Qing court ladies

Chapter 10
Su Yue's nose was a little sore, she held Yinhu's other good hand, and said softly, "Brother Ba, you don't have to belittle yourself, you have a lot that no one else has, and as for your mother, I believe she loves you so much." , I will definitely meet you one day. Before that, you have to take good care of your mother. If you are hurt in any way, she will be sad, and I will be too. If you don't dislike me as a court lady, I will always love you , I care about you." Su Yue's tone was close to swearing.

"Then what about me?" Yinzhen stood at the entrance of the cave, listening to Suyue's words, his heart burst into anger. Too many things have happened recently, and Yinzhen hasn't been here for a long time. Today, he came to try his luck and saw Suyue bring Yin She came here and said such warm and sincere words.

Yinhu hurriedly got up to salute, Yinzhen is the son of the imperial concubine, with a noble status, Yinhu didn't dare to be rude to him at all, "greetings to the fourth brother, good luck to the fourth brother"

Su Yue was startled by Yin Zhen's sudden roar, and she came back to her senses after a while, and said with a shy face, "You are also the one I love." Su Yue spoke the truth, she felt sorry for Yin Hu and Su Yue, and had sympathy for him. and pity, but for Yinzhen it is really a mother's love for her son, there are no other emotions, compared to Yinsi, the love for Yinzhen is probably more sincere.

Seeing Suyue's solemn expression, Yinzhen felt better, then pulled Yinhu up, and then sat beside Suyue, Yinhu was also pulled down to sit by Suyue, Yinhu was a little confused, just Suyue listened to Yinhu Zhenzhen was angry, but he still sat there, a word made Yinzhen's complexion better, and now he is pulling him to sit, rude and unruly, but Yinzhen didn't say anything, which surprised Yinhu, in Yinhu's memory, Yinzhen has a noble status, except for the prince, he is not very close and easy-going to the other princes. This is the first time Yinhu has seen Yinzhen being so easy-going towards others.

Su Yue pulled Yinzhen's cheeks with her hands, and said viciously, "Didn't you eat recently, your cheeks have lost a lot of weight?" A few days ago, if it was still a dough ball, today it feels like it has shrunk severely, a bit like a teenager.

Yinzhen took the candy in Suyue's hand and ate one, and ignored Suyue pinching him, "I'm growing up, taller, and of course my cheeks are thinner."

Su Yue chuckled, and said to Yinhu, "You think you are the cutest fan dumpling"

Yinhu was timid, afraid to speak, and didn't understand what Suyue was referring to.

Seeing the fear in Yinhu's eyes, Su Yue felt very uncomfortable. She felt sorry for Yinhu, and held Yinhu's hand tightly, and then said, "The fourth elder brother is the elder brother, why doesn't he look like an elder brother? The eighth elder brother is you Brother, you don't take care of me too much."

Yinzhen remained silent, his mother was the imperial concubine, and now that Kangxi has no heir, his mother is the most honored person in the harem. Apart from the prince, he has been the most honored prince since childhood, and Yinsi's mother is just Xin Zheku Yinhu's slave status, after being favored by Kangxi, he had Yinhu. Because of being a good and noble person, Yinhu's status was naturally low, and he was still somewhat honorable in front of slaves, but it was not worth mentioning in front of them. Of course Yinzhen would not To take care of Yinhu.But now that Suyue has spoken, and because Yinzhen was seriously ill, Suyue's friendship is naturally hard to refuse, so nodding is an acceptance, but he doesn't answer.

Su Yue looked at Yinzhen, feeling a little annoyed in her heart, Yinzhen was still young and couldn't hide her thoughts, the words "reluctance" and "reluctance" on her face made people look garish.

Su Yue pulled Yinhu and said to Yinhu with a smile, "I know a joke about a poor but aristocratic scholar. One day the scholar passed through a forest and saw a butterfly flying lightly. I liked it, so I caught it back. The butterfly was so beautiful that the scholar wanted to keep it forever, but one day he went to the woods again and saw an extremely ugly cicada pupa on the mottled bark. The scholar hated it, but someone Tell him that the beautiful butterfly is transformed from the chrysalis of the cicada. The scholar killed the butterfly after returning home because he hated its ugly birth. Do you think it’s funny? The butterfly flies freely, and he was not allowed to catch it, but he But because of her selfish desires, she went to catch them, and then she disliked them, so she went to hunt and kill butterflies, why are the butterflies so innocent?" Su Yue made up a story, which was actually a bit straightforward, satirizing Kangxi, Yinzhen, and those who harmed others because of their own desires. Some people, obviously they are wrong, but they want to blame others.

