The day when he entered the palace in the Qing Dynasty was the late spring of the twenty-first year of Kangxi. The Forbidden City was shrouded in a drizzle. A group of palace people walked along the road, holding the case plate in their right hand from the house under the corridor, and glimpsed the cyan curtain carriage from a distance, and a trace of envy flashed in the eyes of the palace people, but after a while, they recovered as before, and gradually disappeared with the rain.

After the carriage drove into the Shunzhen Gate, he only heard the coachman whisper "Gege, it's here". The waitress in the car gently lifted the curtains. Qing Shi poked his head out, looked at the bluestone bricks full of water droplets, and sighed deeply. She is no stranger to this place, even familiar, from Gege to noble, she has an indescribable taste in her heart.

Meng Yuxun, the palace man who had been waiting here early, bowed to the Qing Shi umbrella, and the palace people behind him quickly took over the things in the hands of the maid and led the Qing Shi to his residence. Qing Shi looked at the palace people on his side, about 20 years old, eyebrows Shu Yuanshan, slightly stretched his eyes, and a Qingbi palace dress was lined with extremely calm. Yu Xun said respectfully: "The slave Meng Yuxun is the palace maid in charge sent by the Internal Affairs Government to serve the nobles."

"There are only a few things on the left, and I bother my aunt to go this way."

"The noble man has tormented the slave, and the noble concubine Niangniang cares about the nobleman, so she ordered the slave to come only to the nobleman, which should be the luck of the slave." After years of survival in the palace, Yu Xun has already been able to be a slave. When he entered the palace in the Qing Dynasty and Shuangqi, he couldn't appreciate the bitterness of the palace, and he didn't know what the Yongshou Palace had in mind. After thinking about it for a while, I felt that there were two smart eyes behind the layers of palace walls, looking at me. The drizzle knocked obliquely on the bluestone bricks, and a trace of light sound could still be heard in the clear time, and he subconsciously tightened a few steps.

In the Qing Dynasty, through the west gate of Qiongyuan, the four-zhang wide Yongdao appeared in front of you, although the palace walls on both sides were somewhat eroded, but the royal momentum still existed. After entering the Yongshou Gate, bypassing the main hall to the west corner, it is considered to have arrived at the Yongshou Palace. It is rare to see hesitation (1) in the Forbidden City, but in the Qing Dynasty, I saw it thoroughly in the courtyard. The stamens of the red core on the heel tree, the north wind transits, carrying the rain, inhaling deeply, as if there is a faint fragrance of flowers in the nose. Qing Shi raised his head, and the main hall was inscribed with "Ning Hui Yuan".

After the palace people packed up and left, Yuxun was led by Yongshoumen to serve the palace people of the Qing Dynasty to Ninghuiyuan. The palace attendants on both sides of the hall stood, and after most of them reported their real names, Qing Shi suddenly felt uncomfortable, and ordered the maids behind him to send some scattered silver, and ordered Yuxun to take it and assign his own duties.

According to the palace rules, on the third day after entering the palace, the rookies should go to the middle palace to greet the concubines to show their identity. When there was no middle palace in the dynasty, the imperial concubine Tong acted on his behalf.

On this day, after the rain, I looked out of the window and took in the distant twilight scene. When I arrived at Chengqian Palace in the Qing Dynasty, most of the people had arrived.

Yingying Yanyan sat down, and the woman sitting in the middle of it understated the eyebrows of the moon and the crown of beads on her temples. On the blue dark gauze flat needle embroidered crane, the pattern of the folded peony is outlined by the colored threads densely in the brocade. Tranquil and virtuous, luxurious and unparalleled. Between the eyebrows, it is difficult to hide the state of long cheeks and green emerald. This is the imperial concubine Tong Qingyu, the sister of the Qing Dynasty.

The Tong family lives in Liaodong, it is the home of Zhong Ming Dingshi, the ancestors of the Tong family belong to Nurhachi, the career is unimpeded, there is the birth of Empress Xiaokangzhang when the dynasty, and then there is Qingyu in charge of the six palaces, and the Tong family has unlimited scenery for a while. In the Qing Dynasty, he should not have waded into this troubled water, but the imperial concubine had no heirs, so she could only use herself as a note in exchange for the Tong family.

Qing Shi looked at the rest of the people, and the concubines on both sides either talked with their peers or poured low drinks, and Qing Shi saw unease, contempt and indifference through their expressions. At the same time, I also felt that there was a pair of needle-like eyes piercing me behind me, which made my heart panic.

The chamberlain standing beside Qing Yu noticed that the rookies had almost arrived, so he said loudly: "Please salute the new little master." "In the Qing Dynasty, several people knelt three times and bowed nine times to the concubines. After this kind of action was completed, he should have left, but he didn't want to be stopped by a beautiful person.

