Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2306 Seven Volumes 6 and Your Honor ([-] words completed)

Merik's eyes widened in surprise.

"It turns out that Chinese characters are like paintings. When you read a character, you can see a person's face!"

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "That's true. The origin of Chinese characters, in ancient times, is the pictures that the ancestors made on rock walls and tortoise shells, and gradually evolved from simplification."

Merik picked up the picture, happily held it in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully for a long time, then hugged her in her arms, looking at Wanxi earnestly.

"Can you give me this picture? For the first time, I know that there is such a word in Chinese characters that can be associated with me."

Merik bowed his head in embarrassment, "I used to think that the world of the Han people and ours were two different things. The world of the Han people, the customs of the Han people, and the culture of the Han people were all far away from me and had nothing to do with me."

Wan Xi smiled and nodded, "I know your Huibu name is Mai Like, so since I want to teach you Chinese, I will also give you a Chinese character title, so you can call us private nicknames, okay? "

Mai Rick's eyes lit up again, and he held up the word in his arms, "Can this word be used as a name? I'll use this word as a title, okay?"

Wanxi clapped her palms and smiled lightly, "Of course. There was a woman in ancient times, named after it."

Merik was stunned, "Who is she? Why does she use this word? Is she your Han people? Why do Han people also use this word as their name?"

Wanxi nodded with a smile, and said, "That woman was from the Southern Tang Dynasty 600 years ago. She was selected into the harem by Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty when she was 16 years old. Her mother's ancestors came to the south of the Yangtze River with envoys from the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty to do business. She is a Uyghur, so she has Uyghur blood, and her eyes are sunken like yours."

Merik laughed, "Yes, the ancestors of our Hui tribe are Uighurs. If so, that woman is of the same family as me."

Wanxi nodded, "Because she was born with curly hair, high nose, thick eyebrows, long eyelashes, and deep-set eyes looking forward to love, so Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, named her 'Miao Niang'."

Wanxi raised her eyes with a smile, and stared at Mailike's eyes, "This word is used by women of Uighur descent, so it is the most suitable title for you. I will call you 'Ah' from now on, How are you?"

Merik raised his eyes in surprise, thought about it carefully, then nodded vigorously, and imitated Wanxi and said it in Chinese—"Ah, 窅".

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "Ah, do you like it?"

Merik nodded vigorously, "I like it!"
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Because of one word, the distance between Ming Wanxi and Merik suddenly shortened.

Wanxi called again and again, "Ah, Ah, Ah..."

Merik laughed too, and responded in the same voice, "Hey, hey, hey!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, their hands stretched out to each other unconsciously, and they were held together.

Wanxi smiled and said, "You said that Huijiang is far away from the mainland, and the world of the Han people seems to be different from yours; this is reasonable, but it is wrong."

"Just like the girl I mentioned, she herself is in the south of the Yangtze River and is the concubine of Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty. In addition to her beautiful appearance, she is also born with the blood of your Uighur women, so she is naturally good at dancing and dancing. Even in the land of the south of the Yangtze River and the harem of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is also the leader."

"She has a light body, and she can do the 'Dancing in the Lotus' based on Wang Changling's "Lotus Picking Song". Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, used gold to build a two-foot-high lotus platform, and the wife can dance for him in the lotus. "

"Dancing for the lotus is more light and light. She doesn't wear shoes, but wraps her feet with cloth."

Wanxi smiled and blinked, "It's like in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, when it comes to Han women, the first characteristic is foot binding - and some people say that the custom of Han women's foot binding originated from this girl."

"The beauty of Yanniang's face can be seen from the word '窅'; the beauty of her dancing posture makes her the only person in history books who can be compared with Zhao Feiyan of the Han Dynasty."

"So you see, a woman of Uyghur blood has created a precedent for Han women's footbinding; she can compete with Zhao Feiyan for beauty. Then, how far has your Huijiang been from our interior, and even the life of the Han people in the south of the Yangtze River? When were there two worlds?"
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Merik opened his mouth slightly when he heard that.

