"It's time for you to come. Let's take her to the west room and salute the old lady. All the ladies and grandmothers are there. They will arrange introductions when they meet." Uncle Rong slowly relaxed his brows. Although he didn't want to interfere with the You family's affairs, But it makes sense to come here today. Naturally, there was no other excuse. It was just a delusion for the You sisters to enter the West Mansion just because they wanted to show their faces in front of the old lady.
There was no day when Wang Xifeng wasn't waiting in front of the old lady.
Sister Feng has already understood that she is not angry with the You family. I am afraid that Mrs. You may not be willing to let the sisters from the You family enter the West Mansion as the second wife of Master Lian.
Uncle Xiao Rong looked at Mr. Lian who was sitting and receiving the courtesy from his servant, and made up his mind to ask him what he thought after the party was over. There is no longer a wife to take care of the affairs of Mr. Lian's house now. The sister of that family has gone there. Although she is the second wife in name, she is actually the mistress of Mr. Lian's courtyard.
Although it is limited to Lian Erye's courtyard, it is also very attractive to outsiders.
Uncle Rong pondered.
At that time, the grandfather, wife and grandmother in Rongguo Mansion received the courtesy from the servants one by one.
In the palace, Yuan Chun stood quietly behind the Empress Dowager, like a stone sculpture. A stone sculpture with a slight smile on its face at all times, without any other expression.
Not moving, not even blinking.
Not to mention the jewels and jewels on her head. Even when she bowed her head to salute and took small steps, the jewel pendants on her ears and the resplendent hairpin on her head did not waver.
Earrings and earrings were originally used to regulate behavior. In a palace that valued etiquette the most, it would be considered rude if a concubine's movements caused the earrings to dangle.
Therefore, Yuanchun wore a heavy headdress, and any movement he made was rude and restrained. Perhaps, she has long been accustomed to this, but today she feels a little sad.
This kind of sadness should never be shown in front of anyone. Not to mention that not only the queen, empress dowager, emperor and others were present in the room, all thoughts had to be cleared.
She is pretty good, she is a concubine after all. There were several concubines, several nobles, several promises, and some who were always present. They came in one by one to salute and say hello. Yuanchun came in early, and the emperor's concubines came in one after another at this moment. The nobles, the promise, and the permanent ones were left in the snow with their maids.
Only after the concubine had finished her rituals could the nobles, consenting people, and permanent guests come in from the outside one after another and leave the ice-covered courtyard.
Yuanchun looked at the people saluting below. Some of them had only entered the palace in the past two years, and he felt a little sorry for them.
Sure enough, two people were scolded by the queen. It's not a training, it can only be regarded as pointing out the shortcomings in front of the emperor and the empress dowager. But Yuanchun knew that the rest of their lives would be even more difficult for the two teenage concubines named by the queen.
The concubines were lectured and then asked out by the nanny. During the break, the Empress Dowager turned sideways and spoke to Yuanchun.
"Can you take them to the old lady's place to salute?"
Yuanchun kneeled down and replied: "I've been there."
"You are always considerate, so I shouldn't have asked. I just heard that you have been feeling a little unwell these past two days, so I'm afraid you may have been negligent. Now that you've been there, let's give it up. You have to get well as soon as possible so that you can serve the emperor."
Yuanchun bowed again and agreed. All behaviors and behaviors are polite, and no one can find any fault in them. But a noble concubine sitting next to him looked at it with interest and chuckled.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress looked at the imperial concubine at the same time, but the imperial concubine was not afraid at all. She behaved differently from everyone else in the room.
She doesn't look like a well-behaved concubine in the palace.
It was just that the Queen Mother and the Empress looked sideways at the Emperor's face, but did not reprimand the noble concubine on the spot.
Yuanchun also looked at it with his peripheral vision, feeling envious in his heart. After all, she is the biological sister of King Mobei. The hundreds of thousands of troops in King Mobei's hands are the confidence of this noble concubine.
