love palace

The noon sun shines through the man's eyelashes, which are soft and black eyelash feathers, covering a pair of dark brown eyes, bright and energetic.

The man's cheeks were plump, pale and rosy, and his lips were ruddy and shiny. He looked like a pampered young man.And he was not very old, but this man was wearing the brown-red soft leather armor of the imperial forest army, and the iron crown of the cavalry team on his head.

Ke Weiqing looked at his hands subconsciously. The Imperial Forest Army wanted to hold weapons, such as red-tasseled spears, but what he was holding in his hand turned out to be a big white paper harrier!

"Ah, it's your mother's kite!" Ke Weiqing couldn't help shouting.The surface of the zither is painted with a moth flying to the moon, and the clothes are fluttering, so lifelike, isn't it just what the maids and sisters are looking for?

"Hush! Keep your voice down." The little guard hurriedly reached out his hand to cover Ke Weiqing's mouth, and winked at him, "If you don't scream, I'll let you go."

"...Mmm." Ke Weiqing was not as strong as the other party, so Ke Weiqing could only nod his head.

The little guard let go, looked at him with a smile and said, "Are you from a hospital? What's your name? How old are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"

"I haven't seen you before. This is the kite of Concubine Yun. You should return it to the maid as soon as possible." Ke Weiqing reminded kindly.

"I'm asking for your name?" The guard wasn't afraid at all, and said with a smile, "There are old men in the imperial hospital. When did you accept such a juicy child?"

"Why not big? I am half taller than you." The guard gesticulated with his hand on the tops of the two heads, about a palm higher, so he said proudly, "Hey, you are so small."

"Then how old are you?" Ke Weiqing said unwillingly.

"I'm ignoring you!" Ke Weiqing turned around and squatted on the ground, still arranging the medicinal materials.

"Don't worry, it's okay if you don't bark. We're all slaves anyway, so we don't care about that anymore." The guard hurriedly squatted down, "How about we play kites together? Little brother."

"I'm not your brother."

"Then what's your name? I don't even know your name." The guard asked.

"Ke Weiqing."

"Ke Weiqing," the guard said after repeating the words, "It's too long, can I call you Xiaoqing?"

"Whatever you want, you are stepping on my medicine!"

"Hey, I'm sorry." The guard stepped back, and he crushed a piece of yam.

Ke Weiqing picked it up carefully, brushed off the dust, and the broken pieces could still be used when ground into yam powder, but it had to be dried in the sun.

"Xiaoqing, how about going to fly a kite together? Look at how big the sun is today, and the wind is beautiful." The guard said with a smile.

Ke Weiqing couldn't help sighing. This guy might be a young man from an official family. He could get a job in the Imperial Forest Army at a young age, but he didn't do it well. He only cared about playing around.

"No!" Ke Weiqing stood up and placed the yam on the sunny open space. At this moment, he heard the voices of the maids walking back along the corridor.

"What should I do? I can't find it anywhere! It's obvious that I flew here..." The young court lady named Qiao'er sighed authentically with a sad expression on her face.

"Go back and have a look, maybe it's hanging on a branch." Another maid said.

Ke Weiqing turned around and wanted to tell the guards to give them back, but he didn't expect that the guards stretched out their hands, hugged his waist unexpectedly, and flew towards the eaves!

"Wow!" Ke Weiqing felt dazzled in front of his eyes, his body was floating in the air, but his heart suddenly rose to his throat!

Before he could recover, his foot had already stepped on the glazed tile.The guards held his head, pressed him against the ridge of the roof, and told him to keep quiet.

"Then let's go to the grove to look for it. There is really nothing there, so we have to go back and be scolded." Qiao'er and the others walked under the eaves, but they didn't find the guards and apprentices above them.

"What are you doing?" Ke Weiqing pushed the guard away, his chest still throbbing.

"I just want to fly a kite with you." The guard still had a playful smile on his face, but his kung fu was unambiguous at all, and he just flew up like this. Even the commander of the Imperial Forest Army may not have such superb light kung fu.

Ke Weiqing thought about it, maybe it was because he was good at martial arts that he was able to join the Imperial Forest Army?However, there is always something strange about it?

"Don't be in a daze, look over there." The guard poked Ke Weiqing's soft face with his fingertips, and then pointed to the guide.

"Wow... so many kites!" In the southern sky, there were dozens of paper kites with colorful and different shapes, especially the colorful butterflies, which looked like real ones, floating around, so beautiful!

But what is more beautiful than kites is the Qionglou Yuyu under the sun. The emerald green tiles and the vermilion palace walls are really like a fairyland.

"Over there..." Ke Weiqing said excitedly, "Is it the Prince's Hall?"

"Well, it's the East Palace." The guard glanced at it and asked, "Why, where do you want to go?"

