Qing court ladies

Chapter 6
Due to the death of the Empress Dowager, all the New Year's lanterns prepared by the palace in the past few days were replaced. The people in the palace, from the emperor to the servants, all wore plain clothes and mourned for three months.

The New Year's Eve is getting closer, but because of Xiaozhuang's funeral, the entire palace has no sense of joy, but is shrouded in silence and sadness. In the winter of the Forbidden City, heavy snow is flying, and it is even more icy cold.

Seeing the absence of the usual laughter in the imperial dining room, Su Yue felt a little sad in her heart, and even Xiao Lizi and Qing Mei, who had always been active, felt a little more sad. In fact, the death of the Empress Dowager had nothing to do with them, the maids and slaves, but in the palace The master was weeping sadly, no one dared to laugh, if there was a trace of joy at this moment, even the master's life would be in danger, let alone the slave?The most important thing is that the master at this time is feeling uncomfortable and dare not show it in front of other people, and often vents his anger through the palace servants.

Kangxi was guarding the spirit in the Compassionate Ning Palace. He was in grief, fainted several times, and refused to drink or eat. The imperial dining room also suffered. She was so scared that she had nightmares every night, and she was terrified. She even heard that a court lady was killed with a stick because she wore bright pearl flowers on her head.Su Yue's heart is colder than this winter, the lives of people in the palace are so contemptible, under the imperial power, people are like ants, life and death are just a thought of those people.Every time Su Yue thinks of those palace servants who were beaten, and the sound of cracking boards, Su Yue shudders.

Today is Suyue's duty. Logically speaking, Suyue is a handyman, so she shouldn't be on duty at night. But recently, because of Kangxi, people in the imperial dining room have suffered many times. So Su Yue took over temporarily.

When it was over, Su Yue was a little confused, Su Yue kept trying to keep her energy up, she was afraid of being punished, thinking about those boards, let alone dozens of boards, one board could kill her, Su Yue wrapped her cloak tightly, Nesting on the hay next to the stove in the imperial dining room to keep warm, Su Yue was sleepy and cold, and couldn't fall asleep anyway, so she had to get up and move around, moving her hands and feet to drive away the cold, watching the yard outside the door covered with snow, and the snow falling Fly, Su Yue suddenly became interested.

In the south where Su Yue lived in her previous life, she had never seen a snow scene once in her life. If it wasn't for the scene of heavy snow falling on the TV, Su Yue probably wouldn't have known what the snow scene looked like.In this life, Suyue is afraid of the cold, which is also a problem in the previous life. After the miscarriage, she did not care about her body, and the root cause of the coldness fell. In this life, the body does not have this feeling of being afraid of the cold, but there is this shadow in her heart, so Suyue never goes out in winter. Even if I go out, I am wrapped tightly, and I am not in the mood to enjoy the snow.

Today is the first time that Suyue has noticed the scene of heavy snowflakes and white snowflakes in her past and present life. Suyue reached out to catch a snowflake, and it melted immediately. With a thin layer of snow on her hand, Su Yue focused on looking at it, and it was quite similar to those words that describe snow.

Some are like goose feathers, some are like snowflakes on Christmas stickers, Su Yue is a little crazy, and she is in a daze.

Su Yue was startled by the sudden voice of "Who is on duty?" After regaining her senses, she saw a father-in-law in the uniform of the chief executive standing at the front door of the imperial dining room. The spirit is a little darker, which adds a bit of color to the ordinary face, but now the eyes are black and black, very tired, looking like a drug addict.

Su Yue hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Slave Su Yue is on duty, if you have something to do, please tell me."

Li Dequan's complexion changed. These days, because of the death of the Empress Dowager and the work of the Lord Long Live, Li Dequan put down the matter of chasing the woman in Yimeiyuan, but when he heard this today, Li Dequan knew that the woman he had been looking for for a long time was the one in front of him. The imperial dining room maid.

Su Yue lowered her head and waited for orders, but she didn't see Li Dequan speak for a while, she looked up, Li Dequan stared at her thoughtfully, a little trembling in her heart, thinking to herself that she might be punished for being late, Su Yue froze Shaking, I don't know whether it is cold or afraid.

"What's your name, and what's your job in the imperial dining room?" Li Dequan asked after returning to his senses.

Su Yue calmed down, tried her best not to tremble, and replied, "My servant, Su Yue, is the servant of the imperial dining room."

Li Dequan suddenly remembered what he had come for, his tone was a little hurried, and he said, "What food is prepared in the imperial dining room for Wansui today?"

Su Yue replied, "Report to the manager, the imperial dining room has bird's nest porridge, white fungus soup, rock sugar pears, loquat dew, anything else you need, you can make it." To Li Dequan, looking at Li Dequan's chapped lips, Suyue couldn't bear it, Kangxi tortured herself, but caused a group of people to suffer, this Li Dequan is really loyal.

Li Dequan drank a few cups of tea before smiling at Suyue who was carrying the pot beside him, thinking that he was a clever and pleasing person, Li Dequan had suffered a lot these days, Kangxi didn't eat or drink, he felt distressed, and followed suit Whether to eat or not, I ran for a long distance again today, and I was really thirsty. After a few cups of tea, Li Dequan realized that his lips were chapped and painful.

