An Huatang came to the palace and realized that this huge palace was a little different from what he imagined.

Before being selected, she had asked her mother, the third aunt, what the imperial city of Lejing should look like.

The third aunt was born as a maidservant, and she was raised by the old lady of the An family to make an aunt. The most beautiful house she had ever seen in her life was the mansion of An's family. The third aunt couldn't answer, so An Huatang looked for a book to read.

The so-called heavenly family is rich and noble, what should it look like.

A lot has been written in the book, describing how ingenious the Jingshe is, how beautiful the palace is, and how wide and rich the imperial city is. The book also says how the concubines are noble, how they walk, and how they should eat.

But he didn't say it was like this.

She lives in Tinglan Pavilion, lives in the same palace, and there is also a woman from the palace maid named Crescent, and now she has just been crowned a talented person. The main position in Qiyang Palace is the Xizhaoyi of Hanfang Palace. Xi Zhaoyi she had seen since she was young, the second Miss Liu Yan in the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate.

Miss Liu Er is reserved by nature, and she has been pampered since she was a child, and she thinks she is noble, and she never refuses to condescend to the nobles and take the initiative to talk to An Huatang, a concubine. When she was young, Sister An Zhuchun and Miss Liu Er became friends, and the two of them went to the poetry meeting or the festival lanterns, and they entered the pair in pairs, and they rarely called An Huatang together.

An Huatang also wants to have a handkerchief, say some intimate words between girls, or be a female celebrity, or quietly chat about the merry men in Lejing City...... It's probably going to be interesting.

Now that he lives in Qiyang Palace, there is still no one who speaks. An Zhenchun treated her lightly, neither intimate nor distant, and it was a very unfamiliar tone.

The Son of Heaven has already seen it, an eight-foot man, but he doesn't like to laugh. An Huatang's first service was both scared and ashamed. I never thought that I would serve only once, and there would be no second time. In the same year, there was a concubine Ye, who didn't know what kind of flattering methods she used, and blindly coaxed the mind of the Son of Heaven.

In this way, the life of the inner palace is lonely and quiet, and it makes people go crazy without panic.

On this day, the painting tang counted the leaves in the courtyard. There is a magnolia tree at the entrance of Tinglan Pavilion, and there is a well. When the leaves fall in the well, they will ripple layer by layer. When An Huatang counted the 1,882 leaves, the personal maid Baozhu came in from outside and said, "Little master, the brewing girl at the other end of the Hanfang Palace came over and said that Xi Zhaoyi invited you to come over and talk." ”

"Xi Zhaoyi?" An Huatang tilted his head, thought about it slightly, rubbed the bun on his head, and said, "Got it." You go to the makeup to find the pair of golden cicadas and butterflies embedded with the red golden hairpins of Dongzhu. ”

Baozhu was a little embarrassed: "That pair of hairpins are expensive, and the last time they knocked the cicada wings, the slave sent them to the Treasure Division to repair them." ”

"Then take the begonia with purple glass in the bottom of the box."

"When the step shook the palace people to move, it shattered a corner of the glass. When the slave saw that she could see the defect, she put it into the storehouse. Do you want to take it out? ”

An Huatang was a little annoyed: "In the box where pear blossom wood and red lacquer carved Baifu, what about the pair of gold-inlaid jade hollow crested bracelets?" ”

Baozhu was even more embarrassed, and replied with some caution: "Last time, Father-in-law Feng Tang, who was beside His Majesty, came to pass you to bed, and as soon as you were happy, you gave it to Father-in-law Feng Tang." ”

"......" An Huatang felt the astringent suffocation in his throat, and there were some emotions in his heart, "It's just that, find a cloak and help me over." ”

An Huatang's makeup is very thin, and she knows it herself. The cage of An Zhenchun's palace fashion was single-handedly dotted by Tu, and many of the rare heads, jewelry, and handles in the Anjia treasury were taken away.

