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Chapter 30 Even if we meet again, we should not know each other (2)
Concubine Liu and Meng Zhaoyi thanked En and retreated, and before leaving, they glanced at Shen Xiyao, only to see him silently staring at something in front of him, with a hint of a smile on his lips.

This day, Mrs. Ling got up early in the morning and began to prepare for entering the palace. Because the queen mother mentioned Ling Xiang's daughter several times, although she could not shirk it by citing the cold as an excuse, it was still rude after all.Ling Xiang originally resolutely disagreed with his daughter entering the palace for an audience, but he couldn't stand up to some rumors about being disrespectful that have been circulating recently. Fortunately, this day is watching the play at the Zichen Palace, and everyone in the court is invited. According to the seats, Ling Xuewei He should sit at the head of the family with his mother, but separated from the harem concubines, princes and nobles, and considering that there are still ladies who have not left the cabinet separated by curtains, there are a large number of people, after thinking about it, it is also allowed.

Now that her father had spoken, Ling Xuewei naturally had no reason to refuse.She didn't have any curiosity about the imperial palace, but she didn't hate it, and she just went to watch the theater, so she didn't think much about it. She dressed up early according to the rules, and came to Madam Ling's bedroom.

"Mother." Ling Xuewei walked into the room. Mrs. Ling was combing her hair by the maid. The first-class wife's jade ring flying fairy bun was complicated and difficult to make. Mrs. Ling sat motionless and saw her daughter coming in from the bronze mirror, wearing a rose-red gold and silver silk dress. Butterfly wearing flower embroidered court clothes, like black hair combed into a simple upside-down bun, with a golden silk inlaid with gemstones, jade rabbits and fairy grass hairpins inserted on the side of the bun, a golden flower inlaid on the forehead, and worn on the ears. A pair of red treasure earrings, she seldom wears red, this time a set of matching, although the color is not outstanding, and the accessories are not complicated and luxurious, but when worn on her body, it has a graceful and elegant demeanor.

Madam Ling looked at her daughter and smiled slightly: "When you're done dressing up, go to the front hall to greet your father, and we will enter the palace later."

Ling Xuewei obediently responded, blessed her mother and walked out.Madam Ling suddenly remembered something to call her: "Wei'er, come here." Signaling the hairdressing maid to stop, she took a pair of wind rattan flower and bird Sanduo gold bracelets from the Seven Treasures Makeup Kit and put them on her pure white wrists. After straightening out the folds of her dress, she instructed: "Today we are watching a show on the square in front of the hall, so it is inevitable that it will be very windy, so we will add an extra beige." Ling Xuewei smiled and said, "Thank you for your instructions, mother, it is already ready. "Just then she walked out the door, Haoyue outside hurriedly put a white fox fur cloak with brocade feather satin with a white background and concave plum pattern on her body, and the two walked away side by side.

Madam Ling's side soon got dressed up, and Ling Xiang, Ling Hongjian, and Ling Xihe had already entered the palace. In front of the gate, Madam Ling looked at Haoyue beside Ling Xuewei, and thought: "Today, the people in the palace There are many, and they are all served by palace maids, so it is good for the servant girl to bring Ruyue alone." Ruyue is Madam Ling's dowry maid, and her status in Ling's mansion is extraordinary, Ling Xuewei looked at Haoyue with a look of embarrassment on her face.

"Miss, you and madam can go." Haoyue was extremely sensible, and said in a cheerful tone: "It just so happens that madam has allowed maids to go to the market today, and I really want to go and see it."

Ling Xuewei knew that she was lenient to her, and also knew that Haoyue was very curious about what was going on in the palace, and she had promised her that she would take her there, but now that something happened suddenly, she naturally felt a little guilty.

As if seeing Ling Xuewei's thoughts, Haoyue gently pushed Ling Xuewei: "Miss, get on the sedan chair quickly, or it will be too late. Just come back and tell Haoyue." After speaking, Yingying stood aside, at this time Mrs. Ling When the urging sound came, Ling Xuewei pursed her lips, held Haoyue tightly, and then got into the sedan chair and left.

