Li Shuhe stood up, and Ziyun hurriedly helped her and walked towards the purple stone statue.
"This is not a stone, this is purple jade."
Li Shuhe gently touched the stone statue, feeling the fine carvings on his fingertips, and his eyes flashed with nostalgia. After a long time, he said nothing and only sighed: "Yun Qing, you have a heart."
"Four years ago, before your mother passed away, she knew that I loved purple stones, so she carefully carved a purple jade statue for me. It was engraved with my young appearance when she first met me."
"That year, I looked forward to this birthday gift very much..."
"But before my birthday, your mother had not finished carving this purple stone. She fell off the cliff and disappeared, passing away. This carving was only half done, and the purple stone was not given to me. Good boy, it was you who carved it. Are you done with half of the stone statues left?"
Fu Yunqing hid his hands in his sleeves without leaving a trace, and replied sensibly: "It was originally a gift from my mother to my empress. I will give it to my deceased mother and then give it to my empress as a New Year's Eve gift. It's just that my sculpting skills are not as good as my mother's. I hope Don’t blame me, empress.”
Li Shuhe picked up her hand hidden in his sleeve. The mouth was red and swollen, and there were many small cuts on the fingers. Even the eye sockets were slightly red. Li Shuhe's voice was full of emotion: "It hurts, right? Come here, go get some wounds." paste."
"This...how can it be purple jade?" Su Zi stood up, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but said, "The purple jade I have seen before has a smooth texture, but nowhere like this one, which has a turbid and thick texture. ?”
Fu Yunqing was silent, with a faint smile on his lips, and glanced at Su Zi.
Su Zi frowned, wondering what kind of medicine Fu Yunqing was selling in his gourd.
"Back then, my mother loved this purple jade very much. After I finished carving, I covered the surface of the purple jade with a layer of transparent paper as thin as an icicle's wings to protect it from scratches and damage during transportation."
"This paper covers the purple jade brilliance, so it's normal that the princess can't see it."
Fu Yunqing handed the carved knife in his sleeve to Li Shuhe respectfully: "Since it is a New Year's Eve gift for the empress, I will open this layer of paper myself."
Su Zi seemed to be ridiculed by Fu Yunqing. He clenched his fan tightly and argued:
"It's not that I can't recognize purple jade. I've always been very knowledgeable. Who would have thought that you would cover the surface of purple jade with paper? Not to mention me, even everyone present, except for the empress, didn't recognize it. Come out. It turns out that Miss Fu did this trick because she wanted to be in the limelight..."
Li Shuhe took the knife and slashed it gently.
I saw that the thin paper on the surface split and fell off along the blade, revealing the texture of purple jade and spreading beautiful soft light throughout the room.
Brilliant and beautiful.
The jade is delicate and translucent, light purple, elegant and beautiful, and can be called the best.
Yun Nianqiu couldn't help but let out a wow, and praised generously: "It is really a fairy among jade!"
"Miss Yun has good taste." Fu Yunqing said, "This is a rare item that my mother bought from a jade merchant in Yuan Kingdom when she was fighting at the border with my father."
Li Shuhe couldn't put it down and said with great satisfaction: "Someone, please place this purple jade in the most conspicuous place in the center of the hall."
After all, this was carved for her by her best friend, Wen Yanxi.
Yun Nianqiu and Qi Suian admired the purple jade statue together.
But Zhou Yanran, who was standing behind everyone, was wringing her handkerchief and frowning in silence.
She held a small purple jade in her hand, which was a gift she had racked her brains to prepare for Li Shuhe.
In comparison, it's really hard to compare.
In the past, her father, Zhou Yaolei, was Fu Hexiao's deputy general, and the Fu family had a lot of power over the Zhou family. Now that the God of War is dead, the Fu family's legitimate daughter still overpowers her, the Zhou family's legitimate daughter.
Li Shuhe sat on the main seat and patted the empty seat beside him: "Yun Qing, come and sit next to me."
Fu Yunqing and Yun Nianqiu sat on the left and right sides of Li Shuhe.
Li Shuhe opened a jar of wound ointment, dipped a cotton ball in the ointment, and carefully applied it to the wound on Fu Yunqing's finger.
Fu Yunqing's hand was held by Li Shuhe, and the warmth from Li Shuhe's palm continued to spread from his fingertips to his heart. The wound after applying the medicine felt cool and comfortable.
Li Shuhe was very caring to her, just like his mother was to her.
Halfway through the meal, Li Shuhe was persistent and gave Fu Yunqing a piece of braised seabass with a smile: "This is your mother's favorite food. Try it. You should like it too."
Fu Yunqing was eating the fish in small bites, and then heard Li Shuhe ask Qi Suian:
"Sui'an, when will you choose a reading companion?"
"It will probably be in the next few days." Qi Suian replied with a smile, "At that time, I will ask the emperor's sister-in-law to recommend candidates."
"Okay." Li Shuhe withdrew his gaze and moved around Fu Yunqing.
Fu Yunqing and Yun Nianqiu distributed vegetables to Li Shuhe together.
While serving the dishes, she glanced at everyone present inadvertently, and had a preliminary prediction in her mind.
Li Shuhe had no children, so he found some family members to keep him company, so that his life would not be so boring after all.
Fu Yunqing knew that these girls valued the queen's power, so they squeezed into Fengluan Palace.
The place of power is Jijiyingying.
After finishing the New Year's Eve meal, Fu Yunqing left with the other official women.
The carriage drove on the official road.
Fu Yunqing held the small heater and leaned his head gently against the car wall.
Chu Bingke was sitting on the horse in a heroic posture, with one leg hanging in the air and the other kneeling on the carriage. When passing by the yard next door, he saw Qi Chengyi standing on the porch, holding a few bottles of wine in his hand.
New Year's Eve this year.
Qi Chengyi's biological mother died young, and he was alone in the palace. He thought he would be lonely during this festival.
Fu Yunqing opened the curtain and was about to jump out of the carriage as before, but he felt dizzy due to excessive blood loss the night before.
She hurriedly went to grab the car wall, but when she failed to grab it, she fell forward without weight——
Tianying quickly reached out to help her with quick eyes and hands, but Qi Chengyi appeared one step faster than her.
Fu Yunqing fell into a slightly cool embrace, and when he looked up, he could see Qi Chengyi's perfect jawline.
Fu Yunqing wanted to struggle to get up, but Qi Chengyi gently pressed her head in his arms.
"Be good, don't move."
Fu Yunqing heard his pounding heart and said doubtfully:
"Why is Your Highness's heartbeat so fast? It makes my ears ring."
"..." Qi Chengyi's Adam's apple rolled and he was confused, "Because the wind is strong."
Qi Chengyi carried her into his yard, walked around the corridor and the moon cave door, walked to the backyard pavilion, and placed her on a chair covered with blankets.
Fu Yunqing touched the tip of his nose and said somewhat uncomfortably: "Actually, I can leave. You don't have to do this."
"It's okay, we're only a few steps away, so I can carry you in." Qi Chengyi put a few bottles of Tusu wine on the table, "Tonight, New Year's Eve, how many drinks can you have with me?"
On the table were roasted lamb legs, dried fish, peaches, various exquisite pastries, and several pills to nourish qi and blood.
Qi Chengyi picked up the elixir, put it to her lips, and whispered: "Open your mouth."
His fingertips accidentally touched her moist and soft lips. Qi Chengyi thought of the kiss that night, his Adam's apple rolled, and he looked away, suppressing the strangeness in his eyes.
