Tangled

Chapter 24

In the twinkling of an eye, it entered June, and the cicadas kept singing, and the heat continued.

Mu Luoluo ordered the little maid to put up all the windows early in the morning, and ordered someone to pour two urns of cold water from the deep well and put them in the hall, so that the heat could be suppressed.

After lunch, Su Qingwan ordered someone to lift the deck chair and put it under the osmanthus tree. On the left was a pond with running water, where cicadas and frogs sang, forming an interesting contrast.

"Now that I have just entered the June Gate, the heat is so unbearable. I will fall into a trance in a few days, and I don't know what to do." Even though there is a maid playing the fan by her side, the folding fan in Mu Luoluo's hand is still shaking very fast.

"Shangqing Palace has a pond with running water, and there are canals around it. It is far away from crowds and full of trees. It is far better than other palaces." Su Qingwan lay on the rocking chair, shaking the round fan in her hand one after another. In some days, please take out the ice mirror, or go to the backyard to use the rain pavilion, and you will be at ease."

"Concubine Shu's celestial daughter descends to the earth, her aura is very cold, unlike us ordinary mortals who lose their energy in summer." Mu Luoluo joked.

Su Qingwan is weak, afraid of the cold and prefers the warmth, in summer she is like a fish in water, but in winter she can't.

"I didn't see that you lost your energy." Su Qingwan propped herself up, touched Mu Luoluo's nose with the edge of her fan with a light smile, and then turned her head to look at Jin Qing, "Where's Mrs. Bamboo you made the previous year? Take it out, take advantage of the sun to dry it, share a share with the maids and mother-in-law, if it is not enough, go chop new bamboo to make it."

"It's all ready, it's just that the empress hasn't brought it out before ordering it." Jin Qing continued.

"You don't have to wait for my orders, she is also your half master, what she means is my orders." Su Qingwan pointed at Mu Luoluo with her round fan, and smiled, "Luoluo."

"Huh?" Mu Luoluo lowered her head in response.

"I want to eat crispy mountain." Su Qingwan smiled.

"The small kitchen has been prepared early in the morning, does the empress want to eat?" Jin Qing asked.

"No need, the ones made in the small kitchen are too sweet." Mu Luoluo pinched Su Qingwan's face with her hands, "I'll do it."

Su Qingwan smiled and watched Mu Luoluo order the two little maids to go to the kitchen, and lay down again contentedly, "You don't need to slap each other, go get Mrs. Bamboo each, take a rest, and call you when something happens."

"Yes, thank you, Ma'am." The little maids came out in a file, leaving only Jin Qing to wait on her.

"Your Majesty really has the heart of a Bodhisattva." A slightly hoarse voice came, and not long after, a person came in a white dress and a hat.

"Where is a Bodhisattva? It's just a big ghost in human skin taking care of the little ghosts under him." Su Qingwan sat up and looked up and down. .”

"Your Majesty told me, why don't you do your best." Lin Qingyin sat down on the stone bench beside her, and lifted the hat.

"How could my sister be so cruel to me!" Su Qingwan looked at Lin Qingyin's face and gasped involuntarily.

"Women are the ones who please themselves. If there is no one who pleases themselves, what is the difference between beauty and ugliness." Lin Qingyin smiled indifferently, "When will the preparations start?"

"I was planning to come back from the spring hunt, so I started to make arrangements. It will take time to control her." Su Qingwan sighed, "Who knew that sister Defei would have no child, so I don't want to push too hard, what do you think?"

"Do as you please." Lin Qingyin shook her head, and declined the mung bean soup that Jinqing brought over.

"The matter of the Chu family has nothing to do with General Guide, so..." Su Qingwan said tentatively.

"I always have a clear distinction between what I like and what I hate, and I don't want to hurt the innocent." Lin Qingyin sighed a long time, "How is Ah Heng?"

"Although I'm not favored, I still live a leisurely life." Su Qingwan felt relieved, and continued to flap her round fan one after another.

