Qing court ladies

Chapter 52
Zizhu was busy shaking his head and waving his hands, "I don't dare to do this, slaves"

Li Dequan's face turned pale, and his voice was slightly higher, "Bold, you are not allowed to lie in front of the holy driver. The crime of deceiving the emperor is a crime that implicates the nine clans. You still don't tell the truth."

Zizhu kowtowed and begged for mercy, "I don't dare, I don't, I really don't."

"I gave you a chance to confess, and wanted to spare your life, but now you still don't know how to repent, Li Dequan, let it go." Kangxi dragged his voice, looking extremely disappointed.

Zizhu was frightened by Kangxi, and her body trembled more and more, "Long live Lord, please forgive me, there are no slaves, really no"

Kangxi waved his hand, and Li Dequan was busy asking someone to come in and drag Zizhu down.

"Long live lord, my slave, please tell me, what should I do about this matter?" Li Dequan looked at Kangxi and asked, wanting to ask Kangxi for an explanation.

Kangxi put down the booklet, "Li Dequan, you are the chief executive, and you have the face to ask me about something that happened in the Qianqing Palace. You are really doing your job better and better."

Li Dequan's legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground with a bang, "Long live the Lord, forgive me, and the slave will die forever!"

Kangxi got up and looked at Li Dequan's head and asked angrily, "Wan Si, your neck can withstand a knife with all your strength, Wan Si, you have that fate"

Li Dequan kowtowed, "The slave is guilty, and the slave only asks Long Live Lord to take care of himself."

Kangxi knelt down and knocked on Li Dequan's head with his hands, "What do I hate the most, you know, I will write down the matter of Zizhu for you, if there is a next time, I don't want you to die, one death is enough, get out"

"Yes" Li Dequan hurriedly retreated, sweating coldly.

"Master, what's the matter with you?" Gui An stood guard outside the gate of Qianqing Palace, watched Li Dequan come out with sweat on his face, and was busy asking about it.

Li Dequan waved his hand and waited for a long time before saying, "You can take it down."

Gui'an nodded, handed the sweat towel to Li Dequan and said worriedly, "Master, what is the master's plan for this matter?"

Li Dequan waved his hand to signal Gui'an to shut up, and then replied in a low voice, "Gui'an, you should go and check all the people in Qianqing Palace. The new court ladies who serve tea should be carefully checked and beaten. If something is wrong." Li Dequan looked up at the sky, afraid Never see this day again.

When Gui'an heard this, his palms were sweating, he hurriedly nodded his head, and retreated.

Su Yue has not spent the summer in Beijing for two years, she is really not used to the dry heat in the Forbidden City, she was still warming up in Mongolia a few days ago, and today she is wearing summer clothes so hot that the cattail fan keeps fanning her heart.

"Suyue, the ice you want is here." Qingmei and Xiao Lizi walked in with the ice, Qingmei shouted as soon as they entered the door.

Su Yue hurriedly put down the cattail fan in her hand, and greeted her, "You guys are back, I'm dying of heat"

Xiao Lizi looked at the eager Suyue with a funny face, and teased, "Suyue, you were never like this before. It's only been a few years, it's only June, and you're just like this. It's really easy to go from thrifty to extravagant."

Su Yue took a fan and patted Xiao Lizi on the head and said, "You are talking nonsense, I won't give you something delicious for a while."

Qingmei glanced at Xiao Lizi triumphantly and said, "You don't want to eat it"

"Yue'er, everything you asked for is ready." Nanny Rong came over carrying a plate of dishes.

Su Yue led everyone to the stone table under the vines, took the plate from Nanny Rong, and told Xiao Lizi, "Go and crush the ice, it shouldn't be too big, try to break it up as much as possible."

Xiao Lizi was busy cutting the ice with a hammer, and the ice slag splashed everywhere.Qingmei beat Xiaolizi angrily, and Nanny Rong followed Suyue to tinker with the fruits and dried fruits on the plate.

