As time entered November, the weather became colder and colder. The Clothing Bureau under the Royal Workshop began to deliver the prepared winter clothes to the palaces one after another. Within a few days, the masters and palace ladies in the harem all changed their clothes.
Put on new warm clothes.
The lush imperial garden in the past began to show a bleak scene. Only the bamboo courtyard was still green, and the plum trees in the plum garden were quietly giving birth to a few flower buds. Soon, they will usher in their most beautiful season.
Chu Yueyin also started to get busy. Zhao Muqin sent his aunt Xinyi to Kunning Palace to assist Chu Yueyin in managing the affairs of the harem. She herself was doing her leisure work as the empress dowager, usually in the Buddhist hall of Cining Palace.
Burn incense and worship Buddha,
To pass the time. Before handing over the affairs of the harem to Chu Yueyin, the Queen Mother Zhao also moved the daily greetings of the harem concubines to Kunning Palace, stipulating that the concubines would greet the queen every morning, and the queen would lead them to Ci every tenth day.
Ning Gong expressed his regards to the Queen Mother.
Seeing that Cining Palace suddenly became deserted, Chu Yueyin was worried that Empress Dowager Zhao would not get used to it, so she postponed the time for the concubines to pay their respects by half an hour. Early in the morning every day, if Yu Wenhua was in Cunning Palace last night
After staying the night, Chu Yueyin helped him change his clothes and sent him out.
Go to Kunning Palace in the morning. Then wash up properly, go to Cining Palace to greet the Empress Dowager Zhao, have breakfast with her, and then return to Kunning Palace to wait for the arrival of the concubines. After seeing off the concubines, hurried to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to listen to the teacher
Lecture. In this way, a fulfilling morning passed.
After a short break in the afternoon, Chu Yueyin got up and went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences again. There were no lectures arranged in the Academy of Chinese Literature in the afternoon. Except for the clerk, chief bookkeeper and recorder who worked in the front yard, most of the teachers who gave lectures had certain positions in the six departments.
Official positions were returned to their respective ministries. However, Wenhui was an exception. He was originally a commoner and was hired as a palace teacher because of Yu Wenhua's appreciation. He had no other official positions with real power.
Wenhui had a separate small courtyard behind the Chinese Academy of Sciences, called Yayuan. Every afternoon, Chu Yueyin went to Yayuan to learn piano skills from Wenhui. Wenhui taught him lovingly, and Chu Yueyin studied seriously.
After a few months, she was able to play a simple piece of music in its entirety.
After dinner, Aunt Xinyi would give a brief report on the day's situation in the harem, and select important matters for Chu Yueyin to make decisions, including the attendance of concubines, the distribution of money and expenses to each palace, and the palace people.
arrangements and so on.
For more than a month, Yu Wenhua strictly abided by the bedtime system discussed at the beginning and did not give special care to Concubine Xue Shu. If it happened that a concubine received a letter or caught a cold on the day of bedtime, Yu Wenhua would simply sleep in the bed.
In Kunning Palace, he had not set foot in Qianqing Palace for several months.
Chu Yueyin felt very surprised. Which one is the real Yu Wenhua or the Yu Wenhua who was so angry that he became a beauty? Subconsciously, she vaguely felt that Yu Wenhua had a bigger conspiracy, but what was it?
, and she couldn't explain it. They all said that "a woman's heart is like a needle in the sea", but Chu Yueyin felt that the emperor's heart was the most unfathomable!
On this day, the concubines came to Kunning Palace to pay their respects as usual. After Chu Yueyin casually asked each concubine a few questions, she asked Zixia to see the guests off. Mrs. Li lagged behind, as if she wanted to say something.
Seeing it in his eyes, he just pretended not to see it and waited for Mrs. Li to speak.
Sure enough, after a while, Mrs. Li left and came back, calling for an audience with the queen in front of Kunning Palace. Chu Yueyin told Zixia to invite Mrs. Li in. After Mrs. Li entered the palace, she bowed respectfully and stood there.
aside.
