Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

The trees in the garden are so tall that they can almost cover the sky and the sun, but the sun has been shining for several consecutive days. Although the garden is cooler and more pleasant than other places, people still feel suffocating and stuffy. In the afternoon of the day when the trees were full of shade, I dreamed of a warbler singing. The past few days may have been extremely busy, either preparing iced drinks or making refrigeration tools, so there was a shortage of people.This day, I leaned on the chair and had a dark and sweet sleep. When I woke up, I found that the sun had already slanted to the west.Raising his head, the sunlight shining through the gaps between the dense branches and leaves above his head was still dazzling. He picked up the cattail fan that had slipped to his feet and shook it. It was still as hot as before, sighed helplessly, and took a sip from the teacup beside him.Then, with a comfortable stretch, he got up and walked into the house.

Hong Han was only wearing a bright red bellyband, lying on the small bed, took off the veil on his body, bent down, gently wiped the saliva from the corner of the little guy's mouth, and kissed his forehead, the little guy didn't No reaction, still sleeping soundly. I went to the desk and quickly wrote a note, telling me where I was going, and gently placed it next to Qiaohui who was resting on the soft couch, and then I walked out lightly. The bluestone bricks under my feet were baked by the scorching sun to a temperature of more than 40 degrees. Walking on them, I only felt that my calves were a little hot, as if walking in an oversized steamer.There was no wind around, and the cicadas on the nearby tree were screaming hoarsely, which made people feel even more irritable and stuffy.I felt a little uncomfortable to breathe, so I quickened my pace and hurriedly walked towards the Zhengda Guangming Hall, hoping that I would not suffer from heat stroke before I reached my destination.

Entering the side hall next to the Zhengda Guangming Hall, I felt a bit of coolness rushing towards my face. I felt very comfortable, but my mouth was dry and uncomfortable. I saw two maids who were preparing tea with their heads down, so I went straight over and served them. Pick up one of the cups and drink it all down, and then I feel better.The two maids suddenly raised their heads and were about to blame me. When they saw me, they bowed and saluted, and then continued to prepare silently.I think the two court ladies are a little unfamiliar, but after thinking about it carefully, they feel a little familiar.He shook his head and smiled secretly, because Hong Han was still young, he couldn't live without people, so he really didn't come here for some days.

I didn't know who else was in the hall, so I asked: "Who is the emperor discussing with?" The more delicate court lady on the outside replied: "Go back to the girl, Wan Sui Nian and the fourth elder brother are in the hall." Li is here, these days, he has never looked for me, I don't know how he is now, how is his relationship with Fu Ya, is it like what I know, Qianlong respects his first empress very much of.But there is some worry in my heart, if it is just respect and love, not a gluey love between lovers, what should Fu Ya do? Originally, he wanted to come over to surprise Yinzhen while Honghan was asleep, but the excitement just now disappeared without a trace in an instant following his own thoughts.I sighed heavily, and stood there blankly, a little at a loss, not knowing what to do to open Hongli's knot.I was feeling bored, felt that someone was looking at me, and looked away, it turned out that the little palace lady just glanced at me intentionally or unintentionally.I feel as if I have fallen into a fog. All the eunuchs and maids in Zhengda Guangming Palace don't know me, she shouldn't be like this.

Looking at her with a slight smile, I saw that she was wearing an ordinary honey-colored flag dress, her black hair was curled up behind her head, her crescent eyebrows were greasy and her nose was straight, except that there were a few dimples on her left cheek. Faint freckles, a pair of small and exquisite hands are white and delicate.Seeing me looking at her, she showed no timidity at all, and smiled openly and frankly.She took two steps forward, gave a blessing, stood up and said: "Girl, don't you remember me?" Looking at the familiar smile on her face, I got an impression in my heart that she had promised to be with that man, and The woman who said 'thank you' to herself inexplicably.It's just that she shouldn't be a promise?How would it appear here.

