Wangfu Shenyuan

No matter how chaotic the palace is, Piaoxiangyuan still closes its doors and lives its own life.Except that the steward and the captain are busier than before, these subordinates are still the same as before, working at night, sleeping during the day, and gossiping together when they wake up.

Xia An hugged the dog and met with the prince a few more times. As usual, he didn't say anything. Xia An took the cake and walked back.The snow stopped, and the days when the snow was cleared were colder than when it was snowing. Every time Xia An went out, he would wear round clothes, and the place where he met the prince was changed to a small stone house, which was much warmer than outside.

Sometimes Xia An arrives early and just sits on the stone bench and reads a book.There are many more books on the stone shelf besides the four he put on it, almost filling up the entire stone shelf.There are many kinds of books, including Confucian classics, astronomy and geography, and miscellaneous notes and essays.Xia An looked carefully, there were no books about breaking sleeves and dividing peaches.

If the prince had arrived early, there would be a cheerful brazier burning inside the house, using high-quality silver charcoal, without any smoke.In this way, when Xia An went in, his whole body would be warmed up.The prince also likes making tea very much, and it will satisfy him when he is in a good mood.According to Xia An, the prince is in the same mood every time he makes tea.

There is usually nothing to say between the two, but if the prince doesn't let go, Xia An can only be obedient.Once, Xia An dozed off while holding the "miracle doctor", and fell straight forward.The prince, who was originally reading a book on the bed, caught someone who was about to come into close contact with the stone slab.

"Well, ah." Xia An woke up, and found himself huddled in the arms of the prince, and suddenly felt his cheeks burning like a brazier: "Damn it, damn it." Xia An struggled to stand up.

Rong Li let go of him, glanced at him, and asked, "How can you fall asleep while standing up, your work in Piaoxiangyuan is very tiring?"

"No." Xia An shyly said: "The slave's work is not tiring at all, and he can sleep in the middle of the night." Xia An didn't want to say any more, but the prince still stared at him with questioning eyes , I had to confess honestly: "The weather turned cold, and I didn't sleep very well."

"En." Rong Li responded lightly.

Just when Xia An thought nothing was wrong, Rong Li suddenly said: "Do you still remember those two people, the two who wanted to kill the king?" Xia An remembered the first time he met the prince in the back mountain this year, No matter what, the prince found fault with him, and he suddenly felt sweating through his heavy clothes.

"I don't remember clearly," Xia An hesitated.I don't remember it, and I don't remember it.Xia An had no choice but to compromise.

"If you were this king, how would you deal with the two of them?"

Xia An was stunned and said, "Hasn't the lord dealt with those two?"

"Hmph." Rong Li snorted coldly, and looked Xia An up and down with unkind eyes.Poor Xia An was shocked by what he saw, so he tactfully found the prince a step down: "The prince is wise, he must be trying to find out who is behind the scenes, so he didn't startle the snake."

"En." Rongli nodded, looked at Xia An and waited for him to continue.

Xia An was a little embarrassed, what else did he ask him to say. "My lord, one of the two is a cook. Is there something wrong with my lord's meal?"

"This king has stopped eating meals in the palace since half a year ago."

"Then you haven't eaten all the time?" It's so pitiful, the prince who can't even eat enough.

Rong Li said: "This king can go out to eat." The imperial palace and the brothel are the two places he often goes to eat.When going out of the palace, they can also pack and bring back cakes to eat when the palace is not going out, but most of these cakes were given to Xia An.

"Then the manager?" Xia An still remembered that the two said that they should test the waters with the manager first.

"It's all right with him."

Xia An couldn't hold back and said: "Your lord, just tell the slaves directly if you have anything. The slaves are dull, and it's hard for the lord to guess one or two ten-thousandths of it."

Rongli was proud, and called Xia An to the stone table: "Come and see." He took out two pastries and placed them side by side.Put the "miracle doctor" on the table, put it in front of the two pastries, and pat the "miracle doctor" on the head. The "miracle doctor" sniffed the pastry on the left, opened his mouth and ate it.He went to sniff the pastry on the right again, sniffed for a long time, but didn't eat it, just stretched out his paws and looked at Rongli with watery eyes.

