Chapter 23 The sky is vast and the stars are immortal
Another thunderbolt on a sunny day!
"What? Our cages are not allowed into the palace!"
"Then what do we use?"
After hearing the news, all the beautiful ladies who had just arrived at Qunfang Hall collectively exploded.
They were going crazy. On the first day they entered the palace, they suffered too many severe beatings. One after another, they were overwhelmed.
They were tortured all afternoon, their legs and feet were numb from standing, and their palms were red and swollen from the beatings. They were not released into the palace until the end of the Shen period.
Before leaving, the three nuns said something to each other: "We are here today. All of you are tired, so we divided the rooms into rooms to rest by ourselves. Someone will tell you when it's time to eat and sleep, so let's go."
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The show girls were already hungry, tired and hungry, their feet ached and their palms hurt. They thought they were liberated and were ready to go back and apply medicated oil to rest.
But they found that even bigger beatings were coming, and they didn’t have any cages! Their fragile hearts could no longer bear it!
The palace maid reassured: "Don't worry, young masters, we have our own arrangements made by the Shang Palace Bureau, and we will not be short of the young master's expenses."
But it didn't work, Xiu Nu exploded.
This person said: "The things prepared for me at home are all what I am used to. If I use anything else, I'm afraid..." She doesn't want to use the same things as others, because it won't show her taste!
The one said: "I brought a lot of new clothes, but I haven't worn any of them. How can this be so..." She hasn't even shown off yet!
Others said arrogantly: "Whoever wants to wear the same clothes as them, wherever my cage is, I want my cage."
There was such a commotion, and the palace maid was dragged away and refused to let her go, and she almost cried and rolled around.
Until the eunuch Eunuch Zeng arrived to arrange the house, the show girls were still noisy and seemed to be getting worse.
Eunuch Zeng didn't have that much patience. Seeing this, he said with a smile: "Young masters, the houses come first, first come first. If you don't have time to pay attention, I will make arrangements for you."
The beautiful girls were in tears, gritted their teeth and went to grab the houses first.
Eunuch Zeng was very dissatisfied with this group of people, so he naturally didn't have a good face. He decided who would live in which room with a stroke of a pen, and there was no way to change it.
Except for their own maids who had some money with them, the show girls were now very poor. They wanted to use money to accommodate them, but they were righteously and sternly rejected by Master Zeng.
With all the rewards from Lihua, Eunuch Zeng still doesn’t like this small amount of money.
In the end, Xiu Nu could only watch helplessly as the house she wanted was booked, and she had no time to cry.
None of this has anything to do with Lihua. She closed the door of the house and was taking Chiharu Yuzai for a walk. They were walking around within the allowed range, and she was the first to visit the dining area!
Lihua's boxes and cages have been carried away. Instead of emptying them all, she put some stones inside, covered them with a layer of cloth, pretending that they were full, and placed a note under the cloth.
This approach was greatly appreciated by Eunuch Zeng. Masters who are so smart and willing to consider their slaves are rare!
Later, when Mrs. Wu heard that beautiful women's boxes were not allowed to enter the palace, and saw that her little daughter's boxes had been pulled back, her heart began to tighten. When she opened the box, she found that her daughter had taken away all the things that needed to be emptied, and she sighed with emotion.
My little daughter is really a prophet who knows the future, and she is completely at ease.
This is a story for another day.
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Xiao Shunzi hurriedly climbed up a wide step made of white marble, looked up, and saw a magnificent palace, rising up into the sky and down to nowhere.
He looked towards the wide white marble square in front of the palace and found the person he was looking for.
Zhang Defa's eyes lit up outside the hall and he quickly waved him over.
When Xiao Shunzi told what happened on the brocade stage, Zhang Defa was shocked: "Wu Xiunu has such ability, it is really impossible to measure the sea water."
The daughter of a minor official should not be underestimated.
Except for the person in charge of the ceremony, few people in the palace know about that set of ancient rituals, let alone outside the palace.
Xiao Shunzi was stunned, why hasn't Manager Zhang's accent changed yet? His accent is about to change.
Zhang Defa was wiping the fly whisk, still thinking about something. The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.
He squinted his eyes and murmured these three words: "Wu Xiunv..."
Xiao Shunzi's eager accent was finally triggered and he blurted out: "Little Beitu?"
Zhang Defa came back to his senses and felt that his train of thought had been interrupted. He took a whisk and slapped it: "What a mess, rolling."
