Chapter Seventy-Five: Flowers
The concubines and relatives of the inner palace could not go to the front to watch the ceremony, so they could only kneel on the square in front of Kunning Palace, listening to the eunuchs on the side relay the sacrifice to the sky in front.
It is said that Kangxi's wife, and after the death of Empress Tong Jia, there will be no queen of the middle palace in the palace, and there are four concubines in daily palace affairs, so Concubine De, as one of the four concubines, naturally knelt in the front.
The four concubines of Huiyi Derong knelt in front in parallel, followed by other concubines, and then the Fujin and the children of each province, and Erfu could only kneel obediently in the corner.
Kunning Palace, the central axis of the Forbidden City, the queen's bedroom, and this queen's bedroom, not any queen can live in, only the emperor can live in the Kunning Palace since the Qing Dynasty married the queen Yuan.
Since the beginning of the Yongzheng Dynasty, Kunning Palace has become a special place of worship and a very sacred place.
Of course, it also has another function, which is the new house for the emperor's wedding. The Qing Dynasty emperor would stay here for two days when he got married, and then stay in another palace. Of course, if the emperor was married before his accession to the throne, he could not enjoy this treatment.
Erph knelt in the corner, and under her knees was a soft elastic cushion, but she still felt very painful, because this kneeling did not mean kneeling and sitting, but kneeling on the mat, and her back was straight, as if she were standing, and her head was slightly bowed, which could simply be classified as a form of torture.
The eunuch deliberately pulled a long voice, relaying the memorial text of the Qianqing Palace, and Erfu obviously saw that several children were already a little shaky.
It was more than half an hour before Erf heard a voice as beautiful as heaven.
"...... Start"
As a side blessing, Erfu is not qualified to lead the maid into the palace to serve, and she struggles to support the mat. He stood up and quietly moved his legs.
The sour feeling of "hiss......" made Erfu unconsciously gasp.
Prince Jian's prince flickered to Erfu and said softly, "But it's uncomfortable?"
"Woo...... "Erf suddenly had a feeling of finding something to rely on. An ugly expression was revealed.
"Bear with me, look at the ladies in front of you, they are much older than you, but they are still standing straight!" Su Yu raised her chin slightly to the fourth concubine in front and said softly.
Erfu followed Suyu's gaze. Glancing at it casually, he said secretly: Is this a special function!
The fourth concubine, that is still the four people canonized by Kangxi in the twentieth year of the Great Seal/Palace, and the two who are older than Erfu are in this era. Then he is already considered an old man.
Kneeling for more than an hour, it is really eye-catching to be able to stand up so freely.
This person was afraid of comparison, and Erfu accidentally saw a concubine in front of him who didn't look too high-level, and her legs were already trembling, and she was mentally balanced in an instant.
It's just that what Erfu didn't know was that in the mats of the four concubines, they were all embedded with copper dates. There is a lot of cotton spread more, so kneeling for an hour is just a little sore legs. After all, people are used to this kind of life, and Erf, a newly crossed pirated product, has naturally become the most painful one.
At the end of the festival, the sky was bright, and the sun shone on people, making people warm. It made Elof feel a lot more comfortable.
Erfu looked at the sun in the sky a little distractedly, and Su Yu hurriedly tugged at Erfu's sleeve. said: "Gone!"
"Oh-oh-oh!" Erfu hurriedly smiled warmly at Suyu, and followed behind the Ulanara clan with her head down. Walk back in the direction of Yonghe Palace.
Re-entering the dark and gloomy hall, Concubine De Niangniang walked towards the inner hall.
The Ulanala clan and Erfu and others stood in the hall one after another, and Erfu was really a little confused, what does this mean, is it a punishment station!
Without waiting for Erfu to tilt her head in her heart, Cong Han, the aunt in charge of Concubine De's side, walked out of the inner hall with a smile, and let a few people rest in the side hall, while those low-grade concubines could only stand outside the hall in a regular manner, waiting for Concubine De's reception.
After all, this gold festival went to Kunning Palace to kneel collectively, and no one is qualified.
Concubine De sat on the Luohan bed with sour branch wood carving Fushou pattern, holding a warm soup woman in her hand, half leaning on the back pillow behind her, stepping on a wooden barrel full of dark black medicinal soup under her feet, frowning slightly, it seemed to be very uncomfortable.
After Cong Han entertained the Wulanala clan and the others to rest in the side hall, he quickly returned to the inner hall, half-knelt in front of the footsteps, holding the feet of Concubine De Niangniang, and pinched them down.
"Look at what kind of character she is!" said Concubine De without lifting her eyelids.
Cong Han hooked his lips and smiled, and replied softly: "In the end, he is still a child, he looks like a heartless person, and people like this are more worry-free!"
Concubine De propped up the low table, sat up, looked Cong Han up and down, and then said slowly: "I'm afraid that it will be used by others, and when the time comes, it will not be beautiful!"
"Then do you want the slave to let someone beat her!" Cong Han raised his head and asked softly.
