Qing court ladies

Chapter 11
Today is the first time Suyue is on duty. At the beginning of Youshi, Suyue has already been waiting in the ear room of Qianqing Palace. The chief eunuch on duty today is Li Dequan, which makes Suyue breathe a sigh of relief. Li Dequan and Liang Jiugong are both serving Kangxi Manager, Liang Jiugong is a little older, with a round face, which is the image of blessing and gentleness, but Liang Jiugong seldom smiles, and his eyes are cold. Li Dequan is a little younger, with thin cheeks, but always smiles, and there is a smile in his eyes , is more intimate than Liang Jiugong.

Kangxi was reviewing the memorials in the main hall of Qianqing Palace, Li Dequan was waiting beside Kangxi, tidying up the memorials from time to time, Su Yue would go to exchange tea for Kangxi every moment, now it is April, Kangxi's tea is spring tea Longjing, it is still early, The tea is not too strong. After Suyue washes the tea, she uses the mountain spring to brew the tea. After brewing, she prepares a plate to serve to Kangxi’s tea-testing eunuch Fu Shou Gonggong. Everything was silent, there was no sound, not even the sound of breathing.

Every time after changing the tea, Suyue felt as if she had been drowned in the water for a long time. She just wanted to find a place to breathe and wait by Kangxi's side. The coercion brought by her side made Su Yue's heart stop beating.

Su Yue opened the door of the anteroom to go out to breathe, saw the palace people outside holding the lamps, walking back and forth quietly, carrying the golden lanterns and hanging them on the eaves of the porch, emitting golden light in the dark night, Gui'an was carrying the tray with a Watching several young eunuchs approaching from far to near, she smiled slightly at Su Yue, and walked straight to the red door of the main hall.

Su Yue knew what Gui'an was holding, there were many jade plaques on them, engraved with the concubines' names, whoever Kangxi turned over would be the one who would sleep with him tonight.Each brand is related to the rise and fall of the women in the harem, and everything about those women.

Su Yue shook her head and smiled, the sadness welling up in her heart was a little inexplicable, it was the glory of the masters, the masters in the palace were all looking forward to it, how did it make her feel emotional, maybe it was because she was also a woman, a kind of inexplicable feeling of the same kind Well, today's women are somewhat sad.After all, Su Yue has met women in the 21st century, and when compared with them, it is clear that she is superior.

Su Yue turned around to make tea for Eunuch Fu Shou to test the tea, Fu Shou looked at Su Yue with delicate eyes, Su Yue was confused and couldn't understand why, so she had to smile.

As soon as Su Yue entered the main hall, her heart skipped a beat, and she finally understood the meaning of Fu Shou's eyes. In the main hall, Li Dequan, Eunuch Gui'an, and other eunuchs knelt on the ground, and the jade plaques were scattered all over the place. The man went around behind, and changed Kangxi's tea more carefully.

"You guys are capable, who is your master?" Kangxi picked up the tea in hand and asked Li Dequan like him.

Su Yue knelt down directly, secretly rejoicing in her heart, luckily the tea had not been changed in time, otherwise the scalding water would have hit them.

Li Dequan kowtowed, "The slave deserves to die, Long Live Lord, don't get angry and hurt your body, the slave deserves death." His words were choked with sobs.

Su Yue knelt down respectfully holding tea, not daring to move rashly, thinking that Li Dequan was always cautious, how could he offend Kangxi for no reason.

"Tea" Kangxi yelled, and Su Yue was startled, wondering if this is going to be smashed?Looking at the hot tea in her hands, Su Yue glanced at them from the corner of her eye, Gui An's face was as white as paper, Su Yue fell ill again, and handed the tea to Kangxi tremblingly, there was not much water in the tea cup, Because of Suyue's trembling hands, there wasn't much left, and Suyue's hands were all burned red. This was the only trick Suyue thought of. There was less tea, even if she threw it, there would not be a few drops left.

Kangxi took a sip of the tea and said, "Li Dequan, you have been with me for many years, and you will receive the punishment yourself. If there is a next time..." Kangxi dragged the end of the sentence, but did not continue.

Li Dequan thanked excitedly, "I thank the Lord Long Live, I will never dare again"

"Let's all go down." Kangxi put the tea heavily on the table.

Su Yue hurriedly followed, the wound on her hand was hot and painful, Su Yue urgently needed cold water to wash over, and Kangxi's tea also needed to be changed immediately, there was no water in it.

Fushou looked at Suyue's reddish hand and shook his head and sighed, Suyue forced a smile back, hurriedly walked into the ear room, put his hand in the basin, feeling a little better, busy making tea for Kangxi, waiting for a change After tea came back, Su Yue's hands were red and swollen like pig's trotters.

Su Yue kept putting her hand in the cold water in the copper basin, the door of the anteroom opened, and Gui An walked in, her eyes were red, obviously she had cried, looking at Su Yue's hand in the basin, her face was pale.

