The Empress Dowager Cixi also saw the beads of sweat on her son's forehead, and the stern coldness in her eyes disappeared and became gentle. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

She didn't look at her son again, but talked about the treasures in front of her with Prince Gong and other important ministers again.

It was a long time before the Empress of the Arut clan arrived.

Lin Yizhe saw the Empress of the Arut clan come in and greet Ci'an Cixi, he noticed that when the queen greeted Ci'an, her face unconsciously showed closeness, but when she greeted Cixi, she didn't see the slightest affection, so he guessed one or two.

As a foreign minister, it is inconvenient for him to pay too much attention to the concubine, but the slight sweep of the corner of his eyes just now, as a psychological counselor with rich experience in later generations, he has seen all these subtle actions of the Arut clan.

It seems that the relationship between this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is really tense!

Although it was the first time I saw Arut, and indeed as the legend says, this is a beautiful woman, she has a good figure, a typical melon seed face, willow eyebrows, white and delicate skin, steady behavior, bewitching but not charming, can be said to be a real beauty, but she has a looming arrogant atmosphere, which makes Lin Yizhe feel a little uncomfortable.

After the two princes and the queen met the ceremony, the Empress Dowager Cixi introduced Lin Yizhe to the queen.

"This is Lin Yizhe, the minister of Western negotiations, and these treasures in the garden are what he asked for from foreigners." Empress Dowager Cixi said.

Lin Yizhe immediately stepped forward to greet the Arut clan: "Minister Lin Yizhe respectfully invites the queen Jin An." ”

Arut squinted, glanced at Lin Yizhe, and didn't say anything, as if Lin Yizhe didn't exist.

Seeing Lin Yizhe who was saluting, frozen there, Liu Chengyin and Li Lianying, who were waiting on the side, and a group of eunuchs, all focused their eyes on Lin Yizhe.

Lin Yizhe felt the strange gaze of the eunuchs, he couldn't raise his head at this time, but through the reflection of the floor, he could still see the figure of the queen turning and walking away, and he couldn't help but be angry for a while.

Although I am a foreign minister, I am not as noble as the important ministers of the royal family, but I don't need you to be so contemptuous, right?

You don't have a good relationship with your mother-in-law, so you can't be angry with me, right?

At this time, Lin Yizhe was angry in his heart, but he couldn't show it at all. He maintained a saluting posture, according to the court, the other party did not speak, he could not get up, so he could only freeze there like this.

The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at this scene, and her face suddenly became gloomy.

"Let's be flat." Emperor Tongzhi hurriedly said on the side.

Lin Yizhe thanked him and got up, his face still showing peace. But he had secretly made up his mind in his heart that he had to cure this tsundere queen.

"Sister." Emperor Tongzhi's concubine Fucha greeted the empress, and Lin Yizhe noticed that the empress's greeting to her was also unheard. Seeing that the queen ignored herself, Concubine Hui didn't speak again, her face was very calm, and she seemed to have a hint of a smile, but Lin Yizhe could see the anger hidden in her watery apricot eyes.

Lin Yizhe knew that although this Concubine Hui was still a Lori, she was beautiful and intelligent, and she was full of scheming, and the city government was quite deep, and Cixi loved her very much and treated her favorably everywhere. Originally, the four concubines of Tongzhi entered the palace at the same time, but Cixi named Fucha as Concubine Hui and enjoyed the treatment of concubines, and the other three, two were named concubines (Hesheri and Arut), and one was named a noble person (Xilin Jueluo), which is very revealing. And the queen offended her and Cixi together, so it's no wonder that she won't suffer in the future.

Seeing that her son had relieved Lin Yizhe, Cixi, who had lost face, was a little angry, and she didn't pay attention to the queen's rudeness, but continued to play with everyone the treasures brought back by Lin Yizhe.

After appreciating the treasure, the ministers retired, and the Empress Dowager Cixi specially ordered Lin Yizhe to stay, follow her to Changchun Palace, and asked Ci'an to go with her, Ci'an readily agreed, and the Tongzhi Emperor took a queen and a concubine to go with him.

Changchun Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the architectural style is the yellow glazed tile mountain top, the front porch, the open door in the bright room, the air door in the partition, the bamboo skirt plate, the second and the tip are the sill windows, and the brocade branch windows are step by step. The bright room is set up with a throne screen, and the plaque of "respecting the inner rules" inscribed by the imperial pen of the Qianlong Emperor is hung on it. There are curtains on the left and right sides and are separated from the second room, and the floor cover kang is set up in the north between the pins, which is the bedroom. In front of the palace, there are a pair of copper turtles and copper cranes on the left and right. The east side hall is called "Suishou Palace", the west side hall is called "Chengxi Palace", each with three rooms, the front corridor, connected with the corner corridor, can pass through each hall. The south of Changchun Palace, that is, the back hugging building of the Tiyuan Palace, is the stage in the courtyard of Changchun Palace. The northeast corner and the northwest corner each have a screen door, which communicates with the apse. The apse is "pleasant love study room", built at the same time as Changchun Palace, five rooms are wide, and there are three ear rooms in the east and west. The east side hall is called "Yishou Zhai", and the west side hall is called "Le Zhi Xuan", each with three rooms. There is a well pavilion in the southeast of the backyard.

