Chapter 45: King Jing's Mind 02
Then the queen seemed to want to explain everything that should have been explained by the rest of the palace maids and aunts at one time: "Etiquette is the foundation of the foothold in the palace, and the division that should be guarded must be guarded well, and the words and deeds must be decent, whether it is before or after, there is no so-called impermeable wall...... Since the emperor has ordered the palace to take care of you girls studying in the palace, the palace will also do its duty and let the female officials below teach you wellβthose who go out of the palace must be decent. β
Then, Feng Zhirong heard the sound of porcelain colliding, and thought that the queen had drunk tea to moisten her throat.
She lowered her head and listened to the queen's instructions, but fortunately she didn't bow her head but only shallowly, and she stood and listened to it for a long time without seeing the back of her neck sour.
"You have to study hard in the first year, I think the girl is smart, it's not difficult." The queen's words were filled with a smile: "All the women who study in the palace must be top-notch when they go out, even if they go home several times in the first year to save their relatives, they have to make an appearance, and they must not lose the face of the palace." β
Feng Zhirong knew by feeling that it was time to reply, so she also replied: "The courtiers remember." β
As she said more, the queen's sentences were even more lightweight: "I heard that you don't like girls' things, right?" β
Feng Zhirong said: "Back to the mother, the courtiers are indeed not good at female popularity. β
Vaguely, I felt that the queen seemed to nod with a smile: "The children from rich and noble families all have embroidery girls, but they don't have to work so hard." β
After a pause, he said, "So, what do you do at home on weekdays?" β
Feng Zhirong hesitated for a while, and then spoke: "Back to Niangniang, the courtiers are reading books at home on weekdays, seducing or practicing archery and riding, and occasionally making tea for their grandfather. β
The queen's voice sounded interesting at this time: "What kind of books do you read on weekdays?" β
Feng Zhirong replied: "Back to the mother, the courtiers read all the books in their grandfather's study, except for the sage scriptures, most of them are books on history and terroir. β
The queen's voice was full of smiles: "I heard that not everyone can enter my uncle's study, and it seems that my uncle really loves your granddaughter." At this time, the queen even omitted the title of "main palace", which shows that her interest is high.
"Our Daye girls have no interest in archery and horsemanship, and the skills and exquisiteness of making tea are even more of a man's interest, how can you be interested?"
Thinking that she was so indulged in the Feng family, Feng Zhirong couldn't help but smile at this time: "Back to the mother, the courtiers have a cheerful temperament since they were young and can't be quiet, and the courtiers' mother thought that since she couldn't suppress the courtiers' daughters to learn from the girls, she learned archery and riding with the permission of her grandfather and father, and later learned to make tea in order to honor her grandfather." β
The queen's voice was smiling: "This palace thought that only your uncle in the Feng family was willing to let you play like this, but I didn't expect that the Zhou family had also put a lot of effort into this." β
Saying this, the queen said to Cheng Ci again: "Cheng Ci, Your Majesty once said that the cousin in the palace has a clear eye and a good word, so he can rest assured that he will take care of the affairs of the Zhan Mansion, saying that he wants to have a minister like him, no matter how naughty the princes are, they will not be out of line, but I didn't expect him to allow his daughter to do this." β
Cheng Ci said with a smile: "Niangniang is right, I still remember that Your Majesty once asked Feng Zhuguo how her granddaughter was, Feng Zhuguo said that this child doesn't like girls' things, and only loves horseback riding, archery and running, Your Majesty is happy to hear it!" β
These two masters and servants didn't have any scruples when they talked about Feng Zhirong in person. At this time, I heard the queen say: "In the past, the palace felt strange, why Xun Jian Zheng would say that a young girl is a talented person, but if you think about it, this girl's nature may be like this, even as a daughter, she can't stop her temperament." β
Wait, is the co-author of the queen blaming herself for being born in the wrong place?
Feng Zhirong only felt that her face was full of black lines when she heard this, but she could only quietly listen to the two women in front of her talking about things related to her.
