The autumn wind rises, the yellow leaves are all over the ground, and the frost stains the trees next to the road.

Riding in the dust, he galloped towards Tianxingjing, which was several miles away.

That is the big heart of the Heavenly Luck Country, the first good place in a country.

It's better to arrive early than to arrive at a good time. Fortunately, the gate of the capital city slowly opened, and the knight in dark green clothes held a token in his hand, and casually threw down more than a dozen small and delicate silver plum blossoms, and drove straight into it without the slightest pause.

The few soldiers guarding the door swallowed their saliva, their eyes sparkled, and they crawled towards the silver plum blossoms without waiting to get up, and they instantly coaxed into a ball.

A small soldier was quick-eyed, grabbed a few silver plum blossoms and stuffed them into his chest pocket, craned his neck to look at the smoke and dust raised by the knight when he was far away, and said with emotion: "It's still the generous subordinates of the concubine!" ”

The token held up by the knight was deeply engraved with the word "Yi", which was the entry and exit token of Yikun Palace. By the grace of the Holy Lord, this token can not only enter and exit the Imperial City freely, but also walk in all the counties of the Heavenly Luck Country, and can open any city gate at any time.

A small token, but you can see the grandeur of the saint's love for the concubine Xiao of Yikun Palace! Recently, news came out from the palace that the saint plans to seal the six palaces on New Year's Day, and Concubine Xiao is likely to be promoted to the imperial concubine, and the same deputy queen is approaching the middle palace!

Although Concubine Xiao Guifei is not from a high background, she has a good brother who is good enough to gain a foothold in the top door, that is, Xiao Wenxuan, who was named the Marquis of Fenyang a few years ago. This Hou Ye is quite pragmatic, and he conscientiously takes care of the family business that Concubine Xiao and the Xiao family have accumulated over the years.

A few years have passed, and the wealth of the Hou Mansion of Fenyang is also counted in Beijing, and the shot is even more generous. Concubine Xiao can be like a fish in water in the palace, and she has the financial support of her brother, which is also an important reason. And the Marquis of Fenyang also formed a lot of good karma because of his generosity.

The knight was clearly on an important business, and galloped all the way, even in the middle of the city. But if the people are disturbed by the place where they pass, they will surely scatter a handful of silver plum blossoms to compensate for it. This is also one of the rules of conduct of Yikun Palace and Fenyang Hou Mansion in the past few years.

And then I am dissatisfied with this knight, for the sake of those lovely silver plum blossoms. The people who were disturbed were not so disgusted with this pampered concubine.

The knight rode his horse and galloped, and soon approached the imperial city. Arriving at the walls of the Imperial City, the man stopped and held up the token. He shouted loudly in a hoarse voice: "Yikun Palace is on a mission to return to the palace, open the palace door quickly!" She was a woman, and she should be about twenty years old.

A Royal Guards general came running quickly and saw the knight. He smiled and said: "What a coincidence, that day was the palace where the general sent the girl to listen to the wind, and today it is the girl who listened to the wind that the general greeted." ”

Listening to the wind, he jumped off his horse, handed the token to the bearded general in his thirties to check, and said busily: "It's indeed a coincidence, to the general, listen to the wind and be polite." ”

After saying that, she bowed, and at the same time handed over a silver ticket lightly, and said with a smile: "I have worked hard to the general and all the brothers of the Imperial Forest Army. Now that the weather is getting colder, this is a little bit of our mother's heart, buy a bowl of hot tea for the big guys. ”

Deputy General Xiang didn't look at the token at all, and as soon as he took it, he handed the token back to Tingfeng with both hands, and took the silver ticket of five hundred taels by the way. Yikun Palace has always been generous, not only him, but all the generals on duty have been rewarded by the palace people who go in and out of Yikun Palace.

However, five hundred taels is also a large amount of reward. He was so happy that he ordered his men to open the palace gate. Attentively accompanied the wind to go inside, and said with a smile: "Niangniang's grace, we are unforgettable." Listen to the wind, the girl should hurry back to the palace, so as not to wait for a long time. ”

I don't want any horses. Listening to the wind, he thanked the deputy general, and after entering the palace gate, two little eunuchs carried a small sedan chair and flew over. Listening to the wind, the little eunuchs who were specially trained to carry the sedan chair walked like flying, and used their strength to eat milk and ran wildly to the back and palace.

But it also took nearly half a column of incense to listen to the wind before it reached the palace wall of Yikun Palace. Lift the curtain to see the tall and majestic vermilion gate of Yikun Palace. The two little eunuchs were rewarded for listening to the wind, knelt down with a smile and thanked them, and then happily carried the sedan chair back to the palace gate.

In front of the masters of each palace, there are big palace maids or grandmothers who have a good face. But not all palace maids and mothers in charge can have the right to take a two-person sedan chair in the palace. The little eunuchs have very sharp eyes, the messenger of this Yikun Palace is a top-notch errand, and the old eunuchs who have not taken care of the car and sedan division are not in the queue to be able to go forward on an errand.

At this time, the Yikun Palace has been opened, and it is very lively. The main gate is in and out of the concubines who came to the palace to ask for peace, and the side doors on both sides are the people of Yikun Palace who are in and out on errands.

Empress Xu of the Middle Palace has always been in poor health, so the emperor gave Concubine Xiao the right to assist in the six palaces. Except for the first and fifteenth days of each month, or the festivals of the year, the concubines did not go to greet Queen Xu, so as not to disturb the queen's recuperation.

Since Concubine Xiao is in charge of palace affairs, the concubines naturally have to respect her more. At the beginning, there were only a few low-level little promises Xiao Chang who went to Yikun Palace every day to offer courtesy, but since these little promises Xiao Chang suddenly got the favor and was promoted to the position, there were nobles, concubines and other concubines in and out.

Later, several of the eight concubines also occasionally came to greet the concubines. Now, even among the four concubines, Concubine Shi Shu, who is on the same level as Concubine Xiao, has become a frequent visitor to Yikun Palace.

-- Concubine Shi Shu often saw the emperor, and her grace was a little more than before, and even the eighth princess she produced was often rewarded by the emperor. Tsk tsk.

To say that in the palace after this, except for Queen Xu, who has never been on the gate of Yikun Palace, that is Concubine Lu Xian, who has already made it clear that the carriage and horse are not on good terms with Concubine Xiao. Concubine Lu Xian's family is prominent, the Lu family is a famous old family in Tianxingguo, and the Lu family was a top noble girl when she was in the boudoir, how can she look at the Xiao family from a humble background? What's more, this Xiao clan is still pressed on her head!

After stopping and looking at the palace concubines who entered in an endless stream, he didn't notice anything unusual, and only then did he enter the palace through the left side door. When Xiao Chunzi, the little eunuch guarding the side door, saw her coming back, she stepped forward and saluted diligently: "Sister Tingfeng, you are back!" Niangniang sends people three times a day to ask, but I look forward to you! ”

Listening to the wind, he threw two silver plum blossoms to Xiao Chunzi, and scolded with a smile: "Little monkey spirit, your mouth is sweet." Go and send a letter to Grandpa Xie! ”

Xiao Chunzi smiled, caught the silver plum blossom, responded crisply, turned around and ran towards the main hall of Yikun Palace. Listening to the wind, he rushed back to the capital from Yunhang Mansion, and stayed overnight all the way, and he was very tired. But she hurried back to her bedroom in the apse, changed into a clean palace dress, and hurried to the main hall. (To be continued.) )