Chapter 169: Court Life
The rain is falling, the light smoke is filled, the courtyard is full of grass, and the side houses have long become a pile of ruins, full of green creepers.
The eastern sky, just revealing a line of porcelain white, sprinkled with morning light, the prince's face, the lines are even more handsome.
In the depths of his dark eyes, full of tenderness, he looked at Siyu who was sleeping in his arms.
She is really as well-behaved as a kitten, and the whole person is shrunk in his arms, so weak and helpless, and endearing.
I don't know what she dreamed of, her beautiful eyes were closed, and two teardrops flowed out, beating her eyelashes into wet and black.
Her fine porcelain skin was as white and soft as jade, and her black hair was scattered like a waterfall on her shoulders and back.
The petal-like lips are pink and soft, the skin can be broken by blowing, and the tentacles are extremely soft.
He gently left a kiss on her cheek, and who would have expected that the palace door outside the wall would open with a bang.
He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
This palace gate is often reserved for eunuchs and craftsmen, and every morning, it opens with a bang very early.
Under the courtyard wall that followed, people came and went, and the sparkling waterwheels kept passing by, and the noise was everywhere.
Siyu's brows furrowed, and the prince hurriedly covered her ears, but she still woke up.
Sleepy-eyed, she lazily gave birth to a lazy waist in his arms, looked at the prince with big dreamlike eyes, and shouted coquettishly: "Your Highness! ”
"Well, did you sleep well?"
The prince felt that he could not stand her eyes the most, as long as her big eyes were opened, and the depths of her eyes were a pool of calm water.
Siyu nodded, but shook his head again, and said mischievously: "I didn't sleep well, the concubine still wants to sleep, I slept too late last night!" ”
After saying this, Siyu's eyes, the sea water was fluctuating restlessly, and they looked at him warmly.
She was like the soft, warm seawater, softly wrapping him up, and suddenly making him feel uncomfortable.
"You little wild cat, you lack the training of this palace again......"
Holding the prince in his arms again, Siyu ate and smiled, as if he had become infatuated with the prince's body, and he couldn't be separated for a moment.
At this moment, there was another clanging sound outside the door.
The crown prince frowned and said to her, "I'll change the palace room for you today!" ”
But Siyu shook his head and refused, and said to him very sensibly: "Actually, it's okay here, at least I'm here alone, and I won't get in the way of their eyes!" ”
In fact, if Siyu was transferred to the dormitory of the Gu family, the Guo family, and the Su family, he might have to be troubled by them many times.
After thinking about it, the prince finally decided and promised her: "Then block this door and let them go elsewhere!" ”
When Siyu heard this, he smiled mysteriously, his eyes were full of naughtiness and teasing, and he quietly crouched in the prince's ear, and murmured: "Let everyone avoid here, what does Your Highness want to do?" ”
The prince couldn't stand her cheap appearance the most, so he suddenly pressed her in his arms and covered her.
He said hatefully: "Little wild cat, has anyone ever told you that this palace is very good at training people!" ”
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After the daylight was bright, Siyu had to follow the rules, take the deer, and go to the Queen Mother to say goodbye first, followed by Chang Guifei, and then Gu's, Su's, and Guo's.
Anyway, after such a circle, it will be in the afternoon.
But when you enter the forbidden city, you have to follow the rules of the royal family.
The size of the palace is far beyond Siyu's imagination, fortunately, Miaoyu and Miaoli are completely familiar with the roads in the palace, otherwise they are afraid that Siyu will get lost if she walks around the palace casually.
The Empress Dowager's bedroom is not too far from the East Palace, but it is also half an hour's journey.
However, the Empress Dowager Xiaoxian was not in her own dormitory, but in the Buddhist hall to worship the Buddha, and when Siyu went, it was a Diamond Sutra that had just been recited.
She and Xiaolu had to kneel outside the Buddha hall and wait patiently, but fortunately there were cotton pads, so as not to suffer too much.
But the queen mother neither ordered them to get up, nor gave them a seat, she and Xiaolu had to kneel on the cotton mat, and for a long time, the scripture was not finished.
Siyu was better, but the deer's injured leg was unbearable, and Siyu saw that she couldn't stand it, so she gave up her cotton pad and handed it to her.
But how can the deer be willing, this is not a moment and a half, the Diamond Sutra, this scripture, if you read it from beginning to end, I am afraid that it will not be able to finish it in a day.
But now the Queen Mother had no intention of stopping, so Siyu stuffed the cotton on her cotton pad.
In this way, Xiaolu is somewhat more comfortable, but the Queen Mother's Diamond Sutra is only halfway through practice, and it seems that it is still far from the end.
Siyu and Xiaolu had to wait patiently.
This was enough for them to kneel for two hours, and there was already an impatient look on the fawn's face, and Siyu also felt that her legs had been numb from kneeling.
The cold bluestone ground made her feel painful, but her face remained as calm as possible, and even a trace of impatience was brought to her face.
With a ding, the chanting finally stopped, and the door curtain sounded, and the unknown queen mother finally revealed her true identity.
