The third elder brother rarely eats and lives in the same room as Qingcheng, he is both excited and nervous, plus he is outside the palace, and he doesn't need to read and write, so he refuses to sleep until the middle of the night. He rolled on the kang in his bedclothes, turned his head to show Qingcheng, and shook his head to recite a long Tang poem, and asked proudly after reciting: "Eniang, do you think I'm powerful?" ”

Under the kang stood two teaching grandmothers, two nursing mothers, and then there were green orange close-fitting palace maids, the house was happy, and the people below were also happy. Qingcheng was half-leaning on the pillow, also wearing a moon-white gauze skirt pajamas, and she smiled: "Amazing, too powerful." Yongzhang was even more energetic, and turned over two more heels, he really wanted to show in front of Qingcheng, and the strength in his hand couldn't help but make it bigger, and if he was not careful, he threw himself off the kang.

The grandmothers bluffed, and they all reached out to catch it, but they didn't catch it, and Yongzhang fell on the pedal. Without waiting for Qingcheng to ask, he climbed onto the kang by himself, and comforted Qingcheng and said, "It's okay, Huang Ama said that a manly husband can't be afraid of pain." ”

Qingcheng was still worried and asked, "Where did you fall?" ”

Yongzhang shook his head and said, "No." Qingcheng said: "Come here, let Eniang take a look." He carefully checked Yongzhang up and down carefully before he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Huang Ama's words are right, you are a boy and you should be brave." But if it really hurts, you can't hide it, you know? You're still a child..."Before he finished speaking, the emperor's voice came, dragging a long voice and saying, "It's not small..."As soon as Yongzhang heard the emperor's voice, he was a little frightened, and hid behind Qingcheng.

Qingcheng got up and kicked his shoes and said with a smile: "Why is it so late?" ”

The emperor had already changed into a civilian robe, did not wear a hair crown, walked over with his hands behind his back, and said, "Ming'er wants to take you around, so I will take a few more folds." Glancing at Yongzhang again, Yongzhang saw this, and hurriedly knelt on the kang and said, "Huang Ama Wanfu." I thought that the emperor was going to give a lecture, but I didn't want to, but I smiled and said, "Go to bed early, Ming'er will take you to ride a horse." After saying that, he pulled the green orange and walked to the outhouse.

The courtyard of the apse has three entrances and three exits, and the first courtyard has no inhabitants, and is divided into dining rooms, subordinate rooms, warehouses, etc. The second heavy lived in Yongzhang and the sixth elder brother, and Qingcheng's bedroom was in the third heavy. The third is separated from the Nian En Hall by a garden, and two back doors are opened for the masters to walk around. The palace lanterns were burning, and the two of them slowly paced along the enamel colorful palace corridor, the moonlight was blurred, and a layer of mist-like ghostly light was faintly sprinkled, illuminating the courtyard hazy.

Qingcheng looked at the white clouds rolling in the sky from afar and said with a smile: "It's so good." ”

There are no others, no rules, and it feels good to be able to take a walk with the emperor in the middle of the night in the cool breeze, and feel sleepy. The emperor smiled softly and said, "What's good? Qingcheng turned her face to look at the man in front of her, she remembered that when she came back, she was very timid, looking at the east and west, she was not so comfortable and carefree as she is now. Her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and the corners of her lips showed a shallow pear vortex, and she said, "Everything, whether it's a house, flowers or plants, or the moon in the sky." ”

The emperor paused, took her hands, and said, "Is that good?" ”

Qingcheng lowered his head and groaned, silent. The emperor was a little anxious and said, "What, do you still want to think about it?" Qingcheng looked up at him, gently shook his hand like a little girl, and said coquettishly: "You are naturally good, but you can be better." The emperor laughed and said, "Then you say, how can it be better?" Qingcheng said: "Can I stay in the palace until the Chinese New Year?" Yongzhang's teachers can be re-selected from the ministers who accompany him, and he can also follow the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion to learn swords on horseback. The sixth elder brother doesn't have anything to worry about, the excerpt of the military aircraft department lets the post station be sent directly to the palace. ”

The emperor saw that her little face was full of expectations, so he said, "That's it? ”

Qingcheng nodded and said, "This is a big deal!" The Emperor pinched her cheek and said, "You can live as long as you want." "The words are naturally coaxing, if Qingcheng wants to live for the rest of his life and not return to the palace, he really can't agree. It was still sweet words, and Qingcheng listened to it with tenderness, stood on tiptoe and kissed his lips, smiling wordlessly. The broken jade of the moon is gradually falling, and the wind of early summer contains the fragrance of flowers and plants, refreshing people's hearts. The surrounding frogs and insects chirping, and the branches and leaves squirming, but they became more and more quiet and serene.

