Chapter 16: Entering the Palace
Even so, Wang Rong was quite perfunctory with the things that were going to enter the palace, "Anyway, I'll be back soon, and I'm bothering to prepare what I'm going to do." Wang Rong said stiffly.
"That's what I said, girl." Ying's mother said, "It's good to be prepared." "The girl is not such a character, and the girl is afraid in her heart. Ying's mother approached next to Wang Ronghe. "Watching the girl grow up, it's the first time I've seen the girl scared."
"Scared?" Wang Ronghe leaned to the side and asked Ying's mother to sit down, "I'm not afraid." ”
"The girl is just scared and tells the nurse, and she is not afraid to talk about it." Ying's mother said.
Wang Ronghe looked at her, Ying's mother is her nurse, in fact, she is not very old now, thirty-five years old, but she dresses herself up in old fashion, and there seems to be a wrinkle at the end of her eyes, but fortunately, her hair is still black, Wang Ronghe looked at her, "Ying's mother, if I can't come back from the palace, you can go back to your hometown, and the husband and wife will be reunited." "Ying's mother's husband guards the ancestral business of the Wang family in Yuyao, and is not in the capital.
Ying's mother stroked her hair. "Mrs. handed you over to me back then, and in a blink of an eye, it was time for the nurse's milk not to move."
"I still want to marry with the girl, and I will have to take care of the girl's children in the future." Ying's mother said, "Ying's mother has no ability, and she can't follow the girl into the palace." ”
"I don't want you to enter the palace." Wang Ronghe said, "Even if they are disease-free and worry-free, I don't want them to enter the palace." Is there a good place in the palace? ”
"Ying's mother. You help you to find a good family for the disease-free and worry-free, and I have already prepared their dowry. Wang Ronghe said.
"Girl." Ying's mother said.
"It's okay for you, it's okay to be disease-free and worry-free. I would tell my grandmother that I would let you go, and if you are willing to stay at home and spend more time with your grandmother, I would appreciate it. Wang Ronghe said with a pale face, "Sister-in-law acts fairly, the family will still be handed over to her in the future, I will ask her, the nurse will milk me, I will always ensure that the nurse has no worries in her old age." ”
"Girl." Ying's mother said, "When you say this, aren't you digging Ying's mother's heart?" ”
Wang Ronghe smiled bitterly and said, "Now I can't guess how my fate will evolve, I can only take one step at a time, I can settle you well, and it will not be in vain for you to suffer with me." "She's just scared, and she's not a character who needs to be comforted.
Wang Ronghe now spends a long time with the old lady every day, and the old lady pushes her to make preparations, "It's more important to accompany my grandmother, doesn't my grandmother want me to accompany me?" ”
"I think, but my good man, you entered the palace and didn't prepare anything, and my grandmother was also worried." The old lady said.
"Spring clothes are just made, just bring these into the palace. Entering the palace is too outstanding. The granddaughter is mediocre and well-dressed. Wang Ronghe said, "There are also three sets of jewelry, and ten purses containing silver are also prepared, and the rest are equipped with more rings, which are enough for rewards." We didn't enter the palace to be a fortune boy. ”
"If only you had a good idea." The old lady said, "There is less jewelry, don't match it in a set, and the hairpin hairpins that can be combined with each other, so that you can also change the pattern on your head." In addition, there are a few more pairs of shoes, and there are also lower skirts. The system in this palace is different from what you are used to, if there is less, you will not have anything to do in a hurry. "Wang Ronghe has never wrapped his feet, so the lower skirt will be made larger, which can cover the surface of his feet and create a small foot effect.
"Grandmother reminded me." Wang Ronghe smiled embarrassedly. "I always thought it would be nice to keep my luggage down."
"Grandmother has never been in the palace, and I don't know how to act inside, isn't there a waiter in the Ministry of Rites on the street, and the old Fengjun of his family has entered the palace to receive the birthday banquet of the queen mother, and he is the wife of the official. Anyway, I was more knowledgeable than we were, so I went to the door and talked to her for a few words. The old lady held Wang Ronghe's hand and said. As soon as you enter the palace gate, there will be little eunuchs and palace maids to come and wait, so don't be afraid of a lot of luggage. ”
"In the past, when there were many people, there may be a palace maid to serve several, and when you stay in Chuxiu Hall after screening, there will be a little girl to serve you, although it may not necessarily serve you to the end. It's always a good idea to get along. The old lady said, "I'm also talking a lot about this, you have never been the kind of person who will bully the little girl." ”
Wang Ronghe couldn't laugh, his grandmother had a high self-esteem, so she went to sit down at someone else's old lady for her, and wanted to ask for some news for her granddaughter, Wang Ronghe felt heartache.
"And the little eunuchs in the palace must not be offended. They can't see what stumbling blocks they want to make, and you don't even make sense. ”
"Bao'er, even a small grass and a small stone in this palace will be obedient and can pass on words, you have to be careful with your words and deeds." The old lady said, "You have to put it in your stomach and chew it before you respond." ”
"When you and Xi'er go to the palace, you must also take care of each other. Sisters are still close. The old lady said.
"I will." Wang Ronghe said. She leaned gently against her grandmother, "I'll do it well." Won't disgrace my grandmother. ”
"Brush it down, stay or stay, you are all my good granddaughter."
