Linque

It's time to return to Mingcheng Palace.

It gets dark early in winter, and the twilight descends heavily, enveloping the entire palace from all sides.

The whole palace was lit with lights.

Stepping on the warm radiance of the ground, he got out of the car, surrounded by the servants of Ming Cheng Palace, and led two people, one big, one small, three people in.

The earth dragon in the hall was very hot, and the three of them took off their heavy jackets and changed into homely clothes.

At this time, the dinner was ready, and the maid took the folded edge basin and cleaned her hands.Qingyan chattered to the aunt in charge who was waiting on him, what he ate and played outside the palace today, and excitedly waved his hands in the water, thumping around in the water, refusing to wash it properly, and the aunt in charge didn't dare to press him, dumbfounded Coaxing softly, a small corner of the clothes was splashed by Qingyan's unintentional splash.

Seeing this, Ling Ye dropped his veil and walked up to pat him on the back, "Why don't you wash your hands properly?"

"Well……"

Dabai Tuanzi was criticized, so he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut, obediently asked the aunt in charge to wash his hands under the gaze of his father.But he was not in a hurry to go to the dining table, turned his head to look at the father who was standing behind him, then glanced at Chu Heng who was not far away, then ran over slowly, shaking Chu Heng's hand , the complaint said: "Father beat Ayan."

After what happened in Qiongyu Pavilion, although Tuanzi didn't fully understand, at least he knew that the person in front of him could control his father.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Chu Heng first rubbed the head of the dumpling to comfort him, then turned around and looked at Ling Ye disapprovingly, and said, "Why did you beat him?"

Ling Ye was dumbfounded for a moment, and stretched out his hand to point at Dabai Tuanzi, and the Tuanzi immediately hid behind Chu Heng, not daring to reveal even the corners of his clothes—this scene was so familiar to Chu Heng.

On the way back to Beijing, Qing Yan was ambushed by Helantuo, the sage of Yujiang, and Lishan Dongjun happened to pass by and gave a helping hand. The emperor expressed his gratitude and hosted a banquet in the West Nuan Pavilion of Jingcheng Hall.When he entered the palace as Dongjun, he brought Qingyan a piece of candy, but before he handed it out, he was caught by Ling Ye who happened to walk to the door. At that time, Qingyan was kneeling pitifully on the carpet After a while, after being called out by his father, it was the same as now. A group of children grabbed his clothes and hid behind him in fear.

So Chu Heng didn't even bother to ask, and directly raised his hand to cut off what Ling Ye was about to say, lowered his head and said, "Where did you hit you? I'll hit him."

Qing Yan was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at Chu Heng and said nothing.

Chu Heng thought he didn't dare to say anything, so he stepped forward and patted Ling Ye's hand, and then, without giving Ling Ye a chance to defend himself, he turned around and led the dumpling to the dining table.

After a series of movements, Qingyan opened her eyes wide and looked at Chu Heng in surprise.

Although he is young, he already knows clearly that his father is the biggest person in the world. He made a mistake and made his father angry, and he will be scolded and beaten. No matter whether it is Cousin Gu or aunt, he can only intercede. , no one dared to reach out to stop it.Qing Yan didn't even dare to think that the person in front of him would not let his father speak, and beat his father directly, and his father was neither angry nor punished.

Qing Yan looked up at Chu Heng again, admiring him very much, but also felt that someone who dared to beat his father must also dare to beat him.So he hurriedly tugged on Chu Heng's sleeve, bowed his head and confessed his mistake: "It was Ayan who didn't wash his hands properly and beat the father, Ayan was wrong."

"Huh?" Chu Heng turned his head and glanced at Tuanzi when he heard the words, but he was not angry, touched him, nodded and said: "If you know your mistakes, correct them, good boy, don't do this again next time."

Ling Ye let out a heavy "hum" on the side, as if accusing him of grievances, which made the maids in the palace laugh softly.

Chu Heng also laughed, and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a shrimp and put it on Ling Ye's plate as a comfort.

The dinner ended in a lively and warm atmosphere. Ling Ye wrapped Qingyan tightly and sent someone to send him back to Yuzheng Palace.Watching the car drive away in the twilight, the two of them did not rush back to the palace, they walked in the courtyard wearing fox fur cloaks to digest food.

Today is the twelfth day, the moon is slowly rounding up, and a bright round hangs on the east branch, shining white and clear all over the ground.

The two of them walked slowly holding hands like this, and when they reached the shaded place, Ling Ye turned his head and kissed Chu Heng, as if he had stolen candy, and chuckled nonstop.Chu Heng looked up at Ling Ye's smiling eyes, couldn't help curling his lips, and stretched out his arms to hug him.

