In all fairness, Wan'er's poem is not considered excellent, but this kind of ingenuity and intention is beyond the reach of ordinary people.My mother has always been kind and not obsessed with minor negligence, so I should not be too harsh on Wan'er for these small flaws, but if my mother really doesn't care about these small things, why did she ask me a special question?Normally, I would be bolder, act like a baby with my mother, and beg for mercy on Wan'er's behalf, but now Wu Minzhi is outside, Wu Min is to me to my mother, just like a marriage is to me to Li Sheng, they all It is a thorn in my heart. Whenever I want to get close to my mother and elder brother, this thorn will pierce my heart fiercely, making me have to think a little more when I encounter problems.

I hesitated again and again, but still said cautiously: "Taiping has little talent and learning, so I dare not make rash comments."

My mother's smile subsided a little, she gently stroked my forehead with her hand, and said, "It's been cold these days, is it freezing? Who is following you?"

My eyebrows twitched, and before I could intercede, I heard Wan'er softly say: "Is it because I didn't eat in the morning and I'm hungry?"

I'm actually not hungry, but now I hurriedly said: "I'm a little hungry. If there is anything to eat, Ma'am, just give me some."

My mother gave her a suspicious look, and probed my forehead, neck, and hands to make sure I didn't have a fever, and then said to Wan'er: "What do you want to eat now?"

Wan'er calmly said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Duke Zhou is eating today."

The mother nodded slightly and said: "I actually forgot that he is still outside, tell him to come in."

Wan'er looked at the palace people at the door, someone had already gone out, and came in not long ago, but the side door was open, Wu Minzhi led many foodies to come in, put out many small tables, and carried all the food boxes to the basket just now. Open it, and bring out the contents in the same way—each food box has a small stove, and dishes are placed on top of the stove, so only one or two items can be placed in a box, and the dishes, snacks and drinks offered by Wu Minzhi are worth [-]% There are more than a hundred kinds, and there are sixty or seventy food boxes alone, and there is a whole room for one meal.

When I opened it, I found that there was a delicate one made of Lingxiao broiled from only four ounces of sheep, and red meat made of pickled cherries; the rough one had sheep arm and venison; the wine had condensed milk and osmanthus spirit; , Ziying, the dim sum is various kinds of crispy cheese and cakes, the rice has soup cakes, flax cakes, and the most rare thing is that there are many fruits and vegetables such as persimmons, oranges, pears, leeks, celery, turnips, cabbage, taro, lotus root, etc. .

Wu Minzhi first gave the national salute to his mother, and when his mother called him up, he said the family salute: "My nephew has seen my aunt and second mother."

The mother glanced sideways at the dishes in the room, and said calmly: "I'm sorry to trouble you by sending these things in early in the morning. I'm afraid the cost of this plate will be the property of the middle class?"

Wu Minzhi said with a smile: "hard work and money are secondary. As long as I can make my aunt happy, it is my nephew's filial piety. My nephew also prepared two celestial horses, one hundred royal clothes, and ten boxes of jewelry to present to my aunt." .”

The mother frowned and said, "Nowadays there is a severe drought in Beijing, four hundred dollars for a bucket of rice, and hundreds of people died of starvation. As a queen, I should practice frugality and set an example for the world, but you donate these things. What is your intention?"

Wu Minzhi's complexion changed slightly, he knelt down one step at a time, and kowtowed again and again: "My nephew is confused, my nephew is just a filial piety, thinking that your Majesty will not be used to clothes and food when he comes to Ruzhou, and the severe cold this winter is worse than before. The degree is not ready, so I specially prepare food and clothing, as in the case of Gyeonggi, and it is not intentional to tarnish Your Majesty's name."

I really hated him, and when I heard that there were loopholes in his words, I said coldly beside him: "You are far away in Minzhou, how do you know the routine of taking food in the palace?" I want you, the governor of the state, to make up for it?" But I felt that my elbow was poked by someone. I resisted the urge to turn my head back and tilted my head slightly. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Wan'er shaking me very slightly. She shook her head, then closed her mouth, mother listened to me, but smiled instead, took me into her arms, looked at Wu Min, her face sank again, and said: "You will be fined half a year's salary, and your chariots and horses and clothes will be folded into pieces. Qianbo, together with the salary, should be handed over to the household department—go, think about it when you go back.”

