Chapter two hundred and nineteen happy events followed by pregnancy
According to the etiquette procedure taught the day before, Ji Ling raised his hands and solemnly took the concubine's book treasure - the gold treasure, with full text on the gold book.
The female officer led her to kneel down on the north side of the place of worship, and performed the grand salute of six solemnities, three kneels and three bows.
This etiquette was explained to her in detail by the female officer the day before. Not only did she explain every action to her, but she also demonstrated it to her twice respectfully, right down to the details.
For example, before kneeling down, you should take a deep breath with a solemn look - you cannot breathe out loudly when praying, you have to keep it, and wait until you finish praying before you can quickly take a breath, take another deep breath, and prepare for the next salute.
Ji Ling was dumbfounded at that time.
But she remembered carefully and did a good job. Even the female officer holding the ceremony could not help but nod slightly as she watched.
The ceremony of kneeling three times and bowing three times is quite complicated. Ji Ling was supported by Qixi and Bixue. He stood up, knelt down again, kowtowed, bowed his head again... In addition, there was a super heavy crown on his head.
After a while, Ji Ling became a little confused and confused.
Qilin was held tightly by Xiao Yoko and watched from the side. Naturally, it couldn't understand what its owner was doing and was confused.
When the ceremony of six sues, three kneels and three bows was finally completed, the eunuch held the ceremony and held the festival, and walked out of the colorful war, step by step, solemnly and dignifiedly walked out the natural pictures.
According to the procedure reminded in a low voice by the female official, Ji Ling, who had just been named a concubine, needed to follow the two eunuchs and lead the way to Jiuzhou Qing in front of Luan Caizhan in the concubine's position.
On the right side of the inner road of Yan's palace gate.
If she were in the Forbidden City, she would have to walk to Jingyun Gate.
But in the Old Summer Palace, on the right side of the inner passage of the palace gate of Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall, it replaced the meaning of Jingyun Gate.
Along the way, the concubines' colorful banners were drawn up, and the noble people they met on the way often stepped aside and bowed their knees to salute.
Seeing Ji Ling's concubines passing by, many people stopped to watch and cast envious glances at Ji Ling's back.
The concubine's color parade was followed by the concubine's empress's shoulder carriage, but the ceremony of conferring the concubine was not yet completely completed at this time. According to the rules, the concubine who was conferred must use her own feet to walk step by step to the destination.
Qixi raised her head and frowned and glanced at the sky - the weather today was unlucky, cloudless and extremely hot. She followed Ji Ling slightly behind her and saw that her master was already shedding three or four drops of sweat under his crown.
, flowing along the collar and into the neck.
The master never raised his hand to wipe it once.
She just followed the rules, holding the beads in front of her with both hands, and walked steadily forward step after step, following the pace of the inner prisoner.
Qixi silently stared at Ji Ling's profile, and suddenly had an inexplicable illusion - as if this was not a concubine ceremony in the Old Summer Palace, but a concubine ceremony in the Forbidden City.
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Finally, we arrived at the right side of the inner passage of the palace gate of Jiuzhou Qingyan.
Before concubinage, the Ministry of Rites had already provided the emperor with a list of ministers of appropriate rank, and asked the emperor to appoint a chief envoy and a deputy envoy from the list. The Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites also arranged for special personnel to place the festival cases, register cases, and treasure cases.
Wait here.
At this time, the chief and deputy envoy officials are waiting here.
When Ji Ling reached this point, the female officer stopped her from coming forward.
The two internal eunuchs were still pacing slowly, like two crabs, slowly walking over and handing the knots in their hands to the envoy officials with solemn expressions.
That made the officials also use the same slow motion, slightly raising their sleeves and slowly taking over the ceremony.
The deputy envoy behind the envoy moved even slower than the envoy. Following the etiquette of the envoy, he slowly nodded to the internal eunuch.
Finally, a drop of sweat trickled down Ji Ling's forehead and spread into her eyes. The saltiness made her unable to open her eyes.
