Chapter 12 Chapter 12 She moved as fast as the wind...
On the other side, in the tea room of the imperial study, after Li Shuyao left, Song Fuwen stood there with his arms folded across his chest and was angry for a long time.
However, the two newly replaced palace maids were busy tidying up the tea sets and preparing snacks for the evening, and no one came to comfort her.
Song Fuwen could only lower his hands unhappily. After a while, he frowned and muttered to himself, not knowing what he was thinking about, "You've been out for a long time, why haven't you come back yet?"
The two palace maids looked at each other, lowered their heads at the same time in tacit understanding, and continued to work seriously.
Song Fuwen walked out the door and was surprised to find that there was no one outside.
Where is this going?
Driven by curiosity, she found a young eunuch serving in the compartment, stuffed a small piece of silver into his sleeve, and then asked about Li Shuyao's whereabouts.
The young eunuch hesitated for a while, but he couldn't bear to return the silver that was stuffed into his hand, so he tiptoed closer and whispered in Song Fuwen's ear where Li Shuyao had gone.
Hearing that Li Shuyao had gone to the East Warm Pavilion, Song Fuwen was immediately shocked, "But didn't the emperor invite Guo Luoluo's female official to accompany him today?"
The young eunuch said, "Yes, but I don't know what happened in the harem today. After Nanny Gui from the Yanxi Palace came, the Emperor left in the imperial sedan chair in the direction of the Yanxi Palace..."
After he finished speaking, he realized what he had accidentally said and quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth.
She nervously grabbed Song Fuwen's sleeve and said, "Sister Song, you must never tell anyone that I said that."
Song Fuwen nodded in understanding. It would be of no benefit to her if she told this matter to others, so why not offend the people in front of the emperor by doing something thankless?
She turned and went back to the tea room.
The two people inside were whispering. When they saw her come back, a hint of embarrassment flashed across their faces. Then they stood up from the small stool and said, "Fu Wen, why are you back? Did you leave something behind?"
Song Fuwen's expression was uncertain, his eyes flickering for a long time before he said in a sad tone, "Do you know where Li Shuyao went?"
The two palace maids were quickly piqued.
Song Fuwen quietly made a decision in his heart, and walked over with a panicked expression, lowering his voice: "She went to the East Warm Pavilion!"
"I've heard before that she has a good relationship with the daughter of the official Guo Luoluo. What do you think it means that the daughter of the official Guo Luoluo specifically called her over when she was accompanying the emperor?"
"Is there such a thing?"
"Impossible?"
Both of them were a little bit incredulous.
Song Fuwen pursed his lips and said, "I just heard it from others. If you don't believe it, when she comes back, you can ask her yourself."
The two maids looked at each other again, "What about you?"
Song Fuwen pretended to be frightened and said, "Of course I'm off duty and going back to my room to rest."
"After I get back, I'll have to think about how to mend our relationship. After all, she still has this relationship with me. Who knows, maybe one day she won't be working in the tea room anymore?"
She stopped talking and left the endless fantasies to the two of them before she turned around and left leisurely.
*
At this time, Li Shuyao didn't know that she was being teased.
After she, Qingyao and Lingluo washed their faces together, they each went into the inner room to change into clean clothes.
When I came out again, seven or eight plates of mini and exquisitely shaped pastries were already placed on the round table in the room.
Nanny Lin stood aside with her hands clasped together, a kind smile on her weathered face. She waved at the group, "Are you tired? These are new snacks that the Imperial Kitchen has recently developed. The ladies in the harem all said they were quite good, and even the Grand Empress Dowager praised them highly. Come and try them."
Li Shuyao took Qingyao's hand and walked over happily to sit down.
After sitting down, Li Shuyao realized that something seemed amiss, so she quickly stood up again, put on a stern face, and acted like a well-behaved girl. She said to Nanny Lin, "Nanny, I'll serve the young master and give her some snacks."
Nanny Lin: “…”
Guo Luoluo Qingyao: "..."
Even Lingluo on the side felt speechless.
After all, she had even used the tribute, but only remembered her duty as a palace maid when she was eating snacks. Isn’t it too late?
Qingyao and Lingluo were both troubled by Li Shuyao's extremely slow reaction time.
Nanny Lin knew Li Shuyao's personality.
——As early as when Eunuch Liang said he would go to the palace maids' office to bring a palace maid to the tea room, she had secretly sent people to investigate Li Shuyao's family background and personality, as well as some of her experiences after entering the palace.
She had also asked Rong Mama, who was guarding the warehouse, about this. Combined with her observations of Li Shuyao during this period, she knew without even having to think about it that this would definitely be something she would say or do.
The smile on his lips did not change at all, but only became more doting. He said to Li Shuyao with relief: "Okay, then you can stay in the room and serve me. I have other things to do, so I'll leave first."
"Then have a safe journey, Ma'am." Li Shuyao bowed her head and knelt down to salute Ma'am Lin.
