Chapter 112: Penglai Immortal in Penglai Palace
For Nianyun, there is no difference between Daming Palace and East Palace, but the palace is a little bigger and the back garden is a little bigger.
Yes, there is also the Taiye Pool, which is not far from the Penglai Hall where she lives, is a lake, which occupies a huge area in the center of the harem, and you can boat on the lake, which is far much larger than the pond in the back garden of the East Palace.
The Taiye Pond is full of lotus flowers as before in the East Palace, and in the August days of the end of summer, the lotus flowers have not yet completely withered, and a large piece of green is mixed with a few lotus flowers, red petals, yellow stamens, and green lotus flowers.
Once upon a time, Nianyun dug up a pond of lotus flowers in the East Palace, not because she didn't like lotuses, but because that pool of lotus always reminded her of the lotus pond in King Shu's mansion.
And now, she likes the lotus flowers in the Taiye Pool, but it is also because of the lotus flowers in this pool that she can still think of the Shu Wangfu, and let the nostalgia for the old people in her heart remind her that she is still alive.
Not far in front of Penglai Hall is the Zichen Palace, which is the palace she has dreamed of since she was a child. And now, she has finally walked in, and the rest of her life, for the rest of her life, will be locked between the cornices and glazed tiles, fulfilling the fate that Xie Zhenren gave her.
Many years ago, she came to Chang'an at the end of summer, and since then she has walked in and can no longer struggle. Outside Chang'an City, inside the Imperial City, all the past events have become a cloud of smoke.
She had liked a man, but she failed to marry him, and in the end he died in front of her, his blood staining her skirt red. She was married to a man with whom she had loved her, but in the end the man gave her a lonely palace, a laurel crown adorned with jewels, and she suddenly felt that she could no longer touch his heart.
The jade step is white dew, and the night invades Luo socks for a long time. But under the crystal curtain, looking at the autumn moon.
She looked through the account books of Daming Palace, and Fennel came in and said, "Father-in-law Qixi is here." ”
Nian Yun put the booklet aside: "Tell him to come in." ”
After she moved to Daming Palace, she brought the four big maids and Qixi around her, and the people who were newly arranged to serve were all arranged outside, not called for close service. She saw that Qixi was also a good person, so she took him to be the deputy manager of Daming Palace, and also arranged a small position for him in the Shence Army, so that he could follow Liu Zhenliang to study from time to time, so he couldn't stay in Penglai Hall all the time.
However, with Qixi spreading news back and forth, although she can't go out of the palace from time to time like when she was in the East Palace, she can also learn a lot of news from outside, so that her ears and eyes will not be closed.
Qixi entered the main hall, Nianyun asked the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall to go down, see him take the tea lotus in the fennel hand, pick up the boiling kettle on the tea stove and rush into the purple clay pot, and soon smell the curling tea fragrance.
He still has a little inexplicable bookish air, and it is always a little awkward to do those things that pinch his shoulders and beat his legs, but this elegant thing such as cooking tea and burning incense is extremely smooth.
Nian Yun took the teacup he handed over and took a sip: "Is there anything going on outside?" ”
Qixi didn't stop, and poured the remaining tea in the purple clay pot into the fragrant cup, "I heard that in the past few days, His Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Rites to draw up the titles of several princesses and concubines. ”
This is as it should be, because the two sides of the emperor were busy making trouble with other things when he ascended the throne before, and all the concubines of the emperor were not titled, although the monthly money and the title on the lips have been changed, but in fact, they still have titles such as Liangdi Liangyuan Zhaoxun. There are also the sons and daughters of the Emperor Taishang who are still the county kings and county lords, and they have not yet had time to become princes and princesses.
Nian Yun lowered his head and thought for a while, "I don't know how Your Majesty promoted the people around the Emperor?" ”
Qixi said: "According to the Ministry of Rites, about that one is going to be registered as the Empress Taishang, and then a Dong Liangyuan is promoted to the Empress Taishang, and several other heirs are promoted to Zhaoyi." ”
Seeing that Nianyun was silent in thought, Qixi added another sentence: "The Emperor Taishang wanted to mention Niu Zhaoxun to the four concubines, but His Majesty pushed it back, and he was only willing to give Zhaorong according to the rules, but His Majesty took the initiative to add a Xiao family and posthumously named Concubine Hui." ”
Under the queen, there are four first-class concubines in turn, such as noble, gentle, virtuous, and virtuous, and there is no name of concubine, so it can only be regarded as a "Hui" word. But anyway, it's a chaser, it's just to give the emperor a comfort, and it's just a matter of meaning it, no one wants to compare this truth.
However, Niu Zhaoxun only got the position of one of the nine concubines, which is indeed lower according to her momentum. It's good to be low, so as not to make any big waves when you enter Xingqing Palace.
She is now a concubine, but these ordinary things are also inquired about from outside, not directly from Her Majesty. Qixi also felt some emotion in his heart, but he couldn't say it on his face, and he couldn't talk about it.