"Earlier, when the noble Tong entered the palace to serve the sick, he shocked the palace in Jiangxue Xuan, and he didn't ask for guilt, and he was even rude. The palace remembered that the nobleman was young and opened the net, so he asked the imperial concubine to be disciplined, and see the nobleman today...... "The beauty collar begonia red clothes, and the hair is in the current fashionable style - two heads, holding a sandalwood fan, and the demeanor is self-contained." The appearance is condensed in the autumn moon, as beautiful as a peony, and the appearance is superior, who is it not Wen Guifei Niu Hulu Yuhua? Concubine Wen turned her eyes to look at Qing Yu and said, "The imperial concubine is well-disciplined. ”

Concubine Wen's move was just to embarrass Qing Shi and avenge the day's revenge. Everyone didn't know so they all looked at Qing Shi, and Qing Yu saw this and said with a smile: "Tong Guiren entered the palace at the age of a golden hairpin, and he didn't know the etiquette, but fortunately the concubine mentioned it, and it became what it is today." Now the nobles and all the sisters have inherited the blessings of the heavenly family, and they can only be in front of the king. As the old saying goes, I will be rewarded with a peach. What's more, the nobles of Tong and the concubine now live in the same palace, in the past or now, the nobles of Tong should serve a cup of tea to Concubine Wen to show gratitude. ”

Qing Shi understood his intentions, and blocked the mouths of the people with tea, which was not considered to be a loss of face for Concubine Wen. Then he picked up a teacup next to the table, and served it to Concubine Wen and said: "The concubine is young and ignorant, and she collided with the mother and the jade that day, but fortunately, the imperial concubine and the concubine Niangniang raised some discipline, so that the concubine would not make any more mistakes." Today, the concubine served tea to repay the mother's guidance in the past. ”

The palace knew that Concubine Wen was the sister of Empress Xiaozhao, the daughter of one of the four auxiliary ministers, and belonged to the nobles of the Three Banners, and her family background was so prominent that even Empress Renxiao (2) could not compare with her. At the beginning of entering the palace, she was in the position of concubine, arrogant by nature, and did not take everyone in her eyes. But since the death of Bilong and Empress Xiaozhao, Niu Hulu's family is not as good as before, but its leaves are deep-rooted, and the people in the harem are still afraid.

The Tong family is at its peak, and there is Empress Xiaokangzhang as the mother's family to rely on, so why is it afraid that the declining Bilong family is just a play. Seeing the two of them like this, Concubine Wen couldn't help but mock herself. When he took the teacup, he deliberately poured it in his hand and splashed a sleeve of tea.

"Yu Rong, quickly wipe it for the nobles. This palace's hand is becoming more and more inflexible, is the noble person hot? Wen Guifei deliberately poured tea on Qingshi's arm, and Yu Rong knew Wen Guifei's temperament, so she ignored her words, and had no intention of wiping Qingshi. The hot tea made Qing Shi's arm bend red, and Qing Shi had to pretend to be calm, "It's okay to be a concubine." ”

Concubine Wen smiled brightly, ignored the person in front of her, turned around and pretended to ask, "Don't you slave listen to the words of this palace?" ”

Yu Rong hurriedly knelt in front of Concubine Wen, his head like pounding garlic: "The slave knows the crime, I hope Niangniang will forgive the slave." ”

Qingyu watched this play very much, but she didn't want to listen to Concubine Wen's words, and said with a slightly sullen face: "A slave dares not to listen to his master's words, and he goes to the Prudential Punishment Division to receive twenty boards by himself, so as to set an example." ”

Concubine Wen rubbed her fingertips on the handle of the fan in her hand, and chuckled: "Thank you for your grace and spare your life." After a pause, he got up and saluted Qingyu, "Today was supposed to be a happy event for the rookie to meet, but because the concubine body disturbed everyone's interest, there were still some things in the concubine palace, so I took the first step." ”

When she turned around, she no longer looked at the person behind her, and when she passed by Yu Rong's side, she only left a sentence slowly: "The imperial concubine is gracious, what are you doing like this?" Anyway, the coming day will be long, and this palace will calculate with you again. The words in his mouth were said to Yu Rong, but he looked at Qing Shi with fierceness in his eyes.

After Concubine Wen left, the rest of the people in the inner hall retreated one after another, and when they calmed down, there were only Qing Shi and Qing Yu.

Qing Yu introduced Qing Shi into the back hall, gently lifted Qing Shi's sleeves, and instructed the palace people: "Hurry up and go to Imperial Doctor Jiang to get a good ointment." A red mark on his arm stabbed Qing Yu's eyes like a sharp needle, and the promise made before entering the palace was now only empty talk, Qing Yu regretted that he should not grant his family's request, and let Qing Shi be involved. Thinking of this, Qing Yu couldn't help but redden, and Qing Shi whispered when she saw this: "Sister? ”

"That day in the backyard of Chengqian Palace, I promised to protect you, but now that you are in front of me, I can't fulfill my promise." Gou lightly promised, advancing and retreating wrongly. The same lineage should not have such an idea, but Qingyu has always been in a good way, and this time it really made her uneasy.

"Sister doesn't have to blame herself, since Qing Shi chose to enter the palace, she must have to go through some suffering, and it was indeed Qing Shi's impulse to confront her that day. In the future, Qingshi will be cautious. ”

In addition, Qing Shi comforted a few words, and Qing Yu was in a state of decline. The palace people diligently served the plaster, and Qing Yu personally took the medicine for Qing Shi, but he never thought that the palace people would come to report that His Majesty had arrived at the Chengqian Gate, and hoped that Niangniang would go to meet him quickly.

When I heard the word Your Majesty, my heart was flooded. Leaving the gods, it seems to be back in the sparse shadow of the apricot blossoms that day, the scene when I first saw it.

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Concentrate:

(1) Hesitation: Another name for rhododendron.

(2) Empress Renxiao: The first queen of Kangxi, the Hesheri clan, the granddaughter of Sonny, the head of the four auxiliary ministers, Empress Xiaozhao and she were both one of the alternate queens when the queen was elected. Kubilong and Ao Bai tried to make the Empress Xiaozhao Niu Hulu choose the queen. However, because the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang insisted on establishing Sony's granddaughter, Empress Xiaozhao was only named a concubine at that time.