"I heard that although she didn't raise her status, she also enjoyed a third-rank salary. She has the same temperament as Sister Shen, so she is considered a blessing." Lin Qingyin looked at the round fan in Su Qingwan's hand, with the pattern of butterfly and love flowers.

"She waded through this muddy water for you." Su Qingwan followed Lin Qingyin's gaze to glance at her round fan, and then silently handed it over. "When you leave the palace, she will be able to live with peace of mind."

Lin Qingyin didn't answer, but just looked down at the pattern on the round fan quietly, Die Lianhua, Die Lianhua, when the flowers wither, what will happen to the butterfly?

"Elder sister doesn't have to stay in the house all day long, it's good to go out often to relax." Su Qingwan took a bowl of mung bean soup from Jinqing's hand, and sipped it in small sips.

Lin Qingyin raised her head, paused for a moment, and then said, "Leave first, the empress has something to do, just tell me."

Su Qingwan nodded and watched Lin Qingyin leave.

"How long have you been standing behind?" Su Qingwan tilted her head and looked at Mu Luoluo who was holding a tray, "Half of the Su Mountain has been melted."

"That's it, Chu Zhaoyuan?" Mu Luoluo sat down beside Su Qingwan. There was a long and thin scar on the man's face from the temple on the right side to the left cheek, and it was unknown how much effort he had used.

"En." Su Qingwan nodded, took the Su Shan and ate it slowly. It had been a long time since I had eaten the Su Shan made by Mu Luoluo. It was clear but not greasy, and very refreshing.

Mu Luoluo looked at Su Qingwan quietly, but couldn't help but think about Lin Qingyin. Before entering the palace, she heard that there was a wonderful man in the palace who was good at harp, and there was a phoenix singing and thousands of birds responding. There was no news, the first time I saw this person was in a secluded alley, his clothes were torn and his mind was insane, who would have expected that his temperament would change drastically after seeing him again.

"Thinking of Lin Qingyin?" Su Qingwan tilted her head and glanced at Mu Luoluo, then leaned over and leaned on Mu Luoluo's shoulder.

"En." Mu Luoluo lowered her head and tapped Su Qingwan's lips, and there was the fragrance and coldness of Sushan Mountain.

"The person is still alive, but the heart is dead." Su Qingwan rubbed against Mu Luoluo's shoulder, and let out a long sigh of relief. Chu Qingyun's heart was given to the wrong person, but she didn't.

Mu Luoluo smiled lightly, tilted her head slightly and leaned against Su Qingwan's head, closed her eyes, the breeze was blowing, and the years were peaceful.

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After entering the ambush, the emperor took some of his concubines to the palace to escape the summer heat. Su Qingwan declined to accompany him on the grounds that she was not feeling well and would not be too tired to travel, and stayed in the palace to take care of matters.

After all, it is scorching heat, even if you sit still, beads of sweat can condense.Su Qingwan saw that the upper and lower parts of the Shangqing Palace were full of breath, so she simply opened another Nannuan small building next to the Shangqing Palace, diverted running water to make a pond, and put it for the maids to submerge.

When the emperor left the palace, he ordered that the self-rain pavilion in the backyard of the Shangqing Palace should not stop at twelve o'clock to ensure that Su Qingwan could escape the heat at any time.

For a while, the palace was full of people walking around, and suddenly it became quieter and quieter.

Every afternoon, Su Qingwan hugged the qin and played the qin in the Ziyu Pavilion.

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"Did you change the incense for the past few days?" Mu Xiaoxiao put down the scroll and watched Zhu'er add incense.

"Return to my lord, that's right." Zhu'er turned her head and smiled, "Before coming to the palace, Concubine Shu gave special instructions, saying that the palace is next to water, and there are many mosquitoes. As a result, after the servants lit it, the flying insects really decreased a lot."

Mu Xiaoxiao looked at the censer thoughtfully, "Has Your Majesty ever been here since this incense was lit?"

