Shuqing Palace is already brightly lit, and the sound of amusing birds is not coming from the main hall. Although it has already started spring, but the early cold is unpredictable, it is still cool to walk outside at night, and it is this cool night, in the courtyard of Shuqing Palace, a small person is kneeling on the ground, stubbornly pouting.

There was a sudden noise at the gate, and the eunuch guarding the gate ran into the main hall.

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, Concubine Xian and Liu Chongrong ask to meet."

"Let them in." Gui Chun said.

"Yes."

The eunuch guarding the door trotted to announce that Concubine Xian and Liu Chongrong came in, and Mama Gui Chun also welcomed out of the palace on behalf of the Queen Mother.

"The slave asks for peace to Concubine Xian and Liu Chongrong." said that Gui Chun's mother was blessed.

"Oh, you're welcome, Mama. Hurry up, please. Concubine Xian said.

"Two mothers, please." Mama Gui Chun bowed down and made a gesture of please.

The two ladies walked towards the main hall together, and when they passed by Xing'er's side, Lianxin deliberately tripped and almost fell.

"Yikes! Mother, there's still a person kneeling here! Lianxin shouted.

"This is ......," Concubine Xian looked at Gui Chun's grandmother.

"Huixian Guifei, this girl made a mistake and refused to admit it, so she will be punished and kneeling here." Mama Gui Chun made another gesture of please, "The two mothers are please." ”

Concubine Xian Guifei looked back at Xing'er step by step, although the lights in Shuqing Palace were bright, but Xing'er's little face was blurry in the night, and it could be vaguely seen that Xing'er was stubbornly pouting. Concubine Xian and Liu Chongrong entered the main hall.

"The concubine greets the Queen Mother!" The two mothers are both blessed.

"Flatten. Sit. Gui Chun, bring the candied fruit of the Duchess of Dingguo Jin a few days ago, let's taste it together. ”

"Yes."

Mama Gui Chun took the candied fruit, and served tea to the two mothers with a beautiful heart.

Concubine Xian and Liu Chongrong both sat down and took two sips of tea.

"You two, why did you make an appointment to come here today?"

"Queen Mother Lafayette, what you said made us have no way to connect. It's okay and I often run to you, but I have something serious today, but shouldn't I come? The virtuous concubine covered her face with a handkerchief and smiled.

"What my sister said is that we are willing to come to the Queen Mother a few more times to get your blessings." Liu Chongrong is also a decent person when he speaks.

"Hey, the mourning family is not so refreshing today." The Queen Mother pulled the corner of her clothes and said meaningfully.

"Queen Mother, you still need to take care of your body." Concubine Xian Guifei looked worried, "Lianxin, quickly, take the things that this palace honors the Queen Mother Lafayette to the Queen Mother." ”

"Yes." Lianxin responded and opened a wooden brocade box.

"Please take a look at the Queen Mother."

"What is this?" The Queen Mother couldn't help but call Lianxin closer. "The one on the left looks like a lotus flower in a pond in summer, but it doesn't look like a ...... Isn't it Snow Lotus? ”

"Sister, I'll just say it, the Queen Mother Lafayette is well-informed. We all need to learn. Concubine Xian hid her face and smiled.

"That's what my sister said. Queen Mother, this is dedicated to you by the concubines, and you have also seen it. Liu Chongrong motioned to his personal palace maid to open the brocade box.

"Come near, mourn the family and take a look." The Queen Mother picked up an orange thing in the box and looked at it carefully. "This looks like a vegetable?"

Liu Chongrong and Concubine Xian both looked at each other and smiled.

"The Queen Mother, the two things brought by the concubines, on the left is the snow lotus of the Tubo country, I heard that this kind of lotus grows on the high snow-capped mountain, it is the most nourishing for women, it is rare, they get a fresh flower. The concubines didn't dare to put it aside, so they quickly sent it to you. ”

"This is a rarity, Gui Chun, you can also come and see this rarity."

Mama Gui Chun took a closer look.

"This is really a rare thing that the virtuous concubine brought from the mother, and the old slave has seen it again today."

"The Queen Mother Lafayette smiled."

"Although the snow lotus of the Tubo country is more common, this is fresh, and it is the first time I have seen it. The virtuous concubine has a heart. The Queen Mother pointed to the brown-red things on the right. What's on the right of this? I've never seen it,...... It looks like a lump of flesh. ”

"Don't say that the Queen Mother on the right doesn't know, we don't know either. Learn and sell it today, don't laugh at us, the Queen Mother. The virtuous concubine covered her face with a handkerchief and smiled.

"Poor mouth! Hurry up and come to mourn! "The virtuous concubine is somewhat decent in front of the Queen Mother.

"The one on the right is the date palm of the Siber kingdom. This Xibo country is a place far away from our Great Xia, and I heard that people everywhere eat beef and mutton and eat less rice and vegetables. ”

"Sister, isn't that a savage?"

"Not really, it's just that the land there is barren and they can't grow these rice grains and vegetables, but as the saying goes, 'rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to eat the water' they have plenty of cattle, sheep and livestock, so they mainly eat meat, but they also have something to produce in the barren land, and this date palm is a kind of fruit for the locals."

"Fruit? Sister, no matter how my sister looks at this oily water, she can't tell that it's a fruit. ”

"My sister didn't know, when the locals didn't have meat to eat, they ate this, saying that it was a reward from their gods, trapped in the desert, if they could find this date palm tree, people would not die of thirst and starvation, peel off the bark and there will be water, and pick the fruit and top a piece of meat."

