Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1105
In Changchun Palace, Princess Yongning has just returned to the palace.

Her demeanor was a bit abnormal, her face seemed heavy, her brows were frowning all the time, but her footsteps felt a little brisk.

The two personal maids beside her were much more natural, and they couldn't help but smile.

After returning to the apse, where there were no outsiders, one of the maids blinked her eyes and said, "Your Highness, if you want to talk about our empress, that would be very kind to you. Not only will you not be moved by the incident outside the palace today, , but even gave you the forbidden phoenix card of Kunning Palace. I think about it, this might be the first time for us in the Ming Dynasty."

Princess Yongning did not answer immediately, but walked to the upper left of the hall and sat down in her place, while another court lady with a small round face said: "Yes, Your Highness, with this phoenix card, you just want to live in the princess' mansion." Now, no one can stop it."

Who knows that it is better not to mention the Princess Mansion, but when the Princess Mansion is mentioned, Princess Yongning's face darkens, and her tone is a little stiff: "Don't mention that place."

The maid knew she had said something wrong, so she quickly stopped talking.The previous maid immediately helped her take over the quarrel, and said with a light smile: "What your highness said is that this place is not good... If you want to say whose house is the most beautiful in our Shenjing, this servant thinks it must be The White Jade Building of Senior High School."

At the mention of "Senior High School Cheng", Princess Yongning's eyes immediately moved a lot, but her red lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to ask something, but at the end, she forcibly held back her words.

The court lady pursed her lips and smiled, pretending to be talking to herself, and said, "I heard that the White Jade Building is the new main building after the expansion of Jianxinzhai Bieyuan, but this building is different from all the buildings we have seen. Thousands of miles away, the style left by the ancient Qin Dynasty.

This Baiyu Building is actually not just a building, it is a "serial building", three or four stories high, extending everywhere from left to right, and it is said that there are hundreds of rooms, large and small. I'm afraid it can accommodate two to 3000 people. "

Princess Yongning finally couldn't help interjecting this time, and asked, "But he doesn't seem to live there very often, how did he build such a big house?"

"Then who knows, the left and right high schools are so rich that they may be built for fun." The maid said with a smile: "I heard that the Baiyu Tower has some peculiar structures, and no one who has seen them has seen them." Not surprised."

"Really?" Princess Yongning asked, "How many places are there?"

"From the outside to the inside, one is that the garden courtyard is different from the usual, and the other is the hall of the main building, which is also called the 'Dance Hall', which can accommodate hundreds of dancers..."

"Really?" Hearing this, Princess Yongning's smile was slightly stiff.

The court lady didn't seem to feel anything, and continued: "Of course it is. All the ministers and nobles who have been there have said so, but this place is a bit misleading. The slaves heard from the father-in-law of King Lu that although the senior high school has such a big It’s a ballroom, but there are no housewives at all, the servants living in Baiyulou are almost all men, only his main building has more than a dozen maids selected from Xinzheng’s hometown.”

Princess Yongning's face brightened suddenly, and she said with a slight smile, "That's it. The first emperor and the emperor's brother praised him as a gentleman. I think the craftsmen from Daqin built this ballroom on their own initiative."

The palace maid smiled and said mysteriously: "This servant doesn't know, but I heard about it... There is a long corridor from the ballroom to the north room where Senior High School Cheng lives. The corridor is beautifully decorated and resplendent, but the most important The most important thing is that there are a group of statues that are said to have come from Daqin, these statues are incredible..."

Princess Yongning smiled: "What can the statue do?"

The palace maid looked around, and said in a low voice cautiously: "Is it serious? I heard that those statues...are not wearing any clothes!"

"Ah!" Princess Yongning was taken aback, her face was almost terrified: "How is it possible? If the officials of the science and Taoism find out about this, it's indecent to participate in him?"

The palace maid shook her head and said, "This servant doesn't know either... In fact, this servant is also hearing about it. Anyway, there are many rumors about Baiyulou. The servants can't tell which ones are true and which ones are false."

Princess Yongning breathed a sigh of relief: "That's okay, the rumors are probably false, how could he...how so."

