Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2321 Seven Volumes 21 You are so fragrant (7 thousand words completed)
Wanxi knows that Heguiren doesn't eat pork, but Heguiren's saying "I would rather die" made Wanxi understand how much Heguiren dislikes pork.

Wanxi stretched out her hand and pulled the nobleman over, "...Ah, do you know that there are always too many differences between people in this world. Different looks, different tribes, different habits, different beliefs .”

"It's like you guys hate sunspots and never touch big meat and meat oil; but pigs have a long history with Manchus and Hans since ancient times."

"When it comes to eating meat, whether it is Manchu or Han Chinese, the first thing that comes to mind is probably pork. This habit has been inseparable from life for thousands of years, and it is difficult to give up;"

"And because the ancestors lived outside the customs, the ancestors of the Manchus, the Sushen people, used to make a living by herding pigs."

"So, in the traditional menu of Manchurian, too many classic dishes are made of pork, and they are fatty pork. For example, white meat sausage, boiled white meat, sauerkraut stewed white meat... because pork used to be full of meat. The best meat for human ancestors, so pork is also used for gods and ancestors. That's why weddings and funerals are such important events. Everyone gathers together, sits on the ground, and eats such "blessed meat". "

"Pork is no longer just a dish in the lives of Manchus and Han peoples, it is even gradually connected with the belief of offering to ancestors... If you easily open your mouth and call it 'dirty', it's okay in front of me, but it may be It made some people in the palace feel harsh."

The nobleman lowered his eyes sadly, "I understand. It is for this reason that I have been so disrespectful to the empress in the past few months since I entered the palace."

Wanxi paused, raised her eyes and stared at the nobleman.

"Ah, I feel that these are two things that coexist, they can exist at the same time, and they are not contradictory. I don't think it is necessary to divide the two things into who is right and who is wrong, who is superior and who is inferior ; just let them coexist naturally. Because these are all differences caused by different living regions and different living habits.”

"It's most appropriate for everyone to respect and understand each other. What do you think?"
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He Guiren is also a smart person, hearing this, he gently closed his eyes.

"Concubine Ling, don't worry, I understand this truth. If you, Your Majesty and Concubine Ling, respect my beliefs and habits, I will also respect your gods and your living habits."

He nobleman raised his eyes to focus on Wanxi, "I only read the "Quran" since I was a child, and I would never accept any other scriptures; but since I entered the palace, because of your teachings, the imperial concubine, even though I still refuse to bow down Your Buddha, but I have really started to look through your Buddhist scriptures."

Wanxi nodded lightly, she remembered Lin Guiren said on the first night of Concubine Chunhui's first night that she was in the queen's palace with the nobleman, although she still refused to burn incense and bow down, she was willing to read Buddhist scriptures anyway.

For a girl from a "holy descendant" and the Zhuo family, she originally believed in them more devoutly and exclusively than ordinary Hui people or even noble Burkes.

But at this moment, it is not easy for the nobleman to listen to her and read the Buddhist scriptures.

After all, in her family, this behavior itself may be regarded as a kind of "betrayal", but He Guiren has already been willing to do this, which shows her sincerity.

Wanxi smiled again, and patted the nobleman's hand lightly.

"Ah, you are right, we can't rush. After all, it has only been five months since you entered the palace from the Western Regions. Let you use these five months to fight against the habits of the past 20 years and against your ancestors The imprint engraved in your blood and bones is impossible."

"So the emperor is not in a hurry, and you are not in a hurry either. We just know this direction in our hearts, and we don't have to be in a hurry to change our direction all of a sudden."

Only then did the nobleman heaved a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Imperial Concubine Ling, for your compassion."
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Wanxi couldn't help raising her eyes to look at the clothes of the nobleman.

She was still wearing a large white robe with a hood, which was like a half veil when pulled up.

Under her attire, not only is she not as well-dressed as the concubines in the palace, she is not even as well-dressed as the official ladies.

In the past in the early spring months, when the weather was not hot, Wanxi could bear not to ask, but now it's midsummer in June, seeing that the nobles are still dressed like this, Wanxi really can't help it.

"Ah, aren't you... not hot?"

This big robe is from the neck all the way to the ground, without a waist, it completely wraps the nobleman tightly.Looking at it, Wanxi felt a little sweaty all over.

He and the nobleman blushed, but shook their heads, "It's not hot."

