Chapter 57: Poisoning of Sugar Water
Yinshi, Nianfu, big kitchen.
The small kitchen of the year house is generally prepared at the time of the hour, and the big kitchen is busy from the time of the year, because the year is generally around the time of the morning will go down to the house, so in order to cater to the day of the year to eat, the big kitchen guys basically have to get up before dawn to prepare.
But today is a little different from usual, those guys who usually talk and laugh are all grasping the movements in their hands at the moment, not for anything else, but I am afraid that I will not be able to do it well, and let An Zhimei, who is standing at the door and supervise, catch something and be punished.
"You all pay attention to me, the prince of Pinghu will come to the house as a guest today, if there is anything wrong with breakfast, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!" An Zhimei said, and pinched Nian Yingchun, who was angry next to her.
Nian Yingchun was pinched by this, and the pain drilled her heart, and she held back her breath halfway, blinked her dry eyes, and quickly touched the small medicine bottle hidden in her sleeve, and saw that the small medicine bottle containing arsenic was still there, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Nian Yingchun's so-so appearance made An Zhimei sigh in her heart, her daughter really couldn't count on it for a minute, fortunately she got the news last night, saying that Nian Gengrong invited King Pinghu to come to the house for dinner, she pondered: Since she invited the prince, then Wang Wanxiu will definitely come over to check the meal in person, if she takes advantage of this kung fu to poison, then even if Nian Yingxi is poisoned to death, and Wang Wanxiu is in front of her, such a God-given opportunity, how can she miss it?
A cool morning breeze blew the nearby treetops, and it also made An Zhimei cold, pulling her collar, An Zhimei muttered in her heart complainingly, if she hadn't planned to get rid of Nian Yingxi in her heart, she wouldn't want to get up early in the morning to drink the cool breeze here.
As soon as Nian Yingxi walked into the courtyard, she saw An Zhimei's mother and daughter standing side by side at the door of the kitchen, stopped and lowered her eyes and thought for a moment before she raised her feet again and walked over, no matter what, she must come to this kitchen today.
An Zhimei, who heard the footsteps, thought that Wang Wanxiu was coming, and turned around with a fake smile and was about to ask for peace, but when she saw that it was Nian Yingxi coming over, the fake smile froze on her face, and she looked at Nian Yingxi uncomfortably with slanted eyes for a long time before she opened her mouth curtly, "Yo! What kind of wind is blowing today, it actually blows the future queen mother. ”
An Zhimei's words made the guys who were busy in the kitchen hurriedly put down the work they were doing, and they all knelt down towards Nian Yingxi outside the door.
Nian Yingchun saw that these subordinates actually knelt down for Nian Yingxi, and immediately became jealous, gritted her teeth and turned her head to wait for Nian Yingxi, "I haven't seen you wandering around the mansion before, but now that you are the queen, you are showing off everywhere, Nian Yingxi, you are really shameless!" ”
An Zhimei pulled down Nian Yingchun's sleeve, glared at her with one look, and motioned her to stop.
Nian Yingxi is now the future queen, how can she be scolded by pointing her nose and scolding her name? If Wang Wanxiu or Nian Gengrong heard this, they might not know how to punish them.
Nian Yingxi hooked Gou Chun indifferently, directly brushed the body of An Zhimei's mother and daughter, walked into the kitchen and ordered, "Get up, I feel cold in my body and bones lately, who has the time to cook me a bowl of red date syrup now?" There was still a big living person lying in the room waiting to save her life, and she didn't have time to take care of the mother and daughter now.
As soon as the people in the kitchen heard this, they immediately got up and put down what they had just done, and were busy looking for red dates and boiling sugar water, which made Nian Yingxi a little surprised.
Where has An Zhimei seen this posture? Even when she was born in Yingchun, she had never had this kind of treatment, and she was about to open her mouth to scold Huai, but there was a sound of footsteps behind her.
"Did you get up early today, and stand at the kitchen door early in the morning to blow the wind?" Wang Wanxiu was helped into the courtyard by the maid beside her, first looked at An Zhimei's mother and daughter, and finally locked her eyes on Nian Yingxi's body.
When Nian Yingxi saw that Wang Wanxiu didn't ask herself by name, her eyes fell on her body, and she couldn't help but open her mouth first, "Back to grandma, Xiaoxi has always been chilling when she wakes up recently, so she specially came over and ordered the kitchen to prepare some bowls of red date syrup." ”
"Cold?" Wang Wanxiu was stunned for a moment, then reached out and grabbed Nian Yingxi's hand, feeling that her hand was a little cold, she couldn't help but raise her voice, and said towards the kitchen, "In a while, you can find someone to go to my house to get a ginseng fire, and boil it into soup for the second lady at night and send it over." ”
Nian Yingxi was held by Wang Wanxiu's hand, and she didn't feel funny at all, she had never seen Wang Wanxiu care about her body so much before, but now she was about to enter the palace, so she cared, saying that it was good to hear that she was afraid that something would go wrong with her, and that it was hard to hear was just that she was afraid that the cold in her body would be too heavy, and she could not delay entering the palace, and she would lose the face of their Nian family.
