The Manchu and Han Banquets in Qing Dynasty

, the master should be back in a while. "

Haizhu: "We know, thank you, father-in-law." She gave the little eunuch an ingot of silver, and the little eunuch happily let them in.

After entering, Zixiu discovered that it was a dark room. There was only a table and a stool in the dark room. Rong Ruo was sitting on the stool, thinking about something.His face looked haggard, as if he hadn't eaten for a long time.

"Rong Ruo." Zixiu walked over and called him.

Rong Ruo raised his head, and it took him a while to recognize who he was. Rong Ruo said happily, "Zixiu, why are you here? Have you recovered from your illness?"

"I'm already healed, why are you looking like this... are you starving?" He took out the silk handkerchief with snacks wrapped in his arms, and said, "Eat something."

Rong Ruo shook his head and said: "I can't eat it, it would be bad if the emperor finds out."

"It's only us here, no one will know, there are still two days, how can you survive without eating?" Zixiu was anxious, looking at Rong Ruo's appearance, he might not have even touched the water.

Rong Ruo still shook his head, he gently pushed Zixiu's hand away, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I can bear it, Zixiu, you should go back quickly, Ama will be back in a while."

"But……"

"Brother Zixiu, the young master is right, let's come back tomorrow." Haizhu persuaded, she also couldn't bear it, she also tried to persuade Rong Ruo to eat, but it didn't work.

None of them dared to disobey the emperor's order, they would only harm Rong Ruo if they continued to stay here.

"Then I'll come see you tomorrow, Rong Ruo, you must persevere, you know?" Zixiu said while holding his hand.Rong Ruo's hands are beautiful, with slender knuckles, dry and warm, comfortable to hold.

Rong Ruo nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Zixiu glanced at him again, turned around and left resolutely, he was going to ask the emperor to let Rong Ruo go.Not eating or drinking for three days, even hardened people can't stand it.

It's just that he didn't expect that just as he walked out of this door, he saw Kangxi standing not far away looking at him.

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Zixiu was taken aback, he didn't understand why Kangxi was here, but Haizhu reacted quickly and immediately knelt down to pay Kangxi his respect.She gently tugged on Zixiu's sleeve, and Zixiu quickly knelt down and said "Good luck, Your Majesty".

Kangxi's expression was not good, and Nalan Mingzhu next to him was even more helpless and anxious. Now it's all right, maybe the emperor will punish Rong Ruo again.

Kangxi walked up to Zixiu and asked, "Are you here to see Nalan Rongruo?"

"Back to the emperor, the servant is here to see him." Zixiu said truthfully.

"Oh, how did it look?"

"Slave...read it, and was about to go back..." Zixiu straightened his body, and the things in his arms suddenly fell out, Haizhu secretly yelled, it was Zixiu's silk handkerchief wrapped in snacks.

The package rolled towards Kangxi's feet with a grunt, but luckily it scattered away, and the snacks fell on the floor.

Zixiu clenched his lower lip, knowing that he was finished this time.Nalan Mingzhu almost covered her eyes, not wanting to watch the next scene.

Kangxi bent down to pick up a piece of pastry, and said, "Golden cake? It turns out that Zixiu brought him food. I remember saying yesterday that Nalan Rongruo would not be able to eat for three days, right?"

His tone was tepid, flat as if he was chatting, but everyone knew that he was angry.

Zixiu murmured: "Slave...it's the fault of the slave. Rong Ruo didn't eat. If the emperor wants to punish him, he should punish the slave." He really wanted to slap himself, because the pastry fell out of nothing.

Kangxi threw the golden cake on the ground, and everyone trembled, only to hear him snort coldly, and said: "Did you forget everything you said before? Just kneel here and let me reflect on it, there is no such thing as me." Order, don't let him get up." He glanced at Haizhu again, and said, "You still don't want to go back, do you want to kneel with him?"

Haizhu shivered, knelt down, and hurried out.

Zixiu knelt on the spot alone, not daring to move. Kangxi walked around in front of him a few times and said, "Kneel aside, don't block the way."

Zixiu knelt to the side again, Kangxi glanced at him, turned and walked to the front hall.He was afraid that he would not be able to bear it if he stayed here any longer, and would change his mind and let Zixiu get up.

The summer sun was scorching hot, and Zixiu's face was covered with sweat. Zixiu knelt there, not daring to move, letting the sweat run down his cheeks.Looking at the golden cake thrown away by Kangxi, he felt sad for a while.

He still remembered that he swore to Kangxi, saying: "I will never lie to you again, I will only treat you wholeheartedly..." But he felt that this time was not cheating, after all, they just went out to swim in the lake... Seeing Kangxi send food to Rong Ruo, that was a last resort.

