Chapter 13: Hand in Hand Qi Buchen took Lin Changqing and others around...
Qi Buchen led Lin Changqing and others around the front hall of Fengxian Hall, whose foundation was higher than hers, and came to the back hall.
Su Peisheng, who had been waiting outside, brightened up when he saw her and ran over to greet her. He was accompanied by a senior eunuch whom Qi Buchen had met once - the chief steward of Fengxian Palace.
"Madam, you are here." Su Peisheng came forward and bowed, then bent down and walked to Qi Buchen's side, extending his arm for Qi Buchen to hold.
The chief eunuch also greeted and said, "Greetings to the Fourth Lady."
Qi Buchen maintained a perfect smile: "Eunuch Ming, please stand up quickly." He gestured to Lin Changqing to go forward and help him up. "Today, I'm sorry to trouble you to look after our master. I thought you might not have eaten yet, so I asked Lin Changqing to have a few drinks with you."
Ming Gonggong even said he dared not.
"It's okay." Qi Buchen instructed Lin Changqing, "Thank Eunuch Ming very much."
Lin Changqing said a lot of nice things, and Eunuch Ming followed him.
Qi Buchen then took Su Peisheng's hand and walked towards where Yinzhen was, and the smile on his face faded: "Is the master okay? Is the injury serious?"
She already knew that Yinzhen was punished for fighting, but she didn't know the reason for the fight, so he was definitely injured, but she didn't know how serious it was.
"The master doesn't allow me to see the body." Su Peisheng lowered his head and answered carefully, "There are some skin injuries on my face, and now they are bruised."
"What exactly did the fight start for?" Qi Buchen's voice remained steady.
Su Peisheng did not dare to slack off: "When the incident happened, the servants were waiting outside the palace and did not witness it with their own eyes. The servants asked the people around the Fifth Prince, and it seems that the emperor scolded me because I did not do my homework well yesterday. After the emperor left, the Third Prince said a few words to me, and I hit the Third Prince. In the end, the two of them started fighting. As for what the Third Prince said, I did not find out. Please punish me, my wife."
"I don't blame you." Qi Buchen did not vent his anger on him. This was something that was obviously only known to the princes. Where could Su Peisheng find out? He didn't have that much face.
Su Peisheng was relieved by Fu Jin's understanding. Seeing that they were at the door, Su Peisheng hurriedly whispered, "The Empress Defei has sent someone, and they are inside."
Qi Buchen, who was about to lift the curtain and go in, stopped in her tracks. She waved her hand, and the group of people following her moved quietly to the corridor and stood in a row. Qi Buchen stood by the door, listening to the faint sounds coming from inside.
"...Fourth Prince...reflect on your mistakes...you have failed the Emperor's will...friendship...recognize your mistakes as soon as possible...Third Prince...apologize...do not make the same mistake again...remember and follow..."
Although it was intermittent, Qi Buchen roughly understood Defei's attitude. She was simply scolding Yinzhen for making Kangxi angry, and he quickly admitted his mistake and apologized.
The voice stopped talking for a while, and then Yinzhen's deep voice rang out: "My son will follow my mother's instructions."
After a while, the curtain was lifted, and a big eunuch came out with two small eunuchs. All three of them had empty hands.
When they saw Qi Buchen, the three of them immediately greeted him politely: "Greetings, Fourth Lady."
"Please stand up." Qi Buchen didn't smile, but instead had a worried look on his face. "But I'm here on my mother's orders."
"Yes." The leading eunuch bowed and replied.
"I'm sorry to have troubled you, mother. It's all our fault." Qi Buchen said guiltily, "Please go back and tell your mother. I will apologize later."
"I obey your command." The leading eunuch's voice was flat and without any fluctuation.
Qi Buchen stopped talking and said, "Then there is no need to delay the father-in-law from returning to report."
"I will take my leave."
Qi Buchen watched the three figures walk away before entering through the curtain that Su Peisheng had lifted.
This was a large, empty room, without any screens or other objects separating the spaces. In the middle were the tablets of Kangxi's three deceased queens. Yinzhen was kneeling upright beneath the tablets, wearing only the cloak he had worn when he left in the morning. Although his hair had been tidied by Su Peisheng, it was still obviously messy.
