dream back to qing dynasty

Chapter 31 Tricks
It has been less than half a month since I returned to Shisan Beizi Mansion, my ankle injury has healed long ago, and my wrist is also slowly recovering. During this time, I had two bouts of high fever. I felt that someone was gently massaging me, and when I woke up the next morning, I saw Yinxiang with disheveled hair and untucked clothes leaning against my bed and sleeping soundly, and I couldn't help feeling sour.

Afterwards, Xiaotao told me that when I was seriously ill, Shisan refused to give me other people's hands and insisted on taking care of me personally, and he was willing to feed me the medicine only after he had tasted it.Looking at Yin Xiang's thin face, I can only look at him with sore eyes, my stomach full of words wandering around in my body, but I can't utter a single word.

Yinxiang didn't go on business a few days ago, he just took care of me at home, yesterday was his first day back to work, and I urged him to go.Firstly, it was much better to see me; secondly, he was afraid that others would gossip about me again, so he went.If my illness was a minor one, even the emperor would have known about it and sent Dr. Meng Guotai from the Imperial Hospital to diagnose and treat it. But if it was serious, no one would investigate why I was born of this disease.Yinxiang hasn't said anything since that day, but there are rumors outside that I was accidentally injured when I was supervising the workers' renovation of the house.Ordinarily, a newly married prince Fujin had been laid there with broken arms and broken legs within two months of their marriage, but no one cared about him. This was weird.Every visitor who came to see me only asked about the condition of the disease, but never asked about the cause of the disease. I am happy to be at ease, and making up lies is also a very tiring thing. In fact, everyone knows the cause and effect. well aware.In the past three years in the palace, I have only learned one thing, that is, as long as the privacy of the palace is involved, you can only fold your arms in your sleeves, and the knocked out teeth and blood must not be disclosed to the outside world.I have seen this kind of thing before and after, but this time it was my own arm that was broken.

This is the most serious illness I have ever had in this era, and I feel a little strange. I have never felt that my body is so bad before. When I asked Yinxiang, he said that the imperial doctor said that I was injured because of my muscles and bones. It is caused by some imbalance of internal and external essence.But today Xiaotao said it by accident, the imperial doctor said that I had been brooding for too long, and this injury just happened to be the introduction...

Sigh... I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, my mouth was bitter like I just gnawed on the skin of a green walnut, and I suddenly felt that I was a little tired from life. Before, I was just worrying about how to find a good man to marry, and wondered why It's so easy for others to marry, but now being squeezed between two good men to survive, I can't help but miss the free and easy days before.

Sitting there thinking wildly, a voice suddenly rang out in the yard: "Master is back." Before the little girl's voice fell outside, Yinxiang had lowered his head and came in from outside the curtain.He was wearing a navy blue robe, not a coat, but a snow-white sweat scarf, which made his face even whiter, and against the black eyebrows, he was really indescribably heroic.Yinxiang saw me staring at him obsessively, couldn't help laughing, I blushed, turned my eyes away, but saw Xiaotao and the others were pursing their lips and snickering, I glared at them, these girls turned around Go, laughing louder and louder.

Just in embarrassment, Yin Xiang had already sat beside me, and gently but tightly held me in his arms: "How do you feel today?" They all turned around and hid out. I protested, but every time it was what he wanted, so I just let him go.A smell of sweat, horses and some indescribable smells surrounded me, I couldn't help shrugging my nose: "It's good, you rode out of the city today?"

"Yeah, I went to the arsenal...it doesn't smell very good, huh?" Yinxiang asked vaguely while stroking my hair with his lips, and at the same time checked my hands habitually.I chuckled: "Fortunately, as long as there is no powder smell, I can bear the rest."