"Suyue, thank you today, the master received the criminal law, so I can't thank you, please forgive me." Gui'an bowed to Suyue.

Su Yue took out her hand from the water basin and helped Gui An with a smile and asked, "Why did Mr. Li and Mrs. Gui An thank me? I didn't do anything. It's not good to be rewarded for nothing like this."

Gui'an looked at Suyue and hesitated to speak, so he could only say "Anyway, thank you Suyue for today"

Suyue also knew in her heart that they thanked her for splashing the tea, but the tea was meant to be drunk by Kangxi, not to hit them, so this feeling was a bit inexplicable, Suyue knew that Gui'an was not in a good mood now, so she hurriedly changed the topic to worry "Your father-in-law, how is Mr. Li?"

Gui'an almost shed tears again, and said with a pale face, "Master has received [-] boards, and I just went back to apply the medicine now."

Su Yue was shocked, her body was trembling unconsciously, she still remembered those palace servants who were punished in the imperial dining room, those screams, those cries, those bloody scenes, Su Yue couldn't even think about it, What will Li Dequan look like?He asked eagerly, "Then how is Mr. Li, is it serious?"

Guian looked at Suyue's pale face, knowing that Suyue must have seen the scene of playing the board, and did not dare to frighten Suyue by telling the truth, saying, "Master is fine, aunt, don't worry."

When Su Yue heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly pushed Gui'an away, her tone anxious, "Your father-in-law, hurry up and look at Mr. Li, go and get the medicine, and take good care of yourself so that you don't catch a cold, if it burns up, it will be a disaster."

Gui An took a deep look at Su Yue, nodded and left.

Su Yue was worried about Li Dequan, and the pain in her hands disappeared. Su Yue didn't know what happened today, and she wouldn't dare to ask, but Su Yue knew that Li Dequan would definitely not make such a mistake. Li Dequan had been with Kangxi for many years , I know Kangxi well, how could I violate Kangxi's taboo, it's unreasonable, did the signs all over the floor offend Kangxi, but what does that have to do with Li Dequan?Su Yue found that her intelligence was really limited, and she couldn't see many things clearly.

"Suyue is serving tea, His Royal Highness is here." Fushou opened the curtain and said to Suyue.

Su Yue was busy making a cup of Tieguanyin for the prince. The prince didn't like bitter tea. Tieguanyin was the prince's favorite tea.Only by keeping these preferences in mind can Su Yue expect to live longer.

Kangxi always loves the prince. Although Suyue has been in Qianqing Palace not long ago, she can tell that the prince often comes, more than any other prince. Moreover, Kangxi always teaches the prince personally. Kangxi always talks with the prince with a smile on his face, as if Loving father, every time the crown prince came to Kangxi, he would not stay in the main hall, instead he would sit in the warm pavilion in the compartment, sitting on the couch, and the crown prince would sit on the right side of Kangxi, and the two would talk.

Su Yue lowered her head to serve tea to the two, and listened carefully to the movement, Kangxi's mood improved, and she spoke with a smile.

After serving the tea, Su Yue retreated to the ear room, only to notice that the person following Kangxi was replaced by Liang Jiugong.

Su Yue had just returned to the anteroom and watched Liang Jiugong enter through the curtain with a bit of anger on her face. Su Yue was a little afraid of Liang Jiugong, and after serving him tea, she stayed aside politely, not daring to speak.

"Today is your first time on duty?" Liang Jiugong looked at Suyue standing aside with her head bowed, far away from herself, obviously afraid of herself, and felt a little funny in her heart.

Su Yue respectfully replied "Yes"

Liang Jiugong took a sip of tea, his face was slightly milder, he admired Suyue's tea art a little more, and his voice became gentler, "Do you know why Mr. Li was punished today?"

Su Yue's heart trembled, she didn't quite understand what Liang Jiugong meant, so she answered honestly, "I don't know."

Knowing that Su Yue was afraid, Liang Jiugong lowered his head and trembled, and asked again, "Do you want to know?"

"I don't want to be a maidservant," Su Yue replied bluntly. In this palace, she knew the truth that the less you live, the longer you live. If Su Yue dared to break the rules, Liang Jiugong would not show mercy.

Liang Jiugong was a little surprised. In his eyes, Su Yue was too naive and reckless, and he could understand the truth of not asking and not knowing.

"Suyue, elder brother, third elder brother, and fourth elder brother are here, serve tea soon," Fushou announced, interrupting the conversation between Suyue and Liang Jiugong.

As if she had been rescued, Su Yue bowed to Liang Jiugong and ran to make tea, and Jiu Yue also entered the ear room to help Su Yue serve tea.

Jiuyue is also a court lady who has been with Kangxi for several years. She is already eighteen years old. She is older than Suyue. Elder Brother sat on the small stool, Su Yue served the tea, and then slightly raised her head to look at Fourth Elder Brother, seeing Yinzhen's face full of surprise, Su Yue smiled slightly, and then retreated.

(End of this chapter)