Chapter 17 Chapter 17 A little sorrow that no one understands...
Li Shuyao spoke with such confidence that Guo Luoluo Qingyao couldn't say she didn't believe her. After pondering for a moment, she shook her head to get rid of all the worries in her mind, then enthusiastically took Li Shuyao's hand and discussed what to play today.
Lingluo brought a heavy food box, opened it silently, placed the white porcelain plates inside on the table one by one, and poured two cups of sweet milk tea.
He scanned the room and found that the corners of the table and the handles of the chairs had been wrapped with thick cotton cloth in advance. The blanket on the floor was soft and smooth without hurting the feet. The window in the inner room was open for ventilation, while the window frames outside were tightly closed.
Dangerous items such as scissors and needles have been put away, and there are no messy items in the cabinets and on the shelves.
She looked around again and again worriedly, then went out with the food box, closed the door, called a little palace maid to come and guard it, and hurried towards the Imperial Hospital.
——The young master has Shu Yao's company today, and the two of them will probably eat too much, which will cause indigestion at night and make them toss and turn and have trouble sleeping.
So she had to ask the imperial doctors for some digestive pills in advance, and then go to the imperial kitchen to bring back a pot of hawthorn water, just in case.
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Time quickly entered May.
The fifth day of the fifth month is the Dragon Boat Festival. According to old customs, a banquet should be held for the whole palace.
However, due to the constant wars in various places in recent years, the lack of a master in the harem, and the vacant position of empress, the palace has not held a proper Dragon Boat Festival banquet for several years.
Originally thought it would be the same this year, but unexpectedly the Imperial Household Department received a verbal order from the Emperor, ordering them to quickly prepare for the Dragon Boat Festival banquet.
The former court would hold a banquet in the Qianqing Palace, while the harem would arrange it in the Qin'an Hall in the Imperial Garden. Even the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace would have a corresponding banquet for the concubines of the previous emperor to gather and celebrate.
——The oral order was not issued to the Ministry of Internal Affairs until the end of April, that is, in the last few days of April.
Upon hearing that the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department had received the imperial edict, he burst into tears on the spot and cried for a long time.
From then on, all the young eunuchs in and outside the Imperial Household Department walked as if they had two free-footed legs, running very fast. Often, before Li Shuyao could even see them clearly, they had already run away and even their shadows could not be seen.
Every time Li Shuyao saw him, she couldn't help but sigh, if such a talent were sent to participate in the Olympics, wouldn't he win a lot of gold medals?
Li Shuyao expressed deep sympathy for her "colleagues" in the Imperial Household Department.
Then his thoughts turned, and he suddenly realized that a plot line seemed to have quickly passed by.
She pinched her fingers and roughly went over the plot of the original novel in her mind. Her delicate little face suddenly turned frighteningly pale.
If she remembered correctly, Qingyao also attended the Dragon Boat Festival banquet.
Before this, although the concubines in the harem knew that there was a girl in the back room of the Qianqing Palace who was extremely loved by the emperor, she had no official position and was essentially still a palace maid. If she could not coax the emperor into promoting her when she was most favored, her fate would probably be worse than that of an ordinary palace maid when she aged or the emperor had a new lover.
——After all, palace maids can be released from the palace when they reach a certain age, and court ladies are people who have served the emperor. Who dares to let them leave the palace?
From now on, I can only stay in the back room with that feeling of unwillingness, and grow old bit by bit.
Therefore, the concubines in the harem only paid a little attention to Guo Luoluo Qingyao's movements. Seeing that she had been favored for more than a month and the emperor had no intention of letting her enter the harem, they no longer paid attention to her.
But who could have expected that the emperor would allow her to attend the Dragon Boat Festival banquet as a court lady?
This almost clearly showed his unique love for Guo Luoluo Qingyao, and also hinted that Guo Luoluo Qingyao would definitely be able to enter the harem in the future.
Being a first-rate concubine probably isn't enough. I'm afraid the lowest she has to start from is a noble lady. If she's lucky enough to give birth to an imperial heir in the future... then the youngest, latest-entered, and least experienced mistress in the palace will be born.
How can those concubines who have endured for many years and are still in the position of concubines be willing to accept this?
How should Empress Nianhulu and Concubine Tong cope with the situation?
Li Shuyao's mind was full of random thoughts, and she completely forgot that at this time, Empress Nianhulu and Concubine Tong had not yet received the official decree of enthronement and imperial edict, and were still only concubines.
Because she was distracted, she did not notice that the sharp nails had pinched the tender palm. After a while, she hissed in pain and withdrew her fingers from her palm. She saw two small, bright red crescents appeared in the lines of her white palm.
Li Shuyao pursed her lips in grievance, and slapped the fingers of her other hand hard with the palm of her hand that was pinched and hurt.
...That's too disappointing!
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On this side, Li Shuyao was still worried and anxious about her best friend Qingyao's upcoming first appearance in front of the concubines in the harem.
On the other hand, Guo Luoluo Qingyao had already obtained the emperor's oral order, allowing Li Shuyao to attend the palace banquet with her.
When Li Shuyao heard this devastating news from Lingluo, she was so frightened that she couldn't even hold the cup of water in her hand.
Ah, she actually forgot about this happening!
In the novel, the original "Li Shuyao" boldly climbed onto the dragon bed after listening to Wu Yalianchu's instigation, and was beaten to death by the furious emperor.