Due to the delay for some time, the sedan chair moved very fast, fortunately the Ling residence was not too far from the imperial palace, within a short while, we saw the golden cornices and majestic red walls of the imperial palace under the clear sky.

The family members of high-ranking officials entered the palace through Chengguang Gate, and then changed to soft sedan chairs in the palace inside Chengguang Gate.Therefore, there are a lot of carriages and horses outside Chengguangmen, all of them are family members of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, all of them have tender faces and sculpted moths, very bright and beautiful, but there is not much noise, and the women who have not left the cabinet are all quietly standing beside their mothers, or tidying up their clothes clothing.There are also a few acquaintances standing together in twos and talking.

Madam Ling said with a "huh": "Why are you all gathered at this door today, and you are not in a hurry to greet the Queen Mother?"

Just as he was wondering, an eunuch in scarlet clothes said in a thin voice: "Empress Dowager Yizhi, all the ladies don't need to go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay their respects today. Please take a sedan chair from Xihua Gate to the Zichen Palace and take your seats and wait to watch the show."

After a brief commotion, those wives got into their own sedan chairs again.Ling Xuewei has been in the sedan chair, opened a thin curtain, looking at the continuous red walls and golden tiles in front of her, like a winding dragon.The clear winter sun shines on the golden glaze, emitting a dazzling and majestic brilliance.Ling Xuewei closed the car curtain, smoothed the tassels on her chest, and slowly closed her eyes.

Shen Xiyao couldn't hide the smile on his face when he came out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning.Zhang Dehai on the side was a little puzzled, how could the emperor be so happy when a small class from the Liu family entered the palace to perform.Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Shen Xiyao say: "You go to the Zichen Hall first to see how everything is getting ready. It's almost time and then go to the Imperial Study to call me."

Zhang De Hainuo gave his order and left, his mind was so tense with the day's waiting matters along the way, he had no time to care about other things.

In front of the Zichen Palace, the emperor, queen mother and high-ranking concubines are at the top, and the closest ones below are other concubines and princesses.Afterwards, there were the ministers of the DPRK and China on one side, and their family members on the other.The empty field in the middle was so huge that it was impossible to see the appearance of the person opposite.But in order to avoid suspicion, there is still a brocade tent between the courtiers and the princess.In this way, looking down from the high platform where the emperor sat, he couldn't see the geometry of the faces a little further away.

Zhang Dehai ordered the eunuchs and maids who came and went to wait on them to check all the utensils again, and also told the eunuchs who greeted the door and led the seats to be careful.When everything was in place, courtiers and family members were seen entering the venue one after another.

He was about to turn around to inform the Empress Dowager, when suddenly, a moving figure appeared in his field of vision.Zhang Dehai suddenly understood the reason why the emperor was so excited today.

At this time, Ling Xuewei was with Mrs. Ling, guided by the leading eunuch to their seats.

The lion dance performed by Liu's class is a masterpiece in Daxi's acrobatics class.Lion dances in other acrobatic classes are mostly dressed up by artists, but the costumes are gorgeous and the dance steps are exquisite, which is a wonderful thing to watch.However, the lion dance of Liujiaban lived up to its name, using real lions from the Western Regions to perform majestic and majestic dances.Because lions are born in the Western Regions, they are rare, and they are cruel and dangerous by nature. Therefore, they must have been raised with humans since they were young.

In the past few years, the Liu family class did not perform the lion dance a few times.Today, the invitation from the royal family is another New Year, so it is naturally a great honor. The children from the head teacher to the class learners are all excited, and promise to present the most beautiful lion dance in front of the emperor and all the officials.

Of course, the lion dance is the highlight of the day, so naturally it will not come out easily.Before that, there were many ingenious juggling and elegant dancing.

Concubine Liu was sitting at the table, and because of her status, she had a certain distance from the emperor.The other concubines around me were all very excited to see them, the entertainer flipping in the air, the dancer with the soft waist like a willow, the tall man with a mask...all of these are the ones who don't leave the door. The women have never seen it.But she didn't put her mind on it completely, but glanced at the emperor sitting on the high platform from time to time, talking to the queen mother with a smile.