After Nanny Lin left, she regained the sense of relaxation that was unique to her in front of her best friend. She patted her chest exaggeratedly and said, "I was really scared just now."
"Qingyao, you don't know, during this time in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, I was walking on thin ice..."
She rambled on and on, complaining and nagging. The more she spoke, the angrier she became, to the point where she couldn't contain herself. She clenched her fists tightly, gnashing her teeth and saying, "I don't know who sent me here. If I catch that guy..."
"What will happen to you?"
The more Qingyao listened, the more she felt like something was wrong.
Why would Shu Yao react like this? Wasn't she happy at all to be the tea-serving maid?
...Oh no, could it be that she really did something wrong with good intentions?
Just as she was feeling panicky, she suddenly heard Li Shuyao's last sentence. She quietly raised her hands to cover her heart, pursed her lips, and her tone was full of worry.
Then he saw with his own eyes that Li Shuyao slammed her two medium-sized pink and tender fists heavily on the rosewood table. Several white porcelain plates flew up a little due to her sudden force, and soon fell back onto the table.
The clanging sound of the silver fork and the porcelain plate was like a death warrant, causing Guo Luoluo Qingyao's heart to skip a beat.
After hammering the table, Li Shuyao tried to put on a more ferocious expression: "I'm going to hammer him to death!"
Guo Luoluo Qingyao: "..."
I've decided that I would never tell her the truth even if I die!
*
After talking about this topic, they started to eat snacks. After filling their stomachs a little, they started to gather together and talk in private.
Guo Luoluo Qingyao told about her battle of wits and courage with several official ladies in the back room, and Li Shuyao complained that she had not made any good friends there because those people didn't want to pay attention to her.
Guo Luoluo Qingyao could only comfort her: It’s not the quantity of friends that matters, quality is more important, having her is enough.
Li Shuyao thought about what she said and it seemed to be true, so her troubled mood disappeared in an instant, and she looked happy and carefree again.
It seemed as if a few spring swallows had flown into the East Warm Pavilion, and the chirping sounds never stopped.
It was not until Liang Jiugong sent someone back in advance to make arrangements that Li Shuyao reluctantly let go of Qingyao's hand. She looked back every few steps and walked very slowly.
Unfortunately, the emperor's sedan chair was moving very fast today.
After Li Shuyao left the East Warm Pavilion, she had to go around the gate of the Qianqing Palace, then pass through the corridor on the right, go down the stairs, walk a short distance, and pass through several small doors before she could return to her room.
She originally thought she still had time to dawdle, but unexpectedly, as soon as she walked out of the gate of the Qianqing Palace, she saw a bright yellow imperial sedan chair moving towards her at a high speed not far away, and it was about to stop at the bottom of the steps.
Li Shuyao's heart suddenly panicked. Without thinking, she turned around and ran to a pillar not far away. She knelt down and kowtowed along with several palace maids to pay her respects.
——The palace ladies kowtowed in the direction of the steps, but in front of Li Shuyao there was only a big round red pillar.
But at this time everyone was looking down at the ground, and no one noticed that her posture was wrong.
Li Shuyao knelt on the ground and heard a steady sound of footsteps slowly climbing the stairs. When they reached the last step, the footsteps stopped.
Immediately, a clear and gentle male voice like sweet spring water sounded, and asked with a hint of fatigue: "Where is Guo Luoluo?"
"Your Majesty, Miss Guo Luoluo is waiting for you in the East Warm Pavilion now." This was Liang Jiugong's voice.
"Hmm." The man's voice continued, followed by footsteps. After only three or two steps, he suddenly stopped again. "Is Guo Luoluo still talking to her little... friend?"
"Little friend?" What a strange name.
Li Shuyao was puzzled.
She knew that the person the emperor was talking about was herself, and she also knew that the reason she could come to the East Warm Pavilion to talk to Qingyao was probably because she specifically mentioned herself in front of the emperor.
She had never expected that Qingyao would call her that in private. She was a child, so what was Qingyao? A kindergarten teacher?
It seems like some strange combination has occurred.
Li Shuyao continued to eavesdrop quietly on the conversation over there.
Liang Jiugong's voice was not as deep and powerful as theirs. It was slightly higher in pitch and had a prolonged ending, which gave people an inexplicable feeling of flattery.
He said, "I have already sent someone back to inform Miss Guo Luoluo. She should be alone in the warm room waiting for His Majesty."
"Oh." There was no emotion related to joy or anger in the emperor's voice.
Soon the footsteps continued to sound, gradually getting farther and farther away and quieter, until they completely disappeared inside the door, and no more sound could be heard.
Li Shuyao climbed up from the ground nimbly. When she got up, several palace maids next to her slowly straightened up.
By the time they stood up completely, Li Shuyao had already passed through several pillars with great speed, then turned right and disappeared completely.
Slip away. Slip away.
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