One hundred and sixtieth chapters want to cover up
The front hall of Yanxi Hall.
Thick curtains blocked out the sound of wind and rain outside the window, and the hall was brightly lit.
Little Gouzi bowed and said with a smile: "The emperor told his servant the day before yesterday that when the noble man gets better, he asked the servant to bring Qilin over. He must make the noble man happy."
Ji Ling sat on a chair, and a palace maid knelt on the cushion in front of her, gently kneading her calves that were numb from being in bed for a long time.
Another palace maid held a plate of walnuts, and Bixue sat next to her, holding a small fruit hammer with seven points of silk wrapped in silver, and smashed the walnuts one by one. Every time a bit of pulp was smashed out, a group of people gathered next to it.
Only in a jade bowl.
In the jade bowl, a hill of neither height nor height has been piled up.
Another palace maid stood behind Ji Ling, holding a rhinoceros horn comb in her hand, combing Ji Ling's long hair over and over again.
Ji Ling sat on a chair, holding Qilin in her arms. She used her uninjured hand to stroke the hair on Qilin's back over and over again, with an uncontrollable smile on her face. Qilin was so cute! Before she traveled through time, she had been growing up since she was a child.
I want to raise a puppy at home, but my mother won’t let me, saying that the dog is shedding hair and cannot be taken care of.
Unexpectedly, my wish came true when I traveled through time.
Qilin changed into a small piece of clothing today. It was no longer the Qilin suit last time. It was a Suanni horse coat, made of good rat fur. He wore a spun silk tiger hood with a soft lining on his head.
Two eyes were made with gold and silver embroidery thread tassels, which sparkled with light.
Ji Ling raised his hand and pinched Qilin's ears, and found that this tiger hood was really exquisite. Not only did the stitching on the outside be neat, but the inside was also made of soft cotton, wrapping Qilin's two little ears softly inside. No wonder it didn't look like anything at all.
I reject this hood!
Xiao Gouzi took out a small gong and drum about the size of a toy from his waist, and said with a smile: "I don't know what you know, Qilin is good at something!"
After he finished speaking, he raised his right wrist, held a small drumstick, and began to tap lightly on the gong and drum surface.
Qilin was half-squinting his eyes as Ji Ling stroked his hair and put his little head into Ji Ling's hand.
When it heard the sound of gongs and drums, it suddenly widened its dark eyes, stuck out its light pink tongue, and yelled "Woof!"
Immediately, it tilted its head and climbed up from Ji Ling's legs. As if it heard some secret signal, it purred in its throat and stared at the little dog with all its concentration.
As the drumbeats continued to intensify, Qilin's little fat legs kept testing the edges of Ji Ling's knees.
Ji Ling saw that it seemed to want to jump down, so he grabbed its belly with one hand and placed it from his lap on the carpet.
As soon as Qilin landed on the ground, he immediately followed the rhythm of the drums and began to move his four fat legs back and forth, shaking his head and head. From time to time, he would stand up with his hind feet and put his two front paws in front of his chest and shake.
It shook so hard that all the gold and silver embroidery tassels on its head were shaking.
After a while, it actually performed actions such as jumping, falling, turning, rolling, jumping, and scratching.
Ji Ling was surprised at first, and then laughed out loud. Fortunately, he didn't put walnuts in his mouth at this moment.
"Is it performing a lion dance?" she asked Xiao Gouzi with a look of surprise.
The little dog also laughed.
He smiled and put down the gongs and drums, and said to Ji Ling respectfully: "Returning to your words, during the festival in the palace, there was a group of lion dances. Qilin followed the emperor and saw him several times. Later, I don't know why.
Then I learned how to dance the lion. Sometimes the emperor likes to watch it when he is tired from political affairs."
Ji Ling held her stomach, turned to Bixue and smiled: "Don't tell me, it's really like dancing like that!"
Bixue also laughed so hard that her hand holding the fruit hammer was trembling, and she couldn't even smash the walnuts.
As the master and servant laughed happily, the curtain was lifted slightly, and Qixi walked in gently. She knelt down and saluted Ji Ling. Ji Ling saw the strange expression on her face and couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong?"
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Qixi stepped forward, raised her hand to cover her mouth, and whispered a few words in Ji Ling's ear.
When the little Gouzi saw this, he put away the drum.
When Qilin saw that there was no more drum beat, he immediately turned around and ran to Ji Ling's feet. He stretched out his two chubby little front paws and kept scratching the hem of Ji Ling's dress.
Ji Ling knew what it meant, so he reached out and picked it up, put it on his knees again, and stroked its furry little head. Qilin closed his eyes in contentment, and pressed his furry little head against Ji Ling's.
In the heart of the soul.
After listening to Qixi's words, Ji Ling's smile slowly faded and asked her, "Did it happen last night?"
Qixi nodded and added: "I heard that the Queen asked the Emperor this morning to be buried as a concubine, and the Emperor agreed."
Ji Ling nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "She just entered Qianxi No. 5 with her front foot. She didn't expect that this happened to her back foot."
Little Gouzi bowed his waist and listened to the conversation between their master and servant. He knew that it was not suitable to stay any longer, so he said: "Mr. Ji, that servant..."
Ji Ling nodded.
The little dog immediately stretched out his hand to summon Qilin. Who knew that its little head was next to Ji Ling's body, with an expression unwilling to leave.
Ji Ling was still combing its fur one after another. When he saw this situation, he said: "It's okay, you can go ahead."
After Xiao Gouzi left the front hall, Ji Ling asked Qixi: "Is this the concubine's gift that the Queen personally requested?"
Qixi nodded and said: "No! I heard that the emperor was not happy with it at first, but later the empress knelt down and cried and begged, and the emperor agreed."
Ji Ling said "Oh" and hesitated to speak. He glanced at the maids in the hall, then at Qixi, but said nothing.
Qixi understood and raised his head and said: "Master is a little tired, you can go out, I will guard you here."
Seeing that everyone in the palace had gone out, only Bixue and Qixi were left.
Bi Xue stretched out her hand and gestured on her neck, stuck out her tongue, and said to Ji Ling in a lowered voice: "Master, that person who entered the fifth Ganxi Institute just the day before yesterday hanged his neck yesterday, this is too..."
Qixi said nothing, but nodded.
Ji Ling said nothing, silently tracing the hair on Qilin's neck over and over again, and finally lowered his eyes and said, "Everyone has passed away, so stop talking about it."
She hugged Qilin and stared at the candles in the distance, thinking over and over again: Is she the queen?
Or are they other enemies in the palace who have a grudge against Concubine Nian?
Or is it really... that Concubine Nian couldn't bear the humiliation and couldn't stand the gap from concubine to official woman, so she committed suicide?
If it were the queen, it would have been too hasty to act, so she had to use the concubine's gift to cover it up?
Isn't she afraid of hiding something?
If it's the queen... if it's the queen!
In Ji Ling's mind, the gentle and friendly look in Ulanara's eyes when she looked at him appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.
It rained heavily for two consecutive nights, and on the second day, it was finally a cloudless sunny day.
Ulanara was in a rare mood and took a group of slaves to enjoy the lotus in the imperial garden.
She held Hua Rong's hand and walked into the pavilion in the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden. As soon as she sat down, she saw a kite flying in the sky in the corner of the Imperial Garden.
Ulanara raised her head slightly and looked at it calmly. It was different from the ones she had seen before. This time, the kite was ocher red.
The red ocher color is like old blood, the red ocher color is like the annunciation of victory.