Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2516 Eight Volumes 41 Top Harem
What happened to Yurui, even though neither the emperor nor Wanxi said anything about it, and the officials and eunuchs in Wanxi's palace kept their mouths shut, but there really is no airtight wall in the harem. I still know everything.

After hearing the news, Yuqin and others rushed over to comfort and accompany Wanxi; for the rest, some people naturally gloated.

"If something like this happened today, let's see how she will be in the mood to be the concubine tomorrow!" Concubine Yu was the first to feel happy.

Even if she couldn't stop the imperial concubine's canonization, she didn't want to see Wanxi perfect.What happened today, naturally gave a big discount to the joy of the canonization ceremony. Thinking about it, it is impossible for Wanxi to be very happy, so Concubine Yu's heart will be much smoother.

E Chang smiled coldly while bowing his head, "Isn't it! It's not so easy to be the head of the harem. A woman surnamed Han under the leadership of the internal management can climb to this high position, so she should be the leader of the harem." From the beginning of the canonization, I will not go happily!"

Concubine Yu has been cold to E Changzai for several years, but this time because E Ning is finally happy, the relationship between Concubine Yu and E Changzai has eased.

Both are helpless people in this harem, and the interests of the two of them are still the same after all. If the two of them don't rely on each other, who else can they rely on?
"It's a pity that even if this happened, the empress dowager still didn't stop her and let her canonization ceremony go smoothly!" Concubine Yu still felt a little regretful when she said it.

E Changzai lowered his eyes lightly, "Sister Yu, don't worry, even the Empress Dowager will not stop her at this moment. She ascended to the position of imperial concubine with a Han surnamed Xin Zheku, threatening the Zhonggong, and making the Zhonggong fall into the present state." Difficulty... she will eventually provoke public anger!"

"Besides, the Empress Dowager did not openly stop her, but it is strange that the Empress Dowager is willing in her heart. Sister Yu, don't forget, there was a Lan noble in the palace, and now a little Niuhulu family is going to enter the palace... The empress dowager must support these two and surpass the imperial concubine step by step. Besides, these two are still young, but the imperial concubine herself is about forty. Whether it is the imperial favor or the heir, she has already arrived At the end of the battle, there is nothing to look forward to."

"That's right, she's going to be forty!" Concubine Yu said in her heart as if a door opened, "I always thought she was a little girl, but it turned out that she was also forty!"

This sentence means that Concubine Yu, who is over fifty this year and has already had her green head card removed from the respect room, feels inexplicably relieved.

"Let's wait and see that after she can no longer give birth, the newcomers in the harem will increase one by one, and then she will also watch the young newcomers give birth to heirs one by one... Let her also taste the jealousy Go for someone else's taste!"
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This night, Wanxi sent away Yuqin, Wanpin and others one by one, and went to bed early by herself.

After putting out the candles, she habitually said, "Yu Rui, go and rest too."

She was stunned when she finished speaking, and raised her eyes to look at the night in the room, she couldn't help but shed tears again in a daze.

Yu Rui is no longer there.

Since then, no matter how many years, no one has responded to this sentence.

"Master Royal Concubine, Master Rui respectfully asks Master Imperial Concubine to rest early..." A voice suddenly came from outside the window.

Wanxi's heart skipped a beat, and she recognized Cui Huan's voice.

Wanxi bit the corner of the quilt to prevent her choked sobs from spreading.She tried her best to laugh in the night, and then calmly said, "I see. Cuihuan, you and Cuixiu should also rest earlier. Tomorrow morning, you all sleep late, there is no need for you to get up and make rules gone."

Cui Huan and the others were all servants under Yurui's position, and they had to wait for Yurui to get up every morning.Since Yurui is no longer here, why bother them?

Cui Huan said outside the window, "Thank you for your compassion, the imperial concubine. But the servants are used to getting up every morning, and the first thing they do is to accompany the master to greet the imperial concubine and the master. If the master has not changed this habit for many years, then the slaves will No change. Tomorrow morning, according to Master Rui's time, the servants will come to pay respects to the imperial concubine and master."

Cui Huan's words finally elicited Wanxi's tears.

Wanxi nodded, "Okay. You are still in my palace, even if Yurui is gone, you are still my slaves."

Cui Huan didn't dare to disturb, so she bowed and left.

