23. Chapter XXIII
Qin Zhen left without even entering the mansion this time. Zhou Qingqing was worried about Nie Jin, stood at the door for a while, and finally waited for him to come back.
"How?"
Nie Jin held the sword, with dried blood stains on his hands, shook his head and replied: "I had already caught it, but two masters suddenly appeared and rescued people." He laughed, "I Dao Xiqin has a strong army, and if I don't want to, there are many hidden dangers." ”
Zhou Qingqing said: "This is Beizhao's business, let's not worry too much, if Beizhao is really in danger, we just go back to Southern Zhou." ”
Nie Jin seemed to be a little incredulous, and reminded her in a low voice: "Miss, you are already the princess of the Martial King." ”
Zhou Qingqing sneered: "Northern Zhao has a tradition of wives and concubines being martyred, if Qin Zhen dies, will it be possible that I still have to bury him here?" ”
Nie Jin nodded: "If King Wu really has three longs and two shorts, I will take you back to Southern Zhou immediately." ”
Zhou Qingqing laughed and laughed: "That's right!" ”
Nie Jin also smiled.
I don't know if it was to fulfill the promise of different rooms, or if it was really busy with official business, Qin Zhen disappeared for two days. Everyone in the palace seems to be accustomed to it, and everything in the palace is orderly, and there is no fault because the master is not there.
Qin Zhen was not there, and Zhou Qingqing was also at ease. It's just that the people in the palace are too cold, which makes her feel that she is really a princess.
If Qin Zhen died young, it would be a big deal to run back to Southern Zhou. If Qin Zhen can live peacefully for a few decades, she, the princess, will also live for decades like him, and now the atmosphere of the palace is definitely not good.
Zhou Qingqing thought about it and decided to take the princess's posture first. After lunch, she found Mi Zhu and Mi Yu, ordered two small snacks from Xijing, and asked them to go to the kitchen to make two plates for her.
The two maids are the same age as Zhou Qing's youth, but they have been in the palace for many years, and they have extraordinary feelings for Qin Zhen, the owner of the palace. There are many wives and concubines of the Western Qin royal family, only Qin Zhen has been fighting outside since he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and he is very weak in the affairs of men and women.
Mizhu Miyu is Qin Zhen's personal maid in the house, although Qin Zhen has not lived much in the house, but the two girls also think that one day, the prince can take them into the house.
I had no choice but to wait for year after year, and finally waited for the prince's wedding, but I didn't wait for him to accept them. However, the prince also married a Southern Zhou woman, and it was just a matter of marrying a Southern Zhou woman, but he was still the daughter of the king of Dingxi County of Southern Zhou.
I thought that the new princess would be timid in the palace when she came from afar, but Zhou Qingqing has only been here for a few days, but instead of being cautious, she is quite comfortable, as if this Wuwang Mansion is her own home.
Well, it's her home indeed.
However, Mizhu Miyu is indeed unwilling.
Seeing Zhou Qingqing's orders, he respectfully agreed on his face, but he was careful in his heart.
Half an hour later, Mi Zhu Mi Yu carried two plates of Xijing fried cakes to the small courtyard, put them on the stone table in front of Zhou Qingqing, and then bowed and retreated.
Zhou Qingqing looked at the fried cake, the color was golden, and it looked very appetizing.
She picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, but before she could start chewing, Bihe suddenly broke in, and regardless of the identity of the master and servant, she directly knocked down the dim sum in her hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't eat it, I just accidentally heard those two maids say that they deliberately added dirty things to this fried cake." ”
Zhou Qingqing hurriedly spit out the dim sum in his mouth, was stunned and smiled: "Really? ”
Bihe nodded, and said indignantly: "These two minions are really bold, Miss is a princess, they dare to do this!" When the prince returns, I will definitely sue him. After that, he suddenly softened his voice again, "It's still the young lady who sues the prince herself, and the slave is afraid that she can't say anything in front of the prince." ”
Zhou Qingqing sneered, thought for a moment and said, "You call Mizhu Miyu." ”
Bihe wondered: "Miss, what are you going to do?" ”
"You just called."
