Harem Chapter 3 Shucui Palace
The jade pillar of the Shucui Palace has a golden top, and the warm jade is the wall, and even the three words of the 'Shucui Palace' written on the plaque are all filled in by the grinding of purple gold and jade, which looks beautiful and unique.
There are maidservants who keep stepping out of the dormitory with dishes, and there are servant girls who keep bringing hot dishes to the table. Back and forth, except for the slight sound of footsteps, the entire Shucui Palace was so quiet that breathing could be heard.
The woman sitting on the main seat is holding a bird's finch bun, decorated with a handful of pearl tassels, her eyebrows are delicately traced with purple daisies, and her lips are three points redder than begonias.
She was holding the tea bowl expressionlessly at the moment, and the personal maid next to her glanced at it, and saw that she was wearing a purple and white flowers snow brocade dress, and then a Ruyi cloud pattern spring Shu dress underneath, the original facial features were exquisite, and this dress complemented her, which made her even more charming and affectionate.
Obviously, now is not the time to admire her beauty.
The personal maid named Yunxi has been with Concubine Shu since she was a child, and she is like a sister, so her words have a lot of weight.
"The meal has been heated ten times, so it's better for the mother to eat first." Yunxi pondered: "The harem is the strongest in the mother's holy family, if Your Majesty does not come to the Shucui Palace, he will definitely not go to other palaces." It's better to eat well, if Your Majesty suddenly comes in the middle of the night, you will have the strength to serve Your Majesty, right? β
Concubine Shu frowned, and poked in the bowl with chopsticks as if venting her anger: "Maybe I was hooked by a fox again!" β
Yunxi sighed in her heart, her master is good anywhere, but she is too jealous, she wanted to comfort a few words, but suddenly remembered what day it was, so her eyes lit up: "Niangniang, today is the twenty-ninth ...... of September."
Concubine Shu said irritably: "This palace knows, isn't this for the emperor to prepare so many things, just to celebrate his birthday?" β
But the mother seems to have forgotten why His Majesty did not hold a birthday banquet and refused to congratulate him, because today is also the death day of His Majesty's biological mother...... The emperor's generation of Ming Jun is heartbroken. β
These words made her wake up like a dream, and Concubine Shu hurriedly lowered her head, but saw that she was wearing the most gorgeous clothes to celebrate the emperor's birthday, what kind of thing is this? She hurriedly asked Yunxi to find a few light-colored clothes for herself, even if the emperor didn't come, she had to pay attention to her demeanor at all times, and she couldn't displease the emperor at all.
Then thinking of today's special situation, Concubine Shugui's mood calmed down again, and then she was in the mood to look at the dishes in front of her, and suddenly felt that her abdomen was empty and she felt a little hungry.
"Ah Sheng." She spoke: "Give the palace a dish." β
The maidservant who was replaced with Ah Sheng hurriedly laughed and gave Concubine Shu vegetables to cook, but she had only arrived in Shucui Palace for a short time, and she didn't know what Concubine Shu liked to eat, so she could only put some in her bowl.
Sure enough, it summoned Concubine Shu to sneer.
"This palace let you come because you are Yunxi's cousin, if you can't do it, go back to your Huanyi Bureau as soon as possible."
Yunxi was looking for good clothes to come in, and happened to hear this sentence, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Niangniang looks good in everything she wears, these slaves and maids really can't be selected, why don't you take a look at which one fits your eyes?" β
Concubine Shu was coaxed to cover her mouth and smile, and concentrated on picking her clothes, Yunxi took this opportunity to give Ah Sheng a look, but saw that the latter was unwilling, but had to leave.
Accustomed to flattering people! Slippery!
Ah Sheng thought, just let her be proud for a few days, and when she finds out Niangniang's preferences, where will there be the location of Yunxi?
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It's night.
The lights had been turned off in the Shucui Palace, and Concubine Shu was tossing and turning on the bed, finally feeling sleepy, and suddenly smelled the aroma of gardenias, and instantly sobered up.
She frowned, thinking that Ah Sheng was on duty today, so she thought that Ah Sheng had entered the inner hall, and she stood up and wanted to get angry, but suddenly heard a chuckle.
"Why did you wake up?"
When Concubine Shu heard Lin Ei's voice, she asked happily, "Why did Your Majesty come?" β
She immediately shouted outside: "Yunxi-"
"You don't have to call someone." Lin Yi stopped her movements, and Concubine Shu began to undress him, her cheeks flushed, and her movements were a little slow for a while.
"Your Majesty......" Concubine Shu asked softly, "Why don't you ask Yunxi to fetch some water to come in?" β
The emperor favors the concubines, and they need to follow the process, and they need to be registered for fetching water and flushing. Originally, Lin Rong didn't want to do this, but seeing that Concubine Shu was so active, she was rarely interested, and replied to her: "Delu is not with him." β
The implication is that no one will record it, and there will be no rules to follow.
So Concubine Shu twisted off her clothes, lay down beside her gracefully, and called him shyly: "Your Majesty......"
Lin Yi stretched out his hand to caress it, only to feel that her body was like a good white jade, gentle and smooth, but he inevitably thought of another sense of touch.
The silky touch made him love it.
