There were many people in the room, but there was no noise at all, only the hot pot was boiling and the heat was boiling. According to the words of the Queen Mother, Concubine Xian has the heart to assist in all matters in the harem, but she suffers from the unjustification of her name, after all, since Yongcong Xu, the emperor has not explicitly decreed that Concubine Xian will take charge of the harem. The emperor knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager Fengyi is majestic and a model of the harem, so everything must be in order." ”

The mother and son are playing tai chi, you come and go, and no one dares to interject.

Qingcheng picked up the objects to be used for the eastern tour last night, and planned to sleep until the sun and get up again, but the queen mother passed the meal, she had to get up early, smoke incense and bathe, and specially wear it before going to Shoukang Palace to say goodbye. In front of the Queen Mother, she has never had much face, and she has no interest in the power of the six palaces, so she simply stays out of the way.

Across Concubine Xian and Concubine Jia, the emperor glanced at Qingcheng, and saw that her eyes were red, with a thin smile on her face, and her eyes didn't know where to look, looking tired. The Queen Mother said: "This trip is a matter of national dignity, and there are a lot of people brought by the harem, and someone must take care of it, otherwise any leaks will not be made up in time." After a pause, he said: "The queen is weak, this power should be for her to relax and nourish her body, and all the affairs of the harem are better to be temporarily handed over to Concubine Xian, what does the emperor think?" ”

The Queen Mother made it clear that the emperor couldn't embarrass her in front of everyone, so she nodded and said: "The Queen Mother is in charge, and I have no objection." Concubine Xian was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly got up and bent her knees and said: "Thank you for your trust, and the concubine will definitely live up to her expectations." She was wearing a long palace robe with a pink placket, which was delicate and feminine, with a dignified and delicate look between her eyebrows and eyes, and she was dressed up specially.

The emperor helped him and said with a smile: "I've had to work hard for you for a while." ”

After saying that, the meal finally began. The hot soup in the hot pot is half-dry and salty, and the taste is not good at all. The queen mother's taste is heavy, and her sense of taste is not sensitive, and she eats it deliciously. The emperor was so embarrassed that he couldn't bear it, so he said: "I came to eat dinner in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and I am still very full now, so I will not accompany the Queen Mother to eat, and I will retire first." ”

The Queen Mother didn't know what was going on, and said with a smile: "Go ahead." ”

The emperor knelt down, and suddenly said, "Qingcheng, have you eaten enough?" In front of the Queen Mother and the concubines of the palace, he blurted out affectionately like this, calling her name, which frightened Qingcheng and said in a daze: "Not yet." She choked the emperor's words, and the emperor's brain turned quickly, and said, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to quit eating?" ”

Qingcheng only reacted at this time, the emperor was going to take her away. The Queen Mother had already seen it, so she said: "After the pure concubine gave birth, she did gain a lot of weight, and she should eat less." After a pause, he said, "Since the emperor wants you to serve, you can go." ”

All the eyes in the hall were focused on Qingcheng, who was quite calm, and blessed himself and said, "The concubine retires." I didn't care about looking at the eyes of others, and I went out of Shoukang Palace with the emperor. Back in Yikun Palace, Qingcheng pouted: "You call me my maiden name outside, and I don't know what the Queen Mother should think of me." ”

The emperor didn't have dinner at all, and it was not good to eat in Yikun Palace as soon as he came out of Shoukang Palace with great fanfare, so he had to endure it and pick up dim sum to hurt his stomach. He said: "You don't care what the Queen Mother wants to do, as long as I think it's good, you'll be fine." I want to give you face, you can rest assured that you can hang on your body boldly, what are you afraid of, I am watching behind you, and no one wants to touch you. ”

In fact, even he couldn't have imagined that this Han girl who met by the imperial pool would be spoiled by himself for more than ten years, and he was really protected by him. During the period, I also spoiled other women, but in the end, she was the only one.

