The Woman Behind Kangxi: The Biography of Virtuous Concubine

Chapter 31
In the past half a month or so, Xuanye has favored the Duan concubine Dong, Huigui's Nalan, and Bugui's Zhaojia, and made the new beautiful lady Li an Angui. . . .In the past few days, after Ma Jia's recovery, she often rested in her Yuanhe Hall, and the two reconciled as sweetly as before.

In the early morning of the next day, Xuan Ye got up half an hour earlier than usual, and left the palace after hastily washing up.Ma Jiashi Ruyi looked at his leaving figure, her heart sank, and she sighed secretly.

Sometimes a woman's intuition is really a scary thing.

It is said that Xuan Ye entered the palace, but saw the maids Liu Li and Fei Cui busy kneeling to greet him, but Ning De was not there, so he asked, "Where's De'er?"

Liuli quietly pointed to the inner room and said softly: "Back to the emperor, the young master De copied the scriptures until very late every day, and he had to get up early in the morning to go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay his respects. Today, the queen mothers of the two palaces went to the Wanshou Temple to pay respects to the Buddha, so the young master was free. Go to bed late, last night I wrote the "Heart Sutra" and it was five o'clock, and the slaves couldn't persuade me, and I just fell asleep at this moment."

Fei Cui followed Ning De all the way from Jiangnan on the boat, knowing the importance of her master in the current emperor's heart, so she tentatively asked: "Your Majesty, do you want your servant to wake up the young master?"

Xuan Ye hurriedly shook his hand: "There is no need to wake her up, I will come out after I go in and take a look."

Here, Liuli led Xuanye into the room quietly, but saw Ningde sleeping soundly, with black hair scattered on the pillow, and the brocade quilt slanted down, revealing half of his snow-white shoulder like a lotus root.Xuan Ye's heart was moved, and he sighed softly: "Although it is still autumn, it is still a bit chilly, and this quilt is not twisted well." So he went forward, picked up the brocade quilt and twisted it tightly for her. Her face was no more than half a foot long, and with a sway in his heart, he kissed her face lightly.He raised his head, but seeing the sunlight entering the room for the first time, Ningde, who was close in front of him, frowned slightly, and a bruise under his eyelid was obviously the result of not sleeping all night, and he felt pity in his heart.He wanted to hug her, but he was afraid that she hadn't slept all night, and it was hard to wake her up just now.So he stroked Ningde's hair, finally stood up, and put down the curtain with his own hands to block out the sun.

Xuanye walked out of the inner room lightly, and told Fei Cui and Liu Li: "My good student is waiting, no one is allowed to wake her up. I will come back at dusk and tell her to wait for me."

Fei Cui hurriedly responded respectfully with a smile, and knelt and sent Xuan Ye out of the Yonghe Palace. At this time, the bells and drums of the Shang Dynasty were already heard from afar.

(End of this chapter)