In the middle of summer, the orange crimson glow is falling, the white half moon hangs high in the sky, and the sky is like a huge blue velvet, pure and clear. The palace wall is high, and the towering towers and pavilions of Ming and Huang fade away from the hustle and bustle, and gradually become quiet. Her brain was congealed like mush, her blood was boiling all over her body, and even her fingertips were hot and hot, unable to move. The emperor imprisoned her in his arms and leaned over to absorb her, her lips were thin and cold, like the frozen cheese often eaten in summer, which melted as soon as she was swallowed, making people want to stop.

The bell and drum tower of Donghua Gate rang the evening bell, and the sound of "dong dong" echoed and rippled over the imperial city. Qingcheng suddenly came back to his senses, struggled slightly, turned his face away, and gasped in a low voice: "Let people see it...", as if he had not heard it, the emperor unbuttoned the complicated button under her neck, the neckline was loosened, and went straight to the white and delicate neck kiss. He said vaguely: "Who dares to look, I gouged out his eyeballs..."

His eyes were like two clusters of flames, burning and blazing, as if they were about to swallow her. Qingcheng was scared, pushed him away with all his might, flashed to the side, frowned, and said: "In broad daylight, the emperor can't eat me!" The emperor was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that she was disheveled, he personally helped her unbutton her clothes, pinched her cheeks, leaned over to her ear and said, "I... I just want to eat you. Qingcheng blushed, and even the root of his neck seemed to be burned through, and stared at him.

The emperor was a musician and laughed.

Since Qingcheng gave birth to the third elder brother, Jing Tao was really sent back to the Heart Cultivation Hall to serve tea. Only then did the chamberlain come over to pass the word, saying that the emperor had arrived at the Yangxin Gate, she took out the purple ground pastel cup of Jingdezhen official kiln Xingong from the cabinet early, boiled the water and waited, I didn't want to wait left and right but didn't see the honor guard, and when the water was cold, I had to boil a pot again. She went to the bottom of the porch, and was looking for the messenger to ask questions. Suddenly, she heard the sound of boots coming one after another, the sunset disappeared in color, and the sky was only a piece of blue, she looked from afar, only to see the emperor walking from the night, wise and powerful, brisk, not at all solemn and cold in the past.

When I got closer, I saw that the person beside me was a pure concubine. The two smiled Yan Yan, the emperor held the hand of the pure concubine, and sometimes turned his face to say something to her, the pure concubine did not reply, just smiled with low eyebrows and lowered eyes, and occasionally glanced at him. Jing Tao didn't dare to look at it or listen to it more, so she blessed her body and said: "The slave has seen the long live lord and the pure master." ”

The emperor ignored it and went straight to the court. It was Qingcheng, and while following the emperor to the palace, he turned back to Jing Tao and said: "Thanks to you for taking care of the meal, there was no mistake, you were in too much hurry when you left, so I didn't have time to reward you with things, and I will ask someone to bring it to you tomorrow." Jing Tao hurriedly said: "Thank you for the reward of the pure master, the slaves and maids do their duty, and the pure master doesn't have to take it to heart." ”

Qingcheng smiled and disappeared in the Xiangzhu curtain.

Wu Shulai glanced at Jing Tao, and the two quietly walked to the tea room, so that the retreat person poured a large bowl of herbal tea, and said: "This thing is really unpredictable, you look at the appearance of the Long Live Lord, you can't help but be happy, the pure master is really called a way." ”

Jing Tao was not surprised, smiled slightly, and said, "Look at you confused, long live the lord who is more important in his heart, can't you see clearly?" He lowered his voice and said: "I'll tell you the truth, I was on an errand in Yikun Palace at that time, and everyone said that the pure master fell out of favor, but I was very clear in my heart, not to mention the side meals, just the meals that were eaten, most of them were allocated by the emperor from the imperial dining room." ”

Wu Shulai was taken aback and said, "Why don't I know?" ”

Jing Tao pouted and said, "The emperor deliberately acted obscurely, can I go back to the Heart Cultivation Hall at that time to say anything, how dare I talk nonsense." She prepared the tea soup in front of the emperor in her hand, steaming, blinded her eyes, and said: "In short, you should be careful, the pure master is favored this time, and it will definitely be better than in the past, and with the third elder brother as the backing, I don't know what Tengda looks like." With that, he took the vermilion lacquer plate, lifted the curtain and went to the main hall.