Cheng Ci also said: "Niangniang likes to laugh, Daye is not as good as in the founding years of the country, all the women stay in the boudoir well, except for the ordinary people who have to take care of their own shops or buy vegetables on the street, but they rarely show up!" β
The queen said: "Also, before the palace got married, I only participated in a few banquets by car, and the personal maid next to me even guarded the curtain firmly for the palace, so I was afraid that the palace would fly out." At that time, the family was very strict, and even Hua Chao and Shangsi didn't let people go out, but it was stuffy! β
The queen also talked about this with a little regret, after all, her maternal ancestor was just a small local Zhengqipin Zhixian County, and although her mother was lucky to find a good match and marry into the main family, the other party was just a judge from the seventh rank in the state government, and later it was not until she was old that she was promoted to the sixth grade of the government.
But also because the queen's background is not good compared to other palace concubines, there is such an unexpected opportunity to get married when the emperor is shaking the wind, and there will be mutual support and understanding in the future.
Cheng Ci listened to the queen's past, but smiled gently: "Niangniang's foreign family can regard Niangniang as a treasure." β
"But no, I didn't expect that at that time, I almost didn't go out of the gate and didn't step out of the second door, but in the end I entered the palace of King Miao, and finally lived in this palace." Although the queen's words were gloomy, they were as light as if she was talking about other people's affairs: "No, although the palace is big, you can't get out!" β
Cheng Ci said: "If Your Majesty hears what Niangniang said, Your Majesty will be sad." β
"He's upset? He's happy! The queen mentioned the emperor, but she was not polite at all: "He can't wait to suffocate me in this Fenghua Palace, and then point at me and laugh!" β
Cheng Ci laughed with him, but he didn't speak again.
Feng Zhirong was stunned when she heard it, but she heard the queen throw the topic on herself coldly: "Girl, you have a lively temperament, can you afford the rules in this palace?" β
Without waiting for Feng Zhirong to reply, he said: "This palace sees that you are a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and is also decent, but after a long time, you can see people's hearts and know your temperament for a long time, although this palace can protect you, but blindly protecting you is harming you, do you know?" β
The queen's tone became more and more severe: "The girl who goes out of the palace, in addition to knowing the etiquette of advance and retreat, must also have means, this palace says that it will protect you, but it will only protect your life, and the rest depends on your ability, so you can bear it?" β
Feng Zhirong's heart sank, and she secretly shouted that it was not good: The queen's meaning is not that entering Anxiu Palace to study is not just learning, but ...... Do you practice Gu? Dare to love this is a spiritual punishment? - Although she thought for a moment that she was thinking too much, she was still genuinely afraid of what she didn't know about the palace.
But now that you've come here, there's no turning back.
Although Feng Zhirong still harbors the heart of a modern person, she is very sensitive to this kind of thing because she has lived in this era for ten years.
If she refuses, maybe because of family factors, she can't talk about her life, but from now on, she will not be seen everywhere.
She could imagine that everything in her family would change because of this, and she never imagined that King Jing, who could climb high, would look down on her, and even more so disappoint him.
She may have a way to continue to live well, but the rest of her life will lose color.
Moreover, even if she could turn back safely, she didn't even think about turning back.
She had long since decided not to run away.
Therefore, she just blessed her body, and replied with her usual decent performance: "Returning to the ...... of the mother" paused for a while, I don't know why, but the lines that I had thought of in my heart changed slightly: "In the choice of courtiers, there is never the word 'escape'. β
The queen did not speak.
Cheng Ci did not speak.
Hong Shu, who was beside him, did not throw the slightest hint at himself.
However, Feng Zhirong felt so at ease and so comfortable!
She even wanted to look directly at the queen and let her see how determined she was!
At this moment, she also forgot that she was only a ten-year-old child in this life.
In her mind, it seemed as if she had returned to her previous life before she diedβor rather, back to the self-confidence she had been when she was still on stage.
For a long time, she didn't know if it was a few snorts before she heard the queen say: "Girl, you are worthy of the emperor's eyes." β