Chapter 20: The Deep Palace

When the previous dynasty fell, the king was desolate and violent, the government was already in chaos, and the people were not able to make a living. When Emperor Yongfeng, the founding emperor of Daxuan, finally led his troops to attack the palace, the former emperor was burning the east palace where he was located, and saw Emperor Yongfeng leading the army to attack, turned around and jumped into the sea of fire, leaving only a curse: "Now you destroy my Rizhao, I can't help you, but one day, my descendants of Rizhao will take all this back, and you will eventually die in the hands of my Rizhao descendants!" Hahahaha! ”

The previous dynasty has been exhausted, and Emperor Yongfeng and a group of soldiers have been killed from the bloody storm, and they were finally able to stand here after the war, so they naturally don't care about this little threatening words from the mouth of the dying person, but it is a pity that this good East Palace was destroyed by fire.

After the war subsided, Emperor Yongfeng ascended to Dabao, changed the name of the country to Daxuan, the year name Yongfeng, and still set this capital as the capital of a country, but changed its name to Dingjing. The palace located in the center of the city has been built by several generations of emperors in the previous dynasties, especially the late emperor has become extravagant, and has been built magnificently, so after Emperor Yongfeng led the palace to move in, it has not been changed again, only the east palace was burned down for most of it due to fire, and it was rebuilt and repaired on its basis.

As in all dynasties, the harem of the former dynasty of Daxuan is clearly distinguished, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, even if there is a great Xuanqi woman The eldest princess of Anguo, who is very favored by Emperor Mingde and highly respected by the world, but with the experience of the previous dynasty, the eldest princess of Anguo can only succumb to the harem, and help Emperor Mingde approve the folds in the imperial study, and failed to go to the court to discuss politics like the imperial princess of the previous dynasty.

View the Daxuan Imperial Palace, enter the Chengtian Gate, pass the noon gate and end the door, that is, the Fengtian Gate, which is the place where the emperor daily "listens to the government".

Passing through the Fengtian Gate, that is, the Fengtian Palace, is the place where the emperors of the past dynasties held grand ceremonies, such as the emperor's enthronement, the wedding, the canonization of the queen, the order of the general to go on the expedition, etc., and every major festival such as the Longevity Festival, New Year's Day, the emperor will also accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials here, and give a banquet to the princes and ministers.

Behind the Fengtian Hall is the Huagai Palace, which is the place where the emperor goes to rest and prepare before the ceremony of the Fengtian Temple, and accepts the worship and performance of the deacon officials of the ceremony here.

After the canopy hall is the palace of the body, the emperor goes to change clothes here before the ceremony, and the queen and the prince are congratulated in this hall.

Out of the Huagai Palace, that is, into the inner court, when the first door of the inner court Qianqing Gate, with the Fengtian Gate in general, are the place where the emperor listens to the government, and then it is the third palace of the inner court as the emperor's bedroom, the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, the Kunning Palace, and on both sides there are the Cining Palace where the queen mother and the concubine of the previous dynasties lived, the east and west six palaces where the emperor's concubines lived and the prince who did not live in the domain. Further back is the Imperial Palace Garden and the connected Harem Gate Shenwu Gate.

Tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival, the people have a family reunion, and the heavenly family is no exception, Emperor Jia'an has ordered the queen to hold a family banquet in the Qianqing Palace tonight.

When the queen was Emperor Jia'an Zhao Qiming was still the fifth prince of Mingwang, Emperor Qinglong was in the nineteenth year of Qinglong, and he personally gave marriage when he was seventeen years old, and married Chen Xi, the granddaughter of Chen Fuzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at that time, and was registered as a concubine. Two years later, Chen Xi was pregnant, unexpectedly, when the eldest princess's mansion caught fire, King Ming rushed to save people regardless of the danger, Chen Xi was frightened in the mansion and did not save the child.

After the fire, the court experienced a turmoil, and the king of Ming kept filial piety for Emperor Qinglong for three months, and only then succeeded to the throne, and later canonized the concubine Chen Xi as the queen of Fengyi. Since that miscarriage, Empress Fengyi has not been pregnant with a dragon in the past three years, and in the past three years, although Emperor Jia'an has accepted the harem, the heirs are still not abundant, and there are only two young princesses so far.

Emperor Jia'an's biological mother, the concubine of the year, and now the Empress Dowager Wanci Xiao Jinxiu has a lot of complaints about the queen because of this matter, and she is anxiously worried about the matter of the heirs of Emperor Jia'an, but Emperor Jia'an is still protective of the queen, and Emperor Jia'an is not very anxious about the heirs, saying that he has just succeeded to the throne for three years, and his energy should be mainly focused on political affairs, and the Empress Dowager Wanci is helpless.

