Chapter 19: Enter the Palace
On the afternoon of that day, An Ruozhi picked up his biological mother and arranged his mother in Shou'an Hall, since then there has been an old lady in the An family, An Ruozhi and his biological mother have been chatting all afternoon, and the girl who is guarding outside can still hear faint sobs from time to time.
The only time Angel saw her father crying was on the night of her mother's death, he was alone in front of the mourning hall crying silently, and he finally stopped all the crying before dawn, and completely became the most slippery old fox in the court.
"Miss, get up, I can't sleep anymore!" Bing'er, who has always been the most popular with her, broke into Angel's room in a hurry at this moment.
Angel sat up from the bed, it was still dark outside, there was no light, Angel fell down tired again, and said in a daze, "What will I talk about tomorrow, the sky is not yet dawn!" ”
Bing'er really wanted to cry without tears, took a cold wet towel, and wiped her little face for Angel, "Little master, this is the second day, you should get up." ”
Angel waved her hand irritably, shivered deeply by the cold towel, threw the towel in the copper basin on the side casually, and sat up suddenly. It's not dawn yet, what time is it!? If there is no fire in the house, remember to wake me up at three o'clock in the morning. ”
"No, little master, it's already two o'clock now, today is the day you enter the palace, Ning Cai and Lan Cai have already done it, and they are dressing up in the courtyard!" Bing'er was almost half-dragged and half-dragged before she finally dug Angel out of bed.
After Angel heard this, her brain exploded completely, but isn't it, today is the day she enters the palace, the rules of the Yu Kingdom are that all the selected masters must enter the palace before the hour, and they will rest in the palace in the afternoon, and only when they go to the time (between five and seven o'clock in the afternoon) will they go to the queen-level palace nobles to say goodbye.
Angel rushed to the mirror, picked up the comb of the wooden tree, and took care of her hair, it was a mess, there should be no more nervous than her in the world, and on the day she entered the palace, she could still sleep at home, it was really terrible!
"Bing'er quickly find out my orange palace clothes, let Shuang'er come and comb my hair, my dowry was already in the warehouse last night, let Xue'er take a look, so as not to be confused with something, or put something that shouldn't be put in, let Lan'er prepare some snacks, we eat when we are on the way, the palace will not prepare breakfast for us."
"No!"
"No!"
"No!"
"No!"
The four maids who were named spread out spread their feet and were busy in the courtyard, Angel was almost multitasking, the whole person was about to turn over, and scolded the rules and the emperor thousands of times in her heart.
Half an hour later, Angel finally prepared everything, dressed in an orange palace dress sprinkled with fashionable jasmine flowers, combed a pendant bun, inserted two light orange butterfly hairpins on one side, put on a pair of orange pearl tassel earrings, and went to the hall to kowtow goodbye to her parents.
When Angel arrived in the hall, An Lin'er and An Meng'er were already waiting in the front hall, both of them gave up the girl's headdress, combed up the double-edged bun and the double knife bun, and put on the jade earrings with a blessing melon and jade pendant, and An Meng'er wore a red agate earrings with a shining sun and moon.
Angel made a small salute to everyone in the living room, and then kowtowed to the first three people in a proper manner, "Qi'er can no longer be filial to her grandmother, father, and mother, and I hope that the three of you will take care of yourself, and your nurturing daughter will come to repay the reward." ”
Mrs. An pulled Angel up distressedly, this is one of her most beloved granddaughters, and she is finally qualified to listen to her call herself a grandmother, but she did not enjoy the joy of family, this child is already a royal person, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Child, grandmother has nothing to help you, but if you need anything, you must send someone to tell grandmother, this has always been your home." ”
Angel bit her lip and nodded, and after saying goodbye to An Ruozhi and Nalan June one by one, she walked out of the An family's mansion with two maids, and there were already three small sedan chairs in Tsing Yi of the same style parked at the door, Angel took a deep breath and sat in without looking back, her other life is about to start here.
The sedan chair walked for a long time, and only stopped when the sky was numb, Angel was carefully helped off the sedan chair by Mama Jin, and the eunuch on the side picked up the sedan chain for Angel.
"The little lord has arrived!" The sound of Mama Jin sounded next to her ears, as well as the dew sound of cicadas.
Facing the towering walls all around, Angel was a little confused, next to him was a small door, Shangshu Shunzhen Gate, Angel knew that she also entered from here last time, but the time was too hasty, and she didn't have time to take a good look at this place, which was the place that decided her fate.
