dream back to qing dynasty

Chapter 59

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The bright yellow silk and satin burden was laid softly on the dragon chair, reflecting the pale moonlight, and it became colder and colder. I slowly slid it over with my hands, without any warmth...Looking around, the tall vermilion The porch pillars, the slippery white jade railings, and the crimson jade seal sitting quietly on the desk, there is no sound except for my own breathing. Everything in front of me finally belongs to me——Aixinjueluo Yinzhen.

The hustle and bustle of the day suddenly seemed like a dream, hundreds of officials paid homage, the pretentious old eighth, and the proud fourteenth also prostrated themselves at my feet. My ambitions can finally be realized through my own hands. Countless official documents , memorials, and approvals kept me busy, and my heart was full at that time... But why is there a night, why is there leisure, why... my heart is so empty...

"Fourth Master, you will definitely get what you want in the future, you will definitely..." The gentle but firm voice rang in my ears again, did I really get what I wanted? Then why did you Not by my side, definitely tell me "Yes, Fourth Master"...Xiaowei, this name quickly filled the atrium like lava, and the heart hurt so much, but she found herself smiling, every time, It hurts to think about her, but no matter how painful it is, I still smile.

I slowly leaned back. As usual, my thoughts quickly returned to the past. As long as I was alone at night, I would rely on memories to warm myself up and fall asleep with a smile. It has been so long , but everything is still as fresh as what happened yesterday, just like the first time I saw you... just walked out of the door of the imperial study, "fourth brother", the voice of the thirteenth brother rang behind me with a smile, "today The son-in-law went to Jietai Temple to pray for the Queen Mother, we don’t have to go to Xian’an Palace to serve, how about walking around, you see the sky is so good.”

I frowned habitually, and before I could speak, Thirteen said with a playful smile: "My good fourth brother, I just wandered around the palace at will, and my head is getting dizzy after listening to the doctrine of the mean taught by the Grand Tutor. You don't have to put on such a moral face, it's scary."

I couldn't help curling the corners of my lips in a funny way, and said lightly: "You are also afraid", Shisan saw that my attitude eased, and made a face, "Why not, there is really one in front of me", After I finished talking, I left, chatting about some trivial matters in the palace.

It’s early summer in Beijing, the willows are blowing in the spring breeze, the catkins are dancing, and there are all kinds of vitality. Yinxiang and I are walking casually in the courtyard, feeling a little leisurely in our hearts, but there is nothing relaxed and casual... "Relax and casual", this Four words, since I was sensible, I have missed it.

I was carried into the Zhongcui Palace at birth to comfort the queen’s pain of losing a son. Before I understood what brotherhood is, I already knew how to survive jealousy, rumors, and slander. If you know my longing, if you don't let people know, I will care and hurt.

I can't help but think of what the old tenth said to his group of people. The fourth child is a stone man, cold-eyed, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, hmph... couldn't help but sneer, stone..." Fourth brother "Thirteen on one side tugged my sleeve violently, "Look at that bird from my hometown, it's really fat, just have a slingshot."

Seeing his joyful face, my heart warmed up, but I said: "How old are you, and you still want to mess around", Yinxiang didn't answer, and just smiled and aimed at the bird. I raised my eyes and looked at the bird A sparrow...it's really fat, it just sits leisurely on a branch, basking in the sun, and when it sees people, it's not afraid to look at that very leisurely bird, a sudden feeling of disgust arises in its heart, and it presses down, Changed hands and pulled Yinxiang away.

Yinxiang didn't care, he still chatted casually with me, my heart slowly relaxed, what about the tiger-like brothers, what about the strict and indifferent Huang Ama, and that... see In a few minutes, Er Niang, who has nothing to say, I still have my thirteenth brother, right? Everyone says that I took care of him to grow up, but others don't know, so why isn't he an indispensable arm in my life?

Just thinking about it, the thirteenth brother stopped, as if he was listening carefully, and looked forward again. I followed his line of sight suspiciously, but he suddenly quickened his pace, and walked behind a rockery. Turn and the person disappears.

I was taken aback, and looked around, only to realize that I had accidentally walked outside the back garden of Chuxiu Palace and couldn't help frowning. Now is the time for the election every three years. If I remember correctly, today In the morning, all the show girls should have entered the palace as candidates, so the thirteenth brother...

I didn't have time to think about it, I just hurriedly moved my feet and chased after it. In this kind of place, at this kind of time, if there is any trouble, it's not a joke. The group of hungry wolves will change into one. Come out, if my son... just turned around the rockery, I heard an indescribable clear and gentle voice laughing and saying: "You are still elusive, kid", I stopped subconsciously, The thirteenth brother said something with a smile. I didn't listen carefully, but just silently looked at the girl in blue and plain skirt in front of me.She has delicate features, red lips and snow-skinned skin. She is a clean person, but she is not an amazing beauty at first sight, but I don't want to look away, because I have never seen such clear and confident eyes, such a warm smile... ... She just smiled like that, letting the warmth flow freely, sliding over other people's hearts.