Wu Minzhi backed out in panic, and Shang Shi wanted to take away the food he offered, but his mother pointed to the red meatballs and some pastries and said: "Keep these, take out the rest, and give them to us." Several ministers each had ten dishes, and Xu Jingzong was old, so he gave half of the fruits to him, and the rest were divided among the officials in front of the hall according to their grades."

When the people left, Fang took my hand and sat there, and the palace people brought out daily meals. There were only a dozen plates in front of my mother, and only a few plates in front of me.

Mother said: "Set up a table for Shangguan Cairen." She gave half of the things she left to me and half to Wan'er. We both thanked the Holy Grace and took our seats. Hearing mother smile and say: "Sister Si, it seems that you have something to say just now?"

I deliberately said angrily: "There is nothing to finish. Say it ten thousand times again, he is also my cousin, A Niang's nephew. We are relatives of the family, and everything we do is for A Niang's face. Take it easy."

My mother lowered her eyes and looked at the plate of mutton in front of her. Gao Yanfu hurriedly withdrew his food, bent forward, cut a thin slice for her, put it in the cake and presented it to her. Mother held the cake and looked at me. Busily scooped up a spoonful of pickled cherries and ate a big mouthful of it mixed with crisp cheese. My mother shook her head and smiled, "It doesn't look like it at all."

I laughed and said, "It's only like this in front of my mother. If there are outsiders, it will be different." While talking, I had already eaten a bowl of crispy cheese.I got up too early in the morning and was too lazy to eat, so Wei Huan filtered the soup cakes from Shangshi and mixed them with dogwood, pepper, garlic and meat sauce to make something like Lengtao, coaxing me to eat it for a while Big bowl, now I ate another bowl of crispy cheese, my stomach bloated really uncomfortable, and I hiccupped again for a while, fearing that my mother would blame me, I pursed my mouth and just endured it.

My mother obviously saw my embarrassment, stopped chopsticks, and beckoned to me: "Si, come here."

I got up slowly, and rubbed against her, my mother pulled me to sit down, and wanted to touch my stomach with one hand, I flinched and called "Aunt" with a rather shy face.My mother patted me on the head, and said somewhat seriously: "Sit down." I had to sit obediently, let her rub my belly, and heard her say to the door: "Call the person who is with the princess today." Come in."

There was a word from outside, and not long after, Wei Huan came in with two palace servants and two eunuchs bending over. Wei Huan wanted to kneel behind, but his mother directly called out: "Wei Si."

Wei Huan knelt down respectfully, walked forward on his knees, and fell on the ground, obeying his mother's orders. I saw that my mother was not happy, and was about to get up in a hurry, but was held down by her, so I had to wink at Wei Huan vigorously beside her, It's a pity that Wei Huan was arrogant and domineering in front of me, but he didn't even dare to lift his head when he was in front of his mother. I made my eyes twitch here, but she knelt there motionless. My mother asked her, "What did the princess use this morning?" She also answered honestly: "Your Majesty Qizuo, when you got up ugly, you ate a bowl of bean tea, and then a bowl of soup cakes. Before going out, you ate half a boiled chicken."

My mother squinted at me, and I argued: "I was full at first, but I was hungry again when I arrived at Auntie's place. I always felt that I should eat something." The reasonable and charming tone came out, and he simply said nonsense: "It's my fault. Now there is a severe drought, and my mother is practicing frugality, but I eat so much..." After being stared at by her mother, she stopped talking and walked forward a few steps , Kneeling in front of her mother, she couldn't help but glance at her.

My mother's face was calm, she didn't look angry or not angry, she stared at me for a moment, said nothing, just stood up slowly on her knees, I quickly stood up, and helped my mother with both hands, my mother looked at me My hand was put on my hand after a while, and I supported my mother in the posture of Li Lianying supporting Cixi, and sent her to the front hall, where several courtiers were already waiting.

Mother stopped at the door, looked at me sideways and said, "I heard that you live with Wei Si at night?"

My heart trembled, and I forced a smile and said, "The wind is so strong at night, and the whirring sound is scary. I can't sleep without anyone accompanying me."

The mother sighed, and said: "I allow you to consider the personnel affairs of this hall by yourself, so that you can learn to be strict with rewards and punishments, and establish the rules, not to let you blindly use your emotions and pamper the servants."

I had no choice but to say: "Yes." Fortunately, my mother didn't say anything to blame, but said: "There are a lot of congratulations today, so it's good to see, don't be lazy and play tricks."

I breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Ma'am."

Mother paused for a moment, then said, "Transcribe Shangguan Cairen's poems."

I was more relieved, cupped my hands and said: "Yes."

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