Zhang Ning was ordered to prepare snacks and tea for these ladies.

"Okay, don't stand stupidly, don't be restrained when you come to me, quickly find a place to sit by yourself, Xiaoqi, come here, sit next to the mourning family, and let the mourning family take a good look at you."

Xiao Qi looked embarrassed and looked at Zhang Li, Zhang Li signaled with her eyes, didn't care about the distress in Xiao Qi's eyes, just asked her to go quickly, and then did another one with me, you can go up with peace of mind.

Xiao Qi tried his best to make himself less restrained, and sat on the corner of the bed.

The Queen Mother said at this time: "Come closer, why is it so far away?" ”

Xiao Qi smiled bitterly in his heart: "You let me take the exam so close, I'm afraid that I will be eaten alive by your old man." ”

I just thought so in my heart, and I definitely didn't dare to say it, so I smiled and nodded, and moved forward a little.

At this time, the Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, and said to Zhang Li and them: "You can also sit, well, that Zhuyun, Zhuyun, Zhuya, you three children leaned over, and they were also closer to the mourning family." ”

"Whoa."

Zhang Zhuya, Zhang Zhuyan and Zhang Zhuyun listened to the instructions of the Queen Mother and sat on a few chairs in front of the Queen Mother. As for Zhang Zhuxuan, she sat on the other side of the Queen Mother unceremoniously.

The Queen Mother scolded with a smile: "Zhuxuan, you girl, come every day, the mourning family is bored, go and go, go, don't sit next to me, change places with your sister." ”

The Queen Mother pushed directly, and was about to push Zhang Zhuxuan off the bed.

Zhang Zhuxuan said with a smile: "The Queen Mother doesn't care about me anymore, I won't come after I change my sisters, and if I don't come, I won't come with Concubine Xuan." ”

The Queen Mother didn't push it off, but just said playfully: "Do you dare this little girl?" If you dare, there is no problem for the mourning family to let you sit next to the mourning family today. ”

Zhang Zhuxuan laughed, shook the queen mother's hand and said, "Okay, I'll change it with my sister, then do you want my sister to sit with you?" ”

The Queen Mother looked at Zhang Zhuya, Zhang Zhuyan and Zhang Zhuyun on the side and said: "This girl has always been in poor health, Zhu Zhuya, come up, it's warm up." ”

Zhang Zhuyun also wanted to push and let his sister Zhang Zhuyun go to the front, but before he could say anything, he was pulled up by Zhang Zhuyun and Zhang Zhuya, two girls, and pushed to the side of the Queen Mother, that is, the position where Zhang Zhuxuan was just sitting.

The two sisters, Zhang Zhuya and Zhang Zhuyun, who pushed Zhang Zhuyun forward, saluted the Queen Mother and returned to the distance, but Zhang Zhuxuan occupied Zhang Zhuyun's position before.

As for Zhang Li, she waited for everyone to sit down before she sat down behind Xiao Qi.

"It's better for your eldest sister, you must not learn from Xuan, the whole thing is rude and willful."

Zhang Zhuxuan said coquettishly: "Queen Mother." ”

This attracted the laughter of the Queen Mother and the laughter of everyone.

Zhang Ning, who went out to prepare snacks for them, had already led several palace maids into the house at this time, the room was not big, and let the palace maids take turns to come in, and put these snacks on the case of each young lady, that is, let them retreat.

And Zhang Ning stood at the door, becoming motionless, and Xiao Qi, who was bored, watched these people bring tea and water to put snacks, all in one go, without any procrastination.

The Queen Mother picked up a piece of dim sum with her hand and handed it to Xiao Qi.

"Xiao Qi, hurry up and eat some snacks, these snacks are made by a woman from a foreign country, and they taste pretty good."

The Queen Mother's hand stretched forward again, signaling Xiao Qi to eat, Zhang Li sat next to Xiao Qi and saw that Xiao Qi did not move, so she quickly patted her.

Xiao Qi picked up the snack and said, "Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand, pointed to the desk behind her and said, "There are so many here, you can take it yourself, don't be so restrained." ”

Xiao Qi nodded cautiously and ate silently, the Queen Mother looked at the others, and also picked them up and handed them to Zhang Zhuqi herself, and then said: "The rest of you girls will take it yourself, and the mourning family will not give it to you one by one." ”

The Queen Mother deliberately glanced at Zhang Zhuxuan, Zhang Zhuxuan had already eaten two pieces before the Queen Mother could speak, at this time, feeling the Queen Mother's sight, she hurriedly wiped her mouth, and said miserably: "Queen Mother, Xuan'er hasn't eaten for a day." ”

The Queen Mother didn't pay attention to her, but asked lightly: "Do you want the mourning family to let the cook in the imperial dining room make you some supper?" ”

Zhang Zhuxuan was overjoyed and said: "Yes, if it is the grace of the Queen Mother, how can Xuan'er refuse without knowing how to do it." ”

"Oh? You're a good guy. ”

Zhang Zhuxuan smiled wryly, scratched the corners of her eyebrows and did not dare to answer.

