Ji He anxiously walked to the dining room, and saw that Tan Xiu was already sitting there waiting quietly, and the dishes on the table were all ready. But Ji He frowned slightly when he saw the dishes.

He had previously ordered that Mi Dayu from the small kitchen here cook Tan Xiu's favorite dishes. Don't serve the oily and salty dishes he eats on weekdays. But now, when I look at it, Mi Dayu He really didn't take his words seriously. Except for the two light dishes in front of Tan Xiu on the table, the rest were the heavy and spicy dishes he had eaten by himself.

Ji He was annoyed and didn’t show up on his face. He came to Tan Xiu and said first, “The kitchen doesn’t prepare any dishes you like. I’ll tell the kitchen tomorrow. Make more dishes that you like. Today’s dishes If you don’t like it, just eat as much as you like."

Although it was noisy in the previous life, it can be regarded as getting along for so long. What Ji He was thinking, Tan Xiu could guess a little bit. Seeing his words and expressions, I knew that he had misunderstood, so he explained: "I went to the kitchen before. Seeing that the dishes they prepared were light and they were all to my taste, I asked them what you like to eat on weekdays, and let them make them as usual."

The implication is not that the people in your small kitchen are not obedient, but that I told them. After finishing Tan embroidery, he bowed his head and said, "If the company is not willing to let Tan embroidery be the master, Tan embroidery will not be troublesome next time."

Obviously knowing that he wanted to accommodate her taste, Tan Xiu wanted to tease in such a secret, Ji He dare not say anything, and immediately smiled, "What Tan Xiu said, your words here are more effective than mine...I I'm just afraid that those stupid stupid people will betray you and neglect you."

Tanxiu has a light taste, Jihe is completely opposite, but they are also very harmonious when they sit at the same table. Jihe didn’t use his chopsticks to move Tanxiu’s favorite dishes, but Tanxiu saw that he had a good appetite. Curiously tasted a fried chicken, Ji He saw it and thought she liked it, so he changed the dish to her.

In the end, most of the dishes were moved to Tan Xiu.

"Well, don't you want to eat it yourself, push them all to me." Tan Xiu had to speak. Ji He ate it by himself.

Soon after the meal, the sky was completely dark. A lantern was hung under the corridor every few steps, and several candles were placed in the room, which dazzled the light through the window panes. There was nothing wrong at this time. They all went to bed early, sat in the outside room for a while, and talked a few gossips, and they had to wash and rest each.

Ji Heping was washing in the room, but now the sandalwood embroidery is also there. He was afraid that sandalwood embroidery would be uncomfortable, so he asked people to bring water to wash in the bath, and it took a quarter of an hour longer than usual to come out. . Tan Xiu also took care of herself, wearing a white shirt sitting by the bed.

Ji He entered the room and saw Tan Embroidery sitting by the bed. He felt a little timid. He found that he seemed a little nervous. The room was still the one I was used to sleeping, but there was more sandalwood embroidery. He felt that the room was much brighter than usual. How do you say that sentence? Sitting in the Yiren Hall, the room was full of light. Pengxu is brilliant, and that's it.

"Why are you standing there? Close the door, isn't it cold?" Tan Xiu saw him standing by the door silently, putting down his things and looking at him.

Ji He came back to his senses as if waking up from a dream, closed the door, and walked slowly over with a pair of black cloth shoes, wearing a smoky gray robe. Seeing Tanxiu looking at him all the time, Ji He pulled his outer robe somewhat restrained, before turning his feet to sit on the chair next to him.

Before my buttocks came down, I listened to Tan Xiu's soft voice with a secret smile, "Sit over there again for whatever reason. Sit down by the bed. I'll measure your feet. I'm free." Just make you a pair of shoes."

Hearing Tan Embroidery's words, Ji He realized that the thing she was just holding and fiddled with was needlework fabric.

Usually the eunuchs and palace ladies have a pair of food, and the palace ladies often exchange the money they have saved for needlework and so on, and make some small objects such as shoes, socks, purses and kerchiefs for themselves. Those eunuchs get this Considerate, can't help but show off, happy face blooms.