Early the next morning, Yongzhang was still asleep, and he felt a figure standing in front of the tent in a trance, and when he opened his eyes, he was half frightened to death, and hurriedly sat up and shouted: "Huang Ama." The emperor was not as majestic as he was in the palace, he wore an apricot yellow horseshoe sleeve riding suit, his hair was braided and shiny, he lifted the tent, and said with a smile: "I don't get up yet, I won't take you to ride a horse." ”

Yongzhang jumped up from the quilt, and the grandmothers had already prepared their elder robes, and they respectfully stepped forward to serve. Qingcheng came out with the sixth elder brother from the side room, and the emperor stretched out his hand to help Qingcheng, not wanting the sixth elder brother to think that the emperor was going to hug him, so he opened his arms and threw himself into the emperor's arms. The palace pays attention to hugging the son and not hugging the grandson, the emperor was stunned, Qingcheng also understood, and wanted to hug the sixth elder brother and turn around, but the sixth elder brother actually cried "wow", that look is the emperor must hug.

The nurses' faces were as pale as earth, for fear that the emperor would be angry and even they would be punished.

The sixth elder brother cried a handful of snot and tears, and shouted in a choked voice: "Huang Ama... Huang Amma... Hug... He cried so hard that the emperor couldn't see it, so he disarmed and surrendered: "Okay... Okay..."He picked up the sixth elder brother into Qingcheng's arms, and his posture was very stiff because he had never hugged him. Qingcheng was worried and said, "Are you tired?" Before the emperor could speak, the sixth elder brother had already burst into tears and laughed, and his fleshy little arms wrapped around the emperor's neck and rubbed his nose on his shoulder. The emperor's heart rose softly, and he felt that children were very annoying and troublesome, but holding them by himself today was a different taste.

He gently patted the sixth elder brother on the back and said with a smile: "This little thing is the same as you - very bold." Yongzhang's clothes were dressed, Qingcheng led him with one hand and the emperor with the other, and the four of them walked slowly towards the first courtyard. The palace people in the dining room set up four large tables of food in the hall, and each table had dozens of items. There are four pairs of chopsticks on the table of the Eight Immortals leaning against the door, on which are three fresh vegetarian dumplings, mutton soup, jasper meat soup, elephant eye buns, onion and garlic cold fungus, and a product of bean curd, etc., all of which are the emperor's and green orange vegetarian favorite food. There are also three tables of chicken, duck and mutton, hot pot steamed vegetables and cheese snacks next to it. Except for the third elder brother who picked up a jar of crisp cheese on the side table, the food next to him did not move the chopsticks. After finishing the meal, the emperor said: "It's all good, take it and reward Fu Heng and Zhang Tingyu." ”

The eunuchs packed the food in boxes one by one, sent it to the minister's residence, and handed it over to Fu Heng and Zhang Tingyu. The two thanked them, called the ministers next to them, and ate around the table while it was hot, and after a short rest, they went to Nian'en Hall to accompany them.

Qingcheng wore a big red satin narrow-sleeved riding suit, wore a red button black leather and red tasseled hat, combed a big braid, and dressed the sixth and third elder brothers in new riding clothes, and rode to the Ten Thousand Trees Garden in a sedan chair. The Garden of Ten Thousand Trees is still high and wide, and the green space is endlessly spread to the end of the sky. The first time Yongzhang saw such a spectacular scene, he got off the sedan chair, ran out of the grass by himself, and ran back quickly, smiling at the emperor: "Huang Ama, this place is really big, bigger than the Forbidden City." ”

The emperor ordered the minister of the guard to take a hundred steps back, leaving only Fu Heng and Wu Shulai at his side. He said: "The Qing Dynasty is bigger than you imagined, and when you grow taller, I will take you down to the south of the Yangtze River to see the great rivers and rivers of our Qing Dynasty, and at that time, you will know what is big." The eunuch in Shangyu's spare place brought two sweaty and bloody horses, and the emperor asked Yongzhang: "Do you dare to ride?" ”

Yongzhang didn't think about it, and said, "Dare!" ”

The emperor saw that he was bold, said "yes", and beckoned him to come forward and teach him how to learn horses himself. Yongzhang was born tall, but he was only five years old in the end, Qingcheng was worried and said, "Be careful." The emperor nodded at her, carried Yongzhang and got on the horse, clamped his legs, the bloody horse neighed, and with a step on his hooves, he ran away into the distance. As soon as Fu Heng waved his hand, dozens of guards followed, but in just a moment, dozens of people had already run out of most of the way, and only saw a small black shadow.

