box of hearts

Chapter 126 Drunken Taiping (16)
As soon as the pipa was in hand and the strings were tuned, she began to sing in a low voice with soft arms, and sang "Garden Tour" and "Dream Startled" in succession along with the tune at the other end, and Zhaohua sang and laughed while listening.

Outside the post room, Youyan, Cuiyi, Yuepo, Xiaojing and Ziwei are sitting around a red gold cloud basin peeling lotus seeds.Ziwei pricked up her ears and listened, her eyes full of yearning, "Yo, it seems like the empress is singing in it, it's really nice, this pipa is played like flowing water, it makes people lose their souls."

Yue Po and Xiao Jing also smiled and listened quietly, but You Yan quietly glanced at Cui Yi with a little suspense.Cuiyi has long been showing contempt on her face, slowly holding a lotus seed, "In this world, those who eat white flour come out and sing."

You Yan hurriedly slapped her on the back of the hand, and the other three raised their eyebrows and curled their lips, and exchanged winks.

At this moment, Zhaohua shouted joyfully inside: "Ah, it's snowing, this snowflake is so big!"

The sound of the pipa stopped, followed by Qingtian's clear and delicate voice: "Send someone to the booth to send a message, tell you to stop singing, people can't stand the cold snow sucking into their throats."

"There is no need to send anyone, I will go by myself."

"It's so cold, what are you doing outside?"

"I'm going to see those little actors. I only hear their voices but don't see them all day long. I'm very curious."

"If you are willing to go out for a walk, go, but you can also ask someone to go with you, and bring them the box of ginseng pearl cakes yesterday, and then reward them with [-] yuan each, and comfort them for me, saying that you have worked hard." .”

"Hey, I'm going right now."

Then I saw Zhaohua pull out the door and smiled at the girls, "Sisters are here, I will come back after I go out." After speaking, he called: "Xiaochan, Xiaochan, where did you put the box of pearl ointment?" ?” While grabbing a double-breasted coat of doraemon, he went outside.

About half the time of the meal, Zhao Hua came in coldly again, "Mother, I gave them something, they were very grateful, and said thank you for your kindness. One of them is really good-looking I'm only eleven or twelve years old, people don't like to talk, but those eyes seem to be able to talk."

Qing Tian stepped out of the post room, pointed at Zhao Hua and smiled, "Don't be chattering, take off this gown quickly, the snow all over your body has been warmed by the brazier, and you have to take the cold carefully. Cuiyi, you go Pour a bowl of hot tea to warm Teruka."

Cuiyi at the table raised her head in astonishment, stared at her eyes and said, "Pour tea for Zhaohua? Heh, I only serve the master, but I don't care about serving the girl."

Qingtian's smile is still fresh and fresh, but at the same time, it is already Xuexun's coldness, "Master asks you to serve the girl now, if you work hard in the future, I will also ask Zhaohua to serve you."

Cui was filled with anger, and met Qingtian's eyes for a moment, then threw the lotus seed she was holding back into the golden basin, and twisted away.Zhaohua flattened her mouth, and glanced at Cuiyi's back, "Why bother to recruit her for me? She grinds her teeth all over the room. My hand is not broken, so I'd better do it by myself, so as not to spare her." Turning back to make trouble again." While taking off his coat, he turned his feet and followed closely behind.

But Cuiyi bypassed an ebony mother-of-pearl screen in front of her, took out a teacup and made tea, stared into the green tea with empty eyes, blew lightly with her mouth twice, suddenly became ruthless, and "spit" towards the tea Li spit, and immediately there was a scream from behind——Zhaohua stepped forward with the jacket she took off in her hand, "What are you doing? What are you doing? I can see it!"

Cuiyi took advantage of the momentum and threw the boiling tea in her hand forward with the gaiwan, and then pushed Zhaohua violently.Zhaohua was younger than Cuiyi, and was also a bit shorter than Cuiyi. She tripped over her long gown and fell directly to the ground, her body and face were all wet.She jumped up clutching her chin, stretched out her arms and rushed towards Cuiyi, but was suddenly hugged by someone from behind.

It turned out that everyone heard the sound coming, and the first one was Youyan, who grabbed Zhaohua tightly, "What are you doing, what's wrong with you? Let go, let the empress see what it looks like!"

Just as they were having a great time, Qing Tian came over, "What's going on?"

When Zhao Hua saw it, he was so angry that his voice was a little whimpering, and rushed to her side to tell the story.Cuiyi just refused to admit it, pointing to Zhaohua's skirt and jacket that was covered with tea stains and said confidently: "Obviously I poured the tea, but you lowered your head and bumped into it while walking, and then spilled the tea. You said I poured it into the tea Spit, then pick out which piece of your tea soup is my saliva and I will convince you, if you can't pick it out, you are framing."

"You——, I'll fight with you!" Zhao Hua was angry, shaking her thin lips, rolled up her sleeves and was about to rush forward again.

