Chapter Seventy-Three
When he got up early today, Wang Ronghe sorted out Zhu Yijun's belt, "If Your Majesty is not busy with political affairs today, come back early and take me to Kunning Palace, this is where I will live in the future." γFengyun Reading Network. γβ
"Okay." Zhu Yijun said.
After the emperor and queen had lunch together and rested for a while, they drove to Kunning Palace.
The Tao Te Ching has clouds, the past has one, the sky has a clear, the earth has a Ning, God has a spirit, the valley has a surplus, all things have a life, and the Hou Wang has one and thinks the world is right. Therefore, the emperor's bedroom is called Qianqing Palace, and the queen's bedroom is called Kunning Palace, both of which are the only ones between heaven and earth.
Kunning Palace is nine rooms wide, the front middle is open, there are things to warm the pavilion, living in the east warm pavilion, summoning the concubine to order the woman in the west warm pavilion. The east and west rooms are corridors, and there are seven rooms in the room, which are divided into three units, each of which includes two to four rooms.
"It's scary to live alone in such a big hall." So far, Wang Ronghe, who has only been to the main hall to meet the concubine and the wife, said with emotion after looking at all the inner rooms.
"Zitong wants me to accompany you?" Zhu Yijun said with a smile.
"No matter how big the house is, I want to sleep on this little ground, and the palace maid sleeps on the couch, I don't need to be afraid." Wang Ronghe said.
"There is a corridor behind the Kunning Palace, which is called Youyizhai, which is connected to the palace garden, and you can go for a walk when you have nothing to do." Zhu Yijun said, "How is the furnishings inside?" β
"Fresh and refined, and solemn and gorgeous without losing the identity of the heavenly family, I don't know who arranged it, and the reward should be." Wang Ronghe said, "I also inquire about my preferences very clearly, the study room is the layout I like, and these furnishings are also what I like." β
"I like elegance, I also like vulgarity, I like plain and pure flowers, I like blank space, and I like the liveliness of huddled together." Wang Ronghe said, "I'm sitting here, I like it when I look at it this way, and I like it when I look at it that way." It's all just right, even if I arrange it myself, that's all. β
"That's so good." Zhu Yijun smiled, "Then what are you going to reward him?" β
"Look at what he wants." Wang Ronghe said. "Although it is said that the thunder and rain and dew are all Jun'en, but he does things so well that he can choose the taste of the rain and dew he likes."
"I think about it." Zhu Yijun said, "You have learned the guqin, play a song for me." Otherwise, before the moon, I watched you play the erhu, and I always felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong. β
"Could it be that all this is arranged by His Majesty?" Wang Ronghe pretended to be surprised, tears of excitement flashed in the corners of his eyes, "Your Majesty is so good to me, I can't repay it." β
"It's still something that can be reciprocated." Zhu Yijun said, "For example, give me a prince." β
Zhu Yijun picked up Wang Ronghe and walked behind the curtain, the brand-new bedding exuded a new smell, Wang Ronghe looked at Zhu Yijun with a smile, but thought in his heart, how long did this person hold back before he got married, and he couldn't control himself in the past few days. When you see a place where you can lie down, you have to knock it down.
I was careless, I already knew that I was resting outside.
"Then Your Majesty, do you want the prince, or do you want me to learn the guqin?" Wang Ronghe asked deliberately.
"Arrow on the string, you said you want the prince or the guqin." Zhu Yijun hit Wang Ronghe through his clothes and said.
After a lot of wind and clouds, the clouds are in the rain and twilight, you and I don't need to go into details.
Seven days said a lot less, said a lot more, in the blink of an eye, Wang Ronghe and Zhu Yijun were about to move out of the Jiaotai Palace, Zhu Yijun went to Qianqing Palace, and Wang Ronghe went to Kunning Palace.
Kunning Palace has one eldest aunt, three big palace maids, ten ordinary palace maids, one chief eunuch, and six small eunuchs. On the first day that Wang Ronghe officially lived in Kunning Palace, all the palace maids and eunuchs knelt down neatly to say goodbye.