The maid said: "In short, although the White Jade Tower is not as grand and magnificent as our Forbidden City, but in terms of its unique architecture, it can be said to be the best in the capital. Now, Your Highness, you have the forbidden phoenix tablet of the Kunning Palace, and you have a good relationship with the senior high school." It’s an old acquaintance, if you have a chance, you must go to Baiyulou to have a look. It would be even better if the servants can get the honor of His Highness and go to see it.”

Princess Yongning smiled and shook her head: "You are so beautiful, what reason does Ben Gong have to go to his other courtyard?" As she spoke, she remembered her status as a widow, feeling sad for a moment, unconsciously put away her smile, and bowed her head silently.

The palace lady didn't think so, she shook her head and said: "Your Highness, it's not that this servant is talking too much, but you are wrong to think so."

Princess Yongning was a little surprised, raised her head slightly, frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

The maid said: "The Empress just summoned you to Kunning Palace, although the maidservants don't know what she said to you, can't His Highness see the intention of her giving you this Kunning Palace Forbidden Phoenix Plaque?"

Princess Yongning shook her head and said: "The empress can't understand some officials looking for trouble for nothing, and she feels that I am bored in Changchun Palace all day long. She looks pitiful, so she gave me a phoenix card, so that I can take advantage of the coming spring It's a good season, find a chance to go out of the palace for an outing, just to relax."

The palace maid smiled and said, "Your Highness, do you really think this is what the Empress Dowager intended? Or, is this really what the Empress Dowager intended?"

Princess Yongning shook her head: "I don't want to think about it."

This is a bit interesting, not because I don’t understand, not because I’m too lazy to think about it, but because I don’t want to think about it.

But the maid said: "Then His Highness really wants to let down the kindness of the empress or...?"

Princess Yongning was silent for a while, then sighed softly: "No, I just, I just don't want to make things difficult for others."

This answer might have been beyond the maid's expectations, she was also silent for a moment, and then glanced at the round-faced maid next to her who had said something wrong before.

The little round-faced palace maid hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, it's just a stepping stone, isn't it?"

Princess Yongning still shook her head, and her tone became more resolute: "If I go to Baiyulou, he is the master, so it is impossible not to accompany me, but I... am an ominous person, and I will cause trouble for him every time I see him. I, I don't want to be annoying anymore."

It was very difficult to say this, the two maids looked at each other, feeling a little helpless, and fell silent immediately.

There was silence in the hall, and a needle could be heard falling.

After an unknown amount of time, Princess Yongning stood up expressionlessly and said, "Let's go to the Buddhist hall." Then she turned and wanted to leave.

The two court ladies had no choice but to follow behind her.However, before taking three steps, an eunuch suddenly reported from outside: "His Royal Highness, the Supervisor of Rites sent someone to ask for an interview. I wonder if Your Highness is free?"

Princess Yongning was a little surprised, because although the Supervisor of Ceremonies is the head of all the prisons, its authority itself has nothing to do with a widowed princess, so it is relatively rare for the Supervisor of Ceremonies to directly send someone to see her.

She stopped and hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked back to her seat, sat down and said, "Let the people from the Supervisor of Rituals come in."

There was a response from outside, and after a short while, an eunuch dressed in a servant's flying fish uniform came in, and when he saw Princess Yongning, he first saluted and then took out a letter, showing his hands falsely, and said in his mouth: "The paw print of the old ancestor ordered the servant girl Send a letter to His Highness, please check it."

Huang Mengyu?
Princess Yongning was startled for a moment, and then signaled to the maid beside her who had talked a lot just now to pick up the letter.

The maid stepped forward to receive the letter, subconsciously lowered her head and glanced at it, but unexpectedly the envelope of the letter was blank, it turned out to be a white face, she couldn't help being startled.

But she didn't stay in a daze for a long time, she came back to her senses after a little daze, and sent the letter to Princess Yongning.

Princess Yongning took the letter and was a little surprised to see that there was no word on the envelope, but she didn't think too much about it, and didn't open the letter right away, but instead asked the eunuch: "Is there any message from Huang Zhangyin that you want to convey?"

The eunuch bowed and said, "The ancestor of the palm print said, 'No harm'."

"It's okay?" Princess Yongning was a little puzzled, but she still nodded: "Understood, you can go."

The eunuch returned a salute, bowed and retreated.

Princess Yongning opened the envelope, took out the letter, and found that the words inside were densely written on a whole page in standard Taige style, but she only read less than one line, so she stuffed the letter back into the envelope, got up and walked to the Nuan Pavilion. The maid of honor followed.