"Zixia, go see if the chariot is ready." Zixia followed the instructions.
Chu Yueyin didn't look at Mrs. Li, didn't ask her what happened, and didn't offer her a seat. She just asked Yinqiao to help her put on her cloak, as if she was about to go out.
Mrs. Li was unhappy at being left out, but Chu Yueyin's position was much higher than hers, and she had something to ask of Chu Yueyin, so she had no choice but to suppress her unhappiness. She saw Chu Yueyin put on her cloak and walked out of the palace.
, feeling anxious, he blurted out: "Queen, my concubine, I have something to ask of you."
"Oh." Chu Yueyin stopped, looked back at Mrs. Li, and said calmly, "Mrs. Li, just tell me if you have anything to do."
Although Chu Yueyin's tone was very calm, Mrs. Li still felt that her aura was a little lower, and she said sarcastically: "On the twelfth day, I should be sleeping with you, but I came to Yuexin and was unable to serve the emperor...
...I am thinking, can you please...please make arrangements with the Queen to supply supplies to me on that day?"
Chu Yueyin looked at Mrs. Li and said coldly: "The dates are all set. When you come to Yuexin, I can only say that you are not lucky enough to serve the emperor. Ask the imperial doctor to prescribe some medicine to treat it. I will avoid it next month.
How come you make such an ungrateful request! Do you want me to give you fifteen? But do you have this blessing?! Are you the queen or am I the queen?!"
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This month, because of Mrs. Li's letter, Mrs. Zhao was infected with the cold. Starting from November, Yu Wenhua had been staying in Kunning Palace for four days. He reviewed the memorials in the palace every night until late at night, and ordered Chu Yue to
Yin was waiting on her side, asking her to grind ink and serve tea. Today is the fifteenth day again. According to the ancestral system, Yu Wenhua will naturally spend the night in Kunning Palace again. It is conceivable that he will have to endure the cold again tonight. There is no good
Go to sleep.
Chu Yueyin was so angry at Yu Wenhua's torment that she dared not speak out in anger. When she saw Mrs. Li making such a request at this time, she took advantage of the situation and reprimanded Mrs. Li severely.
Mrs. Li lowered her head and did not dare to say a word. Her face was red and green, and the colors were changing. It was really beautiful.
After Chu Yueyin vented her anger, she ignored Mrs. Li, tightened her cloak tightly, turned around and left Kunning Palace with Yinqiao, got into the chariot, and went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the escort of two neat rows of guards and palace officials.
Mrs. Li raised her head and glared at Chu Yueyin's back hatefully, her eyes extremely vicious. She left Kunning Palace in a hurry, passing Chuxiu Palace instead, and went to Yili Palace instead. She didn't notice
, there was a "tail" behind her that followed her all the way, watching her walk into Yili Palace, with an unpredictable expression on her face, and turned around and returned to Kunning Palace.
More than half a month later, Chu Yueyin had completely forgotten what happened on the 15th. That afternoon, she still went to Yayuan behind the Chinese Academy to ask Wenhui to teach her piano skills.
Originally, he was teaching piano art in the yard, but due to the cold weather and strong wind, he was temporarily moved inside the house. Half an hour later, Wen Liang knocked on the door gently and entered the house after receiving permission.
Wen Liang bowed and saluted, and said: "Empress, from Cining Palace, Miss Yinqiao and Zixia came to say that the Empress Dowager has something to ask."
Chu Yueyin thought to herself that Queen Mother Zhao might just ask about Yu Wenhua and her marital life, and would not embarrass Yin Qiao and Zi Xia, so she gave Yin Qiao a look and let them go.
As soon as Yinqiao and Zixia left, Chu Yueyin and Wenhui were the only two people left in the room. The wind poured in through the open door, bringing waves of cold air.