Wang Ronghe shouted, "After entering the Kunning Palace, it is the person of the Kunning Palace, as long as the royal family of the palace behaves in accordance with the rules and is loyal to his duties, the rest are not strict, and he will be rewarded for doing well, but if he commits a crime, the palace will never cover up." β
"This full palace, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, are all staring at our Kunning Palace, this palace thinks that you don't want to speak and act recklessly, smear Kunning Palace, and cause trouble to this palace." Wang Ronghe said, "If you come with other thoughts in your heart, this palace wants you to make a mistake as soon as possible and be punished out of Kunning Palace, and this palace can't rub sand in its eyes." β
"Slaves don't dare." Qi Dao at the bottom.
"Aunt Mei is in charge of the palace maid, Li Qiu is in charge of the internal prison, since the palace lets you manage people, take good care of the palace, if the people below make a mistake, you two will be punished together, or even doubled." Wang Ronghe said, "If you don't have confidence, you can ask this palace to resign." β
"The minister will live up to the trust of his mother."
"The little one will live up to the trust of the mother." Mei Dong and Li Qiu said at the same time.
"Once you've received your reward, you should do what you want." Wang Ronghe said. Wuwu and Xi Tao got up and went to bring the tray out, and Furong and Wuwu distributed the purses one by one, and waited until everyone had it, and then thanked the mother and mother for the reward, and then dispersed.
Wang Ronghe sat in the Dongnuan Pavilion, admiring the small six red sandalwood dotted kingfisher and bird kang screens, "Niangniang, will Your Majesty come over today?" β
"It's normal to come, and it's normal not to come." Wang Ronghe said. At this moment, she said this, but she didn't realize it at all, but she moved from Jiaotai Hall to Kunning Palace, and His Majesty had several more procedures to see him.
Zhu Yijun walked back after dealing with political affairs in the Imperial Palace, "Go to Kunning Palace to see, Zitong lived there on the first day, I don't know if she is afraid, I have to accompany her." β
"Your Majesty will go back to the Qianqing Palace first, wait for the little one to report to the Queen Mother, and then go to inform the Kunning Palace to pick up the car." Feng Shang said.
"I went to Kunning Palace, why did I report to the Queen Mother?" Zhu Yijun was puzzled.
"This is the rule of the harem, Your Majesty wants to see the mother, report to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother agreed, and then notify the Kunning Palace to take over, this Kunning Palace to take over is not as simple as the ordinary concubine, all the concubines to Kunning Palace, welcome Your Majesty, and have to play ceremonial music." Feng Shang explained carefully.
"That's how it used to be?" Zhu Yijun said that he thought to himself, why did the emperor see the queen, and it was so complicated, whether he wanted the emperor to be close to the queen, or not.
Someone came early to inform Wang Ronghe that His Majesty was coming over, and Niangniang was ready to take over, Wang Ronghe supported the hairpin on his head, "Okay." β
"Mother, you have to take over in formal clothes." Zhang Cheng said that he accompanied the emperor to live in the Tai Palace, and naturally knew for a long time that Wang Rong and the randomness of the driver, so he specially asked for this errand to remind the mother, otherwise the concubine was all dressed outside the palace to greet the car, and the queen came out in regular clothes to greet the car, and in a blink of an eye, the mother could be called to reprimand by Cining Palace.
"Formal wear." Wang Ronghe said, "Is there anyone else?" "She is also keen, after all, she was in Jiaotai Hall before, and no one said that she should be dressed.
"At that time, the ladies of the harem will also come over and greet them in front of the palace." Zhang Cheng said.
"What are they doing here?" Wang Rong and Qi Dao.
"The concubine came to greet His Majesty Xingniangniang, and after taking the drive, they went back to the palace." Zhang Cheng said.
"And such a rule?" Wang Ronghe smiled, saying that this could reflect the majesty of the queen. But the harem competes for favor, and the queen is already weak. If there are one or two of these concubines that the emperor likes, he throws a flying eye when he greets him, I am afraid that the emperor will spend his days in Kunning Palace, but he will come out to love the concubine in a few breaths.
"Your Majesty's coming to see Niangniang is a great momentum, and it is also the majesty of the heavenly family." Zhang Cheng said.
"This palace knows, thank you for the reminder." Wang Ronghe said with a smile.
After Zhang Cheng left, Li Qiu came in and said, "This rule originally existed, but not every emperor followed it, some people like the queen, naturally go whenever they want to, and some don't like the queen, ten days and half a month to go through the motions, some come according to this, and some don't follow this." β
"But it doesn't seem like you can change this rule at the moment." Li Qiu said truthfully, "The first procedure for His Majesty to see the mother is to tell the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother said yes, Your Majesty can come to Cining Palace, and the Queen Mother says no, then Your Majesty cannot come to Cining Palace." β
"Hongu knows." Wang Ronghe said.
