Chapter 37: Shun Hua Prison
The six withdrew from the temple.
"It's said that it's six games, but there are only three rounds of Shangshi, Shangyi, and Shanggong to teach the little ladies of the family."
One of them muttered, but it was loud enough to reach the ears of the other five.
"Hearing this, Wu Shangfu is dissatisfied with the arrangement between His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Empress? Or can we show our faces in front of the ladies in three rounds? ”
A slender woman smiled, her words full of sarcasm.
Wu Shangfu glanced at her and said unconvinced: "I didn't mean that, Qin Shangyi didn't want to talk nonsense." ”
The two secretly competed, and neither looked at anyone who was unpleasant.
It wasn't until she reached the door of the Sixth Bureau that the slightly older woman slowly turned around.
When the others saw her turn around, they immediately stopped and stood up straight and looked at her.
The woman was majestic, her eyes swept over Wu Shangfu and Qin Shangyi, and the two immediately lowered their heads obediently.
"Shunhua Jian handed over to us the Sixth Bureau, which is the trust of His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Empress in us. Although the Shangfu Bureau and the Shangzhu Bureau are not responsible for teaching the ladies, the uniforms and furnishings of the Shunhua Prison are all from the hands of the two bureaus. The six innings should be in the same breath, if you repeatedly fight among yourself, don't blame me for being merciless. ”
The five of them said in unison: "We will keep in mind the teachings of Peng Shanggong. ”
"Zhang Siyao, you are the most loved by Her Royal Highness the Queen, now that the food is vacant, you will be in charge of the overall situation of the Shangshi Bureau, don't let down Her Royal Highness's trust in you, you know?"
"Yes, my subordinates understand."
Zhang Weixi owes himself.
But Peng Shanggong's words were met with Wu Shangfu's jealous and hateful eyes.
Two days later, the gate of Shunhua Jian was opened.
Before it was dark, the ladies of each family washed and dressed early, and took each carriage to Shunhuajian.
Zhan Xinglan sat in the carriage and yawned.
However, Zhan Nanjing and Zhan Mobei were very excited, and those who didn't know thought they were going to Shunhua Prison.
"I said, "Brothers, stop for a while. When I entered the Shunhua Prison, I didn't know if I was too lazy to sleep. ”
Zhan Xinglan glared at them resentfully.
"Lan'er, don't be too pessimistic, at least Yun Yu and the little lady of the Qiu family will accompany you."
Zhan Nanjing was full of pride when he talked about Ye Yunyu.
"Big brother, don't you want to be such a nymphomaniac."
Zhan Xinglan glanced at Zhan Nanjing's worthless look.
She was very puzzled, although Ye Rusheng was an official and a third-class official, he was not as prominent as the Zhan family.
But Zhan Nanjing always felt that he had climbed Ye Yunyu.
The carriage stopped, and the brothers watched Zhan Xinglan walk into the gate of Shunhua Prison with his burden with a look of comfort.
Zhan Xinglan felt the strange gaze from around him, and wanted to rush back and stuff the two people back into the carriage.
But she still held back, so she had to speed up her pace and quickly run in.
As soon as you enter the gate of Shunhua Prison, everything around you begins to become unusual.
The pavilions you see are all Biwa Zhujiao, and the stone slabs under your feet are also neat and clean. There is not only the elegance and beauty that the daughter of the boudoir loves, but also the solemnity and seriousness of the school.
This grass, tree, scene and object are all exquisite, which shows that the royal family attaches great importance to Shunhua Prison.
Zhan Xinglan and many ladies entered together, and there were all the admiration around him.
At this time, a little female officer in a crimson official uniform walked over.
"Please follow me to the front yard and wait."
In a few moments, the woman led them through the front porch to an open area.
However, in the front yard, there were already more than 20 ladies standing in the painted wells in an orderly manner.
She recognized the backs of Ye Yunyu and Qiu Chuyan at a glance.
Sure enough, it's everyone's beautiful and hard-working girls, not ordinary self-discipline.
They don't come in the middle of the night.
Zhan Xinglan smacked his tongue again and again in his heart, sincerely admiring.
The young lady settled them in the remaining well and left.
A group of little ladies just stood like this, and they all kept silent tacitly.
After another cup of tea.
The little lady came in with a group of little ladies.
Zhan Xinglan seemed to understand something.
It turned out to be card time, but fortunately I didn't let myself sleep a little longer today, otherwise I would have been at the bottom.
After all the little ladies stood still, the little lady withdrew.
A group of people were just left hanging in the front yard.
After standing for a while, someone finally got impatient and simply complained.
"We are also high-ranking women, what does it mean that Shunhua Jian hangs us in one place like this?"
Zhan Xinglan didn't have to look back to hear it, such a scathing voice was none other than Ke Wanning.
And on Zhan Xinglan's right hand, there was also a grumble, "That's right, Shun Huajian is a royal academy, why is he so ignorant of etiquette." ”
Zhan Xinglan turned his head to look, and it was the fourth lady of the Anguo family, He Fuyan, who spoke.
These two people, one self-righteous and the other arrogant, are not fuel-efficient lamps.
Zhan Xinglan raised his eyebrows, and Shunhua Prison was really going to be lively in the future.
With these two people as role models, the other little ladies also complained.
However, most of them are little ladies with good family backgrounds, and they are used to relying on their fathers and brothers to support them on weekdays, so they are naturally not afraid of anything.
Just when the front yard was angry, a very penetrating thick female voice came out of the front hall.
"Ladies and gentlemen, well."
Everyone's attention immediately shifted to the front room.
Four female officials in official uniforms walked out.
