As soon as Madam Qian saw me, she stayed there and disappeared. We stood in the snow and looked at her quietly.

After all these years of separation, she has grown a lot older. Her cheeks, which were full in the past, are now slightly sunken. There are more wrinkles on her forehead, the corners of her eyes and the corners of her mouth. Even her eyes are drooping, much smaller than before, her hair is mostly whiter, and she looks very old.

But fortunately, I was not haggard.

I looked at her with a smile: "Madam Qian, I'm here to see you."

"You..." After a long time of silence, we stood in the snow and felt cold, and she finally spoke, unable to believe that her eyes seemed to be: "You, you are—"

"It's me, Madam Qian, I'll come to see you."

"Amitabha, my Buddha!"

She stomped her feet, recited the Buddha's name, and grabbed me over.

Although she was old and she was still quite strong. I was pulled into the house by her, and Madam Wu followed her into the house. The room was still very warm. She seemed to have just gotten up and the quilt on the bed had not been folded. But at this time, she didn't care about being rude. She pulled me into the house and sat down. Madam Wu also walked in and sat down, watching her holding my hand and staring at me, as if she was afraid that I would disappear in the blink of an eye.

She said, "Oh my God, you are still alive and are back!"

I smiled: "Of course I'm alive, and I'm still alive."

"Living well?" When she heard this, she looked at me and seemed to be "living well well". She couldn't help but give me a blank look and said, "Do you think you are the concubine and you are still alive."

I smiled faintly in my heart.

She must also know that today is the day when Nangong Lizhu was promoted to a noble concubine, so she stabbed me with this sentence, but to be honest, I don’t think it’s better to be a noble concubine below one person in this harem or above ten people. If I talk about my current life, if I give me ten noble concubines, I would not move out of the Liu Mansion.

But I thought about this in my heart. I didn't say it, but said with a smile: "Madam, does Madam have hot tea here? We just came over and were all frozen."

When Madam Qian heard this, she hurriedly got up and poured us hot tea. When she turned her head, she found that her quilt was not folded. She felt a little embarrassed, but it was even more disgusting to fold the quilt at this time. She could only put down the curtains on both sides to cover up the matter, and then poured us two cups of hot tea, one cup was placed on Madam Wu's hand, and one cup was directly stuffed into my hand.

I smiled and picked it up and took a sip.

It's still the same as before, the same tea taste as before.

"Is it still cold?" she asked, taking out the stove inside and putting it in front of us. Although she was old, her hands and feet were still quite quick. Looking at my slightly red cheeks, she seemed to really feel that I was "living well", and even my chin was round, so she felt relieved.

Madam Wu next to her smiled and said, "Oh, I have been here so many times, but I have never seen you respect me so much."

When Madam Qian heard this, she became angry: "You are just an old guy, you only see me once every six months, so Is that worthy?"

"Oh, I'm not worthy of seeing you once every six months. What about that girl? I haven't been back for four years."

Madam Qian snorted coldly: "If I hadn't watched her and still remembered me, I would have been too lazy."

I was amused by the bickering of these two old kids.

For a moment, everyone actually felt a little emotional. Madam Qian and Madam Wu fought each other, then looked back at me, and said, "The girl looks much better than she was back then. Why is the girl coming back this time? We all thought that when the girl left, I was afraid she would never return to the capital in her whole life, let alone the palace."

I smiled faintly. Why didn’t I think so, hope like this? It’s a pity-

"My daughter is in the palace."

"Ah, by the way, Princess Miaoyan, I almost forgot."

Madam Qian said, her expression a little sad: "I went to see her secretly a while ago, it was so beautiful..."

When I heard her say this, I felt a little sad. When Madam Wu saw our appearance, she hurriedly said to Madam Qian: "Okay, girl come to see you well, don't say anything that makes the girl have a bad life."

"Too."

Madam Qian said, barely smiling, and chatted with me for a few more words. Madam Wu saw that it was getting late, and said, "You guys talk first, I'll take the thing over."

"Do you want me to come and help?"

"No, you can talk to the girl."

"Okay, you old guy, I'm too lazy to help you!"

After hearing them fight a few more words, Madam Wu then went out with the things in her arms. Madam Qian closed the door, turned around and looked at me, sat next to me with a smile, looked up and down, as if she had just seen me clearly, and said, "How are the girl doing these years? Why are she clearly leaving, the princess coming back, and are you coming back?"