After Li Qiu left, Wuxian obviously didn't understand. "The Queen Mother seems to like Niangniang very much, why do you insist on such rules? Could it be the Empress Dowager Chen? β
"The Queen Mother, one is the Queen Mother, and the two are also the Queen Mother, no matter how they discuss it in private, they are the Queen Mother to the outside world. It is a matter of the emperor and queen, not only the Empress Dowager Chen, or the Empress Dowager Li alone can decide. Wang Ronghe thought of it in an instant, shook his head and said with a smile, "Even if Empress Dowager Li likes me, it doesn't prevent her from wanting to have one more level in her hand to make her daughter-in-law obedient." β
"If I am disobedient, I will not let His Majesty come to see me." Wang Ronghe said.
At noon, it was the time when the sun was shining, the concubine was dressed formally, standing outside the hall and drying directly, the sweat could not be stopped, but no one dared to wipe it.
"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived." There was a bright whip sound outside the Kunning Gate, and Wang Ronghe walked out of the main hall, and did not go under the corridor, but stood still in the shade of the sun.
Rites and music.
Zhu Yijun's Ming Huang Bu came in from Kunning Gate.
"See His Majesty the Emperor." The concubines knelt down in unison.
Zhu Yijun stepped down, and when he stood in front of Wang Ronghe, Wang Ronghe was only half-squatting, "See Your Majesty the Emperor." β
"Excuse me, flat." Zhu Yijun helped Wang Ronghe up, and then the concubines also thanked him and got up.
Etiquette.
Zhu Yijun took Wang Ronghe's arm and walked into the hall, and when the figure of the emperor disappeared in front of him, Aunt Mei from Kunning Palace came out, "Ladies and gentlemen, please go back." β
The concubine was divided into two columns and came out in turn. The concubines and concubines are not allowed to take a foot chariot in the palace, and everyone has to walk back to the palace. Sun Meiren took the handkerchief and pressed the corners of her forehead, "Our queen mother is really majestic." β
"This is the rule of the ancestors, what does it have to do with the majesty of the mother?" Concubine Liu said, "I think if Niangniang could, she didn't want me to wait to go to Kunning Palace to help meet her." β
"Usually, how can we see the face of the Son of Heaven and go to Kunning Palace to greet us, so that we can see Your Majesty's real person." Concubine Liu said, "If you don't want to, you can not go to the next summon, and the mother will definitely not blame you." β
Sun Meiren sneered, "Why should I pretend to be sick if I'm not sick, I am sincere to Your Majesty, Niangniang, but I have a sincere heart, and the world can learn from it." "Sun Meiren didn't know how to go to Kunning Palace to greet her, she was tired, she was tired, and she could see the face of the sky.
Because of the emperor's wedding, His Majesty hasn't been to the harem for a month.
This queen mother held His Majesty for seven days, today is the eighth day, tomorrow no matter what, His Majesty will also come to the harem, if she behaves well in Kunning Palace, the queen mother may let someone serve the favor.
When the queen mother is not there, the green head card is the internal supervisor for His Majesty to choose, and the queen mother is in power, that is the queen mother chooses the green head card and then let His Majesty choose.
Sun Meiren suddenly realized that the queen was really the one who held the power in the palace, the queen, not a concubine, a woman favored by His Majesty, the right given to her by family law and etiquette, and the supreme right in the harem. She doesn't need to compete with anyone for favor at all, she can't even see His Majesty's face anymore, what else is there to compete for favor? And she has already stupidly offended the queen twice.
Sun Meiren's face turned blue all of a sudden.
Zhu Yijun and Wang Ronghe entered the hall, and their faces were not good.
"Your Majesty, I shouldn't be happy about this, why is Your Majesty so displeased, does Your Majesty empathize with me?" After Wang Rong served tea with the palace maids, he waved them to wait outside the palace.
"I want to see my own queen and get the approval of others, so what else can I do? What can I master? Zhu Yijun said in a low voice.
"It's none other than the Queen Mother." Wang Ronghe said, "I think this matter is just that the Queen Mother wants to give me a cage, and I think Your Majesty can come to see me, so I have to be obedient." β