peasant young lady

Chapter 270
The old city gates of Beijing have the saying of 'Inner Nine Outer Seven Imperial City Four'. The outer seven refers to the seven outermost gates of the entire capital, namely Yongding Gate, Zuo'an Gate, You'an Gate, and Guangqu Gate. , Guang'anmen, Dongbianmen and Xibianmen, and the Yongdingmen they came to was the main gate of Beijing's outer city wall during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is located on the central axis of Beijing. An important channel leading to the capital.

Go north from Yongdingmen until you reach Zhengyangmen, one of the nine gates in the inner city, and pass Chengtianmen, the southernmost of the four gates in the inner city, which is the most famous Tiananmen in modern times. Within the scope of the Forbidden City.

When the two big characters of the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City were clearly displayed in front of them, Cheng Xia admitted that her heart was a little agitated.On the Meridian Gate plaque in front of me, there is no Manchu font of the Qing Dynasty, but two big characters written solemnly.In many modern film and television dramas, there is such a saying as "beheading at the Meridian Gate". In fact, the Meridian Gate is the main gate of the Forbidden City. It is located on the north-south axis of the Forbidden City and is the place where the emperor held important activities.The real beheadings are all held in Chaishi or Caishikou, and the Meridian Gate will definitely not be the place for beheadings.

"Young Master Shao, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the palace, please come into the palace with me." The guard said very respectfully, "Your Majesty has ordered the humble official to wait for you at Yongding Gate for two days."

two days?Shao Chen was taken aback, "General Shao Lin of Fengguo has been back for two days?"

"That's right." The guard cupped his hands and invited Shao Chen to the side door on the west side of the Meridian Gate, "My lord, please enter the palace with your humble servant."

Shao Chen held Cheng Xia's hand and wanted to walk in together, but saw the guards smiled embarrassedly, "My lord, Your Majesty only said that you are invited to enter the palace alone, and did not arrange for other people to enter together."

Cheng Xia laughed suddenly, and she pulled her hand from Shao Chen's, "Go by yourself, it's just a rare time to come to the capital, I'll go shopping by myself."

"Here," Shao Chen was obviously unhappy, he raised his eyes to look at the guard in front of him, "We come together as a couple, so naturally we will enter together. She doesn't know her well, so I definitely can't leave her here alone."

Cheng Xia smiled indifferently, "No problem." She has stayed in modern Beijing for seven years, four years in college, and three years in graduate school. She is still able to cope with the human Beijing city. When she returns to this quaint Ming Dynasty, what else can happen to her in this capital city with a total population of less than 2171 million?

"Okay, go in quickly, don't waste time," Cheng Xia patted the back of Shao Chen's hand, looked at the sky in his eyes, thought for a while and said, "I don't know when you will leave the palace, so Well, I'll wait for you here when it's getting dark, you don't have to worry about me, I'm just looking around, nothing."

Seeing Shao Chen reluctantly follow the guards into the west door, Cheng Xia stared at his straight back for a long time, then suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled.She had a strong premonition that from today, from the moment he stepped into the side door of the Meridian Gate, the identity of Yang Dalang had already left him.

From now on, he is Shao Chen, and only Shao Chen.

Cheng Xia watched Shao Chen enter the palace and walked across the Jinshui Bridge. He didn't look away until his back became more and more blurred. Finally, he walked to the main entrance of the Meridian Gate, took a deep look at the closed main entrance, and couldn't help laughing shaking his head.

The main gate of the Meridian Gate in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was not accessible to ordinary people. It was the exclusive passage for the emperor to enter and exit the palace.In addition to the emperor, there is only one kind of person who can enter the Forbidden City through the Meridian Gate, and that is the empress.But the queen can't come in and out of the Meridian Gate every moment, she only has one chance, and that is on the day of her wedding.As the mother of the country, the queen will enter this avenue on the day of her marriage, which means that the queen is here to continue the royal bloodline, she can bring new hope, and she will also be the mother of the world in the future, so there will be an exception .

And the other one who can come out from the main gate of the Meridian Gate in a bright and bright manner, besides the emperor, is the three people who won the first place in the imperial examination. The palace examination, and then passed the emperor's imperial gift, and walked out of the Meridian Gate generously.These three people went out from the Meridian Gate, which represented the hope of the scholars of the whole world and the continuation of the whole country.

In modern times, Cheng Xia has entered and exited the Meridian Gate countless times. This represents the majesty of the royal family. After 500 years, it has already become an existence that everyone can see and reach. Thinking about it, it really is Satire.

Cheng Xia shrugged, and left directly from the Meridian Gate, out of the Fengtian Gate, and wandered around in the ancient Forbidden City.

500 years ago and 500 years later, there are many differences after all.No matter how retro the ancient film and television drama is, it is impossible to describe what Cheng Xia is seeing now.This kind of classical charm and elegance cannot be replicated by modern people.Thinking about it, she is really lucky to be able to make such a trip in Beijing.