He replaced the cold tea in the teacup for Nian Yun, and said, "Wei Weiqing heard that there was an excerpt over there, so he was polite and wanted to resign the canonization of the third lady." ”
Nianyun turned the teacup and said casually: "The seal still has to be sealed after all, and adding so many hundreds of food estates is just a false name." ”
Her third brother is hypocritical, and he is also pretending to be decent. Now that her queen's throne has been launched, where is there still a princess, but Li Chun has to seal some more food in order to compensate the Guo family.
But he just wanted to make such a gesture in front of the civil and military officials, indicating that the Guo family did not rely on their own merits, nor was they arrogant and arrogant, but on the contrary, they were very modest. If His Majesty the Emperor wants to block the Guo family and the concubine like this, then it is naturally the emperor's.
Sure enough, a few days later, the official canonization edict came down, and Li Chang, the county lord of Deyang, was crowned the princess of Hanyang, and Guo Yan was the captain of the horse.
Other princesses are 300 households according to the regulations, but Princess Hanyang has increased to 500 households, although it is not as good as Princess Anle of Taiping in the Zhongzong era, but it is good among the princesses of the dynasty, and her mother-in-law Princess Shengping was the most favored by Emperor Daizong back then, and it was only 600 households.
In addition to the heirs of Emperor Taishang, several children under Li Chun's knees were also promoted, Li Ning was the king of Deng, Li Yun was the king of Li, Li You was the king of Sui, Wanwan was the princess of Qiyang, and even Luoluo was also named the princess of Taihe.
The princes were not young, and it was unreasonable to continue to live in the harem, so they asked them to live in the Taiji Palace, and the princesses who had not left the pavilion also moved together and lived in the princess courtyard next to the Qianqiu Palace.
However, there is still a group of people Qixi who did not tell her in advance that it was the Ji family who was registered as a five-grade talent, and Mao Lanzhu was registered as an eight-grade girl.
However, this is not unexpected, Nian Yun simply didn't bother to ask.
Nianyun's concubine was canonized with His Majesty's enthronement ceremony, and she was not with them, so these princesses, princes and Li Chun's two concubines, in addition to kowtowing to the emperor's concubine at the ceremony of promotion, had to go to Penglai Hall again to thank him and say hello.
In the daytime, although the ceremony was to watch others salute, she only needed to sit high on the ground and accept the salute with Li Chun, but the ten-pound phoenix crown still hurt her neck.
She guessed that the crown of the twelve strings of beads on Li Chun's head was not light, and the slight side of his face would shake up in a slight, forcing people not to squint, ** like the golden body of a Bodhisattva in the temple.
The ceremony was finally over, but they still had to wait in the Penglai Hall at night to bow and thank them again, but the heavy phoenix crown and the concubine dress that had eaten ten catties of gold silk embroidery thread could be changed.
Fennel and Pothos came to serve her to change her clothes and comb her hair, and Yuzhu and Chonglou came in to knead the acupuncture points on her neck and shoulders for her. Fennel knew that she didn't like those heavy and complicated headdresses, so she found a slightly formal set of azure large-sleeved shirts, and prepared to match the set of twelve hostas from the Burmese tribute, which was plain and elegant.
Nian Yun only glanced at it and shook his head: "Change the set of poinsettia embroidered peonies that see the inner woman, and you can't miss anything you should wear." ”
Yuzhu glanced at Fennel with a smile and said: "Now it is different from the past, in the past, the entire East Palace followed the Emperor Taoguang to raise obscurity, and did not dare to do anything." Now that the mother doesn't put on a gesture, she still thinks that our mother is very talkative! ”
Fennel hurriedly went to change things and said with a smile: "No, it's the slave who owes it to consideration." I have to suppress them, so that they don't have to do anything one or two to blame. ”
In addition to Empress Taishang and Concubine Taishang De, who went back to Xingqing Palace directly, those princesses and concubines all came to Penglai Palace, and even Chang'er was there, and it was lively for a while.
At this time, an inner supervisor outside the door said: "The Holy One has rewarded you with things." ”
Nian Yun hurriedly called Yuzhu to welcome him in, but it was not alone, but one or twenty palace maids behind him, each holding a tray in his hand, and it seemed that there were not two things in each tray.
Nian Yun smiled at Li Chang and said, "Our majesty is generous today. He then asked the eunuch who had made the decree, "Your Majesty, have you said what kind of reward you have?" ”
The father-in-law bowed down and said, "Your Majesty said, everyone picks one, if there is more, but the mother will share the reward at will." ”
Nian Yun looked at the trays with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "So, there is Grandpa Lao." ”
The father-in-law thought about it for a while, and added: "Your Majesty said that Niangniang also has one." ”
Nianyun's smile suddenly froze a little, and he paused for a moment and said, "In this way, I have thanked Your Majesty on behalf of the palace, come and take a look." ”
The palace maids lifted the bright yellow curtain on the tray in turn, revealing the things on the velvet bottom, which were nothing more than some jade rings, golden hairpins, and gemstone pendants.
Nian Yun paused when he saw the plate in the hand of the third palace maid.
There are not many things on the tray, just three, a red gold inlaid with eight treasures and a gorgeous flower, a pair of canary pearls and southern pearls, and a hosta.
That hosta, the whole body is clear mutton fat jade, and there is a wisp of emerald phoenix tail lines on it, she is very familiar with it!
But why didn't this hairpin go buried with him, but returned to the palace?