On the third day of April, the weather was fine.

This year, there was a cold spring, and the north wind of sleet overnight in mid-March blew the bright yellow glazed tiles of the Forbidden City. Everyone's tone was a little melancholy, worried that this year's flowering period would be late, but I didn't expect that the days of the end of the month would be a horse gun, which would be greatly warmed up.

The sunlight jumped in the center of the eaves beast's eyebrows, and the wide open door of the Yude Palace closed half. The palace maid who added incense at the foot of the steps poured the ashes left over from the previous night into the lacquer box, stood quietly, and faintly heard the careful humming coming from the hall. She turned her gaze and smiled at the people standing under the corridor, and the little eunuch gestured to the hall with a silent gesture, and the other half of the hall door slowly closed.

Living in one place for a long time, even if it is carved beams and paintings, there are times when you get tired of it. This is not only the case with the palace people who serve, but also with the noble masters in the palace.

The warm afternoon light shines through the window, and the blue bricks reflect a brilliant diamond shape, which is a natural stage. Wanwan likes to sing a Kunqu opera behind closed doors at this time, of course, she has to carry her grandmother on her back. didn't sing the lyrics, hummed tactfully according to the drum beat in his memory, covered his face with thick powder, hooked his delicate red lips, and shook his sleeves decently, Shi Shiran looked back and smiled...... At this time, it's not the emperor, it's a girl who dreams of being a girl. It's just that she didn't have an audience, and the two palace maids who assisted in swinging the tail of her skirt kept their eyes down, and she didn't applaud until she finished singing at the end. She was inevitably disappointed, but she was not sad, found the cloud head couch to take a nap, and woke up in the evening. Rubbing his eyes to watch the sunset on the horizon, a swallow flew over, a swoop, catch insects and eat them, right? Court life is boring and boring, and if you don't have fun for yourself, you will have been suffocated for eight hundred years.

She got up, planning to take off this outfit, and went to the mirror to look at her face, but before she fixed her eyes, Xiao You came in from the palace gate and stood in front of the threshold to greet: "Master, the Xifu begonia under the root of our south wall is blooming, don't you go and take a look?" ”

The good news is that she has this habit every year, and the first cluster of flowers should be hung with red silk on the branches, praying that her flowers will bloom better than outside the Wenhua Gate. I found a bundle of hair and took it out, walked quickly to the tree, and looked up, the new stamen that had just been haired was a little weak. She was shorter than Xiao You, and she was barely on tiptoe. The sleeves of the costume were too large, and the hands were raised and smoothly slid to the shoulders, revealing a pair of bare arms.

Xiao You hurriedly pressed her hand down, looked left and right, and whispered: "Carefully fall into people's eyes, so that grandma knows and will scold again." Then he smiled, "The slave and maid will hang it up for the master!" ”

Wanwan said yes, and stood aside with his sleeves folded, the afterglow of the setting sun shining on his face, and his eyes were as bright as stars.

She began to count, one by two...... It has not fallen every year since the age of four, and now it has eleven roots. At the beginning, it was her biological mother Xu Guifei who taught her to clothe the tree in red, Xu Guifei is a southerner, a young lady of the Hanlin family, and there is always a lingering poetry in her bones. She said that the begonia is the eye of the old moon, and she wears flowers on the tree, which can bless her to marry a good horse in the future. Although I didn't know what kind of horse the horse was at that time, my mother's words were always in my heart. Later, Xu Guifei passed away, and whenever she missed her, she came to see the red silk under this begonia tree, and she looked at it for so many years.

"You say...... How much do you save to get married? She turned her head and asked Xiao You, "Is twenty enough?" ”

Xiao You teased her, "Does the master want to get married?" It's not easy! As the old saying goes, the emperor's sister doesn't worry about getting married, and when you see the long-lived lord, you show a little mouth, and you have everything. ”

Her face turned red and she muttered, "The lame tongue is making fun of me......"