When I entered the hall, I saw that the emperor had changed into a black blue silk robe, sitting in front of the big green jade case and rummaging around with something. The pure concubine was about ten steps away from him, standing in front of the window, holding a hairpin and picking wax hearts. The room was silent, and the two of them were doing their own work in a leisurely manner, without the etiquette of a monarch and a minister. Jing Tao bent his knees and said, "Master, please use tea." ”

The emperor snorted and said, "Leave it alone." ”

Jing Tao responded, put the teacup on the table, hesitated slightly, and then stepped back. It wasn't until the edge of the threshold that I heard the pure concubine say, "I cooked some mung bean paste, and I will make the imperial dining room hot." The emperor didn't seem to hear it, paused, Fang raised his head, he opened his lips, as if to say something, as soon as the curtain fell, Jing Tao had already walked to the eaves, and could only hear the sound of chirping.

When he arrived, Li Yu walked to the bottom of the stairs with the green head card, but was stopped by Wu Shulai, and said in one ear: "The pure master is waiting inside, you go in at this time, aren't you looking for scolding?" Li Yu understood and said, "In terms of rules..."Wu Shulai interrupted: "Rules? Long live the rules, do you still want to tell you the rules? I am for your own good, so I don't have to present it now, so that you will not suffer. ”

Li Yu pulled Wu Shu to a secluded place, glanced at the hall sneakily, saw the double shadows overlapping on the large glass window, and the lights were dim, and said in a low voice: "What's the matter?" That one went up again? The Ministry of Internal Affairs is most accustomed to seeing the wind and rudder, and I see that Wang Jinbao treats Yikun Palace very meanly. Wu Shulai sighed and said: "That's Wang Jinbao's own death, no wonder others." Muttered Jing Tao's words again, and Li Yu was surprised when he heard it again and again.

The emperor held the fold in his hand, but his eyes looked straight at the kang table. Qingcheng sat under the lamp, holding a pen to copy the scriptures, her face was fixed, the bright yellow gauze lamp shone on her face, and her eyes were like flickering flames, rippling with light. As soon as she raised her head slightly, the emperor hurriedly lowered his head, and after a while, he quietly raised it again, looking at each other in a daze, as if he could never get enough of it.

It was late at night that she finally raised her head, stretched her body slightly, and then looked at the emperor. The little eunuch who was on the side was already fighting with his eyes, and his face was tired. The emperor still looked grim, his pen was fast, his brows were sometimes frowning, sometimes stretching, and there was no tiredness. He still had a hill of music at hand, as if it was always full at any given time.

Qingcheng walked to the side of the big case, took the gilt ink ingot in the little eunuch's hand, and gently grinded it. The emperor was aware of this, raised his face, and asked, "Are you tired?" Qingcheng sneered and said, "I should ask you this." The emperor put down the imperial pen, closed the fold, rubbed his eyes with both hands, and then showed a little tiredness, and said: "I am used to it, you are a woman, it is different." Qingcheng turned around and poured a bowl of tea on the table, handed it to him, and said softly: "Rest today, and then approve it tomorrow." ”

The emperor drank it all in one gulp and said with a smile: "Tomorrow and tomorrow." After a pause, he said gently, "You go to sleep first." ”

Qingcheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "Although the political affairs are urgent, but the emperor's dragon body should also take care, it is almost midnight at this time, it is the time when yin and yang alternate, and the yin energy is the most prosperous. "It's not good that you haven't slept at night for a long time." The emperor hooked his lips and smiled, put his hand on his cheek, and said with a little surprise: "I want to know how many talents you have hidden, and you can even hold a medical book." ”

He slowly stretched out his arm towards her, and Qingcheng walked to his side, and the emperor took her to his knees, and said, "I have always wondered why you are angry in front of me, but it is really confusing. Qingcheng held his face with both hands, the two nose to nose, eye to eye, she pouted: "I'm not angry with you, I'm just a little scared." ”

The emperor was puzzled and said, "Panic? He smiled again and said, "I don't kill you, what are you afraid of?" "There are dozens of lamps lit in the room, bright and clean, like day. There was a sudden trace of incomprehensible sorrow in her eyes, which only happened for a moment, and then disappeared without a trace. She whispered, "I'm afraid, one day, you will treat me like that to Lin Caiyou." She used to be the person next to your pillow, but—" the emperor interrupted, "so you avoided me, got angry with me, and didn't want to accept favor?" ”

Qingcheng nodded, his heart suddenly sour, his eyes were covered with a thin mist, and he said: "I think like this every day, stalemate, but I still can't help but miss you and miss you." She rubbed his cheek softly with her palm, and he smiled loudly, with a strong sense of indulgence, and murmured, "What a silly girl...", she climbed up to his neck, and he tightened his arms and took her into his arms...... The sleepy little eunuch heard the sound, woke up and saw this, thought he was dreaming, pinched his nails fiercely, and then retreated tremblingly.

