Story of Yanxi Palace

Chapter 47: Eating meat is a blessing

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The farce between Prince Yi and Wei Yingluo still caused quite a stir in the palace. Changchun Palace pulled out an inner responder, and Chuxiu Palace, Jiaguiren and Prince Yi, who framed the queen's personal maid, were exposed, unworthy of it. After cultivating the fourth prince, the emperor ordered the fourth prince to be handed over to Concubine Xian to be raised.

And Wei Yingluo... is still practicing those 100 big characters. The emperor asked him to practice 100 characters, so he can't only practice 99 characters.

In Changchun Palace, Wei Yingluo hung her wrist and raised a pen, finally finished writing the last word, and exhaled a long breath. The queen looked at the neat handwriting on the white paper and smiled, "She is a wise girl, her writing is getting better and better. The emperor punished you for practicing calligraphy."

Wei Yingluo put the lake pen on the pen holder, pursed her lips, and asked, "If there is a mistake, you should be punished, Niangniang, is it Yingluo's fault for being punished?"

The queen was silent for a moment, sighed, and said, "The Son of Heaven can never be wrong. He said that you are wrong, and you are wrong. In any case, the emperor has given you justice when the noble people are dealt with."

justice? Wei Yingluo felt a little ironic looking at the thick stack of white paper on the table, she shook her head and said, "If there is justice... This justice is not for me, it is for you, for Changchun Palace, or that sentence, there is Wrongly punished, Jia nobles were punished by mistake, what about Prince Yi?"

The queen looked out the window. The sun was shining brightly on the phoenix embroidered by the gold thread on her skirt. Her tone was very calm: "Why do you have to be a bull's-eye? Prince Yi is the emperor's cousin."

The splendid phoenix was dazzling, and Wei Yingluo said softly, "Yes, Prince Yi is the emperor's cousin, and the servant is just a humble palace maid, not to mention just being wronged, even if he lost his life on the spot, the emperor He won't take a second look! The reason why he is so angry is that he blames Prince Yi for participating in the disputes in the inner court, and the trouble is ugly, and he loses the royal dignity! Therefore, the noble people still have to deal with it, but Prince Yi is happy! "

The queen looked at the girl in front of her and said softly, "Yingluo, Prince Yi is after all the son of the Thirteenth Emperor's uncle, the dignified and dignified king of iron hats, the emperor should not be too harsh."

Wei Yingluo looked back at the Empress. The Changchun Palace was her only place to stand, and the Empress was also the backer she had to firmly support in the numerous palaces. Changchun Palace and Prince Yi's Liang characters have been forged. Instead of blindly defending, it is better to attack and defend. Her eyes turned cold, and she thought to herself: King of the Iron Hat... What's the big mistake, even the respect of the King of the Iron Hat can't be preserved

The little girl before the queen's meeting suddenly lost her senses and asked strangely, "What are you thinking about?"

Wei Yingluo returned to her senses, smiled at the queen, and said, "It's nothing, just thinking, no matter what, I will protect you."

The queen was slightly startled, her heart softened, and she said in a loving tone, "Silly girl."

The days are easy to pass, and a few days of shade are spent. The day in the palace, today is no different from yesterday, seeing the same people, seeing the same scenery, doing the same things, and such a day, once there is a slight change, it will be very obvious.

After going to Yonghe Palace to deliver things that day, Wei Yingluo returned to Changchun Palace and pulled Erqing to speak: "Erqing, what is eating meat to share blessings?"

Er Qing thought for a while, and then asked, "Did you see Wu Shulai and they prepare black pigs?"

Wei Yingluo nodded and said, "On the way back to the palace, I saw a group of people carrying two whole pigs, so big that they were afraid of people."

Er Qing smiled and said, "It's no wonder, we don't usually see those things, does it look fresh? This is an old rule in the palace. To reward the imperial guards and courtiers to eat meat and share the blessings, and the concubines of the harem also have a share, count the time, tomorrow will be the big sacrifice day."

Speaking of this, Er Qing was worried again: "It is said that it is a blessing, but the meat is just boiled in white water, it is tasteless and tasteless, and sometimes it is half raw, my mother has always hated eating that thing, and she still eats it. I've had a bad stomach, I just hope this time I eat the phoenix and I'll be fine."

When Wei Yingluo thought of the queen's body, she couldn't help but feel worried and asked, "Can't I not eat it

Er Qing sighed: "This is a blessing, whoever dares to refuse is disrespectful to the ancestors and the gods! A minister once vomited and was punished eighty times with a cane!"

Disrespectful to ancestors and gods, the staff will be punished eighty times.

Wei Yingluo's heart moved, the opportunity was fleeting, she found a perfect opportunity, and she would definitely not miss it. Wei Yingluo narrowed her eyes slightly, smiled sweetly at Er Qing, and said, "I suddenly remembered that I have something to do. I'll talk to you next time." After speaking, she lifted her skirt and walked out quickly.

Er Qing stared blankly at Wei Yingluo's back and muttered, "Didn't you just come back after finishing your work..."

