Chapter 52: The Palace Concubine
When Lin Yan woke up in the morning, she looked at the top of the tent in a daze with her eyes open.
The gauze tent is embroidered with the pattern of the Luan Phoenix bird, and the Luan Phoenix and the Phoenix Bird are intertwining. This is an excellent idea, symbolizing the harmony of the emperor and the queen and the reproduction of children.
The emperor opened his eyes, saw her in a daze, and asked, "What's wrong?" β
Lin Yan shook her head and said, "It's just that I just woke up, and the concubine thought that this was the concubine's house in the Wuguo Mansion, and when I saw the emperor lying next to her, I remembered that the concubine was already married." β
The emperor lifted the quilt and sat up from the bed, and said to her softly: "The palace will be your home in the future." β
Lin Yan sat up and looked at the emperor with bright eyes: "Yes, the palace is the home of the concubines." β
Here is her husband, and she will give birth to her child here, and then this will be her burial place. And the Mansion of Wuguo has become her maiden home.
The Emperor smiled at the corners of his mouth, then touched her hair.
"Get up, there's still a lot to do today." The Emperor said.
Shang Gong, the eunuch outside the dormitory, heard about a movement, and there were three unhurried knocks on the door.
The emperor said, "Come in." β
Then the door of the dormitory was opened with a creak, and Gonggong Wan and Mu Qing took the lead, followed by Shang Gong, the palace maid, and the female official who recorded the emperor's living notes and the Tong envoy who recorded the history of Tong.
A group of people in Haohao soup entered in an orderly manner.
Mu Qing opened the curtain and waited for the emperor and Lin Yan to get up.
The Shang Palace and the palace maids were divided into two groups, serving the emperor and queen to wear shoes, wash and dress respectively.
Shang Yu checked on the phoenix bed, looked at the white and flawless Yuanpa, and glanced at the envoy Tong.
Shang Yu remained silent, put Yuanpa into the box, and then quietly called Wan Gonggong over when he was free, opened the box, and asked Wan Gonggong: "Father-in-law, how do you think this Tong history should be remembered?" β
Grandpa Wan only had to glance at the box to know what was going on.
Gonggong Wan frowned slightly, but soon returned to normal, and said to Shang Yu: "Aunt Li, you have been serving in the palace for so many years, do you still want me to teach you how to do things?" "I want to leave.
Shang Yu grabbed him and continued to ask, "What does my father-in-law mean?" β
Gonggong Wan glared at her, gestured in the direction of the emperor, and then slapped Shang Yu's hand away, and hurriedly walked to the emperor's side.
Shang Yu glanced in the direction of the emperor, and at this time the emperor was smiling and didn't know what to say to the queen, and the queen's face was slightly red and smiling.
Shang Yu settled down and said to Tong: "Remember." β
Tong made two strokes in the history of Tong.
The emperor's wedding and this day are not over.
The bride of the folk has to visit her aunt and serve tea to her in-laws on the second day, while in the royal family, the queen has to go to the queen mother on the second day of the emperor's wedding.
In view of the fact that the Empress Dowager had died in the second year of the emperor's accession to the throne, Lin Yan only had to kowtow three times to the Empress Dowager's throne in Cikun Palace.
Then the emperor and queen will enter the Taimiao to enter the incense, enter the ancestors of the high temple of the first hall, and then the emperor and queen will accept the congratulations of the ministers in the Taihe Palace, and then the queen will return to the Changkun Palace to meet the internal and external women, and the emperor will meet the ministers in the Qiankun Palace and give a banquet to the ministers.
When Lin Yan sued the temple and was congratulated by the ministers, she wore a large gown, and the costumes were cumbersome and heavy.
Lin Yan returned to Changkun Palace, first changed out of her robe, changed into a light shirt, and then rushed to the main hall of Changkun Palace.
The inner and outer women have arrived, and the main hall is orderly and silent.
The top phoenix seat is empty, standing there majestically, as if it was born to be looked up to.
On both sides of the phoenix throne are the palace concubines who are the inner women. The emperor's harem is not much, and there are less than twenty people on two fingers. But Lin Yan didn't see Wu Guifei among these people.
On both sides of the lower head are the princesses and princesses of the royal family, Lin Yan saw her aunt Princess Qinghe among these people, and she was full of pride and pride at this time.
On the two sides further down are the subordinate wives headed by the Lin family and the Wu family's daughters. Lin Yan saw the Li family and saw the Qi family, but to her disappointment, she didn't see the Zhuang family.
Seeing Lin Yan come out, all kinds of eyes in the main hall converged in her direction.
Lin Yan walked up to the phoenix seat step by step, and the eunuch sang: "The queen mother ascends to the throne." Then Lin Yan sat down.
Headed by Concubine Cui Xian, she led the women from inside and outside to the ranks, and the eunuchs sang "kneel", and then Concubine Cui Xian led everyone to kneel down and said: "Meet the queen mother, the mother is a thousand years old." β
If Wu Guifei is here, it should be Wu Guifei who leads everyone to kneel and worship the new queen. And Wu Guifei was not there, and the leader became Concubine Cui Xian.
The eunuch sang again: "Get up." β
And so the multitude arose.
The eunuch sang again: "Kneel." β
And they knelt again.
In this way, the ritual of bowing down to the new is completed.
Lin Yan glanced at the inner and outer women in the main hall, and finally set her eyes on the palace concubines closest to herβthese were the people she would mainly deal with in the future.
She wasn't a stranger to these people.
Concubine Cui Xian, who gave birth to the third prince, is also an old person in the palace, with a round face and a wide forehead, at this time she is wearing a large-sleeved shirt embroidered with a harrier, and her appearance is not very outstanding in the harem, but she looks amiable in her face.
And in fact, she is indeed a very amiable person, at least on the outside. At the beginning of the palace, unlike Concubine Wu Guifei, who didn't like her in everything, Concubine Cui Xian was very polite to her, a guest in the palace.
Hu Zhaorong, who gave birth to the only princess of the emperor so far, was accepted by the emperor after he ascended the throne, Lin Yan remembered that at the winter solstice palace banquet last year, she spoke for her in front of Wu Guifei, and she remembered her love, so her impression was not bad.
Hu Zhaorong is a very beautiful beauty, with a goose egg face, willow eyebrows, a shallow smile on her face, and the golden steps on her high bun are flashing and flashing, which makes her also radiant. Perhaps finding that Lin Yan was looking at her, Hu Zhaorong smiled respectfully at Lin Yan.
If you say that among the palace concubines, the only one who can be regarded as a stranger is He Baolin, who has just given birth to the fourth prince. It was a beautiful woman, with a melon seed face, delicate eyebrows and eyes, and willow leaves to support her waist. In terms of appearance, she can even be comparable to Hu Zhaorong. At this time, she hung her head, revealing a delicate neck.
Lin Yan thought, as a palace maid, she fought her way out of the harem and gave birth to the four princes, even if there was an element of Wu Guifei's protection, but this He Baolin's own ability should not be underestimated.
The rest are two or three childless, unfavored and familyless concubines, and Lin Yan doesn't care much.
Lin Yan looked at them and asked with a light smile: "Can this palace ask, where did Wu Guifei go?" β
Concubine Cui Xian and Hu Zhaorong glanced at each other, and then both looked at He Baolin.
He Baolin stood up and said in a low voice: "Hui Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang is sick." β
Lin Yan smiled "oh" and asked softly, "What disease?" β
He Baolin said: "The slave maid doesn't know, I'm afraid I have to ask the imperial doctor to know." β
Lin Yan nodded, didn't say more, smiled lightly again, and put her eyes back on the inner and outer women.