She always plays cards out of the ordinary

When Zhen Huan saw Jin Xi refused, she gave it twice, but Jin Xi took it neither time. Zhen Huan saw Jin Xi being so polite and didn't know if she really didn't understand or just wanted to get away from her.

At this time, Liuzhu came in and wanted to pull Jinxi aside to talk to her in private, and Zhen Huan couldn't stop her.

***

After the first month of the year, the weather became warmer and Fucha Xinyun's belly grew bigger and bigger. It was spring and the flowers were blooming, so it was time for her mother to enter the palace.

"Xiao Mingzi, go to the Yangxin Palace and ask Eunuch Su or Xiao Xiazi if the emperor is free tonight. Zhitao, you and Xiao Zhuozi go to the kitchen to see if there are any fresh seasonal vegetables in spring. I have been eating hotpots for almost the whole winter, and I am almost like a hotpot myself. Let the kitchen stir-fry some fresh seasonal vegetables for us today."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Zhitao saw that her master rarely wanted to order food, so she immediately bowed and prepared to run to the dining room with the small table.

She just walked to the door, paused, turned around, and said, "My lady, do you need anything else?"

Fucha Xinyun shook her head, "Nothing, go ahead."

As soon as the master opened his mouth, the people below started to act. In order to avoid meeting court officials, ordinary concubines were not allowed to go to the Yangxin Palace.

Before, Lipin saw the empress dowager delivering something to the Yangxin Palace. Thinking that the emperor had not come to see her for a long time, she also asked someone to cook a bowl of longan and lotus seed soup. She went to the gate of the Yangxin Palace with her personal maid Yan'er. At that time, she happened to meet the ministers coming out of the Yangxin Palace. The two sides could not avoid each other in time, and Lipin accidentally knocked over the longan and lotus seed soup in the hands of the palace maid.

The lotus seed soup spilled onto the ground, and the soup bowl broke into pieces, all over the ground. Yinzhen was very angry, and he directly issued an order not to allow the concubines to come to the Yangxin Palace.

Also because of Lipin's behavior, if Fucha Xinyun wants to see the emperor now, she can only let the young eunuchs go through.

Xiao Mingzi was the chief eunuch of the Yanx Palace. Because Concubine Zhao was favored and pregnant, he still had some face in the palace. As soon as he arrived outside the Yangxin Palace, Xiao Xiazi came out to greet him.

"Eunuch Ming, what brings you here? You haven't been to our Yangxin Palace for a long time?"

Xiao Mingzi quickly bowed, "Eunuch Xia, it's not that I don't want to come, but something happened in the Yangxin Palace a few days ago. The emperor is very busy, and we servants dare not disturb him!"

"Hey, I just said that, but since the last incident with Lipin, there have been fewer soups and snacks sent to the Yangxin Palace, which has caused me to lose weight recently."

"Huh?" Xiao Mingzi was confused.

Seeing that he didn't understand, Xiao Xiazi remembered that he didn't know yet, so she explained: "It's just that the ladies sent too much food, and many of them didn't suit the emperor's taste, so the emperor gave us the food and drinks sent by the harem. Because of this, I feel like I've grown a lot taller."

"The ladies sent so many gifts, but you ate them all. How could the emperor feel the ladies' kindness?"

Xiao Xiazi said nonchalantly, "Hey, who the emperor favors is not determined by the taste of the soup she sends. If the emperor likes something, he will like it even if she doesn't send it to him. If the emperor doesn't like something, no matter how delicious the soup she sends him, he still won't be favored."

After saying this, Xiao Xia Zi blinked her eyes and looked at Xiao Ming Zi meaningfully. Xiao Ming Zi was right in front of her, and Xiao Xia Zi didn't dare to whisper to him about Zhao Bin. This was something that could only be understood but not expressed in words.

Xiao Mingzi suddenly realized that his own queen had never sent anything to the Yangxin Palace, whether before or after her pregnancy, Fu Cha Xinyun had never sent anything.

She didn't think that sending a soup would please the emperor. With so many gifts, how many could the emperor remember? It would be better to do the opposite, not to compete for favor in the Yangxin Palace, but to prepare some of the emperor's favorite food in the palace, which would be neither ostentatious nor show off.

The main theme is silent companionship. I love you but don’t want to be a burden to you (vomit...). When the emperor saw it, he thought she was so considerate.

What can I do? I will spoil her naturally.

Xiao Mingzi silently wrote down the news and planned to tell his master about it after returning home to make him laugh.

Then he thought about not letting the people in the Yangxin Palace misunderstand him, so he explained, "Eunuch Xia, it's not that our master doesn't care about the emperor, he's just worried that the emperor is busy with government affairs, so he doesn't dare to disturb him easily."

Xiao Xia Zi nodded quickly. He didn't mean to say anything bad about Zhao Bin just now. It was just that the words came to this point. Thinking of the emperor's emphasis on Zhao Bin, Xiao Xia Zi apologized immediately.

"Yes, yes, yes. Oh, my mouth. Sometimes, even if it's a good thing, it's easy to change its meaning after I say it. Lord Ming, please be generous and don't blame me!"

"That's not right, Eunuch Xia. In front of the emperor, I still have to rely on you a lot."

The two of them praised each other and their attitudes became more and more friendly, as if they had really become real brothers.

Seeing that the two had established a good relationship, Xiao Mingzi asked, "Eunuch Xia, Concubine Zhao specially asked the kitchen to prepare new dishes tonight. I wonder if the emperor has time to taste them tonight?"

Xiao Xiazi certainly couldn't make the decision, but that didn't stop him from flattering the emperor. "Look at what Eunuch Ming said. Concubine Zhao invited the emperor. The emperor must have time. I'll go and report it right away."

In fact, Su Peisheng had already seen Xiao Mingzi talking to her apprentice Xiao Xiazi here, but seeing that the two were chatting excitedly, she did not come over to disturb them. After all, if Zhaopin really had something urgent, Xiao Mingzi would not be like this.

At this moment, Xiao Xia Zi came over and reported Zhaopin's idea to Su Peisheng. Su Peisheng saw that there were no other ministers in the Yangxin Palace, so he went in to report.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Zhao has asked the kitchen to prepare a few fresh dishes. I would like to invite Your Majesty to come over to taste them tonight."

"Oh?"

When Yinzhen heard what Su Peisheng said, he became interested. He put down the memorial he was reading and drank a cup of spring tea at the right temperature.

"Go tell Concubine Zhao that I will be there in the evening."

When Fucha Xinyun learned that the emperor was coming over in the evening, she was also very happy. After all, not everyone could invite the emperor over at once.

Thinking of her request, she instructed Zhitao, "Go to the kitchen and ask them to cook carefully. If they do well, I will reward them. If they don't do well, I will not be the only one to punish them."

"Yes."

***

When Yinzhen was about to go to the Yanx Palace, he happened to meet An Lingrong who had returned to the palace. An Lingrong had not been summoned by the emperor since her first sleepover.

When she met the imperial carriage at this time, an idea suddenly emerged in An Lingrong's mind.