Lin Yizhe walked around and was surprised to see that on the four walls of the corridor of Changchun Palace, there were more than a dozen large-scale murals painted with the theme of the story of "Dream of Red Mansions".

In Lin Yizhe's impression, "Dream of Red Mansions" was a banned book in the Qing Dynasty. Because "Dream of Red Mansions" alludes to the government at that time, of course, this is related to Cao Xueqin's life experience. The Cao family was favored by the emperor, and they didn't think of Cao Xueqin's father's generation, but they were unexpectedly confiscated. In this book, Cao Xueqin alluded to the decline of her family and her dissatisfaction with the government, and was banned at that time in time for the literary prison; In addition, there are many references to sexual topics in the book, which were considered insignificant in later generations, but were opposed by feudal Taoist scholars at the time, who considered it "unsightly" and "prostitution and theft", so they were banned.

The royal etiquette of the Qing Dynasty was the strictest, and everything in the harem had "rules" everywhere, and it was not allowed to be messed with at will. And now, in one of the main courtyards of the "West Palace", it can be said that it is extraordinary that the characters and scenery of the "barnyard official field" of the "outer room" are painted in such a large space.

The themes of these murals, some are "Yihong Courtyard", some are "Xiaoxiang Pavilion", and some are "Jia's mother visits the Grand View Garden" and so on. The painted figures are lifelike, and the scenery such as pavilions and pavilions is full of three-dimensionality. The layout structure, the giant beauty is fine, the brushes are fine, elegant and delicate, showing the exquisite painting skills and profound skills of the court painters.

Looking at these huge murals, Lin Yizhe couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Changchun Palace is the place where the concubines live and study, the plaque of the apse is the four big characters of "Yiqing Book History", and in the side of the hall, there is also the tablet of "the most holy teacher" Confucius. In this kind of place, there are more than a dozen large paintings of "Red Mansions" on the wall, no matter how you evaluate the trade-offs between its background and the title of the painting, Cao Xueqin's "anti-feudal work" with profound rebellious significance, its influence has actually entered the royal deep palace courtyard, making the existence of this mural itself an extraordinary thing.

Lin Yizhe was sighing to himself in his heart, but suddenly saw that the Empress of the Arut clan had been lowering her head, looking like she was not squinting, as if she was deliberately avoiding these murals. Her face was slightly red, as if she was ashamed and angry, as if the wall was painted with a picture of the Spring Palace or the Buddha of Joy.

When Lin Yizhe saw her appearance, he was angry and funny.

A few murals with the theme of "Dream of Red Mansions" will make you ashamed like this, if you show you the blockbusters of the island country in the future, it won't make you ashamed to death?!

Did you marry the emperor and not let the emperor go to your bed?

It seems that this queen is not only arrogant, but she is also a "female Taoist"!

Thinking of her contempt for herself just now, Lin Yizhe's heart faintly angered again.

He never thought that the true face of this queen, who has earned a lot of tears and sympathy votes in many film and television works in later generations, would be like this!

At this time, Lin Yizhe's heart actually gave birth to the idea of wanting to cure her.

The group entered the "Yishou Zhai" of Changchun Palace, and the Empress Dowager Cixi gave Lin Yizhe a seat, and after everyone sat down, the Empress Dowager Cixi gently encouraged Lin Yizhe, and asked him about the recent situation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and Lin Yizhe answered one by one.

"I heard that the English heroine has passed away for many years, and it is really not easy for a widow to live in charge of the country!" The Empress Dowager Cixi remembered the deceased Emperor Xianfeng and her current life, and couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy.

"The heroine has been widowed for many years, and she has many children under her knees, and she accompanies her back and forth, so she is not very lonely." Lin Yizhe replied, "England and France also pay attention to filial piety, the same as my Qing Dynasty, and the root of this is also influenced by Chinese learning. The British heroine and the nobles of the clan also like Chinese culture. ”

"Is this the case?" The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at the Empress Dowager Ci'an in surprise. Emperor Tongzhi also looked surprised when he heard Lin Yizhe's words, but the eyes of Empress Arut flashed with disdain.

"The British heroine admires my Chinese culture, and the deputy envoy Hong Junhong specially wrote a couplet for the British heroine, and the British heroine thought it was a treasure and was overjoyed," Lin Yizhe said with a smile, "Its nobles heard it, and there were many people who came to ask for words." ”

"It's really unthinkable that the British like me in Chinese culture." Cixi smiled and turned her head and said, "Actually, Kunyu's calligraphy is also excellent. ”

"What is the inscription for the heroine? Make it so like? The Arut clan suddenly spoke, "Barbarian state, do you understand the deep meaning of my **** words?" ”

"Hui Queen, in this English country, there are many people who understand the Chinese Shangbang script, so they naturally know the meaning of this couplet." Lin Yizhe replied with a respectful face.

"Since Lord Lin's calligraphy is very good, it is better to write this couplet and ask the emperor to take a look." The Arut clan seemed to have the intention of making things difficult for Lin Yizhe, and looked at him and said slowly.

Lin Yizhe knew that Alut was conceited of his left-handed calligraphy skills, and deliberately did not take himself in his eyes, so he couldn't help but feel on fire when he spoke like this.