And those who tell the story have a heart, and those who listen to the story have a heart.

Yinhu looks at Suyue with bright eyes, Yinhu feels that he can be looked down upon now, but he will definitely transform into a beautiful butterfly, be loved by others, and never give up on himself because of his life experience.

On the other hand, Yinzhen thinks that one should not just look at the surface, the more beautiful one is, the uglier one is on the inside. Yinzhen feels that one should not learn from a scholar, and one should kill the ugliness before seeing the beauty.

Seeing the two of them thoughtfully, Su Yue was overjoyed in her heart, but she didn't know that everything had deviated from the track Su Yue thought, and this story drew the thickest darkness for her future.

On March 27th in the [-]th year of Kangxi, the empress dowager's mourning period expired in March, and the mourning was eliminated.

Su Yue watched those half-melon heads grow soft hair after three months, and put it on top of their heads in a mess. It was very funny. During the mourning period, weddings, banquets, and haircuts were not allowed, so this man in the Qing Dynasty Shaggy hair is all the rage these days.

Today's funeral, everyone is preparing to shave their heads. People in the royal family went to the temple to shave their heads, but these palace people and common people did it themselves. Su Yue had never seen this before, so she stayed in the imperial dining room and watched Mr. Zhu and Xiao Lizi and other eunuchs in the imperial dining room shaved their heads.

But it turned out that it was actually the same thing, it was no different from shaving one's head in a barbershop, except that there were more laughing voices from the court ladies, especially Qingmei, who laughed so hard that Xiao Lizi almost cut off his head.

Suyue is a little bored. There are some maids in the imperial dining room. They are newcomers selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this year. They fill the vacancy caused by the Kangxi incident. Suyue is free, and now she will be called Sister Suyue or Auntie, prompting Su Yue's seniority has reached a new level.

Su Yue sat on the porch of the imperial dining room, bored, but heard Qing Mei calling her voice, "Su Yue, Director Li is here to look for you"

Qingmei is panting, the front yard of the imperial dining room is some distance away, Qingmei sprints all the way, panting heavily.Su Yue was terrified, the last time Li Dequan came, she made herself lie down for so long, now that she is here, there must be no good things, there must be something wrong.It's just that Su Yue also figured it out, she can't hide from what should come, and she has nowhere to hide, besides, if Li Dequan comes to settle accounts after the autumn, she doesn't have to go there in person. There are many ways to solve a court lady's affairs, not to mention Li Dequan is the chief executive, a celebrity around Kangxi, and it is easy to crush her to death.

Su Yue got up, straightened her clothes, saw that Qing Mei had probably rested, then she greeted Qing Mei and walked towards the front yard, her pace was not in a hurry.

Manager Li came, and Manager Zhu had gone to greet him earlier. At this time, he didn't know what he was talking to Manager Li, and he looked happy, but he didn't know if it was really happy or what.

Su Yue stepped forward to salute Li Dequan, "Slave Su Yue salutes Mr. Li and Mr. Zhu, both of you are well."

Li Dequan looked at Suyue with a smile and said, "There's no need for this, our family can't afford it, and I hope Suyue will take care of it in the future."

Su Yue's heart tightened, what do these words mean, how can she take care of the chief executive as a little maid, is she implying something, or just joking or mocking.Su Yue didn't dare to verify it, and said in a hurry, "I don't dare, I'm going to kill you."

However, Li Dequan said to Mr. Zhu, "Our family will take people away first, and you should be busy."

Manager Zhu said "please" with a smile, then looked at Su Yue with a complicated expression, hesitant to speak.

Su Yue was confused and looked at the two of them puzzled.

Li Dequan signaled Zhu Da to leave, and said with a smile on his face, "Su Yue, come with our house."

Su Yue wanted to ask where she was going, but she couldn't bear to ask, suppressing her curiosity and the weirdness in her heart, she nodded.

Li Dequan led Suyue through the corridor, passed the rockery, walked for a stick of incense, and stopped in front of a palace. Suyue looked up and took a breath of air-Qianqing Palace, the palace of the current Long Live Lord, Suyue My heart was even more disturbed, guessing all kinds of possibilities, but I had no clue.

Li Dequan took Suyue into the side room of Qianqing Palace, where there were all kinds of things, except for tea and tea sets, Suyue didn't know any of them.

Li Dequan sat on the chair, beckoned Suyue to sit down, and said, "Suyue, our family is bringing you to work as an errand in the Qing Palace this time. From now on, you will be the maid of the Qing Palace, responsible for the tea, the place to live, etc. Takako will take you there, our family hopes that you will serve the Lord Long Live with all your heart, and don't let our family down."

