Chapter 45: Yanxi Palace
In Yanxi Palace, the clear fragrance of a palace is full.
The bronze Boshan furnace is burning incense sticks. The pillar of smoke rose from the top hole, then slowly dispersed, and then fell to the ground layer by layer, and finally turned into a faint ripple like water, without a trace.
This is the first year after the concubine entered the palace. I have to accompany the Queen Mother to celebrate the New Year. Tonight is to stay up until the time of the child, and say the New Year to the Queen Mother before she can come back to settle down. Change your clothes, and you have to go to the queen's Jingren Palace first.
The concubine herself did not like to burn incense. No matter what incense, I always feel that there is a smell of fireworks, she is not used to the smell of smoke, and she has never liked incense. This incense burner was burned for the emperor.
When she Ama sent her into the palace, she deliberately entrusted her to the chief manager of Tong beside the emperor, and asked her to consult the chief manager on everything. Tong Liu was also very dedicated, and the emperor's preferences told her one by one, and specially instructed that when the master went to Yanxi Palace, let people light agarwood incense.
By the time the emperor came up, she was used to smelling incense, and incense was often lit in the furnace.
In addition to incense, Tong Liu also let her practice calligraphy.
When I first entered the palace, loneliness was the most difficult to get rid of. There is nothing to do all day long, and practicing calligraphy is the best way to kill time.
She scattered her hair and wrote on the desk in a room of incense. Writing is what she likes when she is a child, and she has talent, and after practicing, the master sighs to herself. Tong Liu knew that she wrote wildly, and he was very happy.
When the emperor came in that day, he saw his slender and weak new concubine waving a pen at the desk, dipped in ink and writing, "Cangcang Dapeng, born in Beiming." Fake elf scales, deified to live. Like the wings of a cloud, like the shape of a mountain. Sea water hammer, swaying on the march. Suddenly, the burden is too clear. Ambition to save the world, disdain Tang Ting. The dove smiled up, and the eagle was light. Transcendent and high-spirited, I don't know what it is. ”
The emperor watched silently for a long time, not to disturb people.
She has become the emperor's new favorite, but Tong Liu said that she is the only favorite. The emperor has never been so to the harem. Now that she can't see the emperor for three days, she is not used to it.
The emperor treats her well, and she is willful. She slowly realized that the emperor's favorite thing to do was to watch her write. Every time she finished reading wildly, she turned her head and smiled at him, and there would be a kind of pampering in the emperor's eyes, wanting to annihilate her.
The people in the palace treated her well, and asked for peace every day, but the queen was afraid that she had just entered the palace and would be lonely, so she often stayed with her to talk. She said, the queen listened carefully, and smiled lightly. She was happy to hear this, and told the small kitchen to make her pastry to eat. The pastries in the queen's kitchen were the best in the palace, and she was happy to be close to the queen.
After today's banquet, she was waiting for the queen to return to Jingren Palace, and the queen was careful, and found that a drop of oil stains dripping from her placket was disrespectful, and she blushed, which was also a problem she had since she was a child. Today, she was very careful, but she was still stained with oil.
The queen only smiled and asked her to accompany her back to the palace to change her clothes.
She began to get used to and like the city. It's a little funny to think of Amma's heart-wrenching appearance when she sent her, as if the imperial city was going to swallow people's bones. Now everything she meets treats her very well, even the emperor. What else was she afraid of and complaining about?
The close-fitting palace maid picked out a honey-colored gold gown, changed the blue and gold skirt underneath, and then wrapped the white fox cloak that the emperor had rewarded, and complimented her with a smile, "The master looks good in whatever she wears." is so generous and delicate, and wears a few picky hairpins in the hair, which is not eye-catching, but also very delicate. It's strange that our Yanxi Palace has the most green eyes, and they can't compare. For example, the banquet has just been held, and the bird's nest is only the master, and others can only watch! ”
The concubine pursed her lips and smiled, looking at herself in the mirror with full makeup, and reminded, "I'm afraid people don't know, so loud!" What is there to keep for yourself, don't show it around. In the future, this kind of thing will be quiet, and it is not allowed to shout outside. ”
Although he is proud, he still knows how to converge.
"After all, we are just the banner of the Han army, and we can't compare with the queen mother." This is the truth, his official position in Ama is not high, and he is favored and favored, and it is not yet time to show off.
The palace maid is in charge, and Yanxi Palace listens to her, if she wants to put it on her face like this, it is difficult to ensure that the people below are not arrogant.
"Don't worry, master, the minions are all saved. Now that I have only entered the palace, this is nothing. The most important thing is that next year, with the little prince, the master will not have to be so careful. The Queen Mother said that as long as the eldest son of the emperor is born, it will be a big reward! ”
I am also happy to hear such confidant words. Naturally, you have to be careful in front of outsiders, but this is in private, and if you are happy, you are willing to say a few more words. "Alas, if you really have this luck, give birth to the eldest brother, don't ask for anything else, carry the flag to Ama and the family, carry it to the upper three flags, and go to the identity of Baoyi, Ama and Jinni can also raise their eyebrows when they go out, and the brothers don't have to wade in the wind and rain to fight with the water, and then transfer back to Beijing from Qingjiangpu, it will be complete."
In Concubine He's family, except for Ama Gang, who was the governor of the Nine Gates, the two elder brothers were only in the Zonghe Yamen, serving as a six-rank petty official. Not to mention compared with the queen's family, even the following concubines, she can't reach it. can become a concubine, all because of the emperor's favor.
The palace maid whispered, "And that's not all, according to the slave, the master's family is full of blessings, our eldest brother has become the prince, and there will only be endless blessings in the future!" ”
These words will be said now, but they are far away. She has just entered the palace, and she has just tasted a little bit of the taste of the favorite concubine, at most Xiao wants to be pregnant with an elder brother, but she hasn't thought about it so long-term. However, since she entered the palace, she couldn't help but be unmoved. The extreme wealth of the Forbidden City, the dignity and power of the Venerable Master, little by little, let her see the good.
What's more, it's not out of reach. The queen has been in the palace for a few years, and there has been no movement at all. The other concubines in the harem, it is difficult to see the emperor, and now the emperor only favors her, and it is only a matter of time before she becomes pregnant. The mother is more precious than the son, and it is logical that the future will be the respect of the Ninety-Five.
can think about it, music can also hide and steal music, and you can't collapse the master's platform in front of your subordinates.
Zhengzheng said, "I came from the draft, I didn't have any thoughts, I used to want to be a palace maid, and when I got married, I went out to get married, and now Long Live Lord treats me well, and the queen master is also willing to love me, so it's not my time to think about anything else." There are 9,999 rooms in the palace, and I can't live in one room. When you go out, keep your mouth shut, don't think about it, if something happens, ten heads are not enough to touch the ground. ”
There are some things that should not be said thoroughly, let alone told to the people under them, the current holy favor of the master of the noble concubine has benefited from the whole of Yanxi Palace. If there is a future, they can also follow the concubine to go up. Seeing that her master was cautious, the palace maid smiled, "It's the slave who talks too much, and I won't dare to do it in the future." Now in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the master spared the slave. After speaking, he went to the west to get the jewelry box, and picked out a few gemstone hairpins to match his clothes.
After a few steps, I came back and saw the concubine lying on the dressing table, gasping for air. The palace maid was startled and hurriedly threw the box to take a look. The concubine's face turned pale, and she clutched her stomach and cried out in pain.