Chapter 52: The Peerless Sister (2nd Update)
"If you go to Jiangnan to catch spring, you must live with spring."
Somehow, Guan Zhuofan rode on a horse, looked at the spring in front of him, and suddenly remembered this poem. More than 100 years later, there is probably no such scenery in Rehe, right? For a while, there was a feeling of time and space confusion, and he was a student of the history department, but now he was wearing a full uniform, and he was here to "stand on duty" for the emperor in history.
Xianfeng left the palace, which was a common thing in Rehe, especially before he fell ill, there was a time every three or five times, so the guards who accompanied him also had a rule. But like now, not only the emperor himself, but also the three palaces, six courts, and ministers came to watch the big drama together, and the guards sent by the guard department alone can't take care of it, after all, in the forbidden palace, it still needs to be on duty as usual.
Guan Zhuofan's east and west battalions of horses, because of the proximity of the station, were assigned by the commander of the infantry army Yamen two days in advance, and they wanted to serve as guards around Ruyizhou together with the imperial guards. A foreman of the guard named Zhaofeng specially came to his station and divided the defense zone with him. The result of the discussion was that within five zhang of the stage, guards were still set up guards, and the second circle of guards outside ten zhang was guarded by soldiers of the horse team, carrying knives and not horses - for fear that the neighing of horses would disturb the emperor's Qingxing watching the play. Only Zhuo Fan and the two thousand presidents, because they have to inspect and supervise, they can ride horses.
The stage, called "A Cloud", is built on the lowest part of a gentle slope and has been beautifully arranged. There is a large open space in front of the stage, and hundreds of seats are set up with low front and high back, one of which is wrapped in yellow silk, and it can be known that it is the emperor's throne without asking. Guan Zhuofan rode on a horse and walked slowly along both sides of the stage, although there was a distance of nearly 20 zhang, he could still clearly see the actors and eunuchs on and off the stage, busy packing up and preparing.
When the honor guard in the palace turned from the west side of Ruyi Continent, Guan Zhuofan's heart began to pound uncontrollably - this is the emperor, are you kidding, all the historians of China, except for me Guan Zhuofan, who can see a living emperor sitting in front of him?
It was not the emperor who took the seat first, but the concubines. They got out of the sedan chair, and were guided by the eunuchs and palace maids, found the designated haode seats, stood and waited, whispering and laughing. For them, leaving the palace is a rare happy event, accustomed to seeing the clouds and shadows of the high walls, and it is really a great pleasure to come to the warm breeze and the unobstructed wilderness at this time.
Then the princes and nobles who accompanied the emperor in Rehe, and the ministers who worked beside the emperor and were above the third rank. They all made solemn and dignified appearances, stood in a few rows of Zuihou according to their positions, and looked at the ground without squinting - after all, the group in front of them was the emperor's women, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they didn't dare to stare at it.
When the palanquin of the emperor and the empress arrived, the silent whip sounded three times, and the seat was solemn, until the emperor Zuihou sat down, everyone dared to sit down, and finally completed the ceremony of taking a seat.
"I'm happy today, don't make so many rules." Xianfeng said with a smile. When it comes to such a formal occasion, he is about to bow down, "Watch the play, it's not good to be too restrained, let everyone be casual." ”
"Huh-" The deputy chief, the eunuch Wang Yi, agreed, and then pulled the male duck's throat to deliver the decree, and the atmosphere on the seat became a little more lively. Guan Zhuofan was familiar with this voice, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be an old acquaintance - it was the old eunuch who distributed jewelry that he saw on Yujing Street that day. And the emperor beside him-
The emperor's stature is not short, but he is very thin, and the dragon robe is worn on his body, and he has the feeling of swaying. His face was pale, and he didn't seem to have even a trace of blood, and his eyes were gloomy, which was obviously the result of excessive wine and a serious illness. Guan Zhuofan looked at Xianfeng, counted the days in his heart, and sighed secretly: He won't live long. And this ability to predict life and death made him have a very strange feeling, and that nasty sense of time and space confusion struck again.
He admonished himself not to get caught up in this emotion, and his way of distracting himself was also effective: looking at beautiful women.
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After kowtowing to the emperor, the two officials with the drama stepped onto the stage and stood on the two positions of "general" and "phase", and the play began.
The first thing to do was a literary drama. Guan Zhuofan is a music blind, but also a drama blind, he can't understand whether the one who is singing on the stage is a Tsing Yi or a Hua Dan, he just feels full of babbling, and he is annoyed. But the concubines in the audience watched it attentively, for fear of missing a word of drama.
