The nine princesses of the East Palace

"Why did you put the swing in your yard?" I asked after the swing stopped.

Every time I want to sit on the swing, I have to come to his yard. Although it’s not far away, it’s troublesome, and I’ll bring Xiaoxue and Aba Axia out and make noises with him.

Li Chengyin said: "I may be very busy on weekdays, and I don't have much time to accompany you. I'm afraid you will feel wronged, so I simply set up the swing here. In this way, I am busy inside, and you can play outside."

It makes sense, but, "Shouldn't that be in my yard?"

He seemed to be caught by my question, and he said after a while: "If I build your yard, won't I not be able to see you when I look up when I'm in the study?"

I just remembered that his study room is next to the bedroom, and the window sill is facing the position of the swing. When I sit on the swing, I can see him reviewing notebooks or reading books in front of the desk as soon as I look up...

According to Shi En, except for going to court, inspecting or disaster relief, he basically handles the affairs entrusted by the emperor in his study.

"But, don't we see each other every day?" I said.

After we got married, we slept together every night and had dinner together, except for the second night when I locked the door and he couldn't come in. I was worried that if this continued, we would get bored seeing each other.

"I see you every day, but so what?" He raised his eyebrows and asked back.

"No... not that good." I can't seem to say that I want to move the swing to my yard, otherwise he might blow his hair.If you piss him off, it will be very troublesome to coax him, oops, just take a few more steps.

He didn't ask any further questions, but said, "When the year comes, there will be more things in the palace, and you may also be busy. However, after the Lantern Festival, you will be a little free."

After a few days, I finally realized that the "busy" Li Chengyin said was not just talking, but really busy. I was busy and he was even busier. I almost only saw him at night when he was sleeping.

I also have to meet all kinds of people every day, and there are many banquets in the palace. As a princess, I not only have to go, but also wear a long and heavy skirt... Zhai, the phoenix crown must also be worn, in fact These so-called banquets are to invite wives to drink tea and chat. I often sit for half a day. I basically don’t understand what they say, and I’m not interested. sore.

I asked Yong Niang if I could not attend these banquets, Yong Niang said no, dealing with these red tapes is one of the things I usually do.

What I hate is the curved water, that is, a group of people get together and stand in different positions by the curved pool, put a jug of wine in the water, let it go along the water, and whoever stops the jug in front of it If you play or spin around, whoever has to write poetry and drink... There is no problem with asking me to drink, but asking me to write poetry is not embarrassing me?

In short, I don’t know how to write poems, so I’m forced to say something, although I can say something, but it’s neither fish nor fowl... Therefore, every time the water flows, I have to make a fool of myself, if I make a fool of myself in front of others, that’s fine, It happened that Zhao Sese also came once, and I held back a long time in front of her before I could utter a poem, which was embarrassing.She must think that I am rude and vulgar and I am not good enough for Li Chengyin.

I didn't tell Li Chengyin about this matter, but I felt uncomfortable in my heart for several days, until Yongning suggested to shoot wooden ducks, I shot nine out of ten, but Zhao Sese always missed, I crushed her Afterwards, I felt more at ease.

After shooting wooden ducks, it was Chinese New Year, and there were more and more red tapes. The Yuanchen ceremony was the most troublesome thing for me. There was no queen in the palace, and the empress dowager was getting old, so the emperor asked me to preside over the Yuanchen ceremony.

Although I have Yong Niang to assist me, I am still very worried that I will make a mistake for such a big matter. It took me several days to memorize those rules and etiquette.While I was worrying about the Yuan Chen Ceremony, Li Chengyin bathed and burned incense and went to the Vegetarian Palace. He ate fast with abstinence, and then he had to sacrifice to the heavens to prepare for the Yuan Chen Ceremony. In short, he didn't see anyone for three whole days.

I don't like the Chinese New Year in the Central Plains Palace at all, because every morning before dawn, I would be woken up from bed by Yong Niang to make up, and I would not be free until night, but I was always so tired that I would fall asleep while taking off my makeup .

Compared with before the Chinese New Year, I have to meet more people every day, and many of them are unknown. I want to accept their worship, and accompany them to watch boring songs and dances... But I am so exhausted that I can't even eat. I feel that there is no taste.

Compared with other banquets, the day of Po Wu is more fun, because this day is the day when the bride returns to peace, and the married princesses will also return to the palace.So, on this day, I saw a lot of princesses that I had never seen before.

Including the emperor's aunt, the emperor's older sisters, that is, Li Chengyin's aunts, and Li Chengyin's married sisters and sisters.

During the period, Li Chengyin's aunt, the eldest princess, who was called "Princess Pingnan", took the lead in toasting me. There is no queen in the palace now, and I am the crown princess, who can be regarded as a person with a relatively high status in the palace, so they Toast me.

After I finished drinking, I realized that Princess Pingnan has another identity, and that is Pei Zhao's mother, but Pei Zhao looks nothing like her.She is graceful and dignified, elegant, with kind eyebrows and eyes, and when Pei Zhao is not smiling, she has a fierce look.

There are so many princesses in the royal family. I basically can't tell who is who. In my eyes, they all look the same.

During the banquet, it is necessary to combine poems and compose poems. This is the old rule of the royal family. Naturally, I have to follow the rules and take the lead in composing poems.I knew that my poems would not be on the stage, so I asked Yong Niang to find someone to compose three "Tai Ping Le" for me, and I could just recite them at the banquet.

I made a start, and other princesses also started to write poems. Some of the poems written by princesses, I didn’t know how to write several words, let alone understand the meaning of the whole poem.

After a round of poems and songs, everyone praised my poems as the best, followed by Princess Pingnan... I really deserve it.

Because I was too busy and tired, Li Chengyin and I couldn't speak a few words for several days in a row. He had to go to court in the morning, but he got up before I woke up, and when he came back at night, I was already in a deep sleep... If It wasn't that Yong Niang said that he would come to Cheng'en Hall every day, I thought he was still living in Zhai Palace.

In the first year in the Central Plains, I was not very happy. I only looked forward to the arrival of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, because at that time I could go out of the palace to play openly, no matter how late I came back, no one would care .I want to watch lanterns and fireworks all night, and eat all kinds of delicious food.