Chapter 12 Chonghua Palace
Early the next morning, the carriage for the palace was ready.
Although the princess's post did not explicitly ask anyone to go, the provinces would not bring all the girls in the family without skin and face.
The Wei family is just a girl in each room, and Li Qingyi follows him, so there are a lot.
Wei Jin'er has been inseparable from Li Qingyi these days, and if she doesn't know, she thinks that the two are sisters who grew up together.
The third lady's daughter, Wei Lan'er, especially disagreed with Wei Jin'er, and was sarcastic in and out of her words, "Big sister, why do you look at the Li family's sister so closely, no matter how you say it, you are sisters of the same mother, no matter how close we are, we can't go beyond you!" β
Wei Jin'er said with a smile: "What the third sister said, I can't help but want to be close to my sister, this is probably really because of blood." β
Wei Baozhu, the second concubine, is the same as her mother and second wife, and she is used to being a peacemaker on her face, and said with a smile: "Our heart for the Li family's sister is the same, and the Li family's sister's heart for us is also the same." Why should the eldest sister and the third sister fight, let's get in the car quickly, otherwise we will miss the hour. β
At this time, the county lord of Yuanheng came out of the mansion.
She is the head of the Wei Mansion, and she should be the one who leads the people.
Wei Lan'er saluted her and smiled at Wei Jin'er and Wei Baozhu, "Since the two sisters don't fight or fight, then let me go back, and I'll take Sister Li and me in a carriage!" β
With that, she pulled Li Qingyi to her carriage.
Although Wei Jin'er was unwilling, she didn't want to take it too seriously, and turned around and got into a carriage with her mother, Lord Yuanheng.
Wei Baozhu smiled slightly, exchanged glances with her mother and second lady who were standing at the door looking at her, and also got into the carriage.
Seeing this scene, Li Qingyi smiled slightly and lowered the curtain.
"Sister Li, what are you looking at?"
Wei Laner's temperament is a bit like the third lady, and she is straightforward, but she is only in her teens, so she is much more naΓ―ve.
"I see that the second lady doesn't seem to be at ease, and she is at the door, and she seems to be still telling Sister Baozhu."
"The second sister has always been the safest, where to use the second aunt to advise in every way."
Li Qingyi smiled slightly: "Has Sister Lan'er ever been to Chonghua Palace?" β
"No, I was not yet thirteen last year, and my grandmother didn't let me go, I heard that Chonghua Palace is beautiful! My sister has definitely never been there, but don't be afraid, I'm here! β
Li Qingyi smiled and nodded.
When she was in the Wei family in her previous life, she really hadn't been to Chonghua Palace, and the Wei family couldn't let her show up easily. But then she followed Qin Zeng and went with him.
The terrain of Yunbi Mountain is high-pitched, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the north is gentle and the south is steep. Facing each other with Yandang and Xiling peaks, flowing springs and flying cloths, many shrubs and jungles and green spaces, it is undoubtedly a treasure of feng shui.
Chonghua Palace sits in the north and faces south and is built on the mountain, facing Yuanshui in the east and leaning on the cliff in the west, just like the place where the immortals live.
The emperor is willing to give such a place to the eldest princess of Deqing, which shows that the emperor has a deep relationship with this aunt.
Wei Laner chattered along the way, and an hour passed in a while.
The carriage had been winding up the mountain road to take them halfway up the mountain.
Arriving with them, there were many acquaintances, but the women and men of each prefecture did not go up the mountain in the same place to avoid collision, so at a glance, they were all fifteen or sixteen-year-old young girls, thin and fat, dressed in brocade clothes, surrounded by threes and threes, dazzling.
Li Qingyi looked over one by one and smiled meaninglessly.
The three sisters of the Wei family went to greet the ladies they knew well, and introduced Li Qingyi to them very eagerly and solemnly.
The daughters raised by everyone in the family are rarely brainless, and when they heard about Li Qingyi's identity, although they were very surprised in their hearts, they were all very decent.
While speaking, the attendants in the Chonghua Palace came over and led the ladies of each family to the Chonghua Palace.
It's the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and everything is full of life.
Everyone followed the chamberlain up the bluestone steps, the stone steps zigzagged upward, the two sides of the Lan floated and green, the strange stones were uneven, and the damp and green moss was squeezed out of the gaps, exuding a vigorous vitality under the shade of the trees.
After walking for about half a pillar of incense, everyone officially entered the Chonghua Palace.
