Qingcheng woke up at noon the next day, his head hurt badly, he struggled to sit up, and looked up at the window, the sky was gloomy and gloomy, and he could smell the wind raging. The fire dragon in the house is boiling hot, warm, and there are peony and peony baked in the royal garden on the flower stand table, Du Ruo pomegranate, the fragrant mist is misty, and the flowers are like brocade.

The palace maid on duty lifted the curtain and entered, bent her knees, lifted the curtain in front of the bed, and said with a smile: "Master, can you feel comfortable?" Qingcheng hummed and sat down on the threshold of the bed. The palace maid was busy half-kneeling and waiting for her to put on her shoes, and Qingcheng said lazily: "Where is Hai'an?" The palace maid said with a smile: "Master Qiqi, long live the summons, Hai'an went to the Heart Cultivation Hall to reply." After a pause, he said: "Erqi said that the master was drunk yesterday, and he was afraid that he had a bad appetite, so he personally went to the small kitchen to see the white porridge boiled." ”

While talking, there are palace people with towels, golden basins, spittoons and other things into the house to serve and wash, for a while Er Qi brought white porridge, Qingcheng barely ate a small half bowl, still feel a headache, so he leaned on the pillow and pestle. Erqi was afraid that she would be bored, so he asked the eunuch to carry the lion to have fun. The lion licked the palm of the green orange one by one, making her crispy and numb, and she had a little energy.

In the palace of nourishing the heart, the emperor stood behind the big case of Qingyu, holding a pen and writing the word "Fu", little by little, extremely strong and powerful. Wu Shulai bowed down and stood beside him, bowing his head and not saying a word. Hai'an often drove the royal car, so he only performed the double safety ceremony, and the emperor's pen did not stop, and he said in a mellow voice: "You are the person in front of the pure noble concubine, I still believe in you." ”

Hai'an was slightly stunned, her mind was clever and intelligent, and while pondering the holy will, she curtled her knees and said, "Thank you, the emperor." ”

The Emperor finally put down his pen and looked up at her, his dark eyes shimmering, as if to see through all her thoughts. She hurriedly stopped thinking and didn't dare to think secretly. After pondering for a while, the emperor said: "The pure noble concubine is kind-hearted, and she never wants to be harsh on people, she is the master, and it is good to be lenient with others." But--Yikun Palace will inevitably have idle people mixed in, peeking at Qingyunzhai's every move, you are the most powerful person on the side of the pure noble concubine, you should be vigilant, don't let the sinister villain take advantage of the loophole. ”

If there is no basis and no evidence, the emperor will never say it so critically. Hai An was terrified, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "It's the slave who is out of duty, and I will discipline the people below well in the future." The emperor waved his hand to let the eunuch who was waiting for the pen and ink to step down, and said, "You look at the back carefully, as long as it is not the person in front of Qingcheng, you are not allowed to enter or leave Qingyunzhai." On the kitchen side, you should also be careful. ”

Qingcheng became more and more frightened, and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

As soon as the conversation turned, the emperor asked, "Did Qingcheng get up?" ”

Hai'an breathed a sigh of relief, and said respectfully: "When the slave and maid came out, the pure master had not yet gotten up. The emperor nodded, and then said, "Then go back, lest she call you and you will not be there." Hai'an knelt down, but retreated. Wu Shulai felt that the emperor still had something to command, so he didn't dare to move, and still stood with his head down.

