Chapter 93 Picking Women's Favor
The internal supervisors served today's dinner - Sanxian. In the large white porcelain plate, there are boiled kelp silk, steamed mackerel, golden salted duck eggs, and four-xi amaranth, shark fin soup broad beans, lily almonds in the golden silk jade plate, and delicate cherries, pickled bayberry, and toon mixed with jade tofu.
Li Qingxiao looked at the food on the table and frowned slightly. He originally wanted to let everyone in the palace taste this ancient food and taste the folk simplicity today. Unexpectedly, he was "flowered" by this imperial dining room. He couldn't help showing a trace of displeasure and asked coldly, "Who chose today's recipe?"
The queen phoenix narrowed her eyes slightly and said with a smile, "It was prepared by my concubine. Is the emperor still satisfied?"
Li Qingxiao's eyebrows tightened, and his face was slightly angry. He said, "You are the queen, and you should change the rules of your ancestors. You used to experience the simple folk local cuisine, but you added abalone and shark fins. What's the significance of this summer solstice tradition?"
In the end, Li Qingxiao's voice was slightly raised, and his tone was even slightly reprimanded.
The queen did not expect Li Qingxiao to react like this. Suddenly, she felt light on her face and was busy admitting her mistake and said, "It's my concubine who didn't think well. Please forgive me."
After saying that, he immediately stared at the palace people around him and said, "Why don't you redo it immediately!"
Li Qingxiao waved his hand and said, "It's getting late. We can't let everyone wait here without dinner, that's it."
"The queen has always been cautious. Today, this must not be intentional. The emperor should not be angry. Why don't you let the concubine make the small kitchen do something that the emperor is satisfied with? The emperor will eat a few more bites at the concubine's place, so as not to regret it. Xiao Shufei got up, made a slight collision sound with the tassels on her waist, and looked at the emperor with a charming smile.
Yao Yulu listened to Xiao Shufei's words and frowned slightly. She was afraid that if the emperor had made up his mind to spend the night with Xiao Shufei, I'm afraid that today's time would be in vain.
"It's enough to read all the 'three fresh'. The queen has a lot of things to care about every day. Is she a little busy?" Li Qingxiao gently took a bite of the dish and asked slowly.
Fortunately, Li Qingxiao seemed to remember what he had just said to Xu Cainu and did not agree to Xiao Shufei's words.
The queen's heart suddenly moved slightly, but she still replied with a smile on her face, "It's a blessing for me to do these idle things, and I don't feel tired."
Li Qingxiao nodded and said, "Eat it quickly. Don't just look at me."
Everyone replied submissively, "Yes." I'm afraid that if I say something wrong, it will make Longyan angry again.
Xu Cai's face has been covered with a crimson color. She looked at Yao Yulu and smiled secretly, with a mischievous and shy smile.
However, Ji Shuidong has been silent, staring at the food with stunned eyes and not moving much chopsticks. Yao Yulu asked softly, "Sister, what's wrong?"
Ji Shuidong came to his senses, shook his head slightly and said, "It's okay. I'm a little dizzy."
This meal was extremely formal. Although the concubines gathered together, it was not as bickering as usual, because the emperor was very silent here and occasionally heard a few soft conversations.
After eating, the maids of honor served everyone with a cup of mouthwash tea. Li Qingxiao picked up the cup lid and drank it and spit into the spittoon held by the maid of honor.
Then I saw the maid of honor offering the best Longjing tea to everyone. Seeing that the emperor and queen moved, the others slowly drank the tea.
"The weather is much hotter. Let the imperial dining room make more mung bean soup. Everyone has a share." Li Qingxiao said indifferently.
"It's still the emperor's thought." The queen nodded slightly and said with a smile.
"Yeah, it's getting late. That's all for today." Li Qingxiao looked at his tired face and said to his father-in-law beside him, "Xiao Yuzi, don't turn over the sign today. Go to Xu Cai's daughter."
Everyone looked sideways. The emperor's words in his interest were really remembered in his heart. Xu Cai's face suddenly turned red and she couldn't even say anything. Yao Yulu smiled slightly and said, "Congratulations, sister."
Xu Cai's face turned red after hearing this, but she said softly, "Ning'er, thank you, sister. It's bothered."
A bright moon hangs in the sky, and the imperial city under the lights is dim at night. The stars and fireflies are reflected in it. Xu Cai has gone to the Yangxin Hall with the emperor. This must be a pleasant spring night.
Although no one can see the future clearly, the road is full of thorns, but I don't know how many people will step on it.
Yao Yulu and Ji Shuidong slowly walked in the imperial garden. The palace people followed. Although they were a little tired after a busy day, Yao Yulu was still greedy for the night. They were standing by the pool and looking at the fish swimming in the dark pool and bent down slightly.
Ji Shuidong beside him has always been silent. Unlike her usual personality, Yao Yulu is so smart that she also guessed a little. I'm afraid that she is a little unhappy to see herself helping Xu Cai's daughter in such a situation, but after all, such things as the right time, place and people are not controlled by her. Today's things change to season. The winter effect will not be so good, so what can she do?
"Sister, are you angry with your sister?" Yao Yulu asked softly, a little cautiously.
Ji Shuidong's Buddha was seen and replied in a panic, "What are you talking about? Shuidong is not, but he is a little tired. Shuidong retreated first."
After saying that, Ji Shuidong hurriedly took the maid behind him away. Yao Yulu couldn't stop her. Looking at her far away figure, she was a little helpless.
When Yao Yulu returned to Yuemei Palace, she met Guan Guiren and Yang Xuanshi coming from the Yuemei Palace as soon as she entered the Yuemei Palace, and Lan Yan was Xu Xu from behind.
Yao Yulu saluted Guan Gui and Yang Xuanshi, and Guan Gui said angrily, "Get up."
Yang Xuanshi had a slight displeasure on his face. He frowned without saying much, caught a glimpse of Yao Yulu, and said with jealousy, "Yao promised to do this, but I didn't expect that it was really useful to always pull Xu Cai's daughter. At present, Xu Cai's daughter is about to be favored, and we Yao promised to suffer it. I spoiled it."
The words were harsh, and Yao Yulu didn't pay much attention to it and said, "What did Yang Xuanshi say? Xu Cai's daughter is from our Yuemei Palace. The credit is related to the nobles. How can she get a concubine?"
Sure enough, Yao Yulu's words were very useful to Guan Guiren. Guan Guiren had a shallow smile in his eyes, pinched his handkerchief with one hand and smiled slightly and said, "Yao promised that he is really good at talking, and Xu Cai's women are naturally beautiful. Only when they hit the number, they will have today's opportunities today. Encounter."
Lan Yan slowly stepped forward and said softly, "Yes, Yao promised to have a good relationship with Xu Cai's daughter. Xu Cai's daughter can have today. I'm afraid the day when Yao promised to accept the favor is not far away."
Yao Yulu frowned slightly, and the words were heard by others. Although none of the people in the harem had never ganged up, this move was the most taboo thing for the queen. She didn't know what kind of version it would fall after being heard by others.
"Lan agreed that Yulu and Xu Cai's daughter are just friends, and it's not that exaggerated." Yao Yulu's voice was clear, like a jade pearl falling to the ground.
Lan Yan greeted a safe smile at the corners of her mouth, as if to show her intention and said, "What Yao promised was that Lan Yan said too much tongue."
"It's getting late. Sisters, you'd better go back to the hall early and have a rest." The evening wind made everyone tremble slightly, and Guan Guiren couldn't stand the cool breeze of this evening, saying.