"It turns out that the custom of footbinding of Han women may have been initiated by a woman of Uighur descent? My God, I never thought of it."

Wan Xi nodded with a smile, "Actually, it's already too late when it comes to Madam. We should continue to calculate further—for example, when Uighur merchants came from the Western Regions to the mainland to do business, this was very common in the Tang Dynasty. Afterwards, the Great Tang encountered the Anshi Rebellion and nearly destroyed the country, but the Uighurs sent troops to help put down the rebellion, and this made the Great Tang's vitality continue."

"Therefore, in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, which is today's Xi'an, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty decreed that the most prosperous Bell and Drum Tower in the city should be given to Uighur merchants to do business... From the Tang Dynasty to the present, it has been the same for hundreds of years. It was Datang who thanked the Uighurs for saving the country."

Speaking of the words "the grace of saving the country", Mai Rick's cheeks couldn't help but blush.

Wanxi nodded, "Although it was the Tang Dynasty, it was the Qing Dynasty at this time, but the Central Plains dynasty is actually in the same line. Even now, our emperor has to worship the past emperors of the past dynasties in the annual sacrifices. Our emperor of the Qing Dynasty, I never only regarded myself as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, let alone the emperor of the Manchus, the Qing Dynasty was inherited from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and came from successive dynasties."

"That's why we in the Qing Dynasty also remember the grace of saving the country during the Tang Dynasty."

Mai Rick's cheeks became even more rosy; there was even more sparkle in those naturally sunken and bright eyes.

This Huibu girl has been pale and forbearing since the day when she went to the Paradise on the [-]th day of the first lunar month; at this moment, she finally softened in front of Wanxi, and the natural beauty in her face gradually bloomed like a flower Come.
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Wanxi looked at Mailike like this, and finally smiled with relief.

"There are even more distant ones. For example, in the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains and the Western Regions traded via the Silk Road. There are too many poems in the mainland that have left records about the beauty and dance of the 'Orchid'. It is like the Yuefu in the Han Dynasty. It is said in the poem, "Hu Ji is fifteen years old, and she is alone in spring. She has a long skirt with a belt, and a wide-sleeved acacia jacket. She wears blue jade on her head, and big Qin beads behind her ears. The two servant girls are so graceful and graceful, that they have never been good in a lifetime."

Merik couldn't help but smile shyly, "That's beautiful."

"Not only is she beautiful," Wan Xi patted Mai Rick's hand lightly, "what's more valuable is her straightforwardness and stamina. Just like I admired Mrs. Reimu for a long time, the Yuefu poem praised Orchid's After being beautiful, she went on to say, "Don't hesitate to pay attention to the red hair, what's the point of lightening the body. Men love their step-wives, and women value their ex-husbands." That is to say, this orchid rejected Feng Zidu, General Huo's retainer, not for power and money Suo bowed down, not afraid to turn his face on the spot, tore off the red belt, and directly reprimanded Jin Wuzi."

Wanxi put away her smile and stared at Mailike seriously, "Combined with the story of Mrs. Reyimu in Benchao, it makes me feel that the most touching thing about Huibu women is not their beauty and dancing posture, but It is this straightforward and strong temperament."

"So you see, you Hui people have been embedded in the history of the inland for thousands of years; although the Western Regions and the inland are geographically far apart, they have never been two worlds. In the harem of the Qing Dynasty, Manchu was spoken in the harem, and the customs were mostly Manchu; but no matter the harem, or the entire interior, it is still the same world as the Western Regions where you have lived for generations."

"In the future, if you have anything to do with food, clothing, or manpower, please come and tell me. At least I can learn to understand you, and I will definitely be able to help you."

Merik's breathing was slightly rapid, and she raised her eyes to stare at Wanxi for a while.

