Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2319 Seven Volumes 19
The next day, that is, the sixth day of May, the emperor returned the palace from Yuanmingyuan with the empress dowager and the harem.

From this day on, the emperor will enter the fasting palace and start fasting for the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the land.

After the heads of the inner court were sent to the emperor, empress dowager, and empress three palaces, they also returned to the palace respectively.

When she left the Forbidden City in the first month and moved to the garden, the east and west palaces were still in possession of the masters; but when she came back at this time, Su Wanrou, the imperial concubine of Zhongcui Palace, was no longer alive.

This Zhongcui Palace became a palace without an owner.

Thinking of this, Wanxi and the others couldn't help but sigh.Especially Yuqin, Concubine Ying and Concubine Wan, who live together in the East Sixth Palace, all feel empty in their hearts when they go back to the East Sixth Palace, pass by or look in the direction of Zhongcui Palace.

What happened to E Changzai just happened yesterday, and when she returned to the palace today, Concubine Yu lowered her head and raised her eyebrows, silent.I didn't want to make an extra sound, so as not to attract attention again.

But when she returned to her Chuxiu Palace and entered the palace gate, she still couldn't help but screamed out in shock.

"How is this going?"

Concubine Yu saw in front of her eyes that the carpet laid on the floor under the throne in the Ming Room of the main hall had been removed, and only the dull wooden floor was exposed for the time being, with the paint faded; the screen behind the throne was also removed, leaving only The throne was left bare and alone, with a sense of depression.

In the left and right rooms and in the Nuan Pavilion, all the original mats, curtains, palace furnishings, etc. should be dismantled and dismantled.

Hearing the movement, Zhang Sanxi, the chief eunuch of Chuxiu Palace, hastily stepped forward and knelt down, "My servant is late to greet Concubine Yu and Master, and my servant greets Concubine Yu and Master."

All the eunuchs in the palace came out and knelt down to pay their respects together.

Concubine Yu squinted at Zhang Sanxi, "What are you talking about? I have only been away for a few months, and I don't even recognize my bedroom when I come back. It seems that I went to the wrong place."

Zhang Sanxi hurriedly kowtowed, "Master Concubine Yu Yu, the master is not in the palace, so naturally the slave dare not move it a little bit. The servant received the order of the palace supervisor and asked the slave to lead people to move it, so the slave did it."

While talking, a report came from outside, saying that the eunuch Gao Yu, the chief supervisor of the palace, had come to pay his respects.

Concubine Yu took a deep breath, knowing that Gao Yu was here to give an official explanation.

Gao Yu came in, first knelt down respectfully, and asked Concubine Yu to kneel down, "My slave congratulates Concubine Yu's master."

Concubine Yu couldn't control herself, so she closed her eyes first, "...let's talk."

Everything in the palace is happy.It's just that this "joy" comes from other people's mouths, and only I know what it feels like to put it in my heart.

Gao Yu smiled and said, "All the palaces in the palace need to be repaired and updated every few years. Concubine Yu's master has lived in Chuxiu Palace for many years, and Chuxiu Palace has not been repaired for many years. Looking at it now, Chuxiu Palace Inside and outside the Xiu Palace, many beams and eaves are peeling off; the pillars, beams and rafters are worm-eaten... and the inner roof and walls are old and stained. The Palace Supervisor and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have already reported that there are year~~"

"Master Concubine Yu lived in such a palace, and I really wronged Concubine Yu to go. The emperor issued an order, and took this opportunity to invite Master Concubine Yu to move to Zhong Cui, where the former emperor and noble concubine lived. to the palace."

Concubine Yu's heart skipped a beat, "You mean, the emperor ordered me to be moved to Zhongcui Palace?!"

Gao Yu smiled and said, "Exactly. According to the emperor's decree, Concubine Yu's master was a nobleman in Zhongcui Palace in the past, and she has a deep affection for Zhongcui Palace. Now that the former emperor and concubine have passed away, Zhongcui Palace has been emptied for a while. If no one decides, then there is no one in the inner court who is more suitable to move back than Concubine Yu."

Concubine Yu stares at Gao Yu.What the emperor said made her speechless to refute!
She took a deep breath and raised her eyes to look at Gao Tian, ​​"Then I would like to thank the emperor for his compassion. But I think that after all, the first emperor and concubine passed away in April, and it is less than a month now. It is also necessary to place some thoughtful things, so how can it be appropriate to move people in so quickly?"