The Queen Mother turned her head and said to Xiao Qi: "Xiao Qi, are you hungry?" If you are hungry, the mourning family will order someone to go to the imperial dining room to make you some supper. ”

Xiao Qi didn't know how to answer, and wanted to show a relaxed smile, but he didn't dare, so he could only open his lips slightly, putting on a look that he didn't know whether he was happy or sad.

The Queen Mother shook her head and said: "I want to come to the palace banquet and don't eat anything, others don't know what the palace banquet is, the mourning family still knows, when the mourning family was young, they had to eat a lot of things before the palace banquet every time, for fear of starving themselves." ”

The Queen Mother said to Zhang Ning: "Let the imperial dining room prepare some food." ”

"Whoa"

Zhang Ning withdrew from the room with the Empress Dowager's decree, leaving a room full of sluggish people, except for Zhang Li and Zhang Zhuxuan, the others all felt that today's Empress Dowager was different.

The Queen Mother smiled and asked; "Zhumeng, that girl returned to Tianyiguan, did she cry? When will the boy come back? ”

The Queen Mother had some nostalgia and said: "That girl usually looks at the gnawing and gnawing, looking like a cold fairy descending to earth, in fact, the little girl is hot in her heart, worrying about everything, but I didn't expect that I didn't see that child this year, it's a pity." ”

The Queen Mother saw Xiao Qi finish eating the snacks in her hand again, and handed Xiao Qi a piece and said: "I used to think that you were still young, you should take advantage of the morning to discipline, as the descendants of the Zhang family, you must know how to be polite, righteous and honest, clean yourself, don't think of other people's children as if they were debauchery." ”

took the handkerchief handed by the palace maid and wiped the grease stains on his hands, and said: "Now that you are old and you are older, I originally wanted to wait for all of you to say it, but there is still one missing." ”

The Queen Mother seemed to be very lonely, "Since ancient times, the moon has been cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows, which are all destined by God, this is the ancient difficulty." ”

"Queen Mother, what are you talking about, you should be happy on today's happy day."

"On a day of great joy, where does the joy come from?"

"Isn't it a palace banquet today, isn't it a grand event for all the ministers of the world to gather in Kyoto..."

Zhang Zhuxuan said while looking at the face of the Queen Mother, and when she got to the back, she saw that the Queen Mother's face was getting worse and worse, and her voice became lower and lower, not at all as high as just now.

"Girl Xuan, you child, I don't know if Concubine Xuan left this girl in the palace to hurt you or save you, hey."

Zhang Zhuxuan listened to the Queen Mother, and didn't dare to ask the reason for her inexplicable words, but just lowered her head and listened to the reprimand.

"Let you all come to Cining Palace today, firstly, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I want to see you, and secondly, I want to tell you that the queen mother of the mourning family is old, and it is useless, and if something happens in the future, the old woman of the mourning family really can't help you."

Several people were thinking about what the Queen Mother meant, and this was obviously something in her words.

Zhang Zhuxuan just wanted to say a few words of comfort, but was directly stopped by Zhang Li's look.

"Xiao Qi, the mourning family knows that you blamed the mourning family for targeting your mother and son in the early years, but, hey, you will understand these in the future, and the mourning family doesn't want to explain anything, and the merits and demerits will naturally be evaluated by future generations."

"Forget it, forget it, the mourning family is a lot of old people, and it's really funny to learn from your group of young people what to say about sadness."

The Queen Mother smiled, no longer said what she had, said some parents, asked about Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Yihui's bodies, and asked if there were any bad things happening in the Zhang family now.

In addition to the things that the Zhang family does not dare to say to outsiders now, or what the palace does not know, they are told to the Queen Mother.

"Zhang Yiyun, this guy actually returned to the palace? He doesn't weigh how many pounds and taels he has? ”

When the queen mother heard about Zhang Yiyun, she was a little angry, and she didn't know how Zhang Yiyun provoked her, but there was a trace of disdain in her anger, and the momentum of this kind old man is still the same as it was back then.

The Empress Dowager immediately smiled and said, "Is there anything interesting about today's palace banquet, I want the original palace banquet..."

For the things of previous years, the queen mother did not shy away from saying it at all, of course, it just did not involve royal affairs, and the old man in front of him did not dare to blaspheme the royal face.

What kind of lady of that family is drunk and crazy at the palace banquet, or what kind of young lady of someone family falls into the water and gets lost, the queen mother is like a few family treasures, and she can't see that the old man's memory is not good now.

After coming over for a long time, Zhang Ning came back and told the Queen Mother that he had prepared a supper.

The Queen Mother held Xiao Qi's hand and said, "Good boy, good boy." ”

Then he let go of her hand, yawned and said to a few people in the room: "Okay, the mourning family is a little tired, you can retreat." ”

"Whoa."

Xiao Qi glanced at the Queen Mother who closed her eyes, and followed her sisters out of the door with some inexplication, until the two doors closed, she still didn't know what she was called to Cining Palace for this time.

Now that I am back in the palace banquet, I don't know what to do, and besides, the sisters except Xiao Qi are now a little hungry.

Under the leadership of Zhang Ning, several people sat down in a pavilion outside the Yangxin Pavilion, ready to eat the supper prepared for them by the Queen Mother.