Chapter 24: The Winter Solstice (2)
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In the blink of an eye, it was the winter solstice, and we went to greet the queen early in the morning, but the queen didn't stay with us more! She was busy today, and sent us to accept the worship of the foreign 'women', and also to prepare for the banquet of the emperor and the foreign ministers at noon, and in the evening, there was a family banquet with the people in the harem and the clan.
Fortunately, Concubine Zheng and Concubine He are in charge of the Sixth Palace, and the queen will not be too busy, but on some occasions, she must go as the queen of the main palace, and others cannot replace her.
It's no wonder that Concubine Zheng always wants to replace the queen, even if she gives birth to two princes, even if she has the right to associate the six palaces, and even sometimes her words are more effective than the queen's words, but unfortunately in the end she is just a "concubine", not a "wife", and it is not her who goes out of the same car with her husband and sits in the same seat.
Winning is just the word "justifiable".
The weather on the day of the winter solstice is not good, the northwest wind is howling, the rain is mixed with snow particles crackling down, I sit in a sedan chair, cage hand warmer, and hold a small hand stove in my hand, Shangjing has always been bitter cold, and I am afraid of cold, this is the winter solstice, I already feel very cold, all say that the winter solstice is cold, the 'spring' festival is warm, the winter solstice rain, the 'spring' festival is clear, through this period of time, I hope the weather is better, warmer.
When I went back, I went to the 'bed' to cover it, and put two more charcoal basins in my bedroom in the 'spring', and said with a smile: "I didn't expect my mother to be so afraid of the cold!"
I smiled and asked, "Who are you going to the banquet tonight?"
"The winter solstice is a big festival, in addition to the emperor and queen, all the concubines in the harem will participate, in addition to the princes and princesses, as well as the uncrowned princes and the emperor's valued brothers!"
I asked, "Do you know the Eight Sages?"
"Chun" said with a smile: "Of course I know, he is the emperor's most valued brother, when the first emperor was in power, he loved the Eight Sages King very much, called him virtuous, solemn and self-controlled, so his title is 'Xian', is the only prince who can open a house in the capital, but he doesn't like to be restrained, and he plays outside all the year round, Niangniang, how could he think of asking him!"
I smiled and said, "He is my piano teacher, this time he came back to participate in the winter solstice banquet, if I have the opportunity, I would like to talk to him!"
'Chunfen' was surprised and delighted, and said: "It turns out that Niangniang studied under the Eight Sages King, and that Niangniang's piano skills must be very powerful, but ...... I've never seen my mother play the piano!"
"With the nameless piano in hand, naturally there is no way to play. There was a faint melancholy in my tone.
'Spring' saw it, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang, let's rest for a while, I don't know when it will be at night!"
Where can I really fall asleep, I just closed my eyes in the bed for a while, and when I saw that the hour was almost up, I got up and changed.
Comb the bun, in the middle of the bun is a red gold silk double luan dot emerald hairpin, eighteen pearls are gathered into a crescent moon shape on the forehead, on both sides of the sideburns each hairpin three red gold ruby plum 'flower' hairpins, the face is coated with a layer of light powder, painted willow eyebrows, added oblique red, painted 'lip' grease, and on both sides of the dimple smeared the face of tender soybeans.
The inside of the upper body is a carved silk jacket, the lower body is lined with jacket 'pants', the outside is the Xiangfei 'color' tunic skirt, and then the outside is an orange 'color' sprinkled 'flower' placket silk cotton robe, surrounded by the squirrel 'hair' scarf, wearing deerskin boots, holding a hand stove in his hand, and wearing a hand warmer, and wearing a big flamingo when he goes out of the 'door', then Shi Shiran went to the Lin De Hall for a banquet.
There are many people in the hall, the more they sit at the entrance of the 'door', the lower their position, when they see me come in, they all get up and salute, I bow slightly, find my seat, and take off the crane!
"Fortunately, I came early, and it was warmer than in my temple. I muttered.
