box of hearts

Chapter 121 Drunken Taiping (11)
"Although the ministers are close relatives, they are still foreign ministers, and friendship and friendship should only be during the New Year's Eve. In the early years, the ministers went in and out of the inner palace, which was really a helpless move to deal with the royal family of foreign relatives. Now that the serious trouble is over, It is very inappropriate for the empress dowager to summon foreign ministers again, which is not in line with the family law of the ancestors."

"I heard the official words from the regent's reply to the queen mother. Now I want to hear the private message from my brother-in-law's reply to Xihe."

Qi She looked away, paused, and said with a tired face, "Xi He, before it's too late between you and me, we should set things right and make up for it, and we must never let it go. One day for the emperor It's like a day, if one day finds out such a scandal, how do you tell the king of a country to deal with it? I believe that no one knows how to think about the emperor better than the queen mother." He slowly took out something from his sleeve and held it To her nose, "The empress dowager's kindness, I forgive my ministers for my respect and gratitude, and I will return it to Zhao."

Xi He took the thing in a daze, it was a dragon and phoenix handkerchief, which she had tied around his wrist with tears and blood.This Pane still had her blood and tears, but he just gave it back to her.Completely return to Zhao.

Qi She took a few steps back, turned around and left without leaving any room, leaving only the luxury and emptiness of the room.Xi He held the handkerchief and stood there, she finally understood that this man's long-cooled enthusiasm for her hadn't changed in the slightest because of his sharing life and death in the coup. He accepted the invitation just to break up with her face to face.Once he monopolizes the power and no longer needs to rely on a woman in the deep palace, he will put her on the shelf and abandon her like a shoe.Xi He once again remembered the vow Qi She had made to her. It turned out that he only promised righteousness, and never mentioned love.After a little bit of calculation, the difference is too far, and they are quarreling about getting married, and they change their minds in spring and night[5].It was as if all the icy snow fell on the top of her head all day long, but at the same time, there was an unbearably hot air steaming up from the bottom.Therefore, Xihe is this dignified lady holding a dragon and phoenix silk handkerchief in both hands; thus, Xihe is this ice sculpture of love and lust holding her own blood and tears in her hands.

The heavy snow drifted heavier and heavier, turning into a white curtain with a wide sky and wide earth.In the early twilight, who is isolated and who is sheltered.

In winter, the sky is short, there is snow again, and the sky is completely dark at the beginning of the unitary.After Qi She left the Cining Palace, he went to the Qianqing Palace to preach political affairs for Qi Hong as usual, and after he approved the public documents in Chongdingyuan, he took a warm sedan chair from Donghuamen all the way out of Chongwenmen, and returned to Ruyuan by the Paozi River.When they arrived at Jinxiangtang, there were only a few maidservants sitting around the smoked cage doing needlework. When they saw him, they all dropped their work, unfastened their belts, and undressed their clothes.

Qi She only left and right for a moment, "Where is your empress?"

Cuiyi untied the plain gold purse and Hanyu pendant around his waist, and looked through his eyes.Youyan held the wrong gold belt hook in both hands, and smiled meekly, "Your Majesty got up at noon and took Zhaohua to the 'Boundless Corridor' to enjoy the snow. I guess I'll be back soon."

It didn't take long before there were giggling laughter, Qingtian and Zhaohua ran in one after the other, Qingtian was wearing a gorilla felt, and Guanyin was half hanging behind his head. "Hey, are you late today?"

Zhao Hua, who was wearing a sable-chin warm jacket, also smiled shyly and sweetly at Qi She, and called out "Prince".

Qi She saw that the hair of the two people was in a disheveled bun and their bodies were covered with snow, so he couldn't help but let go of the mansion newspaper in his hand, "How did you do it?"

Qingtian smiled happily, and pushed Zhaohua, "I was supposed to sit and watch the snow scene, but this little hoof wants to build a snowman. I was kind enough to accompany her, but she hit me with a snowball." Floating snow melted in a flash.

Zhao Hua's bangs were also slightly damp, and they were divided into strands and draped straight to the tip of her eyebrows, "It's obviously your mother, you played badly first, squeezed a snowball and stuffed it into my neck, my back is still wet."

Qingtian was even more overjoyed, and the singing of a Phoenix Opera Pearl made a joyous sound.

Qi She's brows were still frowning stiffly, but a soft smile appeared on her lips, "You both have to take a bath quickly, you must catch a cold."

"Ah!"

Half an hour later, Qingtian was wrapped in a plain brocade bathrobe and huddled in the arhat bed in the corner of the room, sneezing repeatedly.Qi She was still frowning and laughing, holding a large towel in both hands to wipe her wet long hair.

The cat was lying on his chest, twisting its face in this direction and barking.

The maidservant Hong He brought a blue and white bowl and retreated with a smile.

Qing Tian held the bowl on his knees, tasted it briefly.After a glance, Qi She asked amusedly, "Do you also find brown sugar ginger soup bitter?"

