moonlight, barley and lily soup, salted kelp stir-fried; Stir-fried water chestnut lotus seeds, cucumber assorted tofu, etc.

Huoyao, stewed bird's nest with red beans, longan persimmon cake; Braised duck with fresh vegetables and clear sauce, stir-fried fungus lotus root, etc.

Shuiyao, winter melon and barley pot, crispy coconut cake; Dry fried celery plate meat, wolfberry chrysanthemum cake crisp, etc.

......

Xingzhen sat on the rocking chair, a faint cigarette was lingering above the painted high-foot incense burner next to her, and the maid came up with spices to change the incense burner, Xingzhen didn't know that she looked at this recipe was a few pillars of incense. Xingzhen was purely curious about Yun Concubine's death, and the recipe she accidentally picked up made her intuitively feel that the two were related. However, after looking at a few pillars of incense, I only vaguely felt that it was wrong.

Xingzhen put the recipe on the small table, and suddenly found that many of the foods on the recipe were not in the prescribed diet, but this is not surprising, after all, sometimes the concubine wants to eat other food, so she will quietly pay the imperial dining room to help make meals.

Feeling that her eyelids were a little sore, Xingzhen rubbed Qingming's acupoint. The palace maid reminded Xingzhen softly: "It's time for the little master to eat." ”

"Oh, okay, I got it." With the support of the palace maid, Xingzhen walked out of the back room and came to the main hall for dinner. But as soon as he looked at the meals on the table, he felt that something was wrong, pointed to a few dishes on the table, and said, "These dishes don't seem to be from the Japanese meal, right?" ”

The palace maid who delivered the meal was stunned, bowed her head and said, "Returning to the little master, this is a reward." ”

"Oh."

Xingzhen is a person with a lot of hearts, looked at the palace maid, and continued: "Are there other palaces? The reward, which palace rewarded it? ”

“...... When the slave and maid went to the dining room to receive the meal, the cook in the dining room said that it was an additional meal. Specifically, the slave and maid are not very clear. ”

Xingzhen looked at the palace maid, and then looked at the exquisite snacks and pastries on the table, and suddenly smiled slightly, and said, "Oh? In that case, so hard for you. Anyway, I can't finish so many meals, so it's better to reward you, there is no etiquette for this meal, and you can sit down and eat together. “

When she heard "sit down and eat together", the palace maid was obviously flattered and froze in place. Xingzhen flicked the palace maid's forehead, and the sudden pain on her forehead made the palace maid wake up instantly, and the palace maid said, "The slave and maid thanked the little master." “

Xingzhen was eating while watching the palace maid pick up vegetables. I saw that the palace maid only sandwiched the same kind of dish when she picked up the dishes. As a result, Xingzhen only sandwiched the same dish. After finishing the meal, Xingzhen elegantly wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and smiled at the palace maid who delivered the meal: "You go back to rest first." “

The palace maid was flattered when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, little master." “

Watching the palace maid leave. Xingzhen said to the eunuchs and palace maids in the main hall: "This meal will be rewarded for you." Remember, you're going to have to eat it all. ”

The master appreciates the food, and the eunuchs and maids are happy, and now they can improve the food! As for running out of food, it is natural to run out of food, after all, so many people will naturally run out of food! The eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly said: "Thank you, little master! ”

As a result, the next day, I fell ill, I had diarrhea, and I had food last night because of my physical problems. But the maid who delivered the meal was fine. After Xingzhen came back from asking the queen to say goodbye, she sat at the round table, and the palace maid who delivered the meal helped to make the meal. Xingzhen said: "How do you feel that there are so few people today? ”

"Back to the little master, many of them are sick today, and they didn't come for fear that the illness would affect the little master." A maid said.

"Hey, you're sick today? What a coincidence! It can't be that there is a plague in Shouchang Palace, right? ”

The maid who replied was about to say something, when suddenly the palace maid who was making a meal interrupted: "The little master of Concubine Yi should eat." ”

"Oh, okay." Xingzhen looked at the palace maid and said, "By the way, what's your name?" ”

"Slave and maid."

