6. Princess Huiqing (2)

"Filial piety to the emperor is the duty of the emperor and his concubines, and he will never dare to forget it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" The queen said meekly, "The queen mother has worked hard for the country for many years, and now she is free, the concubines naturally have to be more filial to you, and the concubines will do a good job in the palace for the Dragon Boat Festival, and their silkworm ceremonies, you can come to the Old Summer Palace." ”

The Queen Mother nodded with a smile, she got on the sedan chair, and instructed Concubine Min who was standing on the side, "It is rare for the princess to enter Beijing, so stay in the Beijing for a few more days, where you want to play and eat, although you tell the queen that the queen is very neat and will not disappoint." ”

The queen mother's guard of honor was gone, Concubine Min originally seized this rare opportunity to plead with the queen mother, begging for the prince to return to the country, but she didn't expect the queen mother here to make herself dizzy in a few words, and before she could say her thoughts, the queen mother rode away.

Concubine Min was a little confused, originally resting in Jingren Palace, and suddenly because of the whim of the queen mother, she was taken out to the Qin'an Palace for a turn, this time it was not early, Chonghua Palace was near the left, the queen no longer returned to the palace, and took Concubine Min to Chonghua Palace, where you can give a banquet and listen to the play, it is a good place for harem women to have fun and dinner, and the foreign feudal lords come to the court, and the banquet is generally placed in the Ziguang Pavilion in Xiyuan, but Concubine Min is a female dependent, it is not suitable to put it there, it is better to be in the palace, So this came to Chonghua Palace, the hall has been prepared, the empress is on the throne, the left and right sides are vacant, the empress asked Concubine Min to sit on the left side, the Chinese respect the left, Concubine Min insisted on refusing, no matter what, Princess Huiqing, as the orphan daughter of the Tongzhi Emperor of the previous dynasty, is far above herself, is inviting and giving way, the eunuch came in and prayed that Princess Huiqing had arrived.

Before the person arrived, Concubine Min heard a burst of crisp laughter, only to see the bright yellow curtain was lifted, and a girl wearing a goose yellow Ning silk pine blue piping out of the wool cheongsam walked in, only to see her goose egg face, eyebrows into the sideburns, with a yellow jade head on her head, eyes like autumn water, red lips a little bit, looking forward to Shenfei, brilliance, good looks, with a natural and fresh smile on her face, Concubine Min entered the palace to see the queen mother and queen, dressed naturally luxurious, the pattern on the robe, if not the flower and bird patterns, is the dragon robe, But on the goose-yellow cheongsam of Princess Huiqing, the embroidery is not these ordinary things, and the hem of the robe is repaired with gold and silver thread to make a very powerful and domineering lion, only to see that the lion's eyes are shining, if there is a divine light in the eyes, Concubine Min guesses that it is about embroidered with gems such as opal, this girl saw the queen and Concubine Min, and before she saluted, she first looked at Concubine Min, and was very interested in the red dress on Concubine Min, after a few glances, she turned around and said hello to the queen on the throne," The courtiers greeted the queen's mother. ”

The queen nodded and said indifferently, "The princess has been rare recently, please sit down, I don't know what I'm busy with lately?" ”

Princess Huiqing's eyes rolled slightly, and she didn't answer the queen's question first, nodded to Concubine Min first, and asked Concubine Min to take a seat, "Princess is well," Concubine Min wanted to salute again, speaking of which, Concubine Min is just the princess of the county, and Princess Huiqing is Princess Gulun.

The Qing Dynasty system has always been the princess born in the middle palace can be called "Gu Lun", "Gu Lun" is the Manchu language, for the meaning of "the world, the country, and the honor", so the princess Gu Lun is the highest level, the previous dynasty occasionally made an exception, most of the time it was just as the title of the queen's daughter, but after the Empress Dowager Cixi took power, this provision has been almost ignored, because the Empress Dowager Cixi did not give birth to a daughter, so the daughter of Prince Gong was named Princess Gulun Rongshou, the daughter of Concubine Li, and Princess Gulun Rong'an, Raised together under the knees, even if it is theoretical, it can barely be regarded as the Empress Dowager Cixi, although Princess Huiqing is not from the middle palace, but she is the only bloodline of Emperor Yingzong, so when she was still in infancy, the Queen Mother issued a decree to crown her as Princess Gulun, titled "Huiqing", Princess Gulun is equivalent to the prince Yulu, naturally Concubine Min wants to salute Princess Huiqing.

Eastern countries are like this, they attach great importance to etiquette, Princess Huiqing grabbed Concubine Min, "The princess is older, if you want to salute me, it will inevitably torment me," and invited Concubine Min to take a seat, "You are a guest today, you should be invited to take a seat." ”

Concubine Min hurriedly said that she didn't dare, and the queen nodded and said, "That's what I mean, princess, please sit down." ”

Concubine Min was strongly invited by Princess Huiqing, so she sat on the throne on the left, Princess Huiqing walked to the throne at the bottom to accompany her, and then said to the queen, "There is nothing to be busy with recently, nothing more than to read books, read newspapers, it is cold in the spring, but I am not idle, go to Xiyuan to ride a horse, activities, recently in Jianfu Palace to see the good things left by Qianlong Ye, but I may not have been riding a horse for a long time." ”

"Isn't this busy?" The queen smiled, "That's a lot of things, just looking at those treasures in Jianfu Palace, the princess is too busy to watch, right?" ”

The Jianfu Palace Garden was built in the fifth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and the Qianlong Emperor collected his favorite rare cultural relics here, and often wrote poems and paintings in the garden. At the time of Jiaqing, he ordered it to be sealed all of it, and it became a veritable treasure trove. Princess Huiqing smiled heartily, "No matter how much you see, it can't be your own, it's just a pleasure to see, Lafayette means, let me help register the album, and let the treasures be painted by the painters of the Ruyi Pavilion, so as not to call the minions below to steal the dragon and the phoenix and change the treasures out, I am just a fake public and private, where can I compare with the queen mother, the mother has to do a lot of things in the palace, this is to be busy." ”

"But no," the queen smiled, "It's a big deal, the queen mother and the emperor are in charge, and I'll be done on an errand when I obey orders, and I won't be busy." ”

Princess Huiqing's big eyes blinked, "I heard that Lafayette is going to drive the Old Summer Palace first, I think Lafayette can't be left unattended before driving, the queen mother, you want the prime minister of the Sixth Palace, it must be unavailable, why don't I follow Lafayette to the garden first, lest Lafayette be lonely and lonely, and it will not be good for us who are juniors to complain." ”

The queen smiled slightly, she waved her hand and beckoned the eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room to step forward, "Where else can you bother with this matter, princess?" It has already been arranged, I have asked Concubine Zhen and Concubine Luo to serve Lafayette to go to the garden first, so that I am not afraid that no one will honor Lafayette, if the princess wants to go, it doesn't matter if she goes with her, the time has come," the queen instructed the eunuch in charge, "hurry up to the banquet." ”