And the queen Chen also thanked Emperor Jia'an for his love for herself, bowed to Emperor Jia'an, and managed the harem in an orderly manner, and also showed harmony with the concubines. Tonight's reunion family banquet was even more organized, which not only showed the royal style, but also did not lose the warmth and harmony of family reunion.

During the banquet, Emperor Jia'an seemed to be no longer the king of a country, but like an ordinary father, he took his two little daughters and sat on his lap, feeding water and food with his own hands.

The other concubines, including the Empress Chen, couldn't help but feel envious, and secretly worked hard, they must give birth to the prince and princess for Emperor Jia'an as soon as possible, and they will be favored a lot.

Although the Empress Dowager Wanci is dissatisfied with the Chen family and the concubines in the harem on weekdays, she sees that the two little granddaughters are really cute today, but she also let go of those thoughts and enjoyed the fun of teasing her grandson.

The banquet began at the beginning of the time, although the Empress Dowager Wanci was happy tonight, but her body couldn't help but be tired, and the banquet was halfway through the ceremony and took people back to Cining Palace, and Emperor Jia'an and the concubines did not disperse until the end of the time. The concubines and concubines each returned to their palaces, and Emperor Jia'an went to Kunning Palace with the queen to rest.

By the time the chamberlains finished cleaning up the Qianqing Palace, the time had passed, and except for the Imperial Forest Army patrolling around, the entire Forbidden City had fallen into a deep sleep like a dragon.

And the ghostly black shadow that came out of Cui's Mansion had turned from Zhengyang Street to Chengtianmen, all the way through the palace wall, and arrived outside the palace wall of the imperial garden at the Shenwu Gate of the harem gate, the black shadow stopped, listened with bated breath for a while, and waited for the footsteps of the Royal Forest Army to disappear, and then quietly turned into the palace wall and hid in the shadows of the trees.

The black shadow was dressed in black and melted into the dark night, and only a pair of eyes revealed a sharp light, which seemed familiar.

The dark shadow patrolled around, and when he saw that there was no movement, he followed the shadow under the moon and walked all the way forward.

Seeing the footsteps of the black shadow without hesitation, it seems that he has been extremely familiar with this road many times, and the final place where he finally stopped was the cold palace Jingyang Palace left over from the previous dynasty.

The black shadow stopped in front of the gate of Jingyang Palace, as if he knew that there was no room for night, even if it was daytime, few people came, and knocked on the palace door, "knock knock, knock", three long and two short, the sound of fingers hitting the wood sounded particularly crisp in the dark night.

As soon as the knock on the door fell, I heard the sound of gentle footsteps in the door, "squeak", the palace door opened, the person who opened the door was carrying the moonlight, his face was blurred, and the black shadow saw that the palace door had been opened, and did not stay any longer, flashed in, and the door closed with a "squeak".

"Why did you come tonight, but something happened?" There was a question coming from inside the door, and listening to it, it was like a male voice, but with a feminine voice.

"Something did happen tonight, and I don't know if this matter will affect the master's plan, so I came to tell you. Here's the thing......... "Listening to this person's words, it should be the black shadow of Fang Cai, if Lieyun is here, he will be surprised, what the black shadow said is actually what happened in the Songhe Hall of Cui Mansion not long ago, and he told it in detail, as if he had seen it himself."

After the black shadow finished speaking, the person who opened the palace door before was silent, and the black shadow did not urge, and there was silence in the door for a while.

After a while, I heard the feminine voice sound again, "This matter should be fine, what waves can a thirteen-year-old girl make," the feminine male voice turned the conversation again, "However, the master's plan has been planned for a long time, and now it has reached a critical period, and there is no room for sloppiness." The little girl is nothing, I'm afraid that there are other people behind the little girl. Just in case, send someone to keep an eye on the little girl and the people who come into contact with the little girl during this time. ”

After speaking, the feminine male voice paused for a moment, as if remembering something again, and then ordered, "Send someone to keep an eye on the major pharmacies in the city to see if anyone has often gone to catch the same medicinal herb recently." The master worries about the great cause day and night, and there is no need to bother the master about this matter for the time being, but first do what I instruct, and if it is really found that it is wrong, I will report it to the master to know. ”

The black shadow whispered "yes", seeing that the feminine male voice had no other instructions, opened the palace gate, and followed the original path to avoid the Royal Forest Army and return to the imperial garden, swept out of the palace wall, and went back in the direction of Cui's mansion.

The door of Jingyang Palace slammed shut again, and the feminine male voice inside also stopped moving, and the entire palace city was completely quiet.