Imperial City

"En." The Empress Dowager pondered.

"Wei Qi." She fiddled with the agarwood beads in her hand, as if she was thinking about something.

Wei Qi's whole heart was picked up with a buoyant sound, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, his arms were limp, his lips were trembling constantly, and he wanted to say something to explain, but he didn't dare to speak indiscriminately.

What should I do? What should I do? The Empress Dowager already knows about that, so it is possible that she will die silently in this Shoukang Palace today.

Wei Qi's mind was in a mess, the fear of death had already taken away all his sanity.

"Wei Qi, have you ever blamed the emperor in your heart?" The Empress Dowager finally asked again.

Wei Qi was scared out of his wits, and quickly rolled down from the spring stool, lying on the ground, mouthing repeatedly: "I don't dare, I never dare! I have been taught by the palace rules since I entered the palace when I was eight years old. Knowing that I am a man of the Holy One, no matter what the Holy One has done, the slave will never dare to have a heart of resentment."

"En." The Empress Dowager was half-satisfied when she heard what he said, but she still couldn't believe it completely.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager had nothing to say, Wei Qi thought that he was in a dilemma now, so he might as well express his intentions.

"The slave is loyal to the Holy One. If the ancestor still can't feel at ease and fears that the slave will be dissatisfied, then please ask the ancestor to transfer the slave back to Shoukang Palace as an errand!"

"Oh"

The Empress Dowager asked: "Are you willing to give up your bright future with the emperor and come back to accompany the old woman of Ai's family?"

"I am grateful to the Empress Dowager for her kindness to me. My ancestors have taken good care of me since I was ten years old. There is no way to repay this kindness. I only wish to be with my ancestors to serve you forever! I hope my ancestors will not dislike you. stupid!"

The empress dowager was already murderous, but when Wei Qi mentioned it, she remembered that the child in front of her was actually grown up by herself, and it was not without some affection to accompany her for four years.

She hesitated, thought for a long time, and saw that Wei Qi was already drenched in sweat, and finally couldn't bear it, and said: "In that case, you should go back to Qianqing Palace first, and after a few days, Aijia will bring this matter to the emperor." I guess the emperor won't push the distance."

Wei Qi knew that this was a life he had saved, so he kept banging his head on the ground, and thanked him: "Thank you, my slave, for your success."

"That's it, that's it, let's step back." The Empress Dowager seemed extremely tired, frowning with bright sleeves, she didn't want to say any more.

Wei Qi knelt all the way out of Shoukang Palace, he walked softly back to Qianqing Palace and lay down in the ear room where he lived, clutching his chest but still feeling scared, almost, just a little bit, he stayed in the empress dowager I have been around for four years, and I know a thing or two about the temperament of my ancestors.

Today's posture is probably murderous.

If he just sits and waits to die, he is afraid that he will die immediately, but if the matter is known to the Holy One. . .If the Holy Majesty finds out, he will definitely be furious, and now he is in a dilemma, I can only hope that the Empress Dowager can persuade the Holy Majesty.

He tossed and turned on the bed restlessly, always feeling that something was wrong.

On the second day, Sheng went up and down for the morning court and happened to be thinking of paying his respects to the Empress Dowager, Wei Qi was still working in the inner study, but he was always restless, whether he could escape or not depends on today.

At this end, he was worried, but at the other end, Sheng Shangluan had just arrived at the Fuqi Palace in front of Shoukang Palace, and the leader sent a message to the little eunuch to report to Shoukang Palace early.

In the Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager was leaning on the Arhat bed and taking snuff. After hearing the report of the emperor's greetings, she was now at the Fuqi Palace, and she hurriedly asked Mother Luo to collect her things and sat down by herself. Well wait to see grandson.

"Hurry up and ask Baishan to go to the imperial dining room to bring some snacks. I want the ones that Ai's family often eats recently."

"Hey." The servants responded respectfully and started to work.

This little palace maid has just served the Empress Dowager to clean her face with a copper basin, towel, saponins, etc.

The emperor entered Changle Fuhua.

Behind him was Anxi and four eunuchs, Luanjia and other servants were waiting outside.

The emperor walked all the way to the east wing, and the eunuchs and maids on both sides of the hall knelt on the ground and saluted.

