Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2324 Seven Volumes 24 Good Will Be Rewarded
The "Bird Cage" is surrounded by Western-style buildings. The "Bird Cage" itself looks like a Western stone gate. The west side of the "Bird Cage" is a garden modeled on the labyrinth in front of the Palace of Versailles in France - Wanhuazhen.

Use half-height low walls to form a segmented pattern and gather into a maze; build an octagonal pavilion in the center of the garden.

Bird cages, together with the Wanhuazhen and other fresh Western buildings, were just built in the 24th year of Qianlong, and they have just been completed now; Fresh, don't know how to play yet.

Today the emperor invited the harem, together with the empress dowager, to "raise bird cages" to watch birds. The inner court officials originally thought that after watching the birds, the next highlight of the day should be arranged in the array of thousands of flowers .

However, after watching the birds, the emperor asked the empress dowager to drive away, took the harem with him and left the "bird cage", and continued to head east.
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This area is full of Western-style buildings, and the emperor and his party came to the "square appearance" building.

Standing in front of the square exterior, looking east, is the largest "Haiyan Hall" in this Western-style building.

Haiyantang takes the meaning of "heqing and Haiyan, the country is peaceful and the people are safe", and it is growing on the same branch as the emperor's bedroom "Jiuzhou Qingyan".In front of Haiyan Hall is the famous "Water Power Clock" made of bronze sculptures of the twelve zodiac signs.Every time the emperor came to the Western Building to watch the scenery, he would linger here.

From this point of view, it can be seen that the position of "square appearance" is very important.

"The appearance of this side seems to have changed a bit..." Yu Rui said in a soft voice as she was beside her.

There is only one like Yu Rui. His father Debao's official position in the previous dynasty was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was also the minister in charge of the construction of the palace garden. Therefore, the Western-style building built in this garden last year has a lot of Yu Rui. I have seen the "hot look" a long time ago, so I can see the difference this year when it was just completed.

Wanxi was not surprised, just smiled lightly, and looked up at the eaves of the square exterior—this was originally a Western building with white stone veneer; but the eaves were traditional Chinese double-eave hipped roofs.

This is the wonderful combination of Chinese and Western.

However, the style of this roof also contains secret words: Chinese-style roofs are also divided into levels, and the regulations for double-eaved and four-slope roofs are extremely high.
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Not only is the roof high-level, but what is more special is that the glazed tiles used on the eaves are blue.

The color of the tiles used in the palace is also regulated, which reflects the hierarchical status and cannot be surpassed.Just like the golden glazed tiles used by the emperor, the Nansan House where the prince lived was made of green glazed tiles, and the garden bedroom Minglou of Chunhui Emperor and Noble Concubine was also made of green tiles; "So", gray tiles are used.

Wan Xi nodded with a smile, "It's really rare to use blue glazed tiles. We've seen quite a few of them over the years. For example, the Temple of Heaven uses a similar 'one color blue' glazed tile to represent respect for the heavens."

Yu Rui just nodded, "What I want to say is exactly this."

Wanxi nodded with a smile, "Since it is a Western-style building, such highly regulated roofs and tiles should not have appeared. But since they have already appeared, I can't help but guess, I am afraid that this place has also been changed to worship the gods and worship the sky." place."

"Only Heaven and God can use such a high-standard double-eaved roof and tiles of such a similar color to the Temple of Heaven."
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Yu Rui couldn't help but lightly grasped Wanxi's arm, "Sister... I can only throw myself on the ground."

Wanxi smiled, and gently squeezed Yurui's hand, "Silly Yurui, what are you throwing yourself into the ground? I just remembered the sedan chair with the nobleman."

Yu Rui was startled for a moment, but then remembered, and couldn't help but smile.

In the first month of the lunar year, when she first went to the palace with the nobleman to watch a theater, Wanxi noticed that the sedan chair she sat with the nobleman was different.The warm sedan chairs in the palace are red, orange, yellow, and green, but the only one with the nobleman was a pure white sedan chair with a blue top.

At that time, Zi Wanxi also said that looking at the color, it reminded me of the felt tents erected by the Mongols in Mulan's paddock.Blue and white, for Mongolians, symbolize the blue sky and white clouds above their heads, which is the most holy longevity heaven.

