Chapter 4: The Gate of Entering the Palace
After saying goodbye to her parents, she was carefully helped on the sedan chair by her grandmother, and with the slender and slender sentence of Father-in-law Zhang, her originally settled heart also swayed up and down with the sedan chair.
Mama Jinyun has been following her sedan chair and telling her the rules of the palace, such as how to salute when she sees the emperor, the queen mother and the queen of letters, such as how to answer the questions of the emperor, the queen mother or the king of letters, she has no heart to listen, and she is more and more unsure of what the result of this trip will be.
It didn't take long for the sedan chair to stop suddenly, and the outside was not as lively as before, she thought that she was afraid that she was going to enter the palace gate, so she secretly opened the sedan curtain and took a look, and there were two dark red doors standing in front of her, and there were several guards guarding the door. Gonggong Zhang stepped forward and took out the token in his sleeve to show them angrily, and they immediately got out of the way, ordered someone to open the closed door, and the sedan chair slowly moved forward.
After passing the gate, she saw the narrow stone path ahead, and the two sides were surrounded by the towering palace walls. The front and back of the sedan chair she sat in were the same sedan chairs as her, but each sedan chair was kept a few meters away from each other. She guessed in her heart that these were all show girls who entered the palace to participate in the election together, so she lost interest, put down the sedan curtain, squinted and began to rest. The sedan chair swayed left and right, and she didn't sleep well last night, so she suddenly felt a little sleepy, so she slowly sat in the sedan chair and fell asleep.
I don't know how long it took, but Mama Jinyun woke her up softly: "Miss Tian, we have arrived." She rubbed her hazy sleepy eyes, only to find that the sedan chair had stopped, and there was a beautiful palace outside the sedan curtain, and the door of the palace was written in traditional Chinese characters with the words "儲秀宮".
She knew that they had arrived in the palace, and with the support of Mama Jinyun, she slowly walked out of the sedan chair and turned around to see the surrounding environment. But she had always loved flowers, and she was stunned by the sight in front of her, and her eyes, which had just been sleepy, instantly widened, for fear that she would miss any of these beautiful scenes.
Not far away is a vast apricot blossom forest, the red and white apricot blossoms are not as beautiful as they look, the red apricot is like the baby's red lips, pink and delicate, and the white apricot is like the white snow in the deep winter, pure and refined.
It is now early spring in February, and a ray of spring light is brilliant and bright, illuminating a pool of sparkling water and rippling slightly. The willows along the coast are still around, and the catkins are flying. The flying willow branches are just like the delicate waist of a beauty, soft and charming, and the flying catkins are like colorful butterflies flying in the sky, smart and dreamy.
Suddenly, a breeze blew, and the petals of various apricot blossoms fell reluctantly from the branches, blending and entwining with the willow catkins in the sky, and fell into the spring water one after another.
She was fascinated by this beautiful scene, and she reveled in the beauty of this beautiful scenery, and she couldn't help herself. She was so intoxicated that the eunuch's sentence "The emperor has arrived, the queen mother has arrived, the queen mother has arrived, and His Royal Highness King Xinwang has arrived~~~" did not hear it. At this time, everyone else had already knelt down in unison, only she stood with her back to the emperor and others, facing the beautiful apricot blossom forest. At this time, Mama Jinyun, who was kneeling on the side, hurriedly pulled the corner of her skirt, and she suddenly returned to reality from the beautiful scenery, turned around and stared blankly, at a loss.
At this time, Mama Jinyun reminded her in a low voice: "Miss Tian, kneel down!" She immediately squatted down. But by this time it was too late, and everyone had already seen her.
She was so embarrassed that her face instantly burned and burned red. She frowned slightly and pursed her lips, thinking: This is bad! It's not a good thing to be noticed. But she thought about it again: As the so-called blessings and misfortunes lurk, and misfortunes and blessings depend, after such a sudden, her chances of being selected may be even smaller. Thinking like this, she felt a little relieved, and suddenly calmed down, but knelt on the spot and didn't move, for fear that she would not pay attention to it again and attract attention.
