Take a closer look at the makeup taken off at this time, and the natural and unpolished concubine.

Although his face is still beautiful and quiet, his complexion is becoming more and more pale and haggard, and he can't help but ask worriedly: "Xilan, have you been weak recently?" Why is your face so ......" Huai Sleeve only said half of his words, and his heart was full of pity, and he couldn't bear to describe it.

Qin Concubine smiled meaninglessly: "My illness doesn't fall in one day or two sunsets, and naturally it can't get better for a while, life and death are fate, let it go." ”

Huai Sleeve heard this, but was secretly surprised in his heart, listening to the meaning of Qin Concubine's words, it was actually lazy and discouraged, and let it fall, and saw her eyebrows between Ning and gentle, and knew that she was born with such a thought, which was naturally in her own heart, not forced by others, but I don't know why.

Although he couldn't figure it out for a while, he didn't want to wrap his stubble around these, and he didn't like to hook up the depression and displeasure of the concubine as soon as he came, so he changed his words and said with a smile: "What do you guess I brought you?" ”

Concubine Qin shook her head and said with a smile: "There are too many treasures in your belly, I am bored in the palace all day long, how do you know what you are carrying in your arms?" ”

Huai Sleeve knew that she was alluding to the fact that she had read a lot of books, but she didn't care, she took the silk handkerchief bag from Jian Yue's arms with a light smile, and said, "This is something I can't figure out in my belly!" The words fell, and he put the small bag on the hand of the concubine who was holding her knee.

The concubine was also curious, took the silk handkerchief and opened it gently, and when she saw the objects wrapped in it, she was stunned at the moment.

The thirst of the sleeve walk, taking advantage of the gap between the concubines to open the package, picked up the tea bowl to filter out the tea foam, opened it to see, and saw that it was a soup as light as a green delicacy's tongue, the fragrance was lingering between the noses, and he took a sip with a smile, and suddenly his mouth was full of relish, and his mood was smooth, and he sighed secretly: Jiangnan tea is really a good tea with a clear and fragrant fragrance!

After drinking tea, he put the tea cup back on the table with his sleeve, and when he raised his eyes to look at Qin Concubine again, he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Xilan, ...... are you" I saw that Qin Concubine raised the bamboo carved puppet brought by her sleeve in front of her, her thin eyebrows were frowning, her eyes were already filled with mist, and her expression was sad and sad, which made people unbearable to touch.

Jian Yue, who was standing behind her sleeves, couldn't help but be secretly frightened when she saw Qin Concubine in such a situation, and she didn't know why she was so sad when she saw this puppet.

"Xilan, did I offend you......" Huai Sleeve didn't dare to ask more, but cautiously speculated, and his words were already full of self-reproach.

Qin Concubine heard Huai Sleeve's words with self-blame, although there were tears in her eyes, a smile appeared on her lips, and she shook her head gently, because she was emotional, she couldn't speak for a while.

After a moment of calmness, Concubine Qin reached out and held the hand in her sleeve and said, "You come with me." With that, he stood up, took his arms by the hand, and walked to the inner chamber of the apse. Jian Yue was not at ease, so she followed closely behind Huai Sleeve.

When entering the inner room, the concubine retreated to follow the palace maid, and said to Jian Yue with her sleeves: "You wait for me at the door, don't worry, it will be fine." Jian Yue nodded and stood at the door of the inner room, and only the two of them walked into the inner room.

The two of them walked to the inner room, and the concubine let go of her hand and said softly: "You wait a minute, ......" turned the screen alone, took down a hanging object from the bed tent, took it out and handed it to Huai Sleeve, and said, "Look at this." ”

Huai Sleeve took the object and looked at it, it was very similar to the bamboo carved doll he gave her. It's just that the color of the concubine is slightly yellowish, which should be due to the age, and the color is not as green and tender as the newly bought one in the sleeve.

Holding two puppets in his hands, he couldn't help but ask, "This is really a coincidence, why do you have the same one?" ”

Concubine Qin's mood has calmed down a lot at the moment, only the circle of eyes is still smeared with a red edge, with a slight trace of crying, and she didn't answer the words of Huai Sleeve, but asked instead: "Tell me first, where did you get this?" ”

Huai sleeve told the truth: "The day before yesterday, I went out of the palace with the crescent princess and returned home, and I saw a bamboo carving shop selling this thing on the road, I looked very interesting, remembering that you were born in the south of the Yangtze River, and the south is prolific with bamboo, and this thing is also considered to have some relationship with your hometown, so I bought it and gave it to you." ”

Concubine Qin nodded and said with a smile: "That's right." After that, he explained to Huai Sleeve: "My hometown is actually bamboo, and the mountain behind my childhood home is a piece of bamboo forest, all year round, verdant and green, and the green leaves cover the sky." ”

Qin Concubine sat on the soft couch in the west chamber with her sleeves in her arms, and told the beautiful scenery of her hometown, although this body was thousands of miles away, but the indulgence in her eyes seemed to be the beautiful bamboo forest in front of her.

"I feel so beautiful when I listen to it, and it's so enviable!" Huai Sleeve couldn't help but sigh.

Qin Concubine nodded: "But it is very beautiful, that bamboo green rhyme, my clumsy description is less than three points of the real scenery, if you really see it, you will fall in love at a glance." ”

Huai Sleeve has no doubt about the words of the concubine, she has already spent too many poems describing the beauty of bamboo in the book, such as Du Fu's green bamboo half with seeds, and the new shoots are out of the wall...... The rain washes the juanjuan clean, and the wind blows the fine fragrance...... It's easy to eat.

Qin Concubine picked up the old bamboo carved puppet in her hand, and said with a gentle face: "This kind of bamboo carved puppet is a thing that children in my hometown often play, and it is not valuable. ”

Huai sleeve picked up the bamboo carving puppet of the concubine to take a closer look, and saw that the bamboo carving puppet was really not as exquisite as the carving she bought, presumably there was no special carving craftsman exquisite skills, but the carving was extremely painstaking, although the eyebrows and eyes were rough, it is still vaguely visible that the original carving had spent a lot of effort, so delicate and hardworking, ordinary craftsmen will never do this.

At first glance, when she saw the bamboo carving puppet she brought, she felt homesick for a while, and she herself often missed home, so she naturally understood the pain of the concubine at this moment.

Stretched out his hand to shake hands with the concubine, and comforted him politely: "I know your heart, how can I not, every night is quiet, and I think of Ama and Eniang at home for Mr. Yue." But we have come here, and we need to learn to understand our minds, so that our relatives don't have to worry too much about us, which can be regarded as filial piety. ”

Who knows, Qin Concubine held her sleeve hand and said in a deep voice: "You are naturally luckier than me, I ......" At this point, her voice choked again.

Huai sleeve knows that Qin Concubine was born in the south of the Yangtze River, so alone in the north of the mountains and rivers, the living habits are naturally very different, and she is the daughter of the south, her mind is also like the Wu Mountain and the water, soft and affectionate, and the homesickness is stronger, these are all reasonable, but seeing the sad and sad expression in her eyes, she can't help but feel a little puzzled in her heart, only to see Qin Concubine so sad at the moment, it is inconvenient to ask more.

Qin Concubine shed tears for a while, took out a silk handkerchief to wipe her cheeks dry of tears, and said with a smile: "It's so easy for you to come and play, you should be happy, look at my ......"