Walking to the door of the Nuan Pavilion, Princess Yongning ordered: "You guys wait here." Then she entered the Nuan Pavilion by herself.

The two maids looked at each other, both a little puzzled, but they still obediently stood outside and waited.

After a while, Princess Yongning came out from the Nuan Pavilion and asked, "I don't remember much, are you two Dianzheng or Sizheng?"

The court ladies in Ming Dynasty were also called female officials, and their system almost copied the female official system in the Tang Dynasty. Dian Zheng and Si Zheng were both the positions of female officials in the palace, and they also had corresponding grades.

Among them, Dianzheng and Sizheng are assistants below Gongzheng, and they are usually the cronies of the master of a certain palace in matters of command, correction, and punishment.The owner of a certain palace is the "lord of the first palace". For example, Princess Yongning lives in the Changchun Palace, so she is the owner of the Changchun Palace, that's what it means.

Generally speaking, there is one person in each palace, who is the fifth rank.There are two Sizhengs, and they are the sixth rank.Dianzheng two, Zhengqipin.There are also four female historians.The rest are ordinary court ladies.

The two court ladies were very surprised when they heard this question, because there were only five female officials with the word "正" in the palace, except Gong Zheng, who was usually sent by the empress, and the subordinates, Si Zheng and Dian Zheng. The four of them are generally close friends of the "Palace Master", so there's no reason His Highness can't remember clearly.

But the two maids still replied: "Your Highness, the slaves and maidservants are Dianzheng. The two ministers are Sister Zhou and Sister Chen who have been receiving and advising newcomers in the front hall."

Princess Yongning nodded, and said calmly: "The two of them have done a good job. Last time, the empress said she wanted to take them away, and I agreed. When they go to Kunning Palace, you can offer them."

The two palace maids were in a hurry to thank them, but they were afraid of being too snobbish, so they congratulated "Sister Zhou and Sister Chen on their promotion" by the way.

Princess Yongning didn't care about this problem, but said to the court lady who introduced Baiyulou before: "Wei Min, you seem to know a little about Baiyulou, why don't you go with me tomorrow."

The maid named Wei Min was stunned for a moment, and then happily said: "Your Highness, have you figured it out?"

Princess Yongning smiled slightly, but shook her head, said neither sad nor happy: "It's not that I can't figure it out, it's because Senior High School Cheng has invited me, I... have some things to trouble him, so it's inconvenient to refuse."

Maid Wei Min giggled: "It's all the same, it's all the same, as long as His Highness is happy."

Princess Yongning glanced at her, chuckled lightly, but said nothing.

Nothing happened that night.

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, the lights in Changchun Palace were already lit.

Princess Yongning was wearing an ordinary jacket and skirt without golden cloud and phoenix pattern, looked carefully in front of the mirror, and then looked up and down carefully before saying: "Okay, let's go."

Next to her were still the two maids from yesterday. Wei Min was dressed similarly to her, but she had a haircut that was common to maids from rich families to distinguish them, while the round-faced maid was still in palace attire.

At this time, Wei Min was a little worried and said: "Your Highness, it is not close to leave the palace from Changchun Palace, you don't have a phoenix chariot today..."

Princess Yongning said indifferently: "If you can leave, so can I. Besides, as long as I leave the palace, it will be fine. Senior High School Prime Minister will make arrangements."

Wei Min thought about it, and said: "Your Highness, be more careful. If you are tired, tell your slaves that it's still early, so you're not busy at this moment."

Princess Yongning nodded, and the two quietly left the Changchun Palace, heading north towards the Xuanwu Gate.The harem is on the north side of the palace, so going north to the Xuanwu Gate is relatively close.Moreover, the Ming people believed that the Meridian Gate in the south had the most positive yang energy and was not suitable for women to go in and out. Therefore, no woman in the world could go there except when the emperor married and conferred the empress, and the empress could go there once.

The maid with a round face seemed a little worried, and said: "Your Highness, you might as well walk slowly, but don't sweat too much and wear makeup."

Princess Yongning couldn't help laughing, and asked: "Did you make this mistake?" But before she could answer, she said: "Okay, I remember."

So the two daughters went out, walking really slowly along the way, it wasn't that far, but it took nearly half an hour to get there.