The two of them are like glue, and they have a unique style. Wu Shulai led the palace maids inside and outside the house far away, leaving only a small palace maid on duty at night to guard under the porch, so as not to call someone to serve inside.

The next morning, the Ministry of Internal Affairs drafted a decree, and Jin Chun Concubine was a pure noble concubine and the main seat of Yikun Palace. Qingcheng was supposed to move into the main hall, but she was used to living in Qingyunzhai and was too lazy to move, so she asked the queen for a decree. The queen agreed, and rewarded her with two pairs of high-grade ancient jade bracelets that penetrated into the bones as a congratulatory gift.

Wang Jinbao led four or five baskets of ice bricks to Yikun Palace, and it happened that Erqi came out of the house and teased: "Oh, I thought who came, it was the prince Wang." Wang Jinbao stepped forward step by step, and said with a smile on his face: "Pure master Jinfeng, I'll kowtow, and I'll bother the girl to pass it on." ”

Er Qi raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "The master has eaten, and it's already a lunch break, so you can come back tomorrow." ”

Wang Jinbao's eyes turned, and he took out half a piece of rouge from under his armpit, which was packed in a sandalwood box, and said flatteringly: "Yesterday, I went out to procure, and I specially bought a few of the most fashionable things in Shangjing nowadays, and asked the girl to smile." ”

Er Qi squinted at it, Wang Jinbao hurriedly broke the lid, handed it to the tip of Er Qi's nose, and said, "You smell it, not only the color is pure, but the taste is also good." Er Qi sniffed it, the fruit was fragrant, and he couldn't help but show a glow, sent the box to the cuff, turned around and said, "Master, the prince of the Internal Affairs Office has come to kowtow to you." ”

Qingcheng has always been kind to his subordinates, so he put down his needle and thread and said, "Come in." ”

Wang Jinbao lifted the yellow silk curtain, went to the east house, knelt on the ground first, kowtowed, and said, "The slave asks for peace to the pure master." ”

Qingcheng smiled slightly and said, "Get up." Seeing that he was followed by seven or eight chamberlains carrying ice bricks, he said: "I heard from Er Qi that there are not many ice bricks in the cellar, and they are all used in the palace." Even so, I don't dare to take more here, just follow the usual routine, and you can carry the rest back. ”

Wang Jinbao has experienced a big scene, and when he heard Qingcheng say this, he didn't feel inappropriate, and still smiled respectfully: "The master is polite, no matter how short the ice brick is, the slave doesn't dare to shorten Qingyunzhai." You used to be a concubine, and the portion was less, but now that you have been promoted, the portion you eat is naturally not the same. ”

Qingcheng has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and the temperament of the Internal Affairs Office is well known, but he is too lazy to care, so he nodded and said politely: "I will have to worry about you a lot of things in the future." Wang Jinbao saw that Qingcheng had no intention of pursuing the past, so he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, added a little sincerity, and said: "The master is polite, if there is anything in the future, even if people tell the slave, the slave must do his best." ”

Er Qi stood on the side, looking at Wang Jinbao with his tail between his legs, he felt very angry, and said with a smile: "My master doesn't need you to do your best, just die." As long as you don't see the wind making the rudder and falling into the well. Wang Jinbao was ridiculed by her, and he didn't dare to attack in front of his master, so he had to laugh and say: "The girl is really good at laughing." ”

Qingcheng said: "Let the past pass, I won't pursue it, I just hope that you can serve diligently in the future." She didn't say a few words, and she didn't even say harsh words, but Wang Jinbao couldn't help but shudder when she heard it, and said respectfully: "Yes." ”

In the scorching heat, it is noon again, the heat outside the curtain is pressing, and the cicadas are chirping, which is quite stuffy and unbearable. Hai'an smashed out two bowls of crushed ice with a small silver hammer, dissolved in watermelon water, and presented with green oranges. Qingcheng smiled: "You are really rare, such a good way can also be thought of, I only drank half a bowl, and I felt that my whole body was cool and cool, and I got rid of the heat." Erqi drank a small half bowl and said with a smile: "The slave and maid can enjoy happiness with the master." ”

Hai An looked at Er Qi sideways, and said with a smile: "I haven't even taken a sip of myself, you are good, you will always pick up ready-made." Er Qi is now bold, and she is no longer afraid of Hai'an, she joked: "Who knows how much you ate behind your back..."

