The three slaps slapped Liu Zhiqiu on the head, making him grin.
The empress dowager glanced at him, indeed, as Liu Yusheng had said, she was picking money and keeping money.
But it will not be boring.
Very magnanimous.
When the group came back, it was already the evening, which happened to be the time for the families in the village to prepare for dinner.
When she moved to the dinner table, the empress dowager saw what it meant for a family to eat.
The big round table was crowded. In addition to the Liu family, there was an old man named Jiu Lao, and even the two hidden guards of Feng Qingbai were there.
Although she has never seen these two people, but the Wei surname, named after the color, she knows their identities.
In the past, most of the meals were served by oneself, using the precious dining table inlaid with jade, sitting on the pear-wood square chairs, holding jade chopsticks, eating exquisite dishes made by the imperial dining room, and drinking tribute tea.
For the first time, I was sitting on a small tart while having a meal. The chopsticks were wooden. The rice in the tea-ceramic bowl was piled up sharply. The dishes in front of me were half the size of a washbasin.
The old man of the Liu family started the meal, and the chopsticks flew out in front of him. The refugees were rushing to eat, and the food was extremely arrogant.
The queen mother stayed for a long time and couldn't put down chopsticks.
There was a large piece of fat in the bowl, which was white and greasy, "Queen dowager, don't be cautious. Pick up what you want to eat. Eat more meat, there are plenty of vegetables."
Old lady Liu is very enthusiastic.
But this kind of enthusiasm is not what everyone wants, at least the Queen Mother doesn't want it at all.
Staring at the piece of fat in front of him, the corner of his eyes jumped uncontrollably. She worships Buddha and is a vegetarian.
Even if she is not vegetarian, she never eats fat.
Is the arrogant woman next to her true enthusiasm or fake enthusiasm? Always against her!
The empress dowager’s fingers holding the chopsticks turned white, but her etiquette education prevented her from throwing away the fat.
The old mother who came to take care of her was not willing to table with the Liu family because the Queen Mother was at the table, so the old lady Liu set up a small stove for her and let her eat in the main room.
The old mother is not there, no one can help.
"This is my grandma's specialty dish, crystal pork knuckles, looking at the fat, it tastes fat but not greasy in your mouth, it tastes good, you have a bite of the queen mother, if you really don't like it, give it to me." Liu Yusheng sat beside her , Looked at her subtle expression in his eyes, bent his eyes and smiled.
"This is my favorite dish. I can eat it at the Liu Family Courtyard and Qian Family Restaurant, not even in the palace. The thief is delicious!" Qian Wanjin clinched two more for himself, "If it's unhappy Point, I’m all gone when I want to eat later. These people are the least polite when they eat. There is no way of hospitality here. Queen Mother, hurry up, lest you don’t have enough to eat later."
His eyes fell on the dining table, the plate of crystal pork knuckle was indeed the fastest, and it was more than half gone as soon as it started.
The Queen Mother took a deep breath, picked up the piece of fat and put it to her mouth, biting a little bit tentatively.
The slightly crispy taste surprised her slightly. The taste of pork knuckle quickly spread on the tip of the tongue, without the nausea of eating fatty meat, with a slightly sour sauce and no lean chai, which was very delicious.
I took a sip of the white rice. It was delicious, sweet and refreshing, and it was more delicious than the polished rice in the palace.
"How? Isn't it delicious?" Old lady Liu smiled, and put her chopsticks greens again, "Taste this again, the mustard greens grown in my house taste a bit bitter, but this thing is cold and good for your body. I make it. The winter melon soup is also good, and everyone in the family likes to drink it, I will serve you a bowl!"
Glancing at her, the empress dowager lowered her eyes to eat.
Everyone in the Liu's compound likes to eat dishes with each other. Her bowl of rice has been poked by two different pairs of chopsticks, and she will definitely not eat it again.
But this is the countryside, she didn't throw a bowl, she just entered the country as the customs.
During the dinner, while taking care of the empress dowager, the other people's robbing of food did not stop at all. From time to time, one or two quarrels were heard, which made the small farm courtyard in the evening extremely lively.
Also warm.
After a meal, the empress dowager did not behave abnormally.
Wei Hong and Wei Lan, who were sitting at the same seat, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When they first saw the empress dowager, both of them were shocked. In their perception, the lord who was more difficult to haunt the city palace and deeper than Princess Liu, actually came to Xinghua Village
If a person in the Liu family compound made a mistake, the empress dowager can order rectification at any time.
It was because the people in the compound were rough-hearted and didn't realize it was terrible. The two of them were terrified after eating this meal.
… In the end, nothing happened.
The distinguished guest came to the house, who was still the Queen Mother. Finally, the Liu family arranged her residence in the inner courtyard, next door to their family.
There were only three wing rooms in the inner courtyard, so Shi Xianrou and Liu Yusheng temporarily made do with it for two nights. When Zhiqiu Muqiu got married, that room would be vacant.
Standing in the small farmyard, looking around the room that was only one-fifth the size of her dormitory, the empress dowager had no expression, but she walked slowly to the window and opened the wooden window.
"Queen dowager, but feel uncomfortable?" the old mother asked worriedly.
The empress dowager shook her head, "It's acceptable." After a pause, "You go down and rest first. The Aijia doesn't need to wait on her here."
After dismissing the old mother, the empress dowager looked up at the cold moon on the sky, the moon was cold, and this situation easily evoked melancholy.
"Queen dowager, are you still asleep?" A head came out from the window suddenly, and the queen mother took two steps backwards and almost screamed out of control.
Seeing the woman with her brows and eyes bent on the window sill from the outside, the Queen Mother said with a sullen face, "You are pregnant now, so how reckless you are when you act!"
"I am worried that you are a newcomer and you are not used to living here, so come and have a look."
"Why are you not used to it? The Ai family used to live in this room when they were in the boudoir."
Liu Yusheng leaned against the window sill with a stomachache, and simply leaned on his side, curious, "The queen mother should be a famous family, why is the boudoir so small as mine?"
The empress dowager frowned, "Does the Ai's family mean the size? The Ai's said that the Ai's boudoir is like this...!"
"What's this?" The woman tilted her head, her eyes flashing with curiosity.
The empress dowager did not go on, leaning on the windowsill like her, looking at the moon above her head.
Her former boudoir was also like this, full of girlish air, simple and elegant without losing warmth.
At that time, she was still very simple and very happy.
Liu Yusheng knew that the old woman must have remembered the past, and there was a faint remembrance in her eyes, as well as extremely complex emotions.
"The queen mother must have been a very beautiful person before, and many people like it." Liu Yusheng curled her lips and looked up at the night sky. "The queen mother must be very happy back then. Why did you enter the palace?"
General Qin Xiao has been stationed at the border all year round and he has a great reputation, but he has never married in his life.
She thought that there must have been a touching story between them, otherwise, General Qin would not still be willing to live and die for the Queen Mother.