Chapter 97: Get In The Snow Together
Xuanyuan Ling thought she wanted to hold hands, but it turned out she was asking for a red envelope. He frowned and asked, "Why? Didn't you get a reward a few days ago?"
It’s normal to give out rewards during the New Year, and every palace has them.
Chen Qing turned around and ran inside, leaving Xuanyuan Ling outside: "..."
Chunhua didn't even dare to follow her master. She was scared when she heard Shen Qing asking for a red envelope. Why did this noble suddenly ask the emperor for a red envelope? This was not in accordance with the rules.
Then Shen Qing came out trotting, holding a bulging purse in her hand, and handed it to Xuanyuan Ling with both hands: "I have prepared a New Year's red envelope for the emperor. This is made by me. I hope everything goes well for the emperor in the new year."
Xuanyuan Ling looked at the bulging purse and subconsciously took it. It was still heavy in his hand. The embroidery on the purse was not delicate and the stitches were rough. The palace could not make such a shabby purse. This little thing was made by herself.
He had heard a lot of auspicious words for the New Year, but he really hadn't received a New Year red envelope for many years. No matter he was a prince in the past or an emperor now, he was the head of the family and the head of the country, and it had always been his role to reward others. After all, he was very wealthy, and most of the gifts from his ministers were valuable. It had been a long time since he had received a purse.
Xuanyuan Ling felt inexplicably comforted.
Chunhua looked at Chen Qing and lied with her eyes open. This was clearly the extra handkerchief that the noble lady had when she was practicing embroidery. She was afraid of wasting it, so she deliberately asked her and Fangyun to make a purse to hold silver for them to use during the New Year. This purse was an extra one, so the noble lady ran in quickly to fill it with silver and took it out to coax the emperor, right?
Shen Qing, who was acting like a good boy with the remaining purse, looked at Xuanyuan Ling eagerly: "I have prepared everything for the emperor..."
I prepared everything for you, but you didn't prepare anything for me?
Xuanyuan Ling was really not prepared. He had asked someone to give the reward, and it had been several days since New Year's Eve. Who knew that Chen Qing would still want a red envelope? She really didn't know the rules. But he had the purse given by this little thing in his hand, and it would be bad to take her things for free: "I'll ask Zhao Hai to send it to you later." The jewelry had been given, and he thought about it and there was still a box of luminous pearls, so he asked Zhao Hai to bring it over later.
Shen Qing blinked twice and hesitated to speak.
Xuanyuan Ling knew from her expression that she was unhappy. He thought to himself that this little thing was becoming more and more frivolous. Could it be that he couldn't coax her so easily?
Just as he was thinking about it, Shen Qing took Xuanyuan Ling's arm and went into the inner room. After entering the room and closing the door, Shen Qing's expression became more obvious: "How can I come back to send you off?"
"You're still not happy?" Xuanyuan Ling asked, "Ask Zhao Hai to go now?"
If Shen Qing really agreed, he would be punished.
"That's not what I meant." Shen Qing looked at the jade pendant hanging on his waist.
Xuanyuan Ling laughed: "You little girl, are you thinking about my personal belongings? You can't wear this." There is a dragon pattern carved on it.
"I won't wear it. I'll just let you look at it to ease my longing for you." Shen Qing pulled his arm and shook it: "I'm very good and won't let others see it. I'll just look at it secretly by myself to think about Your Majesty, okay?"
Xuanyuan Ling couldn't help but imagine that this little thing missed him so she held his jade pendant and thought about him alone. This made people feel warm. In the middle of winter, he felt very hot.
How can I not give it to you? Really, no wonder men in the folks say sweet words: I will give you even the moon in the sky if you want it.
He now has this feeling. It's just a jade pendant, so just give it to him.
Xuanyuan Ling took the jade pendant swiftly and handed it to her.
What's against the rules? Didn't she say that she was very well behaved and would not let others see her. She just watched secretly by herself. Since she watched secretly, it was against the rules. And even if she did it on purpose, she was just protecting herself. She has always been sensible, so let it be.