She had actually seen Siyu and Xiaolu a long time ago, and knew that they were from humble backgrounds, and deliberately embarrassed them, in fact, it was also to test them.
However, what surprised her heart was that Siyu, who was kneeling on the main seat, did not have a trace of impatience on her face.
This had to make her admire, and when she got out of the Buddhist hall, she pretended to be surprised: "Yo, you are still here, the mourning family is gone, oops, this is really ......"
After that, she turned her face to her personal female officer, Granny Ji, and pretended to be displeased: "Why didn't you say goodbye to the mourning family earlier, you hurt these two children in vain, and knelt here for a long time!" ”
What kind of character is the mother-in-law that Ji, why can't she hear the master's meaning?
She hurriedly knelt aside, and replied cautiously: "I have the heart, but Siyu Niangniang stopped me and didn't let me disturb you!" ”
"Yes, quickly give these two jade dolls a seat, the end is the Oiran of Yanliu Lane, and it is indeed a Peugeot, no wonder the prince is confused, come, come, come near, let the mourning family take a good look!"
Hearing these words in Siyu's ears, I don't know if she has a heart, or if she really did mean it, and her voice was extraordinarily aggravated when she said the words Oiran in Yanliu Lane.
This is clearly a reminder that she always pays attention to her identity.
This is an indisputable fact, he was indeed from a humble background, and hurriedly approached the Empress Dowager Xiaoxian obediently.
It was only at this time that Siyu dared to look up at the appearance of the Queen Mother.
I saw that her well-maintained old face looked pink and fresh, almost comparable to a girl's face, and she actually had a bit of a bodhisattva appearance.
It's just that there is a little chill in her eyes, although she does everything possible to hide it, Siyu can see it to some extent.
As early as on the way here, I heard Miaoyu say that the Empress Dowager Xiaoxian in front of her treats her subordinates very harshly.
This is also the dormitory where the most palace maids and eunuchs are killed in court, and a corpse is carried out from here almost every three days or five days.
How can such a person not be afraid in his heart when he suddenly came to his eyes and held his face with both hands?
Siyu was so afraid of her that the next moment, maybe these old hands would strangle her.
Fortunately, she just looked at herself with great appreciation, and couldn't help sighing: "In the end, it's still young and good, look at this thin skin and tender meat, no wonder the prince likes it, even the mourning family is happy to see it!" ”
It took a long time for her to let go of Siyu, and said lazily: "If you have time, come over to accompany the mourning family to recite Buddhist scriptures, don't get together with those women every day, fight back and forth, black smoke and miasma, and not be unorthodox!" ”
Siyu hurriedly nodded in agreement.
said goodbye to the Queen Mother, and wanted to go to Concubine Chang to say goodbye again, but who would have thought that he would be blasted out as soon as he arrived at the door.
Concubine Chang's personal maid, Lianxin said very politely: "My mother said, what a cat and a dog, get far away, don't dirty the ground of Bingxia Palace!" ”
Xiaolu just wanted to have a seizure, and felt that a maid was so domineering when she spoke, how could she bear it.
Siyu hurriedly grabbed her and persuaded softly: "Xiaolu, this is also the prince's concubine, people say that we only have to take it!" ”
Xiaolu thought about it, he and Siyu were indeed from extremely humble backgrounds, not to mention comparing with these concubines, even the personal maids in these palaces were far stronger than themselves.
Thinking of this, she said very helplessly: "Now I regret it very much, why did I have such an obsession in the first place, I didn't ask for a name, if I really gave a name, what can I do?" ”
Siyu smiled bitterly: "I didn't want it, but the prince insisted on giving it, what can you let me do?" ”
Xiaolu sighed, looked at his legs, and thought back to the past, feeling more and more sorry for Siyu and his legs.
When they returned to the East Palace, they finally had to face the person they were most unwilling to face, and the attitude of the three concubines was very intriguing.
Concubine Guo simply closed the door and disappeared, but as for Concubine Su, she did see it, but it was difficult in every way, and she let them come again after a few simple salutes.
The whole process was like playing monkeys, and even the mother-in-law and maid next to him were cold-eyed and laughing.
However, the Gu family treated them the most gently, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, and even sent someone to give them a few bedding and two maids, with an extremely gentle attitude.
This made Xiaolu grateful, but Siyu frowned, his face full of sadness.
The fawn exclaimed, "What's wrong?" ”
Siyu sighed: "I'm afraid that the most difficult ones to deal with here are the Queen Mother and the Gu family, and we will have to suffer in the future!" ”
Xiaolu said in surprise: "If you want to say that the Queen Mother is difficult to deal with, I still believe it a little, but if you want to say that the Gu family is difficult to deal with, are you a little worried?" She's so nice to us! ”
Siyu smiled helplessly: "Actually, let me tell you the truth, the more people who put joy and anger on their faces, the easier it is to deal with, just like Concubine Guo and Concubine Su, I really don't care how difficult they are, what I'm afraid of is this person who can't see joy and anger on his face, you can never guess her hole cards!" ”