Chapter 4: Old Friends

When he was almost finished, Prince Alcohol put down his chopsticks and said to Ning Yi on the side: "Ping'an, you come to the study with this king." ”

Ning Yi played a little drumming, and when he saw Prince Alcohol calling him over, he didn't say a word, just looked at himself with a complicated expression.

Ning Yi was a little uncomfortable: "Fourth brother? ”

Prince Alcohol patted her on the shoulder: "Recently, the fourth brother has been busy and hasn't cared much about you, I heard that you have been sick again recently, and now you are better?" "Ning Yi lost Ama Eniang since he was a child, and he raised this sister as his daughter since he was a child.

Ning Yi has become accustomed to the people around her treating her as a glass doll, with a hint of shyness: "The fourth brother is busy all day long for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, and his feet do not touch the ground, it should be the fourth brother who should take care of his body, Ning Yi stays in the inner courtyard every day, and the fourth brother can rest assured." Not only did he raise her as a daughter, but in Ning Yi's heart, Prince Alcohol was also like her Amma.

Prince Alcohol smiled and scratched her small nose, "I can hear it, you are complaining about the fourth brother and rejecting you from this courtyard." ”

Ning Yi pursed her mouth and coquettishly: "How can there be." ”

Seeing that her face was still a little immature, Prince Alcohol's heart softened, and he finally suppressed his previous thoughts, "Ning Yi, can the fourth brother help you find a teacher?" ”

"Teacher?" Although she is not in good health, but the qinqi, calligraphy and painting have not fallen, why do you suddenly want to ask her for a teacher.

Prince Alcohol knew what she was thinking, "This time it's a foreigner to invite." Specifically, he didn't say anything more, but changed his words, "Since you are bored in the palace, you will go out more in the future and relax." ”

Ning Yi came out of the study.

Qiu Lu followed behind and said suspiciously: "Gege, why did the prince suddenly want to invite you to a foreigner master?" ”

Ning Yi was also vague, "It's always right to learn more, now there are more and more foreigners in the capital, and I have been in the palace, and I am indeed lagging behind." ”

Qiu Lu was not convinced: "Gege will not be left behind, which of the gentlemen that the prince found for Gege is not boastful of Gege's cleverness, but it is a pity that he was born as a woman." ”

Ning Yi saw that the more she spoke, the more unseemly she became, "Okay, go back quickly, Mama should be in a hurry." ”

Qiu Lu looked up and saw that the sky was indeed dark.

The two quickened their pace back to the courtyard.

Within a few days, Prince Alcohol had chosen her foreign teacher, and I don't know if he had told Fu Jin in advance, the Guerjia clan, who had always disliked these foreign things, didn't say anything this time, and when Ning Yi sent someone to talk to Fu Jin, Fu Jin only sent the grandmother around him to symbolically say a few words about the rules of the house, and never asked about these things again.

Since this foreign teacher came, Ning Yi's life has been more fulfilling, learning foreign languages every day, although he goes out less, but listening to the teacher talk about the customs and habits of those places, it is also a good thing to listen to.

"Gege."

The teacher comes to the palace once every two days, and today happens to be the day when Ning Yi rests.

Ning Yi put down the pen in her hand and rubbed her wrist, her hand had just started to use a fountain pen, and she was still a little unaccustomed to it, she put a piece of paper full of foreign characters and carefully put it aside, before she looked back at Qiu Lu, "What's wrong?" ”

Qiu Lu walked to the desk and took out a letter from her sleeve, "Gege, someone from outside took this letter and said it was for you." ”

"Letter?" Ning Yi happily took it, and there was only one person who could write to her.

Qiu Lu stood on the side, very happy, but also a little puzzled, "In the past, it was brought to you by the prince, but this time I don't know why, it was the slave who went to buy food for you and met the messenger, and when I asked, he gave the letter." ”

After reading the letter, Ning Yi had a pink smile on her face, suppressed her excitement, and her eyes were shining with a little starlight: "Qiu Lu, Ah Yun is coming back." ”

Ah Yun is Yun Liu's nickname, the Qing Dynasty Liugege, since she was a child, she was raised under the knees of the Queen Mother, and Ning Yi is the same as Ning Yi, Yun Liu is the youngest daughter of the first emperor, and her sisters in the Forbidden City have long been married, and after the emperor ascends the throne, she is the eldest princess, so she has developed an arrogant temperament.

is such a pair of cousins with completely different personalities, but they are the two people with the best relationship in the Forbidden City.

When she was young, Ning Yi was not in good health, and Yun Liu, who was so good at moving and not being able to calm down, often came to the palace to accompany her, often sat in an afternoon, and told her which concubines in the Forbidden City had done to invite pets, who did not deal with whom, and which young lady had fallen in love with which young master these days.

Yunliu is like a little sun, full of energy and enthusiasm.

Since Yun Liu went abroad to stay abroad, Ning Yi hadn't seen her for four years.

I didn't expect her to come back!

Ning Yi went to the main courtyard and mentioned to the Guerjia clan that he was going out tomorrow, and when the Guerjia clan heard this, he frowned, but he didn't say anything, only waved his hand and asked him to come back early.

Out of the courtyard, Qiu Lu said strangely: "Fu Jin didn't ask anything, so easy to let Gege go out?" "Prince Fu Jin grew up in the palace since he was a child, but he developed a rigid and abiding appearance, and this time he responded happily without asking anything.

Ning Yi thought of what the fourth brother said to her before, and had a faint guess, "These things are not for us to ask." ”

Qiu Lu bowed her head, "Yes." ”

Ning Yi arrived at the dock early.

There were a lot of people on the dock, most of them looking eagerly ahead.

"Gege, there are too many of them, why don't you go and sit on the side for a while, I'll wait here for Liugege." Qiu Lu looked around at the dense crowd of people around her, and looked at Ning Yi worriedly.

A hint of pink appeared on Ning Yi's pale little face, "No, I'll just wait here." ”

Or after saying that, suddenly there seemed to be a slight commotion in the crowd.

Ning Yi raised his eyes and looked ahead, and the shadow of a boat in the water became clearer and clearer.

A huge ocean-going steamer slowly approached the shore, and the deck was already full of people, both foreigners and Chinese, all standing by the railing or the window looking for familiar faces.

Ning Yi tilted her head, and finally saw a familiar smiling face in the corridor on the second floor in the center of the ship.

Ning Yi and Yun Liu were sitting in the second floor of the theater, and Yutang Spring was singing on the stage downstairs. Today's Su San's appearance is both beautiful and full of perseverance, every singing voice and every figure is beautiful.

"Suddenly, I heard Su San, my soul was scattered, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to move forward."

The tragic lyrics, coupled with this music, the person on the stage seems to be the wronged Su Huai Yutangchun.

Su San came out of the prison, saw Chong Gongdao, and sang while saluting:

"Why do I have to see Lilly and ask the old man what do you call me for?"

The graceful singing of the people, even Yun Liu, who has never loved Peking Opera, can listen to it, and the two hands clap crisply at the climax.

"Good!".

Ning Yi poured a glass of water and handed it over, "I thought you wouldn't like to listen to dramas after so many years abroad." ”