Shi Tao squatted on the ground to pick up broken beads, sobbing and said: "A good necklace, it was ruined like this, the girl in the palace bullied me, although I repeatedly put up with it, but I couldn't keep this necklace after all, Shi Tao...... I'm sorry Master Su......" Zi Ning couldn't help but look ugly when she saw her pretentiousness, and thought: "She is pretending to be pitiful again, deliberately framing us, now I'm afraid it's my turn to be locked up with Frost Goose." ”

Liu Ji looked at Shi Tao coldly, and then turned his head to look at Zi Ning and Shuang Yan, his face was gloomy, but he didn't speak.

Xia Wan took a step forward, bowed slightly, and said indifferently: "Lord Guard, so many girls are in one place, it is inevitable that there will be tongue bumps, it is not a big deal." It was also because of the good things that Lord Su gave him that there was a noisy scramble, and the bead chain was torn off, and it was strung up again. If Lord Guard punishes a few girls today, and when Lord Su enters the mansion, I'm afraid that all of us are in the forbidden room, this Qingshuang Garden is not a military camp, why should it be so harsh. ”

Liu Ji hurriedly turned around, gave Xia Wan a salute, and said with a smile: "What Miss Xia Wan said is that her subordinates obey the girl's wishes. In the future, the girl can only call me Commander Liu, and call me Lord Guard, but you don't dare to be it. Master Su specially ordered to give Miss Xia Wan an extra reward. With a clapping of his hands, two rough maids dragged a box over, and when the lid of the box was opened, there were two polished musical instruments inside.

When the women saw this, they were all amazed, and they chirped: "This is Sheng Xiao! Your Excellency actually appreciates such a good thing as Xia Wan!" Lord Su treated Xia Wan differently, and the women looked at her with envy and jealousy. I saw Xia Wan smile lightly, her eyes showed a tenderness, and she gave a deep salute and said, "Commander Liu has worked hard, Xia Wan has thanked Master Su." Liu Ji smiled and nodded, and then ordered the maid to carry the sheng flute to Xiawan's room.

When Zi Ning saw this situation, she knew that Xia Wan would be favored in the future, and no one could fight for her honor, although she was happy for her, she was also very puzzled. I thought to myself: "Lord Su hasn't entered the mansion yet, how can he know that there is such a person as Xia Wan, did they know each other before?" But Xia Wan is a maid from the palace, Lord Su has just entered Beijing as an official, why do you recognize her?"

Looking up at Xia Wan's dignified demeanor, she couldn't help but think: "Such an elegant and quiet woman, if she is not favored, there is no reason." She has a modest temperament, and she doesn't like to fight with others, and she is always better than Shi Tao's people. ”

After everyone dispersed, in the evening with Mama to learn to play and sing, Zi Ning learned these things for the first time, only to feel in a hurry, so tired that she almost fell asleep. It was easy to stay up until after dinner, and the sky gradually darkened, and the ladies went back to their rooms to sleep, and the courtyard was silent for a moment.

Zi Ning was worried about Xiang Gui, found a thick coat from the box, slipped into the dining room to make a simple meal, put it in a food box, and sent it to the forbidden room together.

Xianggui was waiting anxiously, and when she saw Zi Ning coming, she couldn't help but feel refreshed. Zi Ning handed over the clothes and food, told her about hanging Feiyan, and then said: "Lord Su gave a reward at noon, it was some pearl and jade jewelry and silk silk, but unfortunately you closed the forbidden room, and your share of the reward was in vain." Xianggui took the bowl and ate, raised his eyebrows, and said hatefully: "Who is rare about his reward, treating us as shallow eyelids, and fooling us with small favors and small profits!"