Qingcheng couldn't hold back a smile and said, "Erqi's mouth is really getting more and more unruly." Hai An said: "Xiao Nizi saw that the master was easy to speak, and her courage broke the sky..."The master and servant said interestingly, and suddenly the sound of boots came, and when I turned around, it was the emperor, and I was busy booing and asking for peace, and said: "The emperor is blessed with gold." ”

The emperor was in a good mood and smiled, "Who stole the food?" Let me hear it. Qingcheng sneered: "We talked and played." Seeing that he was wearing a bright yellow gauze robe, his forehead was full of beads of sweat, and he hurriedly said: "Hai'an, go get a basin of warm water." The emperor said, "Don't want lukewarm water, but cool well water." ”

Qingcheng picked up the peony pattern painting silk fan, fanned the wind for him, and said: "The cold water washed my face, the wind fluttered, and I had a headache carefully." The emperor stretched out his hand and twisted the dragon pattern buckle, and said, "The sun is too poisonous, and it is really unbearably hot." Qingcheng waited for him to change his clothes, touched his back, and said wetly: "It's better to take a bath, the underwear is wrung out of water." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "That's fine." ”

The palace people got the order, and they were busy for a while, the emperor used all the things for the emperor, and they had to be moved from the Yangxin Palace, and the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office ran back and forth without touching the ground, and they prepared for half an hour before the emperor entered the east house to change clothes.

The fog was rising in the room, and the palace maids who were waiting were all standing outside the screen, and only Qingcheng was waiting in front of him. She changed into a narrow-sleeved shirt that was convenient for her actions, and rolled her sleeves high, revealing a section of her arm like a lotus root, and her slender fingers stirred in the bathtub, which was pleasing to the eye. The emperor couldn't help but whisper: "It would be good if you were on an errand in the Heart Cultivation Palace. ”

Qingcheng dipped his hands in the soap boiled by rose dew and evenly smeared it on the emperor's body, and said, "Isn't what I'm doing right now just the work of a maidservant?" The emperor shook his head and sighed, "If you are the maidservant of the Heart Cultivation Palace, I can take you with me wherever I go." He rarely chattered and gossip, Qingcheng smiled: "That's good, I don't tire me to death by doing things all day and night." ”

When the emperor saw that there was foam on the tip of her nose, he raised his hand and stroked it, and said, "You just have to do things at night." ”

Qingcheng subconsciously said: "Even if you grind ink, after a few hours, you can't get sore." What the emperor said was not such a thing at all, listening to her nonsense, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Who asked you to study the ink all night." He said ambiguously: "There are so many things that can be done at night." As he spoke, he sat up abruptly and kissed her on the lips, saying, "Like this." Seeing that she was stunned, she felt more and more interesting, so she laughed.

After the emperor finished taking a bath, Qingcheng was already tired and sweaty, and after the heat of the bathtub, the gauze clothes were wet and sticky to his body, outlining the appearance of a delicate posture. Her bun was loose, and a few strands of broken hair hung down from her sideburns, a little as tired as when she had just woken up. The Emperor smiled, "You should have washed the bath with me just now, and now we will have to wait a while for them to boil the water again." Qingcheng held a fan in his hand, shook it vigorously, and said, "In broad daylight, what kind of system is it." As soon as the words fell, his face turned red with shame, glanced at him, and said, "Long live the dignified lord, I am getting more and more serious." ”

The emperor casually picked up a pu fan on the kang, fanned the wind for her, saw her eyebrows and eyes, lowered her eyebrows and smiled, and the bottom of her heart couldn't help but sway, like still water blown by the spring breeze, rippling with the slightest ripple. He stretched out his hand to untie the brocade buckle that had just been fastened, and said, "It's really hot this day." Qingcheng vaguely sensed something, threw the fan, turned around and walked out, and said, "I asked Hai'an to bring two bowls of ice melon juice to quench your thirst." Unexpectedly, the emperor had hugged her from behind, and gasped: "I don't want to drink it right now." ”

Qingcheng pretended to be calm and said, "Don't you feel hot?" ”

The Emperor laughed dumbly, she was already wearing a small dress, all plain gowns made of tulle, and he only pulled it slightly, and the shirt made a cracking sound...... He turned her over and faced him...... Qingcheng's heart was pounding, and the hotter she was getting hotter she couldn't even breathe, she said intermittently: "I just took a bath, and I'm sweating again, but what should I do?" ”

The emperor took her in his arms and said, "It's a big deal to wash it again." ”

He succeeded step by step, she had no choice, put her hands on his chest, and said, "Didn't you give a lecture in the afternoon?" Wu Shulai has asked for a few drivers under the corridor, but don't delay the business..."

He posted it without warning...... He blocked her words, and only said in a half-loud voice: "Can they still turn the sky upside down?!" ”

There were still two attendant eunuchs standing in the middle flower hall, and when they heard the sound, their hearts were relieved, and they all tiptoed out. Wu Shulai was so anxious that he stomped his feet outside, but he had no choice but to wait.