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

She really has a good temper, and she doesn't panic when things happen. If it were our wife, she would have been so shocked that she didn't know what to do. "A pair of silver chopsticks was gently placed in front of Jiang Ling, and then quietly retreated.

Jiang Ling was startled, and then realized that this female official seemed to be the maid in front of the magistrate's wife in Yangzhou.

This time Kangxi did not bring many people with him on his southern tour, except for some officials, there were only a few eunuchs who served him personally, not even the nuns around Jiang Ling.A few days ago in Jinling, the maids from the garden were temporarily transferred to serve as palace maids.Back in Yangzhou City, he obviously asked someone else to borrow a group of maids to pretend to be maids of honor to prop up the scene.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling felt even more puzzled.

If Kangxi had planned to meet foreign envoys here early in the morning, it was naturally impossible to do so lightly; now that such a scene happened, it was obvious that Kangxi was also very unexpected.Those who are said to be envoys sitting below should have come to Yangzhou city on a temporary basis, at least they didn't know about it before Kangxi left Beijing.

But the problem is...

What did it matter to her?

Jiang Ling glanced at Kangxi, Kangxi's expression was still indifferent, and his voice was calm and unwavering, he greeted and chatted with the officials below, and talked about the scenery in Yangzhou City in a casual way, coming and going Those who go there are always a few words, without mentioning the business at all.But it's right to think about it, if you want to discuss politics, you can do it during the day, there is no need to delay it to the current dinner.

After thinking about these things, she lowered her head quietly again, and used some things to make a show.

The meal lasted for two hours. Although it seemed a little too quiet compared to those big banquets in the palace, Kangxi's original intention should not be to invite dinner, let alone to discuss matters during the banquet.Jiang Ling thought about it, and when the banquet was about to end, he was even more surprised that he didn't wait for Kangxi's order.She finally raised her head and glanced down.

Most of the officials at the banquet were officials from the frontier, as she had already guessed just now.

Most of the guests with different skin colors maintained their superficial humility, and there were a lot of things left in the cups and cups in front of them.Having lived in Guangzhou for a period of time, they have no objection to chopsticks, but when it comes to food, even Huaiyang cuisine, which is known for being bland, also shows a certain degree of disapproval.

Moreover, there were two merchants who were said to be from Tianzhu. The things in front of them hardly moved, and they only drank some soup.

Jiang Ling withdrew his gaze, but remembered what he had just seen in his mind.She subconsciously thought that Kangxi specially asked her to change clothes to attend, not just to eat with her, nor just to be a vase.Because as a vase, it is impossible to be inactive during a banquet that lasts for two hours.

After the banquet was over, Kangxi got up and left the banquet, but gave a few words to Manager Liang who was beside him.

Manager Liang complied with a sigh of relief, and when the people below finished sending off the Long Live Lord and were about to send off the empress to leave the banquet, he walked up to Jiang Ling and said in a low voice:

"Long Live Lord, I want the young master to take a look. What's so weird about the merchants and envoys at the banquet?"

Jiang Ling's heart skipped a beat, the secret channel really came.

She glanced down again, almost everyone was lowering their heads, there was nothing weird about it.And because everyone was short, the messy cups and plates on the table fell into her eyes clearly: some things have been emptied, while some things have not been moved.Jiang Ling looked at them one by one, and found nothing unusual, so he shook his head slightly.

Manager Liang lowered his voice and asked, "Is there no impersonation?"

Jiang Ling was stunned, and then whispered: "Some of them have different living habits from us. For example, that." She pointed to a dark-skinned businessman and said, "Nanyang seldom uses chopsticks, and they are accustomed to using chopsticks. Melons and fruits are not afraid of heat and humidity, and you can deduce one or two by looking at the things they have just used." She then pointed to a businessman with very light hair who was said to be from an unknown country and said, "They have a habit of kneeling on one knee, like fresh vegetables, and are worse at using chopsticks than Nanyang people. From the perspective of behavior, there is nothing weird about it. As for whether someone pretends to be an envoy or the like, it depends on this alone. At the banquet, I couldn't see it."

At the very least, you have to repeat the cliché and ask their king's recent situation to know the truth.

Manager Liang let out a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "That's good. At first, Long Live Lord was worried that someone would pretend to be someone from Nanyang and make up lies for Long Live Lord. Since they are all visitors from Nanyang and Western Oceans, then It's done. My lord, please go back." After saying that, he slapped a thousand sons.

Jiang Ling wanted to ask Chief Manager Liang why he didn't tell himself this until after the show, but he didn't ask afterward.

Director Liang seemed to have seen her thoughts, and lowered his voice to laugh again: "Isn't the young master a little strange? Please don't be annoyed, I can't tell you about this in advance. In case the young master can't control it, It would be wrong to look at those people a few more times."

As a vase, it is disrespectful to look down frequently.

Jiang Ling nodded secretly, wondering whether it was Chief Liang's idea or Kangxi's idea.

Seeing Chief Manager Liang making another gesture of invitation, Jiang Ling was lured by the female official just now amidst the voices of the people below sending off the empress respectfully, followed by eight big court ladies, and left the place.It was already very dark outside, and a maid waited in front with a palace lantern.The female official took two steps forward, held the palace lantern in her hand, and said to Jiang Ling with a smile, "Please, my lord."

While speaking, he led Jiang Ling to his residence.

