Quick Wear Beauty

Chapter 273: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (22)

Chapter 273 The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (Twenty-Two)

Xu Yada sat on a small, paint-chipped chair, looking at the birds flying outside the courtyard, her face haggard.

In just one day, she went from being the triumphant Concubine Xu to the miserable Noble Lady Xu.

She was a criminal, so at the order of Emperor Liang, she was moved from the side hall of Xiefang Palace to Lengxiu Pavilion.

This place is overgrown with weeds and desolate and remote. Her confidante Xi'e is still imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment. She can't even protect herself, so naturally she can't save Xi'e.

Once people have experienced wealth and glory, it is difficult for them to adapt to poverty.

Xu Yada was sent to this remote Lengxiu Pavilion by the eunuch. Standing outside the pavilion, she looked up at the plaque. The dark plaque reminded her of her future fate. She felt cold all over and wanted to escape from here.

Unfortunately, she was under the watch of eunuchs, so how could they allow her to leave Lengxiu Pavilion?

"Lady Xu, please come in. What's so interesting outside this door? Lengxiu Pavilion is not as good as Yayun Palace. Please be careful. I have things to attend to at home. After I send you in, I will wait for you to leave."

A sharp voice sounded, and Xu Yada frowned unconsciously. Just as she was about to scold the eunuch who spoke harshly, she was grabbed by the sleeve by the palace maid Qin'er.

She then remembered that she was no longer the high and mighty Concubine Xu, and scolding the eunuch would only bring trouble upon herself.

So she took a deep breath, stepped over the threshold, and walked into Lengxiu Pavilion.

"What a coincidence! Lengxiu Pavilion has been vacant for six or seven years, and you are the only master who has come so far. It's all fate."

The eunuch's words before leaving made Xu Yadan secretly angry. Who wants this fate of being sent to the cold palace? If Lengxiu Pavilion is a good place, why is he rushing to leave like the King of Hell?

Qin'er beside her screamed, and then she realized that her nails had dug into Qin'er's wrist and it was almost bleeding.

She touched Qin'er's hand apologetically and whispered "I'm sorry."

Qin'er shook her head and didn't care. She had been saved by Xu Yada before, from being bullied by the little eunuch. Now that her master was suffering, she followed him.

Qin'er spotted two mice from the half-meter-high weeds with her sharp eyes, and her heart skipped a beat. This Lengxiu Pavilion was really desolate!

Qin'er spent two hours diligently cleaning up before Lengxiu Pavilion was finally accessible.

Xu Yada didn't sleep well last night. There were always rustling noises in the house. Qin'er said it was mice running around, and she just needed to lower the gauze curtains.

After comforting Xu Yada with a few words, Qin'er, who had been busy for two hours, fell asleep quickly.

Xu Yada couldn't sleep, this place was simply unbearable for a young lady from an official family like her!

She stared at the gauze curtain with a few small holes in it, and gradually understood why women who were banished to the cold palace never lived long. Even if they survived, their minds were always not normal.

This place is too desolate and dilapidated, a forgotten place. No concubine is willing to come here, and the emperor will not come either. The loneliness spreads endlessly, making her seem to feel the coming of death.

After waking up in the morning, Xu Yada washed up with the help of Qin'er, and then sat on the wobbly and tattered chair waiting for Qin'er to bring back the meal.

After waiting for an hour and a half, Xu Yada finally saw Qin'er coming back.

"My lord, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Lengxiu Pavilion is too far from the imperial kitchen. It takes an hour to go there and back. When I got there, the imperial chefs were all busy, so they asked me to wait until the other ladies' breakfasts were ready. My lord, please come and eat. The food was still hot when I put it in the box, but it's been so far, so it might have gone cold."

Qin'er opened the lunch box and found a bowl of vegetable porridge, a plate of stir-fried pork with pickled cucumbers, a small dish of red bean cake, and a plate of stir-fried cabbage.

Two steamed buns and a small dish of pickles are Qin'er's breakfast.

Xu Yadan smiled sadly. Now she could only eat porridge and small dishes. In the past, every meal was different, with more than ten or twenty dishes per meal, whether flying in the sky, swimming in the water, or running on the ground. As long as she wanted to eat it, the imperial kitchen would make it.

"Master, please don't despise me. You just had a miscarriage and need to eat more to recover."

Xu Yadan shook her head. What was the point of her taking good care of herself? Staying in this cold palace, her future was in sight.

She picked up a piece of red bean cake and took a bite. It melted in her mouth, soft, sweet and fragrant. It still tasted good even when it was cold.

Xu Yadan was a little surprised. This red bean cake didn't seem like something a criminal like her, who had been banished to Lengxiu Pavilion, could eat. Moreover, when she was in favor, she had to embarrass the people in the imperial kitchen. So she asked, "Where did this red bean cake come from?"