I woke up from my dream, feeling uneasy and uneasy, and regardless of the depth of the night, I immediately sent Jingqing to the Yimei Garden to see if the little statue I had hung to pray for was still there. Seeing that I was in a hurry, Jingqing didn't dare to
When I asked why, I immediately changed into thick clothes and went out. www. As soon as she left, the whole palace was shocked. I had to say that I had a nightmare and woke up.
After a long time, which seemed like a long night, Jingqing finally came back and reported that my little statue had disappeared, fearing that it had been blown away by the wind. My heart felt as if cold water had been poured down on me, and I was stunned for a long time.
Jinxi and others thought that I had lost my little statue and thought it was unlucky, so they were depressed and tried to comfort me for a long time, telling me jokes to make me happy. I forced myself to cheer up and comforted myself a few words, maybe it was really blown away by the wind or maybe it was because of the wind.
It’s not certain which palace maid saw Jing Jing and picked it up to play with. Even so, I felt unhappy in my heart. Fortunately, the days were still as smooth as a mirror, and no incident happened to my Tangli Palace. I was still staying in the palace to rest,
The imperial court meeting on the first day of the Lunar New Year was also exempted.
One day, after lunch, I was resting in the Nuan Pavilion. Meizhuang raised the curtain and came in. He smiled half-heartedly and said, "I have a strange thing that I want to tell you."
I stood up and said with a smile: "What's new in this palace?"
Meizhuang smiled faintly and said: "The emperor somehow fell in love with a flower-growing palace maid named Yu in the Yimei Garden. The first one was sealed and changed. Although she is the last eighth rank, compared to being a palace maid, it is still more important than being a palace maid.
You are a serious young master."
I picked up the hand stove in my arms and said, "It has been common in the past for emperors to choose concubines after taking a fancy to palace maids. Isn't it true that Princess Shun Chen..." Meizhuang looked at me and I smiled: "You are so cautious, now I am the most important person here."
It’s a place where I can talk.”
Mei Zhuang lowered his head and stroked the embroidery on her dress, and said slowly: "Now the emperor loves her very much."
"Is she beautiful?"
"That's all. I just heard that the singing is very good."
I smiled silently, and the three-inch-long silver-shell and jade-encrusted armor on my little finger gently rubbed the tickle on my chin. After a while, I said: "The emperor is also a temporary novelty. Besides, no matter how you pamper her,
, the ancestral palace maids and concubines can only be promoted step by step, and they will not be able to surpass you for a while."
Mei Zhuang smiled and said, "I know this. It's just...Lingrong is not happy at all."
I was slightly surprised: "Is Lingrong still unfavored?"
Meizhuang nodded slightly and said: "It has been so long since I have been in the palace, but the emperor has not favored her yet." After saying that, he sighed slightly, "It's okay to be favored by others, but it is a palace maid with a lower status than her. Naturally, she feels uncomfortable.
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I recalled Lingrong in the wind and dew that night before entering the palace, and her affection for her brother... Could it be that she, like me, wanted to deliberately avoid being favored? I hesitated and asked: "Is it possible that Lingrong doesn't want to accept favors?"
Mei Zhuang looked at me doubtfully: "How could it be? Although she has a calm face, she always wants to be favored, right? Otherwise, how can she gain a foothold in the palace with her family background?"
I hesitated and said, "Did you know that she has an unintentional lover?"
Mei Zhuang was startled by my words, and his face turned red one after another: "Don't talk nonsense. We are all concubines of heaven, and our bodies and hearts belong to the emperor. How could we fall in love with someone?"
I also became embarrassed and said with a red face, "I just asked casually, why are you so anxious?"
Mei Zhuang thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "I really don't know if she has someone she likes. Looking at her like this, she probably doesn't." After that, she changed the topic and left after chatting for a while.
After sending Meizhuang away, when he saw Pei'er coming in with charcoal to change, he pretended to ask casually: "I heard that the maids in Yimei Garden were banned from changing their clothes?"
Pei'er said: "Isn't it? They say she is lucky. I heard that she said a few words to the emperor on New Year's Eve. On the morning of the second day of the lunar month, Eunuch Li who was next to the emperor came to look for someone. She answered a few words and was taken away.
