Xingzhen walked through the palace gate, stood next to the two eunuchs, paused, and waved her hand, "It's okay, if you do something wrong, you have to be punished, but you also have to pay attention to the way, the eunuchs are also people, and they must also give some face, and they can't be too harsh on their subordinates." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "The steward eunuch said yes again and again." "Raise your head," the little eunuch raised his head tremblingly, although his face was a little swollen, but his eyes were very cunning, and his eyes were rolling with beads.

Xingzhen's heart moved, and she began to ask, "What's your name?" Where to be on an errand? ”

The little eunuch lowered his head and trembled back to the ** first woman of the sixth palace, "Hui Concubine Lan, the slave Xiao Anzi, is on an errand in the imperial dining room!" ”

"Xiao Anzi? What is the full name? Xingzhen originally wanted to turn around and enter the hall, but when she heard the name of this little eunuch, she couldn't help but stop and ask more.

"The minion's cheap name is Andehai."

"Anderhai? Okay, you did today's errand, and said to the eunuch in the imperial dining room, just say that it was said by the palace, and from tomorrow, you will come to Chuxiu Palace on an errand. Xingzhen said this lightly, which made the eyes of the steward eunuch fall off, and hurriedly entered the hall, leaving only a stunned Xiao Anzi and a trembling steward eunuch.

The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet was held in Shufangzhai this year.

Shufangzhai is not a place where the little swallow Ziwei Gege lives, Shufangzhai is located in the east side of the Chonghua Palace in the Palace Museum, which was originally the head of the five institutes in Qianxi, and was founded in the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. After Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty ascended the throne, he changed the second place in Qianxi to Chonghua Palace, and then changed the head office to Shufangzhai, and built a stage as a place for banquets and performances in Chonghua Palace.

Shufangzhai is an I-shaped hall, there are two halls before and after, and there is a hall in the middle to connect. Among them, the front hall and the south room, the east and west side halls are surrounded by an independent small courtyard, and there are verandahs in between. The front hall is five rooms wide, three rooms deep, the yellow glazed tile rests on the top of the mountain, the front eaves are bright and the wind door is open, and the rest are the sill windows. The indoor bright room and the second room are separated by the floor flower cover, made of Nanmu, very fine, the east room is called "Quiet Rest Xuan", it is the imperial title of the seventh year of Qianlong (1742 AD), it is the place where Hongli studied when he was young. In front of the palace, there are three rooms in the east and west with the hall, and the east side of the hall is open before and after, and the east is the imperial garden. After the front hall, you can see a big stage, the literature is brilliant, and the front hall of Shufang Zhai is opposite. The stage is a pavilion-style building, the face is wide, the depth is three respectively, the four corners of the yellow glazed tile heavy eaves gather the spire, the style is elegant, and the plaque name is "Shengping Yeqing". There is an upstairs on the stage, and a patio is set up on the ceiling, which can be used to put mechanical equipment such as derrick rollers for performing fairy dramas, and there is a large well under the stage. It is a stage in the palace second only to the Changyin Pavilion stage, and it is also the largest single-story stage in the palace, and there are often performances during the New Year's Festival.

In front of the stage is the apse of Shufangzhai, the name of the apse is "Jin Zhao Yucui", the face is wide and five, one is deep, the front eaves are connected with the front hall indirectly, and the rest are the sill windows. There is also one west ear room and three west side rooms. Repair a small stage between the west ends of the hall in the palace, face the east, for the bamboo and wood structure, the style is small, the square pavilion is type, built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it is designed for the emperor and the queen mother to perform a 15-minute small play when eating, the square pavilion hangs the Qianlong Emperor to write the "Feng Yacun" plaque, the front eaves on the left and right pillars of each hanging guqin-shaped wooden couplet said, "since the joy of the Xuan window has no vulgar rhyme, talk about the landscape to send the clear sound". The small door at the back of the stage communicates with the west ear room. The east room of the palace is called "high cloud love", opposite to the small stage, and is the place where the banquet is watched.

