Qing court ladies

Chapter 37
Su Yue wandered aimlessly in the palace for an unknown how long, when she was suddenly stopped by someone.

"Bold, who is it that dares to trespass on the East Palace?" The guards raised their weapons to block Su Yue.

Su Yue looked at the gleaming knife, took a step back, was so frightened that her hands and feet couldn't control her, and it took a long time before she took out her waist card and said, "I am Su Yue, a court lady of the Qing Dynasty, and I don't intend to offend you."

The guards had been in the East Palace for a long time, so they knew about Suyue, so they hurriedly knelt down to salute, "My subordinate Zhahe, I have seen Aunt Suyue, but my aunt came to look for the crown prince, and my subordinates went to report."

Su Yue waved her hands again and again, and said, "No need, I was just distracted and came here by mistake. I don't dare to disturb the crown prince. I'm leaving now."

After Su Yue finished speaking, she was about to leave, but the movement at the door had already startled the crown prince in the East Palace, the crown prince stood there with a smile and said, "Su Yue is a distinguished guest, and she doesn't come in through the door. Isn't it impolite for me to spread it out and make people laugh?"

Su Yue heard the voice of the prince, so she had to turn her head and salute, "My maidservant greets the prince."

"Get up, these vain rituals will be avoided in the future." The prince stepped forward to help Su Yue, took Su Yue's arm, and brought her into the East Palace.

Su Yue secretly struggled a few times, but the crown prince just didn't let go, Su Yue couldn't let go for a while, and Su Yue had just watched the crown prince's memorial from the Qianqing Palace, and came to the prince's mansion in a blink of an eye, if Kangxi knew about it, Su Yue would think about it They were all terrified and dared not go in.

"My lord, this servant is just passing by, I really don't dare to bother my lord to summon her, so this servant should step back." Su Yue stopped, and refused to take another step no matter what.

The prince turned around, looked at Suyue and said with a smile, "Suyue is so innocent, maybe you think that this palace will let you go easily after entering the East Palace"

Su Yue was surprised, she didn't understand what the prince said, she was as confused as a little white rabbit.

The prince laughed loudly, "I got some rare treasures a few days ago, and I am worried that no one will accompany me to appreciate them. Since Su Yue is here, let me take a look with me."

Su Yue smiled wryly, shook her head and said, "Prince, servants don't know how to read these things. The prince should find some people to watch. It's getting late, and servants have to go back to work?"

The prince's smile receded, and he said impatiently, "Su Yue, I want you to accompany me, how can you refuse, let's go"

Seeing the prince's face changing, Su Yue looked like Kangxi was angry, she felt timid, so she had to follow the prince.

Compared with Kangxi's Qianqing Palace, this East Palace is not much inferior. Along the way, there are many flowers and brocades, and the ground is all gray and white marble. The main hall is just like Qianqing Palace, except that the chairs are not carved with dragons, and the color is orange, not the bright yellow of the emperor. The main hall is the back garden, with small bridges and flowing water, koi ponds, and two arch bridges, one on the left and the other on the right. The prince took the bridge on the left. Presumably the prince's bedroom and study are here, and the concubines are on the other side. side.

Along the way, Su Yue was already so surprised that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear. The precious flowers in the flower gardens on both sides alone had made Su Yue tongue-tied. Su Yue had seen sixteen-colored peonies in Kangxi's paintings, Unexpectedly, the real thing grows in the crown prince's garden, and there is black chrysanthemum, which Su Yue has only heard of, and purple lotus, petal lotus orchid, and eighteen gentlemen. Screaming to myself, of course, the most amazing thing is not these flowers, but the ability to make so many flowers in different seasons bloom together.

The prince looked at Suyue amusedly, and was not in a hurry to leave, so he stood there with Suyue admiring the flowers.

Su Yue reached out and touched the petals to make sure it was not handmade. She looked at the prince with almost hot eyes, admiring her extremely.

"Prince, how did you do it?" It is not difficult to collect. With the status of the prince of the Qing Dynasty, people will naturally send them to the door, but making them bloom at the same time is not something that can be done by the status of the prince.

The prince smiled mysteriously, and said, "After you accompany me to enjoy the antiques, I will tell you."

Su Yue nodded hastily, she had long forgotten her previous thoughts.

The crown prince took a look at Suyue, and led Suyue into an attic, the building was full of antiques, but unfortunately Suyue didn't understand any of them, and was blinded by a bunch of priceless things.

The prince picked up an orange horse and said to Su Yue, "This is a horse stepping on a flying swallow, and it is a thing from the Eastern Han Dynasty. You see, this horse is vigorous and lively, and the flying swallow under its feet turns its head back, as if I can see the panic in Feiyan's eyes, it's so lifelike, isn't it beautiful?"

