Chapter 43 The Smelly Ox Tail
Luo Li went straight to Ning Xinyuan after returning to the palace. After entering the door, she gave an order to Tingting who was waiting at the door!
"Hurry up and stew the ox tail for your young lady, and stew the ox bones in a big iron pot, so that everyone in this courtyard can eat enough!"
Tingting responded with a cheerful smile and went straight to the small kitchen.
Tingting first cleaned up the ox tail and stewed it for the young lady in a small pot.
She asked two servants to carry a big iron pot from the kitchen of the palace, set up a stove in the yard, and stewed a big pot full of ox bones.
Chunmei entered Ning Xinyuan and smelled a strong meaty aroma.
Seeing a big iron pot in the yard with steam rising, he curiously asked the two servants who were guarding the pot and adding fuel to the fire, "Lai Fu Lai Wang, what are you doing?"
Lai Fu Lai Wang saw that the person asking the question was Chun Mei, the maidservant beside Mrs. Lin, and quickly stood up and replied,
"Miss Chun Mei! This is the beef bone that the princess bought from outside. It was stewed for us to eat. There is a lot of meat on the beef bone. You can have a piece later."
Chun Mei secretly swallowed her saliva. The beef smelled really good!
However, she had eaten all kinds of good things beside the lady, so why would she be greedy for this broken beef bone meat?
"No! Madam sent me to see the princess for something."
Yingxue just came out of the small kitchen and saw her at a glance, "Sister Chunmei, are you here to see the princess? I'll go in and report for you."
Chunmei saw that this little girl who used to be timid in front of her now had an attitude of being an equal to her and no longer had any awe towards her. She
was quite unhappy in her heart, "Humph! After climbing up the high branch of the silly princess, can you still fly up to the branch and become a phoenix? 】
Chunmei said lightly, "Then I'll trouble you."
Luo Li was lazily leaning on the noble concubine couch, Ruhua and Siyu helped her rub her shoulders and legs to drive away the fatigue of the day.
After hearing Yingxue's report, Luo Li looked up at Yingchun beside her and raised her eyebrows, "I guess Madam Lin sent her to ask for Dragon's Birthday Incense and Camphor, do you believe it?"
Yingchun laughed!
More than ten boxes of Dragon's Birthday Camphor in the warehouse of the palace have entered the private warehouse of the princess. How can those two people who are used to using spices resist asking for it?
It depends on whether the princess is willing to give it. With the princess's generous and generous temperament, she should give them two boxes, right? But the princess must not be silly and give them too much.
Chunmei was led into the house by Yingxue. She bowed to the princess who was lazily leaning on the noble concubine couch, and
said, "I, Chunmei, have seen the princess." Luo Li squinted her eyes and enjoyed the massage of the beautiful and jade-like body. She asked lazily, "Why did you come to see me?"
This silly princess didn't know how to stand or sit properly. She couldn't even compare to the elegant and noble Miss Xian'er.
Chunmei despised her in her heart, but she didn't dare to show her surprise on her face.
"Reporting to the princess! The lady and the young lady have run out of spices in their rooms. Send me to ask the princess for a few boxes of drab incense and camphor."
The lady only asked her to ask for two boxes, but she insisted on asking for a few boxes to see how much this silly princess would give.
Luo Li didn't even raise her eyelids, her voice was still lazy as if she was about to fall asleep: "No."
Yingchun was immediately happy!
Chunmei was shocked and had an expression of disbelief on her face!
"Princess! You are too unreasonable, aren't you? More than ten boxes of Longsheng Dragon's Brain Incense in the palace's warehouse were taken to your private warehouse. My wife and young lady asked for a few boxes, but you refused to give them a single box. Can you use so many spices?"
Luo Li pushed Ruhua and Siyu away and sat up straight.
"How dare you, a slave, accuse this princess of being unreasonable? Yingchun, slap her in the face!"
Yingchun was shocked!
She gritted her teeth and walked to Chunmei, raised her arms and slapped her twice!
The moment the slap landed on Chunmei's face, Yingchun's heart was excited!
