Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

Xiao Shunzi turned around and looked at Qing Chuan, and said, "I recognize you, you are serving in Empress Xi's palace, and it is for Empress Xi's sake that you help me." After hearing this, Qing Chuan realized that it was Xi Concubine who saved her life, but even so, she still thanked Xiao Shunzi and said, "Thank you, father-in-law, for saving me." But Xiao Shunzi didn't speak, just turned around and continued walking, and didn't stop until outside the gate of Chuxiu Palace, turned around and waited for Qingchuan to catch up with a limp, and said in a low voice, "Go back , don’t mention my affairs when you meet Empress Xi.”

Qing Chuan couldn't help being very surprised. It stands to reason that since Xiao Shunzi helped her for the sake of Concubine Xi, she should go to Concubine Xi to please her. Instead of going, he didn't ask herself to mention his affairs Woolen cloth? Xiao Shunzi seemed to see the doubts in Qingchuan's heart, a wry smile appeared on his face, and said softly, "Mistress Xi doesn't want to see me, nor does she want to hear my name, so just pretend I didn't show up today gone." After finishing speaking, he left regardless of Qingchuan's reaction. When he said this, Qing Chuan felt even more strange in his heart, secretly thought that this person was really weird, and he didn't know what relationship he had with Xi Concubine.Qingchuan returned to Chuxiu Palace full of doubts, and met Wanyue head-on as soon as she entered the palace gate.Holding a cup of tea in her hand, Wan Yue said very anxiously when she saw Qing Chuan: "Oh, Qing Chuan, where have you been? Just now, Empress Xi has been looking for you."

"Looking for me?" Qingchuan wondered. With anxious expression on her face, Wan Yue nodded and said: "That's right, didn't you say that you want to make some health-preserving tea for the empress to drink for the emperor? Now the emperor has arrived, where is your tea?" Qingchuan spent half the night in the Kunning Palace, and was beaten again. She was a little confused, and she couldn't remember making tea.Seeing her in such a situation, Wan Yue was even more anxious, so she simply said: "Forget it, you go in and freshen up quickly, and I'll prepare tea for you."

Qingchuan thanked Wanyue, and hurriedly went to the side hall to wash and tidy up. When she came out, Wanyue had already made tea for her, and said: "Hurry up and send it in, Empress Xi has been waiting for a long time!" Qing Chuan didn't care much, and brought the tea in hastily.Concubine Xi had been waiting anxiously for a long time. From the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Qingchuan carrying tea into the palace gate, so she stood up and greeted him calmly. When she got closer, she rebuked Qingchuan in a low voice, "Why did you come? Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time. gone."

Kangxi was sitting on the beauty couch not far away, and Qingchuan didn't know how to explain it to Concubine Xi.Concubine Xi saw Qing Chuan faltering, fearing that she would upset Kang Xi by saying something else, she quickly took the tea from Qing Chuan and said in a low voice, "Forget it, you go down first." After finishing speaking, he brought the tea to Kangxi gracefully, and said softly, "Your Majesty, please have some tea." Even though Kangxi came to the Chuxiu Palace after the imperial court, his mind was still on the affairs of the court. Just now, he only heard that Concubine Xi wanted to make health-preserving tea for himself, but he didn't pay attention to anything else. After bringing it up, he casually smiled and asked, "It's finally done. It seems that this tea took a lot of work."

Xi Concubine smiled gently, and said softly: "As long as the emperor drinks well, what does it matter if the concubine spends a little more time?" Kangxi smiled and took a sip of tea, but his expression froze. Concubine Xi had been carefully observing Kangxi's expression, and couldn't help but feel a sudden rush when she saw this, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Your Majesty? Is it not good?" Kangxi didn't speak, and handed the cup to Xi Concubine. Xi Concubine took a sip hesitantly, then frowned, and subconsciously said, "White water?"

Kangxi smiled faintly, and said: "White water is the source of all tea. It's really not easy for you, Concubine Xi, to have this realm. Well, I'm going to the Qianqing Palace to review the memorial, and I'll see you later." After speaking, he ordered Li Dequan to drive.Concubine Xi couldn't tell whether Kangxi was happy or angry for a while, she could only send Kangxi out with a smile.When she turned around again, the smile on Xi Consort's face disappeared, and she only ordered the maid beside her in a cold voice, "Call Qing Chuan to come in!" Qing Chuan didn't know what was going on in the palace. Hearing Xi Concubine's call, she hurried in and asked, "What did your Majesty call me?"

