After being sad for a while, Concubine Xian finally calmed down and wiped away the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes with a silk handkerchief.
"Two poor babies have suffered too much!"
Rong Fei was slightly startled because Concubine Xian said these words in Dunzhou dialect.
The old man is still testing.
I can’t recall anything that happened before I was eight years old, and I can’t forget the native dialect that is deep in my bones.
Rong Fei has not inherited the memory of the original owner of this body, and naturally does not know the Dunzhou dialect. But he is surrounded by Yuji Rou'er, an authentic Dunzhou native. After living together for ten years, even a fool can
The learning is almost the same.
"Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, but he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and mess up his actions. Therefore, if he is tempted to endure, he will benefit what he cannot do."
Rong Fei also responded in authentic Dunzhou dialect.
This time, Concubine Xian was stunned for a long time.
Although there is Confucianism in this world, there are no Confucian Five Sages. Naturally, no one knows that Mencius was born in sorrow and died in happiness.
Concubine Xian had read the works of Confucian sages and the classics of various scholars, and had many contacts with the great Confucians who were responsible for teaching the prince, princes, and princesses. Her Confucian cultivation was not profound, but it was better than that of ordinary scholars.
Concubine Xian searched through her memory and confirmed that she had never seen or heard this passage. And Rong Fei was too young and was not good at Confucianism, so it should not have been written by him.
Later, I will find an opportunity to ask a certain great scholar for advice and ask which saint's work this passage comes from. I must read it carefully.
Rong Fei felt that his body was getting more and more itchy, so he took advantage of Concubine Xian's absence and scratched her clothes a few times.
"What a good boy. He didn't embarrass us Dunzhou people. He is a good young man."
Putting aside irrelevant matters for the time being, Concubine Xian smiled and praised Rong Fei.
Not long after, a chamberlain knocked on the door and informed the kitchen that the food and wine had been prepared. Concubine Xian pulled Rong Fei along without hesitation.
When they came to the courtyard, the Queen and Ji Rouer happened to come out.
When the Queen saw Concubine Xian holding Rong Fei with a smile on her face, she couldn't help but feel doubtful.
Could it be that I was overthinking it and my mother didn’t notice something was wrong?
Zhu Leyao had another feeling in her heart.
It seems that my mother is very satisfied with Rong Fei!
Zhu Leyao's face turned red with embarrassment again. She felt her face was getting hot and quickly lowered her head, not daring to take another look at Rong Fei.
Ji Rouer smiled at Rong Fei and nodded slightly, saying that I believe you.
Just now, the queen only asked insinuatingly about Rong Fei and the events when the two of them lived in Fencheng, but did not directly state that she wanted to recruit Rong Fei as her consort.
Naturally, Concubine Xian would not say it directly.
Rong Fei once said that the higher the status of a person, the more oblique and roundabout his words and actions are, so that even if something goes wrong, there is still room for change.
However, given Rong Fei's intelligence, he must have guessed Concubine Xian's purpose.
I didn't see Rong Fei's body twisting from time to time, and his eyes were a little wandering, looking uncomfortable.
Concubine Xian's face was kind and joyful, the Queen's face was puzzled, Ji Rou'er's face was confident and proud, Zhu Leyao could see the red cloud on her face even if she lowered her head, and Hou San had a mysterious face.
.
The expressions of several people were completely different. Although Rong Fei was good at observing words and expressions, he couldn't understand them.
The two children finally seized the opportunity to get close to Rong Fei, cheering and running over to him, tugging on his sleeves to listen to the story.
The queen's face darkened and she was about to reprimand, but she was stopped by Concubine Xian.
"It's rare for a family to have a lively meal together, so let the two of them have a wild day."
"Yes, mother."
The queen had no choice but to bow down and obey the order, but the doubts in her heart became even deeper.
family?
Could it be that the plan was successful? How did Rong Fei do it?
Zhu Leyao was also particularly sensitive to the word 'family'. When she heard this, her head dropped even lower, and her delicate chin was about to touch the peaks of her chest.
Ji Rouer smiled coldly in her heart, thinking that Concubine Xian was setting up an outpost to lay an ambush. Unfortunately, it was all wishful thinking.
Concubine Xian asked the kitchen to prepare Dunzhou-style dishes. At her suggestion, everyone ignored the red tape and sat around a round table to eat and chat.
During the dinner, Concubine Xian kept picking up dishes for Rong Fei and Ji Rouer, but she didn't eat much herself.
The queen looked thoughtfully at the table full of Dunzhou-style dishes, while Zhu Leyao lowered her head and ate the white rice in her bowl without saying a word.
Rong Fei felt that his body was getting more and more itchy, but he was too embarrassed to scratch it in front of so many royal women, so he could only hold on while praying in his heart that the meal would be finished quickly.
After finally everyone put down their chopsticks, Rong Fei couldn't wait to leave, citing heavy official duties as an excuse.
Concubine Xian did not try to persuade her to stay. She told them to take care of themselves and not to work too hard. After coming to the palace to sit more often when she had time, she let the two of them go.
After walking out of the palace gate, Rong Fei pulled Ji Rou'er and turned into a secluded alley. While scratching his arms and chest, he asked Ji Rou'er to scratch his back.
When Ji Rou'er was in Fencheng, she would often scratch Rong Fei's back. When Ji Rou'er's back was itchy, she would ask Rong Fei to scratch her through her clothes. Such intimate actions were considered normal between the two of them.
But at this time, I was not at home, but outside. Although there was no one in the alley now, someone might pass by in a while.
Ji Rou'er was thin-skinned and felt a little shy, but when she saw Rong Fei's expression it was really itchy and uncomfortable. She looked around to make sure no one was passing by, and hurriedly scratched her clothes a few times.
