Qing court ladies

Chapter 84
"Suyue, what's the matter with you?" Xiao Lizi's anxious voice knocked on the door and shouted, which startled Suyue. Suyue packed up all her things in a panic, threw them under the bed, and then went to open the door.

"Suyue, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Lizi couldn't hide his worry when he looked at Suyue, who was covered in sweat and flustered in the hot weather.

Suyue felt guilty, "I'm fine, but it's hot and I'm irritable. I'm venting my anger on myself." Suyue led Xiao Lizi into the room, poured a cup of tea for Xiao Lizi, and poured herself a few more cups. After a long time, the taste was extremely bitter, and it was still cold. The taste was really bad, but Su Yue swallowed it all.

"You know?" Xiao Lizi looked at Su Yue and asked cautiously.

"Know what?" Su Yue thought that Xiao Lizi would ask herself about him again, and her face turned paler.

Xiao Lizi sighed, "Suyue, you have always been the most sober and clear, why bother? Besides, Lord Long Live has really cared for you these years, but now it's just blinding your eyes. You should believe in yourself, believe in Long Live God of"

Su Yue was baffled by what she heard, but she was secretly relieved. At this moment, she was thinking rationally, but it turned out that Xiao Lizi was not thinking the same as her at all.

"Xiao Lizi, I remember when we first entered the imperial dining room, me, Qingmei and you, the three of us were still children. We worked every day, but we were able to have fun and laugh constantly. Now, things have changed, but we are still together It's really good." Su Yue looked at Xiao Lizi, Xiao Lizi was one year older, all these years, except that there was no smile between the brows as before, nothing changed at all, but it was the melancholy between the brows that made Su Yue is sad, Su Yue no longer knows whether it is because of her that they are in their current situation, if not for her, what would everything be like, Su Yue kept thinking, thinking about good things, thinking about bad things, but found that , this is a dead end, there is no way out, there will never be a if.

"Su Yue." Xiao Lizi felt a little emotional, but couldn't say anything.

Su Yue smiled lightly, at that moment, Su Yue decided that she must take care of this matter, since Xiao Lizi has been hurt, she can't deceive herself and pretend nothing happened, whether it's because of herself or others The reason, Xiao Lizi's pain, is clearly there.

"Xiao Lizi, come in." Su Yue took Xiao Lizi's hand and led her into the room.

Xiao Lizi followed Suyue into the door, looked at the things scattered all over the room, and was slightly surprised, "Suyue, what's wrong with you?"

Su Yue went to pick up the things one by one, put them on the table, poured a cup of tea for Xiao Lizi and said, "Do you still remember that the Long Live Lord visited the Yongding River, that night I accidentally bumped into two people talking, one of them was you"

Xiao Lizi's face turned hot, and she trembled slightly, "Suyue, you..."

Su Yue smiled reassuringly and said, "Don't be afraid, I haven't mentioned it to Lord Long Live, but I have done some things." Su Yue spread out the things one by one, and looked at ten lines in front of Xiao Lizi.

Xiaolizi obviously knew what Suyue was looking at, grabbed the things over in horror, stood up, retreated to the corner, looked at Suyue, and begged "Suyue, don't look at it"

"Why can't I read it? It's my fault, my crime, why can't I read it?" Su Yue didn't dare to face Xiao Lizi, those words, like a knife, stabbed Su Yue fiercely.

"No, it's none of your business, Suyue, please forget it, please." Xiao Lizi sat on his knees on the ground, the things in his hands were spilled, just in front of Xiao Lizi's eyes, that nightmare came overwhelming.

"I'm sorry, what I want to forget, I want to pretend that all this doesn't exist, but I can't do it" Su Yue turned around, looking at Xiao Lizi who was crying silently, her heart was like a knife.

"Suyue, please, if you are really good for me, forget about these things, okay?" Xiao Lizi couldn't face it. He didn't want Suyue to know all this. He didn't want others to know about that shame and that nightmare. Knowing that, especially Su Yue, he couldn't accept this fact.

