Just after Mao hour, Yan Xiu was about to get up and go to court.
Zhu Sijia accompanies him to get up together. The palace attendants take the court clothes into the bedroom and then go out. Zhu Sijia puts it on for him herself.
Her fingers were as delicate as peeling onions, flexibly turning over Yan Xiu's body, and she quickly smoothed, tied and put on the heavy court clothes.
"After half a month of separation, I didn't expect that your hands that helped me put on my court uniform would become more flexible day by day."
Yan Xiu likes to look at her with his eyebrows down at this moment.
Unexpectedly, the smile on Zhu Sijia's face suddenly disappeared. After she finished changing Yan Xiu's clothes, she knelt down and bowed her head to confess: "I am guilty."
Yan Xiu didn't help her, he squatted down and his eyes were parallel to hers: "What crime is Cicada guilty of?"
Zhu Sijia said frankly: "The jade pendant given to me by Your Majesty was accidentally lost when I left the palace to go to the eldest princess's mansion for a banquet. I asked people to look for it everywhere, but I couldn't find it for a long time. I accidentally lost it and returned it." Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
She actually lost the waist pendant.
The waist pendant was personally given to Yan Xiu by Empress Dowager Xiaowen on his seventh birthday.
It was because Xiaowen was terminally ill and knew that his time was short, so when he gave the jade pendant as a gift, he specifically told him to wear it with him.
When he meets a girl he likes, he gives her a waist pendant as a gift so that Xiaowen can know what kind of person his granddaughter-in-law is.
But she actually lost it.
She knew she had made a mistake, so she was cautious and groveling. She seemed to have returned to the way she was when she first met Yan Xiu. She was cautious and uneasy, which made Yan Xiu feel an unknown anger in his heart.
She has lost a lot of weight, and he managed to make her plump before leaving the palace.
In just half a month, she became icy and fragile again, especially the fragility that could not be concealed at the end of her eyes, which must have been caused by repeated worries about his move south.
Facing her face, Yan Xiu couldn't say anything serious.
Yan Xiu's eyes darkened. To her, his limit was to leave without expression: "It doesn't matter, it's just a piece of jade that was lost."
Zhu Sijia watched him leave Changle Palace and go to court. She knew that this time, Yan Xiu was really angry.
I just don’t know if he will withdraw his intention to let her assist in the Sixth Palace. After all, when he mentioned this matter last night, Zhu Sijia did not refuse.
Balancing the situation in the previous dynasty requires checks and balances, and the harem also needs them. After half of the power of life and death in the Sixth Palace is in her hands, she no longer has to worry about being embarrassed by the Queen Mother's faction when Yan Xiu is away.
How could there be any reason to refuse such a good thing?
But the discarded jade pendant was a thorn in her heart. Before she confessed, it would only prick the soft flesh of her heart over and over again. Zhu Scarlett couldn't bear this uneasiness, so she chose a time when he was in a good mood to tell her. he.
That’s all, don’t force anything in your life.
Zhu Scarlett climbed back into bed and continued to catch up on her sleep.
At Mao Shi, as soon as she fell asleep, Xin'er opened the bedroom door and woke her up: "Jieyu, the Queen Mother summons you to Zhangtai Palace."
Zhu Sijia was very dizzy and her eyes were blurred with sleep: "Zhangtai Palace? Go to Zhangtai Palace on such a cold day?"
It's not snowing, it's snowing. Yesterday's blizzard has stopped. As soon as the sun comes out, it's the coldest time outside.
Xin'er cried out repeatedly: "I heard that the Queen Mother also called the masters of other palaces. I guess there is something important to announce. Zhangtai Palace is a long way away. Jieyu, you'd better get up and dress up quickly."
Zhu Sijia asked Xin'er to go down and make a pot of strong tea, then climbed out of bed in one go.
Having learned from the past, she didn't dare to slack off this time.
Zhangtai Palace.
Zhu Sijia was the second to arrive here. The one who arrived at Zhangtai Palace before her was An Ge, the young ambassador who lived in Youchun Palace. Youchun Palace was not close to Zhangtai Palace, but she didn't expect that she had arrived earlier than Zhu Sijia.