The emperor was hungry and unhappy about anything, so he lay on the bed and pretended to sleep, waiting for a while, and then he justifiably announced the evening snack and asked Erqi to cook a bowl of beef noodles first. Qingcheng sat on the edge of the couch, unbuttoned his robe for him, and said, "It's almost three o'clock, and it won't take long to sleep and get up again." The emperor half-squinted his eyes and said, "It's okay, I won't go to Hongde Hall today, Lord Wang who came to talk is sick, and I let him rest at home for two days." ”

Qingcheng sighed, helped him take off his coat and hang it on the truss, and climbed on the couch to take off his socks for him. She herself only wore a thin spring shirt jacket, and when she leaned over and lowered her head, a small piece of white and tender skin was exposed under her neck, and the emperor crossed Erlang's legs and watched her busy, and his eyes were fixed on her neck. Her hair was scattered, and the black silk would sometimes fall into her undergarment, and then she would reach out and brush it, and when she brushed, she would unconsciously open the collar to reveal more snow muscles.

The emperor hooked his finger at her, and she knelt down beside him without knowing what was the matter, and said, "What's the matter?" The emperor lay comfortably on the soft quilt, held her face in his palm, and said, "Let me kiss her." Qingcheng suddenly shrank back and said, "The sky is blue, don't make the people below laugh." Although there are many ridiculous things to do, Qingcheng thinks that if he can, he can avoid it.

But his hand is .......

Qingcheng said angrily: "Jiao'er shouldn't be able to eat enough." ”

Emperor...... Thinking that he is a great emperor, he is also hungry.......

Qingcheng didn't sleep well yesterday, and he didn't have much energy, and he was ....

Makes the whole body weak....

The two of them couldn't take a lunch break at all...... I was very happy, and in the evening, I asked someone to wash up and announce the evening. Qingcheng didn't eat enough for dinner, and in the afternoon, he spent some effort to accompany the emperor to eat a big bowl of beef noodles.

The emperor was fine at night, and it didn't matter how many folds he had, so he stayed in Yikun Palace and didn't leave. At night, Yongzhang, Yongying, and Jiao'er came to ask for peace, and the emperor asked Yongzhang and Yongying about their homework, and personally stared at the two of them to write the article assigned last time, and commented on the pen and ink glyphs of the two, and personally taught them for a long time before letting the two brothers go.

Qingcheng is still counting things over and over again, for fear that something will be left behind. The emperor saw her hard work, so he said: "Don't be too nervous, there are the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites to supervise everything, you can be confused, they don't dare to be confused, naturally everything wants to be in front of you." Qingcheng said: "It's okay for me to be myself, Yongzhang and Yongying are older, and I can rest assured." But Jiao'er, she is too young, I am really afraid that she can't help but be tired. The emperor squeezed her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, I am blessed to look at Jiao'er." ”

Speaking of the word blessing, I couldn't help but think of Yongcong, who had passed away not long ago, and my expression darkened.

Qingcheng knew his thoughts, afraid that he would be sad, so he changed his mind and said with a smile: "Do you want to take some of the rose dew you love to eat, Erqi has been trying to save it recently, I just tried it yesterday, boiled two large pots of dew paste, and when you want to eat on the road, scoop a spoonful and wash it with warm water, and you can eat it." ”

The emperor bowed his head and said: "Erqi has a thought, and he went out of the palace in the future, and he didn't know which lucky one picked him up." Qingcheng showed a slight look of worry, and said: "She is the concubine of the family, and her mother is dead, so I am afraid that her housewife will not take her to heart and allow people at will." The emperor smiled and said: "You really love to worry about nothing, no matter how low Erqi's status is in the family, it is a person who goes out of the palace, besides, her master is not a nameless person, but you." When Er Qi left the palace, you rewarded her with two things, and I kept them, not only did no one dare to bully her, but I also treated her with respect. ”

Somehow, when it came to Er Qi's marriage, the emperor said: "Just let me give her a marriage, so that you don't worry about this, worry about that, if you give her to the guards in front of the palace, even if you get married, you can also enter the palace to serve you, and it is not wrong." ”

In the quiet day, there were a few stars outside the window, and in the room of Hai'an's attendants, listening to the emperor and Qingcheng talking about Er Qi's marriage, he suddenly remembered the black boots in Er Qi's arms that day, and couldn't help but worry about her.

