The 194th Round: Entering the Palace
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Two hundred taels ...... When I took out the silver ticket from the treasury at home, Ah Nuan was about to cry.
And Miss Yang Qingyue, who was holding two hundred taels of silver tickets, really cried, and after crying, she returned to her hometown with the silver tickets.
For her, these two hundred taels are enough to maintain the family's livelihood for several years, which is much more affordable than entering the palace as a female official.
After entering the palace, we were led by officials from the Ministry of Rites and entered the East Palace to see the prince first.
"Stand in two rows in front of the palace, and when you meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a while, you need to remember to be courteous and polite."
When the Ministry of Rites officials said this, the twenty-four girls except me refused to give in to each other, and squeezed into the middle of the first row, trying very hard to grab the C position.
said that it was a female official of the priest, and according to the fact that I entered the Sifang Pavilion yesterday and spent a day with them, I have deeply understood the original intention of these girls to fly on the branches and become phoenixes.
A bunch of silly girls...... I rolled my eyes and stood at the bottom of the second row.
Leaning slightly, I saw a fat man in a brocade robe and jade belt coming out of the hall, I looked up, but I felt that the moon was gone, and the fat man had lost a few points.
It seems that he is not doing well these days.
Thinking about it, he followed the rest of the female officials and saluted the prince together.
The fat man admonished a few words according to the routine, nothing more than letting the female officials be indifferent to fame and fortune, down-to-earth, hard work, etc., and asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites for the roster of female officials, and ordered a few questions from prominent families.
I laughed secretly in my heart when I heard it: seeing that these girls couldn't stop the coquettish attitude that they secretly sent to the fat man Qiubo, I couldn't wait to rush forward and eat the prince of the country alive, how could I have any love and dedication.
was thinking wildly, but he heard the fat man's seemingly random voice: "Jinan Mansion, Yang Qingyue." โ
I was caught off guard and subconsciously blurted out: "Here!" โ
As soon as these words came out, I heard a low laugh from the female officials around us, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who led us to come instantly turned white, and accused the fat man again and again: "Northern women, rough and don't know how to count etiquette, the minister is ......."
The fat man raised his hand to indicate that it was okay, and turned to me with a meaningful smile: "Arrived?" Is this your Shandongfang dialect? โ
"Oh...... Right. "In the previous life, there must have been more than just Shandong students, and the country's primary and secondary school students were named in this reaction.
"Are you from Shandong?"
"Yes......" I remembered my current appearance and identity, and hurriedly bowed my head and saluted, "Back to Your Highness, the courtier's daughter is from Jinan Mansion in Shandong." โ
"Very good." The fat man nodded with interest, "Gu Su likes to listen to Shandong dialect, so let's leave this female official in the East Palace." โ
Ay? I looked up unconsciously, but I saw a leopard standing behind the fat man at some point, raising an eyebrow at me.
There was a drum beating in my heart: no one knew about entering the palace by pretending to be Yang Qingyue, except for my master and his friend who was good at disguise...... However, looking at the attitude of the fat man and a certain leopard today, how do you feel like you have to go to the goof?
So, I said goodbye to the other twenty-four female officials in front of the Siqi Palace, and properly gained forty-eight envious, jealous and hateful glances. I really struggled with this, whether I should put on a flattered appearance.
After seeing them leave, I saw Gonggong Wei next to the fat man coming to call and say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to see me.
"Courtier Yang Qingyue, meet His Royal Highness the Prince."
The fat man in front of the bookcase did not answer, and motioned for the little eunuch to withdraw and closed the door of the palace.
When I was the only one left in the big room, I looked up at the fat man who was walking towards me step by step, and I felt nervous for no reason.
The scenes that once happened in the warm pavilion in the middle of the lake passed through my mind, and I subconsciously stiffened my back and put on a posture of running away at any time.
"Xinyue, when did you start to be afraid of me?"
Well? I looked at the fat man who was close by, and thought twice about his question, but I didn't know how to answer.
He simply blinked a few times, pretending to be frustrated and asked, "How did Your Highness see it?" โ
The fat man smiled: "Feeling." โ
I shook my head secretly in my heart: with the girl's current ingenious disguise, even my father didn't recognize it. If it weren't for a leopard who gave you a letter, I wouldn't believe you could "feel" it.
"You have gone to such great lengths to change your appearance and change your identity to enter the palace, but you are unwilling to ask me for help. Xinyue, are you afraid of me, or do you hate me? โ
He asked this keenly, and once again left me speechless.
"Because of Qin Lang?"
I shuddered: I hadn't heard that name in a long time.
