The passing of Prince Yu and Prince Gong failed to stop the progress of time.
Everything is proceeding according to its original trajectory.
In addition to the closest relatives and loved ones, will anyone remember them?
Will there be people who occasionally feel sad for them?
Shouldn't they?
Yes, look at the red palace lanterns and listen to the laughter.
No one's life will be affected by their departure, even though it was turbulent.
Nowadays, Zhu Rui is no longer a little maid serving in Chuxiu Palace.
I don’t know what Kangxi was thinking.
On the day he returned to the palace from Prince Yu’s Palace, he fell in love with Li Dequan and was waiting at the gate of the palace.
As soon as Zhu Rui entered At the palace gate, the order of dispatch came down.
Zhu Rui didn't even return to Chuxiu Palace, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Babeile and followed Li Dequan to Qianqing Palace to resume his life.
No palace maid or eunuch has ever been able to return in glory after leaving the Qianqing Palace.
For a time, Zhu Rui was pushed to the forefront.
The royal maid, such a prestigious position, if the word "personal" is added to it, it will probably make countless people jealous.
With only bamboo baskets, it becomes increasingly difficult to walk on thin ice.
After experiencing life in the palace for the past few years, Zhu Rui feels that he understands this palace even more.
If the people in this palace are hypocritical, they seem to show their sincerity to you.
But if love is deep and meaningful, why can't she tell anyone what's in her heart?
After being transferred to the imperial court, in addition to being more cautious and strict in behavior than before, the biggest difference is that the opportunities to meet with the princes are significantly more frequent.
When meeting the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers, Zhu Rui always talked and laughed.
Facing Ba Beile, she felt a little embarrassed.
On the one hand, she wanted Ba Beile to settle down quickly, so that she would not have to hesitate anymore.
Hesitating, going over and over again, there is no need to talk to Babei every time Le was always on tenterhooks when he spoke, for fear of what he would say next.
But on the other hand, she was afraid that Ba Beile would talk about it.
She was afraid that she was not ready yet.
Just like this, such a one-sentence matter would be too slow.
Slowness became a thing in Zhu Rui's heart.
Sibeile, I can't tell you what it feels like.
When she can't see him, she always looks forward to it.
But when she really catches a glimpse of him, she always tries to hide him.
Even if she can't hide away, she becomes quiet and walks in a hurry.
As a gift, he passed by.
Every time she met him, she would have random dreams at night.
The words "Brother Hu" always made her panic until she woke up in a cold sweat, and then stayed in a daze until dawn.
She had thought countless times about helping Zakuta Zhuri settle this matter, but when the words came to her lips, she could not say them out.
After all, she could not spend her whole life to compensate.
Every time, she He always said to himself: "Zhu Rui, let's discuss it with you.
If you come back "Yes, you can do whatever you want, but if you never come back, then as long as Babeile doesn't speak first, this matter will be kept as a permanent secret."
After calming down, he suddenly realized that he had begun to treat Zakuta.
Zhu Rui's future is regarded as his whole life.
Zhu Rui convinced herself day after day that her heart was dead, and then when she saw him again, her heart started to beat again, and then she forced herself to let go and let go again and again.
Fifteen years old, no, actually seventeen years old.
Girls of this age group grow very fast.
He dug out the palace attire he wore when he first entered the palace, and when he measured it, he found that it was already a long way too short.
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Twenty-four, cleaning the house, looking at the busy figures in the palace, Zhu Rui was also infected.
He took out all the clothes in his cabinet and spread them on the bed one by one.
There are rules for palace maids to wear clothes.
When they were in Chuxiu Palace, they could always wear two unique clothes because of the good concubine's care.
However, when they arrived at Qianqing Palace, no one was wearing them.
In the past six months, Zhu Rui has been behaving in a well-behaved manner, but looking at the various clothes in front of her, Zhu Rui, a little girl, can't help but feel moved.
This tender goose-yellow one was given to me by Concubine Liang when she first arrived at Chuxiu Palace.
