Qiwen had already slept with her biological clock because she was drunk, so she didn't need to rush to adjust it, she slept until noon the next day, went to the Shang Sleep Bureau in the afternoon, reported her errand for the night, and came back to the next place to prepare.

Qin'er heard her relayed the situation of going to Kunyu Palace, and reacted much more than her, shouting over and over again, "Why is Master Ning like this", "Why doesn't the emperor say a favor", "How can the queen mother not be accommodating" Balabala, and Qiwen needs to comfort her in turn. When Qiwen came back from the Shang Sleep Bureau, Qin'er continued to shout while diligently preparing supplies for her.

"Originally, Master Ning also punished me for adding lights at night, and I added them for half a month. That errand sounds easy, but it's actually a lot of work. I can't sleep all night, not to mention starvation and cold, but also to be frightened. There are too many people who have died in the palace, and I heard that especially in the long street of Naxi, when it passes, the ghosts almost line up to walk......"

The palace of the third watch in the middle of the night is terrifying enough to think about. But Qiwen has nothing to worry about. It's not good to tell Qin'er about this, she just thinks it's very strange, in the middle of the night, what does he want to do? You can't just take the opportunity to drag her into the dormitory......

The emperor and the palace maid, still use cheating?

At dusk, a small chamberlain sent a bag of clothes, saying that it was sent by the queen's mother, and conveyed the queen's meaning: the matter is urgent, please let her do it first, and then have a better one.

This time it is not an official reward, it is very low-key back and forth, and it is specially emphasized that it is all done according to the emperor's wishes, so that she will not go to Kunyu Palace to thank her.

Qiwen knew that even if it was the emperor's intention, the thing was sent by the queen, and it must have been the emperor's request, and the queen bothered to do it, but then she didn't take credit, and she couldn't help but apologize to the queen even more grateful.

In the package are a few autumn and winter clothes, thin cotton brocade jackets and trousers, pleated skirts of Shu brocade, Qiwen has been the eldest lady for a year, it can be seen that these are all good materials, but most of them are low-key colors such as blue, purple, blue and green, and the emperor obviously wants to give her as much care as possible under the premise of not being publicized.

Holding these new clothes in her hands and rubbing them, Qiwen's heart warmed. Still, she wanted to go back to the veil.

Alas, this emperor who has no righteousness or evil......

The most ostentatious thing in this is a peacock brocade cotton half-length cloak inlaid with white fox fur, Qin'er shouted when she saw it, and said that Master Ning would never find such a good dress there, and even Qiwen, the eldest lady who had seen the world, was very ** frozen.

Although it is also a blue-green tone, it is woven with bright peacock gold thread, except for the difference between the half body and the whole body, it is almost the peacock fur that Jia Baoyu wore in the legend and Qingwen mended!

But she didn't overfreeze the chicken, and when Qin'er tried her best to wear it at night to add a lamp, she decisively refused.

"It's windy in the aisle, and it's cold in the middle of the night, so you have to wear cotton."

"I'm not the only one there at night, so that the eunuchs who knock on the bangs can see a palace maid dressed like this to add a lamp?" Qiwen fastened the tie on the thin cotton jacket, and poked a finger on Qin'er's head with a smile, "Sister, how the emperor lifts up is the emperor's business, and we have to keep our duties." ”

The rest of the clothes are okay, but this headcover is obviously overdone, Qiwen is a little puzzled, doesn't it mean that the whole harem is reducing expenses right now? Each of these peacock gold threads is handmade by rubbing the down feathers on the peacock's tail feathers on the gold thread, and the whole peacock gold thread fabric is much more valuable than the silk, where did the emperor get such an expensive thing for her?

How dare she wear it out? When Concubine Ning and the others saw it, their eyes were dripping blood, okay?

After hearing this, Qin'er nodded incomprehensibly, carefully put away the rest of her clothes, and gave her a few snacks to give her a small baggage. Qiwen feels very warm, she doesn't care if there is anyone to serve her, but it is always good to have someone around who is quite compatible to talk to and take good care of her.

All the ever-bright lamps in the palace began to be lit at the beginning of the day, and the first lamp oil was added two hours later. At the beginning of the year, Qiwen was already walking on the long street in the west with a brass oil pot. The work of adding lamps is more difficult than lifting the bell and beating, Qiwen carefully injected the lamp oil into the lamp plate of the stone palace lamp according to the Protestant method of the father-in-law of the Shangzhu Bureau during the day, and only added a few lamps, and felt that her wrists were sore.