Dozens of concubines, skirts are like a ring, and you can see them clearly.
The soldiers on the stand, everyone pressed the handle of the knife with their hands, and could only turn their backs to the stage to guard outward, while Guan Zhuofan could take the opportunity of controlling the horse to supervise and peek at each other. There was no way for him to get to the front of the stage, so he could only see their sides, and even if they were only from the side, they were enough to feast their eyes.
The first thing he looked for was the Empress, because it was the only person he could recognize. He doesn't know what the rules of the concubine's costume are, but the queen is going to wear a crown, so it's easy to recognize. Sure enough, he only glanced at it a few times, and then he saw the queen with a green velvet crown and a red hat.
The Empress is still very young, and sits on a special seat about a foot away from the emperor's left hand. It looks like a round face, and he was born very upright, holding a five or six-year-old child in his arms, watching the play, while taking something for him to eat from the snack box placed on the side - it won't be wrong, Guan Zhuofan thought excitedly, this is the future Empress Dowager who will be respected by the two palaces for 20 years, and the one in her arms is undoubtedly the future Emperor Tongzhi.
However, he had not yet found the woman he was most looking for. The concubines sitting in the row behind the queen should be the six or seven people with the highest rank, but I don't know which one is Concubine Yi? Even the concubines in the back rows, looking at the silhouettes, they all felt young and beautiful, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: the country is strong or weak, and there is no need for a McDonald's index, just by the appearance of the concubines, you can see a rough idea. At this time, Xianfeng's concubines can be regarded as beautiful as clouds, and the concubines of the Guangxu generation really have a feeling that they can't bear to witness.
With such a blasphemous thought in his heart, his eyes swept to the eunuch and palace maid in the back row, but he suddenly glanced at An Dehai. After being stunned for a moment, he thought that since Concubine Yi was here, An Dehai was of course also serving here, so he bowed his head slightly, which was regarded as a greeting. An Dehai saw him, but he was very calm, nodded, signaled that he saw it, and after a while, he took a handkerchief and put it on his left arm, held a box, and walked forward along the aisle with his waist bowed.
What does that mean? Guan Zhuofan's heart jumped up again, An Dehai clearly wanted to point out to himself where Concubine Yi was.
Sure enough, An Dehai walked to the seat of the second row of concubines, squatted down, presented the box first, and whispered something, Guan Zhuofan saw the two women on the seat, tilted their heads in unison, and looked at him. He suddenly realized that An Dehai was not going to point out to Yi Guifei to him, but to show him to Yi Guifei!
Guan Zhuofan is the only person riding on a horse here, of course, he can be recognized at a glance. He thought to himself, just look at it, I saved your brother, I sent filial piety to your mother's family, I ...... I......
He saw the faces of the two women clearly, and suddenly his mind was confused.
The two women, although they are dressed differently, are of similar age and similar in appearance, as if they are a pair of sister flowers born of one cell. His eyesight is excellent, and if you look closely, you can see the difference, the one on the left, slightly older, should be the elder sister, wearing a golden cardigan dragon coat, black hair like lacquer, soft as jade, but there is a cold charm in the beauty, the eyes flashed, the crystal light was rotten, and there was a feeling that people couldn't look directly. The one on the right, combing his flag head, wearing a black-collared pink floral robe, is also beautiful, but sitting next to his sister, he can't help but be dwarfed.
Guan Zhuofan reacted, the woman wearing a golden dragon coat was naturally Concubine Yi! And beside her, it is not the concubine, but her sister, the Fujin of the Seventh Prince. This pair of sister flowers of the Yehenala clan is famous all over the world, and they can actually get a glimpse of their true faces, how fortunate they are! And this kind of color, no matter what, it should be favored by the six palaces, why would it fall out of favor with Xianfeng, it is really incredible.
Guan Zhuofan, who claimed to be the "royal sister control", only felt that his mouth was dry, knowing that peeping at the emperor's concubine was a big disrespectful crime, he was still reluctant to look away, so he looked at Yi Guifei in a daze for a few seconds, until there was a hint of surprise in her eyes, turned her head back, and went to watch the play.
Looking at the skinny emperor and the peerless young woman in front of him, a sentence suddenly appeared in Guan Zhuofan's mind.
There are few bosom friends, who listens to broken strings?
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