"Oh, Jianxi, that's a nice name." After reading the breakfast, Xingzhen smiled secretly, and also only ate one dish. After the meal, the palace maid eats.

As a result, in the same way, all the palace maids who had used the food on the second day were not lightly ill.

Xingzhen looked at the meal on the table, and the corners of her mouth bloomed into a smile without a trace.

And so it was.

After checking Yun Concubine's daily diet recipe, there were similarities with her own diet in the past few days.

However, while discovering the joy of the mystery of the recipe, Xingzhen also silently left a terrifying cold sweat.

This is the deep palace...... Someone is trying to harm himself.

Looking at the paper in his hand, the recipe still exuded a faint agarwood. Rubbing lightly on it, it made a thin "click" sound. On this recipe smoked with agarwood, there are pearl words that can harm people.

Someone is trying to hurt themselves......

Xingzhen, who was still a newborn calf in the palace fight, couldn't help but start thinking about it.

Do you want to find out who that person is?

But it shouldn't matter if you know how to eat anyway.

Why don't you pretend you don't know?

......

Xingzhen looked at the recipe and only felt upset.

Let's go out for a walk......

In this way, one person casually walked away in the palace, and the palace maids and eunuchs who saw it in the past saw it and said: "Concubine Yi is good." ”

Xingzhen nodded absentmindedly at this.

Passing by Yonghe Palace, I saw the three big characters that were impressive, and paused in front of the gate of Yonghe Palace, dispelling the idea of looking for Yi.

Fear...... will implicate her.

Xingzhen looked at the three big characters of Yonghe Palace, leaving a trace of helplessness and silently smiling bitterly.

Don't implicate her...... Let's go.

So, Xingzhen turned around and left. I don't know how many hours I walked, and I don't know where I walked to, suddenly, a maid in Tsing Yi lowered her head, tied a pale woman's head, didn't seem to see Xingzhen, and hurriedly walked with a wooden basin. Xingzhen was not in the mood at this time, and it was not one of those concubines who took care of more things and was going to be deliberately trained, and she didn't say anything about the rudeness of the maid who met but didn't say hello. Suddenly, there was a "bang", and the maid inadvertently knocked down Xingzhen.

The maid was stunned, and hurriedly got up from Xingzhen, who was knocked to the floor, helped Xingzhen up, and said, "The slave and maid should die, please punish the master!" “

At the moment when the maid raised her head, a familiar and delicate face came into view, Xingzhen was stunned, came back to her senses, her heart was full of joy and excitement, the excitement was a little too much, her eyes were dotted with tears, like two cherry-colored petals of her lips bloomed, and she smiled: "Pipa!" “

Pipa was startled, raised her head slightly, looked up at Miss's familiar and beautiful face, was stunned for a long time, a smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth, and said, "Miss! “

Xingzhen hugged the pipa as if she was a child, and whimpered: "Sister Pipa ......"

All along, Pipa took care of Xingzhen like an older sister to a little sister, but gradually, the friendship between them sublimated from sisterhood to friendship. Gradually, it was sublimated to a higher level than friendship.

Xingzhen took the hand of the pipa and went to the apse of Shouchang Palace. Si Shun Zhai face wide five rooms, open the air door in the bright room, single eaves hard mountain top, Nanmu threshold window carved pattern decoration, the corner is decorated with dragon and phoenix cloud pattern copper horn leaves, the scenery in the garden is beautiful, fresh and beautiful, Si Shun Zhai ventilation and water, it is very comfortable and pleasant to live.