The bamboo-green one was brought from home, and this apricot-colored one was worn by him for the first time. encounter.
The blue piping flag dress was also a gift from the Liang Concubine.
He had only worn it for a few hours when it was stained by his two words.
For this reason, he and Jiu Age formed a relationship. unclear origins Zhu Rui gradually stopped moving his hands, his eyes became distracted and his thoughts drifted away.
It has been three years since I entered the palace.
In these three years, if you think about it, a lot of things have happened and I have met a lot of people.
It is rare that I have had a safe journey till today.
Whether you say thank you or say you are sad, after all, you are still alive and healthy.
Zakuta's family has not suffered any crimes because of him.
Except for the cane punishment of the fourteenth elder brother, no one has suffered any unforeseen disasters because of him. , thinking about it this way, God has already blessed me, what else do you want?
Folding the clothes one by one and putting them in the cabinet, Zhu Rui took out her pocket watch and looked at the time.
It was still early, she was only on duty for half a day in the afternoon, and she still had time to take a nap after lunch.
Babel's pocket watch was always worn by Zhu Rui.
It had no purpose, but the watch was really a practical thing for Zhu Rui.
Although Zhu Rui was careful every time, as time passed, he would be spotted.
The last time he checked the time outside the Qianqing Palace so that he could give Kangxi some tea, he was spotted by several gentlemen who came out of the palace.
Ba Beile knew it, and the smile was all in his eyes.
The look on the ninth elder brother was quite meaningful.
The tenth elder brother was so heartless.
When he saw it, he shouted directly: "Isn't this the eight elder brother who took a Ru kiln pen last year?"
Are you going to wash the gold pocket watch you got from me?
I managed to get it with great difficulty.
I plan to give it to my new concubine to make her happy.
Why did she come to you?"
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him with different expressions.
Zhu Rui didn't dare to look at Si Beile's expression.
He only glanced at Brother Thirteen.
His expression was as usual.
But when everyone left, Brother Thirteen was walking at the end and passed by Zhu Rui. , lightly bumped Zhu Rui’s arm.
She is better than the Fourteenth Brother.
The Fourteenth Master just passed by and didn't even look at her.
He was not like his usual cheerful smile and often teased Zhu Rui.
Afterwards, Zhu Rui thought about putting away the pocket watch.
Although it was more troublesome to tell the time, he accepted it.
But then he thought about it.
If he did this, he would lose three hundred taels of silver here.
It would be better to be generous and peaceful.
Likewise, others can't say anything.
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With this thought in mind, he kept wearing this pocket watch on Zhu Rui.
Last time she stayed in the Qianqing Palace for a short time and played an inconspicuous role.
Zhu Rui is considered a newcomer this time.
Although her status has been significantly improved, she insists on keeping a low profile.
Therefore, on her birthday, the eunuch who works with the Qianqing Palace Among the palace maids, no one knew.
I thought that since I was in Qianqing Palace, the people who gave gifts in previous years would forget about it.
Who would have thought that the gifts were still delivered to the door.
First, the fourteenth elder brother asked someone to carry a slender, flat sandalwood box as if he were selling a treasure, and warned people to be careful along the way.
Zhu Rui opened the door in response, and before he could ask the fourteenth elder brother what was going on, the fourteenth elder brother acted like the owner of the house and directed the little eunuch behind him to sort out a flat-top table against the south wall of the Zhu Rui house and bring him in Lifting the box up, it fit perfectly, not too big or too small.
"What is this?"
Zhu Rui stepped forward and asked.
The fourteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows at the bamboo basket with a proud look on his face, and then ordered the young eunuch: "Open it and look carefully."
The two little eunuchs on the side responded while gently opening the lid of the box.
Zhu Rui suddenly covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming.
When the fourteenth elder brother saw Zhu Rui's appearance, his smile deepened and he waved to several young eunuchs, who then respectfully stepped back.
