Qing court ladies

Chapter 20
"Suyue, why are you back?" Li Dequan was at the door of Qianqing Palace's ear room, looking at Suyue who was so clear, he said in white, and came slowly.I was delighted, the imperial concubine was seriously ill, Kangxi was in a bad mood, and Li Dequan was also in a state of distress, now that Suyue is back, Kangxi must be much better.

Su Yue stepped forward to salute, "My servant has seen Director Li. This servant has recuperated for more than a month and is only returning to the palace now. I would like to ask the manager to give Su Yue a few words of kindness, so that Su Yue's crime of procrastination will not be cured."

Li Dequan pulled Suyue up and brought her into the ear room. Although Li Dequan was happy to see Suyue's return, he felt sad seeing Suyue's face look so bad, and he was afraid that her body would be involved in these things, and it would be even worse. "Suyue, at this time, you What are you doing back here?"

Su Yue smiled lightly, why didn't Su Yue know that coming back now, there must be a lot of right and wrong, but Su Yue also has important people in her heart who need to be protected, and he is in these four or nine cities, Su Yue must come back "Mr. Li, Su Yue's temperament manager I should understand, the slaves must come back, how is the imperial concubine's health, how is the fourth elder brother?" Su Yue asked eagerly, Li Dequan was the only one in the palace who could tell her something.

Li Dequan's face froze, and he said in a low voice, "I'm afraid I won't be able to make it through. The fourth elder brother has been sick all the time, haggard and thin, and even the Long Live Lord hasn't had a good rest for a few days."

Su Yue nodded, "Then Manager Li, the servants will go to the fourth elder brother first, and the Long Live Lord will come back later, and the servants will come again."

Li Dequan felt that something was wrong, but Su Yue insisted, so it was hard to say anything.

Concubine Tong lives in Chengqian Palace, Suyue hurriedly rushed there, the atmosphere in Chengqian Palace was sad, Suyue also cared about those etiquettes, and told the eunuch at the door, "The maidservant, Suyue, please see the imperial concubine and empress." "

After a while, the aunt next to Concubine Tong came to lead Suyue in, the maid opened the curtain, Suyue walked in, the door was closed again, the room was very stuffy, there was a maid behind the screen fanning the concubine, In the weather, the windows in the imperial concubine's room were closed. Although ice cubes were placed in the four corners of the room, the heat was not suppressed, but it was even more stuffy and humid.

"Slave and servant Suyue, please greet the imperial concubine and empress, the empress is auspicious." Su Yue saluted, and the imperial concubine stayed behind the screen.

"Suyue, come here." Tong Jia asked the maid to help him up, leaned on the soft pillow, and watched Suyue who was walking slowly.

Su Yue also looked at the beauty on the sick bed, she was delicate but not coquettish, dignified and beautiful, like a lotus emerging from water, her complexion was sallow, but she had a slight smile and her eyes were clear.Su Yue's nose was sore, Tong Guifei was the second concubine Su Yue saw, but this beautiful and charming woman was about to die, and how much pain did she bring to Yinzhen?
"Ahem, I have heard the fourth brother mention you a long time ago, and today I saw you as a beautiful and dignified woman." Concubine Tong covered her mouth with a handkerchief, coughed twice after saying the last sentence, her whole body was shaking.

Su Yue salutes, "The maidservant has long heard Si elder brother say that the mother is a beautiful relative. When the fourth elder brother accompanied the Long Live Lord on the south tour, he always said that he misses the empress. The empress is sick. The fourth elder brother has tears in his eyes and is worried. The servant is bold and invites the empress For the fourth brother, we must work hard."

Concubine Tong smiled softly, "I also want to stay with the fourth child all the time, but I am not in good health, cough cough, Suyue, I am afraid that you are here for the fourth son, so I just said it bluntly, cough cough cough , I have no children under my knees, only the fourth child, I love him very much when I am his own child, cough, cough, cough, he is the one who is most worried about now, but now I can't protect him, Su Yue, what can you do for him? He came to look for me, ahem... I know that you really love him, if possible, I would like to beg you, ahem... I beg you to protect him, and it is best to raise him."

