came out of Concubine Yu's Zhong Cui Palace, all the way back to the Eight Treasures Pavilion where she lived, and her sleeves were always depressed.

Walking to the cabinet, Zhuo Qiu and Yingxue came in to serve the sleeves to change their clothes, and saw that the sleeves sitting in front of the makeup mirror were always silent, and Zhuo Qiu and Yingxue exchanged glances at each other.

Yingxue picked up the snow sugar hawthorn on the table and approached her sleeve: "Master, and use a little tea and fruit, if the long-lived lord has not passed you over to eat, the slave will go to pass on the meal to others." ”

Huai Sleeve shook his head slightly, turned around and looked at the gifts from Concubine Yu on the table, and unconsciously frowned.

Lian Bi came in to pack up her things, and saw a few exquisitely carved sandalwood jewelry boxes on the table, and immediately smiled: "Long live the master has given our master something good, I'll take a look"

Because she is accustomed to being merciful with her sleeves, she is extraordinarily casual even in front of her sleeves. Before Yingxue and Lianqiu could speak, Lianbi had already taken one and opened it.

"Oh my God, it's the first time I've seen such a big pearl," Lianbi couldn't help but stretch out a finger and carefully caress the two round and soft huge pearls.

Yingxue and Lianqiu were also curious about what Concubine Yu had sent, and they were also surprised to see these two pearls the size of a child's fist.

"A few days ago, the Lord of Long Live gave his master a string of pearls to wipe his forehead, each of which was the size of a pigeon's egg.

At that time, Gonggong Li said that in addition to the string of pigeon eggs that the year before last, there was no second string of pearls as big as the queen mother in the palace. ”

Lian Qiu continued: "According to this, these two gifts given to our master by Concubine Yu are not rare treasures."

Huai Sleeve heard Lian Qiu and Yingxue say this, and gently opened her hand, Lian Bi hurriedly held the sandalwood box and carefully placed it on Huai Sleeve's hand.

He looked at the two large pearls in the box, and gently took one out in his hand.

The beads are heavy and quite textured, held in the palm of the hand, slightly moist and cool, look carefully, the pearl is shining with shallow colorful lines, and you can see that it is naturally formed at a glance.

"I once read the literature in the Dacheng, there are giant mussels in the depths of the South China Sea, the shell pattern is very beautiful, there are radial grooves, its shape is like a wheel, and it is extremely strong, so it is named Tridacn, which began in the Han Dynasty. It is the head of all the mussels in the vast water, and its sand condenses into ten pearls, and it takes a thousand years to get one of them.

In Buddhism, it is revered as the Seven Treasures along with gold, silver, glass, agate, coral, and pearl. ”

As soon as the words fell, he put the beads back into the sandalwood box and handed them to Lianbi.

Yingxue couldn't help but sigh: "One for a thousand years, such a cherished thing, how can Concubine Yu be willing to give it to our master"

Lianbi was surprised: "Today, Concubine Yu actually gave a gift to our master, the sun didn't come out from the west" Lianbi didn't follow her to Cining Palace, so she didn't know why.

Zhuo Qiu said: "Our master not only received the gift of Concubine Yu today, but also went to her Zhongcui Palace."

When Lian Bi heard this, she immediately ran to Huai Sleeve in surprise, and looked up and down left and right around Huai Sleeve: "Tell her what to do in the palace, shouldn't you embarrass our master again?"

Afraid that she would be dizzy when she looked at her sleeves, she grabbed the scurrying Lianbi and said lightly: "Didn't you see that you sent so many things, Concubine Yu asked our master to go to her palace today, just for this." ”

Listening to a few girls in his ears, he only sat with his eyes down, holding a cup of tea in his hand, but he never said a word.

Yingxue saw that her arms were thinking about something, and she turned around and glanced at Lianqiu, who nodded lightly and retreated with Lianbi.

The room was immediately much quieter, and Yingxue walked to the incense burner and added a piece of ice plum slices with clear and cold fragrance.

The green smoke rose ethereally from the furnace, smoking the warm copper cage, and even the ticking of a self-striking bell on the Huanghuali lying cabinet could be heard very clearly.

Leaning on the sleeve, half-squinting eyes, still twisting the tea cup in his hand, Yingxue took a piece of sparrow silk edelweiss and put it on the sleeve leg.

"Go to Concubine Yu's Zhong Cui Palace today, what do you think" Huai Sleeve still half-squinted his eyes and asked in a shallow voice with an indifferent expression.

Hearing Huai Sleeve ask, Ying Xue couldn't help but sneer: "The slave only feels that although Concubine Yu looks kind on the surface, she is still the same as before, but she is just pretending."

Huai Sleeve smiled lightly: "You mean the girl who was blamed in her house?"

"It's not that everyone else is stupid, it's obvious to show us, hum the master shouldn't have interceded for the palace maid at that time, it's better to kill them, let them pretend to be later" Yingxue was angry.

Huai Sleeve slowly retracted his smile, and handed the cup in his hand to Ying Xue: "There are still few palace maids in her palace who have died, apart from this, what else have you seen?"

Yingxue blinked a few times, suddenly remembered something, and was about to speak, when she heard a soft voice outside the door: "Master, long live the master who passed you over to serve in the past."

When Huai Sleeve heard this, he immediately sat up from the brocade couch, Ying Xue took off the red fox fur from the screen, and saw Huai Sleeve wearing a homely costume, and asked, "Does the master still change his clothes?"

Huai sleeve shook his head: "Long live Lord doesn't care about this, just wrap the fox fur and go over." ”

Stretched out his hand to the sideburns and slightly adjusted the makeup of the hairpin ring, and his fingers touched the red gold and Hehe Ruyi hairpin, only to remember that when he removed the makeup just now, he even forgot to take it off.

Huai Sleeve went to Kangxi's Zhaoren Hall on weekdays and did not bring his own palace people, one came and went, and he was also waiting at the door, and secondly, there were many little eunuchs who Kangxi was waiting for, and they couldn't use it.

The wind rose at noon, and it was much colder than in the early morning, and when I walked to the front of the warm steps of the Zhaoren Hall with my sleeves, I saw the ink clouds hanging down from a distance, and I was afraid that it would snow again.

Li Dequan was waiting outside the door with his sleeves, and saw her turn the corridor and come over, and from a distance he took a group of little eunuchs to kowtow to say goodbye.

"Why are you standing here? Don't you have to wait inside?" waved his hand to call everyone up, and asked Li Dequan what he said.

"If you go back to your mother, it's not that the slave doesn't go in to serve, it's really that the master hasn't eaten well in the past few days" Li Dequan's expression was as gloomy as the current weather.

"So, you sent someone to call me over in private" Huai Sleeve understood Li Dequan's thoughts as soon as he heard it.

Today's Huai Sleeve is no longer as good as the original tea lady, not who can be invited if he wants to, Li Dequan heard Huai Sleeve ask, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"The slave should die, the slave should die, and please ask the mother to think about the dragon body of the long-lived lord and sympathize with the hard work of the slave" Li Dequan put his forehead against the cold green brick, and said sincerely.

"Okay, get up, this palace knows that you love your master, and it is the reason to serve the good long live master, and this palace will go in and take a look."

After Huai Sleeve finished speaking, he stepped into the Zhaoren Palace, but before he entered the warm pavilion, he heard a crisp sound of broken porcelain suddenly coming from inside.

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