The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 606: The First Opening of Love ([-])

It was a thunderstorm at night, and the next morning, the courtyard was full of petals and green leaves that were knocked down by the rain.After watching the palace people clean up the courtyard, Yuanyuan saw that it was getting late, and with the comfort of 'Grandpa Ai' in mind, she asked Zhuo Lan for leave to attend the appointment.

I came to the place where I first met yesterday, but I didn't see Yinfeng.

Yuanyuan felt sad in her heart, and she couldn't feel a bit of loss on her face.

After the rain, the fragrance of flowers in the imperial garden is stronger, and the water droplets are hanging in a variety of purples and reds. When the sun shines, it turns into a jewel luster.

Idle around, Yuanyuan paced around in place, admiring the summer scenery after the rain intentionally or unintentionally.

Seeing a beautiful peony in bloom, I couldn't help picking one, put it on the tip of my nose and lowered my head to sniff it. Suddenly, I heard a woman laughing behind me: "Who are you?"

Yuan Yuan was startled in her heart, looking back, she saw a pair of court ladies in court uniforms with emerald velvet hairpins standing behind her, their faces full of wantonness.

The maid standing on the left side was a little lighter, looked at Yuanyuan carefully and said: "Who am I, am I not the celebrity next to the concubine Jia?"

The maid with a mole on the corner of her eyebrow on the right spoke up, "She was invited into the palace by the concubine Jia's order a while ago. I heard that she is now the grand maid of Yongshou Palace."

Seeing the sharpness in the two's words, Yuanyuan didn't want to cause trouble, so she just said, "Hello, two sisters."

"Sister?" The maid covered her newly drawn lips and smiled suddenly: "Who will be your sister? We are serving in the imperial concubine's palace, but we are just low-ranking maids in the sweeping palace. Now that I see you, I should call you Sister."

The other court lady also laughed: "You should call her Aunt Yuanyuan, it looks decent. It's just that the word Yuanyuan is too strong, and it always makes people feel unclean."

Yuanyuan endured it again and again, but her heart was already unhappy: "I don't know why my sister offended the two elder sisters, and I want my sister to treat each other so unkindly?"

"Mean? Did I hear you right?" The maid snatched the peony from Yuanyuan's hand, and said wantonly: "The peony is the national flower, and only maidservants in the queen's palace can pick it up. You have no rules when you look at it. Or do you think your mother is destined to be a queen? Baba rushed to pick peonies and go back to flatter you?"

Only then did Yuanyuan realize that she had done something wrong, she was so frightened that her face paled, and she repeatedly apologized: "This younger sister is new to the palace and is not familiar with many rules, but she doesn't want to make such a big mistake. Please forgive me, sisters. I this time."

The palace lady narrowed her eyes slightly, raised her eyebrows, and said: "Tell me about today's matter to the Punishment Department, and I will definitely reward you with thirty slabs. Since you are a first-time offender, I can forgive you."

Yuanyuan was overjoyed, and was about to thank her, but she heard her say again: "But you have to be punished, otherwise how can you have a long memory?"

Another court lady said contemptuously: "Your empress has been favored by the imperial concubine and empress. You are not a cheap lamp. If you kneel down and kowtow three times with me immediately, I will consider letting you go. "

Yuanyuan looked at the muddy ground after the new rain and was in a dilemma, with tears in the corners of her eyes: "We are all poor people working in the palace, why do the two sisters make things difficult for me?"

"Who wants to embarrass you?" The maid said recklessly: "It doesn't matter if you don't kneel, I will report this matter to the head of the Punishment Department. Let's see how he will punish you!"

When it was said that the two of them were going to leave together, Yuanyuan was in a hurry, called the two of them, and said in tears: "Sisters, don't go, I will kneel. I will kneel."

As she said she was about to kneel, a familiar voice came from not far away and said in a solemn voice: "The sweeping servants in the imperial concubine's palace are still in such a battle, but I don't know if they are changed to the maids in charge, they will not be here today." Take Yuanyuan's life?"

Yuanyuan followed the prestige and saw that Yinreng had put on a python robe and was standing with his hands behind his back.

She had mixed feelings for a moment, and there was surprise in her eyes.

The two maids were so frightened that their faces turned pale and pale, they hurriedly knelt down and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, my servant, see you!"

Yuanyuan suddenly heard about this, her feet went limp and she almost couldn't stand up.

She straightened her face and wanted to kneel in a hurry, but was supported by Yinfeng: "The ground is dirty, let them kneel."

Yuan Yuan was so ashamed that she lowered her head and dared not look at Yin Reng.At this time, I heard Yinreng say in a calm manner: "Where did the peony in your hand come from?"

The maid timidly replied: "Back to the crown prince, this peony... yes, she climbed down."

Yinfeng let out an 'oh', and said with a smile: "Nonsense, I just saw that you and the two of you picked it off. Without the concubine's preference, I picked the flowers of the imperial garden privately, and they were all peonies. Can I be convicted?"

Knowing that Yinfeng intended to protect Yuanyuan, the two court ladies could only admit that they were unlucky and kowtow for forgiveness.

Yinfeng was still smiling, but there was already a stern look in his voice: "Go to the Punishment Department, each of you will be charged with thirty rods! I won't care about this matter today."

Hearing these words, the palace maid breathed a sigh of relief as if she had escaped from a tiger's mouth, and hurriedly fled from here.

After taking care of the two of them, Yinreng saw Yuanyuan standing next to him with lowered eyebrows, still shy and blushing.

He smiled at Yuanyuan, and said kindly: "It was very comfortable to get along with you yesterday, now that I know my identity, do I want to imitate the respectful appearance of others?"

Yuanyuan struggled for a while, then raised her head to look at him firmly: "Are you the prince?"

Yinfeng laughed: "It's the prince, and also 'Grandpa Ai', just one identity. Whatever you think I am, just take it for granted, there's no need to be formal."

Yuanyuan blushed and said, "I don't dare."

Yinfeng looked at the watery clothes on her body, it was still the one that was stained with dust yesterday, although it had been carefully cleaned, the filth was still there.

He casually handed the package behind him to Yuanyuan, and said, "Open it and have a look, I like it."

Yuanyuan opened the package with a look of confusion, and saw that there was a green gown made of Sichuan brocade fabric inside, and the stitches and embroidery were all top-grade. , that's the one thing I've been working hard for most of my life without getting such a thing.

She was so frightened that she fastened the package tightly and retreated into Yinfeng's arms: "Your Highness, this thing is too precious, slave."

"If you want you to take it, then take it." The prince put the package on Yuanyuan's body: "This is what I owe you, no matter how expensive it is, I said you can afford it, so you can afford it."

Yuan Yuan was a little embarrassed and thanked her, because of embarrassment, she kept rubbing the hem of her clothes with her hands.

Seeing her behavior, Yinfeng suddenly smiled: "If you rub the clothes again, the clothes will be torn."

He met Yuanyuan's eyes, Yuanyuan tried her best to dodge, and said timidly: "You are the prince, why do you lie to the servant?"

"Is it Ben Gong? I originally only wanted to have fun with you, but I didn't want to."

Yinfeng's words came to an abrupt end, he took out a heart knot from his bosom, and pressed it solemnly in Yuanyuan's tender palm: "This is embroidered by Ben Gong himself, it's the first time, it's so ugly, don't dislike it."

(End of this chapter)