(82) The first to enter the attic
Passing through the Imperial Garden, although it is winter, the open-air garden is full of different varieties of cold-resistant plum blossoms, hostas, daylilies, hollyhocks, and narcissus. Reflecting the sunny sky after the snow, it is cold and vibrant. It's a pity that the concubines in the harem, in the winter, for maintenance, have nothing important, and they usually don't go out. If you want to be elegant or attract the emperor's attention, you should go to the plum garden next to Taiye Lake, or the Four Seasons Begonia Garden not far from the front of the Eight Eyes Bridge. The Imperial Garden is beautiful, but it is too deserted in winter.
A few steps ahead, is the greenhouse, which is full of flowers and potted plants that the concubines usually place in their palaces, what flowers do the mothers in the palace want to place, what flowers are planted in the greenhouse, a pot of flowers has to be carefully cultivated by the florist for several days, but the ladies have a temper tantrum and fall, or they are in a bad mood and are tired of looking good, and they will immediately change the pot with a new one, and the precious flowers and trees placed in the first place, if you are lucky, you will return to the greenhouse to accompany the gardener, and if you are unlucky, you will be thrown away by those palace people who find a place at will.
The greenhouse is even less interesting, and there are several glass greenhouses in the lead, which seems to be built by a princess in the palace. The princess is also very favored, now the calendar can already fire their own glass products, but the output is not much, although the glass is not rare, but it is not ordinary people can afford to use, and at that time the glass, the calendar has no firing technology, are all by foreign shipping, under that condition, the princess can also build a few glass flower houses, it can be seen that it is favored in the emperor's heart.
These glass flower houses, which are planted with some delicate and precious flowers and trees, such as the first flower house is full of rare orchids, Suxin Dinghe, Song Jin Xuanmei, Yongfeng Plum・・・・・・ which should be blooming in the mountains and wilderness, are lonely and self-cleaning flowers and plants, but they are forced to be hooped between square inches for people to play. In addition to orchids, there are also peony rooms, camellia rooms, rare flower rooms, etc., these glass flower rooms, Song Mier went to once when she was a child, and she didn't understand what to see in the house where those flowers and trees were held together and could be seen at a glance. Even if the house is built according to the growth environment and temperament of those flowers and trees, the landscape, the hills, and the ethereal water plain, but what's the point, the fake is the fake, the ambition and freedom are locked outside the glass flower room, leaving only the torso that is pitifully played with by others, and the wood stays in place in a daze.
Except for Song Mier's wonders, most women love these flowers and trees very much. The glass flower room is like spring all year round, the summer is hot, the winter is cold, the ladies in the palace can be happy to enjoy the play in the glass flower room, the ladies outside are very envious, if you can be invited to the glass flower room to participate in a palace flower banquet, it is a great honor.
But how many people here really love those flowers and trees? If you really love those flowers, you will not want to let them become soulless exhibits for people to visit and play. What they like about these ladies and ladies is the pride of being able to play freely in such a large glass flower room. The flowers and trees in it are just their beautiful foils, but they are just embellishments and excuses for their fun. Appreciating flowers and flowers, which time did the concubines in the harem not appreciate themselves, but not the picking of His Majesty? Which time did the noble ladies who came from outside by order not for more glory and status, who really cared about those flowers and trees?
Song Mier couldn't help but sigh leisurely, although he thought so, but as soon as this harsh winter passed and spring began, he was no longer willing to join this flower-viewing army. Not only to participate, but also to prepare for the invitation. This glass flower room is the highlight of the past years, even if you don't want to go in, you have to go.
The banquet in the palace, the spring and bright flowers whisk the willows, the summer dry flow of the winding water, the autumn harvest fruit hunting, the winter Tibetan wine Lantern Festival, all year round, the four seasons have a banquet, the banquet must be different, not only to take care of the hobbies of the majority, but also to consider the characteristics of the minority. suffered a loss at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Song Mier specially asked the Queen Mother and Aunt Shujie about the palace banquet under the education of Shujie, and when he was a child, he only cared about participating in the banquet to play and play, and he didn't know that he was so exquisite. In some cases, if you want to invite the clan and courtiers and their families, you have to find out whether only the ladies are invited or if all the family members are here. For example, if you only invite a girl, it depends on whether it is an alternative blind date banquet for her marriage or entering the palace, or just a poetry meeting to show her talent, the theme is different, the invited girls are different, the seating order is different, and the location of the banquet and the scene are also different.
There are so many things, Aunt Shujie actually gave herself a full seven days before she finished speaking. Song Mier felt a lot of pressure, this queen is not easy to be, it is better to be a favorite concubine, just use the queen to please the emperor all day long, where do you have to worry about these trivial things all day long. It's no wonder that when I saw my mother and queen when I was still the queen before, most of the time I pursed my lips and looked strict, and at that time I thought I had to do the convincing majesty in front of people, but now I know that I was forced by palace affairs, and I was under a lot of pressure, so I naturally couldn't laugh. If the emperor is like that, the concubines are domineering, and the belly and back are under the enemy, who can be happy? I don't know what those concubines think, jumping up and down desperately to be this queen!
