Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 2 cold rice balls

  The long queue lined up from Tongming Gate all the way to Yeting.

  Wen Mingtang stood at the end of the line and yawned lazily.

  A female officer in a moon-blue short pleated skirt and a bun with her hair in a bun led two maids to pass by, and she saw Wen Mingtang who was yawning at a glance.

  She stopped, said something to the maid beside her, and walked towards Wen Mingtang.

   "Woke up late?"

  Hearing the majestic female voice from behind, Wen Mingtang turned around, bowed to the handsome but solemn female officer, and called out, "Zhao Sishan."

Zhao Sishan gave a "hmm", looked up and glanced at the long line of going out of the palace, and looked at Wen Mingtang: "When it's your turn to go out of the palace, I'm afraid it will be after noon or late, and I can still catch up with my elder brother's house." Lunch?"

Wen Mingtang didn't take it seriously: "Then I won't go to Brother Si Shan's house for lunch, but an evening meal is fine." Speaking of this, the girl paused, rubbed her nose and smiled again, "Maybe Si Shan My brother's wife saw that I missed a meal, so she is so sensible, and Mushi can add a meat dish for me!"

Zhao Sishan glanced at the smiling Wen Mingtang, and interrupted her thought unceremoniously: "You are thinking beautifully! How can I not know the temperament of my brother and sister-in-law? If you want to add meat dishes, how about Cut off their flesh directly!"

  Wen Mingtang heard this, and the smile on his face deepened: "That's all! I have worked in the palace for so many years, and I have some money to find an inn in the city for a few days!"

Hearing that Wen Mingtang didn't want to rub brother Zhao Sishan's house, Zhao Sishan snorted and said, "What's the matter? If you don't go to my brother's place for a few days, how will I know the real situation at home?" ? If I don’t make preparations early, when I go out of the palace next year, I will be kicked out of the restaurant I bought with my own money?”

   Zhao Sishan entered the palace fifteen years ago. At that time, the first emperor was in power, but he was in his forties. At that time, Zhao Sishan was a young girl of only twenty-eight years old.

  The emperor is so old, but ordinary people who love their daughters will never send their daughters to the palace. After all, the daughters sent in by ordinary people's homes are palace servants who serve others, unlike those daughters of high-ranking officials and powerful ministers who enter the palace as empresses. It was a fluke to fall into the eyes of the old emperor... To be honest, at the age of the emperor, a man in his twenties was considered the right age to marry a wife, and Da Rong, who could be sixteen or eighteen, was enough to be Zhao Sishan's father. If the ordinary daughter's family is not greedy for power, who would want to be favored by the old emperor?

  It was not a good job to enter the palace, but Zhao Sishan had to enter the palace at that time. There is no other reason, and the poor in the family can't get rid of it.

  Zhao Sishan's elder brother is another useless man. Seeing that his brothers and sisters are about to die, Zhao Sishan had no choice but to enter the palace.

  Compared to his useless elder brother, Zhao Sishan is much more powerful even though she is a woman. He didn't covet the power of the old emperor, he just relied on his own ability to find a position as a secretary in the Shangshi Bureau in the palace, and instead of being regarded as a stepping stone, he made his own head, which shows how powerful Zhao Sishan is .

  The nobles in the palace rewarded generously, Zhao Sishan had money, and he never forgot his elder brother. Of course, brother will not forget her, after all, the sister who entered the palace is a money bag!

In the third year of entering the palace, Zhao Sishan's elder brother fell in love with the daughter of a shopkeeper surnamed Liu and wanted to marry him. Since he had no money, he begged Zhao Sishan, and Zhao Sishan paid him to marry him. , and then gave birth to a daughter, and couldn't afford to support her daughter, Brother Zhao Sishan came again.

  Zhao Sishan was being appreciated by nobles at that time, so he spent all his belongings and bought a small shop in Chang'an City. Although the location is not good, it is also a house in Chang'an City. Finally, several generations of the Zhao family got rid of the fate of renting a house and have a place to live.

  The small shop later became a small restaurant, and the dishes were also taught by Zhao Sishan.

"His wife was married to him by me, and I didn't let me come to the bridal chamber by myself, so I gave him the advantage," Zhao Sishan said with a serious face, but his words almost didn't make people laugh, " I bought the place where he lived, and I didn’t ask him to pay a copper coin for the rent; I also taught him the dishes in his small restaurant, and I didn’t ask him to pay a penny,” said Zhao Sishan at the end. He couldn't help but hold his forehead, and sighed, "My brother, it's more useful to catch any man with closed eyes on the street than him, so can Mrs. Liu fall in love with him? It's just because he is easy to handle, and he falls in love with me." This golden bag is all!"