I saw a row of big red lanterns hanging on the door of the hall, the lights were bright, and the courtyard was not visible, the door of the palace was wide open, and there were two thrones and six or seven tables paved with bright yellow curtains in the apse, the furnishings in the hall had been replaced, the big red cloth curtains and ribbons arranged the Shufangzhai very festively, all kinds of fresh melons and fruits had been placed on the table, and the air was filled with a sweet fragrance, Xingzhen nodded with satisfaction, and Anqian Fan'er Tang Wufu entered the hall.

Entering the inner hall, Xingzhen was surprised to find that in the cold winter of Sanjiu, there was a watermelon on each table, looking at the fresh appearance, there were a few green watermelon leaves on the melon handle, and the freshness seemed to have just been picked, Xingzhen asked the eunuch waiting on the side: "Where did you get this watermelon?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, this is Taiwan's tribute watermelon, it was only shipped last morning, Taiwan's watermelons are planted in wooden barrels, and they are not picked in Taiwan.

It turns out that this out-of-season fruit from Taiwan has been transported to Beijing for the royal family to enjoy in the Qing Dynasty? Xingzhen was amazed in her heart, but her face was silent, she nodded, inspected the room, and remembered one more thing, "Is the new reward ready?" ”

"It's ready, mother."

Xingzhen walked around, and didn't find any mistakes, so she stood in front of the throne and waited for the other concubines to arrive.

Zhen Concubine and Yun Guiren came together, Zhen Concubine wore a lake blue cheongsam, Yun Guiren wore a pink one, several people saluted each other, and began to chat. Xingzhen asked Concubine Zhen in a little surprise: "Sister Concubine Zhen, why hasn't the noble lady arrived yet?" Her Yonghe Palace and your Zhongcui Palace are extremely close. ”

Concubine Zhen replied: "But isn't it, I was waiting for her to come in the palace, but I didn't think that Li Guiren sent a little eunuch to tell me, saying that my body was a little uncomfortable, let me go first, he will come later, I met Yun Guiren on the way, so I came with Yun Guiren." ”

"Oh? Did you ask the Imperial Doctor to take a look? ”

"I don't know, I should see, Li Guiren said he would come."

"That's it, I can't help but come today."

After that, several concubines arrived one after another, Xingzhen greeted for a while, and when she saw that everyone was almost here, she sent one of the Li nobles, so she quietly told Fan'er to see how the Li nobles were doing. smiled and said to the women: "Sisters, let's go to the table first, and wait for the emperor and the imperial concubine." ”

All the women entered the table one after another, Xingzhen's position was on the east side of Emperor Xianfeng's throne, and the position of Zhen's concubine was on the west side of Emperor Kangci's concubine.

Li Guiren was wearing a pink and purple cheongsam, estimated to be afraid of the cold, and had a purple fox feather sable brim on his forehead, how did Xingzhen think that today's Li Guiren was particularly radiant, dazzling, and did not look like an uncomfortable person at all, Li Guiren entered the hall with Chun'er's hand, and saw that all the concubines in the six palaces of the east and west had arrived, smiled, made a false salute, and said: "The concubines are rude, late, please forgive the sisters." ”

Xingzhen spoke: "It's okay, the imperial concubine of the Hengzhu Emperor hasn't come yet, you are not late, I heard that Sister Zhen said that you are not feeling well, and you called the imperial doctor to take a look?" ”

Li Guiren turned around and sat down in his place, and then replied with a smile: "Thank you sister for worrying, it's nothing, it's okay now." ”

"That's good, you, the first beauty, if you don't come today, there will be a lot of beautiful scenery at the night banquet in Hegong." Yun Guiren all spoke out loud with the meaning of ridicule, after Li Guiren heard it, his face remained unchanged, and he still smiled proudly, Yun Guiren looked at Li Guiren and did not speak, he felt that it was not interesting, so he stopped, and the women did not speak for a while, silently waiting for the arrival of the emperor and the concubine of Emperor Kangci, and sat solemnly with the joy of neutralization outside the palace.