The stay in the north pond was not long, and after the arrival of the time, the palace maids began to serve, re-dressed, changed clothes, and everything was dressed up according to the requirements of the bride of the official eunuch's house, waiting for the sedan chair. Before this, Fei Zhen'e sat silently alone, cold as ice, and barely said a word to others.

The palace maids have never been married, and they have never seen marriage in the deep palace, and they can't help but feel new and interesting by Fei Zhen'e's side at this moment. When they left Fei Zhen'e's side, they were so happy and bit their ears together.

The elderly palace maid smiled quietly and said, "Zhen'e is really extraordinary, on such a big happy event, she can be so calm and not show a trace of a smile." ”

The second palace maid said, "You are really talking nonsense. When a girl gets married, who is not shy? Who doesn't take out a stand that doesn't care about people? When I was a child, I heard a saying in my hometown: When you look at her, it's as strange as if you just came. The bride only came to her mother-in-law's house, and she always didn't smile. ”

Another palace maid said: "Zhen'e has a good life, as a person from the palace of the dead country, she must be overjoyed to be able to be married by the new emperor and marry General Luo, but Zhen'e is really subtle, and I can't see any difference from her eyes in the past two days." ”

The first older maid said: "I know that since March 19, she has buried the pain of losing her country in her heart. In fact, many ministers of the DPRK and China have demoted to the new dynasty and are still officials. As women, we are royal slaves and maids, and it is fortunate enough that we are not humiliated, so why bother about it?"

She suddenly smiled, her face turned red first, and then she said in a quieter voice: "I see that after the candles in the cave room tonight, she will become a countess tomorrow, and she will never have the pain of losing her country again." ”

The palace ladies who heard her say this smiled quietly at the same time. One of the palace maids gently pinched her hand.

Although Fei Zhen'e is only seventeen years old, she has a strong temperament and is very thoughtful, which is very rare among ordinary women. Since March 19, she has not smiled or talked about her thoughts to any of her female companions. Every time Li Zicheng summoned her in the Xinuan Pavilion of Wuying Palace, it was a great honor in the eyes of all the palace maids, causing a lot of discussion and secret envy.

The palace ladies all thought that Fei Zhen'e had been favored by the new emperor, and she would be blessed to ascend to the sky at any time. However, what is deeply strange to everyone is that every time Fei Zhen'e is summoned by Li Zicheng, she never shows a proud look in front of her female companion, and she does not say what she thinks.

The female companions also had studied in the palace for a few years, and they all said behind their backs: "Tipping is a young age, but she is a woman with a deep city, and she is very rare among women, and she must be a noble person in the future." ”

Now when waiting for the sedan chair in the North Chizi Hotel, she is always silent, neither smiling nor sad, so that others cannot understand her mood. In fact, her heart is not at all calm, and she thinks about a lot of things. She couldn't help but feel sad when she thought that she would never see her parents again in this life, but she thought more about the recent events, the things that were about to happen in the cave room. She also thought about some distant past, and there were two things she thought about the most, as if they had happened yesterday.

One thing happened half a year ago. At that time, she was still the palace maid of the Qing Palace, once she went to serve the emperor in the Qing Dynasty, and she didn't remember whether to send tea or add incense, Emperor Chongzhen was leaning over the imperial case to ask for documents, suddenly raised his head, glanced at her, held one of her hands, and pulled her into his arms.

It was the first time she had encountered such a thing in her life, and it was completely unexpected, and her face was flushed and her heart was beating wildly. Suddenly, Chongzhen took her in his arms and put her on his lap. She was paralyzed and unable to hold herself, clinging to Chongzhen's chest. But suddenly Chongzhen pushed her out of his arms, let go of her hand, and his eyes returned to the imperial case, back to the paperwork, and seemed to sigh softly, without looking at her again.

She returned to the room at the back of the Ganqing Palace and collapsed on the pillow, unable to calm her heart, while her cheeks were still hot. The housekeeper Wei Qinghui saw her abnormal demeanor, and quickly chased in, closed the door, sat on the edge of the bed, and quietly asked her what happened. Because Wei Qinghui treats her like her own sister on weekdays, she has the best feelings, she is shy and excited, and tells Qinghui what she encountered by the emperor's side, her voice trembled, full of tears.

Wei Qinghui sighed and whispered: "Tip, it is rare for you to receive this favor in front of the emperor, if the national fortune is optimistic in the future, the thieves are blocked in Shanxi, and the capital is safe and sound, the emperor will give you grace, and you will have great blessings." ”

As a palace maid, she grew up in the palace, and she developed the idea of loyalty to the monarch since she was a child, not to mention that she, like many palace maids, thinks that Chongzhen is a rare good monarch who is diligent in political affairs in the past dynasties, and state affairs are worse than the civil and military generals who are greedy for bribes and afraid of death, so they have deep sympathy for Chongzhen in their loyal monarch thoughts.