Xiao Youwu laughed to herself for a while before she explained: "Don't worry, where can you use twenty roots, in my opinion, it will be a success in another year or two." You are not born to the Queen Mother, you have to be beautiful on the scene, you can't be kept as an old girl! She stroked her chin and thought, "We have to find a famous family in the future, it is enough to be rich, handsome, have a good character, and love your daughter-in-law." ”

Wanwan stretched out a little finger to scratch her scalp, but she retracted it when she came. The issue of marriage is actually full of contradictions. Xu Guifei was only six years old when she died of illness, not because she was afraid that no one would take care of her. But you have to find an adoptive mother and write it in someone's name. Girls have a lot to do, and they have to worry about what they will do in the future. The trivial things in the deep palace are all managed by women, and the emperor of the previous dynasty didn't ask, when her father personally sent her to Kunning Palace, she recognized others as mothers since then.

It's just a pity that it doesn't come out of someone's stomach, it's always a layer apart. How many times, she wants to be close to her cousin, the queen mother is indifferent, and she is also discouraged after a long time. Now I'm afraid that someone will send it out hastily, the princess is expensive, and she has entered someone else's door, but in that case, it's better to be late, and it's better to pick and choose carefully. However, if she doesn't surrender, she has to stay in the Forbidden City forever, there are countless dogmas to restrict, and there are specific rules for every word and deed and even where a petal of orange comes from, she doesn't like this kind of life. It's no wonder that she was born in the wrong place, how good is she if she is a man, she can't go into politics like her buddies, even if she goes out to buy and buy with the gang of celebrants.

Xiao You hung up the treasure belt, she squinted her eyes and looked carefully, the silk was inlaid with gold threads, and she occasionally saw a flash of gold in the afterglow, and then it was gone after a closer look.

Somehow, this evening was particularly quiet, and a few little eunuchs were standing on duty, not like in the past, with spirit, they were all a little wilted.

Thinking about it, the most powerful Jingqi Mama met in the second half of the day, and she hasn't come back yet. Thanks to Mama Li'er's absence, otherwise she would dare to run around with her face painted and wearing a costume, and she would have to scold Xu Guifei alive!

She shrank her neck and walked into the hall, afraid that she would be too late, so she turned around and counted down, talking about her family and country from the needle and thread to the world, which was really sinful. If you want to say who she is most afraid of, it is probably Mama Jingqi. The emperor's family has rules, and they are particularly heavy, and each prince and emperor are assigned to take care of them from birth. There are three types of people in the palace: Jingqi, Shui, and Mama, who are in charge of different errands. Mama is a wet nurse, and her own big child is distressed and easier to speak. The water is in charge of boiling water and laundry, regardless of the rules. Jingqi is amazing, commonly known as seeing mother, as the name suggests, it is good eyes staring at you, you speak loudly, laugh and grin, all within the scope of their preaching. The princes study hard, Yin Zheng has to get up at the second moment, and Mama Jingqi, who can't get up, dares to go on the board. As for the emperor, although she is not suffering from flesh and skin, there are female celebrities in addition to studying, and if there is a slight mistake, she will be punished, and it is also a kind of mental torture.

She walked quickly to the bottom of the porch, and was about to enter the hall with her hands behind her back, when she suddenly paused, "Why haven't you gone up to the window yet?" ”

What is called a window, and at night there is a layer of paper windows outside the glass window, which is a daily routine. There was a careless girl in Yude Palace, and she said: "Back to the master, Young Eunuch Xiao has been here for the second half of the day, and he won't come to check his post at night." ”

Because she is the only princess in the Forbidden City, and after her brother ascended the throne, she became the eldest princess again.

"Young Eunuch Xiao won't come, I'm still here, so I'll leave it?" She snorted, "Go to the window!" ”

She has always been good-tempered, and seeing that she was annoyed this time, several palace people stuck out their tongues and pressed the row of window frames in front of Yude Palace. Wanwan looked at it with a thick face for a long time, and felt that they would not be lazy, so she turned around and entered the hall.