Qingtian ignored it, Shan slowly raised his head, and looked around the room one by one at the carved red throne, copper-mounted ox-horn lamp, stacked gauze paintings, large mirror screen, bronze flower statue, fixed vase, cauldron stove, bamboo shoot stool, small Buddha cabinet... Suddenly, there was a surge of strange emotion.She used to own half a floor of the most famous selling gold nest in Beijing, and she has been to Xishan, Xiangshan, Beihai... Every most luxurious mansion and villa, she can't even count the magnificence She laughed, got drunk, and slept with someone in the room, but none of the thousands of rooms could shelter her, comfort her, cover her head from the wind and snow, and none of them was once hers. ——

"Home." As if unfolding a landscape, Qingtian opened his eyes to Qi She, the eyes were as red as lotus flowers reflecting the sun, and the flowers were squeezed out from the flowing of her eyes, "Is this called' Home'?"

After a long, long, long silence, she sneezed again, then leaned forward, put a hand on his knee, and looked straight at him with the softest and brightest smile, "Thank you."

Qi She stopped there with her hands wiping her hair, staring into Qing Tian's eyes, and smiled.To be honest, he didn't know what "home" was.The place where he lives is a "country" that is too big to walk until death, but every step must be on thin ice. Father and mother are just two levels of hostility on the political map, and his wife and son are just a trace of old age looming under the blueprint. Blood stains, and the world is nothing more than another Forbidden City, with tens of thousands of hearts going around, the more massive, the more lonely he feels.until I met her.

Her heart is the best place his flawed legs have ever stepped into, so he rolled up the bedroll of his soul without hesitation, lived and worked in peace and contentment, loved the house as much as he wanted.He is willing to cherish and take care of everything that belongs to this atrium, in order to make a cup of tea and sit by the window in the cold and snowy night sky after an exhausting day, admiring the lotus pond in her eyes outside the window, the bright sun The sky is shining brightly.

"No thanks. What I give you is what you give me."

Qi She knew that Qingtian understood what he meant, so he approached her with a smile, and touched her gently against the tip of his nose.There was a sudden sigh between his legs, and he saw that Yuman's paws were covered with gold threads hooked from his brocade shirt, he couldn't bite them open, he was rolling around in anxiety.Qi She glanced down, raised his eyes lightly, and wiped his hands on top of Qingtian's head again, "Remember to cut this guy's nails later."

There is plain snow on the eaves of the house, like the time of love, I wish I could turn my head white overnight.

9.
As soon as the snow comes, the twelfth lunar month also follows.The second day of December is Qingtian's birthday. The housekeeper, Sun Xiuda, ordered the Ruyuan to be decorated with silk and cloth, beaded curtains, osmanthus and orchids.On the first day, Second Sister Duan and others came to celebrate her birthday, and the Yuanxin Hall opened for another whole day.Qi She came back early in the evening, and Zhang Yan celebrated for Qingtian in the fan hall.Hundreds of servants and maidservants in Ruyuan knelt down from Yimen to the hall to kowtow and salute, and carried many sparrows and fish to release them by the pond.After the Yulou banquet, Qingtian asked Zhaohua to bring a gilt plate with hundreds of flowers on it. On the plate were six embroidered buckle purses.

"Youyan, Cuiyi, Xiaojing, Yuepo, Hongzhi, Ziwei, the six of you are people around the prince in the palace. You are different from ordinary servants and have special identities. Please serve me in Ruyuan these few months. Me, everyone has worked hard. I have nothing to thank, just a little care."

Youyan immediately led the crowd to kneel down, "Serving the empress is the duty of slaves, and the empress rewards me so much, I really dare not do it."

Sitting on the seat, Qi She laughed: "Your Majesty rewards you, just accept it."

It is inconvenient for Youyan to say goodbye, thank you for accepting.

When they came out of the living room, the six people opened their purses respectively, and saw that each contained a jadeite ring, the whole body was emerald green, wearing it on the hand, it was like a piece of green water winding around the finger, it was a rare top grade, and they were all beaming with joy instantly.

"Niang Niang Duan is really generous, even the second concubine in the mansion is not so generous in rewarding people."

"In terms of generosity, no one can compare to this lady. My old lady celebrated her birthday last month. In the past five or six years, I have not had a day off in the palace, but I am in Ruyuan. After hearing about it, the lady sent a special car. Send me home, ask eight little girls to follow, and give me a brand new big woolen dress, don't mention how long I am in front of the sisters at home, they have never seen such a good style."

"That's all. It's rare for the empress to be such a beautiful person, and under such pampering, she is also so kind and elegant, without the slightest bit of arrogance, and she is also kind to us."

"Yes, a few days ago I accidentally broke a large bottle of French perfume on the dressing table of the empress. There are only two bottles of that perfume in Beijing, and the other bottle is at Princess Baoqing's. I feel sorry for the lack of something rare, that's why she is the one who cares about the prince's coming. I thought it was going to be a big mess, but my mother would turn to comfort me and tell me not to be afraid, when the prince comes back and smells the whole room When Xiangxiang asked, the empress even helped me cover it up, saying that she broke it herself, but asked the prince to say that she was eager to come and didn't care about it, so she made a few sentences. You just count those people in the palace. Concubines and masters with upturned nostrils, who has such a considerate heart?"

(End of this chapter)