Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty

At this time, Qingchuan was also a little scared, but the matter had come to this point, it was too late to say anything, so he pretended to be indifferent and said: "Whatever, the soldiers will come to block you, the water will come to cover you, there are people in the palace Rules, I don't believe that they can cover the sky with one hand. Come on, I'll help you back. My name is Qingchuan, what's your name?" The maid replied softly, "My name is Su Yan." Qingchuan smiled gently, and helped Suyannv go back to Ganxi Fourth Institute.After Su Yan washed off the ink stains on his face by the well, he turned around and thanked Qing Chuan solemnly again. Qing Chuan saw her appearance clearly, but was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I have seen her. you!"

Su Yan nodded with a smile, and said, "We met once, you beat me last time when you chose the Oiran lady." Qing Chuan remembered that Su Yan was not because of some oiran lady, but because she saw her mixed with dancers in the Prince's Bieyuan, and she had gunpowder hidden in her body.Qing Chuan shook her head: "Not once, but twice. You started the fire in the Prince's Garden, right? I saw gunpowder falling out of your sleeve." Su Yan looked slightly startled, and asked tentatively, "Did you see it?" Qingchuan thought of the fire, the crown prince who was deposed for it, and the servants who were arrested. She couldn't help but feel a little angry, and asked, "Why did you do this? Do you know that many people will be killed like that?" of."

Su Yan was silent for a moment, sighed a long time, and said in a shy voice: "I can't help it either. Our whole family died at the hands of the prince. I chose the oiran lady just to get close to him and kill him for revenge. I didn't expect the result I was chosen by you, I have no choice but to pretend to be a dancer and go in..." Qing Chuan never thought that Su Yan would have such a tragic life experience, she was silent for a while, and then said after a while: "But you didn't kill the prince in the end, but you killed an innocent eighteen elder brother."

Su Yan bowed his head and said: "So I feel very guilty, and I have thought of many ways to enter the palace to be a palace maid, hoping to atone for my sins." Qingchuan carefully looked at her for a while, saw that she had a sad expression, and she didn't seem to be lying, and thought that she would choose the oiran just to avenge her parents, so she couldn't help feeling soft-hearted, and sighed: "So that's the case, look at it." Come on, you are also a poor person." Su Yan smiled bleakly, and said with some concern: "I have died many times, it doesn't matter what happens, but this time you offended Eighth Brother because of me, I wonder how they will retaliate against you?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Qingchuan felt a little confused, and after thinking for a while, he said: "It's okay, at worst, I will make trouble with the emperor. I don't believe in the eternal emperor, and I will protect my son." However, Su Yan had never heard of the name Qianguyidi, so he wondered, "Qianguyidi?" Qingchuan suddenly remembered that this was the evaluation of Kangxi by later generations, and suddenly felt a little guilty, and hurriedly said: "It's what the emperor meant. Uh, let's not talk about it, by the way, who painted your face like this? It's too bullying people!"

Su Yan bit her lower lip lightly with her white teeth, and replied: "It's Madam Xi, she misunderstood that I wanted to...seduce the emperor, so she took me to Chuxiu Palace to teach me a lesson, and punished me to run around , so I accidentally bumped into Eighth Brother and the others." Qing Chuan thought of Jin Nai who was in a panic just now, no wonder she looked like this, presumably she saw Su Yan bumping into Eighth Brother and the others, so she had to sneak away anxiously because she was afraid of being implicated by her. Su Yan thought that Qingchuan was worried about her offending Elder Brother, so she was silent for a moment, then suddenly said in a low voice: "I'll try to see if I can ask someone for help, if he is willing to intercede for you, Eighth Elder Brother Perhaps it can be ignored."

After hearing this, Qing Chuan didn't have any hope. The festivities between her and Eighth Prince were not related to this day, but Su Yan was so worried about herself, she was still a little relieved, smiled and said: "Thank you very much , we must watch and help each other in the future.” Su Yan looked at Qing Chuan and nodded emphatically. Qing Chuan broke up with Su Yan and went back to her own room. As soon as she entered the room, she found that the atmosphere was not right. The other court ladies seemed to be secretly looking at her, but when she looked back, those court ladies seemed to be indifferent Averted their eyes, each busy with the work in their hands.