There is a yurt on the side, which is prepared with tea and snacks, Wu Shulai estimated that the emperor would not be able to come back for a while and a half, so he invited the sixth elder brother and Qingcheng to rest. After a half-rest, he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, Qingcheng hurriedly went out, Yongzhang jumped off the horse, his little face was red with excitement, and shouted: "E-niang, E-niang, it's so fun to ride a horse, I still want to play." He timidly glanced at the emperor and said, "Emperor Ama, I still want to ride again." ”

The emperor said: "Fu Heng, ask the two people from the cavalry battalion to accompany the third elder brother, keep an eye on it, don't let the horse hurt him." "Fu Heng doesn't dare to take responsibility, if Concubine Chun's baby bump falls and hurts in his hand, he is not guilty and deserves death. But he didn't dare to refute the emperor's dictation, so he had to respond "yes" and lead two capable subordinates to personally sparring with the third elder brother.

Qingcheng took the tea and handed it to the emperor, saying, "Yongzhang will be fine, right?" The emperor drank it all and said, "Fu Heng is thoughtful, and he will be fine." Besides, it's common for boys to stumble and stumble, and they grow stronger. Then he asked, "I remember teaching you how to ride a horse a few years ago, do you remember?" Qingcheng said angrily: "It's enough to watch you ride, I don't love these." I heard that there are many rabbits, sika deer and the like in Wanshu Garden, can you catch two of them and bring them back to the sixth elder brother to play? The emperor smiled and whispered in her ear: "Madame has a life, how dare you disobey?" Even if you lift the Garden of Ten Thousand Trees, you have to find two. ”

The emperor went hunting, Yongzhang practiced his horse beside him, and Qingcheng took the sixth elder brother to play and chase on the grass next to the yurt, waiting for the emperor to come back. In the blue sky and white clouds, it seems that those courtiers and officers are gone, the guard of honor is gone, the nursing mothers and mothers are gone, only herself, and her youngest son are quietly waiting, waiting for the moment when her husband and eldest son come back.

The emperor's royal car hung a bell, and the sound of the jingling bell was getting closer and closer, Qingcheng held the sixth elder brother and looked at it from afar, and said, "Baby, look, the emperor is back." Holding the reins, the emperor jumped off his horse, threw the golden whip to the guards, and took out a gray rabbit from his cuff as if he were juggling, and said with a smile: "I smashed two litters of rabbits, and I didn't catch them all, so I picked up three or five." There was also a sika deer and a golden monkey, and they asked people to put them in cages. The gray rabbit was smaller than the emperor's palm, staring at a pair of bulging eyes, and shrunk his head on his stomach. Qingcheng stretched out his fingertips and touched it, and said with a smile: "It's so interesting." ”

She smiled, the emperor's whole heart was extremely bright, and even the sixth elder brother had more patience, and teased: "E-Niang likes it very much, do you like it or not?" The sixth elder brother fluttered his arms and said, "Rabbit, rabbit." The emperor was afraid that the rabbit would hurt the sixth elder brother, so he asked someone to close it with a copper wire cage, and only allowed the sixth elder brother to feed the broken radish and cabbage leaves, and he was never allowed to touch it.

The emperor was so hot that he was sweating, and Qingcheng waited for him to change into a single robe, and ate the sour plum juice that was cool with ice water, and gradually dissipated his dryness. Seeing Xiang Wu, the emperor ordered someone to recall Yongzhang, watched him change his clothes, cleaned his hands and face, and then announced his drive.

Back in the apse, the sixth elder brother was already asleep, and if Yongzhang hadn't had an empty stomach, he was afraid that he would have slept. The kitchen prepared the meal, and the emperor ate two things at will, so he hurried to the Nian En Hall to summon the minister. Qingcheng settled Yongzhang and Sixth Elder Brother before going back to the house to change clothes and take a lunch break. slept until sunset, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled into the house, Qingcheng was about to get up, but Yongzhang rolled into the tent in his nightgown, planted in Qingcheng's arms, shouting that he wanted to sleep for a while.

If he was in the palace, he should have gone to the south study to study.