"Qingmei, you went to invite the fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother. Aren't they Xiu Mu today?" Su Yue pounded the walnut kernels in her hand, pouring out and adding some from time to time.

Qingmei followed Su Yue's example and pounded peanuts, "Well, I already told Su Peisheng and Gao Ming that they will definitely arrive before noon."

Su Yue nodded, and after packing the walnut kernels, she began to tinker with the hawthorn again, "Xiao Lizi, Mr. Li, can you support me?"

"I told you earlier, you still don't feel at ease when I'm doing things." Xiao Lizi scooped the crushed ice into the ice bucket and focused on digging the ice.

"Mommy, I'll do these things, you have a rest." Suyue looked at Nanny Rong, and hurriedly snatched the things from Nanny's hand.

Grandma Rong smiled, "I despise this old woman, but I can still do things."

Su Yue said with a helpless smile, "My heart is distressed, the mother will always misinterpret my meaning"

Su Yue looked at Xiao Die Li in front of her, made sure that everything was ready, went to the room to bring a plate of fruit, and began to squeeze the juice with gauze and a stone cup.

"Suyue, what are you doing?" Yinhu's joyful voice came in.

Su Yue dropped the things in her hands, smiled and waved, "Come here, you are finally here"

Yinhu rushed into Suyue's embrace with a smile, and asked curiously, "Suyue, what are you doing?"

Su Yue smiled mysteriously, "You'll find out in a while" and walked towards Yin Zhen with a smile and asked, "How are you doing recently, have you eaten well, are you happy?"

Yinzhen nodded, watched everyone busy for a while, and sat next to Suyue.Yinzhen and Yinhu have come to Suyue Courtyard many times, everyone is familiar with it, and they also avoid the etiquette and rules.

"Suyue, the ice is ready." Xiaolizi took down the ice bucket and pushed the ice bucket full of crushed ice to Suyue.

Suyue lifted Yinhu's head on her lap, took the bowl with a smile, scooped crushed ice into the bowl, put peanuts, walnuts, raisins, hawthorn and other dried fruits, added sugar juice, and asked Yinhu with a smile, "What do you want?" What kind of flavor do you have, lemon, apple, honeydew melon, watermelon, honey, mint"

Yinhu looked at the cold thing in Suyue's hand in surprise and said, "Suyue, I want mint"

Su Yue smiled, scooped the mint juice into a bowl with a spoon, and handed it to Yinhu, "Taste it"

Yinhu smiled happily, sat down and ate, and praised it.

"What about you?" Su Yue made another bowl and asked Yin Zhen.

"Mint" Yinzhen pointed at the mint bowl and looked at Suyue.

Su Yue prepared a bowl for everyone, then took Yinzhen's hand, and asked in a low voice, "How are you, is there anything you want to tell me?"

Xiaolizi went to deliver things to Li Dequan and Gui'an, Qingmei and Nanny Rong returned to the room with bowls, Suyue, Yinzhen and Yinhu were in the courtyard.

Yinzhen lost his expression more and more, the cold-faced prince was worthy of his name, Yinzhen turned to look at Suyue, "I'm fine, this is delicious, it tastes like you"

Su Yue nodded, touched Yinzhen's cheek, she had tears in her heart, but smiled on her face, "If you like it, I'll make more for you, and I'll get some for Su Peisheng later, if you want to eat, ask Su Peisheng to chisel ice for you."

Yinzhen nodded and ate quietly and elegantly, Suyue held Yinzhen's hand all the time, watched Yinhu eat the third bowl, and stopped her aloud, "Yinhu, I can't eat any more, this food is cold, you are still young, If you eat too much, you will get sick, and I will ask Gao Ming to take it back for you in a while, at most a small bowl a day, you can’t eat more, if you let me know that you eat too much and get sick, I won’t do anything for you in the future.”

Su Yue babbled for a long time before Yinhu gave up the idea of ​​eating again, and asked Su Yue with a smile, "Su Yue, what gift did you bring this time?"

