Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2359 Seven Volumes 59
Cuiji glanced at the teacup, then nodded, "That should be replaced. But don't waste the tea, you will splash the dusty one later, leave the tea leaves, let's go through it again Just brew it, and let us drink it."

"Of course I can save it." Cui Huan responded, then hurriedly lowered her head and took the teacup, and hurried into the ear room where she lived.

The little girl Cui Xiu who was following beside her couldn't help but chuckled, "What's wrong with Aunt Cui Huan? Did she drink the master's tea secretly, afraid that we might catch her?"

Cuidi smiled, "Master treats us like a family, let alone a sip of tea, if the master has something, why don't you share it with us? But you Auntie Cuihuan, you are a little distracted these days, and you don't care about it. Know what's going on."

Cui dimple came in to serve with a smile, Yu Rui thought Cui dimple was here to bring tea, so she reached out to take it.Cuixiao hurriedly said with a smile, "Back to Master, it was Cui Huan who went to prepare tea for Master. She came in just now, but there was dust in the tea, and she hurried out to change it. Master wait a little longer, and Cui Huan will come gone."

Yu Rui couldn't help but shook her head with a smile when she heard this, "That's true for this girl, even if a speck of dust falls off, what's the point? Just pick out the silver chopsticks that are ready-made on the table. I never think of myself as something precious Yes, such a good tea should be replaced because of a speck of dust, I would rather not bear it."

Wanxi also smiled, and stared at Ma Lin with raised eyes, "They should be punished. It's New Year's Eve, and after sweeping the dust for a few days, how dare there be dust on the beams?"

Ma Lin, that nicknamed "Antfly", hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, "Go back to the concubine, master, slave, slave must never dare!"

Yu Rui also stood up hastily, "Sister... I'm afraid that Cui Huan's eyes are dazzled. How could the dust fall from the beams of the house? If there was, it must have been blown in by the outside wind. I'll go Pinch her!"

Wanxi hurriedly took Yu Rui's hand, "Don't worry, sit down. I didn't get angry with that child, what I mean is that people in our palace are not allowed to talk so thoughtlessly."

"It's fine in our palace, so we naturally don't need to pursue any responsibility; if she said it outside without distinction, she would not be able to bear the responsibility if something happened. "

Yu Rui also frowned, "Yeah! This girl was originally clever and thoughtful; what's wrong these days, she's talking nonsense."

Wanxi nodded, "Did you miss home in the first lunar month?"

Yurui shook her head, "I've told them about this once, and I told them to wait, and I will try to arrange for their families to meet. They are all born under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and neither parent has the opportunity to enter the palace Come to promise, when the time comes, I will send them an errand and tell them to go to their parents for a while."

Wanxi nodded, "If it wasn't because of homesickness... Yurui, you would have to ask."

It's time for girls of this age to understand their feelings.In the palace, I can't see other men, but they are the emperor, the prince's grandson, or the eunuch.

In any of these cases, the master has to be careful for them.
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Yurui naturally knows the severity.

In Yongshou Palace, things like Yuye and Wuniu have happened before, and this time it is her own woman.

Yurui asked herself, she didn't have the ability to make Yuye and Mao Tuan'er retreat completely like her elder sister Ling.She was also even more worried, if Cui Huan really had such a heart, someone would catch her, and she would implicate her sister Ling and Yongshou Palace, that would be bad.

Yu Rui couldn't sit still in front of Wanxi, so she got up to say goodbye, and walked along the eaves towards her side hall.

The February sun already has the warmth of spring, casting the shadows of the colonnades under the feet.She stepped on the grid one by one, as if the grid was turned over by old memories and the rules of the palace.

Back in front of the door of her side hall, she hesitated for a while, but still couldn't get in.She walked directly to Nantou'er's ear room, raised her legs and went straight into the ear room.

Sure enough, Cui Huan was sitting on the edge of the kang in a daze, and the tea cup was put aside, it was already completely cold.It was obvious that Cui Huan had completely forgotten about changing the tea.

