Spring is easy to pass, often make people unable to catch up, cherries are red and ripe, plantain is green, in the blink of an eye, spring goes to summer and arrives.

Throughout May, I served in Cixi's Ningshou Palace almost every day, ghostwriting large characters for her, mostly auspicious words such as "Shou", "Fu", and "Lu". The spring has not completely faded, and the hydrangeas outside the hall have become snow-white, luxuriant and vigorous, looking from afar, like snowflakes pressing trees. The branches are covered with emerald green leaves, the green leaves grow without leaving any gaps, the wind shakes the branches, and like a tree flowing clouds, the white clouds full of branches slowly flutter with the wind, standing by the water, looking forward to the brilliance.

Ningshou Palace, surrounded by yellow-green glazed bricks and tiles to enclose the low wall of wind-permeable lanterns, between the pillars of the eaves corridor is the hollow cloud dragon set ring, the cloud dragon and the finch under the fang, all decorated with gold, magnificent and magnificent. The door is opened in the east room, and there are two bright panel doors with light, and the upper is a double cross and four brightness, and the door is built on the left and right sill walls, and the upper mullion hangs the window. After the eaves are bright, the second room is the door, each door double-crossed four rhombic flower fans four, indoor ceiling flower bat round life word ceiling.

On the sandalwood table is placed a golden Ou permanent cup, made of eighty percent gold, the cup is a round mouth, and the edge of the mouth is engraved with back lines. The mouth of the cup is cast with "Golden Ou Yonggu" and "Qianlong Year" seal book, and the whole body is engraved with entwined flowers, which are inlaid with dozens of huge pearls, red, sapphire and pink tourmaline. The two sides of the cup are double standing ears, the head of the dragon is inlaid with a pearl, the bottom is the head of the three elephants for the foot, the shape is tripod type, very graceful and exquisite.

Many times, Cixi just sat silently in the inner hall to review the twists and turns, although Zai Yan has been in power, but it seems that the twists and turns of Ningshou Palace have not been less than a day.

At least, in the month that I have been walking around Ningshou Palace, Cixi must have spent three or four hours a day reviewing stacks of repatriation notes.

The jasper incense burner on the case burns dipterocarp, which is made of fragrant wood from the South Seas, the hookah is faint, faintly lingering on the tip of the nose, and the pure and rich taste is like the light mist of the distant mountains, ethereal outside, as if there is nothing.

The brushstrokes finally ended with a powerful hook, and the word "Shou" was written, I put down the pen and looked at my finished product today with satisfaction, and the corners of my mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

After a while, I said softly: "Does Lafayette also like the mud incense made of Nanyang fragrant wood?" ”

Cixi straightened up, stretched her back, and said slowly: "It's just a matter of getting used to it, I can't say whether I like it or not." ”

In fact, dipterocarp is a modern borneol, which has the effect of opening the body and awakening the mind, clearing heat and relieving pain. It is often used to treat fever, dizziness, convulsions and other conditions.

I said, "Slaves sometimes come to wake up and calm down, which is better than agarwood." ”

Cixi got up, took Rong'er's hand and walked out, looked at me peacefully, and smiled: "Yes, no matter who you are, life must not be as good as you want, and in the harem, you must know how to distract, you are very good like this." ”

I smiled and said, "It's all Lafayette who teaches slaves to be talented." ”

Cixi gently flipped through the large characters I had written, and the enamel carved phoenix tail armor on her little finger crossed the moon-white sandalwood paper, leaving a faint but sharp trace. She smiled faintly and said, "But I have only been practicing for more than a month, and the thickness of the lines has changed significantly, and there are ups and downs, which is very teachable," she looked at me, "You are very smart, no wonder the emperor likes you, and the mourning family also likes your cleverness very much." ”

It's just an understatement, and my face is already a little hot, speaking of which, my words have always been quite self-contained and restrained, of course, because I have just practiced in ancient times.

In modern times, I wouldn't have written with a brush every day like I do now.

Is the ballpoint pen not fragrant? Or is the pen too expensive?

