Volume 2: Mountains Have Trees and Trees Have Branches 117: Pepper House

Paint the wall with pepper mud to keep warm and avoid evil, warm and fragrant and imply many children, which is the origin of the name of the pepper room in the apse of the Western Han Dynasty.

When she was young, Zhang Yan spent a long time in her grandmother's Jiaofang Hall in Changle Palace, but in fact, for Zhang Yan, no matter how favored by Empress Lu, she was just a guest in Changle Jiaofang. Time is like water, the world changes, many years later, in the Weiyang Palace, which is a stone's throw away from Changle, another palace of the same name was erected, the difference is that this time, she is the first owner of this palace.

The smell of new lacquer emitted by the paulownia cylinders, the fragrant and * aroma of the pepper puree, slightly sparkling, has a dry taste. The Jiaofang Palace occupies a wide and solemn area, the utensils are beautiful, Zhang Yan walks through it, looking at the palace that he will live in for a long time, the solemn and simple Jiaofang Palace, similar to the pattern in the Changle Palace, I don't know if it is because of the psychological effect, or the new palace is taller, the old Jiaofang is covered with a layer of light gray in the memory, and the young Jiaofang Hall of Weiyang Palace is more bright and fresh.

"The Queen Mother cherishes the Queen Mother," the old palace man whispered to the side, "Before the Queen Mother entered the palace, she specially instructed the craftsman to rearrange the Jiaofang Palace." ”

"Well, I will thank the Queen Mother for her grace in person another day." Zhang Yan smiled.

"Lady," Tu Yu stepped forward with his sleeves folded and bowed, "Lord Zhan Shi Zhang Man and General Xing Yan Qing are asking to see each other outside the hall. ”

She paused and said, "Please let them in." ”

Empress Zhang is young, whether it is the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant, or Emperor Hui Liu Ying, or even the eldest princess or even the Marquis of Xuanping, they all tried their best to help her do more safely in Weiyang Palace. The subordinate officials assigned to the middle palace are all old and loyal people who have deep experience in the palace.

Among them, the general who is ordered to declare the middle order, pass the inside and outside, and assist the queen in handling the affairs of the harem will be Yan Qing, the old eunuch of the two palaces, and the Zhan affairs who are responsible for the queen's support, the affairs of the main middle palace and the daily life of the queen. even chose Zhang Man, an old man in the Xuanping Hou clan, to be the post, in terms of it, this Zhang Zhan is still Zhang Yan's uncle.

"The old minister meets the queen." The bearded man with white hair saluted slowly.

"Don't dare to be." Zhang Yan hurriedly helped him and said politely, "Lord Zhang can be said to have grown up watching this palace, please mention it more in the future." ”

"Thank you, mother." Zhang Man said with a smile, "The queen has been married for three days and moved back to Jiaofang Palace." Since then. Ben should be in charge of the palace affairs of Weiyang Palace and share worries for His Majesty. The Queen Mother and Her Majesty were sympathetic to the queen's young age, and ordered the ministers to assist the mother with all their hearts. so that there is no need to deviate. The Queen Mother even sent two old palace people who were familiar with the affairs of the palace to help the mother. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yan raised her eyebrows.

"This is Master Kuang, Master Kuang once assisted Sun Feng in the regular system of the Han Sect Temple rituals, and he was proficient in the sacrificial rituals, and he was ordered to be the sacrificial order of the Middle Palace."

"This is a female official. Single-name Ser. Ya is good at poetry and books, clearly organized, and is destined to be the book of the middle palace, and the secretary of the palace is in charge. ”

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "The queen mother is an elder, and she doesn't dare to give up caring for this palace." There are two adults. He also ordered, "Please ask Zhang Zhanshi to arrange for Master Kuang and the female official to live, and to serve with all his intentions." ”

Master Kuang solemnly bowed. "The minister should do his best to assist the queen." Wen Se also bowed his head and said humbly, "Don't dare." ”

After the two of them retreated, Zhang Yan said again, "This palace is the master of the middle palace, and I ordered Mu Xi to be the middle palace office." Rank 600 stones, the main middle palace please sign the matter of the Son of Heaven. ”

Mu Xi stepped out. He knelt down and said, "No." ”

"Han Lian is the Yongxiang Order, with a rank of 600 stones, and he is in charge of the official card."

