Chapter 070: Preparation for the Palace Banquet
readx;? With the guidance of Mama Su and Aunt Su Xin, Rong Ya had a rough plan for the palace banquet in the Mid-Autumn Festival, she wrote down some processes and precautions on paper, and instructed the people below to arrange them according to her ideas. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Rong Ya had already decided that this palace banquet should be based on frugality and blessings, so none of the products were considered luxurious, and the dim sum and dishes at the palace banquet were mainly based on the meaning of ordinary people, not the gorgeous and exquisite in the past.
There are still seven days before the palace banquet, everything is going on in an orderly manner, Yun Yao, as the female official in charge of the Hehuan Palace, the burden on her body is naturally heavier than that of others, and she personally supervises many things to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
In addition to the palace maids in the inner palace, some third-class palace maids are usually arranged to help in preparing the palace banquet, so Aunt Su Xin arranged some palace maids who worked well to enter the inner palace to obey Yun Yao's dispatch, and arranged for them to help set the table and stools, lay the table cloth, and wipe the silver plate.
Just like the birthday celebration of the queen mother not long ago, they are all used to doing some work, so these third-class palace maids are also handy to do, and there is no difficulty.
And in the Yeting Palace, Ning Lan, who was originally capable and should have entered the inner palace to help, was not arranged by Aunt Su Xin.
Ning Lan was not convinced, because many people who were not as good as her could smoothly enter the inner palace to help, and if she was lucky, she might be able to get the appreciation of a certain master, and from then on she would enter the inner palace and no longer have to do these rough jobs. But she was fundamentally deprived of the opportunity to enter the inner palace by Su Xin.
She didn't go to Aunt Su Xin for comment, because she knew that Su Xin and Yun Yao were together, and even if she went, Su Xin would not rearrange her to go to the inner palace, but would only find a reason to send her away and let her stop making trouble.
But you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, for a person like Ning Lan, who is not stupid, and is a little cautious, how can she stay in Yeting Palace as an errand so peacefully?
"Ning Lan, hurry up, the flowers in the lotus pond have failed, we have to go and scoop up the dead leaves and residual flowers on the pond surface!"
Midsummer has passed, and it is another season, and all the lotus flowers in the lotus pond in the palace have withered, leaving only a few scattered lotus leaves remaining on a green lotus leaf, which looks quite depressed.
And the palace maids of the Yeting Palace, except for those who enter the inner palace to help, the rest of the people have to go to the lotus pond, row a bamboo row to salvage all the residual flowers and dead leaves that fall on the lake, so that the whole lake looks clean and tidy, and maintain the beautiful scenery of the imperial garden at any time.
"Zhen'er, you go first, my stomach hurts. Ning Lan clutched her stomach, her face full of pain, and she looked very distorted.
"What's wrong with you, do you want me to tell Aunt Su Xin and call a doctor for you?" Zhen'er asked with a concerned face, for fear that Ning Lan would have some accidents.
However, she didn't really think about Ning Lan's body, but some of the people in the Yeting Palace had been assigned to help in the Inner Palace, and there were not many people left on errands.
Therefore, no matter what the considerations are, she doesn't want Ning Lan to drop the chain at a critical moment.
"No, no!" Ning Lan heard this, and waved her hand hurriedly, afraid that Zhen'er would see something, so she quickly covered her stomach and said, "I may ...... It's just a bad stomach, just go to the thatched house a few times, you go quickly, don't make a mistake. ”
Although Zhen'er was reluctant in her heart, what Ning Lan said made sense, in case she was too late and couldn't finish the errand, she would inevitably be punished.
Thinking of this, Zhen'er told Ning Lan to hurry up as soon as her belly was ready, but don't be lazy, and then she went out by herself, the other palace maids had already gone far away, and she trotted all the way to keep up.
Ning Lan saw Zhen'er walking away, a mocking sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth, then she took her hands off her stomach, stood up straight, and walked to the door, but there was nothing wrong at all, the so-called stomach ache just now was all pretended by her.
After waiting for a while, it was estimated that the people who went to the inner palace to help also set off, Ning Lan went out without hurrying, she did not go to the lotus pond, but followed those palace maids and went to the inner palace.
However, Ning Lan also kept an eye on it, she did not appear directly in front of everyone, but took advantage of the busy time of everyone, hid in the dark, quietly observed the surrounding situation, and saw what kind of opportunity she should have.
Maybe it was providence, Ning Lan didn't wait long, because she saw with her own eyes a familiar face standing in the garden outside the Wind and Water Pavilion, it was Yang Liangren, who was in charge of organizing the queen's birthday celebration last time, and she was still Yang Meiren at that time.
Ning Lan was fortunate to help in the inner palace last time, and she also knew that there was a lot of suspicion between Yang Liang and Yun Yao, and the tassel aunt beside Yang Liangren also died in that incident, presumably Yang Liangren hated Yun Yao to death.
Thinking of this, Ning Lan quietly bypassed everyone and quietly approached Yang Liangren, but just listened to Yang Liangren's words.
"What are you doing so worried? The Queen Mother only said that I was fine, don't come out and walk around, but didn't say that I must not come out and walk around! I was in a panic in the Jiuhua Palace, what's wrong with coming out to breathe?" Yang Liangren scolded Ying'er beside him.
