Wen Family Has a Wife

Chunhe shook his head, and replied unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, you don't need to see outsiders. Your Majesty said that the Qianqiu Festival is a big event, so you can't be careless. She's not feeling well, so she can't help much, so she can only do her part on it." gone."

They, Lan Mo and Xie Kaipu, have obviously restrained a lot, at least they will no longer be so unscrupulous, Qi Zixi also heaves a sigh of relief, but when he thinks of what Xie Kaipu just said, there is always a feeling in his heart that the storm is about to come His eyelids kept twitching, but Chunhe and Baihe were present, so he didn't dare to ask Xie Kaipu any more, so he could only ponder over it in his heart.

However, this kind of time did not last long, and soon the ministers who entered the palace came in batches.

Qi Zixi and the others were also busy. At this time, he finally saw the abilities of Lan Mo and Xie Kaipu. Don't look at them being so unruly just now, this work is like a different person. The two read one by one and checked. Qi Zixi was in charge of recording, and the three cooperated tacitly to ensure that no one would slip through the net.

As for Chunhe and Baihe, they mainly focused on the concubines, court ladies and eunuchs in the harem, whenever someone came, they would remind Qi Zixi, and they could even tell where they were on duty.

Qi Zixi didn't want to waste their kindness in vain, so he simply wrote down all of them, and survived until the lunch time passed. He didn't catch his breath. At this moment, there was nothing to come, so Chunhe and Baihe took the initiative to go to the imperial dining room to feed They fetched food, and Qi Zixi and Lan Xie were left here.

The three looked at each other, Xie Kaipu didn't know if he was fined, he looked a little sluggish, while Lan Mo kept his face calm from beginning to end, as if someone owed him money, and he didn't know what was wrong.

Qi Zixi couldn't help but think of what Xie Kaipu said in the morning. In order to break this embarrassing situation, he had to repeat the old saying.

Xie Kaipu looked up in surprise, and exclaimed: "Are you stupid in reading? Didn't you hear that I was teasing you?"

Qi Zixi's face suddenly darkened, these sons are really lawless, they dare to make jokes about such things.

Seeing that he was displeased, Lan Mo scolded Xie Kaipu with a straight face, sat next to Qi Zixi, and explained in a low voice: "Kaipu is not all aimless, it's okay to tell you, just don't yell around, The Seventh Prince is gone this morning."

Qi Zixi was so startled that he covered his mouth, and it took him a long time to find his own voice, and asked, "Such a big thing, can we still do it on Qianqiu Festival?"

The emperor's psychology was so strong that Qi Zixi was dumbfounded.

"What's the matter!" Lan Mo snorted mockingly: "It's not the most favored son, it's just sad for a while to lose it, and it's not good to be treated like the fifth prince!"

"You..." Seeing that his expression was not right, Qi Zixi seemed to be gloomy, and his heart changed all of a sudden.

It was rare for Xie Kaipu to be considerate at the moment and said: "The Lan family and the Zheng family are considered relatives by marriage, and the seventh prince is the only son of Concubine Zheng, so Lan Mo feels unhappy."

Qi Zixi was stunned, with an apologetic expression on his face, and didn't say anything more.

The three of them kept this kind of silence until Chunhe and Baihe came back. Looking at the exquisite food prepared by the imperial dining room, Qi Zixi ate it tasteless for the first time. He coughed, and even spit out a small pearl.

"What the hell! Murder?" Qi Zixi picked up the pearl from the ground with a flushed face, and turned to look at the others.

As a result, those people all looked dull.

Chunhe and Baihe knelt down in fear, "Lord Qi, it's none of the servant's business. The servant and Baihe didn't touch after taking the snacks. It...it's always like this."

Qi Zixi waved his hand, and comforted him in turn: "I know this is not your responsibility, so get up and talk."

He ate the food, and no one knew the specific situation better than him. The pearl was clearly mixed in by accident when cooking and eating.

Thinking of this, Qi Zixi frowned again, and muttered: "Why does the imperial dining room make such low-level mistakes? It shouldn't be!"

Today is the Qianqiu Festival,

A small situation can be infinitely magnified, so does the cook in the imperial dining room want to lose his head?

Lan Mo took the pearl, rubbed it carefully twice, and his eyes gradually became serious, "This is something that women only have. It looks like it should be embedded in the pearl hairpin or hairpin."

Xie Kaipu leaned over to take a closer look, and took a deep breath, "It's true!" His eyes blinked suddenly, puzzled, "The imperial chefs in the imperial dining room are all men, and they are responsible for lighting the fire and washing vegetables. The maids and maids here are not of high grade, so it stands to reason that they cannot wear this kind of pearl hairpin."

Qi Zixi didn't know much about this aspect, so it was Chunhe who explained to him, "The clothes and hair ornaments of maids and eunuchs are all strictly graded. In a place like the imperial dining room, court ladies can only wear simple clothes even if they love beauty." For copper hairpins, maids of a slightly higher rank can wear silver-plated hairpins, and headgears like pearl flowers are at least eligible to be worn by second-class maids in front of the empresses of all palaces."

That is to say, the lower the court ladies are, the less qualified they are to dress up.

Qi Zixi couldn't help sighing. After he had a clue, he looked at the pearl again and felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Chunhe's head, and it happened that she was also wearing a pearl. hairpin.

Chun He pursed his lips in embarrassment, lowered his eyes and said, "Unfortunately, this servant is the second-class maid of Fengyi Palace, and just happens to have this qualification."

Lan Mo followed Qi Zixi's gaze and asked politely, "Can I have a look at the girl's hairpin?"

Without any hesitation, Chunhe took off her pearl hairpin and handed it over with both hands.

Lan Mo and Xie Kaipu studied it carefully for a while, but they had no clue.

Chunhe took back the pearl hairpin and said in deep thought: "It's not easy to find exactly the same pearl hairpin in this palace. Most of the jewels of the court ladies are rewarded by the masters, and the things the masters use are naturally unique. Yes, the size of the pearls on the pearl hairpins is also particular, maids like slaves can't wear such big pearls."

Seeing that this pearl is not even the size of a woman's little finger, Qi Zixi thought of the meeting gift that Xi Hongjun gave Wen Yuanzhen, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching. He didn't speak wisely, turned his head to look in the direction of Chengqing Palace, and muttered: " I'd better go and tell Master Shang Shu, and let him send someone to pay attention by the way."

This time Lan Mo and Xie Kaipu honestly didn't talk much.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites was very busy, and finally sat down to drink tea and have a rest in the afternoon. Unexpectedly, Qi Zixi came to talk about such a thing, and suddenly lost all sleepiness, and his face was inexplicably heavy while holding the pearl.

Qi Zixi didn't understand, so he asked tentatively, "My lord, I'm going to retire first."

The Minister of Rites nodded absently, and when he came back to his senses, there was no sign of Qi Zixi.