By Jia Xiuzhen

The gold-roofed golden-yellow embroidered phoenix version was carried through the gate and entered the Yimen Gate. Jia Amnesty and Jia Mu and others all knelt by the side of the road.Concubine Yuan entered the room to change clothes, went back to the garden and went to the garden. After walking for a while, another eunuch holding fu knelt down and asked to board the boat.The phoenix boat is light, and the lights on the shore and the water reflect each other, capturing the moonlight.When the boat enters Shigang, the boat stops on the inner bank, and then abandons the boat and boards the Yu, and then arrives at the main hall of the palace.The etiquette eunuch led Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and others to arrange shifts on the platform. The hall sent an edict saying "Exemption", and everyone retreated. Jia Mu and others came forward again, and they were also exempted.After offering tea for the third time, I will sit down and stop the fun, and the national ceremony is over.The imperial concubine went into the side hall to change clothes, and then got into the family car and drove out of the garden to Jiamu's main courtyard, where grandparents, mother and daughter could meet together.

Concubine Yuan supported Jia's mother with one hand and Mrs. Wang with the other. After many years in Befu, seeing that her grandmother and mother's age has grown, thinking about the hard work of this step, she feels sad when she misses her family and family. .Everyone was sentimental towards Jing, sobbing and speechless.After half a day, Fang Lue came back to his senses, and comforted Concubine Yuan to sit down and meet again one by one.After the servants of the two mansions saluted outside, Aunt Xue, Baochai and Daiyu were called in.For a while, the deacon eunuch, concubine Cai, Zhaorong and other attendants all went to other rooms, leaving only a few cronies and eunuchs who agreed, so that they could have a deep talk.

Besides, Baochai had entered the palace to apply for the election before, and had seen the wealth and wealth of the heavenly family. This time, Jinfengzhengluan was face to face, and she was more touched than others.The golden python robe worn by Concubine Yuan, the phoenix on the robe and the lantern festival patch, the nine-winged phoenix hairpin in her hair, and the double beads on her forehead may not be known to others, but in the eyes of Baochai, they are all living "identities". Character.I think that when I was in the palace, if the concubine Yuan was as prosperous as she is today, she would definitely benefit her.

While thinking wildly, she saw Concubine Yuan smiled at herself, and said, "When Baochai was waiting for election, did you ever meet a girl from the Liu family? Speaking of which, my ancestors also came from Jinling."

Baochai thought for a while, and replied: "If you go back to your mother, there is a girl named Liu, named Liu Lingrou."

Concubine Yuan smiled and nodded, "You don't have to be so restrained, now we only talk about sisters, not monarchs and ministers. What do you think of this girl?"

Baochai couldn't feel it for a while, so she settled down and replied: "Because I'm not in the same place, I don't know much. This Miss Liu is not top-notch in several exercises, but when it comes to challenges, she doesn't know much. I can’t make it out of the top five. And if something happens the next day, I can always get the news early in the morning, let alone tell others to know, and tell each other some important things, even people who are not in the same place will miss her.”

Concubine Yuan curled her lips even more after hearing these words, and then smiled again: "You are a prudent and sensible person. As you know, Miss Liu is also waiting to go back to visit her relatives now, but her home is in the south, and she has to wait The trip can only be made when the Holy Lord makes his southern tour."

Baochai couldn't help being taken aback, and Mrs. Wang asked from the side: "But the newly appointed Baolin?"

Concubine Yuan shook her head: "I'm already a concubine, and the Holy Majesty bestowed her with the title of order, so I call her concubine."

Jia Mu said slowly: "It's a good word, but why did you use the word name?"

Concubine Yuan smiled: "Then I can't tell."

Baochai's expression remained calm, but she listened to what they had said word for word, and she couldn't help sighing in her heart, with her little knowledge, she really couldn't understand the mystery of this deep palace.

Later, Jia Zheng paid a visit to pay homage, and then mentioned that the couplets in the garden were written by Baoyu.Concubine Yuan Yuan and Baoyu's eldest daughter and younger brother, who love mother and child like mother and child, were overjoyed to see Baoyu's growth, and said, "The fruit has improved." Mrs. Wang took the opportunity to present the "Xiaochun Picture" co-authored by Baoyu and Baochai earlier, and State the source.

The imperial concubine Yuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent Baoyu to come in, and praised Baochai's talent and learning.When Baoyu came to see her when she was young, and performed the state ceremony, the imperial concubine Yuan took him into her arms, looked closely at her eyebrows and eyes, as if she was a child, and couldn't help but shed tears again.Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang looked at each other and nodded slightly, then stepped forward to comfort them.When the banquet was ready, Concubine Yuan asked Baoyu to lead the way, and then entered the garden with all the people, along the water path, and enjoyed them one by one.All kinds of novelties are dazzling and luxuriously arranged. Although the imperial concubine Yuan saw the family's intentions, she also warned: "The luxury is too much, you can't do it anymore" and so on.