Wu Yalianchu took advantage of Li Shuyao's death to gain favor with Qingyao. Not only did she become known as the best sister of Lady Guo Luoluo, she even begged her to take her to the Dragon Boat Festival banquet to see the world.
Unexpectedly, a major incident such as "stealing the imperial gift" occurred at the banquet.
All palace servants at the banquet underwent very strict interrogation and body searches.
After Concubine Tong's careful planning, the candidates that everyone finally suspected were Wu Yalianchu and another palace maid.
So Wu Yalianchu was taken to the Ministry of Punishment and tortured for two whole days. She was not released until another palace maid could no longer bear the torture and revealed Dongzhu's whereabouts.
…
At present, Wu Yalianchu is still staying well in the palace maid's quarters.
And because she avoided the early death plot, she is still alive and well, and has not given Wu Yalianchu an excuse to get close to Qingyao, so... the person who was taken by Qingyao to attend the Dragon Boat Festival banquet, became her?
She...she is going to take Wu Yalianchu's place in the plot?
Li Shuyao was very flustered and held Lingluo's hand, confirming it again and again.
Lingluo didn't understand why she looked so pale. After thinking for a moment, she patted the back of Li Shuyao's hand and comforted her, "Don't be afraid..."
"Afraid... Afraid, whether I'm afraid or not, no, I'm not afraid, it's impossible..." Li Shuyao was so nervous that her teeth were chattering, and she didn't know what she was saying.
The sound coming from my ears seemed very close and yet very far away. I could only see Lingluo's lips moving, and it took a long time before I could hear clearly what she said.
Lingluo gave a helpless smile and continued to comfort her: "The young lady is here, and the emperor is here too, what are you afraid of?"
What are you afraid of? Of course, you’re afraid of being offline.
Li Shuyao let go of Lingluo's hand with a helpless expression, squatted on a small stool and hugged herself pitifully.
Others who travel through books are all very powerful. They can fight in the palace and make money. No matter what situation they are in, they can survive, bounce back from the bottom, and then step by step reach the peak of life. They have everything they want and are free and at ease.
How come it’s her turn now...either she’s about to go offline or she’s about to go offline.
As punctual as the alarm clock at eight in the morning.
Just, you just can't stand her, a little cannon fodder who has worked so hard to survive and would rather live a miserable life than die?
Or...eh?
Or is this actually a different kind of warning?
In fact, the plot master was telling her that once she was offline, she could travel back to the modern era...
Li Shuyao hugged her knees tightly with both hands. She was so nervous that her consciousness became confused.
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As the saying goes, “Time is money, and time is money.” [1]
A few days after "Xin", it was the Dragon Boat Festival.
According to the palace procedure, the emperor and his relatives and ministers from the previous dynasty held a banquet in the Qianqing Palace in the morning. When the golden crow gradually rose high in the sky, the emperor had to go to the Cining Palace to pay his respects to the two ancestors before he could go to the Imperial Garden with a group of concubines who had stayed in the Cining Palace for the whole morning to start the second half.
Banquets in the Palace of Heavenly Purity were basically organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the palace servants in the Palace of Heavenly Purity were only responsible for assisting, following the arrangements and dispatches of Liang Jiugong, pouring wine and serving dishes to the relatives and ministers, or running errands to get things, giving directions and leading the way, etc.
There are a few palace servants in the tea room who are directly under the command of Liang Jiugong. They are only responsible for serving the emperor on weekdays and do not need to be dispatched to work everywhere by the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It was a rare day for them to rest, so they were all resting quietly in their rooms.
Only Li Shuyao was brought over by Lingluo sent by Qingyao early in the morning, and was dragged directly to her room in the back house without any explanation.
Guo Luoluo Qingyao had already prepared clothes for her to wear to the banquet. They were still light green, and the style was somewhat similar to that of a palace maid's uniform, only more gorgeous and slim-fitting. At first glance, one would wonder if this was a palace maid who was not very honest and obedient.
Li Shuyao raised her eyelids and looked at it without any mood, then said weakly, "It's no use. I'm a palace maid. Even if I get the emperor's approval and make an exception to attend the banquet, I still have to wear the clothes that a palace maid should wear and sit... uh, stand where a palace maid should stand."
"I'll be standing behind you, watching you eat and drink. If you remember me, give me a snack. If you don't remember me, then..."
"So what?" Guo Luoluo Qingyao suddenly became interested.
Li Shuyao pouted, "I'm so greedy!"
"Forget it, there's no need to come back."
“Puff.”
“Pfft—hahahahaha.”
Guo Luoluo Qingyao and Lingluo, the master and servant, almost died of laughter.
Li Shuyao stared at them with fiery eyes. Seeing them laughing endlessly, she felt more and more aggrieved.
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The quarrel lasted for a while, during which time Guo Luoluo Qingyao kept inserting all kinds of gorgeous hairpins into Li Shuyao's head, but Li Shuyao took them off one by one.
She made up her mind to be the least noticeable one in the crowd so as to avoid any misfortune.
Thinking about it, she carefully explained to Guo Luoluo Qingyao, "Remember, when you get to Qin'an Palace, don't ever tell anyone that you know me. No, that's not what I mean. I mean, don't act too intimate with me. I'm afraid people will get jealous and frame me. What if I get hurt?"
Guo Luoluo Qingyao: "..."
She really wanted to ask, Shu Yao, have you read too many storybooks?
The promotion ceremony is approaching, and the ladies in the harem probably don’t even have time to take care of themselves at this moment?
Who would attack a little palace maid like you at this time?
What's the point?
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