The Queen Mother raised her eyes.

"The mourning family is in a good mood today, remembering that Jingkang Palace has been cold for so long, and it should be lively, so I personally made a lot of pastries, you can taste them."

Ning Yingying smiled.

"The Queen Mother really has a heart, but on such a lively day, why didn't the Queen Mother come?"

As she spoke, she reached out and covered her mouth as if she had just remembered.

"The concubine forgot, the queen is in the small Buddha hall."

Lu Shuyi's eyes were slightly gloomy.

"The queen mother copied Buddhist scriptures to pray for the queen mother, so naturally she is not as idle as you."

"Concubine De, what do you mean by that? Now that I'm pregnant, how can I do such a thing as copying Buddhist scriptures, every time I speak, you have to be yin and yang, is it possible to see that I am pregnant with the emperor's heir and jealous? ”

"You are disrespectful to the queen mother, I just remind you a few words."

"You ......"

"One or two, is there an end?"

Qin Haitang slapped the table next to him, his eyes showing impatience: "You want to quarrel outside, every time there is no one to stop, the Queen Mother is still here, your rules have been learned in the dog's belly!?" ”

Ning Yingying's face was a little unbearable, and she held her chest.

"The concubine is pregnant, so she naturally ......"

"Are you finished? Every day, you don't leave your pregnancy, and in a few days, the dogs in the whole capital will know that you are three months pregnant, do you want to tell the world? ”

Ning Yingying was scolded, and then looked at the Empress Dowager Jing'an aggrievedly.

"Queen Mother~"

However, the Queen Mother is not the emperor, and she doesn't eat her coquettish set.

"The queen has only been in the small Buddha hall for a few days, and the harem has been noisy like this...... Concubine Xian, since you are pregnant, you should pay more attention to your words and deeds, why is your temper getting worse and worse now? ”

Ning Yingying was silent.

She had a calm face, dissatisfied.

He held his chest and made an uncomfortable look.

"Queen Mother, the concubines have had severe morning sickness recently, and some of them can't eat sweets, so I'm afraid I won't be able to stay for a long time today."

"Then you can go back."

The Queen Mother waved her hand.

She was originally afraid of noise, so it was better to leave.

Qin Haitang rolled his eyes: "Idiot." ”

Shen Ruoxi sat next to her, immediately covered her lips with her hands, and coughed slightly.

Qin Haitang glanced at her, then adjusted his expression and sat down honestly.

Hey, the mouth is faster than the brain, and I'm scolding again.

Today's merit is gone.

The Queen Mother instructed the grandmothers around her to let the palace maids bring the pastries.

A dazzling array of pastries was set up on the table.

Osmanthus cake, pea yellow, jujube paste cake, bergamot cake......

Shen Ruoxi was a little surprised.

"Queen Mother, did you make these with your own hands?"

"Yes, the mourning family has been busy since last night, and Heng'er used to eat pastries made by me, but the craftsmanship of the mourning family is still a little worse than that of the queen."

After that, the Empress Dowager Jing'an lowered her eyes slightly, and suddenly whispered: "The mourning family has no strengths, when I was young, I couldn't compare with other concubines in qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and later learned first-hand cooking skills and started making pastries, but Heng'er preferred to eat what the queen did." ”

"The Queen Mother is modest, you and the Queen Mother's pastries have their own merits, and they are all delicious."

Shen Ruoxi picked up a piece of jujube paste cake and praised it sincerely: "Your craftsmanship is comparable to the imperial dining room." ”

"When the mourning family was young, they deliberately found someone to learn for a while."

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she paused slightly.

She rarely remembered.

This craft was originally learned by the emperor.

She has an average background, an average appearance in the harem, and an average talent.

The whole person is mediocre, and he can't get into the eyes of the first emperor.

He didn't look down on her, but she was full of the first emperor, not because he was the emperor, but because she liked this person in her heart.

In order to retain the first emperor, she studied cooking hard and learned all kinds of pastries.

But the first emperor never came.

I finally came once, and I sat for a while and left.

Until he died, he couldn't eat the pastry.

All the while, she didn't have a chance to ask if he liked her craft or not.

Empress Dowager Jing'an's eyes moved slightly, and she shook a trace of gloom, it has been so many years, and when she thinks about it, she still can't hide her regret and bitterness in her heart.

It seems that there are also benefits to being confused.

"Queen Mother, if you are willing in the future, I want to come to Jingkang Palace to learn the craft from you, is it okay?"

Shen Ruoxi's soft voice pulled back the thoughts of the Empress Dowager Jing'an.

She came back to her senses, and a smile welled up on her face.

"Okay, okay...... Mourning family teaches you. ”

Her cooking skills, the first emperor did not taste.

But if Shen Ruoxi makes pastries, Heng'er will definitely like it, right?

"Mingyue, what are you doing?"

A somewhat stern reprimand interrupted the conversation between the two.

Shen Ruoxi turned her head and saw Murong Mingyue sitting next to Lu Shuyi, her watery eyes wide, staring at her a little timidly, her right hand was still on a sugar cake on the table.

Seeing Lu Shuyi's serious expression, the hand that was originally holding the sugar cake slowly retracted.

Nie Yulan spoke.

"Concubine De, what's wrong?"

"Mingyue, you say it yourself."

Hearing this, Murong Mingyue lowered her head slightly, then slowly reached out, took out a few sugar cakes from her sleeve, and put them on the table.

Lu Shuyi twisted her eyebrows.

"There are only a few pieces on the plate, have you taken them all away and others don't eat them? If you really want to, you have to talk to the Queen Mother and her old man, what are you doing secretly? ”

"Mingyue knows ...... wrong"

Mingyue's voice was low, and her little face was flushed.

Nie Yulan walked over, wiped Mingyue's hand, and then looked at Lu Shuyi.

"Concubine De, Mingyue has always been sensible, there should be a reason for today's move, you might as well ask Mingyue before deciding whether to scold her in public."

Lu Shuyi raised her eyes in displeasure.

"Concubine Lan, Mingyue is now my daughter, you have overstepped the rules."

Nie Yulan's thin face had a calm expression.

"Although Mingyue is your daughter, the concubine knows Mingyue better than you, and please listen to the concubine's words calmly."

Shen Ruoxi looked at Nie Yulan, and a trace of contemplation flashed in her eyes.

Today's Nie Yulan seems to have changed as a person.

If it had been before, she would have apologized a little timidly, and she would never dare to argue with Concubine De head-on.

Nie Yulan squatted down and touched Mingyue's head.

"Mingyue, tell me well, what's going on?"

Murong Mingyue pursed her lips and said in a low voice.

"I ...... I thought that I hadn't seen Concubine Rong for a long time, and she also liked to eat sugar cakes, and I heard that she was sick, so I wanted to bring some sugar cakes to her......"

Hearing this, the hall was quiet for a while.

Only a trace of doubt flashed on the face of the Empress Dowager Jing'an, and then smiled.

"Speaking of which, Concubine Rong didn't come today, I want to think about it...... Who is Concubine Rong? It seems to be the girl who spoke in a hard tone, why didn't she come today? ”

Next to a nobleman.

"Queen Mother, let her concubine ......"

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