"Hehe." Yinxiang smiled lightly, and smile lines appeared at the corners of his eyes. In an instant, I seemed to return to the innocent smiling face when we first met... He gently held my wounded hand and put it by his mouth I kissed my son lightly, without saying anything, but my dark eyes stared at me as warm as a spring day. "You're much thinner. Thank you for your hard work these days." I said softly.Yinxiang shook his head, but just smiled and said: "You used to serve me, but it's my turn to serve you." After speaking, he smacked his lips, shook his head again, and leaned over to my ear He said softly: "But to be honest, being a slave doesn't feel good. You can't eat, and you can't sleep well." Seeing him put on a look like he was afraid of being heard by serious slaves like Xiao Tao and Qin Zhu'er outside the door. I couldn't help but burst out laughing, seeing me happy, Yinxiang also laughed, and the room was full of joy for a while, and I suddenly had a feeling that this is my home, and I couldn't help feeling Leng.Regardless of being in the palace, even during these days when I was married to Shisan and moved out of the palace, although I bought this mansion by myself, I didn't get close to it from the bottom of my heart, because I always believed that only when I was twenty Century, where my parents are, is my home.Therefore, although I am very busy on weekdays, when I calm down and think about it sometimes, I just feel that this place is nothing more than a place to stay. The reason why I have worked so hard to repair it is that I have never done such a big job before. Naturally, I am a little excited and curious ;Secondly... I just want to find something to do for myself, and I always feel that once I am free, something else will definitely happen.

"Xiaowei?" Yinxiang called me softly from the side. "Huh?" I blinked. "What are you thinking about?" Yinxiang gently touched my cheek, I raised my eyes to look at him, and he was looking at me not even for a moment, with tenderness on his face.I smiled slightly, stretched out my hand to hold his hand, and was immediately held back by him, "I was thinking, it's good to go home." Yinxiang was startled, looked at me carefully, and after a while, slowly lowered his hand Suddenly, a dry and warm kiss fell on my forehead. I closed my eyes and felt his tightened arms quietly.He rocked me gently as if I were a delicate baby.There was no sound in the room, and the afternoon sun moved westward, leaving only the warmth of the room...

"Hmm..." There was a deliberate coughing sound from outside the room, one... and another, I opened my eyes, looked at Yinxiang's annoyed face, and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Go quickly, Otherwise, Qin Zhu'er's throat will be badly coughed, and he must be looking for you urgently."

"Huh!" Yinxiang let out a sigh of relief, and turned to look at me helplessly, "Xiaowei, wait for me..."

"Eat." He didn't finish his sentence, but I took it up pretending to be serious. "Chi Chi!" He laughed, and put a quick kiss on my lips, then turned and went out. "You bastard, you haven't let me stop for so long after I came back, eh!" Yinxiang's voice reprimanding Qin Zhu'er came from outside the door, I couldn't help laughing in the room, Qin Zhuer didn't even Knowing what they were muttering, the voices of the two gradually drifted away.

The door curtain was lifted, and Xiaotao came in with a box of things: "Master, this is the fresh lotus root flour cake that Si Fujin sent from the palace just now, it is the most nourishing for the lungs, would you like to use some first? "I couldn't help frowning, looking at the red lacquer box...

"master?"

"Ah." I shook my head, "No need, you can put it there. You will have dinner in a while, and I will make a supper for you Thirteenth Lord. I don't want to eat sweets now."

"Yes." Xiaotao put the box on the table beside her.I panicked for a while: "Xiao Tao, go to the kitchen to see if the dinner is ready, and then ask someone to watch over it. As soon as the man comes back, pass the meal and put it in the outer hall." Said lightly.

"Yes, the slave girl knows, let's go now, then you..."

I raised my chin: "Go, I'll be alone." Xiao Tao blessed her body, turned around and backed away.

"You guys just keep an eye on it, Fujin will call you if there is something to do, don't disturb the master's peace." Xiaotao's voice came from outside the door telling the little girls, I didn't take it to heart, I just looked at the red lacquer box .Concubine De fell ill again last week. She had always suffered from phlegm, and it would attack when the seasons changed. Four Fujin, Fourteen Fujin and those side Fujin had all entered the palace to serve her.I couldn't go because of this illness, on the contrary, Concubine De rewarded a lot of rare medicines, and made a decree to let me rest, avoiding those red tapes that should be there.But apart from me, there is no one else who didn't go, that is Nianshi, she is pregnant and has royal blood, so she is very precious, and she also stayed in Sibeile Mansion to recuperate and wait for delivery.

