After sleeping until noon, Ding Xiang called Xiao Hua for lunch.
Because she was in her house and Xiaohua was going to stay asleep for a while, she didn't pay much attention to image.Wearing a small jacket and pleated skirt casually, with his hair still scattered behind him, he came to the table.
Today’s dish is a hot pot with winter bamboo shoots and dried duck, with mushrooms and soybean sprouts, and two stir-fry dishes with fresh mushrooms and white kidneys.Xiaohua likes to eat hot pots. It is warm in winter, and braised duck with bamboo shoots is also delicious.
After eating a small bowl of rice in one go, Xiao Hua turned to drink soup again.
This soup is given to Xiaohua by Mother He, and it is served every day.Now everyone who goes to receive meals every day knows that after going to the dining room, they will go to Jingtai Hall. Mother He from the small kitchen over there will pick up some soup and pack it out.
A cup of small stew has too many meanings. Not only the few people and Rong Youyan who serve in the Xiyuan, but even some palace people outside look at the faces of the people in the Xiyuan implicitly.
The people below didn't know that the soup was given by Madam He, and thought it was a reward for His Royal Highness, and even more so that Mrs. Hua from the West Court was the new favorite of His Royal Highness. You have to be more careful later.
And Xiaohua also understands this, and she inherited the feelings of Mother He in her heart.
Not to mention the benefits of this tonic soup for her body, just because it implies the meaning of helping her face grow, Xiaohua has to be grateful to Mother He.
For a person who has no foundation, this implication is too important. At least Xiaohua found that the four small palace people below saw her smile more attentively, even implying a sense of excitement.
Only when the master is favored can the servants have a future. This is a truth that everyone knows.
Lilac also measured what the lady said that time.
After grinding the spring grass for a few days, beating her in various ways, in fact, put a lot of thoughts on her.
After being tuned and taught by Lilac for a few days, Chuncao had no other insights, but he also understood that slaves are slaves and masters are masters.Dingxiang mentioned her several times, but she also understood why Dingxiang had such an attitude.
He was not a stupid person, and his mentality changed very quickly.
Seeing Chuncao's attitude corrected, Ding Xiang also transferred her to wait on Xiao Hua.
So Xiao Hua saw Chuncao coming to wait for her, her appearance was no different from before, but her attitude seemed to have changed a little.
I feel a little sorry for Chuncao, but she also knows that there are too many things around her recently, she has no foundation, and Lilac is really doing it for her good.Only by taking care of everything around her, can she guard against the outside wholeheartedly. After all, there are too few people she can use with confidence.
Xiao Hua's appetite is not large. She drank a cup of soup and ate a bowl of rice. The same dish was full after moving two chopsticks.
After eating, I washed my hands and gargle under Ding Lan's service, and drank half a cup of tea.
"Divide the rest, don't waste it, I'll go to bed for a while, and you will use the rice, lest the vegetable rice becomes cold after a while."
After speaking, Xiao Hua went to the inner room by herself.
"Madam, let me wait for you to rest." Chuncao said to the side, with a somewhat immature face a little more calm than before.
Xiao Hua gave her a meaningful look and smiled: "Am I such a hypocritical person? Go and eat."
This sentence made Chuncao's nose sour, and she felt that Sister Xiaohua, oh no, it was Mrs. Hua that had not changed, she was still the same she used to be.
Sure enough, as Sister Dingxiang said, it was her own mentality that was wrong. Madam is already in a difficult situation now, and everyone should work hard to do their errands well.
"Well, let's eat all the food quickly, Madam is considerate, afraid that we will hurt our spleen and stomach by eating cold rice in the winter."
Ding Lan had brought in the meals for the three of them, and Ding Xiang divided the dishes on the table in half, and let the spring grasses be sent to the other four little palace people.
After the three of them sat down, Ding Xiang said: "You two have been alert recently. I don't think Wang Hao is that simple."
Ding Lan nodded, Chuncao also understood a little, and then nodded.
Dingxiang looked at the two with a serious expression, "The three of us are the closest people around the wife, so we must do the errands well, so that the wife has nothing to worry about outside. By the way, Chuncao, you are still there. If the four little palace people live together, don't move, you help to stare at them."
