Chu Tao still did not slow down after walking out of Huaqing Palace for a hundred steps. I want to enter the palace as Princess Xile's companion? What about Sister Ju and Sister Sakura? Will the mother blame herself? Will you get into trouble? Is the gentleman who teaches strict? If you can't read well, will you hit your own hands?

Although Chu Tao is young, but she lives a very open-minded and transparent life, for everything around her, whether it is good or bad, she readily accepts, earnestly pursues the phrase "I am fortunate to lose my life", and has always kept in mind "not to be happy with things, not to be sad with myself". For the position of companion, she never thought of competing with her two sisters for the position of companion. But God always jokes with her, and surprises her one by one. The first peach looked up at the sky, the autumn sky was pure blue, a row of geese formed a "human" shape gradually went away, that touch of blue reflected in the eyes of the first peach, adding a melancholy color. Chu Tao sighed and helped the old man in the palace, Mama Yan, to walk forward slowly.

Because it was morning when I entered the palace, I had been delayed for a long time at Concubine De's place, and it was already noon when I arrived in Concubine Zhen's Xiaoxiang Palace. Concubine Zhen lay on the bed and fell asleep, covered with a bed of gold-edged red reckless lines that lined her face extremely white, only the pale pink lips showed a little blood.

Concubine Zhen's personal maid Qingyu picked up the saro and pulled Chu Tao over and walked over. Chu Tao was still hesitating in front of Concubine Zhen, Concubine Zhen tilted her head and only put out her left face, Chu Tao didn't dare to approach, only felt that her aunt was like a beauty hewn out of jade, exuding a cold and arrogant temperament like a snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountains, and approached her, only feeling that she was a dirty thing made of mud, for fear of dirtying this beauty's territory.

The palace maid Qingyu moved a small stool, invited Chu Tao to sit down, offered a cup of milk, saw Chu Tao stunned, and whispered: "Niang Niang should wake up in a while, Miss will sit here and don't worry, right?" ”

Chu Tao said obediently: "Don't worry, I'll wake up with my aunt." Chu Tao looked around with a cup in his hand and drank milk. There was a cold mint aroma in the air, and Chu Tao stood up and found the corner of the wall, only to see a row of luxuriant mint in the corner. "It's really strange that everyone else is planting some fragrant flowers in the house, but my aunt puts a row of mint." Chu Tao secretly thought, seeing that there was no one in the room, he carefully observed the furnishings in the house.

I saw a real painting of "Peach Blossom Picture in the Hidden Valley" hanging at the head of the bed, the hook of the bed tent traced the pink peach petals, and even the set of tea sets on the table was also a white azure peach blossom teapot fired by Ru kiln, and a set of teacups printed with peach blossoms, and even the beauty of the flower arrangement was also written from the "Book of Songs" "Tao Yao".

It turns out that my aunt likes peach blossoms so much. Chu Tao recalled the Concubine De she had just met, just looking at her appearance, Concubine De was also a first-class beauty, but compared with her aunt, she had a little less temperament and charm. Chu Tao is so whimsical and cranky.

Sure enough, as Qingyu said, Concubine Zhen woke up quickly, and was very surprised to see Chu Tao, and asked Chu Tao's mother why she didn't come, Chu Tao answered one by one, and told Concubine Zhen word for word how to meet the queen and Concubine De.

Concubine Zhen frowned and said, "Everyone else says that you are stupid, but this palace doesn't think that you behaved very well in front of the saint just now." Let's talk about our aunt and nephew today. You take my letter and hand it to your uncle, and ask him to keep an eye on the movements of the prince, and do it quietly yourself, so as not to alarm others. As he spoke, he took a letter from the small box at the bottom of the dresser and handed it to Hatsu Tao solemnly.

