The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 45
The little father-in-law named Wan Liang hurriedly laughed and said: "Lao Wan is thinking about it, and this servant will thank you for my master. The imperial doctor came to see you this afternoon, and said that there is nothing serious about suffering from the wind and cold. After dinner, the master said I was tired, so I took a rest early."

Qingchen looked back at the courtyard, and saw no more people, and asked again: "Why are you two guarding here? Where are the others?"

Wan Liang smiled and said, "Tonight on New Year's Eve, the master let them go out to play, and the red Polygonum is with them in the house. Don't worry, Mr. Wan, we will serve the master with all our heart." As he spoke, he glanced at Jinxiu's hand behind him seemingly unintentionally. stuff in.

Qingchen understood, and asked Jinxiu to hand over the few bolts of silk and satin and some nourishing supplies to Wan Liang, and then handed a bag of silver to the little eunuch next to him, "Everyone else has gone to play, so it's rare for you Still willing to stay and take care of your master wholeheartedly, this kind of 'loyalty' is rare. Right now your master is sick and can't take care of other things. Today's New Year's Eve, I don't have anything to reward you, this bag of money is considered as a reward for your master Buy some wine and eat."

The little father-in-law weighed the heavy bag of silver, smiled at each other, and said with a charming smile: "I thank you for the reward, I will tell my master tomorrow morning that you have come to visit my master."

"Alright, then I'll go back first. It's cold outside, so you don't have to come out." Qingchen said while supporting Jinxin's hand and turned to leave. The little father-in-law hurriedly chased after him with a lantern and said : "It's getting dark, please take this light to make it brighter."

Jinxiu took it and said with a smile, "Thank you, Eunuch Gao."

After leaving the Huayu Palace, even though Jinxiu was so calm, she still couldn't help but angrily said: "The slaves in this palace are really all carved out of the same mold. My master is not favored, as if I owe them Like."

Qingchen shook her head lightly, "Compared to the ones in our palace before, it's pretty good." The hand stove in her arms didn't lose much heat along the way, and the charcoal fire inside was about to go out, so she stopped Looking around, he said: "It's nothing to do when we go back, why don't we go to Xiangxue Garden to have a look, it's not bad to fold a few green calyx plums for vases."

Jinxiu chuckled, "Last time the nobleman said that I caused trouble, but this time I will cause trouble myself. There are only two green calyx plums in the palace, and the emperor loves them. People watch carefully, and no one is allowed to touch them. Take a moment. If the young master is broken and the emperor sees it, aren't you afraid that the emperor will be angry?"

Qingchen thought for a while and said: "Look, the emperor will go to the Taimiao Temple tomorrow to offer sacrifices, and he has to accept congratulations from the courtiers and pay his respects to the queen dowagers of the two palaces. Minister, I will accompany my ancestors to listen to the opera, and I don’t see any free time, so I won’t come to our side for at least three days, what are you afraid of?”

Jinxiu knew what she wanted to do, and it was useless to be persuaded by others, so she said: "I think the plum garden is not guarded tonight, and the masters are all going to the Xinhua Hall for the banquet, and those little eunuchs will definitely be lazy and play tricks tonight." , when the time comes, I will watch out for the young master at the gate of the courtyard."

The two looked at each other and smiled, obviously they were going to do something bad, but they were secretly happy.

Xiangxue Garden is very remote, no one would come to this remote place on weekdays, and the little eunuchs didn't clean it seriously, the snow was thick on the road, and the little buckskin boots creaked when they stepped on it, and the plum blossoms could be smelled from afar That seemingly cold fragrance.

Qingchen handed the hand stove to Jinxiu at the gate of the garden, and carrying the octagonal palace lantern by himself, walked into the garden along the path, and followed the direction Jinxiu said, looking for it all the way.

The red and white plums in the garden are fragrant. After searching for a long time, I finally saw two green calyx plums blooming in the frost in an inconspicuous corner. In this red and white world, a touch of green is more outstanding and unique.

Qingchen was overjoyed, looked left and right under the tree, put down the lantern, picked the branch with the most dense buds and folded two branches, and was about to reach out again, when he suddenly heard a man's Qingyue voice, "What a bold man!" The slave, unexpectedly came to the plum garden to steal plum blossoms at this time."

Although it was a reprimand, the tone didn't feel that there was any real sense of blame. Qingchen jumped, and hurriedly took two steps back and asked, "Who is it? Come out!"

A white plum tree beside her shook twice, and a figure jumped down from the tree, saw her face clearly through the moonlight, and asked in surprise, "Why is it you?"

He was wearing a moon-white gown with dark patterns of bamboo leaves, and he was hidden on a white plum tree. It was extremely difficult to be found in the night, and Qingchen didn't expect that there would be someone in this remote corner, so he didn't pay attention.She carefully looked at the man in front of her, and saw that he was wearing ordinary clothes, so she couldn't guess his identity for a moment, she was not sure, but she slowly lowered down and said softly: "Greetings to His Royal Highness."

The young man smiled slightly and asked, "How do you know my identity? Have you met me?"

Qingchen heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that he had guessed right, he smiled reassuringly and said, "There is the second son Lianbi in the capital. Your Highness's appearance and temperament are hard to find in the world, and no one can match it except the emperor. He is as bright as the sun and the moon in his arms. Seeing His Highness ascending like a jade mountain, shining radiantly, even if His Highness doesn't say anything, no one will admit his mistake."

"You have a sweet mouth, little girl." He looked her up and down, "Are you afraid that I will tell you about the flowers you stole, so you come to coax me with sweet words? I think you know that. The two green calyx plums are the emperor's favorite things, and if they are stolen, they will be severely punished."

Qingchen pursed his lips and smiled, "Does Your Highness think that what I said just now was wrong? Your Highness has no confidence in himself?"

Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows slightly, and glanced at her, "You have such a sharp mouth, what's your name? Which palace maid are you?"

Qingchen knelt down, "The little girl's name is Mu Qingchen. Last time, I wanted to thank His Royal Highness for saving my life. I wanted to come to the door to thank her personally, but I couldn't go out due to illness. If His Royal Highness has any orders in the future, I will definitely follow His Highness's example." I thought it was a reward." Then she wrote her name on the snow with a plum branch, and she was talking about the time she fell into the water, and he thought it was the snowy night when he helped her. Didn't know he saved her.

"You don't need to worry about raising your hands, you are too serious." Xiao Jue stretched out his hand to support her, his eyes still stayed on the three words on the snow, "Mu Qingchen." After thinking for a while, he asked with a smile: "There are clouds in the poems, may I Just like the king of a star is like the moon, the stream of light is bright and clean every night. The moon is temporarily dimmed, and the stars are always bright, and stay bright until the moon returns, and they will be full every three to five times. But what does this mean?"

Qingchen's face was reddish, as if he had seen through his mind, and lowered his head, "Your Highness is knowledgeable, but it's just a name, it doesn't have that many meanings."

(1) Note: How I wish I were a star and you were a moon, and you and I shine with bright and white brilliance every night.The moon is temporarily covered by the clouds, but the stars are hanging high, looking forward to that when the fifteenth month is full and full, you and I, the stars and the moon will shine brightly and become a beautiful couple in the sky.The reason why Qingchen chose such a name for himself at that time was because he didn't give up on Qin Zishuo, that's why there was the scene of the flute sounding late at night.

(End of this chapter)