Hong Ling came to the palace full of apprehension, and she was more and more glad in her heart, fortunately, she came with Xiuxiu, otherwise she might have retreated and gone back before she entered the palace gate.

After passing through the gates of the palace, she finally came to the front of Zhen Hong's palace, waiting for Xiuxiu to report the time, Hongling had already drafted many topics outside the door and planned to go in and talk to Zhen Hong for a while.

In the middle of the night, Xiuxiu followed a delicate palace maid to take Hongling in, and walked through the garden full of rare plants to the hall in Zhen Hong's hall, only to see Zhen Hong sitting majestically in the center of the hall early, the corners of her mouth were dignified and slightly upturned, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of kindness.

"Ling'er Sees the Queen Mother"

"Let's go flat"

Seeing Hongling's well-behaved and lovely appearance, Zhen Hong became more and more happy, and after getting up and helping Hongling who was slightly bent up, he led her to the table in the center of the hall and sat down.

"Sure enough, I didn't disappoint Hongu, and Bengu knew that you came back to find Hongu"

Seeing Zhen Hong, who was full of joy, pulling herself so intimately, Hongling felt more and more warm, when she met for the first time, there might be any deviation in her feelings, and the second time she met, she had completely convinced herself, so that somehow, when she had nothing to do recently, her amiable face always appeared in her mind.

"Ling'er is afraid that she will disturb the queen mother, the queen mother does not dislike it, Ling'er is already very happy"

Zhen Hong immediately pouted resentfully, "You don't know how boring this palace is in this palace every day."

Seeing her childlike expression, Hongling couldn't help but laugh out loud, Zhen Hong saw her like this, her expression was slightly stunned, but her heart seemed to be stirred up by a thousand waves.

Seeing that she suddenly stayed there silently and looked at herself seriously, thinking that she was laughing too presumptuously, she immediately stopped her voice and put down the hand covering her mouth in a regular manner, her face was full of worry, and she was afraid that Zhen Hong would get tired of her.

Zhen Hong suddenly pinched Hongling's fallen hand, and said to Hongling with a gentle smile: "Ling'er, it's been a long time since anyone dared to smile like this in front of this palace, this palace is so happy, don't you want to be the same as the people next to you, you will be like this in front of this palace in the future, how about it?" ”。

Hong Ling was also shocked in her heart, she didn't expect that she, who was the queen, would be so eager for the life of ordinary people in her heart, and wanted to spend the deep palace life day after day for many years, how much she longed for freedom in her heart, thinking of Hong Ling, she couldn't help but purse her lips and put her hand on Zhen Hong's hand.

"Queen Mother, Ling'er heard that you like to listen to folk stories, it just so happens that I read a lot in the early years, why don't I listen to it to you?"

I saw that Zhen Hong's eyes lit up, and she looked at Hongling as if she had seen a bosom friend she hadn't seen for many years, so she immediately took Hongling's hand and nodded her head again and again.

Seeing that although Zhen Hong is already a half-old, she is still looking at herself like a child, Hongling hooked the corners of her mouth slightly, and told her an ancient version of the story of 'Cinderella', Zhen Hong once cried, when it came to Cinderella finally living a happy life with her beloved man, Zhen Hong was like witnessing this beautiful time, and sincerely offered blessings to the two.

When a story ends, it's time for lunch, Hongling wanted to say goodbye, but Zhen Hong was really reluctant to let her go, you know, Zhen Hong has not found a storyteller who can tell such a novel story for many years, not to mention, Hongling is better than those storytellers, I don't know how many times stronger than those storytellers, every time the key plot is full of emotion, she feels like she is in it, how can such an interesting baby say let go.

"Ling'er, you can stay and dine with us, otherwise this palace will be angry."

Seeing that Zhen Hong likes herself so much, Hongling's heart is like a happy kitten, Zhen Hong's amiable smile on her face can hit her homesick heart every time, although she is far away from Wang Anxin, but at least there is someone who can comfort herself, which is also good.

"Yes, the queen mother, Ling'er will stay"

As soon as the words fell, the king entered the palace, and when he saw that Hongling was also here, his expression was slightly shocked, but he immediately recovered his indifference, "Why is Ling'er here today?" ”。

Hongling was about to open her mouth to explain, but she saw Chen Jinye come out from behind Wang Shang at some point, and the two of them looked at each other and twisted their eyebrows in unison, but Zhen Hong became more and more excited and asked the people to gather up the wine and food.

"Ye'er hasn't eaten with us for a long time, and it just so happens that Ling'er is here today, it's rare for our family to get together tacitly, and I'm very happy for my mother."

Several people gathered together and sat down, Zhen Hong even pulled Chen Jinye to chat for a while, only Wang Shang and himself silently listened to the tea, Hongling secretly glanced at Chen Jinye a few times, but today's Chen Jinye didn't know what was going on, so he sat there seriously, and he didn't even look at her, as if the two of them were very strange.