Late at night, Hai'an returned to the house and saw that there was still an oil lamp in Erqi's room, so he knocked on the door and asked, "Erqi, have you slept?" Er Qi has always been in good spirits, opened the door, and said with a smile: "You must know that Huang Er has honored me with half a roast duck, and he knocked on my door at night." After speaking, Hai'an really smelled the smell of meat, and smiled while walking inside: "It's the middle of the night, and it's not too greasy." ”

Er Qi invited Hai'an to sit down, and there was half a plate of roast duck on the table, adding some spicy sesame seeds, green onions, pine resin, butter puff pastry, red and bright, and two sweet buns, looking at it, I felt dripping. Er Qi Mali put away the food, cleaned his hands, turned around and poured tea and handed it to Hai'an, and said: "The master had dinner in Shoukang Palace, I didn't eat anything, and I was busy until the night. Hai'an drank tea slowly, looked around the room, the plain tent lacquered table, there were not many utensils, but it was rare to be clean and refreshing, and there was no pickled smell in the human room. Two begonias were pinned to the bedside frame, and the branches and leaves moved, giving the dim room a touch of beauty.

Hai An smiled quietly: "You should be twenty-five next year, right?" ”

Er Qi sat next to him and said with a smile: "This autumn will be full." ”

Hai An nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yunhuang's girl is a little impetuous, but she is also smart, you teach her well." In the future, if you have a chance to leave the palace, she can serve the master in your place. ”

Er Qi's expression darkened, and he said, "Whether you can leave the palace or not." "There are rules in the palace, and the palace maid can be released from the palace when she is twenty-five years old. But if the master refuses, it is common for him to stay until death. Like the old ladies in the palace, either they didn't have a way out and volunteered to stay in the palace, or the master couldn't leave people and didn't let them go.

Hai An said: "The pure master is generous, and it is even more unusual to treat you and me, if you ask for it, you will give grace." He smiled sadly and said, "I don't have a family, and I don't plan to go out again after entering the palace. ”

Speaking of hope, Jian Yuheng Mune's smile appeared in Er Qi's mind, and he couldn't help but say: "I am preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival to ask for a master, what do you say?" "It is common for Hai'an and Er Qi to quarrel over trivial matters, but after serving Concubine Chun for more than ten years together, even the iron-hearted mind should be turned into a soft finger, and the friendship is no better than ordinary people.

Hai An said: "Just now in the East House, I heard that the Lord of Long Live said that he would point you to the imperial guards. ”

Er Qi listened to Hai'an's words, trembled, and let the tea bowl in his hand fall on the table as if he had lost his soul, and splashed a table of tea juice and tea leaves. At this point, Hai'an was inconvenient to say more, so he got up and said, "You can do it yourself, I'll go back to the house first." Er Qi hurriedly wiped the tea stains with a towel, and sighed in a trance.

The next day, Jian Yuheng went to Yikun Palace to ask for peace, Qingcheng went to the treasury to look at the objects used for the east tour, and Er Qi led Jian Yuheng to wait in the side hall. The doors and windows in the hall are wide open, the pine branches and green leaves under the steps are blowing the eaves, the sunlight in the late spring and early summer is warm and not sunny, pouring between the trees like bright gold, and the unprovoked end makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Er Qi made the girl on the tea water, but he didn't dare to get too close to Jian Yuheng, and said softly from a distance of a few feet: "Yesterday, Long live the master said to the pure master that he wanted to give me a marriage and a guide to the guards in front of the palace. ”

Jian Yuheng sat upright on the stool, watching Er Qi standing on the threshold, the sun shining all around her, with a bright halo. He actually smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm going to go out on a tour of the east soon, the rules outside are not as good as in the palace, and everything is more lenient, and when I find an opportunity, I will make it clear to the pure master." The surging in Er Qi's heart gradually calmed down, and he was a little moved, and said in a low voice: "I have a low status, and I am not worthy of you." If the pure master doesn't agree, you must not force it, and when I leave the palace, I will be willing to be a concubine or a maid. Jian Yuheng looked at her silently, but she only lowered her head, and he said, "I won't treat you badly." ”