At this time, the emperor and his entourage had already entered the hall and sat down, and she didn't dare to look up, only hearing the conversation of a few people.
"His Royal Highness King Xin, you see how blessed you are, today's ladies are all in strict accordance with the emperor's draft procedures, round by round selection, today can stand here for you to personally select, naturally all like flowers, elegant manners, this is your imperial brother's grace, don't hurry up thank you emperor." The tone is atmospheric and elegant, and the aura is powerful enough. Listening to this tone, she thought that this should be the queen mother, otherwise in this palace with a humble and orderly and strict hierarchy, who would dare to talk to the emperor and the king of letters like this.
"Brother Xie Huang's brother Longen!" The voice was clear and clean, and the voice that came out of his throat had an unrefined smoothness and flexibility.
She thought to herself, this answer must be the king of faith, and this king of faith should be seventeen or eighteen years old now, which is also consistent with this voice.
The emperor didn't speak, just smiled slightly, and said to the eunuch beside him, "Wei Zhongxian, let's start." ”。 Then the selection of a concubine for King Xin began.
Her ears echoed with the voice of the eunuch introducing the young ladies, and she only felt that the sun above her head was shining brightly, which made her a little dizzy, and she couldn't open her eyes, so she closed her eyes and waited silently.
I don't know how long I waited, and finally came to my ears, "Tian Xiuying, the daughter of Tian Hongyu, the commander of the Sanpin Jinyi Guard, rise~", the eunuch's slender and slender voice came into her ears. She opened her eyes suddenly, the brilliant spring light was still a little dazzling, she frowned slightly, squinted and stood up, standing outside the hall with several other women who got up together.
She was waiting for the Queen Mother to give an order, and the show girls stepped forward one by one to introduce themselves, but at this time, the clear and clean voice just now floated over: "The girl who was intoxicated in the scenery just now, I don't know who the girl's surname is?" ”
Several show girls next to her looked at her in unison, she was a little embarrassed and embarrassed, but at this time, she had no choice but to walk up: "See the emperor and the queen mother." Replying to His Royal Highness's words, the slave maid Tian Xiuying, and the father of the family are the three commanders of Tian Hongyu. ”
At this time, His Royal Highness King Xin, who had been sitting next to the emperor, stood up and walked in front of her, only a meter away from her: "Juan is so quiet, ladylike and talented, good name, people are like their names, and their names are like their people." ”
She was even more embarrassed: "Thank you for your praise to His Royal Highness King Xin, the slave and maid dare not be." She didn't even dare to look up.
King Xin smiled and continued: "Miss Tian just looked at the apricot blossom forest, does the girl also like that apricot blossom?" ”
At this time, she noticed that King Xin used the word "also", she wanted to be sure that His Royal Highness King Xin also likes apricot blossoms, so she turned her mind: "The slave doesn't like apricot blossoms, but when she saw the spring water of the lake sparkling in this spring light, she could see it, who knew that she didn't find that the emperor, the queen mother, the queen mother and His Royal Highness the king of letters arrived, and they lost their manners, and asked His Royal Highness the king not to blame." ”
The emperor, who had been sitting on the side and had been silent, laughed: "Fifth brother, I see that this Miss Tian and you are still like-minded, just like the so-called heroes." ”
She was confused when she heard the emperor's words, and she couldn't help but raise her eyes and glanced at King Xin timidly.
Ah~~~ It's not ...... Isn't this the man in white I met in Acacia that day? He, he is the king of faith?
She exclaimed, but suddenly realized that she had lost her posture, and couldn't help but restrain herself a little, and her heart was secretly entangled.
And King Shin naturally recognized her a long time ago, and was looking at her with a smile.
