Yinzhen did not stop in the front hall, but went straight to the back hall. The back hall was divided into many rooms, each of which was dedicated to a shrine for a generation of emperors and empresses. Each shrine had a gold-lacquered throne, and the tablets of the emperors and empresses were placed on it.
From the moment he set foot in Fengxian Hall, Ling Ruo knew who Yinzhen was coming to see. There was only one person here whom he could never forget in his life.
Sure enough, Yinzhen stopped in front of the shrine dedicated to Queen Xiao Yiren. A young eunuch had already lit three pillars of incense and handed it to him. He thought Yinzhen often came here, so the eunuch responsible for guarding the Fengxian Hall already knew about it. Got spleen.
After holding the incense and bowing three times, Yinzhen poured the incense into the incense stick. His usually cold and serious expression became extremely gentle at this moment, like a wanderer returning home, with a touch of admiration, "Er Mother, I have come to see you. Now that I have succeeded to the throne as emperor, I was busy with state affairs, so I have never been able to take time to see my mother. I will definitely come to accompany my mother often in the future."
Ling Ruo understood that Yinzhen could only feel the affection between mother and son with Queen Xiao Yiren, and this could never be felt with the Queen Mother; perhaps, after the late emperor carried Yinzhen to Queen Xiao Yiren, From that moment in the palace, the mother-son relationship between him and the Queen Mother faded away, and even if Yinzhen returned to his hometown later, it would not help.
After Ling Ruo asked the young eunuch for three sticks of incense, he bowed three times like Yinzhen, and then sat behind the incense burner. Don't worry, E Niang, the emperor will definitely govern the Qing Dynasty well and will never let down the expectations of the late emperor and E Niang."
Yinzhen stayed inside until the sky became clear before leaving. When he walked outside, the clouds on the sky were as bright as brocade, and the morning sun was looming in the clouds. Such warm and falling morning light made the chill on the two of them disappear.
"Your Majesty." Li Dequan came out of nowhere and bowed: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court."
Yinzhen nodded and said to Ling Ruo: "I'm going to court. You're tired after spending the whole night with me. Go back and rest. Don't go to the queen to pay her respects today."
Ling Ruo smiled and said: "I know, Your Majesty, please hurry up and don't miss the time to go to court."
After parting with Yinzhen, Ling Ruo walked slowly to Chengqian Palace. Shuixiu and others were waiting inside. Some of the palace guards who kept watch saw her leaving with Yinzhen, so there was no change in the palace. Alarmed by her absence.
After entering Chengqian Palace, he sat down in front of the bronze mirror and took the face towel handed by Nan Qiu to wipe his face. He regained his energy and said to Shui Xiu who was standing behind him: "Hurry up and dress me up. I'll come back later." I want to pay my respects to the Queen."
Yinzhen could not care about Nala's family, but Ling Ruo could not, and it was not worth getting into trouble for such a trivial matter as greeting her. She could still bear the sleepiness.
Shuixiu agreed briskly, her dexterous hands kept running through Ling Ruo's hair. After a while, the bun was combed, neat and not messy. Nan Qiu chose a white jade hairpin with red double knots for Ling Ruo. He added and praised: "Miss Shui Xiu's hands are so dexterous, some of them are no worse than those of the nuns who have been doing combing in the palace for many years."
Shui Xiu pursed her lips and smiled and said: "What does this mean for me slave? I have never seen Mo Yu combing my master's hair before, so that's why I'm so happy."
Hearing Mo Yu's name, Ling Ruo's heart moved. It had been a while since Master Thirteen was released, but she had never seen Mo Yu, and she didn't know how she was doing now. She immediately asked: "Nan Qiu, this What should the people around me do if I want to leave the palace?" The rules in the palace are a little more strict than those in the palace, so they cannot be as casual as in the palace.
Nan Qiu didn't understand what he meant and said truthfully: "Returning to the master, if the master has something to do and sends the slaves out of the palace, he needs to write a note and stamp it with the queen's gold seal. The slaves can use this note to go to the ceremony room to change.
You have to receive a waist badge, but as a rule, the waist badge must be returned on the same day, which means you cannot stay out overnight.”
Ling Ruo nodded slightly and immediately ordered Nan Qiu to fetch the Four Treasures of the Study and wrote a note himself. Then he took out a delicate golden key from his body and opened a small box hidden in the rosewood cabinet. Inside, Hao Ran was Ling Ruo.
The gold book and gold seal awarded when she was awarded the title symbolized her identity as Concubine Xi, and this key has always been kept in her personal collection.
This gold seal is three inches square and about one inch high. It is made of pure gold and has a turtle button on top, but its head and tail resemble a head.
Ling Ruo took the gold seal, dipped it in vermilion ink mud, and then pressed it hard on the note. When the gold seal was lifted, the four characters "Seal of Concubine Xi" were clearly reflected on it, with clear seal on the left and Han seal on the right.
. She handed the note to Shui Xiu and said: "Go to the Jingsi Room to get your waist badge and leave the palace. Tell Mo Yu that I haven't seen her for more than ten years. I miss her very much and ask her to come with you to the palace if she is free."
Come and meet me."
"My slave, I obey." Shuixiu took the note and went out happily. She hadn't seen him for more than ten years, and she missed Mo Yu very much. Now she has the opportunity to meet again, and she is very happy.
"Did Mo Yu serve the master in the dormitory before?" Nan Qiu asked while changing Ling Ruo into a goose-yellow flag embroidered with magnolia branches.
Ling Ruo stroked the satin that was as smooth as baby skin on her body and said with emotion: "Yes, but when the Thirteenth Master had an accident, she voluntarily went to follow the Thirteenth Master. I have been separated from her for more than ten years, and it is not until now that I can
See you."
Nan Qiu had been working in the palace for many years and had heard about the incident of Kangxi's second deposed crown prince. He also knew that the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang was implicated in this incident and was imprisoned for more than ten years. It was not until the current emperor ascended the throne that he was released.
Come out. A woman is willing to give up everything to be with a man who is imprisoned and has no idea what to do now.
People who want to go to court undoubtedly need extraordinary courage. Thinking about this, she praised: "Miss Moyu's courage makes many men feel ashamed." At this point, she pursed her lips again.
, said with a hint of smile: "I'm sorry to ask, but Miss Mo Yu likes Master Thirteen?"
"You have already guessed why you need to ask me again." Ling Ruozhan stretched out his sleeves and said calmly: "Let's go, let's go and pay our respects to the Queen."
Nan Qiu agreed and helped Ling Ruo to walk to Kunning Palace. At this time, the clouds had dispersed, and the morning sun was in the sky, casting beautiful patches of sunlight. When they arrived outside Kunning Palace, they found that Geng and the others were also there, waiting.
Outside Kunning Palace, when they saw Ling Ruo coming, they all bowed and saluted. Among the harem, except for the Nala family and the Nian family, Ling Ruo had the most respectable position. No matter how dissatisfied he was in his heart, in terms of face
There is still work to be done.
"Why are you sisters standing outside? Has the Queen not gotten up yet?" Ling Ruo asked after signaling everyone to get up.
"I don't know, either. Usually at this time, the Queen has already gotten up early. I don't know what happened today. She hasn't seen any movement so far." It was Ning Guiren who replied. Her face was slightly red, thinking she was exposed to the sun.
Due to the long time in the sun, unfortunately it is late winter or early spring, and the sun is not in line. If it were summer, these ladies and mistresses would probably suffer from heatstroke.