Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 74
The next day, Chen Wenxin woke up early as if by divine help.When she woke up, the emperor was half lying beside her, holding a book and reading.

She hurriedly took out the pocket watch inlaid with precious stones that was newly awarded by the emperor from under the pillow, and the hour hand pointed to the position of 07:30.

She sighed contentedly, closed her eyes and hugged the emperor's waist.

"Are you awake?"

The emperor put down the book, and he had been reading it in this posture for a full hour, before Chen Wenxin woke up.

He still has the intention of continuing to sleep.

"This is the first time when I wake up, the emperor is still lying beside me."

Half lying down is also considered lying down.

The emperor didn't read a book in front of the desk, but half-lyed on the bed, probably waiting for her to wake up, right?

The emperor moved his body, and simply lay back under the quilt to hug her.

"Don't you remember?"

Chen Wenxin still kept her eyes closed, licking the emperor like an octopus, mumbling: "I usually get up at eight o'clock..."

Bai Lu can wake her up at eight o'clock every day, which is already very good.If she really wanted to stay in bed, how could that girl Bai Lu make her cry?

The emperor couldn't sleep anymore. He had been getting up at four o'clock in the morning every day for ten years, and he had already formed a habit.

but……

If Chen Wenxin insisted on sleeping, he could still cooperate.

With her eyes closed, she could feel the emperor's hand caressing her waist restlessly, gradually intending to move downstream...

Wow--
She lifted the quilt and quickly moved to a corner of the embroidery bed.

"Your Majesty, let's get up!"

This day is the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the melons, fruits and snacks placed in the palace are all sacrifices to the stove yesterday. It is said that eating some will bring blessings to gods and Buddhas.

Chen Wenxin ate some dates and persimmons, and picked up a large piece of Kanto sugar.

This Kanto sugar is made from glutinous rice and malt, crispy on the outside and hollow on the inside.It looks like a big piece, but you can actually eat several in one go.

It was a bit sticky, Chen Wenxin gave up after eating two.

Bai Lu said that it was the so-called "gum teeth".The original intention was to ask Zao Jun to eat it, sticking his teeth.So that he can't adjust his tongue and say bad things to the Jade Emperor.

This statement is interesting, the emperor also ate a piece, and ate a lot of persimmons.

What Chen Wenxin ordered was distributed by Bailu and Xiaozhuo to everyone in Yikun Palace.

The small table was outside directing the servants of Yikun Palace to hang lanterns, colorful silks were stretched everywhere in the palace, and lanterns of various colors were hung on them.

Chen Wenxin couldn't help being a little surprised when he saw that the beauty lamp in the corridor was very delicately tied up, with a beautiful young woman painted on it.

This woman is [-]% similar to her in the painting.

The emperor also saw the beauty lamp, and the woman painted on the lamp was clearly Chen Wenxin.

"Who made this lamp?"

Seeing the emperor's question, the small table rushed over and said: "If you go back to the emperor, it was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I heard that Master Nan Huairen from the Qin Tianjian made the trick. The Ministry of Internal Affairs learned it and made it." The unified lanterns have been sent to the palaces."

Nan Huairen was a foreigner, which was very unusual in the palace.The emperor also likes his Western gadgets, so people in the palace also like to visit Qin Tianjian more.

Maybe you can watch Mr. Nan Huairen come up with something new!
No, the Ministry of Internal Affairs learned the appearance of this beauty lamp from Qin Tianjian.

"Nan Huairen is a Westerner, and he still doesn't understand our etiquette. I'm afraid he was asked to paint last time. When he saw you looking so good, he painted it on the lamp. The servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are stupid and only know how to learn new things. Coincidentally come back."

The emperor laughed and said, "If you don't like it, order the House of Internal Affairs to take back all these lamps."

Seeing the emperor's appearance, he didn't dislike it.

Chen Wenxin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Since the emperor likes it, let these lamps hang for fun."

The emperor really liked it.

Think about it, whenever he walked around the palace, he could always see Chen Wenxin's figure painted on the lanterns.Follow her everywhere, as if she is always by your side.

"The painting that Nan Huairen painted for us last time, I hung it in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace. When Tong Guowei came to meet the saint, he stared at the painting for a long time."

