Chapter Twenty-Four: Butterflies Fight the Fire
Mingcui and Biluo and the original palace maids were just preparing to eat in the side room, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.
I only heard a few crisp sounds of the hollow door, and instantly poked into a head.
"I didn't expect you all to be here, oops, there are delicious foods that only care about stealing food for yourself, and you don't even call us!" Xichun came uninvited, found an empty seat at the table by himself, and sat down as if no one was around.
The other people sitting at the table looked at each other and put down their chopsticks one after another. The lively atmosphere was instantly deserted.
Biluo and Mingcui glanced at each other, got up and took out a pair of wooden chopsticks from the food box, and handed them to Xichun with both hands.
Unexpectedly, Xichun actually sighed and said: "I forgot to call Nian Xia and them when I came over, so I will go over and call them over now." After saying that, he put down his chopsticks and was about to get up.
Biluo immediately stopped her and said euphemistically: "My sisters are all people from the Empress Dowager Changde, and we are afraid that our coarse tea and light rice will snub you, so we didn't call you over." ”
Unexpectedly, Xichun didn't understand her meaning at all, glanced at the dishes on the table a few times, and only laughed: "Don't worry, I think this dish is quite suitable for my taste, and it is not slack, I think it should also be in line with Xia and her intentions." After saying that, he got up and wanted to leave again.
Seeing this, Ming Cui quickly got up and stopped her, remembering her master's instructions, she took a deep breath and persuaded her.
"Several sisters are newcomers, so I'm really afraid of slacking off when I let them come over like this. Moreover, there are more monks and less porridge, and the dish itself is only enough for us to eat just now. It's just that you come here to meet it, but it's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks, if you add three more pairs of chopsticks, we really don't have enough to eat! ”
Several other palace maids sitting at the table nodded when they heard this. They barely ate it, and if a few of them came again, they would really be gone with only two chopsticks per person.
Unexpectedly, when Xichun heard this, his face changed instantly, put the wooden chopsticks on the table, and rushed out of the door with a blue face.
There are only a few people left in the house, you look at me, look at you. When she walked away, several palace maids on the side began to talk about each other.
"The popularity sent by the Queen Mother is too great, right, I can't stand it after just a few words?"
"It's not, I really think I'm the master, who will show my face!"
"According to me, this kind of uninvited anti-customer-oriented person is really thick-skinned."
"Don't pay attention to this kind of person, I've seen a cheeky person, it's the first time I've met someone as thick as her!"
Ming Cui and Bi Luo listened on the side, and seeing that they were talking more and more, Ming Cui put down her chopsticks and ordered: "Even if there is a conflict in the future, don't have a quarrel with them, so as not to cause trouble for the princess." After saying that, he got up, propped his hands on the wooden table, frowned, and said, "So as not to obey the wishes of those who have bad intentions." ”
A few little girls who were talking about it stopped instantly, and they all buried their heads in the bowl of food in front of them. Once again, the scene fell silent.
And in the side room near the West Wing, it is a different scene.
Xichun went back to the side room angrily, only to see Nian Xia babbling something to Fu Dong, and Fu Dong occasionally interjected coldly on the side.
And Yongchun sat far away by the window, holding a book of poetry in his hand, and the tears on his face fell as if he didn't want money. His eyes were red all around, and he wiped his tears with the handkerchief in his hand while watching.
Xi Chun blushed and sat heavily on the floor. A crisp sound made the attention of all three of them shift to her.
"What are you all doing, you still have time to chat here and read your own books! You don't know how we get unwelcome, do you? Xichun drank all the tea in the cup handed by Nian Xia in one gulp, and said angrily.
"You dissipate your anger, who doesn't want to see us?" Nian Xia sat back on the top of the collapse and said with his chin propped up.
"It's not the palace maids in Zhaoyun Palace who were originally headed by Ming Cui!" Xichun made a fan with his hand, fanned the heat on his face, and after glancing at the direction of Mingcui's room, he said angrily, "I went to their place just now, and I found that they were sitting around and preparing for dinner, and they didn't mean to call us at all!" ”
"It's normal for them not to call us, after all, we're new here." Fu Dong clasped his hands around his chest and interjected coldly.
Xichun chopped his feet and continued unwillingly: "However, I see that the dishes are all good, and at first glance, they are appreciated from above." I just wanted to sit down and eat together, but they drove me back! She grinded her back molars, and at the end she added coldly, "I wanted to call you too." ”
Qiu Qiu put down the book in his hand, and said with red eyes: "But they are all girls, how good can they eat?" But it's all leftovers that others eat! I'm not unusual! With that, he tilted his head to the side.
Seeing this, Xichun didn't say anything, turned sideways and sulked in a different direction, as if there was a nameless fire in his heart. Thinking: These are all elm heads, so temperamental, it's really mud that can't support the wall!
Nian Xia slowly moved to the collapse next to Xichun, and comforted on the side: "Sister, don't be so sulky, it's not worth it to be angry because of those people." ”
She paused, and then said, "With our such beauty, when we climb up to that nobleman, are we afraid that there will be no chance to rectify those people?" At that time, what did you want? Do you care about this meal? Moreover, we are people sent by the Queen Mother, so we have to take a long-term view! ”
Listening to Nian Xia's words, the sullenness in Xichun's heart disappeared instantly. Even in an instant, I thought that I would turn over and become the master in the future, and I was overjoyed.
When Qiu Qiu heard this, a complicated look appeared on his face. The tall figure that I once saw came to mind, and the shuangjin was slightly dyed with red glow. But when I think of my current life experience, I don't feel sad from my heart, and I have an expression on my face that I want to cry but not cry.
Fu Dong looked at Qiu Qiu coldly on the side, and then looked at Xichun and Xichun, who were discussing ambitiously, and sighed secretly.
Not far from the main hall.
After Zhaoyun bathed, he sat on the soft collapse behind the table, holding the inked pen tube, and delicately depicted a butterfly fluttering on the raging flame. And her whole person was bathed in a bright candle flame, which looked even brighter.
Mingcui sat on the sour wood branch chair beside her, her chin in her left hand and the ink block in her right hand, slowly grinding the black ink in the inkstone.
"Princess, what are you depicting here?" Ming Cui yawned and asked puzzledly, "Butterflies only fall on flowers, how can they still flutter on the flames?" All I know is that moths will throw themselves into the fire, and so will butterflies? ”
After Zhaoyun finished adding the last stroke, he turned his head to look at Ming Cui, who yawned one after another, and smiled mysteriously: "Thank you for letting you help me deliver the letter today." Seeing that you are already so sleepy, you should go and rest first! ”
Ming Cui blocked the yawn with her hand, forgot what she asked, put down the ink block in her hand, and slowly entered the inner room outside the bedroom.
After Zhao Yun watched her back leave, his gaze moved to the painted butterfly again, and an unknown smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.