"In the future, if you smell something you can't eat, you have to see him." Rong Li turned the head of the "miracle doctor" to Xia An's side.Xia An opened his mouth wide and found his own voice after a while: "Could it be that this pastry is poisonous? No wonder it is called 'Miraculous Doctor'." This is not in line with the prince's habit of choosing names.

Rong Li smiled but said nothing, he also wanted to see if Xia An could take on this matter, if he could, he would tell him to do it, if not, then let him stay far away, with the principle of not getting hurt.Rongli hoped that Xia An would have this ability, after all heroes cherish heroes.

"...The lord wants the slave to test the swill, which portion is poisonous?"

Rongli nodded, it turned out that he was not stupid, but rather smart. "I don't know which cook did it?"

Xia Anwei wondered: "But the swill is packed in buckets. Even if the slaves test out which bucket is poisonous, it is still difficult to determine which dish came from it, and finally find out which chef did it?"

"It's just difficult, not impossible." Rong Li stretched out his hands: "Ten days, I believe that in ten days you will be able to find out which chef is killing me, and bring his dishes to this stone house."

Xia An now finally understands why the prince asked him to raise a "miracle doctor".The reason why the prince wants to meet him from time to time is not to watch the dog, but to test whether he can take on this important task.He shouldn't have underestimated the prince, thinking that he is a playful playboy.In the past, I clearly knew what the prince was hiding, but once I got in touch with the prince, I was easily confused by his cruel appearance.

Calculating further forward, it is possible that his transfer from the Sienyuan to the Piaoxiangyuan was planned by the prince.Because the time is exactly one year, which is the time limit that the person said to be poisoned.

Xia An pursed her lips and thought, the prince not only has far-reaching schemes, but also has excellent endurance. He actually endured it for another half a year before making a move.The prince's actions showed that either his opponent was very strong, so strong that even if his life was threatened, he would not dare to question him loudly and fight back, or the prince did not just want to find out the people behind the scenes, but wanted more.

Agreeing to the prince is tantamount to causing trouble for the upper body, and may even bring danger to his life.Failure to do so is tantamount to death.He knew the prince's plan, no matter how generous the prince is, he would not make fun of his own safety, let alone the prince is definitely a small-hearted person.

"Okay, the servant obeys. But will ten days..."

Rong Li squinted his eyes: "Ten days is too long, five days will be fine, I don't want to live a hard life where I can see but not eat."

"Ten days later, the servant will definitely complete the task." Xia An picked up the "miracle doctor" and was about to leave. He didn't want to cause any more trouble.

Before going out, Xia An suddenly said to himself: "No wonder the lord always feeds pastries to the dogs, so the 'miracle doctor' is trained like this." Angry Rongli wanted to hit him on the head with pastries.

In the middle of the night, the swill was transported back to the Piaoxiangyuan, and everyone yawned and wanted to go back to rest.In the middle of the night, the third team came back to carry away the swill, and the buckets would be brought back by dawn. Everyone slept until the afternoon, and after eating, they began to wash the buckets.Both Xiao Jin and Xia An don't need to brush, because Xiao Jin is the one who checks whether the bucket is dry, and Xia An is the one who doesn't go out until night because of the support of the team leader and Xiao Jin.

Xia An waited for everyone to leave, and before the third team came, they carried the "magic doctor" to identify the swill.Pushing the dog's nose to the side of the bucket, the "miracle doctor" turned his head away in disgust, and kicked his hind legs wildly, trying to struggle to escape Xia An's control, and he still looked obedient and obedient in front of the prince.Xia An can be regarded as seeing its true nature, it is a master who bullies the weak and fears the hard.

Picking up the dog's ears, Xia Anyin threatened with a smile: "If you don't cooperate, I'll take you to take a snow bath tomorrow." The "miracle doctor" may not understand, but the pain of being pulled by the ears is still real I really felt it, tears filled my aggrieved eyes, and I stretched my nose to smell it.

When Xia An saw its pitiful appearance, her heart softened.But you have to wait for it to finish doing it honestly with a cold face, otherwise the dog will stick its nose in the face and absolutely refuse to give you a good job.