Pipa was placed on a rocking chair, looked around in Sishun Zhai, and said: "It is said that Shouchang Palace is the most comfortable place to live in the six palaces of the East and West, and it seems that this is the case today, so that Miss will not be wronged!" “

Xingzhen heard that she was addressed as "Miss", smiled slightly, and handed the honey fried (the ancient name of candied fruit) in a small saucer with glass pattern flowers and the Tianchi tea in a small teapot with a doucai rim to Pipa. When Pipa saw it, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Little master Yi, the slave is rude!" “

"Call Miss." Xingzhen poured the Tianchi tea in the teapot into the matching Doucai teacup, "You can call me the little master in front of outsiders." “

Pipa looked at Xingzhen in a daze, and the young lady's delicate cheeks showed soft lines in the rising mist. handed the honey decoction to the pipa, and said softly: "The work of the Baoyi Mansion has wronged you, and it is not yet time to eat, you can eat some to cushion your stomach first." “

Pipa looked at the honey fried on the small plate, and remembered the seemingly endless toiling of wrapping clothes, and the soreness in his arm became more and more obvious. Xingzhen saw Pipa sitting blankly, with pain in her eyes. Xingzhen is a person who knows Pipa very well, frowned, and said coldly: "Is someone in Baoyi Mansion bullying you?" ”

It was the first time Pipa had heard such a cold voice from her own young lady, which was colder than the Celsius of the cold winter wax moon. Pipa shook his head at the rattle and said, "No." ”

Xingzhen sat on the Taishi chair, leaning on the backrest. At this time, Xingzhen's eyes were unusually cold and cold, and the bright Danfeng eyes projected a cold light, and she sat on the Taishi chair and quietly watched the pipa.

After a long time, Xingzhen said: "You eat some honey fried first, eat some tea." ”

A faint cigarette smoke lingers on the lacquered incense burner. Pipa lowered his head, quietly put a piece of honey fried in his mouth, chewed, swallowed, and said slowly: "...... What does the young lady command? ”

"......" Xingzhen straightened up, took out a piece of paper from a box in the drawer, looked at the paper, dipped it in ink with a wolf pen, scratched it on the paper, looked at it, smiled with satisfaction, handed it to the pipa, and said, "Send this piece of paper to the Tai Hospital, and ask the Tai Doctor what would happen if he ate according to the recipe?" ”

Seeing a few ink marks on the paper and a few meal names, Pipa nodded and said, "Yes." “

Jingyang Palace.

Jian Xi waited quietly next to a couch, Ah Mei leaned on the couch, looked at the plump plums in the plate, and said: "I heard in this palace that it has been a few weeks, and Concubine Yi's health is very good, but there are some health problems with the maid and eunuch of Sishunzhai in Shouchang Palace. ”

Jian Xi knelt on the ground with a "plop" and said, "Noble lady, the slave maid is indeed according to your request, and sent those meals that are out of tune to Concubine Yi. ”

"Concubine Yi didn't find out that you were from the palace, right?"

"Nope."

"I remember that you were originally a miscellaneous slave, if you hadn't been discovered by this palace, otherwise you would still be doing drudgery."

Those years of doing drudgery are vivid, and Jian Xi kowtowed loudly and said, "The slave is willing to serve the noble lady." ”

Ah Mei said: "This palace will ask you, does Concubine Yi only eat one dish or one type of dish for those meals?" ”

！

What should I do, as if I don't pay much attention to this?

But you can't deceive the nobles.

Mei Guiren said to herself: "These meals are not in harmony with the five elements, yin and yang are opposite, if the concubine eats them, they will be fatal in less than a month." "Mei Guiren also told you that if you are asked to eat, you only need to eat one dish or one dish.

At that time, when dealing with Yun Concubine, Yun Concubine was senior and sophisticated, and ordinary "rewards" couldn't cope with her, so they united (note: the so-called union is actually the meaning of giving benefits to silver) Cheng Qiangong's cook, let the cook cook a few more dishes, if Yun Concubine asked about the cook, the cook only needed to act a play, give Yun Concubine a flattering smile, and say a few words "Yun Concubine Niangniang has worked hard, the slave specially prepared for you" and the like, the senior Yun Concubine was smart at this time but was mistaken by cleverness, thinking that the cook was just simply pleased. When her stomach hurt abnormally wrong, Concubine Yun was also clever and called the cook to come over for questioning.

