In the Qing palace, the queen commanded six palaces. Under the queen, the concubines were divided into four classes: one imperial concubine, two noble concubines, four concubines, and six concubines.
It is precisely because there is only one imperial concubine according to customs, and there has never been a need to distinguish them by titles. Therefore, when the Ministry of Internal Affairs flatters Ji Ling, it only calls Ji Ling "the imperial concubine" without mentioning the title to show respect.
Just like the Queen of the Middle Palace.
Of course, the so-called emperor's harem has three thousand beauties, and the number of concubines in Yinzhen's harem was still less than the ancestral system, but his father was different.
Looking further forward - during the Kangxi Dynasty, looking at his life, from the imperial concubine to the concubine, there were a total of thirty-three people. As for the nobles who were always there and promised, there were even more countless.
Ji Ling asked Qixi and Bixue to help him take off his imperial robe, tried on his imperial crown, and told her to put it away properly until it could be used in the ceremony.
The front hall was full of things used by the imperial concubine to furnish the palace. Ji Ling saw that it was getting late, so he asked the servants to rest first and start work tomorrow.
It is different from the Palace of Yangxin - in order to highlight the majesty of the supremacy of imperial power, the Palace of Yangxin has no obstructions in the space in the front hall of the palace and is extremely empty. However, in comparison with the Chengqian Palace for the concubines, there are many more partitions.
There are often screens, partitions and other furnishings to divide the space. In addition, various antique furniture will be added, such as: hanging pairs, shelves, screens, double boxes, etc. These relatively large pieces of furniture are often used in
To a certain extent, it also has the effect of dividing space.
This night was Evian's night watch, and Qixi basically didn't sleep well. She was thinking about various things and was tossing and turning on the pillow.
Early the next morning, when the sky was just beginning to fade, Qixi had already washed up. When they arrived at the Nuan Pavilion, Ji Ling was still sleeping. Evian made a silent gesture to her, and the two of them walked out together quietly.
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Over there, Xiao Fenzi also sent out all the handy eunuchs.
Small furnishings and furniture - the palace maids can decorate them.
Large items require the strength of the eunuchs to move them.
Inside and outside the Chengqian Palace, the paving of the imperial concubine's palace and garden was quietly begun.
Qixi took Evian, and two first-class maids led the people in an orderly manner. According to the order of the imperial concubines, they took the white-lined yellow porcelain plate, the white-wrapped yellow porcelain bowl, the silver tea pot cover, the gold and iron corner table, and the gold and iron tweezers.
For the layout, there are also lamps with ram’s horn handles for the imperial concubine, which are hung according to specifications.
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In the Nuan Pavilion, Bixue stood among the clothes in a room, with her hands on her hips, looking down and dazzled: python satin, makeup satin, Japanese satin, shiny satin, gold-lettered satin, cloud satin, hat satin, palace silk, Korean silk...
In addition, there are fourteen piles of gold thread, six kilograms of cotton thread, thirty kilograms of kapok, and forty urala mink skins... all of which are rewards according to the annual expenses of the imperial concubines in the Qing palace.
They fought hard inside and outside Chengqian Palace. After a long time, they finally registered the various rewards, locked them up in the warehouse, and put them in order.
The auspicious day of becoming the imperial concubine of Jin Dynasty is also approaching.
The canonization ceremony for the imperial concubine is only slightly lower than that for the queen, and is quite cumbersome. On the day of canonization, the imperial concubine must personally greet the golden book and gold treasure at the gate of the palace, and perform the ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.
After the ceremony is completed, the envoy must be personally sent to the right inner passage of the arch so that the envoy can send a reply to the emperor to inform him that the ceremony has been completed.
This isn't over yet.
The next day, the imperial concubine will go to the emperor and the empress to salute, and the concubines of the sixth palace, the prince, and the emperor's grandson will also go to the imperial concubine's palace to salute.
The chief eunuch of the palace where the imperial concubine is located must also lead the leading eunuchs of each subordinate group to salute the imperial concubine. Of course, this can only be done after first informing the palace supervisor.
In other words, in simple words: During the two days after being crowned as an imperial concubine, I first kowtowed and saluted continuously, and then I kept accepting others and then kowtowed and saluted myself. Ji Ling thought in her heart.
After finishing his business the previous day, Yinzhen came over to see Ji Ling in the evening. He didn't let anyone inform him. When he walked in, he saw her holding Qixi's hand and kowtowing to a screen over and over again.
She is practicing.
Yinzhen looked at him for a while with his hands behind his back.
Evian saw him on the other side and was so frightened that he was about to say something when Su Peisheng glared at her, telling her not to tell the truth.
Evian had no choice but to lower his head and wink directly at his master and Qixi.
However, Ji Ling lowered her head and was just practicing the angle of bowing. Qixi supported her elbow and focused entirely on her master.
Neither the master nor the servant noticed anyone coming next to them.
When Ji Ling turned around and saw Yinzhen, he trembled instinctively.
Yinzhen stepped forward, took her hand with a smile, and asked her: "What are you doing?"
Ji Ling held his hand with her backhand, lightly scratched his palm a few times with her fingers, and said to him honestly: "I canonize the imperial concubine, and all the concubines from the sixth palace have come to watch the ceremony. I'm afraid I'm not skilled... giving people...
Saw the joke."
Yinzhen sighed inwardly, raised his hand and rubbed her head in confusion, thinking what a fool!
This was said with a hint of stupidity.
Who dares to laugh at the royal concubine whom he has personally named?
Do you think your life is going too well, or have your head resting on your neck for too long?
He thought about it and was lost in thought for a while. When he raised his eyes, he found that Ji Ling was still holding Qixi's hand and looking at him blankly, as if he was sorting out the series of steps in the salute process just now.
She looked silly and cute like that, and Yinzhen couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pull her into his arms and kissed her on the forehead.
Qixi felt as if she had been electrocuted. She immediately let go of her master's hand and turned around slightly to avoid it.
The two of them entered the Nuan Pavilion. Ji Ling pulled the fourth master's sleeves, pushed him to sit down on the couch, and pressed his shoulders, breathing slightly.
Yinzhenhui misunderstood. It was rare for Xindao Lingling to be so proactive. He couldn't help but look ambiguous, swallowed, stared at Ji Ling tightly, and reached out to hug her waist.
This was originally a hug gesture, but Ji Ling interpreted it as "You continue, I'll watch."
Ji Ling immediately bowed down.
It turned out that she still wanted Yinzhen to look at her and see how she was practicing her salute.
Yinzhen:……
Ji Ling:(*^▽^*)
Both of them misunderstood what the other meant, looked at each other, and laughed.
Yinzhen laughed and shook his head.
He suddenly gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand and pulled hard, pulling the person in front of him into his arms.
Ji Ling couldn't hold it back. He still laughed and covered his face with his sleeves.
Yinzhen reached out, grabbed her wrist and held it away.
He lowered his head and blocked her laughter.
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Qixi and Yiyun, who were guarding outside, looked at each other, and the two of them dispersed the palace people out with a tacit understanding.
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On the day when Jin was conferred the title of Imperial Concubine, the weather was extremely cold. Even though it was early spring, there was still an awe-inspiring feeling of winter in the air.
It was still dark, Ji Ling huddled in the warm quilt, struggled and rubbed his eyes before sitting up.
Qixi stretched out her hand and put a pillow behind her back with extremely skillful movements. Then she knelt down and helped her change into another set of underwear and underwear.