She seemed to know the question in my heart, and was about to speak, when Gao Wuyong scolded him from outside the hall: "Xiaoling, why are you muttering inside if you haven't served tea yet?" Walking towards the main hall, the woman in front of me smiled apologetically at me and said, "I'll tell you later when I have a chance." After finishing speaking, she took the tea tray from another court lady and wanted to enter Zhengda Guangming Hall to serve tea. The purpose of my coming here was to find Yinzhen, since I have come, I will settle down, there is no reason to go back now, so I said to Xiaoling with a smile: "Okay, let's talk when I have time, I'll take this tea." Knowing the purpose of my visit, the smile on her face became brighter, she responded, and handed over the tea tray in her hand.

In fact, after knowing her identity, I still felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, but after she smiled, I suddenly felt relieved, and the sour feeling deep in my heart disappeared. Walking to the entrance of the main hall, he nodded to Gao Wuyong.Stepping into the main hall, I heard Hongli's voice: "Huang Ama, since Tian Wenjing reported to the people Zhai Shiyou in June that he picked up 170 taels of silver and returned it to the owner. Encouragement, there have been three incidents in just over a month, and if things go on like this, it will go against the original wishes of the imperial court, and it will lose its rewarding effect.”

Yinzhen glanced at me standing at the door, beckoned, and motioned for me to sit aside and wait.I walked over, put the tea away slowly, and sat on a chair far away from the two of them. Yinzhen furrowed his eyebrows deeply, and after a moment of silence, he opened his mouth and said: "A few years ago, people's hearts were negligent, and all things were neglected. After several years of hard work, some improvements have been made. But if the people's customs were better, and there were fewer thieves and robbers, so that the people could live in the fields without the sound of hunger, cold, and sorrow, over time, then why should we worry about the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty? "

Hongli took a sip of tea, paused for a while, and then said: "This is indeed the truth, but there must be a proper way, you can't let it go, such things will be rewarded once they are reported to the court." Yinzhen stretched his brows, and said with a slight smile: "In everything, it is better to be strict than loose, and tighter than loose. If there is a lie to invite favors, severe punishment will not be negligent. But there are real things, and they should be rewarded, but they will no longer be the top seven. Wear it." Xu Hongli saw that Yinzhen's face relaxed, so he stood up and said, "I have understood what Huang Ama means. My son has not greeted Er Niang today, so I will return."

Yinzhen took a sip of tea, leaned back, and said: "In a few days, the Mongolian tribes will come for pilgrimage. You should prepare for these days." After Hongli responded, he walked up to me and said, "Auntie , Hongli will take his leave." Then he bowed respectfully and walked out quickly.I sighed silently, I didn't expect him to still be like this, without any change. After a while, he was still sitting on the chair in a daze, unable to concentrate, and was a little absent-minded. There was a soft hum in my ear, and I suddenly came back to my senses, and found that Yinzhen had walked over at some time, and was standing beside me, looking at me with a funny face.Looking at each other, I saw that there was still a trace of doubt in his playful eyes. I felt a little nervous and at the same time felt a little helpless. The two looked at each other quietly for a while, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Look for me." Is something wrong?"