The "miracle doctor" finally sniffed out two barrels with unusual smells.Xia An covered her mouth and nose with a cloth, rolled up her sleeves, and reached into the swill bucket. The "miracle doctor" yelled in disgust, turned and ran away.

Before the third team came, Xia An wrote down the materials in the two swill buckets one by one, and compared them, there were 23 identical materials.He engraved these 23 kinds of hard work in his mind, cleaned up again, yawned and went to the bathroom to take a shower.The work done in Piaoxiangyuan is dirty, so it is very convenient to take a bath, and there is a large bathtub.In the middle of the night and in the afternoon, two pools of hot water will be boiled. Xia An likes to be clean, so in the middle of the night, when everyone is sleepy or working, she is the first to run to the bath to take a bath.

Soaking in the hot water, Xia An carefully considered the 23 ingredients, but they were common ingredients, and it was hard to tell where they came from.However, there are more than 100 cooks in the dining room of the palace, and each cook only needs to cook a few of his best dishes, and other dishes are not allowed to be presented to the prince for tasting.The prince was so extravagant and wasteful that he had to eat 180 dishes every time, which was more than the emperor's.The servants of Tingfengyuan can be full as long as they eat the prince's rice.Therefore, Xia An only needs to collect a few more days to see which ingredients that have been found out will be left in the end, and then he can find out which chef in the dining room uses these ingredients every time he cooks.

Not long after soaking, I heard footsteps outside.Xia An sighed, and quickly turned his face away to put on his clothes, took out a small bottle of firewood ash from his sleeve, and smeared it on his face.When he turned around again, the visitor had already arrived and was taking off his clothes. Xia An greeted the person with a smile, and then went back to the room.

As the weather got colder, he liked to take a bath more and more.Usually his team came back early, and his teammates were too lazy to wash in the middle of the night, so he ran alone in the clean pool for an hour without anyone.When the water in the first pool started to cool slightly, someone else came in to take a bath, and Xia An immediately put on his clothes and went out.

Xia An is not used to being seen by others, especially in the obscene palace.

After collecting for three or four days, it was reduced to eleven kinds.When Xia An went to see the prince again, he wanted to report it.But the prince didn't mean to ask him at all, instead he showed no concern about this matter, and ignored Xia An's suggestive beginning.Xia An thought it better not to talk about it, and wait a few days to see, in case something goes wrong, don't wrong anyone.

Now the prince stopped making tea and started bringing wine to drink.There are two kinds of wine, one is very strong and cracked burning knife, for the prince to drink by himself, and the other is sweet and delicious sweet-scented osmanthus brew for Xia An to drink.According to the prince, this is to ensure that he does not suffer from typhoid fever, so that he does not miss the business.Xia An happily hugged the wine jar, it's not bad to get such a benefit from doing business for the prince, of course, it would be even better if it could be exchanged for money.

At first, Xia An thought that the two of them were drinking the same wine, and that the prince disliked him and did not want to drink the same pot with him.Later, once the prince went out for convenience, he quietly sniffed the prince's wine jar, the smell was choking to death.Reluctantly took a sip, he was still coughing desperately when the lord came back.

Rong Li knew what bad things he had done, so he didn't point it out, and let him be petty.The wind has been blowing more and more violently these few days, so I wanted to let him drink to keep him warm. I didn't dare to let him drink strong wine, so I picked the sweet-scented osmanthus brewed by the palace to drink for him. Who would have thought that this little thing was dishonest, and wanted to Stealing his strong drink.

"Next time we meet, you will bring the things here." Rong Li said after swallowing a sip of wine.

"Well, I remember." Xia An imitated the prince and gulped down a mouthful of sweet-scented osmanthus wine.The prince's drinking is very different from his father's drinking, it has a chic and unrestrained taste.

"The king will bring someone over next time." Rong Li said calmly.

Xia An quickly raised his eyes to look at the prince, and saw that his expression was normal, and his heart pounded. What does it mean to bring someone over here? Do you want to bring a killer over to kill him?Probably not, Xia An shook his head, the prince wants to kill him as easy as crushing an ant, why bother to use other people's hands.

Rong Li shuddered in front of Xia An's forehead, and scolded with a smile: "Head shaking again." Xia An covered his forehead and looked at the prince strangely, where did his head shake, why did he shake his head?

