The ninth day of June is the Slight Heat. From this day on, the weather gradually becomes hotter, and people inside and outside the palace put on the coolest summer clothes to welcome the dog days of summer. The early rice planted by the people in the countryside of Jiangnan is almost ripe and ready to be harvested. If it is normal,
The errands in the palace will not be less but not more, but this year is unusual, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace are also busy.
"Quick, quick!" Wang Xi ordered: "Send these to Yong'an Palace (Yonghe Palace) quickly and hand them over to Eunuch Zhao who is making arrangements there."
"Yes, yes." Several eunuchs agreed, picked up their things and rushed to Yong'an Palace. But one of the young eunuchs was very puzzled: "It's just a concubine entering the palace. Even if she is of extremely high birth, she is still a minister. Why?
Eunuch Xi is so nervous that he arranges these trivial matters himself?"
As soon as he finished speaking, another person slashed his head. "How long have you been selected to serve? You don't know anything. What are you talking about? When you get to Yong'an Palace in a while, you can't talk nonsense. If you are listened to by the concubine-in-law,
, be careful with your life!”
The young eunuch looked aggrieved and didn't know why he was so harsh. Another person explained: "Zhang Fan, you were only selected to serve in March this year. Princess Guangling has become a taboo in Kunning Palace. No matter where you are on errands,
I dare not mention it more, but I don’t know who Princess Guangling is.”
"Princess Guangling was brought into the palace a few days after she was born. She was raised by the officials and the Queen. She grew up in the palace and was familiar with all the prominent eunuchs and female officials. Your Highness the Princess is also gentle and gentle.
, although he occasionally gets naughty and mischievous with the eldest lady, he is quite popular with everyone, and has very good friendship with many eunuchs and military officers, such as Prince Wang Xi and Prince Wang Jin. Because he grew up in the palace, he is very fond of the palace.
Very familiar."
"This means that Princess Guangling did not marry into a strange place when she entered the palace, but returned to the place where she grew up and had countless close friends. The daughter-in-law who is currently in charge of Yong'an Palace also took care of Guang since she was a child.
Princess Ling grew up, and most of the maids and eunuchs who serve Princess Guangling have also served Princess Guangling a few years ago. They are very loyal to the princess. If you are not careful with what you say, you may be disrespectful to the princess in your words.
If someone listens to your words, it may be a big disaster, and it may even implicate us. That’s why I ask you to be careful what you say.” The man finally said. He was also afraid that he would be implicated before he explained seriously.
"Well, since Princess Guangling was raised by the official family and the empress, the official family accepted her into the palace. This is..." Zhang Fan, the young eunuch who had just entered the palace, was surprised when he heard this and subconsciously
He was about to express his thoughts, but he was quickly stopped by others, and his head was chopped off a few times before he shut up and dared not speak.
"This is what you can say! If you say such things again, I will beg Eunuch Chen to throw you out of my place!" the leading eunuch scolded again.
"I don't dare anymore." Zhang Fan shrank his neck and followed the leading eunuch to continue towards Yong'an Palace.
When they arrived at Yong'an Palace, it was the most festive time for Yong'an Palace to be decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. The eunuchs and maidens coming and going all had smiles on their faces. They had been serving Siqi since they entered the palace, because Siqi had always been very kind to his servants.
Hao Ye loves her deeply. At first, everyone was worried that the princess would no longer be able to serve her after getting married. She would have to change her master and start from scratch. But then, they suddenly heard the news that the official wanted to take the princess as a concubine. They could continue.
Of course I am happy to serve her. At this time, all the eunuchs and maids over fifteen or sixteen years old in Yong'an Palace are very happy.
These eunuchs handed the things to a young eunuch named Zhao. Young eunuch Zhao said with a smile: "Eunuch Xi knew the princess's preferences and sent these cloths here specially. When you go back, tell Eunuch Xi that Aunt Hu and I are very grateful to Xi.
Father-in-law."
"Hey, the princess has finally entered the palace and achieved her wish. The persistence of the princess over the years is not in vain. I only hope that the official family will come over soon to celebrate the marriage ceremony with the princess and achieve good things. The princess's age does not count.
Now that I'm young, it's important to give birth to the child as soon as possible." Zhao Shaojian said again half sighing.
