Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Jingriyu Smokes

Concubine Hua is on the rise again, Meizhuang and Cao Qinmo are in the limelight again, Xuanling has not come to my Yifu Pavilion for several days in a row.Although he told me earlier in the morning, he was inevitably a little unhappy. The days are getting longer and longer.It was unspeakably hot in the afternoon, the sun was scorching hot, reflecting the white dizziness on the gold brick floor, and there was no wind at all.The palace gate of the entire Yifu Pavilion is locked, the bamboo curtains are drooping, and it is quiet and cool, wishing to close the door from the heat that is all over the sky.There were several large ice sculptures in the large cloisonne urn in front of the bed, which gradually melted, and when the ice floe touched slightly, there was a soft "Ding Ling".

Leaning dizzily on the cool couch, half asleep and half awake.Under the body is a mat of green silk and thin strips, and the tentacles are cold.I was startled from the dream, the pores on my body were suddenly filled with vigorous heat, I turned around a few times, and the plain crepe clothes on my body were soaked with sweat, and a few strands of wet hair stuck to my temples sticky. Pei'er and Pin'er were playing fans one by one, and the wind wheel was blowing loudly.But the wind rotates around the room, making it warm for a while and cool for a while. Half closed his eyes and fell asleep again.The cicada's neighing sounded close and far away, making people drowsy but unable to sleep peacefully.He patted the mat irritably, and said vaguely: "Go and order someone to stick those cicadas. Then go to the House of Internal Affairs to get some new ice."

Jinxi agreed, and went out quietly. Fell asleep with the wall facing inward, felt that it was quieter outside for a while, but the wind blowing from the fan around her was much stronger, making it feel cool.In a daze, he said with a "hmm": "The wind is good, let's fan it harder." The other side said softly: "Okay." Hearing Xuan Ling's voice, he regained consciousness for a moment, turned over and sat up.She didn't sleep well, tossing and turning, her hair became slightly fluffy, her belt was half-faded, and a few sapphire dragonfly flowers pinned to her head were also scattered on the bed.I didn't realize that it was him by my side, and I was even more ashamed. I hastily pulled off my clothes to cover my chest, but my mouth pouted: "The emperor deliberately watched the jokes of my concubine."

Xuan Ling just kept smiling, and said pityingly: "I heard that you haven't slept well these two days. Did you get hot at night? I specially fanned you to make you sleep better." I was also moved by such thoughtfulness.Even with the favored Concubine Hua and the pregnant Meizhuang, he still cherishes me. Thinking of this, my heart was slightly relieved. Just when I was about to stand up and greet him, he held me down and said, "It's just you and me, what are you doing with those vain rituals?" I looked to the left and right, "Where are Pei'er and Pin'er? Why do you want the emperor to play the fan?"

"I see that they are also a little sleepy, so I sent them down." He sat down next to me, picked up a porcelain bowl of lotus flowers placed on the ivy table next to the bed, which contained a watermelon ice bowl poured with honey, and said with a smile: "Look at the sweat on your sleeping head." Let’s eat some ice bowls to relieve the heat.” I have always been afraid of heat and greedy for cold, and I don’t really like sour food, so I have to prepare this sweet ice bowl every day. He stirred it casually with a silver spoon, the crushed ice in the bowl jingled with the melon and fruit, he felt the cool and honey fragrance, and his mouth was full of fluid.He picked a piece and put it near my lips, "I'll feed you."

He slightly nodded his head in embarrassment, opened his lips and swallowed it, only to feel sweet and refreshing in his mouth.He asked Xuan Ling to taste some more, but he only took a sip and said, "It's too sweet. Use something sweet and sour." I turned my head to think about it, and said with a smile: "Huanhuan made some food by herself, would Shiro have a taste?" As he spoke, he took off his shoes and got up to take a silver pot with a parrot pattern on the handle. Xuan Ling picked up a candied crabapple and said, "What is this?" I said: "Huanhuan made it herself, I don't know if it suits Shiro's appetite."

