Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Yi, Yiyi, Yilian; Blessing, blessing, blessing, it’s April in the world, it’s a spring blessing for everyone~~

The emperor took Concubine Rong back to Zaoyun Building for lunch, and then took a nap.After getting up, the eunuchs and maids filed in.Seeing Ayi coming up to serve as usual, the emperor let out a "huh" and said: You stay.Concubine Rong smiled, and after washing up and everyone retreated, she said: Ayi, I haven't seen the emperor yet.Ayi immediately knelt down and nodded her head to the ground.The emperor said: "Get up and talk."Ayi said: Yes.Only then did he raise his head, but he couldn't get up, and he didn't dare to look at the emperor, he only said: "Slave Ayi, thank you Lord Long En."The emperor said: You...Ayi blushed immediately, and lowered his head again.

The emperor didn't know what to say, so he looked at Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong said with a smile: Your Majesty, you can do whatever you want.The emperor coughed, turned his head and said: "To your master... Ayi immediately said: Yes, I understand that I am willing to serve the master and the emperor for life, and obey the orders of the master and the emperor."The emperor said: Good!You can go down to rest these two days, you don't have to come up to serve.Ayi immediately looked up at Concubine Rong, and Concubine Rong smiled at her and nodded.Ayi kowtowed to the emperor again: Thank you, Your Majesty.Then he stood up and left.She never dared to look at the emperor.

After going back last night, she felt very shy and uncomfortable. Although Concubine Rong had told her earlier in the morning, she hadn't slept well all night... In the morning, she followed Concubine Rong's order and stayed in the room. Concubine Rong came to visit her to comfort her. He also told her that her name should mean Allah, that she should be with her, and told her not to be afraid, and not to be afraid of the emperor.She felt a little relieved, and then remembered how she felt towards the emperor.

In her heart, the emperor has always been a dignified and awe-inspiring person. She never thought that she would be so close to the emperor, and she never thought of love in her heart.On the other hand, she has always seen that the emperor is very kind to Concubine Rong, they are very close, and she also sees him and Li Yu often laughing and talking to each other, and feels that he is kind, and because of Concubine Rong, she has participated in the emperor's daily life a lot, but The emperor hardly spoke to her, so the emperor was a stranger to her again.After yesterday, there was some kind of connection between her and the emperor, but she was still ignorant.

After Ayi went down, Concubine Rong came over with a smile and helped the emperor go out, but the emperor hugged her and leaned his head on her shoulder.Concubine Rong patted his head gently, and said softly: Don't feel uncomfortable or have scruples.Just as the emperor was about to speak, Concubine Rong said: I know, I know, your heart for Shen Bi.This is what Shen Bi meant, don't think too much about it.

The emperor said quietly: Is it because I am getting old? Do you think...Concubine Rong immediately poked his forehead and said angrily: "Nonsense, you just have too many thoughts and always misinterpret your concubines!"The emperor kept a straight face, unmoved, and said: You, you just say one thing and do another.Concubine Rong felt embarrassed, and twirled the pattern around the collar of his dragon robe with one hand. The emperor saw her suddenly like this, and she was very coquettish. Those words were indeed a bit heavy, and he looked sideways at her.

Concubine Rong mumbled to herself for a while, then leaned into the emperor's ear and said a few words.The emperor was slightly surprised, but nodded and said: I understand.Concubine Rong said angrily again: Don't you want to know?This is as you wish.But what do you understand?The emperor said: It doesn't matter to the people next to you.Concubine Rong laughed and said: "So, my concubine did not tell lies, why did she ever have the heart to push you to others.You said he was like this, what about you?The emperor hesitated a little, blushed, turned his head, and didn't speak.Concubine Rong said coquettishly: Your Majesty!Then he kissed the emperor.

The emperor also accepted her tenderly and kissed her tenderly.After kissing for a long time, the emperor separated her, embraced her, and said in a low voice: "It's the same with me."Concubine Rong laughed again, stood up, and held his head in her arms.

After coming out, go to the pavilion to watch the rain.Li Yu has been talking about fruit tea and melon seeds happily.The emperor looked at him and snorted, raised his eyebrows and asked: Are you happy again?Li Yu hurriedly laughed: Your majesty, can you forgive the slave?If the slave doesn't listen to Concubine Rong's words, you will be upset, and the empress will also be annoyed. The slave is always not human.Xindao: Hey, are you embarrassed?The emperor snorted again, but Concubine Rong just laughed and didn't speak.