From north to south, approaching Longxi Pavilion step by step, it seemed that it had been expected, when she walked to the Yuehua Gate and watched the emperor slowly walk out of it, Qiwen was not surprised at all.

The candlelight is flickering, the moonlight is hazy, and now it is a veritable place of light.

The accident is not an accident, but Qiwen is still confused about what he wants to do. The emperor motioned to the attendant who followed behind him to take the copper kettle in her hand, took her hand himself, continued to walk south along the long street, and said lightly: "I know that you don't dare to come out in that cloak." ”

Qiwen was slightly stunned, could it be that the clothes were sent in the name of the queen, or could he have personally selected them? Thinking that there were still outsiders not far away, it was extremely quiet here, and she didn't dare to ask.

Looking up at the full moon in the sky like a silver platter, I suddenly remembered today's date.

The emperor quietly took her hand all the way to the south, and did not go in when he arrived outside the Longxi Pavilion, but turned two corners and continued southward until he reached the next doorway. Qian Yuanhe personally guarded there and had already opened the door, and the emperor directly pulled Qiwen through the door.

Qiwen has never been to this realm, and of course, no palace maid has ever been to this realm. After this back right door, it is the area of the three major halls of the vestibule, and it is no longer a harem.

In the middle of the night, what are you bringing her here for? Qiwen became more and more suspicious.

His hand felt slightly warm, holding her hand lightly and heavily, Qiwen's heart was at peace, and she felt that there was nothing to ask, so it was good to go down with him like this.

After walking quietly for a while, it suddenly became clear in front of him, and it was already the square of the Jianji Palace.

The moonlight is like water, splashing a silver light on the vast field, and the three major halls turn into three black and dull shadows, sitting quietly on the base of the white marble carved railing, majestic and solemn. In the center of the empire, in the place where the major affairs of the common people are decided every day, there are only the two of them quietly holding hands at this moment.

Qiwen felt the night breeze blowing her bangs, and there was a little joy and excitement in her heart.

"Isn't it in the way that you're delaying your bedtime like this?" She was a little worried. He never delayed the early dynasty.

"Since last year's Gogoku ...... Ever since the day I heard my father say he was going to pass the throne to me, I hardly slept well all night. The emperor's tone was as plain as water as before, "I have long been used to sleeping only two or three hours a day, and there is nothing to delay." ”

Qiwen felt a sour feeling in her heart, she herself is also a person who is prone to insomnia when she is stressed, and the greatest pressure she has experienced is as small as dust compared to his.

The emperor had fun for so many years, and finally threw the mess to him and let him take on the responsibility of saving the crisis, and the only brother did not help him, and he was still dismantling his platform.

Sensing that she had used more strength to clench her hand, the Emperor turned his head to look at her, and his heart was filled with joy. Needless to say, she understands everything, because there is no one in the world who understands herself better than her.

"Why do you think I chose this time and this place to talk to you?" The emperor asked.

Qiwen didn't answer directly, but said with her face forward: "I also had times when I couldn't sleep. For a long night, watching everyone else fall asleep, only to be awake, it feels like ...... He is an outcast from the world, very lonely, but also very quiet. At this time, it is really like I have all belonged to myself, without all the complicated worries and distractions during the day. It is of course most appropriate to go to a place where no one is and say something intimate. ”

The emperor heard that it was called an ironing, as if his whole body was soaked in steaming hot water, and every pore was extremely comfortable. He did prepare some intimate words to say to her, and with his quiet nature, he really couldn't afford to feel a heart-to-heart relationship without picking a special time and place.

He looked at her with a smile: "In the past few days since you entered the palace, you have also had trouble sleeping?" ”

"There was a while ago." She would quarrel with him for a few days before reconciling, and when she was too excited after reconciling.

A smile appeared on the emperor's lips, and he also tightened his hands: "From tomorrow, let's move to Longxi Pavilion to live." ”

Qiwen blinked her eyes and replied, "Okay." Of course, she knows that this "live" is really limited to the meaning of living, but if two people who will have insomnia live closer, there will always be a very subtle prospect.

As they spoke, they had already bypassed the pedestal of the Intermediate Hall and walked to the Imperial Pole Hall. The emperor did not bypass this time, but pulled her to step onto His Majesty.

