Zhou Qingqing spent most of the day familiarizing himself with the Wuwang Mansion. This palace is simpler than she imagined, and there are only about 50 people in the palace. The highest status is Qin Zhen's nurse, who is in charge of the affairs of the house, and there are two maids serving Qin Zhen, one is called Mi Zhu and the other is called Mi Yu, which are the two girls who chew the root of their tongue in the garden corridor.

Of course, this is not unusual. In the martial Western Qin, the martial king of the Western Qin, who won a hundred battles, is the god of war admired by thousands of people. Therefore, in the Wuwang Mansion, there are not only those two maids who Qin Zhen married the daughter of the king of Dingxi County of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, but they are more or less dissatisfied and unhappy from top to bottom, and the subordinates, including the nurse, are respectful to Zhou Qingqing, the princess, but they are actually very cold.

It was already evening when Qin Zhen woke up. When Zhou Qingqing returned to the room, Mi Zhu was bringing water to serve him to wash. Seeing her enter the house, Qin Zhen smiled and waved his hand to let Mi Zhu retreat: "Just let Madame come." ”

Qin Zhen didn't have much time in the mansion, and Mi Zhu rarely had the opportunity to serve the prince, so he was a hundred reluctant: "The princess has golden branches and jade leaves, or let the slave and maid dress the prince." ”

Zhou Qingqing walked over with a smile, took the handkerchief in Mi Zhu's hand, and said, "The prince has slept for a long time, Mi Zhu, you come up with some food quickly, don't make the prince hungry." ”

When Mi Zhu heard her say this, it was not good to continue to be stubborn, and she respectfully withdrew.

Zhou Qingqing wet the handkerchief and handed it to Qin Zhen next to him, but he didn't take it, but bent over slightly and tilted his head to look at her with a smile.

The corners of Zhou Qingqing's mouth twitched: "You don't want me to wash it for you, do you?" ”

Qin Zhen raised his eyebrows and said confidently: "So the service you understand is to wet the veil for me?" ”

Zhou Qingqing looked like he was afraid of him, didn't argue with him, and raised the veil to him. Originally, washing his face was just a simple thing, but his beard was not so simple.

Zhou Qingqing was born as the eldest lady, and she is not good at serving people, and her hard beard is still a little difficult, and she is accidentally involved, which makes Qin Zhen frown unconsciously about it. Zhou Qingqing pretended to be sorry, but his bad intentions intensified.

Before her face was washed, Qin Zhen's beard was lost a lot by her. He wasn't annoyed, and letting her continue the small movements in his hands was always painless for him. After some washing, a lot of effort was wasted.

Mi Zhu came in with the food, and when she went to pour water, she noticed a small handful of beards floating in the basin, and wondered if this was washing her face or plucking her hair.

Dinner was still bread and grilled meat. Zhou Qingqing has been in the Western Qin Dynasty for more than half a month, and with the long journey in the past few months, he is really disgusted with this kind of food.

After a few bites, I lost my appetite.

Qin Zhen may have made up for sleep, his energy was vibrant, and his appetite was naturally open. In Zhou Qingqing's sneering face, he finished eating three pieces of bread and half a roast leg of lamb.

"Don't like these?" Seeing that Zhou Qingqing's food had not moved for a few minutes, he drank half a bowl of mutton soup and asked with a smile.

Zhou Qingqing nodded and complained: "If you eat it once or twice, you can still get a fresh picture, and if you eat it for a few days in a row, you really can't stand it, and the anger is up." ”

Qin Zhen smiled and put down the bowl in his hand: "When it gets dark, this king will take you out to find some delicious food." ”

Zhou Qingqing wondered: "Why wait until it gets dark?" ”

Qin Zhen seemed to be smiling, moved to her side, and said in a low voice: "It's dark to do bad things." ”

Zhou Qingqing sneered without smiling: "Then I'd rather not eat it than go out with you." ”

Qin Zhen pulled her body and held it in his arms: "We in Xiqin don't like women who are weak and willowy, so it's easy to grow more meat to give birth." ”

Zhou Qingqing was finally provoked by him, and pushed him away to stand up: "I'm not a weak wind to help the willows." ”

Although Zhou Qingqing was very annoyed by Qin Zhen's wandering form, after all, he was on the mission of intersecting Qin and Zhou, and now that Northern Zhao was constantly moving, Southern Zhou might not be able to stabilize for a few days. She is not so great, she wants to protect the country for the Southern Zhou Dynasty, but her younger brothers and sisters are still in Jinling. Therefore, it is still necessary to have a good relationship with this prince of Western Qin, who has a heavy army.

When night fell, Zhou Qingqing changed into the black night clothes that Qin Zhen prepared for her, and always felt that she was not looking for food, but to be a thief.

The two went out hand in hand, looking like a loving newlywed couple. Nie Jin, who wanted to follow to protect the eldest lady, was driven away by Qin Zhen.

Zhou Qingqing was completely unfamiliar with Xijing, so he could only follow him. I thought that Qin Zhen would take him to Xijing Street, but it was not like he was dragged to a secluded alley, and then got into a very inconspicuous wine shop.

"Xiaozhen!" Entering the door, a bearded middle-aged man greeted him, and when he saw Zhou Qingqing beside Qin Zhen, his face was stunned, "Who is this?" ”

Qin Zhen said: "Senior brother, this is my wife. ”

He used the word wife, not princess.

The man frowned and said, "The daughter of Zhou Hao, the king of Dingxi County? ”

Qin Zhen nodded: "Exactly." ”

The man hesitated: "Xiaozhen-"

Qin Zhen waved his hand and smiled: "Go and fry two plain side dishes." ”

The man nodded, "Wait a minute. ”

Zhou Qingqing was confused, and he didn't know what a prince was doing in such a small wine shop. When the man entered the room, Qin Zhen pulled her to sit down at the small table: "He is my senior brother Shen Changan, and he is also the owner of this small wine shop, and occasionally help me do something, you can call him senior brother with me." ”

He said it lightly, but Zhou Qingqing knew that it was not so simple. The owner of a small wine shop, but the senior brother of a high-ranking prince, has always been not just hidden in the city, above the temple, and far away from the rivers and lakes, usually there are inextricable relationships. As for what Qin Zhen said about helping him do something, Zhou Qingqing couldn't guess it, but it wasn't ordinary.

She chuckled and took a sip of the tea in her hand, only humming lightly, but she still couldn't help asking, "Lord Wang, why did you bring me here?" ”

Qin Zhen said: "You are my wife, of course I want to take you to meet some people who are important to me." ”

He still uses his wife, and Zhou Qingqing is a little flustered for some reason.

Shen Changan brought a few small stir-fried dishes to the table, sat down next to the two, glanced at Zhou Qingqing, and stopped talking.

Qin Zhen smiled: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Shen Changan said: "I have secretly checked, and there is a line of spies planted by Beizhao in Xijing. But the other party is too cunning, I haven't been able to find out where the nest is, and I don't know who the leader is? He paused and said, "I suspect that the spies are not only in the market, but also probably have entered the official family and even the court. ”

Qin Zhen laughed: "Previously, we had only been entangled with Southern Zhou and ignored Northern Zhao. I'm afraid that they have been immersed in our Western Qin many years ago, and now they are probably already deeply entrenched in it, and it may not be easy to uproot them. ”

Shen Changan said: "The strength of Northern Zhao is far inferior to that of Western Qin, but if the inside and the outside should be combined, the consequences are unimaginable." ”

Qin Zhen turned the cup in his hand, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "I want to see how ambitious Empress Xiao of Northern Zhao is." ”