The master and the servant made a pot of tea and sat around the table chatting. Mo Yu was still very energetic at first, chattering about interesting things from her past days at home. As time went by, her speaking speed slowed down significantly, and her eyelids appeared.
She kept pulling down, yawned one after another, and finally fell asleep with her hands on her hands. Ling Ruo took a cloak and gently covered her body, then opened the door and wanted to go out for a walk.
The moment the door opened, she was stunned. Was she dazzled? She actually saw Yinzhen in court uniform.
When Yinzhen passed by Lan Yue Ju just now, he thought of the woman he met while drunk a few days ago and stepped in involuntarily. He was hesitating whether to go in when he happened to see her opening the door. What a coincidence.
Seeing Ling Ruo's dumbfounded look, Yinzhen was suddenly in a good mood for no reason. He walked a few steps closer with a slight smile on his face and said, "Why, you don't recognize me after not seeing each other for just a few days?"
These words convinced Ling Ruo that what she saw in front of her was not a phantom, and she quickly saluted meticulously, "Ling Ruo has met Lord Beile. Lord Beile is auspicious."
"Get up." Yinzhen waved his hand, passed her and walked straight into the house.
"Master Beile, why are you here so late?" Ling Ruo came to her senses and hurriedly followed her into the house. She deliberately kept her voice low for fear of waking Mo Yu who was sleeping.
"Can't I come over if it's late?" Yinzhen took a casual look at the room. He didn't take a closer look last time. Now he realized that this room was really simple compared to others. Except for the necessary tables, chairs, cabinets and other utensils, there were no other utensils.
Everything nearby, even the window paper, was old and yellowed, but the window grilles were very beautiful, giving the house a bit of vitality.
"That's not what I mean." Ling Ruo defended quickly, with a slight embarrassment on his face. Today, Yinzhen was in the palace for a banquet and then returned to the house for a family banquet, so he was still wearing court clothes.
He wears a golden dragon, a two-layered green fox crown on his head, decorated with ten eastern pearls, and a ruby on his head. He wears an azure dragon coat, embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, with a dragon on the front and back of each shoulder, with five-color clouds in between, and wears a collar.
The skirt is made of sable, the sleeves are smoked with sable, and the lower part is made of eight treasures. When he walks, the golden lining inside is exposed, which contrasts with the golden silk ribbon hanging down from his neck. This outfit makes his already extremely handsome face even more handsome.
Excellent, the only shortcoming is that his expression is too cold and distant. Today, the Holy Emperor has more than a dozen sons. I don't know why he is the only one who has developed an aloof and indifferent temperament.
"This is what you're going to eat tonight?" Yinzhen asked, pointing to the remaining dumplings on the table. Seeing Ling Ruo nodding and her eyebrows twitching slightly, he said in a deep voice, "Didn't I instruct the kitchen to give everyone a meal on New Year's Eve?"
In addition to dumplings, are there also two meat and two vegetarian dishes and four-color dim sum?”
"Perhaps I was busy with the kitchen and forgot about it." Ling Ruo replied lightly. The unfavored Gege was nothing in this palace. The servants who were accustomed to being superior and inferior would naturally not take it seriously.
Just deduct it if you can.
Yinzhen is such a smart and obedient person, how could he not understand the mystery? His face darkened and he snorted: "I have repeatedly ordered the government not to deceive superiors and conceal from subordinates. I didn't expect that there are still people who dare to be so bold, you dog!"
"Slave is here." Following Yinzhen's shout, a thin but smart boy ran in from outside the courtyard, lowered his hands and asked respectfully: "What are your orders, Fourth Master?"
"Tomorrow at dawn tomorrow, tell the people in charge of this matter in the kitchen to get out of Baylor House and not be allowed to make a living in Beijing. Also, ask Gao Fu how he controls his subordinates and raises such a group of people who bully their superiors and conceal their subordinates.
