Qing Chuan's confession of fate

The taste of the new year in the palace is getting stronger and stronger.On the eighth day of the lunar new year, a ceremony was held in front of the Zhongzheng Hall in the palace.A yellow felt round tent is set up in front of the hall, which is called "Little Golden Hall". The emperor is promoted to the hall, accompanied by the ministers in front of the imperial court. Evil is ominous.Outside the palace, the emperor sent princes, county kings, and ministers to Lama Temple to manage porridge cooking, porridge offering, and porridge distribution.

On the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, firecrackers began to be set off.On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Qin Tianjian chooses an auspicious day and announces it to the world, and all yamen will seal it as usual.At noon, Emperor Kangxi greeted the Empress Dowager Palace.On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, sky lanterns and longevity lanterns will go up.On this day, the minister in charge of the House of Internal Affairs led the eunuchs to enter the gate of Qianqing with lanterns, placed the sky lanterns in the Danchi on both sides of the Qianqing Palace, and placed the longevity lantern on Danbi.

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, a picture of palace training was hung.On the day when door gods and couplets are hung, pictures of palace training are hung in the east and west six palaces, and each picture has a story of a virtuous concubine in the past.Hanging in the Zhongcui Palace is the picture of the Empress Xu.

According to the rules, all the concubines in the side hall or the main hall must be present when the palace training pictures are hung, and the main concubine will hang the pictures in the hall of the main hall to show respect.There are only two concubines in the Zhongcui Palace, and Ma Jia's is in charge, so this palace training picture is naturally hung by Ma Jia.

Yayue washed up early in the morning and came to the main hall. After greeting Ma Jiashi, she began to prepare the wall chart.Mrs. Ma Jia ordered someone to fetch a rectangular box of double-headed peonies carved in gold and lacquer from the Song Dynasty. Judging from the shape, it should contain a picture scroll or something.

Opening the exquisite box, there is indeed the picture of the Empress Dowager Xu. It should be a few years old, but because these things are maintained by special personnel, there is no evidence of damage.

All the eunuchs and maids in Zhongcui Palace kneeled in the hall, Ya Yue was at the front.Mrs. Ma Jia stood at the front, and the maid waited on her to clean her hands, burn incense, and set off firecrackers before she reached out to take the palace training picture.Unfold it carefully, and then said to the people below: "In ancient times, there was an imperial concubine Xu, although the two concubines in Zhongcui Palace have never had such an honor, but there is no incident of losing their wives. .My palace hopes that the palace will be full of happiness in the future, and all the sisters will work together in harmony for the emperor."

"Thank you for my sister's teaching. From now on, my sister will abide by women's behavior and serve the emperor with all my heart." Ya Yue led the crowd to worship again.

After hanging up the palace training picture, I will go to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager.Ma Jiashi led the crowd to the Compassionate Ning Palace.

After entering the hall, some people had already arrived. Yayue and Ma Jia sat down after paying respects to Niu Gulu, Zhang Jia, and Zhao Jia.According to the position, Niu Gulu sat in the main seat, which was the lower left of Xiaozhuang, and there was an empty seat below, followed by Ma Jia and Yayue, and after that were the positions of other concubines.On the right are Zhao Jia and Zhang Jia, and the rest of the seats are empty, and I don't know which concubines they are.

After a while, almost everyone came.It's just that there are still two vacant positions, one is the position of Niu Gulu's lower head, and the other is near the end.After thinking about it for a while, Yayue knew that this was the usual position of the two sisters of Guo Luoluo's family.Although they have been banned, their positions are still there, so it is natural to reserve their positions.

This is the Compassionate Ning Palace, naturally no one dares to be presumptuous, everyone sat down in their seats in a polite manner, and the room was very quiet.It's just that Ya Yue clearly felt that everyone's eyes were on her.There is inquiry, disdain, and curiosity among them, and these gazes make Yayue feel like she is sitting on pins and needles.But I can't do anything, I can only tell myself to ignore those gazes in my heart.It just so happened that Xiaozhuang came and successfully rescued Yayue.

"The empress dowager is here!" Xiao Zhuang walked in from the inner room holding Su Mala's hand.

"My concubine pays respects to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is blessed and safe!" Everyone stood up and saluted.

