The three palace people found by Tong He have been quite face-soothing in front of everyone since they moved into Changle Palace, because they are all from inconspicuous palace sweepers to big celebrities who are deeply "appreciated" by the Queen Mother and Her Majesty. On the day of Lichun, Su Ming took Pei Ming and Pei Zhao to watch a hundred operas in Baoqiong Pavilion, and most of the important palace people left, leaving only a few small yellow doors and young palace women in the straight room, naturally the three people were surrounded by stars and moons.

"Gonggong Song, we minions only do some rough work of sprinkling and sweeping and washing on weekdays, and they can't compare to Gonggong Song's tongue and lotus, and they can actually tell stories to the Queen Mother. Father-in-law Song might as well tell us what the Queen Mother looks like? ”

Chunsheng took a sip of the tea sent by Xiaohuangmen and squinted his eyes: "If I said it, you would definitely think I was bragging." Our queen mother is really young, I look at the same age as Cuiyi, Cuiyi, don't you say? ”

"Amitabha, how dare I be a little slave and maid on a par with the Queen Mother?" Cui Yi said: "But the Queen Mother is indeed young, she is also very beautiful, and she treats people kindly, and I don't know when I am blessed to be able to serve such a master." ”

A palace lady asked: "Sister Cuiyi, I heard that the father-in-law who passed the meal said that His Majesty often comes to dine with the Queen Mother, has Sister Cuiyi ever seen Your Majesty?" ”

Cui Yi said: "I just took a quick look at it on the day I was introduced to the Queen Mother by Gonggong Tong, that is Your Majesty, where do I dare to see the truth?" If you want to know what Your Majesty looks like, why don't you ask Ah Yue, she will know. ”

Ah Yue sat quietly on the couch next to her when everyone was talking enthusiastically, unconsciously peeling half a plate of air-dried chestnuts in her hand, and suddenly heard her name, so she smiled perfunctorily: "I have only met Your Majesty once or twice, and I can't say anything." ”

A few palace ladies wanted to ask again, but Duanniang suddenly walked in, followed by a small yellow door. Seeing this, everyone hurriedly got up and stood up in a proper manner, Duanniang motioned to the little yellow doorman to open the food box in his hand, and smiled at the three of Chunsheng: "Today is the beginning of spring, and spring cakes are going to be eaten in the palace." The Queen Mother said that the three of you told the story well, and gave you a spring plate. ”

The three of them hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you for the queen mother's reward, please ask my aunt to tell the queen mother for the slaves, it is a blessing for the slaves to be favored by the queen mother." ”

Duan Niang said: "It's good that you know." Seeing that the palace people poured tea and took snacks, he smiled and said: "I still have to give rewards to a few mothers, so I won't delay here." ”

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something, and said to Ah Yue: "You come out with me, I have something to say to you." ”

Ah Yue replied "yes", and followed Duan Niang out with low eyebrows. The palace people gathered around to see the spring plate, the huge white jade plate was made into the shape of lotus leaves, and all kinds of spring cakes and five spice vegetables were placed. There are more than 10 kinds of fillings for spring cakes, some fried and some steamed, and the aroma is tangy.

Several little Huangmen were very envious: "Gonggong Song and the two girls are really blessed, we don't even dare to think about such exquisite food." ”

Because this spring plate was given to the three of them, Chunsheng and Cuiyi waited for Ah Yue to come back, and after waiting for a long time, they gradually became a little impatient, Gong Eqi said: "Sister Ah Yue and her aunt have been out for a long time, and I don't know what to say?" Isn't it that Sister Ah Yue still has an extra reward? ”

Chunsheng sneered: "That's not known, people are born with a good color, and when she first met the Queen Mother, her old man favored Ah Yue. If she dangles in front of the Queen Mother day by day, she may be in front of Her Majesty one day. ”

As she spoke, Ah Yue came in from outside, her face was a little bad, and the uninteresting little yellow door stepped forward with a smile: "Why has Sister Ah Yue been gone for so long?" Is it that my aunt sees that Miss Ah Yue is beautiful and smart, and she attaches more importance to you? ”

Ah Yue sneered: "Your aunt on the left and aunt on the right, you call it so vividly." Even if she is the Queen Mother's personal Shang Palace, and her grade is higher than ours, so what? Everyone is a slave and a maidservant, who is more noble than whom? ”

The little yellow door was ridiculed by her like this, but she didn't dare to talk back, she could only keep her voice out of breath, Ah Yue had already regretted it very much after saying that, for fear that someone would tell Duan Niang, so she smiled and said to the little yellow door: "Fang is not good for me, you don't have the same knowledge as me." In this way, will I give you my share of spring cakes? But this is the queen mother's reward, you can't easily divide people, you have to be careful when eating. ”

Seeing that Xiao Huangmen went happily, Ah Yue was slightly relieved, but she always felt that there was a nameless fire in her chest rushing out. She had no choice but to say that she was not feeling well, and walked out of the straight room to get some air.

The spring is cold and steep, there is a very good water feature outside the Changle Palace, the silver waterfall like white practice pours down from the rockery, injects into the pool, the water splashes everywhere, like thousands of pearls. As a result, it was very cold and no one went to the water. Ah Yue only felt full of irritability, and before she knew it, she found a place to sit down by the water, frowning.

"Where are you Gong'e, you are really bold, and you don't say hello when you see Sun Jieyu?"