Although Huibu and Mongols have different beliefs, these two true and clear colors must also represent the sky and gods in their beliefs.

Wanxi nodded with a smile, "Even though the sign of stars and moons is not erected on the roof, but the place of worshiping gods and gods built in this Western-style building, as far as I think, is only used by the nobles. "

Yu Rui also nodded, "Exactly. If you use the word 'Western' to describe it, only the nobles in the harem can afford it."

Wan Xi smiled and looked around the whole of the "Fang Appearance", "Besides, listen, how good this name is. 'Fang Appearance'——"Guardian", look at it; it is also like "Taoist Temple", a place for worshiping gods and practicing also."

"Based on this, the 'square appearance' not only refers to a Western building, an imported view; it is also a place for gods to practice."

Yurui nodded.

"And the word 'Fangwai' is even more wonderful." Wanxi glanced back at Yurui, "'Fangwai' is outside the region and outside the secular etiquette. She reads the gods and noble people's beliefs." The scriptures are different from the beliefs and scriptures I have always had in the Central Plains. Isn’t this exactly the meaning of 'Fang Wai'?"

"Such a building with a fusion of Chinese and Western elements, and such a name of 'square appearance', isn't it the most suitable place for worshiping gods and nobles?"

Yu Rui was really convinced, she just nodded and smiled, needless to say anything else.
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Everyone stood in front of the square exterior to watch the scenery, while the Empress Dowager walked directly to the bronze and white stone western sculpture-style flat bridge in front of the building.The emperor then looked back, looking towards Wanxi.

Wanxi was so absorbed in talking to Yurui that she didn't see the emperor looking at her on the bridge for a long time.The emperor then found an excuse, resigned from the empress dowager, turned around and walked towards Wanxi.

When he got closer, Fang Xuan snorted angrily, "Why are you talking so lively, you don't even look at me?"

Wanxi deliberately smiled and remained silent.The emperor himself has not made it public, so she will not be the first to let it go.

The emperor had no choice but to order Yurui, "Say it."

Yu Rui hurriedly squatted down, not daring to hide anything, and then said slowly, "...Master Ling said, this Western-style building is equipped with blue tiles for gods and heaven, and it has a double-eave roof; plus' It’s great to get the name “Fang Fawai”. Therefore, this place should be the most suitable and noble place for God’s worship.”

Yu Rui said it directly, but carefully lowered the volume.

Hearing this, the emperor's long eyebrows raised suddenly, and he stared at Wanxi, his black pupils couldn't help but shine brightly.

"...You little hoof!"

Wanxi only smiled and walked to the emperor's side, and quietly snuggled against the outside of the emperor's arm, "I only admire you in my heart, how can I choose such a good place, it's really appropriate."

Yu Rui also smiled and said, "Master Ling has already told the nobleman that although this is the capital and far away from her hometown, this palace will also become the home of the nobleman. Because the emperor will not call the nobleman He The nobleman is alone and in a strange place, the emperor will always have the nobleman in his heart."

The emperor laughed and snorted softly, "Mr. Rui, get up."
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The emperor suddenly said such a sentence, both Wanxi and Yu Rui were stunned for a moment, thinking that the emperor had made a mistake suddenly, but they didn't know how to answer.

The emperor stared at Yurui, and couldn't help but smiled again, "I'll say it again, get up—Mr. Ruigui."

Yu Rui suddenly raised her head, her face was completely red.Opening his eyes wide, he hurriedly looked at Wanxi in surprise and a little bewilderment.

Wanxi was so happy that she almost choked up, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Yurui herself.He whispered, "Silly girl, don't you understand?"

The emperor's voice was not loud, but someone still heard it.The news spread quickly, and Nala, who was with the empress dowager for a while, also heard it, and she couldn't help being taken aback.

Although just now she was reprimanded by the emperor so openly and secretly, Nalashi wanted to be cautious, but she still couldn't hold back when she heard the news so suddenly.