Su Yue was shocked, and then she understood that there could be some secrets in this palace. "Your Majesty, I don't want to hide it from my Majesty. My Majesty lives in the deep palace and knows the misery very well. I don't want to do this, but I will definitely protect the fourth elder brother with all my strength."

Concubine Tong Gui sighed, "Yes, it's hard for women in deep palaces."

Concubine Tong changed the subject again, and said fiercely, "You still don't understand that if you want to protect someone in the deep palace, you must have rights and abilities. You go to understand, but when you enjoy honor and favor, establishing your own rights is the most important thing you should do. Honor and favor come and go quickly. When you don’t have these honor and favor one day, at least you still have status. If you don’t have both, protection is empty talk. You can’t even protect yourself. How can you protect others? Isn’t what happened a few days ago a proof? Do you still want to deceive yourself?”

Su Yue's legs were weak, and she almost fell down. Ever since the miscarriage, Su Yue hadn't thought about all this, but Su Yue just couldn't compromise, give in, she didn't want to accept her fate, even though she had been manipulated by fate to this point , she was still not reconciled, Su Yue said firmly, "I don't want to"

Concubine Tong smiled ironically, "Whether you want to or not, from the moment you enter the palace, everything is doomed. If you still deceive yourself like this, you will lose more. Do you really have to wait until you lose everything before regretting it?"

Su Yue shook her head, "I don't want to accept my fate, and I won't let the people around me get hurt."

Concubine Tong smiled even brighter. Seeing Su Yue's innocence, Concubine Tong was both amused and envious, "This palace is coming to an end, and someone entrusts you, so I dare to be so straightforward. Remember, the women in the palace When you first came here, you were innocent and innocent, but after that, I believe in you, and you will be fine."

Su Yue nodded, "The servant knows."

"Do you want to know who killed you? Do you remember Qiuhe from Qianqing Palace, and there is someone behind her. You need to investigate all this yourself. If you want to be a sensible person, this is all I have said, and you should step down." Let's go." Concubine Tong waved her hand, not wanting to say anything.

Su Yue bid farewell, and her mind was on what she just said along the way.

Suyue has been led by the nose by Concubine Tong, and the next sentence is to plant a seed in Suyue's heart, waiting for Suyue to water and grow up, and when it grows strong, Suyue must be extraordinary. Protecting Yinzhen is a no-brainer.Concubine Tong really loves Yinzhen. Knowing that women's hate is more powerful than love, she contrives ways to let Suyue grow up. The women in the palace are indeed extraordinary, but Suyue is too ordinary, and finally failed the emperor. The concubine's hard work.

"Suyue, when did you come?" Grandma Rong looked at Suyue who suddenly appeared in Yimeiyuan, like a wandering soul, and shouted.

Su Yue was startled, only to see the familiar scene, the plum garden in summer, mixed with dead branches, Rong Nanny quickly walked around the plum tree, Su Yue's face was happy, and she called "Mommy" affectionately. Long time no see, I miss you so much.

"Girl, what's wrong with you?" Nanny Rong looked at Su Yue, her face was getting thinner, her face was pale and lifeless, and her clothes seemed to be hanging on a bamboo pole.Going out for a trip and losing so much weight, Grandma Rong felt distressed when she saw it.

Su Yue held Nanny Rong's hand, and said with a smile, "Su Yue is fine, this southern tour was a bit busy, and after returning to the palace, she was a bit busy because of the imperial concubine's affairs."

Nanny Rong patted the back of Suyue's hand, knowing that Suyue didn't want to say something, and it was not easy to force her, not to mention that there was no secret in the harem, the story of Suyue had already been reported, but Suyue wanted to pretend that nothing happened, It's not easy for them to intervene, but it's hard for Suyue Ama Erniang, who is obviously worried, but still doesn't show her traces, "Girl, you have to pay attention to your body. Your Ama and Erniang brought a lot of things, and you take them back." , and leave two words for your mother."

Su Yue nodded and followed Mammy back to the room.

"Well, don't read." There were thousands of words in my heart, but I had no choice but to write these four characters. Su Yue put down the pen and handed the letter paper to Grandma Rong.

"Hey" Nanny Rong sighed, took out the things and handed them to Suyue, and then urged Suyue to leave. Nanny Rong looked at Suyue who was getting more and more worried, and she couldn't say anything in her heart.

