Chapter Seventy-Five: Entering the Court for the First Time
Spring is the warmest and coldest time, people are already wearing thick clothes, and there is only one place that still attracts people's attention, and that is the inner courtyard of the palace.
Recently, the palace has indeed been a bit lively.
A few new ladies have been added to the palace. These are all the daughters of ministers, who were elected to the palace, and when they were sealed, they had their own palaces, and before that, they all lived in the Qianxin Palace.
There are four maidens in the Qianxin Palace, namely Gao Xiuyan, the daughter of Taiwei, Su Manman, the daughter of Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Zhou Xin, the daughter of Taiwei Changshi, and Fu Xiaohe, the daughter of the former Taifu.
A gorgeous sedan chair walked on the path in the palace, and this sedan chair came from the Yunwang Mansion and landed in the Qianxin Palace.
The old lady who led the way was full of impatience, and said to the person in the sedan chair: "During this time, Miss Gu will live in this Qianxin Palace first, and after a while, the queen will arrange it." ”
After the old lady finished speaking, she only said to the guards guarding the palace, and left without saying hello.
"This old woman is so lazy, obviously she doesn't take her mother seriously. ”
As soon as he entered the palace, he was so angry, which shows how difficult the days after that were. Drinking beads opened the curtain, and a slender figure appeared.
The expression on Gu Shuiyue's face was peaceful.
First, she is used to seeing too many bullies and falling into the ground, which is really nothing. Second, she has always been moody and angry, and she will not let people grasp the handle in this little thing.
"Drinking beads, the palace is no better than the palace, you need to be cautious everywhere, and you must be careful when you speak, don't be caught. Gu Shuiyue explained.
Gu Shuiyue entered the palace with only two maidservants, one was to drink beads, and the other was a person arranged by Gongsun Yi, named Drinking Jade. Yinyu is short in stature and seems to be unattractive, but there must be something unusual about what Gongsun Yi arranged. Yuyu didn't like to talk, and when Yuzhu was talking to Gu Shuiyue, she kept standing aside with her head down, with a wooden face, like a nerd.
Gu Shuiyue took the two maids to step over the threshold and enter the gate of Qianxin Palace.
Qianxin Palace is said to be a palace, but in fact it is a courtyard with two entrances and two exits, with two courtyards inside and outside, the outside is lived by the subordinates, and the inside is lived by the master.
As soon as Gu Shuiyue stepped into the inner courtyard, the woman's discussion came into her ears.
"Sister Gao is so naturally beautiful, and her identity is even more noble, she will definitely be loved by the emperor and the queen mother, and the vacant position of the four concubines must be my sister's. A woman said.
"When I become a concubine, I won't forget Sister Zhou. "This woman is Gao Xiuyan. There was arrogance in her voice, and she acquiesced to the words of the other person, and in her heart, the position of the virtuous concubine belonged to her.
Gu Shuiyue stepped into the door of the main hall and saw the faces of the two women who were talking.
She only glanced at it, and felt that Gao Xiuyan did have arrogant capital.
Gao Xiuyan's appearance is very good, her figure is concave and convex, her skin is fair, and her little face is as white as jade.
As soon as Gu Shuiyue entered the door, several pairs of eyes fell on her at the same time.
Coincidentally, the four ladies in the Qianxin Palace were all there.
As soon as Gu Shuiyue swept over, she could completely distinguish their identities. Needless to say, Gao Xiuyan and Zhou's family, the one who was born cute and had a romantic expression should be Su Manman, the daughter of the Ministry of Shangshu, and the one sitting in the corner who seems to be isolated should be Fu Xiaohe.
For Gu Shuiyue, a woman who suddenly appeared in Qianxin Palace and looked good, the four of them were a little curious in their eyes.
Su Manman's words broke this strange tranquility, and she said innocently: "Several of us have entered this Qianxin Palace after a lot of screening, but this girl has directly entered the Qianxin Palace, which shows what is extraordinary." As he spoke, he walked in front of Gu Shuiyue again, took her hand and said, "What is my sister's name? But I have already seen Your Majesty? Sister is so naturally beautiful, Your Majesty will definitely treat her differently when she sees it." ”
As soon as Su Manman's words fell, Gao Xiuyan's face suddenly changed, and her eyes looking at Gu Shuiyue were also hostile.
This woman looks like a fox, and her temperament is not born in a family at all, but seems to come out of the Goolan Courtyard, is it because she confused the emperor and entered the Qianxin Palace directly?
Gao Xiuyan went to the position of a virtuous concubine, and naturally she didn't like this woman who suddenly appeared and might steal her position.
Seeing Su Manman and the fox kiss, Gao Xiuyan felt even more unhappy. In the past, everyone here respected themselves, but when this woman came, Su Manman actually stuck to her!
"Vine, come here. Gao Xiuyan's voice unconsciously raised.
Su Manman didn't seem to notice the tension between them, her innocent eyes blinked, but she still let go of Gu Shuiyue's hand and walked to Gao Xiuyan's side: "Sister Xiuyan, what is the matter with calling me?"
"Now that there is one more person, the residence of this Qianxin Palace will naturally have to be redistributed. I'm used to living in a big yard, so this front yard is naturally mine. Sister Zhou and Sister Su will live in the courtyard to the east, and you and Fu Xiaohe will live for the rest. Gao Xiuyan is like the master of this Qianxin Palace, and she is arrogant.
Gu Shuiyue saw the fear that flashed in Fu Xiaohe's eyes, but she bit her lip and didn't dare to say anything.
It seems that this western courtyard is not a good place.
