Chapter 239： litchi

The general was not only loyal to Chen Tiantian, but he also raised her son for her without any regrets, doing almost everything down to the smallest detail.

 

Perhaps he is really his biological child and it is unknown. After all, King Dai has always been in weak health and has never lived past the age of twenty-six.



Yingbao thought secretly, and when Xiao Mo didn't answer, she asked, "Master Xiao, when can you let me go home?"

Xiao Mo smiled and said, "Well, we have to wait until the king recovers."

Ying Bao was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore and turned around and left the hall.

It was very hot outside the main hall, the sun was shining directly down, like a furnace.

But occasionally a cool breeze blows, which is the cool air from the lake in the distance, and it feels very comfortable on the body.

Yingbao thought for a while, then asked Chang Xiu to put it back in the medicine box and take him to the orchards by the lake to have a look.

So Chang Xiu held an umbrella for the young man, and the two of them walked to the orchard.

The fruit forest in the East Palace is very large, and there are many types of fruit trees. The first thing Ying Bao saw was the lychee tree that was only seen in the painting. There were more than a dozen trees, and the branches were covered with purple-red lychee fruits.

“Lychee!” Yingbao rushed over, climbed on a branch with her toes, and was about to pick the fruit.

So many lychees! They are all fresh lychees growing on the trees! It was also her first time seeing it.

Chang Xiu hurriedly came over to stop him: "Young man, you can't pick this fruit."

"Why?" Yingbao asked, pulling off two lychees, smelling them, opening one lychee and stuffing it into his mouth.

So sweet! Delicious!

Chang Xiu saw that the little doll not only picked it, but also ate it on the spot. He panicked and said, "This fruit is a royal gift. We can't eat it. Give the peel to the slave quickly. The slave must hide it."

Ying Bao gave her the peel and ate the lychees with her cheeks bulging, saying vaguely: "Don't be afraid, the Queen allows me to eat the fruits here."

But Chang Xiu was still afraid. He picked up a branch and squatted on the ground to dig a hole, and then buried the lychee peel in it.

Ying Bao saw that she was skilled in her movements and had reason to suspect that she often did this.

While Chang Xiu was digging the hole, he picked a few more lychees and took them into the cave.

Hey, there will be another lychee tree in her house in the future.

Subsequently, Yingbao picked and ate at the front, and from time to time he stuffed a few into Chang Xiu.

Chang Xiu didn't dare to take it at first, but when he saw that there was no one around him, he boldly ate it, and then quietly destroyed the evidence of the crime.

After eating lychees, Yingbao saw a few loquat trees, which were also covered with yellow loquats. Many of them began to shrink and shriveled, and many of them were pecked by birds.

But the loquat fruits here are only as big as bird eggs and not as good as hers, so Yingbao is too lazy to pick them.

The two of them walked and came to a pear orchard.

There is a pavilion in the middle of the pear orchard, and two eunuchs are sitting in the pavilion eating pears.

Seeing that it was a palace maid leading a little baby, she didn't pay much attention. She ate a pear and started asking, "Whose little baby dares to break in?"

Chang Xiu quickly saluted and said: "Executive officer, this is the young doctor who is replacing the king."

The senior executives heard that the Xiao family sent a few years of dolls. They were stronger than the old guys of Tai Tai Hospital. With their own power, the illness of the king improved, and it was incredible.

So he quickly stood up, raised his hands to Yingbao and said with a smile: "It turns out you are a young man, I'm disrespectful."

Yingbao also returned the greeting: "I don't dare, sorry for disturbing you."

It seems that this is the steward in charge of the orchard.

The senior manager was very happy and immediately asked the little **** next to him to pick fruits for Yingbao to eat.

The little **** agreed and ran to pick two pears and a big bag of lychees. Yingbao was not polite and asked Chang Xiu to hold the lychees and pears while he walked around the orchard with the senior manager and listened to his introduction to the names of various fruit trees.

The orchard in the East Palace is really large and has many varieties, including grapes, apricots, peaches, pears, citrus, persimmons, loquats, bananas, bayberries, papayas, etc. It makes Yingbao salivate.

It’s a pity that many fruits are not ripe and cannot be tasted now.

After walking around the orchard and seeing that it was getting late, Ying Bao followed Chang Xiu back to the main hall.

By this time, the **** had already brought lunch and placed it on the table in the cubicle where she lived.

A small bucket of white rice, a plate of pepper fish, a plate of boiled broad beans, and a plate of cold spinach. It was much richer than the day before.

After Chang Xiu filled a bowl of white rice for Yingbao, he stepped aside.

Ying Bao said: "You should also sit down and eat together."

Chang Xiu shook his head repeatedly: "Slave, I'll wait for the young man to finish it."

Yingbao saw that she was restrained, so she no longer forced herself and ate pepper fish and boiled broad beans with spinach and salad.

After finishing the meal, Chang Xiu put the remaining food back into the food box and carried it to the palace maid's room.

Chang Xiu was still living with the maids. When she brought out the food in the food box, several maids were amazed.

The young man only ate a little of a whole pepper fish, and there was still more than half left. With the remaining spinach in cold egg skin, it was enough for the four little palace ladies.

"Wow! Chang Xiu, you are so lucky to be able to serve the young man." A palace maid smiled and said: "I also saw you and the young man going to the orchard. How about you? Did you bring anything back?"

Chang Xiu smiled shyly, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, opened it, and found a dozen lychees wrapped in it, "This is from the young man, you guys should try it too."

Several palace maids cheered, and one of them snatched one and started skinning it.

One of the palace maids looked at it coldly and did not take it, "You couldn't have stolen these, right? If the steward knows about it, don't burden us."

The maids were stunned and all looked at Chang Xiu.

Chang Xiu hurriedly defended: "This is really a gift from a senior executive. The young doctor said he couldn't finish it, so he gave some to me. Zhang Yu'e, don't talk nonsense."

Zhang Yu'e sneered, turned around and sat next to the bed.

The other three people looked at each other and carefully put the lychee back on the table.

One person said: "Let's eat first." He took out his own bowl and chopsticks to fill the meal.

The rest of the people also took out their own bowls and filled their meals.

They don’t get pepper fish on weekdays, and unlike the maids in the front palace, they don’t get regular rewards from their masters.

A few people were eating when they suddenly saw someone poking their head at the door. A teenage girl asked timidly: "Is Sister Chang here?"

Chang Xiu quickly stood up: "It's Sister Chen, come in quickly."

 Chen Tiantian just walked in, holding a bag of things in her hands.

“I got a plate of lychee cake today, and I want to give it to Sister Chang and all my sisters to try.”

With that said, Chen Tiantian put the oil paper bag in her hand on the table and opened it, revealing six or seven round and bulging flower cakes.

Several palace ladies were surprised.

Now is the time when lychees are ripe. From time to time, the imperial kitchen will make some lychee cakes or boil a vat of lychees in syrup, lychee paste, etc.

It is said that it is donated to the king, but in fact most of it goes to the eunuchs and palace officials.

Occasionally, some rewards can be given, but it is not the turn of humble servants like them.

Zhang Yu'e, who was sitting next to her, came over, picked up a piece of lychee cake and said with a smile, "Thank you, Sister Chen, for thinking of us."

Chen Tiantian smiled slightly: "No, this is a gift from the young man of the Xiao family. I couldn't finish it by myself, so I gave it to my sisters to try."