I told her all the things I had experienced over the years. I thought she was living in the cold palace. There were some things that even Madam Wu and the others knew, so she didn't know. She heard that I married Pei Yuanxiu, passed Xichuan, and went to sea again, and ran from north to south. Her eyes widened, and after a while, she breathed a long sigh: "I don't know what kind of Guanyin you were born on the sea."

I laughed.

She said again: "To put it this way, the little princess's illness still needs a master to cure it?"

I nodded and looked back at her: "I heard that the Master of the Kingdom is a master."

"He?" Madam Qian was slightly stunned, thought for a while, and said, "He is really a master. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid that Concubine Nangong would not have such a good life today."

"Then, has the mama seen him?"

"No, I'm afraid no one in this palace has seen him."

"What about Empress Zhao Lie? Has Empress Zhao Lie seen him?"

This seemed to be the first time I had clearly mentioned "Empress Zhaolie" in front of her. When I heard these four words, Madam Qian trembled for a moment, almost jumped up from the stool, and looked at me in shock.

I looked at her with a smile: "Mummy was the one who served Queen Zhao Lie back then, and this is no secret. Mammy doesn't think I don't know anything."

She sat down slowly, looked at me for a while, and said softly: "Yes."

I smiled and said, "I heard from the nanny and Madam Wu talk about it, and said that I look very much like Queen Zhaolie."

She looked at me: "It's a bit like that."

“Where does it look like it?”

She thought for a while and it was clearly what they said, but after I asked, she couldn't answer it. She just sat there without moving, as if she had fallen into the vortex of memories.

I don’t know how long she said, but when she spoke, she didn’t answer my question. Instead, she said softly with a little confused mood: “The Queen is a good person, gentle and kind, and she is also Endo Weishao to us servants. Since I was with her, she has never been angry easily for so many years and smiles when she does anything.”

"..." When I heard this, I was really on the same journey with me.

"She is particularly grateful and rarely holds grudges."

“…”

This sentence is a bit vague, but I imagined the position of Queen Zhao Lie and her status as a queen, and I also understood the meaning of this sentence.

A person's attitude towards the weak often interprets his lifelong practice and cultivation. He can be grateful for everything without holding grudges or even taking revenge. That is a kind of great virtue.

"She often said that it is a blessing to meet the Supreme Emperor in this life."

I smiled and said, "I heard that the Supreme Emperor loved Empress Zhaolie very much, and even reached the point of being exclusively favored. This is a great blessing for any woman."

"Special pet?"

When Madam Qian heard these two words, she seemed a little harsh for some reason. After a while, she smiled faintly.

"Yes, special pamper..."

I frowned slightly.

Judging from her tone, it seems that it is not the case.

But, isn't that the case? I even remember that even the Empress Dowager talked about "special favor" when she talked about Empress Zhao Lie. Even after she had been chanting Buddha for so many years, she couldn't suppress her nameless resentment and indignation in her heart. She said that Empress Zhao Lie had obviously received the most exclusive favors back then, but she always looked dissatisfied, which made her very annoying.

Isn't that the case?

I looked at Madam Qian and didn't ask questions. I just looked at her like this. Madam Qian recalled it for a long time before slowly saying: "If you say that you are a special favor, you are a special favor. The Supreme Emperor stayed in the Gui Palace for five days in the ten days. And when I was eating, the Empress ate lightly, and the Emperor also accompanied her to eat vegetarian food. During that time, people lost weight. For this matter, the Empress in the Palace were indignant and scolded for a long time in private."

"That's how..."

I couldn't help but sigh.

If this is not a special favor, then what is a special favor?

The Supreme Emperor was not born in the Central Plains. When Emperor Gao fought south and north, he was already quite old. He was a man who rode his horse into the capital with Emperor Gao. His diet should be similar to those on the grassland and likes to eat meat and fish, but such people actually eat vegetarian food. Not to mention that for an emperor, even for an ordinary grassland, it is very difficult.

Not everyone can change their habits for the sake of the person they love.

Not every love can support it.

I said softly: "It seems that they are really in love with each other."

"Mrs. Love is deep..." Madam Qian said, as if she was a little dazed. After a long time of silence, she slowly said: "If this is true, that would be great."

My heart skipped a beat.
Chapter completed!