Song Mier was full of slander, but his face was expressionless outside, and he couldn't see any movement. Walking calmly in front, An Jin followed behind, and was very uneasy. I don't know why His Majesty invited Niangniang.
Since he came back on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, in front of His Majesty and Niangniang, he had to report that Rou Guiji was pregnant, and An Jin felt that there was something strange between His Majesty and Niangniang. If you want to say that Niangniang is jealous because Rou Guiji is pregnant, but Niangniang's good to Rou Guiji is the conscience of heaven and earth, everyone can see it, I'm afraid that Niangniang herself is pregnant, Niangniang is like this, Majesty Xià should be happy, why every time His Majesty hears that he reported to Rou Guiji what privileges he gave Rou Guiji, what rewards he sent, the brows wrinkled more and more tightly, the atmosphere in the imperial study became colder and colder, and he really couldn't help it, for Niangniang, I had the courage to ask why I was angry, but when I was asked by myself, I suddenly showed a dazed look, and I was so frightened that I immediately knelt on the ground, and my whole old face was stuck on the carpet, pretending that I didn't see anything. But if you say that Your Majesty is really angry with Niangniang, first, you don't know why Your Majesty is angry, and second, if you say that Your Majesty is angry, you haven't seen what Your Majesty did to Niangniang.
An Jin felt that he was getting more and more incomprehensible. Could it be that His Majesty has feelings for Niangniang? An Jin was so happy by his guess that he almost jumped, but after thinking about it, it was not right, if His Majesty liked Niangniang, how could he go to the palace of other concubines? Didn't the book say everything, if the emperor really loved someone, the three thousand favors would be one, and other women would not look at it. Isn't there an example of an emperor who scattered his harem for his favorite concubines in the Great Calendar? But if His Majesty doesn't like Niangniang, and criticizes and criticizes all day long, he has to let himself report what Niangniang has done all day, and why? Your Majesty, your secret guard doesn't say three thousand, but also three hundred, why should you listen to the minion. How does the slave know what Niangniang has done in the palace? What the slave knows is what Niangniang did for Rou Guiji every day, say this to you, you don't like to hear it! Your Majesty, you really don't want to toss the old slave anymore!
An Jin looked up to the sky and shed lasagna tears.
Things between men and women, eunuchs really don't understand! Even if I read the script, I still don't understand!
Crossing the glass flower house, and then walking north, the winding path leads to the secluded place, and a small stream suddenly appears. On this winter day, a layer of ice has been condensed on the top of the stream, probably because of the lush flowers and plants around or something else, the ice is not thick, and the fish can be seen faintly moving, echoing the rugged mountains and rocks not far away, reflecting the cold-resistant flowers and trees on the shore, but it has a special feeling. As if sensing someone passing by, the swimming fish hit the shallow ice as if they were begging for food.
"It's funny, you can bake it and eat it by chiseling the ice."
Song Mier stroked his chin with interest.
An Jin: Σ(°□°|||) ━━!!! Mother, don't you want to be so cruel! Aquarium fish should also be eaten?!!!
An Jin silently looked at the stupid fish under the water of the stream・・・・・・ if His Majesty knew, would he cry because he had worked so hard to fatten the fish?
Cross the creek and cross the rocky rocks. Song Mier's eyes lit up, this is the bamboo forest.
Today's sky is not clear, close to dusk, has been a little dark, turn around the mountains and rocks to see this piece of lush and tall bamboo forest, but it makes people feel a little relaxed.
Looking from the outside, I can't see any mystery in this bamboo forest. Song Mier didn't understand the Five Elements Bagua Array, and he didn't want to try what would happen if he went to a place where he shouldn't have gone and broke into the murderous array, so he stopped on the edge of the bamboo forest, tilted his head and glanced at An Jin, and motioned for him to take the lead.
An Jin hurriedly made a respectful gesture, and seeing the queen's mother's smiling expression, he consciously prepared something, "Niangniang, you are still the first one to come in!" "Usually those concubines who want to break in, we don't welcome them, only the queen can come in!" "I don't know which master your majesty is looking for in this formation, if the concubine enters by mistake, she just can't go in, no matter how she goes, she will go around, but if she is a person with bad intentions, if she deliberately destroys the formation or the fierce atmosphere is too heavy, maybe she won't be able to come out alive!" "Niangniang, look at this formation, the old slave will tell you the mantra for entering the formation・・・・・・" all swallowed silently into his stomach. Leaning sideways, he lowered his head and led Song Mier in.