Xu Xiuyi had successfully aroused Su Jiang's despair and hatred for Su Jinyi, and the next thing would be much easier to handle. Xu Xiuyi asked Su Jiang to recuperate in Baoning Hall first, and she would arrange everything for her. As for revenge,
Xu Xiuyi naturally agreed with anger.
With Su Jiang's current reliance and trust in Xu Xiuyi, she completely believed that Xu Xiuyi was doing her best, and even felt dependent and grateful to Xu Xiuyi.
Xu Xiuyi left Baoning Hall and asked Ah Fu to take good care of Su Jiang. In addition, she asked Su Jinye to check Su Jiang's injuries and prescribe the best medicine.
After Su Jiang's arrangements were made, Xu Xiuyi wanted to go to Young Master An Cheng's mansion, but after thinking about what she saw yesterday, she gave up the idea. She still waited for a date with Young Master An Cheng in Wuliting Pavilion outside the city in a few days.
Then discuss the matter of pregnancy with An Chengshao.
She has been fine for one and two months. In just a few days, no one would have thought that her poor spleen and stomach and body were weak because she had a baby in her belly.
The child came suddenly, and she was completely unprepared. At that time, she was anxious and anxious. Now, a few days have passed, but she has calmed down. She has something on her hands these days, so she has less time to think about the child.
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Let’s let this moment pass for now.
Days flew by, and three days passed. On the early morning of the fourth day of July, the carriage from the fifth prince's residence arrived at the gate of Su's residence to take Xu Xiuyi into the palace.
This is a great honor for Xu Xiuyi, and it is also a great honor for the Su family.
Because the fifth prince was a man with a broken sleeve, no one would speculate or slander the fifth prince sincerely inviting Xu Xiuyi to the palace.
The carriage picked up Xu Xiuyi and Jinyuyinyu, and after walking for a while, they met up with another carriage. Wu Mo got off that carriage and saw that Xu Xiuyi had brought two maids, so he sent them to another carriage.
Alone with Xu Xiuyi.
The carriage slowly headed towards the palace. Wu Mo looked through the embroidery pictures Xu Xiuyi brought with him in the carriage and praised: "It's really a good craftsmanship."
"I didn't embroider it."
Xu Xiuyi told the truth.
The Fifth Prince laughed and said, "It must not be the embroidery done by your aunt. In fact, I saw that she used flat embroidery and dyeing embroidery techniques. The Queen Mother once praised her, and the whole picture of her embroidery is even more lifelike. The Queen Mother
It is often said that the capital only knows that there is a Jinniang from the Wei family who is an excellent embroiderer, but they don’t know that there is Yalan from the Su family, who is a top-notch embroiderer. The Queen also said that her embroidery can create fragrance and embroidered birds can listen.
, the embroidered tiger can run, the embroidered man can convey his spirit."
Xu Xiuyi did not expect that Su Yalan's needlework skills were so impressive in the palace, but it is undeniable that her embroidery skills are indeed very good, and this was sent to the palace. Su Yalan put a lot of thought into it, and every embroidery piece was all
It is expressive.
"The Queen Mother probably won't blame me for using my aunt's craftsmanship to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha, right?"
The Queen Mother Xu Xiuyi had seen in her memory was a very kind old lady, so she dared to ask Su Yalan to embroider for her. She never thought about asking for credit. When the time came to submit the work, she simply said that Su Yalan had been thinking about the Queen Mother all these years.
I would like to personally send something to the Queen Mother and the Empress because of their care and love.
As for Xu Xiuyi herself, how could she not prepare a different gift?
Wu Mo looked through the embroidery and saw a box next to it, so he asked, "What's in here?"
"Our new herbal tea from Baonyeongtang."
"Herbal tea."
Wu Mo felt very strange about things.
Xu Xiu recalled: "It is a medicine but not a medicine. It is mainly used to cool down and detoxify, reduce heat and relieve dryness. It is okay to eat more, but of course it will not work if you eat too much. This thing is beneficial to the human body without any harm. It is simple to make and has a smooth taste."
"
Hearing what Xu Xiuyi said, Wu Mo's stomach was aroused, and he hurriedly said: "You can share some with me later."
That look is a bit naughty.
Xu Xiu recalled: "If the prince likes it, I can personally go to the house to make it for you."
"That's great. By the way, I'll call Master Cheng here. Have you not seen him in a few days?"
