It was night Wanying sleeping alone, and after a sweet dream, she woke up sleepy-eyed, Prince Rong was lying sideways beside Wanying, with his head on his arm, looking at Wanying intently.

"Why did you wake up so early?" Wanying said shyly.

"Early? It's already three poles in the morning. He said with a doting smile.

"Why didn't you wake up Wanying earlier, and you have to go into the palace today to kowtow to the Queen Mother." As soon as she heard that the sun was rising, she panicked suddenly, if it was late, it would be bad.

He turned his head to the door and called softly, "Come in." ”

More than a dozen maids rushed in, each holding a grooming utensil in their hands, and after the washing stopped. More than a dozen maids took the court clothes of the audience and served Wanying and the two to make up.

After a little breakfast, he left for Ziwei Shrine to greet the Queen Mother and the Emperor. Along the way, Yan Yan is full of the sweetness and warmth of the newlywed Yan'er.

The Queen Mother was overjoyed. The reward also makes others look sideways. Even Concubine Dong'an couldn't help but say: "This Dongzhu the size of a phoenix egg, I'm afraid that Ziwei Divine Palace will never be able to find a second one, it can be seen that the Queen Mother feels sorry for her daughter-in-law." ”

The Queen Mother said lightly: "The mourning family only has one son, Prince Rong, and he must be the law in everything, but the mourning family also knows that it is better to feel sorry for the son than for the daughter-in-law." ”

The meaning of the words could not be clearer. The Queen Mother said this to Wanying, and on the surface she felt sorry for Wanying, but in fact she also warned Wanying. Secretly admired, leaned over to thank him and said nothing.

Concubine Dong'an took over and said: "It's true that this Ziwei Divine Palace is the most shrewd for our Queen Mother, and she can see everything thoroughly." ”

The Queen Mother also smiled and said nothing, pointing to the aunts who served to help Wanying up.

After lunch, Wanying and Prince Rong said goodbye to the Queen Mother, and before leaving, the Queen Mother took Wanying's hand and said: "Our emperor's family has always been like this, only if you can tolerate others can you tolerate yourself, and the mourning family sees you as a blessed child." ”

Wanying could hear that the Queen Mother was letting Wanying and Feng Zhou get along in harmony, but the affection between the words that cherished Wanying and cherished Wanying was really real.

Originally, Wanying was still entangled in whether the Queen Mother liked Miss Feng more, but now Wanying understands that the Queen Mother also feels sorry for Wanying. So I put all my previous thoughts behind me.

Prince Rong still has official business in the palace, and Wanying can only return to the palace alone in a sedan chair. At the gate of Cining Palace, the two said goodbye.

"When the Queen Mother was talking just now, I saw that you were yawning, why don't you go back and rest......"

"I can't leave, the plague in Beijing is already a little uncontrollable, and there was a little eunuch in the palace yesterday who also had herpes and a high fever. The emperor is also worrying about this matter day and night, and I can't hide alone. ”

"It's good to have a space to close your eyes."

"I see, you should go back sooner. I'll go see if there's anything else going on with the emperor. ”

Return to the palace. Yun Niang and Hongfu have already prepared homely clothes, and the soft goose down soft shoes are specially sewn by Yun Niang for Wanying, wearing them on their feet like stepping on clouds, and the joy and fatigue of the day are all removed at this moment. Lazily crooked on the chaise longue in the west window.

"Yun Niang, when this court dress was made, it was made compared to the size of the palace, why did I feel tight on my back when I put it on today, and I even struggled to lift my arms. and those palace shoes, which really suffocated the three-inch golden lotus in the palace. ”

Hongfu took the court dress incredulously, looked left and right, looked up and down on Wanying, tilted her head and said, "Niangniang has been blessed recently, right?" ”

"No, I tried on this dress a few days before the wedding, and it was just right wide at the time, and I really pinched the palace to death when I put it on today. When Hongu was eating with chopsticks, he was really afraid that the silk thread on his back would crack. I can only straighten my waist and carefully pick up the vegetables and send them to my mouth. Eating a meal made the uterus have back pain. ”

Yun Niang took a large shoe last, stuffed it into the pair of palace shoes that Wanying was wearing just now, and said with a smile: "It is said that the heart is wide and the body is fat, Niangniang has only been here for two days, and my face is slightly rounder." ”

The two said in unison that Wanying had eaten fat, Wanying was lying on the concubine's step, very uncalm, jumped in front of the bronze mirror, swayed left and right, and then suddenly shouted "Wow-" and shouted: "This bronze mirror is different from the one at home." ”

Hongfu laughed out loud, carefully folded the court clothes and said, "Niangniang, you are blessed yourself." ”

Wan Ying leaned in front of the mirror again, and the closer she got to it, the more she felt that she was wider in the mirror. He said angrily: "This mirror is indeed different from home. ”

Yun Niang put both shoes on the end, pulled Wanying and said, "Niangniang, maybe it's not fat, and if you don't sleep well, edema will have this symptom again." ”

Wanying nodded with relief, and said firmly: "I must have not slept well, so I am edema." I've been tired lately, and I haven't slept half as much as usual, which really makes this palace tired enough. ”

"Niangniang, then you lie on the concubine's step, and I will pinch your waist."

Wanying was happily lying on the couch, leaning sideways, Hongfu massaged Wanying lightly, and after a while, Wanying was a little foggy and began to be drowsy. In the afternoon, when there was nothing to do, Yun Niang sat next to Wanying, holding a cotton hammer and beating Wanying's legs one by one.