There was a sudden rebuke behind him, Ah Yue turned his head in a trance, and was facing the angry gaze of a palace lady, who was wearing the palace dress of a fourth-grade female official, standing on a sedan chair, followed by a group of accompanying palace people. Ah Yue sighed in her heart, and hurriedly knelt down: "The slave maid asks Jieyu Niangniang to say goodbye, please ask the maid to be rude!" ”

There was a silver-red light veil hanging on the sedan chair, and she couldn't see the appearance of the people inside, but she only heard a very young voice: "That's it, Chaoyun, let's go." ”

Ah Yue knelt on the ground, didn't even dare to raise her head, and quietly waited for Sun Miaoyi's guard of honor to leave. In her ears, she kept recalling the voice she had just heard, and the person sitting in the sedan chair seemed to be about her age.

There was a slight pain in her palm, and Ah Yue realized that her nails had been deeply embedded in the flesh at some point. Everyone is a young woman, why some people are the most noble women in the world, they only eat, drink and enjoy the glory and wealth every day, and even if they want to hear a story, there are special palace people to serve; Some people sit in the sedan chair in brocade clothes, accept the bow with peace of mind, and enjoy the favor of the emperor; And she can only be like a humble ant, silently exhausting her good years in this Daming Palace?

She didn't believe it, she would always be the one who had to kneel.

There is a huge stage in the Baoqiong Pavilion, and several brown-haired and blue-eyed Hu people are performing the "Five Cases of Rest" on the overlapping wooden table. The wooden case was already small, and now it is five stacked together, looking crumbling, these Hu Lingren have big shoulders and round waists, but their posture is very light, standing on the case as if walking on the ground, sometimes upside down, sometimes jumping, sometimes two by two to perform wrestling, looking very interesting.

Pei Ming was young and rarely saw these tricks, and he was very surprised. The eyes and mouth are as big as a dragon's eye, and I look at it with relish from the side. Su Ying covered her mouth with a handkerchief and yawned quietly, she didn't know what incense was put in the smoke cage beside her, and the heat mixed with a faint aroma came to her face, which was simply drowsy.

"Who told me that the hundred operas were very interesting, and that they wanted to teach me to watch them with her?" Pei Zhao's voice was like a gust of wind blowing through his ears, and Su Ying suddenly became sober and smiled at him: "Of course it's interesting, I like to watch it." ”

Pei Zhao's smile was playful: "Then why did you take a nap when you looked at it?" ”

"Not really." She retorted eloquently: "I'm going to watch a hundred operas while I'm napping!" ”

Pei Zhao: "......"

After a few words, the drowsiness seemed to be gone. Su Ying casually picked up a small golden hammer and chiseled open a walnut, and handed the walnut meat to Pei Zhao: "You read this, do you feel a little happy?" ”

Pei Zhaoqi said: "Who told you that I was unhappy?" ”

Su Ying said: "I'm so clever, I can see it without others telling me." You don't eat well these days, and you don't like to talk...... Oh, you've never been a talker, but you're just not the same as you used to be, gloomy, and you don't know what you're thinking. ”

Pei Zhao looked at her with a smile: "So you invited me to watch Baiju today, just to make me happy?" ”

"That's right." Su Ying chiseled another walnut: "Or?" I think you'll get tired of eating walnuts alone, so why don't I peel a few more chestnuts for you? ”

Pei Zhao chuckled: "I think the way you talk to me, it seems that you treat me as big as Ah Ming." ”

Is that so? Su Ying thought about it for a while, as if it was true. In this way, if you like someone too much, you will treat him as a baby waiting to be fed, and you will worry about him all the time, and you will try your best to be good to him. Pei Zheng's words were indeed not wrong.

Pei Zhao took the walnut kernel in her hand and ate it, and her tone was very gentle: "I'm not unhappy, it's just that the government has been a little busy these days." Just as you taught me to come to the play, I had just finished discussing things with your father and brothers in the Yanhe Palace. ”

Su Ying has always thought that being an emperor is a chore, but now that this drudgery has fallen on her sweetheart, she is naturally very distressed. She thought about it for a while, decided to pull her brother out, and said to Pei Zhao: "Is that so?" You also know how powerful my brothers are, if you are too busy in the future, let my brothers share your worries, don't be polite to me! ”

"That's very good." Pei Zhao smiled quietly, pinched a walnut with his hand, and his fingertips were slightly forced, Su Ying only heard a slight "click", and the walnut had already been pinched open by Pei Zhao.

Su Ming: "......"

"You eat more, too." Handing Hu Tao Ren'er to Su Ming, Pei Zhao smiled slightly, Su Ying nodded hurriedly, and pushed the plate containing Hu Tao in front of Pei Zhao: "You are so good, can you pinch another one for me to see?" ”

......

Pei Zhao pinched a whole plate of walnut kernels open the shell, and pinched a plate of chestnuts and half a plate of peanuts, all of which were broken and the flesh was intact. Su Ying was simply dumbfounded, there are many unfathomable peerless martial arts in those martial arts books, such as the Sunflower Treasure Book, the sword spectrum to ward off evil spirits, Pei Zhao, isn't he also practicing that kind of martial arts, right?

After watching the hundred plays, Pei Ming still insisted that the Hu people follow him back to the palace, saying that he wanted to learn the juggling called "Fei Pill", and show it to Su Ming in the future. After Pei Ming left, Su Ying was hesitating whether to invite Pei Zhao to dine with her, but Duan Niang's most powerful little palace maid hurriedly ran over, looking very anxious:

"The slave has seen Your Majesty and the Queen Mother. Rong Meiren practiced the art of disgust in the palace, and was discovered by Sun Jieyu, and now her aunt is already in Jingchun Palace, and she sent a slave to come over to invite His Majesty and the Queen Mother over. ”