"No..." Ke Weiqing remembered that he was "thrown" out by the crown prince, so he lowered his eyes and murmured, "Just to see."

"It's not difficult to go to the Prince's Palace. I'll take you there next time."

"No." Ke Weiqing refused again, and began to worry about the defense of the Prince's Palace.How can someone casually break in and play?What exactly are Lu Min and the others doing?As a civil and military attendant, shouldn't he be guarding the Prince's Palace all the time?

"What are you thinking?" The little guard misunderstood, and said with a smile, "Don't be unhappy, I will return the kite to them later, so let them be anxious, didn't you spill all your medicine? No apology."

"Didn't you delay my taking the medicine?" Ke Weiqing asked back.

"Really? Hahaha!" The guard pretended to be silly and smiled blankly, and then sent out the kite in his hand.

Although the eaves are high and the wind is strong, how can it be possible to fly a kite like this?Ke Weiqing wanted to say, are you fooling me?I saw the guard lightly picking up the small stones on the roof tiles and flying them towards the kite.

The stones hit the slender bamboo branches without leaning to one side, and the kite was shot into the sky, and the strings in the hands of the guards were also blindly released. "Chang'e" is really like "flying to the moon", riding the east wind to go straight to Qingyun!

"It's amazing." Ke Weiqing praised sincerely.

"You know your brother—I'm amazing, right?" the guard raised his head and laughed.But he was too happy too early, "Chang'e" flew so high, it naturally attracted the attention of the court ladies.

"Look! It's your mother's kite! It's over there!" Qiao'er's cry attracted many servants and eunuchs to come over to watch the fun.

"Oops." The guard immediately shot the stone, cut the silk thread, and the kite spun a few times in the sky, and floated towards the imperial garden to the west.

"It's a close call." The guard patted his chest and said as he saw the maids chasing and running across the roof to catch the kite.

"Since you're afraid of being found out, don't do it." Ke Weiqing shook his head and said.

"Because..." the guard pondered for a moment, "This kite is very similar to my mother."

"Eh?"

"My mother is as beautiful as Chang'e, but it's a pity that she flew to the sky after giving birth to me." The guard smiled, but there was some kind of sadness in his eyes.

Flying to the sky, is it dead?Ke Weiqing did not expect that this cheerful-looking guard, like him, had lost his mother a long time ago.

"My father is very philandering and has many women. Alas, you are too young to know what a philandering radish is."

"I know! After the radish is left for a long time, the juice inside will be gone, and it will dry up like a flower, so it is called Huaxinda radish."

"Haha, you are so cute. Do you know that? You are like the jade rabbit next to Chang'e. Look at you, you have a fair and tender face and red lips."

"I'm not a rabbit, and I don't want to go to the Moon Palace." He just needs to stay here, in the palace on earth, and guard His Highness the Crown Prince.

"The more I look at you, the more you look like a little white rabbit. Can your ears grow longer?" The guard teased him wholeheartedly.

"I hate it." Ke Weiqing covered his ears and jumped up. Unexpectedly, the tiles were so slippery that he rolled down.

"Wow!"

"Xiaoqing!" The guards flew over, trying to grab Ke Weiqing's collar, but they were in vain!

Ke Weiqing just rolled down the eaves quickly, and fell firmly on the medicinal materials, and even smashed the clay pot used to store the wet herbs.

The screams and the sound of ping-pong could not help but attract the Royal Forest Army patrolling nearby.They thought that an assassin was coming, and all of them held weapons and killed them aggressively.

"What happened?!" The guard in charge shouted sharply, looking at the mess all over the floor, and Ke Weiqing who was sitting between the piles of medicine and broken earthen jars.

"Woo...!" Ke Weiqing couldn't speak due to the pain in his buttocks, his eyes were red, and he really looked like a rabbit now.He looked up at the eaves, where was the shadow of the young guard, who had already run away...

Ke Weiqing was scolded bloody by the Imperial Army, and he had to clean up the ground, tidy up the broken earthen jars, and rearrange the herbs.

After he finished these things, he was so hungry that his chest was stuck to his back, but when he returned to the Tai Hospital, it was past lunch time, and no one gave him anything left to eat.

"Why have you been away for so long?"

Doctor Yang, who was weighing the red ginseng, looked up, but saw Ke Weiqing's hands were dirty, his clothes were torn, and his pink cheeks were puffed out, looking angry and wronged.

"Sorry, I'm late." Ke Weiqing didn't explain, just bowed his head and apologized.

"Go and eat the water chestnuts over there, and then boil the soup." Thinking that he probably didn't eat, Imperial Physician Yang said.

"Thank you, I'll go right away."

