The nine princesses of the East Palace

I slept through it all, it was mid-sun when I woke up, it was Yong Niang who woke me up.I opened my eyes in a daze, my head still aching.

"Princess, do you feel a headache?" Yong Niang asked.

"Well, it hurts badly." I rubbed my forehead and said.

Yong Niang said: "His Royal Highness ordered the dining room to warm the milk when he left, it just comes in handy at this moment, the princess washes up quickly, the maidservant is going to order someone to bring the milk."

"No need, Yong Niang, I don't like drinking milk." Seeing that Yong Niang was about to go out, I hurriedly said.

Yong Niang's footsteps did not stop, but said as she walked: "Princess, this is what His Highness ordered, the princess should drink a little, it is good for health."

"But……"

Before I finished speaking, Yong Niang had already walked away.

As soon as I finished washing and getting dressed, the people in the dining room brought me milk, which was white and steaming, but I really don’t like drinking milk, and I always feel that it has a strange smell.

"Princess, drink it quickly, it will hurt your health if it gets cold." Yong Niang said, "Cow's milk is very precious and rare even in the palace. Even the noble concubine wants to drink it, but she often can't drink it. Your Highness knows that the princess doesn't like it. , specially ordered someone to add plum blossom clear dew and plum water to it, and the princess will be able to taste the difference after a sip."

Is there a difference?I stared at the bowl of milk and smelled it. It seemed that there was no strange smell, and there was a faint fragrance.I took a look at Yong Niang, took a spoonful of it with a spoon, it seemed that it was not too difficult to accept, so I took a second sip, and a third sip, the bowl of milk had bottomed out.

"Yong Niang, this is better than last time." Seeing Yong Niang looking at me, I smiled at her.

Yong Niang looked happy, and then said: "It's good to drink, the servant girl will tell the people in the imperial dining room to write down the recipe, so that next time the princess wants to eat, she can ask the imperial dining room to make it anytime." .”

Yong Niang did what she said, and she really went straight to the dining room, and before I could react, she had already disappeared.

After drinking the milk, my headache eased a lot, I ate some breakfast, Yong Niang reminded me that I was going to see the Empress Dowager.

After the noble concubine lost her child, her mood changed drastically, she went crazy, she didn't care about anything in the palace, and it fell to the empress dowager who had just recovered from illness.

When I go to see the Empress Dowager right now, besides greeting her, I also need to listen to her explain a lot about the grand ceremony.

When I arrived at Shouning Palace, the Empress Dowager had already had breakfast, she was flipping through a dossier in her hand, and looked in good spirits.

Before I saluted, she waved to me, "Xiaofeng, come quickly."

I walked over quickly, and she handed me the dossier, "I ordered someone to transcribe the details of the grand ceremony again, you can read it again, you can't make a mistake, not only will all the civil and military officials of the N Dynasty be present, Envoys from various countries will also come to watch the ceremony and congratulate them.”

"Grandma, don't worry, I won't be stage fright." When I saw the thick file, my head hurt for no reason.

The empress dowager patted my hand, "Okay, okay, don't be frightened. The first time I saw you, I knew you were a smart and courageous boy. I have been looking forward to it for three months, and finally I hope that you two will get married. These days, too many things have happened in the palace, and finally there is a happy event." As she spoke, she sighed softly.

She sighed, and I also became worried. I haven't been in the Central Plains for a long time, but many things have happened. I don't know what to say, so I just said: "Grandma, the world is impermanent. Right, in the face of many things, we are still powerless, so, remember the happy things, remember them for a lifetime, and treat the sad things as passing clouds, don't worry about them."

The Empress Dowager suddenly raised her hand and stroked my hair, "You are right, don't worry about it, don't worry about it, it won't help."

At this moment, the maid came in with some snacks, so she said, "Come here, this plum blossom cake is just out of the oven, it's soft, glutinous and fragrant, hurry up and taste it while it's hot."

This plum blossom is crisp white and crystal clear, and it is very pleasing to the eye at a glance. I picked it up and took a bite. It has a faint fragrance, which is refreshing.

"Is it delicious?" The Empress Dowager looked at me and asked.

"Delicious." I nodded quickly.

After eating one piece, the Empress Dowager asked me to eat the other ones, "You are always so carefree. If you don't marry into the palace, you will be able to live a lifetime of ease and happiness. You have your own responsibilities, you are the crown princess, the future empress, you have to assist Cheng Yin, and you have to be able to handle big things."

The empress dowager's expression became serious, and she told me a lot of things to do after becoming a princess. This was the first time she talked to me so much, and she talked for half a day. Used by Shouning Palace.

After lunch, the Empress Dowager did not take a lunch break, but took me out of the palace to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple to listen to the master's lecture.The master is very kind, and he is very familiar with the empress dowager, but I can't understand what he said at all, and I am about to fall asleep after listening to it. Come.

This lecture lasted for two hours, and my legs were numb from sitting there. Once the master finished speaking, I was relieved, and quickly asked Yong Niang to help me up, "Yong Niang, do you know where the latrine is?" ? I want to relieve myself." I whispered.

"My maid first ask someone, princess, don't worry." Yong Niang said, and went to ask someone.

The master was still talking to the Empress Dowager, when he saw me, he suddenly said: "Amitabha, life and death are in a single thought, I hope the benefactor will look away."

"What does the master mean?" I couldn't understand what he was saying, and asked with a blank face.

The master glanced at me again, and then said: "It's nothing, it's the old monk who misunderstood, the benefactor's jaw is thick and rich, and his complexion is rosy, it is a sign of health and prosperity, and he will definitely be able to take care of him in his later years."

He must be praising me, so I hurriedly blessed myself and said, "Thank you for your kind words, Master."

The master nodded, but muttered in his mouth, "Why did you get it wrong?"

Yong Niang has already found out the location of the latrine, I told the Empress Dowager, and then I left the meditation room and went to the latrine, when I came out, the master had already left.

The Empress Dowager took me to burn incense and then returned to the palace.

In the next two days, I didn't have an easy time either. Fang Shangyi continued to urge me on etiquette and rules, and the Empress Dowager ordered someone to stuff a booklet for me, and told me that I must read it. It was about the grand ceremony of the book, and I opened it without thinking about it, but I didn't expect it to be a map of avoiding fire.

The ones that Yongning gave me were already burned by me in a fit of anger after I lost face in front of Li Chengyin last time. I dare not burn the ones given by the Empress Dowager.But holding it in your hand is like a soldering iron, very hot.

I looked around and made sure that the doors and windows were closed, so I turned a page curiously.

I was watching with relish, when the window slammed, I felt something was wrong, I looked up and saw Li Cheng Yin, I thought I was wrong, rubbed my eyes and looked again, he was still there.

I was startled, took the fire avoidance map and stuffed it under the bed.

"What are you looking at? Sneaky." He asked aloud.

"You you you...why did you climb over the wall again?" I was so angry that I stuttered.

"I want to see you, so I climbed over the wall." He walked over and sat down on my couch.