Wanxi lay back on the pillow, raised her eyes to look at the top of the tent.There were tears in the corners of the eyes, but a smile slowly appeared on the corners of the lips.

"Yu Rui, did you hear that? Although you are gone, we will still live with you. Yu Rui, in our hearts, you will never leave."
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The next day, on the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, the emperor issued a decree: to confer the honorary concubine Linghuang, and to send officials to sacrifice to the back hall of the Taimiao Temple and the Hall of Fengxian.

The canonization ceremony of the imperial concubine officially kicked off.

The officials were only sent to tell the back hall of the Ancestral Temple and the Hall of Fengxian, and there was no need for Wanxi to come forward in person. Therefore, Wanxi only saluted in the direction of the Ancestral Temple and the Hall of Fengxian at auspicious times in her own palace, and she did not have to leave her bedroom.

On this day, Wanxi was still thinking about calling Cuixiu and Cuihuan out of the palace.

Cui Huan expressed her heart to Wan Xi, she refused to leave the palace just like that.Cuixiu saw that Cuihuan was like this, so she insisted on staying and accompanying Cuihuan as they said yesterday when they hugged each other and cried.

Looking at the two official women who were crying again into tears, today's Wanxi has never shed tears.

Wanxi asks Yuchan to accompany Cuihuan to go out to wipe away her tears, and Wanxi asks Cuixiu to stay behind.

"Cuixiu, I know that your master Rui has always trusted you and Cuihuan the most. Since your master Rui entered the seal six years ago, you two have been by her side. She has nothing to say about you. of."

Cuixiu burst into tears again, "This slave can't wait...to go with Master Rui!"

"Cuixiu, you said it! Then don't regret it!" Wanxi suddenly said very quickly, but her eyes lit up.

Before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Manchus also had the old custom of burial.It is also possible that the master dies forever, and the most trusted people around him are buried with him.

Cui Xiu was also taken aback, but immediately became firm, "I don't regret it..."

Wanxi was amused by the girl's infatuation, she got up herself, took Cuixiu's hand, and sat back on the edge of the kang, asking Cuixiu to sit on the red sandalwood pedal under her feet.

This is the treatment that only the closest official women can get, and Cuixiu is so frightened that he dare not sit down.

Wan Xi shook her head with a smile, "The old custom of burial has long been changed with the entry of the Qing Dynasty. How can I go to find the dregs from a hundred years ago? But I still want your words--Cuixiu, you take it seriously!" Are you willing to follow your master Rui?"

Cuixiu was dumbfounded, and thought about it again carefully.

Since it is not a sacrificial burial, then the meaning of the imperial concubine's master is to ask her to guard the tomb, right?

Cuixiu nodded firmly, "I am willing! This servant will take good care of Master Rui's Baodi!"

Wanxi bowed her head and couldn't help smiling.

That's right, what she said is difficult to understand, and it's no wonder that Cui Xiu is already in a state of fascination.

Wanxi said euphemistically, "Yu Rui, her mother's family is the Suo Chuo Luo family. This is an old manchurian surname. In the past, outside the customs, they were all based on the place where their ancestors lived. Therefore, the place where your master Rui's mother's family originally lived is Sochoro."

"This place is in Jilin, near the Old Ula City. Although it is outside the pass, there used to be four Haixi tribes in that place. The royal cities of Wula, Yehe, Huifa, and Hada were all there. Therefore, the geomantic omen over there is good, and the land It is rich, and the court has given a lot of grace."

Wanxi raised her eyes, "Cuixiu, would you like to go to Suo Chuo Luo? I want to point you to someone's house there, do you think it's far away?"

In Cuixiu's heart, there is a vague mist that is flickering and dimming, but he can't grasp the shape, and can't see the eyebrows clearly.

At such a time, Cui Xiu just followed Master Rui's previous method, although she said without hesitation, "My servant is willing to go!"

Wanxi breathed a sigh of relief quietly, patted Cuixiu's hand and said, "Yuhui's mother's family is under the Zhengbai flag under the House of Internal Affairs, and there are indeed many of our Qing Dynasty's coating families in this flag. Not to mention the distance, Let’s say that the Cao family, which was weaving in Jiangning back then, was under this banner.”

"Although the Cao family has been convicted, it has already collapsed, but the shadow of the Cao family has not dissipated, and the foundation of decades of poems and books is still there. I thought... Coincidentally, the Suo Chuo Luo family stayed outside the pass In the branch, there are also those who choose the Cao surname as their Han surname. Since they are all under the Zhengbai banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they are all Han surnamed Cao..."