Xi Concubine's pretty face seemed to be covered with frost, and she smashed the teacup to Qingchuan's feet with a "pop", and scolded, "I asked you to make tea and you have been cooking it for a long time, but you actually brought a bowl of boiled water, look It’s because I dote on you too much that I let you learn to be so lawless. Fortunately, the emperor didn’t blame him, if the emperor blamed it, the heads of the entire Chuxiu Palace would not be enough to chop off.” Qingchuan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized that Wanyue had harmed her, saying that she wanted to make tea for her, but secretly brought her a cup of white water.Qingchuan hastily distinguished: "Mother, I..."

"Okay, there's no need to quibble." Concubine Xi only thought that Qingchuan was trying to quibble, and she became even more angry in her heart, and said angrily, "Go and kneel at the gate of Chuxiu Palace, and you are not allowed to get up until the sun goes down." After finishing speaking, she turned around and went back to the inner hall without listening to Qing Chuan's words.Nanny Jin at the side came over to pull Qingchuan, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and go, if you annoy the empress again, you will be punished even more severely!" Feeling both angry and wronged, Qing Chuan tried her best not to burst into tears, threw away Jin Nanny's hand, gritted her teeth and knelt at the gate of Chuxiu Palace.

It was noon at this moment, and the sun outside the house was very hot. Qingchuan was trapped in the Kunning Palace since last night, and then was punished with a staff. Until now, no water has been taken in. His body couldn't stop trembling. Xinlian and Wanyue walked past Qingchuan with a few maids covering their mouths and grinning, pointing and saying: "Look, you still dare to offend Eighth Brother and the others, she deserves to be punished!" When they mentioned this, Qingchuan suddenly realized.Speaking of Xinlian and Wanyue, although they are a bit harsh and mean, but I don't provoke them, so I didn't have any conflicts.Now the two of them suddenly came to frame him, obviously they were instigated by Eighth Brother and the others!