Gao Yu nodded with a smile, "My concubine Yu's words are naturally reasonable. It's just that the emperor ordered that the happy face of the former emperor's noble concubine and the objects of his life have been moved to the Changchun Palace. After all, it is with Empress Xiaoxian, Emperor Huixian, etc. The happy faces and relics of several people can be enshrined together. Zhongcui Palace is still inhabited by people."

Concubine Yu gently closed her eyes, knowing in her heart that there was no room for change.

She turned around slowly, turned south, and knelt in the direction of the Hall of Mental Cultivation to thank her, "Concubine, thank the emperor for his grace."

Standing up after the ceremony, Gao Yu said with a smile, "Master Concubine Yu's belongings, servants and others have already moved all the eunuchs in Chuxiu Palace to Zhongcui Palace. Concubine Yu's master can just leave now. The slave then ordered, Prepare a sedan chair for Concubine Yu's master?"

Even a slave is kicking her out!
Concubine Yu took a deep breath, suppressed the stuffiness in her heart, tried her best to maintain the calm on the surface, and nodded slightly, "No busy. Anyway, I have lived in Chuxiu Palace for more than ten years, and now I want to move out. I was really reluctant to part with it. So I asked me to delay for a while and look around again, and I will pass by later."

"Director Gao, you are a very busy person. I dare not keep you here with me. Please go ahead."

Gao Yu also responded with a smile, knelt down and retreated.
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After Gao Yu left, Bai Changzai also came forward and said softly, "Should I accompany Concubine Yu to look around?"

Concubine Yu smiled wryly, "No, you can go there first. I'm afraid it's not in place there, and you need to resettle yourself in your own bedroom."

"I'll take a look here myself, and I'll go back soon."

Bai Chang squatted here and resigned.

The people in Chuxiu Palace left one after another and became quiet.Concubine Yu took Sandan alone and walked back and forth around the Chuxiu Palace.

"Sandan, do you still remember, how many years have I lived in Chuxiu Palace?"

Sandan could hear the heaviness and sorrow in the master's tone, and answered softly, "...in the tenth year of Qianlong, Emperor Huixian passed away. It was from that year that the master entered the Chuxiu Palace. Forget it. It’s been 15 years now.”

"It's been 15 years. Yes, it's been 15 years." Concubine Yu gently closed her eyes, "So it's no wonder Gao Yu and the others said that the palace is old and needs to be renovated. It's really reasonable to be moved out."

Sandan held back a sigh, "Then master, don't be sad..."

Concubine Yu took a deep breath and looked up at the sky, "I don't want to care about it! This thing is the Sixth Palace, and this Chuxiu Palace is not the closest to the Hall of Mental Cultivation..."

Concubine Yu gently closed her eyes, "But, this Chuxiu Palace has a different status from other palaces."

Just like when the late Emperor Yongzheng, the emperor's bedroom was changed from Qianqing Palace to Mental Cultivation Palace, the empress would naturally move into the harem from Kunning Palace and choose one of the six east and west palaces to live in.Among the six palaces in east and west, which palace can be the queen's main palace, there is no written rule; but in private, there are always some unwritten rules.

"When the emperor first ascended the throne, in the second year of Qianlong's reign, the harem was officially conferred, and Empress Xiaoxian lived in the Chuxiu Palace in the middle of the palace. The Chuxiu Palace became the middle palace of the harem;"

"Later, Empress Xiaoxian insisted on moving to Changchun Palace, and the imperial concubine Huixian lived in this Chuxiu Palace. The status of this Chuxiu Palace was still superior to other palaces. No more people, this Chuxiu Palace is still the highest in the palace."

Concubine Yu tried her best to smile, "That's why I care about Chuxiu Palace. I feel that the emperor moved me in back then, implying that he liked Yong Qi...I guessed right, the emperor has been really kind to Yong Qi all these years."

"But now the emperor wants to move me out of Chuxiu Palace! How can the emperor do this?"
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Sandan understands how much the master cares about this Chuxiu Palace, but at this moment he can only persuade, "Master, don't think so. This moment, the queen master is living in the Yikun Palace, so the Yikun Palace is the center of the palace." Palace, my master will forget the old practice that Chuxiu Palace used to be the Central Palace."

