Chapter 145: The Pearl of the Night
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Every day spent here is Bai Yanqing's most relaxed. Eating freshly pulled vegetables from the field, nibbling on freshly picked fruits from the trees, and drinking sweet mountain spring water...... Move a rocking chair, lie in the courtyard to bask in the sun, the breeze blows, and even the wind is mixed with a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers......
All this is the freedom and ease that there is not in that huge palace!
"Miss, it's time to drink the medicine!"
Cai Xing was holding a bowl of black things, smelling a hint of bitter herbs.
Bai Yanqing frowned: "Let it go, drink it later!" ”
"Miss!"
Cai Xing crossed his waist with one hand, held the medicine bowl with the other, and stomped his feet vigorously! The annoyance on his face was fully revealed.
Bai Yanqing pretended not to see it, closed her eyes, lay on the rocking chair, and swayed leisurely! The angry Caixing can't wait to take a stick and beat Bai Yanqing!
Whose master is drinking a medicine is like a death? There is only Bai Yanqing!
"Lady!"
A male voice sounded in this empty countryside, which frightened Bai Yanqing and hurriedly got up! snatched the medicine bowl in Caixing's hand, pinched his nose, and poured it directly into his mouth!
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
One didn't notice, and he was in a hurry to drink and choked.
"Miss, slow down! No one is competing with you for the medicine bowl! ”
Caixing was anxious, angry and funny, she was busy, patting Bai Yanqing's back smoothly, for fear that she would choke on something!
"Your Highness has to be able to cure you!"
Cai Xing stroked Bai Yanqing's back while laughing and teasing.
Bai Yanqing doesn't like to drink medicine, and only Yun Qi can cure it, otherwise, how can they say that one thing drops another? Bai Yanqing, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, is afraid of drinking medicine! But as soon as Yun Qi appeared, she promised to obediently pick up the medicine bowl and do it immediately!
"The lady is so good today! Oh, you're rewarded! ”
Yun Qi stretched out his hand and handed Caixing a food box.
Cai Xing took the food box and opened it, and there were all kinds of snacks inside! Caixing covered his mouth and smiled, and ran to the kitchen with the food box!
Bai Yanqing rolled her eyes at Yunqi, how did Caixing know? Bai Yanqing is not afraid of Yun Qi, she is afraid that Yun Qi will personally "feed" her medicine!
When I think of the previous days...... Bai Yanqing's cheeks were hot unconsciously, how could anyone feed medicine with her mouth?
"So many eyes on you! You obediently drink the medicine! These medicines, which are beneficial and harmless to the body, I secretly asked Dr. Hua to replace them with tonic medicines for you! ”
Yun Qi leaned over and whispered in Bai Yanqing's ear.
It's obviously a familiar taste, a familiar voice, and a familiar person, but for some reason, every time Yun Qi approaches her, Bai Yanqing always blushes unconsciously!
"Concubine Xian was punished by her father!"
Yun Qi pretended to be inadvertent, looked around for a while, and then put Bai Yanqing's ear and said to her again!
"Why?"
Bai Yanqing was shocked, and her intuition told her that this matter was related to her! Otherwise, Yun Qi wouldn't have told her about this for no reason!
In Bai Yanqing's image, she felt that Concubine Xian was a ...... Like someone who has a lot of things on his mind and secrets! The virtuous concubine seems to be indisputable, but her obedience and tenderness to the emperor all reveal that she is also trying her best to please the emperor!
All the princes are secretly working hard for the position of the crown prince! The son of the virtuous concubine, the fifth prince Yun Kai, seems to be ...... There is no suspense, and I am trying my best for that position!
What makes Bai Yanqing puzzled is that during the Double Ninth Festival, Concubine Xian seemed to be helping Yunqi! It stands to reason that she should let her son shine more in front of the emperor! Besides, Yun Kai seems to be the same as his mother, who seems to be the most favored, but he is also the most low-key, and on weekdays, he has little contact with other princes!