Xu Xiuyi was silent. After the silence, she raised her head and looked at Wu Mo. Her expression could not tell what color she was, and said: "I have been there, but I happened to see Qin Yan and her father. I thought it would be inconvenient for me to show up, so I left.
"
Wu Mo twitched his lips: "You know."
"kindness!"
"Master Cheng is still worried about how to explain to you. You said that Qin Yan is too shameless. I am telling the truth. Although we have drank together, I have never seen him before.
A woman is so shameless. No matter how much I like your brother, at least I will not threaten your brother with my own life, let alone use my identity to oppress your brother. This Qin Yan. Xiu Yi, you and I
Say, you just don’t care about her. Whatever we were with Young Master Cheng in the past will remain the same in the future. I know Young Master Cheng best and I will never let her go. He only likes you."
What Wu Mo said was so impressive that Xu Xiuyi blushed and said hurriedly: "I know."
"It's good that you don't go to see Master Cheng. It's better to stay out of sight. Boss Qin has gone into the palace to build a screen for the Crown Prince's coming-of-age ceremony these days. She is alone at home and no one cares about her. She goes to Master Cheng every day, but
It's a shame that in order to help Young Master Cheng deal with her, I gave Young Master Cheng all the time to see your brother."
"Thank you, when will she leave?"
"Let's go, I'm not sure, but the Empress Dowager wants Boss Qin to build the screen in the palace before leaving the palace and returning to the outside world. It will take more than a month at least."
"oh."
Xu Xiuyi's mood was very complicated. For more than a month, she naturally tried her best to avoid seeing Qin Yan, not for anything else but for An Chengshao, and she didn't want to have a head-on conflict with Qin Yan.
Qin Yan had an extreme temper. If she was provoked, she would cut her pulse and commit suicide. Xu Xiuyi was not afraid of her death, but he just didn't want her to die in the hands of him and An Chengshao. After all, Qin Gong was kind to An Chengshao. If Qin Yan
There are three advantages and two disadvantages. How will An Chengshao behave in front of his benefactor?
However, thinking about Qin Yan's unscrupulous dominance over An Chengshao, he felt very depressed.
Wu Mo probably saw through her thoughts and came over to her in a low voice: "Don't worry, she won't leave. Young Master Cheng can really get what she wants. Young Master Cheng will have a batch of goods in a few days and he will personally escort them."
, I said I was escorting him in person, but in fact I just wanted to avoid Qin Yan. Young Master Cheng asked me to find a way for you to meet each other. It would be better to choose a different day. When you come back from enjoying the lotus in a while, I will take you directly to my other courtyard.
, Mr. Cheng, I’ve already joined the branch, I’m afraid I’ll be waiting for you in another courtyard right now.”
My heart jumped slightly, which was a small joy. After all, I hadn't seen him for many days and I missed him very much.
She nodded, looking slightly shy.
The carriage entered the palace gate, and it was like entering a nine-layered palace. It was exactly the same as the palace in the memory. It was majestic and solemn. There was a palace every three steps and a turret every five steps. Everything was of the highest quality. This was the most luxurious place in the world.
Compared with the Forbidden City in Beijing in its previous life, it is even worse.
After following Wu Mo out of the carriage, Xu Xiuyi suddenly remembered Qin Xu. It turned out that he had brought Qin Xu into the palace with him when he was better. He had been busy these past few days and was thinking about Qin Yan all the way in the morning, but he actually forgot about it.
"Qin Xu, we agreed to take him with us, but look, I forgot about him."
she said.
Wu Mo had an indifferent expression: "He will have many opportunities to enter the palace in the future. Boss Qin made a screen for the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother naturally wanted to allow him some benefits. He said he didn't want money, just because he wanted Qin Xu to go to the official school in the capital. The Queen Mother was generous and directly
I have arranged for Qin Xu to be the companion of the Seventh Prince. From now on, I will eat, drink, and have sex in the palace. I am afraid that I cannot see enough of the palace, so let’s go and follow me to pay a visit to the Queen Mother."
Ciqing Palace, a pair of bronze turtles and cranes stand on the left and right, a plaque with gold characters on the bottom of the basket, and the three characters "卷单" written with flying dragons and phoenixes. The red walls, yellow tiles, and glazed palace are extremely luxurious, and there is an old woman sitting on the throne of the Queen Mother.
, wearing a purple and gold dress, with a golden emerald phoenix crown on her head, looking graceful and luxurious.