Yurui saw it, and felt a little annoyed for a moment, so she growled, "Kneel down!"

Cui Huan shuddered, it was too late to recover, her master was already standing in front of her eyes.

Cuixiao followed, a step too late, and now she was just in a hurry, and behind Yurui, she also gave Cuihuan a wink.

Cui Huan didn't even stand up, but knelt down directly from Kang Yan'er.I also knew my mistake, and I was also guilty. When my knees touched the ground, tears fell down.

Seeing this situation, Yu Rui couldn't help but think of herself.Thinking of how stupid I was back then, also because I secretly liked the emperor, I also knelt down in front of my sister Ling in such despair.

At that moment, there was nothing to defend her, she just wished that her elder sister would beat her down, scold her a few words, even if she was hit head-on to death, she would be willing.

Yurui clenched her fists tightly, and gently closed her eyes, "Tell me, are you also in love with the emperor, and are you determined to be your master?"
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Suddenly, Cui Huan was stunned by Yurui's question, she forgot to shed tears for a moment, she just looked up at Yurui, "... Your Majesty? Master, slave, how can a slave!"

Yu Rui was also surprised, she lowered her eyes to stare at Cui Huan, "No?"

Cui Huan fell to the ground and shed tears again, "Back to the master, this slave has absolutely no such heart... Besides, the emperor is already 51 years old this year, so he is already a grandfather to this slave. Thoughts?"

Seeing Cui Huan like this, Yu Rui quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Rui bowed and pulled Cui Huan up from the ground herself, "Then you said, why are you so out of your mind these days?"

Fortunately, Cui Huan had returned to the ear room to be stable for a while, and she was able to calm down now.

She lowered her head, avoiding Yu Rui's gaze, and said slowly, "Master...do you still remember that "The Story of the Stone"? The servant saw that part, but didn't bow his head yet. This servant must be a little distracted."
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After hearing this, Yu Rui thought about it, and then smiled, "Is it because of that? Well, that's true. I also read the book of that story. Don't tell me, I have some feelings for you too. Qi Qi, these days, I am also thinking about the next story."

Yu Rui relaxed and sat on the kang with a smile on her face, "Fortunately, I've been busy during the Chinese New Year these days, so I've put that matter aside for a while. Since I asked you to bring it up today, I would like to ask you, so I'm telling you Where did it come from?"

When the master asked about the source, Cui Huan faltered a little, "That is, uh... a slave from outside..."

After all, Cui Huan couldn't make it up, so she knelt down and pleaded guilty again.

Yu Rui sighed, "Then the book, after all, was bought from outside the palace, right? Although I am good-looking, but you are an official girl, this is always a violation of the rules. But since I am the same as you Look, then I have to protect you."

Yu Rui thought for a while, then raised a finger, "Shan Zong, you, absolutely don't allow elder brothers and princesses to see them. After all, they are still young, so these scriptures should not be shown to them."

On the other hand, Cuiji smiled and said, "The slave has an idea... I wonder if the master will take the slave's skin off if he hears it."

Yurui raised her eyes, "Tell me about it."

Cui dimple hurriedly smiled and said, "I know that the concubine and master also like to read the scriptures that come from outside the palace. It's just that since the concubine and master gave birth to fifteen brothers last year, until now, there has been no 'Mr. Fox Talk' for a few months. The Newsbook has been brought in. The noble concubine and master have long been staring at me, but I can't find Mr. Fox said for a while."

"That's why, the servant said——Master, why don't you show the book to the noble concubine and master! As long as the noble concubine and master nod, then the master and Cui Huan will be fine!"

Yu Rui also blushed, raised her hand to sweep the kang broom and pointed it at Cui Dian, spit softly, "Bah! Didn't you implicate the master to go? What is this?"

Cui Dimple has quick hands and eyes, and besides, Yu Rui is not too hard to throw, so Cui Dimple took the broom lump in her hand calmly.But she still laughed along, and hit herself with the broom bump a few times, which was considered to be an outlet for her master.

