1067, Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang, Imperial Palace Houyuan (1)

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Chris never imagined that it would become even more difficult to get out of the palace again. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Lan Yuanzhen resigned with official duties, and she couldn't persuade Lan Yuanzhen to let her leave the palace alone.

In desperation, Chris pretended to be "Lan Yuanxiao" to explore the way around the palace. In fact, she wants to go to a remote place, it is best to find a place where no one notices, climb out of the palace wall or dig a tunnel, maybe she can sneak out of the palace.

There is no doubt that she has gradually become familiar with life in the palace.

At the very least, she knew that in this era, eunuchs were not called eunuchs or fathers-in-law, but eunuchs and chamberlains, and the emperor was not called the emperor, but an official. She listened to Lan Yuanzhen talk about the rules and methods of the eunuchs in the palace, and she was dizzy about many etiquettes, but she had to keep in mind that she tried her best to learn well and make her behave in line with common sense.

She also knew that when walking in the palace, if she saw someone similar to her clothes, it was a eunuch of the same grade. When they met these people on the way, they all smiled at Chris, but they didn't dare to rush forward to talk, probably because they were afraid of the prestige of the imperial city envoy.

The top bosses of the eunuchs all wore vermilion clothes, and there were only six of them, except for Shi Quanbin, who met that day, and the other five who entered the inner province were all known (2), and Chris knew that as long as he saw the one wearing vermilion clothes from a distance, it was good to hide.

Recently, Chris's biggest worry is the condolences of the Queen Mother's children and relatives. The emperor, the empress dowager, and the prince sent people to Baoci Palace every day to send precious medicinal materials, supplements, and all kinds of food and fruits. Chris was afraid that no one would be able to hide it, so he simply didn't see anyone, and he refused and blocked these three groups of people outside the palace; sent them away, the princes and princesses came to ask for peace again, and it didn't matter if they didn't see the face of the queen mother, they all said that they wanted to bring their hearts, and I heard that some people ate vegetarian fasting, and some people copied Buddhist scriptures. Some people embroider the Book of Filial Piety, Chris even feels that if he doesn't summon them, he will be annihilated by guilt; and then there is the Gao family, which is nothing more than moving out of those old sayings to comfort the Queen Mother, who has already gone, if you want to open, she still has children, and her mother's family - Brabra...... Chris was overwhelmed and upset by these trivial things, she could only pretend to be angry and send everyone away, not because she was angry with these people who expressed good intentions, but because she really couldn't deal with this kind of thing.

After turning around, she walked to the royal back garden, and she was immediately attracted by this exquisite Chinese garden, forgetting the original purpose of coming.

It is really a hundred flowers in the Ningfang Palace, and the spring days are long in front of Yulin Xuan.

Sometimes, though rarely, but still there, Chris secretly congratulates himself on being a time-travel witness. Just like now, when she walks leisurely in the imperial gardens of the Imperial Palace, she will feel that it is good to go back to ancient times and come to see it.

I have been here for more than half a month, and I haven't seen a drop of rain. The day before yesterday, I heard Lan Yuanzhen say that because of the long-term drought in the capital, the emperor's son asked the ministers to pray for rain. However, it seems that the Imperial Garden has not been affected by the drought at all, and it is full of greenery and flowers. She sat on the corridor of the Ningfang Palace, admiring the strange flowers and plants in her eyes, some of which she had never seen even in a modern flower garden.

At this time, it is the sixth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which is around June of the Gregorian calendar, and it is the time when the lotus flower first blooms. There are several blue lotuses in the lotus pond, this blue lotus with different colors and stunning colors, if it were not for the creation of heaven, she could not help but cheer for the gardeners of the Song Dynasty. The sweet floral fragrance of early summer touched a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Suddenly, there was a commotion, a richly dressed, a woman slowly walked into the garden, Chris looked up, she had hairpins, face appliqués, and jewels all over her body, but matched with her gorgeous clothes, there were chamberlains in front of the road, and there were palace maids in the back, with her arrival, the tranquility of the Ningfang Hall was broken. Chris saw her stop to enjoy the flowers, and gestured, as if he was going to fight with a hundred flowers. She stretched out her jade hand, picked a golden Tianzhu peony, sniffed it lightly, and casually inserted it into the vase held by the palace maid beside her.

