Chapter 84: An Wang's Mansion (2)
Ji Xiaotang looked at Qin Zhen with a slightly inquiring gaze, no need for Ji Xiaotang to ask, Qin Zhen also knew what she was going to ask.
"Ying'er is deliberately left until the end, I hope your mother and daughter can speak freely." Qin Zhen told Ji Xiaotang like this, and nodded to the people serving next to him.
Soon, there was the sound of small footsteps outside the door.
The little girl opened the curtain, and a girl ~ Tong wearing a goose yellow dress walked in surrounded by several girls. The female ~ child is about six or seven years old, with white skin ~ skin, melon seed face, long eyebrows and apricot eyes, cherry mouth, very delicate.
Female ~ Tong stepped forward, first met Qin Zhen, and called his father in his mouth.
Qin Zhen nodded, let the girl~tong get up, and let the girl~tong come to worship Ji Xiaotang: "Come and meet your mother." ”
Ji Xiaotang knows that this girl~Tong is the only blood and bone left by Princess Qi, and she is also Qin Zhen's only daughter, Qin Ying.
Qin Ying was very obedient, and knelt down when she walked up to Ji Xiaotang, and kowtowed while calling her mother in her mouth.
Ji Xiaotang hurriedly got up from his seat and personally reached out to help Qin Ying up. Qin Ying looked up at Ji Xiaotang with a small ~ face, and her expression was slightly shy and uneasy.
Ji Xiaotang was also looking at Qin Ying carefully. Qin Ying is the niece of Qi Younian's in-laws, and they all say that the nephew is like an uncle, Ji Xiaotang almost subconsciously looked for Qi Younian's shadow on Qin Ying's face.
Qin Ying's appearance is somewhat similar to Qin Zhen, but there is indeed the shadow of Qi Younian between her eyebrows and eyes.
Such a pretty~beautiful girl, but she lost her birth~ mother at a young age. Ji Xiaotang felt a little pity for Qin Ying for no reason.
Ji Xiaotang took Qin Ying's little hand and asked her to sit beside her.
Qin Ying's demeanor looks like she has undergone strict upbringing, and she looks at it one by one. Although she is young, she already looks like a beautiful girl. Ji Xiaotang saw that Qin Ying was not only shy, but also a little uneasy, so he slowed down his tone and spoke to Qin Ying slowly.
She asked Qin Ying how old she was, and asked her what she was doing every day now.
These were all things that Qin Ying was most familiar with, even if she was a little nervous. The answer is also very smooth.
Qin Ying told Ji Xiaotang that she is seven years old this year and belongs to the rabbit. I have begun to practice calligraphy and piano with the professors of the palace every day, and I have to learn needlework with the embroidery girl......
Although she is only a seven-year-old girl, she is the little lord of the palace. Qin Ying's life has been occupied by a full study schedule.
Ji Xiaotang raised his eyelids. glanced at Qin Zhen.
Qin Zhen nodded, indicating that what Qin Ying said was right.
"Regarding Ying'er's upbringing, I will hand it over to the princess in the future." In front of everyone, Qin Zhen called Ji Xiaotang the princess to show respect and solemnity. "If you feel that Ying'er's current arrangement is inappropriate, the princess can deal with it at her discretion."
Qin Zhen's meaning is to hand over Qin Ying's daily life and education to Ji Xiaotang to take care of.
Ji Xiaotang has complete right to dispose of everything in Qin Ying.
This thing. Earlier, Qin Zhen revealed it to Ji Xiaotang. To be more precise, he has already asked Ji Xiaotang. Qin Ying lost her life~ mother, although she was raised in the palace one by one, it is better to have a talented and knowledgeable mother like Ji Xiaotang to take care of her growth.
Thinking about it more sophisticatedly, Ji Xiaotang takes care of Qin Ying, and if he doesn't get it right, it will be thankless. However, Qin Zhen's request, and considering some other factors, Ji Xiaotang still agreed.
She felt that she was very close to Qin Ying, a little girl.
Qin Ying talked to Ji Xiaotang for a while, and the whole person had relaxed, and now he sat there and listened carefully to Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang. When talking about her study arrangement, Qin Ying's eyes couldn't help but light up, and she looked at Ji Xiaotang expectantly.
Ji Xiaotang naturally saw Qin Ying's demeanor in his eyes, and couldn't help but smile secretly.
Qin Ying, this child, seems to be not very satisfied with her own study arrangement.
Even so, Ji Xiaotang pretended not to see Qin Ying's expectant eyes. Regarding Qin Ying's matter, she has to take a closer look at it, and everything will be handled in a responsible attitude towards Qin Ying.