He put one into his mouth, held it in his mouth for a long time and praised: "It's sour and sweet, very delicious. I'll let others learn how to do it." I said coquettishly, "Huanhuan doesn't follow me. After teaching others, Shiro will never come to Huanhuan's place again." Xuan Ling looked up and smiled, couldn't help pinching my chin and said: "Huanhuan, I didn't know you were so narrow-minded." I pushed his hand away, sat down and took a sip from the ice bowl before slowly saying: "Actually, it's not difficult, just take the autumn fruits of crabapple and marinate them in honey. It's just that the honey is more troublesome. Every year on March 3rd, the pear nectar picked by the bees is mixed with the snow water on the plum blossoms in winter, and the honeysuckle must be rolled into the stamens of that year’s honeysuckle to clear the fire. Boil the stamens in the honey with low heat It's all gone, and it's sealed in little urns stuffed with rose petals and pine needles."

"It's thanks to your tricky mind that you can come up with such a recipe to make a candied fruit." I pretended to sigh leisurely, and sat with my knees hugged: "Huanhuan just has nothing to do for a long time, and she is just killing time and playing." Xuan Ling picked me up and said with a smile: "Isn't it because I didn't come to see you these few days?" I pouted: "Does Shiro think that Huanhuan is the one who loves to be sour and jealous and doesn't understand the reason? It's too small to underestimate Huanhuan." Suddenly the closed door squeaked softly, and the edge of the lake green light crepe skirt flashed, and Huanbi leaned out of the door awkwardly, with a few freshly folded flowers in the glass tray in her hand, thinking I just came from the greenhouse.Because it is not suitable to burn incense in summer, new fragrant flowers should be released in the morning, afternoon and evening, so she will come at this time.Everyone was sent to sleep by Xuan Ling, Huanbi thought he didn't expect Xuan Ling to be here, and stood there in a daze for a while, neither advancing nor retreating.

When I saw it was her, I couldn't help feeling embarrassed when I thought that I was still in Xuan Ling's arms.Seeing us looking at her, Huanbi knelt down on the ground with a plop, and repeatedly called out: "Your Majesty, forgive me, this servant girl made an unintentional mistake!" Then she looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, "Miss, Huanbi was unintentional." Xuan Ling was slightly displeased: "Why are you so ignorant?" Hearing the soft voice, he couldn't help but glance at her: "Your name is Huanbi?" Huanbi nodded hastily, lowered her head deeply, and said softly: "Yes. The servant girl is the dowry maid brought into the palace by the young lady."

Only then did Xuan Ling feel relieved, and said to me, "Is this your dowry into the palace?" Seeing her terrified look, I burst out laughing and said, "Put your things down." Huanbi answered "Yes", put the flowers in the vase, and quietly closed the door and left. Xuanling looked at me and smiled, and whispered in my ear: "Huanhuan's smile is the most touching!" Turning to look at Huanbi's receding figure: "Is it because this girl has been with you for a long time, there is something wrong with her eyes and eyebrows?" Kind of like you, prettier than others."