"I know it's cruel, but I should take responsibility for my own sins. I've avoided it for too long. People around me have been hurt one by one. I can't escape." Of course Su Yue understands Xiao Lizi If it were me, I wouldn't want anyone to know about this kind of thing.

Xiao Lizi tightly grasped the paper, every word on it was his blood, but the person in front of him wanted to open his wound, what could he do?
Xiao Lizi stood up unsteadily, opened the door, supported the door and asked, "So what if you know, can you make it so that this never happened?"

Su Yue was knocked down, and seeing Xiao Lizi's leaving back, Su Yue's strength was drained, she was so soft that she fell to the ground, but she still crawled to pick up those things unwillingly.

It was July in the 37th year of Kangxi, which was the third month when Suyue left Beijing to give birth. Xiao Lizi had just gone to Qianqing Palace not long ago, and was in charge of cleaning the Qianqing Palace. That day was the same as before, working all day, and returning to the side courtyard to rest at sunset. But before Xiao Lizi reached the courtyard, he was hit with a stick in the back and passed out.

When I woke up, I was tied up in a dark and damp dungeon. The ground had just been washed by water. There were wooden stakes on both sides, and there were many instruments of torture hanging on it. There are no windows for ventilation, only a small window on the door directly opposite.

Xiao Lizi was tied to a wooden stake, his limbs were unable to move, and he wanted to shout, but his mouth went numb for a while, presumably because he had been drugged.

In the dark dungeon, there was no other light except for a candle near the door. Xiao Lizi struggled until his wrists were bleeding. The binding ropes were still not loose, and there were messy footsteps coming from the door.

Bang, the door was opened, and many people dressed as eunuchs came in, watching Xiao Lizi struggle with sneers.

"Huh, I woke up quite quickly, but I don't know how long I can last for a while." One of the tall eunuchs walked up to Xiao Lizi and slapped Xiao Lizi on the face.

Xiao Lizi was beaten to the side of his head, his teeth were bitten on his lips, and a few drops of blood flowed out.

"Don't beat him to death, the master has explained it, you have to give him a breath, so that he can tell his aunt well." Another fat eunuch, with a whip in his hand, was pouring water into the basin on one side.

"I don't know what the master thinks. If this person is caught, he will not be killed. He will have good fruit to eat when his master comes back. But I heard that the Lord Long Live has spoiled the master for more than ten years..." Another handsome eunuch spoke softly.

"Bah, what are you afraid of, isn't there still a master? No matter how bad it is, our master still has a big brother, what can we do?" The tall eunuch walked back, and also chose a torture tool on the stake, holding it in his hand. Evil smile in hand.

"Master, we can't do anything. We are not masters. If something happens, we will be the first to be pushed out." A short man walked out from a dark corner, with a cold face, and his eyes were shining, but he didn't know it was the fire. , or in the eyes of the original.

"Then let him never tell it for the rest of his life." The man with a wicked smile squeezed the long string of round beads in his hand, his face became even more wretched.

The four of them talked as if no one was around, obviously they didn't consider Xiao Lizi to exist, and they were not afraid of him speaking out, and Xiao Lizi had already turned pale with fright. Although he had been in the palace for many years, the people around him were at best playing clever tricks and working hard to climb up. I have never seen such a scene, and from the conversation of the four people, he was kidnapped by the order of the master, for Su Yue.

"If you don't bring those evil things in front of us, you won't find it disgusting." The short man looked at the tall eunuch who was holding the beads and then wrapped the beads with wax to connect them together, and said disgustedly.

The tall man grinned and said, "Just go out in a while, make sure you don't kill him"

"Give him the antidote." The fat and fat eunuch picked up the bowl at the side, pinched Xiao Lizi's chin, pumped the bottom of the bowl, and poured it all down, regardless of whether he could swallow it or not, Xiao Lizi couldn't hide. He was so choked that his tears and nose stayed together, before Xiao Lizi could recover, he whipped the whip down, and the barbs left by the whip scratched the flesh of Xiao Lizi's body.

