The sky had darkened. Jia Yun and Xue Baochai walked out of Shou'an Palace together, followed by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, excluding Second Sister You and Third Sister You.
Second Sister You and Third Sister You need to pack their luggage and carry their belongings. Naturally, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai will not wait for them at Shou'an Palace for this purpose.
Jia Yun and Xue Baochai walked out of Yongshou Gate and walked east along an east-west road to Qixiang Palace, one of the six west palaces. There was a door diagonally opposite Qixiang Gate called Ruyi Gate.
One of the two back doors of the Xindian courtyard, the other is called the Auspicious Gate.
At this time, Jia Yun stopped and said to Xue Baochai: "My beloved concubine, will you come with me to the Yangxin Palace to have a look?"
Jia Yun has visited the Yangxin Palace before. Even though he came from an era with a high standard of living, and even though he has seen a lot of great things in this life, and even became a prince, he was still impressed by the exquisiteness and magnificence of the Yangxin Palace.
He was so amazed that he now wanted to take the woman he loved to see the Yangxin Palace so that Xue Baochai would also be amazed.
"It is my concubine's honor that the emperor has this intention." Xue Baochai said.
In fact, she is also a little curious. She already knows that Jia Yun will live in the Yangxin Palace after he ascends the throne, and the Yongshou Palace she is in charge of is behind the Yangxin Palace, which means that she should come to the Yangxin Palace often in the future, just like,
When she lived in the palace before, she often went to Jia Yun's palace, Wu'an Hall.
Immediately, Jia Yun, Xue Baochai and a group of palace maids and eunuchs entered the courtyard of the Yangxin Palace from the Ruyi Gate.
There are currently five palace maids living in the courtyard of the Yangxin Palace. The leader is Xiang Ling, and the other four palace maids are all rough servants from the palace.
When Xiangling learned that Jia Yun and Xue Baochai were coming, she hurriedly picked them up and saluted them.
Jia Yun took Xue Baochai for a detailed tour.
The Yangxin Hall courtyard was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It was continuously repaired after its construction. After Emperor Tianzhi ascended the throne, he also carried out large-scale repairs. The courtyard is surrounded by a group of red walls. The structure of the entire courtyard is very exquisite and unique, mainly including
The main hall, the east and west auxiliary halls, the east and west enclosures, the apse, the east and west wing rooms of the apse...
The courtyard gate, Yangxin Gate, is a glazed gate with three glazed screen walls and one wooden screen wall. There are more than a dozen precious trees planted in the front yard.
The main hall, Yangxin Hall, is seven rooms wide and three rooms deep. The three rooms in the middle form a large open room. There is a platform in the open room. There is a throne on the platform. There is a desk in front of the throne. There is a screen behind the throne.
There is an aisle at the back, which can lead to both the East and West Nuan Pavilions and the apse.
The main hall, Yangxin Hall, was previously the place where Emperor Tianzhi handled political affairs, studied and worshiped Buddha, and sometimes summoned his ministers here.
Emperor Tianzhi usually summoned princes and ministers in the Hall of Yangxin. The former Jia Yun did not have such qualifications, but she became qualified as a prince, county and queen, but she went to Chang'an camp and fought in the south and north, so Jia Yun returned once
None of them were summoned by Emperor Tianzhi in Yangxin Hall.
The apse is the place where Emperor Tianzhi sleeps. It is five rooms wide. The bright room is connected to the main hall in front through the passage. There is a bed in the west room, a kang under the south window of the west room, a dragon-carved cabinet on the north wall, and a dragon cabinet in the east room.
There is a throne on the north wall and a bed in the east room.
There are also east and west wing rooms in the back hall. These two wing rooms are where the queen and concubines came to serve Emperor Tianzhi in the Yangxin Hall. Among them, the east wing room is for the exclusive use of the queen, and the west wing room is for the concubines.
There are a value room, an imperial dining room, and a warehouse built outside Yangxin Gate.
The above is just a rough introduction. In fact, there are many exquisite and unique details in the courtyard of Yangxin Hall.
After Emperor Tianzhi ascended the throne, he did not live in Qianqing Palace like previous emperors, but lived in Yangxin Palace. According to Emperor Tianzhi himself, it was because he believed that Emperor Kangxing had lived in Qianqing Palace for many years. If you live in Qianqing Palace, it will be an offense to the Supreme Emperor.
These words were very meant to please Emperor Kangxing.
Jia Yun felt that the reason why Emperor Tianzhi lived in Yangxin Hall was not only to please Emperor Kangxing and show his filial piety to Emperor Kangxing, but also because it was so comfortable to live in Yangxin Hall.
Anyway, Jia Yun was really amazed by the courtyard of the Yangxin Palace. In his personal mind, the most comfortable place to live in the palace is the Yangxin Palace!
