The rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is cloudy and sunny, the drizzle is dripping endlessly, and the sky is misty and misty as far as the eye can see. The solar term belongs to the capital in the north, although there is no lingering plum rain, and the early summer is also rainy and non-stop; During the day, clouds and fog suddenly appeared, and in an instant, raindrops the size of beans fell instantly, just like the rainy season in the south.

After a few days of recuperation in the summer, I don't know if it was because of the May Festival to pray for the blessing of the dragon king, the rain that had not fallen for several months poured down one by one, and the days also entered the dog days in advance. After taking the last dose of decoction at noon on this day, Huizhu was in a good mood, and saw that it was rare for a sunny day outside, so she was busy and pulled up a veil and erected a window to let the room breathe in the stuffy air.

As soon as the sound of the squeaky window fell, the fragrance of the earth, the clear smell of rain, and the faint fragrance and slightly sour smell suddenly permeated the room, lingering in the nose. Huizhu sniffed curiously for a while, and asked suspiciously: "What smell, fragrant and sour, it smells like crisp fruit." ”

Xiaojuan chirped and said: "The green plum fruits in the backyard are ripe, especially in the past few days when the rain is abundant, and they grow well, and they smell a fragrance from afar." Master, it has been raining for several days, so it would be good for you to go to the backyard and take a look at the green and yellow fruits. "Huizhu likes sweet and sour things, and when I heard it, I couldn't help but be interested, and I gladly agreed.

"It's slippery outside, so I'd better wait until it's dry tomorrow before going out." Before the sound arrived, the words fell for a while, only to see Su Xin holding a blue and white porcelain landscape pattern mouth high foot plate curtain in, take a closer look at the tall foot plate is not the color of the light yellow-green green plum?

Su Xin said with a smile as she walked: "The slave thought that the master had taken the medicine for a few days, and the mouth was bitter, so she picked some green plums and came over to relieve the taste for the master." Saying that, the plate was put on the kang table, Huizhu picked one, took a bite, the flesh was fine and crisp, sweet and sour, the taste was very good, and after eating one, he thought about it and said: "Tomorrow, I will pick some to make plum wine, just wait until the hottest dog days to drink, not only can stimulate people's appetite, but also quench thirst." ”

Su Xin sighed with a happy face: "The master always thinks about the Long Live Lord, even if he eats a fruit, he can also think of making fruit wine for the Long Live Lord to relieve the heat." Huizhu was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Su Xin in surprise, until Xiaojuan and A Xing on the side laughed out loud, then swallowed their saliva and covered it up.

Seeing that Huizhu's words did not match the truth, Su Xin knew that she had misunderstood, so she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and her face was also brought out, and she remembered something again, and said sadly: "Master, you are so sick that you haven't been here for a few days, and you don't let people inquire about it." At first, the slave maid thought that you didn't know about Concubine Yu's mother-in-charge of palace affairs, but I didn't expect you to know it a long time ago. When Huizhu heard this, she put down the newly picked green plum with some disappointment, but she only cared about twisting the handkerchief and didn't say a word.

There was some silence in the atmosphere. Suddenly, the slave and maid have picked some freshly ripe green plum fruits this day, and you can also taste them fresh. One wall said that the other wall waited for Geng's family to enter the house, and then beat Ah Xing and led Geng's palace people to the pantry to entertain.

For a while, when Geng saw the ceremony, he took a green plum fruit, talked some gossip, and glanced at the palace people waiting in the house, intentionally or unintentionally; Su Xin understood at the moment, found an excuse, said goodbye to Huizhu, and retreated with a room of womb people.

When Geng saw it, he covered his mouth and smiled: "Niangniang is surrounded by clever people, and there is no such understanding as the concubine's heart." Huizhu smiled: "This is reasonable, she is all about the diet and daily life of this palace, and it is indeed thanks to her careful and thoughtful." ”

Geng estimated that he was almost done, so he changed the topic and said: "Niangniang has been sick these days, and she has been taking care of her with all her heart, but did you hear what she said to you?" Hui Zhu knew that the stubble was coming, and said lightly: "Since the palace has suffered from summer heat, although this day is not as good as the fairy's 'there is no calendar in the mountains, and the cold does not know the year', but it is also completely ignorant. After years of tacit understanding, Geng knew the meaning of Huizhu's words, so he spoke in detail.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Nian's fell into the water, and the suspicious person arrested by Xiao Ranzi died in the cell on the evening of the same day, and there was no evidence of his death. Then on the second day, the incident of Nian's falling into the water spread all over the major teahouses in the capital, and on the third day, someone had already played a tribute; Both are the way, the Nian family has a hard life, the woman is heavy and the body is light, and the son is the father, the man's life is ruthless, and the heart is big and the heart is small.

What's more, on the day of the book, Nian's gave birth to three sons and one daughter, of which two sons and one daughter were born in May, which is the life of "men harm their fathers, and women harm their mothers", but because Yinzhen is not like ordinary people who are not like ordinary people, only two sons died at birth, and a girl died at the age of two; Now the only son born in October, the life of the eighth son of the emperor Fuhui, but it is double May, which is still the life of the father and daughter, so there is the May Festival, and the father must not end up harming his mother, causing the Nian family to fall into the water.

