Chapter Fifty-Six: Seeking Blessings
After Bai finished his instructions, he said to Lang Xue: "These things, that's it, I'll go back and think about it, if I think of something, I'll come back and tell you." ”
Lang Xue hurriedly said: "Don't dare to work the old lady, if there is anything, just send someone to call me over at any time." ”
Bai smiled and said, "Okay." By the way, it's about to be the New Year, how are you going to spend it? Or did I take you to my place? ”
Lang Xue said: "My brother and sister-in-law are not in the capital, I should have gone to the mansion to fulfill my filial piety to Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen instead of my brother and sister-in-law." However, this year, a letter has come from the palace, asking me to celebrate the New Year in the palace this year, and there are still some palace rules, palace rituals and other things to learn, and I will marry from the palace in the future. Hey, this is the disadvantage of this Rausch County Lord. ”
Bai Shi thought for a moment and said, "According to the rules, this is indeed the case. You are now a member of the royal family, so naturally you want to marry from the palace. This is also the honor given to you by the emperor and the queen. With this article, in the future, the people of southern Xinjiang will look up to you even more. ”
Lang Xue nodded and said, "Yes, I understand." ”
Bai said: "It's just that you will go to the palace, but I am afraid that you will still live in the palace for about a month." In this year, there are the most things in the palace. In addition, there have been a lot of struggles in the palace recently, and there are people everywhere, so you have to be cautious. ”
Langxue immediately said, "This is from my province." Please also ask the old lady to take care of it more. ”
Bai Shi thought for a while and said, "It is said that if you enter the palace, you will not go to the palaces where the palace concubines live." Because you're getting married, you don't have to visit them as much. Go, send a competent maid, bring gifts, and go around the palaces. I still don't want to go. Now in the palace, there are two or three concubines who are pregnant, especially if they can't collide. By the way, the most important thing is that the thing you send must not be food. This is the most taboo in the palace. When others give you food, you have to be careful. Got it? ”
Ling Xue nodded hurriedly and secretly wrote it down.
Bai said: "I'll go back and talk to the queen mother." The Queen Mother will take care of you. And also. In the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, I also have some acquaintances, and I also entrust them with it. ”
Rong Xue hurriedly thanked him.
Bai said, "Hey, even if you don't go to their door. But if they go to you. You can't help it. That's true. You're going to have to have more eyes. Be sure to have someone with you at all times. ”
The snow is busy coming down. It's all experience. If you don't pay attention to any of them, you can bring disaster to yourself in this month.
Bai said: "As long as you are careful, there should be nothing." After all, your identity is there. The emperor values it very much. This marriage is related to many things in southern Xinjiang in the future. The emperor should take care of you. But be careful to make a ship of ten thousand years. You have to be cautious, and you have to be cautious. ”
I hurriedly wrote it down.
Bai Shi saw that it was getting late, and he was about to get up and go back. Lang Xue was busy and kept it, saying that he had already made Bai's favorite dishes. Bai Shi thought that he would go back, and he was also alone, and Chen Yuanheng had not yet gone to the yamen. So, I agreed, and had a meal with Langxue. I went back after dinner.
Two days later, Mingzhu also came over, and also helped Rong Xue go through the dowry, and also put forward some opinions, and made Xue write them down. Mingzhu knew that it would take more than a month to enter the palace, so he also gave some instructions, and also arranged for people to take care of it.
Mingzhu said: "You just told me that my stepmother took care of you, you must keep it in mind. ”
Snowfall nodded.
Mingzhu said: "There is chaos in the palace now. The emperor is kind to the queen. However, for Bai Guifei, the princess is also very fond of her. is Concubine Wang Xian, and Concubine Ma Shu is also constantly gracious. In order to compete for favor, these nobles also attracted a group of little concubines. For example, the granddaughter of Ma Shangshu, who recently entered the palace, was supported by the queen. Just named a nobleman, young and beautiful, good background, good upbringing, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially a pipa is very level. Very favored by the emperor. ”
"The queen mother raised the horse nobleman, and the white concubine immediately brought in a concubine of Fan Shilang, and also sealed the nobleman, that appearance is really like a jade person. The emperor also liked it very much, and with Fan Guiren, Ma Guiren's favor immediately decreased a lot. ”
The queen mother was naturally unhappy, and Bai Guifei had the upper hand, so she naturally made waves again. There is also a toss of the princess in the middle, which is really bearable. When you enter the palace, you must be cautious and cautious. ”
Lang Xue nodded hurriedly, and secretly wrote it down in her heart. In fact, this Ma nobleman and Fan Guiren have all seen the snow, and the poetry club of the nobles in the capital has not participated in the snow in the past few years. These two nobles are younger than Rong Xue. He is also a relatively active member of the poetry club. Lang Xue has a general friendship with them, and in my impression, Ma Guiren is more gorgeous, and Fan Guiren is more beautiful, each with its own merits. The people of the capital who are doing good things also ranked their group of noble ladies in terms of appearance. However, this ranking changes every year. Because once the nobles get married, they will naturally come down from this list. Lang Xue and these two nobles are among the top three. Of course, snow is number one.
