After the second princess was full moon, the queen seemed to be as gentle and dignified as before, but she went to ask for peace every day, and she always felt that her smile only floated on her face, but it could not penetrate into her eyes, and even the bottom of her eyes had repeated chills.

Thinking about the emperor's favor for her after returning to the palace, she felt more and more nervous. Concubine Hui was left in the Old Summer Palace, which directly led to a large increase in the number of times she went to bed, and the rest of the Qing nobles, Jin nobles, and Guo Jiachang only slept two or three times a month.

The cultivation of the Baishou Xuanjing has reached the fifth realm, and Hao Ming is very happy. I also felt the jealous and hateful eyes that were getting more and more day by day, as well as the vigilance of the queen, which really made people more and more uneasy.

Fortunately, she has not been pregnant, otherwise I am afraid that the queen will not be able to maintain even the surface gentleness.

On this day, the concubines invited the middle palace to be well, and they each sat down according to their positions, and the queen smiled and said to her: "The auspicious day of the canonization ceremony of Shu Concubine, the palace has been selected at the end of October, and the emperor has approved it." ”

Hao Ming had to behave more and more deferentially, and thanked the queen in a low voice.

In this way, it did not take two or three days, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent eunuchs to send two sets of concubines' court clothes and auspicious clothes, which were one in winter and one in summer, according to the rules, on the day of the canonization ceremony, it was necessary to wear court clothes and wear a crown to show grandeur, and the second auspicious clothes were generally worn in ordinary festivals. The most elaborate dress of the court dress is not only a dress, but also a head-to-toe decoration.

The crown of the concubine, the two-layer golden top. Each layer bears the golden Zhai bird, and is decorated with nine pearls and seventeen pearls.

The concubine's court robe, with incense. Embroidered wisps of gold dragon pattern, between the five colors of auspicious clouds, the collar and sleeves are stone blue, a piece of gold, the robe under the embroidered bright color of the eight treasures of the water pattern.

The concubine's gown, worn on the outside of the robe, is a stone blue with a piece of gold, embroidered on the placket in pairs, and the lower piece is embroidered with a Wanfu longevity pattern. The collar suffix is golden yellow silk.

The court skirt of the concubine is the bottom skirt worn in the court dress, which is the same as the court robe. It is also used in incense, with the weaving of gold longevity satin, and the edge is also made of gold, but it is particularly surrounded by sea dragon patterns.

Secondly. Wearing court clothes, it is natural to wear court beads that are in line with your identity. As a concubine, when wearing court clothes, you need to wear a plate of coral pearls and two plates of beeswax pearls.

In addition to the Chaozhu, there are also gold covenants (i.e., headbands), Dongzhu earrings, collars (collars) and scarves (scarves), each with its own rules according to the different positions.

Mama Sun also helped to check it carefully, and then said with a smile: "The court clothes and auspicious clothes sent by the Internal Affairs Office are all in line with the etiquette system. You can try it, if it doesn't fit. So that they can change it as soon as possible. ”

Hao Ming glanced at it, and asked Banxia to serve and put on the winter court clothes, at the end of October, it was already winter, and it was natural to wear this winter court dress with mink wool, and the crown was also lavender, which looked fluffy and warm.

Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs had sent eunuchs to measure Mingming's figure before, it was particularly suitable to wear it, and the winter court clothes were a little fat, presumably deliberately, so that they could wear warm clothes such as fur inside. After trying them one by one, he took them off and instructed Banxia to put them away carefully and put them on on the day of canonization.

After a while, the emperor came.

The emperor seemed to be in a good mood, and he said with a smile: "I have made Shangshu Ilgen Jueluo Etai the canonization envoy, what do you think?"

She was stunned for a moment, it was actually her sister-in-law's Amma, and she couldn't help but be happy, and then said: "The concubine has always been a canonized envoy at most, and sometimes she is just a waiter. The concubine is just a concubine, is it too grand?" It seems that when the concubine was crowned a concubine, she was also a canonized envoy.

The emperor waved his hand: "It's okay! It's good for me to look at Etai!"

Seeing that the emperor was already determined, Bo Ming was also helpless. Anyway, even if the emperor canonizes her with a lower official position, others may not be able to eliminate their jealousy, so it is better to let the emperor continue to show his favor and value for her. As long as she has been favored, others don't dare to go too far.

In this way, the day is getting colder, and in the emperor's strong favor and the sour words and jealousy of the concubines, it finally arrives on October 23 of the third year of Qianlong, which is said to be an auspicious day of the zodiac. When she got up in the morning, it was gloomy, and when she put on her court clothes and crown, and was about to go to the Baohe Palace, the cold wind was blowing, and even a light snow fell, but fortunately, she was dressed thickly and took a warm sedan chair, so she was not frozen.

The Baohe Palace has always been the canonization of the palace, and the queen and the prince have always been held here, but if they are concubines, they can only be canonized in the matching hall of the Baohe Palace, which is also the difference between the dignity and the inferiority.

