When she came to the capital, Xing'er saw the prosperity and liveliness that she had never seen before, and when she entered the Forbidden Palace of the Imperial City, it was an eye-opener, and she had never seen such an exquisite house. When the Queen Mother took her little hand and walked into Shuqing Palace, her world turned a new page.

Xing'er followed the Queen Mother into the Shuqing Gate, and when she entered the gate, Xing'er was stunned by the scene in front of her.

On both sides of the road, there are palace ladies and eunuchs, and on the way, there is a group of women with dignified and elegant makeup, generous manners, and thousands of postures, led by two or three who are extremely noble, and they are the most noble women that Xing'er has ever seen in his life, except for the queen mother.

The leading woman stepped forward, and then more than two meters away from the queen mother, fluttered down, squatted and knelt, and then a group of ladies saluted.

"The sons of the Zhou family led the harem sisters and the princes of the clan to order the women, see the queen mother! He Empress Dowager Jiangnan patrol is fortunate to return to Luan safely! The Queen Mother's phoenix body is healthy, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose! ”

The ladies of each palace are in harmony! The mountain calls Chitose.

"Let's all be flat!" The Queen Mother smiled and raised her hand.

After everyone was flat, the Queen Mother took Xing'er's little hand and walked towards the main hall with a graceful demeanor.

Seeing Xing'er, several young concubines whispered.

"Who is this kid?" "Why is the Queen Mother still holding this child with her own hands?" For a while, there were different opinions.

Entering the main hall of Shuqing Palace, the Queen Mother sat in the middle, the queen sat on the left side according to the grade, the women sat on the right side according to the grade, Gui Chun Mama stood on the left side of the Queen Mother's phoenix chair, Xing'er stood on the right side of the Queen Mother, Liyue stood behind Gui Chun's Mama, and Sanxin stood behind Xing'er.

After Xing'er entered the main hall, she had been secretly looking at the queen mother's phoenix chair, thinking that the big chair in the cabin of the phoenix boat meeting was already very magnificent, but she didn't expect it to be ten times more in the palace, Xing'er didn't open her mouth in surprise this time, but stood by the side of the queen mother with a dignified demeanor, which made the queen mother very pleased and nodded frequently.

"The mourning family is really worried about this trip."

"Lafayette, Erchen and others have always remembered your comfort, and the day before yesterday I received a message from the Internal Affairs Office, saying that you will either return to the palace today or tomorrow, and our sisters will pack up early and wait for you in this Shuqing Palace." Empress Zhou said, and the other concubines nodded one after another.

"In these days of your tour, the sons and daughters all remember you, and the sons and daughters pray for you every day in the Longqing Palace, praying for the Buddha to bless you with a safe trip. Concubine De, Concubine Qing and other palace concubines also copied scriptures every day and donated them to the Longqing Hall to bring blessings to the Queen Mother. ”

The queen's words not only showed her merits, but also bought the good of the ladies of the palace, and everyone naturally had to write down this favor, especially the four concubines of Shu, Xian, De, and Qing.

"Queen, you all have a heart!"

"The Queen Mother is healthy!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"Queen, why did you mourn your family's return to the palace and alarm the orders of so many clans?!" The Queen Mother nodded to the wives and expressed her friendship.

"The Empress Dowager Lafayette, it's not the sons and daughters who deliberately alarm the princes' wives, it's really the clan's wives, and I remember you in my heart. As soon as the day before yesterday the court got the news of your return to Luan, the two ladies of An Guo Gong and Ding Guo Gong entered the palace to ask to see their sons and ask to meet your Luan Jia together. Erchen thinks about the kindness of the clan, how can he shirk it? So he asked the emperor, and it was the emperor who approved the request of the clan's edicts. ”

Empress Zhou smiled and said the before and after of the incident, and her eyes looked at the two ladies of An Ding.

"Yes, yes!" Duchess An Guo hurriedly took over, "Queen Mother, what the queen said is very true, it is we all who remember you, so I begged the queen, let us take it." You have been going from the beginning of spring to now, it has been almost half a year, usually our girls still come into the palace to talk to you, open your eyes, you are lucky, we are like a headless fly, sitting is not standing either, there is no backbone. Do you say yes or no, Duchess Dingguo? ”

"Not really! Queen Mother, the generals among our women, all respect you! ”

After the Duchess of Dingguo finished speaking, everyone laughed in unison. Because this Duchess of Dingguo is a martial artist, usually speak roughly, but people are excellent, generous, every time she speaks is laughed at, she never gets angry, the Queen Mother likes her character very much, and personally asked the emperor to marry her own daughter Princess Rongyang, the youngest son of the Duke of Dingguo, Princess Rongyang is the most favored by the first emperor, but not pampered and arrogant, married into the Dingguo Mansion, and never put the princess shelf, and her husband Qin Se is harmonious, but also filial piety to her in-laws, and now with her husband in the southwest.

