The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 12
The two chatted all the way, and without realizing that time flies, they entered Jiangxuexuan's realm.

The doors and windows of Jiangxuexuan are the true color of nanmu, without decoration.

The columns, frames, beams, and squares are all decorated with colorful paintings of mottled bamboo patterns, which are simple and elegant without losing their charm.

A five baht crabapple tree was planted in front of the door, and now the crabapple flowers are in full bloom, and petals fall in the wind, like snowflakes all over the sky, fascinated Wannai and Rongyue.

The serving eunuch invited the two of them in, and then the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was waiting inside quickly changed the new bedding.

In the side hall, Dong Wenyin, who had entered Jiangxuexuan earlier, stepped forward with a smile on her face, and first congratulated the two on their selection, but because they waited here for a while, she directed the maids to bring melon and fruit snacks. Brewing tea for the two of them and serving them, he seemed to be a master, and he didn't see the cowardice when he was insulted by Guarjia's words just now.

The three of them sat in the side hall to talk, time flies, and the sun finally set in the Forbidden City.

The fresh breeze blows the door, mixed with the fragrance of the spring breeze blowing on the beauty's face, hearing the excitement outside the house, the three of them look at each other and smile, knowing that today's general election has finally come to an end.

The rest of the draft girls, Lu, entered Jiangxuexuan one after another, and the room became lively in an instant.

Everyone ate the dinner together in Jiangxuexuan, the imperial dining room served mostly refreshing seasonal dishes, the taste was slightly better than her own mansion, but Wannai didn't have much appetite today, so she ate a few He stopped the bowl and chopsticks.

In my free time, I chatted with the beautiful girls nearby, among them the best one was Guo Luoluo Roujia, the daughter of the assistant leader Sanguanbao, she knew everything from right to left, her words were impeccable, and she always picked up some sweet words to flatter everyone.

And the quietest one is the queen Jia Yong, the leader of the Huashan army. She sits at the end of the table and dares not to use her chopsticks for the dishes that are far away from her. Opened some small dishes, and when everyone introduced each other at the banquet, her voice was even softer than a mosquito, but Guo Luo Luo Roujia only made her voice louder, and her ears immediately turned red with embarrassment.

Because Hesheli Chunying shares the same clan as the empress, her family background will inevitably be mentioned, but she just jokes, bluntly saying that the small family is afraid of polluting everyone's ears, and she dare not be compared with the empress.Seeing that she seemed to be in a state of embarrassment after questioning, Wan Yu smoothed things over for her.

After dinner, everyone became acquainted and opened up their hearts, chatting about girls' thoughts.

Some people yearn for the luxurious life of the palace and are excited, while others miss their parents and weep secretly.

Wanyu and Rongyue lived in the same room, after a day of tossing, Rongyue settled down early in the morning, Wanyu opened the window, and looked at the crabapple outside the window, under the moonlight it was even more poignant.

Now that she is elected to the palace, there is no folk wedding ceremony, and the current emperor has become her husband.

Speaking of which, she only entered the palace to serve for the sake of her family, but during the daytime conversations with the emperor, listening to his jade voice, and humorous conversation, she did not expect much, but now she is a little more girlish.

At night, candles were lit in the Kunning Palace where Empress Hesheli lived, and Qingyue, her maidservant, served her with a cattail fan. The Empress sat at the red sandalwood table in the main hall, holding a roster of beautiful women under the candle and watching carefully.

"Your Majesty has only accepted six beautiful girls. Your Majesty, you have been staring at them for half an hour, and you hurt your eyes." Qingyue said with concern, and ordered the maids inside to light more candles.

The queen put down the roster in response, closed her eyes and pinched the roots of the mountain lightly, and said gently: "The old ancestor entrusted me with the matter of dividing the dormitory. I thought there might be other intentions, so I dare not neglect."

"In the past, including you in the palace, there were only five masters. Except for Concubine Yi, the status of the other people was also agreed to be at the bottom of the ranks. Ma Jiachang was also awarded the title of Jin because of the birth of a prince. Now there are so many people Get up, you are the middle palace, so naturally you have to arrange everything carefully. You also have to use the majesty of the queen as an example for future generations to see, so that no one will be like Ma Jia, and it will be easy to get the holy family." Qingyue Clever, seeing the Queen frowning lightly, she knew that she had said something wrong, and hurriedly apologized to the Queen.

The queen shook her head, but she didn't blame her: "Ma Jia often gave birth to a big brother, so she has a bit of arrogance."

She put her hand on the roster, and gently scratched Rong Yue's name on it with the gold-rimmed agate-studded armor: "In the end, she is also a familyless person, not as good as this Tong Rongyue, who is blessed with the blessing of the Empress Dowager Cihe, The emperor personally appointed her as a concubine, and even proposed a title. She doesn't know how happy she will be when she hears the news tomorrow."

