Yongzheng period

The second wife who eats vegetarian food and prays to Buddha!What's going on in your heart is meaner than that rat in the gutter! Looking at Tanchun again and wiping away tears, he said, "My son!"If you really marry into that cannibal Sun's family, what will you do! "

Tanchun had calmed down a lot at this time, and said calmly, "What else can I do? I am not being bullied for nothing!" Then he said coldly, "If the Sun family dares to take Joe, let him know my temperament!"

*

Chuxiu Palace

Seeing that Concubine Xin finally fell asleep peacefully, Yingchun Fang loosened her heart, quietly holding an empty medicine bowl and leading Siqi to exit the main hall and walk to the side hall.

On the way, Siqi couldn't help asking, "My lord, although Mrs. Xin is the host, she is pregnant, but she doesn't need to take care of her personally like you?" Then he muttered, "It's not easy because of Miss Lin's recommendation. In the eyes of the emperor, Miss Lin has been promoted to the concubine again, which is a good time to fight for favor. But you are well, my lord, and I will only stay in Chuxiu Palace with all my heart."

"When I first entered the palace, I was lucky enough to be taken care of by the concubine Xin, but now I can only repay you a little bit." Yingchun said calmly, "Besides, I am not of the nature to compete for favor, why bother to force it?"

And she is a bystander, seeing the emperor's attitude towards Concubine Hui, she has already understood a thing or two. Although Daiyu has good intentions to promote her, she will remember it in her heart, and she doesn't want to ruin the sisterhood and her because of some trivial things. Today is such a peaceful and peaceful day.

Therefore, Yingchun smiled lightly, "I don't have the bad things that happened when I was at home, isn't it good now?"——She is not considered a favorite, she doesn't have the jealous schemes of other concubines, and the host is open-minded, far more than she was in Jia's house days are much better.

Siqi couldn't help agreeing when he heard that, but... "But my lord, your appearance and temperament are also top-notch," Siqi hesitated, "Is it possible that you will be buried in a dull life for the rest of your life, and at home... the old man, where is the old lady? How should I explain it?"

Thinking of the news from the family several times, Yingchun couldn't help being silent. It was not for concubines in the harem to interfere with the affairs of the previous dynasty. As for going into the water for Jia Jiala Daiyu, she was even more ashamed of doing so.However, when entering the palace, the mother-in-law sent by Jia's mother believed that she was sent by the elders, and pointed out Yingchun's affairs. She dared not do too much in the palace, and only frequently hinted at how Yingchun would compete for favor and please Daiyu. According to Yingchun's temperament, Yingchun just ignored her actions.

There was no words all the way, as soon as they reached the door of the side hall, they heard scolding voices from inside the house, "If you don't work hard during the day, you are just a lazy bastard!"

Then I heard a little palace lady explaining in a low voice, "It's just that I was tired for a while, so I squinted my eyes for a while, so please forgive me this time!"

Seeing that the little maid in the house dared to fight back, Madam Zhang couldn't help but turn into anger in her heart that Yingchun went to the main hall to take care of Concubine Xin. She was about to point and scold again when she saw Siqi coming from outside and mockingly said, "Mother Wait a little bit, ma'am, even if this slave commits a terrible crime, he will be punished by his own master, so where is the use of labor mama?"

Seeing Nanny Zhang's angry look, Siqi felt secretly happy, and then threatened, "Besides, Empress Xin is very precious in Chuxiu Palace, if such a big movement by Nanny disturbs the empress, If the emperor's heir is alarmed, I am afraid that the nanny will be punished if she dies."

Zhang Momo couldn't help being dumb when she heard the words, she glanced at the little maid who was kneeling on the ground, and saw Yingchun sitting on the imperial concubine's couch, holding a copy of "The Supreme Sensation Chapter", as if she didn't hear it.

Nanny Zhang had no choice but to say angrily, "I've disturbed the young master, and this old servant will step back."

Siqi secretly scolded the old man behind his back, turned around and said to the little maid who was still kneeling on the ground, "What's your name, what did you do wrong?"

"My maidservant's name is Liu'er," the little maid replied in a soft voice, "servant maidservant is on duty in the house, and when she got sleepy, she rested and didn't notice that Mammy came in."

In the end, Nanny Zhang caught her and vented her anger, and Siqi sighed, this little maid is also unlucky.But... Siqi thought for a while and said, "Although you are not at fault in this matter, you still violated the rules. If the empress of the harem who came here today would allow you to be so negligent? I will punish you half a month's salary."

Siqi is the grand lady in charge of the Yingchun Palace, who manages all affairs, and Yingchun mostly ignores the director.

Liu'er listened and said respectfully, "Sister Siqi is right, Liu'er must pay attention next time."

Seeing her generous demeanor, Siqi didn't appear flustered when she was scolded by Nanny Zhang just now, so he couldn't help but feel good about her, "You are so polite, you can learn from Xiuju, and you don't have to do cleaning in the future."

Liu'er couldn't help but said happily when she heard the words, "Yes, my maidservant thanked Sister Siqi."

After Liu'er retreated, only Siqi and Yingchun were left in the hall. Seeing that Yingchun was still deaf to what was going on outside the window, Siqi couldn't help sighing, "My good master, let him do what he wants. If there is such a thing, you should also say something."

Yingchun laughed and said, "Ask me, I can't do anything, the palace has its own rules. If they are wrong, I can't beg for favors, and I just don't want to criticize them. As for Madam Zhang, after all, it is the elders. Ci, how can there be any reason for the younger generation to blame?"