Go to various places, and then go to the main hall, and order to be free from the ceremony and sit down separately, and then have a big banquet.

First serve the four-character appetizers of "Fang", "Hua", "Qian" and "Sui", followed by the soup, and then four imperial dishes, four dishes for each, medium snacks, sweet and sour, salty and sour, fried dishes, and burnt. Wait, this is the "palace meal" part of the banquet.There are rules for everything, and nothing can be changed.

Come to the "Season" department again, at this time when the snow is spreading and the frost is spreading, how can we get any freshness?But it is not difficult for people like Jia's family, but it is even more rare to see bear paws stewed in honey, deer tails wrapped in sauce, and turtle skirts in clear soup.

Afterwards, the "Food Cuisine" department, rouge goose breast and hibiscus shrimp, goose palm duck and civet cat, eggplant, watermelon, chicken marrow and bamboo shoots, crab dumplings and milk cake with loose flesh and crispy meat are all the dishes that the concubine Yuan used to use when she was at home. Taste it, it's a different taste.

During the banquet, Jia Mu and others were accompanying me, and the spoons and chopsticks were also well behaved, and my mind was not on the dishes.

At one time, the imperial concubine of the Yuan Dynasty ordered the pen and inkstone to be passed on. Recalling the visits just now, she chose several places to be named and inscribed plaques, and all the sisters were asked to inscribe a plaque and a poem to reconcile each other.Du Baoyu single-handedly ordered him to write one or five-character rhythms for "Xiaoxiang Pavilion", "Hengwu Garden", "Yihong Courtyard" and "Huange Mountain Villa", but he wanted to test his dexterity.

Just now when she saw Mrs. Wang presented the "Dawn of Spring", Daiyu curled her lip secretly, thinking that she really is a traitor hidden in her heart, and she has such a long-term plan, but it is such an idea.With a youthful spirit, he thought about looking for an opportunity to show off his talents and overwhelm the crowd, so that he could see the real talents on the spot.But I didn't expect that Yuanchun only ordered one plaque and one poem, and it was not easy to disobey.When I made it randomly, I went to Baoyu to play. Seeing that he was searching, I simply wrote a song for him.How could the child's trip be hidden from the eyes of others, but the two of them have always been close, and they often do homework on behalf of others, and now no one cares about it.

Everyone gave up and submitted it, and the imperial concubine Yuan praised it one by one, and asked Tanchun to transcribe the biography and read it outside.

After finishing the poem, I ordered a play for the small domestic theater troupe to perform.Among them was a female singer named Lingguan, who was very young but had a great sense of humor and a good voice.I'm used to this little play, and I'm more and more self-confident since then, but it's a later story.

Previously, everyone had nothing to do with Jia Lan when they were suffering blindly, but this time they are going to be on the right track.Jia Zheng knew that Concubine Yuan was very close to Jia Zhu when she was at home, and after that Jia Zhu devoted himself to fame and fame, so he intended to be Yuan Chun's reliance in the future, and he only lamented his fate.So when the eunuch Qingqi came to tell the time early in the morning, he called Jia Lan and stood together outside the gate of West Street.Afterwards, he kept it with him all the time, until now he was released back to Li Wan's place.

When he saw people composing poems, he secretly chanted two poems. He was afraid that they were next to each other. Since Second Uncle Bao got four poems, his own two poems are almost the same.It was a waste of effort to think that there was nothing wrong with him.

Concubine Yuan thought that Princess Xin had mentioned Li Wan's mother and son in the palace before, so she called Jia Lan to take a closer look, but he was born more like Li Wan, and his eyes were very similar to Jia Zhu.Suddenly felt sad again, shed a few tears, asked a few words, saw that although he was very young, he was very intelligent, felt at ease, and gave him some palace-made snacks to eat, and told him Follow Baoyu to study hard and make progress.Early in the morning, Jia Lan received several orders from Li Wan, Aunty Yan, and Aunt Chang, so she naturally responded respectfully, and then retreated to stand next to Li Wan.

After the banquet, he sat down slightly, then went into the garden to the place he hadn't arrived just now, and when he arrived at Changcui nunnery, he went in to burn incense and worship Buddha.Mrs. Wang specially asked someone to post a post and invited an aunt with hair and practice, named Miaoyu, who brought everyone from the nunnery to accompany her thoughtfully. come out.The rest toured in several places and awarded them to all the people in the mansion.

Fang wanted to speak again, but the deacon and eunuch had invited him back to Luan.Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang held Concubine Yuan's hand tightly, each of them choked up again.In the end, there was nothing they could do, but fortunately, they were allowed to visit the palace once a month in the future, which was considered a little comfort, and they reminded each other again and again, and the imperial concubine Fang went back to Luanyu and left the garden.

