Harem Empress

Chapter 3 The dark tide is surging
At this time, the mother was already in tears, choked with sobs and nodded her head: "Miss, it's time to go, don't miss the auspicious time!" Luxiu came over and whispered, gently rubbing the silk handkerchief in her hand. Wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and nodded silently, turned around and walked out the door holding the hands of the green sleeves. At this moment, I dare not look at my mother's tear-stained face anymore, I am afraid that I will not be able to help crying again stand up.

At this time, father and the eunuchs sent by the palace had already been waiting in the main hall. He entered the hall with his green sleeves on his hands. With a slight smile on his face, father strode towards me and took my hand Said: "Shuang'er, you will be the emperor's concubine from now on. You must take good care of yourself if your father is not around! This palace is different from your family. You must follow the rules, honor the queen mother, and serve the emperor well."

A young eunuch standing on the side said with a smile on his face: "Master Qin, don't worry, it is a good thing to honor the lintel of the palace." Everything was in vain for me, all I could do was to take it lightly, and because I was afraid of missing the auspicious time, I didn't stay in the hall for too long and went out with them.

I turned around and got into the carriage. I turned my head and glanced at the house where I lived for 17 years. There was a vermilion gate, and there were two mighty stone lions standing on both sides of the gate. I looked around carefully and saw Qin Qin hiding in the corner. Qing, at this moment, her eyes are full of feelings that I can't describe. She smiled faintly and turned into the carriage. The carriage moved slowly, and slowly opened the ball of paper in her hand. When I was talking, I quietly slipped it to me, and there were only a few words written on the ball of paper: "Forbearance, when you can't bear it, you don't have to bear it anymore, you know how to fight back."

This is my father's advice to me. In fact, the harem is the same as the previous dynasty, except that the harem is a battlefield for women!Sighing deeply, he firmly held the ball of paper in his hand and slowly crumbled it to pieces.

I don't know how long it took, the carriage stopped slowly, and the green sleeves outside were talking with smiles on their faces, thinking that they must have arrived at the palace, and when they opened the curtain of the carriage, there was a golden plaque hanging on the tall vermilion wall : "Qingyumen."

According to the regulations of the Jing Dynasty, only the emperor, the empress and the queen mother can go through the door, and the rest of the concubines have to go through the side door. Green Sleeve helped me out of the carriage. Beautiful women are like clouds, colorful, golden golden hairpins, bright steps, bright and bright brocade, everyone has bright smiles on their faces, but I don’t know if the present smile can last till the end, Every woman harbors the dream of becoming a concubine, hoping that one day she can command the wind and rain in this harem, but once she enters the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea.

This sea is really deep, I am just a drop in the ocean here, I shook my head secretly, and entered the palace with the leading father-in-law, it was the first time for Luxiu to enter the palace, and everything in the palace was very new.

The leading father-in-law walked in the front and told us the rules here. In fact, most of the rules in the palace are known, and Aunt Xi has taught them before, but after entering the palace, you still have to follow the rules everywhere. Yuan Pavilion, the red Zhumen, there are two yellow copper rings on the Zhumen. Seeing us walking over, a row of palace people, three eunuchs and three palace ladies have already knelt outside the gate. When we walked over, the leading eunuch bowed down. Turning around, he said: "My lord, this is the Xiangyuan Pavilion, you can go in and rest first."

"Thank you, Eunuch." Xiang Luxiu winked and Luxiu walked over to put a piece of silver in the hands of the leading eunuch. The leading eunuch took the silver and walked away with a smile. In fact, it is like this in the palace. Come to buy people's hearts, inquire about news for you, and pave the way for you.

Xiangyuan Pavilion is not very big, but it is very deserted. There is a big mulberry tree in the yard. The mulberry tree in April grows huge leaves and sweet mulberries. Among the green leaves, it is very beautiful when it is red and sometimes purple.When they arrived at the main hall, the palace people in the yard knelt down on the ground once again and shouted: "Greetings to the noble young master, good luck to the young master."

Smiling in satisfaction, he gave a little help to the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground. At this time, a palace lady was wearing a light purple palace dress with a simple bun on her head. The bun was fastened with an ordinary silver hairpin. In the back, although a little rouge was applied to her delicate face, she could see the wind and frost in the palace from her eyes. The aunt who was older than me stood up and said: "My lord, this servant is the master of Xiangyuan Pavilion." This is Bai Ling, this is Bai Lan." Taking a look at the two court ladies kneeling on the ground, they looked very young, and although their clothes were not very new, they were very clean, "My lord, slave It's An Guoshun, the eunuch in charge of Xiangyuan Pavilion, this is Xiao Dezi, and this is Xiao Chengzi."

"Forget it, you all get up, it's my first time entering the palace, and I would like to ask my aunt and Mr. An to take care of some things." Lu Xiu casually put a piece of silver in each of their hands, "My lord, What you said is really disheartening to the servant, and the servant (slave) must serve the young master well with all her heart."

"Okay, you all go out and do your work, I'm a little tired."

"Yes."

They all went out, but Taxue didn't go out. After they all went out, "My lord, you have been exhausted and exhausted all the way, but in the afternoon you have to go to Ningfeng Palace to pay respects to the queen. According to the palace rules, the newly promoted concubine You should go to Ningfeng Palace first."

"Aunt Lao reminded me."

"My lord, I will call my slaves to step on the snow from now on."

"Okay, Taxue, you can go with me when you go to kowtow to the queen in the afternoon."

"Yes, the maidservant retreated first."

Watching Taxue go out, she slowly stood up and looked at all the simple but elegant decorations in the house.

"Miss, you still have to pay respects to the queen in the afternoon, so let's rest for a while! I'll call you when the meal is served."

Nodding lightly, Lu Xiu closed the door and went out. At this time, I was the only one in the room. From now on, this is my home. There are no parents, only myself and someone I have never met.

"Sir?" She smiled wryly.

"Home?" When I think about it, I feel ironic. Home should be warm, but why at this moment, I feel that my heart is not warmed up but is very desolate. I walked slowly to the bed and touched it gently with my hand. Putting on the colorful brocade quilt woven in Hangzhou on the bed, he couldn't help but admire: "It's a royal palace."

Sighing deeply, he took off his shoes and went to bed, closing his eyes gently.

After lunch, Taxue came to help me dress up again. Lvxiu picked out a light green dress for me, embroidered with small plum blossoms. It was elegant and clean. A simple lily bun, I took out a purple jade hairpin from the jewelry box and tied it on for me. Looking at myself in the bronze mirror, I only put some powder on my face, which is delicate but not gorgeous. "Go to worship the queen today, It is the most appropriate to be so delicate and refined.”

(End of this chapter)