Su Yue is very reluctant and doesn't want to leave, but now is not the time to be self-willed, Su Yue should also go to see Kangxi, it is disrespectful to enter the palace without seeing Kangxi first.

As soon as Su Yue arrived at Qianqing Palace, she saw Li Dequan and Liang Jiugong whispering, with serious faces, Su Yue quickly stepped forward to salute, "I have seen the two stewards."

Liang Jiugong didn't see him, so he waved his hand to signal Suyue to leave, but when Li Dequan heard the voice, he turned his head to look at Suyue, with a mournful face, "Suyue, go see the Lord Long Live!"

Su Yue wants to ask, is it because of her that they are like this?But he hesitated to speak, turned around and went into the ear room, where both Aunt Lin Xiang and Qiu Xi were there, their expressions were a little strange, even Qiu Xi was not as lively as usual, so he could not speak.

Linxiang got up and made tea for Suyue and handed it to Suyue, and said calmly, "Long live Lord is summoning the ministers, you'd better not go at this time."

Su Yue nodded and took the tea, "Su Yue thanked Aunt for the tip"

Linxiang and Qiuxi sat on the footstools, there were only mahogany chairs in the ear room, Su Yue didn't sit, she stood and served tea to moisten her throat, the ear room became silent.

"Suyue, Lord Long Live passed on to you." Li Dequan came from the door of the anteroom and called Qiuxi to make tea.

Su Yue looked at Li Dequan and didn't have anything to say, so she had to enter the main hall through the curtain of the ear room, but Fu Shou whispered to Su Yue, "Dong Nuan Pavilion"

Su Yue smiled gratefully, and walked to the East Nuan Pavilion, Kangxi was afraid of the heat, there were ice cubes everywhere in the Nuan Pavilion, Qiuhe was fanning Kangxi, Kangxi was wearing an undershirt, leaning on the porcelain pillow, reading a book.

"My maidservant greets the Long Live Lord, and the Long Live Lord is auspicious." Su Yue stepped forward to salute.

Kangxi patted the couch next to him and motioned for Suyue to sit over. As soon as Suyue sat down, Kangxi asked, "You are well, where did you go back to the palace today?"

Knowing that Kangxi must know her whereabouts, Su Yue replied truthfully, "The maidservant is fine, and went back to the palace to meet Concubine Tong, and also entered Yimei Garden by mistake."

Kangxi put down the book in his hand, drank the iced white fungus soup with a smile, and handed the white fungus soup to Su Yue, "moisten her throat, her voice is hoarse"

Su Yue took it and drank it. Su Yue's voice was not hoarse, but Kangxi didn't want to talk about the past with her, so he changed the topic with an excuse.

"You all go down." Kangxi waved people to go down, Suyue put down the bowl, took the round fan from Qiuhe's hand with a smile, and replaced Qiuhe to fan Kangxi.

Su Yue looked at Qiu He who was handing her a fan and retreated slowly, and remembered Tong Guifei's words. Su Yue couldn't understand what role Qiu He played in that incident, and why she wanted to harm her, Su Yue Ask yourself if you are sincere in your interactions with others, and you have never done anything to hurt others, why did Qiuhe treat her like this.

"Tong Jia's condition is getting worse. I have a will to confer her as a queen. I don't know if it hurt her or gave her honor." Kangxi pulled Su Yue's other hand, and Su Yue Xia Ri's body was cold , but it is a rare summer heat relief product.

Su Yue regained her composure and remained silent, Su Yue could not interfere in this matter, besides, if she remembered correctly, after Concubine Tong Gui was conferred, her death would be approaching, and she worried a little bit about Yin Zhen in her heart, but Su Yue had never seen her today. Passing over Yinzhen, I don't know how he is living these days.

"Did I suppress my wife? My queen has gone early." Kangxi was a little sad, and his words were emotional.

If Suyue used to see Kangxi like this, she would definitely want to comfort him, but now, Suyue doesn't know what to say, and she doesn't want to say anything to him.

Kangxi also seemed to have never thought about Suyue's response, and said eloquently, "Although I am the emperor, after these things, I also found that although I am rich in the world, I can't keep everything. Even this country is not mine."

Su Yue listened quietly, without making a sound.

(End of this chapter)