They did not dare to stay in Yong'an Palace for a long time and were about to turn around and leave. But at this time Zhang Fan asked: "Eunuch Zhao, the Princess of Guangling has been canonized as Shuconcubine. She should be called by this title. Why do you still call the Princess?"
Upon hearing this, Young Inspector Zhao immediately glared at him. But today was a big day, so he did not dare to yell loudly, let alone order a beating. He could only say very coldly: "Princess Guangling is our old master.
We are used to calling Princess."
Zhang Fan was a little confused. He just asked and felt that Shubin was not offended. Why was he suddenly so unhappy? Just as he was about to say something else, he felt his belt being pulled. He turned around and saw that he was leading him.
The eunuch who came looked at him with vicious eyes. Although he was still confused, he did not dare to say anything more.
"Young man, let's go now." The man saluted Mr. Zhao.
"Go." Zhao Shaojian still said in a cold tone.
The man hurriedly bowed again, turned around and left with a few young eunuchs. 'I originally wanted to say a few more nice words and ask for some reward, but I didn't want this boy named Zhang to be so ignorant and say such things.
I can't keep him here anymore. In a few days, I'll find a reason to beat him half to death and send him to another place.' The leading eunuch thought angrily in his heart.
He was thinking as he walked and couldn't help but ignore his surroundings. Suddenly he felt as if someone was about to bump into him. He stopped in a hurry and subconsciously blurted out: "You are walking..." But he was frightened after saying only three words.
He stopped talking, knelt down and shouted: "This slave has met Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"My servant has met Her Highness the Princess." Several other people also knelt down and said. Some of them recognized Min'er, some did not, but they knew how to salute after listening to the words of the leading eunuch just now.
Min'er ignored them at all, walked straight to Young Inspector Zhao and asked, "Is Siqi in there?"
"Your Highness, Princess Qi, Concubine Shu is inside." Zhao Shaojian replied hurriedly.
"Listen, I've already called Shubi." Min'er sneered.
Zhao Shaojian felt that he had been wronged. He was worried that calling Siqi the princess would make Min'er angry, so he called her Shubin. But calling her Shubin and picking such a fault was really unreasonable. But he did not dare to refute, so he could only
He stood silently and bent slightly.
"I want to go in and see her." Min'er said directly.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for not agreeing." Zhao Shaojian replied immediately without any hesitation.
"What, you still dare to disobey my order? Do you believe that I will expel you from the palace tomorrow?"
"If the princess is dissatisfied with the slave and wants to expel the slave from the palace, the slave will not dare to complain. But today is Empress Shu's happy day, and I request Her Highness the Princess not to see Empress Shu today." Young Inspector Zhao bowed and said.
Min'er looked him up and down. "I am still very loyal to Siqi." Then she said in a soothing tone: "Don't worry, I came to see Siqi this time not to quarrel with her, but to congratulate her.
"
"Congratulations?" Zhao Shaojian looked at Min'er with suspicion. No one else knew that she had a quarrel with Siqi a few months ago and Siqi fell ill and vomited blood. But he knew very well that since she was so opposed to the princess marrying an official.
Family, can you come to congratulate the princess?
"I have never told a lie. You are also an old man in the palace. Looking back on my past, you can know whether I have told a lie. Moreover, Wen Qi will go in with me to congratulate Siqi. What else do you have to worry about?" Min
Er grabbed Wen Qi who was coming behind her and said again.
Zhao Shaojian thought about it carefully and found that Min'er had indeed not told a lie. Besides, the prince was still here, so the possibility of a big quarrel was very small. But even if there was a one in ten thousand chance, he would not dare and would not send Min'er to him privately.
After letting Min'er and Wenqi in, they could only call a young eunuch to go in and deliver the message. Not long after, Si Qi's order came, asking him to let Min'er and Wenqi in. Even though Zhao Shaojian was still unwilling, he had no choice but to get out of the way.
"You did a good job." After stepping into the hall, Min'er commented to Young Supervisor Zhao again, raised her other foot and walked in. Wen Qi also hurriedly followed.
"Here, why did the princess come to see the princess?" The leading eunuch said to himself in confusion. If it wasn't for a quarrel, what did she have to say to the princess? How could he warmly congratulate her on marrying him?
biological father?
"Perhaps Your Highness the Princess has solved the knot in her heart." Zhang Fan said smoothly.
"Shut up!" The leading eunuch immediately scolded him and stopped talking. He turned around and took them away. At the same time, he further confirmed that he would find an excuse to beat Zhang Fan and throw him to another yamen in two days.
determination.