"Excuse me! You came early, the old bones of the Ai family are still inferior to you." Xiao Zhuang looked at this group of beauties of all kinds, smiled slightly, and said jokingly.

Niu Gulu held the brocade handkerchief and lightly covered the corners of his mouth and smiled, "The old ancestor really spoiled our sisters, how dare we compare with you, the old ancestor, I heard that the old ancestor was a great beauty when he was young, now It's as graceful as it was back then!"

The concubines and concubines echoed repeatedly, and they dared not take the words of the ancestor casually.What's more, there is Niu Gulu who is in charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces, no matter what, it is not their turn to speak.

Who doesn't like to hear flattery, even if he knows it's not true, he's still happy.Xiaozhuang couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, pointed at Niu Gulu and scolded: "You, only this mouth is powerful, but you can speak sweet words as soon as you open your mouth. I'm not afraid that the Ai family will punish you for a slip of the tongue."

"The concubine knows that the ancestor is a good man, so how can he punish the concubine at will. If it is true, the concubine will be stupid. The ancestor is magnanimous, so he will not care about the concubine." These words are clear again. He praised Xiaozhuang secretly.

"Okay, the Ai family likes your clever mouth. Su Mala, go and get the emerald crested hairpin from the Ai family. The Ai family will reward this girl." Xiao Zhuang seemed very happy, even the phoenix hairpin The hairpins are all rewarded.

Although the hairpin is only emerald, it is important to know that not everyone can wear the phoenix head. The emperor is the dragon and the phoenix is ​​the queen. Doesn't the gift of the phoenix head hairpin mean that Niu Colu's family is the queen by default?

Xiao Zhuang's words caused an uproar in everyone's hearts.Although Niu Gulu is currently in charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces, if Kangxi does not decree to make her a queen for a day, everyone else has a chance.But now that the empress dowager bestows the crested hairpin to Niu Gulu, is it a disguised support for her to be the empress?This is not good!

"My concubine thanked the ancestor for his kindness." Niu Gulu took over the hairpin and thanked Xiaozhuang with blessings.

Xiaozhuang nodded in satisfaction, saw the two conspicuous seats that were empty, frowned slightly and said to Niu Gulu, "Sister Guo Luoluo didn't come today?"

Niu Gulu nodded and returned: "Returning to the ancestors, the emperor ordered them to stay. I'm afraid I won't be able to come to pay respects to the ancestors today. Instead, let them come here to make amends for you."

Xiao Zhuang glanced at Ya Yue indiscriminately, "The emperor is still so impatient, Ai Jia sees that the two sisters are very peaceful on weekdays, why are they doing all kinds of mistakes when Wu Chang is there? Don't be wronged A good man."

No matter how much Ya Yue tries to reduce her own existence, she still cannot avoid the limelight.Following Xiao Zhuang's words, everyone's eyes turned back to Ya Yue.

Yayue didn't dare to make more excuses in front of Xiaozhuang, it was obvious that Xiaozhuang was deliberately looking for trouble for herself.With Xiaozhuang contributing to the flames, I'm afraid the days to come will be even more difficult.

Seeing the situation, Niu Gulu quickly made a rescue and said: "The ancestor has wronged sister Wu Ya a bit. The emperor saw that sister Wu Ya was injured that day and made this decision out of desperation. Yesterday, sister Wu Ya returned I personally came here to plead guilty to the concubine, saying that it was just a misunderstanding, and I also asked the concubine to cancel the ban on their sisters. The concubine wanted to come today to ask the ancestors for a favor for the two sisters. The ancestors mentioned it."

Xiao Zhuang looked at Ya Yue suspiciously and said: "Is this true? The end of the year is approaching, and Ai's family is also looking forward to the whole house being able to have fun together. Since it is a misunderstanding, let the two of them come out." He also looked at Ma Jia, Zhao Jia, and nobleman Na La, and said, "Now my heirs in the Qing Dynasty are weak, and you, the princess of the elder brother, must take care of you with all your heart, and there must be no mistakes."

Kangxi has only three elder brothers, Baocheng, Changsheng, and Wanfu, who are still alive, and the princess is only Princess Rongxian, who was born by the Zhaojia family, so it is even more important to protect him.

Everyone talked with Xiao Zhuang again, and then they dispersed.