Chapter 18: Entering the Palace
There are two days left before Chinese New Year's Eve, and every household in Chang'an City is lit up. Adults hurriedly prepare for the New Year's goods, and children put firecrackers on their firecrackers from time to time to run and laugh. The whole Chang'an City is full of a strong festive atmosphere.
The palace cares more about festivals than the people. Through the festival, relatives inside and outside the palace can greet each other.
On this day, Concubine Zhang of Chunxi Palace ushered in her sister who had not been seen for a long time, and when they saw each other, they hugged their heads and cried bitterly.
Soon after Concubine Zhang entered the palace, her father Zhang Tianyang was sent to Renzhi County, Yangzhou, and for more than ten years, her father became a prefect step by step, and she was able to see her relatives.
Her younger sister's name is Zhang Jiaying, she is fourteen years old, and she was only two or three years old when Concubine Zhang entered the palace. When Concubine Zhang entered the palace, her position was Baoyi, and later she was promoted to Jieyu because she gave birth to a five-year-old third princess. Three years ago, she gave birth to the fourth prince and was promoted to Concubine Zhang. However, the fourth prince fell ill when he was two years old, and Concubine Zhang fell seriously ill, and it was only now that her health slowly improved.
Concubine Zhang's eldest palace maid, Xiao Zhao, stepped forward to persuade: "Master, you are in good health, so you shouldn't be too excited." The second lady will stay with you for some time when she enters the palace, and the two of you sisters will slowly tell your parting feelings. ”
Concubine Zhang stopped crying when she heard this, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, took her sister's hand and said, "My sister is going to live in the palace for a few days, and the palace is going to report to the queen." ”
Xiao Zhao, the palace maid, said: "Back to the master, the emperor is discussing the holiday banquet in the queen's palace. ”
Concubine Zhang's phoenix eyes blinked, and she ordered: "Then we will go now just to greet the emperor." ”
She asked the palace people to take out the clothes she had prepared for her sister to change into, and after the two washed their faces and dressed up, she took her sister's hand and walked towards the queen's bedroom with a team of palace people and eunuchs.
Concubine Zhang is gentle and virtuous, and acts in the harem, the queen used to see her favored, and gave birth to a prince, and from time to time she made some trouble. Later, the four princes went, and the queen didn't have a lot to worry about Concubine Zhang, plus there were too many women in the harem, and she had to stare at other women, so she let Concubine Zhang go.
Concubine Zhang got the queen's consent, and she pulled her sister into the palace step by step.
Seeing the two beauties walking lightly and slowly, the emperor's eyes lit up at a moment, the queen glanced at the emperor, and then looked at the two sisters below, holding the handkerchief tightly in her hand. The palace maids in the hall all took a deep breath and stared at Concubine Zhang's sister.
Concubine Zhang's sister was wearing a blue emerald cigarette shirt, a pleated skirt with scattered flowers, mist and green grass, and a light blue emerald water thin smoke veil. Fold the waist to micro-step, showing the wrist in the light yarn. A hollow gold hairpin is obliquely inserted into the depraved bun on the head, decorated with a little purple jade, and the tassel is sprinkled on the green silk. Xiangjiao jade is tender and delicate than flowers, such as cutting onion roots, such as containing Zhu Dan, a smile and touching people's soul, eyes with spring water and clear waves, and sleeping with spring water and face like clotted fat.
The beauties in the palace are in full bloom like a hundred flowers, in a variety of postures, all kinds of colors. But this fairy-like beauty gathered all the beauty in one.
Her demeanor is graceful, her expression is charming, her appearance is shy and shy, and her figure is graceful. She walked forward step by step and knelt down, and performed the palace salute elegantly and freely: "The courtiers greet the emperor and queen." "The voice is melodious and soft.
The emperor hurriedly said: "Excuse me, get up quickly." ”
The queen hated her toothache and pretended to like it: "This is a rare beauty, but all the women in the palace are compared to a flatbread roll." ”
Concubine Zhang hurriedly said politely: "The little sister of the concubine is young, but she can't afford to be praised by the queen like this." ”
The queen asked the emperor with a smile: "Your Majesty, are you right when you say that the concubine is a concubine?"
