Yun Niang took a bite, and said with a long taste: "This should be the method of making in the palace, it is baked in the oven, and the filling is not the same as our home, our peach blossom crisp is to grind the peach blossoms into juice and mix them into the filling, this crispy filling is the whole peach blossom, and you can chew the petals in your mouth." ”

The two persuaded earnestly, but Wanying really had no appetite. I can't eat a bit. While speaking, Qiu Li came back from outside in a hurry, entered the main room and breathlessly, took the warm tea on the table, and drank it all without saying anything. straightened out his breath and only heard her say, "I'm tired today?" ”

When he was about to speak, he suddenly stopped, looked around, opened the curtain again, and saw two girls under the porch wiping the pillars, raised his voice and said, "Niangniang is tired this time, you two retreat, and a few of us will serve Niangniang to rest for a while." ”

The two girls walked away one after the other with handkerchiefs and buckets of water.

Qi Qiuli put down the curtain, walked in front of the three of them, and said in a low voice: "The entire palace, sure enough, is the most magnificent and extraordinary in our Chunhuatai. Xia Qing Pavilion, the Autumn Hall is more than a foot smaller than ours here!"

Hearing this, Hong Fuxi was overjoyed, poured another cup of tea and handed it to Qiu Li, and said: "Chunhua Tai was originally the main courtyard of the palace, how can those side rooms be compared." "There is something in Hongfu's words, not only about the palace, but also about the people who live in the palace.

Qi Qiuli agreed: "That's exactly what happened, our Chunhuatai is not only big, but also more than one person taller than the palaces in other courtyards. Standing on the porch outside our main hall, the other courtyards can be seen clearly. ”

Yun Niang's heart was very comfortable, and she also expressed her unique opinion, saying: "Not only is the place big and high, but on the day of the wedding, I took a closer look at the house in the palace, except for the two main halls in front of it with heavy eaves, and then our Chunhuatai is heavy eaves." ”

Yun Niang didn't say it, Hongfu didn't realize it yet, and took it and said: "Today, I stood in the courtyard and looked at it, and I felt that this house was really magnificent, more magnificent than our house, but it couldn't be said to be magnificent, it turned out to be a two-story eaves." ”

"The royal family pays the most attention to rank, and it is also a house in the palace, only our Chunhuatai can use heavy eaves. This is Zun. And the reason why Chunhuatai is called 'Taiwan' must be a high foundation, which is also respectful, and there is also the dignity of our central axis in the palace. ”

Several people chatted happily, and Qi Qiuli was originally chatting happily about what she had seen and heard around. Wanying smiled and asked, "You ran out for a long time to look at the houses around?" ”

Hongfu was originally smiling, and she forgot all about what she was going to say later. Leng Buding was asked by Wan Ying, drank the tea handed over by Hongfu, and the joy on her face was swallowed into her stomach, and Wan Ying saw that Qi Qiuli was a little speechless and stopped. You don't have to guess, you know that it must be difficult to speak, or that after you say it, everyone will not be happy.

Yun Niang also noticed the subtle changes in Qi Qiuli's face, and said softly, "Girl, did you see something?" Or what do you hear? Speak slowly, make it clear. ”

Qi Qiuli wrapped her mouth and said hesitantly: "There are two things, I don't know whether to say or not. Qi Qiuli's face was no longer as radiant as just now, and Wan Ying didn't expect it to be a good thing.

Hongfu took over and said: "What should be said and what should not be said, as long as it is related to our mother, we all know everything, and there is no end to it." ”

"These two things are related to Niangniang, and they have nothing to do with it." Qi Qiuli said with one fingernail clasped to the bottom of the cup.

"Don't buy lawsuits, just say it."

"Then I'll just say, in addition to Feng Zhou's two side rooms in the mansion, there seem to be four lovers living in Donglan Hall." Qi Qiuli looked at Wanying cautiously, as if she was afraid that this news would hurt Wanying's true and pure faith.

