Chapter 247 Dumplings

The sedan chair went all the way to the entrance of Hehuan Hall and stopped.

There was total silence in the Hehuan Palace, and even the servants guarding the gate were not there.

Lin An glanced inside the house, bent down and turned around: "Your Majesty, we're here."

Inside the dragon chariot, Xiao Yu placed his fingertips on the center of his eyebrows and rubbed them gently.

But no one came down.

The fingertip rubbed the jade ring for a few times, and the eyes were closed tightly, with a burst of thought in the dark eyes.

He hadn't seen Shen Fu for several days.

It's not that I don't have time. Although I'm busy these days, I'm not so busy that I can't find time to see her.

It’s not that I don’t want to.

Xiao Yu naturally wanted to see Chen Fu.

Just thinking about how Chen Fu had the courage to throw the cloak at him that day.

The anger in Xiao Yu's heart could not be completely subsided.

He still spoiled Shen Fu too much.

She was spoiled and became too bold. She did whatever she wanted, even daring to touch the emperor.

Xiao Yu rubbed his fingertips and sighed deeply.

Lin An stood at the door and waited for a long time, but saw that the Emperor was still in the dragon chariot and did not come out for a long time.

I knew in my heart that His Majesty was still upset about what happened that day.

Although His Majesty was not angry with Lady Shen Fu because of this incident, it was the first time that the emperor's majesty was challenged.

If the person opposite was not Miss Shen Fu, how could the events of that day have passed so easily.

And he didn't say it, Miss Chen Fu is too tactless.

His Majesty has been obviously angry these past few days, but Miss Shen Fu is fine.

Be silent, ignore everything, and pretend that it never happened.

How can His Majesty not be angry?

If one day Miss Chen Fu came to the Qianqing Palace one day.

Even if it's just a soup.

His Majesty wouldn't be so angry.

But what happened?

Lin An shook his head, raised his eyes, and approached quietly: "Your Majesty, we are here."

"Should I go over and ask Miss Shen Fu to come out to greet you?"

Lin An naturally knew that His Majesty was unhappy.

Thinking that if Miss Shen Fu could be coaxed, given His Majesty's feelings for her.

This matter was over very quickly.

However, just as Lin An finished speaking, two words came from the sedan chair: "No need."

Xiao Yu put down the hand that was rubbing his brow, lowered his eyes and walked down from the dragon chariot.

It was a snowy night and the wind was blowing very hard. Under the dark green eaves, a fist-sized oil-paper lantern swayed slightly in the strong wind.

The Hehuan Palace was unusually quiet today. As I walked along, there was not even a trace of a servant on the road.

As Xiao Yu walked forward, his expression became increasingly gloomy.

This master is ignorant and the servant follows suit and acts foolishly. There wasn’t even a servant to be seen in the entire Hehuan Palace.

If anything happened, there would not be a single servant in the palace to help her.

"I don't know where the servants from the Hehuan Palace have gone." Lin An's heart tightened when he saw the Emperor's expression.

"I will go over and see where all the servants in this room have gone!"

Lin An strode forward, but the Emperor behind him stretched out his hand to stop him.

Xiao Yu suppressed his displeasure and walked into the house with a frown.

The Hehuan Palace was completely silent, as if no one was there. The only thing that was bright was the room, with countless lights on from afar.

Xiao Yu walked under the eaves and just as he got close, he heard giggling sounds from inside.

I heard some noises from inside just when I was halfway there, and only after I got closer did I hear the laughter and joyful chatter inside.

The servants of the Hehuan Palace are all inside.

Xiao Yu stood in front of the window, listening to the voices inside. His eyes were lowered, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Lin An took a step back and saw the Emperor standing there, so he didn't dare to move forward.

He just squinted his eyes and looked inside carefully.

After a while, he said, "Your Majesty, Miss Shen Fu, are you making dumplings in here?"

Lin An still had a bit of disbelief when he said this.

How many concubines in the harem can cook? Even a servant like him might not go to the kitchen.

Not to mention the precious lady Shen Fu. She grew up in a place of pampering and has probably never even touched cold water.

How could such a person cook here?

Lin An blinked his eyes, as if he was stunned. He moved closer to see it more clearly, but just then, he was attacked by a strong force from behind.

Lin An felt someone grabbing his neck and threw him to the side.

He stumbled and fell to the ground, but luckily he reacted quickly enough to avoid making any bigger noise.

Lin An held his breath, lowered his voice and huddled aside.

Xiao Yu frowned slightly and slowly approached the window.

His slender fingertips fell on the window, and he quietly opened a crack.

The sound of talking in the house gradually reached my ears.

"My dear, you are not doing it right. You should do it this way."

After all, Chen Fu was brought up in a pampered environment. Even though she had just learned it for a while, she still seemed a little clumsy when she really started to do it.

I failed several times, but it still didn't work.

Only then did the palace maid courageously come forward to teach. Shen Fu was usually nice to the palace maids and had a good temper.