That bitch, if he dislikes the position of general manager
It's too boring, I don't mind changing to someone else." Yinzhen said coldly, with a cold light flashing in his dark eyes, as sharp as a steel knife. The dog had followed Yinzhen for many years, and knew that he was really angry.
Not daring to say anything, I took note of his words and quietly left.
While they were talking, Mo Yu opened her eyes in a daze. Seeing Yinzhen in front of her, she was so frightened that she immediately jumped up from her chair. She was completely sleepless and stammered: "Slave, slave, please give my regards to Lord Beile.
Hail Lord Belle." Why does this Lord scare her every time he appears? If he continues like this, he will scare her soul out.
"I don't need your service here, go down." Yinzhen waved her hand to go out. Mo Yu glanced at Ling Ruo quietly and saw her nodding before he left.
"Are you still used to living here?" Yinzhen coughed lightly, breaking the uncomfortable silence.
Ling Ruo poured him a cup of tea and said, "It doesn't matter if you get used to it or not, just get used to it. I have enough food and clothing for you and I, I haven't thought too much about it."
"Are you serious? Why do I feel like you are blaming me for not treating you well?" Yinzhen narrowed his eyes and did not take the tea she handed him, letting the water vapor rise between the two of them, blurring each other's faces and eyes.
"Master Baylor thinks too much." She put down the tea cup that was too hot to hold, and said with a slight smile: "For me, a basket of food and a ladle of water is enough. There are so many people in Baylor's house.
There are many things in the world, and Lord Baylor only has one person and one pair of eyes to take care of them."
"You do know how to talk." Yinzhen may not have believed her, but his face softened a bit. He twirled the turquoise beads and said, "What time is it now?"
"About midnight." As soon as Ling Ruo finished speaking, she felt her hand tighten, and a thick big hand firmly grasped her and walked out. She walked to the edge of Jianjia Pond before she stopped. Ling Ruo stroked her chest and panted: "
What are you doing here with me, Master Beile?"
Yinzhen didn't answer, just raised his hand and patted it. The dog and the other person who appeared just now were holding several dark boxes and placed them on the ground. They then handed the two fire dumplings to Yinzhen respectfully, and then
He bowed and retreated into the distance.
"Master Baylor, you..." Ling Ruo's words were interrupted by a sharp sound that broke through the air. Following the sound, he saw countless firelights rising in the direction of the Forbidden City, blooming together in the night sky, turning into stars and fire after the ultimate brilliance.
It faded away, bloomed again and faded away again. At the same time, fireworks were set off again in other places in the capital, and the sound of crackling fireworks was heard, making it more lively than before.
Ling Ruo saw Yinzhen's mouth move, but it was too noisy to hear what he was saying, until he blew one of the fire sticks and handed it to her, pointed to the black boxes on the ground and said loudly to his ear
: "You go and light the fireworks."
It turned out that these were fireworks. Ling Ruo suddenly took the firework and walked over step by step. Not only was she not afraid, but she was a little excited. In the past, when the family situation was good, they would also set off fireworks during the Chinese New Year, but at that time, Ama’er Niang was afraid that she would get hurt.
She was not allowed to light the fire, so she could only watch her elder brother do it with her younger siblings.
Ling Ruo and Yinzhen lit the fuses together, and then quickly retreated. The fuses shortened sharply in the sparks. When they completely disappeared, they saw only balls of fire flashing in front of their eyes, blooming in their most beautiful postures in the night sky, facing their own hands.
Ling Ruo was fascinated by the brilliant light and did not notice anything unusual about Yinzhen.
The smooth mirror-like surface of the Jianjia Pond truly reflected the beauty of the night sky. Yinzhen looked at the surface of the pond silently, but there was no joy on his face. He was supposed to set off fireworks with Meier here, but
Mei'er finally chose Lao Ba and turned her back on him. Mei'er, you know that I love you so much and that I regard you as my life. How can you be so cruel? How can you be so cruel!