Qingcheng patted his ass and said softly: "Little lazy worm, it's going to be dark, if you can't afford it anymore, you won't be able to sleep at night." Yongzhang muttered and rubbed his eyes, cocking his ass and refusing to move. The sound of the sixth elder brother giggling came from outside the door, Yongzhang suddenly raised his body and said, "Eniang, what is the sixth elder brother playing?" Qingcheng said: "E-Niang doesn't know, you can go and see for yourself." ”

Yongzhang got up and wanted to stay, Qingcheng took the robe from his grandmother's hand and said, "Running around in bedclothes, what kind of body!" You have to set a good example for the sixth elder brother. Yongzhang obediently changed his clothes and walked away. Qingcheng put on a robe of moon white embroidered rose flowers, slightly combed, did not wear a flag head, wore an oblique square bun, hairpinned two golden hairpins that fell into the east pearl, and walked to the bottom of the corridor, only to see Yongzhang and the sixth elder brother squatting on the ground looking at something.

When I got closer, it turned out to be a small squirrel with a gold wire cage.

Qingcheng also felt fresh, and couldn't help but say "ah": "It's so cute." Yongzhang said: "Eniang, you see, it can also peel chestnuts!" The sixth elder brother slapped the cage with the palm of his meaty palm, Yongzhang hurriedly stopped it, and said softly: "Have you seen it, its claws are very sharp, be careful to scratch your hands." Qingcheng was very happy to see that he knew that he was protecting his younger brother, and said approvingly: "The third brother is very right. Then he asked the grandmother next to him and said, "Who sent it?" ”

Mama bent her knees and blessed, and said, "Returning to the pure master, it was Lord Wu of the cavalry shooting camp who gave filial piety to the third and sixth elder brothers. "The ministers outside thought of how to pay tribute, gold, silver, porcelain, jade, topaz, calligraphy and painting, green orange has never been lacking, and it has never been accepted, but this little squirrel, the third elder brother and the sixth elder brother, likes it, and it makes her embarrassed.

Qingcheng instructed the grandmothers to take good care of Yongzhang and the sixth elder brother, and helped Hai'an through the back corner gate, across the garden, and under the corridor of Nian'en Hall. The eunuch standing in the gatehouse saw Qingcheng from a distance, climbed forward with a rolling belt, knelt down and said, "Pure master is blessed." Qingcheng's feet did not stop, and asked: "The emperor is free now?" ”

The eunuch said: "There is an eight-hundred-mile rush ahead, and Long Live Lord is discussing court affairs with Lord Fu and Lord E. As he was talking, there was a palace person in charge of the palace who went out to announce the towel and hot tea, Qingcheng knew that it was scattered, took the vermilion lacquer tea tray in the hand of the palace maid, and Yingying entered. The hall was wide, and there were several palace eunuchs standing respectfully, and when they saw Qingcheng, they all bent their knees slightly, but they did not say goodbye.

The emperor sat on the kang with his eyes closed, his eyebrows furrowed, and he silently thought about political affairs. Qingcheng quietly put the plate on the table, half-sat behind him, and gently massaged his temples with her fingers. The emperor opened his eyes and looked at her, closed them again, leaned back, leaned on her shoulders, wrapped his arms around her waist, and said tiredly: "I didn't take a nap today, I have a headache." ”

Qingcheng quietly let him lean on, motionless. Through the flower window, you can see a stone wall, which is covered with infamous green vines and red flowers, and the shade is a large green and verdant area, shrouded in a faint glow under the setting sun. The emperor's breathing gradually became heavier, and he really fell asleep. It was already cold in the evening, and Qingcheng was afraid that he would catch a cold, and he was afraid of waking him up, so he didn't dare to speak and ask someone to take a blanket, nor did he dare to move, but he carefully retracted his arms, trying to hug him tighter.

It was only a quarter of an hour before the emperor woke up.

He squinted his eyes and rubbed into her neck, like a lion rubbing an orange, with infinite laziness and coquettishness. Qingcheng smiled and said, "It's better to just go back to the house and sleep, and deal with it tomorrow if there is something." The emperor didn't know whether he was greedy for sleepiness or the taste in her arms, so he didn't let go, and snorted on the Qingyu case, saying, "There are too many piles." ”

Qingcheng looked sideways, there were two stacks of yellow silk folds like a hill, and some were scattered on the ground, and no one picked them up, I am afraid that he was angry with the ministers just now and threw them away. The emperor asked, "Is there anything wrong with you coming to Nian Entang?" "There are so many big things in the court, and I have to take care of her trivial things, it's really tiring. Qingcheng said in a nutshell: "Lord Wu of the riding and archery camp sent a squirrel to Yongzhang and the sixth elder brother to play, I don't know whether to retreat or stay, so I want to ask you." ”