Nala still gave up the empress dowager, and walked towards the emperor with a sullen face, with a sneer on his face, "Just now I heard the servants say something wrong, saying 'Ruiguiren'. I'm surprised It's strange, it's obviously Rui Changzai of Yongshou Palace, when did he become a nobleman?"

"If the emperor grants a seal, he will let me know anyway. Anyway, I am the queen of the middle palace. For the seals in the harem, all regulations, furnishings, and clothes have to be changed. I can't use the middle palace." Only after the seal is printed, can it be formally sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"So if I don't know, then they must have heard or said something wrong. There is no such thing at all!"
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Nala was so annoyed, the emperor still smiled lightly, half-closed his eyes, and listened carefully with a smile on his face.

"Oh, the queen is here to remind me, did you say something wrong?"

Nala's heart fluctuated violently - she was most annoyed by the emperor's behavior, especially towards her!
In front of everyone, she had to take a deep breath and tried her best to restrain herself, "You are not joking, I naturally dare not say that the emperor is wrong; I just remind the emperor, so that Rui Changzai will not be misunderstood by herself. gone."

As Nala said, she tried her best to smile at Yurui, "Rui Changzai must be able to understand the emperor, and there must be no misunderstanding. After all, Rui Changzai has served in the palace for so many years, and he already understands the rules of the palace—— Rui Changzai was granted the title of Rui Changzai only in June of last year, and it has only been a year now, how come he has been promoted to nobleman?"

"According to the rules of the palace, even if the harem is enfeoffed, there must be a reason. Either it is a happy event, or it is the empress dowager's birthday, or the country's great joy. In June, the Emperor’s Longevity Day and the Empress Dowager’s Birthday are still far away. There’s no reason for this, and it’s only been a year since it was granted the title.”

"Rui is always here, you say it yourself, don't you?"

Yu Rui smiled indifferently, and squatted down to salute, "Whether it's the official girl Suo Chuo Luo, or the 'studying the rules of the stone girl', or Rui Changzai, Ruigui... the servant will always be the master of the emperor, the empress, and the concubine Ling. A slave. A slave but depends on the emperor’s decision.”

The emperor nodded with a smile, "Well said. I just like your indifferent heart, Mr. Rui. You are worthy of growing up in Yongshou Palace, and you are worthy of the rules that you ordered the master to dismiss."

Hearing that the emperor is still a "Ruiguiren", Nala could not help but growl, "Your Majesty!"

But the emperor shrugged, and suddenly tilted his head and called, "Gao Yuncong."

The "living notepad" hurried over and knelt down.The emperor didn't say anything, and Gao Yun didn't need to think too much when he lay down on the ground. An idea flashed in his head immediately, and he knelt down and said articulately, "Return to the emperor, queen master, the eighteenth day of this month, that is, the twelve days A while ago, Wu Shigong, the governor of Fujian Province, brought in 58 barrels of fresh lychees, with a total of 220. Today, 36 lychees were hanged. On the 36th, the imperial tea house delivered [-] lychees, four new lychees, a total of [-] lychees, and presented them to the emperor with breakfast. browsed."

"The emperor brought two fresh lychees to the empress dowager; one fresh lychee to each of the imperial concubine Wen Hui and concubine Yu; Concubine, Lin Guiren, Lan Guiren, Guo Guiren, Yi Guiren, He Guiren, and Rui Guiren, each with one fresh lychee."

After Gao Yuncong finished speaking, he carefully raised his eyes to look at Nala, "That day, the servant memorized the number according to the order, and when he wrote 'Rui Guiren', he also knelt down and played. Should we write 'Rui Chang is'?" Your Majesty Orally: 'Just write about Ruigui'."

Gao Yuncong said again, "On June 25th, five days ago, another [-] lychees were handed in, and they were presented along with the fruit. The emperor looked at it, and respectfully entered one for the empress dowager, and the rest were given to the empress, imperial concubine Ling, Shu Concubine, Concubine Qing, Concubine Ying, Concubine Wan, Concubine Xin, Concubine Yu, Guo Guiren, Yi Guiren, He Guiren, and Rui Guiren, each with one fresh lychee."

"Returning to the emperor, the queen's master, what the servant wrote down according to the order, is still the word 'Ruiguiren'..."