After half an hour of tea, I heard the emperor say, "Wu Shu is coming." ”

Wu Shulai took two steps forward and said respectfully: "The slave is here." ”

The emperor picked up the small silver spoon from the chrysanthemum lid jar, and slowly stirred it in the Hetian jasper wisp carved smoker, the white mist of the incense burned by the agarwood was curling to his nose, he frowned, and said: "Check all the palace people in the Yikun Palace, as well as their family history, friends, when they entered the palace, and where they were on duty." If there is any suspicious person, immediately transfer out of Yikun Palace and hand it over to the Shen Criminal Division for torture. After a brief pause, he said sharply: "This matter is secret, you should tell me directly, and no one is allowed to interfere." Got it? ”

Wu Shulai had expected that there would be such a thing, and he was not surprised at the moment, so he replied: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Hai'an returned to Yikun Palace, walked to the court, and saw the people of the Internal Affairs Office carrying dozens of red plums into the corridor, Wang Jinbao was so tired that he was sweating profusely, panting and gesturing, so it was not lively. Hai An said with a smile: "It's difficult for the prince to come to deliver plum blossoms in person, you are busy with everything, and it is the same to let the little eunuch move over." Wang Jinbaodui said with a smile: "It's really polite, I am really not at ease when I leave everything to the pure masters." Er Qi screamed and deliberately mocked: "It turned out that the prince was here!" Then he said to Hai'an: "The master called you!" ”

When Qingcheng fell out of favor last time, Er Qi asked the Internal Affairs Office for ice, and quarreled with Wang Jinbao, and the two formed a bond. Now that the Qingcheng saint is thick, where does Wang Jinbao dare to argue with Er Qi, he is always flattering and flattering, and sometimes he accepts bribes. Er Qi glanced down the corridor and said, "Today's tribute flowers are good, and they are fragrant." It's just that what is the use of just ten plants, even the verandah is not enough. Oh, I know, it must be you who are lazy and refuse to move more..."Before the words were finished, Hai An interrupted: "You talk a lot...", and said to Wang Jinbao: "Ten plants is enough, and the master doesn't care about these." If you're done with your work, go back, it's a hard day. ”

Wang Jinbao smiled and said, "Miss Xie Hai'an is considerate. Then he led the eunuchs to tremble.

Qingcheng heard it clearly, called the two of them to him, and said, "Wang Jinbao is the eunuch in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, and his forces are intertwined, so it is not good to offend him. She deliberately shocked Erqi, and said coldly: "You treated him like this just now, aren't you afraid of accumulating a lot of grievances, and he bites you back?" ”

Er Qi said indifferently: "The slave and maid are protected by their masters, so they are not afraid of him." "If the queen wants to beat her, the master can stop her, and I'm afraid that a little slave of the Internal Affairs Office won't succeed? But I heard Qingcheng shouting: "You kneel!" Er Qi was stunned, but he couldn't react. But Hai An knelt down first and said, "Don't be angry, Master, Erqi's temperament is like this, but she is loyal and has no other intentions." Qingcheng hardened his heart: "Kneel!" Er Qi's eyes were red, and he knelt on the ground, holding his neck and refusing to admit his mistake. Hai An persuaded in a low voice: "Quickly admit your mistake to the master!" ”

Qingcheng said angrily: "Are you still unrepentant? ”

Er Qi has been by Qingcheng's side for a long time, and he has already developed a brutal temperament, and said with a sad face: "There is nothing wrong with the slave maid, I don't know what to repent. She decided that Qingcheng would not punish her, so she was emboldened. Even Hai'an was taken aback, and shouted softly: "Erqi! How can you talk to your master like this? Don't you want to die? Er Qi finally burst into tears and cried: "The slave and maid are loyal to their masters, and they hate Wang Jinbao because when the master was favored, he bullied us." The slave can't swallow this breath in her heart! ”

Qingcheng heard her crying, and her heart softened by nine points, but she deliberately said with a straight face: "Who do you think Wang Jinbao is?" Those who can sit in charge of eunuchs in the palace are not idle people, not to mention, they are still the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is in charge of the food and housing of everyone in the palace, and even the people in the queen's palace have to treat him politely, what are you? Besides—" She paused and said, "I can swallow this breath, what can't you swallow!" If you can't swallow it, swallow it for me! "I've been serving Qingcheng for two or three years, and Hai'an is still the first time to see Qingcheng angry, looking at her posture, compared with Su Ri, it's really like two people.

Erqi was already crying, and choked: "Lord... Son..."

