Ji Ling looked at the gentle smile in his eyes. At this time, it was obviously a dark night with a cool breeze, but suddenly he felt like spring and the scenery was bright, with grass growing and flowers blooming.
She lowered her head, obediently handed her hand over and stuffed it into Yin's palm.
Yin tightened her grip, and the pads of his thumbs just touched the back of her hand. Ji Ling felt that the palm of Fourth Master's hand was very warm.
He held her hand and put a little force on it. Ji Ling used the strength to walk up the steps. Yin still didn't let go of her hand. He just took her around to the east and caught a glimpse of the robe on Ji Ling's shoulders. After it fell down, he stopped and stretched out his hand to take care of her.
Ji Ling couldn't help but look up at him.
At this time, the two of them were very close, and Yin suddenly stretched out his hand and took Ji Ling into his arms.
Feeling the slight coldness in her palms, he reached over with his other hand and held her hands in his palms to warm them.
Ji Ling slowly leaned her head on Yin's shoulder and saw several bright yellow lights in the distance that were very conspicuous in the night.
She didn't know what it was, but Yin knew that it was the bright yellow light of the minister's duty station. On the other side, the guards on duty were changing shifts. Yin looked at it for a while, and Ji Ling stood beside him and followed his gaze for a while. , I saw the smile on Yin's face gradually fade away, only a hint of loneliness flashed across her face.
He didn't speak, so she also remained silent.
After a long while, Yin suddenly turned his head and kissed her forehead gently.
It was not that the two of them had never had skin-to-skin intimacy, but Ji Ling never expected that Yin, who had always been indifferent, would behave in such an affectionate and affectionate manner in front of others, which made his ears burn.
She glanced back at Su Peisheng, who had already turned sideways. Ji Ling boldly reached out and hugged Yin's waist as a response.
As soon as she made this move, she heard Yin let out a low muffled laugh, the kind of laughter that she desperately tried to hold back but couldn't.
Ji Ling suddenly felt a little embarrassed and a little angry.
Laughing...what are you laughing at?
She pursed her lips and was about to let go of her hand, but Yin seemed to have expected it and was already one step ahead of her, holding her wrist and resting his chin on her forehead.
I just heard him ask quietly: "How come you walked all the way without saying a word?".
If it were another concubine who had such an opportunity and was taken out by the emperor to relax, she might have said many funny words along the way to attract his favor!
Although Ji Ling was leaning on his shoulder, he was stunned for a moment when he heard these words, and then a small disturbance from before suddenly appeared in his mind.
Wasn't it because of the design issue of the dining room in the east courtyard of Jingyang Palace before that she didn't dare to make any changes to his opinions, but instead made him unhappy?
This obsessive-compulsive and suspicious Fourth Master is very difficult to maintain!
She thought about it quickly in her mind, and all of a sudden, several answers flashed through her mind.
In the end, Ji Ling decided to tell the truth.
She spoke softly and slowly: "Your Majesty wants to go out for a walk. He must want to get some fresh air and be quiet..."
"So why should I make any noise? Just stay with the emperor quietly."
After saying that, she looked at Yin's face, but saw that the fourth master's face was dull and expressionless, almost returning to his usual stern look.
It’s over, I said it wrong again...
Just when Ji Ling was thinking this, Yin suddenly smiled.
He didn't look at her, just held her hand, brought it to her lips and kissed her gently, without saying anything.
Yin looked at the lights on duty in the distance, and he didn't know what he thought of, but a hint of coldness and solemnity suddenly flashed in his eyes.
He spoke slowly after a long while, but his expression was as usual and he only said: "Some people say in private that I am mean and unkind, unstable in mood and anger, ruthless and unjust, am I right?".
Ji Ling wanted to wipe the sweat from his forehead!
Fourth Master's topic changed too quickly, and it was another question.
She still had a smile on her face and said without hesitation: "Those people must be confused. When they say such things, how can the emperor be a ruthless and unjust person? The emperor is just cold on the outside and hot on the inside!
Apart from other things, just look at the emperor's friendship with Prince Yi and his attitude towards Princess Hehui, and you will know that the emperor is a person who values friendship. The emperor loves Princess Hehui so much, partly because he sees the princess as lively and cute.
The emperor also watched her grow up since childhood.
On the other hand, it is naturally because of Prince Yi!".
After she said these words, she shut up. Yin turned around in the night, looked at her deeply, and finally said: "Go back."
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Before returning to Jingyang Palace, Ji Ling always thought that the "go back" that Yin said meant returning to the Yangxin Palace from the outer palace.
Originally, the emperor came out of the Yangxin Hall. If he didn't go back to the Yangxin Hall now, where would he go?
The guards at the palace gates along the way had already received the report, and the emperor was traveling at night, which delayed the release of the key.
And because Yin didn't sit in the carriage and just walked along with him, his return was even later.
It wasn't until she gradually walked eastward, approaching Yonghe Palace, that Ji Ling realized that the emperor was actually...sending her back to the east courtyard of Jingyang Palace in person?
Qixi, like the eunuchs at Yangxin Palace, followed the emperor and his noble masters at a distance, for fear of disturbing their masters' interest.
It was not until the entrance of Jingyang Palace that Qixi stepped forward to help Ji Ling walk into the east courtyard.
When the servants in Jingyang Palace heard the noise outside, they thought it was their noble master who had returned from Kunning Palace. They came up to greet him one by one. When they saw that the emperor was also here, they were so frightened that they all knelt down quickly.
Yin strode into the back room, leaving only one sentence behind his head: "Get up.".
Qixi Bixue looked at each other at this situation. The emperor was going to stay here tonight. Xiao Fenzi was the most alert. At this time, she came up and said: "I asked them to quickly prepare hot water for bathing."
Yin entered the back room, but saw that the room had been tidied up and looked different from a while ago.
The table was clean, except for the necessary pens, inks, paper and inkstones, there were only a few copybooks, and nothing else was left.
The window screen is also newly replaced. The light cyan window screen is pale and whitish. It is the newly supplied Yangzhou transparent gauze, which is the thinnest.
Yin remembered that she had given this to Jingyang Palace some time ago. This sheer blue yarn was green in color and had to go through more than a hundred processes to make one piece of yarn. The final product was already light in color.
It's early summer, and nature looks refreshing. However, the window screen has a unique elegance. There are shadows of rusty peonies on the uppermost bevel and at the bottom. It is made of light goose-yellow gold. Under the lamp, it looks very bright.
More and more radiant and luxurious.
After washing, they both wore white underwear and sat at the table.
Ji Ling was already sleepy, but after washing, the sleepiness disappeared completely, and he no longer wanted to sleep at all.
She saw the expression on Yin's face, which was rarely relaxed at this time of the day. There was still a drop of water hanging between his eyebrows, hanging on his thick black eyebrows, seemingly falling but not falling.