The Queen Mother asked Yuan Chun to stand up with a stiff look on her face, and said nothing else to Yuan Chun. She only asked Mammy to bring in those who were standing outside in the snow one by one to 'talk'.
Forbidden Palace, Forbidden Palace, be careful everywhere.
Just like this palace, although it is magnificent and magnificent, it is narrow and crowded. It always gives people a depressing feeling. As long as I stay here, I can't take a big breath, as if my mouth and nose are covered with a thick piece of silk.
To put it nicely, it is a harem, but this palace is not as spacious and comfortable as any house in the Grand View Garden. Thinking of this, Yuanchun felt sad again.
After all the emperor's concubines had saluted at the Queen Mother's side, the Queen had to say a few words before she got up.
Then they went to the Queen's palace, where the concubines, concubines, concubines, etc. saluted the Queen in turn.
The snow above the palace fell one by one.
There are so many rituals in the palace that Yuanchun doesn't know how many rituals he has to perform every day.
Five times a day, the palace maid would wake her up before dawn. Even though he was groggy, he got up immediately. After rinsing his mouth with the overnight cold tea, he made a few snacks and let the maid help him to dress next to him.
If it is a little slow, the nuns in the palace will inevitably rush to tell you. In the dark sky, they had to rush to the Queen's palace, and then the Queen led them to the Queen Mother to kneel down, say hello, and salute.
The Empress Dowager greeted her here, and then went back to the Empress' place to greet her and salute. After going through so many twists and turns, it was almost noon by the time all the rituals were completed and everyone had conversations.
He barely ate the cold meal in his room, but his head was still feeling dizzy. At noon, I took a nap on the couch with soft mattresses, and didn't wake up until the hand warmer in my hand became cold.
I went east again to see the old concubine and waited on her for a long time. Later, he went back to the Queen Mother to kneel down and salute.
Today is different from the past. There is a big banquet in the palace today. In the past, after going to the queen's house to pay her respects, I could go back to my residence to eat, take a bath, and wait for the sign to be turned over.
After the ceremony today, I still have to attend the banquet. Just under the plaque of "Upright and Bright" in Qianqing Palace, the nobles, promises, and regular guests who had just saluted went over early and waited in a polite manner.
Then came the concubines, concubines, and then the noble concubines, queens and others.
When Yuanchun and the concubines arrived, the palace was full of people, and everyone stood there as straight as wood, motionless.
She knew that she was about to become such a piece of wood. She could only go to her own seat and continue to wait until the queen arrived and the eunuchs in the palace summoned her.
Yuanchun watched the concubines and nobles saluting him with his eyes, and listened to their auspicious New Year greetings.
They are all good-looking people, all have nice voices, and they all have kind and thoughtful words.
But she couldn't feel any good luck.
Wait a moment, the imperial concubine arrives. Yuanchun immediately put on a smile, and together with the concubines, concubines, nobles, and the regular attendants, he paid New Year's greetings to the concubine.
When the queen arrives, the concubine will take the lead and then salute one by one.
When the emperor arrives, the empress will take the lead and continue to salute in sequence.
At an auspicious time, get up and sit down.
However, Yuanchun knew that there were still several kneelings and dozens of salutes waiting to be done during the banquet.
When the emperor makes a toast, the concubines have to leave their seats and kneel down to worship;
After the emperor toasted with wine, the concubines had to return the favor in order of rank and then salute;
…
By the time the banquet was over, Yuanchun was exhausted physically and mentally. When she was about to return to the palace, someone called her.
"Tomorrow is your birthday, and everyone from your family is coming over, so I can't bother you. Although I hate you sometimes, you are the only one in this palace who can say a few words to me. I thought Today is also your birthday, so it’s appropriate to give you a gift.”
The person who stopped Yuanchun was the imperial concubine from Mobei. As she spoke, she took out a silver-inlaid coral turquoise tassel hairpin that blended the style of Yan and Mobei.
I recommended a friend's book "The First Assistant to the Red Mansion". It's a good book, but the new book doesn't have many words.
(End of chapter)