Gao Xiuyan is the daughter of the Taiwei, the Taiwei is in charge of the military power, and she is in charge of the court, and she is naturally a concubine when she enters the palace. The other women also knew about it and chose to avoid it.
The emperor threw her to this Qianxin Palace, obviously with bad intentions. Gu Shuiyue didn't want to take revenge on the Yunwang Mansion as soon as she entered the palace, so she didn't say anything.
Gu Shuiyue and Fu Xiaohe walked towards the west courtyard one after the other.
"Miss Fu, I see that you were quite frightened just now, is there something wrong with this West Courtyard?" Gu Shuiyue asked.
Fu Xiaohe suddenly quickened his pace as if he hadn't heard it, and distanced himself from Gu Shuiyue.
"What does this mean? Drinking beads muttered in a low voice.
"It's just a matter of protecting yourself. "Fu Xiaohe was the one who was bullied, if he got close to her, the bullying would be even worse.
Gu Shuiyue didn't care.
When she lived in the west courtyard, she felt that this place was cold and damp with her back to the sun, and the room was very damp, as if no one had lived in it for many years.
Yinzhu and Yinyu cleaned up the room, although it was much worse than the palace, but in the previous life, Gu Tianlan didn't sleep in the open, so he didn't care.
Closing the door, Gu Shuiyue asked Yuyu, "What is Su Manman's identity?"
Gao Xiuyan has the highest status, pampered and domineering, and the Zhou family is attached to Gao Xiuyan and pleases her everywhere. Su Manman seems to be innocent, but he is actually the most scheming among those people. If it weren't for Su Manman's seemingly unintentional appearance, Gao Xiuyan would not have targeted her so badly.
"Su Manman is the daughter of the official department and the cousin of the emperor's favorite concubine. "Drink jade road.
Mercy ......
After a while, Yinzhu also walked in from outside, and said with a nervous face: "Niangniang, no wonder that person wants you to live in the West Courtyard, this West Courtyard is not a good place." It is said that a few years ago, a lady who was elected to the palace couldn't think of it, so she hanged herself in a room here, and I don't know which one. In the dead of night, the ghost will come out and look for the dead ghost!"
As soon as the words of the drinking beads fell, a cold wind blew from the window, blowing coldly, and a cold air came up from behind.
Gao Xiuyan's face was not good all night, she didn't even eat much dinner, and the more she sat in the room, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became.
"Sister Gao, but you feel upset when you look at that woman?" Zhou asked.
Gao Xiuyan was said to be on her mind: "At first glance, she is a fox, although she doesn't have the temperament of a lady, but men, don't they all like this?"
"If you want to gain a foothold in the palace, you can't just rely on that little means. I had an idea to fix her, just for Sister Bo to smile. Zhou said.
Zhou's idea is the most, and when Fu Xiaohe was rectified before, he used a lot of Zhou's attention.
At this time, hearing what Zhou said, Gao Xiuyan also became interested: "Do you have any good ideas?"
"Isn't the West Courtyard haunted? I'll let people scare them. She took two maids with her, and she looked timid. I promise to scare them out!" Zhou said, "Looking at Fu Xiaohe like that, it is estimated that he will go crazy if he is scared again, which is really interesting." ”
Gao Xiuyan was a little happy when she imagined that picture.
"Sister Zhou treats me best. ”
"As long as Sister Gao remembers me after being crowned a concubine, it's fine. ”
The two look like sisters.
When Gu Shuiyue slept until midnight, she suddenly heard a scream, followed by a violent knock on the door. She opened the door in her robe, and a man dressed in white rushed in.
Now the moon is in the middle of the sky, but the west courtyard is full of shadows, dull, and the mottled shadows of the trees are like beasts with their mouths open, which is particularly gloomy. In this situation, there are rumors of haunting in this western courtyard, and with this woman in white with her hair scattered, if it were ordinary people, she would have screamed a long time ago.
Gu Shuiyue was not an ordinary person, she looked at the man in white calmly.
"There are ghosts! I see ghosts. The man took Gu Shuiyue's hand and sobbed.
"Fu Xiaohe?" Gu Shuiyue said.
Gu Shuiyue brushed her loose hair behind her head, revealing a delicate but panicked face.
Fu Xiaohe was so frightened that she trembled, her face was as white as paper, she hugged Gu Shuiyue tightly, and it took a while to come back to her senses, shrinking in Gu Shuiyue's room, refusing to go out.
"What the hell is going on?" Gu Shuiyue asked.
Fu Xiaohe bit his lip, and his voice trembled: "Before you came, I had been living here for half a month. When I heard rumors of a haunted place from the palace, I felt that something was wrong. I always felt like someone was watching me, and every night I heard knocks on windows, sometimes footsteps, but as soon as I opened the door, there was nothing outside. But tonight, I saw it, there were ghosts, dressed in white, with a pale face and a tongue sticking out under the neck!"
Fu Xiaohe described, and couldn't help but shudder, his face full of horror.
White clothes and white faces, with a long tongue sticking out, isn't this you?
Gu Shuiyue looked at Fu Xiaohe in front of her and thought silently.
"Ahh
Gu Shuiyue saw the corner of the white clothes that flashed away. She watched quietly for a moment, and then saw the corner of her dress flash. Gu Shuiyue finally realized that this ghost was coming for her.
Gu Shuiyue put on her outer robe, took Fu Xiaohe's hand and was about to go out.
"You...... Where are you going?"
Gu Shuiyue's face did not show the slightest fear, but showed a mysterious smile: "Take you to catch ghosts." ”