[Red House] Lixian

Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, Concubine Mei has many achievements passed down to later generations, with far-reaching influence, she deserves to be the head of the four concubines.But followed by Lan Fei in second place.

Orchids are gentlemen.Although Concubine Lan was born in the harem and watched court struggles for a long time, she was pure in nature and assisted Concubine Mei in coordinating all matters. She was famous for her "literature" and was also known as Concubine Wen.The literati of later generations held a Zhaolan Grand Meeting every four years to commemorate this orchid concubine.

－－－ The Biography of the Four Concubines

Empress Wang came from a small family, and she was apprehensive when she first became an empress, for fear that those concubines would cause trouble for her.But now that a year has passed, she has gradually developed the bearing of a queen.

"What are you afraid of! I am the queen, and they should be afraid of me! No matter how noble the family is, why don't you still have to salute me now?"

A year later, full of confidence, with phoenix eyes and phoenix looks, the queen smiled and asked Wei Qian to sit down: "I have been in love with my sister for a long time. It stands to reason that my sister should have entered the mansion a long time ago, but due to various reasons, it has been delayed until now, and today it is finally here." Together with all the sisters, I can see my sister Lushan's true face."

Wei Qian said a few words of modesty and greeted the concubines.

Wei Qian had just entered the throne, and the news immediately spread to the Six Palaces, and now there are only six people above her.

Queen Wang, Concubine Wu Gui, Concubine Xiande, Deng Zhaoyi who is the face of the peacock, Li Zhaoyuan who is the face of the roc, and Wen Xiuyi who is the face of the swan.

Each of these six people is in charge of a palace, and currently the most favored ones are Concubine Xiande and Deng Zhaoyi.Sister Deng Zhaoyi was Situ Yun's first woman and the only side concubine back then.Later, when he died of illness, there were only Wu and Wei.

Situ Yun was grateful for her affection, and brought her younger sister into the mansion, where she currently lives in Hanxiang Hall.

Speaking of the residences of the concubines, I have to talk about the layout of the Daming Palace.

Zichen Hall is the inner hall of the emperor, and it is also the sleeping palace where he rests alone.After Zichen Palace is the harem.Hanxiang Hall, Mingquan Hall, Penglai Hall, including the Qingning Palace where the Queen lives are all behind.

The distance from the Zichen Hall to the concubine's bedroom can also be seen how favored it is.

Deng Zhaoyi lives in Hanxiang Hall, which is one of the four closest palaces to Zichen Hall.

Yuanchun lived in Yutang Palace, and Yuanchun changed it to Fengzao Palace because of its indecent name.The phoenix is ​​fire, and the algae is water, which means that water and fire complement each other.

Concubine Wu lived in the Hot Spring Palace, also known as Mingquan Palace.At the beginning, I wanted to name it Ganquan Palace, but the empress tried to call it back.Oasis Palace?The empress really doesn't know what this means?

Li Zhaoyuan lived in Yanying Hall, which was originally the place where the emperor summoned his foreign ministers, but later changed to Li Zhaoyuan's residence, which was very close to the emperor's residence.

These four people surrounded the four palaces closest to Zichen Palace.Even the Qingning Palace of the empress is in the Penglai Palace complex.

The same is true for Wen Zhaoyi and other people. Wen Zhaoyi lives in Lingqi Hall, and Wei Qian's Yongfu Palace is also known as Chenghuan Hall, which is the largest building in the Penglai Hall complex.Because there are still those noble girls dowry in Yongfu Palace, so I ordered it for her directly.

Wei Qian treated each other well, but Li Zhaoyuan and Deng Zhaoyi's faces were sullen, and Wei Qian thought about it for a while.

The battle in the harem is nothing more than a matter of face apart from honor and favor.

According to the rules of this dynasty, the queen and the four concubines live in the palace, and the nine concubines live in the palace.Because Wei Qian came late, she couldn't get too close to Zichen Palace when she was looking for a palace.From the scope of the Penglai Hall, although the Penglai Hall is the best, it is obviously not suitable for her to use it alone.Even Concubine Wu Gui would not dare to use the Penglai Palace at present.

Because both the Penglai Hall and the Zichen Hall are on the central axis of the Daming Palace, and there is a Qingning Palace in the middle.If there is no queen, the Penglai Hall is the head of the concubines and governs all the concubines.Wei Qian's level is not high enough, so he can't use it here, and can only use the Chenghuan Hall, which is the largest around Penglai Hall.And the Empress herself changed the name to Yongfu Palace.This is the privilege of princesses.The euphemistic name is that Wei Qian entered the palace as a side concubine and should not be treated lightly.All of a sudden, Wei Qian offended Deng Zhaoyi and Li Zhaoyuan.

After thinking it over, Wei Qian nodded to Wen Xiuyi with a smile. This lady Xiuyi has a good self-cultivation, and she didn't have any complaints from the beginning to the end.

Then Wei Qian talked to the empress.

Since they are hostile, why should I go forward and show a cold face?

