Xu Xun's luck is still haode, if according to what Sun Yunu said, every time he goes back to the palace, it is a test for the concubines of the two palaces of the palace and the palace of the Taisun Palace, then this year, because the emperor is often absent, Wang Niangniang's body is not very haode, and the drinking and banquet activities in the palace have actually decreased a lot. Otherwise, every month in the palace can have some excuses for everyone to get together to eat and drink, after all, the emperor is also to entertain when he is free, and the harem concubines, aren't they just to accompany him to relieve boredom?

Although the emperor is not here this year, he also spoke early in the morning, and Zhang Niangniang's birthday cannot be taken lightly. Because after the death of Empress Renxiao, everything in the palace is taken care of by Zhang Niangniang, every year when Zhang Niangniang is a thousand years old, all the ladies have to enter the palace to congratulate, on etiquette, only one level lower than the queen's mother. The women of the outer life want to enter the palace, and the women of the inner life are naturally no exception. Xu Xun is a little shrimp, naturally there is no sick leave, he packed up early that morning, wore regular clothes, and was led by the princess to go to the Chunhe Hall to meet the princess.

Zhang Niangniang's birthday, is a more formal festival in the palace, the crown princess and the princess are wearing regular clothes, although it is a hot summer, but also meticulously according to the etiquette system to hang the coat, wearing the undulating mountains, heavy and gorgeous swallow crown, the crown has a jewel, cuifeng, peony flowers, cuiyun, mouth ring, stamen, cui leaves, behind the crown there are bo, luan feng, baodian and so on, just a swallow crown, it seems to be very rich, of course, it is also very heavy. The princess didn't wear it all the way to the Chunhe Palace, but she just let people hold it in her hands, and when she arrived in the Chunhe Palace, although the princess was dressed all over her body, she didn't wear a crown. She and Concubine Taisun both wore a real red large-sleeved gauze shirt, a dark green gauze Xia veil, and a dark green Luan Feng cloud pattern bow robe, under the clothes are peach red jackets, green jackets and red skirts, jade belts, jade gui, and big belts, just the clothes look nearly ten pounds heavy, although the outermost large-sleeved shirt is made of yarn, but there are really three layers of Luo clothes inside, Xu Xun just glanced at it, and felt that his sweat was rising out.

She and Sun Yunu and He Xianxian are of low grade, almost only higher than the palace people, so it is enough to wear only a skirt, and there are no strict requirements in terms of texture. Xu Xun himself is afraid of heat, wearing a crimson gauze square-neck cardigan skirt, and a dark green Luo Li, although he also wears one more than usual, but it is still breathable, and it is not heavy, He Xianxian and Sun Yunu are almost the same dress, all three of them wear a bun, insert a full head, Xu Xun also specially picked a more streamlined and light one, only eight pieces, on the head is just a little more than a catty, are all small ruby inlaid hearts, hairpins, distractions, sideburns and hairpins, earrings, although the gems are small, But the strong one should have been decomposed from the generated stone, and the brightness and transparency are about the same, so it seems to be quite noble and decent. At the princess's place, I got her permission.

When they arrived at the Chunhe Palace, several concubines who were going to enter the inner palace had to be reviewed by the crown princess. The crown princess carefully looked at the clothes of the three concubines - in fact, according to the etiquette system, almost all the colors of the dresses are dark red, red, etc., and there are only a few styles, no matter how they are matched, they will not be out of line...... The performance of the three people satisfied her, so she instructed the concubine, "Jade girl, we will all go forward in a while, you have to help Li Cairen and take your sisters well." ”

Unlike Taisun, there are many beauties in the Taigong, and it is impossible to enter the inner palace. This time I entered the palace, and the one who went in was Li Cairen, who was the same age as the crown princess and had served by the prince's side for more than ten or twenty years, as well as Guo Cairen, who has been more favored in recent years and gave birth to several imperial grandsons and granddaughters for the prince, and Zhang Cairen, the niece of Zhang Niangniang, the daughter of the British princess, and the granddaughter of the Zhongwu King Zhang Cairen - unlike the Taisun Palace, there are no concubines in the palace, and those with higher status are all talented people, which can be regarded as conventional rules, as for other Zhaoyi, Jieyu, etc., some are not as good as Xu Xun and others, and they are not canonized at allIt's just a random call.