After the meal was served, a table of four people started the dishes and chopsticks, Zhen Hong sometimes said a few words with Wang Shang and sometimes chatted with Chen Jinye, and did not forget to say a few words with Hongling from time to time, the whole hall was often filled with laughter, just like ordinary people.

Hong Ling couldn't help but think of when she was still in the Prime Minister's Mansion, as if there was no one at the dining table except herself, she was very quiet, she didn't expect that there were not so many confinements in the palace of Nanzhao, thinking of this, Hong Ling couldn't help but have a wry smile on her face.

"Ling'er, what's wrong with you?"

When Hong Ling came back to her senses, she found that the three people on the table were all looking at her in unison, so she immediately straightened up and replied, "No, nothing."

"But Hongu seems to be very sad to see you"

Chen Jinye suddenly remembered that she estimated that she was thinking about Tianpu's family again, so she replied: "She may have seen the scene and remembered her hometown."

Hongling didn't expect that Chen Jinye, who was indifferently eating vegetables on the side, actually knew her mood, and she was slightly surprised for a moment, then immediately cheered up, smiled at the king and queen, and said, "Father, don't worry, Ling'er is fine."

After listening to Hongling's pretended strong answer, Zhen Hong squeezed Hongling's hand very understandingly, and murmured, "Ling'er ......."

Zhen Hong naturally knows this feeling, since she married into this palace, she has lost a lot of days to be with her parents, Rao is status is becoming more and more noble, but how many people can understand the taste of this high place. Thinking that in the future, Ling'er will be locked up in this deep palace for most of her life like herself, how can this not make herself feel lonely for her?

Wang Shang was keenly aware of Zhen Hong's emotional changes, and quietly put his hand on her shoulder, he also knew how painful his Hong'er's original uninhibited love for freedom and liveliness had been consumed, and in the early years, he could constantly change different storytellers to fill the hole with her, and later it was only a long time to fill for her.

So every year on her birthday, he tries his best to let her, recruit the housewives of various mansions into the palace is also to satisfy her desire to secretly inquire about all kinds of gossip, occasionally she will naughtily dress up as a palace maid and mix among those housewives, in order to listen to what they are saying at close range, but in recent years, those housewives have only said some salty and non-salty comparisons every time they get together, which makes her tired a lot, so she is not so keen on this.

However, there is one thing that Zhen Hong regrets, that is, on this year's birthday, she actually missed the wonderful 'scolding battle' between the housemothers and Luo Luoyu, this kind of thing has never happened once in so many years, and finally there is such an unprecedented time, so that she missed it.

Seeing this scene, Chen Jinye shook his head helplessly, and then slowly picked up the cup and drank a cup of tea.

"Ling'er, why don't you make a cup of tea for your father and queen mother, they haven't tasted your tea-making skills yet"

Hong Ling glanced at Chen Jinye as if she had just woken up from a dream, and smiled at the king and queen, and said, "Father, mother, Ling'er will make a pot of good tea for you", after that, I saw Hong Ling get up and bring the tea set on the side, and the palace maids immediately took down the dishes and chopsticks in front of Hong Ling.

Hongling slowly twisted an agarwood and burned it in the incense burner, after the smoke clouds slowly rose, she was like a fairy floating on the clouds to transport the teapot, tea leaves, and tea bowls between the palms, every action of lifting the pot and pinching the cup was like flowing water, and the hands were opened and closed as if luck was like a mist of luck, and for a while she was stunned by the three people in front of her.

"Sit and drink the water, watch the frying dust; There is no reason to hold a bowl and send it to the tea lovers", Hong Ling poured a cup of tea for the three of them in turn, and saluted them one by one.

The king and queen were still immersed in the atmosphere created by Hongling for a long time and couldn't come back to their senses, but Chen Jinye took the lead in tasting the tea handed by Hongling without tasting it in his mouth, which immediately aroused the memories of when she went to her courtyard that day and inadvertently drank the cup of Longjing, could it be that she brewed it like this at that time?

"This tea... That's how you soaked last time? ”

Hong Ling bowed slightly towards Chen Jinye, "Not bad."

"No wonder this king tried many methods and couldn't make it like you, it turned out that it wasn't because of tea"

The king and queen hurriedly picked up the teacup in front of them and took a small sip, only to feel a trace of refreshing and endless, and after slowly swallowing it, there was a trace of sweetness in it, and the word relaxed and happy was not enough to describe this chic and melodious taste.

"This tea is simply amazing!" , Wang Shang couldn't help but admire, Zhen Hong was already immersed in it at this time and couldn't find any wonderful words to describe the taste of this tea, this is the sweetness she has never tasted, it is not an exaggeration to praise any wonderful words.

Seeing that the three of them liked the tea they brewed so much, Hongling felt a pride in her heart, and she couldn't help but smile widely......