Chapter 20: Entering the Palace

Tong Yan sat up from the couch, stretched, yawned and said, "You have said so much, this will be clear, when Ming'er comes together, I will forget it all, what can I do?" ”

Qingzhi chuckled: "The maid just talked about it, and in the future, I will tell the county lord about the various noble families in the capital division, and it is inevitable to make friends with some noble girls." But don't worry, the county lord will follow you all the time and will remind you. ”

After that, she looked at the candle that was almost burned out, "It's time for the county lord to rest, I have to enter the palace early tomorrow morning, and I have to rest well tonight,"

Tong Yan was also a little sleepy, and nodded, "Okay." ”

Qingzhi opened the door, called the little maid to bring water, and waited for Tong Yan to wash.

After washing, she let the maids wait for her to take off her clothes, climbed onto the bed and covered her with a silk quilt.

After cleaning up, Qingzhi blew out the candles, took a group of maids to retreat, and left Xiangyun to sleep outside for vigil.

Tong Yan closed her eyes.

When a touch of fish belly white floated in the eastern sky, the carriage outside the palace was ready.

Tong Yan let Qingzhi and Lingyin help her into the carriage in a daze.

She was so sleepy.

Although I went to bed early last night, I thought that I was going to the palace the next day, so I kept playing drums in my heart, and my palms were sweaty, and I was so nervous.

Listening to Tonghui, His Majesty loves to be lively, and on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty will bring their families into the palace, and the battle will be big.

In addition, Qingzhi talked about some things in the palace last night.

Excitement and worry split half, and she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

The earth-shaking changes of this month are replayed in my mind, and I feel that she is going to see Your Majesty, and I sigh whether she will make any mistakes in the palace.

I thought about it like this, and I didn't fall asleep until midnight.

No, I slept for three hours, and I was called up to freshen up.

The pomp and circumstance of the palace is huge.

The prince and the princess sat in the most spacious and luxurious carriage at the head, the three county lords followed in a spacious carriage, and the prince Li Qi rode a tall horse and accompanied the prince and princess in the carriage.

The front and rear of the carriage were followed by guards with knives in line to protect the safety of the nobles.

Tong Yan sat in the carriage, so sleepy that she lost herself, and all the excitement and worries she had last night didn't work.

Qingzhi looked at the county lord with his eyes closed, and his little head was little by little, which was cute.

She was distressed and amused, muttering in her heart, didn't she rest early last night, while reaching out to take Tong Yan in her arms, letting the county lord's head rest on her shoulder, which would not mess up her hair, but also be more comfortable.

Tong Yan felt the movement, forced her eyelids to look at it, and fell asleep in a delirious state.

However, King Yong's Mansion is very close to the palace, but a quarter of an hour has arrived, and her "return to the cage" has also come to an end.

The groom grabbed the reins with a "whoosh".

"County Lord, wake up, it's here." Aoeda grabbed her shoulders and shook her, trying to wake her up.

"Hmm-" Tong Yan reluctantly opened her eyelids, and before she could wake up, she was carried out of the carriage by two maidservants.

The morning was quite cool, and she shivered involuntarily, and suddenly regained some consciousness.

Tonghui and Tongyue had also gotten out of the carriage and looked very energetic.

King Yong's legs and feet were inconvenient, and he was helping a little eunuch get out of the carriage.

The carriage stopped outside the palace gates, and the scarlet walls and golden cornices made it seem that the people standing in front of it were so small.

The middle gate was closed, only the left and right side doors were opened, and in front of the door stood an orderly and mighty Janissaries.

Tong Yan's small mouth opened slightly in amazement, and her eyes looked at the majestic and magnificent palace exterior wall.

Seeing King Yong arrive, the Praetorian Guards all saw it and saluted loudly.

King Yong raised his hand and asked them to be exempt.

After these guards got up, they all looked at King Yong with an almost adoring look, which made Tong Yan very surprised, she looked at Princess Yong and the others, and they all looked accustomed to it.

Tong Yan and the others followed King Yong into the palace gate.

The sedan chair has been prepared in the door, and the attendants who carry the sedan chair bow their heads and salute respectfully.

At this moment, it was almost dawn, and Tong Yan was helped by Qingzhi to sit in a sedan chair and go all the way to the deep palace.

She could feel that the sedan chair went all the way to the west, and then to the north, thinking that this was where the Queen Mother lived.

The sedan chair was lifted steadily, she covered her mouth and yawned. But let her sleep at this time, she can't sleep anymore, she is about to see the most noble woman in the world, she clenched her fists, and there was already some cold sweat in her palms.

It's been a long time, and she feels like she's been gone for a long, long time.

"Stop the sedan chair - get off the sedan chairβ€”" the leading chamberlain shouted.

The sedan chair that Tong Yan was sitting on stopped with the cheers and fell to the ground again.

Qingzhi opened the sedan curtain for her with one hand and helped her down with the other.

It was a wide alley, still with vermilion walls, but the walls were too high, and they were still golden ridges.

"Let's go." Tongyue walked from behind her, holding her head high and didn't even look at her, her voice was like the wind.

Tong Yan thought she was hallucinating.

At the end, Tonghui's sedan chair was at the end, she followed closely with Tongyue, and also made a color at her, asking her to come quickly.

She hurriedly followed, and stood behind Princess Yong with the two sisters.

There is an atmospheric plaque hanging on the gate, and the font on it is dignified and generous, and the three big characters of Renshou Palace are written.

The steps of the white jade stone are exquisitely carved, and there is a gilded watchman beast squatting on the left and right sides of the gate, which is lifelike and very powerful.

A female official with a steady posture walked out of the door, saluted King Yong, the princess, and the county lords, and then led them to the Renshou Palace.

King Yong walked in the front, the princess followed, and their juniors followed behind.

Tong Yan remembered the rules taught by Ruofang, and she didn't dare to look around, so she could only use her afterglow to observe the surrounding scene.

The front yard of the palace is very large, and it is wide enough to hold more than 100 people.

There are a few big trees planted on the side of the wall, and in front of the white jade steps in the front hall, there are many potted flowers, red, yellow, pink, rose, orange, white...... Tong Yan looked at this like a moon flower.

Before they had time to take a closer look, the palace maid had already led them to the apse.

"The Queen Mother has been talking about the prince since last night, and as soon as it dawns in the morning, she hurried up and looked forward to the prince coming soon." The palace maid smiled and said to King Yong.

King Yong sighed, "It's the negligence of this king, I should often go into the palace to visit the queen mother, this month, I was busy looking for my lost daughter since childhood, and I didn't take care of the queen mother." ”

The palace maid glanced back at Tong Yan, her eyes lit up, "The queen mother often thinks about the county lord of Zhaoyang, and often sighs that the county lord is really suffering, but he has finally found it back." Later, when I see the county lord born so beautifully, the queen mother must be very rare. As the saying goes, don't they all say that you will suffer first, and then enjoy happiness, and the great blessing of the county lord is still to come! ”

King Yong's face was a little unnatural, and he smiled.