Speaking of which, it has been many years since the snow was the first. There are very few people who have occupied the first place for so many years like her. Because there are very few people, who are all twenty years old, and have not yet married.
Mingzhu began to tell the concubines in the palace again, all the recently favored ones, positions, backgrounds, and who they were. Make snow and memorize it with your heart.
Mingzhu said for a long time, and then said: "Hey, although you have only been in the palace for a month, you must be careful and careful." These people, these relationships have to be clarified. Needless to say, you must be protected by the emperor. However, the more this happens, the easier it is to be taken advantage of. The Queen Mother may be watching over you a little more. After all, she is the queen, the mother of the world, and is in charge of the harem. The emperor can't tell you because of the difference between men and women, so he will let the queen come forward to tell you. ”
"In this way, it is only natural that someone will put you on the queen's side. Besides, your sister-in-law is the queen's cousin, isn't this the one who clearly shows that you are the queen's mother? Those who are the opposite of the queen will naturally make a fuss. So, you can't take it lightly. ”
The snow is busy.
Mingzhu said: "Although the time is short, you have to be careful, hey, I will also take care of you, hey, the palace is complicated, you can only ask for more blessings." Be cautious. ”
After listening to Mingzhu's repeated instructions, Lang Xue was also very vigilant.
At night, when she was sleeping, she was still thinking about Mingzhu's words, and couldn't help but say to her henchman Yuhua: "It's just been a month in the palace, and Mrs. Chen has repeatedly instructed and Mrs. Mingzhu has repeatedly instructed her, as if she is facing a great enemy." Is this palace really a land of tigers and wolves? ”
The jade bottle has been trained in the capital in recent years, and he said: "The world says that the palace is a splendid and prosperous place, but when the county lord was still in the capital. She also went to southern Xinjiang easily, and Nanyang was also easy to develop. Even if you go to the bitter cold land in the northwest, you can deal with it easily. I thought there was nothing in this world that could be feared by the county lord. However, every time the county lord goes to the palace, he is cautious. When you come back from the palace, you have to rest for a day. I feel very tired. ”
"You must know that when the county lord entered the palace, he only entered the palace for a few hours each time. It's like we're on the verge of a great enemy, and we're going to go for more than a month. In this month, there is also the Chinese New Year. There are many activities in the New Year's Palace. Palace banquet, Chinese New Year's Eve, New Year's celebration, the girl is now a high-grade county lord, how can these be less? ”
When she heard this, she felt a little worried and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense. We have to be careful. After entering the palace, you have to restrain our people, you can't say a word, you can't go one more step. Be cautious when others visit. In particular, the food and the gifts to be given to the nobles in the palace must be examined again. ”
The jade bottle was busy.
It was in this anxiety that Rongxue ushered in the day of going to the palace. Early in the morning, the palace came to announce the decree and let Langxue go to the palace. Prepare for snow. After receiving the will, he brought a few personal maids, as well as a lot of supplies, including gifts that had been prepared a long time ago to give to the nobles. I got in the car from the palace and entered the palace.
arrived at the palace, although only for a month. I've experienced a lot of things in the snow, and I haven't been stable every day.
First, Langxue met with the emperor and empress. The emperor didn't say anything, but gave him a few things, and let Langxue go to the empress. The queen encouraged her kindly. also called some concubines in the palace, especially Bai Guifei and the four concubines, to let Langxue recognize people.
The snow ceremony was thorough for several weeks, and everyone praised the snow making again. Only then did she find out that although these people in the palace had heard a lot of names, they were still a little surprised when they saw it for the first time. On the surface, though, the snow doesn't show any of this.
When the queen saw that they had all met, she ordered that she live in Pinyuzhai near the palace wall in the west. It is the farthest away from the concubines in the palace, and it is relatively quiet, but the furnishings and buildings are excellent. After the queen sent someone to clean it up, it was really magnificent. From this, it can also be seen that the emperor and the queen attach great importance to making snow.
After the snow settled down, there were as many as three nurturing grandmothers from the palace faction. Classes are set for each day. Getting Xue began to learn from them.
In the middle of this, Lang Xue sent the gifts that had been prepared a long time ago and sent jade bottles to distribute them to various nobles.
These nobles all returned the favor. Some of them are inconsequential, mostly pen, ink, paper, inkstone, fan, silk and satin, rouge and gouache. Some of the rewards are more precious.
For example, Concubine Wang Xian, among the gifts in return, there is actually a jade Guanyin, carved and textured.
This made the second monk of Rongxue puzzled. This is just an ordinary greeting gift, how can such a valuable thing be given. Besides, the Guanyin statue is not an easy gift. What does this mean? The relationship between himself and Concubine Wang Xian is not so good. In the past few years, the county lord's mansion and Concubine Wang Xian have not had any contact.
Lang Xue was surprised here, and when she was thinking, the jade bottle reported again that the princess was here.
I can't help but have a headache when it comes to snow. (To be continued......)