And his brother Nian Qianyao is smaller in terms of numerology, and he has not reached the heavenly court, but only circulates in the market. Its day: Nian Wei's name shocked the government and the opposition and shocked the west, which was for the root of the life to shake the Quartet; Nian is now a small heart is a hero of the court, and if it becomes big, it is a problem in the heart of the emperor of the court.

In this way, the Nian family is regarded as ominous; Not to mention how Nian Qianyao is, in just three or four days, there have been nearly half of the ministers, Nian's mother and son are unknown people, for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji's mother and son to go out of the palace year by year, in order to maintain Yinzhen Antai, and last month's prefectures and counties, Yinzhen personally approved the "evil May" as a basis.

Hearing this, Huizhu said that she was not surprised, she always thought that Nian's falling into the water was just a small trick of the harem palace concubines, and she didn't expect that this matter would cause a storm in the city, not only involving the harem to compete for favor and succession, but also involved in the battle of court forces, it is no longer a matter of casually disposing of a few palace concubines and palace people!

Suddenly, Hui Zhu remembered the excerpts she had seen that time, as well as Hongli's words against each other, and was shocked, could it be that this matter was really planned by the Li family and son, but when did they have such great power, or did they have the help of others behind them; Or maybe Li's mother and son are just suspense on the surface, and there are other people who are really planning!

If you think too deeply, your face will naturally show a little bit; Geng Shi saw that Huizhu was not in his heart, secretly glanced at it a few times, hit the fan, and then shook his head and sighed: "The mother and son of the young concubine are also unfavorable for the year, and when the solar term is good, there is such a thing, and the concubine really doesn't know what to say, but she just pity the little child of the eighth elder brother." ”

Huizhu woke up and smiled, but saw that there was a faint abnormality on Geng's embarrassed face, and his instinctive eyes were inquiring and scrutinizing; Geng's mind was sensitive, and he noticed that Huizhu was staring, and he was a little uncertain, so he slapped his fan in front of him, and suddenly called "Niangniang" and said: "The main thing about the concubine's visit this time is that I haven't told you yet." The concubine is fortunate to be in charge of palace affairs by the emperor, and the concubine is conscientiously taking care of it for a few days, which is really unbearable. ”

Huizhu sighed in her heart, since the accident on the fifth day of junior high school had nothing to do with her, it was normal for her to return to power, and at the same time, she was relieved of Su Xin's thoughts for a few days. After thinking about it, he said: "Since Concubine Yu thinks like this, how about waiting for the palace to send someone to the emperor, and then the emperor will decide?" Geng Shilian claimed to be. Then the two of them did not mention it, and pulled some innocuous gossip to make trouble, and the atmosphere gradually returned to harmony, and it was already the guests and hosts enjoying themselves in the back.

After Geng's left, Huizhu thought about the events of the next few days, and suddenly the scene of the fifth night of the new year popped up in her mind, and her heart suddenly jumped wildly, and she hurriedly poured a cup of herbal tea and drank it. When his mood calmed down, he went to the kitchen, explained that his mother took a bowl of japonica rice and soaked it in salt water for an hour, boiled a cup of porridge with a casserole and water, and then put it on a plate with a few side dishes and a few green plum fruits; Fang beat Xiao Ranzi and sent it to Yinzhen's courtyard with a food box, and took charge of managing palace affairs.

Su Xin saw Huizhu arrange it like this, so she thought that Huizhu bent her intestines, and she had to say a few words in her mouth: "The master hasn't seen the long-lived master for a few days, why bother with such trouble, and directly asked Xiao Ranzi to invite the long-lived master over for dinner; No matter how bad it is, after using the affairs of the palace affairs of the Old Summer Palace, it is okay to invite the Lord Long Live to come over. Huizhu didn't answer, lazily got on the cool kang, held a book in his hand and read it; In this way, Su Xin had no choice but to swallow the words back into her stomach, and went to the kitchen to arrange dinner for the mother and son.

Seeing that Su Xin left, Huizhu didn't have the heart to read idle books anymore, and frequently looked out the window at the movement at the courtyard door. Seeing that it was already evening, and the Hongli brothers and sisters were about to come back to eat, they heard movement at the gate of the courtyard; Huizhu hurriedly moved to the other half of the window, sat down, and looked at the script again.

After waiting for a long time, the door curtain opened, but when she saw Xiao Ranzi coming in alone, Huizhu felt a little lost in her heart, and then shook her head to shake off the faint sadness, and said angrily: "Why did you go for more than an hour, and where did Bacheng go?" ”

Xiao Ranzi shouted that he was wronged, and after amusing him for a while, he said like a thief: "Long live the lord is really appreciative, and he directly ate that cup of rice porridge cleanly, that is, Father-in-law Lu said that it has been hot in the past month, and Long Live Lord has no such a good appetite as today." So the minions are not easy to get together, so they have to wait for the long live master to run out before they can come back to their lives. ”

These words have to be discounted to listen, but it also made Huizhu's eyebrows raise a ray of joy, after all, once she took the initiative to send food over, Yinzhen, who is used to being picky, can eat some, which is all her face.

Then Xiao Ranzi passed on Yinzhen's dictation, that is, from tomorrow onwards, Huizhu will still be in charge of the affairs of the first palace of the Old Summer Palace.

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