Chapter 1: Entering the Palace

"Miss, Miss! The auspicious time has arrived!" the voice of the close-fitting girl Si Kite woke me up as I was wandering. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I looked at the woman in the bronze mirror in a pink skirt and a bun with her hair, painted with dancΓ΄me nails, picked up red lipstick, and gently dyed her red lips with a delicate color.

Today is the day I enter the palace. My name is Wen Hua, and my father is Wen Qingbai, a servant of the ministry. The new emperor ascended the throne, the harem was empty, and the queen mother issued a decree to choose the daughter of the minister to enter the palace as a concubine to fill the harem.

I still remember the scene when my father and mother received the decree that day, and the eunuch with a little duck voice came to announce the decree, looking at them proudly, and dragging a long voice:

Wen Qingbai, the servant of the ministry, took the order with his family - Fengtian transport, and the queen mother said: Emperor Jing ascended the throne, the harem was empty, and in order to continue the royal bloodline, the daughter of the minister was selected to enrich the harem. ”

"The queen of Prime Minister Zuo, Zhiyu Shu, is cautious, diligent and supple, and is immediately named a concubine, two pairs of jade Ruyi, six brocades, and a day to enter the palace. ”

"Xu Jingya, the daughter of the military department, is quiet and gentle, soft and quiet, and is immediately named a nobleman, given a soft title, two pairs of jade Ruyi, two brocade horses, and choose a day to enter the palace. ”

"The daughter of the servant of the Ministry of Justice, Wenhua Yonghe and Cuichun, has a gentle nature, and is immediately named a nobleman, given a title, two pairs of jade Ruyi, two brocades, and enters the palace on a certain day. ”

"Lin Yun, the daughter of Tobe Langzhong, was named a promise, and Li Linxiang, the daughter of the Kyoto garrison, was named a waiter. A pair of jade ruyi, two brocades, choose a day to enter the palace. ”

The father took the holy decree with trembling hands, and said tremblingly: "Thank you, Lord Longen-", and the mother instructed the girl to wrap a big purse for the eunuch to pass the decree, and said the good words "Please take care of my father-in-law".

After the eunuch left, my father sat on the chair and sighed, my mother hid her face and cried, and my father stroked my forehead and cheeks with a little rough hands, and reluctantly said to her: "Hua'er, as soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, originally my father and mother wanted you to marry in front of me, and I saw a few young and handsome young people for youβ€”β€”"

"My poor Hua'erβ€”" My mother took me into her arms, tears flowed from my mother's eyes, into my neck, cold tears flowed down my neck, soaking the goose yellow skirt that my mother had just made for me, the wet clothes made me feel cold, but even colder was the helplessness in my heart.

I never thought I'd be in the palace. Just like my father and mother thought, I always thought that I would be like most women in this era, raised in a deep boudoir when I was a child, married a husband selected by my father and mother after the ceremony, and then ran the house diligently and thriftily, honored my in-laws, gave birth to children, teased grandchildren, and lived my ordinary life.

As if I had grown up in an instant, I held back the tears in my eyes, gently stroked my mother's back, and comforted her: "Mother, other daughters are looking forward to entering the palace, and one day my daughter will earn a life for you to come back, so that you can also wear official uniforms, and see if those women dare to snub you." ”

Dad sighed, "Hua'er, as soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, there are many things to eat people in this harem, you have a simple temperament, Dad and Mom don't expect you to have many honors, Dad and Mom look forward to your peace and joy, peace and stability-"

"Sister, sister, they said you are going to enter the palace!" The younger brother Wen Song pulled his sister Wen Hui in a trot, and the girl standing on the side hurriedly supported the two little masters, Wen Song threw himself into my arms, grabbed his clothes, and hugged him tightly.

I stroked my brother's head, "Song'er is not allowed to run so fast next time, what should I do if I fall?"

