Qingchuan was also a little scared at this time, but the matter was over, and it was too late to say anything, so he pretended to be nonchalant and said: "Follow him, the soldiers will come to cover, the water will come to cover, there are palaces in the palace. Rules, I don’t believe that they can cover the sky with one hand. Come, I will help you back. My name is Qingchuan, what is your name?"
The palace lady replied softly: "My name is Su Yan."
Qingchuan smiled gently, and helped the Suyan girl back to Ganxi No. 4 Institute. When Su Yan washed the ink stains on her face by the well, she looked back and thanked Qingchuan again. Qingchuan only saw her clearly, but she was taken aback for a while, and said aloud: "I have seen you!"
Su Yan smiled and nodded, and said, "We met once, and you won me the last time you picked the Oiran lady."
Qingchuan remembers Su Yan not because of an oiran lady, but because she saw her in the Prince's Garden among the dancers and hiding gunpowder. Qingchuan shook his head: "Not once, but twice. Did you burn the fire in Prince Court? I saw the gunpowder fall out of your sleeve."
Suyan's face was slightly startled, and he asked tentatively: "Did you see it?"
Qingchuan thought of the fire, the prince who was deposed, and the servants who were arrested. She couldn't help but feel a little angry, and asked: "Why are you doing this? Do you know that it will kill a lot of people? of.
Suyan was silent for a moment, sighed long, and said in a deep voice: "I can't help it. Our whole family died in 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 selected by you, I have no choice but to pretend to be a dancer before going in..."
Qingchuan never thought that there would be such a tragic life experience. After listening to it for a while, he said: "But you didn't kill the prince in the end, you killed an innocent eighteenth prince."
Su Yan bowed his head and said: "So I feel very guilty. I thought of many ways to enter the palace to be a palace maid, hoping to atone for myself."
Qingchuan looked at her carefully for a while, and saw that she looked sad, not as if she was lying, and thought that she would choose an oiran in order to avenge her parents. He couldn't help but feel a little soft. He sighed, "I see. You are also a poor person."
Suyan smiled dismal, and said with some worry: "I'm a person who has died many times. It doesn't matter what happens, but this time you offended Ba Ge for me. I don't know how they will retaliate against you?"
When it came to this, Qingchuan was a little confused, and after thinking about it, he said: "It's okay, it's a big deal to go to the emperor. I don't believe that the emperor will protect his own son."
Su Yan has never heard of the name of the emperor of the ages, and then wondered: "The emperor of the ages?"
Qingchuan suddenly remembered that this was the evaluation of Kangxi from later generations, and suddenly felt a little guilty, and said hurriedly: "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's shell teeth bit her lower lip lightly and replied: "It's a lady, she misunderstood that I wanted... to seduce the emperor, so she took me to the Chuxiu Palace and gave me a lesson, and then punished me to run in circles. That's why I accidentally bumped into Ba Ge and them.
Qingchuan thought of Mother Jin who was panicking just now. No wonder she looked like this. It must have been seen that Su Yan collided with Eighth Brother and the others, so she wanted to slip away in a hurry for fear of being implicated by her.
Su Yan thought that Qingchuan was worrying about her offending elder brother. After a moment of silence, he suddenly whispered: "I will see if I can ask for personal help. If he is willing to intercede for you, Ba elder brother. Maybe you can ignore it."
Qingchuan heard this but didn't hold any hope. The festival between her and Ba Age was not in this Japanese department, but Su Yan was so worried about herself, she was still a little relieved, smiled and said, "Thank you, then. , We must keep watch for help if we have anything in the future."
Su Yan looked at Qingchuan and nodded heavily.
Qingchuan broke up with Su Yan and went back to her room. As soon as she entered the room, she found that the atmosphere was a little wrong. The other palace ladies seemed to be secretly looking at herself, but when she looked back, they were nothing. The earth looked away, and they were busy with the work in their hands.
