Qin Xiao originally thought that Eunuch Wei would come back soon to take him to meet the saint, but he waited and waited. After noon, Eunuch Wei still did not come back.

He was a little surprised that the saint ordered him to go to the palace immediately to have an audience. He entered the palace, but he was not summoned for a long time.

"How long does it usually take to wait for a saint's summons?" Qin Xiao couldn't help but ask the palace maid not far away.

Eunuch Wei had previously told him not to speak easily after entering the palace, so even though there was a palace maid nearby, Qin Xiao never spoke to her. At this time, he was a little impatient and couldn't help but ask.

The palace maid shook her head and said nothing.

Qin Xiao thought that the Holy Heart was unpredictable, so he shouldn't ask a palace maid.

After waiting for a while, he saw a palace maid carrying a basket coming over. Qin Xiao was surprised. The palace maid had already placed the basket on the table, took out the food from it, and carefully placed it on the table. There were four dishes in total.

The soup has an excellent color combination and is pleasing to the eye.

"This is lunch. The saint has summoned you, so you can't drink." The palace maid said softly.

Qin Xiao was not polite. He picked up his chopsticks and ate. The food was delicious and the taste was naturally very delicious.

"This is deer lips, does it taste good?" The palace maid saw Qin Xiao's handsome young man and asked with a chuckle.

Qin Xiao was startled and said in surprise: "Lu Chun?"

The portion of this dish was small and the cuts were square. When Qin Xiao took the first bite, he felt that the taste was very wonderful. He had never tasted such a taste before. He ate half of it in a few bites, but he really didn't expect that it was deer.

lip.

He has naturally heard of such delicacies, but has never actually tasted them, or even seen them.

The palace maid chuckled and nodded: "This is what the sage asked the imperial kitchen to make specially for you. The sage also said that if you find it unpalatable, you can change it."

"The saint personally ordered the imperial kitchen?" Qin Xiao was even more surprised.

He had been guessing why the saint suddenly summoned him to the palace, but after thinking about it, he felt that the emperor's thoughts were really beyond his ability to guess. At this time, he heard that even this lunch was ordered by the saint himself in the imperial kitchen.

Naturally, I was even more surprised. I really didn't know why the saint was so kind to me.

"Yes." The palace maid also saw that Qin Xiao knew nothing about the dishes in front of her, so she introduced them immediately.

Qin Xiaoyue became more and more surprised when he heard that. When he saw the four dishes and one soup, although he knew they were delicacies, he really couldn't tell what materials they were made from. Only then did he realize that the red ones were made from swan meat.

, the slightly yellow one is cooked with bear paws. If you look at the big bone stick, you thought it was a pig bone at first, but who knew it turned out to be wild camel hooves. If you look at the bowl of soup, the name of the dish is Xuanjiang, but it is actually...

Made from mare's milk.

A simple meal of four dishes and one soup is extremely luxurious.

Qin Xiao sighed inwardly, thinking that the palace was a palace after all, and the imperial kitchen was responsible for food for the emperor. Of course, what the emperor ate was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

"Thank you for your advice, sister." Qin Xiao felt that the palace maid who delivered the meal seemed to have a higher status than the palace maid who had been waiting beside him, so he asked softly: "The saint knows that I have entered the palace, but I don't know when he can summon him? I'm already waiting here.

For more than an hour."

The palace maid smiled slightly and said: "When the saint summons him, he will naturally send someone to convey the message. If there is no edict, just wait here. If you need anything, you can tell us."

Qin Xiao knew that asking questions was useless, so he could only wait patiently.

He originally thought that the saint had not been summoned at lunch, and he would not wait too long after eating. Who knew that when it was dusk again, there was still no one to come and talk about it. He was bored and lazy. He felt really impatient and sat down.

For most of the day, my buttocks felt a little painful from sitting. I stood up, looked around, and saw a long corridor leading outside. I said to the palace maid, "I'll just walk around here, do some exercise, and sit down."

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My body is a little numb after being here for too long. I can’t go too far, so I’m just nearby.”

The palace maid lowered her head and said nothing.

Qin Xiao wondered whether the palace maid was mute? But since the palace maid didn't stop her, it seemed that it didn't matter if she just took two steps.

He moved his hands and feet and walked forward along the corridor. This was an outer corridor with a rockery and forest garden outside. The corridor turned a few corners. The Ice Palace was quite deserted, but it didn't live up to the "ice" in the middle.

Although there were a few palace ladies, their faces were expressionless. When Qin Xiao passed by, the palace ladies bowed their heads and did not say a word.

Walking to the end of the corridor, I found a stone arch in front of me. I thought that I really couldn't go too far. The saint would summon me at any time. If I couldn't meet him in time, it would be troublesome. I was about to turn around and go back when I suddenly heard a faint sound.

The sound of sobs came.

Qin Xiao's ears are amazing, but if it were an ordinary person, he would never be able to hear.

The sobs were quite sad and seemed to come from behind the stone arch. Qin Xiao was a little confused and curious. He couldn't help but walk over lightly. After passing through the stone arch, he found an empty garden with dense trees.

, followed the sound and walked lightly over, only to see a woman in palace clothes squatting there beside a flower garden, sobbing softly.

Qin Xiao was puzzled. When he saw that the palace lady was not dressed like ordinary palace maids, and was more gorgeous, he walked over lightly and couldn't help but ask: "Why are you crying?"

The palace man raised his head, with beautiful appearance and tearful eyes. He looked to be twenty-three or four years old, and said sadly: "It's dead!"

