Chapter 8: Provocation
There were already little palace maids waiting at the palace gate, one was about five or six years older than me, very delicate, wearing a pink palace dress, and the other was two or three years older than me, her eyes were purring, and she was an innocent and lively girl at first glance.
"Slave Heart"
"Slave Green Banana"
"Meet the princess," the two knelt down and saluted me in unison.
"Hurry up," I said, helping them up, and I was glad to have two more playmates in the future.
They introduced me into the inner room, a faint smell of smoke came to my nose, the bead curtain is made of South China Sea pearls, all round and greasy, the tables and chairs are carved with delicate patterns of rosewood, gold basin ruby plum blossom bonsai, agate obsidian Pixiu, agarwood carved net bottle Guanyin statue...... The ornaments everywhere are all treasures in the world.
Begonia flower pink gauze tent, begonia gold velvet quilt, white begonia embroidered pillow, it is really comfortable to rest in such a place.
Red Hearts went outside to fetch water, and Green Banana was making the bed for me, and I also picked up the mattress, and wanted to make it with Green Banana, but she knelt down as if she was frightened and said, "How can the princess do it herself, let the slave make the bed for you!" ”
"What does it matter, I used to make my own bed," I said with a smile as I helped her up, and she grinned, which led me to make it with her.
As soon as I was about to speak, I saw a palace maid with slightly white hair, plain clothes, and a plain face coming in, and when she saw me, she was stunned, and she didn't speak, and her tears fell down in large pieces, and then she saluted me respectfully and said, "Princess Chitose Chitose Chitose," I don't know why she made such a big salute to me, and hurriedly helped her up.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, you can be regarded as returning to the palace, and the spirit of the mother in the sky can rest in peace!" She looked at me, crying and laughing. I thought to myself that this was probably the grandmother Rong Qi who the queen said had served my mother, so I hurriedly helped her to sit down.
But she excused herself, "How can a slave sit with the princess," and I replied with a smile: "There is no such thing as a ritual."
She suddenly said: "The princess just returned to the palace, she doesn't know, the most important thing in the palace is this etiquette rule," At this time, the red heart happened to come back from the water, and the grandmother looked at her, and then looked at the green banana, and shook her head slightly.
Seeing that there was one more person in the room, Red Peach immediately understood, and hurriedly pulled Lu Jiao to Rong Qi's Mama Fu and said, "I've seen Mama", and she nodded.
As soon as the hour came, the day was slightly bright, and my grandmother called me to get up and said, "This is the first time that the princess has gone to greet the queen's mother, and she should get up early to freshen up," I got up from the bed with squinted sleepy eyes, and saw that the red hearts and green bananas had been boiled and were waiting for me to freshen up.
I squinted my eyes and let them wipe my face and fix my hair, and it took about half an hour before I finally got everything done, and I gradually came to my senses, and went with my grandmother to greet the queen.
Not long after leaving the palace gate, I saw three men in fancy clothes coming from the other side, "The princess hasn't seen all the princes yet, right?" I nodded.
"Although I have been on an errand in the Huanyi Bureau for the past two years, I still know these princes," she introduced: "The one who is the leader must be the second prince - Zi Chu, who is also the adopted son of the queen's mother."
I saw that the man was wearing an apricot-yellow silver dragon robe, strutting his head, and was the most conspicuous among several people.
"The second is the eldest prince, Ziye, who was born by Concubine Ping's mother," Mama continued.
This person was wearing a stone blue yellow python robe, about sixteen or seventeen years old, his face was expressionless, his pace was steady, and he was almost about to catch up with Zichu in front.
"The youngest one is the sixth prince - Zi Xuan, who was born by the late Concubine Li."
The man looked about my age, with a thin face, smiling eyebrows, and a handsome man.
Soon we met, they looked at me suspiciously, and my grandmother hurriedly reminded me, "Princess, hurry up and salute", and I was blessed and said, "I have seen all the royal brothers." ”
The second prince, Chu Lishi, immediately understood, and said politely: "The queen mother also said that she would introduce a sister to us today, presumably it must be you!" Ziye behind him also seemed to understand, and said with a smile: "Then this is Sister Qingluan," I smiled and nodded.
Then we entered the Fengqi Palace together, and the queen was sitting upright and drinking tea.
"Say hello to the queen mother" several of us said in unison, "Hurry up and sit down, taste this new tribute of the West Lake before the rain Longjing," "thank the queen mother."
We just sat down, and I took a sip of tea, although I had drunk Longjing outside the palace before, but it was far from this.
The sip is indifferent, almost tasteless, but after drinking, it leaves a fragrance on the cheeks, and it really has a long aftertaste.
