Although Qi Buchen is a general who leads the troops to fight, he is meticulous, and when chatting, he quietly looks at the dress of his sleeves, as well as the furnishings in the felt tent, he sees that he is skillful and meticulous, very exquisite, and there are maids to serve, which is very different from ordinary palace maids.

He had read a letter sent by his second sister Zhu Hetana to northern Xinjiang, in which he said that Huai Sleeve was working as a maid in the Cining Palace of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

Qi Buchen originally thought that even the maids of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang were also servants of people, and naturally they were the same as those palace maids. I was really sad in my heart for a while, thinking that in addition to being a maid, I got up early and went to bed late to serve people, but I also had to know how to know the height of people's eyebrows, otherwise the master would be annoyed and scolded.

In this way, it is better to be a concubine in the harem, no matter how high or low the status is, in the end, it is the master, but the grandmother said that this business is good and very proper, but Qi Buchen never understands.

Now, he saw his sister lying in the tent sleeping in the daytime, and he saw that the palace maids and eunuchs outside were busy running forward and backward, but no one took care of her, it seemed to be very comfortable, and he didn't feel that he let go of a lot of the heart, thinking that maybe the maids in this palace are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, just like the grade of his general, and the sister or the maid with a higher grade may not be able to say.

But seeing that Huai's sleeves were much lighter than when he was at home, he couldn't help but feel sorry and asked Wen Sheng: "Huai'er, are you not used to eating food in the capital?" ”

Why did her brother suddenly ask her this, but seeing Qi Buchen looking at him, his black eyes flashed with pity, and he reached out and stroked his cheek.

Guessing that my brother must have asked this because he was emaciated, he showed the expression he had when he was in the northern Xinjiang Mansion, pursed his lips and said: "This is natural, the food here can catch up with the taste of the family, I can barely swallow when I first come, and I want to vomit when I eat not much, and I have no appetite at all." He sighed deeply.

Qi Buchen heard Huai Sleeve say this, and said with a wrinkle: "Didn't you live with the second sister when you first came?" Aren't you used to eating the dishes in the second sister's house? ”

When Huai Sleeve heard it, he knew that he had missed it for a while, and remembered that when he was in the second sister's house, the second sister could be regarded as hollowing out her mind, racking her brains to get her something delicious, so it was too wrong to frame the second sister like this, so he immediately changed his words and said: "Naturally eat well at the second sister's house, what I said is ......"

Just as he was about to continue, Huai Sleeve suddenly remembered that this place was not comparable to the side, so he lowered his voice and said in Qi Buchen's ear: "What I am talking about is naturally the Forbidden Imperial City!" ”

After that, he glanced at the door, and continued to lie in Qi Buchen's ear and said: "Don't look at the golden splendor in the Forbidden City, at that time, the food for outsiders to see, the food is far less than our house, those emperors and queen mothers only ask for longevity, they don't eat well all day long, they only eat some nourishing pills and Ganoderma lucidum, the taste is weird, even those of us who are palace maids are not allowed to eat those serious meals, you see that I am thin, right?" It's all those pills that broke it! ”

After Huai Sleeve said this, he secretly said in his heart: Bodhisattva of great mercy and compassion, don't blame me for lying, I also want to make my family feel relieved, don't blame your old man.

Qi Buchen has also read some history books since he was a child, but he has seen the book record that those emperors like to alchemy and seek immortals, looking forward to cultivating immortality, and now when he sees Huai Sleeve saying this, he believes it is true, and he does not feel sympathetic to Huai Sleeve's situation, but he doesn't know that these are just lies arranged by Huai Sleeve to reassure him and Ama Eniang.

Qi Buchen unconsciously sighed slightly: "You daughters who are in another country, you are not having a good time after all......"

Huai Sleeve heard Qi Buchen sigh like this, and always felt that there was something in his words, as if there was another hidden hint, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly remembered a person, and asked: "Brother, does it have news of Lingyue?" ”

Qi Buchen walked to the table and added tea, took a sip, and nodded lightly.

Huai Sleeve glanced at the door and asked in a low voice, "Is she okay?" ”

Qi Buchen was silent, reached out and took out a small porcelain vase with an ice plum blossom pattern from his arms and handed it to Huai Sleeve: "This is the last time she came back from carrying a letter, she asked her brother to pass it to me, saying that if there is a chance, she will transfer this thing to you, saying that you will naturally understand when you see it." ”

Huai Sleeve took the vial, pulled out the stopper and looked in, and saw that it was half a bottle of black pockmarked seeds, and his heart suddenly understood, and he plugged the cork and held it tightly in the palm of his hand.

"What the hell is in here?" Qi Buchen's face unconsciously showed worry when he asked, and he looked at his brother's deep eyes with his sleeves and knew that he still couldn't let go of his love for Ling Yue after all, and Ling Yue was fortunate that his brother was so affectionate.

Huai Sleeve stretched out his hand, untied the purse he was wearing around his waist, handed it to Qi Buchen, and said, "This is what is in this bottle." ”

Qi Buchen carefully took the purse, carefully stroked the delicate and chic embroidery on it, and the affection in his eyes was extraordinarily tender.

Seeing this scene, Huai Sleeve suddenly remembered the look in Bagan's eyes when he snatched away his sachet, which was very similar to his brother's expression at this time.

I sighed in my heart: The bitter taste of the world turned out to be the same origin of ten thousand people.

Qi Buchen originally took advantage of Kangxi's effort to make him go back to the tent to rest, Kangxi said that he would specially pick up the wind and wash the dust for him at the dinner, so although he had to leave his sleeves for dinner, he had to say goodbye to his sister and go to the Jinding tent to go to the banquet.

After Qi Buchen left, he tossed around in the house with his sleeves, suddenly remembered something, and excitedly asked Jian Yue, "Did you bring embroidery thread?" ”

Jian Yue didn't know what to do, so she had to say truthfully: "I brought some, but I'm afraid that there is no complete color in the palace, so I didn't want to embroider anything." ”

Huai Sleeve shook his head and said, "It's not in the way, as long as there is, it's done!" After speaking, he told Jian Yue his thoughts.

Jian Yue was also overjoyed when she heard this, and helped her sleeves to open up together, and the two of them were busy all night.

Although Qi Buchen has been in the camp these days, he was called by Kangxi to go to the situation in northern Xinjiang, as well as Geerdan's movements, which are the things that Kangxi is most concerned about at present. Qi Buchen accompanied Kangxi eighty percent of the time, and he saw his brother since that day, and never looked for a chance.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and the time for Qi Buchen's departure was set, and he couldn't see him in his sleeves, and wandered anxiously in front of the gold-roofed tent.

Qi Buchen didn't quit Kangxi's rest tent until the beginning of his childhood, and when he saw that Huai Sleeve was still waiting for him, he didn't feel moved in his heart.

"Why don't you rest all this night?" Qi Buchen's words showed concern.

Huai Sleeve didn't care, only smiled and handed a small cloth bag in his hand to Qi Buchen, and said with a smile: "Don't dislike me for being an aunt, those gold and silver are not nothing, but I always feel that those mundane things can't replace my mind, think about it, now I can only do this in a hurry and give it to my nephew who has not met." ”