The concubines came one after another, saluting each other, and it was lively, and the emperor and queen came with the eight sage kings, the fifteenth king, the general Ziling and several princes.
After prostration, the feast begins.
I glanced at the Eight Sages, and he smiled at me.
Everything at the banquet had nothing to do with me, I just wanted to find an opportunity to have a few words with the Eight Sages, looking at the wine glass in front of me, I had never been very greedy for glasses, and drank several glasses of wine in a row.
After a while, my cheeks felt hot, and I helped 'Chun' and said, "I'll go out to sober up, and if someone asks, they will say that I went to change my clothes!"
'Spring' hurriedly asked Gu Yu to help me out, and I glanced at the Eight Sages King, who was looking at me.
I stood on a hidden path next to the Linde Palace, the cold wind blew, and I suddenly woke up, but I didn't wear a crane, I shivered, Gu Yu hurriedly said: "Niangniang, go back quickly, it's strange cold here, it's not good to freeze!"
"Go and get my crane, and I'll stand a little longer!"
"But ......"
"Don't do it, go quickly!"
As soon as Gu Yu was taken away by me, the Eight Sages King came to my side, and when he saw me, he said, "Why are you standing in the cold wind like this!"
I smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll let the palace 'girl' go and get the crane, I just have a few important words to tell you!"
The Eight Sages King looked at me with a solemn look and said, "In a few days, I will go to the Western Regions!"
My heart was pounding, and I whispered, "But I have eyebrows!"
Qi Huai said: "Su Su told me that there is a thing called giving birth to a 'girl' and 'flower', which can restrain the 'medicine' and 'sex' of the Spirit Bone Grass, but this 'flower' grows in the Western Regions, and it is not so easy to get, so I want to go there in person, no matter what method is used, I will help you 'get' it!"
I was moved in my heart and said, "If there is danger, don't force it, it's a big deal......"
He stretched out his finger to cover my 'lips' and said softly, "Don't say it, I will help you get what you want!"
I was stunned, I didn't know what to say, and at this moment, even the word "thank you" paled.
He smiled again and said, "You have cold hands and feet since you were a child, and you dare to stand here for so long, come in!"
"I'm wearing a little jacket inside, it's not cold, I don't believe you 'touch' my hand. "I have a hand stove in my hand, so it's naturally not cold.
He squeezed my hand, it was not cold, and he didn't say anything.
As I was standing, I heard a piano sound coming from the Lin De Palace, the tune was soft, déjà vu, I stopped to listen, it was not like the palace musician playing, but I don't know which one of the concubines it was.
Qi Huai said in my ear: "I don't know how your piano skills are, when I come back, you can play a song and talk about it." I was about to answer, but he added, "Someone is coming, I'll go first!"
He disappeared as soon as he flashed, and I turned around and saw that it was Concubine Ya and Gu Yu coming together.
Gu Yu put a crane on me, and Concubine Ya frowned and said, "I also came out to breathe, who knew that I could still hear the sound here!"
"What's wrong. I asked Gu Yu.
Gu Yu said helplessly: "It's the new Zhu Cai 'girl' who entered the palace, and the concubine seems to have the intention to promote her, and as soon as she sings and harmonizes, she plays the piano in public!"
I was surprised: "The concubine intends to carry it." "What's going on, there was no such thing in the previous life, could it be that the trajectory of the Zhu family has also changed.
Concubine Ya said impatiently: "I don't want to go in, it's disgusting to look at, and there's nothing to eat, it's better to go back to the palace and roast the lamb 'meat' by yourself, do you want to go!"
I shook my head: "It's not good to leave like this!"
She smiled: "You are just cowardly, if you want to go back, you go back, if someone asks me to help me reply, but ......" She laughed twice: "I think no one will care." So saying, he went on his own.
I also went back to the Linde Hall with Gu Yu, at this time the song was over, Zhu was shyly toasting to the emperor, and Zheng Guifei on the side looked at her face with a proud "color".
I was suspicious, but I had to endure it, and I wanted to know what kind of 'deal' they had reached, so I had to wait until tomorrow to investigate.