Qin Chuxue took the hand stove, hugged it in her hand and made a circle, then raised her head and said to the palace maid: "Go get the food, bring the three of us a row." ”

The palace maid bent her knees and replied "yes", then turned her head to look at Zeng Rong, didn't ask anything, turned around and went out.

After touching a stick of incense, the palace maid came in with a food box, Qin Chuxue glanced at Zeng Rong's progress, and told her to put the food box on the stove outside to warm it.

Zeng Rong knew that older people would feel dizzy or panicked if they didn't eat in time, so he hurriedly stopped the palace maid, "Aunt Qin, use it first, I'll have to do it for a while." ”

"Busy with you." Qin Chuxue replied with three words.

When the palace maid heard this, she took the food box out, then came in and poured a cup of hot tea for Qin Chuxue, brought a plate of snacks, and then touched the kang mat, and soon went out again.

I don't know how long it took, the palace maid named Xiaocui lit two lamps in front of Zeng Rong, and Zeng Rong began to finish at that time, the phoenix she painted was a pair of phoenixes, not one, the two phoenixes stood side by side in the flowers, and the head was still buried in the peony bush, but the tails of the two phoenixes were connected together to form a circle, more like a heart to be exact.

It's just that what Zeng Rong didn't expect was that Aunt Qin was angry when she saw the pair of phoenixes, and reached out to tear the painting, but when she was about to use force, Zeng Rong pounced, "Aunt Qin, it's my fault, if you are angry, just beat me, don't hurt your body, I, I'll tear it for you... ”

It is also strange to say, hearing this, Qin Chuxue suddenly calmed down and threw this pattern two or three feet away, but the trembling of his fingertips still told Zeng Rong that the other party's anger had not subsided.

Zeng Rong, who was at a loss, crawled to the side of the painting nervously, and when he was reaching out to pick it up, Qin Chuxue spoke, "That's it, don't tear it, show it to me again." ”

"Huh? What else are you watching? Zeng Rong hesitated for a moment, and carefully handed over the painting.

This time, Qin Chuxue really didn't have the urge to tear the painting anymore, but touched the painting and shed a few tears.

Xiao Cui shook her head slightly, she was more timid than Zeng Rong.

Zeng Rong dared to pounce when the other party was angry, but she didn't dare to say a word.

"Do you know who this trick is for?" Qin Chuxue asked, her head still lowered, and her eyes were still looking at the pair of phoenixes under her fingertips.

"I didn't know before the painting, but I counted the painting of yours halfway through the painting and guessed it." Zeng Rong lied.

"Count my paintings?" Qin Chuxue raised her head and brought the pattern she had drawn to her.

"Aunt Hui, the phoenix you painted is nine-tailed, this number can be used except for the queen mother is the queen, I think that whether it is the queen mother or the queen, I must not want to see the phoenix alone." Zeng Rong said thoughtfully.

"Alone?" Qin Chuxue read these four words again, as if she was in deep thought, or reminiscence.

Zeng Rong was suspicious in his heart, and secretly looked at the other party, in his forties, with a round face, a little fat powder on his face, slender eyebrows and eyes, his facial features can only be said to be upright, not delicate and beautiful, his hair is combed in a mess, black hair, neither shiny nor yellow, he has a simple round bun, a golden hairpin is inserted, and the gown on his body is silk, which is not good, but not bad.

A very ordinary person, if there is anything different, that is the eyes, whether it is deep or quiet, most of the time it is the ancient well without waves, and even the sound is also, no joy or sorrow, it seems to see all the flowers, wash away the lead.

But such a person was ruined by a pair of phoenixes painted by Zeng Rong, and it was difficult for Zeng Rong not to be curious.

Could it be that she is a concubine who has been beaten into the cold palace?

No, how can there be a reason to send the concubine to the Shanggong Bureau to be a female official?

While he was speculating, Liu Chunmiao's voice sounded outside, and Xiao Cui hurriedly turned around and went out.

"Xiaocui, are you back? I'm bringing you food. Liu Chunmiao's voice rang out in the hall.

"Back to Aunt Liu, the slave and maid have brought the food back." As soon as the words fell, two people came in with food boxes.

"Painted? So fast? How, can it be used? Liu Chunmiao said as she put the food box on the kang table on the side, and started to pick out the pattern.

Qin Chuxue took her hand away, let Liu Chunmiao take it away, turned to Xiaocui and said, "Set the meal." ”

When Xiao Cui heard this, she hurriedly cleaned out a kang table, took out a few dishes from the food box, and brought four bowls of dishes by herself, two of which were Qin Chuxue's, one meat and one vegetable, she was the same as Zeng Rong, it was a vegetarian dish.

"Qin Si, can this trick be used?" Liu Chunmiao saw the pattern in her hand and asked carefully.

"Yes." Qin Chuxue replied with two more words.

Liu Chunmiao turned to Zeng Rong when she heard this, Zeng Rong smiled faintly, and she didn't explain, and she couldn't explain either.

"Eat." Qin Chuxue said to Zeng Rong.

"Oh, by the way, I've got two dishes for you." Liu Chunmiao put down the trick in his hand and took out two bowls of vegetables from the food box, one was yuba chicken soup, which put a lot of conpoys in it, and the other was fried pork with dried bamboo shoots.

These two dishes are from the south, presumably this Aunt Qin is from the south, but Zeng Rong didn't hear anything unusual from her accent, and she spoke completely authentic Beijing dialect.

Because of the lack of food, the room quickly quieted down, and Zeng Rong didn't even dare to raise her head in order to reduce her sense of existence, and of course, she didn't dare to pick up the dishes in other bowls, only focusing on her own.

Suddenly, a pair of chopsticks handed her a chicken leg, followed by a large piece of chicken, Zeng Rong looked up and saw that it was Qin Chuxue, Qin Chuxue didn't speak, and after dividing the things into her and Xiaocui's bowl, she also lowered her head and ate it.

After finishing the meal for a while, Xiaocui poured a cup of tea for everyone after packing up her things, and Zeng Rong had to sit down again when she saw this.

"Want to open it?" Liu Chunmiao asked Qin Chuxue.

Qin Chuxue didn't answer her, nor did she raise her eyes to look at her, but looked down at the teacup in her hand, that is, when Zeng Rong thought that she would not answer, she spoke, "People have been gone for more than ten years, what else can't you think of?" ”

The voice still sounded calm, still joyless and sad.

But Zeng Rong knew no, behind this joyless and sorrowless was a monstrous hatred and anger, just like herself.

"More than ten years? It's been 12 years, these 12 years are fast and fast, slow and slow, boil it, even if it's not for yourself, you should do it... ”

"Go back, I'm tired too." Qin Chuxue interrupted Liu Chunmiao.

Liu Chunmiao quickly stopped talking, and glanced at Zeng Rong quickly, "It's okay, you are so resting." ”

After speaking, she put away the two pictures of phoenixes wearing peonies, Qin Chuxue didn't stop her, and watched them leave.