Wanxi paused, staring quietly at Cuixiu, "The family I chose for you is just such a family. Would you like to go there and serve Sansao?"

"As for Cuihuan... Yurui won't hide it from you, so I'll tell you clearly—I'll try to keep Cuihuan, she's not the one who should leave the palace anymore. Fettering, if you go out of the palace now, you will never come back. So I can only wrong you for this hard work."

"Cuixiu, if you don't want to, I won't force you. But if you want to, I think, you will not regret your choice today."

The mist under the heart of Cuixiu drifted back and forth, and it became lighter, and the green mountains and mist could be seen faintly.

Cuixiu got up and performed a double squatting salute, "Go back to the imperial concubine and master, the servant is willing!"

Wanxi finally smiled with relief, "If you can go, then I can rest assured."

Over the years, she has gotten used to Yurui's company, and suddenly she can't see Yurui again, and Wanxi can't sleep by herself.Wanxi knows this kind of melancholy most clearly.

Therefore, if Cuixiu is gone and there is an old friend by the side, then no matter how far away the place is, the heart will not wander, right?
After finishing this matter, Wanxi can finally return to the palace with peace of mind, to welcome the official canonization tomorrow, and officially step into her imperial concubine position.
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June [-]th is the day of the canonization ceremony of the imperial concubine.

At the dawn of the morning, the officials of Honglu Temple, Ministry of Rites, set up festival cases and book treasure cases in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.The guard of Luanyi set up a mining pavilion outside the cabinet door.The cabinet and the officials of the Ministry of Rites come out of the Chen Pavilion with festivals, books, and treasures, and the school of Luanyi walks in the back, guided by umbrella sticks.The officials of the Ministry of Rites lead them to the lower steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the books and treasures are promoted with the festival, and are set up in various cases in the hall.

The imperial imperial concubine's gold book treasure has been forged long before the canonization date, and sent to the cabinet for engraving.

The imperial concubine book is a gold book with ten pages, each page is seven inches high and three inches wide, with [-]% gold, ten to five taels; the imperial concubine seal is gold treasure, squatting on the dragon button, [-]% gold; platform, four inches square , one inch and two fen thick, jade chopsticks.

Next, a bachelor, who is in court clothes, will set up a festival case.The canonized envoy Fu Heng and the deputy envoy Chen Hongmou all wore court clothes, and they set up Danchi to the east and west.The Qintian Supervisor announces the time.The envoy ascended from the east steps, the deputy envoy followed, and knelt on the north side of Danbi's left.The university scholars are appointed to the case, and they are appointed as envoys from the gate of the palace.The envoy is receiving the festival, and the deputy envoy is happy.The books and treasure cases of the department have been lowered to the middle level, and they are still set up in the pavilion, and the guidance is the same as before.

At this time, Neiluan's guard of honor was already outside the gate of Chuxiu Palace, preparing the guard of honor for the imperial concubine in advance.In the inner prison, there are festival cases and incense cases in the palace, and in the middle of the main hall, there are one book and one treasure case.

The two canonized envoys, Fu Heng and Chen Hongmou, were ordered to go from Xiehemen to Jingyunmen, and they were envoys to the west to give the canonized scepter to the inner prisoner.The Neijian presented the scepter, the Neiluan Yi school book, the treasure pavilion to the palace gate, presented the book and treasure with the festival, and entered the Chuxiu Palace to salute.

Wanxi had already put on her gown and went out to the right of the palace gate.

Accompanying internal supervisor Fengjie, book and treasure are presented in each case and returned.Wanxi bowed to the north and knelt.

The female officer read out the book and Baowen.

The booklet said: "I only praise Tongyu, and I am respectful and obedient to promote it. Ziye was promoted to show respect and respect and Xiqing. Yuanji Yidian, style broadcast Wenlun. Zierling noble concubine Wei, served in the deep palace early , Suxian and Yifan. Xiang has ruled within twenty years, Linzhi is auspicious, surpassing the respected class of the Nine Emperors, Fengzhang has a superior rank, and is self-appointed."

