The two hundred and eighty-fourth round

Qin Ying stepped forward and helped Empress Xiao get out of the car with the coachman, and then asked with apricot round eyes: "A difficult person like Hou Junji didn't find your stubble for the first time?" ”

Empress Xiao held Qin Ying's arm, slapped Qin Ying's hand when she heard this, and said with a smile: "He doesn't look at the monk's face but also the Buddha's face, not to mention that his wife and children are all around, so many pairs of eyes are staring, he can't do it if he doesn't want to make a scene." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Qin Ying breathed a long sigh of relief, followed Mei Sanniang and Queen Xiao into Xiao's house, and talked about rubbing some buttermilk to go to the summer by the way.

The three of them had lunch at Xiao's house. The guests and hosts are very familiar with each other, so they don't need those polite courtesies, they are already full of laughter.

During the banquet, Empress Xiao heard that Qin Ying was a lady, and she stared at her slightly drooping eyes in surprise: "-Really, what a lady?" She pointed at Qin Yingying and turned her gaze to Mei Sanniang as if asking for help.

"Absolutely." Mei Sanniang covered her mouth and giggled.

Empress Xiao struggled to close her chin and palate again, and finally she looked back at Qin Ying, who was dressed in a gray Taoist robe, and said a local sentence: "My good little lady, she actually wears men's clothes and does all kinds of heroic things. ”

"Yingwu?" Qin Ying's chopsticks holding the slices of meat trembled slightly, frightened by this description. She didn't go to the battlefield first, and second, she didn't go to work as a coolie, so how can others evaluate her heroics?

Empress Xiao took a sip of the buttermilk that was just cold but not prickly in the cup, and said, "The fact that you are mixed with officialdom is not new in the community. However, few people in the market know about the exploits you made when you left Chang'an, but Xiao Yu told me a few times. ”

When Mei Sanniang heard this, she couldn't hold back the surging tide of her heart, and her bright eyes looked straight at the direction where Qin Ying and Empress Xiao were sitting side by side: "I want to hear about it." ”

Empress Xiao leaned over and sat up straight before saying, "Your convoy encountered an ambush in Youzhou, and you treated the injured people, this is the first." Saving the turmoil of the Youzhou Military Government and saving Youzhou Mansion Yin, this is the second. He served as an envoy to a foreign country, persuaded the lord of Goguryeo to return the corpses of the soldiers of the previous dynasty, and spent their souls in the mound, which is the third. ”

"Actually, it's all Lord Xiao's reputation." Qin Ying waved her hand and said, she couldn't afford to be praised and praised. It always felt very unreal to her.

And Mei Sanniang on the opposite side looked at Qin Ying thoughtfully, and suddenly remembered that Qin Ying had a scar on her lower back, could it be that she left it when she was ambushed in Youzhou? But about the journey from Chang'an to Silla, Qin Ying didn't say a word to her.

Empress Xiao didn't notice Mei Sanniang's abnormal complexion in the distance, and asked Qin Ying with concern: "It is said that you were also injured during the ambush, are you in good health now?" ”

Qin Ying was stunned for a moment when she was asked, and the silver chopsticks in her hand fell on the cup full of buttermilk: "It's okay." She said in a hoarse voice.

Empress Xiao was dazzled, didn't see the corners of Qin Ying's slightly lowered mouth, and continued to say with concern: "Since you are a lady, you will increase your stature in the future, and you will not be able to hide this gender." ”

Mei Sanniang took a long time to draw her thoughts from her memories, and took the words that made Qin Ying a little embarrassed: "...... Don't worry about that. On Qin Ying's return trip to Zhongnan Mountain to visit the Taoist master, he rescued Lord Pei who covered the sky with one hand in the vertical and horizontal court two years ago, and in order to repay his kindness, Lord Pei had given Qin Ying a new identity as a woman. ”

Qin Ying nodded in response to Mei Sanniang's words, and added: "This identity is also true and false. Hedong Pei's side branch, his parents moved to Yizhou, unfortunately the family fell into the middle of the road, and after being met by Pei Daren, he came to Chang'an with him. ”

Empress Xiao held her chin and thought about Qin Ying's words, and said, "There are not a few powerful people surnamed Pei in Chang'an City, your identity should not be recognized, but what should I do if I am just a woman in women's clothes and prepare for my household registration?" ”

“…… Finished. "Qin Ying has a black line. I got the status of women's clothing before, and I was a little excited to look forward to the future. However, without a personal record and household registration, she is completely an account that is not among the good citizens. How can black households talk about the future? Not to mention the noble ladies banquet on the eighth day of the eighth month of August, it is difficult to even get out of Chang'an City.

Empress Xiao looked at Qin Ying's dejected expression and aggrieved and sad tone, and probably understood why Qin Ying was worried. Her heart and eyes were lively, and she quickly put her mind on her own head: "For the sake of personal relations, I can help you ask the eighth brother if he has any connections in the household department, and quietly go through the back door for you." ”

"I'm afraid that's not good?" Qin Ying said this, but her eyes looked at Empress Xiao pitifully. This photo post and household registration is a guarantee for her to walk in the world in women's clothes in the future, and it is absolutely impossible to do without it. It's just that she didn't expect Empress Xiao to take the initiative to say this.

Mei Sanniang was amused when she saw Qin Ying's dog-legged expression, and smiled while holding her half-full stomach: "Why don't you hurry up and bow down and say thank you." If it's too late, I'll regret it. ”

Qin Ying was thoroughly informed by her jokes, and immediately made a big salute and walked to Queen Xiao's case, filling her green jade plate with vegetables, and was attentive and thoughtful. In the past, Qin Ying did a lot of work to serve people, but now cloth vegetables are just a simple and easy thing for her.

Empress Xiao persuaded her, and found that Qin Ying didn't listen to her words, so she picked up some refreshing and delicious vegetables and ate some as if she were fate, and put down her chopsticks. When people get old, their appetite is not very good, and they feel uncomfortable when they eat a little, although they feel hungry for a while.

"I'll leave it to you to take care of your personal post and household registration." Mei Sanniang held a cup of buttermilk, and also knelt to Queen Xiao's side, lowered her body and touched Queen Xiao's cup, first did it as a respect, and then said, "The hairpin lady of Hanlin Academy is the only daughter of Master Pei, and she may not be able to receive a banquet for noble ladies on the eighth day of the first month of next month, and she also wants to take Qin Ying with her to see another world." The two things you mentioned first are really indispensable. ”

Empress Xiao was coaxed happy by these two juniors, nodded and readily agreed: "I know." ”

Qin Ying and Mei Sanniang glanced at each other at this time, thinking that if this matter went well, it seemed that they would be very sure to participate in the banquet of the noble ladies on the eighth day of the eighth month of August.

The two of them had lunch at Xiao's house and left hand in hand.

Qin Ying wanted to go back to her room to sleep, but was stopped by Mei Sanniang.

"What's wrong?" She looked at Mei Sanniang puzzled.

"Do you want to learn something before the banquet?" Mei Sanniang said seriously. (To be continued.) )