Chapter 62 Changchun Garden
On the second day, Yuying took advantage of the fact that Kangxi had not returned from court yet, and ran to the West Warm Pavilion with Qingtao, carrying the bag that she had brought yesterday but had not yet unpacked.
In the west warm pavilion, Qingdai and Luchen had been waiting here for a long time.
Seeing Yuying coming from afar, Qingdai hurriedly went to greet her and saluted: "The emperor was right. He said you would come early in the morning, and asked me and Luchen to wait for you here, young lady."
After Lu Chen bowed to Yuying, he took the initiative to step forward and take the bag from Qingtao.
It was the first time that Qingtao met these two imperial maids, so she inevitably felt a little uncomfortable. When she saw Lu Chen coming up to take the bag from her hand, she hesitated for a moment and looked at Yuying for help, wondering whether she should let go.
Yuying was angry with Kangxi after hearing what Qingdai said. Seeing Qingtao's embarrassment, she started to explain for Luchen: "Qingtao, give the bag to Luchen, it's okay."
Qingtao then let go.
Qing Dai at the side continued, "During this period of time, I and Lu Chen will serve you together. My lady, you can just live in the West Warm Pavilion with peace of mind. We will move when the emperor says so."
Yuying nodded, "Then I'll trouble Qingdai and Luchen."
"My lord, you are too polite."
Afterwards, the few of them did not stay in front of the hall for too long, and followed Qingdai into the hall.
Yuying looked around, after all, she still had to worry about the accommodation conditions.
It must be said that this was Kangxi’s residence.
The whole hall is magnificent, with dragon carvings and precious jade everywhere. In the center of the hall stands a huge incense burner, from which curls of white smoke rise, which is the ambergris that Kangxi often smoked.
Lu Chen took Qing Tao to put down their bags, and Qing Dai introduced the various places in the West Warm Pavilion to Yu Ying.
Yuying settled down in the West Warm Pavilion.
At first, Yuying was a little uncomfortable. But after living there for a few days, she found that there was no difference between being in the West Warm Pavilion and being in her West Side Hall.
She also brought mahjong to the Qianqing Palace, and when she was bored, she would play mahjong with Qingtao, Qingdai and Luchen in the palace. Yes, Yuying also taught these two imperial maids. If you want anything, you can go to Liang Jiugong or Wei Zhu in front.
As for Kangxi? Kangxi's previous reign was full of things to do, so he didn't come very often. It was very different from what Yuying imagined, that she would be face to face with Kangxi all day. He was not even as frequent as Liang Jiugong.
On this day, Yuying was still leading the three of them to play mahjong. Liang Jiugong followed behind Kangxi and walked in with a happy look on his face.
Seeing what everyone in the hall was doing, Kangxi waved his hand, signaling everyone else to leave, and took the map of the palace from Liang Jiugong.
Several people understood that this meant that Kangxi wanted to be alone with Yuying.
Recalling the first time Kangxi saw everyone playing mahjong in the West Warm Pavilion, Yuying was panicked for a while. But Kangxi came over and looked at it for a while. Isn't this just playing mahjong? He acquiesced to Yuying's action.
Kangxi spread the map of his residence flat on the desk and waved to Yuying, "Aying, come and take a look."
Yuying walked closer and saw a floor plan of the garden on the table.
Yuying looked at Kangxi with confusion and motioned for Kangxi to speak.
"Aying, don't you feel bored staying in the palace all day? This is the garden I ordered to be renovated a few years ago. Now it has been completed. How about I take Aying to live in the garden in a few days?"
"Really?" Yuying looked at Kangxi in surprise.
"Of course it's true. Ah Ying, look here." Kangxi pointed to one of the courtyards and said, "This place is called Qingxi Study. When we move to the garden, it will be where Ah Ying and I will live together."
ah?
Yuying didn't care at the moment why she had to live with Kangxi after going to the garden. She was already dumbfounded.
[Where is this? Qingxi Book House?]
Kangxi listened to Yuying's shocked voice and his smile faded. "Aying, do you not like this place?"
Yuying quickly came back to her senses and answered Kangxi's question, "It's very good, very good, I like it very much."
[It doesn’t matter whether I like it or not, as long as you like it. You will die here.]
[No wonder I said Kangxi liked to live in the garden? How come I never saw him leave the palace before? It turns out that Changchun Garden has not been completed yet.]
Yuying sighed in her heart.
Kangxi pointed at Qingxi Book House with his finger slightly shrunken. After learning the date of his own death, he once again learned the place of his death. He was not in a very good mood now.
But Yuying didn't notice at all, and asked excitedly: "When are we going there? Can I pack my things now?"
"There's no rush for this matter. We have to wait until the Royal Concubine draws up a list of concubines who will accompany her on this trip before we can make a decision." Kangxi declined. The more he looked at Qingxi Book House, the more unlucky it seemed. The joy on his face when he first entered the house was gone.
"Oh, okay then." Yuying looked disappointed.
Kangxi didn't want to spoil the fun, so he introduced other places in Changchun Garden to Yuying.
"Aying, look, there is a horse farm over here. If Aying wants to ride a horse, she can bring someone over there."
"Can Aying ride a horse?" Kangxi looked at Yuying.
Yuying shook her head.
"Then I will personally teach Ah Ying, and I will definitely be able to teach her. Ah Ying, look here, I have ordered people to plant a large area of lotus flowers here. When the lotus flowers bloom in summer, Ah Ying, are you willing to go boating on the lake with me?"
Putting aside the news that he had just heard, Kangxi was extremely fond of Changchun Garden. Not only did he give names and plaques to every place, he even spent most of his time living in Changchun Garden in his later years.
Yuying watched Kangxi talking, and responded from time to time, with her emotional value reaching its maximum.
The two talked and laughed, and Kangxi's expression became more gentle.
"Then Your Majesty, can we go quickly? I can't wait any longer." Yuying urged. She was looking forward to the life in the garden.
Kangxi couldn't bear to see Yuying disappointed, "Then I will tell the Imperial Concubine about this tomorrow, and we will set off in a few days."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yuying jumped for joy.
“Knock knock—”
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Kangxi shouted towards the door.
Liang Jiugong pushed open the door and came in, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, you should go back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
Kangxi then looked at the sky and realized that it was already late at night. "Aying, there are still many memorials to be approved in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, so I will go back first. I will not come to accompany you today, Aying, go to bed early."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will. You should go to bed early too." Yuying waved her hand towards Kangxi, "Don't forget to pass the message to the Imperial Concubine."
"I will never forget what I promised Ying."
Kangxi returned to the front hall. Yuying yawned silently and felt a little sleepy.
So, Yuying called Qingtao and others to help her clean up, wash up and go to bed.
The next day, news spread to the harem that the emperor had ordered to live in the garden.
All the concubines in the palace couldn't help but look forward to it.
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