Er Qi blushed and said, "I believe you." ”

The two hurriedly said a few words, and someone from the palace came to greet them and said, "Lord Jane, the pure master is invited." Jian Yuheng glanced at Er Qi, still just smiled, and followed the palace people into the main hall. After diagnosing the pulse of peace, Qingcheng was free, so he sat in the yard with Jiao'er and teased and played. Yongzhang and Yongying came to say hello after school at noon, and Qingcheng left the two brothers for dinner, and when they each went back to the house, they took a lunch break. As soon as he slept until Ugin fell to the west, the lamp had begun under the eaves, Qingcheng still had nothing to do, so he got up and bathed and changed his clothes and sat under the window to let Hai'an scrub his hair, and smeared a layer of lavender oil.

When the emperor came at night, he smelled the faint fragrance of her green silk, and he felt very useful, and said with a smile: "What kind of soap do you make, I want it too." Qingcheng lay on his chest as soft as a boneless, took a sip, and said: "The dignified Ninety-Five Honor, it is fragrant all day long, and the ministers have to laugh off their big teeth." He lowered his eyes and said, "I'm a little worried about this eastern tour." ”

The Emperor slowly smoothed her hair and said, "What are you worried about?" ”

Qingcheng's eyes were clear, as if she could reflect his shadow, she looked at him fixedly, and said: "I listen to the queen mother's meaning, the concubines above the noble people will go out on patrol with Hu, and you can't always announce that I will accompany you." We're not on the same boat, and there are so many people that we don't dare to move around at will, and if I want to see you, I'm afraid it's difficult..."

The Emperor interrupted her and said, "Blind worry. ”

He grabbed her shoulders, rubbed them softly, and said, "I have said it, when the time comes, you shout out of the window, and I will go to see you." Qingcheng curled his mouth and frowned, "I'll tell you seriously." The emperor laughed and said, "When did I talk nonsense?" You just put a hundred and twenty hearts, I have already arranged it, and your ship will follow the imperial ship to the left, what about you..."He paused, pinched her cheek, and said, "Let Yongzhang and Yongying live on your ship, and you will live with me on the imperial ship." ”

Qingcheng sat up in surprise and said, "How can that happen?" The Queen Mother knows, the Queen Mother knows, what do they think? It's not in accordance with the rules. The emperor said, "When you go outside, what rules do you talk about, my will is the rules." ”

He stretched out his long hand, took her back into his arms, and said, "As long as I take care of Concubine Quanxian, the Queen Mother will not touch you." Queen..."He sighed faintly and said, "The queen is worried about Yongcong, and she can't take care of you at the moment." Besides, I just spoil you and like you, and I have to hide my armpits, so I want to let the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty know that the pure concubine of the Qing Dynasty is the person I like. ”

Qingcheng didn't want him to confess suddenly, he felt embarrassed, and said coquettishly: "Who told you to say this..."

The emperor smiled and said, "Don't you like to listen?" ”

The green orange powder fist slammed on him, muttering: "Who likes to listen...", in the end, it is joy, the joy that slowly overflows from the depths of the soul is full of heaven and earth, even if he dies immediately, he still feels that he is worthy of joy.

The day of leaving the palace was a good day that Qin Tian had been supervising for several months. The sun is shining, the sky is cloudless, and the sky is blue like a deep pond of mountain streams. The holy car starts from the Qianqing Palace, goes out of the palace from the Donghua Gate, there are the cavalry battalion, the guards and the eunuch guard of honor in front of the road, there are countless troops and horses, thousands of people are mighty, out of Shangjing, enter the official road, go straight to the east.