Li Yu laughed again and said: Miss Ayi is very nice, she is honest and obedient, the emperor can rest assured.The emperor glared at him, he stuck out his tongue and looked at Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong then said: "Okay, Your Majesty, Li Yu always listens to his concubines. You don't blame the concubine, why blame him instead."Ah Yi always waits on his concubines, we will be the same as before, no matter what others say.The emperor nodded, and the two watched the rain in the pavilion for a long time before going back.

On the way back, Li Yu supported Concubine Rong's hand with an umbrella, and said to her in a low voice: "Your Majesty is still considerate of Lord Long Live. Yesterday, my slave turned pale when he saw Lord Long Live. The Queen's master is also the same. I wonder what kind of temper the Emperor has?"Five catties of charcoal, don't make me feel idle!Concubine Rong looked at the emperor who was walking in front of a few eunuchs, and shook her head at Li Yu, meaning "don't talk about this again", Li Yu also looked at the emperor in front of her, and then nodded to Concubine Rong, meaning "slave!" I understand, he just doesn't like that master."

In the evening, the emperor and concubine Rong drank side by side on the kang.On the long table in front of him were twenty plates of soup, one plate of birthday noodles, and ten plates of snacks and desserts for Concubine Rong's birthday.Burning a treasure tripod with incense, a golden vase with flowers, a crystal plate, a jasper cup, a fine nectar and jade liquid, and listening to songs during the day, watching the rain and tasting tea are completely different scenes.

After three cups of wine, Concubine Rong was hot. The emperor saw that she was wearing a lilac-colored golden crane-sleeved open-necked shirt, green satin trousers covered with brocade, reddish cheeks, crisp breasts slightly exposed, drunken eyes and hazy eyes. Wearing a yellow bead hoop, with a part of arm exposed, eating noodles with one hand and holding a wine glass with the other, with a slight smile, the fragrance is overwhelming, and I don’t feel my heart wandering. She laughed and only occasionally moved her chopsticks.

Concubine Rong is a natural person, because of her gentleness, good sex, beautiful voice, and beautiful spirit, she is a graceful and charming lady in front of others. In fact, she sings with white teeth, dances with a slender waist, and has a natural sense of humor. It's different, these years, she has been spoiled by the emperor so much that she can do whatever she wants in the room.

A few days ago, Li Yu sent a cluster of 29 peacock feathers to Qisi Tower as a birthday gift, and then Concubine Rong discussed Ayi's matter with him.Standing at the side at this moment, sifting the wine and holding the jug, smiling and serving courteously, Concubine Rong gave him two glasses of thank-you wine.De Shengli stood outside the door and passed it on, also smiling.In the Zaoyun Building, the lights are bright, the figures are shuttled, the flowers are rich and the wine is colorful, and the laughter is frequent, which is not the same as the Red Building in the painting.

Later, Concubine Rong ordered someone to make a pair of peacock feather palm fans, which looked like countless small colorful mirrors, dazzling and dazzling.The peacock feather used on it was Li Yu's birthday gift. (Note: palm fans are a pair of long-pole and large fans held high by the maid behind the concubine during formal ceremonies)

For a while, there was Xiaojiaoba Roasted Chicken, Red Deng Deng Gaoyou Salted Egg and hot soft cakes. The emperor picked vegetables and rolled up the small cakes by himself, and handed them to Concubine Rong. Concubine Rong thanked her sweetly and ate them immediately , clinked glasses with the emperor while eating, praised the delicious taste, and shouted hot.The emperor asked the little eunuch to move the charcoal basin farther away, and taught him to bring up a Songhua sweat towel and wipe her sweat himself.Seeing this, Li Yu immediately stood outside the bead curtain.In the back room, Concubine Rong's hair was untied, unable to hold the wine glass, she leaned on the table, panting with laughter...

