I accidentally became the Eighth Lady in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 191: Visiting the Palace to Pay Respects 1

Soon, Lao Ba and Yunyan entered the palace. They walked hand in hand on the palace road, which made the palace maids, eunuchs and guards who passed by look at them sideways. Unfortunately, no one dared to comment or stay for long!

Lao Ba took Yunyan to pay respects to the Qianqing Palace. Under the guidance of the young eunuch, Lao Ba and Yunyan arrived at the imperial study. When Yunyan saw Kangxi sitting on the high seat, her eyelashes trembled, and the cold expression on her face also revealed a hint of surprise!

Kangxi smiled amiably at Lao Ba and Yunyan. Seeing Lao Ba complaining in his heart, Kangxi wondered what he wanted to do. Yesterday he was very abnormal, and today he was smiling even more abnormally. He always felt that there was some trap waiting for him!

However, Old Eight did not show any sign of it, and still had a gentle look on his face, without any trace of his previous cold look. He was like two completely different people, which made the palace maids and eunuchs standing by find it very strange!

Yunyan looked at the mat on the ground with a hint of surprise. She clearly remembered that Madam Liu said that there would be no mat when serving tea. How come there was a mat here today?

But this was just Yunyan's momentary thought. Yunyan held the tea without changing her expression, knelt down to serve it, and said in a cold voice: "Father Emperor, please have some tea!"

Kangxi took the teacup with a gentle smile, drank a sip of tea very happily, and signaled Liang Jiugong with his eyes, saying gently: "Hurry up! There is nothing good. Take a look and see if you like it. If you don't like it, I will let Liang Jiugong change it for you!"

Lao Ba helped Yunyan up and at the same time, looked at the tray that Liang Jiugong was holding. He saw a set of jewelry that was 80% new on the tray. Yunyan looked at Lao Ba with a puzzled look!

Lao Ba felt that he might be a little dazzled, and wondered what his father wanted to do. Lao Ba was almost confused about what his father meant. He clearly heard his tone, as if he was quite satisfied with Yunyan, but looking at that set of jewelry, Lao Ba felt so uncomfortable.

He didn't say that he wanted to surpass the Crown Princess, but he should at least have to be in contract with the other suspected people. Why is it that everyone else has brand new things, but when it comes to Yunyan, it becomes second-hand!

Lao Ba was about to say something when he suddenly felt Yunyan pulling his sleeve, and he paused!

Unexpectedly, Yunyan half-knelt down to salute, a faint smile appeared on her face, and she said, "Yunyan thanks Father Huang, Yunyan likes it very much!"

When Kangxi saw Yunyan's performance, he laughed happily. Even Liang Jiugong, who was nervous beside him, breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that these two ancestors would not know the goods! But fortunately, nothing went wrong!

Kangxi smiled and said, "Haha..., as long as you like it, it's worth it that I specially asked someone to find it!"

Just based on what Kangxi said, even if Old Eight was slow-witted, he knew that this set of jewelry was definitely not as simple as it appeared on the surface. Its former owner must have been someone very important to his royal father, but he just didn't know who it was!

Kangxi: "Well, it's getting late. I won't keep you any longer. Go and get busy!"

Old Eight, full of confusion, took Yunyan's hand and walked out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Looking at the things the maids behind him were carrying, Old Eight asked with a hint of confusion: "Yan'er..., why did you just...!"

Yunyan smiled at Lao Ba, but unlike the cold smile she gave to Kangxi just now, it was like the cold winter suddenly turned into a warm spring breeze.

Yunyan: "It doesn't matter! Although I don't know what this set of jewelry is, I think the one given by the emperor can't be much worse. Also, although the style of this set of jewelry is a little old, I still like it very much!"

Old Eight didn't care about Kangxi's attitude, but seeing how Yunyan liked it, he didn't mind that the jewelry had been worn by someone else. Instead, he felt that the jewelry was pleasing to the eye!

The Eighth Brother asked someone to send back the things that Kangxi had rewarded. When serving tea just now, Kangxi not only gave a set of old jewelry, but also a lot of good things. The Eighth Brother took a rough look and found that it was only a little less than what the Crown Princess had given before!

The Eighth Brother brought Yunyan to Shoukang Palace again. The Queen Mother did not show much joy, nor did she show any dislike. There was a sense of alienation in her gentleness!

Lao Ba held Yunyan's hand and walked out of Shoukang Palace. Behind them were the palace maids and eunuchs holding the empress dowager's rewards. Lao Ba gave Qing'an a look, and Qing'an hurriedly called the palace maids and eunuchs to deliver the gifts to the Eighth Master's mansion, leaving only him, Shishu and Shiqin to follow behind Lao Ba and Yunyan!

Lao Ba looked at Yunyan with a doting look on his face and said affectionately: "Yan'er, I'm tired!"

Yunyan shook her head and said, "I'm not tired. I was wearing flat shoes. Fortunately, you asked me to change my shoes before going out. Otherwise, I would have had a very bad day today!"

When Lao Ba thought of Yunyan wearing clogs and walking with a swaying posture, he laughed so hard that his eyes almost squinted. Even Anqing and the others behind him couldn't help but laugh secretly!

Lao Ba smiled and said, "Then Yan'er, you have to thank me very much!"

Yunyan glanced at Lao Ba in a reproachful manner, and did not directly answer Lao Ba's question. Instead, she changed the subject and said, "Shall we go directly to Mother's bedroom now?"

The eighth elder smiled and nodded, saying, "Well... according to the rules, we should go to Concubine Hui's Zhongcui Palace first. Unfortunately, I have had a falling out with them over the years, so I simply don't even want to do this. So we can just go directly to my mother's place!"

Yunyan said with a hint of relief: "So, we just need to go to Mother's place!"

Lao Ba put away the smile on his face and said with a look of embarrassment: "No, after going to my mother's place, we still have to go and offer tea to my brothers and sisters-in-law!"

Yunyan instantly let out a sigh of relief, frowned, and said with an unhappy look: "Why are there so many rules in your family? Don't ordinary people serve tea together? Why do you have to have separate places? And each place is so far away, it's almost tiring me to death!"

Lao Ba said distressedly: "Yan'er, if you don't want to go, then you don't have to go later, I can go by myself!"

Yunyan was speechless! She looked at Lao Ba like a fool and said helplessly, "What's the big deal about you going alone? I'm just complaining that the palace is too big!"

The Eighth Elder stopped, raised his hand, gently pinched Yunyan's cheek, and patiently coaxed her, "It is a little big, but we don't have to go to the palace often. We just need to pay our respects to Mother every now and then, that's all!"