Seeing that there were still doubts in Wanxi's eyes, the nobleman also laughed, "Actually, not only the imperial concubine Ling, but everyone in this palace who has seen me has this question in their eyes. In fact, this robe is from the ancestors. I wore it when I was in Tianfang Kingdom. There is a boundless desert over there, lacking trees, and the sun is scorching like fire in summer, and there is nowhere to hide."

"Such a big robe can cover a person from head to toe, but it can provide a little more shade."

Wanxi opened her mouth, clapped her hands after thinking about it, "It's the same principle that we put up umbrellas to block the sun in summer! It's just that the umbrellas are lifted up, and your robes are worn on your body of."

He and the nobleman also smiled and nodded slightly.

"More than that, our women who are returning to the Ministry, in front of outsiders, should neither outline their waists nor show their bodies as little as possible. Just like me, showing a face is enough."

Wanxi was confused, and couldn't help but ask softly, "But this rule, does it mean in front of outsiders' men? But at this time we are also in the harem, except for the emperor, we don't have to worry about bumping into strangers." Men go. The man you can meet is the emperor..."

The emperor is also the husband of the nobleman, why should the nobleman dress up like this?
He nobleman blushed, his sunken eyes turned towards Wanxi, and he half lowered his head.

"This is what I am willing to tell the truth in front of you, Concubine Ling; if someone else is changed, no matter if it is the empress or the empress dowager, I will not tell the truth-the emperor is also an 'outsider' to me. ~~"
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Wanxi was slightly taken aback, but there was a sense of enlightenment in her heart.

"I seem to understand..." Wanxi stared at the nobleman, "Because the emperor, like the empress, has to preside over and participate in family sacrifices in person, which means cooking pork with his own hands and taking the lead to share the blessing meat. Therefore, you I don't like to be close to them."

"And according to your beliefs, if the emperor doesn't believe in your gods and doesn't read your scriptures, he will never become a member of your clan... So, he is also an 'outsider'?"

Nodding lightly with the nobleman, "That's right. In the past, when I returned to the Ministry, there were rules for marriage. You can marry in, but you can't marry out."

"Just like my brothers, under the oppression of Junggar, it is inevitable that the family married a Mongolian woman; and this time the emperor gave the official woman Balang to my brother... It doesn't matter. Because they marry their husbands and follow their husbands, they marry After entering, they will integrate into our family and become members of our family; the children they give birth to are also the blood of our family."

"But getting married is another matter, unless that man is also willing to convert to our god for me."
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After hearing this, Wanxi sighed secretly: the emperor is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, how could he convert to the gods of the nobles and others.

And the nobleman himself sighed: "I naturally understand that this is absolutely impossible. I don't even dare to think about it at all. Therefore, it is destined that for me, this life, he will always be Just 'outsiders'."

"So, like me, even if I become the harem of the Qing emperor, this place will never be my real home. I live in this strange palace every day, without the company of relatives, and what I smell in my nose every day is still It’s all the smell of all kinds of sunspot meat! — This is, I can’t bear it at all. If I don’t know that I can’t die, otherwise, I would really rather die..."

Wanxi couldn't help being a little startled, and hurriedly comforted her softly.Looking back and thinking about it, I understand a little bit.

After all, for people, food is sometimes more practical and important than love.For the girls of the Hezhuo family like He Guiren, the members of their family themselves represent their gods and their beliefs.Therefore, members of their family should not be unclean or betrayal of their own beliefs and living habits.

And in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, the Kunning Palace had two family sacrifices every morning and evening, and pork must be used as an offering to the gods; in the imperial dining room, there must be a large amount of pork-based meat dishes in every meal.Even in the pastry, almost all of them use meat oil.

In this way, the smell of pork is always wafting in the harem from morning to night...Manchus, Hans, and Mongols are all used to it; For noble people, it is a kind of torture that cannot be escaped and cannot be avoided.

Wanxi's heart suddenly jumped a little anxiously, "...Silly Ayu, if you insist on thinking this way, then how will you sleep in bed in the future?"
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He and the nobleman raised their heads suddenly, their black and white eyes were sharp and focused, but they smiled.

"Sleep servant?"

He nobleman laughed and shook his head, "Imperial concubine Ling, how can I sleep in bed? I can't even kiss the emperor's mouth that eats sunspot meat every day, and touch his hand that has grasped sunspot meat... It's impossible!"