"Respectfully."

"Solving worries is a private order, and the main palace has coins and silk things. Rank 1,000 stones. ”

"No."

"Tu La,"

"Yes." Tu Yu replied with a slight surprise.

Zhang Yan tilted her head slightly, looking at the big maid standing beside her, although she was not sensitive, she was loyal, since she came to this world, she has been accompanying her, close to dependence, unspeakable.

"Will you be my personal officer?"

Tu Yu was slightly stunned, his eyes were slightly red, and he bowed solemnly, "Respectfully." ”

Zhang Yan ordered to take the queen's silk seal, the wooden lacquer seal box is printed with more than a long square ruler, carved by white jade, there is a dragon button on it, and the square inch is lifelike. It is quite heavy to start, and four words are carved with seal inscription on one side of the seal: Queen letter seal. The strokes are faint and ancient, still with a little purple mud, because they have not been used for many years, they have long dried up.

Zhang Yan suddenly sighed, the person who owns this queen's letter seal is the hostess of this Han Palace, and between the ups and downs, it determines the life and death of too many people in the Weiyang Palace. When she was a child, she had seen her a few times at Empress Lu, and she wanted to peep curiously, but with Empress Lu's affection for her, she didn't dare to give her much attention.

At that time, did you ever expect that one day, you would also become its master?

smiled slightly, and on the appointment documents of the four people, the seal belonging to the Empress of the Han Dynasty was stamped.

He also ordered Cen Niang to be the official order of the middle palace, and Bai's Yujing to be the order of the confessor, and there was the order of the middle palace cang, the secretary of the chief of medicine, and belonged to the chief of the palace, and there were countless confessors. When appointing the female history, she looked at the white-clothed female official who stepped out, and was slightly stunned, "I have seen you, and you were the last one to be the queen of my throne on the book that day." ”

The female historian bowed down, "Yes, the female historian is in charge, remembering the merits and demerits, and it is also her duty to worship after worship." ”

"Ugh." Zhang Yan suddenly remembered that the female history should have recorded the order of the concubines entering the palace, endured and endured, and finally couldn't help asking, "In the three days of the wedding, are you also in the Xuanshu Palace?" ”

"Yes."

That's not everything about herself* has been looked down on, and it has to be recorded in black and black words, Zhang Yan blushed, although, although the relationship between her and Liu Ying in the past three days is really pure, even Bai Xue is not as pure as them. However, she is really not used to the fact that there are still people in the room when she gets along with Liu Ying.

If, if in the future he and his uncle ...... At that time, if there is a woman on the side.

Woo, her face turned red, and she hurriedly said to herself, stop, stop. Looking at the current stalemate between himself and Liu Ying, it seems that such a day is still far away, and the coming day is worrying and annoying, so it is serious to think about how to kidnap his husband first.

There is a long way to go in pursuit of love, and Ah Yan still needs to work hard

His Royal Highness's female historian saw that the little queen's face was wonderful, and the last touch of marriage color penetrated straight to the neck, which was incomparably beautiful. couldn't help but be angry and funny, and persuaded, "The heavenly family has no selfish affairs." Niangniang doesn't have to worry about this. Besides, even the queen is like this. Do you want the other concubines in Weiyang Palace to live? ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yan chuckled in her heart, raised her head and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"The history of the palace can only be read by His Majesty and the Queen Mother."

In other words, the history of Tong that records the entry of other palace people into the palace can be read by Zhang Yan, as the queen. But the details of the relationship between the empress and the emperor, apart from themselves, are only recorded and known by the female historian in front of them.

She couldn't help but ask, "What's your name?" ”

The female historian bowed and replied, "Chen Shen's winter life." ”

"So." Zhang Yan said embarrassedly, "You can show me the history of Tong that records the wedding." ”

"This-" Shen Dongshou didn't expect the queen to be like this, and there was a slight hesitation on his face.