Leaning in Ling Ye's arms and looking sideways, he saw the lights of Mingcheng Hall not far away, and a row of lanterns under the corridor radiated warm yellow light, illuminating the entire road leading to the front of the hall.

Four months ago, on the day of the twelfth day, he came to the imperial capital and stood outside the majestic city gate, watching the crowds in the city, the red lights hanging high, and the streets and alleys filled with the sound of selling lanterns and mooncakes.Countless carriages, horses and pedestrians walked by happily, and everyone was preparing for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival reunion day.

Standing outside the city gate, he saw many people waiting to welcome relatives and friends, including the carriage of Zhong Pinghou's mansion.

The butler boy waved his hands and eagerly greeted a young man in a well-dressed man riding a tall horse. He heard the boy call the boy "Five Young Masters" eagerly, and said: "You are back, Lord Marquis and Madam have been waiting for you for a long time. In the past few days, I have sent people to wait here from morning to night, for fear that I will not be able to pick you up."

At that time, he was alone by the city gate, watching the housekeeper of Zhong Pinghou's mansion directing the boy to carry the luggage, said "excuse me" to him, and then hugged and led the young man into the city.

Countless people around him who had received relatives and friends happily passed by, but he stood alone in the same place, out of tune with everyone.

On this day four months ago, Chu Heng never had any expectations for the imperial capital.

Four months later, on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, he leaned in Ling Ye's arms, looked at the Mingcheng Palace covered by lights, and found the feeling of home for the first time in a place other than Lishan.

Later, the wind gradually picked up outside, and the two walked back to the hall holding hands.

Eunuch Gao had instructed the maids in the palace to prepare hot water, Chu Heng took off his cloak, and as soon as he walked into the room, he saw a long table in the center of the Ming hall, on which were two painted pictures of narcissus in the twelfth lunar month and a picture of camellia in winter moon. It was written by a part-time worker, it was lifelike, and there was an inscription on the side, it looked like it was drawn with great effort, Chu Heng couldn't help but bend his eyes.

Ling Ye came in after him, saw Chu Heng looking at the painting, walked slowly to his side and coughed twice to clear his throat, then pursed his lips and looked at him without saying a word.

Chu Heng turned his head to meet Ling Ye's gaze, suddenly burst into laughter, raised his head and kissed him on the lips.

His majesty was praised by the queen as he wished, and he was very happy. He just wanted to make an inch to discuss what to do later, when he saw Queen Chu knock on the table twice, raised his eyes and asked: "There are ten more? Didn't you ask me to print it?" Well, when the time comes, I will engrave the seal for you, but there is no painting, where do you plan to stamp it?"

His Majesty paused, swallowed the words again, walked to the table and silently spread the rice paper.

Chu Heng avoided Ling Ye's nasty new idea very vigilantly, and went to take a bath in a good mood.

When he came out again, he was only wearing a middle coat, with a half-new sky-blue robe casually draped over it.The outer clothes that Chu Heng left in Mingcheng Hall were all thick jackets, which would get hot in the warm and steaming interior. The clothes on his body were Ling Ye's clothes, with a few dragon patterns embroidered on them, and they were illuminated under the lamp. The luster flows and is very conspicuous.The people serving in Mingcheng Palace had seen Chu Heng on the first day of his visit, so he was not surprised by this.But Yugong of Shanggong Bureau suddenly saw someone coming out wearing the emperor's clothes, and almost died of fright.

Chu Heng didn't expect that someone would come to Ming Cheng Hall so late, so he couldn't help but cast a suspicious look at Ling Ye.

Ling Ye explained: "This is the jade craftsman of Shanggong Bureau. The jade materials we bought outside today will be taken back by him, and he will carve a seal as soon as possible."

Carving jade wares is a specialized craft, Chu Heng can only engrave the characters of the seal, the shape of the jade seal still needs to be made by craftsmen.The mutton fat jade seed material they selected today is very delicate in shape and has a natural beauty, so the carving of the button does not need to be complicated, and only needs to be cut and polished a little.

Chu Heng made the request, during which time the jade craftsman of Shanggong Bureau lowered his head deeply, and his face was still pale in disbelief until he went out with the jade material.Eunuch Gao followed Yugong and gave some careful instructions. Yugong is an old man in the palace, so he naturally knows what to say and what not to say.

In the inner room, Chu Heng was leaning on the soft couch, studying and flipping through a book about seal cutting, while his hair was steamed dry on the smoker cage.Ling Ye was drawing flowers behind the desk, this time it was August's sweet-scented osmanthus - because he had a cup of sweet-scented osmanthus cheese for dinner, he simply chose it.

