"Miss, I'm still sleeping, and the sound of rituals and music from Yingqing Hall has reached here."
Yuzhu and Feng Xintian got up before dawn to prepare the clothes and jewelry for Wen Jiaojiao to wear today. Knowing that she would definitely not be able to get out of bed, they prepared them for her in advance.
Wen Jiaojiao was wrapped in quilt and moaning. Yuzhu called her twice, but she didn't move at all.
Yesterday, Zhao Yan and I rode a donkey to the Yingqing Hall. The Yingqing Hall is spacious and gorgeous, and it is very beautifully decorated. There are hundreds of seats, and gauze curtains are hung and screens are set up as partitions. It is more diligent than the emperor.
The palace is much bigger.
On weekdays, in addition to receiving foreign envoys, the Yingqing Hall is used to hold festival ceremonies. Banquets such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Day, and Lantern Festival are all held in the Yingqing Hall.
Wen Jiaojiao and Zhao Yan walked around the Yingqing Palace, and then ran outside the Plum Garden. They looked at the bridge for a while across a frozen lake. The palace was much bigger than Wen Jiaojiao imagined.
Just the plum garden with plum blossoms covers an area of dozens of acres.
I heard that there was a warm spring near Yilan Palace. The emperor ordered people to surround the warm spring, separate several hot spring pools, and build a pavilion there. You can go there to soak in the hot spring in winter.
Wen Jiaojiao originally wanted to take a look, but it was too far away. There were many out-of-season flowers planted next to the hot spring, which were in bloom.
She and Zhao Yan rode the donkey around the palace for most of the time. They were delayed in getting back for dinner. Playing for a long time consumed a lot of energy. She went to bed early, but it was impossible to get up early.
Yuzhu and Fengxin had already thought about lifting Wen Jiaojiao off the bed.
"Ouch, why is my little lazy fellow still sleeping?"
Seeing the Queen coming in, Yuzhu and others hurriedly saluted, "Join the Queen!"
Xiao Qingyu sat beside Wen Jiaojiao's bed and looked at her buried in the quilt, still looking like she was fast asleep. Although he couldn't bear to call her, if it was too late, she would have to go to Yingqing Hall by herself later.
It was still snowing heavily outside, so Xiao Qingyu was worried about Wen Jiaojiao going to the Yingqing Palace by herself. She had to attend the ceremony at the same time as the emperor today, so she couldn't wait for Wen Jiaojiao to sleep until three o'clock in the morning before leaving.
"Jiaojiao, good boy, can you sleep in the back hall for a while after we get to the banquet? First, you and I will be driven to the Yingqing Hall in a sedan chair."
Xiao Qingyu took Wen Jiaojiao out of bed. Today was so much earlier than usual that Wen Jiaojiao couldn't even open his eyes.
Xiao Qingyu looked at the person leaning on her and humming softly, took the handkerchief from Yuzhu's hand and wiped her face.
"Your Majesty, come here, slave. You have already put on your makeup. Don't let the lady mess up your makeup."
Xiao Qingyu wiped her face carefully, "It doesn't matter."
Wen Jiaojiao smelled the pleasant fragrance of Xiao Qingyu's body, reluctantly opened one eye, and then saw an extremely beautiful face.
With the phoenix crown and red robe, this was the first time Wen Jiaojiao saw Xiao Qingyu dressed up like this. It was really a phoenix.
Wen Jiaojiao woke up instantly, looked at Xiao Qingyu and said, "Sister, you are so beautiful."
Xiao Qingyu looked at Wen Jiaojiao's dull eyes, pursed his lips and smiled: "Jiaojiao will also dress up well later. There is no girl in the capital who is more beautiful than our Jiaojiao."
Wen Jiaojiao thought to herself, how can a teenage child be as good-looking as a mature girl in her twenties? She likes someone like Xiao Qingyu, who looks like a blooming flower. She looks pretty with minimal makeup on weekdays.
Bright and clean, she is now dressed in a grand outfit, with eyebrows and red lips, which is extremely dazzling.
Yuzhu and others saw that Wen Jiaojiao had finally woken up. They were afraid that she would waste time, so even Qingquan Qingbo helped to dress her up.
It took her less than half an hour to finish it.
"Your Majesty, the sedan chair is ready. Your Majesty sent someone to ask if your Majesty is ready?"
"You go back to the emperor, I will go to Yingqing Palace right now."
Xiao Qingyu put down the tea cup and pulled Wen Jiaojiao around, looking left and right, as if he was looking at his own daughter. He was extremely satisfied when he saw her beautifully dressed, "It's not a bad day now."
It’s too cold, so Jiao Jiao doesn’t need to put on that thick jacket. The lining is made of a special kind of velvet. It’s light and warm, so it’s just right for now.”
Wen Jiaojiao looked at this outfit. The red palace dress she was wearing was newly made for her by Sister Qingyu. She added a short jacket to keep warm. The dress was embroidered with cloud patterns with gold thread, and there were jingling hangings on it.
The whole outfit is Yuzhu's specialty.
Her usual dress is gorgeous and rich, but it is not very different from her usual dress. However, palace clothes are only worn by the queen. This formal dress makes her look more like a princess.
Xiao Qingyu took a pure white scarf from Qingquan and put it around her. She was already plump, and the short coat and silver fox scarf wrapped her up to make her even more childish and cute.
Xiao Qingyu pinched Wen Jiaojiao's fleshy cheeks and finally realized that her aunt always said she didn't want Jiaojiao to grow up. It would be nice to keep such a lovely child by her side for the rest of her life.
When going out, Xiao Qingyu brought a new cloak to Wen Jiaojiao.
Yuzhu touched the material of the cloak and asked in surprise: "Is this a wolfskin cloak?"
Wen Jiaojiao was startled: "Wolf skin?"
She looked at the cloak, which was white as snow, with only the tips of the fur being gray, and it really looked like wolf fur.
Xiao Qingyu said softly: "This is made of the wolf skin of the wolf that scared you before. Your Majesty asked someone to make a cloak for you. It has been kept with me. The leopard skin was also made into a blanket for you to use.
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Wen Jiaojiao touched the cloak made of wolf skin, and felt a little scared when he thought about being killed by two huge beasts that day.
Those were not kittens or puppies, but wolves and leopards.
Wen Jiaojiao thought to herself that if she met Xiang Cheng again, she would wear this cloak to show off in front of him. It was made of the skin of the animals he raised. Let's see if he dares to allow the animals to come out in the future.
Scary.
Wen Jiaojiao followed Xiao Qingyu all the way to Yingqing Hall in a sedan chair. She found that the sedan ride was faster than their donkey-pulled cart yesterday.
When they arrived at the Yingqing Hall, the envoys and family members of officials and officials from various countries had not entered the hall yet. They were the first to arrive. Even the concubines came in in twos and threes and went to their seats.
Xiao Qingyu wanted to enter the banquet at the same time as the emperor. Now he was going to the back hall to prepare. The Yingqing Hall was still making final preparations. Wen Jiaojiao took a look at it and followed Xiao Qingyu to the back hall.
She really got up too early, two hours earlier than usual. According to modern time, she usually got up at ten o'clock, and it would have been nine o'clock earlier, but she got up at six o'clock today.
The banquet was about to start, and it would be at least an hour before she could go to the apse to sleep.