box of hearts

Chapter 226 Broken Marigold (14)
The hair-combing girl is the most skillful at drawing qin, and her mouth is also the most powerful. While making Qingtian's long hair into a single snail on the top of her head, she smiled triumphantly, "Where does she dare to ask a teacher for a crime? It's almost as good as a thorn to ask for a crime. This Mrs. Zuo always relies on her natal family. It is Jianguogong Feng's family who also put on the face of a lady of the family in front of the empress, confessing her family background at every turn, the most annoying. The empress doesn't like Mrs. Zuo, and the prince naturally doesn't like Mr. Zuo. So For many years, there have been scholars in the same list, but Mr. Zuo is still struggling in the position of Shaoqing in Dali Temple. This time, it is easy to catch up with the vacancy of the main position. In terms of seniority, it is only natural for Mr. Zuo to be promoted Who would want to be an 'agent'. If Mrs. Zuo doesn't come to beg the empress for mercy, I'm afraid Mr. Zuo won't be able to 'rectify' in his life."

"Stop talking nonsense, little hooves," Qin Meng presented the jewelry box, Qing Tian pointed to a grass insect pecking needle, and glanced at Qin Hua from the mirror, "what does it have to do with me? The official voice of Mr. Zuo is not counted. It's too bad, but his talent is mediocre, and he is not cautious. The prince has always looked down on him, but seeing that he is a veteran, he is still wishful thinking! Madam Zuo came for nothing."

Yingzhi picked out a mother-of-pearl hairpin from one wall, and compared it to Qingtian's temple. Qingtian shook his hand, and she put it down again, saying softly: "Since you don't want to see your mother, just push it away. Qin Su -"

Qin Su in the back hurriedly held up a large plate in her hand, which contained more than ten kinds of flowers of various colors, "Please give me a hairpin."

Yingzhi selected a stem of tuberose from the flower plate, and put it on the top of the bun for Qingtian hairpin, "The mansion newly bought two small operas from outside, one is called Peiyao and the other is called Zhongyao. "The Palace", really is a delicate voice to curb the clouds, singing all the treasures of Tianbao, I haven't seen such a good child in a long time, why don't you call me in and give the empress a couple of songs? Isn't it better than listening to Mrs. Zuo's bitterness?"

Qingtian rested his temples with one hand, and looked at himself in the mirror, "That's fine."

In the hall outside Huaju, sitting on a mahogany chair with carved plum blossoms is a noble lady in a red satin and embroidered gold dress. She is Mrs. Zuo.Eyebrows are clear and clear, two cheekbones are propped up high on both sides of the nose, and the chin is raised high, looking very anxious.The show curtain in the back room moved slightly, and the maid came out in a tingly voice, "Mrs. Zuo, Madam Zuo just got up and felt a little unwell. I think I can't see you anymore. Madam, please go back first."

Madam Zuo's cheeks drooped, her eyes full of disappointment.I had no choice but to perfunctory a few words to ask my mother to take care, and left in a huff with a few maids.

When I walked outside the Chuihua Gate, I saw a pair of eleven or twelve-year-old girls coming towards me. They were dressed as actresses in the mansion, and went inside with a maid.Mrs. Zuo's heart changed, she lied that she had lost her handkerchief, and found the living room again, only to hear a cappella from the back hall, as well as giggles.Mrs. Zuo turned around and came out, biting her teeth and ears with her personal maid: "I'm not feeling well, but I still have the energy to listen to the music? Huh, even the second concubine of the palace over there also cares about my background, she is very beautiful, she puts on airs It’s up to the heavens. Forget it, let her be proud, I don’t believe that a low-grade guy from Huajie can be proud for a lifetime in front of a daughter of an aristocratic family like me! Just wait and see.”

In the dressing room, Qingtian listened to the little opera troupe's Qing song lingering in the rhyme, and for no reason, in an instant, he recalled that he was summoned by Mr. The granddaughter waved away.The world turns around, nothing more than that.

The old things are still in the mind, but an old friend comes to the door.

"Madam, Mrs. Zuo has gone, and another Mrs. Huang came outside to ask for an audience." Qin Yu went and turned back, and lightly flapped her sleeves, "I haven't seen it before, and it is said that it is the wife of the new governor of the river. Go south to Beijing."

"Mrs. Huang?" Yangzhou, Slender West Lake, Anlu——Qingtian beamed with joy, "Come on, stop singing. Please come in madam."

Mrs. Huang still looked free and capable, and came with a dozen maids in beautiful makeup, "Your Majesty! I pay my respects to your Majesty."

Qing Tian hurriedly clasped his hands together, "Madam please get up quickly."

Mrs. Huang looked up at her with a smile and said, "Your Majesty's hair is all grown."

Qingtian covered his cheeks and smiled: "Yes, in Yangzhou, everyone had to wear a hat every day, it was so ugly."

"Your Majesty looks good no matter what, but now she looks more like a banished fairy. Hey, this is Miss Yingzhi, right?"

With a smile on her face, Yingzhi walked up from behind Qingtian a few steps forward, and bowed to Mrs. Huang.

Mrs. Huang took her hand and said: "Sure enough, my mother can take care of people. I haven't seen you for a few years, and it looks like a spring onion."

