Deep ice

Xi Lian stood up, put the tightly wrapped veil on his palm, and handed it up with both hands, "Please look over, Your Majesty."

Yuan Jing raised his eyelashes, glanced at the tied veil,

"Demolished."

Hearing this, Xilian carefully took out the spinning top inside and put it on the dragon table in front of Yuan Jing.

Yuan Jing stared at that thing for a long time, "What is this?"

Xi Lian said: "Back to the emperor, it's a spinning top."

Yuan Jing put down the book in his hand, his phoenix eyes were rare to see,

"Spinning top?"

Seeing this, Xi Lian smiled unconsciously: "Your Majesty, this is a folk plaything, it is indeed not common in the palace."

Yuan Jing took the thing in his hand, "How to play?"

Xi Liangong said: "Please ask the emperor to call the slaves to demonstrate to the emperor."

Yuan Jing kept silent, just put the top on the table, then watched Xi Lian intently, stretched out two fingers, twisted the thin handle on the back of the top, and with a clever effort, the little thing hummed from the table The case was unscrewed and drawn into a shadow.

Xi Lian laughed lightly, then looked at the emperor's face,

The gentle smile is like the soft wind in late spring, blowing ripples on the stagnant face just now.

Xi Lian lowered his head, but his eyes were sore.

Yuan Jing laughed twice, "Okay!"

Seeing that the spinning top lost its strength and stopped in one place, he raised his eyes to look at Xi Lian again,

"Again."

Xi Lian responded with a low voice, stepped forward and turned around again.

The palace people around all lowered their heads deeply, bit their lips, not daring to make any movement.

Yuan Jing smiled calmly, "That's right, set it up!"

Xi Lian shook his hand, "Your Majesty, what should this be mounted on?"

Yuan Jing opened his mouth, but he didn't answer the question, "I'll put it next to this brush later, you can do it."

Xi Lian put away the spinning top, his face was a little stiff, "I obey the order."

Yuan Jing watched as Xi Lian took the top, and immediately changed into a different person, returning to his usual indifference, "Go and come back quickly."

Xi Lian bowed out of the imperial study and stood at the door in a daze for a while.

A fog of water.

Thinking about the years that I have brought the emperor, the emperor is more indifferent than ordinary people, and I have never seen him have any preferences. As an emperor, I have seen many rare treasures, but now I just fell in love with such a wooden lump , which is rare.

Xi Lian sighed, looked down at the spinning top in his hand, thinking that what the emperor did was creating a problem for himself.

If it is inlaid in jade, the spinning top will not be able to rotate in the future. If it is wrapped in gold, it will be too vulgar.

I was in trouble, but I saw Concubine Ning being helped in by someone.

Xi Lian hurriedly put away the spinning top, bowed forward,

"The servant kowtowed to see the empress."

The concubines who wear jingle bells are elegant and noble, and the rouge on their faces sets off the pair of water-like autumn pools, adding a bit of cuteness and pitifulness.

Concubine Ning raised her hand lightly, the mutton fat jade bracelet on her wrist was transparent in the sunlight, "You don't need to be too polite, Mr. Xi."

Xi Lian raised his head slightly, and smiled, "Your Majesty is so heavy, why did you come to the imperial study room? If there is something to do, I will send someone to tell my servant, and this servant will do my best to help your Majesty."

Concubine Ning was filled with a fragrance, her red lips parted slightly,

"Is the emperor there?"

Xi Lian bowed his waist, "Your Majesty, wait a moment, this servant will report to the Emperor."

After finishing speaking, he turned and entered the hall.

But before he opened his mouth, he saw Yuan Jing took a backlog of memorials, and his eyes were full of hostility.

Listening to the movement, Yuan Jing raised his head to see Xi Lian, but he seemed to relax a little.

"So fast?"

Xi hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty forgive me, but the slave hasn't left yet..."

After a pause, he said again: "Prince Ning, please see me."

Yuan Jing put down the memorial in his hand,

"Concubine Ning?"

