Chapter 4 Entering the Palace
August 16.
Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mama came to the palace in the morning. Spread the queen's mother's message, please Du Qinxin into the palace.
If it was before, the queen mother was not afraid of Du Qin's heart entering the palace, but now it is different. Du Qinxin has been married to King Rui, and King Rui has been fighting secretly with the crown prince and queen for many years. This made Xin'er enter the palace······ Mrs. Du couldn't disobey the queen's mother, so she had to repeatedly tell Du Qinxin to be cautious in her words and deeds, and watched Du Qinxin get into the carriage to the palace.
Du Qin was also apprehensive in his heart, in the past, he used to go with his mother when he entered the palace, and most of them participated in banquets, found a distant position, and came back after sitting for a long time. Now that I'm alone, I'm still alone in front of the queen, hey! Just look at the grandmother next to the queen mother, she is not a good match.
It was Mama Liu next to the queen mother who came to pass the message, and she was also the old man next to the queen mother, she felt a pity when she saw Du Qinxin at first sight, but it was a pity that she couldn't give it to her own prince, what a beauty! Looking at this word and deed, he also understands the rules. I just don't know if I understand the rules of the queen's mother.
Soon arrived at the palace, got off the carriage, Du Qinxin obediently followed behind the grandmother, and walked towards the Changchun Palace.
In the past few days, Mrs. Du has also told Du Qinxin about some things in the palace. At this time, Du Qin was grateful to his mother for the many considerations he had made. Let yourself know some things, the queen mother has been in the palace for a few years, and now the harem is the queen mother's sole power, since the incident five years ago, Emperor Ming Yuan has never chosen a show girl, is there anything to compete for favor and power.
Five years ago, Du Qinxin was still a little girl, it was Emperor Ming Yuan who ascended the throne and called the emperor for ten years, the court was stable, the country and the people were safe, but the harem was a mess, the queen didn't know what to do at that time, which annoyed Emperor Ming Yuan, and Emperor Ming Yuan was angry to abolish the queen, and set up Zhao Qirui's mother Xian Guifei as the queen! Later, for some reason, Concubine Xian died suddenly of illness, and Emperor Ming Yuan was hit hard and languished for a long time. Xian Guifei was the princess of Emperor Ming Yuan when he was still the prince, and gave birth to the eldest son of Emperor Ming Yuan, Zhao Qirui. At that time, in order to stabilize the foundation, I had to marry the current queen, and the queen's mother was a family of military generals, which helped the Ming Yuan Emperor a lot at that time. As soon as Concubine Xian died, nothing was done after the abolition, and a draft was never held in the palace since then. Most of the nobles who entered the palace after that were chosen by the queen to enter the palace.
Outside the Changchun Palace, Mama asked Du Qinxin to wait here.
After a while, Mama came back to Xuan Du Qinxin and entered the hall. Du Qinxin entered Changchun Palace for the first time, which is worthy of being the Middle Palace, which is really magnificent!
"Courtier Du Qinxin, I have seen the queen mother, the queen mother Jin An!" Du Qin bowed heartily.
"Miss Du doesn't have to be polite! Get up quickly. The queen looked at Du Qinxin, who was dressed in a goose-yellow immortal dress, and said.
"This palace has long heard that Miss Du is extremely beautiful, and today I saw the natural beauty of the country!"
"The queen is very praised, but the courtiers really dare not be." Du Qinxin didn't know what the queen called him into the palace for, and he didn't dare to say more.
The queen watched Du Qinxin's every move in her eyes, originally Du Chengye contributed a lot to the establishment of the prince this time, thinking of pointing out his daughter to the prince as a side concubine, who knew that the emperor actually promised that evil obstacle! If this Du Qinxin is an obedient person, it's fine, otherwise it depends on your own creation.
"Miss Du doesn't have to be restrained, it won't be long before you will be the daughter-in-law of this palace. I have sent you here today for you and King Rui. It is rumored that the palace and King Rui are not on good terms, hey! Also, if it weren't for Bengong marrying the current saint, he would be the eldest son, and it would be reasonable to resent Bengong. It's just that in the end, it is his mother, and he is about to get married, and I, who is a mother, still have to take care of it for him. The queen told Du Qinxin about her past with Zhao Qirui, and Du Qinxin saw it in her eyes, and only felt that the queen seemed to be a helpless mother to King Rui.
"You are a good boy, and you can understand the palace, you have been living in the palace for the past few days, and there are palace maids and grandmothers to take care of you. Familiarize yourself with the affairs of the palace! ”
When Du Qinxin heard that the queen was going to live in the palace, he was very puzzled! King Rui has left the palace to build a mansion, even after getting married, he lives outside the palace, as for the rules and etiquette, these mothers invited their grandmothers to teach in the mansion when they were young. I only heard that the crown princess wants to enter the palace to familiarize herself with the palace rules and etiquette, and this princess is also going to be like this now. Even if you don't want to, you can only bite the bullet.
When the queen saw that she should go down, she didn't say anything more, and rewarded her with some jewelry and clothes, only saying that she was worried that Du Qinxin was in a hurry and was afraid that she would let her go down to rest without preparation.
The place where Du Qinxin lives is a side hall of Changchun Palace, which is some distance from the queen's bedroom. Du Qinxin didn't know if the queen mother had sent a message to inform her mother that she would not return home for the past few days, and she didn't eat much in the afternoon.
Until the afternoon, the queen did not summon Du Qinxin again, and Du Qinxin did not dare to move around. It was not until evening that he walked outside the dormitory.
