Chapter 51: Whose Chanjuan, Whose Moon (2)
In the morning, there are three or two soft white clouds floating in the blue sky, slowly blowing the breeze and wandering leisurely, overlooking the new day's life in the capital by the way.
On the west side road near the root of the imperial city, all kinds of green and black paint carts lined up in a long line. All the horses are neatly rowed... Putting on a halter and covering the horses' mouths to prevent them from making noises, a car lined up quietly towards the Shenwu Gate, and the only sound of horses' hooves and ruts crushing the ground remained in the not very wide west road.
When they arrived at Shenwu Gate, the inner shì who were in charge of welcoming the guests sang a post, asking the family members of each prefecture to get off the bus and go all the way to Shunzhen Gate to wait for the summons.
Shunzhen door outside the station is full of people, the orders are lined up according to the grade, the girls of each family are carefully dressed up, beads and jade, rings and jingling, although it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, this 『Guang』 field is full of eyes, purple and red.
Qing Dai followed the old lady and stood in the middle and right position, there were acquaintances in the crowd, like Zhao Yuhua and Zhou Danniang came, Zhao Yuhua nodded and signaled, but Zhou Danniang swept by, only pretending not to see it.
After standing for a while, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang, and Tingjia came. When passing by them, Mrs. Wang saw Mrs. Shangguan nodding her head, but she didn't say much because of the large number of people. Qing Dai saw Tingjia behind the old lady, who painted light makeup today, and wore an apricot sè eight-group huā hui-pattern water polyester satin shirt, which looked more rich and solemn than in the past. She squeezed her eyes at Chao Qingdai, and then walked forward with Old Madam Wang.
Not long after, Qi Zhen also came, and Nei shì led Mrs. Qi and them to stand down in front of Qingdai on the left. Qi Zhen combed a double-ring bun, pinned the gold-inlaid begonia butterfly sideburns, and wore a water peony red dark huā satin inlaid flat needle embroidered landscape lady trim short placket, and the inner side of the trim was also inlaid with a circle of blue and purple sèhuā, which was quite eye-catching. She looked at Qing Dai and smiled with a smile, but was discovered by Mrs. Qi, and whispered a few words before she restrained a lot.
When the people were almost there, the inner shì official shouted, and led the people in order according to the grade one bōbō.
Qing Dai and the others lined up in the back, waited for half an hour before entering the Shunzhen Gate, and followed the inner shì all the way to the Kunning Palace where the queen lived.
From getting out of the car to coming in for more than an hour, Qingdai lowered her eyebrows along the way, and obediently followed the old lady every inch. After walking a long way to Kunning Palace, a bunch of people went in, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the mountain to call a thousand years old, the queen mother called a flat body on it, and said some words on the scene, and then a palace maid brought a group of people out to Yonghua Palace to dine and listen to the play.
Qing Dai estimated that she had waited for almost two hours in the early stage, and she came out in a quarter of an hour, which was really hard to put on a god!
After the court was over, everyone arrived at Yonghua Palace. The corner gate next to Yonghua Palace leads to Yueyin Pavilion, and everyone is placed here to watch the play before the banquet. The queen came to make a show and ordered a play, and someone asked the two Yipin ladies next to her to order two folds, and let people start the play. As soon as the play started, the queen retreated to the side hall of Yonghua Palace to rest, and after a while, Qing Dai saw that Fù and the noble girl were summoned to the next door alone.
Fortunately, after the feast, the great god left, and people could relax a little.
Qing Dai's position was in the corner, and she sat on the chair with her butt and sipped the tea pot next to her. Tea, let out a long sigh. The old lady stroked her hair and asked in a low voice, "There are many rules in the palace, are you tired?" ”
Qing Dai nodded: "I've been standing for too long, tuǐ sour." Mama Zhu just told me that I can't drink too much water after entering the palace, it's really a sinful job. The old lady hid her face and chuckled, "You little ghost, I don't know how many people want to come to this palace, you are just an uninformed person, and you are tired." ”
Qing Dai puffed out her cheeks and pouted depressedly: "Those palaces all look the same, and I can't see which one is better than the other." The rules are still big, don't let you look up and don't let you speak, just see a person who doesn't wear the same clothes is a mother, and you have to kowtow and salute, those who want to come in are purely looking for their own guilt. "Poof" There was a chuckle next to the vermilion pillar on his side, the voice was not loud, but Qing Dai was close but heard clearly, turned his head and looked, a shadow flashed behind the pillar, and the corners of the half of the shirt that lù came out of the betel green sè slipped and pulled it to the back and could no longer be seen. Qing Dai Yuguang caught a glimpse of the corner of the robe, which looked like it was worn by Nei Shiì from Yan Sè, and it was estimated that the one who was laughing just now should be the little eunuch who was waiting next to him.
