Jingmen Fengyue

Chapter 128 Entering the Palace (3)
Zhongyonghou was stunned for a moment, "In this case, Hua girl, you can go to Lingque Terrace with me."

Xie Fanghua nodded, she grew up so big, she has never shown up in Beijing, let alone entered the palace, since the emperor ordered her to attend the palace banquet this year, it is not surprising to see her.

Xie Mohan's face turned serious, and he whispered to Xie Fanghua, "Be careful today."

Xie Fanghua nodded.

The little eunuch hurriedly led the way, and Zhongyong Hou led a group of male relatives to Lingque Terrace.

Mrs. Min got out of the car and got together with the wives of Xie's side branches. If there were wives in Zhongyonghou's mansion, they would naturally follow the orders of Zhongyonghou's mansion. Mrs. Min of the house became the head of the female family, and everyone listened to her arrangements in turn.

"Let's enter the palace! First go to the Queen's Fengluan Palace to meet the Queen." Mrs. Min said to the female family.

All the female relatives nodded in unison, and a group of people entered the palace.

The imperial palace is magnificent, with pavilions, terraces and pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, flying dragons are carved on the corners of the eaves and corridors, and auspicious clouds and auspicious animals are carved on the surrounding edges.Everywhere shows the dignity of the palace where the emperor lives.

The court ladies wore bright palace dresses, and the eunuchs wore brand-new eunuch uniforms, either carrying refreshments and fruits to shuttle back and forth, or leading officials and family members to and from each other.Auspicious lanterns are hung on Qiongzhi Yushu on both sides of the road. The atmosphere of the New Year is as strong as that of the mansions and people's homes in central Beijing.

The wives and ladies of the Xie family headed by Mrs. Min arrived at Fengluan Palace, the head of the harem not long after.

Madam Min stopped at the gate of the palace, and humbly delivered a message to the gatekeeper, "My concubine, Madam Min, is the eldest wife of the Xie family, and brought a group of sisters and nieces to pay respects to the queen, please let me know."

The gatekeeper glanced at the group of Xie's women, nodded, and entered the palace.

Madam Min and the others stood silently outside Fengluan Palace and waited.

Not long after, the man came back, followed by a gorgeously dressed palace maid. The palace maid came to the door, glanced at Madam Min and everyone, and saluted with a smile. The female officer is wishful. Your Majesty knows that the ladies and ladies are here, let me ask, has Miss Fanghua also entered the palace?"

Everyone knew that there was a most favored female official named Ruyi in front of the empress, seeing her greet her in person, they all shivered and became more cautious, not daring to underestimate her.

Mrs. Min quickly replied, "Miss Fanghua has entered the palace, but she never waited with me. The emperor has other orders. Miss Fanghua went to Lingque Terrace with the old Hou Ye."

Ruyi nodded to show that she understood, and looked at everyone with a smile and said, "At present, there are several princes in Fengluan Palace besides the empress and Princess Ying. It's inconvenient, why don't the wives take the lady to the Imperial Garden first, it's still early, and she will go to the Imperial Garden to sit with the ladies later when she has free time."

Mrs. Min immediately understood when she heard the words, and immediately said, "Since there are princes here, it is really inconvenient for us to go in and visit at this time. What the empress said is very true. Thank you, Aunt Ruyi, for personally passing on the message."

"Ladies and gentlemen, please! I don't think you need to guide the way to the Imperial Garden." Ruyi smiled kindly.

"No need." Madam Min shook her head repeatedly.

Ruyi turned around and walked back to the palace.

Mrs. Min waved a handkerchief to all the wives and ladies, and the group followed her to the Royal Garden.

After walking for a while, Xie Yin suddenly muttered, "The Empress obviously doesn't care about us people. That Ruyi first asked Xie Fanghua, and when we said she wasn't here, she explained that the Empress didn't have time to see us."

"Are you looking for death? Don't you dare to arrange for the Empress? Shut up now." Mrs. Min scolded angrily.

Xie Yin shut up a little unconvinced.

All the wives didn't see the queen, although they were a little unhappy, but they were all shocked when they heard Xie Yin's words.

Mrs. Ming said softly at this moment, "Sister Yin, don't be unconvinced, this is the imperial palace, and you can't just say anything nonsense. We are from the Xie family, and among the ladies of each mansion, the only one who can be called the real Miss Xie Yes, only Miss Zhongyonghou's Mansion Xie Fanghua. She deserves more courtesy from the emperor and empress than all of us, after all, her status is there."

Xie Yin glanced at Mrs. Ming, bit her lips, and whispered, "Sixth Aunt, our surname is also Xie, how can she be called the real Miss Xie? Don't we? Call us Miss Xie."

"Thank you very much! Even if you go to the palace and see the emperor and queen, there are too many ladies in each mansion, and I'm afraid you can't remember your names. Miss Fanghua is different. Even if she never shows up in Beijing, she is almost People forget, but as long as it is mentioned, everyone will know Miss Fanghua from the Zhongyonghou Mansion. This is the difference."

Xie Yin stopped talking and stopped talking.

Mrs. Min glanced at Mrs. Ming, her face was a bit uneasy, but she didn't say anything.

A group of people walked towards the imperial garden in silence.

After a while, I came to the Royal Garden.

I saw that the imperial garden was decorated extremely beautifully, and all kinds of flowers that bloom in winter were competing to bloom.Nandina, poinsettia, magnolia, wintersweet, camellia, rhododendron, narcissus, pineapple, bird of paradise, dripping Guanyin, etc., are overwhelming.

Inside the waterside pavilion, groups of three, five, seven or eight, there are ladies who arrive early to chat together, and ladies gather to discuss poetry and essays.Everyone is freshly dressed and very lively.

When Xie Yin saw this situation, the depression in his heart was swept away immediately, he looked at one place in surprise and said, "Mother, I saw Princess Jinyan of the Grand Princess Mansion, I'm going to play with her."

"You, you are really unsteady." Mrs. Min gave her an angry look, and saw the two ladies from the Princess' Mansion and several ladies from other houses sitting together. "Go! But don't go alone, take your sisters with you, and take care of each other."

"Mother, Princess Jinyan doesn't like too many people." Xie Yin immediately looked at Madam Min with dissatisfaction.

Madam Min frowned.

Xie Yi smiled and said, "Auntie, you can let Sister Yin go by herself. My sisters and I will go to play elsewhere together. The Royal Garden is so big that we don't have to be crowded together."

"Exactly!" Xie Yin said.

Madam Min waved her hand, "If that's the case, you can go! Don't talk nonsense and cause trouble."

Xie Yin nodded quickly, and happily ran to the pavilion where Princess Jinyan and others were waiting.

"This child, I don't know who her temperament is. The three older brothers and one older sister above her are all prudent, but she is the only one to worry about." Mrs. Min sighed when she saw Xie Yin running away.

"Sister Yin has a real temperament, sister-in-law, let's train her slowly!" Mrs. Ming said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)