The emperor spoke, one after another, and then the conclusion was reached.

Nala's complexion turned gray when he heard this, and he closed his eyes fiercely.

After the emperor listened with a smile, he raised his eyes and glanced at Nala, "...the queen heard it? It's not that I just made a sudden decision to bestow the nobleman of Rui today, but I told them to remember it on June [-]th." .”

The emperor glanced at Nalashi with a smile, took every bit of Nalashi's expression into his eyes, and still smiled and said: "Although there is no treasure for the queen, since that day, the number of lychees rewarded has been given to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Yes; I believe that the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have winks, and they must have understood what I mean when they see this word again and again."

"Even if the queen doesn't have time to use the treasure, it doesn't matter. After all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will act according to my wishes. If the queen is free someday, just remember to make up for the treasure in the middle palace. It doesn't affect anything. of."

Nala raised her eyes in surprise, she could only stare blankly at the emperor, she still had thousands of words in her heart, but at this moment, she couldn't speak them out.

Already so, already so.Although she is the lord of the six palaces, all matters of the harem need the treasures of the middle palace; unfortunately, there is always someone who can surpass her.

The emperor only needs one sentence, and it is not necessary to use the treasure at all, to completely deny her empress's treasure, which symbolizes the status of the middle palace!
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Wanxi listened quietly by the side, the corners of her lips could not help but smile with joy.

She hurriedly walked to Yu Rui's side, and gently shook Yu Rui's hand.

Wanxi took the lead to salute the emperor herself, "Mr. Rui is a concubine's nobleman in Yongshou Palace. It is my concubine's honor to be enfeoffed by Ruigui. Concubine thanks to the emperor and empress for her kindness."

Yu Rui hurriedly saluted again to thank her.

The emperor nodded with a smile, helped up Wanxi himself, and handed it to Yurui.

Yu Rui's eyes filled with joy and tears, a little timidly and a little shyly put her hand in the emperor's.

The emperor pulled up Yurui and nodded with a smile, "Last year on June 22, you were here for the first time. In July, I went to visit Mulan. At that time, you made the master pregnant with twins and had to stay in Beijing. Thank you Only when you serve by the side can I feel more at ease."

"...Later, you caused the master to lose a child, and this year you sent away your fourteenth elder brother. Apart from my heart aching for the emperor's heir, I am even more worried about your master's health. If we talk about the Yongshou Palace, I will accompany you with all my strength. The master has come all the way, and you should take the credit as the number one."

"Now that one year has passed, you have allowed the master to not just fall down after losing two sons in a row; even now that he has another child--I am very grateful to you from the bottom of my heart. It should."

It turned out to be like this... Wanxi had tears in her eyes when she heard it.

Yes, what the emperor said is right, from last year to this year, Yurui accompanied her through the most difficult time of the year.Without Yurui, she really couldn't imagine what she would be like at this moment.

Yu Rui had already shed tears and bowed again, "How dare I, my slave? What I did was all my wish. I dare not take credit for it, and I never thought of taking credit for it."

The emperor laughed lightly, "What are you still a 'slave'! You are already a nobleman, and you are already the head of the inner court. You are no longer just a little master, but a serious 'Master Rui'."

Wanxi reminded with tears in her eyes, "You should just call yourself a 'concubine' in front of the emperor and empress."

Yu Rui hurriedly changed her words, "I thank the emperor, the empress, and the imperial concubine..."

The emperor smiled, "Get up quickly. I have helped you, Master Ling. Your Master Ling has this child, and you need to take good care of it."

Yu Rui nodded with tears in her eyes, "This concubine must be... terrified."
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The emperor smiled, gently pressed Wanxi's hand, blinked, then turned and walked back to the empress dowager.

Even though he is just a noble person and does not need a canonization ceremony, he still needs to report it to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager nodded after hearing this, "In just one year, Concubine Ling lost two children. Both women and mothers, even I can't imagine how Concubine Ling survived. "

"If it were someone else, my heart would be weak; I'm afraid my body would be even more sick... But she survived smoothly, and now it's your fiftieth birthday again, and she's a woman in the harem again." The only one who is pregnant with the emperor's heir. This blessing is given by God, and is the blessing of the ancestors; but inside, why is there no credit for the palace people to serve them properly?"