Except for seeing eunuchs in the deep palace, the palace maids have never had a chance to get close to normal men. Just when Fei Zhen'e reached the age of understanding the affairs of men and women, the young emperor suddenly held her hand, and then tightly took it into her arms and put it on her lap, which had a great shock to her heart, so that she would never forget it.

At dawn on March 19, many palace maids rushed out of Xihuamen under the leadership of Wei Qinghui and Wu Wanrong, and committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water, one is for loyalty to the monarch, and the other is to protect their chastity, so Fei Zhen'e will not hesitate to die for the words loyalty and chastity, and she will never allow anyone to hold her in her arms again.

Another historical event was a meeting between her and Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the celebrant and the chief eunuch of Bingbi. At that time, Li Zicheng had already crossed Datong and was coming east, although the news in the harem was closed, and there was nowhere to inquire, but everyone knew that the thieves had been going on for nearly a day, and everyone was worried.

One day, Fei Zhen'e went to the Ganqing Palace to present the princess's imitation book, just walked out of the Rijing Gate not far away, met Wang Chengen came to the Ganqing Palace to see the emperor, she hid on the side of the road, Shi Li said: "Blessed is the prince!"

Wang Chengen looked at her and nodded with a smile. Fei Zhen'e took the opportunity to ask boldly: "Father-in-law, may I ask you, how is the news of the thieves recently?"

Wang Chengen said: "You live in the deep palace, why do you need to know the news of the thief?"

"No, father-in-law, it is precisely because I live in the deep palace that I should know the news, and I have been prepared in my heart. ”

Wang Chengen felt strange, looked at her, didn't speak again, and walked into the Rijing Gate. She didn't blame Wang Chengen for not answering her inquiry, according to the rules of the palace, not blaming her was enough to treat her.

She thought of this past incident now, and said secretly in her heart: "Princess, you have left with Emperor Chongzhen twenty days ago. Among the thousands of eunuchs, you are the only one who can do your best. Princess, soon you will see me again in Hades. ”

Before the time passed, four dowry maids and an experienced maid served Fei Zhen'e to re-groom and dress, which took a lot of time. The clothes he wore when he left the palace were all changed, and he was newly replaced with a phoenix crown and a xia veil, a pleated pomegranate skirt, and red satin bow-soled phoenix shoes. After dressing up, the palace maids on the left and right couldn't help but whisper praise: "It's so beautiful!

Fei Zhen'e looked into the bronze mirror, and also saw that she was dressed up more beautifully, but thinking that she was walking towards Huangquan step by step, her heart sank, and her eyes immediately moved away from the mirror.

At two o'clock, drums were played outside the gate and in the courtyard. An elderly maid put red satin over Fei Zhen'e's head and said beside her, "Girl, please get on the sedan chair!"

Fei Zhen'e got up from the chair, was supported by the two wedding maids on the left and right, walked to the courtyard in front of the hall, and got on the sedan chair. A maid sewed a few stitches on the door of the sedan chair with red thread, and the sedan chair was carried out of the gate to the east amid the sound of drums and firecrackers. Four wedding maids and two personal maids sat in a six-by-four-cornered cyan sedan chair, following behind the sedan chair.

The group of drummers walking at the front is a band in the Dashun Army, wearing the blue trumpet of the Dashun Army. The next drummer was a group of young men playing waist drums, jumping and walking, which was also a unique play of the Dashun army, all young soldiers from Yan'an Prefecture, some of whom were only fifteen or sixteen years old. They are usually soldiers, and they practice martial arts, and when there are festivals or auspicious events, they are ordered to assemble into a team and play drums and dances to cheer up.

After a group of waist drums, then a hundred cavalry, led by two generals, all neatly armoured, with red silk hydrangeas on their horses. Then there is a simple guard of honor, commonly known as a deacon, with golden melons, axes, stirrups and the like, as well as various flags fluttering. Then there is the sedan chair. Behind the sedan chair are several small cyan sedan chairs, carrying the palace maid who accompanies the bride and the two personal maids who wait for the bride.

And then another hundred cavalry. From Beichizi to Dong'anmen Street to Daoguanbofu at the east end of Goldfish Hutong, although the road is not far, because of the pomp and circumstance, this sedan chair travels very slowly. The other people who were taking care of the temporary inn hurriedly rode from the back street to the Earl's Court after the sedan chair had left.

On the way through which the sedan chair passed, there were two compartments on the street, men, women and children, all standing outside the door and watching. Folklore has it that the bride is not only a beauty, but also a talented woman, known as a female talent in the palace. The women whispered while seeing the pomp and circumstance of the marriage. Some women praised this palace man surnamed Fei for being born well, and being able to marry a young hero of the new dynasty in the chaos of the war, and as soon as he got married, he was a countess, and he could not enjoy endless glory and wealth for a lifetime.

