Chapter 231 Food Box
Xuanyuan Ling was reviewing memorials in the imperial study while Zhao Hai was waiting for Xiao Xia Zi outside. An hour or so had passed by and Xuanyuan Ling was getting impatient. Zhao Hai cursed Xiao Xia Zi in his heart, asking her what job she had to do to ask about Concubine Xi's schedule so late.
When he served tea at this moment, he was afraid to meet Xuanyuan Ling's gaze.
Xuanyuan Ling was getting impatient, but originally he felt uncomfortable because of the Queen Mother. Now he felt uncomfortable because he had been waiting for so long, so he shifted his attention to what Shen Qing was doing.
As a result, Xiao Xiazi came with a food box in his hand.
"Is this, food?" Xuanyuan Ling had asked Chen Qing to bring him food once before.
But it was meal time at that time, so it was nothing for her to hand over a dish. But now they were in the imperial study. Even if she was saying that she cared about him, it was a bit too much to send something in the imperial study.
Of course, he was not angry. If Shen Qing could really do such a thing, he could also find a day to borrow money for her. This little thing was so concerned that she was confused. She knew she couldn't give anything but still wanted to give it.
"Your Majesty, no." Xiao Xiazi opened the box and took out a booklet from it: "When the Queen heard the Emperor ask about today's itinerary, she didn't tell me, saying that she wanted to tell the Emperor in person. It's all on the top."
Xuanyuan Ling raised his eyebrows and took the booklet, like a memorial, and then he opened it and took a look.
The first sentence above is, does the emperor think there will be food?
Xuanyuan Ling: “…”
She said this as if Xuanyuan Ling had been waiting for her to eat for a whole day.
Coincidentally, Xuanyuan Ling really misunderstood. After all, the booklet was packed in a lunch box.
"She arranged the lunch boxes?" Was she doing it on purpose?
"In reply to the Emperor, yes..."
Xuanyuan Ling looked at Xiao Xiazi, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and asked, "Did I ask you to report back?"
Xiao Xiazi didn't dare to lie. Chen Qing had told her that she didn't need to cover up. If the emperor found out, she could just answer honestly: "Empress Xi said that if the emperor misunderstood that the Empress sent food, she would ask the servant to report it later."
"Nonsense!" He deliberately plotted against her, brought a lunch box to put the booklet in, and even asked someone to report back? It was obvious that he was just trying to make fun of him.
Xiao Xia Zi was so scared that before he could even kowtow, Xuanyuan Ling called him out the next moment.
After Xiao Xia Zi left, Xuanyuan Ling looked at what she wrote next. It turned out that she begged for mercy in the second sentence.
I am actually eating something delicious and I really want to send it to Your Majesty so that you can enjoy it. However, the Imperial Study is a very important place and I cannot send food privately. I sent a food box and asked Your Majesty to take a look and see if he feels like eating. Otherwise, Your Majesty can give the order himself. I am eating osmanthus lotus root powder now. It will taste better if you put some dried fruits on it.
At the back, he also drew a bowl very vividly and wrote down what kind of dried fruits were inside, one by one.
The next page is about getting up in the morning.
After the emperor left, I hugged the pillow thinking that the emperor was still there. I kissed it twice and found out it was the pillow. Chunhua saw it and I felt so ashamed. When I was having breakfast, I felt that Chunhua looked at me twice more. I felt very embarrassed.
Xuanyuan Ling really couldn't help it. Maybe it was very interesting to watch others make a fool of themselves. In his mind, he already had the image of Shen Qing asking Chunhua to find out when he kissed the pillow. He couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
After breakfast, I walked around and then started to exercise. Recently, exercising has made me feel much better.
Xuanyuan Ling thought of her strange exercise method again.
After the activity, I took a shower, and then remembered the chess record that I had not finished reading yesterday. I also saw the game of chess that the emperor and I had not finished. Ji, this was the first time I missed the emperor today.
Xuanyuan Ling really laughed. Her plain language looked very uncultured, but it was vivid and interesting.
And she was very honest. Shen Qing said that she didn't always think of him, but now that she saw that the game of chess was not finished, she thought of him for the first time.
At lunch today, the squirrel mandarin fish in the imperial kitchen was very delicious. After lunch, Concubine De asked someone to send yogurt, which tasted excellent. So she wanted to go to the garden together, but Xiao Xiazi happened to come over, so she could only let Concubine De down and wrote this book for the emperor instead.
Xuanyuan Ling saw that she still wanted to go to the garden with Concubine De?
Didn't she think about him before? De Fei sent her food, so she thought about De Fei again?
It just so happens that Xiao Xiazi came over, so she could only disappoint Concubine De. Why? It's a pity?
Xuanyuan Ling continued to read, and what was written at the back was what she had eaten today, which one was the most delicious, what Japanese flavor it was, and which dishes she wanted to recommend to him.
She wrote it carefully, and Xuanyuan Ling was originally quite happy reading it. Really, sometimes when you are in a bad mood, seeing some beautiful things will make you feel better. But at the end, she wrote a sentence: "Your Majesty, please eat well."
Xuanyuan Ling sensed something and sent Xiao Xiazi in again: "Go and tell her what Concubine Xi asked you."
Xiao Xiazi's heart skipped a beat.
Xuanyuan Ling's voice became deeper: "What? You can't let me know yet?"
Xiao Xiazi hurriedly said, "Reporting to the emperor, when I was delivering the message, Concubine Xi asked the emperor whether his lunch was good. I replied that the emperor had lunch in Shouxiang Palace today. After that, Concubine Xi started writing this book, and I don't know anything about it."
Xuanyuan Ling listened and glanced at the last sentence: "Serve the meal."
When Xiao Xiazi came out, she was still sweating for herself. In her heart, she was really impressed. Concubine Xi really said it! The emperor really asked Concubine Xi what she said to him.
Of course, I couldn't tell the emperor openly about what I was trying to understand in private, but there was no problem in asking whether the lunch was good or not.
Now seeing how the emperor served the meal, well, Concubine Xi had really guessed it right. The emperor's lunch was not good.
Xuanyuan Ling had lunch with the Queen Mother, there was no way he could eat well, he had no stomach. I just saw Shen Qing wrote so much about food, and when I saw the last sentence, I knew she must know that he didn't eat well at noon. I was a little emotional after hearing Xiao Xiazi's reply. The servants were afraid that he would lose his temper and would serve him carefully, but he had already had lunch, who thought about whether he had a good lunch?
I'm afraid that if he really doesn't want to eat, the people below will persuade him to eat, right?
He didn't have an appetite before, but now he does have an appetite.
Xuanyuan Ling knew that Chen Qing was intelligent and considerate, and there was nothing wrong with him. He didn't have a good lunch because he ate with the Queen Mother. After all, they had been unharmonious for a long time. His mood was not that bad, otherwise, the servants in Wanmei Garden would not just dig up the flowers and be done with it.
Now that Shen Qing has coaxed him like this, and he has another meal, the anger will naturally disappear.
Looking back at what Shen Qing wrote, I find it really funny. It's so caring and full of words. It's said to be about food, but it looks more like a love letter. It makes people smile when they read it.
But he felt uncomfortable with her traveling with Concubine De: "Tell the imperial kitchen to give her an extra cake every day, and make it different every day, and say it's a reward from me, and tell the people who deliver the food every day to mention it."
Xiao Xiazi was also confused when she received such an order. The one who could ask the imperial kitchen to add more cakes was the emperor, right? Why did he specifically say that it was a reward from the emperor? And he had to say it every day?
Is this to make Concubine Xi feel grateful for the great grace from Heaven?
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