Chapter 34: The Heart-to-Heart of Master and Servant
When the emperor mentioned the incident, I began to weep again, although there was nothing sad to speak of, but my tears kept sliding down my face like pearls with broken threads.
"Concubine, concubine ......" I pretended to be in a dilemma, and I couldn't finish a sentence completely several times, Ye Tingchen was also tired of seeing it, so he turned his head to look at Liu Jianxue: "Since Huaixing refuses to say, you have the closest relationship with Huaixing, then let's see Xue." ”
Liu Jianxue didn't know why I was suddenly like this, but she could guess my intention to do this, even kneeling in front of the emperor: "Sister Lin has been miserable for the past two days, so she disturbed the emperor, and I hope the emperor will not blame!" ”
Liu Jianxue did not directly return to the emperor's question, but changed her perspective and said my matter, and then she looked at me, saw me nodded, and was a lot more relieved.
"Having a hard time? I arranged Huaixing in Xiwu Palace, where is the place where Yue'er once lived, what happened? ”
I and Liu Jianxue saw that the emperor was angry, and immediately knelt on the ground, Liu Jianxue understood what I meant, and told the emperor my suffering for me: "In the past two days, the people in the internal affairs office and the imperial dining room have said that Sister Lin has angered Concubine Shu, so she secretly deducted everything, and today the concubine went to Sister Lin's Xiwu Palace, and found that the food sent by the imperial dining room was not fishy at all, and even my sister's inner room was cold, but my sister still refused to tell me." ”
Liu Jianxue did see this, and what she said was the truth, but the emperor didn't believe it: "Huaixing is Yue'er's niece, how dare the Internal Affairs Office!" ”
I had long expected this to be the result, so I didn't argue with the emperor: "Your Majesty, Fang Cai's concubine has been a little excited to see the emperor for a long time, there is nothing wrong with the concubine, and the emperor doesn't have to bother with me." ”
The emperor was unhappy in his heart, and his face showed his inner emotions, but he didn't say anything, but he lost interest in visiting the imperial garden: "See the snow and Huaixing to enjoy the plum blossoms together, I still have something to do." After speaking, the emperor brushed his sleeves and left.
It wasn't until the group behind the emperor completely disappeared that Liu Jianxue pulled me into a no-man's corner: "You can scare me to death, if the emperor is really angry, what can you do?" ”
I knew that I would be fine, and even patted her hand: "Sister, don't worry, with my sister, the celebrity in front of the emperor, the emperor will definitely not dispose of me." ”
Although Liu Jianxue was a lot relieved, she was still a little afraid, and pulled me in the direction of Xiwu Palace and said, "You counted me into it?" ”
In fact, I didn't calculate anything, I just saw the emperor's inspiration, if Liu Jianxue was not by my side, I am afraid that I would not have met the emperor at all.
"How dare I, if it weren't for Wen Xiuyuan mentioning me to the emperor, I wouldn't have done it when I met the emperor, if there is a place where I collided with my sister, please forgive my sister!" I followed the appearance of a man and saluted Liu Jianxue with a fist, which provoked Liu Jianxue to scold angrily: "You girl, you are becoming more and more unruly!" ”
As she spoke, she took my hand and walked quickly towards Xiwu Palace, and when she came to the side hall of Xiwu Palace, Liu Jianxue did not take off her cloak and looked at Qiushui: "It's not peaceful in the womb these days, take care of your little master, don't let her make trouble like today." ”
Qiushui looked at me, regardless of my innocent face, and replied: "The slave understands and will definitely take good care of our little master, and will never let the little master go to the emperor to mess around again." ”
I gave Qiushui a thumbs up in my heart, or Qiushui knew me best, and knew that the purpose of everything I did was not to appear in front of the emperor. I pushed Liu Jianxue out of the door of the side hall and urged: "Sister should go to Changchun Palace soon, if the emperor goes here, but can't find my sister, I must be in a hurry!" ”
Liu Jianxue looked at me with disgust, didn't say anything, pointed to Qiushui, signaled Qiushui to remember what she said just now, and then opened the curtain and went out.
I breathed a sigh of relief, walked over to the chaise longue, let Qiushui untie my cloak, picked up a book on the case, and began to study it carefully.
Bailu came in from outside at this time, holding a handful of green plums in his hand and asked me: "Little master, this is the flower sent by the little master Liu, saying that you and the little master Liu are half of the same, what kind of vase do you think this green plum should be matched?" ”
I thought about it carefully, and casually replied: "Just put it in the vase with a thin neck of the water ripple skimming that the queen bountied." ”
Bailu put the green plum in the vase, specially brought it to me to see, I nodded, the green plum with Huang Huali in the thin neck vase, but there is a special humor: "Put it on my bookcase, so that I can take a closer look." ”
When the white deer got the order, he put the vase on the bookcase, and I took the book, but I couldn't read it, and I only felt sleepy, and I fell asleep after a while.
I don't know how long it took, but when I opened my eyes, the sky outside the window had already darkened: "Autumn water? White deer? What time is it? ”
Bailu moved quickly, so he walked into the inner room first, I lifted the fox blanket on my body, and asked Bailu to put shoes on me, Bailu looked at me: "The little master has been getting more and more sleepy in recent days, and your sleep is two hours." ”
I did the math, it was not yet noon when I came back from the Imperial Garden, so I guess it should be Shen Shi now.
