Chapter 119: Five taels of silver
Qi Qiuli saw that the envelope was burned to ashes, and her cough stopped, and said, "I was also about to ask you, General He is affectionate and righteous to you, how can you say that you will change your mind when you change your mind?" She changed her laughter, and her words were full of pity, Wanying knew that General He was also a first-class man in her eyes.
"After Wan Ying saw the prince, she belonged wholeheartedly and never changed, as for General He, there has never been a thing, when Kaixuan asked Wan Ying, Wan Ying would explain." Speaking of which, she also felt too unkind, and Wanying never thought that she could really be so ruthless, but love is selfish, and there is no room for mercy and adulteration.
"If it weren't for the femme fatale that has been said since ancient times, it turned out to be true, and your heart would be too ruthless."
"......" Qi Qiuli said the same, and Wanying also felt that she was too cold.
Wanying was speechless. Qi Qiuli waited for her big eyes, and said shrewdly: "You are not an outsider, let me tell you something from my heart, if you really like Prince Rong, I have nothing to blame, if you take a fancy to his prince's honor, it is best to think clearly, I heard ......"
Qi Qiuli hesitated a little, and Wanying only got what she wanted to say about the concubine of Wu'an.
"I heard from the people in the palace that the Queen Mother has pointed out the * of Marquis Wu'an to Prince Rong as the concubine, but Prince Rong has not yet agreed."
Sure enough, Wanying's heart was a little swollen and depressed.
"You squeezed away Prince Rong's concubine like this, aren't you afraid of roasting your father on the fire?"
In the past two days, Wanying hoped that the Queen Mother would agree to her marriage to Prince Rong, and she also burned incense and worshiped the Buddha every day, asking the Bodhisattva to secretly bless her. I didn't expect to ignore such an important layer.
"Daddy......" Wanying said thoughtfully.
Qi Qiuli clicked the words, and stopped pulling down, she believed that the smart Ruwanying would definitely be able to sort out the twists and turns. After saying one thing, she hesitated three or four times for another. He said in a hurry: "There is one thing, I don't know whether to talk about it or not? ”
Qi Qiuli's words hesitated, and the topic changed abruptly, which made Wanying confused for a while.
"But it doesn't hurt to say it."
"I know, you are not a nosy person who loves right and wrong, I didn't want to talk about this matter originally, but it is about your sister and nobleman, I will still tell you."
"What's wrong with her? Someone in the palace bullied her? Wanying asked.
"Bullying, it's not, it's just that some gossip about the noble teacher has been in my ears from time to time."
"What gossip?"
"Shi Guiren, Shi Guiren doesn't seem to have a lot of money recently." She said it very tactfully.
"What the hell is going on, you tell Wanying in detail." It's about Wanyun, and Wanying also wants to know what is going on.
"I'm just saying it casually, I don't know if it's true or not, if it's wrong, don't be surprised."
"Don't worry, I won't blame you, what happened to the nobleman?"
Qi Qiuli saw that Wanying was nervous, so she told Wanying 1510: "This matter, it happened twice, and the first time I thought it was the palace maids chewing on the root of their tongues." On the day I first arrived at the Spring Festival Palace, I lit a fire in the kitchen, and Xiaohuan next to the noble man came into the kitchen and said that the noble man coughed a few times at night and wanted a bowl of honey to boil kumquat, but the cook scolded Xiaohuan, and even the noble man brought a few words uncleanly. ”
Wanying couldn't figure out the relationship for a while, she was worried about Wanyun, and asked anxiously: "Wanyun wants to boil kumquat with honey, and the cook just needs to do it, this Spring Festival Palace is too disorganized!" ”
"You don't know, there are three or five things stacked on top of each other, you listen to me slowly, that day just happened to be a meal, the cook was in a hurry and his mouth was slippery, and the two minions were arguing, and they made people laugh at the master and nobleman in vain."
"Damn ......"
"Xiaohuan asked for honey to boil kumquats, which was not a big deal, but the chef said, 'This year, there is a shortage of honey in the palace, and the honey in the nobles' share has been donated temporarily, so he will free his hands and feet and make a plate of brown sugar roasted sesame seeds and send it to the nobles."
"Why are the two of them talking again?"
"It's also Xiaohuan who speaks straightly, and only says, 'It was Wen Guiren who heard that our nobles were coughing, so they recommended honey to boil kumquats, everyone is the same noble, Wen Guiren can eat it, why do we nobles have to eat brown sugar roasted sesame seeds?' ”
Wan Ying was silent, frowning and listening to Qi Qiuli continue: "The cook and Aunt Fen beside Wen Guiren are Shi'er, so naturally she can open a small stove for Wen Guiren, Wen Guiren has just entered the palace for two years, and she doesn't know that Aunt Fen next to her has this kind of business, so she didn't take precautions, so she told Shi Guiren about honey boiling kumquats, and Shi Guiren didn't know anything about it, so he asked Xiaohuan to go to the kitchen to ask for it, and the kitchen and Shi Guiren were not related to each other, so of course they refused to contribute in vain." ”
"So that's what happened?"