The emperor looked at her appearance, only thought that she was suspicious, and explained: "When I first built this apricot blossom forest, I preferred apricot blossoms, but I felt that she was *pink and red, and she was very embarrassed*. It's just that after the apricot blossom forest is built, I always feel a little less meaningful when I visit. It wasn't until later that I invited the fifth brother to travel with me, and the fifth brother said that there was no water and no willow and no poetry, and I suddenly woke up, so I ordered someone to build today's apricot blossom forest, and now this season is a good time to enjoy the flowers, and you are also blessed. ”
She smiled in response, but inadvertently caught a glimpse of His Royal Highness King Shin looking at her with a slight half-squint, smiling.
At this time, King Xin was looking at her carefully, under the sunlight, her plain white clothes seemed to be shrouded in a light and shadow under the sun, although she did not wear the slightest hair ornament, but it looked even more beautiful and beautiful, King Xin looked a little stupid: "The girl is beautiful and refined, bright and moving, without powder, and the color is like the morning glow reflecting the snow, I am afraid that any hair ornament in the world is not worthy of the talent of the lady." ”
She was startled in her heart, and she instantly put away the smile on the corner of her mouth, lowered her eyes, and stared at the ground at a loss.
At this time, His Royal Highness King Shin returned to his seat with a smile. The emperor and the queen mother understood, so they motioned to the eunuch to write down her name.
Things developed like this, she was very confused, she wanted to do something to change the mind of King Xin, but she was afraid that she would not do well and collide, she didn't have anything to do with herself, but if it affected a large family in Tianfu, then her sin would be great. So she had to resign herself to fate.
Her heart was very chaotic, and many thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant, but she could only endure it stubbornly. She couldn't wait for all the show girls to finish facing the saints and then ask for a decree to leave the palace together, so she had to ask Mama Jinyun to ask the emperor to ask the emperor to agree that she would leave the palace and return to the house first.
As soon as Mama Jinyun stepped forward to explain the reason, His Royal Highness King Xin immediately stood up from his seat, walked quickly in front of her, and saw that her face and lips were a little pale, so he hurriedly asked with concern: "Miss Tian's body is unwell, why don't I ask the imperial brother to send an order to the imperial doctor to come and show you?" ”
King Shin stood very close to him, and as soon as she lowered her head slightly, she accidentally touched the chest of His Royal Highness King Shin, and a blush instantly climbed onto her fair and delicate cheeks, and His Royal Highness King Shin looked a little stunned.
She had to take a small step back, distance herself from King Xin, and then bowed her legs slightly, and said politely but not closely: "His Royal Highness King Xie Xin is compassionate, but the slave maid has already lost the rudeness to ask for the resignation in advance, if you want to bother the emperor and His Royal Highness King Xin, the slave and maid will be guilty, but the slave and maid did not sleep well last night, and the physical strength is exhausted, as long as you go back to the house and rest for a while." ”
Although her tone was gentle but firm, the prince couldn't bear to keep her anymore, so she couldn't rest assured and wanted to send her back to the house in person, but because the emperor and the queen mother were there, he couldn't go down alone, so he motioned to Mama Jinyun to help her go down and send her back to the house, and then sent a few caring people to accompany her back.
Mama Jinyun helped her go down slowly, and she heard the Queen Mother joking and saying, "Mourning family, my Royal Highness is afraid that His Royal Highness will be eager to go back to the house with Miss Tian." Even if the person is still here, the heart is not there. And then there was a lot of laughter.
She also seemed to hear someone whispering, "It's still bright and moving like her, and it's obviously intentional to dress like that!" What kind of apricot blossom spring water, isn't it just a little trick to attract the attention of His Royal Highness King Xin and be selected! Hmph~~"
She was in a mess in her heart, and she didn't want to deal with it, but hurriedly got on the sedan chair, wanting to escape from this place as soon as possible.
His Royal Highness looked up at her path, and saw that both sides were full of flowers, and they were full of flowers, and they were full of flowers.