The palace lights in the room were shaking. Ji Ling put her arms around Qixi and gently patted her back again and again. After a long time, she whispered to herself: "Good Qixi. I still remember that when I opened my eyes,
The first person I see is you."
She paused and asked softly: "What time is it?"
Qixi's heart skipped a beat, knowing that her master was still waiting to see if the emperor would come, so she stood up and looked at the clock to tell the time.
As expected, the master's face showed disappointment that could not be concealed.
She lowered her head and was lost in thought for a while.
Seeing her like this, Qixi went out and gently ordered people not to turn off the lights outside tonight, but to keep them on all night long.
Waiting for someone who might come.
Qixi stood on the corridor behind the light and shadow of the lamp, folded her arms, and sighed silently.
In the Nuan Pavilion.
After waiting for a long time, it was almost midnight, and Ji Ling was finally persuaded by Qixi to serve him on the bed. Just as he was about to order people to turn off the lights, he heard movement outside.
All the way there were voices kneeling down to greet the emperor.
Ji Ling immediately jumped out of bed.
She was still barefoot. As soon as Yinzhen came in, his eyes fell on one of her white ankles, and he immediately picked her up. With a bit of reprimand, he said in a deep voice: "Are you stupid?"
He put Ji Ling on the bed, lifted his clothes and sat down.
When Qixi saw this, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she immediately bowed her knees and saluted, closed the door, and left.
Ji Ling obediently leaned on Yinzhen's chest. After a while, she raised her head and whispered to him: "I thought you were scared by me and wouldn't come again."
Yinzhen snorted, and said with a smile on his lips: "I have seen so many ghosts and demons along the way, and I have heard so much about alchemy and Taoism, and the magic of longevity. How can I be scared?
Follow me!"
He lowered his head and saw that the person in his arms was holding the clothes on his chest tightly with one hand and his eyes were tightly closed.
He reached out and wiped the corners of Ji Ling's eyes, and then found water on the back of his hand.
She burst into tears.
Yinzhen's heart felt as if a hand had grabbed her, and she felt so distressed that she hugged Ji Ling tightly and said softly in her ear: "Fool, how big of a deal is this? Why are you crying! I originally thought about these reincarnations.
, and many people have heard about it.”
Ji Ling thought: Fourth Master just thinks that I am reincarnated?
Time travel = reincarnation.
Something seems wrong, but it seems to make sense.
She sniffed.
Yinzhen hugged her tightly and coaxed softly: "You treat me with sincerity, how can I not be as good as me? How can it not hurt? Don't underestimate my love for you!"
My Lingling, I feel so insecure.
It’s all my fault that I look ugly today and frightened Lingling.
As he thought this, he felt a sense of sourness and guilt in his heart, mixed with regret, and couldn't help but hug Ji Ling a little tighter.
I just want to care for the person in my arms and never let her shed a single tear.
Ji Ling buried her face in his arms and whispered, "I've been waiting for you. I thought you wouldn't come."
She exposed half of her face, shed a few tears pitifully, and put her arms around Yinzhen's neck.
Yinzhen said softly: "I was entangled in political affairs, so I came late. How could I not come? I will always miss Lingling in my heart."
Ji Ling's eyes were red and filled with tears, but her face also started to turn red.
"Your Majesty, don't you blame me for bullying you?"
Yinzhen laughed muffledly, pressed his forehead against hers, and whispered softly in a deep and magnetic voice for a long time: "I want to be weird, but I can't bear to let it go."
Yinzhen leaned over and placed her on the bed, lowered his head and kissed Ji Ling's forehead very gently, sighing softly without saying anything else.
He replaced all words with actions.
…
When Ji Ling woke up the next morning, to her surprise, Yinzhen hadn't left yet.
He was being served by a servant to arrange his robe. When he heard the noise, he turned around and walked over, sat on the bedside, took Ji Ling's hand, brought it to his lips, kissed it, and then said: "I'm leaving."
The palace servants in Mannuang Pavilion lowered their heads.
Qixi was so happy that she couldn't hold back her laughter.
Yinzhen walked towards the door. After walking a few steps, he turned back. When he passed by Qixi, he glanced at her and said, "Serve the imperial concubine well."
Qixi knelt down and said: "I will obey the emperor's will!"
In the Chengqian Palace, the chief eunuch of Xiuqing Village came again to ask for an order: "In the west pavilion of Xiuqing Village, a fighting altar has been built according to the emperor's instructions, and the paper patterns have been drawn. The manufacturing office has also collected eighty-six fruit trays for flowers and trees.
One pier, five five-color talismans, seven five-color tablets, and two umbrellas; ninety fruit covers, two stove covers, eight iron hanging stove bases, five lead bars, and three sacred tablet holders...
…”
The Dou Altar is an altar dedicated to Dou Mu, and Dou Mu is the mother of the Big Dipper Stars in Taoist legends, also known as the "Innate Dou Mu Great Sage Yuanjun". It is also an indispensable statue of worship when practicing Taoism and refining elixirs.
The chief eunuch was still reporting nonchalantly.
Yinzhen glanced at it, and was slightly lost in thought. He waved his hands for a while, leaned back, leaned on the dragon chair, and said quietly to the chief eunuch and the general envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital next to him: "Stop it now. From now on,
Say it again."
The chief eunuch was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped. He turned his head and glanced at the Imperial Hospital envoy next to him who also looked shocked.
To hear such words from the emperor's mouth... is simply shocking.
This is when the sun comes out in the west.
The two quickly calmed down their expressions, and had only one common emotion in their hearts: Three thousand people love each other! What the outside world said is right, the imperial concubine really has the emperor's sincerity!
If he wasn't sincere, with the emperor's strong temperament, who could change his mind?
When the sun set in the afternoon, Concubine Xi's carriage stopped silently at the entrance of Jiuzhou Qingyan Palace, followed by Li Gui and Ma Changzai.
"I send my regards to the Emperor. May the Emperor be blessed with peace and prosperity." Concubine Xi walked in with a smile after the announcement.
Although her smile was bright, it was empty - she had a guilty conscience.
Mrs. Niu Hulu understood very well that the reason why the emperor's attitude toward her had improved recently and that he always accepted her greetings in every way was because...
She knelt down, her back straight, raised her hands to the wooden tray in front of her, and said loudly: "I present to the Emperor a carved silk robe and a yellow satin Taoist robe."
Su Peisheng glanced at Yinzhen's face, stepped forward, took the tray, smiled a few times and said: "Concubine Xi, please get up quickly!"
Yinzhen coughed.
Su Peisheng:...Σ(⊙▽⊙)!?
He looked back at Yinzhen: So... should I accept it or not?
In fact, Concubine Xi made many trips to the Emperor, both openly and secretly, not just in the Old Summer Palace.
When she was in the Forbidden City, she ran to the Yangxin Hall without stopping.
Most of them were greeting the emperor, and the conversation and laughter were inseparable from the practice of Taoism and alchemy.
While Yinzhen was listening with great interest, he quickly mentioned a few more words about Si Age.
Su Peisheng was tired of seeing this routine.
But it doesn’t matter whether it’s a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it’s a good cat.
When she mentioned alchemy and Taoism, the emperor liked this.
Last year, Concubine Xi's brother heard that Jia Yunyi, a Taoist priest from Baiyunguan, was "proficient in medical skills", so he asked his sister to recommend him to the emperor.
However, after Yinzhen summoned him, he felt that Taoist Jia did not know anything about the study of mind and nature, so he was disappointed and did not retain him, so he sent him away with a slight reward.
That Taoist Master Jia is still wandering around the capital.