While sorting out Buddhist scriptures, the person from the study in front of the Fourth Prince brought pastry over, saying that it was the prince's intention, so please ask the concubine to taste the pastry.

Ning Ying hasn't seen the Fourth Prince for so many days, and she misses him quite a bit. She heard that it was the pastry sent by the Fourth Prince. After the others left, she reached out and opened it.

Under the dim lights, Longjing tea cakes show a faint bean green, and the patterns printed on them are the same as tea leaves. They taste a faint matcha flavor in their mouths, which is fresh and delicious.

The stuffing of this pastry is actually honey, which is rare. Ning Ying likes it very much and unknowingly ate half a plate.

After eating so many sweet things, you naturally have to rinse your mouth and teeth carefully. After she finished washing up, she rinsed her mouth with her homemade rose mouthwash. Just as she was about to rest, the Fourth Prince came over.

This surprised Ning Ying quite a bit.

She got up from the bed, put on the flat embroidered shoes in the room, and jumped out. The fourth prince had already come in. Seeing that she had just got off the floor, he simply bent down and took her back to the bed: "Don't be frozen."

He gently reached out and pulled the quilt for her, and then tucked the corners of the quilt tightly as if he was treating a baby, and then said, "I haven't been here for several days. Come and see you."

"You" naturally refers to Ning Ying and Hongzhou.

Ning Ying heard what he meant in his words - it seemed that she just came over to take a look and finally went back to the study room in front.

"Master, don't work too hard." Ning Ying stretched out her hand with heartache, held the fourth prince's hand, and said this.

She actually wanted to say - you don't have to suffer too much, because the throne will be left for you in the end.

But how can such words be said?

The fourth prince knew that she cared about her, patted Ning Ying's back of her hand, and then said, "I have a clear idea, don't worry."

He had already said that, and Ning Ying couldn't say anything more. She was helped by the fourth prince and lay down again. She had not let go of her hand.

The fourth prince didn't want to let go of his hands, so the two of them held hands, one lying on the bed, and the other sat on the edge of the bed, smiling at each other for a moment.

Ning Ying tilted her head slightly on the pillow, and suddenly realized that from the perspective of a third person, her posture was actually quite presumptuous.

She suddenly thought of the time when she had just traveled through time many years ago.

At that time, the Fourth Prince was still completely unfamiliar with her. The first time she saw the Fourth Prince was because of a dog running around.

She still remembers that she was squatting in front of the Fourth Prince and saluting, but the Fourth Prince didn't scream for a long time.

As a result, she was so nervous that she was sweating a little.

Time passed like a flash of time, and twenty years have passed in an instant. Unexpectedly, the two have been with each other for twenty years.

Ning Ying felt indescribable warmth.

The fourth prince looked at her with a smile, and saw her eyes rolling, and didn't know what she was thinking.

He was a little funny and couldn't bear to leave, so he reached out to fix the hair on her forehead and said in a doting tone: "If you can't sleep, I'll have some late-night snacks with you?"

Ning Ying sat up as she slapped.

...

Today's midnight snacks are all fresh and fragrant, with a dish of shrimp and bamboo shoot soup - the light yellow bamboo shoots were removed, and they were as white as jade, and they tasted tender and fresh.

A fragrance filled my mouth.

The shrimp meat is pink, and it tastes fresh with ham and mushrooms.

Ning Ying was very dedicated to eating, but the Fourth Prince was fine.

He just held the chopsticks elegantly and used up in a short while.

Then read Buddhist scriptures.

After so many years, Ning Ying particularly admires the Fourth Prince's focus one thing - no matter what he does, he will do his best as long as he wants to do it.

For example, after returning from the Summer Resort, whether it was to establish a character in front of Master Kong or not, at least he would do it immediately when he thought about it.

After reading a few books, the fourth prince suddenly found strange small symbols on the bookshelf.

What's this?

He pointed to a pinyin and asked Ning Ying in surprise.

Ning Ying was speechless for a moment and made a few excuses. Fortunately, the Fourth Prince was not on this and always thought about what was happening in the court. He was distracted after saying a few words.

Finally, I passed by perfunctorily.

That mark - she was obviously very small, and even if she stared at it, it would not be easy to find it.

Who knew that the Fourth Prince saw it.

It can be seen how sharp his observation is.

...

Ning Ying accompanied him for a while, and the upper and lower eyelids started fighting - as if they were glued with glue, it was very difficult to open a crack.

Seeing this, the fourth prince closed the book in his hand, came over to support Ning Ying and lay down.

Ning Ying shook her head: "I'm not sleepy."

This fool!

The fourth prince shook his head and wanted to force her to rest early, but suddenly realized that his Ying'er missed him very much.

Because during this period, he didn't come to the backyard much.

So, it is rare to come here today. This fool is obviously in such a difficult situation, but he still wants to be sleepy and stay by his side.

The fourth prince couldn't tell what it felt, so he reached out and touched Ning Ying's cheek gently: "I'm here tonight."

...

Ning Ying woke up in the middle of the night.

The window was dark outside, without even the moonlight. The Fourth Prince lying beside him breathed for a long time - obviously he was asleep.

Ning Ying stared at Liusu on the top of the bed and was stunned for a while.

In recent years, she often wakes up in the middle of the night.

I don’t know if it’s because of the age--the quality of sleep is not as good as when I was young.

It is said that there are several manifestations of poor sleep quality: some are difficult to fall asleep, some are awake early, and some are awake in the middle of the night.

Her situation should be the last one.

This is only the fifty-fifth year of Kangxi. If the fourth prince ascended the throne successfully in six years, as in history.

At that time... she was really forty years old.

...

In the darkness, although Ning Ying could not see anything, her hearing was keen - she could easily hear the Western clock walking one after another, dripping and very regular.

She closed her eyes and wanted to fall asleep again, but the Fourth Prince turned over beside her, stretched out her hand in a daze, and took Ning Ying into her arms in her sleep.

Ning Ying thought he was awake, so she gently pulled the fourth prince's sleeve and whispered: "Master?"

The Fourth Prince is sleeping soundly.

Behind his possessive posture, Ning Ying couldn't move for a moment.

She reached out and gently pushed the arm of the man beside her, but the fourth prince hugged him even tighter.

Ning Ying had no choice but to give up.

In the quiet darkness, she suddenly thought of the third princess.

On such a quiet night, Yun Xin should be sleeping soundly now, right?

Ning Ying lay in the arms of the fourth prince and slowly turned her gaze out the window.

Her eyes had gradually adapted to the darkness inside the house, and she could slowly recognize the slightly dark blue night sky outside the window.

Above the night sky, stars shine and shine faintly.

The third princess is under the same night sky, in the capital.
Chapter completed!