Concubine Shugui Chenghuan, as always, follows the rules and is quite boring. So as Lin Rong twisted her hair, he was distracted by the joy that the other handmaiden, who was timid but passionate, brought him.
"I saw the slave in your palace in the cold palace today." He suddenly mentioned this on the bed, which made Concubine Shu stunned and couldn't tell what he wanted to express, and was about to ask, but the words were coquettish and earnest, and he couldn't say a word.
"Full of lies, unjustly dead." Lin Yi concluded: "But there is one sentence that is true. β
The man really told him to eat it into the marrow, and he never forgot it.
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When Anqin woke up, it was the next day.
She was sticky, her throat was dry and uncomfortable, and she couldn't say a word.
The inner sanctum was very dilapidated, and even the beds were covered with straw mats, barely covered with a layer of cloth.
She lay on the bed and didn't want to move, staring blankly at the curtains, unable to tell what it felt.
The plan failed.
She sighed faintly, originally thinking of helping the Xu Guan woman to gain favor first, helping her climb up, and then finding a chance to pick up her criminal slave status, and then asking the Xu Guan woman to introduce her...... Even if it takes a long time, it's always the safest.
Instead of being like now, it became Lin Ei's antidote by mistake, and it was really self-inflicted.
Even though An Qin tried her best to survive, she still didn't feel that she had such great ability to survive from the hands of the law.
In the end, it's still a bad move.
Crunch β
The door of the inner hall was suddenly pushed open, and the cold wind poured in, making An Qin shrink for a moment, and then tightened the futon.
Delu's voice came from above his head, thinking about the emperor's orders, and his tone was full of disgust: "What are you still doing here?" Hurry up and pack up and come with us! β
He's still thinking about how to deal with Concubine Shugui!
What are you going to do with yourself? Is it easy to get on the road?
Her clothes were scattered everywhere on the ground, and there were other people in the house, An Qin was a little ashamed and irritable, thinking that her life was short, she had a rare rebellious mentality, and said again: "My father-in-law only said to go, but didn't say where to go, where does the slave know?" Yesterday, Your Majesty was brave, although the slave maid was of a low status, but the servant was not what the slave maid wanted, just to help His Majesty, there should be hard work without merit, right? Father-in-law doesn't want to spend more time letting the slave and maid clean up a little more decently? β
After the autumn, you have to eat a full meal first!
Delu didn't expect that someone would not give him face, and he would dare to talk back! He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed angrily: "What a sharp mouth, if it weren't for His Majesty's will, if it weren't for His Majesty's will, you would lie here until you get moldy, and no one would care about you!" But it's just a matter of helplessness, what kind of thing are you? Inherited the grace and was so arrogant? Someoneβ"
A series of footsteps came, and An Qin finally noticed that something seemed to be wrong, and as soon as he stood up straight with his futon to block his body, he saw a eunuch come in with an iron stove.
Delu picked up the red-hot soldering iron and sneered at her: "This is something that the emperor has ordered, if you can't hold on, you can't complain about us." β
"What my father-in-law said is good, but after all, let the slave and maid change their clothes and come out to accept the sin, right?" An Qin was stunned when she saw this soldering iron, and subconsciously touched her forehead...... Now, she is a little envious of the Xu Guan woman outside, and she died simply after all.
"What kind of clothes do you change, and a slave of sin still needs dignity? Straight to the sea! β
So one of the two eunuchs came over with a soldering iron, and the other came over to lift the futon she was covering.
She was dressed in a dirty dress, her arms were bare, and she was blushed with shame when she was looked at like this by several pairs of eyes.
An Qin was short of breath, her nose was sore, and tears were in her eyes. Even though she is humble now, she is still proud in her bones, when did she suffer such a grievance?! She could accept the punishment, but her appearance was looked at by several eunuchs, and those people did not retract their eyes for half a minute, which was really worse than death!
She was pressed by her hands, and she lost the power to resist, and the special soldering iron came over, shining a terrifying red light in An Qin's frightened eyes.
Then it was hard and burned on her forehead.
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Long.
The two eunuchs followed Delu out of here, and the little eunuch couldn't help but dry his mouth when he thought about the scene just now, and finally couldn't help asking: "Father-in-law Delu, since you want the one in there to die, why bother so much, it's better to hand it over to our brothers, and it can be regarded as a trivial favor for my father-in-law." β
Delu stopped, saw their thoughts at a glance, raised his eyebrows, and scolded with a smile: "Not now, let's go back in a few days, if you are dying, the emperor does not have to pursue it." But if you survive it, you can let the emperor wipe the mark of the sin slave on her forehead with such a mind, and you don't want to hit her. β
Thinking of what he heard waiting outside the room yesterday, compared with her appearance of a chaste jade girl just now, he couldn't help sneering: "What about pretending, how tall can the slave maid from Drunken Huanlou be?" β
These two eunuchs are considered to be members of his family, and Delu is already favored by Lin Rong, and now he is even more waved his hand, looking complacent: "Follow us well, you will benefit from it in the future, the number of beauties rewarded by the emperor is innumerable, why bother with this useless one?" β
"Yes, yes, yes." The two little eunuchs glanced at each other, hurriedly leaned up to pinch his shoulders and rub his back, and said flatteringly: "I have to rely on my father-in-law to carry me." β