"Sister Dingxiang, don't worry, I will watch them well."
"The four people were all drawn from elsewhere. It's unclear whether there are those who bought them in it, so keep your eyes on it."
"Yes."
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According to the old practice in the past, today is the day when King Jing came to Changchun Yuan to sit down.
Princess Jing woke up early, and after waiting for the few people who came to please her every day, they were scattered without much delay.
After leaving the gate of the Changchun Courtyard, Yu Jiao pinched her throat and said: "This princess is incomparable to us, but your Royal Highness will come to see the princess at a fixed date."
I don't know if I said this to Concubine Qiao or Xiao Hua, anyway, the two of them ignored her and turned back to their yard.
Concubine Jing waited nervously all morning, but she was a little absent-minded for lunch. It was not until after noon that the following people came to report to her Highness.
She was still as indifferent and demeanor as before, still ignored her, and felt dull every time. This time the dullness happened invariably, and even some people were more turbulent because of thinking about certain things.
Concubine Jing is not a person who is too good at superficial skills. Many times she reluctantly does it. The sudden appearance of Mrs. Flower these days disturbed her. At this time, she saw Jing sitting next to her with indifferent expression. Wang, added a thought about whether he was so indifferent when he faced her.
Her eyes were suddenly blurred and her heart was blocked badly. Princess Jing pinched her fingers tightly, and it took a lot of effort to resist the urge to smash something.
The hall was very quiet. Chunxiang and Madam Li stood aside and were nervous, for fear that the princess would make a fuss in front of His Royal Highness.Seeing that the face of the princess changed drastically, Mother Li even wanted to do something to interrupt, but she saw that princess Jing took a few deep breaths and pressed her emotions.
Seeing that King Jing hadn't made a sound for a long time, King Jing stood up and stepped out.
Princess Jing was left sitting on the main seat with a deep face, and it took a long time before she smashed a tea cup on the ground.
The strange thing is that there is no hysteria this time. Princess Jing just said in a deep voice: "Mother, the things I said last time are all done."
"princess……"
"Don't let Princess Ben say it a second time."
"Yes."
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The winter days in Jingzhou are always so long. It is clear that spring has entered, but there is no sign of melting ice and snow, and even snow is beginning to float again today.
In the afternoon, Xiao Hua was sitting on the warm kang and was letting the spring grass peel the pine nuts for her to eat. Suddenly, she heard the following person telling her that Concubine Qiao had come.
Xiao Hua was surprised by Concubine Qiao's sudden visit in this weather. She was surprised and surprised. People still have to entertain when they come.
Concubine Qiao is a concubine, and Xiao Hua is just a wife, so she can't sit in the first place.After Xiao Hua asked Qiao's concubine to sit down, she sat down on the chair opposite her.
Ding Lan had tea, and the hall was quiet.
Concubine Qiao's dress today is very simple, wearing a moon-white jacket and skirt, looks very beautiful, and looks more approachable than the charming beauty of the past.
"I've always wanted to visit my sister, but I haven't found a suitable opportunity. I am free today, so I won't invite it."
Xiao Hua smiled, not knowing what to say.
The relationship between the two is not good, although it is not completely hostile, but it is not completely free of grudges.Unexpectedly, Concubine Qiao would come here today with such a face and a familiar tone.
"It's a lot of snow during this time, I always think it won't snow, but I can't find such a sky." Concubine Qiao picked up the tea cup on the side, pulled the tea foam, and took a sip.
Xiaohua's eyes flashed, and she smiled and said, "Yes, it's cold and snowy. If it weren't for the princess's greeting every day, her maids would not go out."
"The weather here in Jingzhou is like this. The winter days are long and the winter is cold and snowy. Although winter goes to spring, the spring here is always more evening than other places."
Seeing that Concubine Qiao's voice was gentle and seemingly kind, Xiao Hua continued to chat with her about the weather in Jingzhou.
After speaking for a while, the room became quiet again.
Concubine Qiao smiled very kindly, as if she hadn't seen the embarrassing situation, she said: "There are not many people in the backyard of the King's Mansion, and there is no entertainment. I don't have any people who can talk to me on weekdays. This is my sister. When I chat, I will come to my sister to chat if I have some free time in the future, but don't refuse."
