily, all of them were bluffed at the moment, and they stood up crookedly, and hurriedly opened the palace door to welcome the car.

"The emperor is auspicious."

Emperor Yin's face was not good.

He did not look at the people on the ground, but strode into the temple gate, and without saying a word, his face was gloomy and dull. On the purple nine-dragon satin robe, it was still wet with dripping rainwater.

The people in the hall didn't dare to breathe.

"The Emperor's ......"

"Come here!"

With an angry shout, everyone on the ground was frightened, and Concubine Yi also paused, and then walked forward cautiously with a weak heart.

"Concubine Yi, you're not small! Dare to openly disobey the palace rules! ”

She has always been at odds with the emperor, so she didn't explain, and just knelt down.

"What? You don't want to argue? ”

"The concubine knows her mistake, the facts are in front of her, and there is no way to justify it. If the emperor doesn't like it, the concubine won't cook porridge in the palace next time. ”

"Cooking porridge?" Emperor Yin's tone was secretly surprised.

"In addition to cooking porridge, the concubines didn't do anything that hurt nature and reason, why is the emperor so angry? Could it be that your emperor is angry...... The concubine closed the palace door of the Showa Palace? ”

Emperor Yin stood outside the palace for a long time, really annoyed.

But being so broken by her, in front of so many minions, if she admits it, it seems that the emperor is stingy.

"Bang......" He threw the Buddha beads in his hand on the coffee table and looked at Concubine Yi lightly, "Clever words!" I don't look like you're sick. ”

Concubine Yi's face was red and white.

"The concubine is sick, and she is not lightly ill."

The person in the Taishi's chair seemed to be watching a good show, "Oh? Tell me, what disease do you have? ”

"Hypochondria, cone, heartache......"

"Bold!"

The people on the ground bowed down and said softly: "The concubine is guilty, the palace door should not be closed on a rainy day, and the porridge should not be cooked in the palace, and I hope that the emperor will be gracious and spare the concubine." ”

Even so, tears rolled in her eyes, and her tone was very aggrieved.

Emperor Yin sat on the Taishi chair, silent below, he suddenly couldn't get off the stage, and when he saw her doing a little low, he also felt pity, so he leaned down and looked at her face carefully.

"What else?"

No one answered.

"Ahem......," the bright eyes glanced back, and said majestically, "You all go down!" ”

"Yes......"

A group of people quickly got up from the ground, slipped through the smoke, and disappeared cleanly.

"It smells so good...... Where's your porridge? ”

While the people on the ground were talking, he stood up alone, followed the scent, lifted the curtain of the inner sanctum, and saw ...... There was a half-man-high stove with a thick white porcelain pot boiling on it, and it was still "gurgling" and bubbling.

"Goo......

There was a sound in his stomach, and his face was a little unbearable.

"Uh-huh......"

Concubine Yi pursed her lips with her back to her, and her voice was still aggrieved: "Back to the emperor, this is lotus root orchid gui japonica rice porridge, when the concubine was young, she often ate it at home, and today she saw that the weather was cold and the new lotus root in the pond was deserted, and she was very unbearable, so she wanted to let the slave do something." ”

As she spoke, she knocked down.

"The concubine's words and deeds are inappropriate, and the emperor is also asked to condemn him."

Seeing this scene, Emperor Yin's heart suddenly relaxed.

When he spoke again, the majestic voice softened considerably.

"I'm used to eating delicacies from the mountains and the sea, but I didn't expect the delicacies in Concubine Yi's palace to be so chic, Xiao Xiazi, pass the order, I will stay in Concubine Yi's palace tonight, and taste this 'coupled Langui japonica rice porridge' with Concubine Ai."

Xiao Xiazi's tense face was full of smiles.

"Yes."

Love Concubine? Stay? …… The man on the ground looked up suddenly.

"Your Majesty?"

At Emperor Yin's smile, she immediately lowered her head again.

"The autumn clouds do not disperse, and the frost flies late, leaving the dry lotus to listen to the sound of the rain. Ai Concubine said, the pond in this palace is newly deserted, and today's rain has created a good scene, both full and can be watched, beautiful! ”

He himself came and lifted up the man on the ground.

"It's my fault that blames you, don't take it to heart."

"Concubine ......"

"Someone," Emperor Yin pointed to the stove under the table and ordered, "Carry it to the West Warm Pavilion and set up a case by the window." In addition, prepare some liquid food to warm the stomach, burn incense and serve tea......"

Concubine Yi was dumbfounded, only feeling a buzzing sound in her ears.