Entering the west side hall, the canonized envoy and deputy envoy were already waiting here, and he stepped forward and knelt on the brick ground, listening to Shangshu Etai read out the lengthy canonization edict that was so crepe that people couldn't understand at all, until his knees were numb, and then the deputy envoy brought the concubine's golden book and gold treasure to her. However, at this point, it is not completely courteous, she still has to go to the queen's Changchun Palace to kowtow and thank her, and then go to the queen mother's palace to kowtow and thank you - no other, because there is a sentence in the book "Yang Cheng the Empress Dowager's mercy", adding this sentence means that her canonization is approved by the queen mother, and it also indicates the emperor's filial piety to the queen mother. - Naturally, it's just what it looks like on the surface.

was helped up by Xu Jinlu, and then took the shoulder to Changchun Palace.

According to the rules, the queen knelt three times and bowed nine times, the queen looked dignified, and slowly admonished: "Shu Concubine Nalan clan, Du Sheng famous family, Dezhao Hengpei, Su Xian Nei Ze, I hope that in the future, I will bow carefully and keep the virtue of the concubine." ”

He bowed his head again and said humbly: "Yes, follow the teachings of the queen." ”

The queen bowed slightly, and said kindly: "Naturally, Concubine Shu still needs to serve the emperor wholeheartedly, if she can give birth to an heir for the emperor as soon as possible, the concubine will not be stingy in the palace." ”

If she is really pregnant, I am afraid that the queen will not be able to tolerate it first, but she will only become more humble on the surface and kowtow again to thank her.

Only then did the queen tell her to be flat, and then instructed: "You need to go to Cining Palace to kowtow to the Queen Mother to thank you, and the palace will not keep you." ”

Hao Ming was busy making ten thousand blessings: "Yes, the concubine retired." ”

When I arrived at Cining Palace, it was already close to noon, and the north wind was howling in early winter, in this era without global warming, even if it was early winter, I was afraid that it would be as good as the nine days in the future. The stove in his hand only had a faint residual temperature, which was no longer enough to warm his hands. But he had been standing on the platform outside the main hall of Cining Palace for half an hour.

Sighing secretly, how could she not see such a dismount?

The only hand exposed to the cold wind was already frozen, and the cheeks were gradually showing blue, and he wanted to clench his teeth, but his teeth had already begun to chatter. I couldn't help but curse in my heart, dead scum dragon, you didn't choose the day in the winter!

After scolding, I heard the door of the palace squeak open, and it was Chang Shun, the leader of the Empress Dowager's palace, who came out. Chang Shun slapped her and said, "Concubine Shu, the Queen Mother has woken up from a nap, please go in." ”

Hao Ming hurriedly lowered his head, held the back of Xu Jinlu's hand and followed Chang Shun, and quickly stepped into the hall. Compared with the cold wind howling outside the hall, the hall is really warm and dry. There has always been a tradition of burning earth dragons in the Qing Palace, and the heat comes from the bricks under your feet, and the entire hall is warmed.

When Ming came in, she realized that Concubine Xian was also there, and she was standing next to the Queen Mother, holding a wrong gold hand stove in her hand, and her expression was quite gentle.

He took a few steps forward, and then knelt down respectfully and kowtowed, "Concubine Nalan asks the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and the Queen Mother is blessed with Jin'an." His forehead touched the warm brick, and the warmth rushed to his lungs. It's just that she was frozen thoroughly outside, and when she suddenly entered such a warm hall, she only felt that her mind was blurred for a while, and her body was a little unstable.

After kneeling three times and knocking nine times, Ming Ming knelt upright, waiting to listen to the Queen Mother's admonition.

The spirit of the Queen Mother does not seem to be very good, she is covered with a sable coat, but there is still a majesty and momentum that cannot be ignored between her eyebrows, and the Queen Mother faintly swept the humble of kneeling on the ground, and her low and cold voice sounded: "Shu Concubine knows, your concubine is what the emperor insists on giving?!"

Hao Ming hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and said: "Back to the queen mother's words, the concubines know that the emperor pities the concubines for their loss, so he has mercy and rewards the concubines." The concubine was grateful. ”

Concubine Xian asked softly on the side: "I used to think that Qing Guiren was very good at talking, but I didn't expect that Concubine Shu was not far behind, and she was really from a scholarly family, but it was not ordinary." ”

Hao Ming's heart sank, Concubine Xian's words looked like praise, but in fact, she was given eye medicine in front of the queen!

The Queen Mother sat up straight, and her face became more and more rigid, "Oh, why is Concubine Shu also full of poetry and books?"

After thinking for a while, he lowered his head and said, "If you go back to the Queen Mother, the concubine has never spent poetry and books." ”

Concubine Xian smiled, "Really, how come this palace heard that there is a gentleman in the Nalan Shilang Mansion who specializes in teaching Gege?"

Hao Ming knelt down and said with a smile: "Yes, indeed." The concubine Ma Ma said that she invited the husband, so that the concubine and sister could recognize a few words, and she would not be blind in the future, that is. He added: "Therefore, Mr. did not teach the four books, let alone poetry, but only taught the concubines and sisters and the female training, and wrote a few words." ”

The Queen Mother listened and nodded with satisfaction, "A woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and the lord of Shushen seems to know how to be polite." (To be continued......)