"Huh!" I took a deep breath and moved on the couch. I've been lying down all these days, and I feel sore and lazy.Thinking about the proud look she had when she came to see me that day, Sifujin's forbearance, Li's and Niu Hulu's silent jealousy, the atmosphere in the room was so weird that it was like a pot of mixed vegetables, with all kinds of ups and downs. Put it in, but it boiled a pot of stench.I know that it is very difficult for Emperor Yongzheng to have an heir, but Nianshi is pregnant at this time, but it gives me an indescribable strange feeling.So she made the excuse that there are pregnant women in Sibeiler's mansion, and it is not suitable to keep patients. If the sickness is passed to pregnant women, then no one can afford it, and insists on going home.Si Fujin tried to comfort me for a long time, but seeing that I couldn't persist, Shisan saw that I was like this, so he went straight to the fourth master, and when he turned around, he ordered someone to pack up and take me back to the house.Si Fujin didn't say anything when he saw the fourth master, and it's not good to stay any longer, not to mention that if Nianshi had any accidents, she would not be easy to do, so he just packed countless things and sent us out.Nala brought a group of people to the gate and sent them to the gate, and gave them earnest instructions. I forced a smile and nodded in agreement.After getting into the car, I still couldn't help but lifted the curtain and looked out. The Lama Temple was so deep that it seemed impossible to see. Yinxiang got on the horse and smiled at me. Leaning over, the carriage moved and headed west. Everything from last night suddenly seemed like a dream...

When it was dinner time, Yinxiang came back in a hurry, telling jokes from time to time, I was born in modern times, and Yinxiang's nature is natural, so there are not so many rules in Shisanfu.I have always thought that it is a kind of enjoyment for a family to chat and laugh at the dinner table, and tell everyone about their daily life, and it is also a good way to maintain family ties. When I told Yinxiang, he took it very seriously.

"By the way, Xiaowei, I might come back late from tomorrow, so you can eat dinner first." Halfway through eating, Yinxiang changed the subject, seeing me raise his eyes and ask him, he smiled, "Just now I got the letter, Huang Ama may leave the job of patrolling the river to the fourth brother and me..."

Two months passed in a blink of an eye, and Yinxiang and the fourth master had been going to Tongcheng for a while. I heard that it was personally recommended by the crown prince and approved by the long live god.The injuries of my hands and feet are basically healed. Yinxiang was worried when he left, but after he went to the palace to receive the decree and came back, he brought a piece of news that made me dumbfounded—the Concubine De announced that I would enter the palace, and he wanted to let me enter the palace. I nursed by her side.At that time, Concubine De had already recovered and said that she wanted to take care of me personally so that Shisan would not have to worry about the future and could go about her business with peace of mind.Yinxiang was very happy, saying that he was relieved, he lost his mother since he was a child, and grew up with the fourth master, he respected Concubine De very much, at least in face.Thinking of this, I couldn't help grinning. If I said that the most common thing I do before going out of the palace is to sigh, then after I go out of the palace, it will turn into an unconscious wry smile.Both of us seem to cling to each other three years ago and refuse to let go. Neither of us wants or admits that the other has changed... Unfortunately, I have changed, and Yinxiang has changed too.

It has been three years, and I have seen Yinxiang's changes, but he still has a piece of pure land in his heart that belongs to me, and this has become the cornerstone of our marriage.I've heard it said before that if you get married for a month, you may experience something you haven't felt in the past ten years.And this is how I felt after marriage. After our body and mind blended together like water and milk, I found that there were too many places in his heart that I couldn't touch. Like quicksand, there was an unknown darkness and ferocity under the flatness and spaciousness.His calmness is increasing day by day, his chest is full of valleys, and his scheming makes me feel chills. There are so many things about him that I have never noticed before.Sometimes I think that I have not confessed everything to him, which is fair to both of us, but I still can’t help but smile bitterly, and suddenly understand what I have changed... In the past, sighing was to exhale the helpless things, throw them away indifferently, But the wry smile now bears all the helplessness and buries it deep in his heart.

