Yinzhen's voice was low, and Ji Ling could not help but be lowered by him. She hugged his arm and replied in a low voice: "It's just adding some peel when taking a bath. Some smells are much fresher than the fragrance of flowers."
After hearing this, Yinzhen thought about it for a moment, held her shoulders and squeezed her, and suddenly smiled: "You always have countless clever ideas in these things."
When Ji Ling heard this, it didn't sound like a compliment, but rather a bit of criticism. He raised his head and looked at Yinzhen unconvinced.
Yinzhen touched her head, felt tender for a moment, and then raised his voice to call his servants to come in and serve her.
When he lay down, Ji Ling thought to himself: It's early today, so the fourth master may be thinking a lot.
Sure enough, Yinzhen hugged her, held her slender wrist and squeezed it, then sighed helplessly and laughed in a low voice: "Lingling, why can't I make you fat?"
He held Ji Ling's arm and suddenly thought of her face being much paler than it is now when she first accepted her favor.
Such a comparison shows that Lingling's body has been nursed back to health, and her face is much rosier.
In the dim light of the palace lantern, he kissed the corner of Ji Ling's mouth and watched her obediently close her eyes and turn her head slightly to avoid him, with a smile on her lips.
Yinzhen captured her back.
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Days passed, and under Ji Ling's careful care, the three princesses grew up day by day, learned to roll, rotate, and could sit for a long time.
She liked to watch the little fish, so Ji Ling simply placed a special small lounge chair for her next to the goldfish pond, covering it with thick cushions.
The third princess can watch and feed the pearl fish for half an hour every time. The water in the fish pond is crystal clear and sparkling. The hibiscus stones at the bottom of the water reflect a warm brilliance. The wet nurse and the palace maid sit on both sides of her to take care of her.
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Qilin also accompanied her.
Qilin wore colorful clothes and had a pocket sewn on his back. The third princess loved to hug it tightly around its neck and put her hands into the pocket. They would sit close to each other by the pond and touch each other's heads.
I tilted my head and looked over from a distance, thinking they were two little girls!
The third princess would often turn her head, cover her mouth with her hands, and whisper into Qilin's ears matter-of-factly, and she could talk for a long time.
Qilin listened docilely without moving, as if he could understand. There was no barrier to communication between the person and the dog.
"The third princess is in need of a companion."
Ji Ling was sitting in the yard looking at her daughter and eating cakes. Grandma Chen came over with hot tea, put down the tray, looked at the third princess with a smile, and said softly.
Ji Ling reached out to get the hot tea and took a sip in her mouth to relieve the sweet taste of the pastries - she also knew that the third princess had no one to play with, so she regarded Qilin as a good friend.
But there were not many children in the palace, and there were no babies of the same age as the third princess.
Her two older sisters, Princess Hehui and Princess Shushen, are more than ten years older than her, and it is impossible for them to play together.
Aunt Chen did mention that she could find a young girl of similar age in the clan, but she was quickly rejected by Ji Ling. In the end, Aunt Chen even half-joked to Qixi in private, and half-seriously said: "If the empress can do it again,
It would be nice to have a companion for the third princess. The two children are lively and can be a companion."
She did not continue, but Qixi understood what she meant - it would be great if the master could have another little brother.
The three princesses hugged Qilin.
Although Qilin is just a puppy, after sitting for a while, he curiously stretched out his paws to fish for small fish in the goldfish pond.
The pearl fish in the pond are extremely small, but their movements are very agile. They scurry down in panic and are as fast as lightning.
Qilin fished several times but found nothing. He was small and couldn't extend his claws, so he had to withdraw his wet claws dejectedly.
Knowing that her daughter likes fish, within a few days, Jiuzhou Qingyan sent a few hibiscus fish as a reward. This hibiscus fish is about the same size as a pearl fish, but its color is pale pink. It swims very slowly, which is extremely dangerous.
Rare ornamental species.
Not to mention the third princess, even Ji Ling liked it at first sight and asked the little eunuch who sent it: "Why haven't we sent this kind of small fish for the princess to choose before?"
The little eunuch knelt on the ground, smiled in embarrassment, and quietly explained to the concubine: It turns out that this species was only bred in Qingyan in Jiuzhou, and now it is only after the emperor's special order that this kind of small fish is given to the third generation.
Sent by the princess.
There are six hibiscus fish in total. After being poured into the goldfish pond, they echo each other with the hibiscus stones at the bottom of the pond. In addition, they move calmly, swimming slowly and swaying gracefully.
The pearl fish was instantly overshadowed.
The third princess was lying next to the goldfish pond, looking at it without blinking.
Ji Ling puts Yiquan in charge of the goldfish pond.
The days have come to the end of October in a blink of an eye.
Early in the morning that day, it was still bright. As soon as she got up, Yiquan went to the courtyard to feed the fish. When she walked to the edge of the pond, her face suddenly turned pale.
There are only six hibiscus fish in the goldfish pond, and now they are all lying on the edge of the pond with their white bellies turned over.
Yiquan almost stopped crying. She put the fish food jar aside and tried hard to pick up a hibiscus fish and put it into the water.
But it was all in vain. Once the belly of the hibiscus fish was turned over, it would have died long ago.
This fish is different from the pearl fish. It was specially gifted by the emperor to the third princess, and it is an extremely precious species.
Yiquan was so anxious that she burst into tears, and immediately went to the chief eunuch's duty room to find Xiao Fenzi.
As soon as Xiao Fenzi opened the door, she saw Yiquan looking flustered, her head and face covered with sweat, and she said nervously: "Something bad has happened!"
Xiaofenzi's heart skipped a beat, so she put on her clothes first, then pulled Yiquan to sit in a corner next to her, and asked in a low voice: "Don't panic, what happened? Speak slowly."
Yiquan immediately told the story that all the lotus fish were dead.
Xiao Fenzi frowned and followed her to take a look. Seeing that the hibiscus fish had already met the King of Hell and had no way to save it, she stared at Yiquan and said: "Don't feed too much fish food and stuff the hibiscus fish to death."
Already?"
Yiquan stamped his feet and swore an oath: "The only people feeding the fish are me and the third princess. I watch how much the third princess feeds. I adjust the amount every time. I will never exceed it."
Xiao Fenzi frowned and thought about it again, thinking that Yiquan might have offended someone, and that's why others tricked her like this.
He took Yiquan back to the check-in room and asked him carefully, but Yiquan couldn't give a clue.
This is very tricky.
Yiquan almost knelt down: "Brother Fen, you must think of a way to save me!"
When she became anxious, the tone of her voice changed.
Xiao Fenzi stepped forward and lifted her up first. As soon as Yiquan was supported and tugged on his sleeve, his nose and tears began to flow.
Xiao Fenzi took out the handkerchief from her arms and handed it to her. Seeing that her tears had gathered on her chin, she wiped them randomly for her.
Seeing Yiquan tugging on her sleeve as if holding on to a life-saving straw, Xiaofen let her pull her and comforted her in a low voice: "Okay, don't cry, I'll think of something!"