An Huatang's makeup was only a few pieces of jewelry that Tu Shi had awarded, and there were five hundred taels of silver pressed at the bottom of the box. The third aunt of the biological mother did not have any family background, so she sent two silver hairpins with finches and dragonflies. The silver was not snow-white, or it was made again after the old style of jewelry had been melted. An Huatang was afraid of embarrassment, so he didn't bring it into the palace.

Now I feel a little stretched.

She pondered on one wall, and arrived at the Hanfang Hall on the other.

Qiyang Palace is among the six palaces, and it can be regarded as beautifully decorated. First in front of the door of the Hanfang Palace, you can see a bright red wall, the door is the gold paint painted on the blue lacquer plaque, and there are lintels on the left and right. It is written that "the rain moistens a thousand willows, and the wind caresses ten thousand flowers", which makes people feel cold when they read it. From the bluestone table top, you climb the stairs, enter the eight gold lacquer hollow carved wooden doors that open side by side, enter the hall covered with light goose yellow lichen, and pass through the painting screen of the four gentlemen with red lacquer on the right side of the red lacquer plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum. With the boiling wine, thirty-six red and purple glass bead curtains were strung together, and the soft tent of the moon-white crane smoke was opened, and then he entered the warm pavilion.

"Ann Imperial Maiden, please." Cooking wine led her to the seat of the warm pavilion.

I saw Liu Anran sitting on the top seat. Her eyebrows are depicted as dignified and gentle, and her mouth is light begonia red. The jet-black hair is tied into a grand ingots, and the bun is decorated with a red gold grate with aquamarine inlaid phoenix eyes. The two sides of the bun are each decorated with a hollow golden hairpin of deer and crane in the same spring, and there is a pair of five-petal plum blossom gold stamens smoke-colored glazed steps. Liu Anran wore a wide-sleeved long skirt with a blue collar, with royal blue Fu word piping at the cuffs of the placket, and the gold and silver double threads embroidered on the skirt were butterflies and peonies, and the whole person was noble and solemn. It is between the eyebrows and the eyes, the eight treasures on the neck are pendant with jade and gold, which is indescribably extravagant.

An Huatang unconsciously touched the silver-gilt beaded peach blossom hairpin on his head and the pink beaded flower without embroidered treasures, and there was two points of loneliness in his eyes. He stepped forward and said, "Xi Zhaoyi is blessed." ”

Liu Anran saw that she was dressed plainly and looked respectful, and said gently: "You live in the same palace with this palace, but I will tell you to talk." You don't have to be formal, just sit on your own. ”

An Huatang didn't dare to do it all, only half sat on the upholstered chair at the bottom, and looked at his nose and nose.

"Your sister-in-law's pillow spring and this palace are handkerchiefs, and she is now also the head of the first palace." Liu Anran gave the brewed wine a look of tea, "If you want to live in the same palace with your sister-in-law, this palace is also willing to return to Your Majesty, so that you can move to Yongning Palace." ”

Yongning Palace is remote, and it is far less beautiful than the decoration of Qiyang Palace. An Huatang thought for a while, and then replied: "It's very good for the concubine to live in Tinglan Pavilion. I heard that Tinglan Pavilion was lived by Xi Zhaoyi when she entered the palace, and the concubines were willing to live and get more exposure to the blessings of Tinglan Pavilion. ”

Liu Anran didn't talk about it, and chose milk crisp, mustard cake, and salty plum for An Huatang. only looked at her for a while before he said, "Qiyang Palace is not as clean as Yongning Palace." The palace has also been neglected, and His Majesty has been grounded and deserted. ”

"Xi Zhaoyi was just framed by wicked people, so she fell into the cold. If it weren't for the fact that the Xue family poisoned the Queen Mother to marry the Niangniang...... An Huatang was respectful, and he didn't go to take the pastry and fruit to eat, and blindly lowered his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes, "According to your dignity, you shouldn't have suffered this disaster." ”

"I heard that this palace was ...... in the grounding," Liu Anran stroked the broken hair in his ear, and said thoughtfully, "If it weren't for Concubine Zhen and your sister Zhuchun arguing for the palace at the queen mother's funeral that day, this palace might still be guilty now." ”