After the meal, I washed and changed my clothes and finished tea, and wiped it with ivory dominoes (note: this refers to mahjong), changed the square table, and covered it with red felt.Concubine Rong took off her head, put on cotton clothes with a honey brown stand-up collar, and was still sitting on the edge of the Kang. The emperor, wearing a beige river silk gown, hugged her behind him, showed her the cards, and ordered Li Yudesheng to marry a little girl. The eunuchs sat around three sides with 杌zi, and the slaves were not allowed to give way. Those who gave up were fined with alcohol, and those who lost were all fined with alcohol. The emperor drank the concubine Rong's wine on his behalf.

The emperor rested his head on Concubine Rong's shoulder, and when he was holding the cards for her, he touched her wrist, Concubine Rong pursed her lips and smiled, but the emperor acted as if nothing had happened and didn't look at her.The three servants were busy looking at the cards and playing them, but they didn't care.In the middle, the master and the slave each ate a bowl of hot and sour chicken tip soup, and they were very excited, and they didn't sleep until late at night.

I slept until the next day, and there was no movement upstairs or downstairs from Zao Yun.In the afternoon, Fu Heng and Liu Tongxun went back and forth about the newly received news from Haining.Afterwards, the emperor went to Baoyue Tower with Concubine Rong, and taught Concubine Rong to change her back clothes, and accompanied her to eat "Gu Lun Qi" (Note: Pilaf), Stewed Lamb with Wine and "Dip Fei Xie Ze" (Note: Onion Stir-fried dishes, these are the records of the meals cooked for Concubine Rong in the palace in history).

The emperor's handwriting is hung in the main hall of Baoyue Tower:

Light boats can't cover the shore,

When sitting on a piece of clothes dyed with lotus fragrance;

Yeyu Huatai Yunjin Cuo,

Guanghan seems to be a fairyland at first glance.

This is a poem specially inscribed by the emperor after Baoyue Tower was built.

The emperor wrote this poem quite a bit.

That was the first time he and Concubine Rong met. In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, the queen and Turdu couple were also sitting.Previously, the emperor had accepted Turdu's request, agreed to accept her, and had registered her in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.At the court meeting that day, Turdu sent her into the palace.

After the eunuch Xuan entered outside the door, a graceful woman stepped into the hall.She was wearing a short-sleeved snow-green gauze dance dress with bare arms, a small white soft hat on her head with a white feather pinned to it, white gauze behind the cap, and white soft shoes on her feet. , walked slowly to the steps, crossed his hands on his chest, and saluted him.He smiled and said: No need to be polite.She raised her head, her complexion was like suet white jade, she had long curly hair, her face was small, her lips were also small but thick, she was as delicate as a spring flower, she seemed to be happy and frowning, bright and holy, reflecting the light in the hall, golden and jade Hu Qing Suo Danchi was overshadowed.Later, she took off her hat, tied her long hair behind her head, put a white gauze on her arm, and held a snow-white rabbit in her arms, turning and turning, he looked at her and saw her Slightly upturned head, a pair of beautiful half-closed eyes, a large swirling skirt, and a fluttering white gauze, the singing boomed in my ears:

The mica screen has a deep candle shadow, and the long river gradually falls and the sun sinks.

Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, blue sea, blue sky, night and night heart!

Bi Haiqing is heartbroken every night!How can she dance Chang'e's dance?The singing stopped, and she prostrated herself on the ground, Turdu looked at him with a smile, and said something.Translator: Your Majesty, Duke Fu asked you, do you like this dance?Fu Guogong said that his sister likes the legend of Chang'e flying to the moon in the Central Plains very much, which she specially arranged for you.

In fact, it was all Turdu's idea.Although my younger sister is the most beautiful woman in Huijiang and is good at singing and dancing, she has been married after all, and she is Huo Jizhan's abandoned wife.On the way to Beijing, Turdu has been thinking about this matter. He has already talked to his sister, but the capital is prosperous, the six palaces are full of flowers, and the emperor is surrounded by beauties. How many women have he seen? Impressed.

After entering Beijing, he learned that the emperor liked to read and write Chinese poems, so he immediately invited literati and scholars, and finally chose the famous poem "Chang'e" by Li Shangyin. He asked his sister to hold the white rabbit while dancing, so there was no need for a special dance, because he knew Fatima, and although she agreed to enter the palace, she didn't want to please the emperor.From his elder brother's point of view, Fatima really didn't need to please any man, and he would not force her to please a man, but now she was facing the emperor, so that was different.In particular, Huo Jizhan caused chaos in Huijiang, and humiliated and tortured his sister so much that his body was covered with blood. He was extremely angry, and he must let Fatima be favored by the emperor, crucify Huo Jizhan, and let him die without burial. place!So he told Fatima that it was up to him to do it.

