Chapter 6 The Secret of the Plum Palace 2
Palace. What is the Royal Palace.
Yingxian has lost her memory, and the palace is an extremely strange place for her. Magnificent, majestic, solemn, magnificent, extravagant, solemn, cold, deceitful...... Mysterious. When he walked to the Guangyun Gate in the northwest of Miyagi, Yingxian looked at the eaves in the distance, and the golden and brilliant temple, all kinds of adjectives kept rolling in his mind. Although Xiao Ningzi had introduced to herself the general layout of the palace and the basic rules of the palace, the feeling of uneasiness did not disappear, on the contrary, it became stronger because of the proximity to the palace.
At that time, Xiao Ningzi unfolded a map of Miyagi and explained it to Yingxian, who listened carefully and remembered it to avoid making mistakes in the future. This Xijian Palace City is located in the north of the imperial city, with a total of eight gates. The east gate is called Dongyu Gate, the west two gates are Xishun Gate in the south, and the Guangyun Gate in the north. To the north, there are Jianchang Gate and Jiahui Gate. There are three gates in the south, the middle gate is the gate of heaven, it is also the main gate of the palace city, it is said that it is the gold nail of vermilion lacquer, the rafters of the steep corner, and the glazed tiles with glitter are attached, which is particularly brilliant and dazzling. To the east is Yonghe Gate, and to the west is Yong'an Gate. The eight gates are majestic, hugging the palace city. If you enter directly from the Chengtian Gate, and then pass through the Jinguang Gate and Desheng Gate, it is the former dynasty where the emperor handles government affairs, meets courtiers and guests, and carries out sacrificial celebrations. Take the Chongzheng Hall as the main hall, also known as the "Jinluan Palace", and then the Xuanzheng Palace, the Longzheng Palace, constitute the three major halls of the central axis. The emperor is in the Chongzheng Hall and participates in the celebrations, while the daily summoning of ministers and handling political affairs is generally set in the Xuanzheng Palace. The main buildings of the previous dynasty also include the five east halls such as the Shenlong Palace, the Wuming Palace, the Fuyan Palace, the Changzuo Palace, and the Wanharmonic Palace, as well as the West Five Palaces such as the Wenhua Palace, the Jiying Palace, the Qixiang Palace, the Yuxiu Palace, and the Qingxi Palace. In addition, there are Mingchen Hall and Liangyi Hall in the north.
After the Liangyi Palace, the door is opened, and then to the north is the so-called inner court, that is, the forbidden place of the harem, which has always been the place where the emperor's concubines live. The emperor's dormitory is called Qianqing Palace, and the queen's dormitory is Kunning Palace, and the place where the pilgrimage is congratulated is called Jiaotai Palace. The two wings are distributed with the Yangxin Palace, the Queen Mother's Sleeping Palace, the Shouci Palace, and the eight palaces where the concubines live, namely Yaohua Palace, Yongle Palace, Chuxiu Palace, Ningxia Palace, Shuming Palace, Ziyun Palace, Shuying Palace and Lize Palace. Each palace has a main hall, an apse and two side halls, which are extremely rich and luxurious. As for the Prince's East Palace, it was originally called Chengji Palace, which was built in the easternmost part of the palace near the imperial city. In addition, Yu Guo has six bureaus and 24 divisions, including the Shanggong Bureau, to manage the affairs of the inner court, command and govern the palace maids, which are distributed around the periphery of the harem, and all of them are female officials.
On the occasion of the separation of that day, Yingxian and Yingxue made an appointment to meet in front of Guangyun Gate before the first moment of March 1. Yingxian showed the royal gold medal to the guards, and greeted him for a while, but Yingxue didn't come for a long time. When she was in a hurry, a girl with clear eyebrows and handsome eyes came from inside the door, wearing a Danbi gauze double skirt, and blessed Yingxian, and said clearly: "Yingxian girl has been waiting for a long time." Miss Yingxue couldn't come for the time being because of something, so she asked me to pick you up and go to the back garden of Jingyang Zhai to rest for a while. She'll be there later. ”
Yingxian asked, it turned out that this girl was Yingxue's maid, named Wanyun. Jingyangzhai is the place where Princess Yuanxi lives, located in the northwest of the harem, some distance from the concubine's palace. At the moment, I followed the evening clouds, and soon arrived at a Huacan mansion. Behind the shadow wall carved with phoenixes wearing peonies is a four-entry compound. Wanyun led Yingxian into the gate, leaning north against the wall until he walked to the back garden, and led him to a stone bench under a willow tree in the garden. After Ying Xian sat down, she split her head and asked, "Are my sister and the princess in the house?" Will I go to see the princess later? ”
Wanyun said: "Girl, don't worry. Miss Yingxue accompanied the princess to the Shanggong Bureau to find Qi Shanggong, but she hasn't come back yet, probably because something has delayed. Let's wait. ”
Hearing this, Ying Xian said again: "By the way, I have heard of the name of the Sixth Bureau, but I don't know what the specific responsibilities are, do you know?" ”
"Hmm...... Back to the girl's words, these six bureaus are Shanggong, Shangyi, Shangfu, Shangshi, Shangshu and Shanggong, each bureau has four divisions, a total of twenty-four divisions. After a pause, he continued: "Generally speaking, the Shang Palace Bureau is in charge of guiding the queen and rewarding the palace and other affairs. The Shangyi Bureau is in charge of etiquette and living in the palace. The Shangfu Bureau is responsible for the procurement and configuration of clothing, jewelry, and utensils in the palace. The matter of food and drink is the work of the Food Bureau. As for the Shang Bed Bureau, it is responsible for the order of the Son of Heaven's Yan Bed and the concubines. Finally, there is the Shang Gong Bureau, which is to teach the ladies of the palace to take courses for female workers and be responsible for clothes tailoring and other affairs. ”
Yingxian didn't expect that Jingyangzhai's little maid would answer so fluently, and suddenly remembered someone and asked, "Then have you heard of Gu Si of Shangyi Palace?" “
"Gu Siji, that is the female gentleman of our harem, who is responsible for the teaching of history in the palace, and is most familiar with the evolution of the harem system and the requirements of women's talents and virtues. And I heard that people are also generous and generous, and they can be regarded as answering all questions. ”
No wonder the second princess asked me to come to her. Yingxian thought. Then I heard Wanyun say, "Girl, you can wait here patiently for a while." I'm going to go to the fast and get some things ready. Later, when the princess and the girl are back, I will call you. ”
After the evening clouds left, Yingxian wandered around the garden. The layout of this garden is much smaller than that of the Yunyin Garden in Princess Wenji's mansion, and the exquisite elegance is even better. The garden is full of ancient trees and flowers, especially eye-catching is a ginkgo tree in the center that is surrounded by three people, the branches stretching out in all directions are covered with tender green new leaves, and a fan is swaying with the wind, graceful and lovely. In the northwest of the garden, the bright red begonias bloom on the black branches, so fresh and plump that they seem to drip red water. The pond in the southwest looks like a large piece of water jade sinking into the boundless sea of flowers, and up close, you can see the sparkling reflection of the pavilion and the yellow warbler crying around.