Just thinking like this, Su Yan came from a distance, but he hesitated when he got close, and finally lowered his head to avoid Qing Chuan's sight, and stopped at the same place, not daring to go forward. Suddenly there was a soft chuckle from behind, Qing Chuan turned around, and saw Eighth Brother walking slowly from the other end of the corridor. Qingchuan couldn't help asking, "What are you laughing at?" The eighth elder brother walked up to Qingchuan and knelt down, looked at Qingchuan with a chuckle, and mocked: "You offended three elder brothers because of her, you were locked in a dark room, beaten and made to kneel, but she kept walking I don't even have the guts to come to you to comfort you, how about it, how does it feel?" Qingchuan snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "You are still an elder brother, but you are so small-minded. It's an honor that I, a little court lady, is so caring." Eighth Brother smiled lightly and asked, "You think I told them to bully you?" Although Qingchuan didn't say yes, he snorted coldly. Eighth Prince twitched the corner of his mouth lightly. Qingchuan was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Although she didn't care about the person in front of her at all, she didn't want to show weakness in front of him, so she simply raised her head and shouted at Su Yan who was dodging over there: "Su Yan, I'm fine, you Don't come over, they will deal with you if you come over, I don't want you to suffer like me, so don't come over." The eighth elder brother smiled and mocked: "It's really a sister's love, it's worth touching, but it's just wishful thinking on your own." Qingchuan gritted her teeth and looked at Eighth Brother, her eyes were about to burst into flames. Instead, Brother Eight raised his eyebrows at her, put his mouth close to Qingchuan's ear intentionally, and said in a low voice: "Okay, I admire your ignorant spirit, but I'd like to see if you can persevere." how long." After speaking, he stood up, smiled at Qingchuan with the corners of his lips raised, and walked forward. Qing Chuan was so angry that she forgot to be afraid for a moment, and only shouted loudly at the back of Ba Prince: "I don't regret everything I have done, and I will never regret it." The eighth elder brother paused for a moment, turned his head and glanced at Qingchuan with a smile on his lips, then turned and left again. Qingchuan knelt at the gate of Chuxiu Palace until the sun went down, her legs were almost crippled, and then she managed to get up from the ground, and slowly moved back to Ganxi four while holding on to the palace wall. After dinner, I was clearing the tableware.Qing Chuan looked at the dishes on the table that were as smooth as a mirror, and then at the empty rice bucket beside him, he couldn't help being a little dumbfounded: "Why is there no food left?" Nanny Jin glanced at Qingchuan lightly, and replied: "The rule in the palace has always been to eat on time. Once the time is missed, those who have meritorious service will keep food but not food, and those who have no merit will not keep food." Qingchuan never knew that there was such a rule in the palace, so she was a little stunned when she heard it, and then she saw the gloating smiles on the faces of the maids beside her, and she understood in her heart, don't say anything, the reason why she couldn't run away was because Offended those elder brothers. Just take it as if she was losing weight!Qing Chuan cursed secretly, gouged out the idiot with resentment, then walked towards her room dragging her legs.Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the room and sat down on his own bed, he immediately jumped up again. The bed turned out to be wet!Qingchuan didn't believe it, so she stretched out her hand and touched it again. Sure enough, water was splashed on the bedding, as if it had just been fished out of the water! Xinlian and Wanyue came in from the house and saw Qingchuan standing in front of the bed in a daze, they looked at each other, Wanyue came up to her and asked, "What's wrong? Taking a handful of Qingchuan's quilt, he said in amazement: "My God, why are you all wet? You can't sleep on such a quilt, you will fall sick!" Wanyue called Xinlian to help tidy up the bedding, saying that she was going to hang it outside the house. For a moment, Qingchuan couldn't understand whether the two of them were really kind or acting on purpose, so they didn't speak, just stood there and watched silently.Wan Yue glanced at her, handed the mattress to Qingchuan, and urged: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Hurry up and dry the mattress." Qingchuan looked at Wanyue vigilantly, hugged the mattress and went out, walked straight to the door and looked back a little uneasy, glanced at Wanyue and Xinlian secretly, seeing that they were still helping him tidy up with their heads down. Putting on the bed, I didn't see anything unusual. What happened to these two people?Why did he suddenly show kindness to her again?Qing Chuan was confused, pushed open the door with his elbow, and walked out the door with the mattress in his arms, who knew that he had only taken two steps when he felt the ground slippery, and fell backwards on his back. This was a good moment, not only did she fall on her back, she even threw the mattress in her arms.The mattress was already wet, but when it fell to the ground and got soiled, it immediately became a mud mattress. Wan Yue and Xin Lian laughed loudly from behind, and the maids in other rooms also poked their heads out of the windows to watch the commotion. A court lady ran over from another place and complained angrily: "Oh, Qingchuan, the ground has just been sprinkled with water and it's very slippery. Why are you so careless?" Qing Chuan sat on the ground, raised his face to look at the maid, and asked her calmly: "Do I have any grudges against you? Is it interesting that so many of you bully me? By doing this, you can please those elder brothers." Is it? If you please them, you don't need to be maids?" The court lady was speechless when Qing Chuan asked her, she looked at Qing Chuan with a blushing face.Qingchuan lowered her head and took a deep breath, got up from the ground, and limped out of the yard.As soon as he left the courtyard, he heard footsteps behind him. Qing Chuan looked back and saw Su Yan chasing up from behind. Su Yan looked around, pulled Qingchuan up and ran towards the Imperial Garden, pulled Qingchuan to a secluded corner, then stopped, took out a steamed bun from her body, and stuffed it into her hand, He whispered: "Here, eat quickly." Holding the steamed bun in his hand, Qingchuan stared blankly at Su Yan, unable to even speak. Seeing Qingchuan like this, Suyan lowered her head and said guiltily: "You were killed like this because of me, but I dare not help you in front of them. I know you must blame me in your heart. But I, I……" "It's them who bullied me, not you! I don't blame you!" Qing Chuan said suddenly. Su Yan looked at Qing Chuan in surprise, and said in surprise, "Really?"