Qingchuan didn't realize it was a bit strange, and secretly asked what's wrong with this? Observing the looks of each person carefully, there is nothing to be seen. Just like this, I climbed into the bed full of doubts, but I was pushed to wake up while sleeping in a daze. Qingchuan opened his eyelids while holding on, only to see that Xinlian was standing on the head of the bed completely dressed.
Qingchuan asked in a daze, "What are you doing in the middle of the night?"
Xinlian pushed Qingchuan again, and said: "Get up quickly, Niang Niang confessed the errands for the two of us. If you snooze, be careful to delay the errands, and you will have to get on the board!"
Qingchuan was frightened awake at once, but she had heard of how powerful the boards in the palace were. Qingchuan didn't dare to delay any more, got up quickly and went out with Xinlian. Because it was in the middle of the night, 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 partner Queen Hesheli lived during his lifetime. Hesheli died of dystocia when he gave birth to her second elder brother Yinrong. Since then, Kunning Palace has become a taboo place in the Forbidden City.
Qingchuan has been in the palace for a short time, so I don’t know about these old things, but when I came to clean this long-unoccupied palace in the middle of the night, I couldn’t help feeling a little surprised, so he asked Xinlian: "Miss Xiu asked us to clean this place?"
Xinlian nodded and said, "Yeah, if you don't believe me, go and wake up Niang Niang Niang and ask her."
Naturally, Qingchuan could not go to wake up and ask at this time, so he could only admit his fate, and asked Xinlian: "Where to start cleaning?"
Xinlian pursed her mouth and smiled, pointing to the east corner of the hall and said, "You clean the left side first, and I will clean the right side. Let's do it faster if we separate."
Qingchuan didn't think much, nodded, and took the broom to the left. Just a few steps away, I suddenly heard a heavy door closing behind me. Qingchuan was stunned for a moment, and the next reaction was to turn around and rush back, but unfortunately it was still a step too late, the door had been plugged in by Xinlian from the outside.
Angrily and anxiously, Qingchuan slapped the hall door vigorously, and said angrily: "Hey, what are you doing Xinlian? Open the door, let me out, let me out..."
There was no response outside the door. Qingchuan shot for a long time, only a lot of dust was shaken down, and he coughed again and again. In the end, he could only give up and sat down leaning on the hall door. Xinlian has always been displeased with herself. Qingchuan knew it, but she didn't think she would treat herself like this and lied to herself to come to this ghost place in the middle of the night.
When I think of ghosts, Qingchuan feels that this place becomes more and more terrifying. The huge palace is empty, and because it hasn't been cleaned for a long time, thick dust has accumulated everywhere, and it looks even more desolate, and it looks like a common scene in a ghost film. Qingchuan became more and more frightened as he thought about it, and he was so scared that he didn't even dare to open his eyes behind him. He just curled up behind the door and waited for the day to dawn.
But Qingchuan didn't know that even in the daytime, there were very few people in Kunning Palace.
Kangxi and Hesheli were young and had a deep relationship. After Hesheli died of dystocia, Kangxi was extremely sad. Every time he came here, he saw things and thoughts and felt sad. Later, he simply sealed the Kunning Palace, only in Heshe On the few days of Queen Li’s birthday, she came to live alone for a few days, and no one else was allowed to enter at will.
But I don’t know if Qingchuan is lucky or unlucky. Not only did people come from the inaccessible Kunning Palace today, but also Li Dequan, the chief eunuch of Qianqing Palace. It turns out that a few days will be the birthday of Queen Hesheli. Every year on this day, Kangxi will come to live in the side palace for a few days, so Li Dequan brought someone to Kunning Palace early in the morning to make arrangements.
Li Dequan confessed to the young eunuchs to clean the side palace, and instructed everyone: "But don't worry about the main hall. There is the place where the queen gave birth to the prince and died. The emperor said that no one can enter. Those who enter are responsible for fifty. Understand?"
A group of little eunuchs behind them all responded in unison. As soon as this sound fell, I heard a woman's call faintly from the main hall.
