The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 27

Liang Jiugong brought in a crimson plate with the auspicious pattern of five bats painted on it, and offered a pair of soup cups, a plate of green oranges, and a stack of sesame crisps.

Seeing the emperor and Wanyu sitting at the pineapple wooden table chatting and laughing happily, they respectfully placed the plate on the table and left without saying a word.

The emperor lifted up the long sleeves of the pajamas with one hand, took a soup cup with the other and moved it in front of Wanyu, opened the lid of the cup, a refreshing fragrance spread out, Wanyu closed her eyes and murmured a good fragrance.The emperor gave a doting smile, took a spoon and put it in for stirring: "Taste the newly made soup in the Imperial Dining Room to see if it suits your taste."

Wan Lai picked up the spoon, she was fascinated by the aroma and wanted to taste it, but she couldn't go beyond the rules, so she took another soup cup and handed it to the emperor diligently.

Lifting the lid of the cup, I saw that the color of the soup in the emperor's cup was slightly white, not as red as my own, and looked appetizing, so I raised my eyebrows and asked: "The emperor's cup seems to be different from that of concubines."

The spoon in the emperor's hand was filled with a spoonful of soup, and he passed it to Wanyu's lips and said softly, "Taste it."

Wan Lai was taken aback for a moment, her lips and teeth parted slightly, and she took a mouthful with a blushing face.

"Taste your own again."

She tasted it suspiciously, but the taste was a little sweeter than her own cup. The sweetness was moderate, sweet but not greasy, making the soup even more delicious.

Seeing her suspicious expression, the emperor took a sip of the soup, then took a green orange and slowly peeled it open and handed it to her: "I think women always like to eat something sweet, so I turned over your brand for dinner, so I ordered Liang Jiugong to eat it." Ready, I took Mongolian Jin's 'Secret Red Frosting Sugar' and added it to you, do you still like it?"

Wannai took the green orange, nodded shyly and said yes, then peeled off two orange petals and handed them to the emperor: "The emperor treats my concubine with care and consideration, this kind of heart makes my concubine even more happy."

The emperor took the orange petals and chewed them, took Wanyu's hand and pressed them slightly, and said with firm eyes: "Such happy days will last forever. I ordered Suo Ertu to find some young warriors, and we will share them in the imperial garden tomorrow." Buku Zhile, after you greet the queen, come earlier."

The Buku spoken by the emperor is the Manchu language for wrestling.

Since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, riding and archery, ice play, and wrestling have been established as national customs.In the former mansion, Wanyi also saw that Ye Bilong often summoned capable men from all corners of the country to perform Buku competitions in other courtyards. The men sweated and won by cleverness or brute force, it was very exciting.

Wannao complied with the emperor's words, and felt that it would not be good for her to provoke other concubines to talk about jealousy by herself, so she said: "I heard that Buku's skills are superb, such a good thing, if only one concubine Wouldn't it be a pity to see it? If the emperor also asked other concubines to go with him, the life in the deep palace is already boring, so why don't all the sisters watch it?"

"I just want to watch this excitement with you." The emperor's eyes were full of tenderness, and his expression was pampering. He picked up the soup cup, stirred it with a spoon, blew air with his mouth to dissipate the temperature, and then filled a spoonful of it to feed Wanyu to drink. : "This soup is the most refreshing. You are tired today. If you drink up this cup, let me have a rest earlier."

The emperor's last words made Wannao's heart throbbing for a while, but there was no expression of joy on her face, she respectfully answered her promise, and squinted at the soup the emperor fed her mouthful by mouthful.

After eating, the maid of honor rinsed her mouth, and the two chatted for a while, and settled down on the couch.

Xu Shi was busy with court affairs, the emperor's aura gradually calmed down, and soon he fell into a deep sleep.

Wan Lai lay with her back facing the emperor, her eyes wide open, letting the warmth of his breath hit the back of her neck.