Qing Chuan felt a little strange, secretly thought what happened?Then carefully observe the expressions of each person, but nothing can be seen.Just like that, he climbed into the bed full of doubts and went to sleep, but he was woken up by someone pushing hard while he was in a drowsy sleep.Qingchuan struggled to open her eyelids, but saw Xinlian standing at the head of the bed fully dressed. Qing Chuan asked confusedly: "It's midnight, what are you doing?" Xinlian pushed Qingchuan again, and said: "Get up quickly, Empress Xi gave us two to do the errand, if you sleep too late, be careful and delay the errand, you will be punished!"

Qingchuan was startled awake immediately, she had heard how powerful the boards in the palace are.Qingchuan didn't dare to delay any longer, got dressed quickly, got up, and followed Xinlian out.Because it was midnight, everyone was sleeping, and it was extremely quiet outside.Xinlian stuffed Qingchuan with a broom and took her to Kunning Palace. Kunning Palace was originally the place where Kangxi's original wife, Empress Hesheli, lived during her lifetime. Hesheli died of dystocia when she gave birth to her second elder brother Yinreng here. Since then, Kunning Palace has become a taboo place in the Forbidden City.

Qing Chuan had only been in the palace for a short time, so how could he know these old things, but he came to clean this long-unoccupied palace in the middle of the night, he couldn't help being a little surprised, so he asked Xinlian, "Miss Xi asked us to clean this place?" Xinlian nodded and said: "Yes, if you don't believe me, go wake up Madam Xi and ask her." Naturally, Qingchuan couldn't wake up Concubine Xi to ask at this time, so she could only accept her fate and asked Xinlian, "Where do you start cleaning?" Xinlian pursed her lips and smiled, pointed to the east corner of the hall and said, "You clean the left side first, and I'll clean the right side. It's faster if we separate."