Qingtian laughed out loud, "Isn't it? In a blink of an eye, she became a big girl. Madam, sit inside. Qin Meng, go make a pot of Miyunlong." She invited Madam Huang to sit on the soft couch in the small guest room, Very affectionate, "Long time no see, I miss my wife very much. I heard from the prince that he intends to transfer Lord Huang back to Beijing, and this year it finally happened. I also asked specifically, did you bring your family with you? Come talk to me."

Mrs. Huang is also full of spring, "As long as the empress is not too annoying, I will come to pay my respects every day."

"Is it the waterway going north? Is it going well?"

"Thanks to the great blessings of the lord and the empress, the wind is full and the sail is full. By the way, this trip is in a hurry, and I didn't bring anything, only some local specialties, and a few playthings. Thinking of the empress, I still like it." Huang Huang With a wave of the lady's hand, a maid next to her handed over a big red gift list.

Qingtian picked it up, and thanked him endlessly, "Back then, I didn't have much to thank you for bothering you at home, but today you're asking Madam to spend money, how dare you do it?"

The two of them had a courteous exchange and had lunch together before Qingtian sent the guests out.After a long nap on the reclining chair, I chatted with Yingzhi for a long time, and then picked out the presents from Mrs. Huang, and it was dinner time.After dinner, the actresses Peiyao and Zhongyao finished the half-sung play in the morning. They already felt their eyelids were clenched, but Qi She hadn't been seen yet.I sent a little eunuch to inquire. It turned out that the man had already returned to the mansion, but he had been staying in the "Tuixuan" - Huaju was at the north end of the North Mansion. To the south was a courtyard separated by a rockery. The second entrance of the main hall was a The attic on the second floor is Tuixuan, where Qi She meets his officials.

"Who was the lord talking to so late?" Qing Tian leaned against the window to tease the parrot Fei Qing, combing its feathers again and again.

A little eunuch in a round-neck blouse, with lowered eyebrows and eyes, replied, "Go back to your mother, the prince is reading a book by himself."

"Oh." Qingtian's long silk skirt rustled, and Qingtian twisted his waist, his whole body seemed muscular and soft like boneless, "Yingzhi, then go and ask someone to lift that screen up, and go to the retreat with me." Xuan go."

Two quarters of an hour later, Qingtian entered the door of Tuixuan and went straight to the second floor.The corridor has nine curves and rails, and a large crystal mirror is placed in the middle, illuminating the Shichahai in the distance.The lights of the painted boats, the fluorescent lights of the stars, and even Lingling's boat songs are reflected in the mirror, which is far and moving.Qingtian adjusted the satin collar to the mirror with the help of the two wind lanterns in front of the mirror, and threw a light back: "Be careful."

When Qi She in the inner room got the notification, Qingtian had already stepped through the door, and as soon as he entered the door, he smiled coquettishly like a bell and said: "I have worked hard for the country, and I have brought you a gift."

Qi She sat behind Zhang Huali's big table, picked up a book in his hand, saw Qingtian and a group of maidservants, and five or six eunuchs sharing a rosewood screen.In the interstitial screen is a piece of crystal glass about one foot thick, filled with water in the hollow, and there is actually a group of live fish swimming in the water.Ingenious and ingenious, it seems real and illusion.

"Here, let's put it here." Qingtian supervised the arrangement, and clapped his hands with a smile, "How is it? You have been complaining that there is a lack of a decent screen in the study. Is this one good? This is today's yellow The one sent by Madam is ingenious, it contains bamboo fish from Heilongjiang, when you are tired of approving documents, look at it, you can see clearly—what's the matter?" Qing Tian's voice quieted down, the screen had been arranged, but she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet. How to put it.

There were times in the past when she visited him on a whim, and he always greeted him with a smile, at best he frowned while smiling, "I'm busy, so don't interrupt me." She quietly retreated to a corner and cooked a new cup of tea for him. .But Qingtian has never seen Qi She's immediate reaction to her unexpected arrival: she looks like a beast whose territory has been invaded, showing its fierceness.

She stood by the screen in a little perplexity, and quickly apologized: "But I disturbed you? I'm sorry."

Qi She stood up from his seat, squinted his eyes and said in a vicious voice: "From now on, you are not allowed to go upstairs without my permission."

Qingtian tugged at the silver shirt on his body twice, "Didn't you come and go casually before, and you didn't say anything."

"Now I say 'later'."

Qingtian looked at Qi She carefully, and softened his tone: "What's wrong with you today? Are you in such a bad mood?"

"I'm in a good mood," he raised his chin, "just to teach you to behave."

The two of them occasionally quarreled, but they were rarely in such a stubborn state.Qingtian felt that his face was damaged, so he immediately pushed back: "I have no rules, and it's not the first day that I know about it. I suddenly became a newcomer, but I don't know why."

Qi She directly smashed the book in his hand to the wall next to him, shouting loudly, "Bastard!"

Qingtian snorted coldly: "Who did you get dirty with outside, just go to him and tell him, don't act wild on me." After speaking, he pulled the gold skirt and walked away with wind.The maid eunuch didn't dare to say anything, and quietly followed.

But after the end of Haimo, when Qingtian saw that Qi She hadn't returned to bed, he couldn't help feeling a little bit of regret, and sighed to Yingzhi:
"It's all my fault. He must be troubled by something. I still talk back to him, telling him that he can't step down in front of so many people. Sigh, when did I become so impatient?"

Yingzhi leaned to the side, and smiled, "The prince is also suffering from his own suffering. Who made him always spoil the empress, so why don't the tempers of the empress grow stronger?"

(End of this chapter)