Chapter 151: Turmoil in the Court
Different from the time he entered the palace before his relatives, this time, Shu Mei, who was wearing a red wedding dress and a crown of golden wings and beads, cried sadly when he was separated from his grandparents at the gate of Shu's house.
"What are you crying about? Other daughters cry when they get married, they don't know who they will marry, but you marry someone you like since you were a child. Liang comforted her while wiping her tears.
"Grandma, I'...... A little scared. Shu Meiyi grabbed Liang's hand. Ling Li's brother said that he wanted to marry her in a beautiful way, but this day really came, but she felt inexplicably uneasy.
"Afraid of what? With me and your grandfather here, if he dares to bully you, even if he is the king of heaven, we will go to him to settle accounts......" Liang took her hand and sent her to the sedan chair with a smile.
"It's not that I'm afraid of Brother Ling Li." Shu Mei lifted the sedan curtain and shook his head.
"He's not afraid, what are you afraid of?"
Shu frowned and pursed his lips silently.
"Don't worry, I heard what your grandfather said, the emperor has you in his heart. With his protection, who would dare to bully you in the Yongnian Palace? Liang smiled and closed the sedan curtain for her.
"The auspicious time has arrived, and the car is ——!"
After the greeting envoy shouted, the honor guard suddenly sang in unison. A palace man dressed in a big red auspicious costume led the way with a seven-phoenix yellow satin crank umbrella, followed by a pair of palace people holding dragon and phoenix stalks, tortoiseshell fans, and gold furnaces, and then a team of chamberlains holding incense towels, embroidered handkerchiefs, gargles, and dusters.
After the majestic wedding guard of honor, the wedding chariot decorated with tassels and gold carvings and the wedding procession of the Prime Minister's Mansion continued.
The place where the big wedding ceremonial guard passed was crowded with people watching the ceremony. The children scrambled for the flowers and candies thrown by the palace maids all the way in the honor guard, the men counted the number of the honor guard and the dragon pavilion of the prime minister's mansion, and the women were blushing for this grand wedding.
"Where's the honor guard?"
In the Funing Palace, Ling Li had already asked the eunuch Man Fu for the third time.
"Xiao Dongzi hasn't come back this time, and the slave speculates that he should go to Houde Yudao." Man Fu bowed and replied.
"What time is it?" Ling Li dropped the performance appraisal document in his hand and asked with the tea cup on his desk.
"It's not even been three moments since I returned to the emperor. It's still early in the unitary time. Man Fu replied with a smile. He has been in the palace for more than ten years, and he has seen Concubine Chengde Di Na several times, but none of them are as anxious as Ling Li.
"I don't know how the layout of Jiqing Palace is, let's go, take a look."
Ling Li put down the teacup, got up and walked outside.
Man Fu hurriedly trotted forward.
Jiqing Palace is located on the east side of Yongnian Palace, and is a secluded palace room farthest away from the emperor's dormitory, Funing Palace. The reason why Ling Li placed Shu Mei here was because this was his biological mother's dormitory, and it was also the place where he was born and raised. Every brick, tile, grass and tree in this palace has his growth mark.
In less than a month, they renovated the glazed tiles, repaired the rockery garden, replaced the broken window lattices and floor tiles, and the interior furniture, window screens, and lichens were also replaced, and the Jiqing Palace was completely new from the inside out.
"Your Majesty, the minister went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to see it, and these decorations are selected according to the style that the mother likes." Xu Shu, the head of the Internal Government Bureau, led Ling Li to check everywhere.
"Not bad." Ling Li nodded as he watched. Passing by the side hall where he lived in front of the branch, he pushed the door and walked in, and the furnishings in this room were all in their original state. He looked back and forth in the room, and suddenly said, "Let people rearrange this place immediately, and Concubine Mu will live in this room." ”
"But this room isn't as spacious as the main hall?" Xu Shu was stunned for a moment.
"You don't know, in the entire Jiqing Palace, the earth dragon in this room is the warmest." Ling Li said with a smile.
"Really? I really don't know. The minister went to arrange for someone to arrange it. ”
"Let's go to the Funing Hall first, and move my pair of Yunjin to this couch." Ling Li patted the seat in front of him, "By the way, there are also ferret furs, quilt furnaces, and incense cups, all of which have also been moved over." ”
Xu Shu looked at Fuman suspiciously, and when he saw Fuman nodding directly to him, he hurriedly agreed: "The minister will do it." ”
"Also, these two sets of screens have also been replaced, and the "Wind Eaves Scroll" in the small study and the "Embroidered Dawn Mirror" in my dormitory are used."
"Okay."
"There is a spike in this position on the side of the candle stand, and I was cut off when I was young, and I went to move the pair of Luanfeng cirrus cloud racks in the Funing Palace."
"Whoa."
Ling Li came this time and almost didn't empty the Funing Palace. He personally instructed the people of the Inner Government Bureau to place them, until they were satisfied with the horizontal and vertical looks, and then returned to the Funing Hall under the urging of Man Fu, and the people from the Shangyi Bureau waited to change into the wedding clothes.
At the end of the Shen period, he took the ceremonial officer to the Jiaotai Hall where the concubine ceremony was held. The relatives of the royal family, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the inner servants of the province with more than six ranks, and the female officials of the Shanggong Bureau with more than six grades have long been waiting in the palace.
As soon as Ling Li sat down on the throne in the palace, the eunuch Xiao Dongzi rushed in.
"Arrived?" Ling Li's face was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but stand up.
Xiao Dongzi hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, the county lord of Shu is still in the courtyard, and the old lady in the courtyard is forced to have a physical examination, but the county lord of Shu refuses, and he is at a stalemate for a while......"
"When did there be a physical examination at the wedding ceremony, why didn't I see it?!" Ling Li's face changed drastically.
Huang Kun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was puzzled for a while, "No, isn't it those old grandmothers who regard the county lord of Shu as a palace maid to be chosen?" ”
Ling Li glared at Huang Kun angrily, then lifted the front of the wedding dress and strode out of the hall.
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"This auspicious time is coming, please cooperate with Miss Shu, and the old slaves will finish the body examination before sending the girl into the harem."
"Miss Shu is so afraid of us, is it because there is something wrong with her body and she doesn't dare to let us see it?!"
"If we put the unclean people in, we will be sinned."
In the physical examination room in the courtyard, three old women with round waists and thick shoulders surrounded Shu Mei, and even coaxed and frightened her to take off her clothes for a physical examination.
Shu Mei leaned his back against the wall, hugged his arms tightly, and said hurriedly: "You guys...... You are not allowed to come! ”
"I don't listen to what I say, I delay my efforts, the sisters come together, and after three or two inspections, I can go back and play leaf play." A grandmother was impatiently waiting, rolled up her sleeves, and walked towards Shu Mei.
"It's all the rules for entering the palace, Miss Shu doesn't want to take it off by herself, so don't blame the rough hands of the old slaves for soiling your clothes......"
Seeing this, the other two grandmothers also stepped forward, and one of them grabbed Shu Mei's hand and forcibly pressed her against the wall.
Shu Mei kicked and hit her head, but she couldn't break free from the control of these three mothers-in-law, so she could only watch them take off her Xia veil, take off her big-sleeved shirt, take off her middle coat, and finally put her who only hung a small coat firmly in front of the medical examination table.
The unprecedented humiliation made her angry and angry. She bit her lip stubbornly, but she still couldn't hold back her grievances, and her tears rolled down like beads with broken threads.
"Bang-"
The closed door was kicked open. A tall figure rushed into the room, and several grandmothers turned their heads in surprise when they heard the sound, but before they could see the face of the person who came, they were kicked away.