The queen moved the armor down, clicked on Wanyu's name, shook her head and said: "There is also this Niuhulu mansion, isn't it enough to have a concubine Yi? The emperor is jealous of Oboi, and Ye Bilong is not a name Don't worry, now that he has made these actions in succession, he is probably trying to put a straw in the harem, so that he can find a way out for himself."

"Empress, don't worry. Concubine Yi is not to be favored. Her younger sister is probably useless in the palace." Qingyue put down her cattail fan, took a green-skinned orange from the jade plate, peeled it and handed it to the queen: "Who is in the palace?" I can't see that the emperor really loves the empress, Ma Jia is always proud of being favored, isn't she also respectful to you?"

"She is not respectful to me, but she is just respectful to my successor." The queen closed the roster, and at the same time spread a pair of jade hands to Qingyue. makeup and hair.

"Since the emperor thinks highly of the Tong family, he gave her the Chengqian Palace to live in. Ma Jia often lives alone in the Chengqian Palace all year round, and she is the only one who has become the envy of the universe. Now that the Tong family is in the throne, it will also frustrate her spirit."

Facing the bronze mirror, the queen gently fiddled with her black hair: "As for Niu Hulu's family, Concubine Yi lives in Yikun Palace, so I sent her to Yanxi Palace, so that the two of them will stay far away and there will be trouble." Nothing happened."

Qingyue repeatedly praised the empress for her good plan, took a copper basin to fetch water, and added flower juice into it, the fragrance was overflowing.

The empress dipped her slender hands into the water, closed her eyes and made a quiet sound. After a while, she opened her eyes suddenly, and eagerly explained to Qingyue: "When I greeted you at night, I heard the Empress Dowager cough twice. You can ask the small kitchen to make some snow clam pear soup and send it to Qingyue." The Compassionate Ning Palace, let the ancestors know that my granddaughter-in-law is filial."

Qingyue should be, hastily went to the small kitchen, the queen breathed a sigh of relief, and washed with peace of mind.

In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Xuexuan's beautiful girl got up and before she had time to have breakfast, the father-in-law passed the decree and went inside to announce the decree.

"I was in charge at the beginning, and the women in the harem were weak. I hereby honor the empress dowager's benevolent order, and I will be my concubine."

"Beautiful girl Tong Rongyue, she is your concubine, bestowed the title of Xian, and lives in Chengqian Palace."

"Niu Hulu is wan, and you are a nobleman, staying in the Palace of Yanxi Palace."

Wan Yu knelt down to accept her imperial decree and held it in her palm, although she thanked the emperor with gratitude, she was still unhappy in her heart.

Eldest sister Yide lives in Yikun Palace, and this Yanxi Palace is far away from Yikun Palace, and it takes a long time to travel back and forth on weekdays. The emperor arranges it like this, maybe he really has feelings for her Niu Hulu's family. Bad luck.

After the imperial decree was read out, apart from Rong Yue as the concubine and Wan Yu as the nobleman, the other four only agreed as Mo Liu, and they were led to their own palaces by the eunuchs of the House of Internal Affairs.

Among these few people, Dong Wenyin was in the same place as herself.

The two walked together all the way and chatted with the eunuch, only to find out that there was an old man living in the Yanxi Palace in order to promise Li Shi.

According to what the eunuch said, although Li Shi agreed, but in terms of love, he can still sit on an equal footing with Ma Jiachang.

However, he has never had any heirs, so he cannot be promoted.

After entering the Palace of Yanxi Palace, she did not see Li promised to go out to greet her. The door of the east side hall where she lived was tightly closed, and it was not known whether anyone was in the hall.

Dong Wenyin bowed to Wanyu to pay her respects, and followed the eunuch leading the way into the West Side Hall, Wanyu stood in front of the door, looking at the main hall from a distance.

The royal palace is really magnificent, with yellow glazed tiles on the top of the mountain, finely carved pictures of auspicious clouds on the beams and columns, a door with three crosses and six bowls of water chestnut flowers in the middle, and a window with double crosses and four bowls of water chestnut flowers in the upper, and three sweet-scented osmanthus trees standing side by side in front of the door. , the aroma is overflowing.

In the courtyard, roses, peonies, lilies, and green chrysanthemums compete with each other, and the flowers are full of flowers, butterflies dance and bees are busy among the bushes, creating a scene full of vitality.

The eunuch who led the way saw Wanya standing at the door and staring at him, but he didn't come forward, and called her respectfully, "Your Majesty". into the house.

(End of this chapter)