I was no longer in the mood I had when I came here. Hearing his question, I smiled and said, "It's okay, I just want to see you." He smiled and shook his head, then pulled me up, and the two of them walked towards the case holding hands . He sat on the chair, patted his legs lightly, and signaled me to sit on it with his eyes. I glanced at the little eunuch standing at the entrance of the main hall, my face became hot, and I shook my head while blocking his stretching. my hand.There was an imperceptible smile in his eyes, but his face was still faint. Seeing that I refused, he ordered in a deep voice: "You all go down." Hearing this, the two little eunuchs bowed and stepped back out. I was still standing at the corner of the case, smiled at him, and said, "You deal with government affairs first, I don't want to affect you." Zhang said on the side of the neatly folded paper: "Think carefully, and hope to make a decision before Mongolia comes." I was puzzled, I didn't know what would require me to make a decision, I spread the paper on the case, and I was stunned there, thinking that he would not mention this matter again, but I didn't expect that I would still be unable to escape.An inexplicable smoldering air filled his heart, and his heart was a little uncomfortable.He raised his head, stared at him, frowned slightly and said in a muffled voice: "Why are you talking about this again, isn't it good now?" He sighed softly, and said: "Hongli and Cheng Huan call you aunt, and I heard that Xiao Shunzi and the others also call you aunt, is that also very good?" '; Hongli and Fu Ya also call themselves aunts; and Xiao Shunzi, who have been with me all the time, see that I have no objection, so they say aunt, so they keep calling them like that.Thinking about it this way, even I find it a little unbelievable that in this society with clear distinctions between superiority and inferiority, such a "nonsense promise" has passed for so long. I have been stubbornly refusing to accept the canonization, thinking that he also knows my intentions, so he dragged it down like this, but I am one of his many women, this has long been an irreversible fact, without his attitude, seeing any No matter how low a concubine's status is, if she always stays and agrees, I will salute respectfully. How can there be such a comfortable and comfortable life now. Besides, this is something I have already promised, and I have already figured it out. Previously, I was afraid that Honghan would not be able to live by my side and did not want to be enshrined, but Yinzhen had already promised that he would personally take Da Honghan. It is also equivalent to fulfilling one's own wishes in disguise. Since she has already accepted him and decided to live with him in the garden, since she doesn't care about her status, what's the point of having another title?He always makes him indulge himself, whether he is a little selfish, he wants to give himself an identity to the outside world, and that also wants me to accompany him in a wider range.Why didn't I follow his wishes and not make things difficult for him. The suffocation in my chest has long since disappeared, I walked forward two years old, stood beside him, smiled at him, and said, "Which one do you like more?" With a smile, he gently pulled me to sit on his lap, he put his hands around me, rested his chin on my shoulder, took the piece of paper in my hand, put it on the case in front of us, and said: "This one." Looking along his hand, the word "Lan Guifei" came into view. He chose exactly what I thought in my heart. This may be the so-called heart with a heart. My fate after entering the palace has always been related to Mulan. During the reign of the Holy Ancestor, I took the Mulan hairpin he gave me and decided my life. It is still on my body like a shadow, and it leads me back here again. After a moment of silence, he stretched out his hand, caressed the magnolia flower on the ring on his hand, and chanted: "The seedling of Emperor Gaoyang is here, the emperor called him Bo Yong; the photo of Zhen Yu Meng Zouxi, Wei Geng Yin Since I surrendered; Huanglan Kuiyu Yu Chuduxi, Zhaoxi Yu Yu is praised; Yu is named Zhengzhenxi, and Yu is called Lingjun; Fenwu not only has this inner beauty, but also emphasizes cultivation ability; Hu Jiangli and Yu are called Lingjun. Ren Qiulan admires Pizhixi; if Miyu is too late, I am afraid that the age will not be with me." He held my hands tightly with his backhand, and said, "Mulan in the morning, mang in the continent at night; the sun and the moon will not drown suddenly, spring and autumn are the order; only the vegetation is scattered, and the beauty is afraid." Late in the evening; abandoning the filth without being strong, why not change this? Take a gallop on a galloping horse, and come and guide my husband on the way." The two were silent for a while, and he said: "Ruoxi, with you and Thirteenth Brother by my side, I feel very at ease and relieved. Over the years, Thirteenth Brother has changed a lot, but