[Red Mansion+Qing Chuan] The heroine comes from the last days

Jiang Ling waited for the two maids to go far away before coming out from behind the rockery, and let out a long breath.

At this time, the sky was already a little dark, and it was a little unclear to distinguish between front, back, left, and right.Jiang Ling identified the direction, followed the path the two maids came from, passed through layers of flowers and trees and paths, and soon saw a palace with three large characters written on it: Zhongcui Palace.

Jiang Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and walked towards the empress dowager's bedroom in the direction he remembered.

This morning, she had just been led by the female officer through this section of the road, so she was still familiar with it.

Three quarters of an hour later, Jiang Ling successfully found the empress dowager's bedroom, and then returned to her own room smoothly.Just after resting in the room for a while, Jiang Ling heard Dudu's knock on the door again.After opening the door, I found out that it was Aunt Su Ma.

"The Empress Dowager wants to see you." Aunt Su Mala said.

Jiang Ling suddenly felt lucky, if he came a little later, he might have missed it.She didn't feel bad for the Empress Dowager, so she readily agreed and followed Lagu Su Ma to the main hall to have an audience.When he arrived at the place, Jiang Ling realized that besides the empress dowager, there was actually another person sitting inside, Emperor Kangxi.

The Empress Dowager was sipping tea carefully, while Kangxi was playing with a jade seal in boredom.

Jiang Ling was suddenly a little apprehensive, and said peace to the Empress Dowager and Kangxi respectively, and then stood quietly aside.

The Empress Dowager raised her hand, signaled Aunt Su Ma to back down, and then said with a smile: "I asked you to come here today because I wanted to ask you something. I heard that you lived in the Rongguo Mansion for a while, The girls in the mansion have very close personal relationships, but really?"

Jiang Ling was startled when he heard the words, and then said: "Going back to the Empress Dowager, she indeed lived in the Rongguo Mansion for a while."

As for the "very close personal relationship with the girl in the mansion", it could be said to be yes or no, so she was vague.

The Empress Dowager hummed softly, glanced at the booklet before the case, and said: "I heard that the Rongguo Mansion and the Ningguo Mansion are not as good as the previous generation, the older ones act recklessly, the younger ones are ignorant of world affairs, the big There is not even a person in charge in the mansion, and the old matriarch who has been working hard is in charge of the family affairs. During the six months you lived in the Rongguo mansion, have you heard any extra news? For example, the sale of officials and nobles."

As soon as the words selling officials and nobles came out, Jiang Ling's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this matter was probably not good.

She thought about it carefully, and then said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, I mostly live in the inner house in the Rongguo Mansion. I rarely hear about things outside, so I don't know. But I have heard that there are men in the mansion, Donated two officials to the Ministry of Household Affairs." As for who the two men who donated officials were, Jiang Ling vaguely disappeared.

This matter is an open secret known to everyone in the Ningguo and Rongguo mansions, even the idlers on the street know a thing or two.As long as the Empress Dowager wanted to find out, it would not be difficult to find out who those two people were and what rank the donated officials were.

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, with some understanding in her eyes: "It really is."

Jiang Ling stood aside with his head down, quietly waiting for the next sentence.

The Empress Dowager slowly flipped through the booklet in front of her, snorting softly from time to time, with an almost cruel smile in her eyes.She is the person who has been in charge of half of the court, and there are very few things that can be hidden from her eyes and ears.After reading the pamphlet in front of her, the Empress Dowager seemed to think of Jiang Ling just now, and said with a smile: "Go ahead. If you have nothing to do on weekdays, you can read books and practice calligraphy in the room. Don't be so irrelevant." to go to the palace of others, so as not to stir up trouble out of thin air."

Jiang Ling suddenly realized.The Empress Dowager must have known what happened today, so she deliberately came to tell her.She bowed her head and said yes, said goodbye to the Empress Dowager, then saluted Emperor Kangxi, and hurriedly left the main hall.

After Jiang Ling walked away, the Empress Dowager turned her head to look at Emperor Kangxi, and said with a teasing smile, "She seems a little afraid of you."

When Jiang Ling entered the room just now, the Empress Dowager had been paying attention to her actions.During the initial salute, she saw that Jiang Ling avoided Emperor Kangxi's eyes intentionally or unintentionally.Before leaving, when he bowed to Kangxi and took his leave, he showed a bit of uneasiness.

On the contrary, when facing the Empress Dowager herself, Jiang Ling had a calm demeanor and a calm demeanor, obviously a lot more relaxed.

Kangxi pinched the jade seal and said with a helpless smile, "I don't know why she is so reserved."

- seems to be very distressed.

The Empress Dowager smiled for a moment, then handed the booklet in her hand to Kangxi, and said: "Here are some evidences that I have collected, you can keep them, you will need them in the future. I tried it just now, and that beautiful girl She never lied, she was an honest girl."

Kangxi took the booklet and said, "Thank you, Madam Huang, for the gift. Also, that girl is really sincere."

The Empress Dowager smiled and sighed: "You, you always want to distinguish between one, two, three, and four with me, but in the end, you are still confused? What are you going to do with the girl? Do you stay by your side and become a concubine, or temporarily seal it as a concubine?" A female officer, serve in front of you for a few days before making plans."

Kangxi smiled, and said: "Grandson has his own plan, please rest assured, Madam Huang."

The Empress Dowager shook her head and sighed: "How can I rest assured, you child..." She caught a glimpse of the helpless look on Kangxi's face, and smiled again, "Okay, okay, I don't want to say anything. Anyway You are the emperor, and you have your own ideas, so you can make up your own mind. As for the empress dowager, you still need to be more thoughtful, so as not to miss things."

