[Qing Chuan] The Empress Dowager Raising Cubs Daily

Qishou, Longxi and Yongqian returned home in defeat.

Qiqige had expected it a long time ago, after all, Xiaoju No. [-] is mighty and domineering, how can the three of them imitate it?

Of course, seeing their confident faces, Qiqige was not ashamed to say it directly.It's just that although she doesn't say anything, she has been preparing items to appease them since yesterday.

It was the tea egg that I hadn't eaten last time.

Use bay leaves, cumin, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, and good black tea. After the low soup boils the black tea to a natural and clear color, clean it and gently crack a broken egg. Put it in, bring to a full boil over low heat and simmer.

Soak overnight, then simmer lightly.

The egg absorbs the essence of the soup, which is the most delicious moment.

Pouting Qishou, Longxi and Yonggan looked at the eggs, poking them back and forth.Slowly, they peeled back the shells, revealing smooth, marbled eggs.

Qi Shou took a bite.

The strong tea fragrance bounces between the lips and teeth, and the smooth and tender egg white and thick egg yolk spread the taste. Even if only five kinds of spices are used, the fragrance is strong enough and heavy, and it is hard to dissipate after a long time.

Qi Shou, Long Xi and Yong Gan smacked their lips.

If one is not enough, get another one.

Qi Shou carefully peeled the shell of the egg.

But soon he frowned, feeling that the touch of his fingertips was weird.Qi Shou's face wrinkled into a ball: "Huh—is this a broken egg?"

"broken?"

"Yi——" Qi Shou took another look, his eyes widened immediately, and he screamed in fright: "This is, what is this!?"

He let go of his little hand, and the whole egg fell into the bowl.

Qiqige looked up and raised her eyebrows: "Oh! Why is there a living bead here?"

"Live, live beads...?"

"Well." Qiqige dragged the whole thing out with chopsticks, "This is a half-grown chick. If it continues to hatch, it will become a chick."

Qi Shou turned pale with fright.

Longxi and Yonggan's hands also froze in place, staring at the eggs in front of them in horror, each with teary eyes: "Then we, then shall we eat the chicken?"

"No, no, no... Most eggs won't have them, only fertilized ones will." Qiqige shook her head, "Here are all picked up by you yesterday, and some of them may have been hatched by hens for a few days .”

After speaking, Qiqige slowly peeled off the remaining eggshells.

Qi Shou cupped his face in horror: "Emperor Niang, you—"

Qiqige picked up the live beads and slowly brought them to her mouth.

Longxi and Yonggan were already hugging each other and trembling, Qishou cried and held Qiqige's hand at the same time: "Wooooow, you can't eat chicks, the chicks are so pitiful."

"But... is it already ripe?"

"..." Qi Shou, who had been beaten so badly, took a step back, blinking his eyes, tears gradually welling up in his eyes: "Woo..."

Those who didn’t know thought they were eating three of them!

Qiqige silently put down her hands and put the live beads back into the bowl.She stood up holding the small bowl: "Then let's go and bury the chick together?"

Qishou, Longxi and Yongqian burst into laughter instantly.

They walked behind Qiqige with short legs, and the group walked out of the palace, holding the funeral in the courtyard with a serious face.

After this round, the three of them also regained their spirits.

Qiqige was sitting on a rocking chair, flipping through books, patting the cats by the way, and Qishou, Longxi, and Yonggan, who usually come to watch the cats, did not respond today, and they were all out of their minds. .

Soon Qishou ran out.

And then Long Xi also slipped out.

In the end, even Yongqian trotted out.

Qiqige closed the books.

She raised her eyes to look outside the door, and told the people around her: "Go and see, what the hell are they doing?"

Uzhina went quickly and came back very quickly.

She said with a strange face: "The three elder brothers went to the dining room, and the eunuch in the dining room said—"

"They stole the eggs?"

"...Yes, yes. How did the master know?"

"As far as what they think in their heads, the Ai family certainly knows."

Qiqige lowered her head and continued to read, complaining while reading: "They must want to hatch chicks by themselves after seeing the live beads!"

"Then this..."

"Let them go, wait a few days if the chicks don't hatch, Aijia thinks they will give up." Qiqige replied calmly, and even asked Uzhina to explain: "Qi Shou, Long Xi and Yongqian is still young, some curiosity is also a good thing, let the concubines pretend they didn't see it."

Qishou, Longxi and Yongqian are full of confidence.

They first went to watch the process of mother chickens hatching eggs, carefully learned the hatching posture, and then worked hard like old hens in their nests, and seriously started the big business of hatching eggs.

In the next few days, the actions of the three of them also changed slightly.

For example, they started to stay in bed frequently, and the egg-stealing that they used to like in the past came to an end, so that the big cock has been a little listless recently, and has lost its previous energy.

Another example is that the weather is not that cold yet, so the three of them have to wrap themselves in three layers of clothes and walk with their bellies swaying like ducklings, so that Fu Quan, Chang Ning, Gong Yu and Duan Min all took turns to visit and ask if they were okay. Said, and even made a small report in front of Qiqige.

As for Xiao Kangxi, he directly invited the imperial doctor.

He sighed and said, "Qi Shou, Long Xi, and Yong Gan are pretty stupid to begin with, wouldn't they become even more stupid if they got wind, cold and high fever and burned their brains?"

Qiqige burst out laughing.

As for Tang Jinggege and others who heard that the emperor had hired an imperial doctor to examine Qishou, Longxi, and Yonggan, after hearing what the little emperor said, they covered their faces and turned away after they had just walked to the door.