This night, the emperor hugged her very tightly, this move made her truly feel that all these existences are not illusory.

Such a man, the emperor above ten thousand people, spoke to her so gently just now, put his body down like an ordinary husband feeding himself, carefully wiped the soup overflowing from her lips with his fingers, and joked with her, Tasting the song and talking about the lyrics, there is even more unconcealable affection in the eyebrows and eyes.

Wanyu has never seen such a tender friendship in Ama and Erniang before.

The night in the Forbidden City is so dark, looking out at the square sky, there is so much sorrow that cannot be endured.

But the man lying beside him turned on the lamp for Wan Lai and gave her hope.

These were what she was looking forward to, and they were also the last thing she dared to look forward to.

Wan Lai thought about it, smiled sweetly, and her eyelids gradually sank.

This night was the most solid night Wanyu had slept since entering the palace. She didn't open her eyes until she heard Liang Jiugong's call to wake up outside the door.

With sleepy eyes and soft eyes, she saw the emperor standing in front of the couch with his back to her, and lazily said: "The emperor is awake."

The emperor turned his head in response, seeing that she was about to get up, he quickly stepped forward and pressed her shoulder and said softly: "You served me hard last night, so sleep more."

At this moment, Liang Jiugong led his eunuchs to present the emperor's court clothes.

Wannai disregarded the emperor's persuasion and got up with a smile, and said respectfully: "The emperor loves concubines, Xu concubines don't have to be rigid about etiquette, but concubines can't be arrogant when they leave the Qing Palace. Concubines go to bed the next day I want to enter the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay respects to the Empress Dowager, concubines dare not neglect."

The emperor paused for a moment, and nodded, then raised his finger to the court clothes held by the eunuch and said: "Then wait for me to change clothes, my servant is not as caring as you."

Wan Lai took over the court clothes, and changed the emperor's clothes according to the rules taught by the nuns.

It is a yellow court dress, with embroidered chest tattoos of soaring dragons, and the dragon's head hanging on the chest is lifelike.The forearm is sewed with dark black dragon pattern material to avoid dust and dirt, and the hem pattern is separated into three sections. The first section is nine coiled dragons lined up in sequence, and the bottom is densely seamed with deep yellow stripes.The second section is a picture of a dragon soaring and auspicious clouds, and the last section is a waterless yellow material falling to the bottom.

After waiting for the emperor to change clothes, he tied a yellow belt around his waist, and hung a yellow court bead around his neck. What especially aroused Wan Lai's interest was the court crown worn by the emperor at the end.

The top of the crown is a hollowed-out golden silk dragon pattern crown, with three layers of sixteen East beads, the bottom edge is connected with twelve ruyi heads, and the top is an upturned lotus seat. Nursing.

The workmanship is exquisite and meticulous, and the details are even more meticulously crafted. Wanyu was fascinated for a while, and only waited for Liang Jiugong to cough twice before regaining consciousness and putting the crown on the emperor's hair.

"Concubine sends the emperor respectfully." Wan Lai said with a smile as she performed the Wanfu salute.

The emperor raised his hand to caress her cheek, and said softly, "I will wait for you in the imperial garden." After saying that, he left the palace with a flick of his sleeves.

After Mammy waited on Wanyu to dress and change clothes, the four sedan chairs outside Longxing Gate had landed and stopped.

The head eunuch smiled slyly at Wanyu, saying that the Palace of Compassion and Ning was far away from here, and the emperor was considerate of her hard work, and specially gave her a palanquin to carry her to pay her respects.

Wan Yu felt that it was too ostentatious, so she raised her hand and ordered them to disperse, and walked towards the Palace of Compassion and Ning alone through the dark night.

The morning light was twilight, the swallows were singing, and the palace people were hurrying to and fro on the corridor, but from the look on their faces when they brushed shoulders and saluted, Wan Lai clearly sensed that the attitude of the crowd was different from the past, and they were more attentive and reverent.

(End of this chapter)