"I feel uncomfortable with my clothes, so I opened them up and scratched them. I wrote faster. They scratched me to death."
Rong Fei yelled.
Ji Rou'er pinched the soft flesh of Rong Fei's waist bitterly, but what she got in return was Rong Fei's cry of relief.
lecher!
Cursing quietly in her heart, Ji Rouer could only helplessly pull down Rong Fei's clothes, exposing her shoulders and half of her back.
"Ah! Why are there so many rashes?"
After tearing off his clothes, he saw that Rong Fei's back and shoulders were covered with many pink rashes, especially near the armpits. The dense rash looked a bit scary.
"Ah, have you got a rash? I asked you why it feels so uncomfortable when you scratch it. Have you brought any medicine? Please rub it for me quickly."
Rong Fei shouted uncomfortably.
"Who goes to the palace for a banquet and brings ointment to remove rashes?"
Ji Rouer gently patted Rong Fei and said.
"It's quite comfortable. I'll hit it a few more times and try harder."
Rong Fei twisted his body and said.
"Oh~ don't look at anything that's inappropriate... don't look at anything that's inappropriate... the world is getting worse... the world is getting worse!"
An old man wearing a Confucian shirt passed by the alley, glanced at Rong Fei and Ji Rou'er from the corner of his eye, and immediately pointed at them and yelled at them angrily.
After all, Rong Fei was also a shameless person. Seeing his ugly appearance, he was embarrassed to stop for a while, so he put on his clothes and took Ji Rouer and ran away.
"Kekeke...kekeke..."
Ji Rouer was actually very happy and kept laughing all the way.
"Laugh, laugh hard, and you'll lay an egg in a while. Giggle..."
Rong Fei shouted while imitating the sound of an old hen laying eggs.
"Okay, okay, stop laughing. To be serious, try spreading your spiritual power throughout your body, maybe you can get some relief."
Ji Rouer suggested.
Hearing this, Rong Fei wished he could give himself a slap in the face. How could he forget that he was also a monk now and a person with spiritual power, yet he had been scratching for so long in vain, so he quickly activated his spiritual power.
As the spiritual power circulates, a cool and refreshing feeling spreads throughout the body, and the rashes all over the body quickly disappear.
Rong Fei was so relieved that he couldn't help shouting.
"Ah~ so cool!"
"Bah, you idiot, you can't make that kind of sound."
Ji Rouer blushed and swore, then she remembered something again.
"Did you eat tapioca?"
"Ah, no. It's not like I didn't know that I was allergic to that thing. How could I... Oh, you good concubine, you were actually set up by you. What a powerful old woman, the method of testing was a mixture of light and dark.
It’s impossible to guard against it.”
Rong Fei slapped his head and shouted in sudden realization.
When Ji Rouer heard this, her eyes looked thoughtful, and she spoke after a moment.
"No wonder Princess Xian just kept serving vegetables to the two of us, but she didn't take a bite herself. It turned out that tapioca flour was added to the dishes. But how did she know that you would get a rash when you eat tapioca flour? She doesn't eat vegetables.
Is she the same as you? This is even more strange, why does Concubine Xian do this? What does this have to do with recruiting a consort? "
"Recruiting a consort? What to recruit a consort?"
Rong Fei asked doubtfully.
"Hmph! Are you pretending to be stupid? Don't say you didn't see what Concubine Xian and the Queen had in mind. Or are you tempted?"
Ji Rouer narrowed her eyes, raised her fist and asked in a sinister tone.
Facing Ji Rouer's threat, Rong Fei blinked his eyes and his mind raced rapidly.
"Oh oh oh oh…"
Rong Fei suddenly pointed at Ji Rou'er with a strange smile on his face. Seeing Ji Rou'er rolling up his sleeves with an angry look, he quickly retracted his finger and said with a smile.
"Although my young master is as talented as a tree and has great talent, he is not worthy of the princess. Sister Rou, you are overthinking. In fact, the reason why Concubine Xian asked me to enter the palace today is..."
Immediately, Rong Fei revealed all the plans of Emperor Yan Zhu Sheng and told Ji Rou'er.
"There must not be too much cassava flour added to the dishes, otherwise I would definitely be able to taste it. It stands to reason that after tempering your spiritual power, your body will be much stronger than before. A small amount of cassava flour will not cause you such a serious rash.
."
Ji Rouer analyzed.
"I had a lot of snacks in Concubine Xian's house earlier."
Rong Fei recalled.
"Well, that makes sense. Only your master in the whole world knows that you will get a rash if you eat cassava flour. My master and I know about it. It is absolutely impossible for Concubine Xian to know. But she just used cassava flour to test it.
You, then there is only one possibility. That is that Concubine Xian and her relatives have the same physique as you."
"That should be it."
After hearing Ji Rouer's analysis, Rong Fei nodded in approval.
"So, are you really Princess Xian's nephew?"
"How is it possible? How can there be such a coincidence in the world?"
"Your surname is Rong, and you have the same physique as Concubine Xian's family. The evidence is conclusive, but you still have to deny it. In this way, you and Her Highness the Princess are cousins. If you recruit her as your consort again, wouldn't it be a close marriage?
More joy upon joy.”
"Are you jealous, Sister Rou? Otherwise, we will cook rice from raw rice tonight, without giving any chance to some people with ulterior motives."
"I never lock the door, it's just that some people don't have the courage."
Ji Rouer's demeanor suddenly changed, and she said in a coquettish voice with charming eyes.
Rong Fei's momentum suddenly dropped, he took a step back and said in a panic.
"I made a promise to Dr. Qi that I will never do anything wrong until you reach the age of twenty, otherwise... otherwise..."
"Otherwise, it's clear that I have no intention and courage, but I still blame the master for everything."