Dreams linger by Jade Pool
"Chirp, chirp, chirp——"
Yunzhu looked up and saw a snowball rolling down from a green leaf, then bounced and jumped over several leaves, pouncing onto her outstretched palm. It sat there like a little dog, stretching out an arm to point at the golden spirit fruit hanging between the branches, excitedly chirping away.
"Do you want to eat?"
"Squeak squeak." The little monkey nodded obediently. Yunzhu scratched its little head with her other hand and smiled: "When it grows up, you'll have Xiaojin and Xiaoyu, one each."
The snowball bounced happily and pounced on her shoulder, sitting still. Most of the day it was lively, sometimes playing with the triplets, sometimes in the space fruit forest, sometimes with Xiaojin and Xiaoyu, and sometimes serving the master to grind ink and hand over the brush. But what it liked most was to squat on the master's shoulder, quietly doing nothing, feeling very at ease and comfortable, especially when the master closed his eyes under the magnolia tree for meditation - unfortunately, it didn't get such opportunities often.
After withdrawing from the depths of the ocean of knowledge, Yunzhu opened her gentle wavy eyes and took a while to come back to herself from that vast and ancient space-time. As her cultivation deepened, she gained more benefits from the life imprint left by Yulan Tree, and was also influenced more deeply.
"Chee-chee." Snowball felt she had woken up and called out twice.
"We're going to find Little Golden and Little Jade." She stroked the small head with her finger, got up and walked towards the Spirit Pool. At a glance, she saw two palm-sized turtles, one golden and one jade, swimming slowly in the pool with their four legs, completely ignoring the three-tailed carp fish that swam back and forth from time to time... The three-tailed carp fish had been living in the Spirit Pool for a long time and had gained some spirituality. They were very fond of the two turtles, Little Golden and Little Jade, who came to visit from time to time. Every time they came, the carp fish became more lively than usual. Normally, they would stay under those lotus leaves.
It's strange that the lotus and three-tailed goldfish moved from the Bi Pool in the Yu Hua Garden to this space, but after such a long time, not even one small fish has been born, and the lotus plants have only grown bigger and more fragrant flowers, without growing any new stems or leaves. She guessed that the reason for this was due to the unique water quality of the Ling Pool.
In reality, several years of time have been converted into hundreds of years in the space. These lotus and carp have been nourished by the spiritual pool water for a long time, and they will slowly become spiritual objects from ordinary ones. She believes that taking out the lotus and carp from the spiritual pool to eat will not be less effective than several hundred or thousand years of ginseng.
Of course, this is just an idea.
"Little Golden Little Jade, come on up!" Her call carried a thread of spiritual power.
Xiao Jin and Xiao Yu swam over as if they had taken stimulants, crawling up along her hand stretched into the pool, letting them put them on the large stone by the pool.
Out of the space, Yunzhu first put Xiaojin and Xiaoyu back into the crystal basin on the table, turned around to take a look, and Xuetuan had already jumped onto the Qingyu pen holder on the multi-treasure rack by itself. She couldn't help but smile, putting the persimmons, loquats, and tangerines she picked in the space onto a ceramic plate, and filling up the bamboo-carved small bucket specially used for nuts. Only then did she take out the things she had prepared.
"Has the master gotten up?" Ling Xiu's voice sounded from outside the door.
"Ah, come in."
"Yes." Ling Xuan pushed open the curtain and walked in. From her footsteps, Yunzhu knew that her "Wu Xiang Gong" had made some progress, thanks to the help of Yulan Guo, but also due to their hard work behind closed doors. "Master, are you preparing to wash up?"
Yunzhu nodded, "Let's go after breakfast, is everything ready?" On the fourth day after Fu Xin and Fu Yu left Beijing, Qi Jie Borjigit gave birth to a big fat baby boy weighing seven jin and four liang. Yunzhu thought for a moment and decided to return to the mansion in person to attend the third-day celebration.