An Zhimei looked at this scene of care that she hadn't seen for a hundred years, and her heart didn't feel good, even if she had her own selfishness for the Nian family, she had been running for the Nian family for so many years, and now Nian Yingxi just flew on the branches, so everything was different, looking sideways at Nian Yingchun beside her, An Zhimei was sad and ruthless, this Nian Yingxi she was bound to get rid of, otherwise when Nian Yingchun got married, she would have no status at all in the Nian Mansion.
Nian Yingchun bit her lip tightly, how can she see how dazzling Wang Wanxiu is to Nian Yingchun, even if she has never been so taken care of by Wang Wanxiu, how can she be young? Clenching the small bottle in his sleeve, Nian Yingchun just wanted to pour it into Nian Yingxi now.
The people in the kitchen listened to Wang Wanxiu's explanation, and even quickened the movements of their hands, and in less than a quarter of an hour, an old woman walked out with a plate, "Let the old slave send it to the second lady, okay?" ”
Nian Yingxi withdrew her hand and took the tray, "No need, I'll just go back by myself, Mama still has to prepare meals, it's not good to delay." ”
Wang Wanxiu saw that Nian Yingxi wanted to take it back by herself, afraid that she would be seen by Nian Gengrong and the prince of Pinghu who had descended from the early dynasty, thinking that the Nian family did not understand the rules, and thought that she was about to tell the maid behind her to send it, but saw Nian Yingchun stand up, "It's better to let my sister help send it back." ”
An Zhimei was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but when she looked sideways at Nian Yingchun's sleeve, she immediately understood Nian Yingchun's careful thoughts, this time she didn't stop it, but nodded with a smile, anyway, the sugar water Wang Wanxiu also saw it, and it passed through so many people's hands, and when Nian Yingchun was poisoned and drunk by Nian Yingxi, even if Wang Wanxiu refused to give up, as long as she casually dragged out a dead ghost to block, this matter would be in the past, anyway, by that time Nian Yingxi would have died early, Wang Wanxiu will not waste time on a dead person.
Wang Wanxiu naturally didn't know what Nian Yingchun was thinking, seeing that Nian Yingchun took the initiative to step forward, just as she was a force and wanted to curry favor, she couldn't help but nodded, "Go, it's normal for my sister to take care of my sister." ”
Nian Yingxi saw that Wang Wanxiu nodded, if she kept blocking it, it would inevitably make people suspicious, so she put the plate in her hand on Nian Yingchun's hand, and said lightly, "Let's go, otherwise the sugar water will hurt your body if it is cold." "Since Nian Yingchun wants to stand up and suffer, why should she stop it? And as long as she is not allowed to enter the yard.
Nian Yingchun was made angry by Nian Yingxi's natural attitude, but thinking about the small porcelain bottle in her sleeve, she could only follow Nian Yingxi without making a sound.
It is only a few minutes away from the kitchen to Nian Yingxi's current yard, but Nian Yingxi deliberately walks very slowly, so slow that she will look at the grass for a while, smell the flowers for a while, stop from time to time to breathe in the fresh air, and look at the scenery from time to time.
Where did Nian Yingchun, who was following her, think that Nian Yingxi would walk so slowly? One of his arms was sore to death, but he didn't dare to let go, for his own poisoning plan, he could only endure holding the tray and dare not speak out.
Nian Yingxi saw that Nian Yingchun's arms began to tremble, knowing that it was almost over, she simply quickened her pace and continued to walk towards her yard, she did it on purpose, it is estimated that Nian Yingchun was impatient, and deliberately made Nian Yingchun tired, only in this way can she send her away when she arrives at the gate of the yard, and does not let her enter the house.
The two of them had just arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, and before Nian Yingxi could turn around and find an excuse to send Nian Yingchun away, they heard a 'bang' sound from the house.
Hearing this voice, Nian Yingxi's eyes quickly turned, and then she deliberately shouted loudly, "Qianqian, you are really becoming more and more presumptuous, but I just asked you to serve some water, you are so clumsy!" ”
Nian Yingchun was naturally startled by this sudden voice, but when she saw that Nian Yingxi was now thinking in the house, she hurriedly held the tray with one hand, took out the medicine bottle in her sleeve with the other hand, opened it and poured it into the sugar water.
After Nian Yingxi finished speaking, she waited for a while to see that there was no longer a strange sound in the room, and then turned back to Nian Yingchun and said, "Presumably my sister is tired, right?" Would you like to go in and have a glass of water? ”
Nian Yingchun is still holding the medicine bottle in one hand, where can I enter the house? Listening to Nian Yingxi's words again, she only felt that this Nian Yingxi had the heart to show off a new house with herself, and directly refused with a weak heart, "It's all in your yard, and let me hold it, my mother still has something to do with me, who has the time to go to your broken house to sit?" As he spoke, he smashed the tray directly into Nian Yingxi's hand.
Nian Yingxi quickly took the tray, she had already been accustomed to Nian Yingchun's rightness, although she was not annoyed, she also put away her smile, "The sugar water should be drunk while it is hot, and my sister will take care of herself." After speaking, he walked up the steps directly, and Nian Yingchun was still behind him.
Nian Yingchun waited until Nian Yingxi closed the door, then turned around and walked out of the yard with a sigh of relief, thinking that Nian Yingxi said just now that she wanted to drink the bowl of sugar water while it was hot, Nian Yingchun couldn't help but smile and snickered as she walked, great, and soon she would never have to see Nian Yingxi's hateful face again.