The ages of these three talented people are also big and small, Li Cairen is the largest, Zhang Cairen is the second, Guo Cairen is the youngest, and she is the best-looking, Xu Xun feels that she is at most six or seven years older than her grandson. Usually here in the crown princess, Li Cairen and Zhang Cairen can often be seen, Guo Cairen rarely appears, most of the time she is raising and giving birth, and so far, she has added three little brothers to the grandson. However, Zhang Cairen has a hard background, and Li Cairen also has two adult sons, in front of them, Guo Cairen is also low-eyed and pleasing to the eyes, and he doesn't dare to speak loudly.

The concubine held Li Cairen's hand and coquettishly, "How can I help, just don't make trouble for Li Niangniang-"

Li Cairen is middle-aged and fat, slightly fat, it seems to be very kind, and people have always been the best to speak, she patted the hand of the concubine, and said with a smile, "The jade girl is so sensible, how can she cause me trouble?" If you are obedient today, come back and I will pick ghee abalone snails for you to eat. ”

Sun Yunu stuck out her tongue and said with a smile, "I won't eat it, Aunt Li didn't have a good heart, so she wanted to feed me fat." ”

Li Cairen smiled, "How do you know my heart so well?" I'm really at ease. ”

Everyone laughed, and the crown princess smiled and said, "Okay, it's not too early, don't joke, when you come back, you can have enough - this will go to the inner palace first." ”

She glanced at the princess, took a deep breath first, and then said, "Put the crown on me." ”

Even if these two crowns are intentionally made light, judging from the luck of the palace maid, there are at least more than six catties, and the two phoenix crowns are pressed, and the heads of the crown princess and the princess are shaken, Xu Xun was a little breathtaking, and the princess found her expression, so she whispered to her, "This is not the heaviest, on the day of the canonization, the clothes worn and worn add up to at least more than 20 catties." ”

Wearing such a heavy crown, it is not good to walk solemnly, the two concubines each took a ride, with a group of concubines, and slowly walked in the white scorching sun, although there was a guide in front of them, and there were followers after that, and there were people who gave them a canopy to fan the wind, but it was just a cool meaning, Xu Xun only felt that the sweat came out densely from under the clothes, and soon became wet. From the Spring and Palace all the way to the Changyang Palace where Zhang Niangniang lived, I didn't feel how far it was in winter, and I felt that one step was really a step in summer, but fortunately, the weather was not the hottest, otherwise Xu Xun would have felt that he could faint from the heat.

Walking to Changyang Palace, she didn't feel that she was miserable: in the open space in Changyang Palace, there were already dense rows of ladies standing in shifts, and one of them was wearing a little less than the princess and princess, such a big sun, just basking under the scorching sun, and when the women arrived, they saluted according to the class: Xu Xun and they arrived quite early, and they were all dizzy after waiting for a while, so you can imagine how painful and difficult it is for the women to wait under the scorching sun until now.

After a while, Xu Xun was a little dizzy in the heat, Sun Yunu and He Xianxian were also pale, the crown princess and the princess stood at the front of the crowd with the princess, and just hid in the shadows, maybe it was not so hot, but they had to dry under the scorching sun, and they had to maintain their manners, she hung her face, and watched the sweat fall drop by drop on the bluestone slab at her feet, and the more she looked at it, the more dizzy she felt - it was when she couldn't support it anymore, Li Cairen suddenly leaned over and said in a low voice, "Hold on, endure it, there are more and more people now, it will be fine in a while." ”

Xu Xun, He Xianxian, and Sun Yunu are all a little ignorant: no matter how familiar Sun Yunu is with the palace rules, she doesn't have to come to participate in such a ceremony when she is not canonized. This is also the first time she has come to Chaohe Guifei after she passed the door.

"You'll find out in a moment." Li Cairen actually squeezed her eyes at them, she was fat and afraid of heat, and she was sweating all over her face, and the three little girls were a little laughing. Zhang Cairen also came over and said with a smile, "It's also good to be young." ”

Only Guo Cairen ignored the three little characters, but just glanced at them a few times, then bowed his head and gritted his teeth, and stood there on duty.

On solemn occasions, it is not easy to talk to each other, everyone said a few words, and then they turned back and suffered, but as the concubines of the inner palace gradually came, Xu Xun and others retreated again and again: the younger concubines, and no grade, of course, can only stand in the tail of the crowd, not long, they were guided to stand under the eaves of the cloister in the shade, where there is no sunlight all year round, and the stone slabs are a little slippery, which is much cooler than a few steps away.

The three little concubines all had smiles on their faces, seeing that one after another concubines were introduced into the palace in an orderly manner by the palace people according to their grades, and they stood in a queue in the courtyard, Xu Xun also admired the people of Shanglisi in his heart: such a small courtyard, they can also skillfully arrange and arrange people in a neat phalanx one by one, which is also very difficult.

