"Brother Si, Miss Yuxi is so pretty." Xiao Hezi came up to her mischievously and was slapped on the forehead by his master. Yinzhen glared at him and went to Yuxi's place. The little girl bowed her knees and walked upright.
Li, he asked, "You came early in the morning?"
Yu Xi nodded: "I have been here for a long time and have already eaten porridge at Ningshou Palace."
Yinzhen smiled: "I just had some porridge." As if he didn't know what to say, he asked, "Are you leaving now?"
Yuxi smiled and shook his head: "I was waiting for the fourth elder brother to come back. My Ama got some calligraphy and paintings from Jiangnan. I sent them to the palace for Empress Dowager De to watch. The empress said that the fourth elder brother liked these and asked me to bring them to you first.
Choose, if you like them, keep them all, if you don't like them, I will keep them."
Yinzhen said "oh" and was about to go to his room. Yuxi didn't move for a moment and called him: "It's not convenient to go to Si elder brother's room. The calligraphy and paintings are placed in the main hall, which is spacious and can be spread out."
The little girl's face was slightly red, and she lowered her eyes in confusion. Since she didn't see the fourth brother's reply, she turned around and walked to the main hall. However, Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, and was pushed by Xiao Hezi before he followed. However, he saw that there was a new carpet in the main hall.
, there were several scrolls scattered on the carpet. Yuxi jumped in and knelt down on the carpet. He waved to Brother Si and said, "If it gets dark later, I can't see clearly. I'll light a candle to avoid burning it."
Yinzhen hurriedly moved away from the door, and the light shone brighter, falling on Yuxi's face. Her beautiful and fair cheeks seemed to be blooming with light. She smiled and turned around to speak, but she saw the fourth brother's eyes stopped.
In her own body, the little girl's heart was pounding, she lowered her face shyly, and said softly: "Brother Si, do you like it?"
"I like it." Yinzhen blurted out.
Yu Xi looked up at him blankly, her cheeks flushed, her eyes gleaming, and she timidly whispered: "Do you like this painting?"
Yinzhen hurriedly withdrew his gaze and turned his attention to the painting in her hand. He nodded and said, "If you like it, I'll keep this one. I've also learned to paint recently. You can copy it at your leisure."
"Yes." Yu Xi carefully rolled up the scroll, glanced at Yinzhen secretly, turned around and said softly, "I have been ill since the Queen passed away, and I have not been able to enter the palace to express my condolences to Brother Si.
, I saw that Brother Si was in good spirits today, and I felt relieved."
Yinzhen asked: "You are sick, are you recovered?"
Yuxi smiled: "Of course you can enter the palace only after you are well. Brother Si, do you think I look good?"
Yinzhen smiled faintly, nodded and said, "Your face is flushed and you are very energetic." After a pause, he said softly, "You are getting better and better."
Yuxi nervously rolled up and unrolled the scroll in his hand, then uttered a few words in a long time: "I only believe what you said."
Outside the palace door, Xiao Hezi opened the door and took a peek. Suddenly, Qinglian kicked him in the butt and grabbed his ears and took him away. However, he covered his ears with a smile and said: "Auntie, look, the master hasn't smiled for a long time. Miss Yuxi
Sure enough, there is a way."
Qinglian said angrily: "In the future, I will become Fujin and become your master. If you dare to open the door and look like this again, I will definitely dig out your eyes."
Xiaohezi smiled innocently and said with great longing, "I don't know when I can call you Fujin. The prince hasn't married yet."
"You're talking too much again. I'll break your legs when I get back to the Imperial Concubine." Qinglian pinched Xiao Hezi's ears hard and scolded him, "Take care of the master wholeheartedly and don't think about other people's affairs. The prince and brothers'
Is it your turn to say something?"