In fact, as soon as she sat on the seat, Concubine Liu kept her eyes fixed on the position of Ling Xiang's family members.At that time Madam Ling and Ling Xuewei had already sat down, but they were far away, Concubine Liu couldn't see clearly except for a shadowy figure, and because her concubine was looking around, it was impolite, so she gave up and just looked around. At the end of the performance, when all the female relatives went to say goodbye to the queen mother, they could take a closer look at the appearance and posture of the Ling family lady.

At this time, the lotus picking dance was being performed, and with the beautiful and melodious music on the square of Nuoda, under the arrival of a group of young girls in green clothes, it instantly turned into a pond of lotus flowers rippling with blue waves.The girls' hands dyed in two colors sometimes turn into green leaves, sometimes they are koi carps jumping out of the water, and there are also real lotus flowers on their heads. season.

Ling Xuewei whispered to her mother, who was in high spirits, "Mother, my daughter wants to go for a walk."

Madam Ling turned her head, Ling Xuewei's face was slightly pale.Presumably because of the crowds around, Ling Xuewei always liked to be quiet, so it was inevitable that she would feel a little uncomfortable in crowded places.Madam Ling thought for a while and replied: "It's okay to walk around, don't go too far, after all, it's the palace, be careful, the lion dance is about to start, don't take too long."

Ling Xuewei gave a salute and stepped back gently.

After leaving the red wall around Zichen Palace, Ling Xuewei let out a long sigh of relief.Excluding the performers in front of the hall, there are no less than a hundred people of the kings and grandchildren alone, which makes it difficult to breathe.She has been sitting by the curtain behind Madam Ling, trying not to attract attention.But the sound of "buzzing" discussions and jokes came from all directions, and her head hurt slightly.Some of this is also a sequela left by the encounter in Dongdu.

The place outside the square of Zichen Temple was obviously much deserted. The applause came from the side of the red wall, mixed with the sound of the wind, making it seem far away, which made the surrounding silence even better.Occasionally, a maid carrying a gold plate walked past her, but she didn't dare to raise her head because she knew her dignity.

After sitting upright for a long time, her legs and feet became slightly numb. Ling Xuewei slowly moved forward along the palace road, not wanting to go too far, since it was a forbidden area of ​​the palace after all.The brocade and feather satin cloak on her body flapped in the wind. After walking for a while, she saw a door with hanging flowers on the left, with lush vegetation and the fragrance of winter plums coming from inside.Ling Xuewei was overjoyed, turned a corner and walked in.

It is a side gate of the imperial garden. At this time, the snow is still there, and a row of red plums are in full bloom on both sides of the road, adorning the branches like rubies.Ling Xuewei walked forward along the path guided by the red plums, turned around an elegant rockery, and a beautiful spring appeared in front of her eyes.

Silky red peonies, pink and blue vines like hanging bells, purple irises with butterfly wings, white magnolias like golden bells, orange cattails like burning red candles, elegant bell crabapples like palace lanterns, blooming like misty pink peach blossoms
Ling Xuewei stayed where she was for a while, she couldn't believe her eyes, the surroundings were extremely quiet, only the whistle of the wind blowing gently, and the bright sunshine in the clear blue sky.She untied her heavy cloak and hung it on her arm, and the cool wind reminded her that it was still winter.Just, these flowers...

Ling Xuewei took a step forward curiously, and where the fingertips lightly touched, the soft peony petals felt like fine silk.Ling Xuewei burst out laughing, and then took a closer look, those wonderful flowers and tender leaves were all made of textured paper and silk.

Pick off a tender yellow orchid on the head, this orchid is baked in Bingzhou fire cellar, it is extremely delicate.Ling Xuewei gently inserted the orchid in the "orchid" bushes in the garden. Looking from left to right, it was really hard to tell the difference. Then she reached out and took a fake palace-made orchid and put it on the place where the original hair ornament was. She stroked her face, revealing Childlike naughty smile.

(End of this chapter)