you are still the same. You." Because of the heat from his breathing, it was itchy, and I couldn't help but want to scratch it. I felt that the raised hand was held by him. In an instant, my heart felt warm, and a message of happiness rushed straight into my brain.Ever since Honghan was born, my thoughts have been on the little guy. It has been a long time since the two of us stayed together quietly. We were surrounded by a warm atmosphere, we hadn't moved our bodies for a long time, and we were tightly and tightly stuck together.The close distance cannot stop the ambiguous information.I nestled in his arms, feeling the changes in his body, I felt a heat on my face, and my whole body felt a little hot. Looking up at this solemn hall, I felt a bit of soberness in my mind, and I smiled quietly in my heart. At this moment, my mind can still be so clear. If I let Yinzhen know the thoughts in my heart, I will definitely appreciate it. I have a chestnut. I turned my head and was about to say something to divert the current situation, but I found that I was face to face with him, nose to nose, and the degree of ambiguity in the posture was even more than before.His mind froze, he swallowed back what he wanted to say, and the thinking in his head seemed to stop, and the whole person stood there blankly, with only his fiery eyes in his eyes. I was dizzy, my thinking was slow, and I felt his hands tighten around my waist in a daze, and then his face pressed over, his lips were hot and dry, and he gently pried open my teeth with the tip of his tongue... I feel that my heart is beating abnormally fast, and I can hear the "thumb tom" clearly, but I don't have any thoughts in my mind, and I don't want to think about anything. I just feel like a feather floating in the air, going left and right, up and down, and then Can't touch the ground either. "Your Majesty, the ice in the hall should be changed, and the servants are already waiting outside the hall." Hearing Gao Wuyong's voice in a trance, I was startled, hurriedly pushed his body away, stood up quickly, walked down, and sat down. He sat down on the chair closest to the case, and concealedly picked up a glass of water and sipped it. Yinzhen glanced at me, his face darkened, and his face was sullen, and he said in a deep voice, "Come in." Gao Wuyong led several little Sulas who were holding a basin of ice, and walked in lightly. Xu Shi noticed that Yinzhen's mood was different, and Gao Wuyong whispered "Hurry up", and the little Suras put down neatly, then picked up their melted arms and walked out quickly. He let out a breath, felt a little embarrassed, and squinted at him, but saw that he was staring at me silently, his eyes still full of affection.After being stared at by him for a while, I felt my face heat up again. I stood up abruptly, glanced at Xiao Shangao's paper on the case, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid Honghan is awake, I still I'll go back first." Seeing me like this, he smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Really?" I said 'ah' in my mouth, and stared at him walking beside me blankly, a little confused. mean. He stretched out his hand to brush some of my messy hair behind my ear, and said with a smile, "I have been ignored by you for a long time. Since you came to me on your own initiative today, how can I disappoint you?" He raised his fist and hit him on the chest, he laughed loudly, picked me up in his arms, and walked quickly to the pavilion in the hall. The edict and canonization were completed within a few days, followed by people who came to congratulate me one after another, which annoyed me, but I was helpless. This morning, grooming, makeup, dressing, and accessories... Qiaohui and the others manipulated her like a puppet. 'Ah', I sighed helplessly, and stroked my scalp which was numb from being ripped off by them. I don't know who invented the 'upper head'.Qiaohui pulled my hand away in a hurry, and said, "It's finally over, don't mess it up, or you'll have to do it again." Looking at myself in the bronze mirror, 'the skin is like cream, the collar is like a grub, the teeth are like a gourd rhinoceros, and the head of a moth', how long has it been since I dressed myself up like this? Think about it, it's been so long that I can't recall it .I caressed my face and smiled softly, "Qiaoxiaoqianxi, beautiful eyes and hopeful eyes" is probably what I look like now. I didn't want to enter the palace at first, but with the arrival of the concubines in the harem these days, I feel that I have to enter the palace no matter what. My rank is second only to Queen Nala. I can't justify it.Although I disdain this way, I also know that she will not be angry with me because of it, but she wants to manage the harem, so I can't let her lose prestige because of this. "Miss, it's ready." With Qiaohui's soft reminder, I came back to my senses, stared at myself in the mirror, hesitated for a while, opened the jewelry box on the table, took out the Mulan hairpin and Mulan earrings