"Ning'er, do I have to wear this?" I looked helplessly at the wig cover in Ning'er's hand and sighed.

"Young lady, you can't be rude when you enter the palace to face the saint, this is the dress prescribed by Mrs. Yipin." Ning'er frowned when she saw me and smiled. Xin'er put the wig on my head, and with my real hair, gathered it back, divided into several unequal strands, and turned it over to form a complex bun of flowers.

Then I put on makeup, grease and powder, painted eyebrows, eyebrows, and lips, and Ning'er pasted a small plum blossom-shaped gold and platinum to the center of my eyebrows. I had no choice but to let them fiddle with it, and with such a heavy wig on my head, I felt that it was difficult to even turn my head. After putting on makeup, Ning'er opened the brocade box on the dresser, and when I saw it, I sighed again: "If these things are added, my neck won't be crushed, right?" ”

Ning Er pursed her lips and smiled: "The young lady is really good at laughing, these things will only make you more beautiful." As he spoke, he picked up a brocade hibiscus as thin as a cicada's wings and pinned it behind the bun. Xin'er around the top of the head of the bun, I inserted eight gilded butterfly hairpins, in front of a gilded flower hairpin comb, the comb embedded with red garnet, twelve gemstone buckles around the flower hairpin comb buckled, and finally on both sides of the bun hung two butterfly hairpins on each side, hanging a long gold wire and jade pieces made of folded branch flower charm, this complicated headdress was finally finished.

got up, stiffened his neck, asked Ning'er and Xin'er to change my clothes, and changed me into a rainbow skirt with clouds and brocade. Like a wooden doll, I let them tie me high under my armpits, tie ribbons, and finally drape a shawl with a hibiscus motif cut from a thin leno on my shoulders and coil it between my arms. The costume of this saint was finally completed, and it took a total of two full hours before and after.

Ning'er and Xin'er looked at me after dressing up, and said with a smile: "Young lady, you are so beautiful." ”

I raised my eyebrows, I knew what I looked like, and when I looked in the mirror, I was taken aback. Is that flowery beauty in the mirror really me? It turns out that it is really a person who wants clothes, and a Buddha who wants a gold dress, and three points of appearance plus seven points of dress, can also be disguised as a beauty.

When Yun Zheng saw me, his eyes lit up, and he smiled and took my hand lightly: "It's so beautiful." ”

After receiving his praise, I smiled and squinted, my heart was sweet, and I suddenly felt that these two hours had not been wasted. He is wearing a round-necked narrow-sleeved purple robe today, and a sara on his head, which is also a very formal attire. I chuckled: "It's better for men to be lighter, I've suffered two hours of sins to make it like this, and as soon as you change your clothes and put on your crown, it's over." ”

Yun Zheng smiled and led me to the carriage. The car slowly walked towards the palace, passed through the pilgrimage court, arrived at the palace gate, and the car drove straight into the palace, I was surprised: "How can the car drive into the palace?" ”

Yun Zheng smiled slightly: "The Yun family has the special permission of the first emperor and can drive into the palace." ”

The carriage traveled for a while, stopped, Yun Zheng and I got out of the car, and there were two small sedan chairs waiting outside. I got on the sedan chair and walked for a while, got off the sedan chair, and saw a large hall, towering above the jade steps, I was stunned and clenched Yun Zheng's hand: "How can you be sealed to the main hall?" "I thought it would be just a casual decree and a gold seal or something, but I didn't expect it to be so formal.

"This is the Qilan Palace, where the Son of Heaven and the Confidential Minister discuss politics. The pilgrimage hall is the main hall for dealing with the government in the early dynasty, and the queen is enshrined in the pilgrimage temple to accept the visit of civil and military officials. The four concubines and the courtiers are all in the Qilan Palace, and there is no need for courtiers to watch the ceremony. Yun Zheng smiled and took my hand, step by step up the stone steps, the closer I got to the hall, I inexplicably began to feel a little nervous, my palms were sweating, Yun Zheng noticed it, turned his head and smiled softly at me, and clenched my hand hard.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, the father-in-law at the door shouted in a long voice: "The prince of Yongle Hou and Mrs. Ronghua face the saint!" ”

I wanted to withdraw my hand, go to this hall, and hold hands with Yun Zheng again, it would be rude, but Yun Zheng held it tightly and didn't let me break free. Entering the hall, I lowered my eyelashes, and felt several eyes from the hall fall on me, one of them, from the middle of the hall, high above the jade steps, I bit my lower lip, and followed Yun Zheng to the middle of the hall, Yun Zheng let go of my hand, knelt on the ground and saluted, I followed him to kneel down.