But it also happens that when I was about 10 years old, I mistakenly reported a one-year calligraphy class in elementary school, which was a bit of a basic precipitation, and after crossing over, I learned faster than ordinary people, and it only took two months to integrate it. Not long ago, I had a book with Zai Yan Nalan's "Poppy Beauty", the moonlight was like water, he was close to my ear, the faint breath of exhalation, flicked in the ear, and whispered: "The ancient ink is lightly ground with a few incense, the inkstone pond is full of bright light, Zhen'er's words, simple and unpretentious, and inclusive, tactful like a graceful beauty, beautiful like a spring breeze and flowers." ”

I turned my head sideways and laughed wantonly: "The emperor is really exaggerating, the words of the slave are just ghost drawings, where can I compare to my sister." ”

His eyes dimmed suddenly, and he said coldly: "Concubine Jin's words are good, but they are too fine and lose their charm, and she is just like her words, very boring, and I am very tired to watch." ”

Thinking back to the present, I grinned and said to Cixi: "The slave is worthy of Lafayette, and diligence can make up for the clumsiness. ”

The corners of Cixi's mouth twitched slightly, quietly looking at a peony that was open alone in the corner of the wall, handed the rice paper in her hand to Rong'er, and said slowly: "The peony is really a national color, the queen is related to the national body, the words naturally can't be bad, the rarest thing is Concubine Jin, I heard that she has to practice the words for several hours every day, and it's time to rest," thought for a moment and asked Rong'er, "Concubine Jin seems to have been here for a long time." ”

Rong'er said: "It's a day, last time I brought the little master Zhen to visit Lafayette!" ”

I secretly figured out, no longer spoken, Longyu was not allowed to carry the favor of the Xiang, Cixi naturally had to plan more for her, but she herself was not angry, everything was inferior, she couldn't compare to Ziyu in terms of talent, and she couldn't compare to me in terms of aura, as for her character...... Who is to blame for falling into this step, no matter how much others add fuel to the fire, it will probably be useless after all.

Cixi looked at me and said, "Concubine Zhen's foundation is very good, and she has a lot of aura. ”

I whispered, "Shame on the minion. ”

Cixi looked at me with deep and empty eyes, and said with a smile: "Since the inheritance, the word should be practiced the most this month, right?" ”

My ears unconsciously became even hotter, "Slaves are lazy by nature, fortunately, Lafayette can afford slaves, and a few days ago, he asked Mr. Miao to go to the palace to personally guide him, and the slaves dare not stop dedicating." ”

Cixi looked up and laughed twice, "Also, when you are young, how can you calm down and practice calligraphy well, the emperor pampers you and inevitably likes you to accompany you, and it doesn't matter if you neglect to practice calligraphy, the emperor likes it or not, I don't care about whether the words are good or not, just don't go too far, the harem is peaceful, the previous dynasty can be peaceful, and the mourning family is also old, in the end it is the age of retirement, don't worry about the mourning family anymore, you are a sensible person, you should understand the meaning of the mourning family's words." "Cixi treats me well now, but this harem is peaceful and the truth is clearly to me to push Zai Xiang to Zhong Cui Palace, I don't want to be at all, Zai Xiang is not willing either, but Cixi always goes back and forth, turning over and over again to imply me, which inevitably makes people upset, and again and again, it makes me, a modern person, start to stir up in my chest, and a wave of dissatisfaction is rising in my heart.

Although I was caught off guard, I also reacted quickly, and said in my heart: "The slave naturally understands, and the slave doesn't want to worry about Lafayette, but some things are not controlled by the slave, every time the emperor goes to the queen's Zhongcui Palace, he is driven to the slave's Jingren Palace with a black face, saying yes, as soon as the queen goes, she will put her face on the emperor," he said, and bowed his head and knelt down, "The slave has no way." ”

The day before yesterday, I came to stay in my palace, and I chose a perfect opportunity to persuade him to be more fortunate and prosperous, but he just raised his eyebrows and smiled bitterly: "My Zhen'er is so generous? ”

I sighed, "How can a minion be generous? I frowned again, and said in a trembling voice: "It's just that the queen mother is the mother of a country, and the emperor can't be too cold, otherwise Lafayette will find a slave to practice writing and speaking, what the slave thinks in his heart, the emperor knows it." ”