Qingcheng really couldn't bear it, so he had to turn his back and not look at her, and said: "When you think about it, you will call me master, if you don't change your arrogant temperament, it won't be a big deal to get out of Qingyunzhai." ”

As soon as Er Qi heard the word "撵", he trembled with horror, his teeth chattered, and he couldn't even speak, and said, "Master... Slave and maid change... The slave must change... Please, master, don't chase... Slave and maid go..."

Hai'an thought that Qingcheng must have a reason for this, so he stopped interjecting and quietly watched the situation. Qingcheng is benevolent and kind, not used to being stern, so he eased his tone and said softly: "If you are willing to change, you will naturally still be my good Erqi." Well, go back to your room and think about it, wash your face, and come back to the house to serve. ”

Erqi was grateful to Dade, and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you for your forgiveness!" Thank you for your forgiveness! When Erqi walked away and retreated from everyone, Qingcheng Fang asked, "What did the emperor call you to the Heart Cultivation Hall to ask?" Hai An then made clear what the emperor said to her, and said with a smile: "The emperor and the master are in their hearts, and they will personally inquire about everything." Qingcheng smiled lightly and said, "I don't need to say it, I also understand that our Qingyunzhai is just afraid that all palaces have eyeliner." ”

Hai'an was stunned, helped Qingcheng to sit on the edge of the kang, poured a cup of fragrant tea with a white jade peony flower, and stepped forward and said, "Why did the master say this?" Qingcheng put the tea cup in the palm of his hand and played, and said, "Don't say what the emperor told me, even if it is Lord Jane, if no one goes out to talk nonsense, how can it spread all over the Sixth Palace?" What's more, rumors are rumors, no matter how much the emperor believes me, it is inevitable that he will have a grudge, and the plan of the treacherous people behind it will succeed. ”

The shadow of the plum blossom is reflected on the tulle bed, the branches are horizontally oblique, and the flower bones are longer than the treetops, rippling with the wind, like a fresh and delicate ink painting. Qingcheng looked at it quietly and sighed: "I can't always rely on the emperor, and I don't have to worry about everything." Think about it, last time Er Qi was beaten in Yanxi Palace, which led to the matter of Lord Jane, if the emperor didn't believe me, I was afraid that I would have been beaten into the cold palace long ago. ”

Hai An said: "The emperor believes in the master. ”

Qingcheng held his gaze, pursed his lips and smiled, revealing two shallow pear vortices, and said, "Being in the palace, this is the only thing that can comfort me." He added: "In the future, I must be cautious myself, so as not to let people take advantage of the loopholes." ”

When it was time to hold the lamp, Emperor Xuan Qingcheng went to the Palace of Nourishing the Heart to play with pen and ink. Changed his clothes, re-tied his hair in a bun, sat on the warm sedan chair, and was about to start, when he suddenly heard a "Wang Wang" scream, and without waiting for everyone to react, the lion had already jumped into the sedan curtain by himself, and pounced into the arms of Qingcheng to be coquettish.

The two little eunuchs who raised the dog chased after them out of breath, knelt in the snow and said, "The slave is not waiting well, please forgive the master!" Qingcheng hugged the lion and said, "Don't break your knees, get up." The lion is very clever, no wonder you can't control it. ”

The two little eunuchs kowtowed again and again to thank him.

Qingcheng said: "I'll take the lion to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and you can follow." The two eunuchs replied "yes", and respectfully followed behind the guard of honor. Only when he arrived at the door of Yangxin, the sedan chair stopped, and the lion flew fast, and he threw himself into the emperor's arms in a gray way. The emperor made a gesture to hit it, and said, "You little thing, what kind of fun are you coming to make a scene, and do all the good things that are bad for me!" Qingcheng entered the palace, bent his knees and asked for peace, and when he saw the emperor and a dog arguing, he smiled and said: "It is very smart, as if it knows that I am going to come to the palace of nourishing the heart, it broke free from the chain, ran into the warm sedan chair, stretched out its tongue and licked my hand, and asked me to bring it over." ”

The emperor carried a dog's leg, put it on the high fold, and said: "Lying on your stomach, if I don't tell you to move, you are not allowed to move!" The lion whimpered and said in a childish voice, but he really didn't move. Qingcheng laughed: "It's afraid of you!" The emperor said: "I am the Son of Heaven, of course it must be afraid of me!" After speaking, he took Qingcheng in his arms, and unbuttoned it while arching it into her neck.