"Master~~ how dare the slave implicate the noble concubine and the master? The slave just said so, and the master can pass this book to the noble concubine and master. After all, whether to read it or not, it is the noble concubine master to make up his own mind .”

"If the concubine and the master think it's not good, they will naturally cast it aside after a few glances; but if the concubine and the master also think it's good... then we'll make the concubine and master happy, right? Who told that Mr. Hu Shuo didn't have any new notes for the concubine? The master relieved the boredom..."

Yu Rui listened, and sighed softly.

What Cuiji said made sense, after all, the emperor was going to pay a visit to the mausoleum soon, and also went west to visit Mount Wutai.There is no need for her elder sister to make her own decision, she guessed that her elder sister would definitely not want to go with the driver.After all, the nine princesses will be vaccinated on February 22. Last year, the fourteenth elder brother did not survive the vaccination. This year, my sister is reluctant to leave.

I am afraid that there will be a month in the future, the emperor will not be in Beijing, so my sister must be lonely; besides, An Ning has just resumed her post in Suzhou, so my sister will be holding on to Concubine Xin's heart again... If there is There is a story book called Ling sister who can put aside the troubles in front of her for a while, and have a little bit of leisure every day, which is naturally excellent.

Yu Rui nodded slowly, "I'll hold the book for the time being... But, if the master reads it well, then I must ask. Cui Huan, you should go and ask in advance. It’s been more than a month, and I think it’s time to write a new one.”
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Because of this script, Cuihuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to elder brother's place to find Yongxuan.

She asked Yurui for the time, and with Yurui's nod, she went to get the waist card.

But this time, she didn't dare to take Xiao Bie'er with her, so she felt a little embarrassed when she got outside Elder Brother's office.

Because it was still in the Old Summer Palace, the residence of the princes in the Old Summer Palace was different from the Southern Three in the Forbidden City.In the Old Summer Palace, the residences of the brothers are also "deep in the cave", because they are located in the Fuyuan Gate, so they are also called "Fuyuan Gate East Four".

Three houses changed to four houses, and the layout in the Forbidden City was different. Cui Huan couldn't guess which courtyard Yongxuan lived in for a while.I was too embarrassed to go in and inquire directly, so I stood outside the door and made trouble.

After thinking about it, I couldn't help stamping my feet, and said in my heart: It's a big deal, I'll go back and report to my master later, and tell the master that there is no more text in that book.

The more she thought about it, the more she annoyed herself.If I could have such an arbitrariness before, then I wouldn't have to come, it's fine to be punished by the master if I had to bite the bullet, why should I still come here, but it's difficult to advance or retreat?

... It's already February, and there are only a few days left before the eighth elder brother gets married in April.She has survived the first three months, but now she is coming over, so what is it?

It's just that she has a ready-made excuse, and it's just because of the script -- but if she can fool anyone, can she also fool herself?
She couldn't have come, she could have... But she still came; she was, she was worthless!
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Just when Cui Huan was so entangled, a eunuch with haha ​​beads came out from one of the courtyards.

The eunuch was a little dazed when he saw her, but he looked around again and smiled, "But Aunt Cuihuan?"

Cuihuan recognized it as Baoyu.

Cui Huan's face turned red.She knew the reason why Baoyu hesitated was because she was wearing the eunuch's clothes when she came back; today she came in a hurry, and she even forgot to put on the eunuch's clothes again, so she just came here wearing the clothes of an official woman.

Only now did she realize that she was afraid: Even the clothes of the official women are the same, but it is impossible to tell which palace they are from; but she is the woman next to Mr. Ruigui, so it is inevitable that someone will recognize her .

If someone recognizes her... an official woman who came to Elder Brother privately to see Elder Brother Huang, who is about to get married, then she will implicate the masters.

In a hurry, she stepped forward and grabbed Baoyu, "Is the eighth elder brother here? You take me in to see him!"