"Yes." Ling Xue smiled mischievously, "Erbai and Erga are also ready."
"It's been a big fuss since early morning." Yunzhu lightly shook her head, and from the flag dress that Si Xue brought over, she picked out the one with snow plum patterns in cyan silk gauze and put it on.
The triplets are all 14 months old now, they can stand upright, and it's time to learn how to walk. However, Yún Zhu is not in a hurry, thinking that it's better for their bones to grow stronger before learning to walk. But when calling people, they are very quick, and simple meanings can be expressed with one or two words, very clearly.
"Looking at the slaves, both little Gege and Xiao A'ge are clever. They remembered what was said yesterday and didn't mention it again, and they understood to get up early to prepare." Ling Shuo opened Yunzhu's dressing box, waited for her to sit down, and quickly combed a small two-braided bun for her, inserted a bright magpie hairpin with a ruby on top of her head, and chose a pair of golden earrings with kingfisher feathers for her to wear. Just as she was about to pick up a jade bangle, Yunzhu said: "Change it to that sheep fat white jade bangle."
"Yes." Ling Xiu put down the jade bangle and took out a white jade bangle made of sheep's fat, which he put on Yunzhu. He looked at her and said, "The master's eyes are still good, after changing to this white jade bangle, the temperament is much warmer, unlike the coldness of wearing the jade bangle."
When they arrived at the living room, the triplets excitedly bounced up and down in their baby chairs: "Mother, mother."
Yunzhu walked over and kissed their slippery faces, "Mom's babies, are you cold in the morning? Are you hungry?"
He Hui pouted: "It's cold." She was extremely afraid of the cold. Yunzhu looked at her thick down jacket, "It's even colder outside, does He Hui still want to go out with Mother?"
"Go." Yong Xuan said in a soft and gentle voice, with an unyielding seriousness on his face that matched the tender and delicate features of He Hui's face. "Look, auntie." Knowing that her brother was referring to Guo Luoma, who would hug her every time she came, He Hui tilted her small head and nodded.
"Mother, eat, rice." And respectfully glanced at the dishes on the table, there are delicious milk, pumpkin puree, egg tarts and fragrant green vegetables, wood ear meat foam porridge... sesame paste, which one to eat is good?
Three wet nurses stood by, marveling at the cleverness of Er Gege and San Gege, as well as Er A'ge. They were amazed that such young children could not only speak but also negotiate with adults. Yunzhu glanced at them and said, "Think about which one you want to eat, and let the wet nurse feed you." From the time when the triplets couldn't speak, she had been cultivating their self-awareness in small matters, so although they were now inferior to three-year-olds in speaking and walking, they were more decisive than three-year-old children. Of course, sometimes their requests would be rejected, and every time Yunzhu rejected their requests, she would explain the reasons, whether it was a good reason or not.
"After drinking the milk, Jing quickly chose a custard tart. Nainai took a warm custard tart and used a silver spoon to scoop out the center part to feed her."
He Hui has always liked to eat fragrant congee. Yong Xuan chose pumpkin puree and sesame paste, he prefers sweet and savory food.
"Master, Manju has come to report that Jin Gege caught a chill some days ago and has been coughing nonstop. She asks if Master can summon the imperial physician to take a look." reported Caiwen as she entered.
"What took you so long to report after catching a cold? Feng Yi, go to the hospital and ask which doctor is on duty to come and take a look. Keep an eye on things for now." This time when Yunzhu returned to the mansion, apart from Wang Jinbao, there were also Ye Yayi, Shang Yayi, Ling Shu, Si Xiu, Cai Lu, Han Lin, as well as two wet nurses and two personal palace maids attending to the triplets. Gu Yayi and Su Wen, Ming Xin and others were left behind to watch over the main courtyard and take care of matters related to Qian Xi's second estate.
