In front of the main palace of Yongshou Palace, the two palace maids opened the curtain, and the queen mother's meal was brought out in the same way, thinking that the queen mother had run out of food. A palace maid went in to report back, and after a while, the flowing spring came out and invited her in.

This is the second time Shu E has seen the Queen Mother. The incense in the Queen Mother's room has a slightly cool breath, and the nose and throat are cold, which is very comfortable. I saw the Queen Mother sitting upright, and I heard that the Queen Mother was going to court every day, hanging the curtain and listening to the government, all wearing the clothes of the Son of Heaven. At the moment, it has changed to a homely style, but it is still a magnificent gold.

Shu E stepped forward to salute, the Queen Mother excused herself, and asked Liuquan to lead Shu E to sit at the top of the two mahogany circle chairs side by side on her right hand. Shu E refused to sit down.

"The mourning family just asked you to gossip, you don't have to be so reserved." The Queen Mother's tone didn't sound so distant and lofty for the first time, but she was used to saying it like that on weekdays, and her voice was still as peaceful as ever. Shu E thanked her seat and sat down on the first chair. Just about to sit down, Zhu Yan came over with a cup of tea. Shu E hurriedly stood up again, blessed with a blessing, and then took it with both hands.

Shu E remembered what Hua Fu taught, respecting the elders and giving tea, if you don't drink it, it is disrespectful, and you have to drink three sips to be respectful. He lifted the lid of the bowl and took a sip.

"How's this tea?" The Queen Mother smiled and watched Shu'e drink tea, and asked casually.

"The slave tastes good." Shu E didn't say much, and took another sip.

"Oh?" The Queen Mother seemed to be quite interested, "How to be good?" ”

Shu E didn't want the Queen Mother to ask this, she hadn't drunk any good tea in the house, let alone knew what tea ceremony, what tea rose and fell, and what soup was thick and thin, so she had to answer truthfully.

"This tea is clear and elegant, but the aftertaste is mellow and sweet, naturally it is a good tea, but the best thing is that there is another green aroma in addition to the tea fragrance, I think it is added mint? The smell is refreshing, which makes people unbearable to swallow, but after drinking, it is full of coolness, which makes people's teeth and cheeks fragrant. Shu E said slowly.

The Queen Mother's eyes flashed with joy, and then there was a faint sadness, and she smiled softly and said, "If you like it, bring some back." ”

Shu E hurriedly put down the tea and got up to thank her.

The Queen Mother chatted with Shu E for a few words, and then asked about the injury on Shu E's face.

"Have you ever been treated by a royal doctor at home?" The Queen Mother said with concern.

Before entering the palace, she thought of the reasons and excuses for Lu, and as soon as she entered the palace, Shu E had already discovered that no matter how thoughtful she had planned in advance, a lie was a lie, and there was inevitably some omission. And when a lie comes out of the mouth, it takes a lot of new lies to fulfill the lie. Obviously, I don't want to lie to people anymore, but when it comes to the end, it's still not okay not to lie.

In a family like Cao Fu, a concubine selected by the royal family has a wound on her face, how dare she not invite a royal doctor?

But fortunately, this question was expected by the lord and wife that day.

"I asked the imperial doctor, but I ...... The slave maid was sad for a while and did not want to see anyone, because she did not receive medical treatment. Don't want to...... It grew like this. ”

The Queen Mother nodded, "Some people are originally prone to scars. ”

Shu E was very surprised, and didn't want this matter to be easily exposed by her own words. Sure enough, the Queen Mother didn't mention it anymore, and said something more, Shu E saw that the Queen Mother was a little tired, so she was about to leave.

The Queen Mother hurriedly said to stay: "I am either taking care of political affairs all day long, or I am distracted to manage the harem, it is rare for you to come to talk to me, why don't you stay for a while?" ”

Shu E was a little resentful of the Queen Mother at the beginning. It is only because the Queen Mother has such a power over the emperor that even if she has the emperor's permission to leave the palace and go home, she still has to stay because of the Queen Mother's words.

Now, in just a few days, she has already witnessed the most noble and sacred queen mother who seems to be omnipotent in this prosperous and solemn palace, and also has the same uncontrollable sorrow as ordinary people.

When Shu E heard the Queen Mother say this, she didn't dare to excuse herself, so she chatted with the Queen Mother about some trivial matters.

The Queen Mother asked about Shu E's life in the palace again, and ordered her to come here every day in the future to help her check or copy some books and articles. Shu E took the order and left.