But just as he turned around, a female official asked them to help clean the courtyard. The leading eunuch saw that the female official was wearing a seventh-grade uniform and did not dare to offend him, so he could only pick up the broom and start sweeping again.
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"Miner, Wenqi, I'm really glad that you can come to congratulate me." Siqi's face turned from pale to rosy again, and she said with a smile.
Although Min'er claimed that she was here to congratulate her, Siqi couldn't believe it. The moment she saw Min'er, her face turned from rosy to pale. But what she didn't expect was that Min'er actually came to congratulate her.
After being startled, he became happy.
"After all, we grew up together. Although I was very unhappy when I just heard that you were going to marry my father, in fact I am still not happy now, but you are getting married, and I have to come to congratulate you." Min'er
said.
Min'er's words seemed illogical, but Siqi understood. Min'er meant that although Siqi was not welcome to marry her father, from Siqi's point of view, their relationship was deeper than that of biological sisters and was in line with modern times.
The romance of the plastic sisters is completely different. When Siqi got married, she had to give her blessing.
In fact, Min'er herself was very conflicted. Her best sister married her biological father. Min'er felt extremely painful for a time, and it took a long time for her to recover. Of course, it was impossible for her to completely resolve her knot.
, but he was finally able to face this matter calmly, and even came to congratulate Siqi.
Siqi was even more moved, held her hand and said, "It's great if you can do this."
"One more thing, I had an argument with you before and it was my fault that caused you to vomit blood and get sick." Min'er said again.
"I can't blame you. If I were to change places, I would probably do the same thing." Siqi smiled.
Seeing Siqi's smile, Min'er felt dazed for a moment, as if she had returned to the days when they were intimate a few months ago. But then she came back to reality and said: "No, you have a gentle temperament, and you are in a different place.
You definitely won’t do what I did.”
Siqi wanted to say something more, but Min'er suddenly said: "Look, what are you doing all this time? Wenqi, come over and congratulate Siqi, and also congratulate Siqi on behalf of your younger brothers and sisters."
"Si, Concubine Shu, Wen Qi..." Before he could finish his words, Si Qi interrupted with a smile: "Wen Qi, you can just call me whatever you called me in the past, and you don't have to call me whatever you want in the future.
It sounds awkward to call me Shubin."
"This is not etiquette." Wen Qi said hesitantly.
"How can we just stick to etiquette when doing things according to the authority? What's more, this is in private. Even Confucius and Sheng addressed people in private and in public. There is no need to be rigid." Siqi said.
"Sister Siqi, Wenqi congratulates you on your wedding." Wenqi said.
"Thank you." Siqi smiled.
"There are also eldest brother, second brother, and younger brothers Wen Kun, Wen, Wen Yin, and Wen Di. They also want to congratulate Sister Siqi on her wedding. However, because of their mother's attitude, they dare not come, so they can only ask
I'll paraphrase. It's not that the second brother didn't dare to come, it's just that as you know him, he thought it would be inappropriate for the Crown Prince to pay him a private visit, so he didn't come." Wen Qi said.
"I also want to congratulate Sister Siqi on behalf of Wen Lin, Wen Luo, Wen Er and other sisters. The reason is the same as what Wen Qi said. However, although they dare not come themselves, they will send their servants to congratulate her again in two days." Min
Er also said.
"Thank them for me." Siqi responded with a smile. Although these people may not have good ideas for asking Min'er and Wenqi to congratulate them, as long as they ask someone to bring congratulations today, she will be very grateful and will
In mind.
With these few words, the atmosphere at the scene became more harmonious, and Miner even talked to Siqi about the interesting things in the womb these days.
They chatted for a while, and Min'er suddenly said: "Sister Siqi, in fact, I have my mother's tacit approval for my visit this time."
"Why, has your Majesty forgiven me?" Siqi said with a look of surprise on his face.
"After all, you have lived in the palace for a long time and were raised by your mother. How can your mother not have feelings for you? It's just..." Min'er said.
"I know myself that what I did this time really hurt my queen's heart." Siqi continued.
"Oh, that's true. But after all, you and your mother have been together for seventeen years and have a deep relationship. Although your mother still has a grudge, she also acquiesced in my coming to congratulate you." Min'er said.
"This is really great!" Siqi said even more happily.