Fortunately, Baoyu was served by Yongxuan's side, and his thoughts on Yongxuan were clear, so he hurriedly smiled and took the green maid and walked in.

It's also a coincidence that the time when Cui Huan came was the time when the princes returned from school.Outside Yong Qi was chatting and laughing with Yong Rong and came this way, suddenly saw an official woman rushing to elder brother's office, Yong Qi couldn't help raising her eyebrows.

"Oh? Why is there an official woman going to the eighth brother's yard?"

The upbringing of the princes is naturally strict, so in the house where the unmarried elder brother lives, there are no young official women serving him, but only eunuchs and nuns, so as not to be suspected of being under the melon fields.

Yong Rong just smiled lightly, "It's Lao Ba's yard, so there's nothing strange about it. After all, Lao Ba's wedding is coming soon, and Huang Ama will naturally choose some official girls to serve in his house."

Yong Qi also nodded with a smile, and walked into her yard with Yong Rong.
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Cui Huan didn't dare to delay, and went directly to Yongxuan's bedroom.

Baoyu didn't have time to report in advance, Yongxuan was writing, when she suddenly looked up and saw Cuihuan coming in, she was so surprised that the pen in her hand fell off, and a big ink spot was stained on the paper.

But Yongxuan didn't care about that word, she just raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, "...but I fell asleep while writing?"

Cui Huan's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly squatted down to say hello, "It's the slave who came. The slave please greet the eighth elder brother."

Baoyu next to him also nodded vigorously, "Master, it's Aunt Cuihuan who is here!"

Yongxuan was so happy that she immediately ran towards Cuihuan.

However, as soon as he took a step, the height imbalance between his feet woke him up immediately, so he stood awkwardly holding on to the desk, not daring to go any further.

Cui Huan looked at her, her heart ached, she hurriedly turned her head away, and said softly, "I don't dare to ask Eighth Brother to get up. I also invite Eighth Brother to sit down, so that this slave can answer quickly."

Yongxuan tried her best to smile calmly, but still shook her head, "It's good if I stand like this, I can see you more clearly. Tell me, I'll listen."

How could Cui Huan lift her head up, she just lowered her head, wrung her hands together, and said carefully, "Brother Ba, the slave is here today, in fact... it is the order of the master, not the slave who wants to come here on his own initiative." .”

Yongxuan slightly raised his eyebrows, and said softly, "Okay, you say so. Don't worry, I didn't misunderstand that you are coming."

He just smiled, and the corners of his eyes couldn't hide the sorrow, "From the day of the empress dowager's birthday, November 25 to today, it has been three months and ten days, and it has been a full hundred days. After such a long time, it must be It was you who kept your duty and refused to come."

He didn't even know how he counted the hundred days.Originally thought that based on the "Story of the Stone", she would definitely come to him to ask for it within three to five days... How could he expect that this wait would be a hundred days; that is, from the 25th year of Qianlong to the 26th year of Qianlong.
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Yong Xuan's voice was soft, but Cui Huan listened, it was like thousands of small needles, piercing through the ear drums, piercing the heart and lungs.

But at this moment, she could only harden her heart, "It's a slave who is useless and can't read a few words, so it's really slow to read the book. If the master didn't find out, the master would say yes after reading it, That's why the slave came to ask the next question...the slave really won't be able to come."

Yongxuan tried her best to smile, "No matter why you came or who you came for, for me, it's good that you came."

He turned his head slowly, and reached out to touch the pile of papers, "The next one...of course, I already have it. Since Mr. Ruigui has already read it, I will definitely bring you some more this time, so it's good for you." You come back to life."

His heart was flustered, and his hands were also chaotic. He groped in the pile of papers for a long time, but he just brushed all the words written on it to the ground, but he didn't find the book he was looking for. .

