Fuqing nodded and said, "If you go back to Your Majesty, it will be called Qiao'er." ”

Tuoba Chen's expression was gloomy, and a trace of essence was hidden in his eyes.

The next day, Qiao'er went to the Internal Affairs Mansion according to Lan Ruo's instructions, and Sun Xiang said respectfully: "It's a coincidence that the girl came, the autumn tea that was sent yesterday, and I was thinking about sending it to the palaces today, so you came——"

Qiao'er looked at the palace people coming in and out, and said very busyly: "Why are you so busy?" ”

Sun Xiang cried and said: "I don't know what happened to Caoyun this year, a lot of things sent in the autumn have been backlogged, some vegetables and fruits that should have arrived a few days ago were only sent today, many of them have been broken, this must be picked out quickly, and there are not enough people, hey——"

He complained for a moment, Xu saw the impatience on Qiao'er's face, and hurriedly stopped talking: "Look at the slave, the slave immediately sorted out the things that the mother wanted, and let the girl Qiao'er take it back." ”

After a while, he saw the little eunuch bring two brocade boxes of tea over, and Sun Xiang reprimanded: "Why did you bring two over?" ”

The little eunuch said with a bitter face: "Father-in-law, there was a decree from the Heart Cultivation Palace before, saying that Your Majesty also wanted to send a package over, but you see that this is really impossible to draw manpower now, and the slave thought that Weiyang Palace was near the Heart Cultivation Palace, so he thought——"

He looked at Qiao'er meaningfully, Qiao'er's mind turned a thousand times, and said with a smile: "It's okay, then give it to me, I'll bring it over, by the way, there are pomegranates in the vegetables and fruits that entered the palace this year?" ”

Sun Xiang saw that Qiao'er was willing to help, and became more and more respectful, and said gratefully: "Naturally, there is, but we have to tidy it up first, and once it is cleaned up, we will send it to Weiyang Palace immediately." ”

Qiao'er nodded, took the two tea boxes from the little eunuch's hands, and turned to leave.

Along the way, Qiao'er walked quickly and hurriedly, but when she was about to reach the Heart Cultivation Palace, she couldn't help but stop her steps, and there was an almost timid mood spreading in her heart, she tidied up the dress on her body, straightened her sideburns, and then walked towards the Heart Cultivation Store with a firm pace.

Fuqing was standing outside the hall and saw Qiao'er and said, "Isn't this Miss Qiao'er, who is here to find Your Majesty?" ”

Qiao'er said respectfully: "Yes, the slave came from the Internal Affairs Office and brought His Majesty this year's new tribute of autumn tea." ”

Fuqing said: "The Internal Affairs Office is really getting more and more lazy, and this kind of work also bothers the girl." ”

Qiao'er said with a smile: "My father-in-law misunderstood, but the slave and maid saw that the Internal Affairs Office was really busy, so I thought about sending it to Your Majesty." Fuqing smiled and said, "Then it's hard Qiao'er girl, girl, wait, I'll go tell you." ”

Qiao'er obediently waited outside, and after Fuqing went in for a while, he came out with a smile and said: "Miss Qiao'er, Your Majesty let you in, saying that it happened that you came, and you can also taste the girl's craftsmanship." ”

Qiao'er's lowered face suddenly turned red with shame, and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

Saying that, he followed Fuqing inside, and when he arrived in the hall, he saw Tuoba Chen sitting in front of the desk, Qiao'er only glanced up, and then lowered his head again, such a handsome man, with the momentum of the world, and he was just a small speck of dust between the sky and the earth, constantly falling in it.

She blessed the whole salute and said: "The slave has seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed with Jin'an." ”

Tuoba Chen glanced at her, but he felt that the girl in front of him was a little different from the past, but he couldn't say it, he had asked her to come in and ask, but now he had a trace of the same emotion.

He couldn't help but soothe his tone and said, "Get up, Fuqing said that you brought the new offensive autumn tea from the Internal Affairs Office?" It just so happens that I also want to taste the tea you brewed, in this palace, the tea you brew is the most special, and the queen also likes it, and the new tea with the newcomer is the most suitable. ”

Qiao'er pretended not to know the deep meaning of Tuoba Chen's words, got up from the ground, and said respectfully: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Fuqing was waiting by the door, and when he heard Tuoba Chen's words, he couldn't help but look up at Tuoba Chen carefully, only to see his eyes, all of which were fixed on Qiao'er's body, and he had a guess in his heart, and retreated lightly to the porch.

When the little eunuch saw Fuqing come out, he said, "Why didn't my father-in-law serve in front of the palace?" ”

Fuqing glanced at him and said, "What do you know?" When you understand, you'll be able to sit in my place. ”

The little eunuch didn't know why, stretched his neck and looked inside, Fuqing scolded with a smile: "Watch out for your head-"

The little eunuch hurriedly shrunk his neck, but when he retracted his gaze, he saw such a picture, Qiao'er washing her hands in the golden basin beside her, and her back stood like a delicate flower.

