Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 2 Miss Siquan
In the autumn of the 13th year of Shunzhi, a girl who was full of longing for the emperor walked into the Forbidden City and became one of the countless concubines in the harem. Since then, a palace wall has engulfed her for the rest of her life, humbleness, glory, scheming, and fighting. Among the impassable palace walls.

An extremely beautiful woman in the mansion of Sony, the elder of the Three Dynasties, is pulling the sleeves of a middle-aged beautiful woman and acting coquettishly: "Er Niang, just let me go for a walk, it's boring to stay at home all the time, Qingru promises that it will be soon." Come back!"

Zhang Jia slapped her daughter's hand away with some headaches: "I said daughter, didn't you just go out a few days ago, and you always thought about running outside, so you don't look like your daughter's house!"

Qingru pursed her mouth unhappily and muttered: "What happened a few days ago? It's been seven days. You and Ama are always thinking of locking me up at home. I'm happy when I'm locked up?! Let's talk Except for you and Ama and Zijin Zipei who will talk to me, no one in this house pays attention to me. I used to have two older brothers to accompany me, but now they all have things to do. Go on, I'm going to get sick from boredom!"

As he said that, he still pretended to be weak and about to faint at any time, which provoked Zhang Jia to laugh and curse, "Come on, don't be silly with me, you're a ghost, I shouldn't have let you read so much at the beginning. Book!"

"Then, mother, do you agree?" Qing Ru exclaimed happily.

Seeing her daughter's happy appearance, Zhang Jia shook her head helplessly, her eyes were full of doting, when will this daughter grow up.

"You can go out, but you have to bring Zijin Zipei with you, and you must come back before sunset, otherwise I don't care if you, Ama, punish me."

Zijin and Zipei are Qingru's close maids. They were only five years old when they first arrived. Soni specially bought them to accompany her because she was afraid that her daughter would be alone. The names they chose were too vulgar and they made a fuss to name them by themselves. Sonny couldn't resist her daughter and had to agree. She couldn't have imagined that she could come up with such an elegant name at such a young age. chrysanthemum.

Qingru nodded sharply at the side, and frowned with a happy smile: "Yeah, my daughter has written down what Er Niang said, so I'm leaving!"

Zhang Jia, who watched her daughter leave after thinking about it, was still worried, so she called the housekeeper and asked him to send a few more guards to follow the lady from a distance.As soon as she finished giving her orders, she saw Sonny coming back full of worries. She couldn't help but feel a little strange. In the past, it was almost [-] o'clock to go home from the court, but now it's only after [-]:[-] o'clock. She took the tea brought by the servant and personally Send it to Sony: "Master, why did you come back so early today, what's the matter?"

Sonny lifted the tea cover and blew a sigh of relief: "The Emperor is not feeling well today, but the Empress Dowager recruited a few of us for the Emperor's draft next month. This is the first draft for the new Empress, so it is very special careful!"

"Is the queen mother afraid that the position of queen will be shaken? But what does this have to do with you?"

Sonny stood up bitterly: "Ma'am, don't forget that our daughter has turned [-] this year and has reached the age of the draft. The Queen Mother mentioned it to me during the last draft. I prevaricated by saying that she was not yet old. , but this time, no matter what, it cannot be pushed through!"

Hearing that her daughter was going to enter the palace, Zhang Jia couldn't help changing her expression and asked nervously: "Then what does the empress dowager mean by beating?"

Soni paced back and forth in the hall with her hands behind her back, feeling restless, "The queen mother didn't say it clearly, but she summoned several people who had daughters entering the draft this year. I guess she hoped that they would help the queen stabilize after they became concubines. Staying in the back position, after all, you have learned from the past and dare not take it lightly!"

"But master, it's not like you don't know our daughter's disposition. She was pampered by us since she was a child. Although she is smart, she doesn't have much insight, let alone guessing the holy will and competing for favor with others. She is not suitable for staying in the harem. The place of intrigue, besides... besides, I don't want to part with her. Once I enter the palace, it will be difficult to meet her, master, you should think of a way, oh..." Speaking of the sad part, Zhang Jia couldn't help but burst into tears, what did Sony feel? Not uncomfortable, he patted his wife on the back helplessly: "It's hard to violate the holy will, who made her the daughter of my Hesheli family, alas..." Seeing that her daughter's entry into the palace is a foregone conclusion, Zhang Jia couldn't help but Sadness comes from it and weep even more sadly

"Okay, okay, don't cry, so as not to let my daughter see a joke, by the way, why haven't I seen her for so long after I came back, where have I been?"

"Just now she pestered me and insisted on going out, but I couldn't help but agree." Zhang Jia replied sobbing.

"Well, let her play more before the draft, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the future!" Sony sighed heavily, daughter, daughter, what kind of path will you take in the future!
The happy Qingru who was strolling outside didn't know that her parents were sad for her at this time. She had almost visited all the shops on the street along the way, and even the two maids behind her were covered with things. Bags, fan pendants, Sipa rouge and other things, even she has a windmill in her hand, and just now she ate a bunch of candied haws by herself.

After walking for a long time, my stomach began to protest. Qingru rubbed her deflated stomach and asked Zijin and the others: "Let's go eat first, I heard from my second brother that Zuixianju has a new dish of eight-treasure fish recently, which seems very good How about eating, how about we go over there to eat?"

Zijin Zipei nodded hurriedly for fear that the lady would change her mind if she was slower, what to eat was the second priority, the food they ate in Suofu was not bad, the most important thing was to have a place for them to rest, the journey would exhaust them I really don't know where Miss has such a good spirit.

