Chapter 9: The Prince Congjia (1)
It is December of the year, and Shen Yuefu is pregnant for July.
On the occasion of the New Year's Day, I taught the Imperial Dining Room to make a new vegetarian dish.
This dish takes potato medicine as the ingredient, cut into thin slices, and then mixes well with lotus powder, adds five flavors to reconcile, the finished product is fragrant and fragrant, the taste is crisp and crispy, such as the silver moon rises, and later Baoyuan product gives the famous "one plate of the month".
On this day, when he was having lunch with Baoyuan, Liang Shouzhen came to pay tribute, and Shen Baoxiang listened to the palace maid in Fengxuan to invite the emperor to dinner. I was stunned when I heard this, stopped and was silent, Bao Yuan glanced at me, pondered for a moment and said, "Xiao Liang, you go and call that maid in." ”
Liang Shouzhen went for a while and brought in a slightly older palace maid.
"Listen to Fengxuan's maid Holly, see the emperor, see Mrs. Hua Rui."
"Holly, how is Shen Baoxiang's diet and daily life recently?"
"Back to the emperor, the weather has been cold recently, and Niangniang has been sitting in Tingfeng Xuan all day long, and her face is getting paler and ......paler."
"What? Tell me how this is so. Bao Yuan heard Holly say this, and his face showed concern.
"Back to the emperor, Bao Xiang Niangniang's body was already weak, and she had a lot of discomfort from pregnancy, and she couldn't eat or eat, and she couldn't sleep at night...... Today's ......" Holly showed a worried and anxious expression on her face, and bowed to Bao Yuan: "The emperor forgives the sin, the slave and maid came here to protect the fragrance of Niangniang, but she didn't know, it was the maid, it was the maid who made his own opinion, and wanted to ask the emperor to visit the mother." ”
"You said that you didn't mean Shen Baoxiang to invite the emperor in Changchun Palace?" Recently, I often hear the palace concubines complain in private, Shen Yuefu relies on being pregnant, pampered and arrogant, and invites Baoyuan away from other palace concubines several times, but she has never sent anyone to me......
"Back to Mrs. Blossom, my mother has a gentle temperament and is very knowledgeable, and she will never be pampered and arrogant, let alone disrespect Mrs. Blossom." The holly seemed to have guessed what I was thinking, and hurriedly confessed.
"I think so, Rui'er, it seems that today's matter is just a mess that the people below are concerned about, and Fu'er herself will not do such an ignorant thing." Bao Yuan started a round on the side.
"Your Majesty, you don't know anything." Ming'er poured a cup of tea and offered it to Bao Yuan, and muttered: "Since Bao Xiang Niangniang is pregnant, she has come down every three or five times to invite the emperor, for this matter, all the mothers and concubines in the palace have complaints, but she is afraid of her sister so she dare not come to us." You see, I can't bear it now, so please come to us! ”
"Ming'er, don't talk nonsense." I was worried that Bao Yuan would blame Ming'er, so I was busy scolding.
"Sister...... You are always like this, you haven't seen the emperor for four or five days, you look forward to the emperor coming up every day, and finally the emperor comes, can't you even have a quiet meal? "Ming'er didn't know what evil she had fallen into, but she didn't stop her mouth today.
"Ming'er!" I was about to reprimand, but I saw Bao Yuan wave his hand at me and sink his face.
The room was surprisingly quiet, and my heart was also mixed. Ming'er just said what I couldn't say, what's wrong with her, that Shen Yuefu, Shen Yuefu......
"Holly, go back!" Bao Yuan waved his hand and said, "Go back and tell Shen Baoxiang, and I will go to see her in the afternoon." ”
"Yes, the slave and maid are gone." Holly saluted and was about to withdraw, but was stopped by Bao Yuan.
Bao Yuan pointed to the "Yue Yi plate" on the table and said: "This dish tastes very good, Shen Baoxiang has liked desserts since she was pregnant, you can take it back and wait for her to eat more." The air is dry in winter, and I heard her cough a few times the day before yesterday, so remember to mix some winter honey in it and then serve it to her. Remember? ”
"Yes, slave and maid, remember." Holly went out with a "plate of the month", and Bao Yuan and I continued to eat relatively silently.
"Rui'er, am I angry?" Bao Yuan suddenly asked sullenly.
"Ahh I looked up at him, only to see Bao Yuan staring at me, his eyebrows furrowed.
I didn't want him to be embarrassed, so I pulled the corners of my mouth and said, "Where does Meng Lang want to go, how can I be angry." ”
"However, I just saw you......" Bao Yuan seemed to be very embarrassed, and he stopped talking.
I don't know when the atmosphere between me and him has become a little unnatural, I lowered my head and stirred the soup in the bowl, and said lightly: "I heard that people who are pregnant have a weirder temperament than ordinary people, I know...... The emperor's heir is the most important. ”
"Rui'er, don't be too careful...... I. "Bao Yuan likes Yuefu, I can see it no matter how stupid I am, but his desire to speak at the moment has stopped, which makes my heart suddenly blocked.
I didn't want to continue this topic, so I barely squeezed out a smile, so I said easily: "Brother, it's you who are too careful, how can I be so stingy." Let's eat! After saying that, he put a small dish on his plate, and said with a smile: "Taste this 'pine wind and welcome crane', but it takes a lot of effort!" ”
Bow your head and continue to eat, but why is it all bitter in your mouth?
It was night, Bao Yuansu was in Changchun Palace, Fang lay down, and heard someone outside trotting all the way.
"Your Majesty! Emperor! Listening to Feng Xuan's sending someone to ......" Liang Shouzhen, panting outside the door, reported, "Bao Xiang Niangniang has a fetal gas." ”
"What?" I let out a startled sound, rolled over and sat up to push Bao Yuan.
"This Yuefu, what kind of tricks are you playing?" Bao Yuan was woken up in his sleep, and his anger came up, and he looked impatient, and said to me: "Tell me, in the past seven months, has she used fetal gas less?" ”
"But the Imperial Doctor went?" I couldn't help but say it.
"He said that he had already sent someone to pass it on. But listening to Fengxuan's people, now the situation is bound to ask the emperor to come over to calm down. Liang Shouzhen said loudly outside the door.
"I'm not a doctor, what's the use of going!" Bao Yuan said angrily: "You let them go back and wait for their lives, and come back to report if they have something." ”
The child is big, I pushed Bao Yuan, and motioned for him to get up and take a look, but he had a dark face and turned his back to not even look at me.
"Meng Lang, you better go and take a look, if the situation is really not good." For some reason, I panicked.
"Don't go, don't go! When I went to see her at noon, I saw that she was well! Bao Yuanqi snorted and said, "I just said a few words to her, and she is reversing the fetal gas at this time...... In my opinion, it is clear that I am proud of being pregnant and pampered......"
Before I could speak, Bao Yuan turned over and sat up, and said to me: "I have long been aware of what Ming'er said during today's meal, but I remember that she is pregnant with a child on weekdays, and she has always been well-behaved and sensible, plus ...... So I always come when I am invited, but who can I think that she has to make inches, and today she dares to compete with you! ”
It turned out that Bao Yuan had long known that Shen Yuefu was competing for favor with her pregnancy in the palace, but she dared to fight for me today, and An Zhi was not the result of Bao Yuan's connivance. It's just that now, he reprimanded her for this, no wonder she had fetal gas!