Suspicion suddenly arose in my heart, thinking of Huanbi's life experience and situation, I suddenly became suspicious.And she does look quite like me.However, when I think about it, although she is my maid in name all these years, I treat her more than Liu Zhu, and the cost of food and clothing is almost no less than mine. When I was at home, my father also took care of her secretly, and followed me for many years. Yes, this is a little reassuring. Squinting at Xuan Ling, he gently took my hand, put it to his lips and kissed it lightly.I felt hot on my face, and lightly slapped him on the shoulder with a low smile. I thought of something and asked, "Where did Shiro come from in this hot noon?" He just looked away, "I just had lunch at Concubine Hua's." I said "oh", I just quietly picked a piece of watermelon and chewed it, no more words. Xuan Ling put his arms around my shoulders, and said, "Don't worry about it. I was afraid that she would embarrass you, so I promoted you so quickly—so that they would know how important you are to me, so that they would not dare to take it lightly. Underestimated you." I whispered: "Huanhuan doesn't dare to think that way, but after the incident between Mrs. Yu and Concubine Ligui, she is a little bit startled." He sighed: "Why didn't I understand? Originally, I meant to promote you as a noble concubine to be the head of the inner court, but you have been in the court for a short time. At that time, you were promoted to concubine before going to bed. It violated the ancestral system. I have to wrong you for a few days, and the name will be justified when you are pregnant." I leaned against his chest and said softly: "Huanhuan doesn't care about status, as long as Shiro has Huanhuan in his heart." He stared into my eyes and said: "How can I not have you in my heart. Huanhuan, I really miss you." He said in a low voice: "Those people in the Six Palaces always make me restless, only with you can I be free Cozy." I felt a little comfort in my heart, his heartbeat was deep in my ears, I wrapped my arms around his neck and murmured softly: "Huanhuan knows." After a while of silence, I asked: "The emperor is going to visit sister Mei, is her appetite better?" "It's still the same, I just love sour drinks. I'm afraid that she will hurt her stomach, so I ordered the kitchen to refrain from her sour drinks." "The concubine originally wanted to visit sister Mei, but she was too lazy to meet people because she was pregnant. The concubine would like to have the emperor to accompany her, but it is really hard to be pregnant." Xuan Ling kissed me on the cheek, and said with a low laugh, "I'm always worried about the people around me. When will you give me a white and fat prince." I pushed him and muttered: "Prince is good, isn't Emperor Ji good?" "As long as it is our child, I like it.... Well, what are you pushing me for?" I struggled slightly, half of the thin clothes on my shoulders had loosely slipped off, revealing half of my snow-white shoulders, with gold inlaid green jade arm rings around my arms, and the skin between the gold, gold and emerald greens looked even more greasy and white like jade.His lips were hot, densely hot against the skin. Embarrassed and anxious, I whispered, "Someone is outside." Xuanling let out a "huh" and curled his lips on Qinglie's collarbone, "I sent you to take an afternoon nap, where is anyone?" Before he finished speaking, most of the buttons on the shirt had been undone, and he felt his heart beating faster and faster, and said, "It's daytime now..." He chuckled, but didn't speak.I could only say: "It's so hot, it's going to be too hot..." He raised his head, and in his busy schedule, he scooped up a piece of watermelon and fed it to me.I was baffled and couldn't speak, and I fell on the couch with a crooked body, and a sapphire dragonfly head flower was scattered under my arm, which was a bit stiff and painful.I stretched out my hand to push it away, and my ten fingers unconsciously grasped the mat, so it was difficult to speak completely. In the dizzy fascination, he raised his eyes slightly, the sunlight slanted in through the Xiangfei bamboo curtain, and there were deep and shallow shadows on the floor tiles, besides the low moans and gasps, the room was cool and cool, It was silent. It was nearly dusk when he got up, and he saw his eyes closed, sleeping peacefully, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was having a good dream. Quietly got up, straightened his clothes, sat in front of the dressing table holding on to the ivory comb, combed his long hair once and for all, looked back at him in his sleep with a smile from time to time.The person in the mirror is delicate and carefree, flowing with wisdom and victorious, shy with shame, with a slightly drooping head and a slight smile. Before it was time to light the lamps, the afterglow of dusk slanted in through the curtains, and the lights and shadows in the room were alienated and dim, as if in a dreamland. Suddenly I heard him call "Wanwan", his tone was as gentle and tender as before.Heart skipping a beat, she turned to look at him suspiciously.Searching all over the palace, I