"You go and serve two servings of bird's nest porridge, come with us." Li Dequan thought of Kangxi, and hurriedly put down his teacup to encourage Suyue to prepare.

As soon as Su Yue heard it, she knew it was probably because they wanted to persuade Kangxi to eat again, so she didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly went to the cage drawer to get two servings of bird's nest porridge, thinking that Kangxi hadn't eaten for a few days, she also took a serving of white fungus soup before taking it. Come out to Li Dequan.

"Boss, this servant took an extra serving of white fungus soup, this one is the most nourishing, and it fits well together." Su Yue found out the problem when she brought it out, her hands were shaking with fear, she was making a mistake!Take the bird's nest if you call it bird's nest, what are you doing with all this trouble?Su Yue felt that she was trying to die again.

Li Dequan smiled, not angry at all, but his eyes were gentler. Su Yue's actions made him feel caring, but he was so self-assessed, thinking that the days of entering the palace were not long, and he didn't wear away his thoughts. Although he violated the rules, But it's really precious.

"Let's go with our house," Li Dequan said, and went out first.

Su Yue's hands trembled, seeing that Li Dequan meant to send her along, wondering why?Logically, she was ready, and someone should take it, but Su Yue didn't dare to ask any more, because she had broken the rules just now.If Li Dequan asked him more about his crime now, Su Yue would really seek death again and again.

Li Dequan walked in front to lead the way and felt Suyue's accompanying, but he had another thought in his heart. Kangxi didn't eat or drink for a few days, and no one could persuade him. Things have never changed, Li Dequan is really helpless.But Suyue's act of adding soup suddenly made Li Dequan think of a way. Kangxi was looking for this woman, and there must be something interesting in his heart. With Suyue's sincere emotions, he might let Kangxi eat. Li Dequan also doesn't like those concubines and princes. They are Kangxi's closest relatives and Kangxi's favorite people, but they don't have a trace of love between relatives. He said beautiful words on the Internet, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes, but there was no trace of grief in his heart and eyes. He wished that Kangxi would end like this.However, Li Dequan's move is actually a gamble. If he wins, everything will be fine, but if he loses, he and Suyue will have nothing to eat.

Su Yue stepped on the snow, carefully holding the things in her hands, and tried her best to restrain her body shaking from the cold, for fear of smashing the things in her hands.At this moment, Su Yue has no other thoughts, all she can do is try to resist her trembling.

The white sails and white candlesticks in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, melted into white with the heavy snow, the lights in the mourning hall were flickering, dark and cold, Li Dequan entered the door, stepped forward with a heartbroken face and whispered something in the kneeling man's ear, but the man didn't respond at all, Li Dequan was helpless, walked out the door and said to Su Yue, "Do you remember the poem you sang in Yimei Garden?"

Su Yue was frightened, she almost dropped the things in her hand, her legs softened and she almost knelt down, she managed to stabilize her body and pretended to be calm, and asked, "The boss said, but the servants don't understand"

Li Dequan's eyes turned cold, and he was also anxious, but then he remembered that it was a big mistake to go out of the garden late at night, Su Yue was afraid of being held accountable, and then he felt that he was also panicked, how could he ask so straightforwardly? Dominic means.

After thinking it through, Li Dequan's voice softened a little, "Our family was in the palace since we were young, and we will never forget the voice after hearing it once. Besides, our family is not trying to punish you, but our family has something to ask for."

Su Yue was naive, Li Dequan believed what he said, and when he heard that it was not a punishment, he breathed a sigh of relief, and heard that he had something to ask for, so he hurriedly said, "I don't dare to do it, but the boss has something to do." Su Yue forgot, there is nothing else in the palace. In this place, the words of the people in the palace are never true.

Li Dequan laughed, Su Yue was indeed as innocent as he thought, nothing in the palace was true, it was common for orders to be changed from day to day, but Su Yue foolishly believed it.Li Dequan liked Su Yue a little more, and felt that such a person had a better chance of persuading Kangxi to eat.

Li Dequan smiled and said, "Okay, then our family will talk about it. If it is done, our family and this Daqing owe you a favor." Li Dequan pointed to the man kneeling in front of the coffin and said, "That is the Lord Long Live, leaning on the plum garden. The one who met you is the Long Live Lord. Our family has been looking for you for a long time, but we interrupted because of many incidents. Today is a coincidence and God’s will. Our family hopes that you can persuade the Long Live Lord to eat."

Su Yue was stunned, completely dumbfounded, the word Kangxi lingered in her mind, Su Yue glanced at Kangxi who was kneeling in front of the coffin, her face was haggard, pale, with stubble on her chin, her back was kneeling straight, her eyes The inside is full of pain, and there is no trace of an emperor through the ages.Su Yue couldn't help feeling pity again, and irrationally walked to Kangxi with her things.

Just like Suyue used to comfort others, she held Kangxi's side hand to give him strength, only to find a sticky and blood-stained scab, Kangxi's nails poked into the flesh, looking at the marks, I am afraid it has been poked like this all the time So, Suyue took the handkerchief and opened Kangxi's fingers one by one, and wrapped the wound with the handkerchief. Kangxi's hand was cold, like ice cubes.In fact, Lingqian is not cold, there are earth dragons, it is very warm, but Kangxi's hands are so cold.

(End of this chapter)