"Ah..." Xiao Lizi howled in pain, and the burning pain after the whip made Xiao Lizi understand that it was pepper water.

"It's just a whip, what are you howling for?" Following the words, another whip greeted Xiao Lizi again, one whip after another, Xiao Lizi had no strength left to howl.

"It's only been a few hits. He's really a servant of Long Live Lord, his skin is tender." Seeing Xiao Lizi fainted, the fat eunuch poured a pot of chili water on him.

"Ah..." Xiao Lizi woke up with a scream, and his whole body was tingling with burning pain.

"Okay, your whip made flesh and blood flying, it's disgusting to death." The eunuch Qingxiu held her nose, held the red-hot iron in her hand, and gestured at Xiao Lizi's body, obviously looking for a good place to strike.

"Your broken iron smells like burnt iron, it's more disgusting." The fat eunuch threw the whip, walked to the side, and hid far away.

"Stop talking nonsense." The tall eunuch kicked the handsome eunuch's buttocks, and the iron in his hand directly burned Xiao Lizi's lower abdomen, causing a puff of smoke to ignite.

Xiao Lizi couldn't shout anymore, rolled his eyes and passed out.

"Let's go." The short eunuch beckoned the other two eunuchs to leave, leaving the tall one alone, gearing up.

"Master, what else do you want to ask?" The three of them walked out the door, looked at the person standing in the dark with their flowerpot shoes, and asked on their knees.

"No need, throw it into the river tomorrow," the woman said bluntly, and left with her flowerpot shoes.

In the dungeon, Xiao Lizi was stripped naked and thrown on the ground, with his hands tied together to the wooden stakes, his feet separated and tied to the wooden stakes on both sides, the tall one was holding a string of waxed beads, smiling extremely wickedly.

Su Yue clutched the things in her hands, her heart was so painful that she couldn't breathe, the words on the paper were eloquent and inexhaustible, but Su Yue seemed to be able to see such a picture, she couldn't imagine how Xiao Lizi could do it Say nothing to her, pretend nothing happened in front of her, smile at each other, if it were Su Yue, she might really go crazy.

"Concubine Hui" Suyue would never have thought that it would be Concubine Hui who did such a cruel thing to her. She always felt that Concubine Hui was the most reassuring person in the harem. After all, Concubine Hui was shallow-minded and simple-minded. It's easy to be seen through, Su Yue has never been a Concubine Hui, but this person used the most thoughtless method to make her suffer all her life.

"Suyue, why are you sitting on the floor?" Qingmei was startled when she saw Suyue's room door was wide open and she was kneeling on the ground alone.

"I'm fine, I accidentally fell, go and get me some medicinal wine." Su Yue turned her head to prevent Qing Mei from seeing herself crying, and hugged the things in her hands tightly so that Qing Mei could not see her.

Su Yue hid it well, Qing Mei was worried that she would be confused, and found nothing unusual, so she obediently ran to get the potion.

Su Yue stood up, folded the things in her hands, and walked out the door with her arms in her arms.

Concubine Hui's Changchun Palace Suyue is not familiar with, but Suyue walked to the gate of Changchun Palace easily.

"Greetings to Auntie" The eunuch at the door was obviously surprised when he saw Su Yue, and hurriedly saluted.

Su Yue seldom enters the harem. Generally, the edicts of Lord Long Live about the harem are passed on by Li Dequan and Liang Jiugong. Su Yue was isolated from all affairs in the harem by Kangxi. what to do.

"Please inform me, Eunuch, to clean up Suyue, and ask to see Concubine Hui." Suyue smiled at the eunuch and said.

The father-in-law shuddered and hurriedly ran in. Su Yue's smile was too eerie.