The eunuch in the Shoukang Palace stood by the door of the east wing, bowed and opened the red agate curtain, the emperor walked into the wing, walked around the twelve screens with a hundred birds facing the phoenix in front, and saw the empress dowager smiling Looking at myself.

The emperor walked up to the Empress Dowager in a few steps, lifted his hem and knelt down to pay his respects: "Grandson pays his respects to the ancestors, and the ancestors are blessed."

The Empress Dowager was very happy to see him, and now she hurriedly called people up: "The emperor, get up, get up, and sit next to Ai's family."

She sat on the edge of Arhat's bed and reached out to help him, the emperor stood up and sat down on the other side of the small kang table.

The servants in the East Wing bowed and saluted. The emperor called out, and everyone got down on their feet and continued with the errands at hand.

Wan Renxiang, the chief eunuch in charge of Shoukang Palace, led a group of court ladies to bring in tea cups, refreshments and clean hands.

Anxi waited on the emperor to wash his hands, and then stood behind him a few steps.

Seeing that the masters had run out of blessings, the maids withdrew their things and retreated.

Nanny Luo and Wan Renxiang stood behind the Empress Dowager, and several court ladies stood on their left and right, shaking round fans lightly at the iceberg in a copper basin that looked like ingots.

The rest of the servants stood against the wall with their heads bowed and waited for orders after cleaning up. After tossing for a while, the east wing room stopped.

"In this hot day, the emperor came to visit Ai's house. It's been a long journey. Don't be greedy for coolness when it's just hot. Drink some warm tea to cool down the heat. There is an ice basin in the room. Wait a while It will cool down."

"What the ancestors said is true." The emperor respectfully responded, picked up the teacup, lifted the lid and took a few sips of the Tieguanyin in it.

"The emperor has a taste of this almond cold cake, as well as rose marinated cheese cake, a new pattern made by the imperial dining room. The Ai family can eat it these days."

The Empress Dowager pointed to the seven or eight plates of snacks on the kang table, and said warmly to the emperor.

The old ancestor was coaxing himself like a child. The emperor thought it was funny, and he didn't want to touch the empress dowager's face: "The old ancestor still remembers that his grandson likes to eat rose marinated and almond-flavored desserts?"

A little smile appeared on the emperor's face: "Anxi."

Anxi responded, walked from behind to the kang table and knelt down, took a white jade bowl inlaid with gemstones inlaid with gold, and used silver chopsticks to hold two pieces of rose marinated cheese cake and almond glutinous rice cake, and handed it to the emperor over his head.

The almond glutinous rice cake is made into a cube with a length, width and height of about three centimeters. It is crystal clear like a high-quality mutton jade, and a thin layer of almonds are sprinkled on the top. It looks soft and waxy. In summer, even looking at it makes people feel a bit cooler.

The rose marinated cheese crisp is specially made into a small rose shape. The rose dew is bright red, and the cheese crisp is porcelain white. It is really beautiful when mixed together. You can smell the rich fresh milk fragrance even before you eat it. Fragrance with roses.

The emperor took a small silver spoon from the vermilion nanmu tray held by the little eunuch beside him. The handle of the silver spoon was engraved with exquisitely carved summer lotus patterns.

He has slender fingers, but he doesn't look awkward while holding such a delicate little silver spoon.

The emperor took Anxi's hand and first slowly scooped up half a piece of almond glutinous rice cake and ate it. It was cool and glutinous, but it was not bad.

He swallowed the glutinous rice cake carefully, took a sip of tea and went to taste the cheese cake. The taste was delicious and clear, crisp and delicious, sweet and sour. The emperor took a sip, took another sip, put down the silver spoon Eat more.

The lord of a country, how can he eat these snacks that his daughter's family loves, even if he likes it, he can't reveal it.

"Very good, these things made by the Imperial Dining Room are getting more and more refined, they should be rewarded."

The people in this room seemed to be dutifully lowering their heads and not daring to look at him, but in fact they all put their eyes and ears on him.

The empress dowager was also happy to see that he liked him, and ordered Wan Renxiang to reward the dim sum chef in the imperial dining room, and Wan Renxiang responded.

After the emperor had some snacks, Anxi helped him wash his hands, and then the grandparent and grandson began to talk seriously.

The emperor said: "Grandson seldom comes to see our ancestors these days. It's really unfilial. How is everything going on with our ancestors?"