"Let me out, let me out..."
Everyone was shocked. Everyone in the palace knew that the main hall of Kunning Palace could not be entered. Who would be in it at this time? One of the little eunuchs paled with fright, and asked fearfully, "Isn't there a ghost?"
Li Dequan listened and scolded: "What nonsense? Where are the ghosts in broad daylight? Go, open the door and have a look."
The little eunuch who followed is Li De's new godson, named Xiao Shunzi. Hearing this, he stepped forward and opened the door of the main hall, and asked, "Who is inside?"
Seeing a woman in a palace dress with a disheveled hair coming out of the dim hall, everyone was startled, and there was already a timid little eunuch who screamed: "Ghost—"
This woman was 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, she still had the strength to shout a few times. Later, she didn’t even have the strength to shout, so she could only sit in the hall and wait. It was finally dawn and heard someone far away. When the sound came over, I couldn't take much care of it for a while, and screamed desperately.
This shout really called someone, but because of her embarrassment, she was mistaken for a female ghost. Qingchuan quickly wiped the dust on his face and explained: "I am not a ghost, I am a maid of the Fourth Ganxi Institute."
Li Dequan also saw the shadow of Qingchuan being illuminated by the sun at this time. He knew that the person in front of him was indeed not a female ghost, but he was also taken aback by Qingchuan just now. He said in annoyance: "Bold maid, dare Go in without permission, come, pull down and fight."
Two little eunuchs came over and dragged her away. Qingchuan was stunned for a moment before reacting, and hurriedly shouted: "No, it's not like this, father-in-law, listen to me, listen to me..."
How could Li Dequan listen to her explanation from a little palace lady, and only waved at the two little eunuchs. The little eunuch got the order, and ignoring Qingchuan's struggle, dragged her away. The eunuch named Xiao Shunzi next to him gave Li Dequan a secret look, and when he saw that he hadn't paid attention to himself, he quietly retreated.
Besides, Qingchuan was already pushed on the bench, watching that the stick was about to fall on the bottom, but suddenly someone yelled: "Hold on!"
Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and they all looked over, but saw that it was the little eunuch Xiao Shunzi from Qianqing Palace hurried in from outside. The execution eunuch recognized him as the new godson accepted by the chief eunuch Li De, so he put a two-pointed smile on his face and asked, "Dear Shunzi, what can I do?"
Xiao Shunzi glanced at Qingchuan who was lying on the bench, and said unhurriedly: "This palace lady is a fellow of mine. Although I often talk to her about palace rules, this girl is a bit stupid. , I accidentally violated the palace rules today. I'll come and see, father-in-law, you fight first, and I will reprimand her after the fight."
The eunuch who executed the sentence was also very personal, and Xiao Shunzi understood it in his heart only when he said this. Because Xiao Shunzi was serving in the Qing Palace and was in the eyes of Li Dequan, the eunuch thought about giving him face, and immediately smiled and said, "The father-in-law, please wait a while."
He said that he greeted others to execute Qingchuan.
Qingchuan on the bench was confused. She didn't even know this eunuch named Xiao Shunzi, how come the fellow said. Being puzzled, the board has already fallen. Qingchuan screamed subconsciously, but unexpectedly found that the fight didn't seem to be very painful.
Qingchuan doesn’t know that playing boards in the palace is also very particular. If the eunuch with a stick is determined to heal you, if the fifty boards are hit, your life will never be saved, but if they want to release the water, they will have more. Hit dozens of boards, and at best you will be wounded.
The eunuch with a stick was willing to sell Xiao Shunzi's face, so naturally he couldn't beat Qingchuan ruthlessly, but even so, after a full 50 slaps, Qingchuan's butt was still red and swollen.
After hitting the board, Xiao Shunzi led Qingchuan back to the Reserve Show Palace with a dark face. Qingchuan limped and walked behind Xiao Shunzi, but she was very strange in her heart. When she walked to the corridor where no one was left, she couldn't help asking, "Father-in-law, do I know you?"