"Dead?" Qin Xiao asked doubtfully: "Who died?" He wondered whether it was because a relative of the palace man passed away, so he was so sad.

But the palace man pointed to the ground, tears rolled down his cheeks, and said sadly: "The little Chongchong is dead. It doesn't move. I've been waiting for a long time."

Qin Xiao took a closer look and found that there was a butterfly on the ground. It was motionless, so it was naturally dead.

He was a little stunned.

Why is it so sad when a butterfly dies?

If this is a child of three or four years old, he can barely understand it, but this person is several years older than himself and is already an adult. He is sobbing softly because of the death of a butterfly. It is really

Qin Xiao was shocked.

"Can you save it?" The palace man raised his head and looked at Qin Xiao and asked.

Her eyes were as clear as a clear spring, without any impurities.

Qin Xiao shook his head and said: "Nothing can come back to life after death. This is true for people, and it is true for butterflies as well."

When the palace man heard this, he was even more sad and burst into tears.

"If you are really sad, just bury it." Qin Xiao squatted down beside the palace man and said softly: "Let it rest in peace. Its soul will not be separated, and it can have another life."

"The next life?" The palace man blinked his eyes with a look of innocence: "What is the next life?"

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, but explained: "It is reincarnation. After a person dies, his soul is still there. If he does good things, he can be reincarnated as an adult in the next life and have a new life. If he does bad things, he will be reincarnated as a pig or dog.

"

"Can it still be reincarnated?" Although the palace man was still in tears, he was obviously happy: "After it is reincarnated, will it come back here? Can I still see it?"

Qin Xiao raised his hand and scratched his head, nodded and said: "It should...it should be okay."

"Then help me bury it." The palace man's eyes were pleading.

Qin Xiao found a branch, dug a small hole at the edge of the flowerbed, carefully put the butterfly in, then buried it with soil, threw away the branch and said: "Okay, it has been laid to rest in the ground.

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When you are reincarnated in your next life, you can turn into a beautiful butterfly."

The palace man smiled sweetly, nodded and said, "Then I'll wait here for it to be reincarnated. When can it come back?"

Qin Xiao was even more stunned. He looked at the palace man and wondered if the palace man was making fun of him. However, looking at her eyes, they were clear and sincere and seemed to be speaking from the bottom of his heart. He thought to himself that this girl didn't seem to have a bright mind.

, said softly: "I don't know when it will come back. Maybe it remembers you and knows you are here waiting for it and then it will come back. But reincarnation takes time. It won't come back within a few days. It will have to wait for a while.

A while. If you see a butterfly here next time, it will probably be back."

The palace man thought for a moment and said, "Then I will come and see you every day."

"Are you from the palace?" Qin Xiao asked curiously: "What is your name?"

"Come back and come back to Xi." The palace lady smiled sweetly: "I am Xi Xi."

"Xi Xi?" Qin Xiao said with a smile: "That's a good name. My name is Qin Xiao, Xiaoyao Xiao."

"Xiao Xiao!" The palace man stretched out a hand, pinched Qin Xiao's nose, and said with a smile: "You are Xiao Xiao, and I am Xi Xi."

Qin Xiao was even more surprised.

Although the Tang Dynasty was civilized, this girl directly stretched out her hand to pinch her nose. She was really audacious. Ordinary girls would never dare to do this.

Xixi let go of her hand and said, "Xixi has something delicious, do you want to eat it? Xixi will take you to eat."

Qin Xiao had eaten a lot of pastries before, and had just eaten deer lips and bear paws. His stomach was full, so he naturally had no appetite. He shook his head and smiled and said, "No, thank you." Seeing Xixi, he looked disappointed for a moment and hurriedly

Said: "But if I'm hungry, I'll ask you for something delicious, do you agree?"

Xixi's disappointed look disappeared immediately, and she clapped her hands and said: "Okay, Xiaoxiao, you are hungry, I will give you delicious food. My sister prepared a lot of delicious food for me, and it is all on the table. She said Xixi is good, every day

You have to eat enough. Only when you are full can you have strength."

"Yes, you will have strength only when you are full." Qin Xiao smiled and nodded.

At this time, it was already understood that although this girl was in her twenties, her IQ seemed to be that of a child, and she was ignorant of world affairs. It was a pity that she looked like one of the best in a thousand. Even her figure was already mature, but

Unexpectedly, my brain is not very good.

At this moment, I heard someone say: "Here, here."

Qin Xiao looked up and saw a palace maid pointing this way and hurried over. Then two more palace maids appeared. Qin Xiao stood up. The palace maid was a little surprised to see Qin Xiao following Xi Xi and asked:

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

"I entered the palace according to the order and waited for the saint's summons." Qin Xiao cupped his hands and said.

The maid didn't ask any more questions, she stood up and said: "Your Highness, everyone is looking for you, hurry up." The other two maids also came over, bowing and being respectful.

Qin Xiao was startled, thinking that the palace official called Xixi "Your Highness", but Your Highness is the title of the royal heir. Could it be that Xixi is actually the royal heir?

"She...who is she?" Qin Xiao couldn't help but ask.

The maid glanced at Qin Xiao and said, "This is Princess Changning. This is not the place you should be here. Please step back quickly." Without saying much, several maids helped Xi Xi leave and walked a few steps. Xi Xi

He turned around and said to Qin Xiao: "Xiao Xiao, if you are hungry, come to me and I will take you to eat something delicious." He smiled sweetly and innocently.

Qin Xiao was shocked, but he bowed to Xi Xi, thinking that there was such a princess in the palace.

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