Linque

The sun was shining brightly, shining through the window lattice in front of the couch, Chu Heng opened his eyes from his sleep, it was already time.Although the lingering affair last night started with a "lesson", it did not hinder the hearty and hearty later.

Chu Heng was happy and satisfied physically and mentally. He stretched his legs stretched out while lying on the quilt. Suddenly, he heard a few familiar sounds, his smile faltered, and he quickly lifted the quilt and sat up.

"..."

Sure enough, the gilt shackle engraved with complicated patterns was once again handcuffed to his ankle.

After the affair last night, he felt that the bathtub was not smooth enough to wash, so he wanted to soak in the pool in the back hall. Ling Ye clearly unshackled him and carried him there, until he returned to the bed in the inner hall after bathing, he didn't touch the trouble again.Before he went to bed, he was happy about it, but when he woke up, the shackles returned to his feet, and he didn't even know when Ling Ye handcuffed him.

From joy to sorrow.

Ling Ye was sitting behind the imperial case critiquing papers. He returned to the Mingcheng Hall after the Great Court Meeting yesterday. He ordered someone to move the book case to the inner hall. He didn't go there since yesterday afternoon, and it's the same this morning.

Seeing that Chu Heng was awake, Ling Ye put down his pen, got up from behind the case, handed him the warm ginseng soup, and called out loudly, "Come here."

Zhu Geng and a group of servants came in one file at a time, holding toilet utensils in their hands, with their heads lowered, and they didn't dare to look up at all.

Chu Heng drank a few sips of ginseng soup to moisten his throat, handed the bowl back to Ling Ye, glanced at the things in the hands of the servants, and wondered, "Why didn't you take the clothes?"

Little Eunuch Zhu's body was slightly stiff, unable to answer for a while in front of His Majesty, he bowed and lowered his waist again.

"?" Chu Heng looked up at Ling Ye.

Ling Ye put the soup bowl on the tray held by the waiter, wiped his fingers slowly with a silk handkerchief, and said leisurely: "Yesterday morning, I said 'no wear', but they resisted the order and took the robe for you privately." , I have reprimanded them."

"...?!"

Chu Heng was dazed, and it took a while to sort out the meaning behind his words.He looked down at himself naked, then raised his eyes to Ling Ye and Zhu Geng who was a few steps away, the former was standing calmly, while the little Eunuch Zhu had already bowed his head in shame for his "helping others". head.

——Obviously when I delivered the robes to Her Highness the Queen yesterday, she also agreed with the Queen that Her Majesty's move was too much, but today she turned the wind in a "mighty and immediately subdued" way, really can't be expected.

A few blushes appeared on Chu Heng's cheeks, his eyes turned towards Ling Ye, and he lowered his voice and said eagerly: "...I can't let me not wear clothes all day long, can I?"

Ling Ye curled his lips: "Why not?" He glanced around the hall, and said slowly, "Could it be that there are others peeking at you?"

The four-week waiter immediately buried his head lower.

Chu Heng: "..."

He blushed involuntarily, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice with shame and anger: "Yesterday, I said that my love will never change, and my head is like one heart. It's only been one night, and I didn't even wear a piece of clothing... ..."

There was a bit of complaint in the words, but Ling Ye smiled slightly and said, "It's not like I haven't seen you without clothes. If I see you a few more times, it won't hinder the unity of one mind?"

There are his fallacies anyway!

Chu Heng thought to himself, can it be the same in the bed during the day and at night?He silently rolled his eyes, stopped talking to this person, and turned his head to look at Zhu Geng who was a few steps away: "Go get me a robe."

Little Eunuch Zhu was called by His Royal Highness the Queen, and he dared not go, but he looked at His Majesty who was "watching" next to him, and dared not go.In a dilemma, I had to kneel down with a bitter face, begging the two of them to distinguish first.

Chu Heng stared at Ling Ye.

The two stalemate for a while, seeing that Empress Chu was about to explode, His Majesty took the lead to take a step back, beckoned Zhu Geng to get up, and went over to give some instructions.Little Eunuch Zhu looked at the queen, lowered his head, and went down to get ready.

Empress Chu was willing to wash when she wore some clothes.The gold chain is still cuffed to his feet, but last night when he begged for mercy he kept saying "I don't understand", Ling Ye will definitely not let him loose at this moment, Chu Heng knew that there was no hope at the moment, so he simply retreated and begged Secondly, wait until later to talk to Ling Ye.

After he finished washing, Zhu Geng came back with the tray in his hand. Chu Heng reached out to pick up the clothes on it. When he caught sight of it, his eyes widened suddenly, "This..."

Ling Ye took over and picked up the translucent water-colored gauze, "This is a silk gauze from the South China Sea. It was newly tributed at the beginning of the year. The Shangyi Bureau made this gauze gown. I planned to save it for summer. But it’s fine for now.”

