Chapter 3: Entering the Palace
Breakfast was served in Xihe's room as usual.
Sisi's eyes rolled twice, "Wanwan, do you have guards in this princess's mansion or something?" ”
"Yes, Sisi asked what this is for?" Xihe took the soup spoon and took a mouthful to feed Sisi.
"You have to go, you can leave it there, I can drink it myself, don't feed me, eat your own."
Sisi looked at Xi He's right hand holding the spoon with some disgusted eyes.
"Wanwan, I don't think your guard is very good, are you more powerful?"
"This guard is from the palace, it stands to reason that it should be the best, what, do you want to change?"
"No, I'm just thinking that our orphans and widows are in danger! You don't need to send some elite soldiers, or if I am hijacked by some of the Jianghu people, you will have to ransom me with silver. ”
Sisi had half a green onion cake in her mouth, her front teeth had just fallen out, and the new small teeth had not yet been level with other teeth, but she didn't care, the wide cuffs were wrapped around her twice, and the cuffs were tied with ribbons, and the six-year-old body often made her feel short hands and feet, and her mobility was inconvenient, and the wide sleeves and long skirt that mopped the floor made her even more inconvenient, so she lifted the skirt a little bit and tied it around her waist every time, and the sleeves were also wrapped around her arms.
Xihe finished eating, and glanced at Sisi's outfit again.
"Today, your mother is going to enter the palace, the old man of the Queen Mother is sick, and she has to take turns to enter the palace to serve the sick, and she may have to go to the palace for ten days, Sisi is obediently at home, and when her mother comes back, will she take you to the street to buy candy?"
"I don't want candy man, Wanwan, I want to go to Kyoto's biggest restaurant to eat its signature dishes, and then listen to a storytelling, how about it?"
Hearing that she was on the street, Sisi's eyes lit up, she had never been on the street!
"You wild girl, okay, then you have been to the academy these days, don't make trouble, don't beat the youngest son of the Shangshu family, I have heard your personal Lu Rao say a few times!"
"This green rao, the feelings run to you chewing the root of your tongue, that kid owes a beating! He is only two years older than me, and he always thinks of himself as an elder brother, and asks me to serve him tea and polish ink, and I beat him twice lightly, if it weren't for his sake, I would have beaten him into a pig's head! ”
"How's that going to work! You monkey, it's just that, the carriage has stopped outside the house, Sisi is good, wait for my mother to come back. ”
"Walk slowly!"
Sisi stood at the door with a smile on his hands, looked at Xi He who walked out of the door, turned around and waved to himself, returned to the table, and ate the remaining half of the cake before staggering back to his small courtyard.
Today, there is no need to go to the academy, Sisi pulled aside some useless female commandments on the desk, put the picture book in the middle of the desk, and looked at it solemnly.
It's summer now, the window is open during the day, there are no flowers in the small yard, only a piece of bamboo forest and green space, there is a faint bamboo fragrance wafting outside the house, the girl in the window is frowning, she is on her cheeks and looks through the picture book seriously, the stool is very high, her legs can't reach the ground, hanging in the air and dangling.
A gust of wind poured into the window, blowing over the girl in the corner of the table, and the pages that were turned over happened to fall into the ink tray, Yuan Sisi picked up the girl who was stained by the ink, and threw it outside along the window with a swish!
This world is the same as the world in which they exist but different, there is a history that they have never heard of, and the people here who are familiar with the history do not know, those who have left behind the masterpieces of the literati throughout the ages, the people here have never heard of, but this set of female and female commandments is exactly the same, it seems that no matter which world it is, as long as it is male power, it is the man who has the final say.
Yuan Sisi never cared about these Lao Shizi, she came from the free and equal 21st century, she has always scoffed at these pedantic ideas that oppress women, and even did not hesitate to quarrel with her husband in the academy for this, and finally ended up with her receiving ten boards.
She has always felt that men and women, young and old, should be heart-oriented, should not show weakness because they are women, should not be constrained by these worldliness, laugh when they are happy, cry when they are sad, anger when they are jealous, scold when they are angry, filial piety to their parents, and teach their children down, and they have to be three and four virtues to their husbands in the middle.
It is a virtue to make men afraid of guilt, and this road is a long way to go, Sisi sighed silently.
The little wind blew and blew and made her a little sleepy, as if she had just had breakfast, and it would make her want to sleep again.
I had a dream last night, the sword light and sword shadow flew flesh and blood, Sisi seemed to have become the number one swordsman in the world, flying eaves and walls, robbing houses, ah, that's called robbing the rich and helping the poor.
She also competed with Chu Liuxiang, Chu Liuxiang set off, and she was still bragging on the spot: "Xiao Chu, you look at it, I will let you have a pillar of incense, and I will be able to catch up with you barefoot in a while." ”
When Chu Liuxiang couldn't see the figure, Sisi was about to set off, he was really barefoot, and after taking two steps, his short legs hurt a little before he suddenly remembered that he hadn't learned light skills yet.
I dreamed for half a night in such a daze, thinking that the old man would come tonight, so I should hurry up and make up for sleep.
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On the stone pavement outside the palace gate, the crisp sound of horses' hooves comes from far and near.
In the carriage, Xihe sat quietly, with a peaceful look on his face.
She hadn't lived in this palace for a few days, and she had grown up in the countryside until she was twelve. But when she arrived at this impregnable palace, her frankness and freedom seemed extremely redundant.
