CHAPTER XXXI

The concubine's hooves are outside the palace gate, near the north to the west, and the princess's hooves are on the southerly east. The women stood on the south side of the east-west direction. Empress Yuan was dressed in a Yi robe and slowly walked out of the door. During the action of the guard of honor, the palace people began to play music. Until she ascended to the throne, the music stopped.

At this time, there was a guest to guide the foreign women to enter the inner road from the east gate, divided into two groups, and stood in two shifts in the east and west.

The imperial concubine and other concubines slowly came from the east gate. After the people arrived, they began to play music again, and the foreign women and concubines bowed to the position of the emperor and queen four times, the music stopped, everyone knelt down again, and the imperial concubine gave a speech, and after the end, everyone had to bow down. Some people in the palace played music again, and everyone had to bow four more times.

After the concubine walked down the east steps, Si Bin led the princesses in through the east gate, and the princesses stood in order.

The women were taken to the middle of the temple to worship in front of the temple. Among the foreign women, the Duchess of Chengguo was the leader, and the Duchess of Chengguo led them into the palace from the west gate, and was led to the worship of the palace by Neizan, and everyone knelt down together.

Duchess Chengguo delivered another speech.

After her speech, the congratulations officially ended.

Soon, a Si Yan came out of the middle door and stood on the east side of the terrace to make a speech. The wives had to kneel again.

Si Yan said: "The celebration of the end of the performance, with the wife and so on." ”

After Si Yan retreated, Empress Yuan came out, and the palace people played music, knowing that she had entered the inner gate, and the music stopped.

Only then can the women withdraw.

After such a toss, it was almost noon. The foreign wives could walk and talk in the palaces.

The Duchess of Chengguo naturally wanted to be at Empress Yuan's place, which was also the most lively place in the palace.

Ruyi's heart was no longer here, and when she saw that the people were scattering, she gave Runrun a look and motioned for Runrun to go with her.

The Duchess of Chengguo did not restrain them, told them not to mess around, and went to play with them.

Ruyi took Runrun all the way to the East Palace unimpeded, the crown prince and the second prince are now older, and they have to follow the emperor. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the previous dynasty was also very busy.

When Ruyi and Runrun passed, the two also took advantage of the lunch break and just rested together.

The prince wore an apricot yellow python robe on this day, with a golden crown on his head, and his heroic spirit was compelling, and even those in the palace who were used to seeing her couldn't help but take a few more looks.

As soon as Ruyi saw her, he pretended to exaggerate and circled around her a few times, and said in his mouth: "I don't even know the prince's cousin's dress." No wonder when they first came in, these song palace maids in the East Palace had red cheeks. ”

The prince was accustomed to her indifference, and he didn't argue with her about the length of his tongue, but while taking the handkerchief handed by the palace maid and wiping his hands, he asked Runrun: "Can you get used to it in the palace today?" I guess I was tired from the toss in the morning. ”

Runrun nodded, "It's quite tiring, but they didn't have the hard work of Godmother and Ruyi, they knelt in front of the Queen Mother for a while." ”

The prince turned his face to look at Ruyi.

Ruyi touched his face and didn't care much: "It's just that I'm not happy in my heart, I can't do anything about my aunt and uncle, so I'll make up for it." ”

The prince muttered, "On a day like today...... It's hard for you. ”

Ruyi grinned, "So, I'll come here to be lazy, and the province will be found by those who have a heart, you are not allowed to drive me." ”

As they spoke, the second prince did not, apparently not interjecting, and when they found him particularly quiet, they went to see him when they saw him already asleep on the couch.

There is already a custom of keeping the New Year in the palace, and the second prince kept a vigil all night last night, so he has no energy today, and he is naturally sleepy after a busy morning.

Ruyi lowered his voice and said to the prince: "You are also tired, go and squint for a while, don't worry about us." ”

The prince was not polite to them, and the horizontal and vertical people were all seen from childhood, and they did not need to be restrained, and ordered people to go to the kitchen to buy a table, and then went to the couch crookedly.

Runrun looked at the crown prince and the second prince, and felt quite distressed when they had blue shadows under their eyes, so he leaned into Ruyi's ear and asked, "Are they going out in a while?" Otherwise, let's go back to Kunning Palace. ”

Ruyi shook his head, "I'm not happy to stay there, and I'll go back when everyone disperses." Today, the palace will give banquet noodles, and we will eat the same everywhere, and we don't need them to entertain them. ”

Hearing her say this, Runrun nodded obediently.

The crown prince and the second prince probably squinted at the time of tea, and someone came to urge them.

The two immediately got up from the couch, the palace maid handed over the twisted handkerchief, and the two wiped their faces, and their faces were no longer tired.

The prince greeted Ruyi and Runrun, and then took the second prince who was still confused after sleeping.

Only Runrun and Ruyi were left in the East Palace, there was no master, and Ruyi was not uncomfortable, and it didn't take long for the table to come, so he beckoned Runrun to eat together.

The two had lunch and talked for a while, and just when they were bored, the prince and the second prince came over together.