Xu Xiuyi and Wu Mo met the Queen Mother together. The Queen Mother looked kind and just as Xu Xiuyi remembered, gave Xu Xiuyi a seat for Wu Mo, and ordered the maid to see the high-quality snow mountain lotus tea.
Xu Xiuyi had heard of this kind of tea. Because it grew on the top of the snow-capped mountains, it was extremely precious. It cost ten or twenty thousand gold. No one in the palace could have this kind of tea except the emperor and the queen mother. Now the queen mother treated Xu Xiuyi with such precious tea.
He and Wu Mo, on the one hand, it was seen that she liked them very much, and on the other hand, it was also seen that the Queen Mother was indeed a loving person.
Xu Xiuyi hurriedly presented the gifts she had prepared and the embroidery pictures. The Queen Mother looked at the embroidery and her eyes were as sharp as Wu Mo's: "Lan Yatou's craftsmanship."
Xu Xiuyi said hurriedly: "Queen Mother, you have good eyesight."
The Queen Mother couldn't put it down and caressed her a few times. She seemed to have forgotten Su Yalan's injury to the emperor's dragon body. Looking at her eyes, she seemed to miss Su Yalan a bit.
"Is Lan Yatou okay?"
"Fortunately, I just keep saying that I miss the Queen Mother and the Empress."
"The Ai family misses her very much. She is a very cute girl. Seeing the lifelike embroidery of peonies and lotus flowers, I can tell at a glance that this is her craft. I often say that if she opened a needlework shop, Jinniang would be so beautiful.
It’s about time we had a northwest wind.”
"The Queen Mother's love, Xiu Yi will definitely convey it to my family..." After saying this, I don't know what to call it.
It would be inappropriate to call the second aunt grandma. After all, if the uncle is gone, where will the aunt come from?
On second thought, I called "Second Sister."
The Queen Mother smiled, took off a bracelet she had with her, and gave it to Xu Xiuyi: "She likes Hetian jade very much. Please give this bracelet to her and tell her to live a good life."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
"What is this?"
The Queen Mother saw the thick nanmu box, reached out and touched it, and exclaimed: "It's chilly."
"It's chilled. This is the new Guiling paste from our Baoning Hall. It's a tribute to you, the Queen Mother."
"It's strange, Guiling Gao, does it contain turtle shell and Poria?"
"The Queen Mother is amazing, but she doesn't just use these two herbs. This is a secret recipe developed by our Baoningtang for many years. It is suitable for consumption all year round. It can remove dryness in autumn, heat in summer, and dampness in spring. It can be used for a long time.
Normally, it can be eaten as jelly, but the jelly is served with chili, salt and vinegar. This is served with honey and milk or goat's milk. It tastes very good. I also prepared a small dessert for the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother does not have breakfast, you can try it.
A few mouthfuls.”
The Queen Mother smiled kindly, and the servant next to her came over and opened the box. There was a fresh medicinal fragrance, which was not objectionable. The medicinal fragrance was full of sludge and had a cold air, which was very comfortable.
There is also a fragrance of milk and honey. Although the color is a bit dark, it is black and crystal clear.
Next to the turtle paste, there are small triangular pastries. Even though the Queen Mother is the mother of the emperor, and the chefs in the imperial kitchen are all top-notch chefs in the world, she has never seen such pastries.
Even Wu Mo came over curiously.
"This black thing is Guilingjiang, right? What is it?"
"Cream cake, please try it, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother picked up the spoon to eat. The slave came over, but she waved her away.
"There is no need to test the poison for the things made by girls from the Xu family."
I ate some of both sides, and the Queen Mother was full of praise.
"Although the Guiling paste is slightly bitter, it is very smooth. After being chilled, it is wrapped in honey. It is sweet but not greasy, refreshing and moisturizing the mouth. Not bad, not bad. Aijia is feeling a little angry today. Let's see if there is any effect tomorrow."
"Although it doesn't have an immediate effect, it can cool down and reduce heat. Guiling jelly is a hand-selected top-quality product. Our Baoningtang is a century-old brand. This Guiling jelly is said to be very effective if it is practical."
The Queen Mother chuckled: "This girl is in business and her eloquence has improved. She is completely different from the last time I saw her. This turtle paste is very delicious. The Ai family likes it very much. Starting tomorrow, I will call you Baoningtang."