But more women shook their heads in their hearts, thinking that the Fei Gong people married a thief leader, and it was a flower inserted in cow dung, and the future was unpredictable. It is not surprising that many people have such thoughts, because after the Dashun army entered Beijing, many problems were exposed, and they greatly lost the hearts of the people; there were already rumors that Wu Sangui was going to raise troops to come to expel the thieves and support the crown prince to ascend the throne; there were also rumors that some people in the suburbs had already seen Wu Sangui's post, and they had sent a message to every household to make white hats quickly, and to prepare to mourn the Daxing Emperor when the Guanning thieves came.

In the whispering discussion of the women on both sides of the street, a kind old mother suddenly sighed and whispered: "When the bride gets married, she cries and gets on the sedan chair, and she has to cry for several miles in the sedan chair." This Fei Gong man has left his parents since he was a child, and he is afraid that he will not even remember the faces of his parents clearly, and he will cry while sitting in a sedan chair?

Another woman said: "This bride has no parents and no maiden home in Beijing, so the groom did not make a welcome gift, so he got on the sedan chair from the temporary hotel and carried it to her mother-in-law's house." As for crying, of course she also cried while sitting in a sedan chair. How can a girl sit in a sedan chair without crying?"

In fact, Fei Zhen'e was in a completely different mood from ordinary girls when she got married, she didn't cry when she got on the sedan chair from the courtyard of the hotel, and she didn't cry when the sedan chair walked on Dong'anmen Street. She rarely even thinks about her parents and family, who have been separated for ten years. She just thought that she was walking towards Huangquan step by step, and she was about to meet Wei Qinghui and the other sisters. Because she only thought about dying generously tonight, and didn't think about anything else, her heart was almost numb.

Due to the traditional folk customs, the sedan door is sewn with red thread, and the sedan chair is different from the official sedan chair, there are no bright screen windows on the left and right, so Fei Zhen'e can't see the situation outside the sedan car. But she knew that where the sedan chair passed, the people on both sides of the street were watching, and there were many cavalry guards in front and behind the sedan chair, and there were drums and honor guards in front of the sedan chair. In her almost numb mind, she also thought that this wedding scene was very generous, and it was rare among the people, but in her opinion, this day was not her festive day, but the day when she did her best for the old king, only she understood it in her own heart.

The majestic waist drum sound came to the sedan car one after another. Fei Zhen'e had never heard this kind of drumming, and she couldn't see the person playing the waist drum from the sedan chair. But you can hear that this is a group of people who are fighting and jumping and walking forward. Although she thought that when a group of people beat this kind of drum during the festival, it must be the custom of Li Zicheng's hometown, and she can't be elegant. But at this moment, the sound of the drum added to her generous passion for revenge for the martyred emperor.

A past event suddenly came to her mind, and she didn't feel a pain in her heart, and her eyes were full of tears. It was before dawn on March 19, and Emperor Chongzhen had forced the queen to hang herself and suddenly came to Shouning Palace. She and a group of palace maids followed the princess to kneel in the courtyard to pick up the car. The emperor and the princess only said two words, and then swung their swords and slashed at the princess. The princess lifted her arm to protect her neck, and her right arm was cut and fell to the ground. She immediately threw herself on the princess and sacrificed her life to keep her from dying. Chongzhen raised his sword again, his arm trembled, he stopped cutting it, and turned around and left.

Twenty days have passed now, and I still remember it clearly. She didn't think Chongzhen was cruel, but shifted all the responsibility for the crime on Li Zicheng. She recalled all kinds of past events when she died in the sedan chair, and her heart was full of bitter hatred, regretting that she could not assassinate Li Zicheng, but could only assassinate one of Li Zicheng's favorite generals.

Since Li Zicheng summoned Fei Zhen'e for the first time in the Xinuan Pavilion of Wuying Palace, Li Zicheng was indeed moved by Fei's beauty, but he tried his best to control his emotions with reason and did not summon Fei casually. Led by Wang Ruifen, a group of palace maids who served beside Li Zicheng all understood that the new emperor had taken a fancy to Fei Zhen'e, and would soon summon Zhen'e to be by his side, and be named a nobleman. Fei Zhen'e knew better in her heart that Li Zicheng had taken a fancy to her and would summon her to live in the dormitory at any time.

Later, Dou Meiyi of Ciqing Palace was summoned to her side by Li Zicheng and was called Concubine Dou by the palace people, and Fei Zhen'e was still waiting. There are many cases of being the emperor and appointing more than two beauties as concubines at the same time, and it is not surprising that Li Zicheng wants Dou Meiyi and Fei Zhen'e. Because of listening to Wang Ruifen blowing the wind in her ears, she couldn't help but believe that Li Zicheng would definitely summon her to live in the palace, so that she would have the opportunity to avenge Emperor Chongzhen's wish. Although she was unfortunately born as a woman, she was determined to die a vigorous death.

In the past, her female companions praised her for her very beautiful hands, small and white, with delicate skin, which were really what the ancients called delicate jade hands, and she herself liked these hands. But for the sake of revenge, she hated that she shouldn't have given birth to such small and soft hands.