This person who used to be so high and mighty, who scolded and slapped these little maids countless times, was finally slapped in the face by me, Yingchun!
Chunmei was stunned by the two slaps!
Thinking of the other party's noble status as a princess, she was so scared that she quickly knelt on the ground with a "thump", crying and begging for mercy.
"Princess, spare my life! I will never dare to do it again!..."
Luo Li was happy in her heart!
[In this era of strict class system, it is really good to have a noble status! It feels so good to bully others by taking advantage of your power! Luo
Li said coldly, "I am the princess of the Prince of Qin's mansion. I can use as much as I want from the storehouse in the palace.
If you want to ask me for something, it depends on my mood and whether I am willing to give it to you.
Get lost!..."
Chunmei got up in a hurry, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin just came in.
Chunmei bowed to His Royal Highness
the Prince of Qin with a wronged look on her face. : "Your Highness! The dragon's birthday incense and camphor incense in the madam and the young lady's room are all used up, so I sent my servant to ask the princess for two boxes, but the princess... the princess refused to give it at all."
The Prince of Qin Zhao Defang smiled faintly, "Aren't there a lot of frankincense in the storehouse? Go to the housekeeper Zhao to get a few boxes of frankincense.
Princess! Is the ox tail stewed? I'm a little hungry."
Chunmei was stunned!
[Frankincense? Isn't frankincense used by us servants? The prince asked his wife and Miss Xian'er to use frankincense?
Chunmei wiped her tears in grievance, but did not dare to say anything else. She bowed and turned to leave.
Chunmei ran to the yard, and Lai Fu, who was stirring the big pot with the aroma of meat, shouted enthusiastically!
"Miss Chunmei, the ox bones will be out of the pot soon, wait and eat a piece!"
Chunmei did not respond, and ran out with her head down.
Lai Fu asked Lai Wang, who was burning the fire, curiously, "Miss Chunmei, what's wrong?"
Lai Wang replied without raising his head, "How should I know?"...
The King of Qin gnawed a piece of ox tail bone with rich sauce with relish, and wondered secretly in his heart: I have eaten this ox tail several times in the barracks, how can Tingting cook it so deliciously?
Luo Li's mouth was full of gravy, thinking: [Since you didn't ask for a box of dragon's nest and dragon's nest that you gave me for your aunt and Bai Yueguang, you can eat as much of this pot of ox tail as you want today, and I won't let Tingting add the dish of spicy pork intestines.]...
Chunmei ran into Qiongfang Pavilion crying, and fell to her knees with a plop!
"Madam, Miss, I was ordered to ask that stupid princess for two boxes of dragon's nest and dragon's nest. Not only did she refuse to give me any, she also let that damn girl Yingchun slap me twice. She
didn't slap me, she slapped Madam and Miss in the face! Woohoo..."
Madam Lin slammed the table in anger!
: "This fool with a sick brain! How dare he be so domineering and bully me?
Chunmei, while the finger marks on your face have not faded, you should go to Chunfengju and complain to the prince!"
"The prince... the prince just went to Ningxinyuan to catch up. I have already complained, but the prince... the prince asked me to find the butler Zhao and ask for some frankincense for the lady and the young lady." Madam Lin
was stunned!
Lin Xian'er was also stunned!
Is my cousin so heartless to us mother and daughter for that fool?
Lin Xian'er felt a burst of painful sadness in her heart! This uncomfortable feeling made her tears burst out instantly, and her heart felt as if it was stepped on hard!
...
Qin Wang Zhao Defang enjoyed a delicious oxtail meal in Ningxin Garden, and sat at the table to leisurely taste two cups of tea.
"Qin Wang, you have eaten and drunk enough, it's time to go back to your Chunfeng Residence, right? This lady is tired today, I have to take a bath and rest early."
Looking at the Qin Wang who was sitting still, Luo Li started to drive the guest away.
Qin Wang put down the teacup in his hand, "You just called yourself this princess, why do you become this lady now?"