Standing in the hot summer sun, Ji Ling squinted one eye:...(╥╯^╰╥)
The handover ceremony for the chief and deputy envoys finally ended, and they turned to go to the Zhengdaguangming Hall to wait for their return and return the festival. At this time, the emperor was still receiving ministers in the Zhengdaguangming Hall.
When the female officer saw the chief and deputy envoys leaving, she turned around with a smile on her face, said many compliments, congratulated Ji Ling, and then left with her servants.
At this point, the ceremony of canonizing concubines is basically over...
Wait, it’s not over yet!
According to the rules of the Qing Palace, at this time, the concubines who were granted the title of concubine had to go and thank the emperor, empress, and empress dowager.
There is no empress dowager in the palace.
The emperor is in court at this time.
Then I have to thank the queen first.
Yes, the queen is still calm and relaxed, waiting for the newly promoted concubine to come over and thank her.
All the concubines will also be waiting there - of course, only concubines with the rank of concubine or above.
... Then there are actually only a few of them - Concubine Yu, Concubine Xi, Concubine Mao, Concubine Qian.
Ji Ling did not dare to delay and walked directly to the northwest from the entrance of Jiuzhou Qingyan Palace, with the concubine Caizhan still following her.
The road to the open road is along the south bank of Houhu Lake. There is a beautiful scenic path along the lake. Walk to the end and you will arrive.
When we passed the Palm Pavilion Bridge, the flowers and trees in the Old Summer Palace were in full bloom, and the fragrant breath was carried by the breeze, and the subtle fragrance overflowed.
Qixi took a deep breath of the fragrance of the flowers, then raised her eyes and found that on the other side of the lake, across such a long distance, there were many beauties in palace attire, looking longingly at her master.
Ji Ling also saw it.
On the other side of the back lake, the carved beams overlap, the waist of the corridor is unobstructed, and the eaves are high.
She only glanced at it, then lowered her head slightly, turned away her gaze, and quickened her pace. For some reason, a line from "A Fang Gong Fu" passed through her mind for no reason: "One muscle, one face, every expression is extremely beautiful."
Yan. Manli has farsightedness, but looks lucky, and there are those who cannot see it. Thirty-six years!"
When he arrived in front of Tantan, Ji Ling turned around and ordered the colorful battle to stop. The palace servants around the queen had already greeted her. When he saw her, he respectfully saluted and said: "I would like to pay my respects to the empress Chen concubine. May the empress concubine Chen be blessed with peace and happiness."
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Ji Ling politely called the person up and walked forward. Someone next to him sang loudly: "The concubine has arrived——!"
In the open air, Queen Uranala was wearing a bright yellow auspicious dress, sitting upright on the phoenix throne, with a pleased look on her face, waiting with her concubines.
There are three sets of beads hanging on her chest, the middle one is the east bead, and the ones on her left and right shoulders are coral beads.
The Queen only wore a diamond on her head, which was covered with golden hair. There were nine phoenix patterns on it that could only be used by the Queen and the Queen Mother, and the Dongzhu shone brilliantly.
Seeing Ji Ling walking in step by step, she sat up straight and straightened her back imperceptibly.
Ji Ling quickly walked up to the Queen, knelt down and saluted, and said loudly: "Concubine, I would like to pay my respects to the Queen. May the Queen be blessed with peace and happiness! I have come to express my gratitude to the Queen."
The queen was sitting on the phoenix throne, with a pleasant look on her face and said: "Okay, Lord Ji... please get up quickly, concubine!"
Ji Ling thanked her, then stood up and saluted Concubine Yu as usual.
The look on Yu Fei's face was a bit stiff and unnatural.
When Ji Ling walked up to Concubine Qian, Concubine Xi, and Concubine Mao, these three people stood up from their seats in a hurry.
It's no longer like before when she was a noble lady and the three of them sat quietly.
With a gentle smile on her face, Mao Bi was the first to come up.