Having said so far, even Wanxi didn't know how to comfort her.

He and the nobleman smiled bitterly, "Impossible, I will never go to bed. Huibu women should not marry outsiders, but I still became the harem of the Qing emperor. This is already beyond my wish; I will not commit myself to it." For such an emperor."

"Otherwise, when the day of my death comes, my family, my ancestors, and my God will not accept me. My soul will not be able to ascend to the kingdom of heaven."

Talking to the nobleman, he lowered his eyes sadly.Tears welled up in her beautiful deep eyes.

"It's not that the emperor treats me badly. On the contrary, he treats me very well. Since entering the palace, he has respected my beliefs and done a lot for me. I am also very grateful. But if I am happy with him, It is a violation of my beliefs, and it is a betrayal of my own blood."

He nobleman raised his eyes slowly, his face was covered with a clear light like white jade, holy and bright.

"I would rather die than go to bed.

"What's more, I also deeply understand that the emperor called me into the palace only for the peace of Xijiang, not for me..."

"The emperor respects me, but he doesn't necessarily like me; the emperor values ​​me, but it's only because of my status... Therefore, I don't sleep with me; and he has never turned over my sign."

He nobleman's eyes are quiet, like the quiet and indifferent crescent moon on the top of her sedan chair: "Since entering the palace, although the emperor has treated me well, he has never even touched my hand. I knew it, He understands my thoughts, he never thought of being lucky to me, and he will not make things difficult for me either."
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After saying this to the nobleman, Wanxi was a little stunned.

The woman in front of her is beautiful and attractive, and her beauty is indescribable, a beauty that cannot be compared with all the women in the harem combined.What's more, in addition to her beauty, she also has such a special exotic style in her gestures, every frown and smile attracts people's attention, and she is reluctant to leave.

Even if they are both women, Wanxi can't help but stare at the nobleman all the time, and can't help but feel pity for her, and wants to soothe the sorrow between her brows with her own hands.What's more, what about men?

And the emperor is now the reasonable and legal husband of the woman in front of him~~ What kind of favor he gives her is justified.

Moreover, Wanxi herself is pregnant with a child at this time... It was at this time that the emperor turned over the sign of the nobleman, and no one had anything to say.

What's more, being alone with the nobleman is also tied to the stability of the Ministry.

But—it has been five months since I entered the palace with the nobleman, and it has been four months since I was officially enfeoffed, and the emperor has no intention of being lucky with her?

The nobleman glanced at Wanxi, but smiled relievedly, "From your point of view, the tacit understanding between me and the emperor must be a little incredible, isn't it? But I am very happy, and I am very grateful to the emperor."

"He can talk about our ministry. I believe he has even read our "Koran", so he must understand our beliefs and habits, and understand that I will not sleep with you."

"Therefore, although he has always been kind to me for several months, he has never had anything other than rewarding me with good things. I accept his love, and I will naturally tell people how he treats me. Tell my uncle (read "Byebai"); and then let them pass all this back to the Western Regions, so that my people can hear it and let them feel at ease."

Wanxi's heart was soft and warm, and she stretched out her hand to hold the nobleman's hand, "Ah, you are as smart as you~"

The nobleman nodded with a smile, "Actually, since I entered the palace, the emperor has treated me well, and I have nothing to displease with you as a confidant like you... except that the queen's palace is really not treated by people." place!"

"My ah, now in this harem, my biggest wish is to escape from her palace, so that I don't have to be tortured by her every day, that's enough."
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Wanxi was startled when she heard that, "...She, is she still punishing you to kneel?"

She shrugged her shoulders with the nobleman, "After all, they go to burn incense and worship Buddha every morning and evening, and I refuse to kneel. Then she said, if I don't want to kneel in front of the Buddha, there is no reason for me not to kneel alone; When they prayed to Buddha, they asked me to kneel under the eaves at the entrance of their bedroom."

"After she worships the Buddha, if she remembers, she can ask someone to make me flattened; sometimes if she forgets, she may make me kneel like that for an hour or two. At worst, she will say 'she forgot' Got'..."

Wanxi also frowned.

Although Wanxi herself is a Han surname, she belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs anyway, but she has been looked down upon by the Nala family all these years; this is farther away from the nobleman, her blood and appearance are farther away from the Manchus, and her beliefs and living habits are even more distant. If it is completely different, Nalashi is even more like a thorn in his side, no matter what he doesn't like it.