"The fourth master is here, the fourth master is auspicious..." As soon as I stepped into the Changchun Palace, the servants stood up to pay their respects, I nodded lightly, and walked slowly inside with the little eunuch.Unexpectedly, Thirteenth Brother's voice rang in my ears again, "Fourth Brother, you should just accept me, that girl is really nice, if nothing else, let that bastard Old Ten get away with it, ah... Fourth brother, don't be so sullen and silent, I..."

Thinking of Yinxiang's sloppy appearance like twisted candy, it's still a little funny now, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, "Fourth Master", the little eunuch called me in a low voice, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that he had reached the forehead. In front of the screen wall in Niangzheng Hall, she couldn't help frowning, but she just glanced at him indifferently.The little eunuch turned pale, and hurriedly lowered his head, "Fourth Master, please wait here for a while, the servant will go and report." "Go." I nodded slightly, and the little eunuch hurriedly turned around and walked behind the screen wall Looking at his panicked look, I'm already used to it. People usually have this expression when they see me - fear.

I never cared, and that's fine.Human nature is cold and thin, so it’s rare to see it. You don’t have to be like Lao Ba, who treats the dirty and smelly equally against his will, and wins over them all... A pair of clear and clean eyes flashed through my mind unexpectedly, and I was taken aback for a moment. Do you still remember the moment they looked at each other like that?

The familiar yet unfamiliar scent of rhinoceros wafted out of the room, saying it was familiar because it was Erniang's favorite scent, and it was what she ordered most of the time.It is strange because Erniang seems to have never lighted the incense that she sent, usually it is not rewarded by the emperor, or sent by the fourteenth brother.

Rhino incense is produced in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and the taste is slightly different. It is said that the quality of the incense produced in Yunnan is better, but the old fourteen seems to prefer the ones produced in Guizhou. My mother used to think that she didn't like the taste.

Until one time, I also changed Guizhou products and sent them in, but I overheard Fourteenth Brother and Er Niang talking and laughing together. "Er Niang, the incense that Su Lun sent to Guizhou this time is of good quality. Do you like it after hearing it? I'll ask him to come in later, so you can light it every day." As soon as I entered the hall, I heard fourteen My younger brother has a bright and coquettish voice.

"Okay, don't need to smell it, as long as it's from you, I like it," Er Niang's cheerful and doting voice floated out of the room, and then hit my heart heavily. superior.I slowly turned my head to look at the incense held in Qin Quan'er's hand, I don't know what kind of expression I have, I only know that Qin Quan'er who is holding the incense began to tremble.

Later... I twitched the corners of my mouth, and the rhinoceros incense I bought was still produced in Yunnan, even though my thirteenth brother reminded me that it seems that the empress prefers the ones produced in Guizhou.This silly brother, at that time he still didn't understand that it didn't matter to Erniang where the incense was produced.

Everyone knows that rhinoceros incense is never allowed in the fourth master's mansion because the fourth master is filial and polite, and he is not allowed to use the same incense as the concubine Defei. Even the thirteenth brother thinks so, although he and the old fourteen have a heart They all thought that I was just showing off as a filial son.

But I didn't know at this time that a girl would find out the real reason why I didn't use Xixiang in the future. At that time, I came out from my mother's house and was retching in a secluded corner.I don't know when she found her, and she just silently handed me a glass of water to rinse my mouth, but when I turned around, she was gone.

Then, in the days when I went to the palace regularly to pay my respects to my mother, I never smelled the scent of rhinoceros again.Later, when I talked about it occasionally, it was the thirteenth brother who told me like a show off that Xiaowei knew a lot. It was she who told the empress that changing the fragrance occasionally can make people feel refreshed. Xiaowei also said... …

"Fourth Master? Your Majesty invites you in," Eunuch Fu's cautious voice rang in my ears. I suppressed the disgusting feeling, nodded, and walked in.As soon as he entered the door, he heard the grinning voice of the old fourteenth, "Hey, the fourth brother is here, please greet the fourth brother."

I was taken aback for a moment, didn't he follow Old Ten and the others to the firearms camp?A smile quickly appeared on his face, "Get up, Fourteenth Brother, didn't you go out today? I heard from your Ninth Brother that a new batch of Western firearms has been added to the Firearms Battalion?"

