On the night of mid-autumn, the stars are dark, the silver light pours, a soft cool breeze blows, lingering with the floating dark fragrance blowing, charming heartstrings, touching eyes, Huizhu holds her cheeks with one hand, leans on the handle of the soft sedan chair left and right, supports half of her body, lazily looking at the silent but hazy night, and whispers to herself.

The palace corridor between the pavilion steps is far from the end, only the delicate octagonal palace lamps on both sides shine brilliantly on the blue and white stone base under the walking steps. Some Hui Zhu, who was in a daze, sat up suddenly, and looked at the unknown path ahead from the ground under the light, and her blushing cheeks couldn't help but condense a little sadly: the road between her Yinzhen, although there is dawn, is vague and unknown, just like this long palace corridor, if you don't come to the end, you don't know what awaits you...... Maybe it's the joy ...... It could also be a ......

The father-in-law of the respectful room next to the sedan chair has been accompanying and serving carefully, and at first glance he saw Huizhu's face was not good, and in an instant, his heart rose to his throat, but his face was full of smiles and said: "Niangniang, do you think the sedan chair is a little bumpy?" are all these rough minions, disturbing the mother's unhappiness. ”

Hearing this, Huizhu was confused, the soft sedan car walked very steadily and solidly, even the occasional threshold, but it was just a gentle and slow sway, almost no sense of bumps. Then he thought about it again, Yin Zhen heard that she was injured, and hurried over, this deputy head of the Jingshi room named Li Gui is also a shrewd person, and it is conceivable to serve her even more when he sees this.

Li Gui saw Huizhu staring at him coldly, without saying a word, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, carrying three points of caution and seven points of caution, and said with a sigh: "Niangniang? Hearing the call, Huizhu replied with a faint smile, then replied, was silent for a moment, and asked casually: "How many years has my father-in-law been in the palace?" ”

Li Gui was stunned for a moment, quickly looked at Huizhu, suppressed the puzzlement in his heart, and replied respectfully: "The slave entered the palace at the age of twelve, and it has been thirty-four years now." Huizhu's heartstrings moved, and she sighed along the gloom in Li Gui's words: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival of the fifteenth year, and the family is reunited. My father-in-law has been in the palace for many years, so I haven't seen my loved ones for a long time."

Xu is too quiet at night, or the fifteenth is approaching, Li Gui also talked more about sex, relieved a little vigilance, and responded: "Yes, how many years, it seems that I haven't seen it since the day I entered the palace, whether they are alive or dead, and the slaves don't know." As he spoke, he lowered his head and brushed his face, choked up with a little obsess, and forced a smile: "Where did the slave go, why did you mention this in front of the mother."

Huizhu didn't care and said: "This is human nature, and this palace is also understandable." tuntun, and the meaning is unclear: "Now many fathers-in-law in charge of this palace are not the same people as before." ”

Li Gui buttoned it, and his drooping eyes crossed a trace of shrewdness, but he didn't squeak, and listened to Huizhu continue: "Maybe this palace can help your father-in-law inquire about your family, and you can have a support in the future." After speaking, Huizhu glanced at Li Gui with deep meaning in her eyes, and then said no more, tonight's words were only temporary, whether she succeeded or not, she had no loss, and some things had to be figured out by the parties.

When he was young, the soft sedan chair traveled to the gate of Jingren Palace, and saw Su Xin and others, who had already received the news outside the palace gate, anxiously waiting outside, and Huizhu grabbed them and nagged and ordered: "It's too late, everything will be said when we go back to the inner hall." Su Xin answered the words on behalf of everyone and beckoned the soft sedan chair to be carried into the main hall.

Huizhu sat down and lay down on the low floor with the support of the palace maid of Suxin, and asked Xiao Luzi to reward the palace man who carried the sedan chair and left, but saw Li Gui taking advantage of the opportunity to receive the reward, he stepped forward and whispered: "Slave Xie Niangniang appreciates." Huizhu paused for a moment, and said kindly: "Father-in-law has worked hard, this Xiao Ranzi is a powerful person around the palace, let him personally send his father-in-law away." Xiao Ranzi looked at Huizhu in surprise, and then understood, and sent Li Gui out of Jingren Palace with a smile.

After a while, Xiao Ranzi returned to the house and said, "Master, you mean that Gonggong Li can be used." Huizhu nodded: "Well, but it remains to be seen for a while, and the connection with him in the future will be up to you." Li Gui has been up and down in the harem for many years, and this time the emperor has changed the people in the harem, and he can keep the position of deputy head of the respectful room, and he must have something extraordinary. Xiao Ranzi wrote it down, thought about it, and asked Su Xin's doubts on the side: "Master, you have been in the palace for some time, haven't you always taken the initiative to win over others, why are you ......?"

Huizhu sighed in her heart, she has an excellent son, and she is in a high position, and she is already a big tree; And now she is determined to try to take a step, and she knows that Yinzhen cares about her, but she is afraid that no matter how cold Yinzhen is, it will be difficult to ensure that no one will know a thing or two, and there will be more hidden arrows pointing at her mother and son, and she will not be able to wait for him to protect this one because of the sentence "I will protect you for a lifetime".