His hands were tightly clenched into fists, and his knuckles turned white from exerting too much force. The blue blood vessels seemed to break out of the skin at any time. The sadness that had been suppressed for too long burst out in an instant, causing him extreme pain.
When he collapsed, a pair of soft little hands held his hand and slowly but firmly opened his fingers one by one. When they were all opened, there was a broken jade ring in his palm.
"How long are you going to torture yourself before you stop?" Ling Ruo looked at him with a cold and unwarm gaze and let out a long sigh. She held his slightly trembling hand and said word by word: "Mei'er girl is not the only one in this world.
As a woman, your life is not just for a Meier girl. You are the fourth master, you are
Mr. Sibeile, is the most noble prince of the Qing Dynasty. He is not an ordinary commoner. Your life should be together with the Qing Dynasty's splendid mountains and rivers, and with the people of the world. Miss Mei'er is just a part of your life.
Not all passers-by, not now and never in the future."
"You are so arrogant." His cold voice seemed to come from hell, with a strong aura of death.
Ling Ruo stared at her eyes and smiled, with a charming expression, "If you can make Mr. Beile let go of his obsessions and regroup, it doesn't matter if he takes the arrogant one more time." When he said the last sentence, his expression was extremely serious, he stretched out his sleeves and knelt down upright.
He went to say: "Please Lord Beile to punish me for the crime of trespassing!" These words were calculated but also somewhat sincere. She felt his pain the same way. The only difference was that she restrained it and kept it in her heart, while he did not.
.
The ground was as hard as iron, and her knees hurt when she knelt on it. After a long time, her knees were numb, and then she heard a tired sigh, and a pair of big hands held her elbows, "Get up, the ground is cold."
Ling Ruo had never seen Yinzhen's face look so ugly. He was pale, as if he had just been seriously ill. He pulled the corner of his mouth with an ugly smile and said, "You are very courageous. Even Fujin would not dare to say these words. But, indeed, even if
Even if I drive myself crazy, Meier will not change his mind. Instead, he will make others laugh." The first one will be Lao Ba! Yinzhen did not say this sentence.
"It would be great if Lord Beile can figure it out." Ling Ruo sighed secretly. She was really afraid that Yinzhen would punish her in his anger. Fortunately... fortunately, everything turned out as she thought.
"Call me Fourth Master, I like to hear you call me that." Yinzhen suddenly said this.
"Yes, Fourth Master." Ling Ruo agreed obediently, lowering his eyes and landing on the cracked jade ring in the palm of Yinzhen's hand, "Can Fourth Master give this to me?"
"What are you doing here for?" This jade ring was given by Emperor Kangxi in the year of Yinzhen's coming-of-age ceremony. It was made from the finest Laokeng glass. He has carried it in his hand for so many years. He liked it very much, but he didn't expect to accidentally get it this time.
It's a pity that it's broken.
"The jade color of this finger ring is so good. It would be a pity to throw it away. I thought it was only cracked a few times on the left and right sides and it was not too broken. I can still wear it after wrapping it in gold."
"You?" Yinzhen laughed dumbly and took Ling Ruo's delicate hand to compare with his. The size of their thumbs was very different, "Are you sure you can wear it?"
Ling Ruo'e frowned slightly, then relaxed and said, "Even if I can't carry it with my hand, I can still string a silk thread and hang it around my neck."
"That's a good idea. Anyway, I'll reward you. I'll ask the craftsmen to repair it tomorrow and then send it to you." Yinzhen thought about it and agreed to her request.
"Thank you, Fourth Master." Ling Ruo gave him a faint smile. It was this smile that lasted only a short breath, but it made Yinzhen remember it for the rest of his life. In the decades that followed, no matter whether he hated it or loved it, this smile never faded.
Vanished, always remembered in the heart.
Three lives of fireworks, in exchange for a lifetime of confusion, it is difficult to distinguish fate from evil...