The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs moved quickly and hurriedly left. Ji Ling followed behind and walked to the palace gate. Looking at the palace road outside, there were lights and voices everywhere. It must be that the Sixth Palace was preparing.
Rarely lively.
She was silently dazed for a while, only to feel a warmth on her shoulders. Qixi had put a thin coat on her.
Qixi looked at her and urged her in a low voice: "Master, you have to hurry up, time will fly by. It's better to hold on tight in front and leave some room behind."
Ji Ling nodded, tugged on the robe, turned around and walked back.
The slaves in the courtyard were all standing in a row, waiting for her orders.
The manpower arrangement was planned yesterday: Qixi, Bixue, Xiaofenzi, Xiaodazi, Xiaoyangzi, plus two handy eunuchs, a total of seven people followed her to the Old Summer Palace.
In the east courtyard, there were left Evian, Xiao Kezi, and two other eunuchs.
At this time, Ji Ling worriedly told Eyun: "The hibiscus bird is a gift from the emperor, so it must be raised carefully. It loves to be clean, and the water in the water tank must be changed every day! It will not drink dirty water. In addition, it loves to be clean.
, you can put a little less bird food, don’t hold it up.”
Evian didn't dare to blink. She listened carefully to her master's words and memorized them in her heart.
Xiao Kezi asked abruptly from the side: "Master, where is the Qilin?"
When Ji Ling heard this, he looked towards the house and saw a small ball of fur lying on the threshold.
Qilin also slept soundly at night. When she got up, Qilin heard some noise and chased her to the door uneasily. Now she was sleepy and dozed off again.
Ji Ling looked at Qilin steadily for a moment and said: "Qilin, I definitely want to take him away."
As she spoke, she bent down, stretched out her hands, clapped forward, and said, "Baby Qilin!"
Qilin's little ears twitched, and it immediately got up with a huff. Its dark eyes looked in the direction of Ji Ling. After seeing it clearly, it suddenly flew towards Ji Ling like a happy fur ball.
Ji Ling knelt down and stretched out his hands.
One person and one dog cooperated perfectly, Qilin grinned silly, his two little ears flew up, and like a bolt of lightning, he plunged into Ji Ling's arms.
Ji Ling lowered his head, rubbed his chin on its furry head, and then said: "Bixue, where is the small round dog cage that the emperor sent from the Yangxin Palace a while ago?"
Bixue was startled and then said: "Yes, yes! I will go find it right now!"
She turned around and entered the back room, and soon walked out carrying the exquisite dog cage.
Because Qilin didn't like the cage, Ji Ling asked her to wrap the cage in cloth and store it separately.
Ji Ling took a look and said with a smile: "Now this cage can finally come in handy. Take this cage with you! This way Qilin can be more comfortable on the road. There are many people and cars, and we always have the eyes to miss this little one."
When it comes to the guy, put it in a cage, safe."
After arranging these things, she went back to the back room and carefully painted on her unfinished makeup before going out to the front hall to eat.
While serving the meal, Qixi advised her to eat more - today was just a day-long ceremony, and she didn't know until what time she would have to work on it. Her stomach was full, so she wouldn't be afraid when the time came.
Because it was not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace was full of reward crabs, which were delicious and plump.
But this is something that comes from the severe cold, especially crab legs, which are the most chilly.
Dr. Di repeatedly warned me not to eat too much.
So Xiao Dazi only used a little bit of crab roe and made some fried buns for Ji Ling to satisfy his craving.
The oily pan-fried pan-fried fish is sprinkled with white sesame seeds on top. It is hot right out of the pan. The bottom circle is slightly browned, and is surrounded by a circle of purple jade sweet rice glutinous rice cake sprinkled with glutinous rice.
The pan-fried pancake is slightly burnt yellow, and the glutinous rice cake is purple. When paired together, it looks like Wei Zi Yao Huang. Not only does it look good, but... it smells amazing!
Ji Ling ate so much that she didn’t even want to leave.
She finished one plate and asked Qixi to pack two boxes of fried pancakes. Qixi was surprised and said, "Two plates?"
The master had always been able to eat it, so she didn't think much about it. She guessed that Ji Ling wanted to keep it for the road, so she asked Evian to go to the dining room and tell Xiao Dazi.
In the dining room, Xiao Dazi had already packed up other things. It happened that Eyun came over and told the master's request. Xiao Dazi packed the fried food into two food boxes with his own hands, and poured it into the mezzanine below.
The hot water is warm.
Fortunately, it's summer, so you don't have to worry about the food being cold.
After packing the two food boxes, Xiao Dazi ordered a handy eunuch to help Eyun carry them back to the front hall.
He himself stood in the dining room, looking around and examining it carefully.
He has quite a lot of luggage and has almost finished moving half of the dining room.
Xiao Kezi watched Xiao Dazi put the pots on the side, and he couldn't understand it-could it be that when he arrived at the Old Summer Palace, the emperor would be so lucky that the noble man would have a pot?
As if seeing his doubts, Xiao Dazi smiled in a rare and confident tone: "Kezi, don't you know? This pot looks ordinary, but I use it."
I'm used to it. No matter how much sugar, oil or salt you want, holding this pot will make my heart clear.
Otherwise, when we get to the Old Summer Palace and buy a new set of tableware, we will have to go through another period of debugging."
Xiao Kezi looked at Xiao Dazi with a hint of admiration in his eyes.