"Besides, I still remember that in the 13th year of Qianlong, didn't we renovate Chuxiu Palace once? In April of that year, the emperor decreed that the horizontal throne in our Chuxiu Palace and Jingren Palace were reversed. The reason for the installation is because the floor throne in Chuxiu Palace is highly regulated; and in July of that year, Concubine Jia was promoted to Noble Concubine, so the floor throne originally given to Emperor Huixian was moved to her palace."

"Since then, the floor thrones in our Chuxiu Palace have all used the regulations of the concubines in the Jingren Palace. What is there to be outstanding and special? Therefore, why should the master still be nostalgic? Where are you going?"

Sandan had good intentions and wanted to help the master feel relieved, so he tried to say all kinds of bad things about Chuxiu Palace.But Concubine Yu didn't see joy, instead she suddenly opened her face, and slammed Sandan's hand holding her away.

"What did you say?!" Concubine Yu's expression was already serious.

Sandan was startled, changed his mind, and realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.Then he quickly fell to his knees with a pale face, "Master... slave, slave doesn't mean that."
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Concubine Yu took a deep breath and stared at Sandan.

"In the 13th year of Qianlong's reign, the floor throne and Jingren Palace were swapped to lower the regulation; but Chuxiu Palace is still Chuxiu Palace, and the feng shui of Chuxiu Palace will not change!"

In fact, in April of the 13th year of Qianlong's reign, not only the horizontal throne was removed, but also the Pilu hoods on the top of the left and right palace gates in the open room of the main hall representing regulations.So far, the level of the Chuxiu Palace has been completely lowered, and it is no longer the Chuxiu Palace where the imperial concubine Huixian lived.

Why didn't she understand it in her heart, but she didn't want to admit it; not only did she not admit it, but she also didn't want others to find out about it.

At this moment, she is also unwilling to admit it to the official woman under her position.

"At that time, the emperor called the floor throne swap, and it was only because Jin Jingsong became a noble concubine, but the emperor was reluctant to recreate a floor throne that was regulated by a noble concubine, so he demolished the original Chuxiu Palace. It's definitely not because the emperor despised me and Yongqi to go..."

Sandan wept, ignoring the bun and hairpin rings on his head, he kowtowed to the ground, "Your servant understands this, I have absolutely no such intention."

Concubine Yu didn't seem to be talking to Sandan, but was talking to herself, "... even this time I was moved out of Chuxiu Palace, and it was only because that Zhongcui Palace was the imperial concubine's bedroom after all. Su Wanrou is the first imperial concubine to be conferred the title of imperial concubine besides the expected succession queen, so speaking of it, this score has surpassed that of Gao Yunsi."

"Gao Yunsi, even if she is a first-time imperial concubine, she is not a canonized imperial concubine. The Zhongcui Palace should already be higher than the Chuxiu Palace, isn't it?"

Speaking of this, Concubine Yu laughed, tried her best to comfort herself, and tried her best to erase the sorrow on her face.

"...Actually, it's more than that. When the emperor first came to the throne, the late emperor's concubines still lived in the Sixth West Palace before they officially moved into the Shoukang Palace; and we, the emperor's concubines, lived in the In the East Sixth Palace. The Zhongcui Palace was also Gao Yunsi’s sleeping palace at the beginning. In this way, the Zhongcui Palace is even earlier than the Chuxiu Palace!"

At that time, Zhong Cui Palace was headed by the imperial concubine Gao Yunsi, and Su Wanrou, who was also a Han woman back then, was still a pure concubine and lived with Gao Yunsi.

"Then even if I move over, the emperor still values ​​my mother and son, and has no intention of venting his anger or downgrading! San Dan, tell me, don't you?"

Sandan had already blushed on his forehead, tears streaming down his face, how could he dare to say no again, he just followed the master all the way, "... yes, the master is wise. The emperor must mean that. The emperor just told the master to go further and further Gao, His Majesty only pays more and more attention to our Fifth Elder Brother. No other empress in this harem, nor other princes can compare."

Concubine Yu finally smiled comfortably, stood up straight, and lowered her eyes to look at San Dan in front of her.

"Get up quickly, why are you still kneeling. The Zhongcui Palace is still waiting for us to go and put it away."

"Forget it, this Chuxiu Palace is so dilapidated and outdated at this time, and Feng Shui has changed long ago. What are we still nostalgic for? Let's go, let's go back to our Zhongcui Palace."
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After such a toss in Chuxiu Palace, Wanxi, who was also in the West Sixth Palace, got the letter very quickly.