was the only one who had the word "Wan", but he never called me that - "Wan Wan". He has already woken up, with his arms under his neck, half pillow half leaning on him, looking at me quietly, with endless attachment and tenderness in his eyes, staring at me who is dressing up in the mirror almost dazedly. With a forced smile, he said, "Has the emperor thought of someone new? Calling other people's names to his concubines?" He couldn't help putting the comb on the dressing table, trying to suppress the inexplicable jealousy in his tone, and said with a smile, "I don't know where it is. The sister is called 'Wanwan', the emperor never forgets this?" He just looked at me like this, and said in his mouth: "Wanwan, your 'Jinghong Dance' is so good, as light as a frightening bird, as graceful as a dragon swimming, I am afraid that Concubine Mei will not be able to compare with you in the next life. " A heart was relieved, and he giggled: "It happened a few days ago, but it was just a dance, and Shiro still remembers it so much." He got up and walked over slowly, scratched my nose and said with a smile: "You are so jealous, isn't 'Wan' your title?" She also felt that she was being overwhelmed, she turned around and lowered her head and said, "Huanhuan has never heard Shiro calling like this before, and thought she was calling someone else." In the plain white porcelain vase on the dressing table, there are a few freshly picked pansies, which are fragrant and delicate.He supported my shoulders, casually folded a branch that bloomed the most and put it on my temples, and said with a smile: "What a child, only you and I are here, who do you think I am calling?" I gave a "puchi" smile, leaning on his chest and said, "Who told Shiro to call me like that suddenly? How would he know?" His voice was extremely gentle, "This is the first time I saw you in Yunyi Palace. Although you smiled in accordance with the etiquette, and you were so far away, but the smile on your face, I will never forget it. So I plan to give you a title." That is 'Guan', which means bright smile, beautiful and soft." I smiled faintly: "Shiro is too much for the prize." His expression was slightly dazed, as if he was indulging in the joys of the past, "You have been sick since entering the palace, until that day when I saw you under the apricot tree in Shanglinyuan, you held a flute and played it slowly. I really can't describe the calm and clear posture of Hongzhaoying." I covered his mouth, smiled shyly and said: "If Shiro says that again, Huanhuan will feel ashamed." He gently pushed my hand away and held it in his palm, his eyes were as clear as a pool of clear springs under the golden autumn sun, "Later, when I read the poems and books, I realized that it was too vulgar to describe you with 'the beauty of the country'. There is only one sentence. barely comparable." I kissed his eyes softly, and said in a low voice, "Huanhuan doesn't want to serve you only with sex." Xuan Ling looked fascinated: "What I value is your affection." The voice became softer: "It's good that Shiro knows." On the mother-of-pearl bronze mirror, there are patterns of colored figures, flowers and birds, which are nightingales with necks and necks, and lotus flowers with staggered stalks. Can't hide the emotion.In the mirror, the two of them looked at each other affectionately, looking at each other tirelessly. He picked up a tube on the dressing table, "Huanhuan, your eyebrows have faded." I smiled lowly: "Does Shiro want to follow suit? Thrush eyebrows for Huanhuan?" Xuan Ling just smiled and said nothing, his expression was extremely focused, as if he was dealing with an extremely important event.His gestures are extremely proficient, and he drew it carefully. When he looked at the mirror, he painted two eyebrows that were winding and smoky, with a hint of emerald green. In fact, my eyebrows are slender, and I seldom draw Yuan Shandai, but always draw willow-leaf eyebrows.It's just that he looked at Thrush like this, and he couldn't help feeling intoxicated, intoxicated in boundless happiness and joy.Looking around, it seems that it is not bad. I chuckled lightly and said, "Huanhuan seldom draws Yuan Shandai, and she looks pretty even if she doesn't want to." I picked a flower tin and pasted it between her eyebrows. The Hongying beads were as round as red beans in the southern country. When she shook her head lightly, she was Yingying A rainbow that was about to fall flew by.I smiled mischievously: "Does it look good?" He kissed me gently, "You are always the prettiest." He cast a sideways glance at him: "Do you know Shiro Thrush's gestures very well?" "You hypocritical little thing." He didn't answer me, he lifted my chin, and his voice was so soft that only I could hear, "? Yes or no?" I couldn't help laughing, pushed him away and said, "Why is Shiro so soft-spoken?" He stroked my back lightly and said, "Are you hungry? Tell me to have dinner." I chuckled lightly and said, "Alright, after dinner, let's go see sister Mei together, okay?" He just smiled dotingly: "I will follow you whatever you say." -------------------------------------------------- --- Notes: