Fourth Master's Pearl

Chapter 55

Chu Qing was speechless as she watched the eunuchs coming in and out.With a single word from Yinzhen, half of the imperial study was moved to Jingren Palace.Iron pear case, ivory pen lick, brush brush in the bamboo pattern pen holder like a forest, Tai Chi picture end inkstone, next to it are four tall boxes of Cheng Junfang ink.Shen Zhou's landscape paintings, a scroll of Huang Tingjian's writing, and a scroll of returning and returning pictures originally hung in the imperial study room, and they stayed with the owner very unceremoniously.

Chuqing watched her leisurely and easy-going palace suddenly become full of academic atmosphere.Especially when I saw those famous calligraphy and paintings, I felt jealous.Yinzhen works in such an environment every day, so it's no wonder that his temperament is not so high.

"Hey, why did you bring such a small bottle here? Is it possible that there is not even a vase here in this palace, so why bother the emperor?" Chu Qing looked at the court lady Xiaoxiang respectfully holding a vase as clear as water. Come in.

"Back to your mother, this Song Ciling vase..."

"Stop. Alright, I understand." Before Xiaoxiang could finish speaking, Chuqing immediately gave way.Song Ci's, a good thing handed down from generation to generation.They are all imperial grades.I can't afford it.

A bogu screen was tremblingly carried in by several young eunuchs.

Chuqing grinned grinningly looking at this artifact that further disturbed the overall harmony of her house layout.

"How do you explain this?" Chu Qing asked coolly.

"Reporting to your empress, this is for the emperor to enjoy and relieve his fatigue in his spare time."

"I know. Is this Gong saying that this is not something from the Hall of Mental Cultivation?" It's an addiction?
"Your Majesty has a good memory. Go back to your Majesty's words, the emperor said that breaking a wall is also breaking ground, so ask the servants to move here together."

Chu Qing squinted.

The little eunuchs felt their backs chilled, hurriedly looking for a place to put it down, opened the brocade box, and arranged all kinds of odd toys that Yinzhen had collected as they were, among which there were the most snuff bottles, there were also many Western utensils, and some Wonderful fragrance.

Chuqing sees a hand warmer made by Yinzhen at the beginning of Chunchu to warm his hands.

"Bring that." Chu Qingsu pointed slightly.

The thing was handed to her hand, and Chu Qing looked at it in a daze.

"It's really delicious. Make four playthings, give King Yi and Uncle two pieces, and bring you one piece. I'll keep one piece, and I'll grab it from time to time."

At that time, Yinzhen dipped his pen in cinnabar like this and wrote it on Nian Gengyao's memorial, right?
Others speculated wildly that what he would do to Nian Gengyao and Longkoduo in the future would be a slap in the face, but he was actually just out of sex.Big love and big hate, love and hate who are determined not to tolerate those who betrayed themselves are clear.

that is it.

They have almost received the same treatment as Yinxiang now, and they can only blame themselves for what happens in the future.

He will definitely hate, hurt and be lonely.Suddenly, I really want to see him.

Chu Qing held the shackle and warmed her hand and asked, "What is the emperor doing now?"

"I don't know." The little eunuch bowed his head on his knees.

It's not that I don't know, but I dare not talk nonsense.Yinzhen is very strict with the people below.If it is easy to reveal his whereabouts, no matter who it is to, I am afraid it will be...

Chuqing shook her head helplessly, and handed the things back.

"Understood, you go about your business."

In the evening, a mountain of boxes containing memorials was sent over.Chuqing knew that it was time for Yinzhen to come over.Sure enough, after half an hour, Xiao Gaozi's voice sang at the gate of the palace.

"The Emperor is here—"

It was already a little late, Chuqing had already removed the hairpin and ring flag head that showed her status and rank, her long hair was like ink, hanging down to her waist, and she was wearing a pearl-colored dark flower and cloud-pattern silk shirt, which was as thin as spring cold.

"Excuse me." Yin Zhen strode in, and before Chu Qing squatted down, he grabbed her hand and led her in.

"Those ceremonies are for others to see. This is your Jingren Palace, so you don't have to." Yinzhen said as he walked.

"The emperor moved half of the imperial study here with great fanfare. I am afraid that there are not a few people who pay attention to me, Jingren Palace. If I do something wrong, won't I cause trouble to my upper body?"

The two entered the palace, and the palace people dispersed.

Chuqing turned around, wrapped her arms around Yinzhen's neck, and asked with a coquettish tone, "Tell me, why are you doing this today? Obviously I try to keep a low profile, but you want me to be at peace for a few days, don't you?"

Yinzhen hugged Chuqing back, put his forehead against hers, and remained silent.

Chuqing looked at him suspiciously, put her hand on his forehead, "What, headache? Is there something bothering you?"

Yinzhen shook his head, leaned his head close to Chuqing's lips, and touched them lightly.

"Go to bed first, I still have a lot of things to do." After looking at each other for a while, Yinzhen said with difficulty.

"I'll stay with you for a while longer." Chu Qing smiled.Anyway, this is her bedroom.

"Okay." Yinzhen replied simply.

Chuqing looked at Yinzhen, she was obviously waiting for her to say the words of companionship, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Like a child."

Candles were brightly lit.The memorials on several cases are piled on the left, and the approved ones are moved to the right.Chuqing was wearing a bright blue Ning silk cloak, looking at the memorials moving one after another.His eyes were a little dry, he was drowsy, and he yawned and was caught in his palms.

"Chu'er, go to sleep." Yinzhen said without raising his head.

"I'm not sleepy yet." Chuqing pulled herself together, got up and walked to the screen of Bogu to take a closer look.There is a place where several jade seals that Yinzhen used to use are kept.

Chuqing picked up the jade seal engraved with "Careful at night".Yinzhen sometimes paints, and more often writes.Most of the stamps are stamped with this seal.

"Be vigilant day and night: be diligent and cautious all day long, and dare not slack off." Chu Qing whispered to herself.Then I turned my head to look at the person under the lamp who sometimes showed his face, sometimes frowned, sometimes meditated, and sometimes wrote vigorously.

Even though he is so busy, he still wants to spend as much time with her as possible.Did he think so?

Yinzhen stopped, rubbed his sore wrist, looked at the memorial, and stretched out his hand to grab the teacup.He brought it to his mouth without looking at it, only to find that the tea in it was almost drunk.

Seeing this, Chuqing smiled and said, "I forgot, and I deserve death."

After speaking, he took the teacup away and went to the place where the small tea stove stood to pour tea.After placing the teacup with the word "auspicious" on the yellow background on the tall nanmu table, Chu Qing stretched out her hand to pick up the small Yixing purple sand teapot, but unexpectedly, she stretched out her hand, but her hand seemed to pass through the body of the teapot.

Chu Qing immediately froze in place.

"Chu'er?" Yinzhen looked at this side from a distance, and found that Chuqing was standing there motionless looking at her hand.

Chuqing slowly reached out again, but this time she touched the handle of the pot.Chu Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

After pouring the tea, when she came back again, Chuqing still had lingering fears.His eyes were fixed on the tea tray, for fear that if he was not careful, it would slip out of his hand without warning.Fortunately, the weird thing just didn't happen again.

Yinzhen looked at Chu Qing's expression as if facing an enemy, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Chu'er?"

"Ah?" Chuqing raised her eyes and met Yinzhen's deep eyes.

"Four-four," Chu Qing went around to Yinzhen's side, took his arm, rested her head on it, forced back the crystal liquid in her eyes, and said with a smile, "When are we going to the Old Summer Palace? I want to see the Lianxi Music Place." lotus."

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly: "When the lotus blooms, I will definitely take you there."

"I have to go before the lotus blooms. I'm afraid I'll miss the first one." Chu Qing closed her eyes and pouted coquettishly.

"Okay." Yinzhen's voice was full of indulgence.

It's not that easy to get out and see the first lotus after all.

In April, Xu pacified Qinghai.When Nian Gengyao returned to the capital with great honor, Yinzhen went to the city gate to greet him in person and held a state banquet.At that time, it was said that it was hot and the limelight was unmatched.

Instruct the officials of the Eight Banners to follow the simple way and strive to change the extravagant habits.

The prince of Ge Yinji County will be imprisoned forever.

In addition, in February, the names of Confucian households and eunuchs were abolished, and grain was paid in accordance with the rules, and in March, various drastic measures were taken to rectify the administration of officials, such as the abolition of door-to-door posts in various provinces. , Every morning is a battle.Every time he implements a new measure, he will inevitably encounter open and secret doubts and opposition, and there are very few people around him who can use it.

Chuqing saw him writing memorials every night until midnight, and then disappeared when he opened his eyes the next day, feeling sorry and helpless in his heart.

By the time I was finally able to go to the Old Summer Palace, it was already early autumn.In the few years since leaving the capital, Chu Qing often thinks of the peaceful time in the Old Summer Palace.After entering the palace, Yinzhen has no time to take her to revisit the old places.Now standing in front of the small hall of the Lianxi Music Center again, admiring the green and pink eyes everywhere, Chu Qing is filled with emotion.

I still remember that at that time, Wanyi was still there, Hongshi was also an ignorant child, and Hongli was not born yet.As for her, apart from thinking about how to please Yinzhen and confess to him, she just eats, drinks and has fun, pure and simple.Now that Wanyi is dead and Hongshi has a wife and children, Hongli has to respect her as a mother in front of others.You don't need to rack your brains to get close to Yinzhen to open his heart, but you have to worry about how he should live in the years to come.

time is limited.That weird incident happened again not long ago.No matter how she picked it up, she couldn't pick up the round fan with the lotus in clear water, and she couldn't feel the heat of the weather like everyone else.Originally, she thought that if she was Concubine Xi, she would be able to accompany Yinzhen until the end.but……

She finally found a way to investigate the deep meaning of what the queen said.Niu Gulu did not die. She devoted herself to worshiping the Buddha on Mount Wutai, dressed in brown clothes and ate vegetables, and kept the precepts and practiced meditation.In fact, Chu Qing could barely remember what she looked like.This woman has always been very inconspicuous, very low-key, and very law-abiding.Don't ask too much, don't fight, don't be jealous, don't complain.Whether her serious illness was a coincidence or Yinzhen's deliberate arrangement is not so important anymore.Chuqing finally had some explanation for her doubts.She just wondered how Yinzhen would "arrange" Niu Gulu to enter the palace if Niu Gulu didn't fall ill by such a coincidence.

Perhaps, from the moment Yinzhen connected her with his fate, he began to think about what to do, what to do, what to do, right?
Chu Qing stared at the long autumn water with misty eyes, curling up.Yinzhen's words seemed to ring in his ears.

"Chu'er, your title is 'xi', because the word 'xi' has a similar meaning to the word 'qing', and it is better than the word qing. The morning light is faint, and the east is white. It is more peaceful than the rain after the sky is clear." .I hope that you will not encounter wind and rain in the future, and it doesn't matter if it is sunny, but the weather is good every day."

Tears flowed down the corners of the eyes and cheeks.

"You have done so much for me, what have I done for you?" Chu Qing lowered her head, letting her tears wet the front of her clothes.

"The most hateful thing is that you have done so much for me, but I still have to leave you. It was so a few years ago, and it is still the same now."

The wind blows the lotus leaves, the lotus leaves blow the water, the water blows the shadows of people, and the waves break.

When Yinzhen people came to Yuanmingyuan, it was actually equivalent to moving most of the huge operating organization of the central/central government/government of the Qing Dynasty to Yuanmingyuan.Therefore, daily work is still in progress.Whenever he wants to accompany Chu Qing, there will always be new government affairs for him to deal with.There is no time during the day, and at night, he can only hug her to sleep after she falls asleep.

Chuqing was very annoyed that her sleep quality was so high, she had always slept too deeply to feel Yinzhen's existence.Yinzhen has long been used to it.Isn't this girl like this since she was a child?Even if you fall asleep and are carried away, you won't notice.

Until the night before Yinzhen's birthday.

Yinzhen's birthday is not long, but he will rest.Since ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, he has not patrolled or hunted.There are 360 ​​five days in a year, and two days are a bit special.Chinese New Year, his birthday.However, just because the next day was his birthday, he still stayed up late on the first night after dealing with government affairs every day and night for several consecutive days.

Immediately received a few court ministers, and had a long and careful private talk with Zhang Tingyu and Yin Xiangzai, and then he was too soft to criticize the memorials alone, Yinzhen finally remembered to go to bed.The lights in the Qingyan banquet in Kyushu crackled and exploded occasionally, and the sound of the cold wind blowing through the window lattice was also clearly discernible.The tired figure was reflected on the gold brick floor, stretched by the lights.

"Gao Wuyong." Yinzhen's voice sounded in the emptiness.

The sound of Xiao Gaozi stepping on small steps appeared immediately after, and he had already taken the sable fur cloak he was going out in his hand.