Su Yue was startled, her heart was like a drum, restless, Su Yue didn't understand why Li Dequan wanted to transfer her to Qianqing Palace, and the maids in Qianqing Palace are all highly qualified and have their own strengths, Suyue doesn't know how to make tea at all , it's a little bit reluctant to be the maid in charge of tea.

Su Yue looked at Li Dequan with a trembling voice, "Mr. Li, the slaves don't even know how to make tea, so how can they serve Long Live Lord tea?"

Li Dequan looked at Su Yue and said with a smile, "You can learn it, everyone has learned it, our family believes that you will not be bad"

Su Yue is speechless, learning this requires talent and interest, right?Although she is a court lady and cannot choose her own labor category, shouldn't all the people who stay around Kangxi be capable people? Su Yue asked herself, she is really not a capable person, just such a big When the hat was put down, Su Yue didn't know what to say back, besides, Su Yue was powerless to resist and refuse this kind of transfer, she could only keep silent.Li Dequan looked at Suyue who was already speechless, calling for Xiao Guizi, and took Suyue down.

Xiao Guizi is one of Li Dequan's several apprentices. He has been with Li Dequan for a long time. He has no flattery on his face. When he smiles, he is also a delicate and elegant person. He is not like a eunuch, but more like a scholar. .

Suyue's room is very good, the courtyard behind Qianqing Palace, Suyue's mind is in a mess, and she didn't pay attention to the name of the courtyard, Suyue's room is on the left, a separate room, Suyue is a little surprised, the tea-serving maid of Qianqing Palace, unexpectedly Treated so well.

There is a round table at the entrance of the room, on the opposite side are carved mahogany chairs and four corner shelves, on the left side are bookshelves and desks, on the right side there is a bed separated by a screen, and there is a couch next to the bed, Su Yue finds it inconceivable.

"Little noble son, father-in-law, did you bring it to the wrong place?" Su Yue asked, stuttering.

The little noble son smiled, "Aunt Suyue, what are you talking about? The slaves don't dare to mess around with the place. Auntie will call the slave Gui'an in the future. The master will call it that."

As soon as Su Yue asked, she regretted it. If she brought the wrong one, she would not be able to do the job well, and she had to be boarded. But Su Yue was too surprised, and she didn't think about her words, and she was even more shocked when she heard Xiao Guizi call her aunt, and hurriedly "Your eunuch doesn't mean that, don't be annoyed, besides, your eunuch is just a little maid, please don't call your eunuch aunt again, your eunuch can't stand it"

Gui An changed the subject with a smile and said, "Girl, let's rest first. I'll be waiting at Qianqing Palace tomorrow morning. An aunt will teach her how to serve tea."

Su Yue nodded, seeing Gui'an left, Su Yue was still in a daze. After these few months, Su Yue thought that she would never see Li Dequan again, but now he suddenly appeared and transferred her to serve in Qianqing Palace. Yue really wanted to break his head and didn't understand why?The tea-serving maid of Qianqing Palace, why did Li Dequan ask her to do this? Suyue suddenly thought of a person, a person she had forgotten-Kangxi, and Suyue didn't want to think about it. Not wanting to overestimate herself, but also afraid of overestimating herself, Su Yue deliberately avoids her bad luck.

Suyue was tossed and turned all night. When she first arrived in Mao, Suyue waited in the anteroom of Qianqing Palace. The one who taught Suyue to serve tea was Kangxi's tea-serving aunt, Aunt Linxiang.

Aunt Linxiang is not a talkative person, she is quiet and handsome, and she handles things mellowly. Suyue doesn't dare to talk to her too much. Suyue knows her temperament, she can't speak well, and it's easy to get into trouble, so Linxiang doesn't want to talk to her. Talking, Su Yue also came to peace.

Kangxi's tea is very particular, what season to drink, what time to drink, the concentration of tea, the method of brewing tea, there are many rules, and they are very particular. Su Yue studied hard and did not dare to neglect.After all, this is not the imperial dining room or the Yimei Garden. Being around the emperor is extremely dangerous. A slight mistake will cause the death of the nine clans. Su Yue is afraid of death, so she is more careful.

Fortunately, Suyue is not stupid, and she learned it quite quickly. It was already a month later when Suyue wrote down all the rules, rules and precautions of Kangxi's tea use, and Suyue also had a new understanding of tea. , Thinking of the tea I drank before, it was really a waste of tea, and Su Yue hated the rich again, it is immoral to make people feel inferior.

(End of this chapter)