The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 25

The sweet pomelo scent overflows in the Luanming Cheng'en sedan chair, and the seat is covered with an extremely soft goose feather cushion, with red cloth embroidered with gold thread peonies on it, Wanyu gently presses on the cushion surface with her hand, the cushion instantly Dimpled.

The sedan chair was extremely stable, if it wasn't for the crisp and pleasant sound of the silver bells shaking outside the sedan chair, Wan Yu would have been hard-pressed to know if she was still on the road.

She opened the car curtain and looked at the scene along the road.

In the past, I only walked through the night in the palace, but I don't know that sitting on this sedan chair and being served by others is a different scene.

The long corridors, red walls and yellow tiles spread all the way without seeing the edge.Occasionally, there are palace people passing by against the base of the wall. When they see the sedan chair passing by, they kneel down and worship, with lowered eyebrows and eyes, not daring to look directly at it.

Not long after, the bearers slowed down on the corridor, turned around and crossed the threshold together, and heard the leading eunuch wave his whip and said 'ji', and the tail eunuch said 'success'.

Wan Lai raised her eyes, and saw that there were three big characters of 'Longxingmen' written on the plaque.

Qianqingmen is the boundary where the emperor goes to the imperial gate to listen to the government every day. Concubines and concubines are not allowed to enter through the main entrance.

The Palace of Yanxi Palace is located in the Sixth Palace in the east, so you have to enter from the Longxing Gate on the east side of Qianqing Palace.

Through the window of the sedan chair, Wanyu saw three nuns and three court ladies welcoming them to the sedan chair, the eunuch leading the team said in a solemn voice, 'Fall', and the Cheng'en sedan chair landed on the ground.

The leading nun smiled and looked at the sedan window, and said in a loud voice: "Blessed are the nobles, the young master, and the slaves will take care of the young master to make up and bathe."

Saying so, the sedan chair door opened, and a group of nuns and maids got off the sedan chair to meet Wanyu, and led her to Zhaoren Hall.

Wan Lai hastily looked at it, and found that the Zhaoren Hall was still a common single-eave resting hilltop, covered with yellow glazed tiles.

It is three rooms wide, with doors in the middle room and sill windows in the second room, all carved with dragon patterns.

The nanny lifts the curtain of the hall, and waits for Wanyu to enter.

The inside is smoky, and there is a basin in the middle, in which fragrant petals are sprinkled, and milk is poured into the basin, which has a pleasant fragrance.

Behind the basin stands a single pineapple frame, on which sixteen snow-white square scarves are placed in sequence.

Wan Lai looked at Rare, and saw a court lady stepping forward, first cleaned her hands in the washbasin at the side, then stuck her finger into the washbasin, and said "yes" in a moment.

When the voice fell, the nuns skillfully untied Wanyu's neckline, Wanyu was startled, and couldn't stop taking two steps back.

Seeing her shy face, Mammy smiled and said, "My lord is going to bed for the first time. Although I have mentioned many things to Mammy, she is always nervous for the first time." Mammy raised her hand to the washbasin, and then pointed to the back of the washbasin. The dressing room with bead curtains hanging down said: "The young master has to take a bath and put on makeup first, and then be wrapped up by the eunuchs in the respect room and carried to the Qianqing Palace to serve the emperor. Don't worry, the servants have been serving the young masters of the harem since the beginning of the dynasty. Understand the emperor's mind."

Wan Yu felt conflicted in her heart, in the past, only Yun Shan took care of the bath in the mansion, now she suddenly wants to take off her clothes in front of so many people, it is somewhat awkward.

But the rules of the Forbidden City cannot be broken, so she can only bite the bullet and let the nuns serve her.

After taking a bath, the nuns retreated, and the court lady poured jasmine powder all over her body, then took a light pink cloak and draped her body, and helped her into the dressing table.

Wan Lai was sitting in front of the dressing table, letting the ladies in the palace apply powder and beautification to her delicate face.

She lightly closed her eyes, she wasn't very nervous at first, but now that the battle started, she felt uneasy.

"I have served so many young masters before, but your facial features are the most handsome." Seeing Wanyu's nervous expression, a palace maid praised Wanyu to reassure her: "I will put some more powder on you, and I will meet the Holy Emperor later. Happy."

