Since returning from the Imperial Garden that day, Qing Shi has treasured the jade pendant that Xuan Ye gave her. To say that you don't like it is false; What you care about is true.

This day was idle, Qing Shi leaned on the couch and pretended to sleep, stood in the backyard of Chengqian Palace in a trance, laughed and played with Yinzhen, for a while, there were gradually footsteps from far and near, Qing Shi's eyebrows were slightly suspicious, but it was Xuan Ye who entered his eyes, Qing Shi had not yet spoken, and he had already woken up.

When I touched the tea cup on the table, it was already cold. Looking up at the window, the snow was falling, and I was stunned.

In the old Qing Dynasty, I read in the peony pavilion that 'I don't know what to do, and I go deep', and I don't know what I mean. Now it seems that Qing Shi can also get a glimpse of it. She sat on the desk and thought, what is love, like Du Liniang, who is entangled in life and death, lovesick and difficult to raise, or like Yingying Zhang Sheng, who breaks through the obstruction and finally becomes a family?

Qing Shi thought more and more, and didn't feel annoyed, so he simply took rice paper to paint.

The east wind is attentive, and the sprigs are on first. So in the Qing Dynasty, the horizontal screen stretched out the paper, the lip grease contained a millimeter, the point dyeing was extremely workmanlike, and the spirit of baking was very strong, and the piece was portrayed as a plum blossom, like the red rain of the mountain, and there was a tendency to escape horizontally. ①

In the Qing Dynasty, if you don't hurry up, add another stroke to become a plum blossom picture, and write vigorously on the side:

The country never sleeps and the moon is thousands of miles, and the world is selfless and jade. The far shore is not flying catkins in spring, and the plum blossoms are pressed by the dawn in the front village.

"Painting?" For a moment, the sound was crisp and crisp in the ears, and the Qing Shi looked sideways at the visitor, the green yellow light spring shirt, the skirt tail dragged the ring Pei, and the dignified thermometer. Qing Shi smiled on his lips, took a few steps forward, grabbed the comer with both wrists, and couldn't help laughing: "Who should I be?" It turned out that my sister was here. ”

Qing Yu smiled, while looking at her paintings, she said: "What a sentence about the selflessness of heaven and earth." When it comes to Qing time, are you homesick? ”

Qing Shi smiled before he smiled, is that so-called home a home? In Tong Mansion, except for Long Keduo and Nian Jin, who treat her sincerely, no one treats her as a chess piece or a laughing stock.

It's just outside the palace, in the end, it's free.

Seeing that she was silent for a long time, Qingyu sighed and said, "Today is the tenth day of the lunar month, and I originally wanted to keep you in the palace for the New Year." But after a while, it should be a general election after the New Year. This time I entered the palace, and if I wanted to go out again, it would be difficult......"

Qing Shi's eyebrows frowned slightly, she understood that from the time she entered the palace, she was destined to have no way back, and it was fake to enter the palace to serve her illness, and it was true that Xuan Ye knew her. Although Qing Shi had a love for Xuan Ye in her heart, if the price of this love was freedom, she would have to think about it. So he asked in a low voice: "Everyone else says that once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, is it really no longer possible?" ”

Qing Yu lowered his head and sighed softly: "In the past, I didn't want to, kneeling in front of the ancestral hall for a few days and nights, hoping to make a turnaround, but what was the ending?" After all, fate is determined by heaven, and the body can't help it. Therefore, I understand that people are like mayflies, dying in the twilight of life, and prosperity is empty in the blink of an eye. Even for a moment, I want to bloom brilliantly. Just as you are the daughter of the Tong family, it is inevitable to enter the palace, and the selection is even more expected. ”

Qing Yu responded, raised her eyes to Shangqing's almost desperate gaze, put her right hand on her clenched left hand, and continued after a moment: "The Forbidden has been dreaming for more than ten years, although this body is still terrifying. You and I are connected by the same roots, flesh and blood, and I can't bear to let you repeat my path again. If you enter the palace in the future, my sister will definitely protect you. ”

"Sister......" Qing Shi shouted out of his voice, tears burst out of the frame, and fell on the hands that were clenched together, refusing to part for a long time.

In the Qing Dynasty, I returned to Tongfu on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, just after the New Year. Shunzhen is bustling outside the gate, every family paints red and pastes blessings, small merchants and vendors have carts full of sugar people, rock candy gourds and all kinds of gadgets, crowded the streets and alleys to sell, a prosperous scene is reflected in the Sijiu City.

The carriage drove cautiously through the crowd, clearly pressed out two snow marks on the ground, crossed the Dongcheng bridgehead, and saw the red light of the vermilion lacquer gate of Tongfu hanging high in the distance, and the time was new and complicated, and it was so festive.

Qing Shi slowly entered, clenched his cuffs with both hands, and glanced down at the belt of his clothes that had been blown by the wind and snow. Raising her head and pursing her lips with a smile, she met the eyes of the girls and the mothers-in-law, and there was a white mist in the air. Then a girl began to talk in a low voice.

"Before, they said that Si'er and Ergege were quite similar, and I thought they were similar, but now it seems that Si'er is not half of Ergege's appearance!"

"Yes, since those four children came into the house, Fufeng Hall has been very lively."