Seeing that Wei Qian didn't answer, she smiled and talked about what she had seen in the palace with the empress, Deng Zhaoyi's attack was like hitting cotton, unable to bear the force, she secretly sulked.

"Is my sister still used to living yesterday?"

"It's okay, but I'm new here, after all, I'm not familiar with the rules." Wei Qian said, "I'm afraid I need some advice from my mother in the future." This implies an alliance.

Empress Wang heard the kindness in the words, and said: "This Palace is in charge of the Sixth Palace, if you have any questions, just come to Qingning Palace."

Wei Qian agreed, and sat next to Wen Xiuyi, listening to everyone chatting about spices, clothing and other topics.

Wei Qian was used to living in the mountains since she was a child, so she was not interested in these topics, so she sat quietly and pretended to be dumb.Others were afraid that they were not familiar with Wei Qian, the enemy did not dare to attack immediately, and the others didn't know his temperament, so they waited and watched.

Wen Xiuyi had a quiet temperament, so she sat next to her.Wei Qian tentatively chatted, and the two gradually got a tacit understanding.

"By the way, what are the arrangements for the picking girls in my sister's palace?" The Empress suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, this is also the first time in this dynasty. After all, Prince Yizhong is gone, and the Supreme Emperor is here, so it is not good for His Majesty to make a big show of drafting. Queen Mother The empress only uses this method to send people to the palace. It is hard for my sister's Yongfu Palace, I am afraid that it is rare to be free."

It is already the limit to live in four or five Baolin in other palaces.How could there be so many people in the palace like Wei Qian?

The reason for giving her the largest palace is to settle these people!

Just like this, it is not easy to have a side hall for each person.It's still two by two now, just like it was in the draft.

Wei Qian talked about her arrangements in the palace, and the empress shook her head: "So, how will we arrange the sleeping quarters in the future? Could it be that the two are together? How decent!"

"After all, my sister just entered the palace yesterday, and there was a lot of chaos. I will temporarily arrange these people, and then I will choose another palace and bring them out." Jia Yuanchun smiled at the queen: "Simply ask my cousin to move out of a side hall to serve her bed, and turn back to your majesty." If you want to add a younger sister, let that younger sister move out directly. Fengzao Palace, Sister Wu’s Mingquan Palace, Empress’s Qingning Palace, and the palaces of several younger sisters can all be divided.”

The empress thought for a while, then nodded: "That's okay, I will help you sisters then."

Everyone agreed, and the empress said to Wei Qian: "Although they are all living in your palace now, they will be sisters in the future. You must not be arrogant. You must not have the idea of ​​monopolizing the favor, and you must not bully these younger sisters. You must let everyone My sister is exposed to both rain and dew. Otherwise, if I hear the news at that time, I will punish you."

Concubine Wu Guifei and Deng Zhaoyi secretly laughed in their hearts: "Let you enter the palace in such a beautiful way, those people in your palace are like a small six palaces, and the future is up to you. And the queen said, if you still dare to monopolize your majesty, it will be up to you to explain it at that time. "

Living in a different place, if it were them who pushed the emperor to other people when they were newlyweds, they would certainly not be reconciled.But these people are all in the palace, is it possible to let them live for a lifetime?

Pushing the emperor out with my own hands is not a good feeling!All the concubines looked at Wei Qian with pity.

Wei Qian had no objection, she wished that these people could serve Situ Yun, so that she could slowly figure out how to secretly learn how to govern the country after she was free.

After agreeing, the empress empress spoke kindly again, as if the reprimand just now came from her identity as an empress.When he finally left the palace, he gave Wei Qian a pile of silk and tribute cloth as a reward.

After leaving the palace, Jia Yuanchun stepped forward and grabbed Wei Qian.Wei Qian couldn't struggle, so he walked with Jia Yuanchun for a while. Jia Yuanchun said in a low voice, "Cousin, be careful of the queen. Don't forget how Concubine Deng died."

Concubine Deng?Before Wei Qian could figure it out, Jia Yuanchun left in a hurry.

The two palaces were far away, so they could only watch Jia Yuanchun return to Fengzao Palace, and she also drove back to the palace in a chariot.

Back at Yongfu Palace, Hongchun curled her lips: "Miss, what to do with these silks and satins?" It is rare for Wei Qian to lower her eyebrows and be pleasing to the eye in Qingning Palace.Wei Qian didn't say a word, and Hong Chun felt wronged by her.

"Let's make some clothes for the younger sisters in the palace later." Wei Qian didn't take it seriously, since she wanted to sharpen her Taoist heart and step out from the darkest place in the world, then she couldn't care about these little appearances.

If you lose some face, you can exchange for Feixian to gain the Tao, so what's the problem?Even if she lets her tear off her face, she will be willing to step on her feet again!

Holding a golden potato ball, Wei Qian said vaguely: "Didn't the Empress ask me to take good care of them? Then these cloths can be used on them. I don't even care about these things!"