It's easy to please and entrap a child, but it's not easy to teach her sincerely.
This matter should be slowly planned, but it is not in a hurry.
"Ying'er, where do you live now?" Ji Xiaotang asked Qin Ying again.
"If you go back to my mother's concubine, I now live in Xiuyun Building." Qin Ying immediately replied respectfully.
Ji Xiaotang nodded, and motioned to Mama Cheng to take out the meeting gift she had prepared for Qin Ying.
Ji Xiaotang prepared a pair of white jade double jade pendants for Qin Ying, and there was also a small box, which contained two novelty gadgets that Master Ji San brought back from overseas this time.
The white jade pendant is an antiquity, which is very valuable, and the fresh gadgets brought back from overseas can make Qin Ying feel even more novel.
Qin Ying saluted Ji Xiaotang and accepted the gift, with a look of joy on her face that could not be concealed.
"Ying'er, it's time for you to go to the professor's class." Qin Zhen said to Qin Ying.
A hint of reluctance flashed in Qin Ying's eyes, but she immediately stood up, said yes, and then saluted Ji Xiaotang in a proper manner, and then retreated surrounded by all the girls and grandmothers.
"Xiaotang, it's still early, I'll take you to see our palace." Qin Zhen also stood up and stretched out his hand to Ji Xiaotang with a smile.
Ji Xiaotang hesitated for a moment and asked Qin Zhen with his eyes.
Qin Zhen took her to see the palace, it was nothing, but holding hands, was this a little too ...... Out of order?
Qin Zhen laughed.
"Xiaotang, how can you have such scruples? It's not like you. In this palace, you and I are in charge, and you and I are the rules. Qin Zhen looked at Ji Xiaotang with a smile, he thought, Ji Xiaotang would not become an old-fashioned and well-behaved person all of a sudden because he became a princess of An because he got married.
However, Ji Xiaotang is so cautious and cautious, and wants to make an old-fashioned posture, which is very cute in Qin Zhen's opinion.
In King An's mansion, she and Qin Zhen are the rules.
Ji Xiaotang pondered this sentence in his heart for a while, and felt that it suited his spleen and stomach very well.
Such. Qin Zhen took Ji Xiaotang's hand and looked at Xuchun Hall first.
Xuchun Hall here, from now on. is where Ji Xiaotang lives. Before Ji Xiaotang married in, Qin Zhen specially sorted out the Xuchun Hall according to Ji Xiaotang's preferences, and deliberately separated the three rooms in the west wing to make a study for Ji Xiaotang.
Among Ji Xiaotang's marriage, there were many books, and Qin Zhen moved some of the books in the palace. Nowadays, the study room of Xuchun Hall has become quite large-scale.
Qin Zhen's arrangement won Ji Xiaotang's heart very much.
After seeing the Xuchun Hall, Qin Zhen took Ji Xiaotang out and walked forward.
Xuchun Hall is on the west road of the palace. Go further, turn a wisteria trellis, and then go around a shadow wall, which is Duofuxuan. This is the living room of King An's Mansion. It is where Qin Zhen usually receives bureaucrats, subordinates and guests.
And that's not all. Duofuxuan is also the exhibition hall of the palace of King An to display the things given by the emperor over the years, and the Duobao Pavilion is full of gold and splendor, and there are all kinds of treasures.
Qin Zhen told Ji Xiaotang that what was placed here was not only the rewards of the Empress Dowager Han and Emperor Longqing in recent years, but also all the rewards of the first emperor he had received in the palace since he was a child.
For several particularly meaningful rewards, Qin Zhen also explained them to Ji Xiaotang in detail, which involved many of his previous experiences, which Ji Xiaotang did not know.
Ji Xiaotang knew. Qin Zhen not only took her to understand King An's Mansion, but also let her understand him more deeply.
Coming out of Duofuxuan. Qin Zhen took Ji Xiaotang to the middle of the road again, and took her to see the most important and solemn and gorgeous building in the palace, that is, the Yin'an Palace of the palace.
The Yin'an Hall of the Prince's Palace, opposite the Jinluan Hall of the Imperial Palace, is the place where Prince An Qin Zhen deals with major events and holds various important ceremonies. Yesterday, Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen got married, and they worshipped heaven and earth in this Yin'an Palace, but at that time, Ji Xiaotang covered his head and didn't see anything.
Qin Zhen took Ji Xiaotang to the main hall and stopped in front of the prince's throne.