"No." Zhen'er's voice sounded, and the little maid hurriedly opened the curtain, and Zhen'er entered, followed by two servants carrying the bronze ice mirror, "This fragrant slave was only lit the day before yesterday, and the ones that were ordered before were always lit by the little master." My favorite water breath."

"Since when did you all follow the two older sisters?" Mu Xiaoxiao looked with great interest at sisters Zhenerzhuer who were almost carved out of the same mold.

"When the eldest lady was born, the slaves were already allocated to the eldest lady. The slaves are three years old." Zhen'er watched the slave put the ice mirror away and added more ice, and then waved her hand to signal them to leave.

"Did both of you sisters serve your elder sister at first?" Mu Xiaoxiao was a little surprised.

"Yes." Jane replied with a smile.

"The maidservant and elder sister were originally slaves of the Feng family. After the eldest lady was born, the old lady sent us to the Mu residence." Zhu'er explained.

Mu Xiaoxiao nodded, feeling closer to the two sisters in her heart, because her mother was originally a slave of the Feng family, "Then why did you go to Sister Su's side?"

"Concubine Shu slipped into the water when she was nine years old and nearly lost half her life. The eldest lady angrily scolded Concubine Shu for not taking good care of her maidservants. Thinking that her servants are caring and considerate, she sent them over." Zhen'er stood up. Going to Mu Xiaoxiao's couch, she holds the fan and shakes it lightly.

"Sister Su, can you make incense?" Mu Xiaoxiao asked casually, looking at the green smoke rising from the incense burner.

"The concubine Shu doesn't know how to make fragrances, but she has a lot of research on spices. If it's true, the empress probably only knows the fragrance of osmanthus." Zhen'er replied after thinking for a while.

"Forget it, tell the small kitchen to cook some meals that His Majesty likes to eat, and please come over for lunch at noon." Mu Xiaoxiao waved her hands, then lowered her head and continued to read.

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"Your Majesty seems to have something on his mind these past few days?" At lunch, Ruan Meiren served the emperor with food. The emperor came unexpectedly today, and he never prepared any good food.

"Heng'er, have you ever visited Qing Yun in these years?" The emperor probably wasn't thinking about lunch.

Ruan Mei's heart trembled, but she didn't show anything on her face, "Your Majesty has imprisoned the Chu family in a secluded alley, and is not allowed to visit without an edict. As a concubine, she has never been banned."

"Have you ever dreamed of her?" The emperor's voice was a little tired.

Ruan Meiren raised her eyes to look at the emperor, and in those shrewd hawk eyes, there was strands of lovesickness. Ruan Meiren carefully said her words, and finally said softly, "The old man has not changed, and the new man has not heard of it yet."

"Tell me, does she hate me? She refused to dream when she was alive, and she didn't want to meet me after death." The emperor sighed.

"Sister Chu's heart for His Majesty can be learned from the sun and the moon, but in the past..." Ruan Meiren paused, "The grace of nurturing and the love of serving are always in a dilemma."

"Do you think I was wrong about what happened back then?" The emperor put down his chopsticks and leaned back on the back of the chair.

Ruan Meiren remained silent. The matter of the Chu family involved government affairs. If she opened her mouth rashly, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"I forgive you for your innocence."

"I'm just a medical girl, and I don't know anything about court affairs." Ruan Meiren also put down her chopsticks, and looked down at the embroidery on her cuff. It will be knowing the face but not the heart.”

"Forget it." The emperor smiled, reached out and patted the back of Ruan Meiren's hand, "Let's eat."

After lunch, Ruan Meiren stood at the door and watched the emperor leave, with mixed feelings in her heart, she didn't know the whole situation of the Chu family, she only knew that the reason why the Chu family ransacked and beheaded was to seek rebellion.Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, it is not easy to re-investigate, and it is even more difficult to reverse the case.

Ruan Heng didn't know what Su Qingwan would do in this matter, and Ruan Heng didn't know how far Su Qingwan could do it. She only remembered what Su Qingwan said: be wise and protect yourself.