In the hall, Qiao'er first used a copper kettle carved with a rui beast to fry water, and then put the finely ground tea powder into the glass pot on the side. The movements are gentle and graceful, and the expression is also serene.

The water in the copper kettle slowly boiled, and the water vapor diffused, and it became more and more Qiao'er's eyes seemed to reflect the streamer, and she noticed that someone was looking at her, Qiao'er looked up, only to see Tuoba Chen's eyes with appreciation and joy, she suddenly panicked in her heart, as if there was a fawn crashing indiscriminately, she hurriedly avoided it, and her face was slightly red.

She took the boiling water and poured it little by little into the glass cup, and the unique rich aroma of autumn tea spread, mixed with the ambergris in the hall, which is a unique flavor.

She made the tea powder in the glass cup into a paste, and then the most important thing was to order the tea.

I saw Qiao'er holding the tea whisk in one hand, holding the pot in the other hand to point water in the tea cup, when she ordered the tea, the action was slow and rhythmic, the water fell accurately, and the tea surface was not broken, the hand holding the tea whisk, the wrist flipped, gently hit and whisked the tea soup in the tea cup, and the soup flowers were raised.

She held the glass cup in both hands, handed it to Tuoba Chen, and said softly: "Please taste tea Your Majesty." ”

Tuoba Chen took the tea, got closer, sniffed it gently, and said: "The Taoist knows that Nanping Mountain, come to test the tea samadhi hand, your tea skills, looking at the palace, I am afraid it is unsurpassed." ”

Qiao'er said: "Your Majesty praised it falsely, the slave maid is just offering ugliness, thanks to Your Majesty and the queen's mother, the slave and maid are already satisfied." ”

Hearing this, Tuoba Chen gently put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Qiao'er and said, "Since you are here today, I have something to ask you." ”

Qiao'er suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart, and she knelt down and said, "The slave must answer truthfully." ”

Tuoba Chen looked at her figure fixedly and said, "You are the maidservant girl next to the queen, the thing I want to ask you is, is there anything wrong with the queen?" ”

Qiao'er's face turned pale, she thought that His Majesty knew about the queen's fake pregnancy, she hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty - the queen mother she -"

Seeing Qiao'er's panic, Tuoba Chen still had a decision in his heart, I don't know why, he was a little disappointed in his heart, the last hope dissipated, he suddenly began to be irritable in his heart, staring at Qiao'er's slender and trembling shoulders, he pulled Qiao'er's arm and pulled her up from the ground.

He said almost angrily: "Are you worried that you will say something and go back to the queen to punish you?" I tell you that from this day forward, you are no longer the Queen's person. ”

Qiao'er was in pain, snorted, and before she came back to her senses, she crashed into an embrace, she raised her head in a hurry, and the tip of her nose was the smell of ambergris that only emperors could use.

She was ashamed and happy in her heart, she couldn't hear what Tuoba Chen said again, there was just a voice in her heart shouting again, Qiao'er, this is your chance to be reborn, catch it, you don't have to be regarded by others as a thing that can be used at will, she heard her voice say slowly: "The slave is willing to be His Majesty's person, and will be loyal to His Majesty all his life." The obedience of the woman in front of him made Tuoba Chen's eyes mixed with a touch of blood. In Weiyang Palace, Lan Ruo only felt that her breathing was a little sluggish, she always felt as if something was going to happen, she looked outside, and said, "Why has Qiao'er been there for so long?" The little palace maid who served on the side also said suspiciously: "That is, I went to the Internal Affairs Office early in the morning, and I should have come back a long time ago, didn't something happen on the road?" As he was talking, a little eunuch ran in with a panicked look and said, "Niangniang's big thing is not good-"

The queen's face sank and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The little eunuch said: "The slave just met a little father-in-law from the Heart Cultivation Palace, saying that Qiao'er came back from the Internal Affairs Mansion and went straight to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and he hasn't come out yet." ”

The queen suddenly got up, turned over the tea cup in her hand, and said, "How long has it been?" ”

The little eunuch was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and said, "Yes—it's been two hours, Niangniang—"

Before he could finish his words, he saw a garnet-red corner of his clothes floating in front of him, Lan Ruo only felt that her blood was surging, but when she walked to the door, she suddenly stopped, what was she doing?

Even if His Majesty pampered Qiao'er, what could he do? The only thing she was worried about now was whether Qiao'er would tell her own affairs, she forced herself to calm down, she took a deep breath, and said to the people beside her: "Go and call Imperial Doctor Wei, and say that the palace has a fetal gas-"

The little eunuch reacted extremely quickly, and immediately ran down. Lan Ruo walked back to the dormitory step by step, Qiao'er, you dare to betray the palace, okay, then we want to see if Your Majesty can protect you.

When Qiao'er returned to Weiyang Palace, it was already evening, and she had just entered the door of Weiyang Palace, and she saw the little eunuch guarding the door and said coldly: "Yo, isn't this Qiao'er girl, hey, no, I'm afraid I'm going to call the little master now-"