Concubine De pondered for a moment before slowly shaking her head, leaning back on the back pillow and closing her eyes.
Cong Han didn't say anything more, and continued to pinch her feet for Concubine De.
After two quarters of an hour, the water temperature was a little cold, Cong Han took the plain white handkerchief on the side, gently wiped the water droplets on Concubine De's feet, and waited for Concubine De to put on her shoes again, and then called into the other palace maid to clean up the room.
After Concubine De moved her muscles and bones slightly, she took the back of Cong Han's hand and walked towards the main hall.
In the main hall, a little incense burns, and the misty green smoke lingers throughout the room.
The Ulanala clan and others also used hot tea in the side hall to force back the chill on their bodies, but Erfu was a little dissatisfied with the feeling of an empty stomach, and ate a small piece of hibiscus cake, and then followed the Ulanala clan and others back to the main hall.
One by one, the shallot-like concubines, stepping on the bottom of the flower pot and wearing various colored cheongsams, walked into the palace gate gracefully.
Erfu sighed silently: Kangxi, what a blessing.
Not to mention the four concubines, although they have passed away this year, they can still see that they are in good shape, and Queen Hesheri, Queen Niu Hulu, Queen Tong Jia, Concubine Wenxi, etc., are also great beauties of each family.
Nowadays, these little concubines are even more outstanding, or gorgeous, or elegant, or pure beauty, or charming, all kinds of colors, making people feel like they are in a hundred gardens.
The most important thing is that it is now forty years of Kangxi, and Uncle Kangxi is nearly fifty years old, and several of these women, looking at it is only two decades old, they are really too old cows to eat tender grass, and I don't know if this master can be busy, Erfu thought maliciously in his heart.
Fortunately, Concubine De did not leave these people to speak, but directly rewarded each of them with something, and let people lead them out.
Although the beauty left, she still left behind the fragrant fragrance of the room, which made Erfu take two deep breaths.
Seven Baylor's biological mother became a concubine - Dai Jia's family, because Seven Baylor was born with a disability, Kangxi Ye didn't like the concubine who gave birth to Seven Baylor, so although he entered the palace and served for many years, he still only sealed one concubine position, lived in the apse of Yonghe Palace, and relied on Concubine De to live on weekdays.
On the Gold Festival, the Qifu Jin Nara clan reported illness, and the side Fu Jin Nara naturally replaced the Seven Blessings, led the children in the house, and came to Yonghe Palace, and Cheng Concubine naturally led the side Fortune Jin to the main hall.
Although Seven Baylor has a disability in his leg, he has many children under his knees.
The side Fu Jin Nala followed behind Cheng Concubine, holding two small buns on the left and right, and made a half-squat salute in a regular manner, and said softly: "Concubine Nara Clan to Concubine De Niangniang, Niangniang Fushou Kangning!"
"Let's get up!" Although Concubine De couldn't get used to Qibeile's behavior of favoring Fujin alone, she didn't embarrass this other person's daughter-in-law because she lived in Yonghe Palace with Concubine Cheng, so she called out with a smile.
Concubine Cheng sat down at the bottom of Concubine De Niangniang by herself, and asked the palace maid to lead the two small buns to the side hall and go to play with the big Gege of the fourth master's family.
Erfu also looked at the Nala clan for the first time, and saw that although the Nala clan was born in the Manchu family, he looked more like a Han person, with white skin and a slender body, no wonder he could spoil the Seven Belle Mansion.
"This palace looks at Hongshu of the Seven Belle family, and he looks even bigger than Honghui!" said to Concubine Cheng with a smile.
Concubine Cheng bowed slightly, and said: "Speaking of which, the two brothers are also destined, both born in the thirty-sixth year, but Honghui is more stable, I don't want Hongshu, I always like to pester him Ama to run horses outside, if it weren't for Yinyou's scruples that he is still young, I'm afraid that this Hongshu will grow on horseback!"
"This temperament is good, like our Manchu children!" said Concubine De Niangniang along with Cheng Concubine's words.
Erfu sat on the side and pretended to be in the background, and recalled in her heart what Su Yu said about the private affairs of the Seventh Master's family.
The seventh master's concubine Fujin - Nala clan, as the eldest Fujin, actually let the side Fujin take away the right to be in charge of the family, and went to Zhuangzi while pregnant, and gave birth to a daughter in Zhuangzi, the seventh master never even showed his face, which is really miserable.
I don't know if the Ulanala clan also remembered the miserable days of the Seven Blessings, and glanced at Guargarfu and Li with deep meaning.
Concubine De took the lead in gossiping for a while, and Cong Han came to Concubine De's mother and reminded her softly that the time was up.
"Look at the memory of this palace, I forgot the time when I spoke, I'm afraid that the children are also hungry, let people pass the meal!" said Concubine De with a smile.
As juniors, how dare Wulanala and the others accept such words, but they have lived with Concubine De for a long time, and said with a smile: "You are a noble person who forgets things, and besides, these children are not anxious people!" (To be continued) R655