Xi Lian raised her head, "It's the eldest daughter of General Ning Yueguan's family..."

Yuan Jing remained expressionless, "Xuan."

After Xi Lian got up and exited the room, he respectfully showed Concubine Ning into the room, then he was relieved, stepped up his pace, turned and exited.

Concubine Ning supported Zizhu, supported her waist with one hand, blessed her body,

"Concubine..."

Yuan Jing glanced at her, "You don't need to be too polite, just give me a seat."

Seeing this, the little eunuch next to him hurriedly brought a wide-faced huanghuali chair, and the court lady carefully laid a cushion on it, Zi Zhu then helped Concubine Ning to sit down.

Concubine Ning's beautiful eyes almost softened, she pursed her lips and nodded, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yuan Jing said: "Why come here this time?"

Concubine Ning smiled slightly, "The concubine is less than three months pregnant. If something really happened, I could have told Xi Lian to pass on the news. The concubine came here specially because the concubine hadn't seen the emperor for a long time...I miss him very much."

Yuan Jing was silent for a while, and then said again: "I should go and see you."

Concubine Ning's face was like peach blossoms, her eyelashes flickered, "The emperor is busy with government affairs, how could my concubine not be considerate, come here to disturb the emperor this time, I hope the emperor will not take the blame."

Yuan Jing said, "No problem."

Seeing Yuan Jing's absent-minded appearance, Concubine Ning was very sad, but she didn't want to show it. She just smiled softly and stayed for a while thinking of the law. I miss my daughter and become ill, and I want to visit the palace, but I hope the emperor will allow me."

Yuan Jing said: "Yes."

When Concubine Ning heard this, her eyes were full of affection, and the rouge on her face seemed to be thicker, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Then he said: "My father has been on expeditions for many years, and my concubines have lived in the palace for a long time. There are no other brothers and sisters in the family. My mother is really lonely."

Yuan Jing was thoughtful, but your father is Ning Yueguan? . "

Concubine Ning nodded slightly: "It's my father."

Yuan Jing looked at Concubine Ning, with unpredictable thoughts in his eyes,

"Your father has been stationed in northern Xinjiang for a long time and guarded the border town as solid as gold. He has really worked hard."

Concubine Ning was overjoyed, thinking that this was a great time to ask the emperor to call her father back, thinking of this, her voice choked up unnaturally, "Your majesty, every time father writes a letter to his family, he just said that there is nothing to worry about, but that The concubine knows very well that my father suffers from lung disease, which occurs every year in the cold winter. In the bitter cold of northern Xinjiang, the winter is longer than other places. My father is old and can't bear the torture. .”

Yuan Jing's phoenix eyes lowered slightly, but what he had in mind was something else.

Ning Yueguan saw death a few times and retreated into the city. Yuan Jing had long disliked him, thinking that he had made great contributions in defending the city and lacked general talents, so he endured it.

The war in the southeast is urgent, so it is desirable to use such a good defender.

Concubine Ning was a little timid when she saw that Yuan Jing was silent, and was about to speak, but saw the pair of black eyes in front of her eyes turned back to the gods and her heart beat wildly.

"I have decreed to transfer him away from the northern border, which can be regarded as fulfilling your filial piety."

Concubine Ning was stunned for a moment, and after she realized it, she didn't care about her body, and wanted to kneel down, "The emperor's kindness, my concubine has spent a lifetime, and there is nothing to repay."

Yuan Jing raised his hand and frowned slightly, "There's no need to be too polite."

Seeing the maid on the side supporting Concubine Ning, she said calmly: "Your body is so inconvenient, you'd better go back and rest first."

Concubine Ning burst into tears of gratitude, blessed her body, "The concubine resigns."

-

In Weiyang Palace, Yingying was very busy.

The hall hasn't been dusted yet, but it's time to eat again.

I really can't spare the effort to decoct the medicine.

Coincidentally seeing Chun Bao passing by, he raised his voice and said, "Chun Bao, come here!"

Chun Bao was about to look for Huai Huai, when he heard Yingying's words, he stopped, "What are you doing?"