Such a mysterious woman made Bai Yanqing have to be a little more curious about her!
"You can get out of the palace this time, and you also have a little credit for the virtuous concubine."
Yun Qi stretched out his hand to take the dim sum that Caixing had set on the plate, and stuffed a piece into Bai Yanqing's mouth.
The soft and glutinous sweet dim sum won Bai Yanqing's heart. In fact.
Bai Yanqing doesn't have a big sweet tooth, but for some reason, the dim sum that Yun Qi brought over always made her can't help but eat a few more bites!
"Why did Concubine Xian help us?"
Bai Yanqing was even more puzzled, the virtuous concubine and Bai Yanqing were not related, how could they help Bai Yanqing plainly?
Yun Qi shook his head, he was also very puzzled by Concubine Xian's move! On weekdays, the Yunqi brothers, the same virtuous concubine, are almost strangers. Only during the New Year's Festival, when the emperor set up a banquet, he glanced at it a few times and looked at him a few times, but they were only nodding and saluting.
"That'...... Can Yi'er be implicated? ”
Thinking of that delicate and cute little girl, the corners of Bai Yanqing's mouth, unconsciously, were dyed with a little smile. @
Yun Qi shook his head, only saying that the emperor did not severely punish the virtuous concubine, and Yun Yi and Yun Kai were not implicated. Hearing this, Bai Yanqing was a little relieved!
In the evening, another guest came to the small courtyard.
The sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence of the small courtyard for a moment, and a slender middle-aged man jumped off his horse, took a big stride, and broke straight into the courtyard.
Yuan Quinoa's sword quickly unsheathed and stabbed at the middle-aged man.
"Yuan Quinoa, stop!"
At that time, Bai Yanqing happened to go out of the house and was about to go to the kitchen to get something, and saw that familiar figure at a glance! And...... Yuan Quinoa's unsheathed sword!
Hearing this, Yuan Quinoa hurriedly put away the sword in his hand!
"Uncle!"
Bai Yanqing suppressed the excitement in her heart, trotted to the middle-aged man's side, and called in a low voice.
"Why did Uncle come here today?"
Bai Yanqing grabbed Ji Jinxiu's arm and said coquettishly.
Ji Jinxiu's cold breath looked like he had been in a hurry for a long time.
"Nanjing's stinky boy is doing things, I'm not at ease, I'll come and see it in person, I'm at ease!"
Ji Jinxiu patted the dust on his body, straightened his clothes, and then followed Bai Yanqing into the house.
"It's not convenient to talk here, uncle, let's go into the house and talk!"
Bai Yanqing looked around vigilantly, and then pulled Ji Jinxiu into the house.
"The emperor's suspicion has not diminished in the slightest!"
After Ji Jin Xiu entered the room, he took off his black robe, revealing his original clothes inside.
Bai Yanqing sighed, a little helpless.
"In a few days, it will be your birthday, and in order to avoid suspicion, the Ji family is afraid that it will be inconvenient to show up! I brought you a congratulatory gift in advance! ”
Ji Jinxiu said as he took out a small box from his arms. The delicate small wooden box, with the phoenix carved on it, is lifelike!
Bai Yanqing stretched out his hand and carefully took the small wooden box.
"Open it and take a look, do you like it or not?"
Ji Jinxiu looked at Bai Yanqing expectantly, as if she was afraid that she didn't like the gift she had prepared for her.
Hearing this, Bai Yanqing stretched out her hand with a smile and opened the small wooden box!
A pearl of the night!
Even under the reflection of candlelight, it appears unusually bright!
"Look again!"
Ji Jinxiu extinguished all the candles in the house, and then took the night pearl and faced the wall, only to see that on the wall, a golden phoenix with wings fluttering was suddenly revealed!
"It's amazing!"
