Chapter Twenty-Eight: Farewell to the Old Year, Winter Nights Are Long
Qin Mei was shocked when she heard this, and from the moment she entered the door, she was worried that the queen would dig a pit for her. Sure enough, this pit is here.
"You have to ask Qinmei about this, she made the thing." The Queen Mother pointed to Qin Mei, who was sitting opposite, and said to the queen.
"Ah......" Qin Mei looked at it, the problem was really lost to her, smiled bitterly, and said: "The crystal dumplings are really still there, but I didn't bring them over, so it's better for the queen to send someone to me to pick them up later." ”
"Then it's settled." Queen Gu also accepted it when she saw it, a few crystal dumplings, she didn't have seen the world so much, but the Queen Mother carried Qinmei, and she had to follow up to help the Queen Mother.
"Okay, the mourning family is a little tired," the Queen Mother stood up from the banquet and walked two steps with her waist up, "You all go back, don't stay vigil with my old wife!" ”
The three people at the table watched the Queen Mother stand up, and quickly stood up.
They all said auspicious words, proposed to say goodbye, and even made an appointment with the Queen Mother to come early tomorrow morning to ask for a red envelope.
The three of them were about to go out, and Chen Xiaotian, the king of Qi, who had not spoken much at night, suddenly called Qin Mei, and Queen Gu and Qin Mei were all stunned.
"I'll go get the dumplings from you, those things are fresh." As he spoke, he walked to the courtyard where Qin Mei lived with his hands behind his back.
Qin Mei had to give a hasty salute to Queen Gu, and followed in small steps.
Queen Gu grabbed the handkerchief, bit her lip, and wanted to call King Qi back, but because this was the door of the Empress Dowager's house, she could only stomp her feet helplessly, and turned her head away with broken thoughts.
Winter nights are very cold. The wind blows up the floating snow on the ground, throws it up in a whirlwind, and then scatters the snowflakes down. It was like another light snowfall.
The two guards opened the way with lanterns, and the yellowish light of the lanterns reflected a faint halo in the snow.
Chen Xiaotian walked in front with his hands behind his back without squinting all the way, and Qin Mei put his hands in the hand stove and walked behind with heavy thoughts.
A little away from them, there were a lot of palace maids and eunuchs.
These people just bowed their heads and walked silently at the speed of their masters, not far behind their masters.
Except for the rustle of feet in the snow, there was no sound around.
Chen Xiaotian and Qin Mei seemed to have made an appointment, but they didn't speak, maybe they were waiting for the other party to speak first.
As a result, he waited and waited, and walked to the door of the Qinmei courtyard.
Looking at the red lantern at the entrance of the small courtyard, Chen Xiaotian stopped, turned his head to look at Qin Mei, who had just stood behind him, counting ants with his head down, and couldn't help but smile.
"Where did the ants come from on this big night?"
"Huh?" Qin Mei was still thinking about Murong Linshuang in her mind, and she didn't know if Chen Xiaotian would tell her this.
When asked by him, Qin Mei looked up a little dumbfounded, not quite understanding what Chen Xiaotian was asking. What ants? Where are the ants from?
"Hahaha!" Looking at Qin Mei's stunned appearance, suddenly Chen Xiaotian's mood improved inexplicably, and he walked into the small courtyard with his hands behind his back laughing.
Standing at the door of the house and waiting, Su Shou and Ning Xiang looked at Chen Xiaotian who was approaching, and looked at Qin Mei, who was following Chen Xiaotian and nodding at them with a tangled face, looked at each other and smiled, pushed open the door, and retreated.
"Slaves and maids go to the kitchen to see the crystal dumplings that Your Majesty wants."
Haitang and Yunshang helped Qinmei put away the stove, hung up the cloak, saluted the two, found an excuse, and withdrew.
Only Qin Mei and Chen Xiaotian were left in the house. The atmosphere was inexplicably awkward.
The house in Qinmei is very clean and the furnishings are very simple. There was a white jade bottle on the table, and in it were a few red plums that the girls had just cut at noon. A zither is quietly placed in front of the bed. The head of the zither also happens to be the pattern of plum blossom snow.
Chen Xiaotian raised his feet and slowly walked towards the zither, plucked the strings lightly, and the zither emitted a burst of scales, and then stopped after a while.
"It's been a long time since I've heard you sing." Chen Xiaotian's fingers left the zheng, looked at Qin Mei standing in the middle of the room, and said slowly.
"Huh? Didn't Your Majesty hear about it from the Queen Mother before? Qin Mei couldn't laugh or cry. This Chen Xiaotian wants to break the embarrassment between the two and say something?
"That's not counted, that's what you sang to the Queen Mother." While speaking, Chen Xiaotian walked to the table, sat on the stool, lifted the teapot on the table, and poured himself a cup of tea. "You girl here, I'm really spoiled by you, and you don't even come to bring me tea."
"Huh? Then the women of the people asked them to send it. Qin Mei was a little out of temper, and she broke into someone else's house by talking to herself, and she turned against the guest. But think about it, this palace is his, and of course, this house is also his...... It's right.
"Haha, no need." Chen Xiaotian had already poured tea from the teapot. Fortunately, it seems that the girl who served is quite dedicated, and the tea is warm, just in the mouth. Then he continued: "I'm just talking. ”
As soon as Chen Xiaotian finished speaking, he heard Ning Xiang outside the window come over to Qin Mei to reply, saying that he didn't expect King Qi to come to get the crystal dumplings, and the rest was divided. You can only do a new batch.
"Then let them do it now, I'm in a hurry." Chen Xiaotian provoked a smile on his lips, looked at Qin Mei who was standing by the door frowning, and couldn't help but feel better.
"Qinmei, I ...... Hungry! Playing with the small teacup in his hand, Chen Xiaotian suddenly made a request. I didn't have much appetite at the Queen Mother, so I didn't eat anything, but I drank a lot of wine. At this time, I relaxed here in Qinmei, and suddenly felt hungry in my stomach.
Qin Mei was a little uneasy when Chen Xiaotian followed her out of the Queen Mother. She knew what Chen Xiaotian was going to tell her, but she didn't know what he was going to say, so she finally waited until he heard what he was going to do and called her name, but what he said was that he was hungry. Although she was a little disappointed, she couldn't bring out her emotions.
"Your Majesty is hungry?" Qin Mei sighed in her heart: "There should still be stewed chicken soup in the kitchen, if Your Majesty doesn't dislike it, just try it." "The chicken soup was stewed for her by Ning Xiang, with some herbs, simmered over low heat, and then kept warm over water, for fear that she would not have enough for dinner, so she could come back and add some food.
"Qinmei, give me ...... Let's sing a song. Chen Xiaotian didn't answer Qin Mei's words, and continued to make requests.
"Huh? That chicken soup ......" Qin Mei was still thinking about chicken soup.
"I'm not hungry again." Chen Xiaotian smiled. Qin Mei's reaction today was very strange, and she was half a beat slow to answer the phone. looked stunned, which was very different from her usual capable appearance. Sure enough, it's a lot of fun.
Qin Mei's heart was full of grooves about to overflow, but she couldn't spit out. I can only swallow it silently. Who makes the family a monarch? She had no choice but to walk silently towards the kite.
"What does Your Majesty want to hear?" Standing by the zither, Qin Mei asked.