When the emperor met with Tong Guowei in private, he would respectfully call him uncle, and when he mentioned it to Chen Wenxin in front of courtiers or in private, he would call him by his first name.

It can be seen that the emperor has no respect for him, but only pretending to appease him.

"Master Tong may want to take a closer look, who is the woman in that painting. Did he recognize that it was me?"

Is it really okay for the emperor to hang a picture of affection in Qianqing Palace like this?
"So what if you recognize it."

The emperor curled his lips nonchalantly, "I just want them to see who my favorite woman is, so that they will be speechless before raising the issue of succession."

At this time of the new year, there are many ceremonies that require the use of the queen, just like yesterday's stove sacrifice ceremony.

So a group of courtiers headed by Tong Guowei began to write letters again, asking the emperor to succeed the queen.

The concubine with the highest family background and the most distinguished status in the palace is nothing more than Concubine Tong.

The emperor got annoyed by these people's quarrel, so he hung Chen Wenxin's portrait directly in the Qianqing Palace, so as to silence this person.

Aren't you calling for me to succeed the queen?
My favorite is Concubine Qin, if you call me any more, believe it or not, I will directly make Concubine Qin my queen!

Chen Wenxin deeply felt that he had become cannon fodder, the cannon fodder used by the emperor to attack Concubine Tong Gui.

"The concubine kept a low profile in the palace, but the emperor just made me hate him everywhere."

She wanted to cry but had no tears, and accused the emperor of the atrocities.

She is not happy to pet her?
The emperor jokingly said: "Then how do you want me to compensate? Why don't you stay in Yikun Palace for a month?"

Is this compensation?
This is clearly abuse!

"The concubine is only 14 years old..."

The implication is that the emperor should be more restrained.

The emperor is also very wronged. In fact, he has always been restrained. Didn't she find out?
"After the new year, I will be 15 years old, and it will be a half birthday. When the time comes, I will make it lively for you."

At the age of 15, that is the age of Jiji, a Han woman, and she is considered an adult.

Chen Wenxin's birthday is on the twelfth day of the second lunar month, which is the birthday of the legendary Baihua Fairy, which is called the Flower Festival.

"According to the rules of the Han people, when a girl is fifteen years old, she is considered an adult, and her parents will perform the wedding ceremony for her daughter at home and take her name."

Chen Wenxin entered the palace at the age of 14, so this Jiji ceremony cannot be done at home.

Most Han girls get married between the age of 15, but Manchus are different.The emperor got married at the age of 12, and the queen was only 13 years old at that time.

Chen Wenxin entered the palace before reaching the age according to the custom of the Manchus, so the Chen family was particularly worried about her and felt indebted to her.

The emperor was afraid that she would be sad, so he said: "In this case, on your birthday, I will invite your parents into the palace. Let them rest assured, okay?"

The emperor's words are not against the rules, the mother's family can enter the palace to congratulate concubines above the concubine's birthday.

"And your elder brother and younger brother. Your two younger brothers have agreed to enter the palace after the end of the year, and they will study together with the elder brother and the second elder brother. There are also the elder brothers of the two princes and several ministers' families at the elder brother's place." child."

Needless to say, the emperor's two elder brothers, the prince's elder brother is also the master.The children of Chen Gong's family are regarded as companions, and their status is naturally inferior.

Children are ignorant, and it would be bad if they lose their sense of proportion when they play.She had to deliver a letter to her family, urging her mother Haosheng and her two younger brothers to clarify their interests.

All the lanterns in the palace were hung up this day, and at night, the lights were brilliant, as bright as day.

The emperor had nothing to do, and took Chen Wenxin to walk outside to watch the lanterns.

In the plum garden are bright red palace lanterns, which shine high on the branches and cast a round halo on the ground.

Chen Wenxin pulled the emperor to stand in the halo, sometimes a breeze blew by, the lantern was blown left and right, and the halo became blurred.

The plum blossoms on the branches are lingering and proud, and they look more energetic under the red light.

The emperor became poetic for a while, and read: "I'm afraid that the flowers will fall asleep late at night..."

He looked at Chen Wenxin, she smiled back at him, "That's why I burned high candles to illuminate my red makeup."

The two looked at each other and smiled, irresistible.

(End of this chapter)