The next day, before the end of the day, Nie Yan was awakened from her sleep by Su Yun and Wan Hui.

Yes, today is the day to enter the palace.

When Nie Yan cleaned up, there was already a row of honor guards waiting outside the post house, and Su Qingyu was not among them, and the leader was a eunuch in a crimson robe.

Nie Yan knew that the eunuchs in the palace had different colors of robes according to their grades. The crimson eunuch uniform means that this eunuch is at least a palace steward.

When the eunuch saw Nie Yan come out, he immediately put on a smiling face, saluted Nie Yan, and said, "The slave Li Quan has seen Princess Anya, please enter the palace with our family." ”

Nie Yan responded: "There is Father-in-law Lao Li." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Su Yun. Su Yun took out a purse from his sleeve, and after Nie Yan got into the palace sedan chair, he quietly stuffed it to Li Quan.

Li Quan took it without a trace, weighed the weight, about ten taels, Li Quan secretly felt that Nie Yan was stingy, but he didn't want to open it to take a look, yo, it's gold!

This Gonggong Li's heart blossomed, although he is a steward, but he is the master of ceremonies, he usually can't see a few serious masters, and he can't compare to those around the favored concubines, and he basically can't get any big oil and water.

Originally, I thought that the princess from Nanzhan had suffered a great disaster on the road, and she couldn't get any benefits, after all, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse.

As for where the gold came from, it was said that Su Qingyu sent someone to send it after he left yesterday. Thinking about it, he knew that Nie Yan would be in some trouble if he entered the palace penniless, as the saying goes, the king of Hades is easy to mess with, and the little ghost is difficult.

has an aunt who is a concubine, Su Qingyu naturally knows what the eunuchs and palace maids in this palace look like.

Su Qingyu's favor can be regarded as owed, Nie Yan said in her heart.

"Get up!"

With this shout, the entire honor guard slowly walked towards the Chu Palace.

Unlike those officials in the Mao Dynasty, although the Xuande Gate is the closest to the post house, it is the passage for officials to go to the court, and the honor guard that greeted Nie Yan naturally could not enter the palace at Xuande Gate, and could only go through the Vermilion Bird Gate used in the palace draft.

Nie Yan calmed down in the sedan chair, guessing about the people or things she might meet next, and how to deal with it if someone asked about Nan Zhan.

Time seemed to pass quickly, with Li Quan's voice: "Fall!" The palace sedan chair stopped.

The curtain was lifted by Su Yun, and Li Quan's voice sounded outside: "Please princess get off the sedan chair." ”

Nie Yan got off the sedan chair decently, looking at the surrounding environment, the high palace wall, boxy, and three words were written on the palace door: "Ningkun Palace." ”

Li Quandao: "Please go to Ningkun Palace with our family and meet the queen first." ”

Meet the Queen first? Nie Yan was a little surprised, and thought that as soon as she came in, she would go directly to see the emperor. But soon Nie Yan was relieved.

At this time, it was the time of the last dynasty, and it was naturally impossible for the emperor to quit the dynasty for her.

"Father-in-law Lao will lead the way."

Nie Yan said politely.

Li Quan took Su Yun's silver, and naturally he was more dedicated, so on the way from the gate of Ningkun Palace to the main hall, he told Nie Yan a lot of things to pay attention to.

For example, at this time, there were not only queens in the main hall of Ningkun Palace, but also the three concubines of Xian, De and Hui, who had the eldest son, the fourth son and the fifth daughter of the emperor.

Under the four concubines, Concubine Qi has the highest status, because she is already pregnant in April. In addition, it is Concubine Yun, who has a prominent family background, and as for the rest of the concubines, Li Quan didn't say any more, because the main hall had arrived.

Nie Yan took a deep breath, and took advantage of the time when the eunuch guarding outside entered the hall to report, so she took off the veil on her face and put it in Su Yun's place.

The person has entered the palace, and the request to hide his face is gone. If you don't take it off and go to see the queen, you will have to be put on a disrespectful hat.

There was a sound of Xuan Nie Yan entering the hall in the hall, this was the first time Nie Yan stepped into Ningkun Palace, but it was the second time she saw Queen Xu.

As for the first time, that was when the Xu family and Xiao Yu got married, Nie Yan's father, as the secretary of the military department, was naturally invited to the prince's mansion, and naturally brought his wife and the young Nie Yan.

At that time, Xiao Yu was not the emperor, but the unfavored four princes, and no one thought that Xiao Yu would win against those brothers who had left him far behind.

And the Xu family, which was once not prominent, gradually became the first family in the capital because of the existence of Queen Xu.

The Nie family, who was once valued by the emperor, ended up like that.

Empress Xu sat upright, with no trace of time on her graceful and luxurious face, and she couldn't tell that she was nearly thirty years old.

Nie Yan walked into the hall and saluted the queen in a regular manner: "Nanzhan Anya has seen the queen's mother, and the mother is safe. ”

As for the other concubines, Nie Yan just glanced at them with her afterglow and did not salute.

Before Xiao Yu's canonization decree was read, she was still the princess of Nanzhan, so naturally she didn't need to salute with other concubines.

As for the canonization, with the identity of Princess Nanzhan, at least it will be a concubine, although the concubine position also has the difference between the imperial concubine, the concubine, the fourth concubine and the ordinary concubine, but now the imperial concubine and the concubine are still missing, so even if Nie Yan is just an ordinary concubine, the people in the palace who need her to see the gift are only five fingers.

Empress Xu saw that Nie Yan was good-looking, her manners were still decent, and she only greeted her this time, thinking that she was a person who understood the "rules", and the smile on her face was three points more, and she instructed the eunuchs around her: "Deshun, announce the decree." ”

As soon as Empress Xu's voice fell, the chief eunuch of Ningkun Palace named Deshun stepped forward, slowly opened a volume of bright yellow holy decrees, and said in a loud voice: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, Nanzhan Anya, soft and quiet, dignified and favorable, courteous and poetic, and honest in the Mao tribe; Advance and retreat, and then crown virtue in the harem. I hereby give ten pearls and jades, and seal the position of concubine, and I admire this! ”

"Anya obeys the order, may the emperor live long live, long live, long live!"

Nie Yan said respectfully, took the holy decree with both hands, and then got up.

Empress Xu said: "In this way, Concubine Shu is the sister of Chu Palace, as for the canonization ceremony, it will be held after the younger sister is the heir of the emperor and becomes a concubine." ”

When Nie Yan heard this, she suddenly realized that the canonization ceremony of the Chu State was only available to concubines and above, and as for the other concubines, it was just a holy decree.

"Obey the Queen's decree." Nie Yan replied.

I didn't expect this to be the position of the concubine, but after thinking about it, maybe it was because something went wrong on the road, and the state of Chu wanted to use the position of the concubine to appease Nan Zhan.

Empress Xu saw that Nie Yan was not dissatisfied with the lack of a canonization ceremony, and felt that this princess was at least not stupid. Only in this way can it be of value to her.

Nie Yan didn't know that Empress Xu had already listed her as a usable pawn at this time, but she only felt that after this will was read, someone seemed to be staring at her unkindly.

"The emperor needs to have a time to go down to the court, just so that the palace can introduce the sisters of each palace to the concubine."

As soon as Empress Xu's words fell, she was interrupted by an arrogant voice: "The concubine is unwell, and I ask the queen to allow the concubine to retire first!" ”