When they arrived at Xuanwu Gate, there were naturally palace guards who came forward to question them.Princess Yongning took out the forbidden phoenix card from Kunning Palace, claiming that she went out of the palace to buy jewelry at the Queen's order.

Unexpectedly, the imperial guard looked suspicious and asked, "Aren't you afraid of losing your silver or jewelry when you two female officials go out to buy?"

Princess Yongning was taken aback for a moment, she hadn't thought about this incident, in fact, even if she was going out of the palace to buy other things, including rouge and gouache, usually the maids would not be allowed out of the palace, most of them were sent by the corresponding supervisors. The eunuch is in charge.Even if there are court ladies leaving the palace, eunuchs will accompany them, and if the items purchased are of high value, there will even be soldiers.

It is really inappropriate for two "female officials" like Princess Yongning who have changed into folk costumes to go out to buy jewelry.

Fortunately, an officer came down from the city tower at this time and asked, "What's the noise?"

The guard then expressed his doubts, and the officer took a look at Princess Yongning, and said to the guard, "This is Si Zhen who is in front of the empress, before you come to change the value, there is already a team of clean soldiers waiting for them outside, let them go." Bar."

Si Zhen is also a female official. She is of the sixth rank and in charge of treasures, which is exactly what the princess said.

Since Shangfeng said there was no problem, the imperial guards naturally didn't ask any more questions, so they asked someone to open the side door and invited Princess Yongning and the two out of the palace.

After leaving the palace gate, Wei Min asked in surprise, "Your Highness, did the military master have bad eyesight?"

Princess Yongning glanced back at the city tower, shook her head and said, "I think he has very good eyesight."

Then the two of them had just crossed the bridge when they saw an ordinary "Jinghua style" carriage parked in front, and an ordinary-dressed driver nodded and bowed and asked, "I wonder if there is an aunt with the surname of the country among the two of you? "

Princess Yongning said: "Ben... I am."

The driver hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The young master's family name is Gao, and he was ordered to pick you up."

Princess Yongning didn't say anything, Wei Min glanced at the ordinary carriage and said disappointedly: "Your master has arranged such a broken carriage?"

The driver hurriedly explained: "This aunt, calm down, this place is still within the imperial city (the imperial city is outside the palace city, and the outside of the imperial city is the real palace), my master is not inconvenient to mobilize people... Don't worry, we are out of the palace." Install the door, and there will be a good car to change."

Wei Min's face paled slightly, but Princess Yongning didn't mind this, she just said: "Okay, okay, two 'little maids', what do you want to pay attention to in front of Gao Gao Cheng? Go now, don't make Gao Gao Cheng wait for a long time."

The driver asked them to get in the car, took care of the door by himself, put down the curtain, and drove away in a proper manner.

And Wei Min in the car whispered to Princess Yongning: "Your Highness, do you have the sachet with you?"

I don't know what sachet she was talking about, Princess Yongning blushed when she heard it, and whispered: "I have it, I haven't opened it yet."

Wei Min hurriedly said: "Of course we can't open it now. Although it's good, it's only valid for less than a day. We have to wait until we meet Gao Gaocheng...it's best to open it when we're alone."

Princess Yongning nodded, hesitated for a while, and then couldn't help asking: "Will it really have such an effect?"

Wei Min patted his chest immediately, and said: "Isn't that right? I heard that Concubine Wang Gong relied on this thing that day to attract the emperor to visit her."

Princess Yongning was taken aback: "It's not that this thing only makes... people feel..."

"Yes, naturally it just makes people feel that the woman in front of them is very beautiful." Wei Min explained: "But Concubine Wang Gong was only one person at the time, and the emperor thought she was beautiful, so naturally he wanted to be lucky. But you and the high school prime minister Why...why does he not know how to measure? Don't worry, Your Highness, Gao Gaocheng will only think you are too beautiful, and dare not force you or anything."

Princess Yongning was a little relieved, but still hesitated, touched her waist quietly, and said hesitantly: "Why don't you take it back, I..."

"Oh, my Royal Highness, it's rare for you and Senior High School Cheng to meet each other. I heard yesterday that the war in Yunnan is going smoothly... Senior High School Cheng may return to Liaodong at some point. You really don't want to Make a better impression on him?"

Princess Yongning hesitated for a while, and finally said nothing.
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