"Don't worry, Master." Su Wen and Ling Zhuo exchanged a glance without leaving any trace, they had been waiting for this day for a long time.
Not long after leaving the palace gate, the horse carriage became somewhat out of control. As the king's procession walked on foot, Wang Jinbao's face changed color. Inside the carriage sat the four consorts and three princes, and he was more aware than anyone else of their status in the emperor's heart. Unfortunately, his agile hands were momentarily unable to tame the wildly galloping horses, "Quickly, quickly rein in the reins!"
The coachman was apparently using all his might, and red in the face, shouted: "I can barely hold on to it!"
"Get off at Acton first!" a cold voice came from inside the carriage.
"No... " He jumped down, what about the four noble ladies and the young emperor in the carriage? If there was any mistake, he would be dead.
"I have a way to deal with this horse, you go down first."
"No way." Is this for real? Even the skilled archer can't handle it, how can the Fourth Imperial Concubine control this crazy horse? Akdun had felt that something was off about this horse from the start, it must have been drugged. "With Haitang and the others here, nothing will happen." The other guards had already surrounded the small, jumping and spinning horse.
The stubbornness is not spiritual. Yunzhu had no choice, and with one kick, he kicked Akdun off the carriage, got out of the carriage himself, and jumped onto the horse's back, grasping the reins, stabilizing his body, and gently patting the horse's ears in a rhythmic motion... A gentle spiritual energy flowed into the horse's body...
Akton and other guards who fell to the ground opened their mouths wide, and the Fourth Madam was also too fierce?!
"Good!" The vast majority of onlookers were Qi people, who applauded and cheered at the scene.
"What's going on? Is there anything I can help with?" A young man wearing a winter hat and a snow-white long gown walked over.
Several men from Aketon immediately blocked his advancing body.
"Hey, Dailin, it's me, Alhatu." The young man flashed a glance at one of the guards and asked, "What's going on?" His eyes, however, remained fixed on Yunzhu, waiting for her to look his way before flashing a charming smile.
"Akton, hold the carriage!" Yünzhū jumped off the horse and opened the door. The three nannies got out of the carriage with the triplets in their arms. The three nannies were pale, but the babies in their arms had shiny faces and big round eyes looking around without any fear or panic.
Ak Dun pulled the reins, imitating Yunzhu's movements to calm down the still restless horse. In his heart, he secretly felt ashamed, what if according to his method, these three little princes were frightened? The carriage following behind had stopped, Ye and Shang got off, letting the triplets get on.
"This horse may have eaten something unclean. Take it back to the palace and let Constable Chang examine it. If it involves humans, send it directly to the Ministry of Punishments."
"Ah." Akuto bowed down and replied.
"Wang Jinbao, take a look and see if it's disturbing other people, handle it. We'll continue on our way." Yunzhu turned around to follow the triplets onto the horse carriage.
"Wait!" The plot didn't go as expected, the young man was a bit at a loss, seeing everyone's eyes filled with doubt looking at him, his face turned slightly red and he became speechless. Later, seeing Yunzhu getting on the carriage without stopping, his face turned gloomy...
It was too obvious, the guards surrounding Yunzhu's carriage didn't look good, even Dai Lin couldn't help but "hmm" and left without saying another word.
The carriage arrived at Viscount Cheng Zheng's residence when Guajia was already waiting at the door, looking anxious. "Is everything all right? Where are Yong Heng and the others?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Before anyone could spread the news to the mansion, Yunzhu hurriedly comforted Guajia: "Hejing and them have big guts, they didn't even get scared."
"Let me take a look, children are most afraid of being startled...” Guan Jia saw that her daughter was fine and then touched her little nephew one by one. Seeing their lively eyes and no dullness in their expressions, she finally put her mind at ease. "Hurry up and enter the mansion, it's just a trivial matter of washing three times, you shouldn't have brought Yong Xun and the others out of the palace."