Luo Li said shamelessly: "When this title of Qin Wangfei is useful, I will use it temporarily. When it is not needed, I will throw it into the dung pit."
"You are really stupid and cunning!" After Qin Wang finished speaking, he stood up and walked out with a smile on his face.
Qin Wang walked out of the house and saw that the courtyard of Ningxin Garden was brightly lit.
A group of servants and maids gathered around the big iron pot in the yard, eating heartily! They kept their voices low and kept laughing!
Even the guards of the palace were eating happily!
Seeing the prince coming out of the house, they were so scared that they quickly dropped the big bones in their hands and bowed to the ground in a hurry! The King of
Qin smiled and waved his hand, "Continue eating! Don't waste such delicious beef bones."
Returning to Chunfengju, sitting at the desk and picking up a book, the King of Qin felt itchy in his heart like a cat's paw.
: [The princess should take a bath, right? What is this idiot saying behind your back? Go and listen? 】
: "Yun Yi! Have someone guard the door and windows. No one is allowed to approach without my order!"
Yun Yi clasped his fists and bowed, "Don't worry, my lord. I'll guard it myself."
The King of Qin walked into the inner room, pressed the mechanism on the carved wood carvings on the wall, and went to Ning Xinyuan through the tunnel.
The King of Qin stood at the exit at the end of the tunnel and waited for a long time before hearing the voice of the princess, "I'm so sleepy. Take a shower and go to bed."
The King of Qin's heart was pounding!
[Do you want to take a sneak peek later? I don't want to see anything else, I just want to see how big those big feet are? ]
: "Ruhua, Yingchun, the two of you stay by the bathtub, and Honggu, you stay by the east wall.
These past two days when I was bathing, I always felt a little creepy as if I was being spied on by a thief. It reminded me that there should be a tunnel in this room leading to the outside of the palace.
I just came in and searched for a long time, but the inner diameter of this room does not match the size of the outer wall. The tunnel exit should be inside the east wall. But I couldn't find the switch for the tunnel exit."
The King of Qin was shocked! [This alert, observant, and thoughtful person is his own silly princess? ]
: "Miss, you said the tunnel exit is inside the wall?" Honggu asked curiously.
"Hmm! It should be in the east wall behind you. If you don't believe me, knock on it. The north half of the east wall is a hollow wall."
Hong Gu turned around and knocked with the back of her hand.
The King of Qin was nervous!
[What if the King of Qin was caught spying on the Princess bathing? Wouldn't this idiot make a scene?
...What are you afraid of? If they find out, they can sneak away in no time. 】
Hong Gu knocked on the wall a few times, "It's really in this wall. This part of the wall is hollow when it's knocked."
: "I'll take a shower first! Hong Gu, you stay there and look for the mechanism. Don't make this public. If we can find the mechanism, we'll have another way to escape in the future."
Hong Gu knocked here and there, and turned any round object. She searched for a long time but found nothing.
: "Miss, the design of this tunnel mechanism is so clever, it can't be found!"
King Qin was very proud!
[The mechanism at the exit of this tunnel was designed and built by the leader of Luban Sect himself. Is it so easy to find? ]
Luo Li soaked in the water, her body soft.
: "If we can't find it today, we can look for it slowly. Anyway, we are not in a hurry to run away. The mechanism is in this room and we will find it sooner or later."
Yingchun was panicked when she heard it!
"Princess!"
Luo Li looked up at her and said righteously. "Yingchun, don't be afraid! When we really want to escape, I will definitely take you with me.
If Banxia, Wanqiu and Yingxue are willing to follow me, take them with me."
Yingchun's voice trembled with excitement: "Thank you, Princess! I... want to follow you anytime!" The King of
Qin snorted in his heart!
[The maid in the King of Qin's mansion has been bought by the princess and is so devoted to her in just a few days?
Luo Li smiled happily, "Yingchun, let's not talk about anything else. I am the most protective person! As
long as you follow me, I can bully you for fun. I will never let you suffer outside!"
Ruhua smiled and said, "The young lady will never bully us! The young lady only bullies outsiders, and only protects and loves her own people."