At this time, the sun is rising, and the flowing clouds that shine through the sky are pouring out from behind the Chonghua Palace, which makes the ancient charm of the palace more and more deep. The high upturned cornices point to Chengming Heaven, like the majesty of the royal family, sacred and inviolable.
People who came to Chonghua Palace for the first time couldn't help but stop and marvel when they saw such a scene.
Li Qingyi's gaze swept to the county lord of Yuanheng who was standing on the side.
At this time, she had a deep sense of loss and unwillingness on her face.
Such an extreme honor, with the passing of the Queen Mother, has gradually left her.
She tried her best to grab the tail of power and save some dignity for herself.
A sneer appeared in Li Qingyi's eyes, the days you regret are still to come.
The group followed the chamberlain to the courtyards where the prefectures were temporarily resettled.
Wei Lan'er was excited, "It is rumored that Chonghua Palace is like a fairyland, and it is true!" β
Wei Jin'er's gaze swept over, and she gently admonished, "This is outside, the third sister should be more restrained, so as not to make a joke and lose the face of our Wei Mansion." β
Wei Lanerpi didn't smile: "Thank you for the reminder." β
Wei Baozhu came over and grabbed Wei Laner's hand and said, "Eldest sister, don't worry, although the third sister is naughty, she also knows it in her heart." β
Wei Jin'er glanced at the hands held by the two, pursed her lips and didn't make a sound.
The county lord of Yuanheng said: "Okay, go back to the house to rest for a while, an hour's work is enough to take a nap, so as not to lose your spirit in front of the princess and lose the rules." β
Everyone got up in the early morning and set off before dawn, and they were indeed a little sleepy at this time, and the sisters each took the girl and picked a room to rest.
Xianglan closed the door and couldn't help but exclaim: "The slave never thought that a princess's palace could be built like this, look at these guest houses, each one is not small!" Let's all come in, and there are several rooms left! β
Lan knocked her on the head: "Okay, there are so many people, it is estimated that they are all ladies and ladies from all provinces, don't talk nonsense." β
Li Qingyi said with a smile: "The more people are eventful, the more you can see who has close contact with whom, who usually pulls and helps whom." Whoever is at odds with whom, do it, listen more, watch more, talk less. β
The two girls glanced at each other and responded cautiously: "Yes, the slave understands." β
Li Qingyi didn't feel sleepy, she combed her hair and changed her clothes, and Wei Laner's girl came over and asked, "If Miss Li doesn't sleep, our girl wants to talk to you." β
"You just ask Sister Lan'er to come over." She naturally knew that Wei Laner wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to her, so that she didn't have to find an excuse to find the other party.
Wei Lan'er quietly entered Li Qingyi's room and said, "Sister Li, I can't sleep, let's go out for a walk!" β
Li Qingyi pretended to be cautious, shook his head and said: "We are all new to Chonghua Palace, and we are not familiar with each other, in case we collide with someone, it will be bad, Sister Lan'er should rest for a while, and when we meet the princess, we will naturally have the opportunity to visit." β
"Oh, good sister, you can go with me, let's go secretly, don't go far, I asked quietly, the county lord and sisters are taking a break! No one will know. β
Li Qingyi did not waver, Wei Lan'er pouted, pretending to be angry, "Sister Li, if you don't accompany me, I will go by myself!" β
Li Qingyi showed a helpless expression, "Okay, it's just that the two of us know about this matter, and you are not allowed to say it, so as not to make the county lord unhappy when he finds out." β
Wei Laner repeatedly promised: "Sister, don't worry, I will never say it!" β
The two quietly went out and avoided the subordinates brought by the Wei Mansion, but they couldn't avoid the palace maids and chamberlains in Chonghua Palace, but they were not the only ones who came out to breathe at this time.
The palace people were also surprised and bowed to avoid it.
Wei Laner looked around, wanted to see everywhere, and didn't know where to go for a while.
Li Qingyi said with a smile: "When I came over just now, I vaguely saw that there seemed to be peach blossoms over there, so let's go over there and have a look." β
Wei Laner immediately agreed: "May Fangfei, it is beautiful, go quickly, it will be time in a while!" β
The two didn't go far ahead, and sure enough, there was a peach blossom in full bloom.
Wei Laner was young and playful, and the whole person was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery, and she didn't notice that Li Qingyi was leading her step by step in the direction of the rockery.