Qingcheng's carriage was spacious and comfortable, leaving only Hai'an and Erqi to serve with him. She had never been to the east, and when she lifted the curtain and looked out, she saw dust flying and obscuring the sky, where could she tell the north, south, west, let alone where. Fortunately, there are stationed palaces along the way, and it is not too tiring to stop and go. It's just that she didn't see the emperor for a few days, which made her heart empty, and she always felt that she had lost something. When the car was abandoned and boarded the boat, it had already arrived in Shandong.

Time was tight, and the masters boarded the ship, but the luggage was still sorted, and the minions sent it to the owners of each ship according to the booklet set in advance. Except for the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Empress, which were loaded separately, the belongings of the other concubines were all placed on the same cargo ship. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was short of manpower, so officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs were assigned to help with the inspection on the cargo ship. There is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, Lord Chen, who has read tens of millions of books, but he is extremely pedantic. He touched his goatee, put on an official stand, and pointed at Wang Jinbao, doing this for a while, and doing that for a while.

Wang Jinbao is the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and he is used to commanding people in the palace, where can he stand the gossip of outsiders? At the beginning, he still adhered to the principle of making money with kindness, and didn't care about Chen Shilang, but after a long time, he couldn't help but want to pull his pigtails. Wang Jinbao saw that the objects of the four concubines of the Xian master, the pure master, the shun master, and the Jia master were placed in one place, but only the pure master had the most things, such as rattan chairs and fans, tent curtains, even spittoon jars, night pots, and pedals for stepping on feet were brought out of the palace.

He thought about it and said with a flattering smile: "Chen Shilang, these boxes of things are pure masters, can you please take a trip yourself?" There are simply not enough people here. ”

Chen Shilang instinctively wanted to scold, but after thinking about it, Concubine Chun was deeply favored, and she had two princes and a princess, and there were no concubines in the middle palace, so what the future of the third elder brother and the sixth elder brother would be, I don't know. Now I am fortunate to be able to show my face in front of Concubine Chun, it is a rare opportunity, and it is a blessing for several lifetimes, so I said: "Don't bother, don't bother, it should, it should." ”

After loading twenty large boxes, Chen Shilang led the eunuchs to the pure concubine ship. Even if it is outside, the rules have been saved a lot, and I only bumped into a few grandmothers and brothers along the way, and there was no one to interrogate. Chen Shilang was a little nervous, and when he arrived at the boat, he stood on the platform outside, and said to the eunuch on duty: "Tell me about your troubles." ”

The eunuch asked politely, "What for?" ”

Chen Shilang lost his temper at this time, and said: "I am Chen Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and the Internal Affairs Office has a shortage of manpower, so let me lead someone to deliver things, and ask the pure master to count and count, if anything falls, so that people can go back and move." ”

The eunuch on duty showed a puzzled look, and asked the lady in charge of Yongzhang's side, the grandmother was also confused, and she didn't know that Qingcheng lived on the royal boat, so she instructed the eunuch, "Let them move directly to the main room, the pure master is still waiting in front of the palace at this time, and ask someone to tell the palm girl next to the pure master." The eunuch told Chen Shilang according to the original words, without the slightest pretense. When Chen Shilang heard this, he only thought that Concubine Chun had something to do in front of the palace, and he didn't pursue it, so he stared at the palace people to carry things into the house. He also tried his best to put what to put and how to put it, and carefully figured it out before he got off the boat.

After a busy day, it is already the time to hold the lamp.

After a tiring journey, Qingcheng was tired, changed into a hibiscus-colored peony tuanhua robe, crooked on the emperor's imperial chair, and asked Hai'an, "Why haven't you moved things yet?" You go and rush. Hai An said softly: "The ship is in a mess, and the slaves and maids don't know who to look for. ”

The emperor sat behind the Qingyu case and made a decision, and heard the master and servant speak in a small room, waved his hand to let Wu Shu come forward, and said angrily: "You go and ask, what's going on in the Internal Affairs Office?" Why don't you see the luggage of the concubine yet? It's going to be dark, so let the pure concubine wait all night? "The fact that Concubine Chun lives in the imperial ship, although it is not deliberately concealed, but there is no fanfare, everything that should be known is known, and everything that should not be known is also kept in the dark.