Hui Chang ordered the dining table to be brought to the inner room and placed next to the bed for Mei Ji to enjoy.

Half-lying on the bed, Mei Ji glanced at the food on the table, and said as usual, "Stay with the sweet soup, and take the rest away." ”

"Niangniang, the king is only in a bad mood for a while, so he will be angry with Niangniang. He's not really angry with his mother. You are so depressed, you don't know how to eat, and your whole person has lost weight. The king is well ill, and he will feel distressed when he sees his mother like this. ”

"I have already seen the sin of the king, and I am not loved by the queen mother, and I am about to fall out of favor. Who will come to see if they are thin or not. Let's go. ”

Mei Ji's mood is very decadent, and she can't listen to Hui Chang's persuasion at all.

Xiao Qi raised his head slightly, and saw that Mei Ji's face was really haggard. Xiao Yi rarely gets angry with her, and now, it has become a joke in the whole palace, and he went to invite the queen in the morning, and when he came back, he couldn't keep his spirits even more up, and his appetite was naturally extremely poor.

Being able to enter the palace, break away from Hunan nationality, and be the concubine of the king of the Great Chu Domain, this is unthinkable to ordinary people. can get these, relying on Xiao Yi's love.

If there is no Xiao Yi's love, then Mei Ji's future life will be very difficult.

Putting the casserole on the table, Xiao Qi was just about to leave, Mei Ji suddenly said: "This is not Xiao Qi, why are you here to deliver sweet soup." ”

Mei Ji said lazily: "I haven't taken care of you these days, you're okay." ”

Xiao Qi hurriedly knelt down and replied: "If you go back to your mother, the slave is very good." Today, the slave is responsible for sending the mother's food, and the slave and maid will come with the team, and hope that the mother can take care of her body and be happy for a long time. ”

"Changle ......" Mei Ji laughed miserably: "I am trembling, like walking on a cliff, how can I still be happy." ”

"The cliff is flat and long-distance, and the cliff is a beautiful scenery, whether the mother is advancing or retreating, she can get the best in the world. It's better to maintain such a mentality, perhaps, you can solve the dilemma. ”

Xiao Qi methodically comforted.

"You're an open-minded person. Mei Ji said.

"The slave has experienced a lot of suffering, so she cherishes everything she has now. In the eyes of the slave maid, the mother is just a momentary frustration, but she may never be favored by the king again. The male lion in the mountains always likes to roar at a lioness, not because the lion hates the lioness, but because the lioness is the one who has been with the king for the longest time. You have to face the people you trust to vent your true feelings. ”

Mei Ji slowly sat up: "No wonder the queen likes you, and I am starting to like you too." ”

"The slave and maid always feel that the mother has been with the king for a long time, and she should not give up on herself for this little thing. ”

"You're right, not because of this little thing. Ordinary people think that how I won the favor of the king, I must be the first concubine in the palace to give birth to an heir in the future. But who knows, I'm usually cautious. ”

Miki sighed and looked at the birdcage by the window.

"I'm like a bird in a birdcage, funny. A few tunes, a few dances, can make the king laugh, that's all. ”

Xiao Qi took the opportunity to look and found that there was only a bird cage hanging over there, and there was still food and clean water in the trough of the bird cage, but there was no bird in sight.

"When winter came, the little bird stopped calling. It turned out to be the most cheerful in the litter, and its cry was as good as a clear flute. When I first entered the palace, the king thought it was interesting and rewarded it to me. This carved and jade palace is like this birdcage, with delicacies and delicacies when you open your mouth, and luxurious clothes when you raise your wings. Those outside the cage envy those inside the cage, call this glory and wealth. The envy inside the cage and the outside of the cage feel that it is freedom. ”

"When it stopped screaming, I let it go, and maybe with freedom, it would know how to sing." ”

Mei Ji looks like a sick beauty, which makes people feel pity when they see it.

She compares the bird to herself because she wants to say that she has lost her freedom like a bird. But Xiao Qi also knew that Mei Ji didn't like this kind of freedom at all.

What Mei Ji loves is freedom in the palace and more luxurious feathers.

Xiao Qi thought for a while and said, "The slave maid thinks that this is not the case. ”

"Oh?" Miki raised an eyebrow.

"Most of the birds they watch have bright feathers, they can sing, which attracts people's attention and is also a way for them to survive. However, if the dust is lost, the bright feathers will make the bird lose its camouflage, and the too crisp singing voice will also attract the attention of natural enemies. Most of them will be attacked and become a meal for predators. ”

"Even if you can't escape the predators, you can't escape the cold. Birds that have been living in the wild for a long time know how to store food before winter arrives and how to build a nest to survive the winter. Or, directly with the southward migration procession, they switched to warmer places before the cold snap arrived. However, the birds that have been kept in the cage do not know anything. They live blindly in the outside world, with no food, no stomachs, no nests to keep out the cold, and they don't know which birds to follow to find a warm place. If you think about it, you can only die. ”

Hearing Xiao Qi say this, Mei Ji didn't get angry but laughed.

Her voice suddenly became cold.

"There is only one death, hehe...... You're right, so I should be thankful for everything now. She slowly picked up the spoon and scooped the sweet soup in the casserole: "What I should do now is to enjoy these delicacies in peace, protect my appearance, even if it is just a plaything for fun, it can be called my blessing, right?" ”

Hui Chang hurriedly persuaded: "Niangniang, why do you embarrass yourself like this." You know that the king is not angry with you, but angry with Da Chu, and angry at the absence of the king's name on the list. After listening to the words of the others, they passed by in their ears, how did they know how the king was good to his mother. The good things in the palace, the king has always been the first to cling to the mother. Even the best ginseng added to this sweet soup was specially brought to Niangniang by the king when he came back this time, and he first nourished Niangniang. Such grace, up and down the palace, who can feel half a point. ”

"There is also the Hunan cook in the kitchen, Niangniang knows the rules of the palace, and Hunan people are not slaves who cannot enter the palace. The slave and maid dared to beg the king, and the king knew that Niangniang liked sweet soup, and was worried that the people in the palace were not authentic, although he was sick, he still allowed the cook to enter the palace and serve Niangniang. This unique grace can't make the mother feel relieved? ”

Mei Ji gently put down the spoon: "The king is good, I know." He knew that I liked sweet soup, so he gave the most authentic sweet soup, and he always spoiled me. ”

She leaned into her nose and sniffed: "Even the taste of sweet soup is the taste of childhood." Knowing that I only like to eat sweet soup during this time, I guess I'll definitely use some, right, Xiaoqi?"

Xiao Qi was slightly stunned.

Mei Ji plucked a silver hairpin from her head: "In the past few days, I have no energy during the day, and I can't sleep well at night, I always dream that there is a black ghost, pinching my neck to hurt me, and every time I wake up, I feel terrible." Today, people have changed their feng shui, but they are still uneasy, and they always feel that something big is going to happen......"

The silver hairpin came to the top of the sweet soup, and Mei Ji lifted her eyes, and her gaze was suddenly as sharp as a falcon.

"Xiao Qi, should I have a test. ”