Xiao Hezi was afraid of being beaten, so he repeatedly agreed, but was still punished by Qinglian and was not allowed to eat dinner. However, he later went to Yonghe Palace to reply. Empress De Fei heard that the fourth brother and Miss Yuxi were reading and writing together, and happily rewarded him with a plate of sesame seeds.
Candy, of course there are better snacks for me to bring back to my brother and my lady.
Let's say that Yinzhen and Yuxi were admiring calligraphy and paintings in the main hall. Yinzhen asked people to take all the books with pen and ink there. Yuxi sat aside and polished his ink.
When the inner lanterns were first lit, Qinglian came in with the snacks that Xiao Hezi had brought back from Yonghe Palace, and said gently: "Are you hungry, young lady? Our fourth brother has not had dinner recently, I'm afraid you are hungry."
Yuxi smiled and said nothing. Seeing that the snacks were very delicate and slightly appetizing, but fearing that Yuxi was hungry, Yinzhen said, "We took them and sat on the porch to eat. The room has been stuffy for a long time and we want to get some air."
Qinglian was very happy and quickly went to make arrangements. When they came out, there were pots on each side of the burning stove, animal skin blankets were spread on the stools, and there was a small table in the middle with an exquisite copper stove.
The slow flame warms a pot of milk tea.
The two of them sat down and had a few snacks. Yinzhen personally handed Yuxi a cup of hot milk tea. He felt it was cold between his fingers and couldn't help but ask, "Are you cold?"
Yu Xi held the milk tea and covered her hands and said: "My hands always get cold in winter, unless I cover them under the quilt. The doctor said that my body is weak and weak, so I have been taking medicine to treat it."
"You are so young, why do you always take medicine?" The fourth elder brother seemed to be very resistant to taking medicine. He probably watched his adoptive mother take medicine for many years, but she died after all, so he felt that medicine was unreliable.
Yu Xi drank two sips of hot milk, her body felt warm, and her face was flushed again. However, when she saw her fourth elder brother frowning and feeling a little nervous, she remembered what she had overheard E Niang and Amma say before entering the palace, and she hesitated in her heart.
Finally, he mustered up the courage to ask: "Sir brother, are you called Empress De Fei now?"
Yuxi was the first to ask him the question. At that time, Brother Si answered without thinking, but today he was stunned. It took him a long time to drink milk tea all night before he answered: "I always feel that,
It’s not the same anymore.”
Yuxi heard Ama'er's private worries, saying that there were rumors in the palace that Concubine De was not getting along with her son, and she had been worried about it. When she saw Concubine De today, she was still as gentle and affectionate as ever, but Brother Si looked strange.
Weird.
"I heard outside the palace..." Yu Xi was very nervous. He let go of the tea bowl, lowered his hand and twisted it around his fingers under the table, and said slowly, "Aren't Fourth Brother and Empress De Fei not getting along? Why are you still there?
Living alone in Chengqian Palace?"
Yinzhen looked at her with a straight face: "Did Aniang ask you to talk about this?"
Yu Xi shook her head hurriedly and blushed: "It's okay, I heard Ama was worried about E Niang, and I too..." Her eyes were crystal clear, as if she was about to shed tears, but she held it back and only choked up slightly, "
I am also worried about you. After the Queen passed away, I always cried and refused to recover."
Yinzhen lowered his eyes: "The Queen likes you very much. She was very happy when you came to accompany her for a few days."
"Where is Concubine De?" Yu Xi seemed to have said it, but he was no longer afraid and asked clearly, "Are you really at odds with Concubine De?"
"How can I be awkward with E Niang?" Yinzhen said, but his expression was low, as if he was talking to himself, "But after Huang E Niang left, E Niang treated me differently than before. In the past, she was very gentle and always smiled.
, but now they always talk about serious things, and I don’t like to hear them.”
"The elders are better than us..."
"I know." Yinzhen interrupted Yu Xi's words and continued speaking to himself, "I only found out a few days ago that on the day Huang Ama asked for homework, the third brother and the eighth brother knew the questions, and they also studied hard.