At this moment, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old, slender woman stepped forward slowly, wearing a light blue auspicious cloud trailing long skirt to line her temperament, she lowered her head slightly, as if looking at her shoes.
The woman saluted the queen and said, "Say hello to the queen mother," and her voice was like a coquettish, gentle and smart.
The moment she turned her head sideways, I had to admit that this face, brighter than the pearl of the night, was enough to eclipse any woman in the world, and all the women I had seen before and after were inferior to her.
She sat next to the Sixth Prince, Zixuan, right across from me.
She combed a simple bun, inserted a hibiscus warm jade diagonally, and two strands of hair hung down on the side of her face, making her face even more round. The eyebrows are like Yuandai, the eyes are like spring, and the cherry is small, which is really sweet and moving.
The best thing is her fox eyes, just squinting at you makes you feel infinitely charming, and her muscles and bones are soft, and even I, a girl, will be confused. But her figure is extremely positive, charming and solemn, what a stunner!
I was obsessed with it, and the queen walked down and said to everyone: "Today, the palace wants to introduce a sister to you, who is the princess of the late Empress Xiaomin, and you can't bully others when you play in one place in the future!" She smiled decently and motioned for me to come over.
Everyone looked at me, I just got down from my seat, walked forward, the queen took my hand, and was about to introduce me, the second prince said: "Queen Mother, we have already met when we came to greet you," "That's better, Qingluan has just returned to the palace, you have to move around more in the future" The queen looked at everyone.
It didn't take long for us to leave, and the woman walked with Zixuan, complaining, "These gilt peacock satin boots don't deserve my clothes today!" ”
Mama reminded me, "This is Princess Zhaowen, and the Sixth Prince is from the same mother," and I saluted her: "I've seen my sister," she glanced at me, and the pride in her eyes was clear. She looked at me all over me, her gaze resting on my sky-blue feather shirt, and said, "Actually, my sister is not suitable for wearing blue. ”
I felt very embarrassed at the time, my grandmother was neither humble nor arrogant, and blessed her and said: "Princess, this feather shirt was given to my princess by the queen yesterday, and the queen also said that my princess is beautiful and lovely, and it is the most suitable to wear sky blue." ”
She glanced at Mama, took my hand with a very unnatural expression and said, "When I look at it again, it really makes Sister Qingluan's skin like snow!" I didn't say anything more.
I saw that Princess Zhaowen was born so beautiful, although I was ashamed of her, I liked her very much, I never thought that she was so arrogant, it really made me angry, on the other hand, I blamed myself even more for why I didn't refute just now, but let Mama save face for me.
As soon as I returned to the palace, I couldn't hold back my grievances and said: "Princess Zhaowen is too bullying, and the emperor will give the princess a title next month, see if she dares to be so arrogant!" Red Heart hurriedly covered her mouth and said, "You don't talk carefully, in case others listen to it, you will feel better," and then poured me another cup of tea.
"Where am I angry, you don't have to worry, go down and rest first," I said to her, and they retreated.
Seeing that Mama has not spoken, I don't know what to say for a while, although I have only been with Mama for two days, but when I think of her once served my mother, I regard her as an elder in my heart, and for some reason, I am even a little afraid of her.
"Mama, have I let you down?" I asked her cautiously, "Don't dare," she bowed her head and took a step back, "but," she looked up at me and said, "The princess was very different from the princess back then. ”
"And what is my mother like," I asked, with some curiosity.
"The crown princess is both noble and benevolent, people all praise her, all respect her, even if she is criticized by the villain, she can fight back without humility or arrogance, which is convincing," she said sonorously, her eyes full of respect for the concubine.
When Mama said this, I was even more ashamed of myself, and I blamed myself for being weak even more in my heart.
The women in the palace, even if they are princesses, cannot be left alone. There are many slaves and maids who live on her master, and even the whole family, and they all look at her eagerly, and she must be their guardian.
For more than a month, the harem has been busy with my canonization ceremony, and I have not been idle, these days the Shang Yifang has taken five or six court clothes to try on me one by one, I think the sleeves are too long, and I have changed it many times before it was settled.
Red hearts and green bananas were also busy receiving the concubines and princes who came to my palace to congratulate, as well as counting all kinds of gifts.
My mother seemed to be even more nervous than I was, and she had to talk to me several times a day about the canonization process and supervise me in the palace etiquette, so I had to practice how to sit, how to stand, how to walk and kneel, and even how to pour tea and pass wine.
Mama is a very strict person, and whenever my movements are not at the right angle, she asks me to repeat them several times until they are done, so I have back pain every day for the past few days.