After hearing this, Wanyu slowly opened her eyes, and saw that her face in the bronze mirror was thick with makeup, her cheeks were heavily rouged, and the shape of her eyebrows was forcibly changed from Liuyemei to Yuanshandai.

She frowned, raised her hand and ordered the maid to stop: "Do you want to sing flower drums with the emperor with such a face?"

"My lord, other people are dressing up like this, the emperor likes it."

"Everyone is carved out of the same mold after passing through your hands. Once the candle is extinguished, how can the emperor know who is who?" Wanyu took the square scarf casually, and wiped off the makeup on her face despite the maid's dissuasion. , and then raised his face at the crowd and told them to go out to serve.

Wan Lai's actions were very light, she only put on plain makeup and put on her pink and black clothes, and suddenly she heard the eunuch's voice from outside the palace: "The emperor has orders, nobleman Wan will stay in the Qianqing Palace, you can enter in pajamas, you don't need to wash your clothes."

When the man finished speaking, Wan Yu heard the maids sighing and discussing through the curtain.

Staying in Qianqing Palace, how can you not know the profound meaning in these words?

The servants below the concubine's position are all picked up by Luanming Chengen sedan chair. The East Sixth Palace enters the Zhaoren Hall, the East Small Hall of Qianqing Palace, and the West Sixth Palace enters the West Small Hall, Hongde Hall. He was carried to the Qianqing Palace by the eunuch.

After going to bed, they still have to be wrapped up and carried out, changed in the side hall, and then carried back to their own palace.

This stay in Qianqing Palace is the highest honor and favor for concubines.

Wanyu and the emperor only met once, not to mention others are surprised, even Wanyu herself can't figure it out.

Although he was happy, he was even more worried in his heart, serving the bed today would definitely attract the attention of the entire palace, and now that he has this honor again, he does not know how many people will be envious.

The palace maid took Baihejiao's cloud brocade pajamas embroidered with green bamboo patterns and put them on for Wan Yu. She flattered her and said she was lucky. Qianqing Palace.

The imperial quilt wrapped Wanlu tightly, and the scent of agarwood on it lingered around her mouth and nose, and the smell was calming and reassuring.

That day when Yanxi Palace saw the emperor for the first time, he shied away and flinched, thinking that he had offended the emperor, but he didn't want the happy event that everyone was looking forward to, to fall on him so suddenly.

Ye Bilong sent her into the palace in order to let her go past Concubine Yi and win the favor of the Holy One in the palace, so as to consolidate Niu Hulu's position in the court.

He also recalled the impassioned speech to Shu Shujue Luo before entering the palace, bluntly saying that he wanted to be the emperor's favorite concubine and protect his mother's glory forever.

Now that all this is in front of her eyes, she actually feels like a dream is unreal.

If you have to ask for a reason, it is probably compared to the example of Concubine Yi, and I have lingering fears.

Wan Lai breathed a sigh of relief, seeing the eunuch who was carrying her slow down, she lifted the quilt stealthily and looked out.

But it has already entered the palace of the Qing Dynasty. The hall is covered with gold bricks. The beams and pillars of the room are painted with the pattern of nine dragons around the sun.

"My lord, right now the emperor is reviewing the memorial in the main hall, please wait a moment."

Wan Lai replied in a low voice, "Understood", and the eunuchs bowed and faced the bed, with their backs facing the main entrance of the dormitory, and retreated.

About a quarter of an hour later, hearing that there was no movement outside, Wannai lifted the quilt and took a few breaths.

She got up and half-lyed on the bed, muttering to herself: "I don't know who came up with these cumbersome rules, but it makes people very bored."

She looked around the big sleeping hall, there was a gilt candlestick standing tall in the clouds on the left and right in front of the bed, and the candlestick was covered with a purple gold flower gauze lampshade, making the candlelight even more eye-catching.

Three feet closer to the couch, a pair of basalt beasts opened their tongues slightly, burning incense in their stomachs, and thin green smoke slowly came out.

Looking around, the round table made of huanghuali is in excellent condition. There are three gold plates and three silver plates on it. Inside each plate are peanuts, lotus seeds, red dates, longan, lotus root and pomegranate, which means many children.

The tangle of twigs carved into the table legs is even more lifelike.

Wan Yu just glanced at it, her cheeks flushed, and she lowered her head.

(End of this chapter)