The emperor stared at her blankly, she was still prostrate on the ground.Li Yu coughed at the side, and the emperor came back to his senses and said: Good!Get flat.The Turdu couple sitting below smiled at each other.

So she got up, let the rabbit go, and bowed to him with her hands crossed on her chest.I only heard the Queen say: You danced really well. This is the first time I have watched Huijiang Dance. It is really extraordinary. The Emperor should reward you well.After hearing the translator's report, she turned sideways to salute the queen.The emperor asked: What is your name?She said her name was Fatima.She spoke Huiyu, her voice was soft and graceful, touching people's heartstrings.The emperor pondered for a while, and said: From now on, your name is Shen Bi.The translator didn't know how to translate, let alone how to write, so he just read the name.After hearing what the interpreter said, she and the Turdu couple knelt down to thank them, although they didn't understand why.

The queen didn't understand either, so she looked at the emperor with a smile.The emperor said: "The queen will give you a reward, let her enter the Chengqian Palace, learn the rules under your position, and invite a master of Chinese language, but still let her wear back clothes, and ask the House of Internal Affairs to be the clothes and crown of the court."I still have something to do.He stood up and stepped down the steps.The queen stood up and said: "The concubine obeys the order, and the concubine sends the emperor respectfully."And bowed his head in salute.

After hearing the translator's translation, Turdu and his wife immediately left their seats and knelt to send the emperor off. They were overjoyed. The emperor gave him a name as soon as they met, saying that he would learn the rules from the empress, and let his sister continue to wear back clothes. I feel that my arrangement is really effective. Sooner or later, the emperor will definitely like his sister. Who wouldn't like Fatima?She is born with irresistible charm, she is the love of God.

The emperor wanted to go out through the side door, Li Yu hurriedly followed.When he passed by her side, he smelled her fragrance, the fragrance was light and fresh, and he glanced at her again, she had put on her cap and was bowing her head in salute, he saw her tall and graceful, humble and elegant, like a lily of the valley, Elegant and elegant, I saw her long eyelashes trembling slightly, but she was not as happy as the Turdu couple... After leaving the side door of the main hall, he thought to himself: In the yellow dust of the Western Regions, the desert of ice, snow and bitter cold, To have such a beautiful woman, she is really a bright pearl cast in secret, she is originally arrogant, the blue sea and the sky are heart-warming every night, the blue sea and the sky... Thinking about this sentence repeatedly, how many thoughts aroused at the moment, she shook her head.

Seeing his expression, Li Yu smiled and asked: Your Majesty, are you not satisfied?But the servant thinks she is pretty, so pretty!The servant has never seen such a good-looking person!He didn't answer, just asked: "Then the cook... Li Yu hurriedly replied: "The former son has been sent in by the Fuguo Palace, so the servant sent someone to tell her to go to the kitchen of Chengqian Palace.

Later, he met her again, in the back hall of Chengqian Palace, where the queen lived, and he asked her if she was used to her daily life, or through an interpreter.Then there was the unexpected luck on that rainy night...

When he returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, in the sedan chair, he couldn't believe it himself, how could he be so impulsive?After Cheng En, there were tear-like tears in her eyes, and a dreamy voice: "You are Shen Bi's husband", which surprised him. Originally, he thought she would be angry... Thinking of this, he smiled and shook his head. Shaking her head: She is not arrogant, she is actually a gentle child... It seems that she is still holding a soft and thick lily in her hand, and the fragrance is like the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus. Du Fan, the Prime Minister of Southern Song Dynasty, once said that this fragrance "Extremely strong, but also extremely clear", "Xun is so drunk that the soul is clear to the bone, and dare to say that the world is even more fragrant", osmanthus is the tree of Chang'e in the blue sea and blue sky!But feeling the fragrance of the sedan chair, the emperor closed his eyes after accepting the damp wind and rain rubbing against the high palace walls and drifting away into the distance...