"Unexpectedly, she didn't come back after she left. Only then did she know that the emperor had issued a decree and granted her the title of "dresser."
I smiled slightly, and she was indeed a palace maid, such a smart palace lady! She blocked me for a while. It seemed that there was never a shortage of carp in the palace who wanted to jump over the Dragon Gate. Jin Xi walked in while talking and knelt in front of the couch.
After beating my legs for me, I saw Pei'er changing the charcoal and going out. She and I were the only ones left in the Nuan Pavilion. He just said softly: "The young master also went to Yimei Garden that night. Did he meet anyone else?"
I stretched out my hand to pick up a candied fruit and put it in my mouth, saying, "What does it matter whether you see it or not?"
Jin Xi concentrated for a moment and said with a smile: "It's also a slave's fantasy. It's just that there are too many things in this palace, and I'm afraid I'm taking advantage of others."
I spit the candied kernels into the spittoon close to me, and then said: "When you give others an advantage, you may also be advantageous to yourself sometimes."
After more than a month, the mausoleum was still unfavored. However, Yu Gengyi was smart and good at singing, but the emperor's favor for her did not decrease. Within a month, she continuously searched for girls, selected two levels of attendants, and was registered as the seventh-grade Miaoyin Lady.
She was given a residence in Hongni Pavilion. It became so popular that even Concubine Hua personally rewarded her with gifts. Madam Yu was also very good at flattering Concubine Hua, and the two were very close. Mrs. Yu gradually became arrogant, including Meizhuang, Liu Liangyuan, and Tian Guiren.
The others didn't take it seriously and spoke out against each other. Even though Mei Zhuang was well-behaved, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Although it is already February, the weather has not warmed up yet. It has been getting colder every day in the past two days. The sky is drooping with lead clouds, and it is dark and dark. There is a strong tendency for rain and snow to come again. Sure enough, it is evening.
, the snowflakes were dense and gathered, and it snowed heavily all day and night. On the second night, the snow gradually lightened up. Xiao Yunzi and Xiao Lianzi swept the snow from the courtyard and came in. They were already wet and freezing.
Shivering and muttering "What a damn weather", he hurriedly went down to change his clothes and warm himself by the fire.
I put down the embroidered handkerchief in my hand and said, "The weather this year is really bad. It's already the second day of February, and it's still snowing. I'm afraid all the flowers and plants will be frozen."
Liu Zhu smiled and said: "Miss, I feel very sorry for those flowers and plants. At the end of autumn, the little eunuchs are all wrapped in straw, so they won't be damaged by the cold."
I smiled slightly, then lowered my head to embroider the oriole bird on the handkerchief. I could faintly hear the sound of cars coming in the distance, and I was wondering. Tangli Palace is located in a remote place, and there are rarely cars and horses coming and going. Why is it like this?
It was late at night and there was still the sound of cars. I looked up and saw Jin Xi standing solemnly with her hands down, and said softly: "My dear master, this is the sound of Feng Luan Chun En's car." I remained silent, Feng Luan Chun'en's car was the one who was ordered to go to bed.
The car that the concubines took when going to the emperor's palace.
After listening attentively for a while, the sound of the car was getting closer and closer. In the quiet snowy night, I could hear the sound of jingling rings on the car. There was also the faint sound of a woman singing, the singing voice was very melodious and high-pitched, singing:
The newly composed congratulatory poem in the palace reads, "The incense burns in the furnace, and the beasts and charcoal are crazy, and the snowflakes fly outside the pearl curtain. In the sixth palace, Yao's eyebrows are drunk, and the phoenix and dragon are dancing and the royal clothes are full." I listened to it for a while, and then said: "It's sung by
Yes, no wonder the emperor gave her the title of 'Miaoyin'."
Xiao Yunzi lowered his head and whispered: "Singing loudly in Yongxiang in the middle of the night is against the rules of the palace."
Without raising my head, I said, "This shows how much the emperor loves her!" No one said anything, and the room was silent. I could only hear the sound of charcoal crackling in the charcoal basin, and the howling north wind outside the window.
