After dinner, the fourth elder brother watched the recital approved by the palace under the lamp, and ordered someone to bring the fruit in.

It just so happens that there is a dessert in the palace today, which is a sweet soup made of honey and lotus root powder based on sweet wine.

Ning Ying liked this sweet taste very much.

In the Qing Palace, the amount of honey used was quite large - during the Shunzhi Dynasty, there were already full-time honey harvesting "honey ding" in the northeast forest area, and there were "bee households" specializing in raising bees in the linden forest area.

By the time of Master Kong, in the Forbidden City, a "honey boiling room" was set up in the imperial dining room to ensure the daily honey used by the palace masters.

With the fruit, Ning Ying unconsciously drank a whole bowl of sweet soup.

The wine is so delicious!

While she was eating and drinking comfortably, she leaned crookedly on the other side of the table, watching the fourth elder brother write a recital.

It's so nice - she couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

Every time Sihulu held her hand and smiled, he looked like a young man with a high-spirited face.

But at this time, he didn't speak, his face was serious, and when he looked at the past from the side, the lights reflected his silhouette more deeply, and he already had the cold and majestic aura of a future emperor.

There is also a sense of oppression from the top, which subtly emanates from his body,

After all, this is the champion of this year's competition!

Ning Ying thought so, and unconsciously sat up straight.

I didn't dare to look at the four gourds as unscrupulously as I did just now.

The fourth elder brother was aware of it, raised his eyes and glanced at her, and saw that Ning Ying was already wiping the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, so he called the servants to come in and put away all the pastries and sweet soups on the table.

Ning Ying let out a small "oops", quickly stopped the minion, turned her head and stomped her feet, and said pitifully to the fourth elder brother: "Keep the sweet soup, I want to drink it in a while!" ”

The fourth elder brother glanced at her calmly, then retracted his gaze, and only looked at the music in front of him, his voice was faint, but with a trace of indescribable doting: "Wine should not drink too much, obedient." ”

After he finished speaking, he said to the minion, "Take it." ”

The little eunuch next to him put away the sweet soup without saying a word.

Ning Ying watched the sweet soup being held down sadly, then lowered her head, crossed her hands in her sleeves, sat on the chair next to her, and said silently in her heart: It's just wine, not wine......

Is he still afraid that I will get drunk?

After the minions withdrew, the room was very quiet for a while, except for the sound of pen writing on paper, like the rustling of spring eating mulberry.

Ning Ying couldn't help but be a little bored after sitting for a long time, got up and walked around the room, and looked back at the fourth elder brother, and after getting tacit approval, she pulled a book from the bookshelf and read a few pages boredly.

She knew every word, but when put together, she couldn't read what it was talking about.

The fourth elder brother silently wrote the song, occasionally looked up at Ning Ying, and the smile in his eyes never disappeared.

Ning Ying slipped to the window with her hands behind her back.

It's a great vantage point, standing out of the window and looking out, the view from the courtyard is picturesque.

Although it was early autumn and a bit more depressed than in the height of summer, the sound of insects could still be heard in the garden.

Looking up, the shadows of the flowers overlapped.

There is a soft couch under the window, which is used for the fourth elder brother to read and rest temporarily on weekdays.

Ning Ying propped her hand on the window, held her chin, and looked up at the starry sky outside.

Seeing this, the fourth elder brother suddenly said, "If you are sleepy, Sakura, you can rest for a while." ”

Ning Ying turned around and shook her head at him and smiled.

At this time, Su Peisheng came in all the way from outside, first glanced at Ning Ying next to him, hesitated for a moment, and then said respectfully to the fourth elder brother: "Fourth master, Fang Fujin sent someone to bring you a snack, ......what are you outside?"

Ning Ying was stunned for a moment, and saw that the happy expression on the fourth elder brother's face gradually faded.

His eyes still fell on the music in front of him, and he only said lightly to Su Peisheng: "I know, leave the things." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Ning Ying and motioned for her to come over.

Ning Ying walked over, and the fourth elder brother reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulled her to the side, held her hand in the palm of his hand and squeezed it, and then said in a deep voice: "The window is windy." ”

Su Peisheng glanced at the hand that the fourth elder brother was holding Ning Gege, took a breath, and immediately withdrew with a smile.

When I arrived at the door, I didn't forget to quietly close the door.

In the outer room, the lights were very bright, and Xiao Rouzi was standing at the foot of the steps, he specially wore a new dress today, and his head and face were neatly dotted, and he looked very refreshing.

After a while, I saw Su Peisheng walk out with his hands behind his back, and said something to the little Panzi next to him.

Xiao Panzi walked over, showed a lukewarm smile to Xiao Rouzi, and said lightly: "The fourth master is about to rest at this time." ”

As he spoke, he took the pastry box in Xiao Rouzi's hand: "Fang Fujin's intentions, the fourth master knows." ”

……

In the house, I don't know how long it took, the fourth elder brother finally put down the pen, and when he looked up, he saw Ning Ying still lying in front of the window - although the window was closed, she was still staring outside through the window, tilting her head and staring outside in a daze.

The fourth elder brother got up, walked over and reached out and touched the back of Ning Ying's head.

Seeing her turn around, he bent down slightly, looked at her with deep eyes, smiled at the corners of his lips, and asked her, "What are you looking at?" ”

Ning Ying blinked, thought for a moment, showed him a harmless smile, and whispered: "You have such a beautiful scenery here, I can't see it so bright and so far away in the backyard!" ”

The fourth elder brother couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "What's this?" ”

He paused, lowered his head and grabbed Ning Ying's wrist, then grabbed her waist, and pulled her up with a slight force in his hand: "Go." ”

……

When I went out, the front yard was full of moonlight like water, and the ground was full of clear light.

Silver-white moonlight sprinkled down from the night sky, covering the bricks and tiles of every small courtyard in the prince's mansion like a soft veil.

The front yard is not a place where women in the backyard can go casually, and now that the fourth elder brother is with her, Ning Ying can walk around in the front yard.

The scenery here is not like the lotus pond rockery in the backyard and the winding paths, but another kind of spaciousness and cheerfulness.

That's right, this is the momentum of the Prince's Mansion!

Walking all the way, the minions and guards on duty saw the fourth elder brother coming, they all knelt on the ground, and some saw the woman next to them with sharp eyes, I don't know which courtyard it is, so they can only bury their heads lower, not daring to take a second look.

Ning Ying walked all the way and walked around for a long time, but when she was blown by the night breeze, she suddenly felt a little dizzy.

My hands were also a little sweaty, as if I was a little excited and a little sleepy.

The fourth elder brother didn't notice it at first, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw that Ning Ying's little face was getting redder and redder, and his eyes were a little confused and out of focus.