"It's amazing."

"When the palace family sent this date, they repeatedly told them that this thing can't be eaten more, it is enough to eat two or three a day, this thing is also easy to store, as long as it is put away, it will not deteriorate in March and May, and it is still sweet to take a bite."

"That's a good thing. The Queen Mother Lafayette, the concubine is Babaer's, waiting for your reward. ”

Hahaha! Concubine Xian chuckled a few times.

"No one is so gluttonous that you are still hungry for the Queen Mother."

Liu Chongrong hurriedly covered his mouth, and then realized that he had lost his temper.

"Queen Mother, hurry up and take a look at what the concubines brought. This is the father of the concubine, and he brought a kind of fruit and vegetable from the Great Moon Country with the officers and soldiers stationed there, called carrots. ”

"The radish mourners know, but this carrot?"

"Actually, it's a radish, but it came from the west, it was called a carrot, it was said to be a caravan from the west, brought to eat on the road, sweet and able to cushion hunger, and high yield, high yield can be cheap, my father and brother guarded the border pass, so he spent a lot of money to invite people from the Great Moon Country to teach planting, my father said that if this is successfully planted in our Great Xia, it will be extended to all the troops and border people, it is the wealth of our Great Xia, and there will be a lot of grain and grass left in the marching war."

"Oh? The mourning family has to taste it quickly, and try it for my soldiers in Great Xia first. That's a lot of work. As he spoke, he picked up a whole one.

"Queen Mother, I'm still bothering Mama Guichun to cut it for you, this thing is very hard."

"Gui Chun, it's almost cut."

Gui Chun and the others immediately went to the small kitchen to cut a plate, and the Queen Mother sang it and nodded again and again.

"This is really sweet, but the taste still needs to be adapted, since it can solve the military rations, your father and brother are also a credit." Gui Chun, give it to everyone in the palace to taste, this will be promoted in the future, and it is also a good thing, in the future, we will be able to have more dishes on the table, and the people will have one more livelihood. ”

"Yes. But ......" Gui Chun hesitated to receive the order.

"But what?"

"Queen Mother, are you talking about the whole palace, the ...... outside?"

"Humph! When it comes to mourning, I will be angry! Let's reward her! ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother had been relieved of Xing'er, Concubine Xiangui hurriedly pursued after the victory.

"Queen Mother, this heart is not refreshing, but it is because of that child?"

"There is no humility! I'm punishing her! I asked a few times and said that I didn't know what was wrong, but you said, is it strong? Angry or not? ”

"Queen Mother, I think this kid is still sensible, don't you really know what's wrong?"

"Yes, what my sister said is that although the concubines are small, I have also heard that the Queen Mother, you are a very sensible child, maybe it is really as my sister said, this child is still young, and we have big rules in the palace, so I don't know where I am wrong!"

When the Queen Mother heard them say this, she also thought about it.

"It's a mistake not to know. Just study hard. ”

"Hehe, sister, look, the Queen Mother is also like a child." The two looked at each other, hid their faces and smiled.

"Queen Mother Lafayette, it's better to call her in and ask, if you still don't know, then it's not intentional, you really don't know. When my sister and I came over, it was already cold outside, and such a young child, with a thin body, had to kneel out again. If you're injured, I won't be able to serve you at all. ”

"Which one wants her to serve? Gui Chun, go and call her in. ”

After a while, Xing'er was supported by Qiaoxin, limped in, and saw the Queen Mother saluting, but one did not stand firmly, and fell to the ground, the Queen Mother's heart tightened, and the tears in Qiaoxin's eyes had already turned big, and the virtuous concubine was also distressed.

"Forget it, let's excuse me."

"Empress Dowager Xie!" Xing'er's voice was weak.

"The mourning family asks you, do you know what happened today?!"

"Returning to the Queen Mother, Xing'er, no, I don't know ......"

"It's a hard mouth. Gui Chun, tell her. ”

"Yes! Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came down to ask for peace, calling Xing'er 'sister', Xing'er was originally a female official, so calling the prince a brother and sister, it is a crime to be below, regardless of dignity or inferiority. ”

"Ask her again, and she will be convicted."

"The Queen Mother asked: Can the female official Xing'er be guilty?!"

"Return, Queen Mother, Xing'er doesn't know. Xing'er did not call His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a brother and sister. ”

"Queen Mother, please stop being angry, I think, this child doesn't know what the truth of 'slave punishment for the master' is. Xing'er, this mistake was originally a mistake by the prince, and punishing the people around him is also the ancestral system, today your punishment is for the prince, this is the duty of a minister, and now you can be convicted? . ”

Xing'er hesitated for a while, and turned her little head vigorously to think, but she couldn't figure out why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was punished by herself? Xing'er is stubborn and tenacious by nature, and she didn't know it, but when the Queen Mother saw Concubine Xian squeezing her eyes, she knew that it was Concubine Xian who saved her, so she said, "Now I know that I am wrong"

When the Queen Mother saw her, she knew that she was wrong, so she ordered Qiaoxin to help her down. Not to mention.

The virtuous concubine Liu Chongrong saw that the child had been saved, and the prince's favor could be regarded as helping, so she accompanied the queen mother to laugh for a while, and then dispersed and went back to the palaces.

The virtuous concubine was being served by a group of palace maids and eunuchs walking towards the Haohua Palace, and the two figures of Hula flashed out and blocked the way.