Chapter 59 Alone

Zhou Xiaoqing stepped forward and said, "This is a pearl plate."

"This is a very unique name." Mu Jie said with a smile.

Zhou Xiaoqing took out the blue and white plate, put a piece of it in the plate with ivory chopsticks, then dipped it in white sugar and handed it to Mu Jie. "Your Highness, this is potatoes and sweet potatoes are sliced in water and steamed over low heat."

Mu Jie tasted it. It's good. Although it's just an ordinary dish, it also has its special features.

"The old lady advocates Buddhism, so there are many vegetarian dishes in the house, which are also made according to the temple." Zhou Xiaoqing said slowly, and then poured a glass of wine for Mu Jie. From beginning to end, she acted like a conscientious maid without any mistakes, and Gu Ning's mind was not on the dishes, but in Min Wen, but no matter what they said, it seemed that neither of them could talk together, which made Gu Ning very distressed.

Mu Jie looked at Zhou Xiaoqing, but didn't say anything. Min Wen drank alone and didn't say much greetings. Instead, Zhou Xiaoqing looked contemptuously. The members of their royal family were really hypocritical. Obviously, they didn't have a good impression and had to stay for dinner. They were not happy. How could the food be eliminated? It has melted. The most important thing is food. In the royal palace, the maids only eat after the master eats. Zhou Xiaoqing is particularly easy to be hungry. How can she have received such treatment before? Even if she has no status, she has to make people fill their stomachs, so she is ten thousand reluctant.

After a few symbolic bites, Mu Jie got up to leave, but his sister was very reluctant. Zhou Xiaoqing, an outsider, knew that the princess was affectionate with King Jing as a Hunan woman, but Min Wen's strength had not been seen yet.

"Min, thank you for your hospitality today. One day you should also go to my house. Brothers should have walked around with each other before. We used to come less, but now I find that we are still very opusive."

Zhou Xiaoqing sneered at this diplomatic order. Isn't she really lying with her eyes open? Didn't she say a few words?

"Yes, Min Wen, you can come to our house often in the future." Princess Guning is very generous.

Min Wen smiled and didn't say anything. After sending them away, Zhou Xiaoqing and Zhou returned to the place where they used to eat. The screen retreated the left and right people, and Min Wen asked Zhou Xiaoqing to sit down.

Zhou Xiaoqing is really flattered. Now she is getting closer and closer to the taste of food. Zhou Xiaoqing is really afraid that she will stay if she is not careful.

"Thank you for your hard work today. You haven't eaten yet. These meals haven't moved much. You can have a drink with me." Min Wen sighed and poured a glass of wine first.

"Your Majesty, is there anything bothering you today? If there is anything, you can talk to the maidservant, if the prince doesn't mind. Zhou Xiaoqing looked at Min Wen like this, and suddenly didn't know how to go to the sea for a meal without hesitation.

"It's nothing. You don't understand when you say it. Just drink with me and hear Yun Fan say that you are still good at drinking." Min Wen smiled and did not intend to say his own words. This is a habit that has been cultivated all the time. Although he is high and powerful, he is always a minister. If he does not act properly or says something wrong that day, the consequences will not be underestimated.

Zhou Xiaoqing thought that everyone has their own way. Since Min Wen was unwilling to say it, he would not force it. Besides, in fact, it was nonsense in ancient times to achieve a real equal relationship. He stopped talking, picked up his glass, drank it, and kept smashing his mouth. "Today's wine seems to be more powerful than ever." He smiled at Min Wen.

Zhou Xiaoqing walked to Min Wen with a plate and said, "My lord, people can be frustrated, but they can't hurt themselves. In this world, except for themselves, other people can't help. Whether it's an old lady or Yun Fan, their close relatives can't understand what you want. Therefore, when you are alone, you should be good to yourself. Come on, eat a little before drinking, otherwise it will be bad for your stomach.

"Oh, be good to yourself..." Min Wen muttered these words, with unspeakable bitterness in his heart. Yes, who can really understand what he is thinking? No one, a person always has to face loneliness, but he is a prince. He must show no fear. Even if he doesn't like it, he has to hold on.

"If you were given a choice, would you choose to be born in the imperial family?" Zhou Xiaoqing suddenly asked.

"What if? If there is no if in life, I will never think about what is destined to happen. Min Wen stopped, took a sip, and continued, "What about you?"

Zhou Xiaoqing said, "I'm just a little girl. As long as I can control my fate, it doesn't matter if I live a hard life. My ambition is not far away. I don't want to be rich or powerful, because I know that it will be painful for the top of the pyramid to fall down."

"Oh? You girl still know a lot. It seems that Yun Fan is right. Min Wen smiled and looked at Zhou Xiaoqing's drunkenness.