Xiao Shunzi covered his head and ran away. He was afraid of being fined and felt a little aggrieved. Manager Zhang had an accent, so why couldn't he also have one?
After running halfway, he remembered something and ran back again, telling him about the murderous attack on Zhou Yuzhen on the Jinxiu Stage.
At that time, Xiao Shunzi was watching intently, but Zhou Yuzhen blocked his view, so he stepped forward and pulled it hard, not sure if it was okay.
Zhang Defa waved his hand impatiently, "This little thing is not worth mentioning. Don't bother him." Xiao Shunzi felt at ease.
After Xiao Shunzi left, Zhang Defa stroked his beloved whisk, his thoughts kept changing.
This beautiful girl seems to be interesting, no wonder she was recognized by the emperor's sharp eyes.
It just so happened that the emperor had been unusually reticent since he secretly met with the ministers, so he was ready to find some interesting things to make fun of.
Look, isn’t a fun fact about to happen?!
Let’s see the curative effect first. If it’s good, then let Xiao Shunzi stare at the beautiful girl to find more interesting things!
Thinking like this, he turned around and walked towards the main hall. In front of the main hall he entered, there were three characters written on it: Cangchen Palace.
Vigorous and powerful, majestic and domineering, a domineering aura rushes towards the face. Legend has it that these three words were written by the emperor Wei Chiyou of the first generation.
This palace has been the residence of emperors for thousands of years, but it was not called this name a few hundred years ago, but was called "Star Palace".
According to classic records, Emperor Wu Chiyou changed the name to "Cangchen Palace" in memory of his parents, Emperor Shengying Yuchizhao and Queen Shengde Lianshi.
It takes the meaning of "the sky is vast and the stars are immortal" and echoes the "Canglan Yuan" where Queen Shotoku lives.
Since then, the name Cangchen Palace has been used, while Canglan Palace has been buried in history and has never been used again. It still stands on the west side of the palace, witnessing the changes over the years.
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At night, Zhuangning Palace.
Nanny Qin combed the hair of a graceful and elegant woman and slowly reported today's events.
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The woman is in her forties or fifties. She is well-maintained and has a peaceful and graceful temperament.
When she heard that the show ladies were late and blocked the emperor's passage, the woman became interested and asked, "How did the emperor react?"
Nanny Qin smiled bitterly: "Back to the Queen Mother, I have never seen her with my own eyes, but I guess I must be annoyed."
The emperor ordered a beautiful girl to be dragged out of the palace, and also personally issued an order not to allow the beautiful girl to bring a box or cage.
The Queen Mother frowned, and then sighed: "Forget it, let him go. Send someone to the beautiful lady's house to make more compensation, so as not to ruin her reputation."
As for the cage, the emperor has decreed that she will not slap her son in the face.
Anyone who can be a queen mother is never a bad person. Since you can’t accept the favor given to you, then just let it go.
Aunt Qin will take care of the matter.
The Queen Mother asked again: "I heard that all the beautiful ladies were slapped today?"
Aunt Qin was already prepared, and she continued to work hard and explained the whole story.
The Queen Mother sighed: "After all, it was their choice, and they can't blame others. It doesn't matter if they are punished."
As she spoke, Nanny Qin judged that the Queen Mother was also in favor of punishment, and she couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter had been settled.
Then the Queen Mother asked with some interest: "You said someone defeated that girl from the Li family?"
"Exactly." Nanny Qin said, combing her hair. This is what she wanted to mention.
The Queen Mother was surprised: "That girl is not the best among the ladies in the capital in terms of etiquette? How can she still be compared?"
Nanny Qin shook her head: "There is a saying that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky. I have seen it today." She explained the matter in summary.
"Wuli?" The Queen Mother was not impressed by the name, but she became somewhat interested.
Without waiting for her to ask, Nanny Qin told the story of Lihua's background and performance on the Jinxiu Stage in great detail.
He even expresses his concern for the country and the people after Lihua won.
"There is such a child." The Queen Mother was slightly surprised and thought of something. She asked: "What do you think of these two people?"
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The sky is vast and the stars are immortal: a tribute to Lotus and Yuchi Zhao CP~
When writing about the origin of Cangchen Palace, the author had a particularly inexplicable emotion, which made me reluctant to finish "Han Han Concubine".
I'll write a little extra when I have time. I welcome you to come back and check it out soon.