When only the fourteenth elder brother and Zhu Rui were left in the room, the fourteenth elder brother came closer to Zhu Rui, who was still fixed in place, looking straight at the desk, and said with a smile: "How about it, I can talk to you.
Somewhat similar” Zhu Rui nodded subconsciously and responded randomly: "It's like, it's like, it's too similar, it's almost the same."
As he said that, he turned his eyes to Brother Fourteen and said, "How did you do that?"
The Fourteenth Brother laughed twice, sat down on the chair beside the desk, fiddled with the objects on the desk, and said, "I can't think of anything good to give you, but I suddenly thought of how pitifully homesick you were a few days ago.
Son, I drew a few drawings according to your description, and invited several masters to come to my house to work on it for several days.
I don’t know if I got it right, but looking at you now, you should be pretty good.”
Bamboo Rui walked to the table and gently stroked the plants and trees on the table with his fingers, cautiously, for fear of breaking something.
Grandpa’s small courtyard has two doors, the north and the south.
The north door leads to the living room, and the south door opens to the backyard.
There is a jujube tree in the southeast corner of the courtyard and two small horses on the ground.
My sister and I always like to play in the courtyard. , raising rabbits, raising hedgehogs, washing water chestnuts, hiding cats.
There are several flowers in the courtyard, placed on the open balcony, all raised by my grandfather.
There are many trees outside the yard, towering pines and cypresses, short shrubs, as well as winter jasmine and crabapple.
Looking at it, Zhu Rui suddenly froze for a moment.
Who are those two little dolls, himself and his brother?
Look at the clothes, they are the clothes of the Qing Dynasty.
The girl is bent over by the window and looking into the room.
On her wrist, Wearing a white jade bracelet.
Look at the boy again, standing behind the girl with his hands behind his back, smiling quite proudly.
Why is this scene so familiar?
Zhu Rui tilted her head and thought, but couldn't remember it for a moment.
She looked at Brother Fourteen in confusion, but Brother Fourteen just smiled and played riddles with her.
Zhu Rui frowned and suddenly caught a glimpse of the jade pendant on Brother Fourteen's waist.
He turned back to look at the boy, but no, that boy also had such a jade pendant hanging on his waist.
That proud expression was not that of Fourteen.
Who else could the elder brother be?
Zhu Rui rolled his eyes at the fourteenth elder brother.
Brother Fourteen saw that Zhu Rui could understand clearly.
He smiled and came closer and said, "Doesn't it look like it?"
"Well, this girl is pretty and smart, and she has quite a bit of charm.
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As for this boy," Zhu Rui paused.
"How is the boy?"
Brother Fourteen asked quickly.
"The evil smile on this boy's belly is quite expressive."
He took a special look at Brother Fourteen and said, "He looks quite like someone."
Before Brother Fourteen could reach out, Zhu Rui jumped away with a prescient smile.
After laughing for a while, Brother Fourteen was invited away by his personal eunuch.
Before Zhu Rui's smile could stop, the door rang again.
Zhu Rui turned around and opened the door.
He saw the person coming was Xiao Dizi.
Zhu Rui was startled.
He didn't know whether Xiao Dizi and the Fourteenth Brother had bumped into each other.
However, it was the Little Dizi who spoke first: "When I came, I saw the Fourteenth Master come out."
Once you get to the courtyard gate, don’t worry, girl.”
Only then did Zhu Rui feel relieved.
Then he thought again, that's not right.
Even if Xiao Dizi meets Brother Fourteen, what will happen?
He is like this now, but he seems to have a ghost in his heart.
Thinking about it, he can't help but know what happened later.
I suddenly blushed.
Little Dizi was very good at dealing with things and did not dwell on this matter.
Instead, he handed over a wooden box with a large lotus carved on the lid and embedded with glass.
Zhu Rui took the wooden box and when he opened it, familiar music played.
It turned out to be a music box and this music was exactly the lotus picking song he sang when he got up to dance on his birthday last year.
The little figure in the box picked up by the bamboo basket is not the familiar girl in a ballet skirt in modern times, but an ancient woman in a blue dress doing the motion of looking at the moon.