The emperor dragged a long voice, not as energetic as usual, and said, "Why do you want to retreat?" ”

Qingcheng said: "As the saying goes, the mouth of eating others is short, and the hands of others are soft..." He pinched her cheek again and said, "If you take whatever they give you, I will still reward what I deserve, and punish what I deserve." What is soft on others, it is the words of you Han people, filial piety to the master is the duty of the slaves, how can there be a soft hand. ”

Listening to the movement inside, Wu Shulai stood beside the door curtain and bowed down and said, "Long live Lord, Lord Zhang is here." ”

The emperor nodded again and again, and said, "I called him here, let him in." Wu Shulai responded with "yes", retreated to the corridor, and before he could speak, Zhang Tingyu was about to walk inside. Wu Shulai hurriedly stopped and said, "Lord Zhang, please wait." Zhang Tingyu was anxious and said, "Long live the Lord is still waiting for the excerpt." Wu Shulai cleared his throat and whispered, "The pure master is inside." Zhang Tingyu suddenly realized and said, "Fortunately, you reminded me." Wu Shulai said: "It's good to enter the house in half an hour." ”

Qingcheng straightened the emperor's clothes and asked, "What do you want to eat for snack?" I asked the cook to prepare. The emperor said, "No need, I use it here, and the dining room has its own arrangements." Qingcheng wanted to invite him back to the apse to eat, but looking at the two piles of folds on the case, he didn't know how to speak, so he had to say, "Then you go back early to rest." ”

The emperor hummed, signaled that he understood, and walked straight to the big case.

Qingcheng didn't say a word, and silently retreated from the back door.

It seems that in just an instant, the sky and the earth have been shrouded in darkness. The eunuchs rushed to light the lamps everywhere, Yongzhang took the sixth elder brother to play with the squirrels, feed the rabbits, and circle around the sika deer a few times, the two brothers had never played so happily, until they had a late snack, and let the grandmothers call three or four times before they were willing to serve the table. Qingcheng waited for them to wash and sleep peacefully, and then sent people to the Hall of Grace for questioning.

The emperor always told people: "Don't wait. But Qingcheng was worried in his heart, and he couldn't sleep steadily, so he finally picked up the book and sat in the tent and flipped through it at will. In the middle of the night, she finally heard the sound of boots, she put on a goose yellow jacket to meet the outside, the emperor had arrived at the door, stunned, and reprimanded: "Didn't you say that you should not wait?" When he saw that she was thinly dressed, he walked back around her.

As soon as the holy car arrived, the palace people in the entire apse were busy with their feet on the ground, serving water and tea, and there were palace people who served and wore clothes, and the palace people who kept vigil stood all over the room in an instant. Qingcheng waited for him to change his clothes, cleaned his hands and face, rinsed his mouth, and then remembered and asked, "What did you eat for supper?" ”

The emperor patted his forehead and thought for a while, before he said, "I haven't eaten yet!" ”

Qingcheng immediately lowered his face and glared at him fiercely. For some reason, the emperor was suddenly afraid that she would be angry, so he took her hand and sat on the edge of the couch, jokingly: "It's okay, you feed me two mouthfuls of milk and I'll be full." So saying, he threw himself at her, making a gesture to unbutton the button on her chest. Qingcheng pouted and said, "It's not serious." In the end, he felt sorry for him, and said: "The kitchen is wrapped with dumplings for preparation, I'll let them get off..." The emperor lay down on the couch and said, "Forget it, don't toss it at night." ”

He kicked his shoes and tilted them inward, patted the open space around him again, and said, "Sleep." Qingcheng hung down the tulle plain tent, ordered Hai'an to put out the light, snuggled in the emperor's arms, and asked, "Are you really not hungry?" The emperor smiled and said, "Why don't you let me take two sips?" Qingcheng kicked him on the thigh and said, "Say! He added: "I suddenly remembered something, the sixth elder brother is also old, it's time to name him, you have to ask the Internal Affairs Office to prepare a few words to be picked up..."

The breathing around me is getting more and more steady and heavier.

Qingcheng called in a low voice: "Your Majesty? The Emperor snorted half-asleep, and stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms. He was so tired that he wasn't even in the mood to eat. Qingcheng stared at him in the dark yellow light, eyebrows, nose, eyes, lips, and chin, as if he could never get enough of it, and wanted to rub it into his heart.