"Where is this? If you are like this, can you still quarrel? The cook couldn't say that he was eating with Aunt Fen of the Wen Guiren, but only said, 'The honey boiled kumquat by the Wen Guiren cost five taels of silver.' Xiaohuan said that it was too expensive, and the cook said, "There are rules in the palace, and there are examples, but there are not, or the masters go to sell outside the palace by themselves, or add some money to the kitchen, and the servants all listen to the master's orders." As a result, Xiaohuan was cautious, and only said, "I want a bowl of honey to boil kumquats, listen to your car of gossip, don't talk about this kumquat, I saw with my own eyes a few days ago, Aunt Fen next to Wen Guiren said that she wanted a bowl of steamed glutinous tamales, and you didn't even let go of a fart to make it." ’”
Food in the palace is taboo, it is usually sneaky, the cook and Aunt Fen are also cautious, I didn't expect to let a little palace maid announce it, and I was very unhappy.
Qi Qiuli said: "When the cook heard this, he only said, 'If you want to eat, you can take five taels of silver, or you can leave, I am busy at this moment, and I don't have time to rub my mouth with you.'" When Xiaohuan heard this, he didn't expect that the master and nobleman were in a tight position, as if he was a little angry with the cook, and said, "If you are told to do it, you will do it, and I will give you silver, not just five taels of silver." ’”
Later, Wanying didn't have to think about it to come out some. Sure enough, Qi Qiuli also said: "Xiaohuan hurriedly ran back to your master and said that a bowl of honey boiled kumquat costs five taels of silver, and the master and noble man somehow said no." Xiaohuan boiled tea for the nobleman, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to say that we don't want it, but the honey was boiled, and the kumquat was half boiled. The cook didn't follow, so he had to ask Xiaohuan to take five taels of silver out, and where Xiaohuan was willing to use his own silver, the two argued. The two of them each have ghosts, and it is the moment when they take the rice to get the food, and they let the old and young of the first palace see the jokes of the nobles in vain. ”
"This is one thing, what's the second thing?"
"This second thing is also what I have seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears, and these days have been rewarded and gifted for the past few days. A few days ago, the father-in-law of the Pavilion Department gave gifts to the nobles, returned empty-handed, and scolded when he left the gate of the Yingchun Palace: "She is also the young lady of the Yin family of Shuntian Mansion, and she can't afford to give a reward of five taels or two." Saying that Qi Qiuli was a little embarrassed to come here, her eyes fluttered and looked at Wanying, Wanying knew in her heart that the words of the people at that time must be even more difficult than this.
"And then?"
"That's all, but Tong Zhaoyi, Wen Guiren, they seem to be a little disdainful in private."
"Really? Is there such a thing? ”
"It's true, Tong Zhaoyi originally had a mink wind collar that she wanted to give to the nobleman, but no one from the palace maid went, and they all said that the nobleman was too stingy, and he was reluctant to give even a piece of snack in the winter. In the end, I sent the wind collar. ”
"Tong Zhaoyi?" Wanying guessed in her heart that she might not really give Wanyun a gift, but she just embarrassed her.
"On that day, several high-ranking concubines were there, and now I am afraid that everyone knows about it. It's not that I don't respect the Lord, Tong Zhaoyi is too hateful, I guess I discussed it with the little palace maids, and deliberately said in front of everyone that I wanted to give the noble mink collar. ”
Wan Ying bit her lip, and secretly hated in her heart: Sure enough, if Tong Zhaoyi really wanted to give Wan Yun something, she would quietly take the mink wind to Wan Yun's house, and it would only be a few steps away. They all live in the same palace, and they can't be empty today, and there will be opportunities for tomorrow's children, so why bother to work in front of everyone.
"I know, I'm a little tired today, I'll sleep for a while, turn on the light, I'll go to your palace to find you, remember to open the door for me."
"In a word, I don't dare to stay any longer, I slipped out of Tong Zhaoyi, Wen Guiren and the three servants who had just entered the palace this year to play cards. I'll go back, you must come in the evening, by all means, I will wait for you. She seemed to have something to say, her hands kept rubbing in her sleeves, and after all, she didn't say anything, and walked away like a gust of wind. The heavy curtain left a sharp arc in the air.