The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 240 Surface Light

Qin Liuse left the main hall, walked over, and stepped into the side hall again, but did not see Concubine Xiao De.

In the side hall, the maids were still busy with the ceremonial affairs. Qin Liuse asked around quietly, and Aunt Mingyue, who had been guarding here for her, said, "The Empress Defei must have gone to change her clothes."

Qin Liuse nodded and thought to himself that's good.

She was thinking about it in her heart. She just saw Yan Shouyu come out, and she was a little worried thinking that Concubine Xiao De was here.

However, when I went outside, I didn't see Yan Shouyu in the yard. I guess he was taking the young master out to play.

But after hearing what Aunt Mingyue said, Qin Liuse felt a little relieved.

However, not long after, Aunt Mingyue came back and said, "General Yan came in just now and seemed to be looking for someone. When I asked him, he said there was no one and that the young master had gone to the wrong place."

Yan Shouyu naturally would not say that he wanted to look for Concubine Xiao Defei, as it would be embarrassing if this got out.

Qin Liuse didn't tell anyone about Concubine Xiao De's affairs, so Aunt Mingyue was also unaware of it.

Qin Liuse felt helpless. These two people were really something. Even after so many years, they still couldn't figure it out.

Qin Liuse could understand Concubine Xiao De's feelings of wanting to see him but avoiding him.

If love could be cut off so decisively, there wouldn't be so many infatuated men and women in the world.

However, men always do things without any rules. Yan Shouyu was so direct, and in Qin Liuse's opinion, he did not consider Concubine Xiao De at all.

He is good at marching and fighting, but not necessarily good at relationships between men and women.

Qin Liuse didn't say much. He walked out of the side hall and saw Yan Shouyu's son being led by a maid to play in the corridor, swinging a lantern in his hand.

Qin Liuse's heart skipped a beat, and her first reaction was, wasn't this young master led out by Yan Shouyu?

Where is Yan Shouyu now? Where has he gone?

"I want to go find my daddy, go find my daddy." The young master of the Yan family said coquettishly to the maid. Although he was very small, he grabbed the maid's hand and pulled her, skipping and jumping to go to the garden.

Today's banquet is arranged in the East Garden of the Front Palace. The East Garden is located in the southwest corner of the imperial city. It is not very big, but it has flowers, trees, ponds, rockery, and palaces for viewing the scenery.

In addition to the main hall and side halls where the banquet was held, dancers and singers from the Jiaofangsi were also performing in the pavilion in the garden not far away.

After paying homage to Emperor Yongjia, some people who could not sit inside after the banquet began went to this garden.

Qin Liuse stood in the corridor of the side hall and could hear the sound of string music coming from there.

For a moment, he felt uneasy, so he took Qingqing to the garden.

Qin Liuse also wore a dark palace robe today. The material of the robe was vermilion with dark patterns. It was a somewhat old-fashioned style, but it was meant to hold its own in such occasions. After all, she was a person doing business, so it was not appropriate for her to dress too delicately.

However, despite this rather old-fashioned style, she doesn't look old at all because of her fair skin and fair complexion. Instead, she has a certain charm that others don't have.

Qin Liuse took a shortcut, not taking the road under the corridor, but walking on the winding gravel path in the garden.

There was a lantern standing several steps away, which provided light for seeing the road, but it was not very clear and was hazy.

Qin Liuse led Qingqing along the way, and when they were almost at a rockery, they heard a melodious yet suppressed moaning sound coming from behind the rockery.

Qin Liuse was an experienced person, and Qingqing was the servant in the house. They both understood what the sound meant at the same time.

"How shameless!" Qingqing blushed and wanted to pull Qin Liuse to ask her to go away quickly.

But since the tone is like this, it means it is almost over.

Qin Liuse was afraid of encountering him head-on and causing embarrassment, so he did not continue walking. Instead, he hid behind a thick dead tree nearby and did not go forward.

I was wondering who was so shameless as to do such a ridiculous thing in the palace. When I looked up, I saw a man walking out from behind the rockery.

With the light from the lantern on the ground, it could be seen clearly that the man was Shen Qi's husband, the Prince of Chu.

A man can just unbutton his pants whenever he feels like it, so after the Prince of Chu finished his business, he came out of the cramped rockery.

He was tying his trouser waist outside, as if waiting for someone inside.

It’s hard to say, Qin Liuse is really curious about who is here.

For a moment, I no longer had the urge to criticize others, and I just stretched my neck out of curiosity.

Soon, the woman inside came out, adjusting her skirt. She was probably tying up the three layers of clothes inside and outside. She was afraid that Prince Chu would wait for too long, so she came out while fiddling with the hem of her skirt.

Qin Liuse has good eyesight and memory, and she recognized her at first sight. Isn't this the head maidservant beside Shen Qi?

It was really like a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple, and the family members were killed by their own family.

Well, it's none of other people's business.

The two men walked back to the main hall where the banquet was held. Along the way, Prince Chu was still moving his hands up and down, touching the maids all over.

The maid said angrily, "My dear, this is all outside, be careful not to be seen~"

Although he said it, he said it with a smile.

The Prince of Chu still had no intention of stopping, "You little devil, when did you learn these things? You are much more interesting than that old woman."

"My dear, please don't say these things. My lady will be unhappy if she hears them."

"If she's not happy, then she's not happy. As long as I love you, that's fine! Seeing her sloppy look makes me sick. You're still a nice person, and that's better."

The maid smiled and said nothing more.

After the two of them left, Qingqing asked in confusion, "This is in the palace, how can you be so unruly!"

Qingqing was not blindly criticizing such things in an arrogant manner. She was not surprised because there were many masters who promoted their personal maids to be concubines.

What puzzled her was that just now in front, this maid was serving Shen Qi obediently, how could she do such a thing in the palace and couldn't hold it back?

"It's hard to say. Maybe it was arranged by the wife of the Prince herself." Qin Liuse laughed after hearing this. Qingqing came from the south with her, and she was still naive. If it was Aunt Mingyue, she would definitely not have such doubts. After all, she had been in the palace for so many years, and even if she had not seen it, she would have heard it.

These clan members are actually the most undisciplined.

Taking advantage of the ancestors' wealth and having no worries about food and clothing, they become lustful and there are many who commit adultery and have affairs with other women.

This Prince Chu is such a person, it is likely that he has not been a good person since he was young, and his roots have long been crooked.

I think this is also the reason why Emperor Yongjia did not like to use his relatives. He grew up in such an environment, how could he not know what these people were like?

For a moment, Qin Liuse seemed to understand what was going on with the spots on Shen Qi's face that could not be covered even with a thick layer of powder.

This is the type of person who appears to be prosperous on the outside but is actually panicking on the inside.

After everyone had gone far away, Qin Liuse led Qingqing out from behind the rough wood and continued walking towards the Music Bureau.

The reason why she was not seen by Prince Chu and the others just now was actually thanks to the dark clothes she was wearing today, which made her blend into the night.

The closer we got, the louder the noise from the Jiaofangsi performance became, and the harder it was to hear what was happening nearby.

So when Qin Liuse was walking around the rockery and heading down to the corridor, he wasn't paying attention and bumped head-on into Yan Shouyu who was walking quickly from the side.

Qin Liuse let out a low cry, and after looking up and seeing that it was Yan Shouyu, she thought that she wanted to come and see where he was, but there was no need to meet him in this way.