"The concubine was also present that day." An Huatang showed two worries on his face, and said slowly, "That day, it snowed heavily, and Concubine Zhen and Sister Yan gambled with their lives before the coffin of the Queen Mother, suing the Xue family for several crimes. ”

"Gambling with your life?" Liu Anran was even more surprised, "Why do you want to sue the Da Xue clan so desperately?" ”

"Sister Chang said that the precious concubine is wronged. Duanmu nobles are wronged. Concubine Shi is wronged. She was also wronged. When he had said this, he saw Concubine Zhen come out with a big belly, and swore by the child in her belly, saying that everything she said was true. An Huatang tilted his head slightly, as if recalling, "The Shuren Xue family used a tent candle to start a fire, and wanted to burn Sister Chang to death, so Sister Chang had a miscarriage. ”

"Is there anything else...... Liu Anran looked lonely, and leaned back in the chair slightly.

An Huatang coveted Liu Anran's expression, and whispered: "But Concubine Zhen raised a lot of incriminating evidence from her sleeves, and she thought that she had been planning for a long time. From this point of view, Sister Yan and Concubine Zhen have known about the poisoning of the Queen Mother by the Da Xue clan for a long time......," she looked at Liu Anran's furrowed brows, "Pity Xi Zhaoyi, you suffered that unjustified crime." The concubine thought that Sister Chang and you were handkerchiefs, as close as sisters......" but said with a smile, "But this matter is life-threatening, Sister Chang's secret actions are unknown, and I am afraid that I will be deeply implicated, or I will be told that I will fall short and deliberately not tell you...... There are also extenuating circumstances. ”

"She actually ......" Liu Anran was already annoyed and sad when she heard these words. Today's words of An Huatang confirmed her guess that day. She and An Zhuchun have been in love for several years, but they can't withstand the ups and downs of the huge waves in the palace. There are other extenuating circumstances. She treats Pillow Spring like a sister, but Pillow Chun allows her to suffer the humiliation of this dethronement, and she can't trust her.

"Mother?" An Huatang looked at Liu Anran stunned in place, and asked out loud.

Liu Anran raised his eyes, "It's okay." Then he said, "Boil the wine and send the maiden out." ”

An Huatang looked at getting up from his seat and saw that Liu Anran was uneasy, only knowing that although this statement was not ironclad evidence, it could also shake the affection between Liu Anran and Pillow Chun. It's nothing else, the love between their daughters is stronger than gold, and it's just like that. Thinking about it, the corners of his mouth hooked: "Xi Zhaoyi must not think too much, Sister Yan and you are playmates of all sizes, how can they abandon you because of the height of the palace?" Saying that, he bowed and walked out of the Hanfang Hall in a proper manner.

But he said that he was going to send An Huatang back, but he saw Liu Anran stunned in the hall for a long time, and he couldn't bear it, so he went up and comforted: "Miss, don't think about it, Ming Jieyu thinks about you in everything on weekdays." Or this time...... What's more, there is a difference between An and Ming Jieyu, and what An Yunu said cannot be trusted. ”

Liu Anran held the small case in his hand, but said sadly, "What An Huatang said, isn't it all in response to the conversation between Xiao Xue and Pillow Chun that I heard that day?" You and I have heard it with our own ears, how can it be fake? ”

"Miss......" Boiling wine thought the same in her heart, and couldn't bear to serve tea, "You can drink hot tea, don't be discouraged." ”

Liu Anran tilted his head and took two sips of tea, only then did he ease his spirit and sighed: "Life in the world, when fate comes, it gathers, and when fate ends, it disperses." I don't hate her for that...... But perhaps, our minds have changed......"

After the sting, the grass and trees gradually bloomed, and it seemed that the weather had turned into rain and snow, and there was some vigorous warmth.

At the time of the spring equinox, there is a feast in the palace.