An Meng'er and An Lin'er also got off the sedan chair one after another and stopped at the door of Shunzhenmen, obviously not relieving themselves mentally, and their expressions were still a little sad.
An Meng'er shook her veil, "This is the side gate of Shunzhen Gate, how did we come to this place?" ”
The little eunuch on the side hurriedly knelt down, "Little master Rongyu, this is the side door of Shunzhen Gate, except for the Queen Mother and His Majesty Xià who all entered through the Taiji Gate, any other master entered through the side door of Shunzhen Gate." ”
This also means that the royal concubine is the queen's child, but whoever comes in Shunzhenmen is a concubine, even that Fu Guifei is no exception.
Angel pulled An Lin'er's sleeve in the back, glanced at An Meng'er beside her, and asked An Lin'er to solve this troublesome character, the highest of the three of them is a nobleman, An Meng'er was named Lan Cairen, not even the master of **, so he thought about entering from the main gate, this doesn't seem to be a problem with the lack of a string in his brain, but a pure idiot.
An Lin'er didn't want to be dragged down by this sister and cause any unnecessary trouble, "Sister, let's go in quickly!" After packing up the things in the house, I have to hurry to say goodbye to the queen, and it will not be good if the time is delayed. ”
Hearing the word queen, An Meng'er smiled, shook the handkerchief and went to her place of residence with the little eunuch, An Lin'er and An Qi'er followed.
The Liuying Water Pavilion is full of prosperous and splendid taste, the periphery of the Water Pavilion is covered with violets, the inner courtyard is paved with marble, the main courtyard is behind the white marble railing, there are many tray columnar water tanks in the main courtyard, some lotus flowers are planted in it, and there are precious koi of all colors, as if there is a special person to take care of it, and there is a hibiscus tree on both sides of the main courtyard.
"Say hello to the little master!" Angel was looking around when a duck-like voice alerted her, and there were about a dozen people kneeling in front of her.
"Are you the chief eunuch here?" Angel asked lightly.
She is a nobleman, although she is not a master, there is still a grandmother by her side, four first-class attendants, six second-class waiters in the main courtyard, and eight in the outer courtyard to receive some rough work.
After the chief eunuch listened, he hurriedly climbed to Angel's side in three or two steps, "Slave He Jiu asks the little master to say goodbye, there are a total of eight palace maids and eight eunuchs here, waiting for the little master to lecture here." ”
Angel couldn't help but think of the scene in Zhen Huan's biography, and couldn't help but feel a chill, but Enwei was still needed, and she was tired of lying on the small couch as if she had no strength, "I don't have anything to reprimand, I'm just here to tell you, no matter what you have to do with someone in that palace before, what should be broken and what shouldn't be broken, cut it off for me as soon as possible." There is no room for sand in the eyes of the master, if I see something that I shouldn't see, hear something that shouldn't be heard, or something inexplicable, then don't blame the owner for being polite. Okay, my mother in charge of the Liuying Water Pavilion is Mama Jin, He Jiu, Bing'er, and Shuang'er are in charge of the affairs in my yard, as for the last one, He Jiu mentions one up, all kneel down! ”
Bing'er took out a purse and handed it to He Jiu, "I will rely on you in the future, this is a generous gift from the little master, and please don't dislike it." ”
"Thank you for the little master's generous reward, and the minions will definitely serve the little master with all their hearts." He Jiu took the silver and walked out with a thousand thanks.
Angel didn't sleep well in the morning, and now is the time when she can't open her eyes, so she waved her hand, "Bing'er will clean up for me, pack up my dowry and put it in the warehouse, I'll go make up for sleep, and remember to wake me up for dinner after an hour." ”
"No!" Bing'er dragged Shuang'er out of the main house together and exchanged feelings with those palace maids and eunuchs.
Seeing a few people leaving, Angel lazily asked, "Isn't it okay to be like this, Mama?" "You are the concubine's lamp mama, and my housekeeper has wronged you.
Mama Jin shook her head, "Although the slave maid is classy, she can't bear to be old, according to common sense, she should be released from the palace, but the old slave has nothing to rely on, and there is no family heir to take refuge in, if you let it out to hand over the etiquette of the official lady, it may not be able to teach for a few years, the slave and maid plan to serve the little master, and wait until one day when the old slave can't do it, and then go on this trip with the little master." ”
Angel closed her eyes a little tired after hearing this, "Mama doesn't have to guard me anymore, I'm tired enough today, let's go and rest early!" When Mama is older, I will take care of Mama's old age. ”