"We can't always stay at home and not go out, I also want Ama and the brothers to meet them."
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"Chirp, chirp, chirp——"
Yunzhu looked up and saw a snowball rolling down from a green leaf, then bounced and jumped over several leaves, pouncing onto her outstretched palm, sitting like a small dog, stretching out an arm to point at the golden spirit fruit hanging between the branches, excitedly calling out.
"Do you want to eat?"
"Squeak squeak." The little monkey nodded obediently. Yunzhu scratched its little head with her other hand and smiled, "When it grows up, you'll have Xiaojin and Xiaoyu, one each."
The snowball bounced happily and jumped onto her shoulder, sitting still. Most of the day it was lively, sometimes playing with the triplets, sometimes in the space fruit forest, sometimes with Xiaojin and Xiaoyu, and sometimes helping the master grind ink and hand over the brush. But what it liked most was to squat on the master's shoulder, quietly doing nothing, feeling very at ease and comfortable, especially when the master closed his eyes under the magnolia tree for meditation - unfortunately, such opportunities were too rare.
After withdrawing from the depths of the ocean of knowledge, Yunzhu opened her gentle wavy eyes and took a while to come back to herself from that vast and ancient space-time. As her cultivation deepened, she gained more benefits from the life imprint left by Yulan Tree and was influenced even more deeply.
"Chee-chee." Snowball felt she had woken up and called out twice.
"We'll go find Little Golden and Little Jade." She reached out to stroke its small head, got up and walked towards the Spirit Pool. At a glance, she saw two palm-sized turtles, one golden and one jade, slowly paddling with their four legs in the pool, completely ignoring the three-tailed koi fish that swam by from time to time... These three-tailed koi fish had been living in the Spirit Pool for a long time and had gained some spirituality. They were very fond of the two turtles, Little Golden and Little Jade, who came to visit from time to time. Every time they came, the fish became more lively than usual. Normally, they would stay under those lotus leaves.
It's strange that the lotus and three-tailed goldfish moved from the Bi Pool in the Yu Hua Garden to this space, but after such a long time, not even one small fish has been born, and the lotus plants have only grown bigger and more fragrant flowers, without growing any new stems or leaves. She can only attribute this to the unique water quality of the Ling Chi.
In reality, several years of time have been converted into hundreds of years in the space. These lotus and carp have been nourished by the spiritual pool water for a long time, and they will slowly become spiritual objects from ordinary ones. She believes that taking out the lotus and carp from the spiritual pool to eat will not be less effective than several hundred or thousand years of ginseng.
Of course, this is just an idea.
"Little Golden Little Jade, come on up!" Her call carried a thread of spiritual power.
Xiao Jin and Xiao Yu swam over as if they had taken stimulants, crawling up her hand stretched into the pool and letting them put them on the big stone by the pool.
Out of the space, Yunzhu first put Xiaojin and Xiaoyu back into the crystal basin on the table, turned around to take a look, and Xuetuan had already jumped onto the Qingyu pen holder on the multi-treasure rack by itself. She couldn't help but smile, putting the persimmons, loquats, and tangerines she picked in space onto a ceramic plate, and filling up the bamboo-carved small bucket specially used for nuts. Only then did she take out the things she had prepared.
"Has the master gotten up?" Ling Xue's voice sounded from outside the door.
"Ah, come in."
"Yes." Ling Xuan pushed open the curtain and walked in. From her footsteps, Yunzhu knew that her "Wu Xiang Gong" had made some progress, thanks to the help of Yulan Guo, but also due to their hard work behind closed doors. "Master, are you preparing to wash up?"
Yunzhu nodded, "Let's go after breakfast, is everything ready?" On the fourth day after Fu Xin and Fu Yu left Beijing, Qi Sao Borjigit gave birth to a big fat baby boy weighing seven jin and four liang. Yunzhu thought for a moment and decided to return to the mansion in person to attend the third-day celebration.