Su Yue took it carefully and hugged it in her hand, feeling it was heavy. As for what the prince said was vivid, Su Yue still couldn't see anything serious about it.

Seeing that Suyue was not interested, the prince took it and put it down, and took another three-legged brush washer, which was white and jade-like. There were four pictures of ladies on the brush washer, and only one Xishi Huansha Suyue knew. I don't know what the others are!
The prince said, "This is the three-color brush washer of the Tang Dynasty. These four paintings are the four beauties, Xishi swaying the gauze, flying swallows dancing, Zhaojun going out of the fortress, and the imperial concubine getting drunk. Although this brush washer was fired at the end of the Tang Dynasty, because of these four beauties The picture is of great value.”

Su Yue pondered for a while, and then asked, "Aren't the four beauties Xi Shi, Diao Chan, Wang Zhaojun and Yang Guifei? How did they become Zhao Feiyan?"

The prince suddenly had a headache, but he said patiently, "If this Tang Dynasty brush wash is engraved with characters from Ming Dynasty Miscellaneous Notes, do you think it is still genuine?"

Su Yue silently recited the representatives of the dynasty, and found that Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing were the first, and it seemed that she was making a joke again.

The prince's interest was completely dampened. The prince also tasted the taste of the pair of cattle playing the piano, and it was quite unpleasant, so he left the attic with Su Yue.

The prince kept his promise and told Su Yue that all the flowers can bloom at this time, but the gardener made use of the habits of flowers, researched a method, created a relative environment, and naturally bloomed.

Then he sent Suyue away from the East Palace, and when Suyue disappeared, a person walked out of the hall and stood behind the prince.

"The rumors in the palace that Su Yue is innocent and naive, it seems unbelievable." The man's voice was hoarse, with plain facial features, and a pair of jackal-like eyes shining frighteningly.

The prince smiled noncommittally, and said, "How can someone who can follow Huang Ama be an ordinary person? Even if he is a fool, Huang Ama can become a famous general. You and I should have understood."

"But she trespassed here today, it doesn't look like she did it deliberately." The man followed the prince back to the hall.

"It's true that she didn't mean it, but she seemed to have something to say to me, but she didn't say it. Ah Zheng, although she is not simple, she is kind-hearted. I'm afraid she really wanted to mention something to me." The prince still said to Su Yue. Some understanding, although Suyue pretended to be crazy and fooled today and subverted some of the prince's understanding, but the prince can still see some things clearly.

"She is with Long Live Lord, and what she wants to mention should be related to Long Live Lord. I'm afraid your uncle has done something stupid again." Ah Zheng frowned slightly when he mentioned Suo'etu.

"Forget it, I will be careful, you go to rest too." After the prince finished speaking, he waved Ah Zheng to leave. He was alone in the hall, and took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve. It was Su Yue who went back to the palace to ask for medicine, and fell in the Qianqing Palace.

The prince looked at the embroidered handkerchief in his hand, and he couldn't help thinking of Suyue's disheveled face and exhausted look that day, but it was Suyue like that, which caused ripples in the prince's heart. But it was incomplete after all, and the faces of those women in the harem, as long as he thought of them now, the prince would feel like vomiting.

In front of Kangxi, those women cared and loved him very much, but behind his back, they spoke viciously and cursed. In order to win Kangxi's favor, they tried all kinds of dirty means. It will also be driven by power and desire, and the prince feels disgusted when he thinks about it.

The same goes for the women in his palace now, he always thought that most of the women in this world are like this, but when he saw Su Yue was exhausted and always worried about Kangxi's safety, his thinking was completely overturned.And today, Suyue's move to the East Palace made him very warm. Although Suyue still had nothing in the end, he was very satisfied with this thought.

But such a woman turned out to be his Ama's woman. Maybe one day, when he saw her, he would have to salute her and call her his mother. He was really unwilling.

Su Yue waited until she walked to a place where no one was around, and took a deep breath. She really wanted to mention something about the prince, and if she kept her own place as the prince, one day she would be crowned the Ninth Five-Year Planner. So blatantly doing it for Kangxi to see, making it difficult for her to speak?
As soon as Su Yue got angry, she pretended to be crazy and foolish, playing an idiot, and she simply didn't say anything. As for Kangxi, Su Yue had already thought about it, and told her honestly, anyway, Kangxi would find out in the end, so she didn't bother to hide it.

Sure enough, Kangxi summoned him that night, and Suyue gave a full report, including the plot of pretending to be an idiot, which made Kangxi laugh out loud.

(End of this chapter)