and handed them to Qiaohui Hui said in a low voice, "Bring it to me." After waiting for a while, I realized that Qiaohui was not moving behind me. I turned my head and saw Qiaohui staring at the table with a pale face.I suddenly understood in my heart why she was like this, since this hairpin came back to me again, I have never brought it with me, that's why Qiaohui has such an expression.He took a deep breath in his heart, turned around, held her hand, and said, "Is there any difference between me and Ruoxi in your heart?" Qiaohui was stunned for a moment, a wry smile appeared on her slightly aged face, and said: "My young lady is a poor person." I felt a pain in my heart, but I didn't know how to comfort her. If I told the truth, she might not understand ,clear.After a pause, she wiped the corners of her eyes, and continued: "This day of great joy, let's not talk about it. Miss didn't get it, but you got it, and I am also happy." I sighed: "Thank you, coincidence Hui." She suppressed the sad expression on her face, smiled, and said: "Put it on quickly, don't miss the time to enter the palace." After tidying up, Qiaohui looked around and was satisfied. Just as he was about to go out, Xiao Shunzi's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, the Queen's Empress is here." As soon as the words fell, the door and window were opened, and Nalashi had already walked in slowly.I hastily stepped forward and bowed and saluted, she smiled lightly and said, "We sisters don't use these modest gestures, please sit down." She took my hand and took two steps forward, and sat on both sides of the table Before I could speak, she smiled slightly and said, "Where is Hong Han, I haven't seen him these days, has his appearance changed?" She smiled slightly at her, and said, "My sister is planning to go to the palace to see my sister today." , let the servants carry him away." She smiled and said: "I wanted to tell Xiaoluzi to tell you, don't run back and forth between the palace and the garden in this hot day. But after thinking about it, our sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, and it happens that there is nothing important in the palace. That's why I came here." The smile on her face was still calm, and the expression on her face was still calm, with no trace of emotions or anger, making it impossible for people to see through her true inner thoughts.That being the case, I didn't want to delve deeper, so I poured a glass of water for her and said with a smile, "I should have gone to see my sister earlier." These days, what I have done the most is to keep saying unintended polite words and scene words, and say them to different people over and over again.But facing her, after saying that sentence, he didn't know what to say. The two of them were silent for a while, she raised her cup and sipped the tea, and said with a slight smile: "My sister made tea and fruits that are really delicious." I smiled secretly in my heart, I am not good at it, and she is not good at it. This way.Tea is just tea, even those who understand tea can only make it better, so there is no special taste.She should have something to say, and my identity is different today, I think I can't find a suitable entry point. There are too many accessories on my head, and I feel the pressure on my neck is a bit sore, I can't help stroking the back of my neck, seeing me like this, Nalashi said: "The identities are different, and the specifications you use around you will have corresponding changes." Smell I said, the hand I was going to take back was fixed in the air, my heart twitched for no reason, I didn't understand the meaning of her words, maybe she wanted me to go back to live in the palace. There seemed to be some hesitation on her face, but after a moment, she looked out the window and said, "With you by my side, I feel much more at ease, but this courtyard is a bit too small." It's no wonder why this court was built, and why Yinzhen lived here, I think everyone knows it well.I just don't understand if she wants me to move out or has other ideas. Glancing at her, I saw that there was no emotion in her eyes, she just stared blankly at the teacup in front of her, and her mind seemed to be fixed on a certain place along with her gaze, and she couldn't return to it for a long time.I didn't say a word, just sat and waited in silence. After waiting for a while, she said slowly: "I will instruct the Ministry of Internal Affairs to repair the yard according to the specifications of the imperial concubine in the palace, and I will discuss it with the emperor later, what do you think, sister?" I took a sip of tea, stood up, He smiled lightly and said: "It's just a place to live. Since my sister cares so much, it's up to the emperor." She stood up, with a wry smile on her face, and said, "Yes, it's just a place to live. , but the master has spent so much thought." I was shocked, looking at her pale face, suddenly, the heartache that I hadn't had for a long time came out again uncontrollably.