Qing Chuan didn't think much, nodded, and went to the left with the broom.After walking a few steps, he suddenly heard the sound of a door closing behind him.Qingchuan was stunned for a moment, and her next reaction was to turn around and rush back, but it was a pity that she was a step too late, the door had already been plugged in by Xinlian from the outside. Qingchuan was angry and impatient, slammed on the door of the palace, and said angrily: "Hey, Xinlian, what are you doing? Open the door, let me out, let me out..." There was no answer from outside the door.Qingchuan took photos for a long time, but only knocked down a lot of dust, which made her cough again and again, so she had no choice but to give up in the end, and sat down leaning against the palace door.Qingchuan knew that Xinlian had always disliked her, but she never thought that she would tease herself like this, tricking herself into coming to this ghostly place in the middle of the night. Thinking of ghosts, Qingchuan felt that this place became more and more terrifying.The huge palace was empty, because it hadn't been cleaned for a long time, thick dust had accumulated everywhere, and it looked even more desolate, no matter how you looked at it, it looked like a common scene in a ghost movie.The more Qingchuan thought about it, the more frightened she became. She was so frightened that she didn't even dare to open her eyes. She just curled up behind the door and waited for the dawn. But Qingchuan didn't know that even in the daytime, there were very few people in the Kunning Palace. Kangxi and Hesheli got married when they were young, and their relationship was very deep. After Hesheli died of dystocia, Kangxi was very sad. On the days of Empress Li's birthday, she came to live alone for a few days, and other than that, no one was allowed to enter at will. But I don't know whether Qingchuan was lucky or unlucky, not only did someone come to Kunning Palace, which is rarely visited on weekdays, but Li Dequan, the chief eunuch of Qianqing Palace, came here.It turns out that Queen Hesheli's birthday will be in a few days. Every year on this day, Kangxi will come to live in the side palace for a few days, so Li Dequan brought people to Kunning Palace early in the morning to make arrangements. Li Dequan told the little eunuchs to clean up the side palace, and then told everyone: "But don't worry about the main hall, it is the place where the empress gave birth to the prince and dies. The emperor said that no one can enter, and those who enter will be punished with fifty sticks. Understand?" A group of young eunuchs following behind hurriedly responded "嗻" in unison.As soon as the sound fell, a woman's call was faintly heard from the main hall. "Let me out, let me out..." Everyone was startled. Everyone in the palace knew that the main hall of Kunning Palace was not allowed to enter. Who would be inside at this time?One of the little eunuchs turned pale with fright, and asked fearfully, "Is there a ghost?" Li Dequan scolded after hearing this: "What nonsense are you talking about? Where did the ghost come from in broad daylight? Go, open the door and have a look." The young eunuch who was following closely behind was Li Dexin's godson, named Xiao Shunzi. Hearing this, he stepped forward and opened the gate of the main hall, and asked, "Who is in there?" Seeing a lady in palace attire with disheveled hair coming out of the dim hall, everyone was startled, and even a timid little eunuch screamed: "Ghost——" This woman is not a ghost, but Qingchuan who was locked in the hall by Xinlian.Qingchuan was trapped in the middle of the night, at the beginning he still had the strength to shout a few times, but later on he didn't even have the strength to shout, so he could only sit in the hall and wait, finally until dawn, when he heard someone outside When the sound came, he didn't care about it for a while, and shouted desperately again. With this shout, someone really called out, but because of his embarrassing appearance, he was mistaken for a female ghost.Qing Chuan quickly wiped off the dust on his face, and explained: "I'm not a ghost, I'm a maid from the Qianxi Fourth Institute." Li Dequan also saw Qingchuan's shadow cast by the sun at this time, and knew that the person in front of him was indeed not a female ghost, but he was also startled by Qingchuan just now, and immediately said very annoyed: "Bold maid, dare Go in without permission, come on, pull down and beat." Two young eunuchs came and dragged her away.Qingchuan was stunned for a moment before realizing it, and hurriedly shouted: "No, it's not like this, father-in-law, listen to my explanation, listen to my explanation..." How could Li Dequan listen to the explanation of a little palace maid, he just waved at the two little eunuchs.The little eunuch got the order and dragged her away regardless of Qingchuan's struggle.The eunuch named Xiao Shunzi next to him secretly glanced at Li Dequan, seeing that he was not paying attention to him, he retreated quietly. Besides, Qingchuan was already pressed on the bench, and seeing that the wooden stick was about to fall on his buttocks, someone suddenly shouted: "Wait!" Everyone was stunned and looked over together, only to see Xiao Shunzi, a young eunuch from Qianqing Palace, hurried in from outside.The eunuch who executed the execution recognized him as the godson adopted by the chief eunuch Li Dexin, so he put on a smile on his face and asked, "Mr. Xiao Shunzi, what can I order?" Xiao Shunzi glanced at Qingchuan who was lying on the bench, and said unhurriedly: "This maid is a fellow of mine. Although I often tell her some palace rules on weekdays, this girl is a bit stupid. , I accidentally violated the palace rules today, I'll come over and have a look, father-in-law, you beat her first, and I'll reprimand her after the beating is over." The eunuch who executed the execution was also a fine person, as soon as Xiao Shunzi said that, he understood in his heart.Because Xiao Shunzi was serving in Qianqing Palace, and Li Dequan had caught sight of him, the eunuch wanted to save face for him, and immediately said with a smile: "Then father-in-law, please wait on the side first." As he spoke, he called others to execute Qingchuan. Qing Chuan on the bench was confused, she didn't know this eunuch named Xiao Shunzi at all, how did he come from a fellow villager.Just as he was wondering, the board had already fallen.Qingchuan screamed subconsciously, but unexpectedly found that being knocked down didn't seem to be very painful. Qing Chuan didn't know that playing boards in the palace is also very particular. If the eunuchs holding sticks want to punish you, you will definitely lose your life if they continue to beat you with fifty boards. Putting on dozens of boards will at most cause you a flesh injury. Since the eunuch with the cane wanted to show off Xiao Shunzi's face, he naturally beat Qingchuan ruthlessly, but even so, Qingchuan's buttocks were still red and swollen after a full fifty blows. After playing the board, Xiao Shunzi led Qingchuan back to Chuxiu Palace with a dark face.Qing Chuan limped behind Xiao Shunzi, feeling very strange in her heart, and when she got to the empty corridor, she couldn't help asking, "Elder-in-law, do I know you?"