Chapter 343: Entering the Palace
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, although Zhou Huaiyu thought of going to the palace to attend a banquet, she actually thought that she was not qualified, so she just mentioned it to the Song family, saying that if there was nothing to do, she would definitely participate in the store's activities with them at that time. Now, because she also has to go to the palace with her, Zhou Huaiyu can only ask Zhao Jing to send someone to inform the Song family that they are responsible for everything.
The most important thing at the moment is that Zhou Huaiyu should prepare the clothes and jewelry to wear when entering the palace.
Today, all the ladies who enter the palace to participate in the banquet wear clothes and jewelry are regulated, and it is not that anyone can wear whatever they want, and they can wear whatever they want. Although even a piece of royal tile is extraordinary, but in fact, there are many good things outside the palace, which are much better than some in the palace, but who dares to show their heads in front of the lady in the palace, don't die?
Zhou Huaiyu entered the palace for the first time, and was still in such an embarrassing identity as a "side concubine", and there were no strict requirements for the clothes she wore, but obviously she could not be higher than Xie Huirou, but she could not be much lower than other women.
According to the rules of Xie Huirou's clothes provided by Yue'er, Zhou Huaiyu chose a powder blue narrow sleeve deep coat, which is not dignified and not rigid, and it is also a little more "incorrect" than the wide-sleeved and deep dress worn by Xie Huirou, highlighting her identity as a concubine. As for the jewelry she wore, Zhou Huaiyu just chose a few white hostas with exquisite styles and beautiful meanings, and no one could find fault with her.
Others entering the palace are just a carriage is enough, but King An's Mansion is a mighty use of three or four, of which the old King An Zhao Chen is alone, Guo takes the Qin family and the second concubine Zhao Jin, Princess An Xie takes Xie Huirou, and Zhou Huaiyu sits alone. In fact, Princess An wanted to take this opportunity to exclude Zhou Huaiyu, so that everyone could see that she only recognized Xie Huirou as a daughter-in-law, and did not recognize her.
But both she and Zhao Jing said that they didn't care about this, so Zhao Jing arranged one for Zhou Huaiyu alone, and Zhou Huaiyu was also comfortable and could sit as much as he wanted.
As for Princess An's men, they all rode tall horses and followed the carriage.
But halfway through, Zhou Huaiyu's carriage suddenly stopped, and then Zhao Jing got in.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Huaiyu thought that he had something to explain, and couldn't help asking.
"Not much, on a cold day, who is willing to ride a horse, or sit comfortably in the car. Come here, let the master hold it. The carriage was so big, after Zhao Jing finished speaking, without waiting for Zhou Huaiyu to move, he had already grabbed her and pressed her in his arms.
"Oops, let me go, my clothes are wrinkled and my hair is messed up in a while!" It's just that Zhou Huaiyu didn't intend to listen, and was suddenly caught by Zhao Jing, she immediately straightened up cautiously, not in contact with him, lest she mess up her shape.
Seeing Zhou Huaiyu mind like this, Zhao Jing couldn't help but pout, but in the end he still let her go, because he also understood that many people already knew about coming to the Holy Lord's edict to let her enter the palace, and he might not be able to observe her today, if she let her clothes crumpled out, it would not only be her person, but also his person.
"Today, you can accompany the third princess with peace of mind, but you should try to eat and drink as little as possible, especially food from unknown sources." Zhao Jing explained carefully, knowing her foodie nature, lest she would not be able to walk if she saw any new food in the palace. Although at this time today, unless they don't want to live, no one would dare to be so bold in this kind of banquet, but they are not afraid of 10,000, they are afraid of what happens. What if a madman can't think of it, and the little chubby girl is unlucky enough to bump into it!
Zhou Huaiyu was still in a happy mood, but because of what Zhao Jing said, he suddenly became a little heavy. Zhao Jing grew up in such an environment since he was a child, and he knows this kind of thing best, since he explained her like this, then she must pay attention to precautions.
Seeing Zhou Huaiyu's serious appearance, Zhao Jing smiled and teased her again, telling her not to be so nervous.
Because King An's Mansion was not far from the palace, they had all arrived in the palace while talking. Even if you are the king of An, when you arrive in the palace, you are only qualified to enjoy the software of the eunuchs in the palace, and you have no right to let your carriage enter the palace, so everyone got out of the carriage and followed the eunuchs and palace maids who were already waiting for them at the palace gate to go where they should go.
The men were naturally from the former dynasty, and the Guo family took a group of female dependents to the harem.
The Qin family entered the palace today, just to meet their sisters. Since the Qin family was raided, the only two people in the Qin family are her and the original concubine in the palace, and the Qin family of Jieyu today.
Now it's just afternoon, it's still early before the evening banquet, all the ladies who enter the palace are talking to the ladies of the palaces in the back garden, Guo is naturally looking for Guo Guifei, who is now in the holy favor, Xie is naturally looking for Xie who has just been promoted to concubine, and Zhou Huaiyu is looking for the third princess.
However, before they each find their respective relatives, all of them must first go to salute the queen He, which is the rule in the palace. And Zhou Huaiyu today has experienced what is called three steps and one line of salute, five steps and one kowtow, and the number of times she has knelt today is more than all the times she has knelt since she came to this dynasty. Because she is just a small side concubine, she has to kneel once when she sees a lady in the palace, Zhou Huaiyu is almost unbearable, she wants to hurry up to find the third princess after seeing the queen at this time, instead of following the Guo family around here.
Guo, as the old princess of Princess An, is logically on the same level as the four concubines of the virtuous and virtuous lady, because she saw those palace concubines, but she nodded slightly, but those palace concubines saluted her one by one.
Finally, they passed through the crowd and came to the queen, Zhou Huaiyu didn't dare to raise her head, lowered her head and saluted the queen like everyone else, she stood aside and began to pretend to be transparent, just waiting for the queen to give an order, they immediately disbanded.
"This is Jing'er's side concubine Zhou, raise your head and let the palace take a look."
Suddenly, Zhou Huaiyu heard Queen He's voice and stopped her name, she hurriedly raised her head, and then finally saw He's appearance clearly, a gentle and atmospheric woman, quite a mother's demeanor.
"Well, yes, it's a good one, no wonder Jing'er loves her so much, Huayang is also close to her, come and reward." The third princess was given the title and called Huayang.