Jiang Ling was still a little strange. Didn't Manager Liang just say that... But when he saw that the residence was empty, there was only a huge bathtub with a lot of flower petals scattered in it. He stayed on the spot, echoing repeatedly: "According to the rules, the young master is going to sleep tonight." With the high-pitched voice of Chief Manager Liang, it was simply irresistible.

She stretched out her finger and pointed to the huge tub: "Me?"

The lady officer extinguished the palace lantern in her hand, and led Jiang Ling into the room together with the eight big maids, and said with a smile: "Don't you know these objects, my lord? The rules in the palace are not strict, so I'm afraid there may be some shortcomings, and I hope the young master will forgive me." He also curtsied to her half-truthfully.

Jiang Ling groaned softly, who knows what the rules in the palace are like, this is the first time for her!

But no matter what, if the things are here, they will be used.Two big maids of honor closed the door, two maids of honor dismantled the complicated bun for her, two maids of court undressed her, and two of them tested the temperature in the water, and fished out the petals on the edges by the way , and then sprinkle some brand new dried flowers, trying to make everything in front of you the same as in the palace.Jiang Ling dumbly let them do what they did, thinking over and over in his mind that such a day should have come a long time ago, but now it's just delayed.

Although a little awkward, she was still obediently pressed into the tub, letting her thoughts fly, thinking about irrelevant things.In case I accidentally jumped out of the bathtub, or couldn't control my ability and poured the whole bucket of water onto the roof beam, that would be bad.

After soaking in warm water for a while, when the fatigue on her body subsided, a maid came over with an ivory comb and a copper basin, and cleaned her head and face, removing makeup and powder, revealing her original complexion.Jiang Ling's complexion was already fair, but under the candlelight, it had a suet jade-like luster, and she didn't need new makeup at all.

The palace maids held rouge and compared them around Jiang Ling, but in the end they drew her eyebrows and let it go.

After a while, someone knocked on the door outside, saying that the hour was coming, and the maids helped her up, wiped her body carefully, and wrapped a long circle of silk around her body.I don't know who made the rules, but all bed attendants have to be wrapped in silk and sent to the emperor (should be afraid that the concubine will carry an iron weapon to assassinate?), and help her dry her long hair, and wait in the room. Waited for half an hour.

When there was another knock on the door, a young eunuch squeezed his shrill voice and said something strange, then the female officer opened the door and let two young eunuchs in.At first, Jiang Ling thought that she would be carried directly to the emperor, but in the end, she was carried into a small sedan chair, accompanied by a maid, and swayed forward all the way.

Up to this moment, Jiang Ling was still in a daze.

Although she had been psychologically prepared, some things were still beyond her tolerance.

Especially lying in the sedan chair and walking all the way, you can still hear the eunuch outside reading something, and some officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs or somewhere wrote something in the notebook (Jiang Ling guessed that it was a certain year and a certain month) What did Kangxi do one day), and some people were trotting all the way, sounding very hasty.The maid beside her has been wiping her sweat with a kerchief, because the thing wrapped around her body is too hot, and the small sedan chair is bumping all the way, making her a little dizzy and uncomfortable.

She silently counted the way the sedan chair had traveled, guessing that she was almost in front, and only then did she hear Chief Manager Liang's voice:

"The little master has arrived? Oh, that's really a blessing, I thought... ahem, I didn't say anything, why are you making a fuss, you guys, if you offend the little master, you have to weigh yourself first. Hey man Already here? Greetings, my lord, don’t be too anxious, my lord, these are all the rules in the palace, you can’t go beyond the rules, right, ahem..."

Jiang Ling wanted to rub his temples, but his arms were bound and he couldn't move.

So she could only ask, "When did I get angry?"

The voice outside the sedan chair stopped for a moment, and then it rang again: "Long Live Lord just guessed that the young master would give birth... cough, cough, what are you talking about, the young master is fine, of course it is the best!" It's gone too. Hurry up and send people in, untie those bound things for the young master, don't make the young master wait for a long time, do you hear me? Go!"

Then came a series of footsteps.

Jiang Ling listened for a while in the sedan chair, and couldn't help laughing.

Just now Kangxi guessed that she would be angry? ...Okay, okay, then she'll be angry.

Jiang Ling imagined his own angry appearance, and couldn't help laughing, the original annoyance disappeared unconsciously.She watched helplessly as the sedan chair was carried into the house and entered the room openly. Two maids helped her out and made her lie flat on the bed with great difficulty. Just as she was about to untie the silk for her, she suddenly heard three blows from outside. The sound of the whip:

Pop, pop, pop.

Since everything is in accordance with the rules of the Forbidden City, this ostentation is naturally indispensable.

Jiang Ling couldn't figure out Kangxi's intentions today, but could only guess that it was probably related to those Nanyang merchants, so he lay on the bed needlessly, looking at the empty tent, waiting for the next fate.The maids looked at her anxiously, and hurriedly retreated outside the house to greet Kangxi who had just arrived, and forgot her for the time being.

Jiang Ling still looked at the empty roof, trying to make himself think about other things.

The sound outside stopped for a moment, and after a while, Kangxi's faint voice sounded: "Let the rest of the matter be handled by Suo'etu. Those people are all placed in the post house, so don't make a mistake. As for the governor of Guangzhou , let him wait."

Someone outside answered the call and left quietly.