"Xiaotang ......" Qin Zhen sat down on the throne while motioning for Ji Xiaotang to sit down beside him.
Ji Xiaotang glanced at the people serving next to him, but no one sent chairs or embroidery piers.
"Xiaotang, you are naturally sitting with me." Qin Zhen looked at Ji Xiaotang with a smile, took her hand again, and asked her to sit down beside him again.
Ji Xiaotang understood Qin Zhen's intentions, but he didn't sit down immediately.
"What, Xiaotang, don't you dare?" Qin Zhen asked with a smile. King An's throne, Ji Xiaotang can share with him, that is to say, the power and glory of King An's Mansion are half of Ji Xiaotang's.
Perhaps, it shouldn't be half of this, as Qin Zhen said on the wedding night, from now on, they will be one and no longer separate from each other.
Qin Zhen's move was also to announce such a fact to everyone in the palace again.
Ji Xiaotang hesitated slightly, then smiled slightly: "Lord Wang,...... I might as well be respectful. ”
Ji Xiaotang followed Qin Zhen's strength and sat down on the throne.
She needs the power of King An's Mansion, and she married into King An's Mansion, not out of desperation, and she doesn't plan to simply be an imitation princess with a husband and children in the future. Qin Zhen's arrangement was exactly what she wanted.
Qin Zhen not only loves her, but also understands what she thinks in her heart.
So, it's good, it's really good.
Sitting under the throne of Prince An, Ji Xiaotang did not feel excited, on the contrary, she felt calm in her heart.
Sitting down in the Yin'an Palace, Qin Zhen gave an order, and all the subordinate officials in the palace gathered in front of the Yin'an Palace in an instant, and went up to the hall in order to meet Ji Xiaotang.
That's right, this is exactly what Qin Zhen had arranged a long time ago.
According to the usual situation, when the princess enters the door, she only needs to be visited by the people in the backyard, after all, the princess will manage the inner courtyard and the back house in the future. However, Qin Zhen was not only satisfied with this, she also arranged for Ji Xiaotang to sit in the palace with him and be visited by all the officials of the palace.
In the future, Ji Xiaotang can not only have full control over the inner house of the palace, but also instruct these subordinate officials of the palace to do things.
Qin Zhen said the same thing in front of all the subordinate officials of the palace.
"In the future, the princess's order is the king's order, and if anyone dares to disobey, it will be dealt with according to the law, and there will be no mercy." Qin Zhen said very clearly, these are all henchmen who have been with him for a long time, and in front of him, if there is a little omission, he will still remember the old feelings and let them fall lightly. But if these people don't respect Ji Xiaotang, they disobey Ji Xiaotang. Then he won't even care about the old love.
Qin Zhen's words were categorical, and everyone should say yes in unison.
Since then, there has been one more owner in King An's Mansion. This master has the same power as Qin Zhen, the king of An.
Not to mention King An's Mansion, even in the history of Great Qin, there has never been such a thing.
The subordinate officials of King An's Mansion have no objections, after so many years of operation, Qin Zhen's King An's Mansion is already an iron bucket. And Qin Zhen's order today will also be proven to be wise and correct in the future.
Ji Xiaotang is not only a qualified princess. At the same time, he is also a leader who is not inferior to Qin Zhen, the king of An.
When the subordinate officials of King An's Mansion ascend to the sky with King An, they will not only be glad that they have followed the right person, but they will also be extremely grateful for the decision made by King An today.
In the palace of Yin'an, he met all the subordinate officials of the royal palace. Qin Zhen continued to hold Ji Xiaotang's hand and came to the east road of King An's Mansion.
Jiashan Hall is the most important building on Wangfu East Road, where Qin Zhen usually receives relatives, friends and confidants.
King An's Mansion covers an extremely wide area. I looked at the main courtyards in front of me. Qin Zhen ordered someone to carry a double sedan chair, he took Ji Xiaotang's hand and sat in the sedan chair together, and went to the back of the palace.
Behind the palace, there is a connected back cover building, Zheng Zi, Song Xinyue's two side concubines and Qin Zhen's concubines, all scattered here, and Qin Yu also lives in one of the two-story embroidery buildings.
After this area, the building is covered. It is the back garden of the palace.
The back garden of King An's Mansion is not as famous as Su Wang's Mansion, but it is immersive. Ji Xiaotang found that whether it is from the wide area, the exquisite and unique architecture and the prosperity of flowers and trees, the garden of King An's Mansion is not inferior to that of King Su's Mansion.
Qin Zhen seemed to see what Ji Xiaotang was thinking, so he smiled at Ji Xiaotang.