"Yimao Fanghui, just be careful, restrain the joy in Xuandian, contain Zhang Mingshun, and is even more famous in Jiaoting. I respect the order of the Empress Dowager, and I will make you the imperial concubine with the book of treasures. Thank you for your kindness and kindness. Virtue, Yonghuai Shushen, Hui Zhai's clothes are in a vertical shape. He is humble and humble, and Mianhong is blessed. Qinzai."

The imperial concubine respectfully accepts the books and treasures, and performs six sues, kneels three times and salutes three times.After that, send the festival to the right inside the palace gate.

The rituals that should be canonized are like the ceremony for the queen to receive the canon.

The inner guardian festival went to Jingyunmen, and returned the scepter to Fu Heng, the canonized envoy.Fu Hengchi, followed by Chen Hongmou, went to the rear left door and returned to the emperor.

After returning the scepter, Fu Heng's mission as a canonized envoy has been completed.He stood in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, looking in the direction of Chuxiu Palace from afar——

Jiu'er has become the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty!

This is the only legitimate "live" imperial concubine in the harem of the Qing Dynasty for 100 years since Lord Shunzhi favored Dong E's family and granted Dong E's family the imperial concubine!

Maybe it's because the sky is too blue and the sun is too bright today, Fu Heng felt his nose sour and his eyes blurred.

Really, even he didn't dare to think that Jiu'er would one day be able to ascend to the position of the imperial concubine that no one can match!

After all, the Dong'e family came from a noble family in Manchuria, and Jiu'er was from a woman with a Han surname under the leadership of the internal management.This status and family status are quite different from Dong E's.

But the emperor, he actually did it, and gave such an unimaginable and tangible favor to Jiu'er alone!
He knew that he should be happy, for Jiu'er's glory today, and for the emperor's unswerving love for Jiu'er these years...

However, at this moment, why does he only want to lose his identity as the head of the dynasty, the courtiers standing solemnly in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and why he just wants to turn around and run out of the palace immediately, and run back home, Lock yourself up and cry?
Jiu'er, from now on, he can only raise his head high above the high clouds, looking up at her, right? .
On the next day, as a rule, the imperial concubine should go to the Empress Dowager's Palace, perform six sues, three knees and three salutes; then go to salute in front of the emperor, and salute in front of the empress.

Wanxi knew that the canonization ceremony, which lasted for three days, was the biggest test today.

At this time Wanxi was in the Forbidden City, but the Empress Dowager was still staying in Changchun Garden, so Wanxi was going to salute the Empress Dowager, and then went to Changchun Garden again.The road was exhausted again, and the emperor had also quietly said that because the empress dowager was not in the palace, the salute to the empress dowager could be temporarily exempted; after the empress dowager returned to the palace, he would make up for it.

Wanxi refused with a smile.

"Your Majesty enshrined me as an Imperial Concubine under the order of the Empress Dowager Yi, so I will go to the Empress Dowager's Palace to thank you first. Only after receiving the Empress Dowager's nod will I officially become the Imperial Concubine of the Qing Dynasty."

The emperor finally felt a little worried, and grabbed Wanxi's hand, "The emperor's mother..."

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "I understand, don't worry, sir. What happened yesterday is over."

The emperor stood up immediately, "Forget it, I'll just accompany you!"

Wanxi smiled, and quickly pulled her hand away, "Don't mind me! If you see me going with me, the Empress Dowager will be unhappy; besides, I will be forty soon, and I won't be that little girl in the past...don't worry, lord." Tell me to go, I can bear the position of imperial concubine, then I will naturally be able to bear the scrutiny of the empress dowager."

The emperor nodded slowly, "Forget it. If the Empress Dowager deliberately makes things difficult for you, tell me when you come back."

Wanxi smiled, "If I can't handle it, I'll tell you when I come back; but if I can handle it myself, then I won't tell you, and you don't have to worry~~"
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Wanxi went to Changchun Garden alone.

It doesn't matter if you don't have the emperor's company.After all, the rules of the canonization ceremony are laid out there. You have to go to the empress dowager's palace to salute first, and then go to the emperor to salute alone when you come back.This is a fixed ritual, a rule set by the ancestors, so there is no reason to ask the emperor to accompany him to see the empress dowager.

Wanxi just... still couldn't help but look sideways, looking at her side.

Outside the carriage, Yuchan and Yuying naturally followed, Wanxi was not alone.It's just... Over the years, Wanxi has gotten used to having Yurui sitting by her side for every major event.

But today, she was empty.