Zi Ning waited for Xianggui to finish eating, and comforted her: "You grit your teeth and stay up for another day, it will be harder to learn to hang Feiyan outside, but it is better to be clean in the forbidden room." The meals these days are simpler, and when you release them, I'll make better meals for you. ”

Xianggui took her hand from the small window, and said with a reluctant smile: "I heard you say that the ladies only drink gruel, and they are almost hungry to the skin and bones, you are bold, for my sake, you dare to go to the dining room to steal food." ”

Zi Ning shook her head and said with a smile: "Have you forgotten that we are sisters, if we can only share prosperity and prosperity, but not weal and woe, then what kind of sisters are wee." No one will notice this for the time being, and when Mama finds out, she will beat me with a few sticks at most, and then lock me up in a prison cell, and then you can't secretly bring me food. ”

Xianggui's eyebrows tightened, and she said hurriedly: "I thought I was reckless and impatient, but I didn't expect you to be more frizzy than me." If Mama finds out that you are secretly bringing me food, how can I do it with a few sticks, and I will definitely kill you!"

Zi Ning smiled: "You can be relieved, stay in this East Garden, hang Feiyan today, learn to play and sing tomorrow, and sooner or later you will have to suffocate to death." What am I afraid of stealing from the dining room, it's better to die of hunger than to starve!" Xianggui couldn't help laughing when she heard this, but she didn't feel sad, and said movingly: "Ning'er, I should have known you earlier." ”

After packing up the food box, Zi Ning hurriedly said goodbye to Xiang Gui, and returned to the dining room alone with a lantern, but Qian Li had not yet arrived. Zi Ning saw that it was still early, and thought, "There are some half-cooked beef in the basin, just in time for the dish." Make a few delicious side dishes tonight, Qianli likes to eat them, maybe the prince will like them too. These days, she wrote down all the dishes that Qianli liked, thinking that she would definitely cook them for the prince when she had the opportunity in the future.

Prepare the ingredients immediately, cut the beef into hobs, stew in a casserole and boil them into hob and egg beef soup. I cut bacon, chicken thighs, kale, winter bamboo shoots, carrots, red peppers, fried a dish of bacon and assorted chicken, and fried a home-cooked vegetable with fresh lotus root, peas, loofahs, and green bamboo shoots.

Seeing that the food was ready, Zi Ning thought to herself: "Qian Li's throat hurts, it's good to stew him some sugar water to clear his throat and moisten his lungs." "Raise the stove on the fire and stew a small pot of bird's nest pear soup.

After waiting for a stick of incense, Qianli has not yet arrived. Zi Ning leaned on the pile of firewood and grass and was drowsy, Hang Feiyan was so tired that she was in pain, she was sleepy and tired at this time, and she couldn't help but fight her eyelids.

Closing his eyes and about to fall asleep in a daze, he suddenly saw a white shadow appear in front of him, Zi Ning opened his eyes suddenly, and the person with a white cloth on his face before meeting him was Qianli, looking at her intently with a pair of shining eyes like paint.

"Qianli!" Zi Ning shouted, suddenly came to his senses, Qian Li pointed to his throat, Zi Ning smiled: "I know you have a bad voice, you don't talk much, I helped you stew throat soup, drink some first." Take the medicine bag in Qianli's hand to the stove, relight the fire and put the medicine jar on the shelf, carefully pour the medicinal herbs into it, control the heat and slowly boil it.

Qianli sat on a small stool, drank half a bowl of bird's nest pear soup, and asked in a dumb voice, "Are you very tired tonight, and your face is so ugly?"

Zi Ning was full of resentment, and told all the things that Hang Feiyan learned to play and sing during the day, and complained: "Mama asked us to learn this, saying that Master Su likes it, but I don't know what evil intentions Lord Su has, so I have to let the girls sing and dance." If he likes these, he should buy some singers and dancers and put them in the house, a few of us are maids, and we have never learned to hang Feiyan, and if we continue like this, we will definitely be forced to death by him. ”

Qianli was silent for a moment, and comforted her: "That hanging Feiyan's kung fu is not difficult, you practice more, not for dancing, just to strengthen your body." ”

Zi Ning frowned, and complained unhappily: "Qianli, I hang all over my body, my life is almost gone, what is the strength! Green ring is even more pitiful, he cried all afternoon, his eyes were red and swollen and couldn't open, and he should be scolded by his grandmother again tomorrow morning." ”

Qianli's eyes showed a touch of gentle pity, took out a book from his sleeve, handed it to Zi Ning, and said, "I'll teach you some light body kung fu, and then practice hanging Feiyan in the future, if you practice this method, you won't be hard." Zi Ning opened the book in disbelief, and saw the four words "Turtle Breath Inner Secret" at the beginning of the inscription, with dense small characters written on it, and a cursory look at it by the light of the lamp, it was all the exercises for practicing Rou Gong and internal qi, and couldn't help but wonder: "What is this, is it useful to practice these?"