"Because I ordered ...... to be killed," the fat man's eyes darkened, but he didn't want to say the words when they came to his mouth, "Your beloved, so you have a grudge against me, don't you?" โ
"Not really!" I shook my head firmly, "It was he who made a mistake and did something he shouldn't have done, he should bear the consequences, Your Highness is not wrong, I don't hate you." I took a deep breath, "That day, His Highness was willing to risk his life for me, and I am grateful but afraid: now, they regard Leng Xinyue as the weakness of His Highness's scales, and the reason why I am disguised is that I don't want to cause His Highness to suffer from me again!" โ
The fat man squinted, looked at me for a moment, and finally believed what I said: "Now, your identity is indeed sensitive inside and out, so it's fine." Then why did you come to the palace this time? โ
I simply said, "Your Highness, do you remember the woman Ziyan who led the assassins to assassinate you that day?" Not long ago, I saw her disguised herself in and out of the palace. โ
"Oh?" The fat man was also puzzled, "She should be a person under the second brother, going in and out of the palace...... It's weird indeed. โ
"I once painted her current appearance, and asked the prince to find it on his behalf, but the huge Forbidden City, there are many palace maids, and this matter cannot be searched with great fanfare, so half a month has passed, and the prince still has nothing to gain."
"So, you ran into the palace to find it yourself?" The corners of the fat man's lips hooked, and then he thought, "If she is a subordinate of the second brother, who is related to someone in the palace......
"I'm afraid it will be bad for His Highness!"
The fat man sneered: "My second brother, if I don't die for a day, he will be restless for a day." It's okay, since you've seen Ziyan's current appearance, let it go and check, and if you need any help, just mention it to me. โ
I hurriedly said, "Your Highness Xie! โ
"It's just," the fat man moved closer to me, "I hope that you won't reject me thousands of miles away because of a Qin Lang." After all, he is not the only one in this world who is willing to protect you. โ
I bowed my head: "I understand His Highness's intentions, and what His Highness has done for me, I can't pay for it in my life." It's just ......," I smiled wryly, "I'm now so relieved that I can't love anyone anymore." โ
"I know." He got closer, stretched out his hand and rubbed my forehead soothingly, "Xinyue, you don't owe me anything, and I won't persecute you anything, at least in the East Palace, I can see you every day and protect you, which is also a kind of happiness for me." โ
Hearing this, a warm feeling rose in my heart, and I was about to say something, but I felt a cold wind sweeping through the hall, and I couldn't help but sneeze.
"Sorry......" I realized that as a female official, it was very disrespectful to sneeze in front of my master, and I was rubbing my nose and looking up, but I saw that the fat man suddenly withdrew his hand, and his eyes looked in the direction of the door, which was quite embarrassing.
I turned my head and saw the princess in a snow-white fox fur standing at the door, holding a brocade cloak in her hand, as if she had been immobilized.
The embarrassment in the fat man's eyes was fleeting, and he turned around and walked towards the crown princess, "When did the concubine come over?" โ
The crown princess was stunned for a moment, and a gentle and virtuous smile appeared on her face, "Seeing that the sky has suddenly changed, I am afraid that His Royal Highness is wearing thin clothes, so I specially sent a piece of clothing." Who is this woman? โ
I quickly found my identity and set my mind right, and bowed to her: "Courtier, Yang Qingyue, meet Niangniang." โ
"Oh, this is the newly summoned lady of the palace." The fat man glanced at me lightly, and his tone was casual and indifferent, "I will serve in the Siqi Hall in the future, and I will explain a few words to her." โ
"So." The crown princess's gaze swept over my face, and the corners of her eyes hung a little contempt.
The appearance of this Yang Qingyue girl is beautiful at best, and it is far from the country and the city.
"Lin'er is always crying and restless today, I'm afraid I miss my father." The crown princess smiled and took the prince's hand, "Your Highness wants to go with me to have a look?" โ
Speaking of his newborn son, the fat man also had a fatherly smile on his face, "Very good, Lone Zheng has this intention." โ
After that, he walked away side by side with the crown princess.
Leave me in the huge Siqi Palace, looking at their backs and thinking: If the East Window incident happens in the future, I don't know what the fat man will do to this Miss Zhang?
How sincere and false are they to each other?
After thinking about it, he despised himself again: What does the matter of the two of you have to do with it? It's purely full of food.
I started the life of a female official in the Siqi Hall of the East Palace, in short, I was a scholar when the fat man was studying, and a secretary when he was in the office. However, the fat man has not been in the Siqi Hall very often lately, so I, the secretary of the scholar, should also be relaxed.
In his spare time, he began to wander around the huge palace under the banner of doing things for the prince, hoping to meet the palace maid in purple smoke disguise.
Unexpectedly, the person I wanted to meet was delayed, but I met someone I couldn't dream of.
That day, I was hurrying by the corridor by the edge of the Imperial Garden with a stack of books, but suddenly heard a woman's panicked voice coming from the stone side of Taihu Lake not far away, "Don't come!" Come back to me...... I jumped into the lake! โ
I paused: the voice sounded familiar.
"Jumping in the lake? Fun and fun! Another man's voice said, "This king hasn't seen anyone jump into the lake yet, I'll take a look if you jump one!" โ
This is said in an extremely childish manner, but it is the voice of an adult man, and it sounds really weird.
I couldn't help but turn around, paced to the edge of the Taihu Lake rock, and looked carefully.
Sure enough, a man in his twenties, richly dressed, with a childlike naughty face, opened his hands and approached like an eagle catching chickens, while in front of him, a woman in red retreated step by step in a panic, and was about to reach the lake.