Just listen to this name and you will know - Cheng Qian Cheng Qian. What is "Cheng Qian"?
"Qian" corresponds to "Kun".
"Qian" means the emperor, and "Kun" means the queen.
The empress is the most noble woman in the world. The emperor is heaven and the empress is earth.
For example, "Yikun Palace" - Yi, means auxiliary, and "Yikun" means auxiliary to the empress in the middle palace.
The word "Cheng Qian" means the Emperor Cheng Shun's favor from heaven.
Just from the meaning of the name, it can be seen that the concubine who can live in this palace has an extraordinary status in the heart of the emperor.
In fact, this is indeed the case - Chengqian Palace has always been the residence of the most favored concubines in the palace, or the most valued by the emperor.
Concubine Tian Guifei of Emperor Chongzhen and Concubine Dong E of Emperor Shunzhi once lived here.
Built in the 18th year of Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, this building is one of the six eastern palaces of the inner court. It has a very advantageous location and is very close to the Qianqing Palace.
Although most emperors now go in and out of Yangxin Hall, the distance between it and Yangxin Hall is not that far!
Not to mention that the south in the Forbidden City is superior to the north, with the east leading to the west - the Chengqian Palace is among the six east and west palaces, and its status is the same.
The news spread to Uranala's Tantan on the next day.
"Chengqian Palace?"
Uranala spit out these three words from his mouth.
Then, as if these three words contained a scorching temperature, she shut her mouth abruptly.
After learning the news, the queen couldn't sleep for a long time the night before leaving the Old Summer Palace.
She squinted her eyes and looked at the emptiness of darkness in the palace - Chengqian Palace, for the emperor, was the residence of his beloved concubines, but for Yinzhen, it had another meaning.
Empress Xiao Yiren, who preceded Emperor Kangxi, also lived here during her lifetime.
In August of the 16th year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi granted the harem for the first time. Niu Hulu, the daughter of Yi Bilong, was canonized as the queen, and Tong Jia was canonized as a noble concubine. Wushuang entered the Chengqian Palace.
In the seventeenth year of Kangxi's reign, the fourth son of the emperor, Yinzhen, was sent to Chengqian Palace to be raised at birth, and was raised by Tong Jia's family.
This cultivation lasted nearly ten years.
In the 28th year of Kangxi's reign, Tong Jia passed away. Emperor Kangxi never allowed any concubines to move into Chengqian Palace - everything in Chengqian Palace was kept in its original state and was carefully cleaned every day by dedicated personnel.
Until Yinzhen ascended the throne, he did not allow any harem women to stay in Chengqian Palace.
Ulanara turned over and thought in the darkness: Chengqian Palace - what a beautiful name, it sounds gentle and graceful.
This gorgeous palace, filled with imperial tenderness and silent for a long time, is about to welcome its new mistress—Chen Bin.
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On November 20, the third year of Yongzheng's reign, the emperor ended his first visit to the Old Summer Palace and returned to the Forbidden City.
According to the arrangement, when the time came on this morning, all the concubines would walk or ride in a carriage, and finally they would gather at the Ruyi Bridge next to Jiuzhou Qingyan.
Under the guidance of the palace officials, everyone crossed the Ruyi Bridge. At the west gate of the Qinzheng Qinxian Palace, a long line of majestic carriages were waiting to set off.
The concubines were helped into the carriage one by one by the palace ladies in order of position. At this time, the sedan specially prepared for the concubines suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.
Ji Ling bowed and quickly got into the sedan.
Fortunately, the distance from the Old Summer Palace to the Forbidden City was not too far. We set out in the morning and rested once on the way. By noon, the Emperor's mighty journey finally arrived in front of the Forbidden City.
It's been more than three months since I've been there.
Ji Ling was used to seeing the colors of the lakes and waters of the Old Summer Palace. For a moment, Ji Ling looked at the red walls and yellow tiles of the Forbidden City, feeling a little strange.
After many complicated rituals, the concubines changed their sedan chairs and were carried slowly into the harem and headed towards the Sixth Palace in the West.
After all, the Forbidden City is huge, and it took a long time to walk there.
Ji Ling had been tired all the way. When he found out that he had arrived at the Forbidden City, his energy relaxed. Sitting in the sedan chair, he actually felt a little drowsy.