Later, when Concubine Yu returned to Zhongcui Palace, there was movement in Zhongcui Palace, and only Yuqin and others knew about it.

Yuqin hurried back to Yongshou Palace to ask Wanxi's opinion.

Wanxi smiled lightly, and shook Yuqin's hand, "Concubine Yu is so reluctant to part with Chuxiu Palace, what about my sister? My sister lived in Chuxiu Palace before Concubine Yu. It's the rules for the emperor and noble concubine to go to school. Do you want my sister to go and see it as well, and pay my respects?"

Yuqin's face turned red, and she slapped Wanxi's hand away, "Bah, you're still making fun of me!"

Wanxi held the Su embroidery round fan and covered her face with a smile, "Why can't my sister just smile? Does my sister feel unhappy after hearing this?"

Yuqin also laughed, "Of course it's fun! I thought it was only yesterday that we were in the garden, and we were always playing in that play; who would have thought that the emperor had prepared another one for Concubine Yu in the palace?" It's a play. Today, I don't even need to look at Concubine Yu's face, I can imagine how frustrated she is!"

Wanxi bowed her head, her smile extended.

Yuqin shook her head helplessly, "Thanks to the fact that we were having so much fun in the garden yesterday, we thought we sang well in that play; no matter what we imagined, we couldn't compare to the emperor's little finger after all."

"In retrospect, there is no difference between us and the opera singers who sang on the water stage on the west side of the 'Wan Zi Fang' yesterday; the emperor has left the banquet at all, and I dare say that arrangements have been made in the palace long ago. It’s gone. Without our play, the emperor’s troubles should have been done long ago.”

Wanxi understands that tossing Concubine Yu's things from Chuxiu Palace to Zhongcui Palace will last ten days and a half months, which shows that the emperor started earlier.It's just that Concubine Yu didn't hear the news at all, even Wanxi and Yuqin were covered.

Yuqin sighed, "Your Majesty, after all, I still take care of your fetal gas, so I don't want to worry you about anything, and the arrangement has already been done in secret. Thanks to our troubles yesterday... No wonder the Emperor left as soon as the scene started." It's over, he doesn't need to watch, and he doesn't want to see you being alarmed."

Wanxi lowered her head and tried her best to control her smile, "After all, I don't know anything either..."

Apart from sighing, Yuqin sighed, "At this moment, I'm glad that I acted in the play yesterday, and I didn't disturb you; otherwise, if you were in the early stage, I would be worried that the emperor would stop you. So keep calm, just don't want to alarm you."

Wanxi smiled, "That's why the emperor felt relieved when he saw that my sister was able to sing, recite, perform and play well yesterday. It can be seen that the emperor can trust my sister to go, so I can leave such a big stage empty. Sister is swaying!"

"Bah!" Yuqin blushed, raised her hand and slapped Wanxi again, "If I sway again, the old man will not care to look at it!... But if you take the lead, he won't leave."

Wanxi quickly acted like a baby, "Sister, please don't say that... The emperor left the banquet yesterday, that's for the sake of asking questions."

Yuqin spat again, "If you don't say this, I'll let it go; but if you want to say this, then I won't obey! The emperor asked where Juzi is, shouldn't it be in the Hall of Supreme Harmony?" ! Where is the Hall of Supreme Harmony? It’s in the palace! But where was the emperor yesterday? He’s in the garden!”

"That's why I said, he didn't really leave for some reason, he just had a plan, and he didn't care to watch me act, so he left with an excuse..."
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Yuqin took it seriously and made sense, and Wanxi couldn't refute it.

Who told the emperor that he was indeed in the garden yesterday, where did he come back to the palace, and how could he ask the disciples in the Hall of Supreme Harmony?
"Anyway, sister, let's have fun now." Wanxi leaned over to pester Yuqin, "If my sister says those words again, I'll feel ashamed~~"

Only then did Yuqin smile in relief, "Bah, I just forgot how old I am. I'm 37 years old, why do I still look like a little girl when I was a little girl, I can't help being sour on you!"

"You say you, even I can't help but feel bitter because of you; how do you tell those other people to live?"

"Sister~~" Wanxi grabbed Yuqin's arm and shook coquettishly.