, I memorized it with all my heart, but the prince's brother did not perform well that day, and they all deliberately pretended to be stupid when it was their turn later. Only I was too proud and insisted on fighting over each other. Only now do I understand that what E Niang said was true.
I feel very unwilling and regretful.”
"What can't you say to your mother-in-law?" Yuxi said softly, but did not dare to look into Yinzhen's eyes. He lowered his head and stared at the steaming bowl of milk tea in front of him and said, "Brother Si, don't look at me in the palace.
I am well-behaved and polite, and I am pampered by my grandmother and aunts at home. Thanks to their love, I occasionally get angry with my mother, and even talk back to my mother. My mother was so angry that she ignored me for a few days, and my mother was very angry.
He even tried to beat me, but after a few days I admitted my mistake and acted coquettishly, and everything was fine. My aunt said that my teeth and tongue were still fighting."
Yinzhen smiled faintly: "I used to get angry and talk back to Huang's mother. Sometimes I didn't speak for several days, but I got better soon."
Yu Xi smiled and said: "But now that we have grown up, does Fourth Brother think that at this age, he can no longer act like a spoiled child?"
Yinzhen's mood gradually improved, but he seemed a little embarrassed. He nodded and said: "I want to admit my mistake and talk to E Niang properly. I will listen to her carefully in the future. But I just feel awkward. If I was in Huang E Niang in the past,
Once you roll on the couch, nothing will happen."
Yu Xi also relaxed, smiled like a flower, and said softly: "Didn't you sleep with your mother-in-law with your sixth brother before? Then do it again, lie down and talk to your mother-in-law, and I won't tell others."
Yinzhen laughed out loud and said embarrassedly: "Nonsense."
Both of them were in a good mood, and the fire in the copper stove was getting brighter, but suddenly they heard a bright child's voice calling to the fourth brother in front of the door, and impatiently yelling: "Walk faster, Xiao Chen'er, you are too slow."
"
Qinglian brought more people with lanterns, and the yard was brightly lit. However, when she saw Princess Wen Xian coming with her chubby sister, Wen Chen was swaying as he walked and was dressed thickly. At first glance, he looked like
It looked like a cotton ball rolling over.
Yinzhen stepped forward and picked up his little sister. Wen Chen kissed his brother sweetly. When he saw Yu Xi following him, he smiled and shouted: "Pretty sister."
As soon as the little devil came with his sister, the atmosphere where Yinzhen and Yuxi were chatting was broken. They could only accompany the two little naughty ones to make trouble in the warm pavilion. However, Wen Xiantian was fearless and jealous, and he couldn't bear to see everyone favoring the little one.
Sister, something will happen with this fuss.
When she was carried back to Yonghe Palace crying and screaming, Lan Qi watched Huan Chun and others applying medicine to her scalded daughter, and then she heard Yuxi and Yinzhen tremblingly explain that Wen Xian had seen Yuxi feeding hot milk.
When it was for Xiao Chen'er to eat, she insisted on moving over, squeezing around and overturning the hand stove on the table, causing sparks of coal to fly out and land on the back of her hand.
Lan Qi knew that it was her daughter who was naughty, and there were only two wounds on the back of her hands. Yu Xi could not blame her, so she could only say gently: "It's okay. You guys should go and have a rest earlier. Yu Xi will be in Ning tonight."
If you live in the longevity palace, let Lvzhu take you there. Even later, the Queen Mother will have to rest."
Yuxi Fushen agreed and winked at Fourth Elder Brother before leaving, but Yinzhen avoided it awkwardly. She was a little anxious and simply said: "Empress De Fei, Fourth Elder Brother has something to say to you. I have to leave first."
"After saying that, he turned around and ran away, leaving Lan Qi and Yinzhen looking at each other. The little man's face gradually turned red. He held it in for a long time and said, "Mother, it's too noisy here."