Su Yue looked at the plaque of Changqing Palace, feeling resentful and at a loss in her heart. She didn't know why she came here, and what she could do here. She could neither kill Concubine Hui for revenge, nor abolish Concubine Hui. Concubine, there is nothing to do, here, what to do?
The father-in-law quickly led the big palace maid next to Concubine Hui and ran to meet Su Yue.

Concubine Hui, dressed in red, was sitting in the hall, looking at Su Yue with a smile, while elder brother stood aside.

Su Yue didn't salute, and threw the folder in her hand on Concubine Hui. Everyone obviously didn't expect Su Yue to do such a thing, but the elder brother reacted quickly, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Concubine Hui, roaring "Su Yue Moon, you are bold"

Su Yue cast a sideways glance at Eldest Brother, stared at Concubine Hui and said, "Isn't Your Majesty more courageous? If I hand this over to Lord Long Live, I don't know if Concubine Hui can drink tea here so leisurely."

Concubine Hui swept away the pocketbook on her body, and said with a smile, "In that case, why are you here?"

"Hmph, Concubine Hui, Su Yue is really blind, everyone in the harem is indeed not a simple person, and you are even more outstanding among them." Su Yue said sarcastically as she watched Concubine Hui ask the grand maid to drive them out.

"Suyue, you're going too far, relying on Huang Ama to spoil you, how dare you treat me like this?" Before Concubine Hui could say anything, the elder brother jumped up first.

Su Yue glanced coldly at the elder brother, and sneered, "You were so aggressive back then, and you still didn't learn well after suffering such a big loss."

What happened back then was the biggest thorn in Eldest Brother's heart. Kangxi had ordered to conceal it all these years, and no one dared to reveal it.

Naturally, Su Yue would not let her elder brother beat her, she held Xiaoxi's hand and stretched out her hand in front of her elder brother, "Yinti, how dare you"

"Bang" Concubine Hui slapped the table, glaring at Su Yue, "I'm still here, I don't allow you, a little maid, to be presumptuous"

Yinti knelt down straight, even if he was unwilling, he could not disobey.

"You are not even my opponent. What can you do other than playing tricks and hurting people around me? These years, Yinzhen is the eldest prince on the surface, seemingly honorable, but there is a prince on the top, and a group of outstanding people on the bottom. What's more, being captured by Ge Erdan back then was a humiliation that he could never wash away in his life. In his life, being a prince is already the greatest good luck, and you, let alone, Long Live Lord, I haven't seen you for many years I've passed you, and you know it in your heart." Su Yue met Concubine Hui's gaze and said unhurriedly.

"If you dare to act recklessly, today I will let everyone see what kind of son you gave birth to and what kind of person you are." Su Yue looked at Concubine Hui's raised slap and smiled extremely coldly .

"That's enough, Su Yue, no matter what big things this prince and concubine mother have done, you can't talk like this." The elder brother lowered his head and wailed.

Su Yue didn't want to hurt Elder Brother, but she had no choice but to take Concubine Hui, the only sharp weapon she held was probably Elder Brother, so she couldn't care less.

"Hmph, I don't have much ability, but I can make you restless for the rest of your life, Su Yue, the best way to deal with people like you is not to hit you. Your desperate appearance makes Bengong even more Happy, but you, you have nothing to do with me, can you?" Concubine Hui's smile became brighter and pierced Su Yue's heart.

"Concubine Hui, I will definitely not let you have a good day, and your elder brother." Su Yue took back Xiaoxi and strode away.

"How dare you!" Concubine Hui was anxious.

"Look if I dare, your son's final fate is the best revenge for you." Su Yue sneered, but she remembered that her elder brother was imprisoned by Kangxi and died in the clan mansion.

Concubine Hui's shrill cry can no longer reach Su Yue's ears, because she still hasn't changed anything, it doesn't matter if she wins the battle of words.

Su Yue didn't tell Kangxi about Su Yue's going to Changqing Palace. Su Yue couldn't confess to Kang Xi about many things.

(End of this chapter)