Qian Li saw that she was puzzled, and seemed to look a little disdainful, so he briefly explained a few words to her, and then said with a smile: "This "Turtle Breath Inner Secret" is an internal cultivation method handed down by the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, and the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" is called a double unique, I don't know how many people have broken their heads, and it is rare to see it. ”

Zi Ning took a breath, nodded and said, "Since this is so powerful, this girl will laugh at it!" As she spoke, she rolled up the "Turtle Breath Inner Secret" and put it in her sleeve.

Seeing Qian Li's eyes glancing at the food on the stove, Zi Ning immediately showed a happy expression, grinned, put the food in front of him, and said with a wink: "The dish prepared for you tonight is very special, although it is a home-cooked dish, but it is unique. You smell it, isn't it very fragrant?" Qianli closed his eyes, sniffed it, nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, there is some fragrance." ”

Zi Ning picked up the dishes and chopsticks, put a piece of fresh lotus root into his mouth, and said confidently: "You must like this taste." Qianli chewed slowly, then nodded, looked at the crispy dish, with an inquiring look in his eyes, and couldn't help asking, "What's the name of this dish?"

Zi Ning saw his eager gaze and thought: "If it is a home-cooked stir-fry, it is too uninspiring, and it must be disappointed to be humble, and it will not show my strength, I must think of a good name." Turning his eyes to look at him, he smiled and said, "The name of my dish has an allusion, and it is a very nice name." Qianli's eyes lit up, and he looked at her with a smile, waiting for her to say the allusion.

Zi Ning's eyebrows tightened, and she thought: "Qianli is Lu Gongzi's companion, he has read a lot of books, and he is a literati, the allusions I said must be bluffed to him, otherwise he will look down on me." Then he thought again: "Now it's the Jin Dynasty, and the Tang and Song poems are all behind, if I say it casually, I will definitely be able to fool him." With a roll of his eyes, his head slowly tilted, he pointed to the home-cooked stir-fried vegetables, and said with a smile: "This dish is called double wire mesh." ”

Qianli's eyes were full of doubts, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, and asked in a dumb voice, "What is the solution?"

Zi Ning pursed her lips and smiled, "Cherish the spring and choose the residual red fold, the rain is light and the wind is violent, and the plum is green." The sky is not old, the love is inexorable, the heart is like a double wire net, and there are thousands of knots. The voice was soft and soft, and as he spoke, he recalled a white-clothed figure under the apricot blossoms, as if he had returned to the day when he first woke up, she was covered with whiplashes, and he hugged her tightly, exuding an elegant sandalwood fragrance.

I couldn't help but think about it, looking at the half-crescent moon outside through the gray and black window lattice, I didn't feel a little obsessed, and said in a mournful voice: "The lotus root and the loofah have filaments, which are entangled like double silk nets, woven into thousands of knots......."

Qianli followed her gaze, and saw the moonlight outside the house, which had a cold meaning. He slowly raised his hand, tapped his fingers on Zi Ning's shoulder, and asked sideways, "Do you have something on your mind?"

Zi Ning turned her eyes to look at him, smiled reluctantly, and hurriedly said, "This meal is cold, if you don't eat it, it will be in vain for me to work hard." As he spoke, he picked up the rice bowl and fed him the food and broth one bite at a time. Qianli's injury improved, but his fingers were still inflexible and he couldn't hold the chopsticks, so he had to let her feed them to his mouth.

After sandwiching the bacon and diced chicken with chopsticks and putting them in his mouth, Zi Ning suddenly laughed and said, "This dish also has a good name, do you want to hear it?"

Qian Li chewed carefully in his mouth, only to feel that the bacon was fragrant, the chicken was smooth and tender, with kale and winter bamboo shoots, the taste was even more delicious, so he nodded and smiled dumbly: "I want to hear it in detail." ”