Chapter 704: Entering the Palace (Will I Urge a Change)
The sedan chair was carried to the outside of the martial arts gate at the north gate of the Xuanwu Forbidden City, and all the show girls who were about to enter the palace entered the Forbidden City from the Xuanwu Gate.
Xu Chenyun knew that only when the emperor got married, the queen of the main palace could enter the palace through the noon gate of the main gate of the palace, and the concubines could only go through the small door, even if it was the imperial concubine whose status was second only to the queen.
These show girls, now their status is similar to that of palace maids, and they can only go to the Xuanwu Gate at the north gate.
After the roll call, the steward eunuch explained a few words, and a group of show girls lined up to enter the Forbidden City in turn.
When I came to the palace, I saw that the palaces were heavy everywhere, the pavilions were forested, the carved beams were painted, the gold was brilliant, and the momentum was magnificent.
Many show girls opened their mouths slightly, as if in a dream, even if they failed this time, they could blow it for a lifetime when they went back.
The well-informed show girl whispered: "This is just the harem, I heard that there were more and bigger palaces in the previous dynasty!" ”
Xu Chenyun has also heard that there are three major halls of Fengtian, Huagai and Jinshen in the previous dynasty, and there are Wenhua Hall and Wenlou on the east side of the three major halls, and there are Wuying Hall and Wulou in the west, which are collectively referred to as the "Five Palaces of the Former Dynasty".
After the three halls, it is the place where the emperor and his concubine live, called the "Hou Court", including the land under their feet.
On the central axis is the Qianqing Palace where the emperor lives, the Kunning Palace where the empress lives, and the inner garden.
The back court takes the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace as the core, and there are Chunhe Palace (East Palace) in the east, and there are Rouyi Palace, Fengxian Palace, Dashan Hall (Cining Palace), Ninety-Five Flying Dragon Palace, and West Palace in the west.
The northeast corner of the back court is the East Sixth Palace, and the northwest corner is the West Sixth Palace, which is where the concubines lived, as well as the East Five and West Five Palaces where the princes lived.
In the end, Xu Chenyun and other show girls were sent to the East Fifth Institute and the West Fifth Institute near both sides of the inner garden.
The five east and west houses were originally the residences of the princes, the Forbidden City of Nanjing was abandoned for 200 years, and now Zhu Cihong has not yet married, and King Ding and King Yong have also moved out of the palace, and it has become the temporary residence of the show girls.
"Xu Chenyun, Yang Yuerou, the two of you live in the same room!"
The female officials assigned each person's residence, and Xu Chenyun became roommates with a girl surnamed Yang.
Yang Yuerou is not very old, only fifteen or sixteen years old, and she looks like a lively and active person.
As soon as the female officer left, she took Xu Chenyun's hand and asked, "Sister, you are so beautiful, where are you from?" ”
Xu Chenyun smiled lightly and said: "My ancestral home is directly under Yingtianfu, and I have lived in Ningbo Mansion, Zhejiang since I was a child, what about my sister?" ”
Yang Yuerou was surprised, and said with a northernal accent: "Then we are really fated, my family's ancestral home is Shaoxing Mansion, Zhejiang, I grew up in Xuanfu Town, and it is the first time I have come to Jiangnan!" ”
Xu Chenyun thought about Zhu Gongzi in her heart, but she just smiled faintly and didn't answer.
Yang Yuerou knew that she was bored, winked at Xu Chenyun, and said apologetically: "The journey is more than 2,000 miles, we have been bumpy for more than a month to arrive in Nanjing, and I can't help but talk a lot when I see my sister, and I ask my sister ......to forgive me."
Hearing this, Xu Chenyun knew that her attitude was a little cold, so she also took her hand and said softly: "My sister was thinking about her heart just now, and she lost her mind for a while, not for her sister." ”
"It's fine!" Yang Yuerou's big eyes flashed smartly, very crisp and crisp.
The two chatted for a while, and then they got to the bottom of each other.
It turns out that this Yang Yuerou is the granddaughter of Yang Guozhu, the general of Xuanfu Town, Zhenshuo, during the Liaodong War, Yang Guozhu was martyred, and the imperial court posthumously awarded him the earl, and his son was a five-grade martial artist, not a knighthood.
Yang Yuerou suddenly lowered her voice and said: "Sister, I heard that we will receive a month of etiquette training in the palace and be familiar with the rules of the palace. ”
"What kind of personality style is examined?" Xu Chenyun said curiously.
Yang Yuerou's eyes widened, and she said seriously: "The rules in the palace are big, such as gritting your teeth and farting when you sleep, and talking about hysteria in your dreams, these are absolutely not good, if you are shocked in the future, it will be a big crime!" ”
Xu Chenyun's face was full of sadness, and she secretly sighed that the woman's fate was so miserable, and the palace was a golden silk birdcage.