The sound of wind and the sound of laughter gradually faded away in the wind. Her laughter was so proud, ringing in the silent snowy night, shuttling between the endless lanes and palaces of the harem...
This is the first time I heard the sound of Feng Luan Chun En's car. The sound sounded very beautiful. I don't know how many ears and eyes of the women in the palace will be attracted by the sound of the car. This little sound will attract the ears and eyes of the women in the palace.
The car will carry the expectations, disappointments, tears and laughter of many women. Many evenings in the palace, they stood quietly in the courtyard, just waiting for the Fengluan Chunfa Car to stop in front of the palace gate and pick them up.
Heading to the emperor's palace. When I was a child, I followed my brother under the window of the west wing and listened to the master read Du Mu's "Afang Palace Ode". There are a few sentences that are especially shocking when I think about it now - "The thunder is startling, and the palace carriage is passing; the wind is heard from a distance,
I don’t know where they are. They have every muscle and face, and their appearance is extremely beautiful. They are far-sighted and hopeless, but some of them cannot be seen. Thirty-six years!” Thirty-six years is probably the lifetime of many women!
Although they are extremely beautiful, every woman in the palace is not as beautiful as a fairy, but beauty is the least rare thing in this harem. Different and fresh beauties appear every day, the old beauties have become old, and the new beauties are still there.
Soon, they will have younger bodies, smooth foreheads, bright red lips, bright eyes, slender waists...and the most common thing they do in their lives is just "being far-sighted and looking forward to happiness".
In this harem, a woman without the emperor's favor is like a lifeless paper doll. Even an accidental gust of wind in autumn can knock her down and destroy her. But can those who have the emperor's favor sit back and relax? I'm afraid their lives will be in jeopardy.
Women who live a life without favor are more worried, "How long will it be good if you use sex to others?" They are more afraid of falling out of favor, more afraid of aging, and more afraid of the appearance of a better woman. If there is no love, the emperor's favor is useless.
It will be stronger than silk paper. And love is probably the most lacking thing in the entire huge emperor's harem. Women in the palace will approach the emperor for status, glory, and favor, but for love, who has heard of it?
Pass…
I just felt soreness rising in my head, so I put down the needle and thread in my hand and said to Huanbi: "The charcoal gas smells bad, it makes my brain hurt, so I went to get agarwood incense instead."
Huanbi hesitated for a moment and said, "Miss, I haven't brought the incense for this month yet. It has been delayed for several days. How about I send someone to ask?"
I knew in my heart that it must be the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who deceived me into not being favored and deducting my share. "It's been snowing heavily these days, and people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are sometimes lazy and delayed for a few days. That's all. Just light whatever incense you have.
.”
Huanbi agreed and hurried out. Then she walked outside the door and said with a surprised voice: "Chun Chang is here, why are you standing alone in the wind, afraid of being blown away? Please come in quickly."
I heard something strange and hurriedly got up and went out. Sure enough, Chun Chang was standing alone under the palace gate, his nose was red from the cold, his cheeks were pale, and he just didn't speak. I hurriedly asked: "Chun'er, why are you alone?"
one person?"
When Chun Chang heard the words, he slowly turned his head, his eyes slowly turned in a circle, his face gradually gained expression, and he cried "Wow": "Sister Wan, I'm so scared!"
Seeing that something was wrong, I hurriedly pulled her into the warmth pavilion, asked Jingqing to take the heater and put it in her arms to warm her body, and asked Piner to bring her hot milk soup to drink, and then slowly asked her the whole story. It turns out.
After dinner, the heavy snow gradually subsided. Shi Meiren had dinner at Chun Changzai's place and was about to return to the palace. Chun Changzai gave her a ride. It was dark and the road was slippery, so she lit a lantern to light the way. Unexpectedly, Shi Meiren had a paper in the hand of the palace lady.
The lantern was suddenly blown by the wind and lit up. Just then Lady Miaoyin drove over in Feng Luan Chun En's chariot. The horse driving the chariot was frightened at the sight of the fire. Even though the horse was well trained, the charioteer noticed it early and still drove the chariot.