The Imperial Palace is what the folk call the "Jinluan Palace", it is the place used in every daily court and all kinds of heavy ceremonies, and it is also the largest building in the whole palace, with as many as eleven rooms in width, covering the top of the palace with heavy eaves, and connecting the golden dragon and the seal painting, its magnificent luxury is also clearly seen even in the midnight when there is no fire candle and only moonlight.

It is probably under renovation recently, and wooden scaffolding is tied to the westernmost end of the main hall. The emperor led Qiwen to a stop and motioned for her to climb up.

Qiwen was stunned at this moment, and looked at him with a wink: Are you serious?

The emperor also replied to her with a look: That's right, climb.

Qiwen lifted her skirt, looked up at the top of the glazed tile hall that was twenty or thirty meters high and shimmering, and looked at the emperor again, frowning, showing a little pity.

The emperor smiled slightly: "What are you afraid of?" The emperor took a palace maid to climb the top of the imperial palace, and it would be fine if it would not be written into the living note. ”

People don't mind if it's okay at all? Before Qiwen could open her mouth to protest, the emperor had already taken the lead, climbing the wooden pole with his right hand and lifting his foot to the first level, turning around and supporting her with his left hand. Qiwen had no choice but to go out and try to climb up with his help.

After all, her mobility is much higher than that of ordinary boudoir ladies, and she has a good body that has been systematically improved, so she didn't ask the emperor to help her with much effort, so she climbed all the way up steadily, and soon reached the upper eaves. The emperor's eyes flashed with some appreciation, and he continued to help her step onto the eaves, stepping on the glazed tiles and walking towards the vertical ridge.

The huge hilltop is covered with rows of smooth glazed tiles. Walking on glazed tiles is much more dangerous than climbing scaffolding, Qiwen is high in her heart, pay attention step by step, confirm that the soles of the tiles are stable and then take the next step, and finally get to the front of the spine step by step. The Emperor pulled her over the ridge and sat down, facing south.

Behind him is the dark palace buildings, in front of the full moon is the Huangji Palace Square, sitting on the highest point of the Zhiyang Palace, but also the top of the most noble house in the entire empire, bathed in the moonlight, blowing the autumn wind, Qiwen's state of mind is indescribable, she is not nervous and excited, but a quiet and peaceful. Perhaps, it's all because of him by his side.

"Is it cold?" Still holding her hand, he leaned closer.

"It's fine." Qiwen tightened the collar of her jacket and smiled back at him.

The emperor pointed to a row of spine beasts not far away, "Look at the ten small glazed beasts, from front to back, they are dragons, phoenixes, lions, heavenly horses, seahorses, spicys, fish, pigs, bullfights, and xingshi. There are up to nine divine beasts in the rest of the palace's main halls, and only here is one more. ”

His tone was casual, aiming to introduce his home to his girlfriend, but Qiwen sounded like a tour guide to the Forbidden City......

"You've been up here before?" Qiwen asked.

The emperor shook his head: "This is the first time here." However, all the palaces in the palace have to be renovated every few years, and as long as there is a tripod, it is easy to climb anywhere you want. When I was nine years old, the first time I climbed up was the main hall of Qianyuan Palace. After all, the three major halls are vestibules, and when you are a prince, it is not so easy to open the door here, so you only have to have one chance to climb to the top of the intermediate hall. ”

"Empress Taishang, they ...... In spite of? Qiwen's eyes widened in surprise.

The emperor smiled lightly: "How could I ever be a well-behaved and obedient child for a day? Zhuojin was only six years old that year, and I took her to climb to the top of Kunyu Palace, but it was easy to pull her up, and then she wanted to come down, she didn't dare to live or die, so frightened that she hugged the hanging spine and cried into a ball, and finally went up to six eunuchs, before she was next. ”

This leather child! Qiwen wanted to laugh, but held back again.

"What are you thinking about?" The emperor's face sank a little, "Tell me the truth." ”

Qiwen held back a smile and didn't hide it: "I was thinking, if I gave birth to a child and was so naughty, it must be ...... Fight to the death. ”

The Emperor froze for a few seconds, then burst out laughing, and put his arm on her shoulder, laughing so hard that he was almost out of breath. Qiwen frowned, is it so funny? I'm used to seeing his stone carvings, and when I see this again, I feel like he looks like a ghost, a little crazy.