The cook followed the instructions of the noble Mei and said, "Concubine Yun, if you suspect the small one, eat the small one to prove your innocence." ”

After hearing this, Concubine Yun ordered someone to bring the leftover food, and the cook picked up the chopsticks and ate quickly in order to confuse the vision.

Yun Concubine said: "Why do you eat so fast? ”

The cook was in a hurry and said: "The slave prepared a meal for the mother for a few days, but the preparation was ready, and the slave had nothing to eat, because he was too hungry, and the slave ate quickly, and asked the mother to punish him." ”

So, the suspicion of the cook was eliminated.

Ah Mei dealt with Concubine Yi this time, obviously adding materials. It can be seen from the fact that the eunuch maid, who often worked and exercised overnight, had an accident after only one meal.

Mei Guiren said to Jian Xi: "This time, what you have to do is not only to deliver food, but also to watch Concubine Yi eat the meal of the five elements." “

Shouchang Palace.

An elderly grandmother sat on an armchair with luodian inlay, and Xingzhen handed a cup of suitable Tianchi tea to her with both hands as a sign of respect, and said, "Please." “

Mama was a little flattered, and said, "Concubine Yi, little master, this ...... How can the old body bear it? “

"Mama is serious, you are a senior, and you have to respect it."

Mama felt a little, and bowed with both hands to the cup of Tianchi tea. Xingzhen smiled slightly, and quietly watched Mama slowly drink the Tianchi tea.

After watching Mama finish drinking the Tianchi tea, Xingzhen clapped her hands and motioned for Pipa to bring a scroll up. The scroll slowly unfolded, and I saw a girl in Tsing Yi wearing beaded flowers painted on the white jade board paper of the scroll.

Xingzhen pointed to the girl in Tsing Yi and said, "May I ask if Mama can recognize this woman?" “

Mama narrowed her eyes and said, "Wait for the old body to take a look...... Ah, I recognize, I recognize that this is not the girl who sent the meal in Chengqian Palace, what is it called, oh, yes, it's called Jian Xi, yes, Jian Xi girl, this girl Jian Xi girl. “

"Chengqian Palace delivers food? So Miss Jian Xi has been delivering food in Chengqian Palace? “

"No, the old man only saw her later, and the old man thought that maybe Miss Jian Xi was newly sent by the Baoyi Mansion, and he didn't care much about it."

"Later?"

"Yes, later."

"Oh, I see. By the way, why don't you live in Sishun Zhai in the future? “

"Eh, so, that old body is here to thank the little master of Yi Concubine."

Mama agreed without hesitation. The grandmother is really happy now, Concubine Yi looks approachable, has a humble personality, and entered the palace later than the little master before her, but she is the same concubine as the little master before. Being able to stay by the side of such a humble little lord is much better than doing chores in Baoyi Mansion now.

"Mama's last name?"

"The old man is free of the noble little surname Yuan."

"Oh, it turned out to be Mama Yuan."

After arranging Mama Yuan, Xingzhen said to Pipa: "It seems that there is really something wrong with that cut." “

"Jian Xi is the palace maid who delivers meals, and on the recipe that Miss gave me, the doctor has read it, saying that these meals are restrained by the five elements, yin and yang are opposite, if you eat them, over time, the five organs will be exhausted and fatal."

"Well, a while ago, when Jian Xi was delivering food in Chengqian Palace, Concubine Yun died, and the imperial doctor said that the reason was the decline of the five swelling and six intestines, and in a few days, I also did experiments, and found that the reason was most likely because of the meal."

Xingzhen said to the pipa: "The imperial doctor said, these meals are restrained by the five elements, and the yin and yang are opposite? ”

"Exactly."

"And then, if you eat it, over time, it will be fatal?"

"Yes."

"Oh." Xingzhen leaned her back on the backrest, "This food can also be alive or dead, it is interesting." ”

Pipa said: "The recipe that Miss gave me, is it from the Yun Concubine Palace?" “

"Yes."

