Chapter 30 The Forbidden City Shines Brightly
A blue sky is as clear as water, the sun is shining, the wind is light, and the air is faintly filled with the sweet fragrance of flowers, which is quiet and peaceful. The majestic palace walls, the heavy eaves of the palace, the glazed dome, the carved railings and jade masonry, this majestic and magnificent palace is still the same as when we first saw it a year ago, and it has not changed at all. Han Yue followed behind Liu Yuanzhi, walked slowly on the palace road, silently looking at the scene in front of her, and couldn't help but feel emotional. The world is changeable, and the wind and clouds will meet, which is really a creation that makes people. This may be the place where he will stay for the rest of his life, Han Yue thought to himself, if, there is still a lifetime.
A bird fluttered its wings and flew over the towering palace wall and flew into the vast world outside. Han Yue looked at it, and her heart couldn't help but feel emotional, how much she wished that she was just a bird, at least, she could fly freely. Thinking of this, Han Yue was slightly startled, how could she be so easily captured by a bird? She shook her head, quickly swaying the thought out of her mind. At this moment, she has no way to retreat, since she chose this path at the beginning, she must go on resolutely and fearlessly, even if the road ahead is cloudy and thorny.
After about half a pillar of incense, several show girls arrived at the Kunde Hall under the guidance of the chamberlain. The huge Kunde hall is silent, the hall is carved with beams and paintings, and the floating fence is made of jade. The eight pillars that require five people to surround are embossed with lifelike flying dragons, as if the flying dragon is about to break free from the pillars and go straight to the nine heavens in the next moment. The golden dragon soars into the sky, vertical and horizontal in the sky, and the momentum is magnificent. In addition, there are two rows of bronze crane candle trees in the hall, and the candle flame is swaying, showing the feeling of deep and far.
"Please wait here for a moment, little master." After saying this, the little chamberlain saluted respectfully before retreating. The seven show girls here are all selected by the inner court to fill the harem, although they have not yet been canonized, but it is okay to call a little master.
The rank regulation of the Daietsu harem has a queen, four concubines, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, and eighty-one royal wives. Under the queen, there is a noble concubine, a lady concubine, a virtuous concubine, and a virtuous concubine. Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiuyuan, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, and Chongyuan each have one person, which is nine concubines and two products. Jieyu is nine people, and she is three products; There are nine beauties, and there are four products; There are nine talents, and there are five products; The above three classes are for the twenty-seventh wife. Baolin twenty-seven people, six products; There are twenty-seven royal maids, and there are seven products; Twenty-seven women, eight products; It is for the eighty-one royal wife.
From the nine concubines of the second grade, Fang has been given the title, occupies the main position of the first palace, and is in charge of the affairs of the first palace, and can call himself the palace, and can be called the mother. The palace concubines below the nine concubines have no titles, and can only be called small masters.
After the attendants left, the show girls waited quietly in the hall one by one, and no one made a sound. This time when entering the palace, each show girl can bring at most two maidservants to accompany her, Liu Yuanzhi did not bring her usual maids in Liufu, but brought Hanyue and Zimo.
After about half a cup of tea, no one came to announce the decree, and some people were inevitably dissatisfied. I only heard a woman's arrogant voice coming, "What's going on?" No one came to inform! What about the chamberlain? It's been so long to let Miss Ben stand here, do you know who Miss Ben is? A bunch of eyeless dog minions! ”
Han Yue was originally quietly accompanying Liu Yuanzhi with Zi Mo, but suddenly a voice came, which inevitably attracted Han Yue's attention. Han Yue turned around to look, only to see a woman dressed in a red begonia Xiaoyue satin suit, her hair full of pearls and emerald swaying eyes, her originally beautiful face was covered by anger at the moment. Before Hanyue entered the palace, Nangong Heng had already shown the portraits of the remaining six show girls selected this time to Hanyue, and Hanyue knew that this arrogant woman was Sun Yuwei, the pearl of Sun Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
At this time, a woman in a light pink hosta embroidered skirt who was standing silently stepped forward and persuaded, "Sister, please don't be impatient, I think the father-in-law of this decree may have been stumped by something......" Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted, Sun Yuwei reprimanded, "What kind of thing are you, and you deserve to be called me a sister?" ”
Sun Yuwei prides herself on her noble status, her mother is the concubine of the Cao Guo Mansion, and her father is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the current dynasty, so she looks down on the show girls standing here at all, and the woman in front of her who is talking to her will naturally be no exception. The woman in the light pink dress was stunned by what she said, Sun Yuwei looked at the woman in front of her, raised her eyebrows, and asked very arrogantly, "Who are you?" ”
The woman in the light pink dress was a little cramped, and replied softly, "I, my name is Qu Zhixu, and my father is Chengqu Anran in Jingxian County." ”
When Sun Yuwei heard this, she sneered, and her face showed more and more contempt, "A little daughter from the seventh-grade sesame official is also worthy of standing with me?" How was this inner court chosen? Are you blind? ”
Qu Zhixu's face was red and white for a while, blue and black for a while, and he didn't know how to react at once. She wringed a handkerchief in her hand, biting her lip tightly, tears rolling in her eyes. Sun Yuwei glanced at Qu Zhixu, Xu was very satisfied with the result, and sneered again.