Chu Tao also nodded solemnly, put away the sorbet, and asked, "Auntie, do you want the eighth king to be the emperor?" ”

When others heard this, they were afraid that their legs were weak, but Concubine Zhen said lightly: "This palace doesn't have this heart, your brother doesn't have this strategy, why should I show him a dead end." The Jiang family's power is too great, and it is married to important officials and nobles in the imperial court, and the roots are deep, which has caused the royal family to be feared. We have to tread carefully. Chu Tao said: "My niece understands." ”

Concubine Zhen raised her eyebrows and said: "For the royal family, there is no true affection, only interests. You should remember that our Jiang family seems to be prosperous and well, but in fact it is in dire straits. She instructed again: "Concubine De wants you to enter the palace, and the emperor agrees, there is no room for maneuver at this time." There are also benefits to entering the palace to study together, which can sharpen your temperament and learn a little more rules. And remember, never mess with any prince, and be careful in front of Xile. ”

Qingyu came over and reminded the two of them softly that it was time to eat, Qingyu and Chu Tao worked together to help Concubine Zhen up from the bed, Chu Tao saw that Concubine Zhen's wrist was skinny, her heart was sour and almost cried, and she remembered her mother's words, she didn't dare to show a little sadness in front of Concubine Zhen, so she had to divert the topic and said: "The bracelet on my aunt's hand is so beautiful." "It's a red gold ring bead nine-turn exquisite bracelet, with a lot of patterns, and it looks like it's expensive.

Concubine Zhen listened, took the bracelet off her wrist, and said with a wry smile: "Originally, it was just right to wear this bracelet, but now you can wear two handkerchiefs in the middle, and the palace is much thinner." She handed the bracelet to Hatsu Tao and said, "Since you think it's beautiful, I'll give you this bracelet." ”

Chu Tao was afraid that Concubine Zhen would be too careful, so she accepted it quickly. Concubine Zhen knew that Chu Tao was coming today, so she added a few good dishes to the kitchen. A dish of duck skin soup with sour bamboo shoots, a plate of shredded jellyfish mixed with yuan hooves, a plate of pickled rouge goose breast, a bowl of blueberry yam cake, a cup of pickled duxian, a bowl of boiled dried shrimp, a lotus leaf wrapped chicken, a plate of plum roasted pork, a plate of fashionable vegetables, a plate of braised sea cucumber with green onions, and two other dim sums, cream and pine roll cake and butterfly cake. Concubine Zhen has a good appetite today and has eaten a lot. Chu Tao was so hungry that her chest was close to her back, and she ate two bowls of rice in a row, drank two bowls of soup, and ate that sam.

Concubine Zhen said distressedly: "Now Jinling doesn't know what kind of demon wind is hanging, the girl's family is beautiful with thinness, do you have to be so thin that your little face is concave to be good-looking?" I heard that Xile didn't eat dinner in order to be slim. It's still good for you to eat as much as you want, don't think about anything else. ”

Chu Tao wiped her mouth and said, "No, my mother has always thought I was fat and not good-looking." I didn't dare to eat like this at home, let alone when I arrived in the palace, my mother said that I looked ugly like a starving ghost reincarnated. It's just that my aunt is not an outsider, so it doesn't hurt me to eat more. After eating, Chu Tao said a lot of interesting things in the house, which made Concubine Zhen smile from ear to ear. Chu Tao's mouth is sweet, honest and cute, everything seems so innocent and interesting to her mouth, and the story is fascinating, and even Qingyu listens to it with relish on the side.

Approaching dusk, Chu Tao had to say goodbye to Concubine Zhen: "Auntie, this is really a fairy residence, Chu Tao just doesn't want to leave." This time I said goodbye, and I hope that my aunt can cheer up and recuperate, don't blindly raise in bed, and have to get down and walk around to breathe some fresh air. When my niece returned home, I sent two big turtles to my aunt to play with, don't look at the clumsy turtles, it's also very interesting! ”

Qingyu smiled and said with a flushed face: "The girl is really special, she wants to give us a big turtle." Where did you find this big tortoise? ”

Hatsu Tao said: "The pond behind my grandmother's house is full of it, and it was all released by my grandmother. Concubine Zhen also laughed breathlessly: "That's not a turtle, that's all soft-shelled turtles!" ”

sent away the first peach, and Concubine Zhen still had a smile on the corner of her mouth. Qingyu came in to deliver the medicine, and Concubine Zhen drank it quietly and said, "I know this disease in my own heart, and I can't die." Qingyu said, "The master will definitely live a long life." ”

Concubine Zhen said faintly: "Qingyu, I really regret it......"