Then they would also use silver to bring some rouge beads, and they would also give back to the court ladies.

The eunuchs under Jihe's hands also secretly made a pair of food. If one day sees those guys changing new items, often showing them and playing with them, with unconscious joy on their faces, they know that they must be good. Give something. He didn't expect that he would have such a day.

With a strange mood, Ji He sat on the side of the bed, Tanxiu sat at the head of the bed, and he sat at the foot of the bed, with his hands on his knees. After waiting for a long time, I didn't see any response from him, Tan Xiu leaned in helplessly, and wanted to squat down to measure his feet.

Ji He hurriedly bent over to stop her, going to grab the tape from her hand, while saying: "I'll do it myself..."

"Are you afraid that I will despise you? Just sit down. It will be fine if you are good." Tan Xiu pushed away his hand, measured the size by himself, and sat back as usual, picking silk threads and fabrics under the lamp . Ji He glanced over there and couldn't help saying: "It hurts your eyes to do needlework at night. It's not a hurry. It's not too late to wait until you can see clearly during the day."

Tossing this time today, Tanxiu is indeed a little tired, but she is actually a little nervous and nervous now, but she is holding on and not showing it, using shoes to distract her from those thoughts. But when Ji He said so, she didn't say anything, and she responded by putting down the things in her hands and putting them back on the bed again.

"Tomorrow I have to get up early to do errands, for fear of getting up and quarreling you, go to sleep inside." Ji He said, let Guo Tanxiu let her sleep inside, and he got up and blew out all the candles outside. , There was only one lamp on the table in front of the window, and he turned around and said to Tan Xiu: "The first time you slept here, I'm afraid you can't sleep well, so I won't blow this candle."

Tan Xiu sat there on her side and pulled the quilt to cover it. She shook her head, her eyelashes drooping and trembling slightly, and a shadow was reflected under her eyes, "Blow it, I can't sleep brightly."

The last candle went out, and the wick emitted a faint white smoke. Ji He walked to the bed. He sat on the bed and groped for the quilt before lying down.

In the dark, the two lay quietly separated by a distance, without speaking. The light under the outer porch came in. The lantern was hit by the autumn wind and swayed slightly, and even the light that entered the room began to flicker, just like two people's ups and downs.

Ji He was not sleepy. His neck seemed to froze. He couldn't turn his head to look at Tanxiu beside him, but he knew that Tanxiu was not asleep either. Looking at the tent with his eyes open, Ji He couldn't help but think of a question he often thought of these days.

Why would Tanxiu be willing to form a pair with him? He thinks that although he doesn't have much contact with Tanxiu, he has been paying attention to her for so many years and he knows her. It stands to reason that she has stubbornness hidden in her temperament, and she has a tenacity and arrogance, not to mention her personality. Ji He still remembers that about three or four years ago, Ding Wang entered the palace to please the Queen Mother Huijing. He fell in love with Tan embroidery and wanted her to enter the palace as a concubine.

King Ping was only twenty-three years old at the time. He was still a young prince with military power. He was also valiant. Although there were more women in the backyard, marrying him was also an excellent choice for the palace maids. At that time, many people admired Tanxiu and wanted to take it for her. However, she knelt for a day before Dowager Huijing, rejected King Ping, and still served the Queen Mother Huijing wholeheartedly in the palace.

Even though she was a slave, she didn't see her bowing and flattering. To be honest, Tan Xiu's temperament is not suitable for living in a deep palace.

In recent years, it was under the protection of the Queen Mother Huijing that she could live in peace, but the Queen Mother Huijing went as an immortal, and her existence, which was used to pass the time to send her grief to the Queen Mother Huijing, was not taken seriously. If you want to be more direct, her status is actually no different from those pampered cats and dogs raised by the nobles. The Queen Mother Huijing is willing to give her a superior life, but she will not bother to consider her future, nor give her any incompatible noble status. Therefore, once the Queen Mother Huijing leaves, she will lose her protection. Those people who looked at her face would insult her in the future.

It's like blooming flowers on the branches, no matter how beautiful they bloom, a cold wind and rain will cause the flowers to fall.

