Chapter 51: Entering the Palace
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This year's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet for 100 officials was specially designed to celebrate the achievements of the Northeast War.
After a set of complicated rules and etiquette, when you can really sit at the table, it will be past noon at the earliest.
And the most frustrating thing is that the invited officials and internal and external wives have to get up in the middle of the night and rush to the palace gate to wait in line to enter the palace.
There were still stars hanging outside, the sound of wheels running over the bluestone street was clear and abrupt, and it had not yet turned into the main street leading to the palace, and the surroundings were so quiet that it was drowsy, Li Yingge covered his mouth and yawned, so he had to chat with Xie Shi to refresh himself, "Mother, Cousin Miao came to me last night......"
She told Li Miaoxiang that she couldn't replace the maid in the palace and gave her two pairs of knee pads.
Although the Xie family didn't send anyone to keep an eye on Qingfeng Courtyard, she was the head of the house, and there were many things that didn't need to be deliberately inquired, and there would be people who wanted to tie up the main courtyard and automatically sent them to the door.
It's just that I went out early today, and Xie didn't have time to hear it, and when he heard it, he said strangely, "I didn't expect Sister Miao to not sleep in the middle of the night, but there was such a new thing." What about the knee pads she gave you? ”
Chang Qing felt that Li Miao's idea was very stupid, but Xie felt that Li Miao's painting style was strange.
Li Yingge couldn't help but smile and said, "Changqing wants to exchange it for money." ”
Accompanying in the car were Mother Yang and Chang Qing, and Mother Yang couldn't help but laugh when she heard it, and she nodded a little bit of Evergreen, and Chang Qing scratched her head and was happy.
Xie didn't say anything.
Evergreen is to sell knee pads, and it is not considered the outflow of boudoir things, after all, in order to prevent the diaphragm from corresponding to the skin and clothing, the knee pads are usually not embroidered with complicated patterns, and there will be no special marks.
Xie Shi didn't care about this matter anymore, touched the knee pads that his daughter made for her, and was very pleased, and stretched out his hand to Qiao Qiao for Li Yingge, and taught her, "When you enter the palace in the middle of winter, if you don't make some small moves behind your back, don't feel uncomfortable after you enter the palace, you should kneel and rest." There is the queen mother's intention first, and after you want to come and bow to the queen mother, you can't sit at the table for long.
The Queen Mother looks at the face of His Royal Highness King Qian, and will not let you stay longer during the banquet and suffer with us adults.
You haven't seen that the meals given to the palace are cold and oily, and they are not eaten by the dogs.
Did Yang's mother bring all the snacks she made for you? Those dim sum are small and easy to restrain yourself, you take two bites secretly when people are not paying attention, anyway, you are small and short hands to cover up. ”
Lee Young-ge: "......"
Mother Yang smiled, "I packed two small purses for Brother Ying'er, which was enough to last until I left the palace." ”
Xie shook his head and confessed again, "Don't use more tea when you enter the Wanshou Palace, even if you are sleepy and thirsty, you will also stretch me." ”
It is a matter of etiquette to find an official room in the palace, and it is not good to use wine and tea.
Li Yingge listened carefully and memorized carefully.
In the previous life at the border, although the Li family of Qihe was a local family, it was not as good as the high gate of the capital when it came to the rules, and later she married a wealthy merchant like the Yuan family in order to attract financial resources for the second room, not to mention the rigor and complexity of the rules.
Although she is not afraid to enter the palace, she does not want to make mistakes in the details.
Chang Qing is also quite experienced in this area, so together with Mother Yang, he followed Xie's words and talked about some personnel in the palace.
When approaching the inner city of the palace, noisy voices gradually sounded outside, and the people who went to the palace banquet arrived one after another.
Li Zichang is a cabinet elder, and he walks through the Donghua Gate for cabinet officials to enter and exit.
A foreign woman like Xie walked through the south gate on the west side.
Li Zichang told Xie that he was optimistic about Li Yingge, so he parted ways with the Li Mansion carriage.
The carriage could not enter the palace, and Mother Yang and Chang Qing could only be sent outside the palace gate, and like all the subordinates who came to the banquet officials' families, they were not qualified to enter the hundred official banquets to serve the master.
When Xie led Li Yingge into the southwest gate, there was already a long and short queue in front of him.
It's all foreign women waiting for the roll call to enter.
The capital is rich and noble, and the women who have more than four orders say that there are not many and there are many to say less.
As far as the eye can see, there is a deep dress that blends into the dark projection of the palace wall, lined with the snowflakes falling like coarse salt in the sky, and the half-light and half-dark morning light on the horizon, revealing an indescribable silence in the solemnity.
Xie Shi made up according to the product, wearing deep clothes that are similar to many foreign women, only Li Yingge on her side is an unmarried girl with no grade, and she is dressed in a bright red festive dress, which is very eye-catching.
Xie Shi took Li Yingge and stood at the tail of the team.
She is a first-class order, she could have cut into the queue openly and stood at the front of the line according to her grade, but now who doesn't know that Li Yingge was allowed to enter the palace by the order of the Queen Mother, and there is no need to be eye-catching in such a trivial matter as queuing.
When Xie was in foreign affairs, he was still very low-key and low-key.
But Rao is like this, and the gaze that falls on Xie and Li Yingge is still increasing.
Those eyes were either curious or disdainful, but more of a scrutiny and scrutiny of Li Yingge.
The rumors from the Qianwang Mansion are still there.
Those who deliberately want their daughters to be selected as the fourth concubine in the Qianwang Mansion look at Li Yingge's gaze even more complicated.
Li Yingge just didn't notice it, leaned quietly beside Xie's side, and occasionally met someone's gaze, so he pretended to smile shyly.
When she really sees people, no matter how thoughtful a woman is, she can't put on a wicked face to a child who has no contact.
Those eyes that are absent are less cold, and more of the warmth of the elders looking at the juniors.
Hsieh was unmoved.
Suddenly, there was a chatter in front of the team.
Xie Shi looked around, and saw Wang Qu holding an oil-paper umbrella, and he didn't know what to say to the Praetorian Guards guarding the door, so he went straight to find him.
Who in Beijing didn't know that Wang Qu was Xiao Hanqian's cronies and eunuchs.
Xiao Hanqian stayed in the palace, and Wang Qu naturally did not come for Xiao Hanqian this time, but for Xie and Li Yingge.
Xie Shi was more surprised than overjoyed, and endured until Wang Qu came closer, before he dared to take the initiative to speak, "Father-in-law Wang, but what does His Royal Highness King Qianwang have to say?" ”
The surroundings were instantly silent with her question, and the needles could be heard.
Wang Qu seemed to be no one around, handed an oil-paper umbrella to the Xie family, bowed and said, "Mrs. Li and the little princess, please come with the slaves." ”
This is to open the back door for Xie and Li Yingge!
But Xiao Hanqian is the second son of the queen, he wants to make a special case, which of the foreign women present dares to say anything and peck?
Xie Shi calmed down, took the oil-paper umbrella and opened it with a bang, and the snow spots hit the umbrella surface with a rhythmic light sound.
Some meaningful gazes also fell on Xie Shi and Li Yingge again.
Li Yingge sighed secretly.
Wang Qu bowed closer, half a step behind to personally hold an umbrella for Li Yingge, and said softly, "Little princess, let's go." ”
Two voices in succession, the little princess, this respectful salutation fell into the ears of everyone present, and with the falling snow, it quickly spread throughout the palace like a wind.
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