At this time, I was sitting in my favorite old place before leaving the palace, on the corridor of the back mountain of Changchun Palace. The summer afternoon in Beijing is the most sultry and humid, but there is still a cool breeze blowing in this place.Looking down, the majestic Forbidden City is also a little blurred by the heat, but the guards in the distance are still guarding it firmly like nails.I was exhausted physically, but extremely excited mentally. I squinted my eyes and listened to the sound of pigeon whistles in the distance. I only felt that the heat around me was slowly decreasing, and my heart gradually became peaceful...

"I knew I could find you here." I opened my eyes and saw that Donglian was looking at me with a smile under the porch.I straightened up, and said with a smile, "No matter where I go, I can't hide from you two sisters. I was caught by Dongmei in the garden yesterday, and today..." Before I could finish speaking, Donglian was gone. She walked up and said with a smile: "It's not easy to find you. Where there is no one and it is quiet, you must be there." After speaking, she sat next to me and fanned the wind with a handkerchief. Thin beads of sweat oozed from the nostrils.I pouted with a smile, changed my posture and leaned back again: "What are you talking about, it makes me look like a mouse."

"Chi Chi" Dong Lian burst out laughing, "I think it's almost the same." She pressed the handkerchief to her forehead, "We thought you looked a little changed before, but now you still look the same, or It's so funny." My heart skipped a beat, and I settled down, so I pretended not to care and asked her: "It has changed, what has changed, has it become more beautiful?"

"Bah!" Dong Lian spat at me with a smile, "Yes, I think your skin has thickened." I smiled lightly, but she didn't say it directly, so I couldn't ask anymore. "Actually, I just feel that you have a lot of things on your mind. Although you used to be indifferent, but..." She paused, seeing that I was staring at her unconsciously, she turned her eyes away, "I always feel that you are smiling." Not very happy." I was taken aback, squinted unconsciously, looked at Dong Lian who was looking away, and all kinds of thoughts in my mind immediately flew, since even Dong Lian and the others could see it, then Concubine De, Concubine De, How would Lashi and even other caring people think of me... But after thinking about it, I should have something on my mind. , On the contrary, it will make them think that I am a deep-minded person, so they should be more on guard against me.Thinking of this, I sneered twice in my heart, raised my eyes and smiled at Dong Lian who was staring at me carefully: "Maybe it's because there are too many people in charge and too many things, so naturally my heart is not so relaxed." Dazed, I stretched my waist: "It seems that I wrongly blamed Mr. Fu before. His bad temper was because he was in charge of too many things, not because he was an eunuch..."

"Haha..." Dong Lian laughed out loud, leaning back and forth just pointing at me, but unable to speak a word.I was also laughing, but I could feel that only my face was smiling. Not only did I secretly make up my mind, but I had to remember this feeling and look in a mirror later to see what kind of virtue it is to smile on the face and not smile on the face.Just as I was thinking wildly, Donglian came over and gave me a hand: "Get up, let's go down, Dongmei is still waiting for us in the wing." I looked at her suspiciously: "I have presented some fresh melons and fruits outside, and the master rewarded them." Come down, Dongmei soaked them all in the well, let me come to find you, everyone has delicious food." After speaking, she glanced at me, "Really, it just makes people laugh so hard that their stomach hurts." I stretched Stretching the folds of her clothes, she walked down with her, and said with a smile, "It's better than making your stomach hurt from crying." Dong Lian laughed, talking about things and people in the palace while walking. Smiling and walking with her, but in my heart I just sighed, could it be that my friend is missing one more, is it her who said today, or who asked her to tell me...

Maybe I ate too much melon and fruit in the afternoon, my stomach was a little cold, my stomach was rumbling, and I couldn't sleep well. I put on my clothes and walked to the window to sit down.It's still my old house. Originally, Concubine De wanted to arrange another room for me. I declined, just saying that I was used to living here. Concubine De didn't force me to go with me, but the furnishings in the house were expensive. I still changed it so that I could be worthy of my prince Fujin's status.

Not seeing Concubine De for several months, she has lost some weight again, maybe because of the previous illness, her complexion is a bit sallow.I entered the palace in a soft sedan chair. At that time, my wrist injury was still not healed. Concubine De really looked after me carefully. She personally took care of all the imperial physician's diagnosis prescriptions, and she also took good care of my diet and daily life.Given my background and current status, Defei's words and deeds are naturally a great honor to me. I still can't figure out what this noble lady is thinking, so I can only accept it respectfully and be more cautious. Be careful, let your posture be lower, and then lower...

