On the same day when the warm sun was high, in the northwest of the Tiancheng Continent, there was a country with a dry and cold climate, although the area of this country was only a quarter of that of the Red Ice Country adjacent to her, and the products were not very rich, but this country was a country rich in beauties, and she was the Yan Country.

Even though it is only a small country, the imperial palace of Yan is still like many imperial palaces of various dynasties and generations in history, with a magnificent atmosphere and magnificence.

The Imperial City of Yan Kingdom uses "the golden and brilliant Forbidden City, and the ten thousand gates in the red-walled palace." The Taihe Hall is clean and quiet, and the Shenwu Building is high and deep. Jinshui Bridge Bai Ning Shouxiu, Nine Dragons Wall Color Royal Flower Fen. The vestibule and backyard are royal, and the wonders of the world are rare. It's not an exaggeration.

The towering palaces, revealing the brilliant glazed tile roofs, are particularly dazzling and brilliant. At the ends of the cornices of the palace are two dragons with golden scales and claws, which are carved by craftsmen so vividly that they seem to be flying away in the next moment.

The paving under the eaves and the forehead depict the delicate danqing, which complements the door of the vermilion lacquer, and from a distance, every palace is so majestic and magnificent!

This is really a response to "five steps on the first floor, ten steps on the first floor; corridor waist back, eaves teeth high pecking; each hugging the terrain, hooking the heart and corners." The long bridge lies on the waves, the clouds are not cloudy, the dragon is empty, and the road is empty, and the high and low are confused, and they do not know the west and the east. The song platform is warm, the spring is melting, and the dance hall is cold, and the wind and rain are sad. In one day, between one house, and the climate is uneven".

However, in the huge palace of Yan Kingdom, there is a place that is very special compared with these magnificent and magnificent palaces, that is, the unique "Qiushui Pavilion" of Yan Qingqiu, the tenth princess of Yan Kingdom.

Qiushui Pavilion is Yan Qingqiu's father, the current emperor of Yan State, Yanchang Emperor Yan Tian specially built a water pavilion for Yan Qingqiu on the Taiye Lake in the Yan Imperial Palace.

The splendid pavilion was surrounded by the crystal clear waters of the Taiye Lake, and every piece of wood used to build the Qiushui Pavilion was of the finest sandalwood. From the outside to the inside, from the bottom plate to the roof, from the door and window frames to the handrail fence, every inch of the material is not adulterated in the slightest, and it is all genuine high-quality sandalwood.

And the stone bridge built on Taiye Lake connects Qiushui Pavilion and the shore of the lake. It is also made of expensive white marble, and the white railings and pillars on both sides are exquisitely carved, and Emperor Yan Tian gave it the name "Qiushui Bridge".

The history of the Yan Kingdom once recorded the project of the Qiushui Pavilion like this: "On the third day of the third month of the first year of Yuanhe, the princess was born. The emperor was overjoyed, gave the name 'Qingqiu', and built the Qiushui Pavilion. There are 6 out of 70 skilled craftsmen, and there are 8 out of 20 in the middle of the Taiye Lake in the middle of the millennium, and the Qiushui Pavilion is built on it...... The third floor of the pavilion. There are 10 floors. Because it was built on the lake, the project was huge, and it was completed in the winter of the second year of Xianhe, which lasted a total of eight years......"

If you stand on the shore of Taiye Lake, the Qiushui Pavilion standing in the middle of the lake is like a leaf floating and sinking, as if it will be swallowed by the water of Taiye Lake at any time, but it stands so straight on the surface of the lake, which makes people daunting.

There is only one road leading from the shore of Taiye Lake to Qiushui Pavilion, and that is the one that winds and turns, as if floating on the surface of the lake. Built on Taiye Lake, the white marble bridge connecting the shore of Taiye Lake and the gate of Qiushui Pavilion - Qiushui Bridge.

At this moment, a group of ten young palace maids in pink palace clothes are walking on the Qiushui Bridge in an orderly manner, each of them is holding a round wooden tray with red silk in their hands, and various ornaments are placed on the tray, hairpins, step shakes, hairpin rings, bead flowers, earrings, jade bracelets, etc., and the items on the tray held by the palace maid are impressively a phoenix crown!!

But when I saw the ten palace maids walking to the gate of Qiushui Pavilion, they rushed in without reporting. The fragrance that belonged to the sandalwood instantly enveloped them.

Enter the Autumn Water Pavilion. The ladies ascended the stairs on the right to the second floor, where they were greeted by a straight corridor flanked by closed openwork carved doors. At the end of the hallway is also a closed openwork carved door.

Walking along the corridor to the end, standing in front of the closed hollow carved door, the palace maid led by the leader said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the emperor sent slaves and maids to change clothes and dress Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

"Come in. Behind the openwork carved door, a kind woman's voice sounded.

"Yes. The palace maid at the head of the palace pushed the door and entered, first a screen made of embroidery made of verdant bamboo. Bypassing the screen, there were two windows open on the wall facing the screen, and at this moment the windows were wide open, and a lot of warm sunlight was projected into the room, making the room warm.

Under the window was a long red table with six different potted plants, one of which was already in full bloom, but it was a Xinyi flower.

Under the wall to the left of the screen is a large carved sandalwood bed covered with a peach-colored brocade quilt and a sky blue gauze bed tent. At the foot of the bed, there is a small golden incense tripod on the maroon table, in which the white smoke wafts out, and then dissipates in the air, and the room diffuses a refreshing aroma, which is fused with the unique fragrance of sandalwood to give people a refreshing feeling.