Ji He has long been accustomed to being a fan of the people in the palace, so he worried about Tan Xiu as early as the empress dowager Huijing died, and later sent someone to guard the Anning Palace, quietly taking care of it.

In fact, if Tanxiu was willing, he could protect her more openly, but he didn't mention it, let alone let Tanxiu know that he was taking care of her. That is, he knew Tanxiu's character and would not be happy. He also had no intention of letting Tanxiu suffer from those consultations, and then he was unwilling to be with him. He Ji He is not a good person, but facing Tan Embroidery, he is really unwilling to use any despicable means.

Because he could see clearly, Ji He was particularly confused as to why Tan Xiu was with himself. In terms of age, he is ten years older than Tan Xiu. In terms of appearance, he is just average and powerful... Although he has now become the official in the palace, he is also regarded as the head of the **** in the palace, but Ji He does not think Tan Xiu Because of this, I will take the initiative to cling to it.

Thinking of it late, Ji He was still the same as before, unable to draw any conclusions. In the middle of the night, Ji He was still awake. A strong wind suddenly blew outside. The tree branches rustled, and the window frames vibrated slightly. The wind passed through the cracks and made a mournful sound.

Ji He heard Tan Xiu's breathing sound beside him, and knew that she was asleep, so he turned his stiff head and looked at her. In the dim tent, she closed her eyes and fell asleep quietly, with her long hair gathered behind her, and she was well-behaved and soft.

Ji He thought, what is the purpose of Tan Embroidery, and what does it matter? Anyway, if she is willing to follow him, he will take good care of her. This is... there is no suspicion. He stared at Tan Xiu, thinking so, and finally closed his eyes.

Tanxiu slept in the middle of the night, vaguely heard the strong wind outside, but she couldn't wake up in a dream. Perhaps it was because she came to the place where she died last in her previous life. The scenes in her dreams were scenes that had trapped her for many years, and her dreams were filled with pain.

In the last life, it was also after the death of the Queen Mother Huijing, her life was a little harder than before, but those who fell into trouble, those jealous ridicules, and despised ridicule were not difficult for her. She still lives in the Anning Palace and lives in peace Living her life, she thought, she would stay there all her life, other than that, she didn't want to think too much.

But in many cases, it's not that she can get peace if she doesn't mess with things. Half a year after the death of the Queen Mother Huijing, she was invited by Xu Sigong from the internal training department. At that time, Xu Xianggang was appointed as the imperial pen secretary of the emperor.

"Ji Si Gong of the Department of Internal Affairs has always favored Aunt Tan Xiu, but it is a pity that Aunt Tan Xiu wants to refuse people thousands of miles away. Pity us Ji Si Gong, and it is difficult to tell Aunt Tan Xiu about this. I still have some face, so I was entrusted by Ji Si to ask Aunt Tan Xiu what he meant."

What did she say at the time? Tan Xiu remembered that he had refused, "Tan Xiu feels deeply honored by Ji Si Gong's favor, but Tan Xiu is not familiar with that Ji Si Gong, and has no intention of such things, I just wish..."

"Hahaha Aunt Tanxiu, what you are talking about is too ignorant." Xu Xiang interrupted her, staring at her with a pair of viper-like cold eyes, with a malicious smile on his lips, "We Ji Si Gong is a flower cherishing person, but this Gong is not. This Gong and Ji Si Gong are in the same spirit, and they have to plan for him. How can they bear to see him disappointed? Aunt Tan Xiu does not want to show his face. My father is not happy."

"Xu Sigong is a threat? You two dignified officers, covering the sky in the palace, why do you come to embarrass my little girl? Although Tan Xiu is a little girl, she doesn't want to be persecuted and accepts such things. "Tan Xiu still remembers the sudden anger in her heart at that time.

And Xu Xiang's meaningful words.

He stood in front of her with his sleeves caged, and said with a smile: "Oh, I suddenly remembered that there are relatives outside the palace of Aunt Tanxiu. My father and mother are in good health, and there is a younger sister. It is said that he is about to get married. But it's really delicious..."