Xiaotao followed me into the palace to take care of me. The little girl was very excited, but she was afraid that she would make people laugh if she did something wrong. There are a lot of rules, and I don't have the freedom that I used to have at home.

There was the sound of her sleeping soundly from outside, I took out Yinxiang's letter from the letter box on the table, even though I could recite it all, I still wanted to read it.In the past, it was not easy to communicate. It was only this letter after two months of travel. It contained nothing more than talking about what he had seen along the way, how he was doing well, and so on. Wrote a whole page and zero.Although I laughed at his mother-in-law in the letter I replied, it has become my habit to read the letter every night. In turn, I was laughed at by Xiaotao, so I let her go.I just suddenly remembered the words Mr. Bennett said when I watched "Pride and Prejudice" before: "Life is nothing more than others making jokes about you, and you making fun of others."

It was a good night's dream. When I woke up, I found that I fell asleep holding the letter paper at some point. Xiao Tao, who woke up to serve me in the morning, saw it. I couldn't help laughing again, but my mood was much better. After breakfast, I tidied up a bit. According to the rules, I have to pay my respects to Empress Defei.When I walked into the main hall, Li Haier outside the door came up to greet me with a smile on his face, and hurriedly lifted the curtain. I thanked him with a smile, and turned my head to go in.Concubine De has already finished her breakfast and is rinsing her mouth. Dongmei is waiting on her side. When she sees me coming in, she smiles and nods slightly.

"Xiao Wei, why are you here so early, you should rest more." Concubine De wiped the corner of her mouth lightly with a silk scarf, then raised her eyes and smiled at me.I went forward and bowed down in a polite manner: "Greetings to the empress, the empress is auspicious."

"Well, get up." Concubine De said softly.I stood up, stepped forward to take the handkerchief from Concubine De, handed it to the little girl beside me, and said with a smile: "I don't know why, since I went back to that room, I woke up at one o'clock. It's the same as when I was serving you, I can't sleep even if I want to sleep."

"Hehe, how can there be such a reason." Concubine De smiled lightly, took the breasts that Dongmei handed over with one hand and blew softly, "Could it be possible that the room still has hours?" I smiled and followed Concubine De's instructions sat beside her.All the servants in the house laughed apologetically, and Dongmei laughed and said, "Master, don't listen to Xiao Wei, she has so many tricks, so the house can still be used for people?" I turned to look at her: " Why not, let Dong Lian go live, anyway, she always can't wake up in the morning, it just so happens..." Before I finished speaking, Concubine De burst out laughing, coughing uncontrollably, Dongmei held back her laughter and He was too busy to step forward and give her a light thump. "You child..." Concubine De burst into tears, and I quickly handed over my handkerchief.

The room was laughing, Dong Lian opened the curtain and came in, seeing the people in the room laughing together, she took two steps forward to salute Concubine De, raised her head and said with a smile: "Master is so happy today, what joke are you talking about? "It's okay if she doesn't say anything, but when she said De Fei they laughed again, looking at her and at me.Dong Lian rolled her eyes, raised her eyebrows and looked at me: "It's not that you are laughing at me behind my back again?" I chuckled: "How can I laugh at you behind my back!" Come on, I squinted my eyes, "I've always made jokes about you."

"Haha..." Everyone in the room burst out laughing, Dong Lian came up angrily and wanted to pinch my mouth, but I was too busy hiding.Whether it was intentional or unintentional, the atmosphere in the room was very harmonious for a while. Although Dong Lian and I were laughing, we were very restrained. This is the case in the palace. There is a measure, if you are not careful, you will die.The slaves exist only to serve the master and make the master happy. Although I am noble, the only difference between me and the slaves in front of the emperor and concubines is that I have changed my clothes. I rolled my eyes in my heart.