The old fourteen followed my gestures and stood up, grinning, "I just came in too. I have seen the musket before, and its power is not bad. Brother Ten likes that thing, but I am average. I heard that you want to Come here, I think it's been a while since I came to say hello to Er Niang, so I happened to meet you."

"You are all busy, it's enough if you have the heart. As long as Er Niang sees you two are happy and safe, she will be content," Er Niang said to us gently.I hastily turned around and said thousand, "Good luck, my son, please greet you." Er Niang smiled happily, "Okay, okay, old fourteen, hurry up and let your fourth brother get up."

The old fourteen said in a tone of voice, "Your minister respects the order, please stand up, fourth master," and then helped me up with the posture in the play, and showed me my seat respectfully.Er Niang couldn't help laughing, and the servants in the room also laughed. I sat down with a faint smile, but he turned around and sat beside Er Niang, gently rubbing her legs.

Seeing that he whispered something in Erniang's ear again, Erniang laughed out loud, stretched out her fingers and tapped his forehead heavily.Er Niang turned her eyes from Fourteenth Brother, and she smiled at me softly, "You are already a brother on errands, and you have a lot of troubles with your predecessors. You should not let the emperor down, but you must also pay attention to your size body, you know?"

"Yes, my son understands, please don't worry, Madam," I hurriedly stood up and bowed to listen. "Okay, okay, I'm just our mothers talking, and I'm just telling you, what are you doing so seriously?" E Niang smiled, and asked as if thinking of something, "Yinxiang, why didn't you go with me?" , I haven’t seen anyone else for several days.”

The thirteenth brother... I'm afraid I'm going to find the girl from the Yalarta family again now. I was thinking about how to speak when the fourteenth brother said with a half-smile, "I guess the thirteenth is going to see You must be a beauty." Er Niang glanced at him, but was not surprised.

The news in this palace is full of people with feet, what just happened before, people who are almost as fast as feet know, fourteen Chong Erniang made a face, turned her face and smiled at me, and then Said in a tired voice, "Er Niang, I..."

Seeing his slightly malicious smile, I suddenly understood the reason why he came here today. He came here on purpose to snatch someone from Thirteenth Brother.If in the past, I was just a little girl, I wouldn't fight the old fourteen for this. Even if the thirteenth brother likes it, but there are plenty of women, it's really not worth it to conflict with those wolf brothers and tiger brothers for this.

But for some reason, as soon as the old fourteen opened his mouth, I blurted out, "Emiang, that girl from the Yalarta family, can you come here first, I think she is pretty good, and the thirteenth brother likes it very much." , and he's not too young."

Before the words were finished, the smile on the face of the old fourteen suddenly faded. He looked at me thoughtfully, and I sat upright, as usual.Er Niang looked at me in a daze, and the maids and eunuchs in the room were also peeking at me.

I sat there quietly, as if I just said one very ordinary thing, but I knew in my heart that although it was ordinary, how long has it been since I called my mother dearly like my fourteenth brother... …

Er Niang... Ever since she ascended the throne, she has rejected her greetings several times on the grounds that she is not feeling well. Everyone thinks that she is still angry with herself about the fourteenth brother going to guard the mausoleum.Although Erniang likes the fourteenth brother, her personality is more like herself in her bones, and she refuses to say what is on her mind. What she really loves, or what she is really afraid of, is probably because of "her".Just thinking of that name makes my heart ache.No matter how far the fourteenth brother goes, Erniang wants to see him one day, but what about me...the one I want to see will never be seen again!

"Long Live Lord, the ministers are already waiting in front of the palace." Li Dequan had been waiting at the door for a long time, and seeing that the time had come, he had no choice but to call softly.This master is different from the old master, with a cold face and a hard heart, thinking about his thunderous methods, Li Dequan couldn't help shivering.The somewhat faded red ribbon was wrapped around the emperor's fingertips, and the emperor looked at it with a soft and gloomy expression at times, so the red color looked bright at times, and at times... bloody.

Li Dequan's voice woke me up, I put away the lucky belt expressionlessly, and walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.As soon as I emerged, I could feel fear, depression and resentment in the air.The large dragon chair made me helpless, I could only sit there with my back straight, the only warmth was in my sleeves, and... I nodded slightly to Thirteenth Brother, the white spots on his temples The hair makes my eye sockets hot.

Xiaowei, you said that I will get what I want, but I will protect what you want to protect the most.The person in the dream may become blurred one day, but that promise will never change, even if Yin and Yang are separated!I looked at the night sky outside the hall, and Xiao Wei's smile from that day seemed to emerge in it. She was smiling and shaking her little finger and said: Lian Lian, you and I want to agree for a hundred years, whoever dies at the age of 97 will wait for three years on the Naihe Bridge.

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