Shen Bi, Moon Shadow also.After the completion of Baoyue Tower, she was granted the title of Heguiren and lived here.The mosque was built later. Before she entered Beijing, this building was already under construction, but the emperor gave her the name "Baoyue Tower" and asked her to live here instead of in the Forbidden City. Later, she wrote that poem , It's all after the first meeting in Qianqing Palace.Baoyue, Bao means "precious and rare", Baoyue, praises the uniqueness of the moon, and there is nothing surprising.But "Bao" and "Yue" actually refer to two people.

On this day, the emperor wrote another poem:

A pool of water mirrors face to face,

Full of soul, the ice wheel reflects the peak;

The south bank is too long because of the construction of the building,

Lou Lin looked straight north at Yingzhou.

It means that Baoyue Tower and Yingtai are connected and interdependent.

Ayi's official bedtime was ten days later, the emperor turned over the signs of Concubine Rong and her, and came to Baoyue Tower again.Ayi still let her hair down, wearing a loose silk robe, this robe is bright red, but the emperor didn't see it in Zaoyun Tower for the first time.The emperor was wearing a soft yellow gown, and Concubine Rong was wearing a white tunic, and she was ordered to take off the emperor's shoes.The emperor watched her lower her body and knelt on the ground.Ayi also took off the emperor's shoes before, but today she was especially nervous, her hands trembling slightly.The emperor felt it too.

Ayi is ten years younger than Concubine Rong, the same age as Concubine Ying, and nearly 30 years younger than the emperor. Although she has a high nose and a small face, her appearance is not outstanding. She is smaller than Concubine Rong, neither fat nor thin, just an ordinary Hui girl.The emperor had never paid attention to her, but seeing her dark complexion, her body wrapped in a red dress, under the light of the candles, in this elegant and small Hui-style dormitory, there was a kind of ambiguity.

Pieces of butterfly clothes are light, a little scarlet is small, Baoqin is scattered and gold stars are gone.

The mandarin duck is on a high platform, and the fragrant peony is soaked in dew.

The frost is gradually tilting (yi1, the tilt is not correct), the sun is in the light of smoke, and the moon is jealous of the wind and laughing at the moon.

Forbidden and low-hanging, Tonglan skillfully protects, and is innocent.

Ayi put the quilt on the two of them, and was about to get up, when the emperor pulled her, and she fell on the quilt, her face fell right on the emperor's face, she was so frightened that she immediately closed her eyes and blushed.The emperor laughed.She opened her eyes unconsciously, and saw the emperor with deep eyebrows, close in front of her eyes, with the side of her head, just kissing the emperor's cheek.

The emperor was a little surprised, and she was also taken aback, her face turned even redder, she hurriedly stood up, knelt by the bed, and said in a trembling voice: "Your slave is rude, please punish me."The emperor only said: Serve tea.She got busy, and went to the table to get a blue and white tea bowl with gold thread, which contained a pre-brewed Dragon Well tea, carefully handed it to the emperor's mouth, held it for the emperor to drink, then put the tea bowl back on the table, and came back to kneel .The emperor said: You don't have to be so cautious when you get up and serve.She felt relieved and said: Thank you, Your Majesty.

After everything was sorted out and the emperor and concubine Rong went to sleep, she put up the bed curtains on both sides.When the bed curtain was about to close, she saw the emperor leaning sideways to Concubine Rong's cheek, and she immediately felt warm in her heart.She put on a parrot green silk mantle jacket, agarwood-colored milled silk yarn Yinghua skirt (note: a female skirt made of Hunan silk fabric), and a black ground brocade Bijia with palace lantern patterns (note: Bijia is a This is a sleeveless, collarless vest with slits on both sides reaching below the knees, which is one of the typical dresses of empresses of the Qing Dynasty), combed the hair, blew out the candles, walked out of the outer door, and closed the door behind her back .

Li Yu smiled when he saw her, and said in a low voice: Good luck, Mr. Fugui.She also smiled and said: Manager Li has worked hard.I was a little unstable because I was kicking on the bottom of the flower pot, and I walked out slowly, feeling a warm current flowing all over my body. (Note: Palace ladies are not qualified to wear flower pot bottoms, and it is not convenient to work)

She is a very simple girl. She was born in a Muslim alley in the capital. She believes in Allah and spent her childhood in the poor alleys. Since she entered the palace since she was a child, she has long been accustomed to the rigid and monotonous life of servants in the palace. After that, he began to serve others, and he was considered pampered.Her family has now moved into the Huihui camp in Dong'anfu Hutong.She is proficient in Hui language and Tibetan, and she and Concubine Rong basically speak Hui language.Chinese is learned later, and there is no hindrance in simple daily conversations.