Under the wall to the right of the screen is a one-man high bronze mirror. On the right side of the bronze mirror is a half-human-high wooden shelf, on which is placed a golden basin filled with clear water, and a brand new red cloth towel is placed on the side of the basin. To the left of the bronze mirror stood a woman dressed in crimson and a woman dressed in royal blue.

As for the cushion in front of the bronze mirror, there sat quietly a woman wearing a red undershirt on a still cold spring day, wearing three thousand green silks. From the bronze mirror opposite the woman, it can be vaguely seen that this woman is still a young girl.

The ten young palace maids each held the tray in their hands and walked behind the young girl who was kneeling on the cushion in front of the bronze mirror, lined up and knelt on their knees, and saluted respectfully: "Slave maid see Her Royal Highness the Princess! See Lady Yurong and Lady Yuling!"

"No courtesy. Rise. It was the woman in the crimson palace dress who spoke. Although her voice is soft, it implies majesty, which can only be exercised by people who have been in high positions for a long time.

"Yes. The ten young ladies replied in unison, and then they all stood up.

But I saw that two women dressed in crimson palace clothes and royal blue palace clothes stepped forward together and walked up to the young girl kneeling on the cushion, the woman in the crimson palace dress reached out and helped the young girl up, and the woman in the royal blue palace dress leaned over and took the cushion on which the young girl was kneeling, put it aside and returned to the young girl.

This young girl is the current emperor of Yan Kingdom, Yanchang Emperor Yan Tian and his queen Lu Xun, Yan Tian is the most favorite ten princesses of Yan Kingdom, and today she has become the first beauty on the continent - Yan Qingqiu.

"Please Mrs. Yurong 'clean' her face for Her Royal Highness the Princess!!!" the palace maid led by the palace maid holding the tray with the phoenix crown chanted, and her voice was as light and pleasant as the yellow warbler out of the valley.

I saw that the woman in the crimson palace dress walked to the golden basin on the right side of the one-person-high bronze mirror, picked up the brand-new red cloth towel on the side of the basin, immersed it in the water, and then picked it up and wrung it out.

Walking back to Yan Qingqiu with the red cloth towel wrung out of the water, Mrs. Yurong gently wiped Yan Qingqiu's cheeks.

After the "cleansing" was completed, Mrs. Yuling, who was dressed in royal blue palace clothes, silently stepped forward to take the cloth towel from Mrs. Yurong's hand and returned it to its original position.

Immediately afterwards, the young palace maid led by him sang again: "Please Lady Yurong and Lady Yuling put on new clothes for Her Royal Highness the Princess!!"

With the palace maid's chanting, Mrs. Yurong and Mrs. Yuling walked up to the palace maid beside the palace maid together, and together they reached out and picked up the big red wedding dress on the tray held by the palace maid who did not know what pattern was embroidered with gold thread, and then put it on for Yan Qingqiu.

After dressing Yan Qingqiu in her wedding dress, Mrs. Yuling took back the cushion she had taken away before and put it in front of Yan Qingqiu, and then helped Yan Qingqiu to kneel slowly on the cushion with Mrs. Yurong.

Then, I heard the young palace maid led by him singing: "Please ask Mrs. Yurong to dress up Her Royal Highness the Princess!!"

Walking in front of the palace maid holding the jasper comb, picking up the jasper comb on the tray with red silk, Mrs. Yurong walked behind Yan Qingqiu, only to see her knees slowly kneeling on the cold ground, and then raised her hand, combing her three thousand green silk for Yan Qingqiu with very gentle movements.

"One comb to the head, wealth does not have to worry; two combs to the head, no illness and worry-free; three comb to the head, many sons and longevity; then comb to the end, raise the case and eyebrows; two comb to the tail, than the wings of the two flying; three comb to the end, forever knot and one heart, there is a head and a tail, this life is rich and noble. ”

After each combing, Mrs. Yurong would chant a sentence, and when the chanting was finished, Mrs. Yurong began to delicately twist Yan Qingqiu's hair with her fingers, and Mrs. Yuling was responsible for taking the hair ornaments she needed for Mrs. Yurong. The two cooperate tacitly, and there is no mistake or omission.

When the hair was finally finished, Mrs. Yurong stood up, and walked around in front of Yan Qingqiu in a vigorous posture, when even a palace maid stepped forward with a tray filled with rouge gouache, knelt at Mrs. Yurong's feet upright, and the tray in her hand was raised high.

Mrs. Yurong first picked up the eyebrow pencil to carefully draw Yan Qingqiu's eyebrows, then picked up the fat powder and applied it evenly on Yan Qingqiu's face, and finally picked up the lip gloss to apply it to Yan Qingqiu, which was considered to be the completion of makeup.

As soon as the palace maid holding the rouge gouache retreated, the palace maid who had been in charge of chanting stepped forward with the tray, and after walking to Mrs. Yurong, she knelt on her knees, lifted the tray she was holding in her hand to Mrs. Yurong, and sang: "Please Mrs. Yurong wear a phoenix crown for Her Royal Highness the Princess!!"

Always smiling, Mrs. Yurong slowly raised her hands and picked up the golden phoenix crown and put it on Yan Qingqiu's head, who was kneeling on the cushion. (To be continued.) )