Both of them were concubines, and according to the etiquette of bowing when meeting on equal terms, she and Ji Ling bowed in common - their knees were slightly bent, and their hands touched each other.
Just after the ceremony, Mao Bi reached out and held Ji Ling's hand affectionately, and said with a smile: "Sister Ji, congratulations! We used to be from the same palace, and now my sister has become a concubine..."
Concubine Yu glanced at Mao Bi with disdain, and her heart was full of contempt: This Mao Bi still wanted to remind Chen Bi of her love for the first palace, and wanted Chen Bi to take care of her!
Although Mao Bi's face was full of joy, her heart was filled with bitterness and a trace of unspeakable jealousy, which was so sour that she was almost dripping with water.
She had endured for so many years, and had given birth to a daughter in difficulty and pain. Step by step, she had managed to climb to the position of concubine that she was today, which in the eyes of outsiders, was considered decent.
Fortunately, the emperor's harem does not have much! Otherwise, it would have been overwhelmed by concubines and concubines.
But the Ji family in front of her transformed from Chang Zai into a concubine in just one year.
The results she had endured so hard were easily achieved by Ji.
Qianbi rolled her eyes secretly when she saw Maobi holding Ji Ling's hand and not letting go.
She came forward like a willow swinging in the wind, lightly squeezed her shoulders, and pushed Mao Bi to the back. She then reached out and took Ji Ling's hand, holding it in her hand and rubbing it continuously, and her face turned into a smile.
As she spoke, she already bent her knees to salute Ji Ling.
Although it was a salute, her squatting posture almost became a salute to a high-ranking concubine.
Seeing that Concubine Qian was squatting extremely low, Ji Ling quickly held her elbows, followed her, bent her knees and said, "I don't dare! I don't dare!"
When Concubine Qian saw it, she immediately squatted down a few minutes more.
Ji Ling...
This is a bit like toasting at a dinner table - two people want to lower the rim of each other's glasses a little lower than the other person to show courtesy.
As a result, you are low and so am I. Both sides are low back and forth...
She grabbed Concubine Qian's elbow and dragged her to complete the ceremony.
Concubine Xi came forward and saluted her in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. She just said softly: "Congratulations, concubine Chen." Then she stepped back.
Ulanara was sitting on the phoenix throne at this time, so he raised his head, glanced meaningfully at Concubine Yu, then at Concubine Xi, and winked at Concubine Yu.
Seeing that everyone had finished their salutes, Ulanala cleared her throat and said with a smile: "Okay, now that the concubine has been granted the title, we sisters will be even more lively! Everyone must work together in the future to kiss the bride.
It is a matter of deep friendship, regardless of each other, and working hard to spread the branches and leaves for the Emperor."
Working together...without distinction...
Ji Ling pondered the meaning of Uranala for a moment, and was lost in thought when he heard the queen suddenly say again: "Chen concubine, today is your happy day when you are granted the title, and I also have a reward for you."
She turned to Hua Rong and nodded.
Hua Rong turned around and left. After a while, two young eunuchs came over carrying a box.
Ji Ling originally thought that the queen's reward must be jewelry, jades, cultural toys, etc. Unexpectedly, she also packed a box just like the fourth master.
Such a generous act!
She quickly stood up, knelt down to thank Queen Uranala, and said: "Concubine, thank you Queen Empress... ugh!"
Before she finished her sentence, she felt as if someone had suddenly kicked her in the stomach. She felt a burst of sour water rising straight up. She couldn't bear it anymore and vomited out a mouthful of sour water.
What a disgrace in front of the Queen!
Fortunately, she reacted quickly. She covered it with the handkerchief and vomited on the handkerchief. Qixi was so panicked that she quickly supported her.
The queen and several concubines all opened their eyes.
Yu Fei was the first to react, stretched out her hand to support the armrest of the seat, and spoke in a wavering voice: "Chen concubine, could it be that you..."