The group was so elated and loud that Chris was so upset by them that she suddenly lost her interest in enjoying the flowers, and she turned away, trying to leave quietly while these people were not paying attention to her.

Whoever knows the opposite, the woman at the head glimpses her back.

"What a bold eunuch! I didn't even worship when I saw this palace!"

Seeing her young age, Chris heard her call herself "Bengong", guessing which of the emperor's concubines she might be, I wonder if there is any of those who go to her palace every day to ask for peace?

Seeing that she was stunned, an attendant shouted: "Which palace are you, you don't worship when you see the queen!"

This woman is none other than Xiang, who was made queen in February this year, the mother of a country, and Chris's "daughter-in-law".

Chris suddenly felt unspeakably embarrassed, but because of her current status as a eunuch, she had to worship. She turned around and knelt on her knees, tried to lower her body, and pretended to be thick and said, "Weichen has seen the queen mother Chitose. ”

Seeing people kneeling, Xiang Queen's face looked a little better, she raised her chin arrogantly, but found that Chris's back was quickly straightened, even if she knelt, she did not show grovel, the dwarf was first, frowned at the queen, and said angrily, "Which palace are you from? What is your name?"

"Qi Yu Niangniang, Weichen is from Baoci Palace, called Lan Yuanxiao (2). ”

Xiang Empress was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: Lan Yuanxiao, this little eunuch has been famous recently, I heard that he is the adopted son of the great eunuch Lan Jizong in his later years, and the empress dowager read Lan Jizong's hard work, so he was appointed to enter the palace, make up for the inner yellow gate, and be promoted to the worship official. This person not only has an elder brother who is the envoy of the imperial city as a backstage, but also becomes a close attendant next to the queen mother as soon as he enters the palace, which is really beautiful. Since he woke up after beating his mother, he has been in a bad mood, and even the eunuch Liang Weijian, who is in charge, is not allowed to enter the inner hall at will, but this Lan Yuanxiao can enter and exit at will. She knew that the queen mother had always been strict in rules and was very difficult to serve, and this little eunuch was so favored, she had to open her eyes and take a good look at what he was capable of.

She didn't forget to put on an arrogant show, and said coldly: "Recently, there has been a lot of buzz in the palace, it turns out to be you." Raise your head and let Hongu take a look. ”

When the little eunuch raised his head, what he showed in front of everyone was a beautiful young man with a handsome appearance and a complexion like white jade, especially his starry eyes, clear and natural, but his thin lips evoked a dizzying smile, and the palace maids around the queen blushed.

It seems that feminine and masculine, these two incompatible temperaments, are rubbed together on him, which makes people not feel abrupt, but extraordinarily harmonious.

Queen Xiang's body stiffened in vain, this eunuch was born with such a look. She was also stunned, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Chris lowered her head again, dissatisfied with the taste of this kneeling person, she pursed her lips and replied: "If there is nothing to do, Weichen will retire, and he will hurry back to Baoci Palace to make a deal with the Queen Mother." ”

When Queen Xiang heard her say this, she felt that she hung her head and looked uncertain, no matter how she looked at it, she suddenly said hatefully: "I didn't worship this palace just now, and now this palace didn't let you go, you want to leave, how dare you disrespect this palace?"

Chris hung his head and replied, "I'm afraid I'm mistaken." Just now I saw that Niangniang's appreciation of flowers was elegant, and Weichen was afraid that he would disturb Niangniang when he opened his mouth; Weichen was indeed in a hurry to return to Baoci Palace and give the Queen Mother a life. ”

Lan Yuanxiao's attitude was deferential, his words were docile, and his voice was gentle, but it was extremely harsh to the queen's ears.