"Where's the autumn water? Why can't you see her? As soon as my words fell, Qiushui also walked in from the outside with a copper basin: "The little master is looking for me? ”
I nodded, and cleaned my face and hands under Qiushui's service: "When I am asleep, can someone come?" ”
Qiushui shook his head: "Now everyone thinks that the Xiwu Palace is a cold palace, how can anyone still come." "I think so, although I saw the emperor today, and Liu Jianxue also told the emperor about my situation, but the emperor may not take it to heart.
At that time, I also took the initiative to let the emperor make the decision for me, but then I changed my story and said that I had nothing to do, and if the emperor was not angry, it would be rare.
"The slave really doesn't understand the little master, if the little master doesn't want the emperor to get close, why complain in front of the emperor?" I glanced at Qiushui, even though this girl is delicate, but she still has little training and can't understand the things of this world.
"If I take the initiative to ask the emperor to stand up for me, do you think the emperor will agree?" Qiushui was stunned by my question, I believe that such a simple truth, Qiushui will not understand.
My relationship with my aunt, even though it is because of the rumors of the palace people, has intensified, but the emperor has seen everything in his eyes, how can he not know, my aunt does not like me as a niece, and my identity is not only my aunt's niece, but also my aunt's competitor, if my aunt knows that I have asked the emperor for help, my aunt may not know what kind of means will be used to entangle the emperor.
At that time, although I have become a thorn in my aunt's side, it will also deteriorate my aunt's relationship with the emperor, and then I will not get grace, but nightmares!
Qiushui really understood what I meant. got up and took away the copper basin for cleaning hands, and left the inner room with the white deer.
When the two of them came back again, they were both carrying a food box in their hands, the one in Bailu's hand was obviously brought from the imperial dining room, and the one in Qiushui's hand was the one that Liu Mixue brought when he came.
"Qiushui, I really love you to death, or do you understand me!" When Qiushui heard my words, he glanced at me angrily, and I found that although these two girls were the two most powerful female envoys around the second brother, they had been here for a long time, and they were like Pei'er, and they had become lawless and dared to laugh at me as a master.
"You're a good Qiushui, you dare to laugh at me!" It seemed that he didn't hear what I said was a joke, and Qiushui immediately knelt down and confessed his guilt and kowtowed: "Slave, don't dare!" ”
In this way, my good mood disappeared in an instant: "That's it, get up, I didn't want to blame you." Qiushui got up, set up the food as if it was nothing, and then retreated to the side, and Bailu prepared the food for me.
I looked at the two of them and coughed lightly: "Didn't you say okay?" If there are no outsiders in the Xiwu Palace in the future, our master and servant will eat at the same table! ”
Bailu looked at Qiushui and didn't dare to move, and finally Qiushui still made a move under the gaze of me and Bailu, Qiushui sat down next to me, and began to eat quietly, I glanced at Bailu, and put a crystal elbow in her bowl, and she sat down.
For a meal, because the autumn water has a cold face, everyone is not happy to eat, and Bailu is avoiding the autumn water everywhere.
"Qiushui, if you have anything to say, you can say it." I looked at Qiushui's sullen appearance and knew that she had something to say, but because Bailu was here, she never dared to say it.
Qiushui looked at me, thought for a while, and then spoke: "Little master, I think you should listen to the master's words." ”
I sneered in my heart, listen to the words of the second brother, accept the favor as soon as possible, so that I can gain a firm foothold in the harem? I thought Qiushui was someone who understood me, but I didn't expect it to be me thinking too much.
Qiushui saw that I didn't speak for a long time, and his face showed urgency: "The slave knows the love between the little master and the master, but in this harem, grace is life, and without grace is life, and if there is no grace, it will be gone. ”
Of course I understand the meaning of Qiushui, but I also swore that I would never become an accessory of the royal family in this life, even if I lost my life, I couldn't let my second brother get his wish! This is the price he paid for sending me to the palace regardless of my feelings, only caring about the survival of the Lin family.
"Qiushui, if you also think that what I did is wrong, I will find an opportunity to tell the second brother and let him find a way to send you back to the Lin Mansion?" Qiushui didn't expect such an answer, and looked at me in astonishment: "Little master, slave maid doesn't mean this, although Bailu and I are both masters, but since I and Bailu followed the little master into the palace, then we will be born to live in the small house, and die to be the ghost of the little master, and the little master is still in this palace for a day, and I will not leave with Bailu." ”
Qiushui's words warmed my heart, in this huge capital, I am afraid that only the second brother and the two girls in front of me who really treat me, even Liu Jianxue is because I am now Lin Huaixing, so I have a heart-to-heart with me, if she also knows that I am not Lin Huaixing, I don't know what kind of scene it is.
At this time, Bailu also came in, probably overhearing the conversation between me and Qiushui, and immediately knelt beside Qiushui: "Little master, we are willing to follow the little master, and I have also understood these days, the little master is really good to us, and he has never treated me Qiushui as an outsider." ”
Bailu is right, since Da Pei'er left, every time I see Bailu and Qiushui, I always think of the girl who was arrogant by me, and I don't want to treat them badly at the same time, I am also worried that my arrogance will harm them, so I always think about whether to return them to the second brother.
"Well, I'm just talking, why did you take it seriously? Get up. ”