Unlike some masters in the palace, who either beat or scolded their children.

The maids were naturally bolder and dared to step forward and said, "Young Master, place your hands like this."

The palace maid leaned forward and taught step by step. While Chen Fu followed the maid's hand and exerted force, her eyes glanced at the swaying candlelight.

His Majesty is here.

She knew that the Emperor would come, so she called everyone in the room in.

In order to ensure that she could find the emperor in time when he came, Chen Fu had a lot of lanterns hung under the eaves.

It is windy today and the lanterns are whistling in the strong wind. Whenever someone comes over, their shadow will be cast on the wall by the flickering candlelight.

Chen Fu saw it when His Majesty came, but she just waited there quietly.

Now, looking at the slightly swaying shadow, I feel at ease.

His Majesty is there.

Shen Fu's heart paused, she raised her head and smiled at the little palace maid in front of her: "Is that so?"

Chen Fu's face was extremely beautiful, with curved eyebrows and a faint smile at the corners of her eyes, like a blooming crabapple.

She is so charming and beautiful that it is hard to look directly at her.

Even though I have seen this face countless times, when he laughs it is still hard to recover from it for a while.

The same went for the palace maids. Even if they had seen the young lady thousands of times, they would still stand there in a daze when they suddenly saw her smile.

There was no sound for a while.

"My lady..." The maid stood there in a daze, not moving for a long time.

After waiting for a long time, he came back to his senses and lowered his head quickly: "Yes...it's like this..."

She stretched out her hand and taught Shen Fu how to operate it herself. How to pinch the dumpling skin and how to put the filling in.

The palace maid handed Chen Fu her hand, and her attitude was extremely attentive.

This scene was not only seen by the Emperor who was standing in front of the window, but also by Zi Su who was standing beside him.

Shisu stood in the corner of the room, her figure hidden behind the screen. She curled up her body, but her eyes were looking straight in the direction of Shen Fu.

It has been who knows how many days since the young master ignored her.

When Zi Su thought of this, she couldn't help feeling sad.

Before, because she was favored by the young lady, she was the head maid in the Hehuan Palace. Who would not respectfully call her Sister Zisu when seeing her?

But as soon as the young lady ignored me these past few days, the attitude of the people around me became obviously colder.

Zi Su has suffered a lot these days.

Although this is not a hardship for her, the key point is that the young master doesn't want her to serve him herself.

She turned her head and looked at the young lady talking to the palace maid in front of her. Before, the young lady was always alone with her, but now, others can come closer.

Her brows were tightly knitted together, and panic appeared in her heart for the first time.

"My lord, like this, like this again..."

Watching every move of the young lady and the palace maid, Zi Su's eyes flickered for a moment, but she still gritted her teeth and walked over.

"My lady, let me help you pack it."

Shisu bent her body slightly and knelt on the ground. A pair of eyes raised up and looked straight in the direction of Shen Fu.

When Chen Fu turned her head and saw Zi Su kneeling on the ground, she finally softened her heart.

She ignored Zi Su for such a long time, and in the final analysis, she just wanted Zi Su to reflect on herself.

After all, he has been serving me since he was a child. How could I bear to take it seriously and ignore everything and let Zi Su kneel here?

Shen Fu sighed softly.

It was just a moment, and then Shen Fu came back to her senses. She looked at the trembling candlelight and thought of the Emperor standing by the window. Shen Fu deliberately said, "You don't know why I want to punish you."

Shiso was punished by the master because she was too talkative.

These past few days, Zi Su has been thinking about this matter over and over in her mind.

I don’t know how upset I feel.

But looking at the young lady in front of him, Zi Su swallowed the words in his throat.

"I know I was wrong." Zi Su knelt on the ground and banged her head hard on the carpet in front of her.

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have discussed Your Majesty."

"It's good that you know how to admit your mistakes."

Chen Fu thought of the person by the window, sighed slightly, looked at Zi Su in front of her, took a few steps forward and stretched out her hand to help her up:

"You must know that His Majesty is His Majesty, the Son of Heaven. You are not allowed to say such things again in the future."

This is the first time the young lady has responded to me in some time.

Zi Su let out a sigh of relief and quickly followed Chen Fu's hand to stand up.

"My lady, I will never say it again." Zi Su nodded, moved closer to Chen Fu's side, and quietly pushed away the palace maid who had just spoken.

She still refused to give up, even though the young lady forbade her to speak again.

But when he thought of the grievances that the young lady had suffered in the past few days, Zi Su was still worried and spoke fearfully.

"But my lady, if His Majesty hugs Lady Zhou again in the future, are we really going to ignore everything, pretend we know nothing, and swallow all the grievances?"

Xiao Yu stood in front of the window, and his brows, which had just been relaxed, instantly frowned.

His Majesty's eyes were extremely sharp, and there was a hint of anger in his narrow pupils.

What does it mean that he hugged and kissed Concubine Zhou?

He had only met Lady Zhou a few times, and each time she was found to be unwell.