Kangxi nodded slightly and said, "It should be so."

When Jiang Ling came out of the Empress Dowager's palace, she saw Lagu Su Ma standing aside, reciting Buddhist scriptures in a low voice.She knew that this female officer Xifo, even in her daily leisure, would occasionally copy some Buddhist scriptures, or send them to the temple, or burn them, and she was extraordinarily pious.

She bowed to La Aunt Su Ma, and when she saw La Aunt Su Ma smiled at her, she smiled back.

Jiang Ling looked behind him again, confirmed that Emperor Kangxi was still inside, and returned to his room in three steps at a time.For some reason, since she met Kangxi for the third time, she always felt uneasy.This kind of sixth sense came from no basis, but every time I saw Emperor Kangxi, I always subconsciously wanted to avoid it, especially that night, after Kangxi sent someone to find her out and let her stay with her for half a night, that kind of The feeling of uneasiness grew stronger.

So much so that she almost lost her composure in front of Kangxi in the empress dowager's palace just now.

But fortunately, I heard that the palace doesn't plan to keep people this year, so Jiang Ling suddenly lost two knots.She closed the door and waited in the room for three or two hours, guessing that Emperor Kangxi had already left, so she opened the door to get some air.

But as soon as he opened the door, he saw Emperor Kangxi standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, as if admiring the moon.

Jiang Ling shuddered, and was about to close the door when Emperor Kangxi heard the movement and looked over here.At this time, it was too late to go back to the house, so Jiang Ling had no choice but to go out, saluted Emperor Kangxi, and said the emperor Wan'an.

Emperor Kangxi slightly raised his hand and said with a smile, "There is no need to be too polite." There was a hint of gentleness in his words.

But the more he was like this, the more uneasy Jiang Ling felt, as if something had escaped her control and flew out of the sky.She gathered herself together, lowered her head and said: "Just now I didn't know the emperor was here, so I was rude, I hope the emperor will forgive me."

Emperor Kangxi smiled and said, "It's okay, I just passed by by chance."

As soon as the four words came out by chance, Jiang Ling felt a slight chill in his heart.She glanced in the direction where Kangxi came, which happened to be the empress dowager's bedroom; she glanced in the direction where Kangxi was about to leave, it happened to be Qianqing Palace, it seemed that she was just passing by.

Jiang Ling made up his mind, bowed his head and said, "Then don't bother the emperor." After saying that, he was about to take his leave and leave.

"Wait." Kangxi slightly raised his hand to stop her movement, and then asked with a smile, "Why, are you afraid of me?"

Jiang Ling's expression froze: "Why does the emperor... ask this question?"

When she first met Emperor Kangxi two years ago, Jiang Ling was really afraid of him.After all, he is a life-and-death emperor, and with just one finger, the entire Rongguo Mansion can be collapsed.But after living in the palace for a while, and getting used to this world, I gradually became less afraid.Facing Emperor Kangxi now, she felt more uneasy than afraid.

The reason why Jiang Ling felt uneasy was because some things were far beyond her control.

But these words cannot be said to Kangxi, if they are said, I am afraid it will cause another storm.Jiang Ling gathered herself together, and said in a low voice: "The emperor has always been majestic, so it is naturally awe-inspiring." So it's better to leave early, she just wanted to come out to get some air.

Kangxi didn't expect to get such an answer, he was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help smiling.

He looked down at Jiang Ling, and saw the woman in front of her with her head lowered, her mouth slightly pursed, her long eyelashes trembling slightly under the moonlight, as if she really scared him.He smiled helplessly, and said softly: "You don't have to be like this. This palace...forget it, you just live in this palace for a while, if you get tired of it on weekdays, you can read books and practice calligraphy, or It’s to get some novel Western gadgets to take a look at. After the book is finished, you can come and go freely.”

After saying that, Kangxi smiled gently again, turned and left.

What he thought in his heart was that the future would be long.

But before leaving, Kangxi's words were like a blockbuster, and Jiang Ling was so shocked that he didn't recover for a long time.

books? ? ? ? ! ! ! ! !

Didn't you say that there will be no people left in the palace this year? !

...So, the gossip on the side of the road cannot be trusted.

Jiang Ling stood in the courtyard in distress, thought for a while, and then went back to the house to rest in distress.But because of things in my heart, I tossed and turned all night, and didn't sleep well.

Early the next morning, a female official came to her, saying that the Empress Dowager and Princess Yu had summoned her and told her to go there immediately.

The female officer who delivered the message was quite young, at most eighteen or nineteen years old, obviously not an old man in the Empress Dowager's palace.Jiang Ling glanced outside, and saw that besides her, there were also a beautiful girl, three or four court ladies, and two other young female officials standing in the courtyard.Aunt Su Ma was standing aside, writing stroke by stroke on the booklet, so she tidied up for a while, and followed the female officer out.

Seeing Jiang Ling coming out, Aunt Su Ma wrote down her name in the booklet and said with a smile, "Go."

Jiang Ling had some doubts in his heart, but guessed that this was probably going to be a process, so he left with the female officer.

When he got to the place, Jiang Ling found out that there was a large area vacant in the empress dowager's bedroom, with three or four seats neatly arranged, as well as pastries and tea, just like the ones on the day of the draft.Apart from a few of them, there were only a dozen or so young court ladies standing beside them peacefully, as if they were waiting for something.

Jiang Ling didn't know why, so he waited there with the others.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the sun gradually rose, and then two groups of people came from the palace and outside.The one in the palace is of course the empress dowager, but the one outside the palace looks like the concubines I have seen before.