Xiao You fetched water to wash her face, and said while washing: "The emperor has been in arrears for the past two days, won't the master go and take a look?" Last time, you twisted your neck, and Long Live Lord came to visit you for two days in a row! ”

She sighed, "The emperor doesn't know why, he suffered from the cold in the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, and his illness has been delayed to this day. I wanted to go and see it, but the Qianqing Palace was tighter than anywhere else. The queen mother also said that those concubines are coming, let them change their ways to go to the palace every day, long live the mountain of aircraft to be busy, and there is nothing to block him. I know it's not for me, but I need to be informed. After a pause, he pondered carefully, "Yesterday, I heard that I was coughing up blood, and it was the second brother who secretly sued me, I inquired with the factory minister, and he prevaricated me, I'm afraid it's true." I also want to go and see, if I don't know the edict of the Queen Mother to go to Cining Palace, if it is approved, I will go to Qianqing Palace again. ”

Xiao You muttered: "The Queen Mother is really, my brother and sister, and I still avoid the suspicion of this inverted stove!" ”

It's also no way, Daye's dogma is like this, there is a difference between men and women, and when they reach a certain age, they have to talk a few steps apart, so the emperor's family, if you want to, you can't be close.

The next morning, I finished washing, and went to Cining Palace to ask Ann to go. The Queen Mother is the largest Buddha in the Forbidden City, and even the emperor and empress are not exempt from the morning and dusk provinces. Wanwan has always gone early, basically as soon as the Queen Mother ascended to the seat, the Queen Mother was still very satisfied with her.

Regarding the invitation, the daily conversation is almost the same, Wanwan gave the queen mother a blessing, took the tea brought by the palace maid and offered it upward, the queen mother took a sip before letting her sit, she respectfully asked An: "How did the queen mother rest yesterday?" ”

The Queen Mother's eyebrows frowned slightly, "I have been uncomfortable for the past two days, the first half of the night is good, and the second half of the night is not very stable." ”

Wanwan looked up, the Queen Mother was wearing a crane-patterned tuanhua placket, because it was well maintained, people in their forties had almost no traces of old age on their faces. It's just that I may not sleep well, and a faint green shadow has floated under my eyes, which is a little haggard compared to before.

"According to Erchen's knowledge, eighty percent of the qi and blood are exhausted, and the queen mother should take care of her body, and it is good to take some prescriptions to benefit qi in the Tai Hospital." She shyly pressed her hands on her knees, "The queen mother doesn't sleep well, Wanwan is very worried, if the queen mother agrees, Wanwan will give the queen mother a night at night, what does the queen mother want, Wanwan will serve you." ”

The Queen Mother listened to her words, pursed her lips and smiled. This child has always been well-behaved, although he is a little timid, but his heart is sincere. The first emperor's heirs were thin, with only two sons and one daughter in his life, and Emperor Hede, as the only daughter, was very preferential when she was young. It's a pity, I was born with a shallow relationship with my father, if it wasn't for fate, it would be very pitiful.

The Queen Mother said no, "Your body is also weak, and you can't stand such a toss." I've got them in front of me, so you don't have to worry about me. And he asked the princess about what she had eaten this morning, and how she had eaten.

The eunuch beside the princess lowered his hand: "Back to the Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess entered half a bowl of Jiangmi porridge this morning, a milk dumpling, and it was fragrant." ”

The Queen Mother nodded slightly, "The appetite is still a little smaller, and the people below should persuade me more, the master is strong, and it is your blessing." ”

The people who accompanied her were busy kneeling down to receive the order, and Wanwan's heart was also a little settled, secretly thinking that the Queen Mother was in a good mood today, and she turned around and said that she was going to visit the emperor, and she should not be obstructed.

I was thinking in my heart, and I saw the queen leading people in through the south window, she tucked her skirt and stood up, and quietly retreated to the queen mother's seat. There was a eunuch striking the festival at the door, and the queen wearing a red phoenix skirt was like a huge butterfly, leading the concubines to perch on the carpet in front of the throne of Cining Palace.