For Yinzhen, she also understands that in front of the imperial power and the opposition, the palace rules and ancestral laws, there is no need to think about it, she will be given up; For example, the favorite concubine of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, the filial piety queen of Yang or the blessing of the Qing Shizong (Dong E's), all won the hearts of these two emperors, but under the powerful harem, the emperor could not protect them, and in the end they only ended up desolate. Besides, she asked herself if she was not as good as these two, Yinzhen only cared about her slightly, she didn't want to have some way to protect herself, how to survive in the mud.

However, Huizhu didn't want to explain all of them to Su Xin and Xiao Ranzi, so she smiled and said: "The respectful room is close to the emperor, and you can understand the situation of the six palaces in the east and west, and one more person is for your own use, and it is also prepared." The two nodded, and Huizhu looked tired again, yawning and said, "I've tossed all night tonight, and I'm tired from this palace." Everyone had to serve Huizhu and go to bed.

For a while, a small lamp was changed in the bedroom, and Su Xin drove the others down, and chattered: Master, why did you hurt your feet, or both feet. The slave and maid were full of joy to watch the master go to bed, how did she get the news that the master was injured, fortunately, the master went to see you in person, and saved face, or this matter will be tomorrow, maybe how to spread the master's blessing, look at the joke. Listening to Su Xin's nagging, Huizhu didn't feel the opposite, but her heart was very useful, in this warm harem, someone can be so dedicated to her, and she should cherish it.

Su Xin said as she spoke, thinking of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet the day after tomorrow, she immediately raised her eyebrows with sorrow, and said angrily: "Master, it's really good now, I bumped into a piece." Tomorrow night when worshiping the moon and worshipping the moon, what should you do, master, and the palace banquet at night, this is a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace, the royal family and the prime minister must be a lot of them, and it is not cheap for the master to hurt his foot. In case the emperor says that the master is injured, there is no need to participate, or arranges for the master to sit in the seat below, which will have a great impact on the master's status in the palace. ”

Su Xin said bitterly, Huizhu also wrinkled her eyebrows when she heard it, but now it is useless, what can she do? Then he thought for a moment and said, "It's already like this, and it can't be, when the queen mother of Ming'er takes the palace concubine to worship the moon and twist incense, the palace will not go to join in the fun, and take a gap that everyone doesn't pay attention to and sit down first." Su Xin listened, and said that it was the only way, so she collected the quilt for Huizhu, moved the lamp and put the curtain down.

I had a good night's sleep, and on the second day, Huizhu woke up from her sleep, and her last night's events had been spread all over the harem. As soon as the gate of Jingren Palace was opened, a door attendant eunuch came to report that Ulanala was exempt from her morning gift, and sent good ointments and medicinal materials and other things. Lee. Wu Shi. The Song family also sent gifts, and by the end of the morning province, the remaining low-level concubines were even more personally prepared to visit, and Huizhu was worried about the palace banquet at night, and he didn't bother to take care of them, except for the Geng family. The two of An's beckoned into the hall to speak, and the others let Su Xin. Xiaojuan accompanied the greetings to deal with the past.

The hours of the day slipped quickly, after eating noon, changing the medicine on her feet, and taking a nap, Huizhu was pulled to the dresser and sat down, ready to dress up.

Su Xin took a glass-inlaid gold wire comb, looked at the person in the mercury mirror, and muttered: "The master has never liked too many decorations in the bun, but today is a palace banquet, so it has to be grand. The slave and maid will not comb the 'little second head', but comb the 'fork steal', so that they can wear less ornaments. ”

Huizhu smiled with satisfaction, and was about to nod her head to agree, but she recalled last night, shook her head at the mercury mirror and said: "No, it's better to comb the 'second head', and then use the flat square of the two strings of millet beads with the golden hairpin pendant, which is just matched with chrysanthemums and silver fines, and the regulations and customs of wearing velvet chrysanthemums on the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Su Xin first listened in surprise, and then said with a smile: "Master, you have figured it out, it should have been like this a long time ago." Huizhu laughed: "It's not too late." Xiao Juan on the side nodded again and again, while calling "Master, wait a minute", she ran to the mahogany box on the bed surface, took out a set of flag clothes with black collar and gold group patterns, and changed into the original ginger flag suit, which was just suitable. Huizhu squinted at Xiao Juan and didn't speak, Xiao Juan understood what she meant, and stood aside with a smile holding the flag.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Huizhu had been dressed up, with a black silk combed into a high bun, a small golden hairpin with a flat square, and a fair and delicate face lined with charm, more delicate, and more noble. Look at a gorgeous one-piece flag suit, add a blue satin finely embroidered colorful white butterfly gown (long shoulder) worn in the robe in the cool weather in spring and autumn, and hang down with the right shoulder

The tassels reflect each other, both dignified and noble, and there is no lack of young and pretty atmosphere, looking at it, a golden peony alive, a beautiful woman in the world.

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