Suddenly, several people at the banquet were like a basin of water had been poured on their heads in the past three or nine days, and they were all frozen from top to bottom.

Wanying slowly melted herself a little bit with the warmth in her heart, twisted her face to the side, and said silently in her heart: "How can I not know that there are still a few girls in the house of the son and young master of a big family, how can Prince Rong be a prince and be exempt from vulgarity......"

I threatened myself like this last night, but when I heard Qi Qiuli say it, my heart still hurt a little.

The original self-righteous truth and purity is actually just the truth and purity of his own wishful thinking. The undefeated flowers that bloomed in Wanying's heart began to wither gradually, and the delicate lace was rolled with rusty yellow dead spots, no longer full of the past, drooping their heads, welcoming the withering of the catastrophe. Wan Ying couldn't help but sigh again and again in her heart: Last night, when it was raining in Dunlun, such a guess flashed in his mind, the cave room was spent on candle nights, but he did not have the rustiness of the first experience. His hands were so agile and skillful that he unbuttoned his tunic with such skill. He knows where every hidden buckle is, and how to untie every tether.

Yun Niang saw that Wanying was a little thoughtful, and knew where Wanying's mind was trapped. gave Qi Qiuli a look and said, "It's not news that there are a few girls in the palace. Isn't there also two maids beside our eldest young master who make beds and fold quilts? The young master of a big family, before getting married, every family was the same, do you still want the new daughter-in-law to teach her hand in hand? ”

Qi Qiuli instantly put away her caution, and said with a big grin: "It's just that, it's not news." The eight palace maids who are sleeping have now been arranged in a small courtyard, and it is estimated that they can only be maids in the palace in the future. Listening to a mother-in-law, these palace maids are unwilling. ”

Hongfu said with a cold face: "These eight people were originally forced into the palace, and the best way is to return them to the palace, so that they can be willing." ”

Yun Niang said to Hongfu with a cold face: "Didn't you see that there was no tea in Niangniang's cup?" ”

Hongfu understood, and stopped saying words to block Wanying. Wanying endured the stinging pain in her heart and asked Qi Qiuli, "Didn't you say two things, the second one?" ”

Qi Qiuli stuck out her tongue and said, "The second thing, before Mrs. Feng left, she went to see the housekeeper in the palace. ”

"How do you know?" Yun Niang asked.

"I saw with my own eyes, Mrs. Feng and I entered the palace one after another, and after I ate steamed buns, I walked around the Xia Qing Pavilion. Sneak up on the back and see it. He yawned.

"Let them go, mother and daughter are connected, this palace can't manage so much, you have been tossing for a few days, go back and rest."

Hongfu saw that Wanying was slightly displeased, and wanted to comfort Wanying, but she also knew where Wanying was depressed, and she also knew that such a thing could only be opened by Wanying herself, and the more others persuaded her, the more she cared about it. It's better to let Wanying be quiet by herself.

"You two go and rest, and I'll give Madame a little more leg beating." Yun Niang said.

After a few days, everyone was exhausted to the limit, not only Qiuli yawned repeatedly, but even Hongfu was also strong.

"You go back and rest, the palace will let someone send it to your house for dinner, and you don't have to come and serve at night."

Qi Qiuli immediately showed joy when she heard this, and only Hongfu's face was shy.

Qi Qiuli happily returned to her room. Hongfu walked to the bedside, laid out the futon on the bed, quenched the room with white vinegar, and put the hot water for the evening on the small silver stove, and then left.

The whole hall is filled with a strong smell of vinegar, and this smell is everywhere on the tent, on the quilt, and even on the close-fitting bedclothes. Wanying suddenly felt some inexplicable irritability in her heart. The sour smell that I didn't care about at once became very pungent at this time.

Everyone said that vinegar could cut off the plague, so Wanying smoked the house with vinegar every day, twice in the morning and evening, and never wasted. For the sake of himself and Prince Rong, this little sour taste is nothing, you have to be with your sweetheart, even if the air you breathe is sour, you can be melted by the honey in your heart when you swallow it.