Mrs. Jia Muwang and the others were still heartbroken, and it took a long time for everyone to comfort them before they eased their minds.After several days of exhaustion and great joy and sorrow, Jia's mother felt a little dizzy, which frightened everyone.He hurriedly helped him back, and sent someone to invite the imperial physician.After being in a hurry, after the imperial physician had seen it and prescribed a prescription, it was already clear to the east.

This time visiting relatives, Jia's family really tried their best. For a while, the whole family was exhausted and exhausted.These few days Li Wan has been acting like an actor on stage, he has neither a few libretto nor any appearances, but he also runs around here and there, not at ease.This time, I can finally sit down in the house for a while.Sit on the kang in the east room, hold a cup of tea, take a sip and exhale a puff of turbid air, thinking that it is the best way to do nothing and have nothing to do with it, which is the most suitable for my original temperament.

The whole yard was quiet, even those slut-mouthed women who loved to get together in one place on weekdays fell silent.

Li Wan smiled at Nanny Chang: "It's finally over."

Mother Chang said: "Nowadays, it is rumored that the concubines of various families are visiting their relatives, and our house is in a trough. It's so beautiful outside and bitter inside, who knows."

Li Wan turned to Suyun and asked, "How is Biyue?"

Suyun said: "It was frozen the day before, so it should be said. The shoes and socks that grandma rewarded were not worn, so it was frozen out."

Yan Momo shook her head: "The house has set rules from head to toe, how can she change it at will."

Suyun said: "Wouldn't it be enough to wear the socks made in the mansion outside? Who cares to look for them on their feet. Now I've suddenly become more careful, and I usually show my teeth and claws."

Biyue opened the curtain outside and came in: "You knew it and arranged for me again!"

Nanny Chang smiled and said: "I am stupid and bold in these ordinary days, but when I see the majesty of the Tian family, I immediately shrink back, but I am a man who knows the times."

Biyue gritted her teeth: "Aunt Zhou told us that if there is even the slightest mistake, it's a light thing to sell her feet. If you commit a crime at this time, even the old lady will not be merciful. Which master It can’t be saved. Even if it’s cold, it’s only for a day or two, so it’s better to be safe.”

Suyun said: "It's just to scare you with words."

Bi Yue said: "That's not true, the little girl in front of Aunt Zhao was kicked out to the back courtyard yesterday. The garden was full of things for the past two days, who would think of her? We see her in that yard all year round. Without a ray of sun, staying like this for a few days, wouldn’t it be worse than suffering those two bouts of cold?”

Suyun recalled what he saw that day, and said, "It's not for such a thing."

Li Wan also thought about it, so he told what he heard that day.

Yan Momo shook her head and said: "Fortunately, there was no riot last night, otherwise it would be a big joke."

Nanny Chang said: "Say the same thing but two things, as long as everyone knows it well."

Li Wan nodded and said: "Left and right don't do our business, we are just idlers."

Mother Chang smiled and said: "Grandma's words are modest. If it wasn't for Grandma this time, I would have found the fresh mushrooms of the golden king melon somewhere. According to the attendant, those maids have opened their eyes. At this time, you can get such a thing.”

Li Wan shook his head and said, "Where does it have to be here? Even without me, Feng girl can find it from the side. It's just that it's easier to hit me here."

Yan Momo frowned, thought for a while and said, "'Tianjia doesn't have this thing', such words never bring good things."

Nanny Chang laughed and said: "That's just a tongue-in-cheek that came out later on. Several generations of emperors love to go north and south for tours. Apart from the intention of visiting the world, it's not because of the prosperity of those places. Nothing?"

Yan Momo said: "You know that everyone is like you, thinking about something fresh to eat wherever they go."

Nanny Chang smiled, and Nanny Yan said again: "Now that your wife is newly appointed, and there is no powerful person in the house, you should be careful with yourself and be more peaceful. One is extravagant, one is jealous, and the other is I'm afraid it will hurt the inside too much."

Seeing that she was worried, Li Wan said with a smile: "Mother, the county magistrate should not care about the affairs of the state government, you just think about these things." When Grandma Yan thought about it, it made sense, so she gave up with a smile.

Let's say that when Concubine Yuan returned to the palace, when she was about to reach the gate of the palace, she saw another guard of honor approaching from a distance. drive.

The emperor got up early, and just after using up the silk swallow cups, the eunuch brought up a bunch of papers, but they were different from the ones presented at the court.I picked it up and looked through it, and everything before and after the concubine's family visit was on the paper, even the names of the single-order plays and banquets were all exactly the same.After reading them one by one, he signaled the eunuch beside him to put them away in the side cabinet of the study.He closed his eyes, not knowing what to think.