Finally, Merik bowed her head, her hands clenched tightly, "Thank you, Concubine Ling. I don't know how to describe my mood in your Chinese...I just know how to say: I am very glad to be able to In this strange mainland, in the strange harem of the Qing Dynasty, I can meet you, Imperial Concubine Ling."

Wanxi nodded with a smile, "Why am I not? Mrs. Reimu and I have always had a close relationship, now that I see you, half of my heart will be repaid."

"What's more, your family owes a lot to the court. As the family of Hezhuo, your family is related to the stability of the Northwest Huijiang. For the country and for personal interests, I also want to say 'good luck' to you."
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The two hit it off, and were very reluctant to part with each other.It's just that Rick still had to stand up and resign, "I learned the rules in the queen's palace. The rules in the palace are strict, and the queen's control is even stricter. I have been out for a long time, and I dare not stay any longer. This is Retiring for the time being, I hope to spend more time with Concubine Ling and learn more allusions in Sinology from Concubine Ling."

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "Of course I'm also looking forward to it."

Merik left, walking far away, but still looked back several times.

Yuchan breathed a sigh of relief, but asked with a smile, "Master Mailik is so gorgeous, everyone in the sixth palace is very careful. But the master treats each other like this, is it possible that the master is not worried at all?"

Wanxi smiled and raised her eyes, "If you say she has an exotic appearance, she is not the first one in our harem. Have you forgotten Yigui, she is also from the Western Regions, although she is from Erut Mongol, but One side supports the other side, and she also has a fat complexion, but her eyebrows and eyes are more similar to Huibu women."

"But you see, since Yigui entered the palace, has the emperor favored him a lot?"

Yuchan thought for a while, then nodded and smiled, "That's not true. There is always a saying in this world that 'every flower is in every eye'. It is like the beautiful face of a woman in Huibu, but she can't get into the eyes of the emperor, but It's something else."

Wanxi nodded slightly, "The imperial court flattened Junggar, and Junggar is a Mongol. Among the Mongolians, the descendants of Genghis Khan are naturally the most honorable, so a concubine from Borzigit entered the palace; Naturally, the bloodline of the Hezhuo family, known as the holy descendants, is the most noble among people, so there must be a daughter of the Hezhuo family entering the palace."

"You see, Concubine Yu was 30 years old when she entered the palace, and Ah Yu was 27 years old when she entered the palace. The emperor didn't care about their ages at all, and he still picked them into the palace because the emperor didn't want them. It is the symbolic meaning represented by their lineage and origin."

"If you want to compete with such a woman, it will actually destroy the court and the emperor's intentions for Erut Mongolia and Huibu. The emperor is naturally disappointed, how can he win the emperor's favor?"

Yuchan also laughed, "I understand."
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On the third day of February, the emperor personally offered sacrifices to Dashe Daji.

On the same day, the emperor issued a decree to seal the empress as a noble woman.

In the evening of the same day, when the six palaces came to the Queen's Palace to pay their respects, they all congratulated the nobleman.

Because he is a nobleman in his own palace, Nala wants to say some auspicious words first, so he smiled and said to the nobleman, "You have just learned the rules for a month after entering the palace, and the emperor bestowed you a nobleman. Moreover, the emperor personally bestowed the title, which is even more rare."

They are also nobles in the Queen's Palace. Up to now, Lin Guiren and Yi Guiren are still called by their mother's surname, without titles.In comparison, He Guiren is indeed more favored.

Nala smiled and patted the nobleman's hand, "Peace is the most important thing, you should understand the emperor's intentions."

Taking the next seat, Yuqin couldn't help turning her head and meeting Wanxi's eyes.

Nala's words are of course correct, "peace is the most important", and after the war, all fights should be turned into jade, this is called "peace".But although this statement itself is true, but to explain it directly to the nobleman in this way, after all, something is not the case.

He nobleman finished saluting to the queen, because pure imperial concubine did not come, He nobleman went to Wanxi to salute.