Empress Xiang stared at the little eunuch, her eyes seemed to be on fire, didn't this clearly mean that the empress dowager was pressuring herself? She was just about to open her mouth to reprimand her, when she suddenly thought that the two brothers, Zhao Ji and Zhao Hao, seemed to be brothers, friends and brothers on the surface, but in fact they were fighting openly and secretly, but the empress dowager obviously favored the second prince; the ministers of the court and the central government were all rudder when they saw the wind, and they were all cunning and cunning. Since she became the crown princess, she has been frightened. Fortunately, now that the opportunity has turned, the crown prince has ascended the throne and reigned over the world, and she has finally survived. But since the queen mother woke up, her temperament has changed greatly, and the official family has no idea for a while, so they can only deal with it carefully, but fortunately, Zhao Hao has not taken any advantage.

The official family has no heirs now, if she offends the queen mother at this time, provokes her to point fingers at the storage position, according to the old system of the Taizu and Taizong dynasties, there is a "golden alliance", and the courtiers turn a blind eye, it is really a bolt from the blue. Thinking of this, her face couldn't help but turn pale, she was the queen of the world, and her future son should be the heir to the throne, she absolutely couldn't accept such an arrangement as the queen mother. At present, the power of the queen mother, even the official family is afraid of three points, and the strength of her mother's family cannot be compared with that at all. Now the plan can only be forbearance.

After a while, he squeezed out a smile to the queen, waved his hand and said, "You go." ”

Xiang Queen's eyes stared at Lan Yuanxiao's departing back, the vicious color in his eyes flashed, and he scolded in his heart: This dead eunuch looks so demonic, sharp teeth, and rampant, and now you are arrogant, it will come from the day when you know how powerful you are!

In these days in the palace, Chris understands that he needs to learn to intrigue things, like his current self, hang a mask, so that people can't know their state of mind, but he can see the joys, sorrows and sorrows hidden in the eyes of this group of people from behind the mask. Just doing so will make people more and more gloomy and more restrained. Look at the palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial city, most of them have dull expressions, empty eyes, and vague words. Chris felt that he couldn't let this boring woman mess with his mood, so he might as well take a walk around the back garden and let himself relax.

Leaving the Ning Fang Palace, Chris passed through the door, passed through the small flower path, and came to the west side of the back garden.

Different from the east garden where the pond is beautiful and the flowers and trees are flourishing, the hall pavilion in the west garden is lined up, there is the Taiqing building that stores the whole book of the four libraries of the world, and there is also the hall of the transformation of the rare and exotic fruits that receive tribute from all directions; the temple is dedicated to the holy face of the ancestors, the archery is the imperial place where the members of the royal family practice archery, the pro-grain hall is for the emperor to experience the joy of farmland, every year in the autumn harvest season, the emperor will also gather the ministers to watch the rice together, and invite the auxiliary ministers to the Jinhua Hall next to it.

This royal garden is really too big, and after the West Liang Palace, Chris found that the surroundings are gradually becoming deserted. The farther and farther I went, I didn't even touch many people.

After walking a little further, just as people were inaccessible, a temple appeared in the distance. Chris approached and looked up to see the plaque hanging on the door, "Pure Heart Temple". This building doesn't look like a palace in the imperial city, but more like a Taoist temple or a temple. Curiosity up, and the door of the temple was closed, but the side door was opened, and she immediately slipped inside.

The outside looks deserted, but the inside is clean and tidy, and the front hall is dedicated to a statue of a Taoist priest. There are doors on both sides, and there are corridors behind them, so you can't see the end. Chris subconsciously turned into the door on the right and walked down the hallway.

Occasionally, there were forks in the hallway, and Chris continued to bump into them, but he didn't notice that around every corner, there was a gossip copper plate hanging above her head, and a thin metal wire was attached to it, and every time she passed under a copper plate, the thin line immediately began to tremble.