Bai Yanqing couldn't help but exclaim! In the past, Bai Yanqing had only heard that the night pearl could illuminate the night, but it was the first time she had seen it for the first time, and it could illuminate the night pearl of the golden phoenix! It's really unusual!
"You take this well, don't let others see it! Otherwise...... I'm afraid it will cause big trouble! ”
Ji Jinxiu cautiously put this night pearl into the wooden box, and then said to Bai Yanqing, ten thousand instructions.
"Uncle said he would give me a congratulatory gift, why did he bring me a big trouble?"
Bai Yanqing teased with a smile, and then carefully put away the night pearl and hid it in his sleeve.
"You'll know the beauty of this pearl in the future! Just remember not to show it to people anytime and anywhere! Guard it! ”
Ji Jinxiu seemed to be still uneasy, and before leaving, he still couldn't help it.
, and babbled a few more words.
"If it's so precious, why did my uncle give it to me?"
Bai Yanqing was still very puzzled, she felt that Ji Jinxiu tonight was a little chattering, which was not at all different from usual!
"It's ah! It was yours! ”
Ji Jinxiu jumped on the horse, and then rode away. In the wind, there are still these words before he leaves!
Bai Yanqing was even more confused, she subconsciously touched the small wooden box in her sleeve, and always felt that everything that happened tonight was extremely weird!
Just when Bai Yanqing was stunned, staring at the direction where Ji Jinxiu was going, she suddenly felt that something seemed to be crawling up her trouser leg under her feet! She was so scared that she didn't dare to move!
In this countryside, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants! At this moment, the sky has already darkened, and Bai Yanqing really doesn't dare to move, lest she be bitten by that thing!
"Picking stars! Pick the stars! Yuan Quinoa! Come here! ”
Bai Yanqing's voice was faintly trembling.
Cai Xing and Yuan Quinoa were originally not far from Bai Yanqing, and when they heard her call like this, they hurriedly ran over immediately!
"Miss, what's wrong?"
Cai Xing looked at Bai Yanqing and didn't move, and he felt that something was wrong!
"Caixing, you help me see, what is it, climbing up my trouser leg!"
Bai Yanqing felt that the thing had already climbed to her thighs, and at that moment, she immediately asked Caixing to help her take a look!
With the candle flame in Yuan Quinoa's hand, Cai Xing lifted Bai Yanqing's skirt, and suddenly saw that a small snake was squirming up along Bai Yanqing's pants!
"Yes...... Snake ......"
Cai Xing swallowed her saliva, although she was already in a state of numb scalp at the moment, she still held on and never retreated!
"Yuan ...... Yuan Quinoa ...... You, you take that stick to me! I...... I'm going to pick it up! ”
Cai Xing stiffened her head and looked at the little snake that was slowly wriggling, her tears were about to come out!
"Snakes? In this weather, how can there be snakes? ”
Bai Yanqing felt strange in her heart, now it is late autumn, it stands to reason that snakes should find caves and prepare to hibernate, where can they still come out and crawl on people?
Hearing that it was a snake, Bai Yanqing was not afraid! She thought of the little white snake she had caught in the palace! Before leaving the palace, she still let it go! She thought to herself, she herself was looking forward to a broader, freer living environment, let alone a snake? It must also be that I don't want to be used as a bracelet and hide it in my sleeve all day long!
Bai Yanqing bent down, lifted the hem of her skirt by herself, and then stretched out her hand, between her legs, and quickly fished it out, fast, accurate and ruthless! When Bai Yanqing picked up the snake and looked at it, she was stunned: "Xiaobai? ”
When Cai Xing heard this, he was also stunned!
"Little white...... Wasn't it let go by the young lady in the palace? How did it end up in the countryside? Will the young lady admit that she is mistaken? ”
Cai Xing stared at the snake in Bai Yanqing's hand, a little incredulous. Then, she snatched the candlestick in Yuan Quinoa's hand and shone it in Bai Yanqing's hand, it was indeed a little white snake! . @*~~