"Although the water chestnut soup is not the best sweet soup, the emperor must know that it takes the longest time to boil the water chestnut soup, and it takes a lot of effort......" The lips that applied the lip grease slightly raised, and the dark gray pupils oozed a smile, "From the perspective of the boiler, the essence condensed by effort and time is the most fulfilling, the emperor, you say, yes or no?"

Nan Jiuxi stared at the pretty girl in front of him, it was clearly a natural smile, and he didn't know if it was the reason for his own state of mind, but he always felt that there was an indistinguishable meaning hidden in that smile.

"Hai Niang is worthy of being born in a scholarly family, and even a mere Gu horseshoe soup can give birth to a lot of emotion. Nan Jiuxi smiled, picked up the soup spoon in the bowl and stirred it gently, his hand seemed to stagnate, and then put it in his mouth and took a sip.

Really...... The taste is no different from ordinary horseshoe soup.

Xu was in too much of a hurry, so that the taste didn't seem to be as good as the one made by the concubine herself in the past.

Chaise......

Nan Jiuxi's eyes flashed slightly, and there seemed to be a confused emotion in the depths of her eyes.

"The emperor praised falsely. Xue Hainiang's eyebrows were lowered, and she didn't meet Nan Jiuxi's eyes from beginning to end.

Xu is voice like a pearl on a jade plate recalled his fugue thoughts, Nan Jiuxi was stunned, slightly raised his eyelids and stared at the girl's delicate and beautiful face, not a first-class outstanding, but in this situation, it is particularly confusing.

"I'm still the same sentence, if you want, I will always have a square inch of space around my heart for you. Nan Jiuxi blurted out, it was a feeling, and it was like a promise.

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"It's thanks to you for risking being blamed by the emperor today......" De'an was finally able to relax a little.

In the past, when the emperor was angry, the abolished concubine Xiao always came with a hand-made dim sum soup as soon as possible, and after some persuasion, Nan Jiuxi was not in a moody state for several days.

But now, the life and death of the abolished concubine Xiao in the cold palace is still unknown, how can she still come to the palace to consol.

"It's all within the slave's business...... Xue Hainiang forced a smile and said casually.

Fang Cainan Jiuxi's words and sentences still linger in his mind.

Like a spell, she tried to awaken the unbearable memories of her past life hidden in her mind.

finally left as if she had fled, and after returning to the house where she was alone, Xue Hainiang held on to her energy to wash up, and the moment the cold water soaked her skin, she felt that her trance thoughts were relieved.

Walked to the dresser and sat down, untied the bun that was coiled, put the hairpin into the dresser, and almost subconsciously opened the bottom of the makeup box, and took out the short blade, the cold touch, for a while she was reluctant to put it down.

On the second day, Xue Hainiang was on duty, but the next day, Xue Hainiang had already gotten up to wash. After straightening out his appearance in the mirror, he put on a cold-resistant coat and walked to the imperial study.

I don't know if it's because she is overthinking, but I always feel that along the way, the palace people and palace maids in the past all threw strange looks at her.

There is consternation, and so is envy.

Could it be that the emperor gave her a reward before dawn today?

Xue Hainiang touched her chin and wondered, and after a while, she refuted this thought in her heart.

As usual, she first went to the pantry to pick up the tea leaves to be cooked today. I went to the kitchenette again to tell me what snacks I needed to make today.

She had refuted Fang Cai's unrealistic thoughts, but now what she saw made her suspicious.

Whether it is the palace maid who collects the tea leaves in the pantry, or the rough grandmother who chops firewood in the kitchen, or the aunt in charge of the spoon in front of her, they all show a look of surprise, envy, or flattery to her.

Xue Hainiang finally couldn't resist the temptation of curiosity, and asked, "Didn't something happen today?"

The aunt in charge of the spoon nodded stunned at first, but a pair of Xue Hainiang looked at her suspiciously, and she shook her head busily. "I have never ......," he said, and lowered his head to tinker with the work at hand.

In this way, Xue Hainiang was even more puzzled.

But she didn't have the intention to inquire about the palace maids. Aunt Zhang's qualifications are already high, and she is still like this, and others will be silent when they want to, so it is better to probe De'an later.

Having made up her mind, Xue Hainiang walked quickly towards the imperial study.

Dean is an anomaly compared to others. Xue Hainiang didn't show the slightest look on his face that was different from usual, he saw that Xue Hainiang was late, so he said, "Come in and wait......"

Xue Hainiang swallowed the words that came to her mouth inexplicably, lowered her eyebrows slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Yes." ”

When he turned around to leave, De'an's usual steady and deep voice came from behind him, "If you listen to something that doesn't sound your ears, you don't have to take it ......seriously."

Xue Hainiang couldn't figure it out, didn't De'an's words imply that she didn't need to debunk any rumors?

I thought that Nan Jiuxi would be happy to mention one or two points when he was on duty, but the fact is diametrically opposite, Nan Jiuxi, who is entangled in government affairs, seems to have no idea that there is such a thing.

When it was approaching, Xue Hainiang was able to go back to the house where she was sleeping, and she was finally a little relaxed after concentrating all day.

Rao is De'an has reminded her that she no longer needs to worry about the incomprehensible eyes of the palace people today, but in the end she has planted a seed of confusion in her heart, and now that she calms down, her mind is full of shocked and envious eyes when the palace maids, aunts, and rough grandmothers look at her.

The next day, there was no need to go to the imperial study to be on duty, Xue Hainiang walked to the Chonghua Hall when she was free, and Liang Bairou's position had been stable recently, so there was really no need to take into account the opinions of the people in the harem.

I never thought that this trip would come unexpectedly.

Although the horse jujube embroidery is now only sealed Zhaoyi, but no one in the harem knows, the current situation of the Ma family is powerful, and the harem is taken care of by the queen mother.

Before Xue Hainiang entered the inner hall, Qingfeng stepped forward with great insight and said in a low voice: "Now that Ma Zhaoyi is inside, Miss Hai wants to move to the warm pavilion and wait?"

Obviously, Qingfeng was afraid of Xue Hainiang's unpleasant trouble with Ma Zaoxiu.

Xue Hainiang was stunned, but there was no consternation on her face, as if she had prepared for this to happen, she smiled and said: "No need, now that lunch is coming, Ma Zhaoyi may stay for dinner." "Left and right, after a while, she has nothing to do and can go again.

Qingfeng looked ashamed, pulled Xue Hainiang aside and lowered his voice: "Now that Ma Zhaoyi is powerful, it is understandable for Niangniang to cling to her......

She was really afraid that Xue Hainiang would be estranged from her own mother.

She has witnessed with her own eyes how difficult it is for Xue Hainiang and her own mother to go all the way to Foguang Temple and even later when they return, if it were not for Xue Hainiang's loyalty and protection of her life, she would not have given birth to an heir and would not be blessed to enjoy such glory.