The Songhe Pavilion has long been surrounded by a tent, and the earth dragon is burning vigorously. The cook cleaned up the leg of mutton and brought it up, Zhou Heng rolled up his sleeves, turned the silver chisel himself, and roasted the leg of mutton.

Yesterday's snow did not melt, and the eaves and branches were covered with silver.

Cui Keyin sat on a chair covered with thick felt cushions and looked into the distance until the aroma entered her nose.

Zhou Heng greeted with a smile: "You can eat, come here." ”

His cheeks were red from the charcoal fire, and his slender fingers were stained with some grease.

Cui Keyin said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I coveted the snow scene and ignored you." ”

The leg of mutton was evenly golden, and Zhou Heng took a silver knife to cut off a piece of crispy sheepskin, fed it to Cui Keyin's mouth, and said, "We have a lifetime so long, it's nothing if we haven't seen it for a while." ”

It's as long as a lifetime! Cui Keyin stared at him, speechless for a while.

After lunch, the two went to the backyard, looked at the place where the original owner was the main hall, and went around a few more beautiful courtyards.

Cui Keyin pointed to a courtyard called Purple Smoke Pavilion and said, "It's better to leave it here." ”

The front yard of this yard is planted with a large area of Xifu begonias, and the backyard is a few old plum trees with coiled branches. Cui Keyin likes those plum trees.

"Okay." Zhou Heng said: "Catch up with Ming'er and let people repair it." ”

The mansion is a big place, stop here and there, and it gets dark all of a sudden. Zhou Heng was reluctant to send Cui Keyin back to Xinglin Hutong.

Two snowfalls and a sudden winter begins. The New Year is approaching, everyone is busy preparing for the New Year, there is no time to toss, and the court is very quiet for a while.

These days, Cui Keyin reads books in Huayuexuan every day.

Until the new year was approaching, Mo Yu took out a few winter clothes that Cui Keyin had made and was ready to wear for the New Year, and suddenly thought that his young lady had not entered the palace for several days, and couldn't help but say to himself: "I wonder if the young lady will go to the palace to participate in the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve?" If you go, you'll have to prepare another set. Don't know if it's too late? ”

Lu Ying exclaimed, "Miss." Recently, the nobles in the palace have not announced that you have entered the palace. ”

I don't know when the Queen Mother did not declare Cui Keyin to enter the palace. After the queen jumped out and made Li Xiuxiu a palace person, she continued to be her invisible person, and everything looked the same as before. But why do you think it's weird?

Cui Keyin looked up from the book. "I don't know." ”

If the Queen Mother has no grace. You don't have to enter the palace, do you? Then it's good to stay at home and keep the New Year with your family. Cui Keyin really doesn't care.

Lu Ying was anxious and said, "But who took eye medicine in front of the Queen Mother?" ”

It stands to reason that it can't be. The Queen Mother fainted, or did her own young lady keep guarding, didn't the Queen Mother also reward the silk?

"Miss, do you want to ask Concubine De Niangniang?" Lu Ying was anxious to think of a way, and said, "Don't be Li Xiuxiu taking eye medicine in front of the Queen Mother." ”

They live in the palace together, and Li Xiuxiu wants to find an opportunity to get close to the Queen Mother, is it easy?

Cui Keyin said lightly: "How is it possible." Li Xiuxiu is now a palace member of the Qinzheng Palace, what does the Queen Mother do in the Qinzheng Palace? ”

After Li Xiuxiu was demoted to a palace person, she hugged Emperor Zhi'an's leg and cried, saying that as long as she could see Emperor Zhi'an every day, she would be willing to be a palace person. Emperor An's heart softened and let her be a waiter in the Qinzheng Palace. In this way, Shen Mingzhu can't trouble her. With Emperor Zhi'an under her protection, she must have had a good life.

It's Li Mingfeng, and life is very sad. The imperial historians didn't intend to let him go, he had to clamp his tail and be a man, closing the door every day, just hoping to live his life.

"Then why ...... "Then why did the Queen Mother become so cold?" Lu Ying said half of her sentence, and opened her eyes to just look at Cui Keyin.

Cui Keyin said: "What does the Queen Mother think, does it matter?" ”

"It's important." Lu Ying and Mo Yu said in unison.

Cui Keyin simply ignored them and read by herself.

Jiang was busy preparing New Year's goods, sending and receiving gifts, but he didn't expect this for a while, and when he unloaded the hairpin ring at night, he heard Cuihuan mention a sentence, and he was also anxious, and he didn't close his eyes all night. Rushed to Huayuexuan early the next morning and said, "Lu Ying said well, why don't you hand a sign into the palace, probe Concubine De's tone, and see what she says." ”

Cui Keyin smiled: "It's okay." It's just that the queen mother's body is too lazy to move after her illness, and she likes to be quiet and doesn't like to move. Usually, even the concubine Fang who can talk to rarely invites her to go over to chat, let alone others? ”

Concubine Fang was originally the queen mother's best friend when she was a girl, and after entering the palace, she became the queen mother's diehard loyalist, and the two have always advanced and retreated together.

If you don't even see her much, it's normal not to announce that Cui Keyin will enter the palace to talk. Jiang was relieved at this time, counting the steps of Chinese New Year's Eve, and hoped that like the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Queen Mother would order Cui Keyin to attend the royal family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve.

However, until noon on Chinese New Year's Eve, no chamberlain came to deliver the message.

In the evening, the family sat around for a reunion dinner, and Jiang said worriedly: "Is it that Keyin is dissatisfied with the Queen Mother?" ”

Before she passed the door, her mother-in-law was dissatisfied, how would she live in the future?

Cui Keyin really comforted her.

At this time, in Fengyi Garden, a family banquet was being held.

The queen sat down at the bottom of the queen mother, sandwiched a piece of stewed sika deer tendon into the plate in front of the queen mother, and said flatteringly: "The queen mother tastes it while it's hot." ”

The Queen Mother took a bite.

Not far away, Shen Mingzhu looked around for a while, and said to the virtuous concubine next to him: "Why do I think there are a lot fewer people today?" ”

Concubine Xian is a kind-hearted person, and said: "There is a missing Miss Cui and a Kang Concubine, but two younger sisters have been added." ”

To Andi Xin, he accepted two Zhaoyi.

"Oh-" Shen Mingzhu deliberately dragged out his tone, his voice was not big or small, and it just happened to reach the Queen Mother, and said: "Strange how do I think there are fewer people, it turns out that Miss Cui is missing." It's also Ha, today is the day of the reunion of ten thousand families, let her enter the palace for the New Year, it is indeed a little impersonal. ”

Concubine Xian said: "The queen mother is kind-hearted and sympathetic to Miss Cui's heart for reuniting with her family." At this time next year, Miss Cui wants to go back to Cui's family for a reunion, but she can't. ”

In fact, the concubines muttered in their hearts, the Mid-Autumn Festival said that the name had been decided, and called people over for the festival, but there was no movement on Chinese New Year's Eve. To say that there is no inside story, and to kill them is also unbelievable.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother said lightly: "The mourning family does not have Miss Xuan Cui, why, Concubine De has an opinion?" ”

"Huh? Don't dare, don't dare Shen Mingzhu said as if frightened: "Niangniang is kind, how can the concubine not be able to understand it?" It's just casual talk. ”

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, naturally she would not say that since she heard that she was unconscious, Cui Keyin was still reading, bored with her, and never wanted to see her truth again.

Concubine Xian lowered her head even more, and just stuffed vegetables into her mouth.

Zhou Heng on the other side of the screen, with chopsticks for vegetables. (To be continued......)