The leader was dressed in a vermilion official uniform and looked older. The majesty and momentum between her eyebrows already showed that her status was the highest among the four female officials.
"I am the sixth bureau of the palace in the palace, and I am responsible for the poetry of Shunhua, and you can call me Peng Shanggong in the future."
The corners of Peng Shanggong's mouth were slightly hooked, but his eyes were very sharp.
Everyone was busy saluting, "I've seen Peng Shang Palace!" ”
Then the first female official on the left hand side of Peng Shanggong stepped forward in a purple official uniform of hibiscus.
"I am Qin Shangyi of the Sixth Bureau of the palace, responsible for teaching you ladies etiquette, dance and music."
"I've seen Qin Shangyi."
Qin Shangyi is the most outstanding of these four people in public.
Although she is a woman in her thirties, she still has charm.
Immediately followed by a female officer in a lake-blue official uniform beside her.
"I am Hu Shanggong of the Sixth Bureau of the Palace, and I am responsible for teaching the female celebrities of all the ladies."
"I've seen Hu Shanggong."
Hu Shanggong looked weak and weak, neither as majestic as Peng Shanggong nor as confident as Qin Shangyi.
The last one standing on the right side of Peng Shang Palace was Zhang Weixi.
Her outfit was different from the other three.
It doesn't look as complicated and gorgeous, and the bun is a little thin.
"All ladies are well, I am the Zhang Si Yao of the Sixth Bureau of the Palace, responsible for teaching you ladies two doors of food and tea art."
The moment Zhan Xinglan saw Zhang Weixi, his heart instantly settled down a lot.
However, Zhang Weixi's official position is the lowest among the four, and the people below naturally look down on her.
"I've seen Zhang Siyao."
The master and the students were respectful, and Peng Shanggong glanced at the little female historians standing on both sides.
The little girls immediately walked up to the ladies and stood in a row.
Peng Shanggong said sharply: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is no distinction between high and low when you enter the Shunhua Prison. No matter how illustrious your family background is outside, you will all be treated the same here. Therefore, please hand over all the pearl and green hairpin rings and gold and silver soft and soft, and I will return them all after the end of my studies. ”
Some of the little ladies had prepared a lot of valuable treasures before they came.
I wanted to use it to bribe female officials, but now I can't use it.
The ladies reluctantly took off all the jewelry, and took out the yellow and white things from the baggage. I watched as the little women put these into a brocade box with a wooden plaque engraved with their names.
"There are two attics in Shunhua Prison, which are named Jinghong Pavilion and Youlan Pavilion. And these two lofts are the touchstone to test the success of the ladies' learning, and only those who are superior in the six doors can live in the Jinghong Pavilion. Today, the ladies have just arrived, and we are not familiar with the attainments of the ladies, so we have come to the order of Shunhua Prison to tentatively reside. ”
As soon as Peng Shanggong's voice fell, there was an uproar below.
The little ladies were very annoyed one by one, and only hated why they didn't come earlier.
"From now on, there will be a small test every half a month, and if the lady of Youlan Pavilion passes the small test, she can enter the Jinghong Pavilion. If the lady of Jinghong Pavilion did not pass the test, then she could only go to Youlan Pavilion to live. ”
"All ladies have reached the age of marriage, if you can come out on top at the end of Shunhuajian's graduation, Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Queen will personally present a golden hairpin to that lady, indicating that Long's grace is mighty. The ladies get this golden hairpin, the glorious lintel, it is a supreme honor, and I think the future son-in-law will also be proud of the ladies. ”
Peng Shanggong's words woke up everyone present.
There have long been rumors in the market that Shunhua Prison was set up to choose concubines for the crown prince and princes.
There were some ladies who didn't believe it before, but after listening to Peng Shanggong's words, they couldn't help but believe it.
The crowd followed the four female officers through the front hall.
A white jade bridge stands in the center, separating the Jinghong Pavilion from the Youlan Pavilion.
Under the bridge is a pond that has been repaired but not filled with water.
On closer inspection, the bridgehead of the white jade stone bridge is carved with a lifelike crest, implying that you can become a phoenix only when you climb over the stone bridge.
Jinghong Pavilion is enclosed by corridor pavilions, doors and windows are carved with carved flowers, and the red pillars that stand in rows are painted with gold and carved a hundred birds and phoenixes, and the eaves are cantilevered and magnificent.
On the other hand, Youlan Pavilion is the most ordinary pavilion in the capital, not simple but not brilliant.
The huge contrast between the two pavilions is undoubtedly a slap in the face for the ladies who live in the Youlan Pavilion.
If they don't redouble their efforts, they will be resigned to mediocrity.
Zhan Xinglan couldn't help but nodded, this was only the first day to arouse everyone's fighting spirit, and the royal family really had some means.
The rooms of the Jinghong Pavilion are named after the twelve flower gods, while the Youlan Pavilion is named after the twenty-four solar terms.
Each room in the two attics is for two people to live in, which means that there are only twenty-four people who can enter the pavilion.
And the crown princess and the princess will also compete among these twenty-four people.
"The twenty-four ladies who first entered the Shunhua Prison stayed in the Jinghong Pavilion, while the rest of the ladies stayed in the Youlan Pavilion, and the ladies could move in when they heard the name."
Peng Shanggong took a roster from the little girl next to him and began to read the name.
Zhan Xinglan said secretly: At this time, if two people who have a holiday are named to live together, it will be lively.
She was still thinking nonsense, and the next second she was petrified.
I only heard Peng Shanggong shouting: "Zhan Xinglan, the daughter of the Duke of Ming, and Xi Lian'er, the daughter of the prince Xian Ma, live in the Qingming character room of Youlan Pavilion." ”