The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 6 Farewell
Outside the house, the thunderstorm continued unabated, and the water from the Tianhe River poured down, hitting the newly bloomed peonies and peonies in the courtyard, and the petals were scattered all over the ground.

In Shu Shujue Luo's dormitory, the mother and daughter embraced each other and wept. They had endured the grievances for many years, and at this moment of parting, they came out in full force, wrapping the two in a state of pain.

Shu Shujue Luo Shi clearly understands in her heart that Wannai's resolute words, bluntly saying that entering the palace is to get a good home for herself, is actually comforting herself and asking herself to feel relieved.

But she pretended not to know, instead reprimanded Wanyu, just to let her daughter believe that she didn't see through her mind.

As Wanyu said, the matter of entering the palace is a foregone conclusion, since she has done so much to not make herself sad, she should accept it completely, pretending to be ignorant, fulfilling her daughter's heart and fulfilling her filial piety.

Today, Shu Shu felt that Luo Shi's tears were partly because of her reluctance to send her beloved daughter into the palace again, and partly because of her love for her young and sensible daughter.

Wanyu has always been mature and considerate, she is a bit more intelligent than Yide, but it is precisely this bit of intelligence that makes Shu Shujue Luo Shi worry.

In the harem, the empress dowager has gone through three dynasties, whoever has any thoughts can be seen at a glance.

Empress Hesheli is very scheming, Yide is not favored and stays alone all year round. Although Concubine Hui has a good relationship with Yide, she does not know the background. Ma Jia is often proud of giving birth to the eldest son of the emperor. However, Wanyu's selection to enter the palace at this time is bound to be more dangerous and difficult than Yide's entry into the palace.

The palace is no better than a mansion. If you make a wrong move in the Forbidden City, you will lose your head at any time.

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Time flies, and it is July in a blink of an eye.

This year's capital city is humid and rainy, and the rain lasted for three months in early spring, and it didn't stop until summer.

In summer, the humming of cicadas and the scorching sun on the long street caused passers-by to sweat profusely and complain.

Today is the day when the teaching mother from the palace leaves the mansion.

Yunshan sent Mammy out of the house early in the morning, and then secretly gave her a bag of silver taels, which Mammy happily accepted after pretending to evade it.

After finishing all this work, she went to the ice room to get some ice cubes stored in the winter, thinking about putting them in Wanyu's boudoir to keep her cool.

In the room, Wanyu was walking around the room on flowerpot-soled shoes embroidered with lotus flowers, practicing the court steps taught by the nanny.

She has a graceful and graceful figure, dignified walking and demeanor, the fly in the ointment is that there is a little sweat on her forehead.

Although the doors and windows in the house were open, it was still stuffy.

Seeing Yun Shan coming back from fetching ice cubes, Wan Lai hurriedly went forward with a smile on her face, touched the ice body with her hands, and said with a long sigh of relief, "The sun is so hot, I'm going to be stuffy inside the house."

Yunshan patted the back of Wanyu's hand, removed the box containing the ice cubes, walked quickly to Wanyu's bed, took the ice cubes and put them in a hollowed-out jade urn: "The cold ice is very cloudy, miss carefully frostbite hand."

She took Wanyu's hand and led her to sit on the couch all the way, picked up the round fan to take advantage of the cold air coming out of the jade urn, and fanned Wanyu.

With the cool breeze blowing on her face, Wan Yu took out a silk handkerchief from her sleeves, wiped the sweat from her forehead, then leaned over and took off her flower pot sole shoes, and sat down on the bed with her feet loose.

"Did Mammy accept the silver taels?"

"Naturally." With a smile on Yun Shan's face, she leaned closer to Wanyu and said in a low voice, "I rejected it twice, but I happily accepted it, and when I was done, she said that you will definitely get a good position, miss. In fact, the nanny came to the mansion to teach the miss In the past three months, Master and Madam have already rewarded Mammy a lot, why should Miss personally reward her?"

