After Haishi played the piano and invited favors, what is ironic is that a trend of empress Xiao Yiren quickly formed in the palace.
Many concubines secretly ridiculed Haishi in every possible way, but at the same time they went through various channels and found copies of Queen Xiao Yiren's music scores and calligraphy.
For a time, paper was expensive in Luoyang.
Walking through the twelve palaces in the east and west, you can faintly hear the suppressed sound of silk and bamboo orchestral music everywhere.
Many concubines also imitated Heidegger and devoutly copied some of the Buddhist scriptures that Queen Xiao Yiren loved to read. It was as if all of them had seen through the world of mortals and did not care about worldly affairs. From then on, they wanted to be accompanied by the ancient Buddha Qing Deng for the rest of their lives.
In the Yeting Palace, with the smoke and the sound of Buddha chimes, if someone who doesn't know the inside story steps in - it doesn't look like the residence of the emperor's concubines, but rather like he has arrived at some famous ancient temple!
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August 27th.
Forbidden City, east courtyard of Jingyang Palace.
At three o'clock in the night, Ji Ling was woken up by Qixi.
Ji Ling was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyelids at all - the night before yesterday, she had been watching the slaves working until very late, and finally checked carefully to make sure there was nothing wrong, and then she dared to go to bed.
She covered her face with the quilt and struggled on the bed for a long time with her eyes closed. Finally she gritted her teeth and turned over and sat up with sheer willpower.
Today is a big day, so there can be no delay.
Qixi had already prepared. At this time, she handed the washing thing in her hand to Bixue next to her, turned around, and like a magic trick, she conjured a plate of plum candy from nowhere, and mysteriously held it in front of Ji Ling.
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This is a flavored candy made by Xiao Dazi, specially for the noble master to eat and play in his free time.
"Longlan" is the green-leafed perilla, which looks very similar to mint and tastes like it - refreshing and cool.
This is a good thing - in summer, wash the perilla leaves, soak them in boiling water, and add a little rock sugar. The taste is almost like mint tea.
If you add a little fresh lotus leaf, it will be a medicinal drink, which can strengthen the stomach and relieve heat.
If you add a little perilla leaf to hot water when taking a bath, it can also eliminate the redness and swelling of mosquito bites.
Plums are green plums from Changxing, Zhejiang Province. The cores of the green plums are removed, beaten into plum paste, and blended into the sugar juice. It tastes green, sour and sweet.
The two flavors blend together to create a unique flavor.
Ji Ling put the candy into his mouth, and was so excited by the taste that he couldn't help but shiver, and he suddenly felt awake.
Qixi smiled and coaxed her: "Master, please bear with me, we will be on the road soon, and it will take a while to get to the Old Summer Palace. Then we can take a nap on the road!"
Ji Ling nodded. She had already researched it before - the Old Summer Palace is in the northwest of Beijing, a full sixteen or seventeen kilometers away from the Forbidden City - and this does not include the walking distance within the Forbidden City.
If it were included, it would be even more than that, it would probably be nearly 20 kilometers.
A twenty-kilometer road would take more than an hour at the fastest according to the speed of horse-drawn carriages in this era.
What's more, when the emperor travels, the royal guard walks slowly - if calculated as walking on foot, it will take more than three hours on the road even if there is no rest in between.
No matter what, it was enough for her to have a good sleep.
Ji Ling was about to speak, but when she raised her head, she realized that Qixi had two big dark circles under her eyes.
Looking at Bixue and Evian again, they all have tired faces and slightly disheveled hair. Most of the slaves in the courtyard didn't rest after she went to bed last night and were busy all night long.
Qixi took the towel and toothbrush from Bixue's hand.
Bixue knelt down and brought the hot water basin for washing in front of Ji Ling.
Qixi gently served Ji Ling to rinse his mouth, and said in detail: "The slaves have asked Xiao Fenzi and the others to move their luggage to the yard according to the master's instructions. After a while, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will arrive.
By sealing it, the master doesn't have to go out to take care of it."
While Ji Ling was washing his face, he said: "What time will the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs come over?"
Qixi and Bixue looked at each other and said, "We say we'll be here at nine o'clock, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs always rushes early rather than late, so I'm afraid we may not wait until then."
After hearing this, Ji Ling hurriedly sped up the movements of her hands.
After washing, she took the time to change her clothes.
Today is the first time for the emperor to leave the palace. There are many ceremonies, and the clothes worn by the concubines are also very particular.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already sent auspicious clothes to masters of concubines and above.
Kyrgyzstan clothes are clothes worn on formal occasions. They are worn on major festivals, banquets and events. Their grandness is second only to court clothes.
Because Ji Ling's status at this time was still that of a nobleman - in the Qing Dynasty, nobles did not need to be formally canonized by the Ministry of Rites, and there were no books or treasures, and they were not allowed to be the chief in the palace, so there was no formal Ji Ling.
Clothes.
Ji Ling put on a dark robe that she had chosen a few days ago.
This color is stable.
Although she does not have auspicious clothes, wearing this dress will not look too light among the concubines.
While Bixue knelt down to adjust the hem of her clothes, she murmured softly: "My master is young. If he really wears a girl's auspicious clothes, I'm afraid he will look too old!"
Qixi glanced at her with a smile and said: "Why do these words sound sour? Master is not in a hurry, but you are worried on my behalf first?"
Ji Ling said nothing, lowered her eyes, stretched her arms, and let Qixi help her adjust her sleeves and collar.
She didn't intend to mention the concubine issue too much.
This is Yinzhen's intention, not her capital to show off or show off.
Those who can keep their mouths shut will be more calm in their advance and retreat.
After she had finished changing her clothes and putting on makeup, Ji Ling put on her flowerpot-soled shoes. Seeing that Qixi was about to take off her flat embroidered slippers and put them into the box, her eyes lit up and she told Qixi: "Don't put these in the box."
, I will change my shoes in the carriage later, these are very comfortable."
Qixi grabbed the shoes in her hand, was stunned for a moment, and then agreed, wrapped the pair of shoes carefully and put them into another soft cloth package that she carried with her.
Ji Ling asked Qixi to put the light-blocking silk eye mask, a small waist pillow, and a thin outer robe into a large pale pink purse, and then put it into the soft cloth package that she had to carry with her.
middle.
Ji Ling looked in the mirror and had just put on her makeup when there was movement outside. Xiao Fenzi said it was people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who had come to move the luggage.
Qixi pursed her lips and smiled, then said: "Sure enough, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came early."
She helped Ji Ling go out and saw that it was still dark outside the courtyard and candles were burning in the courtyard. The eunuchs sealed the boxes in the east courtyard one by one, then raised the poles and carefully lifted the boxes one by one.
Got out.
Ji Ling packed her luggage quite restrainedly, and after a while, the yard was empty.
Ji Ling looked at it, feeling a little empty in her heart - unknowingly, she had lived in the east courtyard of Jingyang Palace for more than half a year, and it was here that she and Yinzhen gradually became familiar with each other, got along with each other, and became intimate, and she,
I gradually got used to everything here.
But this time, we really have to leave the Forbidden City for a while.
A faint glow began to emit from the east, and it seemed that the time had reached a quarter past two o'clock - if it were normal, it would be the time for the emperor to go to the morning court.