I looked back at my grandmother, but I didn't seem to hear it. Qing Dai thought that this was the palace, and was afraid that something would go wrong, so she hurriedly took the purse on her body, then got up from her chair and pointed to the corridor less than three steps behind her: "Grandmother, I dropped a bead when I came here just now, and I just saw it next to the pillar over there, and I will come back as soon as I take it now." "There are a lot of people who come into the palace today, so the maids and servants who follow the shì are all waiting outside the Shunzhen Gate, and they don't follow up in the inner palace. However, the palace maid had just been called away by the leading female official, Qing Dai said this, the old lady glanced at the pillar not far behind her, and nodded in agreement, "Don't run around, take something and come back." ,
Qing Dai promised to go, turned to the back of the pillar and found that there was really a eunuch standing behind him, and the figure did not look like an old one. Before Qing Dai could see her face clearly, the eunuch had already noticed that someone was approaching, and quickly turned her back to the pillar and bowed her head to stand on the other side of the pillar.
When Qing Dai approached, his face was blocked by the pillar, leaving only half of his body outside, was he laughing at me?
"This lord, when I was talking over there just now, I noticed that a pearl had fallen from the hairpin, it seems to have fallen here, I wonder if you have seen it?"
The eunuch was embarrassed to hide behind the pillar any longer, his chin pressed against the placket, and shook his head, "No." "The voice is very low, and the low indigo is almost inaudible.
Qing Dai wondered, such a shy person doesn't seem to be so bold, right? Maybe I heard the errand just now, and no one may have heard her talking to her grandmother.
Qing Dai looked at the eunuch Fu Fushen, "Thank you!" The little eunuch's head was lowered.
Qing Dai turned around and left, stopped again, and thought for a while, these people in the palace are all human spirits, and they are not afraid of 10,000, just in case, "You were here alone just now?" ”
The eunuch nodded and did not speak. Qing Dai felt that it should be done safely, so she took out three silver barleys from her purse, weighed the weight, and turned around and stuffed them into the eunuch's hand, "My lord has worked hard today, take this point to eat at the bar." The eunuch took the money and didn't answer, so Qingdai turned around and walked to her seat.
After Qing Dai left, the eunuch looked at the silver in his hand and was stunned for a long time, then lowered his head and turned around and ran quickly in the direction of the corner gate. How do you run around here? The little eunuch ignored it, and threw the little eunuch who was guarding the door to the ground with a flick of his hand, "Bastard, do your business, it's okay to meddle here, be careful that the one on your neck has moved!" After speaking, he flicked his sleeves, leaving the eunuch who fell to the ground stunned, "You, you" The little eunuch who rushed out glanced at him, "Take care of your mouth!" The eunuch was immediately silenced. The little eunuch nodded in satisfaction, and then ran to the north without looking back.
The little eunuch found a path to go around to the back of the rockery, and passed through the corner door of the back wall, where there was an inner shì official in dark green clothes guarding there, and after seeing the people who came out, he hurriedly took out the package hidden in the bushes in the root of the back wall and patted it, and took the clothes inside, "My lord, you can count it back, hurry up and change your clothes first!" ”
The "little eunuch" handed the silver barley in his hand to Na Nei, and said with a smile while taking off his coat: "Put it away, this is the first reward I got from the prince." ”
The inner shì official was stunned for a moment, pinching the three silver barleys and not knowing where to put them.
"What about the others?"
The inner shì official put the silver barley in his arms, went up to help remove the inner shì hat, and said while arranging the collar: "They are all waiting for your letter at the Taicang Palace." The "little eunuch" changed his clothes, and the inner shì official hung the golden silk fish bag and the auspicious cloud dragon pendant in the package on his waist, and looked up and down to confirm that they were all dressed, "Lord Wang, it's okay!" ”
The "little eunuch" nodded, "Let's go!" The two hurried through the corridor one after the other, and went to the Taicang Palace in the east along the vermilion palace wall.
After entering the temple gate, turn to the inner room on the left-hand side, in which sat five young men, the oldest was seventeen or eighteen years old, and the youngest was eight or nine years old,... walked in, put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at him in unison.
The youngest Suo Xìng jumped down from the chair and jumped up to him, "Little Uncle Huang, have you seen Aunt Huang?" ”
The "little eunuch" pointed to the four people sitting on the sitting, "Hey, who told you to bring this little guy in?" The young man in the brocade robe of the Tibetan Youth League, who was sitting by the window in the south, pouted and said, "This kid came here by himself." I said, do you see the "Shangjing Shuangjiāo, have you?" ”
"Little eunuch" chún hooked his horn, patted xiōng breast, and said: "This king is out of the horse, and it is naturally done." The young man in the navy blue robe sat up and asked eagerly, "Tell me, what does it look like?" Another young man by the window in a brocade robe echoed: "Is it the same as the rumors?" "That Zhao Yuhua is not as good as Zhou Danniang, but the style of the whole body is stronger than Zhou Danniang, and I don't look worse than those sisters-in-law in the palace."
As soon as the "little eunuch" said, the two looked at each other and smiled, and turned their heads to look at the man in the purple python robe crooked on the couch in the north, "Chengxuan, you are blessed." ”
The man who was called Chengxuan stretched his waist, sat up, and squinted at the "little eunuch", "Little Seventeen, you won't walk directly into Yonghua Palace with this dress, right?" ”
The "little eunuch" face was slightly embarrassed, "Naturally not!" ”
The man rubbed the minibus and looked the "little eunuch" up and down, "Then how did you get in?"
Wait, let me guess, our Royal Highness King Zhong won't borrow Xiaofuzi's clothes to go in, right? ”@。