"Sister, sister, are you going to enter the palace? They said that the palace is full of cannibals, you don't want to enter the palace!" Wen Song blinked his watery eyes and looked at me and said. Wen Hui also tugged at the corner of my skirt and nodded in agreement.

"Song'er is good, the palace is splendid, it is the place where the emperor lives, don't talk nonsense. My sister is in the palace, it's my sister's blessing-"

"It's just that after entering the palace, the rules are complicated, and your father and mother will be handed over to the two of you to take care of, you have to listen to your mother well, your homework must not be wasted, and Hui'er must also be obedient, don't make your father and mother angry..."

"Miss, the sedan chair from the palace is waiting outside. Si Kite looked at me without saying a word, interrupting my thoughts.

"Come with me to say goodbye to my father and mother. ”

"Yes. The two girls, Si Kite and Nian Yang, agreed.

Si Yuan held my arm, Nian Yang pulled the hem of my skirt for me, step by step, and left the boudoir where I had lived for fifteen years.

Turning my head to look at it, I tried to remember it all forever: the swing that my father made for me when I was a child, the flowers and plants that were often ruined by Hui'er, the familiar door curtains, and the stone table where I played chess with my father.

When I walked to the main hall, my father and mother were already waiting there. The mother held back her tears, because it was not auspicious to cry on a good day.

The father knelt down tremblingly, "Weichen respectfully sends off the little master..."

I hurriedly helped him up, "Daddy don't want to torture his daughter, his daughter is not filial, and she can't be happy in the future, serve her father, and please don't worry about it, my daughter will pray for blessings every day in the palace, and ask for her father's health and well-being..."

My mother grabbed my hand and didn't let go for a long time, with concern in her eyes, and told me carefully: "The matter has come to this, you can remember that your father and mother do not ask you to earn glory and wealth, but please you live this life in the palace without waves, and you will be safe and sound." ”

I patted the back of my mother's hand and comforted: "My daughter knows that my daughter does not want to be able to obtain holy grace, but only wants to save the reputation of the Wen family and her own life. ”

Dad said on the side: "As a rule, when a noble person or above enters the palace, he can bring two personal maids. Have you ever thought about who you're going to bring into the palace?"

I glanced at Si Kite and Nian Yang standing on my left and right: "Si Kite and Nian Yang are girls who have served me since childhood, and they are loyal. Thinking of the kite is calm, Nian Yang is dexterous, when I enter the palace, I naturally want to take them with me. ”

"The slave and the maid have grown up with the young lady, and the young lady treats the slave and the maid with the same sisters, and the slave and the maid must protect the young lady even if they are broken!" Si Yuan and Nian Yang stepped forward, and the blessed body said in unison.

"Good girl, there are many rules in this palace, and one mistake may have a life-threatening worry, you have to constantly mention Hua'er, don't let her get into the way of others, and take care of her safety. Dad looked at Si Yuan and Nian Yang approvingly, and gestured to the little guy next to him, and the little guy took out a cloth bag. "In the palace, there are no silver dots, and it is difficult to move an inch. Daddy's money is not much, you take these silver taels, up and down, don't suffer. ”

"Okay, okay, the auspicious time has come, and the miscellaneous family has to wait to return to the palace to make a difference. The eunuch who came with him rushed impatiently.

I leaned down and bowed to my father. Then he turned around and walked to the sedan chair outside the door. Tears poured out of my eyes, and I couldn't hold back my tears anymore, but I didn't dare to look back, for fear that I would be reluctant, and that my father and mother would also shed tears.

Sitting in the rickety sedan chair and looking at the pink skirt on my body, I knew that I would never be able to represent my wife's bright red again. is also not due to the life of an ordinary woman. With the concern of my father and mother, I walked into the unfamiliar palace wall, with a little strangeness, a little curiosity, and a little hesitation and expectation for the future.

Gently uncover the corner of the sedan curtain, and Si Kite and Nian Yang accompany him. Accompany yourself as if you were your own relatives. Peace of mind.