Waiting for a stick of incense, all the concubines have come to Qi, the door of the main hall of Changyang Palace was all wide open, you can see a triple throne in the hall, the throne was empty, now with the female envoy a salute, everyone bowed down, Xu Xun didn't even see Zhang Guifei's feet, anyway, with the shouts of the Chinese and female officials, get up and bow down and bow down, and say 'Congratulations to Niangniang Qianqiu', so pounding a cup of tea, it is considered to be the end of the court. The internal and external women retreated to the side hall, received the cold drinks and snacks rewarded by Zhang Niangniang, and went back separately - they were supposed to receive the banquet, but in such a hot weather, they really had to eat and drink in full court clothes for a long time, and no one could stand it. Therefore, over the years, Zhang Niangniang has been a thousand years, and it is just a reward for dim sum, and all the orders have praised Zhang Niangniang for her tolerance. -- It's not easy to be a lady.

When Xu Xun and his party returned to the Taisun Palace, everyone - including the accompanying female envoy, were already sweating and heavy clothes, after Xu Xun went back to the house to change his clothes, Grandma Sun had already prepared hot water for her in the clean room, she soaked hard for a long time, only then did she feel that the dirt on her body had been soaked off, and she came out to refreshe up and sat for lunch, and in the afternoon He Xianxian came to her, so she complained, "It's still your grandmothers who are careful, Mama Zhang next to me is a fool, and she waited for me to come back before asking for hot water." But at that time, the people in the pantry were busy supporting the princess and concubine, and it was too late to get me? I couldn't help the heat, and I wiped myself with cold water to feel better. ”

Although the weather is hot, it is not a good thing to take a cold shower, Xu Xun was a little speechless, "You can't help it, don't catch a cold carefully." ”

He Xianxian smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's so hot, I can't even wear my underwear, you see." ”

Xu Xun had already seen it, He Xianxian ran out wearing a gauze shirt, and even the dirty clothes inside could be seen clearly, she glared at He Xianxian, and blushed a little, "How can you run out of the house in such a dress, which Chinese person sees it, you will be happy." ”

He Xianxian laughed hesitantly, "What's this, I saw that several ladies in the Chunhe Hall are also wearing like this, who will come to our courtyard." ”

The two talked for a while, and Concubine Taisun sent someone over to remind them that it was time to dress up, anyway, the banquet was held in the evening, and the juniors had to arrive early, so they had to go over to meet after a short rest, and then go to the Spring and Hall of Harmony.

In the middle of the afternoon, when the ladies in the palace drank and feasted by themselves, they didn't have to wear dresses, several little girls wore gauze clothes, and they went to Changyin Pavilion with those people refreshingly, and when they arrived, they just started singing the first scene, this time the people came together, several main seats accompanied Zhang Niangniang to watch the play in the main hall, the princess, the princess and the princess around Zhang Cairen all had a part of the past to accompany them, Li Cairen took a few of them in the corner of the side hall, but also sat by the window, and a room of people watched the play quietly: this is in the harem, which can be regarded as rare entertainment.

Because it is the birthday of the concubine, so it must be sung to celebrate the birthday of the play, here the gongs and drums are noisy, some people can see it, some people feel bored, Xu Xun is very fond of watching plays, when he is watching fun, suddenly the sleeves around him were pulled, when she looked back, she saw a brightly dressed little girl smiling at herself and beckoning, let her pass.

In the palace, it is very easy to distinguish between married and unmarried, unless the prince and the princess are married, they generally do not keep their hair and comb their hair. Xu Xuncai was stunned for a moment, and someone whispered in his ear, "This is Liu Jieyu, call you over to talk......

Although they all live in the same palace, Xu Xungen has only been in the inner palace a handful of times at that time, she has never heard of who Liu Jieyu is, only from her dress, she should be quite favored, she glanced at Li Cairen, but Li Cairen seemed to be a drama idiot, and she was extremely fascinated, and she didn't notice this. Guo Cairen saw it, but he didn't seem to be smiling, and he didn't say anything.

He Xianxian was also elated, and didn't pay attention to it, only Sun Yunu, who was not very attentive, and noticed it at a glance, Xu Xun hurriedly gave her a look, Sun Yunu was stunned, looked at the palace people, and then looked at Liu Jieyu, then smiled, got up and took Xu Xun's hand, and said with great interest, "Let's go, let's go over and ask Liu Jieyu for peace." ”