"The slave is here."

Yinzhen glanced at him with black eyes, and there was a smile on his lips, "You can guess my mind."

Xiao Gaozi waited for Yinzhen to put on his cloak and knelt down and said, "I dare not, master forgive me."

"Get up. Send someone over to greet you first, and don't disturb Master Xi's sleep." Yinzhen looked at the chiming bell on the east wall of the hall and ordered.

"Yes, this servant will send someone to the Hall of Thousand Words."

The Wanzidian is suitable for living in all seasons. Before Yinzhen succeeded to the throne, he was the favorite place except Ningyuanju.The lotus in the Lianxi music place has already bloomed, and the lotus pods have grown and picked. The place is too big and quiet, so Yinzhen asked Chuqing to move here.

Walking out of Kyushu Qingyan, I saw small snowflakes began to fall outside.The ground is already wet.Yinzhen gathered up his cloak, got on the chariot, and went to the Hall of Thousand Characters.

The Wanzi Temple is built on the water, and the sound of snowflakes melting into the water can be heard.A figure covered with a snow-white fox fur and crane cloak came into Yinzhen's eyes.

"Chu'er!" Yinzhen ordered the sedan chair to stop, and strode towards Chuqing who was standing comfortably in the snowflakes.Xiao Gaozi waved his hand to make the few people who accompanied him also retreat.

"Four four!" Chu Qing smiled openly, her black jade-like eyes shining brightly.Xiang Yinzhen took a few quick steps and threw herself into his arms.

"I finally didn't fall asleep today, right?" Chu Qing said triumphantly.

Yinzhen tightened his arms fiercely, and blamed: "Nonsense!"

Chu Qing was shivering from the cold, and the tip of her nose was red.Only the cold can drive away the drowsiness, but it was hard for her to torment herself like this.

"Four-four," Chu Qing raised her face, her eyes twinkling, "Happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday?" Yinzhen lowered her eyes, staring at Chuqing.

"Hmm! Has no one told you that? Then I'm the first person to say that to you." Chu Qing shook her head.

Yinzhen caressed Chuqing's rouge face after freezing, and said with a smile, "You are always the first."

"I haven't celebrated your birthday in a serious way before. You are so busy, you don't care about yourself, and you don't give others a chance. Now you are busier than before..." Chuqing Barabara confided.

"In the future, you have to be kinder to yourself, don't work too hard, and put aside all the 'governing the world with diligence'. The most important thing is to have a good mood every day, be happy. Be the happiest on your birthday. I If you are not here, no one will supervise you, you have to be conscious, don't be like a child and want someone to force you to drink milk..."

"Chu'er..." Listening to Chu Qing's babbling instructions, Yinzhen's heart suddenly became empty and panicked.

"In spring, you can eat wisteria cakes; in summer, you can drink tea made from lotus leaf dew; in autumn, you can ask someone to collect sweet-scented osmanthus to make wine; in winter, you can eat more deer tendon to strengthen your body. When playing chess, don't be distracted just because you think about me..." Chu Qing said as if racing against time, "And..."

"Don't say any more!" Yinzhen interrupted, holding Chuqing tightly in his arms almost roughly, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.

Chuqing was full of tears, shaking her head and choking with sobs: "You see that your life is so monotonous. Wouldn't it be even more boring without me? You should learn from me with humility. You won't listen to me now, wait for me..."

Yinzhen kissed Chuqing flusteredly, restless, restless, in a state of confusion.

Salty tears flowed to the lips, and sorrow and reluctance overflowed from the deepest part of my heart.

"Four-four," Chu Qing's voice merged with that of snowflakes falling, "I'm sorry."

The snowflakes fell one by one, getting bigger and colder.The snow seemed to have fallen into Yinzhen's heart, and even his blood turned cold.In this way, Chuqing gradually became transparent and disappeared in the turbulent and quiet snowflakes.

Come without warning, go without trace.

Yinzhen stared blankly at his empty palm, where a drop of tear was still warm.Chu Qing's breath and her last three words still remained in her ears.

She said sorry.

The snowflakes smashed into the eyes, causing cold pain.Yinzhen's tears could no longer be held back, and they fell down in a rustle.The overwhelming snowflakes engulfed the inescapable desolation and loneliness, turning all the past into reasons for crying at this moment.

Sorry to love you.

I love you, but I don't give you anything, only a long time like immortality is left.

(End of this chapter)