Inside the Snow Palace.

Concubine Li sat at the corner of the corridor, dressed in thin plain clothes, which made her thin and lonely.

Seeing the queen mother, she was not surprised, got up and saluted, and said lightly: "The concubine has seen the queen mother." ”

Seeing her like this, Su Qian frowned without a trace, and her words were full of concern, "It's winter, the cold wind is cold, Concubine Li is dressed so thinly, and she carefully freezes her body." ”

"Concubine Xie is concerned, the concubine drank ice and snow at the border in the past, and she has long been used to it, and she can still stand the cold."

Willow Sleeves smiled suddenly, with a pair of beautiful eyes ethereal but no focus.

Su Qianyu glanced at her hands, her eyes were frozen, her eyelashes trembled, she was not as delicate and slender as a boudoir daughter, it was covered with thin cracks and calluses, and her heart couldn't help but have mixed tastes, and pity rose.

"Brother Bengong, thank you for your help."

Su Qian didn't expect that her small move a few days ago would get such a big help from Concubine Li, so that the big tyrant could promote her brother unusually, and her brother's ambition could be displayed, and she would remember this kindness in her heart.

"The concubine doesn't like to owe others love, not to mention that the concubine likes the queen's temperament and is not pretentious." Liu Sleeve has always been straightforward when he speaks, and he is happy and angry.

Su Qian also likes straight temperament, and warmly invited: "In the future, if you have nothing to do, you can often come to Fengyi Palace to walk around." ”

Liu Zhiru raised her eyebrows, "There is an emperor in Fengyi Palace, but the queen does not dislike the remoteness of Jiangxue Palace, if she comes, the concubines should be welcomed with tea." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, speechless and thousand.

Liu Sleeve invited the queen into the hall and sat down.

As soon as Su Qian entered, she only felt very empty, except for a table and chairs, there were almost no objects to furnish, and her eyes were attracted by the shelves placed inside.

The shelves are two meters high, full of all kinds of weapons, glowing with the cold light of Xuanwu, and the tip of the blade extends with a little bit of blood, which makes people feel daunted when they look at it.

Liu Zhiru stood beside the queen and explained: "Those are some weapons collected by the concubines, and the concubines like to dance with guns and swords, so they let people remove the things that get in the way and make room for a place where they can practice if they have nothing to do." ”

"Then these things have to be cleaned up, although the emperor acquiesced, but let the others take a look at it, and sue you in front of the queen mother, so that the palace will take a screen for you and send it over to cover it."

Su Qian couldn't help but worry, the palace rules were strict and it was forbidden to hide weapons privately, if others knew about it, it would be troublesome.

Liu Zhiru was very indifferent, "How can the concubine let others see, in this hall, the concubine has only let you come in alone." ”

The entire harem, who doesn't use the Snow Palace as an obscure place, she is also happy to see it, no one disturbs how clean it is, it may be that she has been living alone for a long time and is a little boring, or the queen has too many secrets, she can't help but be attracted.

In short, the delicate relationship between the two spreads.

Three days later, Fengyi Palace.

The cold wind was howling outside, but inside the hall was as warm as spring, and the red charcoal in the four corners was burning vigorously, and the palace people needed to sprinkle some water on the ground every two hours to ensure that the air was not so dry.

On the occasion of dinner.

Su Qian was busy for a long time, preparing a lot of ingredients to fill the entire table, washing the vegetables, and cutting the evenly sized beef and mutton slices, just looking at it was very tempting.

In the center of the table was a copper pot, and charcoal was burning underneath, and the soup was boiling and bubbling, and the aroma was overflowing.

Liu Sleeve asked with curiosity on her face: "Queen, what kind of way to eat this?" ”

Su Qian deliberately sold a pass, squeezed his eyebrows and smiled at her, "Wait a minute, you eat first, and I'll tell you, I promise to let you eat until you can hold it, and you have to go back with your stomach." ”

Sleeve Ru is really difficult to invite, three or four times called many times, then willing to move over, she, have to show a good hand, the most way to go further between people is to eat meat in a pot.

"Niangniang, the slave maid has brought back the flower carving from the Internal Affairs Office."

Zhiyun came in with the wine jar and brought in a cold wind, she hurriedly closed the door of the palace, and after putting the wine jar in hot water to warm it, she hurriedly ran to the charcoal basin to bake the fire to keep warm, and her mouth couldn't help but break her thoughts.

"It's so cold outside, I'm really freezing my ears."

Liu Sleeve nodded approvingly, "This year is extremely cold, and it will only enter the wax moon, and it has reached the point where the water has turned into ice, and I haven't seen such a cold winter for a long time." ”

"Ah, slave maid see Concubine Li."

Zhiyun only lowered his head to keep warm, and after hearing the voice, he realized that Concubine Li was still in the hall, and hurriedly saluted.

Liu Sleeve waved his hand, with a faint smile on the corner of his lips, "Don't be so restrained, I've always been used to it." ”

"When you warm up, just sit down and eat, the ingredients are ready, we are waiting for you." Su Qian beckoned to Zhiyun.

Unconsciously, she and Concubine Li began to call me you and me, and there were not so many rules.

"Slave ......" Zhiyun stared at the delicious food on the table, swallowed his saliva, and finally reasoned to dispel the gluttony in his stomach, and refused quite righteously and sternly, "Slave and maid have a low status, how can they eat at the table." ”

There was only the queen mother before, and she and the mother could do whatever she wanted behind closed doors, but Concubine Li was still there, so she couldn't let her laugh at the palace people in Fengyi Palace for having no rules.

"It's treating me like an outsider." Liu Zhiru said to Qing He who was standing next to him: "You sit down first." ”

Qing He also had a stern face, and shook his head, "The slave doesn't dare." ”

"Okay, this palace and Concubine Li don't have so many exquisiteness and rules, this hot pot should be eaten together by more people to be lively."

Seeing that the queen was serious, Zhiyun and Qinghe stopped squirming and sat down next to each other.

They all picked up their favorite food and put it in the pot, and it was quickly cooked, tumbling back and forth in the copper pot, and they all ate to a hearty meal, very satisfied.

"I didn't expect the queen to be a superb cook, if you hadn't pulled me to eat this meal, I wouldn't have been able to eat such a delicious meal."

As the queen said, the willow sleeves are very supportive, the stomach is slightly bulging, and then the flower carving into the throat can warm the body and stomach.

Su Qian bit a piece of emerald green cabbage in his mouth, and said indistinctly, "This is a way to eat in my hometown, and I can be regarded as painting a scoop according to the gourd." ”

"Jiangnan actually has this famous food? It's not very popular. "Liu Sleeve Ru only knows that Jiangnan is mainly Huaiyang cuisine, and the sweets are the best in the world, but she has not heard much of this copper pot shabu.

"Yes, the slave hasn't heard of it either." Zhiyun blinked his apricot eyes, looking confused.

Su Qian could only gag: "I also heard from a Jiangnan master by chance, and I don't know exactly where it came from." ”

She lowered her eyes and hid her sad look, the hometown in her mouth was a place where she would never have the chance to go back again in her life.

Just when they were full of wine, the palace gate sounded the sound of rustling, at first no one paid attention, on a cold day, Su Qian didn't want the palace people to suffer, so he let them go back to the room to rest earlier, so that there was no one outside.

When the emperor's guard of honor walked into the courtyard, he didn't see a single figure, so Gonggong Jiang realized that it was strange, and raised his voice and shouted: "The emperor has arrived!" ”