Bihe ran to call someone, and within a moment, the two maids followed her to the small courtyard. Zhou Qingqing threw a few fried cakes, and most of them were still on the plate, and when he saw the two maids coming in, he smiled and said: "Mizhu Miyu is a good craft, this fried cake tastes really good, but I ate a lot of fried cakes for lunch, and I can't eat a few fried cakes, and I will reward you with the rest." ”
Mizhu Miyu looked at each other, and Mizhu, who was still a little older, stepped forward, respectfully took the plate and said, "Thank you, madam." ”
Seeing that the two of them wanted to leave with the plates, Zhou Qingqing smiled again and said, "I heard that this fried cake tastes bad when it is cold, so you two can sit here and eat it." ”
Mizhu Miyu's face changed slightly, but she didn't dare to say anything, so she had to sit on the stone bench from Shanruliu, bite her lip and start eating the leftover fried cake.
Zhou Qingqing was standing next to him, and they probably realized something, although they were unwilling, they still ate half a plate of dim sum.
When she retired, Mi Zhu couldn't help it: "Does Madam know?" ”
Zhou Qingqing's eyes widened and asked innocently: "What do you know?" ”
Mi Yu bit her lip and asked directly, "Did Madam deliberately let me and my sister eat this pastry?" ”
Zhou Qingqing blinked more and more innocently: "Don't you two like it?" I thought this was a special pastry in Xijing, and you Xiqin people would love to eat it, but I didn't expect you two sisters to not like it. If you don't like it, why didn't you say it earlier? Otherwise, I'll think I'm forcing you to eat it!" ”
She was pretending to be talking, and Qin Zhen, who had disappeared for two days, suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and she didn't know if she was too busy, and her face seemed tired.
Seeing her prince come back, Mi Zhu immediately pulled her sister to kneel, sobbing and crying: "The prince, please be the master of the slave!" ”
Qin Zhen's beard became more and more luxuriant, leaving only two dark eyes exposed, and his thick eyebrows frowned slightly: "What's wrong with you?" ”
The two maids were also smart, and they didn't speak, they just hid their faces and wept, and they saw that everyone was pitiful, compared to Zhou Qingqing who was standing next to her, obviously crying and complaining that she was bullied by the new princess.
Zhou Qingqing leaned on the edge of the stone table with his arms crossed, tilted his head and looked at Qin Zhen from afar, smiling calmly.
Qin Zhen looked at her like this, and probably guessed what was going on, this girl was not a troublemaker, but she definitely wouldn't embarrass people for no reason.
He curled his lips and smiled at her, then lowered his voice, "Have you two forgotten who you are?" ”
"Slaves don't dare!"
Qin Zhen laughed: "I may not have made it clear before, but now I will tell you seriously, in the future, this king will not be in the palace, and the princess will be in charge, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to the princess, or disobey the princess, the family law will serve." ”
Although Mi Zhu Miyu was indignant in her heart, she didn't dare to say anything more, and kowtowed to Zhou Qingqing twice before stumbling away.
Bihe winked at Zhou Qingqing, and ran away, leaving only the two of them in the small courtyard.
Qin Zhen walked over to Zhou Qingqing and raised his eyebrows to look at her: "Are you satisfied?" ”
Zhou Qingqing nodded with a smile, then took out a piece of fried cake from behind him and stuffed it into his mouth: "This reward is for you." When he smiled and swallowed it with satisfaction, she smiled again, "This is your fried cake that Mizhu Miyu specially made for me, don't you think it tastes very special?" ”
Qin Zhen frowned, as if he had just realized that something was wrong, and spit out twice: "These two dead girls, what are you putting in them?" ”
Then he suddenly picked her up and walked straight into the room.
Zhou Qingqing was so frightened that he hugged his neck: "What are you doing?" ”
Qin Zhen laughed loudly: "The eastern border was attacked by Northern Zhao, and I will leave for there early tomorrow morning." I will take back what I promised you the day before yesterday, and today I will make up for the candles in the cave room. ”
Zhou Qingqing grabbed his beard and shouted, "Qin Zhen, you are cheating!" ”