Guard Office.

"Squeak-squeak-" Hai Lancha winked at Fu Heng desperately, and there was a strange sound in his mouth.

Fu Heng glanced at him inexplicably and asked, "What happened to you today? Have you lost your mind?"

Hailancha was discouraged and said indifferently, "Oh, we really don't have any tacit understanding. If we don't play, we don't play anymore. Look over there and see who it is?"

Fu Heng heard the words and looked, not far away, a girl in the color of a palace maid stood pavilion. Fu Heng got up immediately, patted Hailancha on the shoulder, and said, "I'll be back soon."

Hai Lancha watched Fu Heng stride toward Wei Yingluo, tsk tsk, and said, "This is really a blooming iron tree, ha!"

Fu Heng's pace was fast, but in a moment, he had covered most of this distance, but when he was really close to Wei Linglong, his pace slowed down again.

The girl was standing under a willow tree, and her posture was like a weak willow. She was in a trance, but when she heard the footsteps, she quickly turned to look at him. Qing Lingling's eyes were his reflection, and Yingluo smiled at him. Cui Sheng shouted: "Master."

There were indeed flowers blooming in the bottom of my heart, layer upon layer, Fu Heng unconsciously asked in the gentlest tone, "Why are you here?"

Wei Yingluo handed a small paper bag to Fu Heng and said, "I'll give this to you."

Fu Heng opened it, squeezed it lightly to observe, and said suspiciously, "Is it salt and pepper?"

Wei Yingluo nodded, her attitude was earnest and considerate: "Tomorrow is the big festival day. I heard that the meat is half-cooked and tasteless. People often vomit and get punished, so I specially prepared salt and pepper for the young master. When people are not paying attention, you quietly Just put a little on it and you're ready to eat."

Fu Heng handed the paper package back to Wei Yingluo and said disapprovingly, "Yingluo, this is not right."

When the paper bag was handed to her hand, Wei Yingluo suddenly held it together with Fu Heng's hand, and pushed it back, her glittering eyes met Fu Heng's, and persuaded, "Young master, hide the bag in your sleeve. , with so many people present, who would have noticed?"

The delicate and soft palm of the girl Luo was like a ball of fire. The moment it touched Fu Heng, it was so hot that he immediately withdrew his hand, making his face red to the tip of his ears.

Wei Yingluo didn't seem to be able to see the tips of her red ears, so she naturally retracted her hand and said with a smile, "I'll accept it as the young master, the empress is still waiting for me, I'll go first."

The blooming heart flowers slowly withered, Fu Heng quietly watched Wei Yingluo walk away, and clenched the paper bag in his hand.

The next day, the main hall of Kunning Palace.

The rituals of the big festival are complicated. There are two cauldrons in the Kunning Palace, steaming hot, and the white meat is tumbling. The eunuchs respectfully placed the boiled pork on the table, and the man on the table was the Manchu god Mulihan. The shaman's wife sang prayers and music, made the sound of "E La La" from time to time, and at the same time beat the tambourine and shook the golden bell.

Hongli and the queen were in front of the crowd, and the ministers were in the back, and in the sound of the tambourine, everyone bowed their heads to the god Mulihan. After the ceremony, Hongli and the Empress sat on the Nankang, and the ministers sat on their respective felt pads.

Li Yu gave a high-five, and the eunuchs brought the pork from the front and back elbows and presented it. Hongli personally cut off a piece with a dagger, and Li Yu said loudly: "Please eat meat!"

Wei Yingluo and all the palace maids stepped forward, each of them holding a plate in their hands. In the plate was a prepared large piece of white water meat, and beside it was a knife and a piece of tissue paper.

Hong Xiao sat cross-legged on the felt pad, looking at Wei Yingluo with condescending eyes full of ridicule. Wei Yingluo was very humble, she bent her knees slightly, held up the tray and asked Hongxiao to take the knife. Hong Xiao snorted coldly, the tissue paper rubbed the dagger fiercely, he chopped it down with a forceful knife, the white meat was divided into several pieces under the knife, and the soup splashed out and splashed on Wei Yingluo's cheek.

Wei Yingluo's expression did not change and her smile was decent. After Hongxiao finished cutting the meat, she casually put away the knife and tissue paper, put the tray into other trays, and returned to the queen.

Next, it was time for everyone to enjoy the white meat. Hongli cut a piece and was about to eat it, but Wu Shulai suddenly came to Hongli and whispered a few words in a low voice. Hongli's expression changed abruptly, he nailed the knife in his hand to the table, and said sternly: "Check it out for me now!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned for a moment, Wu Shulai waved his hand, and the eunuchs swarmed up, forcibly grabbed the meat from the hands of the ministers for inspection. The ministers looked at each other blankly, and all fell to their knees in fear.

The eunuch who inspected the white meat in Hongxiao's tray said loudly, "Report to the emperor, found it!"

Wei Yingluo lowered her head and quietly concealed the smile on her face.