Chapter 212: The Thousand Autumn Festival
The two days passed in a flash, and soon it was the day of the Thousand Autumn Festival, which was the birthday of Empress Zhang.
Hundreds of civil and military officials, officials at all levels in the state capital and counties, vied with each other to present watches, and one after another greetings flew into the palace like snowflakes.
The women who went to He Yi should enter the palace in the corner of Hengyang, that is, when they want to say that there is something important, it may be that after the birthday, it is convenient to give a banquet directly at noon.
However, although it is this time to enter the palace, in fact, the wives get up early in the morning, and they will not eat tea to fill their stomachs.
Of course, it's not for the noon banquet to eat more, but for fear that there will be some accidents when waiting for the queen of Chaohe, and if you want to go to the toilet, or make a stomach and expel gas directly, it will be too rude.
Zhao Yuerong also got up early, bathed, changed clothes, as the five products of the fate of the pleasant, naturally there is a grade of the fate, at this time she has already worn the Yunxia Mandarin Duck pattern of the Xia Silk Jacket, as well as the red robe, the ears are decorated with gilded hairpins of silver pendants.
Wearing this costume, in addition to being delicate, it is more graceful and dignified, but the white and tender little face is full of nervousness.
It's a bit of Ye Gong's good dragon, when she first learned that she could participate in the Qianqiu banquet to see the queen, she was so excited, and when she really wanted to see the queen, she became nervous again.
"Don't be nervous, when you enter the palace and see the queen, you can just salute according to our rehearsal these days. The queen won't chat with you, so many life women, you are only a five-grade, the lowest grade among He Yi's life women, the queen has to take care of those first-class and second-grade ladies in advance, and chatting with you seems to be unruly.
When the salute is finished, the queen shouts to give you a seat, and then you sit down in the corner, and no one will pay attention to you. ”
"Hmm"
Zhao Yuerong bit her lip and lowered her eyebrows in response, and she was a little relaxed when she heard this.
Although Xia Yuan was also a little worried, he didn't think there would be any problems, the woman who could go to He Yi had to be a fate, and the name was not qualified at all, and the fate was only five grades.
Therefore, the five-grade edict of the little camelina is pleasant, and it is the minimum standard to be able to participate.
The noblewomen of the Ming Dynasty were above the top and had strict hierarchies, and those women who were extremely high in quality than her would definitely not chat with her, and those who could chat with her were those of the same grade as her.
But there are very few of them of this grade.
The first-grade, second-grade, and third-grade officials, their wives definitely have an order, because these people are members of the imperial court, and they belong to the important ministers relied on by the emperor, and they have a sense of existence in the eyes of the emperor.
And the five-rank officials, to put it mildly, the emperor didn't even know a few of them personally, how could he think of giving an edict to their wife?
So when she got to the place, she was most likely to be a little transparent, and after saluting the queen, she would sit in the corner and finish the job.
It may be cruel to others, but for the little camelina, it is impossible to ask for it.
She has a soft personality, not to mention that her purpose in participating in this Qianqiu banquet is extremely simple, just to see what the queen looks like and what the palace looks like.
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When it was almost time, the vermilion gate of the noon gate slowly opened, and then a eunuch came out and ordered the women to enter the palace to congratulate them.
Zhao Yuerong is indeed a little transparent, she was sent to the palace gate by Xia Yuan in a sedan chair, standing with a bunch of women, and no one paid attention to her when she stood at the end.
With the opening of the palace door, he followed into the palace with low eyebrows, still a little transparent.
Under the guidance of the eunuchs, the procession of long snakes meandered in, and the leaders were naturally those first-class and second-grade ladies of the order.
Most of them are old ladies, these are the wives of the princes or ministers of the DPRK and China.
The rest are almost all middle-aged women, and Zhao Yuerong is the youngest here.
is also the most cramped and uneasy, after all, it is the first time to enter the palace, and it is inevitable to be nervous.
However, she did not forget the purpose of her trip, and followed the last of the women to quietly look at the majestic Forbidden City.
There was amazement in his eyes, but he was also in a trance and confused.
When they arrived at Kunning Palace, it was already full of lights at this time, and their own female officials came out and led the women into the palace together.
After entering the palace, the next step is to salute the court, and all the women bow down together, "The Thousand Autumn Festival, the courtiers congratulate the queen!" ”
Zhao Yuerong wanted to see what the legendary queen looked like, but unfortunately she was too far away, she stood at the end of the crowd, she was almost at the entrance of the palace, she was not tall, and she was blocked by the backs of the women, and she couldn't see anyone at all.
Dozens of people shouted this pilgrimage together, causing her to come back to her senses, and hurriedly bowed down, although it was half a beat slower, but fortunately she was at the end of the head, and was not seen by the rest of the women.
And Queen Zhang, who was sitting on the main seat, saw this scene, and didn't care, and said with a smile: "Let's be flat, don't be restrained, and don't panic, this palace has not been so lively in this Kunning Palace for a long time, as if with you here, this palace has added a little joy." ”
"Come, give you a seat."
After the women bowed again, they got up and sat down according to their positions.
Zhao Yuerong also hurriedly got up together, Xu is Fang was half a beat slower, which caused her to be a little at a loss, and she became nervous again at this time, just keeping in mind her husband's advice, she turned around and walked to the corner of the main hall of Kunning Palace.
But when I got to the corner, there was no place at all.
In fact, Xia Yuan said very clearly, it is the corner of the corner, not the corner of the main hall.
Where to sit depends on where the corner seat is placed, but when people are nervous, they are prone to chaos.
Seeing that there was no position, Zhao Yuerong was anxious and panicked for a while, looking around in a daze, and her heart was even more at a loss, and tears welled up in her anxious eyes.
At this time, all the women had already sat down, and when they saw this scene, many women hid their faces with their sleeves and laughed, and there was a bit of mockery in their laughter.
Listening to these laughter, Zhao Yuerong became more and more cramped and uneasy, her embarrassed little face was flushed, and she didn't know what to do, so she could only stand in place blankly, tears flowing out of her eyes.
At this moment, Empress Zhang finally spoke, "I don't know whose wife it is, I think it is the first time to enter the palace, and I lost my square inch in a panic." ”
At this time, Empress Zhang still looked unimpressed, she roughly guessed who this was, standing at the end, it must be the fate of the five products.
At first, I thought that Xia Xima was talking about the scene, but now that I look at it, it is true.
It's really trembling.
Empress Zhang said softly: "Come, don't be nervous, come close and let the palace take a look at you." ”
Listening to this soft voice, Zhao Yuerong felt inexplicably much more settled in his heart, sniffed his little nose, held back his tears, and stepped forward.
Empress Zhang's original intention was to accompany her to say a few words and comfort her, so as not to teach her to be so nervous and at a loss, and take a look at what kind of wife she is.
But when she got closer, Queen Zhang's body was shocked, and her whole person was like a lightning strike, and her smile froze on her face.
(End of chapter)