Fufeng Hall is where Long Keduo lives, and Qing Shi listened to them talking in the clouds, and was about to step forward to ask, but a voice came from behind him: "Gege! ”

Qing Shi looked back and saw Nian Jin, who had not been seen for nearly a year, and several times compared with last year, Qing Shi couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and hurriedly pounced on it and said: "Nian Jin!" ”

"I heard from my wife that Gege came back today, so I came to pick up Gege, but I was still a step late."

Qing Shi grabbed Nian Jin and went straight to the east corner hall, and asked as he walked: "Tell me, what happened in Tong Mansion this year, and who are the four children that the group of maids discussed just now, and how do they look similar to me?" ”

"It snowed heavily that day, Si'er fainted at the door of Tong's Mansion, the third young master saw that she was pitiful and took her in, and later found that her eyebrows were somewhat similar to Gege, Mrs. didn't like this Si'er, so she wanted the third young master to expel her, the third young master said nothing, the master beat him, and sold the four children to the Qinglou before the matter stopped."

Qing Shi was surprised: "There is such a thing? Qing Shi smiled again and asked, "Do those four really look similar to me?" ”

Nian Jin exaggeratedly said: "They look similar, even I can't tell the difference!" ”

"I don't believe it." Kiyoshi snorted softly and walked towards the room.

Ten thousand watts of green smoke and sunset, dou ladle to welcome the new year to the east city. In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve, and the upper and lower masks of the Tong Mansion were pasted with window flowers and blessing characters. Qing Shi also took advantage of the situation to cut a few fish window flowers, and called for Nian Jin to paste them in the East Corner Hall.

The main hall of Tong's mansion had already been arranged, and Qing Shi slowly walked to the main hall, but when he looked up, he saw Long Keduo standing at the door, and Qing Shi asked, "Third brother?" ”

Xu is injury has not healed, Long Keduo's face is a little pale, and he reluctantly pulled out a smile and said: "I heard that you were bullied in the palace?" ”

"Who dares to bully me, I have my sister to protect me." Qing Shi added a little aura, and looked Long Keduo up and down, "It's the third brother, this injury doesn't look light." ”

Long Keduo smiled in his eyes: "Now you will count me down." The snow is getting heavier, so come in with me. ”

Kiyoshi nodded.

A seat was set up in the main hall of Tong Mansion, Tong Guowei sat in the middle, Ye Keshu, Dekexin, and Long Keduo sat on the left, and Qing Shi sat on the right, and Ci Huang and several sisters-in-law who could not be named in Qing Shi.

Zhiying picked up a dumpling and handed it to Qing Shi and said, "It's rare to come back from the palace and eat more." ”

Qing Shi took the dumplings and said, "Thank you, Enie." ”

Zhiying nodded and asked, "How many girls are waiting next to you?" Qing Shi said: "There are three or four girls on the left and right." ”

Zhiying pointed to the girl beside her: "You come here." ”

"Ziyin, this girl has been with me since she was a child, and she is usually clever in doing things. I saw that I was about the same age as you, so I asked her to go into the palace to serve you. After a pause, he said to the girl in the hall, "From now on, you will be a girl of Ergege." ”

Qing Shi raised his eyes and looked at the situation, his appearance was delicate, and his figure was raised. Three points less tranquil, five more points smart. If it fits the mind, it is not as vigilant as Suri.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve feast, Qing Shi went towards the East Corner Hall as usual, but saw Long Keduo who was waiting here early in front of the East Corner Hall.

"Ah Ning, I know that your entry into the palace is already irreversible, so the third brother will give you something."

After that, he took out the brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to Qing Shi: "This is the Qingtang hairpin made of high-quality jade material that I went to find, the third brother can't accompany you, so let it guard you......"

"Third Brother" Qing Shi suddenly hugged Long Keduo, Long Keduo was slightly stunned, and listened to her continue, "I go to the palace, I don't know when I can see the third brother again, the third brother has taken care of Ah Ning in recent years, and Ah Ning is grateful." ”

Long Keduo replied softly and said softly: "It's better to open it and take a look." ”

Qing Shi slowly opened the brocade box, a Xiuyu Qingtang hairpin made of lake green was displayed in front of him, Qing Shi held it in his hand and felt warm, and couldn't help but admire: "This hairpin is so beautiful!" ”

"I'll put it on for you."

Qingshi nodded, Long Keduo took the hairpin hairpin in Qingshi's hair, looked at her with a shallow smile in his eyes, and felt reluctant for a while.

"Ah Ning, promise the third brother to love yourself well. I don't ask for the saint's affection, I just wish the rest of my life to be happy. ”

"Okay."

Since then, he has no intention of loving the night, and let him go down to the west building under the bright moon. Under the moonlight, it was clear that the shadows of the two people were so close, but they felt so far away. This love can only be hidden deep in his heart and not known to outsiders.

On February 15, following the first general election after the death of Empress Xiaozhao, Qing Shi stood out from the crowd of show girls without doubt. Since then, there are no mountains and rivers, which is not only what she wants, but also what she wants.

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(1) Horizontal screen stretching paper: quoted from Mu Zhenshanren's "Dream of Green Mansions" in the Qing Dynasty.