"Miss Sun, why be so aggressive? In this palace, the important thing is not who is more noble than whom. Imagine the men in the world, who would like a woman who is rude and willful, with teeth and claws? If you want to play with the eldest lady's temper, please go back to your grandson's mansion to play. Han Yue, the woman in blue who spoke to help, recognized that when she first saw the picture scroll, Han Yue had a good impression of her, she was Ruan Minh Ting, the daughter of General Zhongwu. It is rumored that the daughter of General Zhongwu has the same personality as her father, who is upright and righteous, and what she hates most in her life is bullying. When I saw it today, as the rumors said, it really didn't lose the demeanor of a tiger girl.
When Sun Yuwei heard this, she was immediately furious, didn't this mean that she Sun Yuwei was rude? "Ruan Mingting, you rude wild girl, who are you talking about? The daughter of a rough man is indeed rude. One is vulgar, the other is cheap, you and this surnamed Qu are really a good pair of sisters. The two sides did not give in to each other, the tip of the needle was against Mai Mang, and several other show girls were afraid to speak on the side.
Liu Yuanzhi couldn't help frowning when she looked at Sun Yuwei's bullying appearance. Sun Yuwei's words became more and more ugly, and if she went down, I don't know what more excessive things she would say. Seeing this, Liu Yuanzhi hurriedly went up and persuaded, "Miss Sun, everyone is a show girl, and we will have to get along in the palace in the future, why do you bother?" Be forgiving and forgiving. ”
When Sun Yuwei heard this, her eyebrows were crossed, her eyes widened, and a face full of anger turned to Liu Yuanzhi, and when she saw that the person standing in front of her was Liu Yuanzhi, she suddenly smiled very disdainfully, "Heh, who should I be, it turned out to be the famous second miss of the Liu family, what's wrong with this world, now even the sick seedlings can enter the palace?" As he spoke, he took up the handkerchief and laughed uncontrollably with his mouth covered.
Liu Yuanzhi was choked by her, and her face was a little unsightly.
As soon as Sun Yuwei finished laughing, her face immediately changed again, and her face changed as fast as turning a book, and she said angrily, "Dare to teach Miss Ben a lesson? Even you deserve it? As she spoke, she suddenly raised her hand.
Seeing that this slap was about to fan Liu Yuanzhi, Liu Yuanzhi couldn't dodge, and Han Yue suddenly rushed up with an arrow step and grabbed Sun Yuwei's arm. Han Yue knew that her identity would not allow her to do such a crime, but this Sun Yuwei was too presumptuous and rude, if she didn't stop it in time, the kind-hearted Liu Yuanzhi would suffer innocently.
Sun Yuwei didn't expect someone to dare to do this, she couldn't help but be angry, she glared at Han Yue angrily, "You!" What a guts! She jerked her arm back from Cold Moon's hand, then raised her other hand and slapped Cold Moon's face.
There was a "pop" sound, and it was extremely crisp. Sun Yuwei's slap was full of anger, so it hit extremely hard, and there was immediately a bright red palm print on Hanyue's fair face. With such a fierce palm, all the show girls gasped when they looked at it.
"Yue'er!" "Miss!" Liu Yuanzhi and Zi Mo couldn't help but exclaim, wanting to step forward.
Han Yue stretched out her hand to stop them behind her, and then said to Sun Yuwei without humility or arrogance, "Please forgive the slave for being rude." It's just that the slave maid thinks, Miss Sun, you are also a smart person, if you continue to make trouble, then it will reach the emperor and the queen's mother, and ruin Miss Sun's reputation for being virtuous, won't the gain outweigh the loss? ”
Sun Yuwei's eyes rolled, and after thinking about it carefully, what Han Yue said was quite reasonable, this is the palace, not his own home, so he can't come by his own temperament. She slapped Han Yue hard, and she spilled a lot of anger in her heart, so she didn't want to toss anymore. She glared at Liu Yuanzhi fiercely, and said in a weird manner, "You have a good dog!" With that, he snorted coldly and walked away.
"Yue'er, does it hurt? Let me see. As soon as Sun Yuwei walked away, Liu Yuanzhi and Zi Mo looked around the cold moon.
Hanyue smiled and shook her head, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt, it'll be fine in a while." ”
Seeing that Ruan Mingting and Liu Yuanzhi had relieved themselves of the siege, and that Liu Yuanzhi's maidservant had been slapped in the face, Qu Zhixu was very grateful and guilty, and was about to thank the two of them, when a shrill voice came, "The holy decree has arrived!" "I saw the year-long court attendant coming with a scroll of holy decree in his hand. All the people in the hall knelt down to receive the order.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said:
The daughter of Sun Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Yuwei, was sixteen years old, and was named the royal daughter, and was given the Ninghui Hall of Changxin Palace.
The daughter of Taichangqing Liu Yi, Liu Yuanzhi, seventeen years old, was named the royal maid, and was given the Linhua Hall of the Hook Yi Palace.
The daughter of the imperial historian Yun Wei, Yun Yuya, seventeen years old, Feng Cai girl, gave the Mofeng Hall of Changxin Palace.
The daughter of Yang Shilin, Yang Qingchuan, 16 years old, was a female collector, and lived in the Changle Palace Changting Palace.
The daughter of the loyal general Ruan, Ruan Mingting, sixteen years old, was a feudal woman, and was given the Lianyi Hall of Hook Yi Palace.
The daughter of Xi Shu, Xi Fangru, fifteen years old, was a female collector and lived in Yilan Palace.
The daughter of Chengqu Anran in Jingxian County, Qu Zhixu, fifteen years old, was a female collector, and lived in Huayang Palace.
Chin this! ”
And when they had received the order of thanksgiving, they were led by their chamberlains to their dwellings.