Looking at the reactions of the three mothers and concubines, Xiao Kangxi became more and more puzzled.

Qiqige touched her nose and coughed lightly: "Emperor, actually Qishou, Longxi and Yonggan... are they doing serious business?"

Then don't use a questioning tone!

Seeing Xiao Kangxi's strange expression, Qiqige hastily told the whole story clearly, and she said optimistically: "Thinking about it, what if the chicks can really be hatched?"

Little Kangxi: "...Really?"

Why didn't he believe what the Queen Mother said?

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether Xiao Kangxi and others believe in each other, but Qi Shou, Long Xi and Chang Ning think that they will be able to hatch chicks.

They are diligent and hardworking, serious and careful.

It's a pity that the restless Longxi dropped the egg while running and jumping, and it turned into a broken egg, and Hou Yongqian also expressed frustration that when he woke up, he found that the egg had been squashed.

Qi Shou's Dandan is the last hope of the three.

Qi Shou cared for the eggs, and soon he found that his eggs had changed, the color became dull, and there were some cracks on the surface.

Perhaps a chick is about to be born?

Qi Shou couldn't hide his excitement, and specially called Longxi and Yonggan to come together to look forward to the birth of the chick cub.

The three of them hid under the quilt, Qiqi looked at Eggy.

Longxi sniffled and tilted his head in confusion: "Sixth brother, eighth brother, do you smell any stinky smell?"

"Hmm... Seventh Brother? Could it be you farting?"

"Seventh brother stinks!" Yonggan pinched his nose and said in a low voice.

Long Xi's face was turning blue.

He glared at Qishou and Yonggan angrily: "It's not me, it's you?"

"It's you!"

"It's not me!"

The three of them were fighting in bed.

It's just that the smell didn't subside and dissipate, but gradually became stronger.It is said that the smell before is still acceptable to human beings, but the smell now... If the fart is so smelly, I have to call the imperial doctor.

Qi Shou couldn't take it anymore and lifted the quilt.

Chang Xi, the little eunuch who was dozing off on the stool at the foot of the bed, jumped up and leaned forward: "Master—huh?"

Chang Xi was a young eunuch who served Qi Shou.

Different from the maids and maids selected from the coats of the Eight Banners, the eunuchs came from humble and poor backgrounds, and there were not a few of them who raised chickens and herded cattle, including Chang Xi.

He lifted the gauze curtain and sniffed, and immediately got the answer.

Chang Xi looked at Sixth Brother's expression, and said cautiously: "Master...your eggs seem...seem to be stinky!"

Qi Shou rolled his eyes.

He didn't bother to ask Chang Xi how he knew he had eggs, but looked nervously at his precious eggs.

No way?I obviously worked very hard to incubate the eggs!

Qi Shou looked at the egg with tears in his eyes, and unbelievingly peeled off a little bit of the eggshell.

There is still an eggshell at the beginning, and the smell is only a little bit.

The moment the egg shell was broken, the stink bomb also exploded on the tip of Qi Shou's nose.The strong stench made Qi Shou dizzy, and his body shook, and the foul-smelling egg liquid also spilled out after shaking his body.

The stench spread quickly.

Qi Shou swayed, and finally collapsed on the bed weakly.Longxi and Yongqian were attacked by the stench at close range, their eyes went dark, and they shouted: "Help—!"

Chang Xi's face turned pale with fright, and his screams tore through the sky.

The palace guards in the yard were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat, and they all rushed to the sixth prince's bedroom.But as soon as they opened the door, the stench that hit their faces blinded their eyes, and they were barely able to resist it.

Help, help!

Shouts and urgent cries instantly broke the silence of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Qiqige was also awakened from her sleep.

She opened her eyes in bewilderment: "Well... what, what's the matter?"

"Master, something happened!"

"What happened!?" Qiqige immediately woke up.

"According to the palace man's report, it is said that the sixth elder brother fainted!"

"What!?" Qiqige's complexion changed drastically, she sat up hastily, put on a brocade cloak and went out.

Qiqige was still thinking while walking.

The child was fine when he had dinner, so why did he faint all of a sudden?Could it be that my golden finger made a mistake?Thinking of this, Qiqige became even more worried, and turned her head to tell the people around her: "Restrain all the palace servants who serve the sixth elder brother, and don't lose people."

Tana respectfully said yes.

Sixth elder brother's accident made the atmosphere of the entire Compassionate Palace extremely tense, and the palace people couldn't hide their fear and worry.

Qiqige strode into the courtyard.

Even after a long distance, she could smell the strong smell of rotten eggs, Qiqige covered her mouth and nose, and at the same time her heart skipped a beat.

Where does the smell of rotten eggs come from?

It can't be hydrogen sulfide, can it?Qiqige rushed towards Qishou, Longxi and Yonggan.What surprised and puzzled her was that Goldfinger didn't respond at all, and was as quiet as if she had never existed.

What is this-

Chang Xi stepped forward in a hurry: "Report to the Empress Dowager, this smell is... is... rotten eggs!"

Qiqige was slightly taken aback.

Immediately, she finally remembered the good deeds that Qishou and the other three had done recently, the panic between her brows and eyes faded away, and the corners of her mouth twitched lightly.

Qiqige was angry and funny at the same time.

She looked at the three pitiful people with red eye circles, not to mention sympathy and pity, and felt that her hands were itching badly, and she wanted to hit something elastic and soft :)