New Return of the Pearl: A Different Qing Er

Yongqi looked at Xiaoyanzi and Benjamin having fun on the field, and felt jealous.

"Master, come down and play with us!" Xiaoyanzi shouted, "Qing'er, Ziwei, come and play!"

"Me? How can I look like jumping around like this?" Yongqi wanted to go but still said stubbornly.

When Song Qing heard his hypocritical words, she gave him a way out, "Fifth Prince, go quickly! Xiaoyanzi is calling you!"

"Just jump, I'm going all out!" Yongqi glanced at the two people in the field again and said with determination. Then he handed Benjamin's sketchbook to Song Qing.

Song Qing looked at the sketchbook in her hand, and suddenly she felt a little dazed. [I don't know how long it has been since I last touched a paintbrush. Can I still paint?] Song Qing fell into a state of self-denial, as if she had returned to that year and that moment in modern times.

Ertai had been keeping an eye on Song Qing, and when he saw that Song Qing suddenly seemed to be disappearing, he felt uneasy and hurried to Song Qing's side. "Qing'er, Qing'er, what's wrong with you?"

Just when Song Qing felt that she was about to sink into the quagmire of memories, she suddenly heard Ertai's voice. She looked up at Ertai woodenly. It turned out that her eyes were filled with tears without her knowing when.

Song Qing just stared at Ertai blankly, as if she was trying hard to recognize the person in front of her.

Ertai looked at the tears in Song Qing's eyes, and his heart suddenly tightened, and a trace of pain slowly spread throughout his heart. At this moment, he seemed to understand something. He didn't want to see Song Qing cry again, nor did he want her to be sad again.

Ertai was afraid that Song Qing's situation would disturb the emperor, so he gently took Song Qing's hand and walked to the back.

Song Qing just let Ertai take her away, and her consciousness gradually returned. Looking at the boy who was looking at her with some concern, Song Qing finally realized at this moment that she was no longer the modern Song Qing. She was Aisin-Gioro Qing'er, and she should... start over.

"Are you okay? What happened to you?" Ertai asked Song Qing who seemed to have come back to her senses.

"I'm fine. I just suddenly missed Karl Lagerfeld." Song Qing smiled and lied.

Ertai knew that Song Qing had lied to him, but since she didn't want to tell him yet, he would wait until she wanted to tell him. "I'm glad you're okay. I was afraid that the master would see you like that, so I brought you here."

"I know, thank you." Song Qing said sincerely. "Let's go back! Otherwise, the master will think we are lost!"

The two returned to the place where they had just watched the waist drum, and it happened that Xiaoyanzi and Yongqi Benjamin's performance had just finished.

Erkang didn't know what was going on, but he said to Song Qing, "Qing'er, you should go play too. I remember you were very lively when you were a kid, not inferior to Yongqi."

"But I can't!" Song Qing didn't think much about it.

"Let Ertai take you along!" Erkang looked at his brother, "Ertai, go ahead and take Qing'er to play the waist drum!"

[So that's why, you want to bring me and Ertai together!] As soon as Erkang said this, Song Qing understood.

"Qing'er, let's go dance together. It looks quite fun." Ertai also thought of Song Qing's abnormal behavior just now and wanted to take her to play for a while. Maybe her mood would improve.

"Okay, let's go!" Seeing that Ertai also invited her, Song Qing did not refuse.

As soon as they entered the venue, enthusiastic villagers handed the waist drum to her and Ertai.

Song Qing held the drumsticks and beat to the rhythm. Although there were no fancy moves, she was able to keep up with the drum beats.

Looking at Ertai who was hitting the drums with the drumsticks, Song Qing burst out laughing.

"Qing'er, what are you laughing at?" Seeing Song Qing finally smile, Ertai felt a lot more at ease, but he was still confused by Song Qing's sudden laughter.

"Me, why are you so cute when I laugh at you!" Song Qing looked at Ertai seriously and answered. Seeing his face turn red because of her answer, she finally laughed happily.

Looking at the girl who was smiling freely in front of him, Ertai felt that this was the real her, the real her who was by his side.

After a while, Erkang and Ziwei also started playing waist drums. They formed a circle and had a lot of fun. The emperor and ministers outside were also smiling happily.

Suddenly, a discordant voice sounded, interrupting the waist drum team's music. "Everyone stop, these young girls and wives are having so much fun, they haven't paid me the rent they owe me yet, and they are still dancing the waist drums here."

[It’s annoying. Can’t we just celebrate properly? Why do you have to come and cause trouble at this time? But it’s a good thing you came at this time, otherwise there would be no emperor to save these suffering people!] Song Qing complained in her heart.

"Why are you hitting people?" asked the villager who had just been beaten.

That man was really arrogant. When he heard this, he kicked the villager again without saying anything. "What's wrong with me hitting you?"

After the beating, he did not forget to speak loudly, "I didn't hit you lightly. I was just giving you face. You owe me several years of rent and you still dare to dance here. Brothers, rush into the Guo family barn and bring back all the rice for me."

When the village chief heard that they were going to take away all the food, he rushed forward and said, "No, this is our only harvest in three years. How can we survive if you take it away?"

The landlord really didn't give any face, and he beat the village chief with a big nose. "You old man, grab it for me."

When the emperor saw this scene, he could not bear it any longer and said, "How outrageous!"

Song Qing and the others also walked up to the emperor.

"Why do you start beating people right away?" the emperor asked.

When the landlord heard it, he came over and said, "I can see that you guys are from other places! Stop interfering in the affairs of us locals!" Then he left.

"Master, do you want me to find out what's going on?" Ertai asked the emperor when he saw that he was awake.

"Master, I never expected such a thing to happen. I should have found out more clearly." E Min also hurriedly apologized to the emperor.

"Since we are outsiders, let's see how the locals do things!" The emperor looked at the mess and said, "Emin, I'm afraid you still have to go."

"Yes, I'll go right away." After saying that, E Min left.

Seeing the scene becoming more and more chaotic, Xiaoyanzi could no longer suppress her anger. "People are celebrating the harvest here! You came here to smash the place, beat people and steal rice. You are obviously not good people."

Even Song Qing felt furious when seeing this scene. The four guards also wanted to step forward to help, but were stopped by the emperor.

The emperor wanted to wait for Emin to bring the news, but when he saw the landlord beating up the old village chief, he couldn't bear it any longer. "How can you beat up an old man? Erkang, go teach him a lesson."

"I've been waiting for you to say this, Master!" Erkang went straight up and kicked the landlord upon hearing this.

"Four guards, deal with them!" said the emperor.

At the emperor's command, the four guards came forward one after another. Xiaoyanzi saw that she couldn't be left out! She had long since lost control of her desire to be a hero! "Four guards, let's go together!"