"It doesn't hurt to have so many skills, and it's not surprising to have too many gifts. How can anyone think that money is too heavy? After all, she was served in the palace, and she was picked by the elder sister to guide and teach me. Reward more silver taels, and be more careful. "

Wanyu looked out the window and saw three magpies staying on the branch, chirping and playing, and suddenly became childish, and whistled at the magpies to amuse her.

Yun Shan saw the joy at this scene, and said with a smile: "Ms. Tomorrow is going to be drafted in the palace. This magpie is clever. Seeing that Ms. is a blessed person, I am busy congratulating you."

Wan Yu sneered, stopped the whistle, and whispered melancholy: "I heard that there are many magpies in the palace. When I enter the Forbidden City in the future, I will see the square sky. I will spend a long time with them."

Seeing that Wanyu seemed to be in a bad mood because of her own words, Yunshan hurriedly changed the subject and made trouble: "Just now the people from the Embroidery Court sent you the clothes that Miss will wear when she enters the palace tomorrow, and this servant will go and get them for you."

As she spoke, she put the round fan in her hand aside, and took out a new blue flag uniform from the cabinet, which was densely woven with gold thread and embroidered with lotus patterns, fresh and elegant, yet dignified and beautiful.

"My lord told me that the beautiful women entering the palace this year are mostly pink, making them gorgeous and beautiful. But in this scorching hot weather, everyone is the same. It is inevitable that the empress dowager and the emperor will be dazzled. They must match the blue color of the water. Only then does it appear fresh and refined, and it brings a sense of coolness to people in the scorching sun."

Yun Shan straightened the skirt of the flag dress, and stepped forward to change it for Wan Lai.

But Wanyu waved her hand, changed into a pair of flat shoes and got off the ground.

"Ama has a heart. The clothes that are going to be worn in the draft show are very caring. The materials used are excellent and the stitches are also neat. If you wear them now, it's not good if you don't get dirty carefully. Take them down first. Take it."

Wan Lai looked at the dress, knowing that once she puts it on, there is no turning back.

The shiny clothes were more like shackles, although she boasted that she was good, but she was disgusted and disdainful in her heart.

Before leaving the mansion, teach the nanny to explain that if the emperor leaves a sign in the photo, then the beautiful girl will not be able to leave the palace from now on.

Wan Lai comes from a prominent background, and has her eldest sister Yi De in the palace to take care of her, so it is certain that she won't be selected.

In this way, today is her last day in the mansion.

After dinner in the evening, Ye Bilong and Shushujue Luoshi sat side by side in the main hall, Wannai also wore the bottom of the flowerpot, changed into the flag dress, combed the flag head, and bowed to Ama and mother.

Wan Yu knelt down respectfully, put her hands in front of her, bowed her head and kowtowed first.

"My daughter has been raised by Ama's mother for many years. I am grateful for the kindness and never forget it. I invite Ama's mother to accept her daughter's worship."

Standing up with one obeisance, she held tears and looked at Gao Tang, then bent down for a while and bowed again.

"Serving in the palace, life and death are not guaranteed. In the future, I can no longer be filial to Ama's mother's knees, but my daughter is not filial. Please ask Ama's mother to accept her daughter's worship."

I bowed my head again, tears streaming down my face.

Ye Bilong on the seat had a flat face, but Shu Shujue Luo Shi had already covered his face and wept.

Wan Lai sighed and bowed three times with tears in her eyes.

"Once elected, it will be different from Ama's mother, monarch and minister. People before and after are not allowed to bow down, because the daughter is unrighteous. Please ask Ama's mother to be worshiped by her daughter three times."

After these three prostrations, it is considered a ceremony.

Shu Shujue Luo quickly stood up from the seat, walked quickly to Wanyu, supported Wanyu to stand up, and wiped away the tears on her face: "If you leave, I'm afraid it will be difficult for my mother to get along with you again in this life." See, I only wish you and Yide a smooth and safe life."

