Zhou Qingqing also smiled, glanced at Nie Jin's figure at the door, and got up with a smile to say goodbye to Feng Xiao: "It's not too early, I'll leave, General Feng is drinking alone, don't be greedy, go back to the house early, so as not to worry about your relatives." ”

Feng Xiao chuckled and nodded lightly.

Zhou Qingqing went out, turned around and looked into the house again, only to see Feng Xiao holding a wine glass, taking a sip lightly, looking out of the window slightly, the silhouette in the swaying candlelight looked lonely, as if there was indescribable sorrow.

She stretched out her hand to gently close the door, glanced at Nie Jin, and the two went downstairs gently.

Out of the wine shop, Nie Jin spoke: "It turns out that the person who just played the flute is General Feng." ”

Zhou Qingqing nodded and smiled: "What do you think of Feng Xiao?" ”

Nie Jin was silent for a moment and shook his head: "I can't say it." I just feel that as a manu, my muscles and veins are damaged, and my martial arts are average, but I can achieve the position of the deputy general next to Qin Zhen, and I must be able to excel. However, this man seems to be calm and introverted, loyal, and it is not surprising that he is appreciated by the prince. ”

Zhou Qingqing nodded: "That's right, I was attacked by the rest of the Luo family on the road before, if he hadn't sacrificed himself to save me, I'm afraid that I would have become a pile of bones on the road to Heqin." ”

She remembered that night, the bandit who jumped from the air, and the cold sword in his hand stabbed straight into her chest, and it was Feng Xiao who stood in front of her. I don't know if it's this full moon night, which makes people feel a little nostalgic, and the panic and stunned at that moment are suddenly vivid.

She shook her head and put aside her inexplicable feelings, but suddenly the melodious sound of the flute just now came from her ears.

Zhou Qingqing stopped and looked back at the window on the second floor of the wine store just now, but he didn't see Feng Xiao's figure. She chuckled to herself, turned her head and sighed long, and said to Nie Jin: "If you come, you will be safe, this day is boring, I will live it interesting." ”

Nie Jin didn't know, so he looked at her and sighed.

Zhou Qingqing hooked her lips and smiled, raised her eyebrows, and strode forward with her hands in her hands: "It's just to buy people's hearts, I don't believe what's so difficult?" ”

Nie Jin became more and more confused, but seeing her high-spirited appearance, he only smiled and didn't ask again.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Qingqing summoned Mizhu Miyu and said with a smile: "You two sisters are not from Xijing, right?" ”

Although the two maids complained about her in their hearts, they didn't dare to have the slightest disobedience on their faces, and Mi Zhu replied respectfully: "Mrs. Hui, we are from Longxi, and we have been sent to the palace as slaves since childhood. ”

Zhou Qingqing said: "Do you still remember your hometown? Do you still miss your loved ones back home? ”

The two sisters looked at each other, and then they knelt on the ground with a puff and cried: "Madame, the slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave and maid do not dare to disobey Madame in the slightest, and beg Madame not to drive us out of the house." ”

Zhou Qingqing smiled and helped the two up: "You misunderstood, I didn't want to drive you out of the house, just because I'm the same as you, and I'm also a person away from home. ”

Mizhu Miyu glanced at each other and slowly stood up, but he didn't dare to speak.

Zhou Qingqing continued to chuckle lightly: "I don't know how many relatives you have in your family? I myself have two younger brothers and two younger sisters, and when I left Jinling, my younger brother was just over five years old, less than my chest. ”

Talking and talking, but I really miss my relatives at home, the sensible and somewhat willful Xun'er and Xiangxiang, the stupid aunt, the cowardly and timid Ran Ran, and the naïve and ignorant Brother Yue. It's only been a few months apart, but it seems like many years have passed.

She spoke eloquently, talking like an ordinary family's bits and pieces, unlike the unreachable height of the prince's family, and the two maids couldn't help but feel the same way. The two were born in a small family and left home at the age of seven or eight, but before leaving home, they also had brothers and sisters, and their parents were warm.

But after a long time, I forgot about it. Now that he was aroused by Zhou Qingqing, he was inevitably stunned for a while, the person who said it was smiling, but the person who listened to it gradually turned red.

After Zhou Qingqing finished speaking, he pretended to smile helplessly, sighed and said, "What I said to you about this, it just added some sadness. That's it, today I asked Nie Jin and Bihe to make some food, so that everyone in the house can taste the delicacies of our Jinling. ”

After Nie Jin unloaded his armor, he was idle in the Dingxi Palace's five years, in addition to hunting, he was in and out of the East Kitchen, and often discussed the practice of dishes with the chefs in the mansion, especially making first-hand dishes.

More than 50 people filled five tables and gathered in the vestibule compound.

However, everyone was still afraid of Zhou Qingqing, and they were still trembling and fearful at first, but when the wine and food came up, everyone quickly relaxed. Someone drank too much wine and began to scold the Southern Zhou, Zhou Qingqing was not annoyed, but only talked about some of the customs of the Southern Zhou Dynasty lightly, which made people listen to it with fascination.

When the atmosphere became hotter, several guards who had drunk a little wine had always been contemptuous of the guards brought into the palace by the palace, so they clamored for a competition.

Nie Jin readily agreed.

The skills of the royal palace nursing courtyard are naturally not ordinary, but several nursing courtyards have taken turns, but they have always been defeated by Nie Jin, who only used three points of skill.

The people of Western Qin have a hearty personality and are convinced, so they are impressed by Nie Jin and Southern Zhou, who are not familiar with them.

In this night banquet, everyone ate happily and drank happily, and the palace, which had been dull for a long time, finally won a little laughter.

However, a good wine and food can't change many people's original prejudice against Zhou Qingqing, but it is also an excellent start. At least when Mizhu Miyu faced the princess again, he was no longer sincere and afraid, nor was he indifferent.

And with this good start, it becomes easy. There is Nie Jin, who can cook well, Bi He, who can speak and speak skillfully, and Zhou Qingqing, who is good at discovering the weaknesses of others, as long as the three of them have a heart, it is not difficult to integrate into the mansion of the Western Qin people.

Add a little favor, such as giving different people what they need according to their temperament, and inviting a famous troupe in the city to perform for everyone in the house.

The originally dull Dingxi Mansion gradually changed.

A month and a half and three days later, Mi Zhu ran in from outside, and reported to Zhou Qingqing, who was drinking tea in the courtyard: "Madam, the prince is back!" ”

"Why did you come back?"

Zhou Qingqing put down the teacup, and recently lived comfortably in the mansion, but she left behind her husband and wife who were fighting outside.

As soon as she finished speaking, a low voice with a slight chuckle sounded: "It seems that this king has returned home early, and Madame is not welcome!" ”