Then Zhao Hai saw that after Xuanyuan Ling came out, the jade pendant on his waist was gone. Where did it go? Is there any need to explain?
Zhao Hai was dumbfounded. This thing with a dragon pattern represents the emperor. Can he just give it to him? The things bestowed by the emperor, with dragon patterns, are meant to save one's life and save one's life.
After Chen Qing and Xuanyuan Ling came out, the shabu-shabu hotpot from the imperial kitchen was delivered. Xuanyuan Ling found it a little strange as he had never eaten anything like it before. Chen Qing explained the principle to him and introduced the ingredients. Xuanyuan Ling felt a little disgusted when he saw her put the blanched tripe into his bowl.
But seeing that Shen Qing was eating it with relish, he couldn't help but try it, and then he really liked it.
Xuanyuan Ling usually eats less than three times a day and is restrained when eating, but Chen Qing enjoys eating, so he eats a little more than usual. It happened to be snowing, and Chen Qing looked at the snow outside and thought it was very beautiful. The snow fell silently and it was very quiet, and he felt peaceful in his heart just looking at it.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her and felt that she seemed to be a little emotional: "What's wrong?"
Shen Qing smiled at him and said, "I hope that next year, I can still enjoy the snow and eat pot with the emperor like this."
Speaking of which, in the original novel, Xuanyuan Ling met the heroine on a snowy day like this. She remembered it was the Lantern Festival. The emperor was wearing a white dragon fish costume, and the lively heroine dressed up as a man. The hero and heroine met like this.
Then Shen Qing set a small goal for herself, um, to be promoted to the position of concubine this year.
It is always good to have the status of the heroine of next year's beauty pageant secured before she enters the palace. A proper mistress of the palace is always needed.
Xuanyuan Ling heard some sadness in her words, as if she felt that her future was in danger. He felt unhappy for some reason. What was going on? Did she think that she would fall out of favor next year? Was she saying this on purpose?
"Chen Qing." What nonsense are you talking about.
In fact, what Shen Qing said was really meaningless, but when she saw the emperor's attitude, she knew that he had misunderstood. She simply said: "I was just looking at the snow outside and suddenly remembered a sentence. If we can get wet in the snow together in the future, we can grow old together in this life."
On the surface, only the queen is qualified to grow old with the emperor, and no other woman in the palace is worthy.
Xuanyuan Ling suddenly understood where the sadness in her tone came from. It was that only the Queen in the palace was qualified to grow old with him, and a hundred years later, only the Queen could be buried with him.
After she finished speaking, she lowered her eyes slightly and apologized: "I have overstepped my authority."
He knew that she was not ignorant. She was smart and knew everything. She was well aware of the rules of the palace and she knew exactly what to say in front of him. Even if she liked him, she would hint at it and never say it explicitly. What she said today was really straightforward to the extreme.
She wanted to grow old with him?
He is the emperor and cannot promise her this.
Xuanyuan Ling stood up.
Shen Qing seemed startled: “Your Majesty?”
She seemed to be afraid that he would get angry and leave, so she pursed her lips and said, "I have overstepped my bounds, please punish me, Your Majesty."
Xuanyuan Ling reached out to pull her, and then pulled her straight out of the house. Outside, Zhao Haichunhua held umbrellas for them respectively, and Xuanyuan Ling waved them away: "Don't follow me."
Zhao Hai and Chunhua looked at each other, and saw that the two people went out without an umbrella, and the snow fell and soaked their heads.
The cold wind was blowing outside. Xuanyuan Ling's cheeks were cold, but his palms were warm. His heart was beating fast. He turned around and saw Shen Qing staring at him blankly. He walked around and pulled her back. Then he said to Chunhua, Zhao Hai and the others who were looking at him dumbfounded: "What are you doing? Get ready for a bath and prepare ginger soup."
When the waiters were all ready to go, Xuanyuan Ling asked someone to wipe the snow off his body and turned back to say, "Don't say those two sentences again."
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