kvmb Chapter 329 The puffed-up maid and the sleeves of the hidden sugar cake
Chapter 329 The puffed-up maid and the sleeves of the hidden sugar cake
At this moment, the little girl playfully tiptoed, the pearl bells on her skirt jingling merrily, as if she were carrying a flock of singing little sparrows.
As soon as she rushed into the room, she saw Xiao Yao being "carried" in by two eunuchs on a soft cushion embroidered with gold thread, just like a fragile glass cup being transported.
"Sister Xiaoyao! My brother is coming to take me back to the palace!" Sizi's baby teeth blew out, and the word "come" sounded like a bird. Her round face flushed with excitement, just like a ripe persimmon. The stuffed animal in her arms, "Swelling Little Huru," also swayed, its eyes, which were squinting from the air, and its big head tilted to one side, also looking around curiously.
Xiao Yao knelt down on the cushion with a "thud," but because her skirt was too long, her knees sank in with a "plop," and she tumbled forward. She scrambled to her feet, grabbing Si Zi's little hand and shaking it: "Your Highness! After you pulled me out of the ice hole last time, I decided to be your little shadow! Going back to the palace is nothing! We'll work together to find the bad guys, just like pulling up a big radish, 'heave-ho!' and take them all down by the roots!" As she spoke, she even imitated the action of pulling up a radish in a serious manner, and the straw grasshopper hair ornament pinned crookedly on her head trembled wildly.
Si Zi poked her forehead, her chubby face scrunching up like a bun: "But the people in the palace all have dark energy. They prick me with their eyes, like the quills of a hedgehog, so many!" As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly "woofed" and bit Xiao Yao's sleeve, revealing two little tiger teeth.
In the side hall, Du Xiaobing, who had just climbed from the position of maid to the position of concubine, was combing her hair in front of the bronze mirror when the comb got stuck in her hair knot with a "click." Angered, she threw the comb onto the soft cushion, causing the osmanthus sugar cake in the plate next to her to bounce.
"What's wrong with Your Majesty! The golden phoenix ceremonial regalia is being used by a little baby. Could it be that she has honey on her face?" She muttered as she rubbed her temples, the sugar cake hidden in her sleeve swaying gently—it was something she had specially saved for the young master, something she had been craving for three days without being able to bear eating.
The young maidservant timidly reminded her, "Sister Xiaobing, you have to personally pick up Princess Sizi tomorrow."
Du Xiaobing put her hands on her hips, her cheeks puffed out like a pufferfish: "Fine, I'll take it! I want to see what this little glutinous rice ball looks like now! Back then, she was able to take down Song Xiaobai and her gang of clever devils, she might have eight hundred tricks up her sleeve!" She suddenly leaned close to the bronze mirror, imitating Si Zi's fierce look, glaring and putting her hands on her hips. Her serious expression startled two little sparrows that were perched outside the window.
The next morning, Lady Du Xiaobing, her face stern, stamped her feet at the palace gate, the jade bells on her embroidered shoes jingling impatiently. When she saw two little bundles of flesh swaying towards her in the distance, she squinted at them: "Are these skinny little sprouts Rhinoceros? When they were little, they looked like snow-white mochi, but now they look like dough sticks that haven't risen properly?"
Little Sizi had already seen her pouting expression. She pouted, grabbed Xiao Yao, and turned to run away. The firefly threads on her skirt flickered with their movements. "Hmph! My brother must think I'm ugly, that's why he sent this fierce, bitter-gour-like sister to pick me up! I'm not going back, okay?" As she spoke, she secretly pulled out a piece of malt candy from her sleeve and stuffed it into her and Xiao Yao's mouths with a "smack," making their cheeks puff out like little squirrels.
Lady Du Xiaobing panicked as if she were riding on fire, her skirt sweeping over the mimosa plants along the palace path, causing the leaves to shrivel up in fright. "Oh my little darling! The Emperor misses you so much he can't eat, and he even dreams of 'rhinoceros-shaped roasted chestnuts'!" She hurriedly pulled out an embroidered sachet, revealing a pink, fluffy dress with a dazzling pearl bow at the neckline. "Look! This is the 'Peach Blossom Fairy Dress' that my former mistress, Consort Zhang, specially commissioned a tailor to make. The princess would definitely look more beautiful and radiant than any fairy doll in a New Year's painting if she wore it!"
Little Sizi's eyes shone like stars, but she deliberately turned her back, secretly hooking her little finger around the bow and twitching it: "Then...then I'll only wear it for a little while! If it doesn't look good, I'll give the skirt to Little Huru as a blanket!" After saying that, she pulled Little Yao behind the screen, where the rustling sound of dressing and suppressed laughter could be heard: "Your Highness! You're twirling around! Like a self-absorbed little peacock spreading its tail feathers!"
"I also want to put cartoon versions of various famous Tang Dynasty figures on the hem of my skirt!" Xiao Sizi's voice mingled with the sound of fabric rubbing together. "Sister Xiao Yao, hurry up and put on the seashells and the guqin!"
Hiding behind the screen, the maid Du Xiaobing shook her head, but couldn't help but smile. She quietly pulled out the piece of sweet cake originally meant for Sizi from her sleeve, broke off a small piece, popped it into her mouth, and muttered, "This little princess is indeed sweeter than candied fruit; it makes it impossible for me to be harsh with her..."