"Master, you haven't smiled like this for a long time, but these days when Xiaowei came back, you smile more." Dongmei at the side fanned Concubine De, then looked at me and said with a smile.Concubine De smiled: "Yeah, this girl has a lot of jokes." Then she turned to look at me whose face was twisted by Dong Lian, "Okay, okay, Dong Lian, just let her go, Xiaowei is a girl after all. Prince Fujin, she is easy-going, and you guys are messing around with me." Dong Lian giggled and let go of her hand, I rubbed my face and glared at her: "That is to say, I am also a Fujin, so if you dare to play tricks." Dong Lian Lian took the herbal tea and handed it to us. Before she could return, Dongmei laughed and said, "Yes, yes, Fujin who built a house with the workers." Everyone in the room laughed again.Just as he was smiling, Eunuch Fu came in and beat me and Concubine De a thousand each. Since he came back from beating me, this guy has been avoiding me a lot, probably because he was afraid that I would make him look good by making a revenge.I don't care about him now, and when I met him, I was only polite. Slowly, he saw that I had no other intentions, but rushed to flatter me. I just accepted it with a smile and didn't say a word.

"Master, all the regular rewards from the palace have come down. The servants have already collected them. Here is the list." Concubine De nodded at me. Yes, after I got married and left the palace, I fell on Eunuch Fu again. "Your Majesty, it's still the same, just added a few medicinal herbs to cool off the heat, nothing else." I replied.Concubine De nodded: "As soon as you mentioned medicinal materials, I remembered that Nianshi was pregnant, and originally wanted to get some borneol and bird's nest to nourish her, but at that time, I didn't have any good ones left here. Just forget about it." She turned to look at me, "It just so happened that a new one came today, Xiao Wei, you should go to Sibeile Mansion. First, come and see for me, and reward these things; second, you These days when you were injured, your fourth sister-in-law has been worrying a lot, and you should thank her because of emotion and reason, not to mention that your sister-in-law is fine." I felt uncomfortable when I heard "Nian Shi", and I was awkward However, Concubine De gave me such an order, as if I had eaten a fly for a while, I was about to frowned, but when I raised my eyes, I saw Concubine De's calm face, but her gaze was looking at me without blinking, and my heart skipped a beat. Leng, subconsciously stood up and saluted, and said with a smile: "Xiaowei knows, I'll go right away."

"Bang bang bang bang" the carriage was driving on the official road. Although the carriage was hung with a curtain for ventilation, it was still sweltering inside. I leaned against the window, but my body kept getting cold. Think about Dong Lian's temptation yesterday, and Concubine De's today. Requirements, I thought that I should avoid those right and wrong after getting married and leaving the palace, but why did it get worse...

"Fu Jin." Li Hai'er's voice came from outside, I was startled, and then realized that the carriage had stopped at some point, and when I looked outside, I had already arrived at the main entrance of Lama Temple.Looking out from the window, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Niu Hulu were already at the door with a group of attendants. I was stunned for a moment before I remembered that I was here on behalf of Concubine De, but why isn't Mrs. Nala here?

After getting out of the car, Mrs. Li and the others rushed forward to salute and greet Concubine De. After I answered them one by one, I saluted them again. We held hands and talked affectionately. Mrs. Li is a smooth-faced person , Niu Hulu and I have always known each other, so seeing each other is a scene of joy.As we walked towards the second gate, we chatted about the household chores, and only then did we know that Sifujin had gone back to her mother’s house. They had already sent someone to notify me. I nodded and didn’t ask any more questions. As soon as I turned around the second gate, there was a burst of laughter. When I heard it, I turned my head to look, and saw a group of old ladies and maids and eunuchs, surrounded by stars.I couldn't help slowing down, and Li Shi on the side also looked over, and a smile burst into his face like a spring breeze, but Niu Hulu Shi on the side lowered his eyelids slightly, and turned his head away expressionlessly , I was a little puzzled, those people from the past had seen us, and they were so busy that they became quiet and bowed to salute. Only then did I see a figure like a nurse in the middle, holding a child standing in the middle.I paused, and stood still, and everyone behind me also stopped, but Li Shi went up to greet her, and the nanny came over too busy, and carefully handed over the child in her arms to Li Shi to hold.I watched Mrs. Li kiss the child with great pity and love, and walked towards me with a smile and a feast, and a thought flashed through my mind like a lightning bolt - Hongshi...

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