Hidden golden branches

Chapter 18 Entering the Palace
  It hadn't rained for many days, the clouds were heavy, and the weather was stiflingly hot.

Chen Rong walked along the long palace road towards Minghua Palace.

The imperial concubine lives in Minghua Palace, closest to the front hall.

However, after going around a few corridors and passing Taiye Pond, you can see the majestic eaves of Minghua Palace, which is magnificent and magnificent.

The palace maids who come and go all wear blouses with wide right sleeves, pleated skirts, and double-ring buns. This is the customary dress of palace maids.

Aunt Cui Ying, the eldest maid of Minghua Palace, had been waiting here for a long time. When she saw Chen Rong, she hurriedly greeted her: "The county lord is here. The empress has been worried about you these days!"

Chen Rong hurriedly curled up his lips and said with a smile: "Hello, Aunt Cui. It's all my fault that I'm ignorant, Rong'er, and I've made the empress worried."

Liu Ying was Chen Wanru's married maid, and she had already passed the age of marrying out of the palace.

The maids in the palace usually wait until they are twenty-five years old before they can leave the palace and go home to get married.

But Liu Ying was an orphan, and she was homeless after leaving the palace.

The most important thing is that she didn't have a man she liked at that time. If she married casually, it would be fine if she met a good match. But if she met a scumbag, wouldn't she fall into dire straits in the rest of her life?

Although you have money in your hands, it will eventually be spent.

Not in the palace, you don't have to pay for food and clothing yourself.

In addition, it was rare for an emperor to favor his master for ten years.

The master is not like Concubine Shu who always punishes the maids corporally. He is a good master with a kind heart.

The fifth prince is about to be established as the prince. As long as he is not a fool and stays in Minghua Palace and does things carefully, wouldn't his life be more comfortable than leaving the palace to get married?

Therefore, Liu Ying, who wanted to be a salted fish, might as well stay in the Minghua Palace and eat and drink with her master for the rest of her life.

Chen Rong followed Aunt Cui Ying to the front of the Minghua Palace. The gatekeepers there were all familiar young eunuchs. They bowed their heads to Chen Rong and said, "Goodbye, Lord Jiahe County."

Chen Rong also smiled and nodded: "Xiao Anzi, Xiao Lizi."

Entering the Minghua Hall, you can see the smoke rising from the cloisonné enamel hollow incense burner. After the fine green branches smell the jade incense and are lit, the whole room is filled with an elegant and distant smell.

Although it is muggy today, the ice cubes in the dragon bronze mirror engraved with clouds and cauldron patterns in Minghua Palace are giving off a hint of coolness.

Chen Rong straightened her skirt, took a breath, and walked in nervously under the leadership of Cui Ying.

Recalling the scene of being coquettish with the imperial concubine's aunt that day: "Mother, Rong'er, I beg you, please tell the emperor to ask Sun Yi to follow General Lin to the Western Frontier to fight against the enemy. Can Rong'er do it if my aunt does it?" "

At this moment, I felt extremely regretful. I really felt ashamed of my trust in the imperial concubine, aunt, and the emperor!
  When ordinary people join the army, they have to climb up step by step from the bottom through military exploits. Only by staying alive can they achieve military exploits, receive rewards, and obtain official positions.

Even if Sun Yi, an official of the seventh rank, went to the front line, he would still start from the school captain corresponding to his seventh rank officer without the emperor's order.

If you get the emperor's will and go there according to the order, you will still be a fourth- or fifth-grade junior general.     This is the benefit of having a strong backing, which means you have to struggle less than others.
  The imperial concubine Chen Wanru is wearing a light blue palace dress with a cross-collar pattern and auspicious cloud patterns, which makes her whole body more gentle and elegant. She wears a five-phoenix rising sun hairpin on her bun, which is luxurious and elegant.

Seeing her niece who was obviously thinner, she felt distressed and let Chen Rong come forward with a warm and affectionate kiss. She held her in her arms and smiled at the palace people: "I finally brought Rong'er here today." , hurry up and prepare Rong'er's favorite fruits and pastries."