Wanxi smiled and said, "Your Hegui knows that the emperor loves beautiful jade the most. The title of Heguiren reminds me of the number one piece of peerless jade in the world——Heshibi. The title of Heguiren is related to that piece of beautiful jade. The 'and' are the same word."

"Besides, jade bi is a tool for ceremonies to heaven, and its status is the most precious among jade wares. Jade bi is also the jade of the emperor. "Zhou Li" said that "the nine-inch bicong, the princes enjoy the emperor, so He Shibi later became It has become the 'Jade Seal of Chuanguo' held by the Son of Heaven alone. Therefore, as soon as the title of the nobleman is mentioned, it has become the most beautiful and supreme Heshibi in my heart."

"It's just like what the lord and empress said, peace is the most precious; the emperor bestowed this title on the nobleman, so why doesn't it mean that in the emperor's heart, the nobleman has already regarded the nobleman as precious and beautiful as He's jade?"

He raised his eyes with the nobleman, his cheeks were already pink.

Wanxi nodded with a smile, lowered her voice and whispered, "Congratulations, Ah Yu."
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On the eighth day of February, the emperor will get up from Luan and go to Dongling to visit the mausoleum.

This time the emperor paid a visit to the mausoleum, and the nobles were added to the list of accompanying harem.

The accompanying six harem members this time, besides Empress Nala and nobleman, there are Concubine Ying, Concubine Yu, as well as the newly appointed Yiguiren and Guo Changzai.

Wanxi asks not to accompany the driver.

In March, Yonglu was vaccinated, and Yongrong left the palace; and, the fourth princess was scheduled to hold the preliminary appointment ceremony on the third day of April, and the wedding ceremony on the thirteenth day of the fifth month... All these important matters, One piece after another, February is the busiest time.At this time, the queen in the palace had to accompany her, and the concubine Chun was not in good health, so Wanxi needed to take care of everything.

In the first month, the emperor had officially decreed that the four princesses should be named "Princess Heshuo and Jia".When the name is given, it is the day when the centrate is confirmed.

The emperor came to see Wanxi before getting up, held Wanxi's hands, and said bluntly, "I have to work hard on you again."

Wanxi sighed, "Since the day my master entered into the concubine position as a slave, why didn't you make up your mind a long time ago, and ask the slave to do his best?"

The noble concubine is not comparable to other positions, especially at this time, the pure noble concubine has been in poor health. The position of Wanxi, the noble concubine, is already equivalent to the "second wife" in the harem; I'm in charge.

The emperor blinked and smiled lightly, "It's as if before you became a noble concubine, you were not the one to help with the big and small affairs in the harem... The pure noble concubine is a Han woman after all, and she takes care of the House of Internal Affairs. Do you know the details?"

Wanxi could only smile helplessly, "I'm sure I'm going to eat this slave, and I'm going to do my best, how dare I be a bit lazy."

It’s true, laughing is laughing, but the emperor also understands what’s on Wanxi’s heart.

The tip of Wanxi's nose was sharply sour, so she tried her best to hold back and laughed hard.

"What the Lord said is that the slave also believes that everything will be fine. Besides, this year has been full of good things from the beginning. The ceremony of returning to the Ministry of prisoners, followed by the wedding of the fourth princess. It's so festive. Of course not. There are others."

"Besides, the little deer is the slave's child, but don't the fourth princess and the sixth elder brother call the slave 'aunt'? The marriage of the two of them is also a lifelong event, and the slave is willing to do his best. It is also a duty to do so with all your heart.”

The emperor sighed softly, and stretched out his arms to wrap Wanxi in his arms, "My lord sometimes doesn't like the lack of freedom as the emperor. Now I'm going to visit the mausoleum and leave all these things in the palace to you; You are thinking about Xiaoluer's affairs, but you are still busy with other things. Master actually wants to stay in Beijing to accompany you and the child at this moment."

With such a word from the emperor, Wanxi felt relieved of everything.She lay in the emperor's arms and sniffed cautiously, "You don't have to think like this. You are the son of heaven, and the second is the father. Only slaves can distinguish between the primary and secondary."