Qingcheng was stunned and said, "Didn't you say that you were playing with pen and ink?" He pushed him again and said, "The palace people are here." Her strength was small and small, and the emperor didn't pay attention to it at all, but felt that she wanted to welcome it back. The palace people in the Heart Cultivation Hall are all tempered, and when they see such a scene, they all retreat out in a hurry, and remember to bring the door shut.

The emperor muttered, "I held you yesterday, but I couldn't bear it." ”

Qingcheng had already remembered the drunken scene yesterday, blushed, and said, "I lost my honor before the saint." The emperor almost wanted to rub her into his body, smiled brightly, and said, "Occasionally coquettish, I feel fresh." "Her lips are soft and fragrant, like honeydew boiled in jasmine, fragrant like an orchid, sweet and mellow. He teased and sucked carefully, leaning diagonally against the big case of Qingyu.

The lion squatted obediently on the fold, staring at a pair of bulging eyes, and the dog's mouth was wide open, and his tongue was drooling. Qingcheng always felt that someone was watching, so he was afraid, and the emperor bit her earlobe, making her tremble, and she couldn't help but whimper "ah". The lion looked at it as if it was joyful and angry, so it barked "Wang".

The emperor was in the middle of his life, and while watching the movements, he groped his free hand and patted the lion's head as a sign of comfort. The lion drooped his eyelids to lick the emperor's palm, but the emperor couldn't unbutton his shirt, so he withdrew his hand. The lion followed his hand, stepped on his short legs, jumped off the fold pile, and lay his feet on the shoulders of the green orange.

Qingcheng was lying on the big case, and there was a sudden hot breath in his ears, so he pushed the emperor and said, "Lion..." Ignoring it, it knew how to move forward, stretched out its tongue to lick the orange, licked the emperor, and tightly grabbed the orange's shirt with two dog paws, so that people couldn't stretch out their hands and feet.

The emperor was depressed, and raised his palm on it, and the lion hurriedly rolled to the ground, but he didn't know how to show weakness, but "Wangwang" kept barking around the two. The emperor didn't have a good temper, so he got up suddenly, picked up the lion in disheveled clothes, opened the crack in the door and threw it out. Fortunately, the lion was hairy and clever, and fell to the ground like a spring, and was not injured. It stood in front of the threshold and kept screaming, and kept banging on the door with its short legs, and the two little eunuchs who were serving it heard the sound from the side, and only after a moment of confusion did they take it away.

In the middle of the night, a palace maid tiptoed into the warm pavilion and respectfully invited Qingcheng to move to the backyard surrounding the house. The emperor also woke up, took the green orange in his arms, and said, "The winter night is cold to the bone, so let's rest today." Behind the bright yellow tent was a layer of red gauze tent, and a few dim candles were smeared on the lampstand, which reflected the dragon couch like mist. Qingcheng squeezed into his arms and said in a low voice: "Concubines can't spend the night on the dragon couch, but the ancestral system, if the queen mother knows, won't it embarrass me." ”

The emperor said: "I don't allow people to say it, who dares to talk too much?!" Besides, let Hai'an go to the enclosure to guard, others will definitely think that you are resting, who will know. Qingcheng still sat up and said, "How can the paper wrap the fire?" Besides, the eunuchs in the worship room can watch from the outside, and whoever says that they show their mouths is known to everyone in the palace. The emperor said that she was no more, so he had to let her be, and ordered: "You wear my black fox hood, and be warmer." ”

Qingcheng nodded, and Fang followed the palace people out of the warm pavilion.