"This is obviously someone who harmed Miss, and it is the same person as Concubine Yun."

"And who do you think it will be?"

"When Concubine Yun died, which concubine reacted the most?"

"Pipa, I know you're eager to find the murderer. But here, you should say, who is the mastermind behind the cutting of Xi? Xingzhen said in a very soft voice.

asked who was behind the scenes, and suddenly shortened the distance in the line to find the murderer.

Pipa suddenly realized and said, "So, Jian Xi is a key person!" ”

Xingzhen smiled and nodded. Pipa continued: "Then let the shears force a confession. ”

"If you force Jian Xi, the mastermind behind the scenes will come to the door at that time, even if it shows the prototype, but there is no conclusive evidence for this, but it will be charged with abusing the palace maid."

"Isn't the recipe proof?"

"The recipe is from the Yun Concubine Palace, but it doesn't mean that it comes from the Yun Concubine Palace."

"What do you mean?"

"Even if the recipe is not marked by me, it doesn't mean that it will appear like this, and it won't say that I forged it."

"......" looked at the pipa and was seriously thinking about a solution. Xingzhen reminded: "Jian Xi is a palace maid who delivers food." ”

The palace maid who delivered the meal...... The mastermind behind the scenes? Wait, the palace maid who delivered the meal, the mastermind behind the scenes! Pipa said: "Miss! ”

"Huh?"

Pipa leaned into Xingzhen's ear and whispered her idea, and Xingzhen nodded with satisfaction.

"By the way, miss."

"Is it swollen?"

"What if Jian Xi wants Miss to eat it all this time?"

"Ah, well, that's okay! I'm thinking about it. ”

Yonghe Palace.

Giun smiled and helped Yi up, and said, "Sister is exempt." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

"This palace came to Yonghe Palace to visit Concubine Li. Presumably, Concubine Li won't mind coming to this palace, right? ”

"How can you mind? The queen can patronize Yonghe Palace, and Yonghe Palace is full of splendor. ”

Yi's heart skipped silently, the queen obviously deliberately found fault this time, it seems that the queen is going to prepare for herself.

Suddenly, I accidentally saw a beautiful woman with a good appearance next to Yi also kneeling to say goodbye, Giun, and hurriedly said: "Ah, this sister is also invited." ”

"Thank you, Queen."

Giun took the beauty's hand and looked at it, looked up and down, and said, "Ah, what a beauty with a peugeot face, dare to ask my sister?" ”

"The concubine is always here."

"Oh, it's always there. Always sit down. As he spoke, Ji Wu pulled Zhu Chang to sit down, and Yi also sat down smartly, Ji Wu was about to say something, but suddenly he only heard the eunuch's voice not yin or yang: "Mei Guiren is ------."

Ah Mei walked in with a smile on her face, and said with a stroking salute: "The concubine greets the three sisters." ”

"Noble people are exempt."

"Queen Xie. By the way, Niangniang, the concubine will come to Yonghe Palace at this time, and she will not disturb Niangniang. ”

"No, everyone is sisters, how can you talk about the word bother? Let's sit down, too. ”

"Concubine Xie Queen Mother."

Ah Mei sat next to Zhu Chang and said, "Today, our sisters get together to talk about needlework, what do you think?" ”

Ji Wu said: "This palace thinks it's good. ”

Seeing that the queen agreed, Zhu Changzai also echoed and said, "Since the queen agrees, the concubine has no objection." Dare to ask Li Concubine what she thinks? ”

"Everyone agrees that the concubine has no objection."