"Besides, it has been a practice for many years for the Lord to visit the mausoleum in February every year. How can it be easily changed? Besides, this year, the Zhunbu and Huibu are completely pacified, so it is natural for the Lord to visit the mausoleum and report such achievements to the previous emperors. All these things It is a major national issue, and it is more important than the vaccination of the little deer."

"Xiao Lu'er is the prince, so he should understand these things even more. He is still young at this time. If he is a few years older, the servant will ask him to accompany the master to visit the mausoleum and kowtow in front of the tombs of the ancestors. How about filial piety!"

Wanxi stretched out her hand to help the emperor tidy up his clothes, "Don't worry about it, my master. The slave and Xiaoluer are waiting for my master to come back."
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The emperor reluctantly left, but Wanxi called the emperor and presented some food boxes.

The emperor opened it and saw that it was all stove food.Stove food is convenient to carry on the road, it is not afraid of dryness, and it is not easy to break.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Why are you thinking of bringing stove food to the road this time?"

Wanxi smiled, and gently snatched back the lid of the food box from the emperor's hands, and put it back on, "I must have misunderstood, these stove food, slaves are not prepared for the emperor! The emperor's road is naturally from the house of internal affairs The inner tubes and collars are all ready, it must be much more delicious than the servants."

The emperor raised his eyebrows high, folded his arms and stared at her, "Oh! Then what do you mean by showing me? Then who is this prepared for?"

After the emperor said it himself, he couldn't help rolling his eyes, "...for the empress dowager?"

Wanxi laughed lowly, but shook her head proudly on purpose, "It's not for the Empress Dowager either. Anyway, the Empress Dowager is serving the Empress Dowager. Whatever the Empress Dowager wants to eat, the Empress Dowager cooks it herself. gone."

The emperor couldn't help but spat Wanxi softly, "Little Hoof, then who did you make it for?"

Wanxi smiled lightly, just about to open her mouth to speak, but before she could say anything, Jiujiu came in from the outside.

As soon as he entered the door, he wrinkled his nose and sniffed the air before he even thought about saying hello to his parents.
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Wanxi was defeated by Jiujiu's "dog nose", so she blushed and looked at the emperor.

The emperor also laughed, "Then I know, you are for the nobleman!"

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "It's inconvenient for the slave to deliver it to the Queen's Palace at this moment, so I'd better ask you to pass it on for me. Don't forget to tell the nobles that these stoves are specially built by the slave on the island. New pots, new shovels, and all kitchen utensils are new."

"When making these stove food and noodles, I didn't touch any lard; either I used vegetable oil, or I used butter and mutton oil, and I didn't touch the rest at all."

The emperor could not help but narrow his eyes slightly, "You are so careful~"

Wanxi chuckled, "After all, the Manchus used to live by grazing pigs in ancient times; pork and pig blood were used as food for the Manchus. They usually ate pastries, and they must be inseparable from meat oil... especially the queen. Empress, because she presides over the family sacrifice of Kunning Palace, she has to cook pork in the big stove herself, so I am afraid that I will easily ignore the customs with the nobles."

"At this time, the queen's master is also in a hurry, and the servant is also afraid that the queen will forget about these things, so she complains that there is no suitable food on the road with the nobleman. Since the servant lives on an island alone, everything is convenient; and the servant is a woman surnamed Han. Usually, I don’t use much pork lard, so I prefer it to be light, so it’s easier to prepare for the nobles.”

The emperor couldn't speak, but was deeply engrossed in Wanxi.

After a long time, he still didn't say anything, just pulled her over, lowered his lips to kiss her carefully.

After lingering for too long, the breath has become chaotic.Wanxi blushed, and gently pushed the emperor away.

"Master, let's go. If you hang around again, the slave will be even more reluctant to part with you..."