After a visit, Xue Baochai was also amazed. She was so dignified and steady that she couldn't help but praise: "This is really a good place to live."
At this moment, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai returned to the bright room of the main hall. Jia Yun took Xue Baochai onto the platform. There were pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the desk. Jia Yun asked Xue Baochai to help unfold a blank banner. He held a writing brush on the banner. I wrote four big words: Diligence and kindness!
"I will make a plaque with these words and hang it here. From now on, this place will be called the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall." Jia Yun said to Xue Baochai after writing the banner.
"Diligence and love for the virtuous. The emperor had such ambitions when he first became the emperor. It is a blessing to the court and the people. I believe that the emperor will definitely become an emperor who will achieve unparalleled achievements." Xue Baochai echoed, although Some are deliberately trying to please, but some are sincere.
At this time, Second Sister You and Third Sister You arrived at the Yangxin Hall, followed by several palace maids and eunuchs who were helping them carry their luggage and gifts. They did not expect that Jia Yun and Xue Baochai were currently staying in the Yangxin Hall, so they hurried to Jia Yun. Xue Baochai salutes.
Jia Yun stared at the two of them and asked: "This time, the Madam suddenly gave you to me. Did you take the initiative to beg the Madam?"
Second Sister You and Third Sister You suddenly became embarrassed and nervous, Jia Yun said: "Tell the truth!"
Second Sister You and Third Sister You were so frightened that they knelt on the ground. Third Sister You said: "I dare not hide it from the Emperor. It was indeed the slave who begged the Grand Madam. Originally, the slave begged the Grand Madam to let the Second Sister of the slave serve the Emperor. Just because When my second sister first entered the palace, she was looking forward to serving the emperor. She has been looking forward to it for more than a year, but I didn't expect that the imperial concubine would also send her to serve the emperor."
Jia Yun said: "Since you are here, you will stay and serve in Yangxin Hall from now on, but there is one thing you need to remember. The maids here are led by Xiangling. You two must listen to her in the future. If I know that you won't listen, She even bullied her, but I will not forgive her lightly."
This is mainly said to Third Sister You. Second Sister You is gentle and gentle and will not bully Xiangling. The strong and ambitious Third Sister You can. Jia Yun said this not only to protect Xiangling, but also as a warning. Third Sister You, please be more at ease.
Second Sister You and Third Sister You quickly said yes.
Xiang Ling, who was standing aside, felt flattered, lowering her head and blushing.
Xue Baochai, who saw this scene in her eyes, did not speak, but pursed her lips. She knew that now that Jia Yun became the emperor, she, the queen, would inevitably face palace fighting. Today, the second sister You and the third sister are doing this. The first appearance is nothing, the intense part is yet to come...
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Jia Yun did not stay at Qianqing Palace that night, but stayed at Shou'an Palace as promised. Xue Baochai also called Qingwen.
The next day, the sixth day of May.
In the morning, Jia Yun washed and changed clothes in Shou'an Palace, had breakfast, and then went to Qianqing Palace to get busy.
At the same time, in Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu, who was washing and dressing in Rongqing Hall and having breakfast, left Rongguo Mansion and went to Xue Mansion with Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and a group of servants!
Jia's mother is old and is a first-class Duke's wife. She rarely visits other houses on weekdays, but this time she took the initiative to visit Xue Mansion and Aunt Xue in person!
The Rongguo Mansion is already aware of the current situation in the court and knows that unless a big accident occurs, Jia Yun will secure the throne.
In the past, Aunt Xue's treatment in Rongguo Mansion was not low, and she seemed to have a higher status than Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang in front of Jia Mu, but this was mainly because Jia Mu loved dignity. For the sake of dignity, she was extra polite to Aunt Xue, a relative. Although Aunt Xue There is not even a royal title, and the Xue family does not even have an official title.
In fact, in Jia Mu's heart, Aunt Xue was not a very noble person.
It was not until Xue Baochai married Jia Yun and became the princess that Aunt Xue became truly noble in Jia Mu's heart.
And now that Jia Yun has become the emperor, Xue Baochai is equivalent to the queen. Even if Aunt Xue still has no royal title, in Jia Mu's heart, Aunt Xue's status is more noble than her, the first-class Duke's wife. After all, she belongs to the queen. My mother, the emperor’s mother-in-law!
Jia Mu also thinks that she should please Aunt Xue now, because she has something in her heart that she wants to ask Aunt Xue...
So today Mother Jia took the initiative to visit Xue Mansion with Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng.
At this time, the sedan chair that Mother Jia, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng were riding was passing through the gate of Xue Mansion. During the process, they discovered that there were many officers and soldiers guarding the gate outside and inside. They were not surprised by this. They knew These officers and soldiers were all sent by Jia Yun.
