Zhong Yuqi's hands were not cold, but as soon as Qiu Shi grabbed her hand just now, she felt Qiu Shi's cold hand.

Zhong Yuqi said to Qiu Shi: "I don't know when I can go in, we will walk around outside, and our bodies will be warmer." Your hands are too cold, I'll give you warmth. ”

As she spoke, Zhong Yuqi stretched out her hand to grab Qiu Shi's hand.

Qiu Shi hurriedly put his hands behind his back, shook his head and said, "Miss, the slave is not cold!" Slaves and maids used to wash clothes in winter, and they were not afraid of the cold! It's just that the slave and maid are living a good life now, but they can't stand the cold. The young lady still put her hands in the cloak, so as not to get cold! Miss is right, we will be warmer when we walk around here. ”

Zhong Yuqi had no choice but to withdraw his hand, and then walked around with Qiushi in this small area.

After waiting for another cup of tea, the door of Ningshou Palace finally opened, and another palace maid came out.

The palace maid first bowed to Zhong Yuqi, and then said: "The Queen Mother was changing her clothes just now, so it was inconvenient to see guests, so Miss Zhong waited for a long time." ”

Zhong Yuqi understood in her heart that this was just an excuse for the Empress Dowager Zhao, and only said: "The Empress Dowager is respectful, and I should wait here for a while." ”

The palace maid said, "Miss Zhong, please come in!" ”

As she spoke, the palace maid led Zhong Yuqi inside.

There are many evergreen trees planted in the courtyard of the front hall, and even though it is covered with snow, you can still see a lot of greenery. Occasionally, you can see a sika deer wearing a padded jacket appearing and then hiding inside.

Zhong Yuqi couldn't help but smile, it turned out that Empress Dowager Zhao was also like modern people, and she was afraid that her pet would freeze if she had a pet, so she would dress it.

Look at the surrounding snow-covered silhouettes, there are pavilions and rockeries. Sure enough, as Xiao Yulin said, there are precious birds and beasts in Ningshou Palace, if it is spring at this time, I am afraid that this place will really be like a fairyland.

It seems that Empress Dowager Zhao is also like ordinary people, hoping that she will live a long life and become an immortal.

When you come to the front hall, the door of the temple is closed. When the eunuch guarding the door saw Zhong Yuqi coming, he reported inside.

"Empress Dowager Qi, Miss Zhong is here."

Inside, Qinglian said, "Please Miss Zhong come in!" ”

The eunuch guarding the door opened the door, and Zhong Yuqi walked into the main hall with Qiu Shi.

There is a dragon burning in the main hall, and it is very warm. There are not many ornaments in the hall, and they are mainly plain and elegant. On both sides of the main hall stood several palace maids and eunuchs, and the entire hall was very quiet.

Empress Dowager Zhao had already changed into her regular clothes, and there was not much jewelry on her body, and she was sitting on the couch chair above and drinking tea at this time.

Zhong Yuqi came to the front of the hall and stood still.

Qiu Shi just wanted to kneel down and salute, but when he saw that Zhong Yuqi didn't move, he couldn't help but quietly pull Zhong Yuqi's sleeve and glanced at the ground, meaning to let Zhong Yuqi kneel and salute.

Zhong Yuqi hated kneeling and knew that it was some ancient etiquette, but she didn't want to kneel at all now.

Although Zhong Yuqi also did not want to see the Empress Dowager Zhao, but after all, the Empress Dowager Zhao was the master of the Dayu Kingdom, and Zhong Yuqi had to bow to the Empress Dowager Zhao at this time.

Zhong Yuqi bowed to the Empress Dowager Zhao and said, "The people's daughter sees the Empress Dowager!" ”

Qiu Shi saw that Zhong Yuqi didn't kneel, if she knelt, it would look very abrupt, so she also bowed and said, "Slave and maid see the Queen Mother!" ”

Qinglian has a serious face all the year round, but now seeing Zhong Yuqi so rude, her face has not changed color, she only shouted: "Bold!" When you see the Queen Mother, you still don't kneel and salute? ”

Qiu Shi heard this shout, and immediately knelt on the ground and said, "The slave and maid see the Queen Mother!" ”

Zhong Yuqi didn't kneel, only smiled slightly, and said: "Minsheng was born in the countryside and doesn't understand the rules of the palace. Thanks to the Empress Dowager, she looked down on the people's daughters, and summoned the people's daughters into the palace to see them, making the people's daughters ashamed of themselves. At the banquet just now, the maiden ate delicacies that she had never eaten before, and also tasted the wine in the palace. When I arrived in the Queen Mother's Ningshou Palace, I let the people see what it means to be a fairyland! People often hear others say that the sika deer is a mascot, and when you see the sika deer, people will be auspicious. Just now, the folk girl was fortunate to see a few sika deer in the yard, and she really has to thank the Queen Mother for giving the folk girl such an honor. ”

After speaking, Zhong Yuqi bowed to the Empress Dowager Zhao.

Empress Dowager Zhao carefully looked at Zhong Yuqi's face, trying to see from Zhong Yuqi's face whether Zhong Yuqi said these words to flatter her, or to use excuses, or "to tell the truth".

Of course, Empress Dowager Zhao knew that Zhong Yuqi was not born in the "countryside of Yunzhou", and she also went to the palace with her family to attend a banquet when she was a child, so it is impossible that she has not seen these delicious wines and delicacies. But she hadn't seen a sika deer, which may be true.

There are really only a few sika deer in Ningshou Palace and Longhua Palace.

Sika deer grow in the deep mountains and old forests, and it is easy for ordinary people to see them. The sika deer are very vigilant and are legendary beasts, and ordinary people can rarely catch them.

At the beginning, Xiao Yuhong wanted to suppress the Meng family, and the Meng family hurriedly spent a lot of money to hire someone to catch the sika deer, and it took a lot of effort and effort to catch a pair of sika deer, and then sent them to Ningshou Palace to curry favor with the Empress Dowager Zhao.

Empress Dowager Zhao had some affection for the Meng family, so she relented and said a few good words for them, so Xiao Yuhong did not suppress the Meng family to death.

Later, the sika deer gave birth to a few cubs, and the Empress Dowager Zhao sent a few to the Longhua Palace. Therefore, there are only a few sika deer in the palace on both sides now.

Regardless of what Zhong Yuqi meant when she said this, but she also said the words later, seeing the sika deer is an auspicious omen, if the Empress Dowager Zhao did something to Zhong Yuqi, wouldn't it tarnish the reputation of the divine beast?

Therefore, Empress Dowager Zhao said: "The mourning family just looks at you with some eyes, and there are usually few people who can talk to the mourning family, so I asked you to come over and talk to the mourning family." Ordinary people don't know how to measure etiquette, and the mourning family won't blame you. ”

Qinglian then said to Qiu Shi: "Get up! ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

Qiu Shi quickly stood up, his head bowed, and he was still nervous in his heart.

Empress Dowager Zhao said to Zhong Yuqi: "How old are you this year?" Who is it? ”

Zhong Yuqi said: "Back to the Queen Mother, after today, the people's daughter will be seventeen years old. Minnu is a native of Yunzhou. ”

"When did you and King Rui meet?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, the people don't know when they met King Rui. At that time, the folk girl was still young, and Rui Wangye knew his father, and he had been to the people's daughter's house several times, and the folk girl and Rui Wangye had met several times. ”

"If so, how can the king say that you are his old friend?"