Qingtian grabbed Zhaohua, looked at the red burnt mark on the left side of her face, his face was as cold as frost, "Yuepo, take Zhaohua down to change clothes, Xiyi, come with me. "

She led Cuiyi into the Nuan Pavilion alone, and licked her paws while Yuzheng was rolling on the ground. When she saw her master, she leaned forward and grunted.Qingtian picked it up and caressed it, a broad bean-sized amethyst ring gleamed from nail to nail in his hand. "Cuiyi, I have tolerated you several times, but you still don't know how to advance or retreat. Today I will clarify my words for you. If you don't want to serve me, you can tell the prince yourself, go wherever you love, and if you don't If you want to stay here, from this moment on, let me behave in a safe and orderly manner, otherwise I will go and tell the prince, then you will have to go wherever you should go. Go down."

Cuiyi turned her gaze to the side, showing an attitude of not looking people in the eye, then snorted domineeringly, and retreated.

Followed by Youyan, she found her, and gave Qingtian a deep blessing first, a sand-green mud skirt piled up layers of wrinkles at her feet, soft and docile. "Your Majesty, I will apologize to your Majesty on behalf of Cuiyi. The Numaid and Cuiyi are considered to be the same size. Cuiyi's father is the head of a patrol shop in Bingmasi. Speaking of which, Cuiyi is also a 'Miss Official'." , even in the palace, everyone is holding it up, no worse than those concubines—"

Qingtian scratched Yu's neck lightly, his half-sunken eyes glowed coldly, "So, I should serve her?"

"No, no, no!" Youyan landed on her knees, waving her hands again and again, "What I mean by this servant is that it's because of this that she's spoiled her so much that she has an unreasonably arrogant temper. Ma'am, don't be as knowledgeable as her. The slaves advised her in private, don't tell the prince. The prince is usually good-natured, but as long as he is really angry, there is no room for maneuver. I am thinking that I am young and ignorant, so I beg the empress to forgive her for the time being. This is it."

Qingtian was moved by this anxious state, and he raised his eyes and looked at each other: "The prince asked me the first day I lived in, whether the girls are obedient and obedient, especially the one named Cuiyi, if I say something 'No', why do you think Cuiyi can still show off her power in this room today?"

Apart from saying "yes" persistently, Xiaoyan has nothing else to say.

Qingtian hugged the cat in front of his chest, and his words were also enveloping, with a gentle and soft tone: "You grew up with Cuiyi, and you are also someone who has served in the mansion for many years. You are so tolerant, sensible, and loving. You Just teach her well according to your own appearance, but you don’t have to force it, the same rice supports all kinds of people, and everyone has their own destiny.”

Youyan is still unique, just like in front of everyone who is higher than her.The light eyebrows and eyes are like new snow, blank and pure white.

12.
Afterwards, Youyan tried to persuade Cuiyi once more, after being recited.Although Cuiyi was rebellious and unruly, she restrained herself for a few days thinking of her sister's true feelings.On the day when the snow melts, it should be done.

It turns out that Cuiyi has always been unwilling to lower her eyebrows to Qingtian, but she has no choice but to beat and kick Qingtian's beloved cat while people can't see her, which can be regarded as venting her anger.Zaiyu had been beaten twice, and when he saw Cuiyi, he turned around and ran away, but if the master was by his side, he would bark his teeth and growl.Every day when Qingtian wakes up, Cuiyi serves the cup under the bed, and Zaiyu often jumps at her from under the quilt, or sweeps the cup over with her front paws.In Yu Sulai's very understanding of human nature, Qingtian also became suspicious, and actually asked Cuiyi a few words.Cuiyi naturally refused to admit it, but she also got sulky and didn't want to stay in Jinxiangtang, so she wandered around in the garden on the half-mud and half-water snow.

Strolling to the green green pond in the middle road garden, my hands and feet were freezing in the bitter cold at the end of winter, so I went to a stone boat by the pond to take shelter from the wind.The body of the boat is carved from huge stones, with four sides entering the water. The beams and columns are made of stone. Meet on the shore.Cui Yiha started to jump into the boat, and after walking a few steps, she could hear someone's voice on the second floor, vaguely saying something like "waiter" or "prostitute".Cuiyi was a little overjoyed, who knows who is hiding here to complain?

As she crept up the stairs, she could hear it more clearly. It was the voices of two people who were asking and answering. They were all young girls' voices. One of them said in a surprised look: "Small class attendant? Isn't that a prostitute? This Empress Duan's status is so low?"

The other said in a very disapproving tone: "Hmph, there are many noble concubines in the palace, and they are all vying to please the prince? Her status is low, but the prince still tries his best to please her. Don't you You know, the lady's personal maid, Zhaohua, was also a prostitute, and just a word from the lady, the prince spent [-] silver to redeem her body—[-]! Don't talk about buying a girl, just buying a princess is enough."

"My God, I have never heard of such a thing since ancient times."

(End of this chapter)