Water chestnuts are used for quenching thirst, numbness and heat, warming the middle and replenishing qi, and are used as medicine in imperial hospitals.Of course, sweet and juicy water chestnuts are seasonal fruits popular in winter and spring, and usually only the masters can enjoy them, but some of them are not good in appearance and not sweet enough, and they will be rewarded to the servants to eat.

Holding the small bamboo basket of water chestnuts, Ke Weiqing walked slowly towards the decoction shop in the backyard, and couldn't help but think, "I don't even know that guy's name... I really don't have loyalty, I just ran away if something happened!"

On second thought, it doesn't matter if I don't know, I just hope that I don't meet him again in the future, this ass fall really hurts more than the old eunuch's spanking!

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The warm sunshine in the afternoon illuminated a courtyard named Fuyue Palace brightly. Several palace maids came to the north room with medicine bowls and cakes.

There are a total of three rooms here, namely the bedroom, the study room, and the banquet hall.The east and west chambers lived with old eunuchs and palace maids.The three rooms in the south are empty, unoccupied, but quiet.

"Did you bring medicine to His Highness again?" An old eunuch was pruning flower branches, but unfortunately his old eyesight was dim, and the flower buds that had just popped up were cut off.

"Yes, Eunuch Wang." The leading maid asked with a smile, "Where is Your Highness?"

"In the house, I haven't gotten up yet, and I fell ill again last night, so I didn't sleep well all night." Eunuch Wang sighed.

"Got it, let's go in."

Since the Tenth Highness was a premature baby with congenital deficiencies, he was born weak and sickly, with good times and bad times. The emperor looked at him pitifully, and often rewarded him with some tonics.

No, I just brought it from the imperial hospital, a bowl of decoction made from ten herbs such as Ophiopogon japonicus, Scrophulariaceae, and honeysuckle, which is specially given to His Highness, and it is very effective in treating His Highness's early spring cough.

When the three maids were going to the inner room, a figure flew across the roof, turned over and jumped down, opened the carved lattice window secretly, and jumped in like a cat.

Luo gauze tents, copper incense tripods, a large cashmere blanket in front of a sandalwood bed, palace lanterns hanging high, and incense flowing everywhere. This is what the so-called fairy cave looks like.

Outside the door, the footsteps of the maids could already be heard. The man hastily took off his military uniform and iron cap, stuffed it under the bed, lifted the gauze curtain and the brocade quilt, and then retracted, when he heard a creaking sound, the door When it opened, a court lady walked in with a smile, "Your Highness, it's time to get up, it's already past noon."

The curtain shook a few times, and then a long yawn came from inside, with a hoarse voice, "It's so late..."

"Yes, Your Highness, I will wait for you to wash up." The maid skillfully rolled up the gauze curtain and fixed it with copper hooks, while the other two fetched water, poured tea, and prepared clothes.

Yong Lin was leaning halfway on the pillow, with his reddish eyes open, he looked like a tired face who hadn't slept all night.

Speaking of which, this prince really had a hard life. When his biological mother Concubine Hui was seven and a half months pregnant, for some reason, she fell in the imperial garden and gave birth to the emperor's tenth son early.

And it was still difficult to give birth, and it took a day and a night of crying to give birth, but Concubine Hui didn't even look at the child's face, just let go, the emperor didn't mention how uncomfortable it was!

Concubine Hui was originally just a talented person, but she looks like a fairy and has outstanding literary talents. She is not comparable to ordinary concubines. She only knows how to fight for favor. The emperor appointed her as Concubine Hui.

In just one month, Concubine Hui became pregnant. From conception to childbirth, the emperor was by her side all the time, with three thousand pets all over her body. It was only her fault that her life was poor and she couldn't enjoy Long En.

As for Yonglin, he didn't have a name until the full moon, because he had a high fever and couldn't drink milk. The imperial doctor said several times that it was time to prepare for the funeral, and even put on the shroud.

This is not a rare thing in the harem. Although the emperor said that there are many wives and concubines, many children and grandchildren, but not a few died young. Although it makes people feel sad, it is not surprising.

But just when everyone thought that the little prince was hopeless, he survived miraculously, but the root cause of the disease was left behind. He had headaches and brain fever all year round, and he didn't have a safe month.

In the early years, the emperor came to visit every day and was very concerned.But later, with a new concubine and a new child, his attitude towards Yonglin became colder year by year.

In this grand palace, there is not much difference between the prince who was forgotten by the emperor and the concubine who fell out of favor. Although the palace is decorated in a gorgeous and warm way, if you look carefully, you will find that whether it is a palace lantern or a gauze tent, there is no difference. It has been used for many years, since he moved here when he was two years old, he has not been framed again.

Even the servants assigned to him are old and toothless. These ladies and sisters, watching Yonglin grow up, naturally love him in their hearts, and they often come to visit him, groom and change his clothes, so that they are like a prince. like.