It was late spring, and there was still an incense burner burning in the inner room of Mingcheng Hall, so it was indeed not cold.But such a piece of tulle is directly covered on the body, how different is it from not being able to wear an inch?

Chu Heng's face burned again, either he didn't wear it, or it was as if he didn't wear it.Ling Ye stood leisurely by the side of the bed with a silk gauze in his hand, and definitely wouldn't give him another choice.

Little Eunuch Zhu led the servants back out with a wink, Chu Heng struggled for a while, but still took it.

The crocodile silk is soft and smooth, with only a thin layer, and it looks like nothing when worn on the body, but it just gives Chu Heng some comfort from wearing the clothes, and he is no longer so embarrassed and ashamed.The gauze gown is water-colored and translucent in texture, his fair and slender body is hidden within it, looming, walking, sitting and lying has a unique hazy beauty.

If it falls into Ling Ye's eyes, it is an indescribable charm.

Ling Ye's eyes dimmed, and before returning to the royal desk, he clasped the table with his fingers, calmed down his ups and downs, and said, "Servant ink in front of the imperial court, come and serve ink."

"Huh?" Chu Heng was slightly surprised, "I haven't eaten yet, so I'm asked to work. Is breakfast served yet?" He complained, and gave orders to the outside, and walked to the side of the imperial case as he said, He took an ink ingot to grind ink for Ling Ye.

Now it is mid-April, and the princes and patriarchs from all walks of life who went to Beijing to report on their duties last month have already left Beijing one after another, but the affairs in the court have not decreased but increased.

At the beginning of the year, after the cheating case in the Changzhou State Examination, the imperial capital sent a new Xuezheng to preside over the re-examination, and now the Guiban has been released.The imperial capital is about to usher in the first imperial examination after the reform of the examination system, and preparations are urgently needed.Summer is coming, and the diversion of the Lanjiang River, water control and flood control are also top priorities for people's livelihood.Shangshutai and the other six departments are all busy.

The imperial court has regulations for these political affairs on the bright side, but what really needs to be discussed by the emperor himself is the turbulent undercurrent under the calm waters of Kyushu. He also used Fang Hongzhen's name to threaten him, and hooked up some of Yunchangwan's aristocratic families to side with him.Ling Ye wants to take this opportunity to catch big fish for a long time, and thoroughly clean the southern half of Dayin, which is full of aristocratic families.Now that the thread has been let out, the net must also be woven.

A few days ago, they received a secret letter that Su Lang and Ye Xinghui had already returned to Yinghai, Changzhou, and they would soon cooperate with the shadow guards to secretly investigate the Nanyang spice ship belonging to Dingkang Zhou's supporters of King Jing.The Lanjiang River, a big river that traverses Kyushu, will soon reveal how many fans respect the king.

Earlier, when Ling Ye went to Lushui to look for Chu Heng, Gu Han, the Lord of the Town who presided over the court meeting in Beijing, had led the generals of Shuozhou back to the northern border.Su Que, Duke of Ying, who was governor of the northwest, left a few days late. Before leaving, Ling Ye summoned him to ask about Yan Yunfei's recent situation.

Time flies, and it has been nearly two years. At the beginning, Yunfei went to the northern border under the arrangement and care of Gu Yanshi. He spent more than half a year in the Shuozhou Army and accumulated some contacts. Then he was transferred to Qingzhou The army entered the tent of Ying Guogong Su Que.

In the past two years, the civil strife in Yujiang has continued. The three forces of Dayin, Beidi, and Nanxi are all playing chess pieces. From time to time, the troops stationed in Jingqing and Qingzhou have to respond to Prince Weixi's request to go around the territory of Yujiang to drag in their advances. Beidi army in the border.Although it would not be a bloody battle with real knives and guns, but a few rounds of military exploits could be accumulated.

Yun Fei went out on business in the name of the emperor's guard, but this did not prevent him from accumulating meritorious service. On the contrary, because of his name in front of the imperial court, he received a lot more attention than others, and he was like a fish in water.When he came back from Gyeongju, he had connections and qualifications, and when the time came, he would be able to soar into the sky.

——It’s not far away.

Chu Heng held on to the small copper spoon to take water from the water bowl and poured it into the inkstone, and held on to the ink ingot and slowly turned his wrist.Just rubbing ink, he didn't take a seat, he just stood on the side of the case with his waist slightly bent.

The crepe gauze on the body is light and transparent, and it can't cover anything at all, but covering this layer adds a kind of beauty of "still holding a pipa and half covering the face".The waistline was faintly visible behind the light veil as he bowed, and there were still light blue finger marks on his waist from the lingering last night, which looked extremely charming.