The bamboo basket placed the little figure on the stage, and the little figure began to dance.
The stage made of blue turquoise looked like sparkling water.
There were lotus flowers in full bloom or in bud around the stage, and the green lotus leaves looked full and lovely.
Closing the lid, Zhu Rui sighed slightly, just stared at the box and said, "This, isn't it good?"
Little Dizi originally thought that Zhu Rui would be extremely surprised when she saw this rare thing, or at least laugh a few times, but she didn't expect Zhu Rui to react like this.
She didn't know how to answer for a while, so she just whispered: "I am a girl, yes It took a lot of thought.”
The bamboo flute remained silent for a long time, then raised his head and glared at the little flute, and said: "I didn't know how to persuade your master to order it before he left the palace and built a mansion.
He was so lavish on expenses.
He won't be able to eat meat in the future, but Mo Come to me to ask for it."
Seeing that Zhu Rui returned to his usual appearance, Xiao Dizi breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, the girl is like this, maybe she feels sorry for the expense of the master, she apologized and said with a smile: "The girl is wronged, what the master said is right, how can I say that?"
It's even more careless to talk to her, especially if it's a girl's business.
Even so, I'm still worried that I won't be able to give it away, just because the girl won't like it."
Zhu Rui pouted his lips and said: "I know that your father is blessed by the Holy Spirit and has many interesting things.
Why, he came to show off to me?"
When the little flute heard this, he quickly bowed and said: "Girl, you have wronged our father.
My father treated the girl with all his heart and soul.
If there is anything interesting, I will give it to the girl first."
After a pause.
After a pause, Xiao Dizi lowered his voice and said, "Girl, I don't know , a few days ago, I went to the Fifth Master's house to have a drink, and saw that the shadow puppet troupe invited by the Fifth Master's house was interesting, so I found a set and prepared it for the girl to play with.
I didn't want little brother Honghui to see it, so he tried hard to get it.
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If you beg for it, the shadow puppet will end up in the hands of the girl."
"Then, how did the thirteenth elder brother coax the younger elder brother?"
Zhu Rui blushed a little, she actually grabbed a toy with a child.
Little Dizi smiled and said, "Hey, our father promised my little brother to take him to see the lanterns during the Lantern Festival, so that's all."
Zhu Rui nodded and said: "From now on, if your father is asked to make some plans to make a living, he will be a married man."
Little Dizi wanted to say something, but he didn't say it out.
He accepted Zhu Rui's words and left.
Babeile's gift came in the evening.
The food box was very familiar to Bamboo.
When I was at Babeile Mansion the year before last, I used this food box to put half a liter of red beans and half a liter of black beans.
Then I looked at the first It was full of enthusiasm, but it became colder and spoiled little by little, and finally had to be emptied out.
Zhu Rui ate the cake in small bites.
He must have been trying for a long time to achieve this texture.
Zhu Rui could even imagine that the kitchen was bringing plate after plate of cake, and Ba Beile frowned slightly after trying it, and then Make it again, try it again, make it again, until he softly spits out a single note, and the whole kitchen breathes a sigh of relief.
The cake is not big, but I don’t know how much effort and materials have been put into it.
Zhu Rui sighed softly, and did not get a response several times.
Why do you still do this without hesitation?
It’s because your innate pride makes you happy no matter what you do.
Don't you give up easily?
Or are you serious?
You like Zakuta Zhuri.
The tune of lotus picking music sounded in the house, and the scene from last year appeared before my eyes again.
It was so warm that day, even the wind carried hot and humid water vapor, and the lotus leaves touching the sky were stacked in layers, and the thirteenth prince smiled brightly.
The face of the star, and the long and continuous sound of the flute "Pop" Everything came to an abrupt end.
With just one look, he shattered all the good things he had just now, and shattered countless possibilities that he had secretly thought about, but never thought of this one.
He also put the music box into the cabinet, checked it one last time, and locked it
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