"Okay, I've been busy all day and I'm tired. You go and get ready for all kinds of visits to the boss. I'll rest early. I'm afraid Situ Yun will come again tonight."

There was no one around, only the master and servant, and they didn't have much scruples when they spoke: "It's a pity that you can't go out of the palace now, otherwise I can also ask about the matter on Midway Island."

While talking, Hongchun was about to help Wei Qian take off his formal clothes, Xiangling ran in: "Miss, those people from the side hall came to congratulate you."

side hall?Wei Qian rubbed her forehead.The people living in the side hall were her original "dowry".Because it is not easy to draft this year, the noble girls of various families are allowed to enter the palace in the name of dowry.Looking back and waiting for the emperor to be lucky, he will be able to live in the palace justifiably.

But now, staying in Yongfu Palace without embarrassment or embarrassment, and there are two poisonous snakes inside, Wei Qian not only has a headache: "Forget it, let them in first."

Although these noble ladies were arrogant at home, they gradually got to know Wei Qian's temperament during the few days in Ruiming Palace.Whenever someone made a fuss, Wei Qian treated him coldly and locked him in the yard. Gradually, everyone knew that Wei Qian was the one who would not take sides.

Now that everyone is in Yongfu Palace, living under Wei Qian's hands, they need to be more careful with this Palace Master.

All the girls looked at Wei Qian eagerly after saluting respectfully.

Wei Qian understands what they mean, it's not a problem to live like this all the time, she must find a way to reduce the number of people here.

After thinking about it, Wei Qian's eyes fell on the cloth given by the queen, and she had an idea in her mind.

"This is the tribute gifted by the Empress. There are 24 pieces in all, with different designs and colors. Look, whoever likes what color, just pick one, and I will make palace clothes for you later, so that I can prepare for bedtime at that time." .”

Everyone's eyes lit up, including Anzi from the Buddhist and Taoist families, who stepped forward to choose their favorite cloth.Wei Qian deliberately took away the cloths with similar colors and patterns, and asked everyone to choose cloths with large differences.

After the 16 people were selected, Wei Qian ordered someone to write down: "When I make clothes for you, I will try to arrange for you to sleep in bed."

After sending everyone away, Wei Qian asked Hongchun to send the cloth to be cut: "Let them make palace clothes, and save the rags for me to make sixteen sachets, and I will arrange for them to sleep at that time."

Then, together with Xiangling, they found the maid of Yongfu Palace.These court ladies Wei Qian just took over, so I don't know how many spies sent by outsiders, and they don't bother to pay attention.So they asked them to help tidy up their dowry together, and by the way, set aside a side hall for the new couple to sleep in.

When Situ Yun came over at night, Wei Qian hadn't finished cleaning up.I saw two boxes in the main hall, which contained all kinds of gold, jade and porcelain, as well as many antique calligraphy and paintings.The few imperial paintings that Wei Qian gave to Jia She at the beginning were also sent to the palace as dowry.

"Your Majesty came just in time. If you have time, please come and help."

Situ Yun's coming here was just a passing scene, anyway, the two of them couldn't do much at night, so they simply ordered the eunuchs and helped with the decorations themselves.

"Not good!" Seeing Situ Yun hanging a painting on the east wall, Wei Qian shook his head and took it off: "This bamboo is delicate and doesn't match the vase next to it. Why don't you hang it on the south wall, Your Majesty?"

After a while, Situ Yun also removed Wei Qian's incense burner: "Why are there so many incense burners in the room? Those who don't know think you are sick and need spices to nourish you. I know you like patterns like cranes and white deer, Simply replace it with a copper crane flying wing lamp." Ordered the servants to prepare.

The two spent a long time to decorate, and these actions fell into the eyes of the caring maids, and turned back to the ears of several empresses, one by one secretly said: "It is said that the county magistrate has a lot of heart, and now he sees that he really deserves his reputation. Let your majesty help with the decoration, Grasp His Majesty's preferences invisibly. And decorate the new house with His Majesty personally, His Majesty will naturally have more affection, maybe you will stay here for a few more days."

Wei Qian's unintentional move made everyone figure out the deep meaning, and the abacus in the minds of several empresses was quick, and each of them was thinking and asked Situ Yun for help in the name of rearranging.

But helping one can still be said to be fun, and helping two can be said to treat them equally.But decorate the palace for all the concubines?He is not a servant who works!

Later, he simply turned his face away, and the concubines behind were honest and did not dare to have other crooked thoughts.Only the queen and the two concubines enjoy this treatment.

It was the second day, and Situ Yun was still resting at Wei Qian's place.

Wei Qian was the first to speak: "It's not that your Majesty doesn't know about my physical condition, so there's no need to do so. If Your Majesty is willing, I can arrange someone to sleep with you. Anyway, there are so many people in Yongfu Palace, so it's okay for Your Majesty to take turns."

Situ Yun's heart moved, and he shook his head: "Forget it, you just entered the palace, and I will give you some honor and favor. You must be here in the main hall for the first three days."

Light the censer and sleep peacefully again.