"Look at what the concubine side said, it's too late to welcome the maidservant."
Concubine Qiao stood up, and Die'er put a cloak on her.
"After having been disturbed for so long, I will leave first. My sister doesn't need to send it. It's cold outside."
Having said that, Xiao Hua stood up and respectfully sent Qiao's concubine out of the door, and signaled Ding Lan to send the person out of the courtyard.
After Ding Lan sent the person away, he returned to Xijian and said, "This concubine Qiao took the wrong medicine today, right?"
"It's good for you to speak in front of us. You can be more cautious outside on weekdays." Dingxiang has always been strict in self-discipline and does not relax at all outside and inside.
"Of course this slave and maid knows, madam, what do you say this concubine Joe is doing?"
Xiao Hua was already crooked up to the kang again.
These days, lilac mobilized the hands of the people below to do needlework. In the past, the bare kang was not only covered with thick autumn-flavored peony-embroidered peony mattresses, but also a few pairs of pink silver-colored peony-embroidered qingluo pillows.Xiaohua now prefers to lie on the kang, trapped in a soft pillow, which is soft and comfortable.
"What else can I do? I want to win an alliance, but there are other intentions."
Concubine Jing didn't deal with Concubine Qiao, so she didn't need any alliance, that is, she had another secret.What is this mystery, she can guess it with her toes.
I have seen too many such people in the backyard of the Fourth Young Master in my previous life.If you can't win the battle, you don't have a favor, so you find those who are a little bit favored.Of course, others have the meaning of wanting to make friends, but more of them are just wanting to see the righteous person here, put a number in his eyes, and go to her if you want to.
At first, she was a little surprised about the purpose of Concubine Qiao's visit. With the conversation that followed, Xiao Hua almost understood what Concubine Qiao's meant.
Is it necessary?She is not very spoiled now.
But when I thought that King Jing would rarely come to the backyard once in a few months, and also think about the number of times he came here, although it was small, she was still a standout. In the eyes of outsiders, she did seem to be a little favored.
After Xiaohua said, not only Ding Lan and Chuncao understood the meaning of Qiao Fang's move.
"She wouldn't really want to see your Highness through us, and then hook His Highness to Rongxi Courtyard?" Ding Lan was a little anxious.The wife doesn't have too many pets herself, and another concubine Qiao won't work.
Xiao Hua could only hehe, and turned over in the soft pillow nest.
Chuncao looked at Lilac's frowning brows, then glanced at Xiaohua, and said, "What should I do?"
Dingxiang did not speak, and Xiao Hua said, "What can I do? I am a concubine, and I am a little lady. If someone else wants to come, I can still get out. Come on if you want to come. Anyway, your Highness only comes once so long, too. I don't know if I can run into it."
"What if you run into it?" Chuncao was a little worried.
Xiao Hua rolled her eyes and did not speak, and suddenly felt very disturbed.
It was not that she had never been used such a circuitous strategy in her previous life, and the Fourth Young Master was also hooked once or twice.At that time, she was so angry that the person who was angry was shameless, and that the Fourth Young Master couldn't control her lower body and body, and even more felt that she had lost all face.
Especially at that time Bi Yuan was still fighting with her, always poking her heart with this ridicule in front of her face, making her thunderous and wanting to use a knife with others.
After a lifetime, facing the same situation, it’s certainly not impossible to drive people away. After all, others have a higher rank than her, and she is now a little struggling to deal with the rude Princess Jing. Then she offends Qiao's side concubine, and the consequences of double-sided flanking are even greater. Unpredictable.
I don't know if it's because Concubine Qiao doesn't talk much or something. Xiao Hua always feels Concubine Qiao is not easy.At least King Jing relied on her superior status and superiority to be threatened by such means, but Concubine Qiao had a lot of scheming, and she would definitely not be able to live with her little lady when she changed the scenery. Come show okay.
"Let's take one step at a time," Xiaohua concluded, "even if you are dissatisfied, keep it away. Don't let people see it."
"Yes, ma'am."