Two large red lanterns hung on the gate of the palace, and several guards patrolled the streets outside.

The light behind the vermilion lacquer gate was dim, and Mrs. Lu was wearing a dark green dress, with her hands on her waist, hiding there in a dignified manner.

The delicate face has no expression, but the familiar eyes can't hide it, and the faint resentment and broken thoughts seem to hide a thousand words, which can grind the hardest man to the bone.

"Aunt Lu, hehe...... How do you hide behind the door? I didn't even pay attention to ......"

Xu Buling turned around cautiously like a man who went out to steal fish, smiling and trying to be more natural.

Mrs. Lu frowned and stared at Xu Buling for a long time, until Xu Buling's scalp was numb, and then slowly, slowly took two steps forward, and reached Xu Buling's chest and sniffed it.

The dark fragrance of the orchid is tangy.

Xu Buling was a little amused, raised his hands, and looked calm, since he had suffered a loss at the hands of Song Yufu before, he had already paid attention to this aspect to the extreme, and it was impossible for him to have the taste of other women.

After Mrs. Lu smelled it, there was no smell of a wild woman, her face softened a little, and she raised her cheeks and glanced at Xu Buling:

"Where are you going? It's very fun to hum a little song, and I am also a martial artist, with six eyes and ears and eight directions, who is in my head? I can't even see my aunt ...... my age."

Xu Buling raised his hand and wanted to help Mrs. Lu, but Mrs. Lu twisted her waist and avoided it, looking like 'don't touch me, I'm not your aunt', so she had to smile helplessly:

"The moonlight was good, I went out on horseback to enjoy the scenery, and I bought a pot of wine by the way."

"Really?"

Mrs. Lu looked to the side and didn't look at Xu Buling.

Xu Buling was helpless, whistled as he spoke, called the wind chasing horse over, took off the wine gourd from it, opened the stopper and approached Mrs. Lu:

"Last time, Aunt Lu gave two pots of wine, and after I drank it, I couldn't sleep at night, and I didn't want to drink it, so I went to Sun's shop to buy this, and I also gave it a name, just ...... Well, it's called 'Hongluan Erguotou'......"

"- what a mess ......"

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she showed a little annoyance, leaned over the wine gourd and sniffed it, and was only frowning, covering her nose with her sleeve, and snorting softly: "Okay, I don't care where you go at night, just don't have an accident." ”

Xu Buling picked up the wine gourd and poured it, making a long aftertaste, and nodded:

"Aunt Lu, don't worry, I have my own measure."

"What's your measure?"

Mrs. Lu was angry again when she heard this, and raised her hand and pinched Xu Buling's waist a few times: "If you say you are good, you won't enter the palace, and if you say you are good, you won't enter the palace, and you ran to the palace yesterday, you just think I'm an aunt and a good deceitful, don't you?" Duplicity, saying in the morning that I forgot about it in the afternoon......"

Xu Buling made a painful appearance, grabbed Mrs. Lu's wrist, and said helplessly: "The Queen Mother is an elder, and she is about to stew Xiao Ting......

"Stewed Xiao Ting, what's the matter with you?"

"It's none of my business, I'm just going over to see how miserable Xiao Ting is, the scene of boiling a living person is rare, Xiao Ting's crying father and calling his mother is fun......"

“……”

Mrs. Lu pursed her lips, and couldn't find anything to say, so she was still supported by Xu Buling.

While chatting, the two walked through the verandah to the bedroom in the back house. There was a vermilion food box on the table in the bedroom, and the tea was already cold, apparently coming for a while.

Mrs. Lu walked to the table and sat down, opened the food box and took out the homemade snacks inside:

"Have you eaten?"

"Not yet."

Xu Buling sat next to him, picked up the snack and nibbled on it, and then 'um~': "Awesome." ”

Mrs. Lu was a little funny, pondered slightly, and sighed softly, "By the way, when you entered the palace yesterday, the Queen Mother didn't teach you a lesson, right?" That is to say...... Well, let's talk about some nonsense. ”

This naturally refers to 'bad heart, like to touch things that shouldn't touch women', a few days ago was interrupted by the Li family's affairs, and Mrs. Lu almost forgot about this stubble. Yesterday, Xu Buling carried her into the palace on her back, and she was worried that the Queen Mother would really say something ridiculous that should not be said.

Xu Buling eavesdropped on the conversation on the roof, knew what was going on, shook his head and chuckled:

"The queen mother also blamed me for hiding outside the city, and left the palace after a meal and chatting, without saying anything else......"

Mrs. Lu was skeptical: "She was very anxious a few days ago, looking for you everywhere, but she didn't say anything?" ”

Xu Buling pondered for a moment, and chuckled: "The Queen Mother has been bored living in the deep palace for a long time, and she just wants to find someone to talk to...... It's just that I don't have much contact with the Queen Mother, and the bull's head is not in the horse's mouth, so there's nothing to say. Alas~ In fact, a woman has been locked in the deep palace all her life, and it is quite pitiful......"

Because Mrs. Lu is also widowed, although she is often vindictive with the Queen Mother, she empathizes with the Queen Mother's experience. Wen Yan thought about it, and sighed quietly:

"Her life is worse than mine, I can stay in the Xiao family and go out at any time to relax, as long as she goes out, she will be followed by a large number of people...... I even think she's sick. ”

The last sentence was said in a very small voice, as if he was afraid that others would hear it.

Xu Buling chuckled: "I see that the Queen Mother is quite dignified, what was the Queen Mother like before?" ”

Mrs. Lu thought about it: "What else can it be, born noble and arrogant, similar to the little princesses of the official family, basically have not suffered much, lose their temper and coquettish when they can't get what they like, and they are not sensible at all." ”

After Xu Buling wrote it down carefully, he nodded: "Really?" What did the Queen Mother like before? ”

Mrs. Lu shook her head: "Poetry and songs, the ladies of wealthy families like these...... Oh yes, she also likes those strange things, the tangram box, the nine rings, these are all things that children play with, and the girl's house should not touch them, but she made a lot of them, and now they are still in the dormitory, making them like the treasury......"

Xu Buling realized: "It may have something to do with the family style of the Xiao family, I don't think about the Queen Mother's tea, it doesn't seem to have anything to eat, the fried dishes in the dining room are not as delicious as Aunt Lu's cooking, is the Queen Mother not fond of eating or has no appetite?" ”

Mrs. Lu pursed her lips, and there was a little smugness in her eyes:

"She has been upset in the palace for a long time, she has no appetite, and she is usually greedy. There is an old shop selling candied fruit in Daye Fang, and Qiao'e will buy some ...... every time she leaves the palace."

"The rouge gouache used by the Queen Mother doesn't feel appropriate, although the things are expensive, but the temperament is far behind Aunt Lu, isn't she very good at dressing up?"

"Cut~ She didn't put her mind on this when she was a child, she just asked the maid to help, and her eyesight was not good, and she had a good face...... In my opinion, she should use 'camellia resin', the color is more appropriate, and 'red orchid nectar' is too gaudy to look old, not dignified enough......"

“…… Or does Aunt Lu know how much ......"

muttering, under Mrs. Lu's tireless and intimate teaching, Xu Buling finally had a direction to start......