Send some in every day, and the Ai family will reward the ladies in the harem to eat. The weather is so hot and hot, it is just right for these ladies to be defeated and less trouble for the Ai family."
"Haha, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old."
"The girl has a sweet mouth. This Guiling paste is delicious. This cream cake may be too old for Aijia..."
She paused for a moment, and Xu Xiuyi felt a little confused, but she heard her praise.
"This soft pastry is glutinous but not sticky, sweet but not greasy. The white layer on top melts in your mouth. It is soft and sweet. It is truly a delicacy in the world. Girl from the Xu family, no, I will call you the daughter-in-law of the Su family now. You
If we open a store to sell this, and the Ai family pays for it, the only requirement is to leave a dollar for the Ai family every day."
The Queen Mother said this, so she was probably joking, but it also showed that she really liked this cream cake.
Xu Xiuyi said generously: "I can't even take care of a pharmacy. How can I do anything else? If the Queen Mother likes it, I will teach the chef in the imperial kitchen how to make the cream cake. It will definitely be more delicious than mine."
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The Queen Mother was probably so fond of her that she immediately called for the imperial cook. Seeing that the Queen Mother was very interested, Xu Xiuyi vividly explained all the steps to the imperial cook. The Queen Mother also asked the skilled imperial chef to hurry up and get one. Then, she stood up and pulled Xu Xiuyi's hand.
He held his hand and said with great interest: "Let's go and enjoy the flowers. When we get tired of admiring them later, ask the imperial kitchen to send cream cakes."
The lotus appreciation party is held once a year in the palace. In July, when the lotus blooms are at their peak, twenty or thirty kinds of lotus flowers have been planted in the Taiye Pond in the palace. It is a colorful and beautiful place.
, the lotus fragrance is fragrant, and the person who smokes it is drunk.
The Queen Mother kept Xu Xiuyi with her. Xu Xiuyi knew very little about lotus. The Queen Mother asked her maids to tell Xu Xiuyi one by one. Xu Xiuyi listened attentively. The Queen Mother occasionally said a few words to the Queen. The Queen looked virtuous, virtuous, gentle and pleasant.
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When something happened to the two concubines of the Su family, it was only with the help of the queen that they were given a lenient sentence. The queen in Xu Xiuyi's memory was praised by everyone as a virtuous queen, and the emperor loved her in every possible way.
While everyone was admiring the lotuses, Xu Xiuyi delivered the several embroidery pieces that Su Yalan asked her to take with her to the queen.
The Queen looked at it for a while and showed a happy smile: "It seems that she is doing well. There is no sadness in this embroidery. She conveyed my greetings to me and said that the palace compound is surrounded by high walls. If she goes out,
, just don’t come in again.”
There seems to be something in these words.
Seeing the queen's faint smile and her indifference to the world, Xu Xiuyi really liked this kind of woman.
But the queen was a queen after all, so she didn't dare to talk to him after giving him the painting, and instead went to the crowd to look for the noble young master of her family.
Because Su Yacai was involved with Su Yalan, she was deprived of her title and became a noble. Among this group of people, except for the few ladies and ladies who were invited from outside the palace, they were the lowest ranking nobles.
Without thinking, Xu Xiuyi walked toward the end of the crowd, and sure enough, she saw Su Yacai alone in the distance.
When she married into the Su family, Su Yacai had already entered the palace. However, Xu Xiuyi had a relationship with Su Yacai when she was in the palace when she was young, so she still remembered her appearance.
Seeing that she was alone and others seemed unwilling to get along with her, I also felt that what the Queen said was true, and it actually made sense.
This imperial city is a besieged city. How many people want to come in and how many people want to leave.
In this canary's cage, people see the canary in all its splendor, but in fact, no one knows how lonely and lonely the canary is.
Xu Xiuyi walked over and surprised Su Yacai. She probably didn't expect anyone to be willing to chat with her, but when she looked back it was Xu Xiuyi. She didn't recognize Xu Xiuyi. In fact, when Xu Xiuyi entered the palace, she was the gorgeous Yue Fei. She didn't predict it at that time.
It was expected that Xu Xiuyi would become her brother's wife, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
Later, Xu Xiuyi married into the Su family, and she couldn't go back to see her. So when she saw Xu Xiuyi calling her mistress and looking at her dress, she thought about it and wondered if she was a young lady from some family. She didn't know she was a sinful concubine, so she
Come and chat with her.
