Chapter 4: The Queen's Loneliness
The fifteenth day of each month is the day that Empress Fucha attaches the most importance to.
Because the emperor will, in accordance with the practice of the harem, hand over the sign from the respectful room, turn over the sign of Changchun Palace, and then the respectful eunuch will notify Changchun Palace to prepare for sleeping.
On this day, after dinner, the queen went to the front yard for a walk to eat. When he first arrived, he returned to the palace and was served and bathed by many palace maids of Changchun Palace.
I saw that the four eunuchs worked together to carry the wooden bucket containing water to the ear room on the side of the inner hall of Changchun Palace, and the two palace maids entered the ear room and put the fine rose petals into the water, and the entire Changchun Palace looked very lively in the cover of night. The palace people came in and out, busy in a tense and orderly manner.
The aunt in charge prepared the clothes for the queen's bath and change, while the queen Fucha, who was waiting for the palace maid to take off the cumbersome headdress, was sitting in front of the bronze mirror.
Everything is ready, and when the water in the barrel is put to seven points hot, all the palace people exit the inner hall, and the Fucha clan enters the ear room with a bright yellow robe, and only the aunt in charge follows in, which shows that the vigilance of the Fucha clan is still very high, and no matter how many slaves and maids around him, they only trust those one or two.
Halfway through, the aunt in charge came out to get the petal spices once, and the whole bathing process lasted for an hour.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, and the palaces are lit up with palace lights.
The spirit outside the hall was really boring, and he couldn't help but paced to the gate of Changchun Palace, looking at the mezzanine road full of palace lamps in front of him, so dark that there was no end in sight. I can't help but sympathize with the women of the harem, and all the harem concubines, including the queen, entered the palace at a young age and trapped their doctors in this high wall and red tiles, just to get the king's stop. reminded her of how she was not like this in her previous life, how many nights she waited for the emperor to come, and exhausted her years, and in the end found that it was just a dream.
Thinking that tonight is about to see the merry man who deceived his true heart in this life, the corners of his mouth can't help but laugh mockingly. In this life, she will rely on her wisdom to win everything she wants, but she will not give her sincerity.
The lights in the main hall of Changchun Palace were on for a long time, but they did not wait for the arrival of the emperor.
In the end, Gonggong Su, who was beside Qianlong, came to Changchun Palace in the dust.
"Tell the master, the noble concubine has a head attack, the emperor will rest at the master of the concubine of Chuxiu Palace tonight, long live the master and let the slave come over to tell the mother, let the master rest early, you don't have to wait tonight."
The queen, who had already bathed and changed her clothes, was in a trance, regained her composure for a moment, and replied to Father-in-law Su decently: "The palace knows, there is a trip to Father-in-law Su." ”
Gonggong Su glanced at the queen with his spare eyes, as if he wanted to say something, and finally bowed his waist in silence and withdrew from the hall and left.
After that, the queen claimed to be resting, sent away the personal palace maid who was waiting to sleep on weekdays, and entered the inner room alone.
At this time, all the palace maids and eunuchs whispered in private, and everyone was busy all night, thinking that their master could receive the holy favor tonight, but they didn't expect to be cut off by the noble concubine.
The aunt, who had always been in charge of the household, had a straight face, and with a serious face, she dispersed the people who had gathered together, looked back at the dormitory uneasily, and faithfully guarded the outside of the hall.
Ruling saw that the lamp in the dormitory had been on for a long time that night, and it had not been extinguished. Just like the heart of the queen mother that night, she was destined to be unable to calm down.