Yingchun treats Jia's mother and the sisters and brothers of the Jia family very affectionately. After all, she is only a concubine, her father is of that character, and her stepmother never cared about her. If Jia's mother hadn't blessed them, the young ladies of the Jia family, what would have happened.

Siqi knew Yingchun's heart, so he could only shake his head and keep his mouth shut.

*

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of October, and the ceremony for the imperial concubine and Concubine Hui unfolded in a patch of sparse snow.

Kunning Palace

Randong carefully put on the dress for the queen, hung up the court beads and cut the autumn before it was too late.

The queen's face was painted with regular makeup, and she looked more dignified and dignified than before. She sat in front of the bronze mirror and let Randong match her headgear. She looked at Jianqiu from the corner of her eye, "Is Jiang Zhongmin from the Ministry of Internal Affairs ready? "

Jian Qiu stepped forward and said, "Yes, the clothes have already been delivered."

"That's good." The queen looked at herself in the bronze mirror, who looked dignified despite her age, and the corners of her mouth curled up in satisfaction.

She has endured it for too long, Lin Jia Daiyu, I want to take a good look at your downcast appearance.

【thirty】

The Qing Dynasty attached great importance to etiquette, let alone a noble concubine and a concubine to be canonized today?Moreover, among these two masters, Concubine Duan Guifei is the oldest and in charge of palace affairs; Concubine Hui is the well-deserved favorite concubine in the Six Palaces today, and neither of them can afford to offend.

Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to make preparations when the decree was issued two months ago. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Tan Wenzu was in charge of the side of Jingyang Palace for Concubine Duan, and the deputy director Jiang Zhongmin was in charge of the side of Changchun Palace for Concubine Hui.

According to the palace regulations, the canonization ceremony needs to have: a festival table in the center of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and a concubine book table on the left side; a festival table and an incense table in the middle of the concubine's palace; and a colorful pavilion in the cabinet Outside the gate, put the book treasure in the colorful pavilion, enter the Taihe Gate from the middle road, and go to the lower steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then the officials enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony from the middle stage according to this, and put the book treasure on the festival case.

The two documents are also very different. The document for the imperial concubine was written by officials from the Ministry of Rites, and it is quite satisfactory.Concubine Hui's essay was written by Yongzheng himself, and the beautiful words in it were eloquent - Yongzheng didn't mind showing off his love for Daiyu at all, as if he couldn't see the undercurrent of the increasingly uneven palace generally.

Then the envoys, deputy envoys and deacons perform kneeling and kowtow three times at auspicious times. After the whole ceremony, the festival and the colorful pavilion are awarded to the eunuchs in the palace; After the supervisor puts the book treasure on the festival case, he will announce the book, confer the book, and salute with the female ceremonial officer—or do six prostrations, three kneeling and three kowtows.

And this is not over yet, the concubine to be conferred must go to the palace of the empress dowager, the emperor and the empress in turn on the next day, and then perform six prostrations, three kneeling and three kowtows, so that the canonization ceremony is completed.The whole process was extremely cumbersome, Yongzheng felt dizzy when he glanced at the procedure report submitted by the Ministry of Rituals, and thought about it again: the current queen mother usually does not get involved in the harem battles, and even the rule for concubines to go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace is exempted. .Yongzheng simply omitted the details of the two-day canonization, and directly decided to hold the canonization ceremony in the Queen's Kunning Palace.

*

Changchun Palace

Zijuan gesticulated with the Dongzhu hairpin and the Diancui tassel pendant on Daiyu's combed hair, momentarily hesitating which one to choose, and momentarily feeling dissatisfied with either.

Seeing this, Daiyu couldn't help laughing, "Just choose one from the left or the other, why is it so troublesome?"

After hearing the words, Zijuan put on the Diancui tassel pendant and said, "Today is not the same as in the past. Naturally, the empress should dress up and show her aura in front of other young masters of the palace."

Just as he was talking, he saw Xueyan hurriedly brought the auspicious clothes, and said excitedly, "Look, ma'am! It's so exquisite!"

As Xueyan said, she unfolded the auspicious clothes in her hands, and accidentally caught a thread with her index finger.Xueyan noticed the strange feeling on the finger, and subconsciously pulled it hard——then heard a very harsh "squeaky" sound, and a big hole was scratched in the middle of the suit!

Everyone panicked, and Zijuan's expression changed even more, "This is so good! The auspicious clothes used for canonization are just like imperial gifts, so how can there be any damage!"

Daiyu couldn't help raising her eyebrows, and her thoughts changed sharply: the materials used to make auspicious clothes in the palace must be of high quality, how could they be broken by a light stroke of snow geese?I'm afraid that someone did it on purpose, and the only one who can easily do it in the House of Internal Affairs is the queen.It's just that the damage to the auspicious clothes can be big or small, and the most likely to suffer is the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Why does the empress work hard on this matter?

Xue Yan couldn't think about that much, she only knew that if she was found out, it would be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor, so she couldn't help crying, "Your Majesty, it's all the servant's fault..."

Daiyu comforted her when she heard the words, "It's not your fault, I'm afraid it's my palace being plotted against." Then she said, "Xueyan, is Director Jiang still there?"

Xueyan pointed to the door, and hurriedly said, "I just delivered the congratulatory gifts, and I'm still in the yard."

Daiyu was thoughtful,