Although it was to comfort her daughter, Shu Shu felt that Luo Shi couldn't help herself, and her tears fell like rain even more than Wanyu.

On the seat, Ye Bilong saw her mother and daughter crying sadly, he frowned displeasedly and said: "It's a happy event to serve the king, you mother should persuade you to be more gentle. You will be selected tomorrow, if you cry and swell How can you face the Holy Spirit with a clear eye?"

Seeing that her daughter will leave the house tomorrow, Shu Shu felt that Luo Shi was not as angry as Ye Bilong's indifferent attitude, and wanted to argue with him, but was stopped by Wan Yu, who spoke first:

"Ama, my daughter will enter the palace to serve tomorrow. I have lived in the mansion for thirteen years. My daughter has never asked you anything. Now there is something that my daughter is worried about. I hope Ama can agree, so that my daughter can enter the palace with peace of mind." .”

"Go ahead."

Wanyu raised her head to stop her tears, took another deep breath to calm her mind, and said slowly: "Ba Yala set up a poisonous scheme to kill Fei'er Niang, her daughter didn't suffer from asthma, she just ate some apricot meat that day. I felt so much pain that I almost died. It is conceivable that Fei'eniang must have gone through a lot of pain in the last moment of her life before she passed away. Thinking about it, my daughter is really heartbroken."

Wannai observed Ye Bilong's expression, saw that he was a little angry, and continued: "Ba Yala often pretends to be virtuous and kind in front of Ama, but she doesn't know that she often makes trouble in the mansion behind her back, beating and scolding the servants and servants at every turn. Not to mention arbitrarily giving orders to mother without regard for Ama's face. Everyone in the house is witness to all these things, which can be described as a heinous crime."

"Now that you have imprisoned her in the firewood room, I hope you will remember her past actions in the future, and don't let her go. In this way, Fei'eniang can also rest in peace under the spring."

Three months later, Ye Bilong had intended to forgive Bayara's mistakes, and even privately told the family in charge that she planned to release her from the woodshed in the near future.

When the matter got to Wanyu's ears, she certainly would not let Bayara's ashes be revived.

Knowing that Ama attaches great importance to Ulanara, he hits his pain, which rekindles his anger and dispels the idea of ​​pampering Bayara.

This move really worked, Ye Bilong listened to Wan Yu's words, immediately slapped the table and said angrily: "That poisonous woman, Ama will not spare her!"

At the side, Shu Shujue Luo Shi watched his father and daughter talking, but couldn't hear what Wan Yu said, obviously before entering the palace, she was still planning for her as a mother.

Because of this, making her, a mother, feel even more guilty.

"It's not early, and I have to go to the palace to face the Holy Spirit tomorrow morning, so my daughter should go back to her room and rest earlier."

Ye Bilong waved his hand, nodded at her and said, "Go ahead."

Wan Lai bowed to Ye Bilong and Shu Shujue Luo Shi, then left the hall without looking back.

Behind her, Shu Shu felt that Luo's cries were endless, and Wan Yu suddenly felt a tight pain in her chest, and her eyes were dizzy and she couldn't stand.

Fortunately, Yun Shan, who was serving beside him, gave him a hand, so he could barely stand upright.

Shu Shujue heard Luo Shi's heart-piercing cries, and Yunshan couldn't help but shed tears.

She supported Wanyu, wiped away her tears under the dim moonlight, and carefully asked tentatively: "Miss, Madam is in grief, would you like to go back and say a few words of comfort?"

Wan Yu waved her hands, closed her eyes and shook her head, determined to move forward: "Meeting at this time will only make Niang sad and add to the hurt."

She paused her pace, looked around at the flowers and plants around the courtyard, and heard the ups and downs of insects, as if she wanted to take one last look at the mansion and imprint everything in her heart.

"All of this is so familiar, the air smells like Niu Hulu Mansion."

"It's just that after today, all these things have nothing to do with my body."

(End of this chapter)