When Ling Ye looked away, he put his finger on the finger marks tightly.Chu Heng was concentrating on grinding the ink, and was distracted by this caress, "Huh?"

He raised his head and met Ling Ye's deep eyes. Chu Heng followed his gaze and lowered his head to look at his description, and suddenly understood something.Chu Heng raised the corners of his lips, let go of the ink ingot, looked at Ling Ye and said, "Your Majesty, there is a record in the history of the Dayin Kingdom that all servants in front of the imperial court are dressed like this to serve ink?"

Before Ling Ye could respond, he pushed Ling Ye to sit on the dragon chair, sat on his lap, wrapped his hands around his neck and smiled, "If Your Highness the Queen knew that His Majesty wanted you to serve me like this, I would definitely not let Your Majesty do it again." Enter the door of Ming Cheng Palace?"

The two looked at each other, and when their gaze shifted, Ling Ye slightly bent his eyes, and said slowly, "You can't change clothes either."

Chu Heng's smile faltered, and the raised lip line instantly flattened. He let go of his hands and jumped off Ling Ye, and sat at the table without looking back, waiting for breakfast.

After more than half an hour, it will be noon, so Chu Heng only drank a bowl of porridge to pad his stomach, so that he can have lunch later.

He and Ling Ye didn't agree on the matter of dressing, so he put down the bowl and rinsed his mouth, and didn't do any work, so he sat back on the couch with the quilt in his arms, and flipped through the book of Queen's Rituals.

What Ling Ye said, if you don't remember it, you won't release the shackles.

The first thing about the ceremony was that he knew about it last night.

Chu Heng gently stroked the ten characters written by the gold powder of the imperial brush with his fingertips. The silver hook and jade saliva return to the phoenix dance. This is Ling Ye's best style of writing. It is not like Zhu Pi's imperial brush. The handwriting is like a person, and the words "unwavering" are written in the words of "one heart and one mind", like its owner, which makes Chu Heng sincerely trust.

He turned to the first page and looked back.

Although Ling Ye said that he would remember, Chu Heng was a little melancholy, but he was still very curious about what Ling Ye would write to him during the ceremony.When he first came to the imperial capital, it was beyond his expectation to even enter the palace to pay homage to the Hall of Martial Arts, let alone think that one day, he would hold the Queen's Ritual in his arms.

Therefore, Chu Heng's understanding of it is limited to the few lines that he glanced at when he was reading the history of the country, and then he heard a few words from the book. The way to get along.Because the ceremonies have the function of highlighting the queen's order and morality, there will be many scenes in the book of rites.What's more, I will write about my expectations for the queen.

But it's been a long time, so wouldn't that become a rule?

What's more, Ling Ye asked him to remember!

There must be a no-no in the ritual given to him-one, two, three, four, five!

Thinking like this, Chu Heng continued to look back, and the golden powder royal brush came into view, and he read it line by line, time flowed quietly in Mingcheng Hall, the more pages of the ceremony were turned, the more curved the corners of Chu Heng's mouth became. His hair was raised, and there was an uncontrollable smile between his brows and eyes.

It is to establish rules, and there is only one "rule"-the emperor and empress are deeply in love, and the white heads are of the same heart.

The rest are not so much "rituals" as love letters and notes.

From the eighth year of Xuanxi, Chu Heng did not see the back, and knew that it must have been recorded in March of the 11th year of Xuanxi. This volume of rituals is very thick, and there are many blanks, waiting for them to use the countless years they will spend together in the future. Write long and full.

In the eighth year of Xuanxi, September [-]rd, was the day when they first met. Ling Ye wrote about Chu Heng in his eyes——"a flood of autumn water, the galaxy pales."

There was also the "Twenty Sticks" who met for the second time later.

……

Every line is a memory of their acquaintance.In the diary, there are important events, such as encounters and promises, as well as trivial matters, such as tying hair and choosing jade.

Chu Heng smiled while watching, and turned another page with his fingertips, and came to the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.He remembered that this day was the birthday of Princess Changning, but he couldn't remember anything special about this day in the eighth year of Xuanxi, but he remembered that Ling Ye was very angry that day, it seemed that it was because There was an assassination on the main street of the inner city of the imperial capital, and the culprit was the dead man of Qiannuolou.

But time has passed, and Qiannuo Tower has long been razed, and these are all things in the past.

Chu Heng continued to look down, he really couldn't think of anything that happened between the two of them that day that was worthy of being written in the ceremony.

With some doubts, he read it line by line. The smile on Chu Heng's face suddenly froze when his eyes touched a name. He saw Ling Ye write——Ji Wuyue.

The date of the first article is the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighth year of Xuanxi.

over two years ago.

Chu Heng opened his eyes wide and was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and looked at the person behind the case.