"How?" Zhang Yan made a face. said lightly, "Didn't Shen Nushi just say that this palace, as the queen, has the right to read the history of Tong?" ”

Shen Dongshou was helpless and said, "No." "Take out a bamboo book from your sleeve. Delivered to Zhang Yan. Looking at the look of the girl queen flipping through the bamboo book, she was slightly worried.

Zhang Yan was slightly stunned.

"How?" Shen Dongshou knelt on the ground and asked nervously, "Niangniang, but is there any inaccuracy in Weichen's record?" ”

Zhang Yan looked up at the female historian, who was about twenty years old. The color of the official clothes of the Han Dynasty changed with the seasons, and the winter was still white, and there was no softness in the rigorous white female official deep clothes. He wore a neat and rigid bun on his head, and his face was not greased with powder.

In her subconscious, she has always believed that the so-called history of Tong is a dry record. On a certain day, the emperor was fortunate to have a concubine.

But this female historian named Shen Dongshou. However, the history of Tong, which should have been boring, was written into the prose of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations. In the court, there is always a matter of entering the palace, even if the emperor marries a new one, the words used are only half a bamboo book. But in a few lines, the human-like object is vivid and lively, and the tone and demeanor are as if they are visible in front of them.

If, if she didn't know what she was going through that day, what she saw between the lines was not a couple with a respected status but an embarrassing newlywed, but a young girl who was just beginning to fall in love and a lover who accommodated her everywhere.

It turns out that in just three days, you can get a glimpse of your heart.

"There's nothing wrong with that." She closed the bamboo scroll with a complicated expression on her face, "It's also very well written, but I don't like to read it." ”

Dongshou was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Niangniang forgives you." He will definitely change his ways in the future. ”

The one who chooses the harem female slave to know the book is a female history. She inherited the history of the previous generation of women for many years, and naturally wrote the orthodox history of Tong, but the new emperor succeeded to the throne for four years and there has been no hostess in the Weiyang Palace, and as the master of a huge Han country, the young emperor will not have the leisure to read the history of Tong written by her, and the emperor's affairs are private, and no one dares to peep, so no one on her head is controlled, the deep palace is lonely, and she slowly enjoys herself This kind of crimson work as a kind of fun, according to her own preferences to write the history books that no one will watch.

"You mean," Zhang Yan asked hesitantly, "Is there really no one else to access this Tong history on weekdays?" ”

"Yes." Dongshou said, "If someone in the palace is pregnant, check the date of conception by the female history." Other than that, there is no one else to access. ”

"Then," Zhang Yan hesitated for a while, and finally said, "I just don't look at it myself." How you love to write is your business. ”

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Zhan Shi Zhang Man withdrew from the Jiaofang Hall and slowly walked out of the South Sima Gate. When I returned home, I changed into a swallow's clothes, and sighed, "Maybe this eldest lady can really shine on my Zhang family as the Xiangshi said back then." ”

"Look at what the old man said," his wife took his official uniform, hung it on the hanger for him, and said, "Isn't Mrs. Zhang's entry into the queen already greatly glorified the Zhang family?" ”

Zhang Man curled the corners of his lips with disdain, "Although the queen is expensive, it may not last long." When Gaozu was still alive, the Queen Mother and he were married to each other, sharing weal and woe, and shrewd and capable. Until now ascended the throne, it is the real mother of the world. I think the queen is acting now, with dignified etiquette, thoughtful handling of things, and the ability to appoint people to be clear, and there is a difference between relatives and relatives. Perhaps, she can really restore the prosperity of my Zhang family and become the immortal glory of my Zhang family. ”

The wife regards her husband as the sky, and Mrs. Zhang also smiled with her eyebrows, but suddenly wrinkled, and sighed, "I have also seen Mrs. Zhang several times from afar, she is beautiful and good-hearted, if she and Your Majesty are not uncles and nephews, she will definitely be very happy." ”

The corners of his eyes were slightly upturned, and Zhang Manshen said, "That, not necessarily." ”

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No more Kavin. Very happy.

This chapter is finally gone. Sprinkle flowers.

In May, be sure to create some chemistry between these two.