"Of course, as the saying goes, I have never eaten pork, and I have never seen a pig run away. Although I have never been an official, I have seen a lot." Zhou Xiaoqing compared the official with the pig, which made Min Wen sound a little awkward, but for a moment, she didn't know what to say. Anyway, Zhou Xiaoqing has always been open-mouthed.

"What kind of life do you want to live?" Min Wen asked.

"Of course, it's a comfortable day. You can enjoy all the services when you sit at home every day. When you are hungry and thirsty, you open your mouth and fall into your mouth. You don't have to work hard. You don't have to work hard with your family and friends every day, wander around, play cards when you have nothing to do, and you are interested in some dishes..." Zhou Xiaoqing said. At the same time, I couldn't stop wanting to drink. Minwen wanted to stop him, but when he thought that he proposed to drink today, it swept away Zhou Xiaoqing's interest.

Zhou Xiaoqing has now climbed to the stool, because the wine in the pot has already been solved by her. She is looking for wine on the table. Min Wen deliberately hid it, thinking that Zhou Xiaoqing would give up if she couldn't find it. Looking at her drunken appearance, she was really helpless and funny. Zhou Xiaoqing is really a competent drinker.

"What?" Zhou Xiaoqing held a wine glass, "Why doesn't this cup have a mouth?" It turned out that she took it the other way.

"You took it back." Min Wen helped her turn it upside down.

Zhou Xiaoqing took it over and looked at it, "Oh, it's even more strange. It still has an extra lid!" His face turned red and he became interested in the wine glass over there and was studying it attentively, which made Min Wen laugh and cry.

Zhou Xiaoqing climbed to Min Wen again, "Your Majesty, have you seen where the wine pot is?"

"No, you have drunk it all." Min Wen supported Zhou Xiaoqing for fear that she would suddenly fall to the ground and break her head.

"No? ...Go get some more, I know... there is... wine hidden in the dining room."

"No, I'm worried that you won't be afraid to fall into the wine jar all of a sudden, so how can I explain it to Yunfan?"

"Ha ha, Yun Fan..." Zhou Xiaoqing smiled and suddenly came to Min Wen, "That stinky boy Yun Fan doesn't keep his word."

Min Wen has nothing to do with a drunken woman. Zhou Xiaoqing keeps leaning on him. Hey, this little girl will really take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of the handsome man's oil, and she does it so unconsciously. When I wake up, I will push things all out.

"Okay, don't drink any more. All right, go back." Min Wen urged again.

Zhou Xiaoqing didn't do it, but still had to follow the smell of wine on the table. "Although the ancient wine is very mellow, I'm still not used to drinking it. I can't get drunk, prince, what do you think? I miss the wine made by my mother so much. Zhou Xiaoqing fell on Minwen's shoulder and said something like this.

............

A beautiful woman pushed the door and entered. In an instant, the room was full of a fresh fragrance, but it was not pungent at all. The blowing clothes flew in the wind, like a fairy. Yun Fan's biological mother, and Min Wen's mother are her own sisters, but Yun Fan's mother looks much younger than Min Wen's mother.

"Yunfan, what's the matter? I don't see you come out for dinner tonight. Why are you still angry with your mother?" The beautiful woman came in, put her hand on Yun Fan's shoulder, and said lovingly.

"No, I just don't want to eat. How can the old man do this? He doesn't allow me to go out." Yun Fan looked at the guards outside the door.

"Isn't your father afraid that you will go out and cause trouble? Your father and son are killing me, and the old and young people don't listen to me." The beautiful woman said coquettishly that people who didn't know thought that two young people were dating.

"If you come to teach me a lesson, forget it. I'd better sleep." Yun Fan turned his back and jumped into bed without taking off his shoes.

His beautiful mother came over and said to her only son with a smile, "Son, you don't have to be angry with your mother. You forgot that I have always been on your side. Your father won't allow you to go out, but your mother has a way."

"Really?" Yun Fan was really excited as soon as he heard this, with a little excitement in his eyes.

"Of course. When did I lie to you? This is what my mother made for you in the kitchen. Eat quickly, or I have to heat it up again." Yun Fanniang brought a bowl of fragrant braised vegetables and handed them to Yun Fan.

"Thank you, mother, it's better to be my mother." Yunfan took it and ate it. Although he looked very young, his motherhood was not less.

In Mu Jie's house, Gu Ning stood in an open space, looked at the sky in a daze, turned his head and asked Mu Jie, "Do you think a person's efforts can really be exchanged for a person's love?"

Mu Jie did not answer, only the roaring sound of the night wind to respond to Gu Ning. Mu Jie pondered for a moment, "I don't know. Maybe love is just the icing on the cake. You can live a good life without it."

"Really?" Guning's voice was talking like the wind, and then dissipated.