"Chen Yongle Hou Shizi Yun Zheng see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

"Concubine Yun's Ye Haihua see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

The hall was silent, no one spoke, the man on the jade steps did not speak, and we could not get up, still kneeling on the ground. After a while, I only heard a lazy voice from the main hall: "Flat!" ”

I stood up with Yun Zheng, lowered my eyelashes, and didn't look around. I only heard the person in the palace say lazily: "Yun Aiqing, is this your newlywed wife?" ”

"Back to the emperor, yes." Yun Zheng's tone was calm.

The man in the palace smiled: "Raise your face and let me see!" ”

I took a breath and slowly lifted my eyelashes. There were palace maids, eunuchs, and a few courtiers in official uniforms in the main hall, and I only knew one, the hussar general. He looked at me, bowing slightly. My lips hooked slightly, and my eyes fell on the man sitting on the dragon chair at the top of the jade steps, with a bright yellow dragon robe, a dazzling crown, and a noble and Qinghua face under the crown. Yu Gongzi, no, maybe he should be called Jun Beiyu, the monarch of the Tiancao Kingdom. Yu Gongzi is the man who touched my heart and broke my heart, not the emperor in front of me. The strings that have been tight since I stepped into the Qilan Hall have been tightened, and at the moment I saw him, I was strangely relaxed, and there was no trace of turmoil in my heart, so I knew that I had really let go. Meeting his eyes, a strange light seemed to flash in his eyes, he narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his lips hooked: "Sure enough, it is Tianxiang and the country, and it is worthy of the title of Mrs. Ronghua given to you." ”

I sighed in my heart and knelt down again: "The emperor's grace is mighty, and the concubines thank the emperor for their gifts." ”

"Decree!" The emperor said lightly. The eunuch came out with the holy decree in his hand, and read it with a bite of the text, to the effect that Ye Haihua, the wife of Yun Zheng, the son of the Marquis of Yongle, has outstanding virtue and the emperor's grace, and she was given the title of Mrs. Ronghua, and the seal is as good as her husband. I knelt upright, listening to the eunuch read the incomprehensible Chinese text, and finally waited for him to finish reading: "Mrs. Ronghua received the order and thanked him!" ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" I had to kowtow again to thank him, and then I heard the emperor say: "Lady Ronghua is crowned with a gold seal." ”

The crown is actually a flower crown, the phoenix crown is only qualified to be worn by the inner woman, the wife and mother of the officials and courtiers are entitled, all are external women, and the crown can not be decorated with dragons and phoenixes, but can only be decorated with flowers. The crown brocade is the official dress of the foreign wife when she participates in various ceremonies such as the festival of the court, and in addition, there is also a ribbon with the same specifications as her husband.

Thanking him again, I finally heard the emperor say "flat". I quickly stood up and handed the things in my hand to the palace maid on the side to hold it, and then I heard the eunuch announce in a sharp voice: "Mrs. Ronghua has been going to the master of ceremonies of the Zongshi Mansion to receive etiquette training for half a month after receiving the title. ”

I was stunned, and turned my head to look at Yun Zheng, a little frightened. Etiquette training for the inner court of the wife, isn't that the treatment that only the inner wife and the princess and princess "enjoy"? When will I, a little lady of Ronghua, also undergo such training? Although it is only half a month, not the three months stipulated in the "Gong Yi", it violates the "Gong Yi" and has no source. Yun Zheng was obviously also stunned: "Your Majesty ......"

"Yun Aiqing, Mrs. Ronghua was born in the people, it is necessary to learn some court etiquette, so as not to be rude in the future." The emperor's tone was irrefutable, and he immediately changed the topic, "This time in Beijing, Yun Aiqing has a smooth journey?" ”

It's really hard to argue with what he said. Yun Zheng glanced at me, there was comfort in his eyes, and I suppressed my panic. Yun Zheng looked at the emperor: "Back to the emperor, the journey went smoothly, and the minister brought a few gifts to the emperor." ”

"Oh?" The Emperor smiled, "What new gadgets did you bring with you?" ”

The eunuch brought the things we brought to the temple, and Yun Zheng opened the first box, took out a mirror tightly wrapped in mulberry silk, and handed it to the eunuch to present. A look of surprise flashed in the eunuch's eyes, and the emperor was also stunned when he saw the mirror, and said with a smile: "What kind of material is this mirror made of, so that it can illuminate people so delicately?" ”

It was a glass mirror, and I asked Grandpa Fu to make a flat glass, with silver on the back and red paint, and after countless experiments, it was a mirror that was unique in this time and space. The mirror is then embedded in the gold base and decorated with precious stones, which is extremely precious.

