Chapter 322: Returning to the Capital (Part II)
Hongwu two years
January
According to the rules of Dacheng's harem, at seven o'clock in the morning every day, the concubines of each palace greet the queen.
Pregnant, because her actions remain unchanged, she was exempted from asking for peace, or she violated the dragon face or broke the palace rules, and was grounded or entered the cold palace and did not have the qualifications to see her.
Most of the time, there must be no accidents, and the concubines have to go to the queen regularly every day to ask for peace, even the four concubines are no exception.
"Niangniang, it's not dawn yet, have you had breakfast first?" Although spring is in spring, it's only January, and the sky is a little late, and there is more than half an hour away from the time of greeting, and the sky is still a little dark outside.
In Concubine Jin's palace, a glass lamp was lit, which was very bright, and Concubine Jin had already gotten up, and the palace maid served her to dress, clean her face, and wash.
Concubine Jin estimated the time, knowing that it was still a little too early to go, and said, "It's okay, there is still time left and right, let people prepare breakfast." ”
During the preparation, Taozhu and the two palace people took a headdress, a coat, and a rouge for Concubine Jin.
The glass lamp is lit in the room, and the decoration here is not very gorgeous, but it is also luxurious. Because of the indifferent temperament of the concubine, although the honor and favor are continuous, few concubines come here, and there are not many people in the palace, and the whole palace has some cold atmosphere
"Mother, this hairpin is really beautiful for you to wear. The minister said, you are really rare to have such a look. At this time, Taozhu put a silver butterfly hairpin on the head of Concubine Jin, and admired it in his mouth.
Wang Hongyi's palace system, eunuchs and female officials are checked and balanced at the same time, the highest are the five grades, and the new internal history institute is built, but there are some female officials who are excellent in talent and learning and have no or are unwilling to marry.
After Wang Hongyi returned to the palace, he felt that he was called the emperor more outside, so "Edict: The people in the inner palace call me an official, and there are official servants and female officials, all of whom call themselves ministers, and they are not allowed to be called slaves and maids and insult officials. ”
It means that those who have official qualities are not allowed to be called slaves, which will humiliate the official body, Taozhu is a seven-grade female official, so she must call herself a minister.
This hairpin is indeed carved realistically, the butterfly trembles slightly on the hairpin, just a movement, it is slightly inciting, every detail is extremely exquisite.
Concubine Jin has some love for silver jewelry, took a picture in front of the bronze mirror, and said with a soft smile: "Don't comfort me like this, not to mention the size of the world, what kind of woman has never been?
She looked at herself in the bronze mirror and didn't care: "Even those women who newly entered the palace last year are all beautiful and moving, and you haven't seen them." ”
Speaking of this, Concubine Jin picked up the rouge and sipped it on her lips.
Although she is beautiful and flawless, she is naturally beautiful, but when she goes to greet her, light makeup is necessary, which is the most basic etiquette.
"Niangniang, although they are good-looking, they have no saints, and how long can they last? Niangniang, it would be better if you could give birth to a prince early. At this time, everyone else retreated, and only Taozhu was beside Concubine Jin, who had followed Concubine Jin for some years, couldn't help but say.
"This matter is not in the heavens, and it is useless for you to think too much. Concubine Jin spoke.
Seeing this, Momotake had no choice but to keep silent.
Concubine Jin was dressed up at this time, and a breakfast was delivered, and she handed her hand to the palace maid on the side, Concubine Jin stood up, and Taozhu carefully helped Concubine Jin to go over to eat.
Concubine Jin is wearing a snow skirt today, and when she goes out, she will be very warm if she puts on a cloak on the outside.
The clothes worn by the palace people are different from those of the people, and the clothes of the concubines are even more exquisite. The only deficiency is that it is inconvenient to move, but it is indeed very beautiful to wear, and the palace concubines do not have to work by themselves, such beautiful clothes, they love it very much.
Taozhu accompanied Concubine Jin to have breakfast, and at this time it was a little bright outside, and it was almost time to see it.
"Let them prepare their steps, and then go to the queen to say goodbye. Concubine Jin said instructed.
is a little different from other concubines, and this concubine has no heirs, and she has no family support, which is very special.
She is dignified and beautiful, but she is not particularly beautiful, and she is not dominant in age, and in this harem, the most important thing is beauty, especially the new system, every year there will be a family background, talent, and a girl with a good appearance enters the palace, and the concubine is among them.
And she has an indifferent temperament and is not understanding, but she has always been favored by the emperor, which makes many people puzzled.
To say that she is favored, but she has never had children, and has not been promoted to one of the four concubines, to say that she is not favored, every month, there are two or three days, the emperor is resting with her, and has never changed.
Only Concubine Jin herself knows that if no miracle happens, she will never have an heir in this life.
Not to mention that she came here through the corpse, she already has some problems physically, which is different from ordinary women.
And because she is a dragon god, she has a lot of influence on mortals in terms of life.