Zuixianju is located on the busiest east street in the capital. It is natural that the cost here must be high. The little Er who greeted at the door saw Qingru and the three of them from a long distance away. When he got closer, he hurried up and said, "Oh, Miss Siquan Here you come, please go upstairs to the private room!" It was almost noon and the business here was very good, not only the downstairs but also the upstairs was almost full, they found a seat at random and sat down and ordered eight treasure fish and a few dishes.

The one next to them at the table was a young man with an extraordinary appearance and a very handsome appearance, but he seemed a little unhappy looking at him, and he didn't say a word.There was also a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance at the same table with him. At first glance, there seemed to be nothing special about the two of them, but Qingru still noticed a little difference. Waiting for the young man to move the chopsticks before moving, the same is true for drinking, obviously his status is lower than that of a young man, and the rules must have been very strict in the past.

Just thinking that Xiao Er had come upstairs with a pot of fragrant eight-treasure fish, suddenly the expressions of the two people at the next table changed, and before Xiao Er put it down, the middle-aged man suddenly got up and shouted: "Xiao Er , Didn’t you say that there are no fish, why do they have them, is it the first time to bully us?!”

Seeing the customer getting angry, Xiao Er quickly laughed and said, "My lord, don't be angry, I don't dare to lie to you. The fish in the small shop is indeed sold out. This fish was originally reserved by our boss for the boss's wife to make soup. Just now I heard Miss Siquan said that she wanted to eat fish and brought it out specially, if you don’t believe me, you can ask our boss.”

"Miss Siquan? That's a rare name!" The young man who had been silent all this time said with a half-smile, and this was the first time Qingru heard him speak after coming up.

Not waiting for them to talk, Xiao Er leaned over and said with a smile: "Guardian, you have misunderstood, this lady is the daughter of the first-class Lord Suo, because she has everything in her 'De Rong Yan Gong', and everything is in order. Let’s call her Miss Siquan, and the daughters of Master E Shuo and Master Ye Bilong are as famous as her!”

The young man seemed a little surprised: "Are you Sony's daughter?"

"Why do you talk like that!" Zipei said with an unhappy expression. Sonny is a veteran of the three dynasties and a first-class official. He has great prestige both in the court and among the people. Anyone who knows him respectfully calls him "Master Suo." ', but the young man in front of him called her by her name casually, no wonder Zipei was upset.

On the other hand, Qingru looks thoughtful. The person in front of her is definitely not simple. The grace and grace that is naturally revealed in him is something that ordinary people can't cultivate. Although she is a daughter, she is deeply influenced by her father. She also developed a bit of eyesight to know people, but she couldn't see through this person at all.

The young man didn't care, and stood up calmly: "Since this plate of fish is specially given to Miss Hesheli by the boss, I don't dare to take love and leave! Tuhai, let's go!" The middle-aged man named Tuhai The man bowed his head and followed the young man to the stairs.

"Wait!" Qingru stretched out her hand to block their way with a smile on her face: "Meeting is fate, why don't you come and sit with us if you don't mind?" She was really curious about their identities and wanted to find out.

The young man looked at the courageous woman in front of him with great interest, but he didn't hesitate to turn back and sit on their table.

Qing Ru touched the hot cheeks that were stared at by the young man just now and sat down: "Zi Jin Zi Pei will get two more servings of cups and chopsticks, and instruct Xiao Er to cook some more dishes." The two agreed. Go and call Xiao Er.

The young man frowned and asked, "The names of your two girls are quite unique, did you choose them?"

"Exactly!"

A glint of approval flashed in the young man's eyes, and he casually said the source of the name: "Qingqing Zijin, care about my heart, even if I don't go, Zining won't hang on to me? Qingqingzipei, leisurely, I think, even if I don't go, Zi Wouldn’t you rather come? Tao Xi Da Xi, in the city gate, I don’t see you for a day, like March Xi. Well, it’s a good name!”

His understated words are as clear as thunder in his ears, and he still remembers that when Ama was six years old, she didn't understand the meaning of the names she chose for the two of them and asked her, it should be taken from "The Book of Songs". "Zheng Feng. Zi Jin" was stunned for a while before clapping her hands and laughing, pointing at her and saying to Er Niang, look at our daughter, she is only six years old and she is so amazing, will she be able to do it when she grows up? !It seems that we need to quickly find a husband and marry her, otherwise we won't be able to get married if our vision is too high.Unexpectedly, at the age of six, she pouted and said no, and said that if she wanted to marry, she would marry the best man in the world. He would be able to guess what she meant at a glance!

This is the first time in a long time that she has seen someone who can tell the origin of Zijin and their names after only one hearing...
Qingru suppressed the excitement in her heart and maintained a smile on her face, "I haven't known your son's name for a long time, and where did he come from?"

The young man said happily without concealing it: "My surname is Luo Mingjue, and I just came to the capital for a few days ago!"

Just came to Beijing and learned a Beijing accent?Qingru secretly said in her heart, but she didn't point it out, and chatted all over the world, and the chat lasted for more than an hour, and it was already afternoon when they stopped, and there were not many guests in Zuixianju at this moment.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Ru got up and said goodbye: "Young Master Luo, I should go back. It is a great fortune to meet you today."

"Wait a minute, Miss Hesheli, please forgive me for taking the liberty, can I tell you your name?" After talking freely, Luo Jue had a good impression of the woman in front of him.

Qingru pursed her ears and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo is outstanding in literary talent. My little girl will ask you to guess my name again. This time it is a line from the "Xizhou Song" by the Yuefu of the Southern Dynasties. In the autumn of the Liannantang, the lotus flower surpasses the human head. Bow your head and pick the lotus seeds, and the lotus seeds are as clear as water. Put it in the sleeve of the lotus, and the lotus heart is completely red. 'Tomorrow noon, the little girl is here waiting for you!" Luo Jue gave a salute without waiting for Luo Jue's consent. just went downstairs
(End of this chapter)