This feast is called the Spring Feast, looking for a warm day, surrounded by elixir, fruits, pastries and spring flowers. The concubines in the palace are all carefully decorated, and they gather in the long song Yuntai to fight beautifully.

Taking advantage of the warm spring breeze, the sky was itchy and clear, and the pillow spring helped Su Bai to the cloud platform. Everywhere she saw were delicate and luxurious colors, all kinds of satin, light yarn, and smoke-cut clothes. There are also heads made of precious jade, agate, and pearls. The silver ornaments you see are as bright as snow, and if they are red gold, they shine brightly.

There are more than ten concubines, brocade clothes are like weaving, incense powder arrays, pills are soft when they speak, and Zhu Bi is staggered, making people feel like they are in a fantasy world. Pillow Spring was a young student, and the daughter fairyland in the Xiangxiang Cave in Spring Mountain was probably nothing more than that. I saw that Mu Beiyi was rarely able to retreat from filial piety, wearing an ink-colored regular dress with a flying shoulder gold belt, and the jade around his waist was as white as snow.

Because he was still in filial piety, he was not allowed to sing and dance in the music club, so he had to spend his time on the banquet.

For example, stewed silver wire, from a distance, it looks like just ordinary bean sprouts, but the method is very exquisite. It is necessary to remove the bones and fishiness of the fat mandarin fish in spring, and only take the freshest minced meat. Then hollow out the bean sprouts, pour in minced meat and shrimp at the end of the year, blanch them in broth and then stir-fry.

Another example is boiled cabbage, which is a full pot of hens, scallops, pork ribs, and hooves to make a soup stock, and then use chicken minced meat to separate the residue, remove the oil until the stock is as clear as water, and then boil to remove the taste, such as the three smallest pieces of soup in the heart of cabbage.

On the surface, this feast looks like a clear soup and little water, but in fact it is extremely extravagant.

Pillow Spring loves to eat fresh, and used two bowls and added another bowl.

Since the Great Xue clan lost power, the Six Palaces have respected Xue Chuling and the Fufeng County Lord. Everyone said that among Concubine Rong and Concubine Zhen, a regent of the Six Palaces must be elected.

But the lord of Fufeng is extravagant and domineering, and his love is deep-rooted, and he is busy falling in love every day. Xiao Xue's children are still young, but they insist on raising them personally, and they are very busy every day.

Therefore, the position of regent of the six palaces is temporarily vacant.

Here is a comfortable person like Pillow Spring, who likes to hide and be lazy. There is no need to ask for peace to a high position every day, and there is no need to make rules for the queen mother after going to bed. Only now does she know what it means to be "rather a wife from a poor family than a concubine from a high family". Under the roof of the committee every day, life is always wronged.

After eating the third bowl of cooked cabbage, Pillow Chun accidentally burped. He only took a handkerchief to cover his lips, and looked around shyly and timidly. When she saw that no one cared to look at her, she slackened and went to get wine and eat again.

But I saw that the lord of Fufeng County was Zhu, and Xue Chuling was Bi, and the two were sitting around the Son of Heaven. I don't know which place I said, but the Son of Heaven said, "Then I'll go and get it." ”

I saw that Feng Tang took a box of gilt sticks in a jade-white ceramic bottle.

Pillow Chun was slightly drunk, couldn't see clearly, and asked Duanmu Ruo behind him: "What is this doing?" ”

Duanmu Ruo leaned over and attached his ear: "Concubine Rong said that she wanted to play a flying flower order, and Concubine Zhen said yes." So he took it. ”

Flying Flower Order. Pillow Chun thought about it for a while, and he also played it in the family studies when he was young. At that time, it was still the cardamom years, and I loved and said that I was in spring, and now I have laughed at hypocrisy when I am older. Thinking about this, I saw that the lord of Fufeng County had collected a purple and red twelve-covered gold gauze skirt, got up, and took out a pair of lights from the ceramic bottle.

Feng Tang said: "It's a coincidence, this one is Linghua. ”

Wonderful!