When Jia Yun left Beijing to conquer the Qing Dynasty, he only took with him three palace guards and ten soldiers. The other guards and soldiers were left to protect the palace and the female family members. However, later, Jia Yun recruited several more soldiers during the campaign against the Qing Dynasty. Ten soldiers.
When Jia Yun led the Chang'an camp cavalry into Shenjing City, in addition to letting Cao Wu lead two thousand cavalry to guard Prince Zhongwu's mansion, he also sent many personal soldiers to guard Xue's mansion. After all, Xue's mansion was the natal home of his princess. , are also prone to danger.
Xue Baochai had already learned about this, and therefore felt grateful and admired Jia Yun.
Rongguo Mansion has also learned about this matter, and many people are jealous of it, including Jia Mu, because Jia Yun specially sent soldiers to guard Xue Mansion immediately, but Rongguo Mansion did not receive such treatment, so she could only Relying on her own servants to guard her, Jia's mother can understand her jealousy. After all, Jia Yun is no longer a bloodline of Rongguo Mansion.
After entering the Xue Mansion, the sedan chairs of Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng stopped in front of the courtyard of the inner house on the West Road. Aunt Xue welcomed everyone into the courtyard.
There are still two osmanthus trees in the courtyard, one outside the window of the east wing and one outside the window of the west wing. However, time has changed and people have changed. The woman who once lived in the east wing has left the osmanthus tree many times.
The woman who fell in love with Jia Yun is now equivalent to the empress of the world!
Aunt Xue took Jia Mu, Mrs.
There are five people left: Aunt Xue, Mother Jia, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng.
Jia Yun raised an army to seize the throne, and the enthronement ceremony has not yet been held. Although Jia's mother can't wait to visit Xue Mansion today to please Aunt Xue, she is still cautious and will not talk about Jia Yun and Xue Baochai in front of the servants.
After everyone left the screen, Jia Mu asked Aunt Xue: "I heard that the princess moved into the palace yesterday. Although she has not been named queen yet, it is not appropriate to call her queen at the moment, but she can be called empress. I don't know.
What kind of message could someone be sent there to spread?"
Aunt Xue said truthfully: "I sent someone to say hello yesterday morning, saying that I was moving into the palace."
Jia Mu sighed: "Who would have thought that my empress would be so lucky?"
Aunt Xue couldn't help but feel proud, but she said: "I'm thinking about it, when our family lived in the old lady's house, my mother would often see the old lady. The old lady was very lucky. Not only did she become rich and noble all her life, but she also
Having raised a noble concubine of the late emperor, this person in my family must have been blessed by the old lady."
These words made Jia Mu feel happy. After hearing what Aunt Xue said, she felt that there was some truth to it. Xue Baochai might have been blessed by her. Moreover, Aunt Xue was so noble now, but her attitude in front of her was still the same.
She was as respectful and flattering as before, which also made her feel happy.
Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng in the hall were all more or less depressed.
Mrs. Xing's husband, Jia She, was originally a first-class general of the third rank, but he still has such a title now, and he has never had any official position with real power.
Mrs. Wang's husband, Jia Zheng, was initially given the rank of director of the Ministry of Industry by Emperor Kangxing based on Jia Daishan's legacy. Later, he was promoted from the fifth rank to the rank of Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Industry, and he still holds this official position today.
Wang Xifeng's husband, Jia Lian, donated a sixth-grade provincial magistrate, and lived in peace and prosperity at home. Although he went to Chang'an camp for nearly three years, he came back with a second house in disgrace.
Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng see Jia Mu almost every day. If Jia Mu is so magically blessed, how come the three of them didn't get it? Your Xue Baochai just lived in Rongguo Mansion for a while, and she got it.
The queen of the world who married her mother?
Alas, the three of them are all depressed right now, depressed that they are not as blessed as Xue Baochai.
Wang Xifeng was so jealous last night that she didn't sleep well all night, and now she has dark circles under her eyes.
At this time, Jia Mu said: "Your family is now prosperous. If I need my concubine's help in the future, my concubine should do it out of consideration for her relatives."
Jia Mu really has something on her mind that she wants Aunt Xue to help with, and there are more than one thing.
For example, she was worried that Jia Zheng's foolish words would cause trouble to the Rongguo Mansion if Jia Yun learned about it.
For another example, she already has the idea to make a girl from Rongguo Mansion become Jia Yun's concubine in the future. Even if she can't become an imperial concubine, it would be great to be a concubine. Even a concubine would be great.
Aunt Xue said: "Even if the old lady doesn't say this, if I can help the old lady in any way in the future, it will be my duty to do so. If I really can't help, the old lady don't blame me."
Jia Mu nodded. If she could get such a response from Aunt Xue today, her trip would not be in vain.