She respects and is grateful to Concubine Rong, and sees the lords of the palaces speaking softly and in harmony, especially the empress and concubine Ling are on good terms with Concubine Rong, and they don't understand the secrets of the world at all. In her eyes, Concubine Rong is a naive and innocent A childish beauty, and the emperor of course dotes on Concubine Rong.On the first day when she came to serve, she was led by the nanny. In front of the Baoyue Tower, she saw Concubine Rong pinch the flowers in her hands into petals and sprinkle them all over the emperor. She was always impressed... She was the one who served the master well All the thoughts.Her life was originally given by the court.And now, she has become the emperor's blessing...

I remembered for a moment that after I was conferred the title of Fuguiren, on the first day of attending the queen's morning meeting, I kowtowed to the queen according to the rules. The queen had a pleasant face and only asked her to serve the emperor well.After she came out, she heard someone whispering: We are unlucky people, and we can't keep up with her even if we ride a fast horse.Someone else said: Pretending to be good, but in fact trying to be useful to men, it's strange that men can't let go.She asked Concubine Rong what she meant, Concubine Rong just smiled and said: I don't know, it's none of our business.In the past, Caiyun and Concubine Rong went to the morning meeting. After Caiyun returned home, it was Hanguli. After she became a nobleman, she and Concubine Rong went.

She just walked to the door of her house, only to hear the cloud board knock "Du", "Du", "Du" three times.She raised the warm curtain, and the feeling of autumn disappeared, and the air was as warm as spring. The little palace lady Niu Niu saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the hot soup is ready, please take a bath."Thoughts disappear.

She was sitting in the wooden barrel, the hot water was steaming, and all she could see were the emperor's dark and bright eyes, and what he said to herself, although it was only two sentences... and the words of the emperor and the empress when closing the account Kiss lightly... She smiled, feeling that she had also merged into the love of the master and the emperor.

Jian Jian light wind gusts of cold, make the bed cool and full of phoenix trees.After the moon has disappeared from the clouds, there is a long row of Baoyue towers, majestic and majestic in the dark, shadowy and shadowy, the lake is vast and bright, rippling endlessly, palace lanterns and candles, stars and stars, appearing faint and warm in the sky and earth...Xiyuan The night is quiet and beautiful.

The author has something to say:

【Hot and Sour Chicken Soup】Chicken tip is the tip of chicken breast wing. It is a piece of meat on the chicken breast connected to the wing. It is commonly known as chicken teeth. It is the most tender meat in the whole body of the chicken. Its weight is very small, only two small long strips , so this soup is very refined and extravagant.The hot and sour chicken tip soup is made from shredded chick chicken tips, cooked with sour bamboo shoots, coriander, pepper, oil sauce, and chopped green onion. It is similar to our hot and sour soup today, but it is rich and expensive, very delicious.

The Islamic meeting ceremony is generally to lean forward with the upper body, put the left hand on the chest, and raise the right hand in front of the forehead to show respect.Changes were made in the novel.

The two poems of Baoyue Tower recorded in the novel are both included in Qianlong's Imperial Poems.Baoyue Tower was actually built before Concubine Rong entered the palace. Because there is a pool and moon in front of the building, it is very similar to Guanghan Palace in the middle of the moon. It is a good place to enjoy the moon by the water, so it is named "Baoyue Tower".Among Qianlong's imperial poems, apart from the poems written for Empress Xiaoxian, such as the famous long poem "Shubei Fu", there are many [Baoyuelou Imperial Poems], which reflect his feelings for Baoyuelou and Concubine Rong. place in his heart.It is rumored that one of the reasons why Heshen was reused by Qianlong was that he looked like Concubine Rong. The corrupt official Heshen was actually a beautiful man with delicate features and good looks!This is almost the same as if you write well, you can easily enter the military plane:) According to historical records, Concubine Rong did not live in Baoyue Tower for a long time, and she was not granted a specific palace. It is likely that she often lived with the emperor. place.