Although the outhouse also burned the earth dragon, it was not as good as the dormitory, and the green orange went out warmly, and was suddenly swooped by the cold, and I couldn't help but shiver. The next morning, when I returned to Yikun Palace, the green orange was dizzy, and I couldn't even touch my hair bun, and it hurt when I touched it. If the heart is not good, it should be a cold. Hurriedly ordered Hai'an to go to the imperial hospital to announce Jian Yuheng's coming.

Jian Yuheng vaguely heard the absurd words of the harem, and behaved more cautiously and unfamiliar than usual. He checked the pulse, prescribed the medicine, and waited for Qingcheng to send him out of the door, Fang said: "Please stop the pure master." He took a few steps back, but then turned back again.

Qingcheng asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Jian Yuheng adhered to etiquette and said respectfully: "At noon today, Weichen will get up and go to Jiangsu. Qingcheng was stunned for a moment and said, "What are you going to do?" Jian Yuheng replied: "There was a flood in Jiangsu in the summer, and although it is winter, there is still a plague. The imperial hospital sent Weichen and the two adults next to him to diagnose the disease, if it goes well, he will be able to come back in the spring next year, if it doesn't go well, I don't know when. After a pause, he said: "Pure master, rest assured, the minister has entrusted his friend Mo Shenyi to take care of the third elder brother, and he will also diagnose the master's pulse in the future, he is a person close to the minister, and the master can be trusted." ”

Qingcheng hurriedly said: "Plague? Is it contagious? ”

Jian Yuheng raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "The minister is a doctor, and he has his own way to deal with it, please rest assured." ”

Qingcheng couldn't rest assured, and said worriedly: "It's been nearly a year, you are gone, what should I do in the house?" Where can the old lady have a good year. Why don't I go and plead with the emperor, and then send someone else. ”

Jian Yuheng hurriedly said: "Don't do it, don't let the master have a gap for the sake of Wei Chen, the ministers have also heard some of the rumors in the palace." After a slight pause, he changed his title and said, "Besides, I also want to go back to Jiangsu to have a look." If you have free time, you can go home... Take a look at my aunt's house. "I know that I am a biological mother, but I can only call my aunt.

Qingcheng thought of his sorrow, so he stopped stopping and called, "Brother." She took off the small sachet embroidered with lotus pattern from her waist, handed it to Jian Yuheng and said: "When I go home, I will give this to my mother, and I will say that I am very happy in everything, and the emperor treats me very well, please rest assured that she and my father are at ease." Jian Yuheng took it carefully, put it in his sleeve, and glanced at Qingcheng fixedly, but Fang retreated.

Jian Yuheng turned a corner, walked to Gong Street, and was about to enter Yongdao to return to the Imperial Hospital, when a woman suddenly turned out of the corner door next to her, she was wearing Tianshui Bisi embroidered palace clothes, her eyes were tearful, and she seemed to be crying. Jian Yuheng's face was full of doubts, but he heard Er Qi say: "You... Give me back what you have been given to you by your pure master. Jian Yuheng was stunned, not knowing what she meant, and only after half a ring did she suddenly realize, and said, "I know you, you are a palace maid who is a pure master or something." Then he asked, "What is it for you?" ”

Erqi almost cried, but he just endured it and said, "I saw it all when the pure master gave you a purse just now." If you really like the master, you shouldn't make trouble for her, many people in her stitch palace know it, and you can't take it out and use it, so it's better to take it from me, and you will die of heart. Jian Yuheng thought about it for a while, and knew that this girl was a loyal servant, and she was afraid that her relationship with Qingcheng would be misunderstood, so she unconsciously contained a little awe, and said: "I want to go to Jiangsu to do something, and the pure master asked me to send something to her mother." After a pause, he added, "It's my aunt." ”

