In the 20th year of Yuanhan, in the Xia Dynasty, Ganquan Palace in Xianyang.

This magnificent royal palace takes the nature of natural landscapes, bringing together the scenery of the south and north of the Yangtze River, pavilions and towers, and islands. It is also staggered by the Wei River, and the terrain is flat, nourishing the forests, green grass, warm in winter and cool in summer. At that time, as the closest royal palace to the imperial capital Chang'an, due to the hot summer weather, the emperor and empress often brought some favored concubines and imperial heirs, and invited some important relatives to accompany the imperial guards to escape the summer.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime event for the palace ladies who stayed in Ganquan Palace all year round. This may be the first time in their lives that they have seen the dignity of the royal family and the style of nobles.

Because we know that there is an opportunity to change our destiny at any time, we naturally give birth to some secret but lively and bold desires, as well as ambitions that exude danger.

"Damn girl, you want to be lazy again!" The feather duster in Madam Zhan's hand whipped hard on the back of the palace maid Du Juan, and cursed fiercely, "I'm so whispering, I haven't had breakfast!"

Du Juan shrank in pain and begged for mercy: "Madam, I know I'm wrong... I'll wipe it now! I'll wipe it well!"

The nanny waved her feather duster and pointed at all the palace servants in the hall, shouting with great might: "Let me hear it all, the nobles in the palace are coming today, we have to serve them well, and we can't make any mistakes. Whoever makes a mistake, carefully take care of your head!"

The palace maids bowed their heads one after another, and were humble: "Yes..."

The nanny withdrew her arrogant gaze, lowered her head and kicked Du Juan hard on the kneeling: "Hurry up! Let me see you being lazy again, I will beat you to death!"

Du Juan bent her waist timidly and wiped it quickly until the nanny had been patrolling and walking far away.

"Bah!" Du Juan secretly spitted in the direction of the nanny's distant direction, glaring with resentful eyes, "Things that rely on people's power will fly to the branches in the future. Let's see how I respect you!"

She murmured to herself, throwing the rag into the bucket beside her and rubbing it with resentment. When she wringed the rag out, she accidentally saw that her reflection appeared on the shaking water surface of the bucket. She suddenly became quiet and touched her beautiful face in the water. She felt unwilling to let go: God is really blind, giving me such a sank of fish and geese, but gave me a humble and miserable background... With this wonderful appearance, I should not live an ant-like life. Glory, wealth, luxury, and food are what I should enjoy!

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"Oh, don't follow me!"

"Little princess, there is Qinglu Garden in front of you, you really can't enter..."

"I just went in and took a look. I'll come out soon. You just pretend that you don't know and don't mention anyone!"

Ganquan Palace was originally built for royal entertainment, so the lake and mountain scenery are all at once, and each palace building and courtyard is unique. However, Qinglu Garden in the southwest corner is an exception. Due to some unknown reasons, this place has become a forbidden area of ​​Ganquan Palace, and no one is allowed to set foot at will on weekdays.

But Youmeng was curious. He took advantage of the afternoon of the day to avoid the eyes and ears of the palace servants and entered the Qinglu Garden alone. He thought it would be a wasteland, but he didn't expect it to be a different world - a pavilion was built on the water, with curved water and trestle bridges around it, a waterfall hanging on the mountain wall, and the pond was filled with snow-white lotus flowers in response to the season, fish under the lotus, red tails and silver bodies, playing in fun, and it was so beautiful.

Facing this blue and white pool of spring water, Youmengqing couldn't help but take off her clothes and skirt, and walked into the pool with only a layer of close-fitting gauze. Since the natural mountain spring was introduced, the pool water was extremely cool and slowly soaked in her body, instantly dispelling the heat of summer.

She indulged in it and poured the pool water on her shoulders and arms one by one. However, she did not notice that the figure gradually approaching her in the water. She followed her slender leg buried under the water with one hand and gently and ambiguously...

(Friendly reminder: The whole sixth chapter is flashbacks and memories)
Chapter completed!