In the chrysanthemum garden, red, white and yellow chrysanthemums are enchanting and beautiful. Some are blooming generously on the branches, some are low-key and low-key, and some quietly poke their heads out from behind the green leaves...
…The autumn sunshine shines on the petals of the chrysanthemums, as if they have been clothed in a layer of golden gauze.
"These chrysanthemums are so beautiful!" Chu Yueyin said with a smile, turning back to look at Huangfuyan.
"It's indeed beautiful!" Huangfuyan also smiled, and his gently raised lips were like a crescent moon. Flower beauties are even more beautiful. Isn't the most beautiful Interpretation Flower in the chrysanthemum garden right in front of him?
His soft smile seemed to have a hook. Chu Yueyin looked at it, and there was a bang in his head. He couldn't think anymore, and his cheeks heated up, and a faint shy blush appeared. He is also very beautiful.
! She has never seen a man like him before. He was so beautiful that no flaws could be found, so beautiful that her heart skipped a beat.
"Sir, the teacup has been brought." Sun Jun, who was about to go back quickly, placed the teacup heavily on the stone table, making a crisp impact sound.
Chu Yueyin was startled, blushing and retracting her foolish gaze. Unintentionally, she caught a glimpse of a fierce and warning gaze. She raised her eyes to look at Sun Jun in confusion. When did she offend him and why?
He seems to have deep hostility towards her?
Huangfuyan spilled the cold tea in front of him, picked up the teapot, poured hot tea into the two teacups, and then slowly put down the teapot.
"Queen, please!"
Chu Yueyin picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, then opened her eyes wide and looked at Huangfu Yan in disbelief.
"This tea..."
"Is there any problem?" Huangfuyan elegantly picked up the tea cup and brought it to his lips, and drank the tea in one gulp naturally.
"Nothing." Chu Yueyin turned her eyes from the empty teacup to the hand holding the teacup. It was white and slender with clear joints, revealing that its owner was pampered. What she originally wanted to say was still not uttered.
Chu Yueyin didn't think the tea tasted bad, but he was just surprised that everything in the palace, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, came from the private sector. There were dedicated people responsible for purchasing or local officials selected the best as tribute. But why did Huangfu Yan drink it?
The jasmine tea he ordered turned out to be inferior ordinary tea? Although he was a proton, he was still the noble second prince of Ning Xi Kingdom. Was it Yu Wenhua’s instruction, or was someone enriching his own pockets and bullying him with inferior tea?
"Is the Queen not going to drink it? Do you think the tea is not good?" Huangfuyan looked at her thoughtfully and poured some more tea into his tea cup.
It seems that he is worrying too much. How could he, a majestic prince, not know the quality of tea? He is not showy and careless, so he must have his own considerations.
Thinking of this, Chu Yueyin felt relieved, smiled, picked up the teacup and drank all the tea. She put down the teacup and reached for the teapot. She didn't expect Huangfuyan to reach over too, and their hands accidentally touched each other. In the lightning flash,
Suddenly, a numbing feeling came from the place where the skin touched.
Time seemed to have stopped. Chu Yueyin let his hand cover hers blankly.
"Cough, cough, cough..." A cough came from the side, and Sun Jun looked at this ambiguous scene with a dark face.
Chu Yueyin woke up with a start, and pulled her hand back in a panic, turning her head and pretending to look at the chrysanthemums. The red cloud flew up to her cheeks, and couldn't help but spread behind her ears and under her neck... There seemed to be a deer jumping in her heart.
bounce.
"Empress, Empress..." Zixia's anxious voice came from not far away, instantly breaking the awkward situation.
Chu Yue stood up and said hurriedly: "Master Huangfu, Zixia is here, I have to take my leave." She turned around and left without waiting for his response.
"The Empress..." Huangfuyan stood up, as if to say something, but when he saw her leaving in a hurry, he smiled helplessly at her back.
"I'm late, please forgive me!" Zixia saw Chu Yueyin and bowed happily, "I took the umbrella and didn't see you until I found Kunning Palace, so I went to Kunning Palace with you.
Several of my sisters were searching separately in the imperial garden."
"I'm not familiar with the roads in the imperial garden, so I got lost while walking. I happened to arrive at the chrysanthemum garden, so I just admired the chrysanthemums for a while." Chu Yue said. The little girl couldn't find herself and was afraid she would be frightened.
"Queen, please come back to the palace quickly. Your Majesty is waiting at Kunning Palace. He wants to have lunch with you." Zixia was about to open the paper umbrella in his hand when he suddenly saw Huangfuyan looking over here and hurriedly bowed.
He bowed to him respectfully.
"Master Huangfu is here too," Zixia said as he opened a paper umbrella and covered Chu Yueyin's head. After saying this, he realized something was wrong and carefully looked at Chu Yueyin's face.
"Let's go. Don't keep the emperor waiting." Chu Yueyin pretended not to notice Zixia's glance. This little girl didn't have the usual sophistication of people in the palace. She was a bit straightforward and a bit cute. However, in the palace, people can't speak.
Afraid, it’s better to be cautious.
"Queen, be careful of stones."
"Queen, there is a pit here."
"Queen, look at the little tree over there. It's curved and very cute. It looks like the one in front of my house."
"Are you homesick?" Chu Yueyin asked softly.
"Yes, I miss home, my father, my mother, and my elder brother!" Zixia sniffed and said sheepishly, "Empress, Zixia shouldn't have said these things. Please forgive Zixia, Empress."
"It doesn't matter. I miss home too."
Chu Yueyin smiled and looked at Zixia for a while. The little girl was thirteen or fourteen years old. She was not tall, thin, and her body had not yet grown. As for her appearance, she was pretty and she would be a lovely person in the future.
Chu Yueyin suddenly became curious and asked: "Zixia, how old are you? When did you enter the palace?"
Zixia stopped, turned around, and replied respectfully: "This slave has just turned fourteen and entered the palace this summer. She was originally responsible for cleaning the west courtyard. Ten days ago, she was transferred to Cining Palace to follow
Study with Aunt Xinyu."
It turns out that she is a young palace maid who has just entered the palace. She has never been with a concubine in the palace before. No wonder she still retains her straightforward nature.
"Zixia, if I ask the Queen Mother for you, would you be willing to come to Kunning Palace?"
"Does the Queen really want Zixia?" Zixia looked at Chu Yueyin in disbelief, saw her smiling and nodding, and said repeatedly, "Yes, Zixia is willing."
The Queen Mother was nostalgic. The female officials, nuns and maids who served her were all "old people" who had been in the palace for more than ten years. Occasionally, she would choose a few new maids to study with the aunts around her. After they completed their studies, they would all be sent to the palace.
Go to each palace to serve the queen.
For palace maids without rank, whether they can meet a good master depends on luck. Whether they live well in the palace in the future is also closely related to whether the master who follows them is favored or not. It took me so late to find the empress.
But he had no intention of blaming her at all, which shows that the empress has a very good temper.