Emperor Dacheng's situation will not allow her to have children.
What she wants is just to settle down in this life to gain a future in cultivation, and she is not very much looking forward to the heirs in the world, but now she is very satisfied.
At dawn, she stepped up and walked towards the palace where the queen was. The Kunyuan Palace, where the queen lives, is heavily repaired, and in the entire palace, it is a palace that covers an extremely wide area and is extremely gorgeous.
The queen and Emperor Dacheng are a husband and wife in distress, and they are the original match, with deep hòu feelings, and the emperor still respects the queen very much, and the two also have sons-in-law, and the queen's position in the harem is very stable.
Whenever the concubines in the palace greet the queen, they have some bad feelings in their hearts, obviously they are just a dignified and beautiful woman, much older than them, but they have this good luck, and they chose the Son of Heaven at the beginning.
Now not only do they have sons-in-law, but their descendants are also valued by the emperor, and they are also very liked and respected by the emperor.
And when Concubine Jin, a childless person who has no family support, appears, it makes the concubines who arrived secretly jealous.
"The concubine visits the queen, and the queen is Wan'an. "The time when Concubine Jin came is not too early, nor too late, although there are some concubines in front of her, there are not many of them.
After the big ceremony, the female officials around the queen went up to help her, and the concubine was not low in grade and had the emperor's favor, so she could not be slackened at will.
"Just now, Bengong was still thinking about whether you have just recovered from your illness, whether I will exempt you from today's greetings, I don't want you to come early, sit down quickly. Song Xinyou said, smiling, this attitude is different.
The queen's dignified beauty is enough to show the majesty of the emperor and queen, Su'er can see the purple phoenix hovering at a glance, as if she wants to lead to a song, and she smiles in her heart.
Since the surrender of Qinchuan and Liangzhou, Dacheng's luck has condensed a few percent, whether it is officials and concubines, or even the queen has benefited a lot, this ordinary person doesn't know, but she knows.
"The queen's compassion is the luck of the concubine, but the concubine has been cultivating for a few days, and her body is no longer in trouble. Concubine Jin said with a smile, and then sat down.
Regarding her "illness" retreat and even travel to the palace, the queen is aware, and the two of them said this in front of everyone, just to maintain their dignity.
This harem is not only the old man before, there are many new concubines, and some of them are not low because they have given birth to children.
Even so, there are dozens of people here to ask for peace, if the entire harem is not careful in management, it is easy to have an accident, and Concubine Jin is also willing to accompany the queen to do this scene.
"You can do this, the palace is very ironing, a few days ago, a messenger from Western Qin (West) came and paid tribute to some gold watches, the emperor has seen it, said that it can be rewarded, and sent it to Shaofu to imitate, you also have a piece of ....... As she spoke, the queen sent someone to take it out.
When everyone looked at it, they saw ten gold shell pocket watches placed on it, everyone knew that in addition to the prime minister of the cabinet, only the queen mother, the queen, and the concubine had it, and even if there were heirs, there was no other, but now it was rewarded to the concubine, and some of the concubines who had a low rank and had just entered the palace were very envious and jealous.
But regardless of seniority, imperial favor, and grade, the three people in front of them are incomparable to them, so they can only secretly think that after the woman in the house spoke, she heard the voice of the eunuch and several concubines arrived.
The few people who came in were all new to the palace, with beautiful faces and the support of the clansmen, they were not as obedient as some of the old people who came before, but they didn't dare to miss the time, so they came almost when the hour was about to come.
As soon as a few people entered, the eyes of the room were cast as if they were nothing.
I have to say that most of these girls who just entered the palace last month and were pampered are fifteen or sixteen years old, with bright eyes and bright teeth, innocent and extravagant.
But who in the harem doesn't know His Majesty's character, even if he is really beautiful, he just slept a few more times at the beginning, to be able to be obedient and sensible, have a position, and the emperor can take care of it, if he doesn't know the reason and secretly uses means, it won't be long before he will be overwhelmed by the new concubines in this harem, so everyone just swept their eyes and took their eyes back.
Su'er even swept it back at a glance, these girls have some good fortune, and they may be at ease among the people, but in the Imperial Palace, this bit of life is far from enough, if you can't be cautious and smart, you will soon be normal.
These new nobles and talented people don't know what everyone thinks, they bow down in front of the queen and respectfully ask for a big salute.
The queen was calm, said a word or two to them, and then let them get up, and as usual, after a while, the queen planned to let them go.
"You are so harmonious, this palace is also relieved, it's still early, I'm afraid that some of you didn't have breakfast to rush over, it's cold, if it's okay, your sisters will go back." ”
Since the queen said this, the concubines naturally would not stay, so they responded and withdrew from the palace one after another.
Concubine Jin was also about to go out, and just walked to the door, but was stopped by the queen's female official, only to see her bow slightly, and said: "Concubine Jin, the queen, please stay." (To be continued)