Hearing this, Wen Mingtang couldn't help coughing lightly, and said solemnly: "Then Mrs. Liu, you have to sleep by yourself until Zhao Sishan is out of the palace. Wouldn't it be a big loss for you to let your brother stay for so many years?" ?”

Zhao Sishan reached out and gave her a "chestnut" on her forehead: "Come on! Don't tell me I don't like this, but I like it. She has a bitter face, a bulbous nose, and mung bean eyes. Even if you close your eyes, you can't do it. Wouldn't it be a big loss for her to sleep? If she was born like you, I can still sleep!"

The time to speak has been delayed for a long time. Seeing the two maidservants who came with her keep winking at her, Zhao Sishan gave Wen Mingtang a sharp look, and laughed and scolded: "Every time I meet you, you make me talk nonsense! Talk about this woman, talk about business!" Zhao Sishan said, "Every time these two people come to ask for money, they always look honest and honest! But I have stayed in the palace for so many years, and I have never lost sight of it. This Liu You are determined not to be friendly. You go out of the palace to live with my elder brother for two days, feel the situation in my house before leaving!"

   After Zhao Sishan said this, he snorted coldly: "They don't have to worry about food and clothing with my money, and don't even think about crossing rivers and demolishing bridges!"

  Wen Mingtang let out a "hmm".

Zhao Sishan glanced at the two palace maids who were showing signs of anxiety, walked two steps, but couldn't help turning his head to remind Wen Mingtang: "Don't forget to see Zhang Caimai, right now there are several public cooks in the city's yamen. Man, it’s a good job for the public kitchen and yamen to provide food and lodging, if you miss this village, you won’t have this shop!”

  Wen Mingtang nodded again, waved his hand at her, and said, "Don't worry Zhao Sishan, I will save it. I will definitely go to Zhang Cai to buy it, and I won't let your management fail!"

   In exchange for another remark, Zhao Sishan rolled his eyes again, and then he turned and walked towards the maidservant.

  The two maidservants looked at Zhao Sishan, who took a step and turned his head three times, and then at Wen Mingtang. One of them couldn't help but look envious: "Miss Wen is really lucky!"

   It is great luck that the female family members of offending officials who have entered the court can be protected by female officials without avoiding suspicion, and have saved a lot of trouble.

"That's not Miss Wen's luck. Miss Wen saved Zhao Sishan's life!" The other shook his head, sighed, and said, "Thank you for saving my life! Besides, Miss Wen is kind and smart, and she can win Zhao Sishan's life!" It is not surprising that Si Shan favors it."

While talking, Zhao Sishan had already returned, glanced at the two maidservants who were talking, and lost his lively look in front of Wen Mingtang, with a serious and dignified expression, and said, "Let's go!" Then he took the two maidservants and walked forward.

  Wen Mingtang watched Zhao Sishan's leaving back until he could no longer see it, then Wen Mingtang looked away and concentrated on lining up.

   This defecation lasted until noon, and my stomach made an untimely "grunt" sound.

  Hungry! Wen Mingtang rubbed his belly, touched a palm-sized rice ball from his waist, and was about to speak, but suddenly saw the queue in front of him start to evade to the palace wall spontaneously.

  Wen Mingtang didn't have time to take a bite of the rice balls, so he could only follow the team to avoid sideways, and at the same time followed everyone's eyes to look at the group of people walking in from the Tongming Gate.

   What I saw was a group of officials. There was a little red in the green bushes, Wen Mingtang's eyes flickered, and he gathered on the red-robed official in the middle.

   Then, his eyes froze.

  There is no other reason, it is really good that this red-robed official was born right in the middle.

  Already fair skin, under the crimson official robes on her body, she is even more white as jade, her eyes are like cold stars, the pupils are black and shiny, as if stars are reflected in her eyes, the bridge of her nose is straight and straight like five famous mountains, and her lips are like vermilion.

  The whole person is beautiful, especially against the surrounding group of gray-haired officials in green robes who have reached the "kindness" age, they are even more handsome and handsome, and the palace walls and green willows all over the city are overshadowed.

  (end of this chapter)