Su Yue poked Yinhu's forehead with her finger, let go of Yinzhen's hand, went into the room and took a bunch of things out.Yinhu joyfully went to pick up Suyue, and the two happily returned to the table.

"What are these?" Yinhu flipped through the things on the table.

Su Yue smiled and gave Yinhu a bag, and then explained, "This is dried meat from the grassland. There are all kinds of meat, beef, mutton, and kumiss from the grassland. It's delicious. This is what I bought in the market. The jade pendants I bought on the Internet are all your zodiac signs, and the purse I sewed for you. You can see your names underneath. for two people.

Yinhu hugged Suyue happily, "I like it so much, thank you Suyue"

Suyue recruited Gao Ming to hold Yinhu's things, lay down on the table, looked at Yinzhen holding the purse and asked in a daze, "Don't you like it?"

Yinzhen raised his head, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "I like everything you gave me"

Su Yue's smile became brighter and brighter, and the bitterness she felt because of Yin Zhen's lukewarm appearance also dissipated.

"How are you going out these days?" Yinzhen asked Su Peisheng to take down his things, only the jade pendant was hanging on his body, Suyue's jade pendant was not of good quality, it was a bit strange to hang it on Yinzhen's waist.

Su Yue sat back beside Yin Zhen, took Yin Zhen's hand habitually, wiped the corners of Yin Zhen's mouth with a handkerchief and replied, "Well, this trip is not long, and it is not as good as the previous few times, so it is naturally good."

Yinzhen nodded, but Yinhu leaned on Suyue and pulled up Suyue's other hand, "Suyue, I miss you very much, and fourth brother misses you too." Yinhu played with Suyue's fingers, slightly melancholy.

Su Yue pointed at Yinhu's finger, and held Yinzhen's hand tightly, "I know, I miss you too."

Yinhu and Suyue kept chatting about Yinhu's studies and complaints, while Yinzhen sat on the side, interjecting occasionally, peaceful and beautiful.

"Suyue, lunch is ready." Rong Nunnies counted the time and came out to ask Suyue.

Su Yue was overjoyed, and hurriedly said "Yinzhen, Yinhu, try my handicrafts later" and dragged the two of them into the house, and then followed Nanny Rong to the kitchen to prepare. Afterwards, Su Yue brought the dishes to the table in the time it took to make a cup of tea.

Yinhu looked at a table of dishes, which were different from his usual ones, and asked curiously, "Suyue, what are these?"

Su Yue pointed to the dishes and introduced them one by one: "Chicken cold noodles, boiled pork slices, fried pork, buckwheat noodles, red sauce vegetables, sweet and sour pork ribs, Longjing shrimp, steamed whitebait, drunken snails and red-billed green parrots, white jade soup , are famous dishes in Jiangnan and Sichuan”

"Wow" Yinhu moved his chopsticks happily.

Su Yue greeted Yinhu and Yinzhen to have a meal. They lived in the capital for a long time and were not used to spicy food. Su Yue considered their appetites, so they lost the flavor of Sichuan. Fortunately, Yinzhen and Yinhu are both It was the first time I ate, and the most important thing was that these were prepared by Su Yue, and the two of them ate very happily.

There was no talking about eating or sleeping, after the three of them had their meals, Su Yue waited for them to rinse their mouths, and after cleaning up, the three of them sat on the couch and chatted.

Yinhu leaned against the soft pillow with her stomach in her arms, touched her stomach, sighed, and murmured to support her.

Su Yue looked at Yinhu who was sitting on the couch with a funny face, and Yinzhen beside him was sitting upright, drinking the hot tea that Su Yue handed him.

Su Yue took a soft pillow and propped it behind Yin Zhen, comforting her, "Let's lean on it, isn't it tiring?"

Yinzhen turned his head to look at Suyue, thoughts flashed in his eyes, and at last the corners of his mouth slightly turned up, and he softened his body and leaned against the soft pillow.

(End of this chapter)