The two looked at each other, nodded lightly, and then each found a chair to sit down.
Zhu Sijia only knew that An Ge was the daughter of a local official, and her father belonged to the New Party of Yan Xiu's faction.
Although she was the daughter of a local civil servant, Ange's family background was not as impressive as other noblewomen in the capital. However, her father was sent by Yan Xiu to serve as an official in the Chu region.
Yan Xiu valued his father very much, and his promotion to the capital was just around the corner.
Empress Dowager Zhang made a good plan. Among the six noble ladies who entered the palace, four were from the old party of relatives, and the remaining two were daughters of the new party.
This not only silences the new party, but also protects the interests of the old party, killing two birds with one stone.
An Ge's appearance is not ranked among the beauties of the Qin Dynasty. She is more beautiful and beautiful, especially when she wears green clothes, she has a unique charm.
But the moment Zhu Sijia appeared in the main hall of Zhangtai Palace dressed up, she fully realized what it meant to be conscious of one's appearance with pearls and jade beside her.
People came to Zhangtai Palace one after another, including Zhenzhen, who was hastily married by Yan Xiu some time ago.
Before she got married, she was quite fond of Daqin clothes. After marrying Yan Xiu and being named a beauty, she returned to Beiliang clothes.
Eight people from the harem arrived, but Queen Mother Zhang was nowhere to be seen.
Zhangtai Palace is colder than other palaces. I don't know whether the ground dragon in the palace is broken or there is not enough charcoal in the heater. People in the palace are sneezing one after another.
"What do you mean by your attitude? If you tell me, you will think that I, Da Qin, can't even support my concubine."
Empress Dowager Zhang appeared on stage in a phoenix crown and splendid costume that was only worn during celebrations.
Everyone stood up and saluted.
Queen Mother Zhang's eyes quickly swept across the palace, and finally fell on Zhenzhen. She was not angry and proud:
"Zhenmei, you are married to the Qin woman, but you dare to wear Northern Liang clothes in Zhangtai Palace of the Ai family. How did the nanny in your palace teach you the rules?"
Zhenzhen's face was as dead as water, and her body did not move. She replied coldly: "The Queen Mother does not know something. In our Beiliang, married women dress like this. I just don't want to lose the traditions of my motherland."
Empress Dowager Zhang was furious: "Homeland? How dare Beiliang be compared with the Qin Dynasty? Zhenmei said something rude. From now on, I will come to Zhangtai Palace every day to copy the palace rules, and I will stop copying them three hundred times."
How can Zhenzhen, a foreign woman, know how to write Chinese characters? She had to copy it a full three hundred times. Wasn't this deliberately trying to torture her?
Zhu Sijia had the courage to intercede for her: "To the Queen Mother, Gong Zhenzhen... Zhenmei made an unintentional mistake. I think this is the fault of her nun in the palace. I hope the Queen Mother will take back her life."
Zhenzhen looked at her with surprise.
Empress Dowager Zhang sneered and said: "Look, Zhu Jieyu has just received His Majesty's approval for the position of Assistant to the Sixth Palace, and she dares to intercede for a foreign woman who has broken the rules."
Associate with the Sixth House?
Now it was the turn of everyone in the hall to sit still.
Zhu Sijia herself did not expect when Yan Xiu sent someone to notify Zhangtai Palace? It was only an hour or two before he went to the morning court.
"The Ai family has called you here to tell you the rules of the palace so that you will not lose your sense of proportion. The Ai family used to like to be clean, so they exempted you from greeting each other every day. However, the palace must not be too clean. From tomorrow, greetings will be resumed. "
"From today onwards, I wish Jieyu to take over the Phoenix Seal, and everything in the harem will obey her orders. After you leave Zhangtai Palace, you should go to Changle Palace and pay her respects every day."
"This Laba banquet is also in full charge of Zhu Jieyu. If you make any mistakes, the Ai family will take back the phoenix seal and report it to Your Majesty. Do you understand?"