With such a careful mind, there is no reason why Brother Dazi can become the eighth-grade eunuch.
The ceremonial steps for leaving the palace have already been arranged: because of the emperor's decree, all dignitaries and dignitaries or above in the palace will be transported in sedan chairs: the East Sixth Palace is concentrated at Jinghe Gate, and the West Sixth Palace is at Longfu Gate.
concentrated.
After the people on both sides have arrived, they will meet in front of Kunning Palace and wait for the queen to arrive.
When the time came, Queen Fengjia stood up, followed by her concubines in a sedan chair. The emperor went out from the Yuehua Gate on the east side of Yangxin Hall and joined Queen Fengjia in front of Qianqing Gate.
Then pass through Baohe Hall, Zhonghe Hall, Taihe Hall, and until Taihe Gate.
Cross the Jinshui Bridge again.
The concubines change carriages.
Go out of the Meridian Gate.
Go to Old Summer Palace.
As soon as the hour came, I heard that the waiting sedan chair had arrived outside, and Ji Ling finally packed everything up.
Qixi and Bixue were carrying large and small bags of personal belongings needed by their master on the way. Like two celebrity assistants, they protected Ji Ling from the left and right as they walked out of the east courtyard.
As soon as Ji Ling turned around, he saw Xiao Kezi and Eyun, the two of them were chasing after him for a few steps, looking at him eagerly.
For a moment, she felt a little guilty - leaving these two children behind in the Forbidden City...
Xiao Kezi and Yiyun knelt down, lowered their heads and said: "I send you my master's greetings! Master, take care!"
Ji Ling nodded and comforted her softly: "You guys stay well in the courtyard and wait for me to come back - it will be September soon. No matter how late it is, I will still come back for the New Year."
Xiao Kezi and Evian looked at her pitifully.
After exiting the main entrance of Jingyang Palace, Ji Ling looked up and saw Mao Bi just standing there.
She wore an auspicious dress, and her temples were filled with rare pearls.
When Mao Bi turned around and saw Ji Ling, she smiled and said, "What a coincidence! Not a moment too late, not a moment too early, I happened to bump into my sister."
Ji Ling smiled and saluted her and said, "My concubine, I would like to pay my respects to Empress Mao Bi. May the empress be blessed with peace of mind. Yes, what a coincidence!"
As they talked, they had already walked to the sedan, and saw two women's sedans parked at the door, both made of light blue brocade.
The two sedans are slightly staggered - the one in the front is obviously much newer than the one in the back. The door curtain of the sedan is also decorated with light silver tassels, which trembles slightly in the wind.
Mao Bi walked to the small sedan in front of her naturally. A leading eunuch beside the sedan saw her coming and said with a smile on his face, "I'm here to say hello to Mao Bi!".
After being called up, his back remained straight and he did not move.
Maobin's heart thumped for a moment before she came to her senses.
But now that she has come this far, it would be extremely embarrassing to turn back.
Jasmine immediately stepped forward and urged, "Why don't you put down the sedan chair to wait for Lady Maobin to get on the sedan chair?"
The eunuch glanced at Jasmine with a smile on his face, and saw Ji Ling bending down and preparing to sit in a sedan behind him. He was so anxious that he twisted his neck and shouted: "Ji Guiji!
A lucky person!"
Ji Ling turned around and saw that the eunuch raised the sedan curtain with a smile on his face, knelt down and said, "I'm paying my respects to Mr. Ji! Please get on the sedan chair!"
Maobi's face was filled with all sorts of colors for a moment.
She raised her eyes in embarrassment, and then she saw a small piece of wood stuck diagonally on the top of the sedan, with the words "lucky nobleman" written on it in regular regular script.
Ji Ling only glanced at it and understood immediately. She took a half step back. Seeing the awkward situation, she raised her sleeves to cover her mouth, coughed, and then said with a smile: "Mother Maobin, my concubine is sitting here.
Just carry the sedan chair!"
Maobin's eyes darkened for a moment, then she forced a smile and said, "Since it's marked as the sedan chair of the noble sister, it's better for the younger sister to please!"
Ji Ling immediately laughed and said: "What the hell! The empress is the head of the first palace, and this sedan should be for the empress to sit on!"
When the eunuch serving the sedan chair saw that Mr. Ji had said this, he stopped talking and looked at Maobin subtly.
Mao Bi's face became a little calmer, she didn't say anything more, she just nodded slightly to Ji Ling and then sat in.
When the eunuch serving the sedan saw her getting into the sedan, he turned around, rolled his eyes imperceptibly, and then hurried back, diligently opened the curtain of the sedan, and waited for Ji Ling to sit in. Only then did he look happy.
Smiling, he nodded and lowered the sedan curtain, and sang loudly: "Jingyang Palace, get up the sedan——! Let's go——!"
The sedan moved steadily.
Ji Ling couldn't hold back, stretched out her hand to lift the sedan curtain and looked outside: the gate of Jingyang Palace slowly passed by her eyes silently, the yellow glazed tiles were rolling with the golden light of the rising sun, and the animals on the corners of the eaves were silently moving.
Watching the people coming and going under the palace wall.
Wherever the sight goes, paintings of dragons and seals slowly pass by, past the glass windows, past the platform of Jingyang Palace, past the well platform of Jingyang Palace...
Head towards Kunning Palace.
Yongzheng three years, August 27th.
Emperor Yongzheng left the Forbidden City and settled in Old Summer Palace.