Ah Mei clapped her hands and said, "Zhu Shao, bring it up." ”

Waiting outside the door, Zhu Shao heard the command, holding a end plate to bring things up, only to see a small box of enamel inlaid jade gold wire tooth carving incense in the end plate, Ah Mei opened the box, only to see that it was filled with exquisite reamers and needles, and said: "Why don't we embroider together." “

Giun looked at the small box, sniffed his nose, and said, "This is a reward from the emperor, right?" This palace remembers that once when I was in the Heart Cultivation Palace, I saw this box, and there was still this ambergris. “

Yi quietly pinched the embroidery needle to embroider. Ah Mei pursed her lips and smiled, picked up the embroidery needle and shuttled through the embroidery cloth, and said: "The queen has good eyesight and a good nose, you can know it when you see and smell it." “

Zhu Chang was silently breaking out in a cold sweat. The noble Mei is holding a royal gift to demonstrate!

Zhu Changzai looked at Yi, smiled lightly, and said, "What is Concubine Li's embroidery?" Why don't you share it with you. “

"Well, the reamer is still untouched."

What this means is: Isn't it a bit interesting to say that you are going to embroider together, but you can't move the reaper?

Zhu Changzai picked up the embroidery needle, looked at the embroidered cloth, and said, "The concubine is not embroidering well, and I want to give a few points to Concubine Li." “

Yi looked at Ji Wu'en's embroidered cloth and said with a smile: "The queen's embroidery is good, which makes the concubines ashamed." “

Giun smiled slightly, looked at the unfinished embroidery, and said, "Your embroidery is also good, as long as you ...... it again."

Seeing that the queen went to guide Concubine Li, it was not easy for Zhu Chang to say anything, because that would be an interjection and a crime.

Ah Mei gently "clicked" a thread with a reamer, and said as if unintentionally: "Zhu Chang's face is Zhou Zheng." “

Zhu Chang flattered and said with a smile: "The noble man is joking, how can the concubine not be as good as the noble you." “

Ah Mei smiled: "What does it mean to be here?" You know, the queen is the phoenix. “

When Ah Mei said this, she deliberately raised her voice, and Ji Wu's body stiffened, and she smiled at Zhu Changzai: "What are you talking about when Zhu Chang is talking to Mei Guiren?" “

"Uh, return to the mother, concubine......"

"By the way, we're going to embroider together, why haven't we used a reamer yet?"

"Yes, the concubine knows....."

Shouchang Palace.

Xingzhen smiled and looked at the dinner on the round table, and said, "Today's dinner is sumptuous. “

Jian Xi said: "Yes, it's better to taste every dish of the little master, it's not good if it's wasted." “

Pipa Xin said: "This cut Xi really wants Miss to eat it all, if she refuses, she will either not pester, or spread it everywhere, making Miss have a bad reputation." “

"Yes, it's not good if it's wasted, Jian Xi, you sit down, why don't you eat every dish too."

"Oh, the little master is killing the slave and the maid, how can the slave and the maid afford it, so the little master should eat it."

"You used to sit down and eat one dish, but now it's so grinding."

"These were originally for the little master to eat, but the little master couldn't eat so much, so the slave and maid helped to eat some, but the little master and the slave and maid tasted all of them, and the slave didn't dare."

"Jian Xi, I said one sentence, you said ten sentences, you are a little too much."

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Jian Xi knelt down and said, "The slave knows her mistake." “

Xingzhen overlooked Jian Xi, clapped her hands, and saw a man in official uniform carrying a medicine box walk in and said, "The minister asks for peace to the little master of Yi Concubine." “

"No courtesy."

"Thank you, little master."

Xingzhen pointed to the meals on the round table and said, "Dare to ask the Imperial Doctor, what would happen if these meals were eaten together?" “

The imperial doctor said: "Returning to the little master of Yi Concubine, these meals are restrained by the five elements, yin and yang are opposite, if eaten, the five internal organs and six internal organs will decline, and over time, they will be fatal." “

Xingzhen said: "Jian Xi, you sent these meals, right?" “

Jian Xi hurriedly said: "Little master, the slave and maid are only responsible for delivering food, and I don't know anything else!" If the lady wants to ask, just ask the cook who makes the meal. “

"Then invite the cook."

Beyond the threshold, there is a thick moonlight.