The emperor stared at the beauty, and was thinking wildly in his heart: If you hold this beauty in your arms......
Hearing the queen's question, he nodded and said, "If the queen likes it, she will stay in the palace to accompany her, so that you can see the beauty every day." ”
The queen was annoyed, this was clearly asking this woman to enter the palace. At this time, she suddenly thought that she had not found a chance to speak for the emperor's request, and if she exchanged this beauty for her wish to achieve it, she would become a white bone at any time when she became a beauty.
She smiled and asked, "Concubine Zhang, the emperor and the palace both like your love for your sister-in-law very much, and want to keep her in the palace to accompany us, do you think it's okay?"
Concubine Zhang hurriedly pulled her sister to kneel: "Back to Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, the concubine's little sister has a marriage contract a few days ago, my father sent her back to Chang'an City to let the concubine make a marriage contract for the little sister, and then ......"
The emperor snorted coldly, and the queen said dissatisfiedly: "Concubine Zhang, don't you want your little sister to enter the palace to serve the emperor and the palace?"
The queen turned her head and asked Concubine Zhang's sister: "Do you want to enter the palace to serve the emperor and the palace?"
The queen wanted her to refuse.
The beauty said respectfully: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." The courtiers are willing to serve the emperor and the queen, and they can share the worries of His Majesty and His Royal Highness, which is the blessing of the courtiers III. ”
This person is as beautiful as a fairy, his mouth is as sweet as honey, and the emperor's dragon heart is happy. immediately made an order: Feng Xiaozhang was appointed as Concubine Yao and stayed in Zhaoyang Palace. The seal concubine is a concubine. Another decree was issued, and the father of the Fengzhang clan was the servant of the Ministry of Officials......
The Zhang family has a woman who has just grown up, and three thousand are pampered in one. The future concubine Wan made the entire harem an ornament, and if the queen had the ability to predict, she would rather not use this woman to exchange the marriage decree with the emperor.
The queen asked Concubine Zhang to take Concubine Yao to prepare for the concubine ceremony. When she rejoiced through the Emperor's Sacred Heart, she made her request.
She said very skillfully: "The concubine heard that there were people in the palace talking about it, saying that the concubine of the Zhenguo family had a marriage contract with the prince, and they also exchanged tokens. The concubine has punished the gossiping palace people, but the concubine is afraid that someone outside the palace will publicize the matter, and the royal family will be passive at that time. The prince is about to make a weak crown ceremony, and sooner or later he will have to get married, and the daughter of the Zhenguo family is only thirteen years old this year......"
The emperor, who has always liked to play with his heart, secretly thought: The thirteen-year-old crown princess will not be able to have a round house in two or three years, and there is almost no possibility of having children. Marrying a crown princess is just like not marrying, just a decoration.
The queen saw that the emperor did not object and continued: "The second prince is also sixteen years old, if he marries, he will become an adult, and he will have rules and regulations for his actions, and he can share some chores for the emperor, and the emperor will spend more time in the harem to watch the flowers and enjoy the moon." ”
The emperor thought of the beautiful woman just now, and he couldn't wait to give a concubine a big gift immediately, and immediately invited the attendant to bed. He said: "The queen asked people to see what auspicious days have been held recently, and the concubine ceremony was done early." ”
The empress secretly hated in her heart, and pretended to be happy on her face: "Emperor, we are the family of the Son of Heaven, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, and one day later it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, and the palace will be a concubine in the morning, and a banquet will be given in the evening." ”
This was deeply liked by the emperor, and he immediately agreed to the queen's request: to marry the crown prince and the second prince, and the queen herself selected the list and handed it to him.
His Majesty received a stunning one in the palace, and he has not yet accepted the favor and enthroned the concubine. The speed of this news spread throughout the entire harem, the entire court, and the entire Youzhou.
Countless people can't sleep at night. The emperor is greedy, the queen is hateful, the concubine is jealous, the courtiers are worried, and the people are admired......