This is the place she has been thinking about for more than half a year, and it is also the place she thinks of the most after traveling, and now she finally sees it.Tightening the package on her body, Cheng Xia successfully heard the sound of a collision coming from inside. It was before she left Qingxian Village, when she was packing things in the bamboo house, she quietly stuffed them into the package while Yang Dalang was distracted. The white shirt and jeans, mobile phone and travel suit, or subconsciously, Cheng Xia is also saying goodbye to Qingxian Village, she has brought all the things she misses the most.

Coming out of Fengtianmen, Cheng Xia wandered around, seeing that it was still early, and he hadn’t eaten anything for a day, so Cheng Xia decided to find an inn to eat some food from the capital. I wanted to walk, but I almost reached the foot of Jingshan Mountain in the north of the Forbidden City.Cheng Xia looked up at Jingshan outside the Xuanwu Gate, thinking about the end of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

Cheng Xia entered an inn named Liuxiang at the foot of Jingshan Mountain, and walked in and out towards the crowd. Thinking that the business was good, she went in directly with her package.The clerk saw that Cheng Xia was not wearing rich clothes, and a trace of contempt and disdain flashed in his eyes. Cheng Xia turned cold, and took out a 100 tael silver note from the package and shook it in front of the clerk, "I want two Can you afford the private room upstairs?"

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is inevitable that there will be people who look down upon others with a dog's eyes. To deal with this kind of person, you should either ignore them, or just slap him in the face to have fun.

The waiter immediately changed his color, "Naturally, the small ones are disrespectful, please come here." The waiter respectfully led Cheng Xia into the lobby on the second floor, looked around, and picked out an extremely delicate one. Let Cheng Xia enter the private room, "Please come inside, girl."

Just as Cheng Xia was about to step in, she saw someone coming out of the private room next door. Cheng Xia looked at the woman who was wearing a veil, and suddenly narrowed her eyes. She just wanted to take a closer look, but she didn't want the woman to follow behind her. People immediately surrounded the woman and went downstairs.

Cheng Xia followed to the stairs and looked down from the top, only to see a butterfly-like tattoo on the corner of the woman's eye, but nothing else.

Seeing that Cheng Xia was curious, the clerk immediately smiled, "Miss Jiang Wei, Miss Jiang?"

Jiang Wei?Cheng Xia's eyes froze, is it really the Jiang Wei she met when she was in Chong'an County?
Just as Cheng Xia was thinking, the waiter was already talking non-stop, "Ms. Jiang, I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune. This woman's face is so important. She even has scars at the corners of her eyes. Tell me about it." ,Why."

Cheng Xia followed the chattering second brother into the private room, and he continued to talk non-stop, "The girl doesn't know, this Miss Jiang Wei is really unlucky. I heard that she is well-educated and understanding. Concubine Shao in this palace is 1 satisfied, plus the former emperor intended to let the fourth prince, oh, that is, King Xing marry Miss Jiang as a serious concubine, you say this is a great thing, I heard that this soldier Commander Ma made Jiang Xing and Mr. Jiang very happy, just waiting to climb up to the royal family, but, hey, you say this," the younger brother played a very good role, and lamented as he said, "Piansheng Xingwang just refused , It's life and death refusing, no one can do it. Concubine Shao has no choice, and this marriage has been delayed."

oh?This is the first time Cheng Xia has heard that Zhu Youzhao's decent concubine in history is indeed Jiang Wei. Why is he so hypocritical now? Why doesn't he marry?If he doesn't marry Jiang Wei, where does Emperor Jiajing come from?How will the Ming Dynasty continue after this?

Cheng Xia saw that the second elder brother really had nowhere to go, so he could only interrupt him, "Why didn't King Xing marry Miss Jiang?"

The buddy spread his hands, "Who knows, I just said I was suffering from lovesickness, hey," the buddy seemed to suddenly remember his serious business, and hurriedly said, "What do you want to eat, girl?"

"Just order whatever you have in your store. You don't need too much, just a few special dishes."

"Come on," the clerk answered loudly, turned around, left the room and went downstairs.

Cheng Xia was in a daze. If she had the opportunity in the future, she would definitely go to see Jiang Wei. She always felt that her eyes were too familiar. Cheng Xia was sure that she must have seen Jiang Wei before.

After lunch, Cheng Xia walked along the inn all the way to the west. Anyway, there was no purpose, so it was just a stroll, so as not to get lost.

However, after walking for about half an hour, when she came to a place, she was suddenly a little stunned. She assured that she was really just wandering around, but for some reason, she came here.

Or, because Du Zhong had talked about it too many times, she must have known his confidante by heart, that's why she unconsciously came here, Chaoyangmen Inner Street.

Thinking about it, Cheng Xia couldn't help shaking the goosebumps on her body. It's really unbelievable that this famous haunted place in modern times is the most prosperous Flower Street and Willow Lane besides Bada Hutong.

But what was even more unbelievable was yet to come. Just as she was about to walk slowly along this street, she saw a man coming out of a brothel named Yihonglou in front of her. After seeing the man's face clearly, Cheng Xia Suran's eyes widened, she actually recognized it.

(End of this chapter)