"Grandmother knows that your heart has always been big, you have little care, and you can see everything. But grandmother also knows that your heart yearns for a couple for a lifetime. Now that you're on the picklist, whatever you thought at the time, now you have to put away all your thoughts. ”
"I will." Wang Ronghe said. After the old lady finished speaking, Wang Ronghe said, "Mother's dowry was handed over to me, fortunately I was not defeated, and there is still a little surplus, I have divided it into three parts, and in the future, I will add makeup to the little daughters of the three elder brothers' families." ”
"It's a pity that my grandmother has saved a dowry for Bao'er for more than ten years." The old lady became sad again as she said this.
March 2nd came very quickly, the air in the morning was still cold winter, the old lady personally cooked a bowl of beef noodles, the noodles were kneaded strongly, the soup was the old fire soup simmered the day before, Wang Zhixi was nervous and couldn't eat anything, Wang Ronghe ate it in a big gulp. In this weather, there is no heat in the stomach, how can you stay up.
Because he can't show his deeds on his face, even if he says goodbye, he can only hold back his crying. After that, Wang Wei silently drove his two daughters to Shenwumen, Wang Ronghe and Wang Zhixi sat at both ends of the carriage, Wang Zhixi's girl was crying, and she was sick and carefree, guarding Wang Ronghe alone, and cheering each other on her face, the girl will definitely come back.
By the time they arrived at Shenwumen, there was already a long queue, Wang Wei watched his two daughters get out of the car, but they couldn't send them closer, there were inner eunuchs who came to roll call, and little eunuchs who came to carry luggage.
Wang Ronghe raised his head, the majestic palace wall, and when he entered the door, there were two worlds outside. Wang Zhixi was a little nervous, and suddenly saw Wang Ronghe turn around, and said to Wang Wei deeply, "I wish my father a long and healthy life." She hurriedly followed.
"It's all good." Wang Wei can't say anything else now.
After saying goodbye to his father, Wang Ronghe silently followed the inner chamberlain step by step, without looking back.
Zhu Yijun was having breakfast, biting on the milk dumplings, "Is today the day when the show girl enters the palace?" ”
"Yes." Feng Shang said, "By the afternoon, Your Majesty will be able to see the show girl in the Chuxiu Palace." ”
"Why did I go to see the show girl so early?" Zhu Yijun said disapprovingly, looking at Zhang Cheng, "I just don't know if there are any interesting people in this show girl." ”
Zhang Cheng nodded unreachably.
Zhu Yijun was inexplicably happy. "Zhang Shoufu told me a few days ago about a whip method, I think it is a little interesting, go to summon Zhang Shoufu, I still have a lot of doubts that he needs to answer."
Zhang Cheng thought that His Majesty could still think of the eldest girl of the Wang family today, maybe it was really edifying. Zhang Cheng secretly went to Aunt Shanggong Bureau and asked her to take care of it. The people in this palace are all human spirits, even Aunt Shanggong knows that this big girl has a background, and she will not tell anyone.
In the large square in the Shenwu Gate to carry out the first screening, a thousand girls are divided into ten teams to line up, a female official with two palace maids or two little eunuchs in charge of a team, the female official with a whisk in her hand, after selecting a standard, subject to this, too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, with a whisk to beat, there are palace maids who stepped forward to tie a strip of white cloth on the woman's chest, in order to show that they do not take.
An hour later, the inner attendant rings the gong, the girls are divided into two piles, the girl with a white cloth strip will be guided out of the palace, and the rest of the people are divided into an equal number of queues, and enter five rooms in turn, in which there are years of aunt and inner attendant supervisor, the internal supervisor will start from the five senses, check the ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, skin, collar, shoulders, back, etc. The voice should not be small or loud, and the voice should be soft and appropriate. Each girl who came in was asked to tell her place of origin, name, age, etc., and if her voice was small and slurred, and her voice was rough, she could not take any of them who were panicked.
Although there were five rooms at the same time, the team was still moving very slowly, and Wang Ronghe was in the middle of the platoon, with his head down and his hands hanging down, like a puppet. After waiting for a long time, you can hear the voice of Suo Suo in the team, Wang Ronghe only turned his head to look at Wang Zhixi's state, and saw that her face was a little pale, so he said, if he couldn't stand it, it would be easier to lean next to her.
Wang Zhixi looked at her, a little flustered, and said with the shape of her lips that I had a stomachache.
It's not a stomachache, it's hunger, let's sneak some snacks against her back. Wang Ronghe also said with a lip shape. Before departure, there are dry food snacks that can be eaten in one bite, and snacks can be secretly used in a purse to secretly satisfy hunger.
Wang Ronghe entered the room, there was no problem with his facial features and voice, the room originally had another door, and the girl who passed the inspection was taken to a large room by the inner attendant, "The girl is resting here for a while, waiting for the next round of inspection." ”
Wang Ronghe looked around, the girl wearing a white cloth should have been taken away after coming out, all the girls sitting here were neat, each sitting quietly, Wang Ronghe knew that others were also looking at her when she was looking at others, but this time was not the time to take care of this.
There are three or five palace maids shuttling among them to serve tea and take the girls to change clothes. Wang Ronghe sat on the toilet, poured out all the snacks in his purse and ate them, this damn inspection, I don't know when it's over, and I can eat it hot.
Wang Ronghe didn't know, this was because after Zhu Yijun was elected, he should have accelerated his speed, and the inspection completed today would take three days to complete it in normal times. Of course, this has a lot to do with the small number of people.
In the past, the draft was a sea selection of 3,000 people.