But at this moment, the sour smell was unusually pungent, rushing straight into the stomach, jumping up and down the river and the sea. made Wanying's heart full of sour water, and she couldn't wait to spit it out.

"It smells bad, and I don't know when this epidemic will end." Wanying said angrily.

Yun Niang put down the cotton hammer, went to the dressing table to take the rose essence, took a silver spoon and poured a spoonful into the smoker, and immediately the room had a rich fragrance of roses.

Xu is Wanying was irritable, and the taste she liked on weekdays was mixed with the sour vinegar smell at the moment, which made people feel even more uncomfortable.

Yun Niang sat on the low stool, put Wanying's feet on her thighs, pinched gently, and said slowly: "Don't be irritable, those few lovers must be the story before the prince and the mother got acquainted, although the slave maid is shallow, but it can also be seen that the prince is sincere to the mother, not to mention that the prince insists on marrying the mother has long been famous in the capital, who does not know the prince's heart for the mother." Niangniang understands better than others in her heart, doesn't she? ”

Yun Niang said this, and this is indeed the case, and Wanying's mood is not as depressed and painful as just now.

Yun Niang peeled off the cocoon, and straightened out the entanglements in Wanying's heart bit by bit. "Niangniang, if you can enter the palace as a lover, they are all young ladies from the official eunuchs, and the mothers of these belovers must not be inferior to our house."

"Yun Niang means that since the prince can marry this palace, he can marry them?" Wanying's heart suddenly lightened, and she was a lot more relaxed.

"Niangniang has been smart since she was a child, and this truth can be understood without me saying it. If the prince really likes these four beloveds, he can marry in the mansion in a beautiful manner, be the main concubine and be the side concubine, and the queen mother can also hold her grandson earlier, right? ”

Wanying smiled and nodded. Yun Niang continued: "Dong Lantang? Spring, summer, autumn and winter, winter is the last, no need to guess to understand, Donglan Hall should be the lowest standard courtyard in the palace. And it's four good people crammed into a courtyard, and there must be a reason for this. ”

Wanying smiled skillfully, leaned on Yun Niang's shoulder and said, "This palace was uncomfortable to death just now, don't be bored in your heart and want to vomit out......"

Yun Niang lovingly stroked the green silk of Wanying, and said softly: "Niangniang, women come here like this." I think that our lord and your father are exactly the same, after the wife came, she drove away a few maids in the house before, and the hair fell. As a result, for four years, the wife couldn't give birth to children, and the old lady made the decision and married Aunt Zhao into the door, but I didn't expect that after two or three years, Aunt Zhao couldn't give birth, and the whole house was in a hurry at that time. ”

Wanying laughed out loud and said jokingly: "At that time, did my grandfather and grandmother think that my father couldn't give birth? ”

Yun Niang patted Wanying softly and continued: "Isn't it? Not only the old lady and the old lady, but even we as subordinates are muttering in our hearts, could it be that the master can't give birth? Otherwise, a wife and a concubine would not be able to spread out for so many years. ”

Wanying listened to these old stories, and her heart was really happy. squeezed his head into Yun Niang's neck, not only that, but also wrapped his hand around Yun Niang's waist, feeling like going back to more than ten years ago, sitting in his grandmother's house and being held by Yun Niang.

"Later, the old lady was anxious to hold her grandson, and she made the decision to marry your mother to your father to make a third room. Later, Aunt Gao, Aunt Li, and Aunt Cui married in one by one, and the children in the house also increased one by one. ”

Wanying is fascinated by the trivial past of her family. Yun Niang knows which words can explain Wanying, and she knows where to remind Wanying. After saying a lot of slenderness, he returned to Prince Rong and said, "Maybe the prince also has something unspeakable, or maybe it is possible that the prince himself has forgotten the four beloved......