After waiting for a long time and there was no movement, Yingxian was quite bored, and her heart moved: the ghost knows when the sister and princess will be finished. Why don't I leave Jingyangzhai first, take a walk in the palace and take a look, why not come back later? This palace is forbidden, and you don't look at it in vain. As long as I don't talk to people too much, I probably won't have any problems.
If you are excited, you will act. Yingxian immediately moved, walked out of the courtyard and walked south, and walked out of Jingyangzhai after a while. After thinking about it, he walked in the southeast direction again, gradually approaching the hinterland of the harem. Step by step, the scenery changed, only then did I find that in addition to the majestic and magnificent palace in this palace, there are also various buildings, pavilions, platforms, pavilions, pavilions, views and ponds of different sizes. Some of the palace maids were cleaning or chatting, but no one noticed them. only met a white-clothed palace maid, and Lao Yuan shouted in surprise: "Is it Yingxian?" You're coming back to see your sister? ”
"Ah...... Sister Bai, long time no see. Yes, my sister is waiting for me. I'll have to get there. I'll come back to you when I'm free! After that, he turned around and walked away, thinking to himself: It doesn't matter if your surname is Bai or not, anyway, I said it so fast, you can't hear clearly.
Regardless of the direction, I walked about half a cup of tea, Kankan passed through the Ziyun Palace, and encountered a small lake with sparkling water, and the stone was set up by the lake as a pavilion, which was called "Makeup Pavilion". A chic octagonal small attic was built near the lake, entitled "Evening Pavilion". A bunch of orchids are planted in front of the pavilion, and the long leaves like streamers are displayed in the eyes, rippling green waves according to the rhythm of the wind, spreading a subtle fragrance. Yingxian couldn't help but walk over, and was about to sniff it, but heard a slight sobbing sound from behind the pavilion.
Yingxian walked around to the back of the pavilion in surprise, only to see a woman sitting in front of the pavilion with her back to her, whimpering there with her back bent. Yingxian approached the woman curiously, thought about it, reached out and patted her shoulder, and asked, "Why are you crying?" ”
The woman turned in surprise and immediately stopped crying. Yingxian saw that she was old, about forty years old, wearing an apricot yellow moire narrow-sleeved thousand-pleated skirt, combing a drooping fallen horse bun, eyebrows painted far mountain daisies, light green and melancholy, tears in her eyes, thin lips trembling slightly, and a light plum makeup, exuding a kind of lonely beauty.
I didn't want this woman to see Yingxian, and immediately burst into tears, and the corners of her mouth were raised, as if she was quite happy. This sudden change startled Yingxian, and she asked fixedly, "What are you laughing at?" But seeing that the woman's eyes gradually turned a confused light, she stared at herself and muttered, "It's you...... It's you...... It turned out to be you......"
Yingxian was stunned: "Do you know me too?" ”
The woman suddenly burst out with a burst of chilling laughter and shouted, "It's you, I've seen you, and you're the one who killed Huan'er!" With that, he pounced on him violently, and his hands grabbed Yingxian's neck without saying a word.
Yingxian was caught off guard by this change, and while struggling to pull the woman's palm desperately, she tried her best to shout: "You recognize the wrong person!" I don't know who Huan'er is. Ahem...... You let it go...... Let it go...... It's going to kill someone...... Ahem......"
The woman turned a deaf ear, her hands tightened tighter and tighter, and she didn't let go of her hands even though she struggled desperately, and she didn't know where the strength and resentment she had gathered came from. Yingxian could still call for help at first: "Come on, help", but then his physical strength gradually weakened, and his voice became weaker and weaker, and he soon couldn't make a sound. His throat rumbled, his eyes turned white, his feet kicked wildly, and he was about to lose his breath.
I actually died here for no apparent reason?! This ending is too bloody. At the moment before his death, Yingxian glanced at a line of lonely geese passing in the distance out of the corner of his eye, and thought desolately. Fell to the ground with a thud. It seems that the soul has gone out of the body, and the aura of the underworld is gradually spreading.
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