"Yes, beloved. The slave is just worried that it will not be good for you after being the queen mother. Ying'er said, "At a time like this, more is better than less." ”
"So what? Will this palace suffer even more if it is in this situation now?" Yang Liangren looked resentful.
Yang Yushi died, and Yang Liangren himself was demoted, although he took revenge, but he was ordered by the Queen Mother to stay in Jiuhua Palace, and he was not allowed to go out if he had nothing to do, which was equivalent to a grounding order. The mother clan has no support, and she is also surrounded by strong enemies in the palace, and Yang Liangren is basically in a desperate situation now.
If she can't figure out how to turn over, then she may have to fall silent forever. It doesn't matter if she is pressed by others, the most unconvincing thing she is that she is pressed by Jiang Xiulan, this woman who has always been at odds with her before, now she is pressed on her head everywhere, making her bow down.
"But the beloved......" Ying'er wanted to say something more, but when she turned her head, she saw Ning Lan hiding sneaky not far away, she immediately changed her face and scolded Ning Lan, "Who is so bold and hiding here?"
When Yang Liangren heard this, he also looked in the direction that Ying'er was looking at, and happened to see Ning Lan, and his heart was furious: "Ying'er, pull this palace maid who doesn't know the height of the sky and the earth to the palace and execute her." ”
Ning Lan saw that Yang Liangren was going to execute himself directly without asking anything, she was shocked, and ran to Yang Liangren in a hurry, knelt down with a plop, and begged for mercy:
"Yang Liangren spares his life, the slave and maid don't mean to listen to the beloved again, the slave and maid are specially here to find the beloved!"
"It seems that you are a third-class palace maid, right? What can I say to you?" Yang Liangren said, "You are not so bold that you dare to eavesdrop on me?"
"The slave didn't, the slave and the maid really came to find the beloved, and asked the beloved to give the slave and the maid a chance to let the slave and maid finish speaking. Ning Lan was scared to death in her heart, and her body trembled involuntarily, but she pretended to be calm and said so.
"Love, the tree is very popular, you should no longer execute the palace maid at will. On the queen's birthday last time, you had a dispute with Jiang Meiren and disposed of two palace maids, which has already made the queen mother complain. Now that you're in a special situation, it's better to think twice. Ying'er persuaded on the side, "Since this palace maid keeps saying that she is specifically coming to you, you might as well listen to what she wants to say." ”
Yang Liangren listened to Ying'er's words, his eyes looked at Ning Lan, and he seemed to be exploring something.
I have to say that what Ying'er said is indeed quite reasonable, she is no longer the Yang beauty who can be arrogant in the harem. Not to mention that she has been demoted, just that the queen mother has also changed her previous attitude of ignoring the affairs of the palace and began to handle the affairs of the harem, then it will not be her turn to deal with the palace maids.
"What do you want to say?" After thinking for a moment, Yang Liangren asked Ning Lan.
Seeing that Yang Meiren was willing to give herself a chance, Ning Lan felt a burst of ecstasy in her heart, and her brain was also running rapidly, and after thinking carefully about the news she bought from Hongxiao, she said:
"If you Qi Yang Liangren, the slave and maid are here to defect to you. The slave maid wants to enter the inner palace, hoping to get Yang Liangren's support, and correspondingly, the slave maid will also do her best for Yang Liangren and die. ”
The words fell, and the surroundings fell into silence, Yang Liangren didn't speak, she was just thinking about Ning Lan's intentions. This third-class palace maid is indeed very courageous, and dares to come to her alone like this, but ...... Why did she believe in this third-class palace maid?
And in the same way, Ning Lan also has Xiao Jiujiu in her heart.
It stands to reason that what happened in the inner palace is generally difficult to spread to the outer palace, especially in places like the Yeting Palace, but fortunately, there is a red xiao in the Yeting Palace who is easy to inquire.
Although Hongxiao didn't know exactly what was going on, she was still able to get the general idea out. For example, why was Yang Liangren degraded, how did Zhou Meiren die, and what is the suspicion between Yang Liangren and Zhou Meiren.
At the beginning, the matter of witchcraft in the Hehuan Hall was in an uproar, and everyone in the palace was in danger, and the Yeting Palace naturally heard the rumors. Yang Liangren was demoted in this matter, and Yun Yao, who she was originally going to frame, was safe and sound, but it was a bond between her and Zhou Meiren.
Ning Lan knew that this matter could be exploited, and she was sure that Yang Liangren must have hatred for Yun Yao in her heart, because Yun Yao had rejected Yang Liangren's kindness, coupled with the matter of witchcraft, she only needed to tell Yang Liangren that they had a common enemy, and Yang Liangren would definitely give her this opportunity.
"Do your best, and then die. You are a literate person, and you know these eight words, so you tell me, why should I believe you?" Yang Liang asked after a long time.
"If you return to your beloved, the slave has a way to help your beloved regain the emperor's favor, and ...... Get rid of Yun Yao. Ning Lan didn't look up, but said lightly.
After Yang Meiren heard this, she smiled slowly. She knew that this palace maid kneeling on the ground would be a good help, because she had the courage to come here to recommend herself, and she was smart enough to see the gap between her and Yun Yao. But in the same way, this palace maid is also a poisonous snake placed by her side, and if she is not careful, she will bite herself.