Yingying put down the duster in her hand, wiped the sweat from her forehead, "Go to the small kitchen, fry the master's, and send it to him later."

Chun Bao let out an ooh, then turned and walked towards the small kitchen.

After walking a few steps, I heard Yingying yelling from behind, "Don't forget to keep an eye on him, if there is a mistake, you and I will lose our lives."

Chun Bao continued to walk forward, but turned around and shouted, "Got it."

After finishing speaking, he collided with Huai Huai.

The Chunbao spinning top was like a spinning top, staggering from where it was for a while, unable to stop no matter what.

Huai Huai looked at it in a daze, "People who practice martial arts are so invulnerable."

Chun Bao, who was spinning around, was very upset when he heard this, and immediately took a horse step, and then he stood firm.

Taking a long breath, Chun Bao said, "Where are you going?"

Huaihuai said, "I'm going to look for Xilian."

"Why are you looking for him?"

Huaihuai said: "I'll write a letter to the emperor to express my condolences, I don't want to ask Xilian to send it to me."

Chunbao couldn't believe it, "You can compose poetry?"

"That's not true," Huaihuai turned around and walked away quickly, "I'll tell you later, I have to go to find Xilian first, if it's too late, the emperor might have to go to bed."

Chun Bao stared at the blue sky and the white sun, put his legs together, straightened up,

"Huaihuai, it's still bright today..."

-

Xi Lian squeezed a one-inch red velvet brocade box and came out of the House of Internal Affairs, with a slightly relaxed expression on his face.

After all, he is an expert. The eunuch in charge of the House of Internal Affairs found a base of Xiuyuhuanhuang, and embedded the spinning top on it. It is really desirable to delay playing.

Xi Lian was very satisfied, carefully put the thing into the box, and rushed towards the imperial study.

After leaving for half a stick of incense, I saw that person from a distance.

Xi Lian gritted his teeth slightly, turned his head away, and pretended not to see.

On the contrary, it was Huai Huai who enthusiastically stepped forward and blocked his way,

"Eunuch Xi, I am here for something indeed."

Xi Lian glanced at Huai Huai hesitantly, "It seems like our family hasn't asked you yet..."

"I knew you wanted to ask." Huai Huai took out the neatly folded note from his skirt and stuffed it into Xi Lian's palm, "This emperor will be happy to see it."

Xi Lian pushed back, "Just spare our family."

Huai Huai pushed back again, "Eunuch Xi, why are you doing this? You also know that if you don't help me, I won't let it go. Could it be that you still want to be the same as last time and wait for half a day before accepting it?" ?”

Xi Lianhen's teeth itched, and was about to throw it back, but Huaihuai turned around and ran away, "Thank you, Eunuch Xi, I will definitely thank you well after it is done."

Xi Lian stopped and sighed.

Thinking of the ins and outs, I can't stop being cruel.

That too was a poor man.

Putting away the note, Xi Lian straightened his clothes and walked slowly into the imperial study, fearing that the emperor would catch a cold if he brought the cool air into the inner hall, so he stood outside the hall for a while to warm his body.

After warming up for a while, I could hear the tone inside be indifferent,

"Someone-"

Xi Lian raised his hand to stop the little eunuch who was about to enter the house, bowed and stepped into the inner hall.

"The slave is here."

When Yuan Jing saw Xi Lian, he was stunned for a moment, "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Officials."

Xi Lian responded in a low voice, turned around and sent a young eunuch to go out. Just as the order was completed, Yuan Jing asked again: "How is the matter going?"

Hearing this, Xilian took out the Xiuyu base, put it on the dragon case, and waited with bated breath.

Yuan Jing stared at the object for a long time, reached out and took down the spinning top in the middle, and turned it away from the table.

"Good."

Xi Lian heaved a sigh of relief, took a peek at the emperor, saw his smile was light, and took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing."

Yuan Jing suppressed the smile on her lips, her phoenix eyes sank slightly,

"Why?"

After a moment of silence, he said again, "Bring it."