For the first time this time, Baoyu became anxious when he saw it. Baoyu hurriedly stepped forward to hold Yongxuan's hand, and begged, "Master...then the book is not on the desk, isn't it on the shelf? Master took pains to write this book." A few pieces of calligraphy were originally intended to decorate Lord Yin Jishan, and the master spent several days of hard work to write them. Why bother to drop them on the ground again, they are dirty and wrinkled and can’t be used anymore, the master has to worry about it Write?"

But when Yongxuan heard that Baoyu mentioned Yin Jishan in front of Cuihuan, she became anxious, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why did I put so much effort into writing for him? I couldn't write well in the past few days, but I couldn't find it myself. When it's hot, I'm just upset, so what's the matter with him?"

"I am a dignified prince, do I have to bother to please a courtier?"

Baoyu knew that he had said something wrong, so he knelt down and slapped his own mouth left and right, "I know I was wrong, I owe you this!"

Cuihuan couldn't bear it, and it was inconvenient to stop Baoyu, so she walked over with her head down, and knelt on the ground to pick up the words that had fallen in the dust one by one.

Looking at her small figure, Yongxuan couldn't help but feel great grief again, "Get up quickly! I told you, that word didn't mean anything to me, why did you do that?"

Cui Huan tried her best to smile and said, "Brother Ba's handwriting is good, but this servant can't read a few words, but I can also see that the handwriting is unrestrained, chic and elegant."

"It doesn't matter who the eighth elder brother wrote this word for, even if it's for my daily practice, if such a good word is dirty and wrinkled, it's a waste. The slaves can't see it lying on the ground like this."

As Cui Huan spoke, she flattened the words in her arms, then got up and carefully put them back on the desk one by one.

So close, just across a desk, Yongxuan stared at Cuihuan.I could see her long eyelashes clearly, and I could see the slight trembling of her fingertips; but——I couldn't walk over, couldn't get around the long desk.

Yongxuan carefully stared into Cuihuan's eyes, even though her eyelashes were lowered, she was careful to dodge.

"...My words, do you like them?"

Cui Huan almost didn't think about it, "The slave will like it."

Yongxuan felt happy again immediately, "Then I'll write for you too, okay?"

"Not good!" Cui Huan immediately refused.

She raised her eyes in panic, and looked at Yongxuan. There was shame in her eyes, but she also felt flustered. Brother Eleven, Brother Lawang, and others who went there. If they recognize the word starling in the servant's hand...then the servant will feel ashamed."

Yongxuan gently closed her eyes, "I understand. If you don't want to see me, how can you let others know how I feel about you..."

Cui Huan's small shoulders trembled.The girl who is only 15 years old this year is experiencing this kind of love for the first time in her life, and she still doesn't know how to deal with it. Besides, that person is the prince, and her wedding is coming soon, so she is even more frightened one step earlier.

Seeing her like this, Yongxuan couldn't help sighing heavily, and slapped herself back.

"It's all my fault. I'm so tired that you are so tired. I can't relieve your worries, but disturb you. How can I say what I want for you?"

Cui Huan was shocked, fell to her knees, and tightly hugged Yong Xuan's arm.

Afraid that he would hit himself again!

Although he is a prince, she also knows the suffering he has suffered since he was a child!She understands his repression, forbearance, everything he does in his heart.

If he is asked to blame himself for her again, if the dignified prince is asked to hurt himself because of her official daughter, then how can she bear it in her heart?
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When Cuihuan went out, Yurui was a little apprehensive, and also gave Wanxi "Story of the Stone".

Wanxi took it and flipped through a few pages, then smiled brightly, "You can't take it away after you bring it! Put it down, let me read it first!"

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　When writing about Qianlong, "Red Mansion" will definitely not be able to get around.In fact, Yongxuan and others really have too many connections with "Red Mansions"~ Some scholars of red studies even believe that the emperor was the first "Dream of Red Mansions" discovered in Yongxuan Mansion in the 25th year of Qianlong—although Yongxuan was 25 years old She is not yet married, let alone divided into a mansion, and it is even more impossible to put Cao Xueqin in her mansion to write a book.But the origin is real~
　　
　
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