"That's why, this noble man of Rui should be granted the title."

The emperor was overjoyed and knelt down in front of the empress dowager to thank her.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but spat softly, and said with a helpless smile, "Get up quickly! Your Majesty, in front of so many concubines of yours, you kneel down in front of me every now and then, what's the matter?"

On the contrary, the emperor deliberately stayed on for a while and refused to get up, "My son likes it like this. Whoever laughs among them can laugh."

For a moment, both mother and child were happy, but no one looked at the look on Nala's face anymore.
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The emperor stood up and walked to the nobleman again.He and the nobleman are still hugging the ninth princess, watching the little red fish under the bridge with her.

The emperor smiled and used Huibu's words, "Your Honor, come with me."

The emperor took the nobleman with him, and the nobleman held the nine princesses in his arms. The two big ones and one small one first crossed the Xiyang Pingqiao and walked up the steps of the "square appearance".All the harem followed suit.

After getting closer to the door of the "Fang Fawai", a new clue appeared - it turned out that palindrome was engraved on the white stone on the outside of the wall.

He and the nobleman were shocked, and couldn't help but look at the emperor in shock, "...is it the Quran?!"

The emperor nodded with a smile, "That's right."

The nobleman's body trembled lightly, although she tried her best to restrain herself, Princess Nine who was nestled in her arms still felt it.The ninth princess hugged the nobleman tightly, and stretched out her hand on her face, "...and empress, don't cry. What's the matter? You tell Jiujiu."

The ninth princess was anxious, and even stared at the emperor, "Huang Ama, don't scold and empress! Both empress and empress are crying~~"

A child who is not yet two years old and cannot understand the palindrome used by the emperor and the nobleman, so he instinctively thought that it was Huang Ama who was crying at the nobleman.The emperor smiled helplessly, and stretched out his hand to take the ninth princess from the arms of the nobleman, "You little girl, which ear did you hear that Ama scolded you and your empress?"

The nobleman also hurriedly explained to Princess Jiu, "No, no. Your Majesty, you are very kind to me. I cried because I was happy."

Only then did the ninth princess turn around and hug the emperor's neck in peace, apologizing softly, "...Huang Ama is the best and the best person."

The emperor smiled "poof", and patted Princess Jiu's little round buttock, "You little bastard!~"
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The emperor held the nine princesses in his arms, and walked in with the nobleman.

With the footsteps, the interior scene of the entire "square exterior" slowly unfolded in front of the nobleman... She was a little confused for a moment, where did she walk into the palace in the imperial garden of the Qing court?This is clearly in the chapel in her hometown.

Oh, no, the chapel in my hometown is not as magnificent as the one here.

——The interior of the entire "square exterior" has been completely remodeled according to the appearance of the highest-regulated chapel in Tianfang Kingdom!
Those small blue tiles that are as pure as the sky and like a clear spring spread from the ground to the sky above the dome.He and the nobleman couldn't help but knelt down on the carpet with tears in their eyes, and wept on the ground.

In the ears of the nobleman, only the sound of footsteps could be heard, and someone actually spoke to her softly in their language!

He nobleman raised his eyes in surprise, but saw that there were four female imams in front of him!
The imam was also called "Ahui" at that time, which meant the scholar and teacher of the sect of the nobleman's belief.Usually bowing and practicing, you need to follow the guidance of the imams.

And the nobleman never expected that the emperor not only gave her a chapel, but also gave her four guiding teachers... From then on, she worshiped here, and she was no longer alone, and no longer had to worry about having no teachers to guide her. .

I shed tears with the nobleman, and I thank you.

It turned out that what the imperial concubine Ling said was true—she was no longer a stranger and lonely person in the harem of the Qing Dynasty.

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　Just like my friends left a message, yesterday was the sixth day of October, the birthday of Xiao Shiwu; Her father, mother-in-law, thank you for revisiting their stories and accompanying him along the way? 257, love my wife, ahem, what a coincidence~
　　
　
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