And such prejudice is rooted in the bones and deeply rooted.It won't even change as the years get older, and it's even more likely to get worse.

Wanxi held back a sigh, and held Heguiren's hand, "Stop talking about those unhappy things. Let's go, I'll take you to see my Yongshou Palace."
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Speaking of entering the palace in the first month of the first month with the nobleman, he has been in the garden for the past few months; now the emperor has officially brought the harem back to the palace, and it is the first time that the nobleman has come to visit in a serious way. This Yongshou Palace.

He and the nobleman saw the flowers and plants, birds and fish in Wanxi Palace, as well as cats, dogs, bears and apes, and they were too shocked to speak for a long time.

Wanxi smiled, "My palace is just a bit messy, I'm making you laugh."

He nobleman smiled and shook his head, "That's great, I really like it."

He nobleman took a deep breath, turned his eyes to focus on Wanxi, "I remembered the days when I was a child in the Western Regions. At that time, I could ride horses and gallop under the Tianshan Mountains and on the big meadows."

Although the palace is nice, compared with the vast land under the mountain that day, it is narrow after all.Besides, everything in this palace is completely different from what the nobleman experienced since he was a child.Wanxi can understand He Guiren's mood at this time.

Even if the house is full of gold and jade, how can it compare to the native land?

Wanxi patted the nobleman's hand lightly, "From then on, if you are free, you can often come to my Yongshou Palace."

He nobleman sneered, "Naturally, I thought, I'm just afraid that someone won't give me the time! After all, I am a nobleman in her palace, even if I step half a step out of her palace gate, I have to ask for her will!"

"Besides, I said that I came to the Yongshou Palace of the imperial concubine. She is not sure what to think, and how to treat me with a nose that is not a nose, and a face that is not a face."

The two were talking side by side, but a series of clear and childish voices came out unexpectedly.

"Hu Tie'er, and bees!"
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When the two returned to their senses, Wanxi noticed that there were several butterflies and bees gathered around the nobleman.

And the person who yelled was Jiujiu.

Liu Zhu'er hurriedly brought the eunuch with him, took the net cover and went up to stick the bee, so as not to let the bee sting someone.

Wanxi couldn't help lowering her eyes and smiling, "Ah Yu is as beautiful as a flower, and her body is even more intoxicatingly fragrant, even butterflies and bees can't resist it."

Before Wanxi finished speaking, Jiujiu had already trotted all the way from the Moon Cave Gate to the steps.I didn't care to look carefully at the steps under my feet, I just raised my head, stared at He Guiren with shining eyes, "... smells good! It smells so good! I haven't smelled it before!"

Jiu Jiu couldn't use his eyes well at the moment, and his whole body followed his nose, so he almost got stuck on the steps.

The two nuns who served Jiujiu were so frightened that they ran up quickly and hugged Jiujiu first, then knelt down to say hello and apologize.

Wanxi smiled, "You all get up. It was her own carelessness, and now she only cares about the fragrance of the nobleman."

He and the nobleman were also surprised, looking at Jiujiu, who is not yet two years old.

Wanxi explained with a smile, "Surprised you? This is Princess Nine, whose nickname is Jiujiu. I have a good nose since I was a child, and I love to smell scents."

"She's just like that 'Mad Bee and Butterfly' right now, she can't resist the fragrance of your body, Ah Mu."

He nobleman laughed, bowed, and held Jiujiu's hand.

Jiujiu naturally couldn't wish for it, and hurried forward to stick to the nobleman's robe, took a few deep breaths, "... smells good! But it doesn't choke the nose!"

Wanxi smiled and spat, "I haven't saluted you and your empress yet!"
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Only then did Jiujiu tremblingly bow down to pay his respects to the nobleman.

But for a little person who has just walked steadily, how can such a squat ceremony be performed safely, but before he can squat down, his whole body "bangdang" falls to the ground.

Wanxi was helpless, and couldn't help laughing, "You, didn't you say 'can't move' in the past? Why are you still falling down today?"

Jiujiu was not annoyed, nor was he afraid of pain, so he simply lay down on the ground, still keeping his arms around his knees, smiling at Wanxi and Heguiren, "... because He Niangniang smells so sweet."

Wanxi shook her head helplessly, "Okay, you're a clever talker."