"Yes." Ling Xue smiled mischievously, "Erbai and Erga are also ready."
"It's been a big fuss since early morning." Yunzhu lightly shook her head, and from the flag dress that Siqi brought over, she picked out the one with snow plum patterns in cyan silk gauze and put it on.
The triplets are all 14 months old now, they can stand upright, and it's time to learn how to walk. However, Yún Zhu is not in a hurry, thinking that it's better for their bones to grow stronger before learning to walk. But when calling people, they're very quick, and simple meanings can be expressed with one or two words, very clearly.
"Looking at the slaves, both little Gege and Xiao A'ge are clever. They remembered what was said yesterday and didn't mention it again, and they understood to get up early to prepare." Ling Shuo opened Yunzhu's makeup box, waited for her to sit down, and quickly combed a small two-braided bun for her, inserted a bright magpie hairpin with a red gemstone on top of her head, and chose a pair of golden earrings with kingfisher feathers for her to wear. Just as she was about to pick up a jade bangle, Yunzhu said: "Change it to that sheep fat white jade bangle."
"Yes." Ling Xiu put down the jade bangle and instead took out a white jade bangle made of sheep's fat, which he put on Yunzhu. He looked at her and said, "After all, Master's eyes are good. With this white jade bangle, your temperament has become much warmer, unlike when you were wearing the jade bangle, which was cold and clear."
When they arrived at the living room, the triplets excitedly jumped up and down in their baby chairs: "Mother, mother."
Yunzhu walked over and kissed their slippery faces, "Mom's babies, are you cold in the morning? Are you hungry?"
He Hui pouted: "It's cold." She was extremely afraid of the cold. Yunzhu looked at her thick down jacket, "It's even colder outside, is He Hui still going out with Mother?"
"Go." Yong Xuan said in a soft and gentle voice, with an unyielding seriousness on his face that matched the tender and delicate features of He Hui's face. "Look, auntie." Knowing that her brother was referring to Guo Luoma, who would hug her every time she came, He Hui tilted her small head and nodded.
"Mother, eat, rice." And respectfully glanced at the dishes on the table, there are delicious milk, pumpkin puree, egg tarts and fragrant green vegetables, wood ear meat foam porridge... sesame paste, which one to eat is good?
Three wet nurses stood by, marveling at the cleverness of Er Gege and San Gege, as well as Er A'ge. They were amazed that such young children could not only speak but also negotiate with adults. Yunzhu glanced at them and said, "Which one do you want to eat? Let the wet nurse feed you." From the time when the triplets couldn't speak, she had been cultivating their self-awareness in small matters, so although they were not as articulate or mobile as a three-year-old child, they were more decisive. Of course, sometimes their requests would be rejected, and each time Yunzhu would explain the reason, whether it was reasonable or not.
"After drinking the milk, Jing quickly chose a custard tart. Nainai took a warm custard tart and used a silver spoon to scoop out the center part to feed her."
He Hui has always liked to eat fragrant congee. Yong Xuan chose pumpkin puree and sesame paste, he prefers sweet and savory food.
"Master, Manju has come to report that Jin Gege caught a chill some days ago and has been coughing nonstop. She asks if Master can summon the imperial physician to take a look." reported Caiwen as she entered.
"What took you so long to report after catching a cold? Feng Yi, go to the hospital and ask which doctor is on duty to come and take a look. Su Wen, keep an eye on things for now." This time when Yunzhu returned to the mansion, apart from Wang Jinbao, she brought Ye Yayi, Shang Yayi, Ling Shu, Si Qi, Cai Lu, Han Lin, as well as two wet nurses and two personal palace maids who were attending to the triplets. Gu Yayi, Su Wen, Ming Xin and others were left behind to watch over the main courtyard and take care of the affairs of Qian Xi's second estate.
"Don't worry, Master." Su Wen and Ling Zhuo exchanged a glance without leaving any trace, they had been waiting for this day for a long time.
