Chapter Twenty-Eight: Their Status: Lowly
The farewell scene was sensational, but not for her. On one side, Mrs. Luo and Shen only cared about greeting with Luo Qingrong, Shen's eyes were slightly red, and she was reluctant to let go of her hand, Mrs. Luo had already burst into tears, and she didn't forget to explain to her that she should pay attention to her body.
Luo Haoxuan walked in front of Luo Qingyun, his eyes were full of reluctance, he slowed down, and said slowly: "Yun'er, after leaving Luofu, you will be alone, without the protection of the magic circle, you have to take care of yourself." If you are afraid in the middle of the night, don't go out of the room, there are many rules in the palace, you must be careful in your actions, and be cautious in your words and deeds! Since the emperor has a good impression of you, he is still worried about his father......" He paused: "My father naturally hopes that you can be favored, but being favored in the palace is not all good things, you have to remember, you must not be spoiled and coquettish, how many pairs of eyes in this palace will stare at you, jealous and hateful!" ”
"I see, father!" Luo Qingyun's eyes were hot, she pursed her lips and smiled faintly.
Luo Haoxuan let out a long sigh: "If your sister treats you badly, in the palace, you don't have to rely on her, understand?" ”
Luo Qingyun was stunned, she didn't expect her father to know everything, she nodded slightly, and her smile was a little stiff.
The carriage departed, and the subordinates of Luofu poured a basin of water on the ground. This is a custom before the draft, and it is also hoped that they will not have to come back when they go out, and they can be favored by the emperor.
All the show girls came from all over the world, arrived at the palace, entered the Di'an Gate, and waited outside the Shenwu Gate for the palace gate to open before getting off the carriage. The eunuchs in the palace stood in a row and waited here.
Luo Qingyun cautiously stepped out of the carriage, raised his eyes and looked at the towering palace gate in front of him. This palace is majestic and majestic, there are red walls and golden tiles everywhere, the guards standing in front of the vermilion palace are standing motionless here, Luo Qingyun secretly marveled in his heart, and subconsciously looked for the guard who lost the jade pendant, he is not here, maybe he is not on an errand outside the Shenwu Gate.
She turned her head and saw a woman with her eyes wide open and her mouth wide open, as if she was even more surprised to see the appearance of this palace than her. The woman was holding Lingyun's bun and wearing a simple Liuxian skirt, the style of the skirt was very old, and the color was dull with a few beaded hairpins on her head.
The woman looked back, noticed Luo Qingyun's eyes, and then grinned, and exclaimed: "Hey, look here, I've heard it before, in this palace, the outer pavilion of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, the corridor of the restore, everywhere is exquisitely clear, with three eaves and four clusters, and layers of dragons and phoenixes soaring. I thought it was just a book, but I didn't expect this palace to be a little more magnificent than I imagined! It's jaw-dropping! ”
Luo Qingyun smiled faintly and was about to speak, but saw an extremely contemptuous laugh coming, a very beautiful woman, slowly moved in front of them, she glanced at Luo Qingyun, and then looked at the woman who was dressed ordinarily, and then said with disdain: "Your father is not an official in the capital, right?" ”
The woman saw that she was so arrogant, and thought of her identity, but she had to swallow her anger and ignore it. The arrogant woman didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, she patted her on the shoulder lightly, and said with a smile: "A palace gate will make you dumbfounded, and the scene in this palace doesn't make you look stupid?" She glanced at her skirt and sighed: "Look at your skirt, the texture is worse than the maids in my house, who still wears a fairy skirt now?" Which petty official in the backwoods is your father? ”
The woman saw that she was laughing at her father, and replied unconvinced: "Don't look down on people, my father is the prefect of Liaoyang, and my hometown is not a poor and remote place!" ”
I saw the arrogant woman laughing: "Liaoyang is not a poor country, isn't it?" In my eyes, women who were not born in the capital are all from the countryside! ”
As soon as these words came out, many women looked at her with resentment, and many of them had fathers who were officials outside the capital. They naturally know that even in their hometown, they have been the eldest lady in fine clothes and jade food since they were children, but there are countless high-ranking officials in Beijing, and when they come here, their status has naturally dropped a lot. The arrogant woman glanced sideways at Luo Qingyun, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "What about you?" What does your dad do? Look at what you're dressed like you're from the capital! ”
Luo Qingyun didn't want to pay attention to her at all, and turned his head and said, "I heard that Liaoyang is a very beautiful place, girl, what is your name?" ”
The woman didn't expect Luo Qingyun to treat her like this, she smiled with relief: "Little daughter Sun Yingxue, I don't know who the girl's surname is?" ”
"Her name is Luo Qingyun, and she is the concubine of our Luo Mansion!" Luo Qingrong's voice was deliberately very high, and the woman standing here could hear it clearly.
The arrogant woman couldn't help laughing: "I thought your father was an official, isn't the Luo family an errand boy in Zongzheng Temple, you are just a concubine, and you dare to be rude to me!" ”
Luo Qingyun didn't care, she smiled faintly at Sun Yingxue: "Let's go over there!" ”
"Stop!" The arrogant woman rebuked, "Do you know who I am? She stood in front of Luo Qingyun and overflowed with a hint of sneer: "My name is Ruan Xiangjun, and my grandfather is a Taifu, and he is the emperor's master." My father is a cabinet bachelor, from the second grade, my brother is Ruan Yuheng, the most favored imperial guard around the emperor. In this palace, I came here when I was very young, and the current Queen Mother still hugged me at that time! ”
She was very proud to show off, Luo Qingrong's eyes lit up, and the eyes that looked at her instantly became different. She hurriedly walked to her side and said with a smile: "She doesn't understand this when you tell her, she is a wild girl in our family, don't worry about her!" ”
Luo Qingyun glanced at them, she naturally didn't know who Ruan Yuheng was, but Luo's lowly attitude made her very annoying. A show girl standing not far away was looking at them with a faint eyebrow, a smile on the corner of her mouth, she glanced at Ruan Xiangjun very sneeringly, and then pouted helplessly.
"Everybody's in a row!" The eunuch in charge coughed lightly and commanded.
Everyone didn't dare to slack off, after counting the number of people, they entered the Shunzhen Gate in order, Sun Yingxue stood beside Luo Qingyun and smiled at her secretly. They were taken to the Body Yuan Hall, where the draft girls were read.
The eunuch in charge said in a cold tone: "You wait here, I will be responsible for calling the name later, and the person who calls the name will enter the inner hall in a row of five people, and the emperor and the queen mother are sitting in the palace, and you will not get the will after you go in, and you must not raise your head to look directly at the emperor or the queen mother!" If you turn over the brand, you can naturally stay, if you leave the brand, you can go back and wait for news! You all know these rules! ”
"Yes!" Everyone replied. Luo Qingyun didn't know anything about these rules, she couldn't look up during the draft, why didn't anyone tell her in advance, fortunately, this father-in-law reminded her again, otherwise she would have broken the rules!