The weather was getting gloomy again, Xia An raised his head, looking forward to a heavy snowfall, preferably the kind of snow as big as a goose feather, after only a while, the earth will be covered with snow, like a fairy.

After lunch, Xiao Jin was annoyed by Xia An's private affairs, so he ran out and said that he was looking for their leader.Xia An curled the corners of his mouth, but he had no intention of laughing, and straightened his face stiffly. While grooming the dog in front of the house, he read the book he had stolen from the stone house.

Suddenly, at the gate of the courtyard, a strange-looking boy poked his head in, saw Xia An, and asked, "Is there a servant named Xia An living in your courtyard?"

Xia An got up: "I am Xia An, what do you want?"

"Oh, that's right. I'm the nephew of the concierge of the palace. A mother-in-law asked my uncle to bring you a bundle. Here." The servant came in and handed the bundle to Xia An.

Xia An was puzzled, how could someone outside the mansion give him something?Quickly asked: "What kind of mother-in-law is she?"

"Well, according to my uncle, she seems to be called Wang Po, and she has been to our palace before."

"Nurse." Xia An's eyes lit up, he grabbed the servant's arm excitedly, and asked, "Is she still at the gate of the palace?"

"Not here anymore." The young man said: "The mother-in-law said that she went to the capital to find a job, and she just settled down, so it's not good to delay outside, as long as I give you the things, I will meet again when I have time Not too late."

Xia An thanked him, but the boy had no intention of leaving.As soon as Xia An turned his head, he knew what the boy meant, running errands for others was not for nothing.Xia An lowered his eyes, he didn't even have a penny, how could he have money to thank others.

"You wait." Xia An went back to the room and packed two pastries, wrapped them up and left. "I'm a bit inconvenient. Here are some pastries. You have traveled half of the palace, eat some to fill your stomach."

The boy was annoyed, and thought, you know that I have traveled half of the palace to come here, yet you still want to send me away with two worthless pastries.The woman gave me a few pennies, but my uncle took it. I became the master of Baigan's work, why not!The young man flipped his hands over, and the pastry fell to the ground, then he sneered and said, "Sorry, I'm tired from running, and my hands have cramp." After saying that, he rushed away angrily.

Xia An sighed, picked up the two pastries, and carefully patted off the dust on them, feeling very sorry.Such a good pastry was ruined, save it for the "miracle doctor" to eat.

Go back to the room and open the bag, inside is a thick cotton coat with fine stitches, Xia An picked it up, it was strangely heavy.The nanny must have been worried that he would be cold and uncomfortable after arriving in the north, so she made him a whole body.With hot eyes, Xia An quickly raised his head, but the tears still fell down.

Tried it, it's a little big.The nanny overestimated how fast he would grow in the palace.When he was in Si En Yuan, he didn't grow any hair at all.It's only been less than half a year since I arrived at Piaoxiangyuan, and I've changed a lot, and the clothes I got just right are a bit too small.

The nanny's clothes are probably just right for next year.Xia An put it away happily, it felt warm to be remembered, even if she didn't wear it, she didn't feel cold anymore.

When Xiao Jin rushed in roaring, he saw Xia An laughing and shedding tears at the same time, it was very weird. "What's wrong with you, hey, whose clothes are these?"

"Mine, my nanny made it for me." Xia An unfolded it again, and now she was comparing it to Xiao Jin in front of her like a baby. "It's my favorite white. Touch it, how thick it is. If I wear it, I won't feel cold anymore."

Xiao Jin was also happy, and sat on the stone bench and asked, "Why do you still have a nanny?"

"My mother died early, so my father hired a nanny to take care of me."

Xiao Jinqiang cheered up and said, "Your nanny treats you well, you should put it on quickly."

"No, no, it's a bit big, and it hurts me to wear it to pour slops." Seeing that Xiao Jin's smile didn't reach his eyes, Xia An apologized: "Xiao Jin, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to show off." He had never seen anyone come to see Xiao Jin, so he must have felt uncomfortable.

"It's okay." Xiao Jin smiled and waved his hands. "I asked our leader, and he said he would take you, but you have to pass the test first."

"Assessment?" What a double blessing.

"It's not difficult, just do it with me twice and make no mistakes."