Rui Wang's Mansion.
"Lord, someone in the palace has sent a message that the queen mother left Miss Du to live in the palace." The housekeeper told Zhao Qirui the news sent from the palace. Although this Du Qinxin is not the ideal candidate for the princess in everyone's minds, but the holy decree has been issued, and it has been related to his own prince, and he still has to inform the prince about this.
Zhao Qirui didn't seem to care about it, "It's okay!" He spit out two words and told the housekeeper to step back.
The butler didn't dare to say much, closed the door of the study, and retreated. Zhao Qirui turned two pages of the book in his hand, raised his head and looked out the window. If you are a safe one, that's it. If not, don't blame the king.'"
"You go and keep an eye on it." Zhao Qirui commanded into the air.
"Yes!" I just heard someone answer, and then a shadow crossed the wall.
Zhao Qirui didn't care about the marriage at all, especially the daughter of Du Chengye, and he understood the deep meaning of his father's move.
Following.
Du Qinxin got up early, and chose a relatively elegant waist-length skirt among the clothes rewarded by the queen's mother, I didn't want to apply powder, thinking that when I came, my mother told me to look decent, so I asked Su Ling to help me put on makeup. Du Qinxin looked at himself in the bronze mirror, and he didn't think it was very good-looking, and he wanted to come to the queen to say some polite words.
But Su Qing Suling on the side didn't think so, they only felt that the queen mother had read countless people and was a good vision. Her own lady is definitely a beauty who has captivated the country and the city.
After everything was cleaned up, Du Qinxin walked to the main hall. Du Qinxin hadn't gotten up yet, so she waited obediently, and after waiting for a cup of tea, she saw someone coming.
"The courtiers have seen the two of you!" Du Qinxin took two steps forward and saluted. The people who came were Concubine Hui and Concubine Zhen among the four concubines, who had seen them at the palace banquet in the past. Among the two of them, the fifth prince, the son of Concubine Hui, has always been good with the crown prince, and Concubine Hui and the queen are also harmonious. And Concubine Zhen is the cousin of the queen's mother, the two are close, and Concubine Zhen has only one princess, and she is even more close to the queen.
"What kind of girl is this, look at it!" Concubine Zhen didn't say anything to let Du Qinxin get up, looked at Du Qinxin and asked.
"Back to Niangniang, courtier Du Qinxin." Du Qin replied to Concubine Zhen's words without humility or arrogance.
"It's Miss Du, get up quickly." Concubine Hui asked her to get up, in fact, she heard about it yesterday, and she also knew about it.
Speaking kung fu, concubines came to greet the queen one after another. Du Qinxin said hello one by one, stepped aside, and didn't say much, even if she talked about her words like this, she kept getting into her ears, and some of the concubines who were not in harmony said a few words to each other. Du Qin was helpless.
When the queen got up, everyone entered the main hall one by one according to their ranks, and Du Qinxin walked at the end, thinking that the lady in this palace would have to talk like this every morning and dusk, which was really uncomfortable.
Du Qinxin knelt down with all the ladies to say hello, and the queen signaled to get up and look at the tea seat. Du Qinxin sat in the last position, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible, terrible about something.
"Have you seen Miss Du?" Du Qin just wanted to take a sip of hot tea, and quickly got up when he heard the queen's words.
"The courtiers have seen the queen mother, and they have seen all the mothers!" Du Qin's heart and kneecaps were sore, and he kept saluting all morning.
"Back to the queen's mother, I've seen it, how can such a peugeot person not pay attention!" Concubine Zhen hid her face and smiled, praising and praised.
Du Qinxin didn't dare to say much, and after the words of the queen's mother, he obediently sat back on the chair, and didn't even dare to drink any more tea. She felt that everyone in this room seemed to be unfriendly to her. Always look at yourself with some strange eyes.
After suffering for a stick of incense, there were concubines leaving in a row, and finally Concubine Zhen and Concubine Hui also retreated, and only Du Qinxin and the queen were left in the palace, Du Qinxin felt a little better, for other ladies, the queen looked much kinder.
"Queen Mother, the prince is here!" A palace person came to report, and the prince asked to see him.
Du Qin heard this, "Queen Mother, the courtiers have retreated!" "The prince is also a foreign man, not to mention that he has a marriage contract, and he always wants to avoid suspicion.
"It's okay, you will be Princess Rui in the future, that is, the crown prince's sister-in-law. Not an outsider! The queen looked at Du Qinxin and said with a smile.
Du Qin listened to it, only feeling that he couldn't understand, but he didn't dare to say more.
Speaking kung fu, I saw the prince in an apricot yellow dragon pattern crown dress walked in, Du Qinxin stepped aside, she had never seen the prince, only heard her father and brother say that although he did not have the great military exploits like King Rui, he was also a person who was worried about the country and the people, and studied in morality. Seeing that Qi Yu is indeed extraordinary today, the person approved by his father is good to think about.
"Erchen has seen the queen mother, and the queen mother is Jin'an." The prince would go to the queen's palace every day, and the queen was also very pleased.
In Du Qinxin's view, the queen and the crown prince are typical mothers and filial sons, like the elder brothers and mothers in the family.
As soon as the crown prince Zhao Qizhen entered the door, he saw Du Qinxin standing aside, and he didn't pay much attention to it, which also made Du Qinxin not feel too embarrassed. Zhao Qizhen left after a while, but stopped after leaving Changchun Palace. Turning around, he glanced at the direction of the main hall and turned to leave.