She leaned against the wall of the sedan chair, closing her eyes and concentrating.
In a daze, I don't know how long it took, but the sedan finally stopped.
Qixi raised the curtain of the sedan chair, and with a hint of excitement in her voice, she said to Ji Ling: "Master, Chengqian Palace has arrived, please get off the sedan chair!"
As soon as Ji Ling heard that Chengqian Palace had arrived, he lost all sleep.
She immediately sat up, pulled the folds of her clothes, held Qixi and Bixue's hands and got out of the sedan.
As soon as they got out of the sedan chair, they saw Yiyun and Xiao Kezi, as well as two other miscellaneous eunuchs in the east courtyard of Jingyang Palace who had not been taken to the Old Summer Palace, all standing aside and waiting.
Seeing Ji Ling come out, the four of them all kicked their sleeves, knelt down with joyful faces, and shouted in unison: "I would like to say hello to the concubine! May the concubine be safe, and welcome the concubine back to the palace!"
When the master left, he was still a noble lady, but when he came back, he became a concubine, and she was pregnant with the little master. How could she make people unhappy!
Ji Ling looked at these four familiar faces, and her mood suddenly became better. She smiled and raised her hand and said, "Okay, everyone, get up."
The four people stood up in unison.
Yiyun had never seen Yiquan and the other two maids, and guessed that they were probably the maids brought back by the master of the Old Summer Palace when he was concubine, so he looked at Yiquan up and down a few times.
The servants gathered around Ji Ling and walked towards the main entrance of Chengqian Palace, a yellow glazed door. When he reached the door, Ji Ling raised his head and saw three big characters - "Chengqian Gate" written on the plaque with flying dragons and phoenixes.
"Master, be careful where you step!" Xiao Fenzi reminded her as she trotted in front of Ji Ling with her waist bent.
The threshold was extremely high. Ji Ling lifted up the hem of his robe slightly and stepped over. He was supported by Qixi and Bixue. He walked a few steps steadily and stopped.
She stood in the courtyard of Chengqian Palace and looked around.
This will be her territory from now on.
Ji Ling let out a breath.
The Chengqian Palace is a large place, divided into two courtyards. Once you enter the courtyard and walk around the four wooden screen doors, you will find the main hall, with a plaque written on it - "Chengqian Palace".
The main hall is five rooms wide, with yellow glazed tiles on the verandah roof, a door in the front eaves, and the rest are eaves walls. There are card walls on both sides of the gable, and there is a small door leading to the backyard.
There are five east and west auxiliary halls in front, with a hard top.
In addition, there are several side rooms that can be used as warehouses, dining rooms, and rooms for servants.
Everyone helped her through the front hall, and Ji Ling's eyes lit up - she didn't expect that there was such a big world behind!
The apse is five rooms wide, with yellow glazed tiles on the top of the mountain. Under the eaves are three-stepped dougongs, and the beams are decorated with dragons, phoenixes and seals.
When you walk into the temple, there are heating pavilions in the east and west.
Next to Dongnuan Pavilion, there is another house, which seems to be used as a small Buddhist temple. It has been cleaned and equipped with Buddhist niches, scriptures, Buddha statues, jade Ruyi ritual objects, worship mats, flower vessels, incense burners, candlesticks, and water purifiers.
The cup and fruit plate were all ready - just waiting for her to offer the Buddha statue she brought back from the Old Summer Palace.
The structure and area of the Nuan Pavilion in the west are similar to those in the East Nuan Pavilion, but the lighting is better, and the windows are bright and clean. If it weren't for the pear tree outside the window, the house would definitely be filled with sunlight in summer.
There was a long table placed next to the window, covered with a table curtain, chairs and tables, and everything else - it was a room with a study-like function.
Ji Ling spent a lot of time walking around the entire Chengqian Palace.
Finally, Qixi and Bixue helped her sit down in the main hall of the front hall. The tables and chairs in the hall had long been wiped spotless, and there were flowers in the vases on the table, which were fragrant.
Qixi then directed the eunuchs to bring all the boxes brought back from the Old Summer Palace to the entrance of the main hall, so that they could be checked and sorted out later.