Qin Lin was the most favored by the emperor back then, and he gained face, and he, the youngest prince, did not suffer a loss, but got the lining.
At least, in the case of mansions.
Ji Xiaotang's heart was stunned.
The situation back then, with the temperament and means of the Empress Dowager Han, she would definitely not have watched the emperor give all the benefits to Qin Lin, and at that time, Qin Zhen's mother was still there.
With the care of these two people, how could Qin Zhen suffer.
"Actually, the prince is lucky." Ji Xiaotang said softly, at this moment, Qin Zhen was taking her to visit the theater of the palace.
The theater building is the largest building in the palace garden, the center of the courtyard is a three-storey theater building, carved buildings and paintings, colorful embroidery brilliant, and all are blue brick paving.
Because the sound transmission effect of green bricks is the best, the theater built in this way does not need any sound transmission equipment at all, so that the people in the entire courtyard can hear it clearly.
Around the three-storey theater building, it is the listening stage separated by a partition, which is also a carved building and a painting building, with brilliant embroidery, each compartment is equipped with tables and chairs, which can feast guests at the same time, and the walls and wall panels of the compartment have exquisite poems and paintings.
If you want to watch it carefully, it is this theater building, which is enough for people to watch it well for a day.
The garden of King Su's Mansion is famous in Beijing~ famous, and the theater of King An's Mansion is also unique in Beijing.
"Xiaotang likes to listen to dramas, and there are two small teams in our palace, just call them up at any time to agree." If Ji Xiaotang wants to invite guests to watch the play, it will follow Ji Xiaotang's liking.
"Grandmother and mother are usually idle, but they like to listen to dramas." Ji Xiaotang smiled.
"Invite the old lady and the second lady to come to the house one day." Qin Zhen immediately said, "Of course, Xiaotang wants to go back to save his relatives, and you can do it at any time." ”
As he spoke, Qin Zhen also looked at Ji Xiaotang carefully.
After all, Ji Xiaotang is still young and has just married a wife, although he is confident that he has done everything very well and arranged it very properly, he is still worried: Will Xiaotang be homesick.
Not to mention being a princess, it is to be the daughter-in-law of an ordinary family, and it is not that she can go back when she goes back to her parents' house.
But Qin Zhen spoke, Ji Xiaotang can go back at any time, as long as he is free, he will personally accompany Ji Xiaotang back. If it is really inconvenient, Ji Xiaotang can also take his family over for reunion.
"Thank you, Lord Wang." Ji Xiaotang lowered her eyelids slightly, she couldn't be indifferent to Qin Zhen's carefulness and thoughtfulness.
"Xiaotang likes it." The smile on Qin Zhen's face was even stronger, and the hand holding Ji Xiaotang seemed to be warmer, "Also, if I am not in front of people in the future, Xiaotang doesn't have to always call me the prince." Just like I call you Xiaotang, you can call me...... Ah Zhen. ”
Ji Xiaotang opened his mouth and didn't shout.
"It's been many years since anyone called me like this," Qin Zhen didn't seem to see Ji Xiaotang's hesitation, but recalled something from the past, and sighed with emotion, "At that time, the mother concubine called me like this." ”
is the Empress Dowager Han, sometimes in order to show closeness, she only called him Zhen'er.
Only the noble concubine has called him like this.
Since the death of the noble concubine, no one has called him Ah Zhen again.
Ji Xiaotang read the silence from Qin Zhen's face.
"Ah Zhen." Ji Xiaotang shouted.
The look of silence on Qin Zhen's face was swept away, replaced by joy, and he responded very happily.
In general, Ji Xiaotang looked at the palace, and at the same time explained a little about the palace, and finally when Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang returned to Xuchun Hall, it was already a little late.
Wang Ruhai stepped forward to report that dinner was ready, and asked Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang where they planned to have dinner.
"Here it is." Qin Zhen said.
Here, Wang Ruhai took people to pass on dinner, Zheng Zi, Song Xinyue, and Qin Ying all came to Xuchun Hall to greet Ji Xiaotang, and prepared to serve Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang for dinner.
Ji Xiaotang only let Qin Ying sit beside him.
Soon, dinner was served, in addition to Mama Cheng, Jin'er, Xiu'er and others, Zheng Zi and Song Xinyue were also serving diligently on the side, but Qin Ying was left by Ji Xiaotang, so she sat down under her and had dinner together.
After dinner, tea was served.
Ji Xiaotang said a few words to Qin Ying, and then discussed with Qin Zhen. (To be continued.) )