"You two! …… Usually count the two of you who run to the mourning family, and it's okay to make the mourning family happy, but now this singing and harmonizing, don't you want to go to the East Market to open a bookstore and talk about books? The Queen Mother paused, "Oh yes! I'm afraid no one will be able to control your mouth anymore! After the Queen Mother finished speaking, everyone laughed.

"In the end, the Queen Mother is still powerful, a few words, so that we can't open our mouths." Duchess An Guo said with a smile.

"Dingyuan Hou, Zhenbian Hou, Pingxi Hou, Ningbei Hou, four ladies, you have remembered, you always haven't seen each other, it's always good?" The Queen Mother turned to the four again.

The four ladies stood up in unison, replied, and said hello. After that, there were the three uncles, as well as the relatives and nobles of the concubines in Beijing, etc., the queen mother arrived one by one, and everyone also stood up to say goodbye, not to mention.

About an hour later, the Queen Mother was already tired and sent everyone away, and everyone also dispersed one by one, except for Queen Zhou, who turned back.

"What's the matter with the Queen? The Queen Mother has rested. "Mama Gui Chun blocked Queen Zhou.

"Hah!" Empress Zhou smiled embarrassedly, "When the fourth prince came to the palace this morning to ask for peace, he said that he missed the imperial grandmother very much, and wanted to come to greet the queen mother, and asked his grandmother to inform the queen mother." ”

"The old slave has written it down, please go back to the queen." Mama Gui Chun sent off the guests with a cold face.

Queen Zhou wanted to leave, but she didn't move.

"What's the matter with the Queen?"

"Mama, dare to ask, what kind of child is the little girl brought in by the Queen Mother today?" Empress Zhou hesitated, "Why didn't you see the palace maid named Lingxin go back to the palace together this time?" ”

"Queen Mother, you have too many questions, there are some things that you should know, and don't ask more about what you shouldn't know." Mama Gui Chun always speaks coldly and bluntly.

"Do you have anything else to tell the old slave? If not, the old slave will retire first. ”

Although Empress Zhou held her breath, she didn't dare to speak in Shuqing Palace, especially in the face of Gui Chun's grandmother, she was even more cautious, you must know that Gui Chun's grandmother represents the queen mother, and even the emperor is saluted for three points, not to mention herself?

Empress Zhou took her personal maid and left. And by the window of the Queen Mother's bedroom, the Queen Mother stood with a smile, and watched Queen Zhou go out of Shuqing Palace through the window.

"Queen Mother, the Queen is gone." Gui Chun's mother replied.

"What did you say?"

"Say that the fourth prince misses you and wants to see you."

"Haha! Joke! The Queen Mother chuckled, "My grandson misses the mourning family, so it's good to come directly to ask for peace, why should she ask for it?" I'm afraid that's not what she's going to say, right? ”

"Yes! The queen also asked about Xing'er, and ......"

"What else?" The Queen Mother looked back at Mama Gui Chun.

"Also, the queen mother mentioned the spiritual heart......"

"Spiritual heart?" The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Sure enough, ......"

"Queen Mother, ...... Spirituality, how to deal with it? ”

"Just according to Liyue's disposal, let her go to Xinzhiku as a slave. By the way, I went to check the bottom of the other three, and there was no room for too many carrier pigeons around the mourning family, and one was enough. ”

"Yes." Mama Gui Chun nodded, stepped back and prepared to go out to command.

"Wait!" Mama Gui Chun stepped forward again, "Let Liyue arrange someone to take Xing'er around the palace, recognize the way, and let her know some warmth and coldness." ”

"Yes, the old slave will arrange it. But is this warm and cold? ...... "Gui Chun's mother hesitated.

"That's right, cold and warm! Not only do you want to go to Xinzheku and Yongxiang, but isn't Su Chun going to the worship room with a spiritual heart? The Queen Mother reminded.

"Minions understand."

Mama Gui Chun withdrew from the Queen Mother's dormitory, and instructed Liyue according to the Queen Mother's wishes, and Liyue sent Qiaoxin to take Xing'er to various places in the palace to recognize the way, and designated the time, so that Qiaoxin took Xing'er to the worship room.