"Look, how fast this head jumps." A maid who dressed Yonglin smiled and said, "In two years, the emperor will find you a princess."

"Rong'er, are you kidding me? I'm only 11 years old." Yong Lin straightened the jade pendant around his waist.

"What's wrong with eleven? If the slaves hadn't entered the palace at the age of six, they would have been married at the age of eleven or two."

"Yo, Rong'er is regretting it now, and wants to go out to the palace to meet her lover?" Another older maid who was making the bed laughed at her.

"Look at what you said, I got married very early, and I have to wait ten years before I can leave the palace at the age of 25. By then, our Tenth Highness will only be 21."

While the maids were bickering for fun, Yonglin thought, "That's right, most of the servants of the palace enter the palace at the age of five or six, and they can't return home to get married until they are 25 years old. Where did the little apprentices in the Taiyuan Hospital come from?" Here? Judging by his appearance, he seems to have just entered the palace not long ago."

"Ke Weiqing..." The name is also very interesting. It is not the name of a slave like a cat or a dog. He must have some background in the family, but his rough hands are not like a child who has no worries about food and clothing.

"Your Highness, do you need some medicine?" Rong'er asked when she saw Yonglin looking at the medicine bowl on the table.

"Well, I'm sorry to trouble my sister." Yong Lin said with a slight smile.

"Please drink, this servant has prepared candied dates." Rong'er said, taking out a pack of golden jujubes from her bosom.

One of the reasons why she is so warm-hearted is because Yong Lin is a gentle and considerate master who never criticizes his servants harshly.The second is that Yonglin has a unique skill, and every court lady wants his help.

"I'm free today, let's help you draw portraits." After drinking the medicine, Yong Lin gently wiped the corners of his lips and said.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" The three maids looked at each other and smiled, overjoyed.

Going out from the bedroom, there is only one door to the study room. Inside stands a flower and bird screen, covered with red felt, filled with classic books, and the furniture is quaint. You can smell a faint scent of sandalwood when you open the door.

It is said to be a study, but it is more like a studio. On the south wall, there are paintings of ink paintings. The most outstanding one is the ink orchid picture. , it is already full of spring!

Everyone knows that His Royal Highness, You Shan Danqing, has wonderful illustrations, and does not charge any money, and never refuses anyone who comes.For those palace maids who entered the palace at a young age and couldn't get out, sending out a letter with their own portrait to comfort their parents is a rare thing.

Helplessly, court painters only work for the royal family, and will never paint for a court lady, and often charge sky-high prices, even the concubine can't afford it.

His Highness lived in secluded life since he was a child and recuperated from his illness. When he was bored, he used a brush to scribble, but he was full of talent. He was able to copy the whole text according to the scroll. At first, everyone just praised him. As he grew older, his painting skills became more and more powerful. Well, lifelike.

One day, Rong'er said, wouldn't it be great if His Highness could draw pictures of ladies, she wanted to send a letter home to the old grandmother in the country.Immediately, he felt that it was too impolite, how dare he let the prince describe Danqing for himself, if it spreads out, he will be beheaded!He quickly kowtowed and said that he was wrong.

Yonglin didn't mind, so he drew a palm-sized picture of Rong'er with a pen, so that she could take it with her.After all these visits, Rong'er's sisters knew about it, so they came over to ask for a painting. As a thank you, they sent food here, and took over all the sewing and mending jobs.

But this matter has never dared to make a big deal, lest the higher-ups know about it and go around without food.The servants kept this secret together, and a year passed, and nothing happened.

Yonglin also enjoys such days. When he is sick, he lies in bed and reads. When he recovers, he draws and plays for the servants.

Now that Brother Nine became the crown prince, he felt even more relaxed. If the elder brother became the crown prince, after he gained power, he would definitely kill his siblings in order to consolidate his throne.

Brother Nine seemed indifferent and reticent, but he was much more open and aboveboard than Brother Nine, besides, his life was saved by Brother Nine... It's just that the two of them haven't talked for a long time.

That's all.Yonglin thought to himself, Brother Nine must be busy with many things, and he lives in Fuyue Palace to wait for the time to pass, and when he becomes an adult, he will be granted a territory and leave the place of right and wrong.

However, somehow, after meeting that cute little boy, Yonglin actually looked forward to court life...

How could that boy be so powerful that he could hear his footsteps?When Yonglin sneaked into the barracks of the Imperial Forest Army in the morning to steal the uniforms, there were still people guarding the door, but he didn't know it.

"I really want to see him again." When Yonglin drew the face of the court lady on the rice paper, his heart was full of Ke Weiqing's puffed cheeks. "The next time we meet, I will definitely tell him who I am..."