"Back to the emperor, this mirror is called the glass mirror, which is taken from rare ores, and is obtained by practicing by the fire and high temperature, the advantage of this mirror is that the image reflected is clear as seeing a real person, but the disadvantage is that it is fragile and easily damaged by external forces." Yun Zheng briefly explained. The emperor glanced at him and said with a smile: "You invented this thing?" ”

"It's not. It was the courtier's wife who came up with it. Yun Zheng smiled.

"Oh?" The emperor turned his eyes to look at me, and a look of unknown meaning flashed in his eyes, "Mrs. Ronghua is really intelligent." ”

"The emperor has won an award, this glass was actually invented by an old man in Cangdu, and the concubine only occasionally found that the silver plating and lacquering on the back can be used as a mirror, so she tried to make one side, but she really didn't dare to take credit." I was calm.

"Why did Madame Ronghua give me this mirror?" The emperor put down the mirror and said seemingly casually. But my heart is tight, this person is still like this, I have to think twice about everything, and turn a few times. It's just a mirror, everything that doesn't exist in this time and space is a precious thing, of course it has to be used to please the emperor, where do I have so many ideas? Yun Zheng frowned and glanced at me, and just as he wanted to speak, I hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty, the so-called 'copper as a mirror, but you can be dressed; With the ancient as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; Take people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses'. The Yun family has been loyal and good in the past dynasties, and the concubines are deeply gracious, and the concubines marry into the Yun family, and they also know that they must be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and cherish the concubines and concubines. ”

This sycophant can be regarded as a statement, we are loyal to you, you think too much. When everyone in the palace heard my words, their expressions were different, and the emperor laughed lightly: "With copper as a mirror, you can be dressed properly; With the ancient as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses. Mrs. Ronghua, what a wonderful theory. ”

I hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the concubine and his wife have two gifts for the emperor." ”

"Bring it in!" The emperor lazily said. I smiled: "Your Majesty, this second gift is better than being presented in the palace to see it clearly." "I took out a brocade from the second mirror case, asked the maid to pull it open, spread it out over the main hall, and spread it out to a width of five meters. When the emperor saw the pattern embroidered on the huge brocade, he was shocked, and he actually stood up from the dragon chair: "This is ......"

"Back to the emperor, this is the territory of our Tiancao Kingdom." Yun Zheng smiled slightly, "From the state capital and county, down to the county and villages, every mountain peak and every river can find a source on this map." The emperor has the world in mind, and this picture is the emperor's splendid rivers and mountains. ”

"Good!" The emperor's expression was a little excited, and he walked down the jade steps quickly, standing in front of the map, his eyes shining. I laughed secretly in my heart, this trick was learned from TV, I think that Emperor Kangxi was such a powerful person, and I was so excited to see a whole map of China that I burst into tears, since you all claim to be sages and sages, of course you have to give gifts to your liking.

He stood in front of this map of the Tiancao Kingdom for a long time, his expression changed from excitement to gradually calm, he didn't know what he was thinking, after a while, he raised his head and said to the eunuch on the side: "Put it away." After finishing speaking, he turned around and sat back on the dragon chair, and smiled at Yun Zheng: "The good gift from Yun Aiqing makes me curious, what is this third gift." ”

Yun Zheng smiled faintly, took out a notebook from his arms, and handed it to the eunuch on the side: "The third gift of the minister is a notebook. ”

The emperor's eyes flashed, he took the book from the eunuch's hand, and after reading it, he said with an unpredictable expression: "You want the imperial court to take back the mining rights of the Yun family's iron ore?" As soon as these words came out, I noticed that several courtiers in the palace were shocked.

"Yes." Yun Zheng nodded.

"Why?" The emperor said lightly.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the Emperor has received the twists and turns, the minister has no talent, and the mine under his management has suffered such an accident, and he has failed the emperor's trust, and it is difficult to escape the blame, please ask the emperor to take back the mining rights and choose another talent to manage." Yun Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Another talent?" The emperor's lips brought a hint of intriguing smile, and he looked at Yun Zheng quietly for a long time before lazily picking up a book on the case and handing it to the eunuch on the side: "I also have a book here, I want to show it to Yun Aiqing." ”

Yun Zheng opened the recital, and after reading it, his face sank slightly, and he knelt on the ground, I was startled, and quickly knelt on the ground. The emperor's voice couldn't hear joy and anger: "Yun Aiqing, this excerpt is not managed by your Yun family, so if a serious mining disaster occurs, and the rescue is not organized in time after the incident, so that many miners die innocently, causing riots and delaying the mining class, what do you say?" ”

The atmosphere in the hall was suddenly solemn as cold as a number, and the temperature dropped to freezing, which made people seem to be out of breath.

——2007、1、2

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