Seeing her like this, Yang Yuerou couldn't help but smile and said: "Sister, don't be sad, I heard my father and brother say that the Son of Heaven is handsome and chic, magnificent, graceful, jade-tree-like, wise, and studious...... He is a peerless man who has not seen the ancients before and has not seen the comers after! ”
Xu Chenyun looked at her in a daze, and was speechless.
She had long heard that the generals in the army regarded Emperor Tianwu as a god, but now the situation is a little complicated, why are the families of these generals also the little fan sisters of the Son of Heaven? Is this influenced by homeschooling?
Yang Yuerou seemed to be a nymphomaniac, tilted her head to Xu Chenyun's side, and said with a drunken smile: "The Son of Heaven is not only young and promising, but also young and old, well-behaved, brave and mighty, and his character is also excellent, and he will definitely be a famous king of the prosperous era in the future......
Hearing this, Xu Chenyun cried a little in her heart, how good it is? Can it be better than my Zhu Gongzi?
That night, after the show girls changed their clothes in the rain, they went to the Rouyi Hall to meet the Queen Mother under the leadership of the female official ink painting.
After Bian Yujing, Dong Xiaowan, and Kou Baimen were canonized as concubines, they moved to the East and West Sixth Palaces, and the Rouyi Hall became a place for the empress dowager or future queen to deal with some daily things and summon the wife.
After Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, everything in the Forbidden City of Nanjing was running very formally, and even the crown prince's East Palace, Chunhe Palace, was cleaned up.
Under the guidance of the eunuchs and palace maids, the three hundred show girls slowly entered the Rouyi Hall with their heads bowed.
The hall was very silent, Xu Chenyun raised her head slightly, and saw three beautiful women sitting in the hall.
The beautiful woman in the middle wears a crown of six dragons and three phoenixes, wearing a phoenix yellow coat, luxurious and graceful, her demeanor and temperament are combined, she looks different, I think it should be the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Zhou.
The two beside her should be Empress Dowager Zhang (Empress of the Apocalypse) and Concubine Yuan (Princess Zhaoren's biological mother), although they have vicissitudes of life, they are still beautiful.
The show girls stepped forward in turn to salute and each registered number.
When Xu Chenyun stepped forward to report her name, she saw that Empress Dowager Zhou's soft and beautiful eyes looked at her a few more times......
Listening to the report of the eunuch Qiu Gonggong, the eunuch of the Inner Palace, Xu Chenyun's heart fluctuated, but she didn't expect that there were a few Qing women among the show girls, and the leader was called Gulun Yongmu, the eldest princess Yatu.
It seems to be born to the slave chief Taiji and the Empress Dowager of Qing Guozhuang, that is, the sister of King Fulin of the Qing Dynasty.
Many show girls sneered at this princess of the Qing Kingdom, not to say that she was a princess of the enemy country, just to say that her mother was the Empress Dowager Zhuang, what is the situation! It's with Huang Taiji again, it's with Dolgon, and now it's with the Ming traitor Hong Chengchou.
The scandal story of the Empress Dowager Zhuang has long been compiled into a book and circulated among the people, among which the romance is talked about by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
When Empress Dowager Zhou heard this name, her face was angry, she glared at Qiu Zhizhong, very dissatisfied.
Qiu Zhizhong hurriedly said: "Returning to the Empress Dowager, this is sent by Honglu Temple, saying that it is a congratulatory gift from the regent of the Qing Emperor's father to His Majesty's wedding, and His Majesty will handle it at will." ”
Empress Dowager Zhou also said that in the Liaodong War, Huang Taiji prepared to make peace in order to seek peace, and it was this Yatu Gege that was launched.
It's just that I didn't expect that the little girl who was twelve years old at the time has not married even when she is eighteen years old, and she will be sent again!
With her mother's reputation, who would dare to ask for it! Isn't it a shame on the Ming royal family?
What does the traitor Hong Chengchou want to do? Humiliate Daming?
The more Empress Dowager Zhou thought about it, the more angry she became.
If Hong Chengchou knew, he would have to be wronged.
The princess who is close to Emperor Tianwu and has been close, who dares to ask for it in the Qing Dynasty? It's even more terrible than Kefu's woman!
It's better to send it to Daming to deal with the main master, if you want to go up, if you want to kill, you can kill, anyway, let Daming dispose of this hot princess.
Xu Chenyun glanced at Princess Nayatu slightly, and saw that she lowered her head, only revealing her neck as white as jade, and tears were rolling, as pitiful as a falling flower.
was used as a political bargaining chip by his biological mother and godfather, and came thousands of miles away to be humiliated and slaughtered, can it not be pitiful?
Because of the existence of the princess of the Qing Kingdom, the ceremony of meeting the Queen Mother this time was not satisfactory and ended in a hurry.
The 300 show girls returned to the East and West Five Institutes and began a one-month trial assessment......