He smiled: "I only treat my master as a brother and sister when I was a child, and there is no ambiguity, so Miss Erqi can rest assured." Er Qi was surprised at first, then his face was so red that he lowered his eyes, only dared to stare at the tips of his shoes, and said sweetly: "How do you know my name?" Jian Yuheng said: "I heard Master Chun call you twice in Qingyunzhai, so I wrote it down." ”

Er Qi became more and more afraid to look at him, his mind was as blank as rice paper, confused, as if floating on the clouds, he couldn't think of anything, and muttered: "It turns out that you remember my name." Jian Yuheng didn't know what she said, so she said, "Huh? He said, "What else does the girl command?" Erqi came back to his senses and waved his hand again and again: "No, no." Without waiting for Jian Yuheng to say anything more, he hurriedly bent his knees and trotted towards the corner door.

Jian Yuheng looked blankly at the blue figure disappearing, Fang smiled faintly and walked away.

At the end of the year, the weather became more and more gloomy, and heavy snow fell every day, and it stopped at the twenty-fourth of the year. The emperor sealed the jade seal, took out many relics of the first emperor from the Qianqing Palace, and rewarded the princes and ministers as memorials. He also gave a feast in the temple of nourishing the heart, and ordered people to use snow to pile lions, elephants, and the like, and the spirit was auspicious. After the New Year, the spring opened, the spring silk and satin woven by Jiangning came in, the emperor chose a bunch to send to Qingyunzhai, there were too many objects in the warehouse, and it could not be accommodated, Hai'an had to say: "Master, the slave and maid look at the empty rooms behind the moral hall of the West Side Palace, these silk satin should be stored there first, and then move back to our warehouse." ”

Qingcheng is copying Wang Xizhi's "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast", like a wonderful pen, all in one go. After she put down her pen and pondered for a moment, Fang said, "If you think it's good, let someone move over." ”

Hai'an agreed, and said: "Do you want to inform the Internal Affairs Office, after all, the main hall is empty, and the name is not good." ”

Before the palace people brought the warm water, Qingcheng cleaned his hands, took the official kiln reborn green glaze bowl presented by Er Qi, took a sip of almond tea, and said calmly: "No need, I am the only one living in Yikun Palace, and the emperor has long said that he will not let others live in again, and the large and small courtyards of Yikun Palace are all at my disposal." You asked someone to move in, and if anyone asked, they went back and forth to me. ”

Hai'an belched and went out to order.

In the warm spring season, a lot of flowers and trees are newly planted in the courtyard, peach red and apricot are white, carved and embroidered sills, hidden between the green barrier vines, the fragrance bursts, and the falling flowers are colorful. Every day, Erqi has to carefully watch the palace people to clean the fallen flowers and broken leaves in the court twice in the morning and evening, and sometimes ask the palace maid to fold the flowers and make all kinds of spring cakes, so that the master can taste it. The green oranges are generous, and they are sometimes rewarded to the palace people to eat, so the palace people are also very willing to pick flowers to make all kinds of snacks and feast their mouths.

Since cleaning the warehouse, Hai'an picked up a lot of old tribute satin silk cloth from previous years, and moved them to the courtyard one by one, asked someone to open the lock, and spread out the exposure. Qingcheng stood under the corridor and looked, his eyes were full of colorful silk satin, all of which were royal tributes, all of them were bright in color and excellent in texture. Some also have gold and silver threads, which are refracted in the sun. She asked, "Hai'an, why are these cloths moldy?" Is the warehouse too damp? ”

Hai'an said: "Although there is no sunlight in the warehouse, it is not damp. These cloths have been stored for two or three years, and if they hadn't been moved to the Daode Hall, they wouldn't have been able to take them out until then. Qingcheng said casually: "Anyway, I can't use it up, these materials will be moldy if they are left in vain, so it is better to reward them to the people below." Hai An smiled and said, "My good master, I only rewarded Xingong's satin yesterday, and I rewarded it today, how can we be slaves and maids!" ”

Qingcheng thought for a while and said, "Why don't you ask someone to carry it to the Internal Affairs Office, and say that it will be used in the palace." ”