To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 392 Giving birth to a precious child early

  In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Yong'an slightly raised his eyelids and asked his confidant **** Zhou Shan: "The prince made a joke again?"

  Zhou Shan bowed slightly and said, "It was His Highness's servant who was bitten by a goose raised in the wine shop."

  Thought as deep as Emperor Yong'an, even though he had already heard about this incident, he still couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth when he heard it again.

  The servant next to the prince is also considered a respectable person, but he was bitten by a goose, which is really absurd.

   "The restaurant opened by Luo Chi's daughter?"

   "Exactly."

  Emperor Yong'an raised his eyebrows and asked, "I remember that there was a waiter next to the prince who was scalded in a restaurant?"

  Zhou Shan replied: "It's also the servant."

  Emperor Yong'an was silent, and his tone was calm: "I understand, let's step back."

  Zhou Shan bowed his head and retreated to the corner, glanced at the majestic dragon face from the corner of his eye, and secretly sighed for the prince.

  Time flies, and it soon entered April, and the capital is full of lush vegetation and flowers.

  Those well-known scholars on the apricot list stopped calling for friends and used superficial calm to suppress their inner excitement and tension.

  The palace examination is coming soon. After the palace examination, these people will be the new Jinshi, and then participate in the selection of Shujishi.

  At that time, even if they officially enter the official career and become a member of the civil service system, it can be regarded as an explanation for the hard study for many years.

  The jujube trees in front of a restaurant are in bloom, and the willow trees on both sides of the street are green.

  This day, an unremarkable sedan chair with green curtains stopped not far from the restaurant, and a woman got down and entered the lobby.

  The person who came was Aunt Dou from Concubine Xiao's palace, and it was time to fetch beggar chickens for Concubine Xiao.

   As usual, it was a good reception, and Aunt Dou returned to the palace with the food box.

  In early summer, people are inevitably a little lazy. Concubine Xiao reclined on the beauty couch to rest, and the little maid rubbed her shoulders and legs for her.

   "Mother, Mother Dou is back."

  After listening to the maidservant's report, Concubine Xiao Gui nodded lazily.

  It’s getting hot, and compared to winter, you can still eat a few mouthfuls of hot, fat and tender chicken. Now I’m asking Aunt Dou to go to a restaurant to pick up beggar’s chicken purely for the sake of remembrance.

   Concubine Xiao didn't find it troublesome, nor did she think it was a waste.

  There are so many servants who have to be ordered around, and what can a beggar chicken be wasted on, not to mention that Aunt Dou can also talk about her experience outside the palace, which can be regarded as bringing some fun to her who is lonely in the palace.

  Actually, in the eyes of the people in the palace, the imperial concubine can't be called lonely in the palace.

  The imperial concubine is deeply loved by the emperor. The emperor often comes here without saying anything, and invites the imperial concubine to enjoy singing and dancing and play in the imperial garden from time to time.

  It is Baiguan Xungui's family, and the head of the house may not be able to see her husband so frequently.

   How can this be said to be lonely?

  But only Concubine Xiao knew that her heart was as lonely as gray and desolate.

  Sometimes she thinks, maybe she is just a woman who is not easy to be satisfied, no amount of grace or wealth can make her happy.

  As a woman of the emperor but without a son and a half daughter, Huaxin Nianhua has actually reached its peak.

  As long as you think about the rest of your life, it will go downhill all the time, so what is there to be happy about?

  How beautiful it is now, how bleak it will be in the future.

  Nurse Dou walked in with light steps, noticing that Concubine Xiao Gui was in a bad mood, and silently handed over the food box to the palace maid after asking for peace.

   Xu Shi became emotional, Concubine Xiao lost interest in asking questions, waved Aunt Dou away and signaled the maid to open the food box.

  In addition to the immovable beggar chicken, there is also a plate of pastries in the food box.

   "What's today?" Concubine Xiao asked casually.

  The maid in the palace was a clever one. She took a closer look and said, "Look, it's a small snack made from steamed glutinous rice in red dates, and sweet-scented osmanthus honey sprinkled on top."

   Concubine Xiao Gui glanced at it.

  Red dates are placed in the shape of flowers on a white jade plate, and there are glutinous rice **** in the middle of the red dates. The red and white are very beautiful.

   "It's very pleasing to look at." Concubine Xiao Gui gave a faint compliment.

  The palace maid had tasted it, and offered it to Concubine Xiao Gui with a sticky rice date stuck in a silver toothpick.

   Concubine Xiao Gui took it and took a sip.

  The steamed dates are delicate and sweet, and the glutinous rice in the middle is mixed with the aroma of dates and sweet-scented osmanthus.

   Concubine Xiao chewed and swallowed slowly, with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "This steamed glutinous rice with red dates is better than that red date cake—"

  Before she finished speaking, Concubine Xiao Gui suddenly froze.

  The palace maid didn't understand why the empress reacted like this, but she didn't dare to ask further questions.

  Niang Niang looks good-tempered, but she is merciless to others when she is angry.

   Concubine Xiao Gui, who was in a daze, was trying her best to catch the flashing light.

  Why did she feel shocked just now?

  Concubine Xiao Gui pondered over what she just said.

   Steamed glutinous rice with red dates, red date cake...

   What kind of dessert did Aunt Dou bring last time?

   is lotus seed crab rice cake.

  How about last time?

   Osmanthus cake.

   Last time it was peanut crisp.

   Concubine Xiao said silently in her heart: red date cake, peanut cake, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, lotus seed and crab rice cake, and this time steamed glutinous rice with red dates.

  From the red date cake in the twelfth lunar month of last year to the steamed glutinous rice with red dates in April this year, what will be the snacks delivered in May?

  Peanut crisp?

  Concubine Xiao Gui's lips trembled slightly, and her eyelids also kept trembling.

  If she wasn't too caring, or a restaurant was too careless, she thought she understood the meaning of giving these snacks.

  Bringing a precious son early, the other party actually reminded her to have a precious son early in this way!

  After thinking about this, Concubine Xiao's first reaction was anger.

   No, it should be said to be outraged.

  If it is possible, doesn't she want to have a baby early?

  What qualifications does the other party have to remind her of this!

   Enraged, Concubine Xiao knocked over the white jade plate with her hand.

  The glutinous rice jujubes arranged in the shape of flowers rolled down to the ground, making the maidservants in the palace panic and regretful.

  The palace people knelt on the ground, trembling like frightened quails, not daring to breathe.

   In my heart, I was very surprised.

  The empress was clearly smiling just now, why was she suddenly so angry?

   Is there something wrong with the glutinous rice dates?

  The servant girl who tried the dishes was pale and crumbling.

   And Concubine Xiao stared at a glutinous rice jujube rolling to her feet, and regained her composure.

  Annoyed, she must ask Miss Luo to clarify.

  Miss Luo is not the idiot that the world thinks, so reminding her like this will never be enough to feed her.

  As Concubine Xiao, it was a breeze to invite Luo Sheng into the palace.

   There is a beggar chicken in a restaurant who pleases the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine wants to meet the owner of the restaurant, Miss Luo, isn't this normal?

  Luo Sheng raised his lips and smiled when he received the news from the palace.

  The net that was cast in the twelfth lunar month last year has finally come to harvest time.

  The next day, he picked out a light green dress and put it on. Luo Sheng followed the invited palace servants into the Yuhua Palace, and met Concubine Xiao Gui.

   "Greetings to the empress. Long time no see, the empress looks still the same."

   Concubine Xiao Gui took a deep look at the girl curtseying, and said calmly, "You all stand down."

  (end of this chapter)