Ever since she was a child, Chen Wanru would sigh with emotion every time she saw Chen Rong: Our Rong'er looks so cute, why can't I give birth to such a beautiful daughter?
  It can be seen how much Chen Wanru dotes on her.

Chen Rong walked in feeling guilty and leaned into the imperial concubine's arms and acted coquettishly: "Aunt Rong'er, I'm sorry for you and the emperor."

The appearance of the imperial concubine's aunt is no different these years. The corners of her eyes and eyebrows are becoming more and more beautiful. If the mother is a pure gardenia, the imperial concubine is like a rich and gorgeous peony.

Chen Wanru scratched the tip of Chen Rong's nose, with a look of love on her face, and said softly: "Rong'er, don't be sad, that Sun Yi is blind and blind. We, Rong'er, are lucky not to marry him. Otherwise, after marriage, he would be half-hearted, preferring the new and hating the old. Then our Rong'er will be even more wronged."

Although it is muggy today, the ice cubes in the dragon bronze mirror engraved with clouds and cauldron patterns in Minghua Palace are giving off a hint of coolness.

Chen Rong straightened her skirt, took a breath, and walked in nervously under the leadership of Cui Ying.

Recalling the scene of being coquettish with the imperial concubine's aunt that day: "Mother, Rong'er, I beg you, please tell the emperor to ask Sun Yi to follow General Lin to the Western Frontier to fight against the enemy. Can Rong'er do it if my aunt does it?" "

At this moment, I felt extremely regretful. I really felt ashamed of my trust in the imperial concubine, aunt, and the emperor!
  When ordinary people join the army, they have to climb up step by step from the bottom through military exploits. Only by staying alive can they achieve military exploits, receive rewards, and obtain official positions.

Even if Sun Yi, an official of the seventh rank, went to the front line, he would still start from the school captain corresponding to his seventh rank officer without the emperor's order.

If you get the emperor's order and go there according to the order, you will still be a fifth-grade junior general.

This is the benefit of having a strong backing. You have to struggle less than others.
  The imperial concubine Chen Wanru is wearing a light blue palace dress with a cross-collar pattern and auspicious cloud patterns, which makes her whole body more gentle and elegant. She wears a five-phoenix rising sun hairpin on her bun, which is luxurious and elegant.

Seeing her niece who was obviously thinner, she felt distressed and let Chen Rong come forward with a warm and affectionate kiss. She held her in her arms and smiled at the palace people: "I finally brought Rong'er here today." , hurry up and prepare Rong'er's favorite fruits and pastries."

Ever since she was a child, Chen Wanru would sigh with emotion every time she saw Chen Rong: Our Rong'er looks so cute, why can't I give birth to such a beautiful daughter?
  It can be seen how much Chen Wanru dotes on her.

Chen Rong walked in feeling guilty and leaned into the imperial concubine's arms and acted coquettishly: "Aunt Rong'er, I'm sorry for you and the emperor."

The appearance of the imperial concubine's aunt is no different these years. The corners of her eyes and eyebrows are becoming more and more beautiful. If the mother is a pure gardenia, the imperial concubine is like a rich and gorgeous peony.

Chen Wanru scratched the tip of Chen Rong's nose, with a look of love on her face, and said softly: "Rong'er, don't be sad, that Sun Yi is blind and blind. We, Rong'er, are lucky not to marry him. Otherwise, after marriage, he would be half-hearted, preferring the new and hating the old. Then our Rong'er will be even more wronged."

At this time, several palace attendants brought iced milk, melon, green grape and date paste cakes, candied green plums, peach gummy candies, hibiscus banana rolls on red lacquered carved trays...
  "Good boy, eat something first, and then ask the imperial kitchen to prepare more of your favorite meals later. Hey, look how thin you are, your little chin is even pointed."

　Cui Ying: It is better to stay in the palace and serve the imperial concubine, eating and drinking and making salted fish than leaving the palace and marrying a scumbag.

　　Chen Wanru: This is not a nursing home!

　　Xiao Zi: When a slave meets a good master, his life is like a pension.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)