He appropriately extended his hand to support her twice, but in the mouth of the palace maid, it was said that he was hugging Concubine Zhou?

Xiao Yu took a deep breath, put his fingertips on the jade ring, and fiddled with it quickly.

Although Shen Furen was standing in the house, she felt her whole body tense up.

She coughed twice and glared at Zi Su in front of her: "You still don't change your bad habits."

Chen Fu cheered for Zi Su in her heart.

"What is my identity? What is the identity of His Majesty?" Chen Fu lowered her head and pinched the dumplings.

What she did was not standard, but after doing it many times, she gradually found some tricks: "Whoever the emperor wants to favor is his business. Why should I, a concubine, stop him?"

"Besides, Zisu, His Majesty has been good enough to me."

Of course, Shen Fu said this to the Emperor outside.

Although His Majesty has hardly visited other concubines since Chen Fu became pregnant, it is no longer just a matter of favoritism.

But Shen Fu wanted more than just that.

Since she became pregnant, His Majesty has not promoted her position. Chen Fu thought of the noble concubines above her...her palms clenched quietly.

Until now she is still just a concubine.

If other people heard what Shen Fu said, they would probably be shocked. She had been in the palace for less than a year and she had already become a concubine.

Going up further up is the noble concubine who is the head of a palace.

It takes others several years to climb to a certain position, but Shen Fu has secured it in less than a year. Is she still not satisfied with this?

Of course, Shen Fu would not tell this to others.

But she always had doubts. According to His Majesty's past favor to her, she must be promoted to the next level.

But since she became pregnant, the Emperor has been reluctant to promote her.

I thought about it for a long time. Shen Fu finally figured out the reason.

Your Majesty must have done it on purpose.

only--

Shen Fu's eyes fell on the window, and the Emperor wanted to protect her by keeping a low profile. But what Shen Fu wanted more was higher power.

She is humble and weak, so naturally she needs protection from others. But if she holds a high position, no one would dare to attack her.

Chen Fu lowered her eyes and looked at the flickering candlelight outside the window:

"Zi Su, we have to understand His Majesty. I am pregnant and deeply loved by His Majesty.

If you continue to favor me too much openly, not only will the former court and the harem all disagree.

When the word "exclusively favored" comes out, rumors will follow such as "a disaster" and "a fox who seduces the master". ”

What Shen Fu said was exactly what His Majesty was thinking.

A hint of obscurity flashed across Xiao Yu's eyes outside the window, and then Chen Fu said:

"An emperor is an emperor. He can favor one woman over another, but he must never favor only one woman.

If we count the dynasties in the past, how many emperors were able to favor only one concubine?

I am lucky enough to serve His Majesty. To want His Majesty to belong to me alone is nothing but wishful thinking. ”

After Shen Fu finished speaking, she sighed faintly. The fingertips fell on the palm of the hand, without stopping at all.

"My lady!" Zi Su didn't dare to speak any more.

The house was silent for a moment.

Even Lin An, who was outside the window, looked at Chen Fu with pity when he heard this.

This harem cannot tolerate women being emotional, but Miss Chen Fu.

Lord Lin An had no expression on his face. He just bent down silently and took a step back.

After a long silence, Zi Su sighed leisurely: "Your Majesty is good to my lady, and my lady's affection... is inevitable."

She said this with difficulty, fearing that Shen Fu would worry, and hurriedly said, "But Lady Zhou is really abominable."

"Lady Zhou took advantage of you to get close to His Majesty, but you were not angry and spoke up for her."

Compared to Shen Fu’s dumplings, Shiso is obviously better at making them.

The palm of his hand fell on the dough, and he kneaded it very standardly.

"Besides, His Majesty hasn't come to our place for a few days, but the young lady is not worried at all and is still making dumplings for His Majesty."

Zi Su's words were prepared for Shen Fu.

Chen Fu sighed. Sometimes Zi Su was a talkative person, but sometimes, Chen Fu urgently needed someone like Zi Su by her side.

Come speak for her and say the words that you cannot say.

"The New Year is coming soon." Shen Fu raised the corner of her mouth and smiled.

"I heard people say that people in Kyoto eat dumplings during the New Year." Chen Fu is from the south, and the gentleness of the Jiangnan water town is like water.

Speaking of this, his eyebrows slightly curved: "Although the emperor hasn't come yet, I'm prepared first. Who knows, one day the emperor will come?"

Outside the window, Xiao Yu looked at the scene in front of him through the tiny gap.

Shen Fu's eyebrows were slightly curved, with a gentle smile on her face.

She bent down, and her originally slender waist bulged high. The moment she lowered her head, the loose hair on her forehead fell to the sides of her face. The yellowish candlelight shone on her cheeks. At this moment, she was making dumplings for herself with a smile on her face.

Saw this scene.

All the unhappiness and anger from the past few days have now disappeared completely.

Xiao Yu took a deep breath, curled the corners of his mouth, and strode into the house.