The warm fragrance baked in the smoked cage is sweet and comfortable. In this warm and quiet atmosphere, it is easy for people to be distracted.When Ling Ye picked up the brush and dipped in the paint, he looked up and met the person opposite. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that the first time he saw Chu Heng was when the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant.

So when I put pen to paper again, what I draw is not just flowers.

Chu Heng noticed that Ling Ye's eyes fell on him from time to time, stood up and walked over, and when he lowered his eyes, he saw two silhouettes with pen and ink swaying on the paper, surrounded by winding corridors, scattered light and shadow, and the garden was full of sweet-scented osmanthus flowers Curly, drifting all the way.

Chu Heng recognized where it was at the first glance, but at that time, Sunshine knew it, Osmanthus flower knew it, only they didn't know how much throbbing was hidden in the other party's seemingly calm eyes.

Under the calm and expression, it is all distracted.

His heart was full of sweetness, but he only said: "Your Majesty pretended to be like that at the beginning—" He pointed to the painting and said, "After that, it will be 'Twenty of Sticks'."

Ling Ye smiled softly, seeing that Chu Heng's hair was half-dried in the steamer, he walked around the table, picked up the cloth towel that was placed aside, and wiped it with him one last time.

While Ling Ye was wiping, Chu Heng held the comb and walked along the place he had wiped. When he raised his hand, his wide sleeve slid down, revealing a white wrist like jade underneath. The hemp rope marks tied by the guards of the county palace during the day had almost disappeared. , leaving only a shallow blot.

But Ling Ye caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eyes, and still frowned slightly. He stared at Chu Heng's wrist, put down the cloth towel and took the jasper ointment for removing blood stasis.Pulling Chu Heng to sit on the soft couch, after applying it carefully, he still felt that it was not enough. Ling Ye thought about it, and raised his voice to order the servant: "Go and get the pair of blood jade bracelets from the warehouse."

Chu Heng quickly withdrew his hand when he heard the words, "What do you want to do?"

Ling Ye smiled and said: "It was a gift from Jing Xueli when she entered the palace some time ago. The bracelet is shiny and clear red. This kind of blood jade is a gift from the goddess in Nanxi, and it is called tribute jade." The song of Jue Ma, it is very rare to wear it in your hand to nourish your breath." ①

Both men and women in Nanxi like to wear bracelets and earrings, and regard them as a symbol of good fortune.Jing Xueli knew that Ling Ye didn't have a concubine, so she simply made a set of men's jewelry, in addition to the bracelet, there was also a pair of blood jade earrings - this gift obviously carried a hint of narrowness.

While speaking, the servant had already brought the box, Ling Ye grabbed Chu Heng's wrist, and put the pair of blood jade bracelets on his hand.

Under the bright light, the red jade reflected a lustrous luster, against a white wrist, it was dazzlingly beautiful.Ling Ye's breathing was slightly stagnant, he raised his eyes and glanced at Chu Heng's earlobe, then his eyes fell on the pair of earrings in the brocade box.

Of course Jing Xueli knew that Dayin's men didn't have the habit of piercing their ears, so they specially made jade pendants into ear clips, which can be fixed easily.

Chu Heng glanced at Ling Ye's line of sight, and immediately said vigilantly: "Forget about the bracelet, this one won't work, don't even think about it."

Ling Ye waved away all the maids in the palace, picked up the pendant and compared it to Chu Heng's ear, his heart itched more and more: "Just wear it for one night and let me have a look, okay?"

Chu Heng quickly pressed his hand, scolded Jing Xueli a hundred times in his heart, and vowed that next time Dong Jun saw her again, he would not be soft-hearted.Then firmly shook his head and never let go.

But Ling Ye refused to give up easily, and leaned close to Chu Heng, chatting with him one sentence at a time, leaning over to kiss him from time to time.Chu Heng couldn't help laughing because of him, he pushed and hid, and in the end, somehow, he still hugged him.

When the lust is aroused, it will be much easier to discuss anything.

The round moon leaped onto the branches, and the white light shined softly through the window into the room, illuminating the bright red jade pendant and the blushing eyebrows of the person on the couch.

What happened that night, the servant on duty at night didn't know.

But on the second night, Empress Chu refused to go back to Mingcheng Hall even after saying anything, and she didn't even want to have dinner with Her Majesty, so she ran to Wuying Hall early in the morning.

From this we can get a glimpse of one or two.

Of course, these are all things to follow.

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①It is one of the legends about the origin of blood jade. Gongjuema is the goddess of Tibet, but the map of Linque is fictitious, and the geography and landforms are not all modeled on ancient Asia, and there are great changes. Nanxi is not similar to the geography of Tibet. Azimuth, here belongs to the borrowed legend.