He Guiren also stared curiously at the little man in front of him.At her age, she already loves children very much; besides, she used to see children with deep eyes and high noses like her in her hometown, and it was the first time for a child with such delicate eyebrows and eyes like a porcelain doll in front of her. Watch so carefully.

Wanxi's stomach was full, and it was inconvenient to squat down; Heguiren squatted down, and couldn't help stretching out his arms to hug Jiujiu.

"...You, can you tell that the fragrance on me is different?"

In order for the children to understand what she said, Heguiren was already trying to speak to Jiujiu in the Manchu language he had just learned.

Jiujiu nodded vigorously, "Yes! It's different from the ones in the palace!"

And the nobleman hugged Jiujiu, forgetting everyone around him, and just sat down on the railing.He paused word by word, "Yes, no, incense."
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At this time, the spices used in the Central Plains mostly used various methods of incense.Whether it is incense pancakes, incense sticks, or incense seals, they all need to be heated; and as long as they are heated, the incense will naturally have smoke and fire.

As for the sachets, incense beads, etc., although there is no fireworks, the concentration of the fragrance is limited.

But the incense on the nobleman's body was distinguished by Jiujiu, not to mention that it was not smoky, but also fragrant.

Jiujiu asked in surprise, "It's not smoked? What is that?"

The nobleman smiled and nodded, "Water is fragrant water...you don't need to burn fire, just apply it on your body, and it will melt into the pores and pores, and the fragrance will last for a long time."

Jiujiu immediately opened his eyes wide, "How can you have such a good relationship with your empress?"

Heguiren struggled a bit to find the right Manchu words to explain the craft: "Extract oil from flowers...and stew the flowers!"

Jiujiu was dumbfounded, "Huh? Flowers can still be squeezed for oil, can they be stewed?"

Jiujiu has a good nose since he was a child, so he has cherished flowers and plants since he was a child. Hearing this, his little face turned pale.
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The conversation between the big and the small made Wanxi's forehead lines almost come out.

After all, one is not good at speaking the language of the Central Plains, while the other is too young to understand by himself.

Wanxi walked over slowly, and said with a smile, "Silly Jiujiu, do you know that the best spices in the world come from the Western Regions. And where is your hometown and your empress? It's the Western Regions!"

Jiujiu opened his eyes wide, "There are many, many flowers in the Western Regions, isn't it?"

"Actually not." Wanxi smiled and shook her head, "It's in a place far, far away, farther than the Western Regions. There is a Persian country and a big food country. They produce the best spices in the world. The people there are also the best at making incense.”

"A long time ago, our ancestors opened up a 'Silk Road', through the Western Regions, we could go all the way to Persia and the Great Food Country, so many merchants from the Western Regions transported the spices from Persia and the Great Food Country for thousands of miles. , passed through the Western Regions, and brought them back to the Central Plains."

"So at that time, the biggest commodities on the Silk Road were silk and tea from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, and spices from there."

Wanxi reached out and patted the summer fragrance beads hanging on Jiujiu's skirt, "It's the spices used in our Central Plains court, and for thousands of years they were mainly traded or paid tribute from the Western Regions. So you And empress, but she has a 'geographical advantage', she has naturally seen more and better spices than our Central Plains."

The nobleman looked at Wanxi in surprise, "Your Highness Ling, how do you know?"

Wanxi was a little embarrassed, covered her face and said, "Oh, this is a trick. It's also a coincidence, because I, Ama, was originally in charge of making pastries, and there were beekeepers under the leader, beekeepers and harvesters. The honey is used for making honey fruit and honey cakes."

"Therefore, in the farm where I grew up, there is a large sea of ​​flowers. I also like flowers, so I gradually learned about it."

Even meeting the emperor in the sea of ​​flowers...

He nobleman stretched out his hand, and gently shook Wanxi, "...that's great."

Although Jiujiu was young and half-understood, his eyes were wide open, and his eyes were black and bright, staring at Wanxi without blinking.

Holding her with the nobleman, he couldn't help smiling and said, "Grape, black grape."

Jiujiu sniffed immediately, but objected, "No grapes..."

Wanxi and the nobleman looked at each other and smiled, knowing that the child was wrong.

But the nobleman said seriously, "Yes, very, very. My palace has brought a lot of raisins. Do you want to eat?"

Jiujiu immediately clapped his hands, "Raisins? I want to eat them!"

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