In the early morning, several concubines who came back from the province all went to the table to report on the affairs of returning to the province, and rewarded the noble relatives of the pepper houses as usual, without any distinction.King Xin followed the emperor to the warm pavilion in the study, and after rejecting several people, he smiled and said, "Brother Emperor? Is there anything new?"

The emperor glanced at him and remained silent.King Xin said again: "Your brother, I heard that all the directors of the Imperial Hospital have been invited?"

The emperor said slowly: "Oh? What's the matter? Yang Qi!"

The deacon and eunuch came in, knelt down and reported the whole story of how the families of the concubines came to the imperial hospital to invite people. The emperor nodded: "Make a list, and each family will give some useful medicinal materials." Yang Qi promised to handle it by himself. .

King Xin smacked his lips at the side, thinking that he was still a shallow man, or the mother and concubine kept saying that he had to be an errand prince.

In the evening, another group of concubines and below returned home to visit their relatives, this time there were more people, although the palace rules were strict, there was a lot of noise.

Yuan Chun sat quietly in front of the lamp, with poems and couplets inscribed by everyone on hand, feeling uneasy.Thinking of the gathering of all the concubines just now, talking about returning to the province, not to mention the Wu family, there are also a few talents in the other clans.When he arrived at his home, Jia Jing, who was the most outstanding among his parents, asked with all his heart, and he had long since given up on world affairs.Jia Amnesty committed several taboos in his early years, and it was difficult for him to gain a foothold in court again.His father, Jia Zhengsu, was pure and upright, but his official career was not smooth, and now he was close to his destiny, but what happened in the future depended on the meaning of his superiors.

In the next generation, Jia Zhu fought hard but died young, and Jia Lian and Jia Zhen were separated again, leaving only Baoyu, which is really the only hope for the family now.Knowing his intelligence since he was a child, now that he grows up, he looks more handsome and handsome, and he is not an ordinary person.In the future, he will be well-educated, or he will be able to establish a family.But there is one worry, this time I saw him in a hurry, and kept asking him questions from time to time, but he was full of talent, thoughtfulness, and spontaneity, and he didn't see any manliness, which was far worse than Jia Zhu's back then.I don't know if it's because of her young age, or because Mrs. Jia Muwang spoils her too much.

There is also Lan'er, who is not bad at all, but he is too young. When he can do his job, what kind of life will he get!For a moment, the faces of all relatives floated in front of my eyes, and I felt that there was a heavy burden on my shoulders.Only by being able to establish a foothold in this inner court and retain the emperor's heart and sacred will can we protect this family well.Or it is difficult to have a father and brother to rely on in this life, but you can become the family's reliance, who said that having a daughter is not as good as a man? !

Just as he was thinking about it, the sound of proclaiming the holy voice sounded outside the hall, and the couple holding the piano hurriedly stepped forward to help tidy up the clothes, and knelt down in front of the main hall to welcome the emperor.

The emperor walked in casually, waved his hand away, and then took the concubine Yuan inside.Seeing that the double lamps were lit before the case, he asked: "But you are reading a book? I went home yesterday, do you still have the spirit?"

Concubine Yuan smiled and replied: "Brothers and sisters in the family chanted to Jing, and the concubine copied it, so take a look at it in your spare time."

The emperor was also interested when he heard this, and said, "Oh? Let me have a look."

Concubine Yuan was delighted, and that day she ordered Baoyu to compose a few poems by herself, in order to create a reputation for being a talented young man in the Rongguo Mansion. .Wouldn't it be great if God was lucky enough to get the blue eyes of the Holy One someday, and say a few words with a golden mouth, or save half a life of suffering?But he didn't expect this day to come so quickly, so he quickly unfolded the scrolls with his own hands and pointed them to the emperor one by one.

The emperor scanned it once, and read it carefully with a smile on his lips.If King Xin was by his side, he would have to hold back his teeth and say, "You've watched the secret performance several times this morning, come here and pretend to be serious!" Fortunately, Concubine Yuan didn't know, and only thought that the verses in it were in line with the Holy Majesty's wishes. , my heart is more happy.

Then the emperor put the volume on the case, pointed at two of them and said: "These sentences are well written, very spiritual."

When Concubine Yuan looked at it, it was Daiyu's work that should be made together with the song "Apricot Curtain is Looking at" that she composed for Baoyu.Yin laughed and said, "It's the handwriting of my concubine, cousin Tong Yaodi."

The emperor wondered, "Cousin?"

Concubine Yuan hesitated and said, "She is the daughter of Lin Ruhai, the former inspector of salt."

The emperor suddenly said: "It turned out to be the daughter of Xiaolin Tanhua. It's strange that he is so talented and learned. He really belongs to a scholarly family." , Come back later, and drive to Ganlu Palace again.

Concubine Yuan respectfully sent off the holy car, turned around and stroked the words on the scroll with her fingertips, feeling more and more confused, unable to guess what the emperor's intentions were.