The emperor tried his best to calm down, and deliberately whispered in Wanxi's ear, "Then I will make you reluctant! Tell you to think about me for a month, and wait for me to come back... Let's mix these accounts together and calculate them together."

Wanxi's face turned even redder, and she grimaced with a smile, "Master, it's over half a century..."

Annoyed, the emperor stretched his hand around her waist, kneaded and pinched her chubby cheeks, and then went away with a lot of satisfaction.
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The emperor got up and left, and Wanxi led Yuqin and Shufei Liugong to see him off.

Luan drove away, and Wanxi and Yuqin walked back hand in hand. Wanxi looked at the half-empty "Heaven and Earth Family Spring" from a distance, and said slowly, "February, the solar terms count." It's spring, everything is renewed, and it's time to clean up my sister's palace."

Yuqin snorted lightly, "No~ Although we don't need to avoid the Queen, but she is not in Beijing at the moment, it does make us more relaxed. When she comes back with the emperor's visit to the mausoleum, in my Jingren Palace, You should settle down, too."

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "Is everything arranged for my sister?"

Yuqin smiled lightly, "It's been arranged. Concubine Yu happened to be driving away with her, and both of them were in the palace; now, Xiao Luer and I just need to move out temporarily, leaving the empty yard for the two of them. It's... when the time comes, let's just wait and see."

Wan Xi nodded with a smile, "I've been letting the word out for the past two days, saying that the little deer will be vaccinated in March. I feel sorry for the child, and I must stay with the little deer this month. You can move out naturally. to my island."
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Emperor Luanjia had just left, and before Yuqin could move in, the next day, Jiufu Jin Lanpei hurriedly handed a sign into the garden to say hello.

Next, there will be the Lijiang of the four princesses, and Yongrong will leave the palace to marry Fujin. These two are marriages between the royal family and the Fu family. As busy as Wanxi is, so is Jiufujin.

Therefore, the two always have to meet in one place to get things right so as not to make any mistakes.

When Jiufu Jin saw Wanxi, after paying his respects, he lost his polite manners and sighed.

"The slave just took a look at Concubine Chun first... After all, the fourth princess is the daughter of Concubine Chun, so I need to ask Concubine Chun what she means first."

Wanxi nodded, "That's what it should be. If it wasn't for Sister Chun's poor health, it would be Sister Chun who is in charge of these things now."

Jiufu Jin shook his head lightly, "In front of Master Ling, this servant dares to tell the truth—how does this servant look at Concubine Chun, who is not well? This servant is really worried that I will hold the wedding for the fourth princess, if it is delayed Well, it might be time to observe the funeral first."

The body of a pure noble concubine, Wanxi has something in her heart.Guiyun Sampan also said in private that this year's Spring Festival will be a big difficulty; if Concubine Chun can get through it, she may still have a life;

And if Concubine Chun passed away in the first spring, before the wedding of the fourth princess, then the fourth princess would not be able to get married as scheduled, but would have to observe the full filial piety; the same reason, it is even more so for Yong Rong.As the prince, Yongrong even had to observe the filial piety for three years.

Wanxi also nodded, "The emperor will hold the preliminary ceremony on the third day of April, and the wedding ceremony on the thirteenth day of the fifth month. This is all within sight. I believe Concubine Chun will be able to make it through."

Lampe had no choice but to nod and let out a long sigh.

After Lan Pei sighed like this, he didn't look up again for a while, apparently a little distracted.

Wanxi asked softly, "... But what difficulties did the mansion encounter in preparing the two marriages? If there is any difficulty, just tell me."

After all, the emperor went up to pay homage to the mausoleum, and Master Jiu also drove with him.All the big and small things in this mansion are carried by Lanpei himself.Jiuye's mansion is not as good as the palace, after all, there is an entire Ministry of Internal Affairs in the palace to divide their duties.

Lan Pei raised her eyes eagerly when she heard the words, and looked at Wan Xi, her eyes were already foggy.

"Ruxiang she... gave birth."

(End of this chapter)