Lady Miaoyin was shocked. It was not a big deal at first, but Lady Miaoyin refused to give up. Meiren Shi took advantage of the fact that she had entered the palace early and had a higher status than Lady Miaoyin. In addition, Miaoyin had been favored recently, so she was not happy at first.
, the tone was not so respectful. Madam Miaoyin was angry and asked Ye Tingling to lock Shi Meiren into the "violent chamber". 1. I couldn't help being surprised when I heard this. The "violent chamber" refers to the deposed concubines and the palace maids who made mistakes.
A place where people are imprisoned for hard labor. Shi Meiren has not been deposed, nor is she a palace concubine who made mistakes. How can she be imprisoned in a "violent chamber"?
I hurriedly asked: "Have you asked the emperor or the queen for permission? Didn't the emperor or the queen say anything?"
Chun Changzai shook his head blankly, wiped his tears and said: "She...Miaoyin Lady said that the emperor and the queen don't have to worry about trivial matters. If the emperor is disturbed, the queen wants to ask for the Yeting Order."
I was even more surprised that Lady Miaoyin secretly ordered the concubines to be locked up in a "violent chamber" without the emperor's order. Such arrogance is unheard of!
A smile slowly appeared on the corners of my lips, and returned to normal in an instant. I am so arrogant and careless in my words and deeds, I am afraid that my life will be exhausted.
I comforted Chun Chang for a while, and ordered Xiao Lianzi and Pin'er to send her back properly. It was really hard for her to suffer such a fright in the palace at such a young age.
Early the next morning, Meizhuang and Lingrong came over early. I was having breakfast. When I saw them, I smiled and said, "What a good nose! I knew that Jin Xi had made a good beef bone marrow tea soup, so I came here to catch up with them."
Morning Show."
Mei Zhuang said: "You are the only one in the whole palace who can still be happy and contented. There is going to be a big commotion outside!"
I took a sip of the tea soup and smiled: "What? Even you can't hold your breath sometimes?"
Lingrong said: "Sister, did you hear the singing last night?"
I smiled and said, "Of course I heard it. Madam Miaoyin is indeed worthy of her reputation, and her singing voice is very beautiful."
Meizhuang remained silent for a while, then said: "You are so arrogant because of your favor that you sing loudly in the middle of the night! She actually privately ordered that Shi Meiren, who once lived with you, be thrown into a 'violent room'."
I smiled and said, "That's a good thing."
"A good thing?" Meizhuang frowned slightly, and Lingrong also looked confused.
"Her sudden favor has made everyone in the harem dissatisfied. She is so ignorant and arrogant, isn't she asking for death? It's better to ask for death than to force yourself to take action one day." I continued.
"With such qualifications, you don't know how to exercise self-discipline, which shows your stupidity. Such a person will never threaten your status. You can rest easy." I raised my glass and said with a smile: "Isn't such a happy event worth drinking up?
"
Mei Zhuang said: "Even so, the emperor has not yet spoken to punish her? What's more, she has a good relationship with Concubine Hua."
I said calmly: "That's a matter of time. What happened yesterday has hurt the emperor's face and messed up the order of hierarchy in the harem. Even if Concubine Hua wants to protect her, she can't. Besides, Concubine Hua is so smart, why would she go to this place?
Beach muddy water?"
Lingrong said: "I'm afraid she is so favored. Even though Concubine Hua is kind on the face, she feels uncomfortable inside. How can she help her?" After saying that, he raised his glass and said with a smile: "Lingrong offered tea instead of wine. Drink it first.
This cup."
Meizhuang smiled and said: "It's hard to refuse such kindness."
Sure enough, in the afternoon, the emperor issued an order to let the Shi family out of the "violent room" and comfort her. At the same time, he ordered the Yu family to shut up for ten days and revoke the title of "Miaoyin". Although she was still a seventh-grade lady, she was missing one title and her status had been reduced.
There is a big difference.
Note:
1 "The violent room is in the Yeting. The prime minister is in charge of the sick women in the palace, and the queen, nobles, and maids who are guilty are also in this room."