Xing'er was settled in a small south-facing room in the backyard of Shuqing Palace, which was very close to Liyue, but because Xing'er was too small, and because Liyue wanted to cultivate Xing'er herself, Liyue temporarily let Xing'er live with her.

When Qiaoxin came to pick up Xing'er, Xing'er was tidying up her small wardrobe.

"Xing'er, follow me." Qiaoxin called her outside the door.

"Sister Qiaoxin, what's the matter?"

"Aunt Liyue instructed, let me take you out for a walk, recognize the road in the palace, and recognize the residence of the main ladies of each palace."

Xing'er is a very sensible and sharp girl, she didn't procrastinate, quickly closed the closet, and set off with Qiaoxin.

Qiaoxin took Xing'er out of Shuqing Palace, and began to recognize from the palaces on the east side.

The Shuqing Palace, where the Queen Mother lives, is on the east side of the entire imperial city, but it is not the easternmost part. There are two palaces behind Shuqing Palace, one is Yuqing Palace and the other is Chengqing Palace, which is collectively known as Sanqing Palace. These three palaces, except for Shuqing Palace, where the Queen Mother lives alone, the other two palaces are mixed. In the two palaces, all the people who lived were concubines and concubines who had given birth to children for the first emperor, and now there are no heirs who can take them out of the palace to support the elderly.

On the east side of Shuqing Palace is Jikang Palace, that is, the East Palace, which is the residence of the prince. To the north of the East Palace is Ningxin Terrace, where the princes and princes attend classes and live. Further north is the Zhufang Hall where the Zhan Mansion is located, and the Zhan Mansion is in charge of the affairs of the prince and is one of the three palaces and three mansions.

The west side of Shuqing Palace is the central axis of the imperial city, and there are three palaces from south to north, the Qiangang Hall where Emperor Yude lived, the Hehe Palace, and the Yukun Hall where Empress Zhou lived.

Speaking of Yukun Palace, there is a small story, when Emperor Yude first ascended to the great treasure, because the word "bath" in Yukun Hall is the same as the word "Yu" of the emperor's year name Yude, in order to avoid secrets, Yukun Hall was once renamed, but how to change the name is not enough, and finally Emperor Yude issued an order to retain the word "Yukun", and the holy decree said: "Yukun" The word "Yukun" was left by the ancestors, which was to remind the women of the harem to always bathe their hearts, cultivate their hearts with virtue, correct themselves, and be the watch of ten thousand women. Therefore, the queen's residence reverted to the name of "Yukun Palace".

To the west of the three main halls on the central axis, it is the residence of the mothers of each palace, which is located in Dunxiu Palace, Yinghua Palace, and Yaoyue Palace, and the main mothers of these three palaces are Shu, Xian, and De in the four concubines.

On the west side is Chongfu Palace, Xuanfang Palace, and Jixiang Palace. The main seat of Chongfu Palace is the concubine of the four concubines. Xuanfang is the place where the harem ladies learn to be popular, and it is usually the place where the embroidery girls of the show shop live and work. Jixiu Palace is a place for some low-grade concubines and concubines.

After recognizing the various palace uses of the harem and the residences of the palace maidens, Qiaoxin took Xing'er to climb the city wall again, and looked at the southern half of the imperial city from a distance, the southern half of the imperial city is the office of the emperor and his ministers.

Then, Qiaoxin took Xing'er to go around the Imperial Garden, and the middle of the Imperial Garden is a palace with a single courtyard filled with cigarette smoke, which is the place where the gods and Buddhas pray in the palace - Longqing Palace. Qiaoxin told Xing'er that the supreme god enshrined in this hall was Emperor Zhenwu, the god of the palace.

Walking down this way, Xing'er was simply dumbfounded, how could there be such a beautiful place in the world, with splendid pavilions and pavilions, every palace was surrounded by cigarette smoke, all like buildings in the air, it turned out that what the eldest brother said was true, the emperor Lao'er really lived in the place where the gods lived.

There is also the size of the palace, which makes Xing'er jaw-dropping, and also makes Xing'er's small body a little unbearable, it is too big and too big, she has walked too many roads, and when she arrives at the Imperial Garden, if it were not for the beautiful exotic flowers and beautiful scenery to support her curiosity, she is afraid that she would have fallen on the road long ago.

After walking for most of the day, at last, Qiaoxin took her to a hidden place in the northwest corner of the palace. Aunt Liyue was already waiting for them here.