Qi Buchen felt a chill as he came in. He looked around and saw only a brazier in the southeast corner, which was obviously newly moved in.
Yes, Fengxian Hall is usually just a place to enshrine the tablets of emperors and empresses of various generations. No one else usually comes here except for the cleaners, and there is no such thing as lighting a brazier for them every day.
Qi Buchen walked to Yinzhen's side, squatted down on one knee facing him, and met Yinzhen's eyes.
Qi Buchen only felt that these eyes were as deep as the sea at this moment, as if there were undercurrents constantly rolling and surging, and he felt pity in his heart.
She reached out and took Yinzhen's hand, which was hanging by his side. She felt it was icy cold and immediately frowned: "So cold? Didn't I bring a hand warmer with me when I got up this morning?"
Su Peisheng lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his two masters: "This servant deserves death. I accidentally dropped it and broke it."
In fact, it was knocked off by Yinzhen when they were fighting with Yinzhi. The shell of that thing was made of porcelain, so it broke into pieces as soon as it was dropped.
Qi Buchen could probably guess what was going on: "Why don't you call everyone in."
"Yes." Su Peisheng hurriedly stepped out to call the group of people brought by Fu Jin.
When Qi Buchen grabbed Yinzhen's hand, he shuddered involuntarily and wanted to pull his hand back immediately. However, perhaps because his hand was numb from the cold, he lost control of his opponent for a moment and could only be held motionlessly by Qi Buchen.
Yinzhen could clearly feel a warmth coming from his young wife's hand, from her hand to her shoulder, all the way to his heart, causing his tense body to slowly relax.
Hearing someone coming in, Yinzhen quickly pulled his hand away from Qi Buchen.
Qi Buchen was surprised by his sudden action: "What's wrong?"
Yinzhen turned his face away and pursed his lips: "It's not good for you." We haven't consummated our marriage yet. If we act too close in public and people find out, it will be bad for your reputation.
Qi Buchen thought Yinzhen was afraid that his hands were too cold and would be bad for her, so he pursed his lips and smiled: "It's okay, I have a strong fire." As he said that, he stretched out both hands, grabbed one of Yinzhen's hands and pulled them together, then put his two cold hands in his own hands and rubbed them gently.
At this time, some of the people Qi Buchen brought with him had already come in, so she changed her address: "My hands are too cold right now. If I use the hand warmer directly, it will not be good for my hands."
Now that everyone was inside, pulling it back would only make it more obvious. Yinzhen stared intently at his wife's eyelashes, which were slightly watery from walking all the way here. He felt them blinking, and each flick seemed to brush against his heart, making him feel itchy and uneasy.
Qi Buchen's hands kept moving. After he finished speaking to him, he turned around and directed everyone: "Take out everything."
The palace servants worked silently, avoiding their two masters' glances. Soon, braziers were placed around Yinzhen.
"Madam, everything is ready." Su Peisheng handed over a hand warmer.
After holding it for a while, Qi Buchen's hand was almost the same temperature as Yinzhen's, so he let go.
When the warm and soft hands left, Yinzhen felt a sense of loss in his heart. He subconsciously reached out in the direction where the hands were leaving, but he only grabbed the hand warmer that was stuffed into his hand.
"Everyone go out, Su Peisheng stay." Qi Buchen stood up and drove away the extra people.
"I brought some clothes and a comb. Can I help you tidy them up?" Qi Buchen asked.
Yinzhen held the warm but stiff hand warmer in his hands and nodded silently.
Qi Buchen personally took charge, loosening Yinzhen's braids, untangling them first, and then braiding them back in place. However, she didn't do this kind of work often, so the result was... a little unruly.
Yinzhen carefully felt every tremor of his hair and every draft of air caused by the arms moving behind him.
He suddenly heard her muffled laughter: "My craftsmanship... seems to have a bit of abstract artistic feeling, haha, let Su Peisheng do it."
Yinzhen didn't quite understand the artistic sense of abstract art, but he didn't want Su Peisheng to comb his hair, so he said, "Su Peisheng combs it ugly."
The author has something to say:
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Su Peisheng: ??? Sir, where is your conscience?
Yinzhen: My wife’s hands are so soft!
PS: Why don’t you little cuties give Little Fourth Master some nutrient solution to help him grow up quickly~~
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