Yuqin sighed helplessly, "Forget it, just don't talk about it. Otherwise, your face will almost turn red."

The two talked and laughed for a while, and finally calmed down.

Yuqin turned her head and looked out the window, "Concubine Yu deserves it right, but I can't help but guess right now, who will live in Chuxiu Palace when it is vacant?"
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Wan Xi said indifferently, "The Chuxiu Palace must be repaired. I'm afraid it won't be completed in a year or so. After all, it won't be able to accommodate people at this time. My sister will think about it after the repair is completed. gone."

Yuqin also nodded, "After all, no matter who lives in Chuxiu Palace, no one is as close to the emperor as your Yongshou Palace! Besides, your Yongshou Palace was before you officially became a nobleman and Jin concubine in the tenth year of Qianlong. , no one has lived in it for ten years. Isn’t the emperor just waiting for you to officially enter the seal, and pointing to you alone!”

Wanxi pretended to be silly and smiled, "Oh? Is there any? Oh, ten years of Qianlong, this happened 15 years ago, how can I remember clearly?"

Yuqin was so annoyed that she pinched Wanxi, "You still dare to play dumb with me, don't you?"

Wanxi raised her hand and patted her forehead, "...My sister wronged me, how could I play stupid? I'm pregnant with a child, I'm so stupid now!"
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On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, the ground sacrifice ceremony was completed, and the emperor who returned to the palace personally visited the Qianqing Palace, saluted and looked at the jade certificate.

The jade ultimatum is the royal family tree, which is compiled every ten years.There are two sets of Qing Dynasty jade documents, one set is stored in the "Huangshicheng" in the capital; the other set is sent to the Shengjing Forbidden City for storage.

In the patriarchal jade book, the emperor line is the system, and in order of generation, the first emperor of each generation is promoted from the nearest branch to the distant branch;But not all empresses and concubines can be recorded in the Jade Document, only those who have given birth to children can be recorded.

It was also on this day that the emperor selected the word "Chunhui" from the posthumous title of imperial concubine Su Wanrou presented by the Ministry of Rites.Since then, Su Wanrou, the imperial concubine, has been posthumously titled "Emperor Noble Concubine Chunhui". (The posthumous title of the imperial concubine Chunhui was not appointed by the emperor, so it can be seen that it is lower than the others)

The imperial edict of posthumous posthumous title was also passed on to the Sixth Palace, so that everyone in the harem knew about it.

After receiving the order, Nala couldn't help but sneered after getting up, "Prince Chunhui, good, good. After all, it's good fortune-telling, a Han woman, and now this is officially enshrined in the jade document. "

"It's just that the words in these books are so literary that I can't understand them." Nala couldn't help but glanced towards the south—the direction of Yongshou Palace, "But I remember Chunhui's canonization of the emperor in April." There is a sentence in the imperial concubine's book: "Shi Lingyi Yu Guibi"... In the emperor's heart, there is no more than words of praise for the virtues of the harem, are there just a few words?
"Anyway, it was a book for Chunhui to confer the title of imperial concubine, but it was also 'Ling' and 'Gui'. Why did it go to Yongshou Palace? Poor Chunhui was dying at that time , but it still sounds like someone else in Jinfeng."

Tana sighed softly, and persuaded softly: "After all, it is the matter of the imperial concubine Chunhui, why bother to care about her? The slave remembers that the word 'Ling' often appears in the books and sacrificial rites of many inner court dignitaries. , it’s not that the imperial concubine is the only one who ordered…”

Nalashi suddenly turned his eyes and stared at Tana.

"You're right, the word 'Ling' appears in the books and sacrificial rites of almost every aristocrat in the inner court! Then why not say that the emperor's best positioning of the virtues of the harem is this 'Ling' Character?"

"And the emperor, he only gave the character 'Ling' to that person as a title!"
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Tana was also stunned, speechless for a while.

She tried her best to adjust her mood, and smiled forcefully, "Anyway, it's a good thing that the emperor has moved Concubine Yu out of Chuxiu Palace now! Thinking about this, master, I'm sure I can feel more at ease."

Nala frowned, thought for a while, and then snorted, "That's true. After all, it has been 15 years since the emperor gave that person the title 'Ling'; I still don't care about what that person does !"

"At this moment, I only care about my Yongzheng. Anyway, she no longer has a prince at this moment, but looking at Concubine Yu's appearance makes me happier."

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