The people here are like machines, not the slightest bit.
I lifted the curtain and looked at this magnificent building, and sighed.
If it weren't for the last resort, she would be extremely reluctant to return to this iron cage.
When she got off the carriage at the gate of the palace and changed into a sedan chair, she could only see the slap-sized sky on her head.
The palace was very quiet, and the palace people who came and went made a very small sound when they walked.
The eunuch leading the way in front is His Majesty's henchman Hong. "Princess Xihe, after entering the palace, let's go to see Your Majesty first, and then go to the Queen Mother's palace, everything in the palace has been prepared, the princess can rest assured."
"There is Lao Hong's father-in-law"
No one spoke, and when the group reached the main hall, it was already noon, and every floor tile scorched by the scorching summer sun was steaming, and it looked twisted and strange from afar.
Xihe lowered the steps on her head, there are a lot of steps in this hall, she rested twice before slowly walking up, and Gonggong Hong had already gone up in advance to report.
Finally went up the steps, Xi He held his waist and panted, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
Xuan, Xi and the princess enter the palace!
"Courtiers meet Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be eternal!"
"Flat"
"Your Majesty"
"Wanwan, how have you been doing alone in the past few years, is there anything inconvenient?"
"Back to Your Majesty, no. Chang'an is very well-behaved, and the courtiers have never tired, thank you Your Majesty for your concern. ”
"Alas, why do you and my father and daughter need to be so angry, it's really chilling for widows." Emperor Li's shrewd eyes seemed to have a little tenderness, and Xihe couldn't see it really.
"Your Majesty is the king, and the courtiers dare not trespass."
"That's it, the widow is tired, go down, go to see the Queen Mother, you don't often enter the palace, the Queen Mother is very worried about you."
"Yes, the courtiers are retired."
Backwards out of the hall, Xi He was relieved, although the emperor is his father, he and his mother grew up outside the palace since he was a child, and he has never seen him. When she was young, although she envied others for having a father, she never thought that her father was the emperor.
The companion is like a tiger, and she doesn't dare to get too close to him. In other words, His Majesty never thought of being close to her, in the end, she was a country girl, how could she be worthy of royal blood.
The empress died of illness within a few years of her ascension to the throne. The throne has been vacant for many years, and the women in the harem are full of strength, but after three or five years, the emperor still has no intention of establishing a succession, and everyone secretly speculates about the holy will.
As soon as the sedan chair arrived at the gate of the Queen Mother's Palace, he saw a graceful and luxurious person walking out surrounded by everyone, and it was a pure concubine.
"Xihe meets the concubine Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang is in good health."
Although Concubine Chun came out of the Queen Mother's Palace, she did not look worried, and the whole person looked happy.
"It's Xihe, I haven't entered the palace for a long time, and the palace is almost unrecognizable. This little appearance is getting more and more handsome.,Hongu looks at it and likes it.。 ”
"Concubine Lao is worried."
"The old lady of the Queen Mother was still talking to you just now, come in, the palace still has something to deal with, go back to the palace first, and come to me for tea when you have time."
The concubine Niangniang is full of jewels, although her status is noble, but it is exaggerated and shallow, and it looks very easy to understand. As soon as she raised her sleeves and left, Xi He hurriedly took a step back.
"Congratulations to the concubine."
Mother Liu held Xihe's hand and stood up straight, she has been a little powerless over the years, but she must serve by Xihe's side for this matter of entering the palace, and make up her mind for her.
She whispered to Xihe, "This concubine looks very happy?" The Queen Mother is sick, and her posture in the Queen Mother Courtyard is really rampant. ”
"She has rampant capital, although she is a concubine, but she is in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, although the queen mother doesn't like her, but she hasn't done anything to her for so many years, maybe she is not as clear as her appearance, our princess's mansion doesn't have to be bad with her, and she will not deliberately embarrass me."
In Kyoto for so many years, Xihe also has his own intelligence network and network, and he is also concerned about the situation in the palace.
"It's just that seeing her so happy, I'm afraid the old lady won't be able to do it."
"The Queen Mother is not done, why is the pure concubine so happy? Princess, what do you mean by that? ”
"Mother Liu, you think, Concubine Chun is not the queen, although she is in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, she is in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, but her name is not right, and all major matters must be reported to the queen mother for decision, although she is in power, someone listens to the government, how happy is she in her heart? If the Queen Mother drives the crane to the west this time, she will be alone in the harem, she is not beautiful to death, and her joy cannot be hidden, this is sure that the Queen Mother's old man will not live long. ”
"What does the princess think now?"
"Although I am a princess, but I married the general who protects the country, there are still many people in the capital who oppose it, it is nothing more than that I don't want to let me, an illegitimate princess with an unjustified name, hold the military power, that is the most fierce opposition is the pure concubine faction, she has a third prince, she is afraid that I will give birth to a son and rob his son of the throne. Seeing that I gave birth to a daughter, she has only softened me over the years. ”
"Princess, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to continue talking, let's meet the Queen Mother first, and then talk about this matter later."
Xi and the two ended their whispering at the gate of the Queen Mother's Palace, tidied up their skirts, and stepped into the Queen Mother's bedroom with their legs raised.
"Xihe meets the Queen Mother, and wishes the Queen Mother good health and blessings for ten thousand years."