No, he shook his head, even if he had to, it was a kind of deception. When he made this decision, he only thought about how he could help Rong Ruo, and never thought about what would happen if Kangxi knew about it.

But...he can't just watch Rong Ruo suffer, it's not Rong Ruo's fault alone.

Zixiu's heart was in a mess, he didn't know what was right and what was wrong, he thought, he really needed to kneel here and think carefully.

Not long after, his clothes were completely soaked with sweat, the sweat slid down his cheeks to his chin, and then dripped to the ground, even the little eunuch guarding Rong Ruo's door couldn't bear it.Zixiu just felt dizzy, then his vision went dark and he fell down.

When he woke up again, he found himself lying on his bed, the room was empty, looking lonely and lifeless.He struggled to get up, feeling his throat was terribly dry, and lifted the teapot to look, only to find that it was empty.

He frowned helplessly, thinking that Kangxi really ignored him this time.If it was before, Kangxi would definitely send someone to diagnose and treat him, and send someone to take care of him.With a wry smile, he fell on the bed and continued to sleep.

After a while, the door was pushed open, and Zixiu heard someone ask, "Zixiu, are you awake?"

It was Master's voice.

He got up and saw that Cheng Li was holding a bowl of medicine in his hand, which was still hot and smoking.His heart was moved, and he shouted: "Master..." But he didn't know what to say.

Cheng Li sat by the bed, touched his head, and said, "Hurry up and drink the medicine, you still have a fever, and now you have heatstroke, alas, you child, why don't you take care of your body?" ?”

Zixiu was so moved that he wanted to cry, took the medicine bowl from Cheng Li's hand, and drank it up in a few sips.

Cheng Li said: "Let's take a rest, I'll bring you something to eat later, don't think so much, you know?"

"En." Zixiu nodded, although the master didn't say anything, he knew that Kangxi must still be angry.Perhaps, he thought, this apology was useless.

When he woke up the next morning, he felt much better and his throat was no longer dry. It seemed that yesterday's medicine had indeed worked.He didn't dare to go to Rongruo's place, nor to the emperor's place, so he went to the imperial dining room again.

"Hey, isn't this Lin Yuchu? You won't be serving Concubine Hui and the Emperor today?" A sharp voice came, Zixiu looked and found that it was Hesheli Xuesong who was fighting with him.

Zixiu knew that he was making fun of him, so he was not angry, and said, "The concubine Hui and the emperor are served."

"Oh, so to speak, they dislike you and don't want you anymore? Sigh, you are really not sure about this person. Lin Yuchu, who used to be so beautiful, is now despised by others. Hehe, no one can tell Believe it." Hesheli Xuesong yelled angrily, attracting many royal chefs and eunuchs to come and see.

Zixiu felt very uncomfortable, but he couldn't walk away directly.

Then he heard someone chime in, "Isn't it? I heard that Lin Yuchu got sunburned while kneeling in the sun yesterday, tsk tsk, I don't know if it's real or fake."

Another person said: "Look at Lin Yuchu's delicate skin and tender meat, you must be really dizzy."

Zixiu knew that they were teasing him, and since he was stupid, he definitely couldn't tell them, so he wanted to leave, and he said, "I'm sorry, please let me go."

"Where does Lin Yuchu want to go, to sue? The emperor is afraid that he won't see you, do you think you are still Lin Zixiu who was favored before? Let me tell you, you are no longer, you are just the lowest dog, who I even look down on you." Xuesong said more and more vigorously, and finally even poked Zixiu's head with his finger.

Zixiu's face was flushed, and he was about to say something when he suddenly heard a stern voice: "What are you doing here? Why don't you go back to cook! Can you afford to delay dinner later?"

Everyone dispersed, leaving only Zixiu standing there in a daze.Cheng Li walked up to him and said, "You should go back quickly, and come to work in the imperial dining room when you recover from your illness. Don't think about the rest."

"Master," Zixiu yelled aggrievedly, and said, "I don't care what they say, but when I think that the emperor ignores me, I'm really sad. I don't want to rely on the emperor to get anything, I just ... I feel very happy chatting with him, I think we are friends."

Cheng Li covered his mouth and said: "How can you say such a thing? What if someone else hears it? My friend...don't say that you want to be friends with the emperor again, you understand?"

Zixiu nodded, and said, "I won't say any more. I was wrong. I'm just an ordinary little royal chef. I won't think about these things in the future."

"It's good that you can think so, well, go back quickly."

Zixiu returned to his room in a dull mood, and began to reflect on the time he spent with Kangxi. He felt that Kangxi cared about him, but he didn't know whether Kangxi regarded him as a friend.He thought, maybe Kangxi just regarded him as someone to chat with when he was bored.

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