The emperor stopped laughing for a long time, still with a smile on his face, looked at her and said, "You used to suspect that I couldn't laugh, but in fact, there is nothing wrong, I do smile very little, especially very rarely laugh so heartily." If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to imagine myself smiling like this in years and months. ”

He let out a long sigh, as if he had sighed out all the melancholy and loneliness in his chest, leaving only a sense of relief.

"You must not have imagined that my parents were not only not close to me, but the more they got to me, the more distant they became, almost a little afraid of me, a strange child with a straight face all day long. Even if everything that happened was well known, they ...... He didn't even scold me, he didn't say a word at all. ”

Anything to fight to the death is a luxury for him, and his parents are simply a posture when he doesn't have zài. Perhaps, he did hope that he would not exist.

Qiwen's expression darkened, and she asked faintly: "Among the relatives in the past, is the eldest princess the only one who is close to you?" ”

"No, there's big brother." I haven't thought of my eldest brother for a long time, and after a little retrospection, I found that my eldest brother Yuanxi has been dead for almost ten years. He muttered silently, not wanting to say more about it, but asked, "Who told you about me?" ”

His past is not a secret, but with his understanding of Wang Zhi's master and apprentice, those two should not talk about his shortcomings behind his back.

"It's Mama Li who talked about it." Qiwen said, and hurriedly emphasized, "Actually, I inquired about her." ”

"Mama Li," the emperor's smile showed a hint of self-deprecation, "she is an upright person, and she is either very good or very bad in her judgment. When she said it, I must have suffered a lot, and I was so pitiful. ”

Qiwen was surprised by his tone: "You mean, you don't feel like you're suffering?" ”

The emperor was a little stunned: "No matter how cold I am, I am also in the royal family, and my food and clothing are always much better than ordinary people." If today too half of the people are struggling to make a living, and there are many people suffering, and the beggars on the street complain about a few words of poor life, if I also complain, wouldn't it be □□ disease-free? When it reaches the ears of my subordinates, they will look down on me. ”

"That's not the same thing." Qiwen shook her head, "The fate of the law is determined, you were born with this identity, and if you don't get what you should get, it is unfair to you." ”

The emperor helped the pearl who was almost shaken off by her, and said with a smile: "According to you, I am indeed a poor person?" ”

Qiwen sighed: "Just because you are better off than the beggars outside doesn't mean that you are not as pitiful as them." Beggars don't eat and dress as well as you, but they don't have to bear so much responsibility for you! They're far easier than you, aren't they? At the beginning, you were snubbed and excluded at every turn, but in the end, you had to bear the heaviest burden to take care of the country. It means that you are not enjoying the blessings you deserve, but you will have to suffer the sins you have to suffer. Isn't that unfair enough to you? To put it mildly, if there is a case in the future, don't you have to bear the price of the fall of the country? How many of the beggars on the street will die for their country! ”

When Li Chuang captured the Forbidden City, he didn't see a beggar hanging himself with Chongzhen, right? Not to mention beggars, not even a single minister.

Those pseudo-Taoist courtiers used to count the emperor down, which was not good, and when they were fighting for power with Wei Zhongxian, they flaunted themselves as high-spirited and iron-clad, and when Beijing fell and Chongzhen rang the bell to convene them to discuss countermeasures, they all became turtles with shrunken heads. So, it doesn't matter what cool things they say!

Seeing that the emperor was looking at him fixedly, his face was expressionless, Qiwen was a little weak-hearted: "You want to compare yourself with a beggar, you can't blame me for being disrespectful...... Right? ”

The emperor's eyebrows suddenly loosened a little, revealing a slight smile. How could he not know his pity, but he just felt that as a man and an emperor, he should not be obsessed with that little mistreatment and be sad.

Whether it is Wang Zhi or Mama Li, or even the former eldest brother, they have expressed grievances for him, but none of her words have anything to say, which can resonate with him more. Not to mention, compared to others, her compassion is also what he expects the most.

In front of her, her eyes were like clear water, clearly reflecting the two shadows of him, and her plump and ruddy lips were glowing with a seductive shimmer. His arm behind her shoulder tightened slightly, and his face slowly moved closer to her.

Qiwen gradually covered her cheeks with his shadow, and couldn't help but feel her heart beating like thunder, her cheeks were glowing with heat, and she wondered in a panic: Did I apply lipstick today? It doesn't seem to be, will the lips be a little chapped, will they not feel good enough, will they leave a bad impression on him......