Seeing that Wanying was asleep, Hongfu let go of her hand and took a thick blanket to cover her body, when she suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside, and she didn't have time to stop it. Qi Qiuli was already sweating profusely and ran in, shouting loudly, "Mrs. Feng is here." ”

Wanying had already fallen asleep, and when she heard these five words, she hit a stirring spirit and withdrew from her dream.

"This girl, it's getting more and more uncalculated, even if you don't know that Niangniang has just rested, you have to hold your breath when you enter the main hall to speak." Yun Niang was also a little sleepy just now, and she was a little unhappy when she was shouted by Qi Qiuli's voice.

Wan Ying did it and asked carefully, "Mrs. Feng can't see her mother's family until three days after the wedding, doesn't Mrs. Feng know?" ”

Qi Qiuli said with a wicked smile: "I didn't go in, Mother Li stopped me." I heard that I came here yesterday, but I didn't see Miss Feng, and I sneaked in today, but I was intercepted by Mother Li. ”

"You girl hasn't seen you for a few days, where have you been?" Yun Niang asked.

Qi Qiuli covered the wound on her face, lowered her head and whispered: "Mrs. said that on the day of my mother's big day, I would be embarrassed by following the past like this, so I was called over today." ”

Wanying also remembered that when she got on the sedan chair, her wife grabbed Qi Qiuli and said a word, and she hadn't seen her since then. I thought she came along, but I didn't expect to stay at home all the time.

Yun Niang also had a distressed look for a moment, and also changed her tone and said, "Have you eaten lunch?" ”

Qi Qiuli said: "I only had breakfast. ”

"I came out of the house in the morning, why did I arrive now?"

"I arrived a long time ago, and the little maid at the gate of the palace said that I was not like the maid of the mother's dowry, and he didn't let me in."

"And how did you get in?"

"I went home again, asked our big housekeeper to write a note, and ran over again, and the little guys let me in."

Yun Niang was even more distressed when she heard this, looking at Qi Qiuli's shoes with a thick layer of dust, and the hem of her skirt was also dusty. I knew that this girl was not lying.

"It's hard for you, I ran twenty miles back and forth on an empty stomach." He turned to Hongfu and said, "Take her to eat something, the kitchen in our yard can be opened today." ”

The two happily exited the main hall, Yun Niang sat beside Wanying, and said quietly: "Mrs. Feng runs to our house once a day, and she must have heard the news that her daughter was hanged. ”

"Good spirits, the ears report to God, the affairs in our house have only been separated by one night, and their house will know."

Yun Niang nodded and said, "Tomorrow is the day for the side concubines to say goodbye to Niangniang, and I don't know if this Miss Feng can recover?" ”

"Whether she can be healed or not depends on her mind, she can hide from the first day of junior high school, but she can't hide from the fifteenth, after all, everyone has to meet."

"It's a day to be able to hide, they're competing with us!"

"It's good to be able to dodge, and this palace is too lazy to see her."

"Let them do what they want, the mother has to relax herself, don't let these trivial things anger herself."

While the two were whispering, Hongfu took a plate of dim sum and said with a smile: "This is a newly made dim sum from the small kitchen of our Chunhuatai." ”

Wan Ying glanced behind Hongfu, didn't see Qi Qiuli, and asked, "Has Qiuli eaten?" Where did it go? Why don't you come together. ”

Hongfu held the dim sum to Wanying's hand, and said with a smile: "This Qi girl is really leather, she took a steamed bun that had just come out of the pot, and swallowed it in her stomach after three times and five divided by two." The old woman who cooked said that she would give her a bowl of egg noodles, but the eggs had not been found, and she had already eaten the steamed buns. ”

Wanying also smiled and asked, "What about her?" ”

Hongfu pinched a piece of peach blossom cake on a plate, handed it to Wanying, and replied, "She said that on the first day she came to the palace today, she wanted to wander around and find out some information by the way." ”

Wanying nodded, she didn't eat much at noon, but now she didn't have a little appetite, looking at the peach blossom cake made of a few petals on the plate that was the same as the real one, and took the piece that Hongfu handed over. After taking a bite, I suddenly felt an indescribable affection on the tip of my tongue between my teeth, wrapped in the breath of peach blossoms, only circling in my mouth. However, it was only for a moment that I felt greasy and bitter, so I swallowed the one in my mouth and put the peach blossom cake on the plate.

"Niangniang, you eat a few more bites! The mother-in-law who made this crisp told me that the peach blossom soup that Niangniang used yesterday was very good, so she also tried to make a stack of peach blossom cakes for Niangniang. Hongfu took a piece to Yun Niang next to her, and then persuaded Wanying: "The mother-in-law has been busy all day making this plate of peach blossom cake." Yesterday, I collected the peach petals before noon, washed them, wiped each petal with a cotton towel, and basked until the sun set. But the peach petals didn't dry thoroughly, and they were dried overnight, and now I took advantage of the sun to bask for most of the day, grinding sesame peanuts and cashew nuts, mixed with white sugar and royal honey to fry into the filling inside. and mille-feuille oil noodles, and kneaded them into the shape of peach blossoms with all their hearts. Even if the young lady eats a whole piece, it is not a mother-in-law's busy work. Hongfu saw that Wanying had no appetite after only taking a small bite, so she chattered and persuaded her.