When she finally reached the top of the harem, after all, she was the only one who went up the jade steps step by step, right?
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In the Changchun Garden, the eunuchs had already prepared the incense table, prayer mats, etc. Wanxi entered to salute the Empress Dowager, and then Yongchang led everyone in the Changchun Garden to salute Wanxi.

The empress dowager received the ceremony in a high seat, seeing Wanxi coming here with a phoenix crown and a bright yellow dress, she felt mixed emotions.

Although there are still slight differences between the imperial concubine's uniform and that of the empress, the overall appearance is almost unreal.

This is incomparable to the crown suits of other ranks.

Especially the bright yellow that can be worn formally from now on!
The Empress Dowager felt that Wanxi's clothes made her eyes dazzle a little, so she closed her eyes, and then said slowly, "It is said that the Ruigui in your palace fell into the water in my Changchun Garden the day before yesterday, and today he is called It's hard for you to come to salute me... I also told the emperor, if you feel uncomfortable because of this matter, you don't have to come to salute me today."

Wanxi's face was calm, without glory or joy, but she was not humble or timid either. She just listened quietly without being humble or overbearing, and then answered leisurely, "Mr. Rui fell into the water, so it hurt my daughter-in-law's heart. But falling into the water was an accident. However, the canonization ceremony has already been set for an auspicious date, this is God's will, and it cannot be reversed by manpower."

"Besides, even Yurui must open her eyes to watch, and she also hopes that I will go through the canonization ceremony smoothly. Then I have to come as scheduled to pay my respects to the emperor's mother. Will Rui's wish come true?"

Wanxi's quietness made the Empress Dowager's heart flutter.

"Imperial Concubine, what do you call yourself? 'Daughter-in-law'?! What do you call me again, 'Emperor Mother'?!"

Wanxi raised her eyes quietly, "Huihuang's mother, that's what my daughter-in-law calls you, and what she calls herself." Wanxi raised her chin, with a bright light on her face, "Because my daughter-in-law is already the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty, She is already the legitimate daughter-in-law of the Empress!"

The empress dowager also gritted her teeth.

After all, after the Dong E family, there has been no legitimate imperial concubine in the harem of the Qing Dynasty for a hundred years, and few empress dowagers would hear the imperial concubine call themselves that.

The empress dowager took a deep breath, "You don't have to call me that in front of me. I'm not used to it, and I'm afraid you won't be used to it either."

Wanxi shook her head, "Mother Huang is worrying too much, my daughter-in-law is not used to it at all. Although the daughter-in-law has been in the palace for more than 20 years, she has changed from 'slave' to 'concubine' in front of the empress dowager until more than 20 years later. It is only today that I can call myself a 'daughter-in-law'...but the daughter-in-law has already prepared for this in her heart, so when she opens her mouth to say it, it can't be more natural and fluent."

"And Queen Mother said she was not used to it, so she just heard her daughter-in-law call her that. The daughter-in-law believes that as long as Queen Mother listens more and gets used to it, everything will be fine."

The Empress Dowager was a little annoyed, "Imperial Concubine, you are still so eloquent!"

Wanxi lowered her head and smiled slightly, "Huihuangerniang, everyone said that the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. This has nothing to do with age or status, do you think so?"

The Empress Dowager couldn't help raising her eyebrows, "What do you want to say?"

Wanxi shook her head slightly, "Daughter-in-law said about herself. She was 14 years old at the time, and now she is almost 40 years old; she was an official woman when she first entered the palace, and now she is in the position of imperial concubine... Daughter-in-law is still her original temperament and will not change Go with your original intention."

As Wanxi spoke, she raised her head slowly and stared at the Empress Dowager, "The Empress Dowager my daughter-in-law saw back then is the same as the Empress Empress I met today. The daughter-in-law took shelter of the Empress Dowager's teachings, and the Empress Dowager did not agree with her." If you want to change, the daughter-in-law will naturally not dare to change."

The empress dowager's throat was a little blocked.

"Imperial Concubine, you seem to have finally spoken!"

Wanxi looked back and smiled, with a relaxed attitude, "Looking at the beautiful mountains and clear waters in the Changchun Garden of Huang Erniang, it is really a 'painting within a painting'. Ming; next to the emperor's filial piety, in this painting, the real blessing is comparable to the Queen Mother of the West, and I should have both good fortune and longevity, which no one can match."

(End of this chapter)