As soon as the second prince entered the hall, he let out a low roar, "It's finally over!" Trap me! Starve me to death! ”

They had already eaten before, but the emperor wanted to entertain the ministers, and the two of them, as princes, were naturally restrained, not to mention that they were full, even the chopsticks didn't move a few times.

The prince ordered people to prepare new food, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are hungry and sleepy, go back to your own dormitory, and what are you going to do when you come back with me." At noon, he was afraid that the second prince would go back to his bedroom and fall asleep, so he took him back to the East Palace after missing the hour.

The second prince snorted and didn't speak, of course, it was because of Ruyi and Runrun that he came over, otherwise wouldn't it be beautiful to go back to his bedroom and eat and sleep with Haisai!

The more sleepy the second prince is, the more Ruyi has to lean over to talk to her, and she thinks it is very interesting to tease the sleepy second prince.

The prince and Runrun, who were watching, laughed.

Later, Runrun still couldn't stand it, so he pulled Ruyi over and said, "Don't make it bad, you didn't look at the second cousin sleepy." ”

The second prince still argued with a dead duck's mouth: "Where am I?" I tell you, I'm fine. Not to mention that I didn't sleep all night, I just didn't sleep for three days and still lived alive! As soon as he finished speaking, he yawned heavily.

The other three people laughed in unison, and the second prince blushed and didn't say anything more.

Soon the table came up, and although Ruyi and Runrun had eaten, they still sat down with them.

The second prince used the rice honestly, and the delicate dishes didn't move, and he ate two bowls of rice after a while.

At dinner, the second prince put down the rice bowl, and greeted Ruyi and Runrun casually with half-squinted eyes: "You are free, you are free, just treat it as your own home, and I will come when I go." Then he went into the inner chamber to catch up on sleep.

The prince shook his head helplessly, and said with a headache: "Ignore him, don't pay attention to him." Then he asked, "What do you want to do in a moment?" ”

Runrun looked at Ruyi, then shook his head, "Cousin Prince, let's go make up for sleep too, don't worry about us." Although the prince didn't show that he was tired, he should also be sleepless, and Runrun didn't want him to hold on to accompany them.

Ruyi also said: "But isn't it, I see that my cousin is also sleepy, so let's go to sleep." We're just hiding here. ”

The prince was really sleepy when he came, and he couldn't think of what he could play with them for a while, after all, he usually had the idea of having fun with the second prince, so he said: "Then I will go crooked for half an hour, and I will accompany you later." ”

Half an hour later, a palace maid who had been ordered in advance was about to wake up the crown prince and the second prince.

Runrun saw that they shouldn't have slept enough, so he didn't let the palace maid shout. The palace maid was a little embarrassed, although the prince was there to accompany them, but in the end, it was the master who spoke, and if she didn't comply, she was likely to be punished.

If she said that the palace maid was spitting, she said: "If you don't shout, don't shout, I'll take care of what happened." ”

The palace maid should go down.

It didn't take long for the maid next to Duchess Chengguo to call them.

Ruyi and Runrun also went back to Kunning Palace.

The people in Kunning Palace were almost scattered, and Empress Yuan was like an ordinary elder, talking to Ya Jue and Xiuqiong.

Being able to get the care of the mother of a country, Ya Jue and Xiuqiong are naturally flattered, but the girl who was taught by a poet and calligrapher, although she has not experienced such a scene, she can't help but be nervous, but she also advances and retreats to a certain extent, and her words and deeds have their own rules.

Even Empress Yuan did not hesitate to praise her.

The hour was not early, and Mrs. Chengguo did not stay long, and took a few little girls out of the palace together.

When he arrived at the palace gate, he saw a little eunuch running over panting.

Ruyi recognized that the little eunuch was Fushun in the East Palace, and was wondering, Fushun had already run to them and saluted neatly.

Duchess Chengguo called, "Father-in-law is in trouble?" ”

Fushun said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just woke up, saying that he had neglected the two county lords, and ordered the servants to come over and apologize to the two county lords." ”

Ruyi laughed, "It's a trivial matter, the prince's cousin also specially sent someone over, you go back and tell him, we won't take it to heart." ”

Fu Ying, and continued: "Your Royal Highness also said that after the first lunar month, it will be spring, and when the time comes, please ask the lord of Xunyang County to lead the field, the prince said that you were the horse he taught you to ride when you were a child, and I don't know if you have abandoned equestrianism for so long, and he will have to test it when the time comes." ”

Before Runrun could answer, Ruyi had already rushed to speak: "The prince's cousin is also eccentric, why just ask Runrun to go and not take me." ”

Fushun smiled flatteringly, "Your Highness said that you will definitely be present on such a lively occasion, so there is no need to ask for it." ”

Ruyi snorted lightly and turned Strange Runrun with his elbow, "I think he's just eccentric." ”

At the gate of this palace, there are many people coming and going, and Fushun does not specifically avoid people, many people recognize him as a person from the East Palace, and they will unconsciously pay more attention to it. Their conversation was naturally listened to by many people.