The Woman Behind Kangxi: The Biography of Virtuous Concubine

Chapter 90
It was getting late, but the sky was clear in summer, the heat in the sky was still there, and it was still bright, with thin clouds stretching out from the sky, Ning De leaned against the door and watched quietly.

Since the emperor set up the South Study Room in the south of Yuehuamen in 16 years, he often ordered Zhang Ying, a scholar of lectures, and Gao Shiqi, a cabinet bachelor, to come in and serve him.

After noon, Eunuch Liang, who was next to the emperor, sent someone to deliver a message, saying that the emperor would sit at the Yonghe Palace after finishing his lectures, and asked his master to be ready to pick him up.

Ningde reckoned that the time would not be far behind, so he asked someone to prepare a few fresh fruits that the emperor loved, and changed into a jade-colored skirt embroidered with folded branches and light flowers, and only a crystal-clear flower was inserted in the simple bun. The jasper and phoenix hairpin she had just waited quietly in the hall, thinking that Xuan Ye would walk in through that door in a short time, she couldn't hide the joy in her heart.

Ever since Yinzhen was carried to Tongfei's Chengqian Palace, his heart has become empty and firm. Even the most reassuring scriptures in the past can't stop the desolate chill and tiredness in his heart. Now only when I spend every moment with Xuan Ye, every time I spend with Xuan Ye, can I feel the truth, only when I hold Xuan Ye in my arms and touch his breath, can I feel the warmth.

Whenever I see the little bed that Yinzhen slept in, now there is only an empty shadow, and whenever I recall the restless crying in the Yonghe Palace, how willing I am to take care of him again no matter how hard and tired I am!

I still remember the day when I took Yinzhen away, it was Fei Cui and Liu Li who held me hard, otherwise I really don’t know if I could hold back and not rush forward, it was Fei Cui who desperately stopped me, calling in my ears: "Master, in the five years of Yonghe Palace, you have written 99 characters of 'forbearance'. Don't give up on the last one."

Ning De's body was pulled by her, but the veins on his forehead protruded, and he said word by word: "The hundredth word for 'forbearance', the hundredth word for 'forbearance'."

In the Yonghe Palace that night, the teardrops of a mother who lost her child remained for a long time.

Yes, I have to endure it, and I can't show displeasure. The whole harem is watching her, Concubine Tong is watching, the queen mother is watching, the empress dowager and the emperor are also watching, she knows what Fei Cui said that night In addition to the "hundredth ninja character", there are thousands of ninja characters to be written by yourself until death... I'm afraid this is how life is?
Ningde was immersed in the unbearable memory for a long time, and suddenly she was awakened by the male duck voice of "the nobleman of Yonghe Palace welcomes you". When she looked up suddenly, she saw the bright yellow outside the palace like the warmest sunshine in the cold winter It pierced through Ningde's cold heart all at once, she stood up with a smile, and immediately wanted to throw herself into Xuan Ye's arms to find even a trace of warmth that the imperial family could give.

Xuanye's bright eyes shone with the color of hope and swayed under the hazelnut tree, and his incomparably bright smile bloomed together. Under the hazelnut tree stand, there was an iron birch swing that he asked someone to make for her because he was afraid that she would be bored. He said with a smile: "My De'er looks like a fairy about to fly away every time she plays on the swing frame. She is so beautiful." He blew air behind his ear, smiled happily and said, "Your Majesty, you are here to make fun of me again." The faint scent of Ning De's body always spread from behind his ear to the tip of his nose, making his heart itchy.

Xuan Ye recalled this warm and sweet moment, as if he had forgotten all the intrigues in the court, and couldn't help smiling at Ning De Zhan who was holding on to the door.

Suddenly there was a deafening sound, and immediately the whole earth seemed to be shaking, like a cannon fired, followed by thousands of stone cannons; and there were sounds from all directions, like hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses rushing.For example, Liuli and Jade experienced the 12th year of the Kangxi earthquake, and their faces immediately turned pale with fright, and they were at a loss when they were shocked for a while.

earthquake!

Ning De raised his head and looked at the swing frame on Xuan Ye's head, which seemed to be shaken by the earthquake. Even the hazelnut tree seemed unstable, and the whole Yonghe Palace was shaking. I want to stop, but... Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I want to be with Xuan Ye... I want to be with him...
Before Xuan Ye had time to react, he saw a jade-colored figure running towards him and pushed him straight away. Xuan Ye only felt that he was hugging a soft body. .

With a loud "boom", half of the Yonghe Palace's wall and the hazelnut tree that Xuanye had been standing on fell to the ground, and the dust covered it for a long time.

(End of this chapter)