Otherwise, if it were a concubine belonging to the noble Zhaoyi, who would dare to say a word to her? Everyone knows that without the Queen, she would have either entered the Clothing Bureau or worked as a slave in the Yiku.
"Who are you?"
She asked cautiously, as if she was afraid of scaring the person away.
Xu Xiuyi took out a small bag from her pocket and handed it to her: "Little Master, I am Xiu Yi. My mother asked me to bring this to you. There are five thousand taels of silver in it. You are alone in the palace.
I have to spend it everywhere, so it’s better to keep some money close to you.”
Hearing this, Su Yacai's eyes instantly became wet. God knows how wronged she was in the palace.
Especially the gap from the clouds to hell, which tortured her every time, made her feel that life was boring.
How can I not feel sad and cry when I see someone from my parents' home now?
But this was in the palace, how could she let others see her, holding those two bags of tears, not daring to fall, and her voice was choked with sobs.
"Is mom okay?"
"You're fine, there's no need to worry about it. Second sister is fine too. Here is the purse that second sister gave you. Let me say sorry to you."
Speaking of Su Yalan, Su Yacai was naturally a little resentful, but she had already thought through these days and nights. Everything was probably her fate. The emperor originally asked her to stay in bed that day, but she came by accident.
Yue Xin, the emperor just changed to Yalan, but what happened happened.
"Forget it, my silly girl, is she doing well?"
"It's not bad. I've been eating fast and chanting Buddha's name for a while, and now I've gradually calmed down. By the way, eldest sister, I gave this to you myself."
Xu Xiuyi took out a box, which contained health-preserving pills prepared by Su Jinye for Su Li. In fact, they were black-bone and white-feng pills, which were very good for women. Su Jiang gave some to her, but she didn't eat them, so she borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha.
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"Thank you, why are you here today?"
"The Fifth Prince brought me here."
Xu Xiu recalled.
Su Yacai was slightly surprised: "You still have friendship with the Fifth Prince?"
Xu Xiuyi laughed: "If we don't make friends with strangers, how can eldest sister be here alone? If we don't go to the lively place over there, there won't be anything to see the lotus flowers here."
When Su Yacai was asked this question, tears were about to fall down again. She barely held it back. The Queen Mother sent someone to greet Xu Xiuyi, but before she could even say a word to Xu Xiuyi, Xu Xiuyi left.
She turned her head and tears rolled down her face. She quickly wiped them away and continued to look at the pond full of lotus flowers in a daze, looking dreamily and with a lonely expression.
The Queen Mother called Xu Xiuyi to come, saying that the cake was out of the oven and would be delivered to her shortly, asking her, the master chef, to take care of it.
Shaoqing, the imperial chef sent a cake. After Xu Xiuyi tasted it, he was full of praises. This imperial chef is the imperial chef, he knows everything, and he also decorated some flowers ingeniously. The whole cake is more elegant in style and more beautiful in shape.
The imperial kitchen made a lot of food, and the concubines enjoyed it very much. Because it was a gift from the Queen Mother, and because the cake was rare and delicious, everyone praised it. Xu Xiuyi now became famous in the palace with just one cake.
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After admiring the lotus for a long time, I saw what I needed to see, ate what I needed to eat, and played what I needed to play. When it was time to leave the palace, the Queen Mother did not ask her to leave.
It turned out that the Queen Mother liked Xu Xiuyi very much. When Xu Xiuyi was not old enough to have hairpins, the Queen Mother wanted her to be the Crown Princess. However, she did not expect that Xu Xiuyi got married last year. Even so, the Queen Mother still liked her and wanted to keep her living in the kilometer.
Accommodation.
Xu Xiuyi was filled with embarrassment, but she wanted to show a flattered look on her face. The date with An Chengshao was probably going to be missed again, so she could only ask Wu Mo to send the message instead of keeping An Chengshao waiting.
I don’t know why, but when did meeting him become such a difficult and embarrassing thing?
Why!
It was a great honor to stay in the Empress Dowager's Ciqing Palace that night, but Xu Xiuyi stayed up all night, thinking about An Chengshao.
She stayed up until the rooster crow, and the Queen Mother simply stopped keeping her. She left the palace, no longer caring about whether she would meet Qin Yan, and hurried to Young Master An Cheng's Mansion.
[Looks like it’s too late to update. Dear friends, let’s do it tomorrow, then I’ll update tomorrow.]