Not long after leaving the palace gate, the carriage became somewhat out of control. As the horse walked, Wang Jinbao's face changed. In the carriage sat the four consorts and three princes. He was clearer than anyone about their status in the emperor's heart. Unfortunately, his agile hands were unable to control the horses that were galloping wildly, "Quickly, quickly rein in the reins!"
The coachman was apparently using all his might, and red in the face, shouted: "I can barely hold on to it!"
"Get off at Acton first!" a cold voice came from inside the carriage.
"No... " He jumped down, what about the four noble ladies and the young emperor in the carriage? If there was any mistake, he would be put to death.
"I have a way to deal with this horse, you go down first."
"No way." Is this for real? Even the skilled archer can't handle it, how can the Fourth Imperial Concubine control this crazy horse? Akdun had felt that something was off about this horse from the start, it must have been drugged. "With Haitang and the others here, nothing will happen." The other guards had already surrounded the small, jumping and spinning horse.
The stubbornness is not spiritual. Yunzhu had no choice, and with one kick, he kicked Akdun off the carriage, got out of the carriage himself, and jumped onto the horse's back, grasping the reins, stabilizing his body, and gently patting the horse's ears in a rhythmic motion... A gentle spiritual energy flowed into the horse's body...
Akton and other guards who fell to the ground opened their mouths wide, and the Fourth Madam was also too fierce?!
"Good!" The vast majority of onlookers were Qi people, who applauded and cheered at the scene.
"What's going on? Is there anything I can help with?" A young man wearing a winter hat and a snow-white long gown walked over.
Several men from Aketon immediately blocked his advancing body.
"Hey, Dailin, it's me, Alhatu." The young man flashed a glance at one of the guards and asked, "What's going on?" His eyes, however, remained fixed on Yunzhu, waiting for her to look his way before flashing a charming smile.
"Akton, hold the carriage!" Yunzhu jumped off the horse and opened the door. The three nannies got out of the carriage with the triplets in their arms. The three nannies were pale, but the babies in their arms had shiny faces and big round eyes looking around without a hint of fear or panic.
Ak Dun pulled the reins, imitating Yunzhu's movements to calm down the still restless horse. In his heart, he secretly felt ashamed, what if he followed his own method and scared the three little princes? The carriage behind had stopped, Ye Nai Nai and Shang Nai Nai got off, letting the triplets get on.
"This horse may have eaten something unclean. Take it back to the palace and let Constable Chang examine it. If it involves humans, send it directly to the Ministry of Punishments."
"Ah." Akuto knelt down and replied with a bow.
"Wang Jinbao, take a look and see if it's disturbing other people, handle it. We'll continue on our way." Yunzhu turned around to follow the triplets onto the horse carriage.
"Wait!" The plot didn't go as expected, the young man was a bit at a loss, seeing everyone's eyes filled with doubt looking at him, his face turned slightly red and he became speechless. Later, seeing Yunzhu getting on the carriage without stopping, his face turned gloomy...
It was too obvious, the guards surrounding Yunzhu's carriage didn't look good, even Dai Lin couldn't help but "hmm" and left without saying another word.
The carriage arrived at Viscount Cheng Zheng's residence when Guajia was already waiting at the door, looking anxious. "Is everything all right? Where are Yong Heng and the others?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Before anyone could spread the news to the mansion, Yunzhu hurriedly comforted Guajia: "Hejing and them have big guts, they didn't even get scared."
"Let me take a look, children are most afraid of being startled...” Guan Jia saw that her daughter was fine and then touched her little nephew one by one. Seeing their lively eyes and no dullness in their expressions, she finally put her mind at ease. "Hurry up and enter the mansion, it's just a trivial matter of washing three times, you shouldn't have brought Yong Xun and the others out of the palace."
"We can't always stay at home and not go out, I also want Ama and the brothers to meet them."
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