Queen Xiaoxi

Chapter 129
"Remember it. You are the head empress, and you should call yourself me just like Concubine An. If you still call yourself me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, remember this. You will make a fool of yourself in front of others, especially those who are married to the wives of Fujin." Remember. Are you staying?" Kangxi really wanted to go back to Qianqing Palace, but before leaving, he still wanted to teach Wanxian.

"Yeah, I remember." Wanxian nodded solemnly. In order not to make a joke, she would practice it later.

"Let me tell you, if I show my timidity in front of them and make a joke, in less than a day, it will spread all over the capital. The concubine Shu, the concubine of the Long Live Lord, is just mediocre. She is not worthy of the Long Live Lord. You have to do it. Let people say this." Kangxi immediately grasped Wanxian's lifeline.What Wanxian fears most is that others will say that she is not worthy of Long Live Lord.

"My slave will practice well and will not embarrass you, Lord Long Live. Wanxian is worthy of Lord Long Live." Wanxian said angrily.

"Okay, then I'll see how you perform." Kangxi said, stroking Wanxian's head.

"Long live my lord, please go away. I will start practicing right away." Wanxian said with high spirits.

Kangxi even laughed at Wanxian's move to drive people away. The good guy was still reluctant to leave just now, but now he started to turn his back on her.But this is good, so as not to cry and feel uncomfortable later.

"Then I'm leaving. Take care of yourself." After Kangxi kissed Wanxian's forehead, he set off to visit the Qing palace.

Only Wanxian, who was motivated to fight, was left sitting on the hot kang, muttering non-stop.

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"You keep chanting like this, are you used to it?" An Bin asked curiously.

At noon, Concubine An called Shang Wanxian to have lunch with Bu Guiren.Seeing that Wanxian kept talking about me, she asked curiously.

Wanxian shook her head and said: "I'm not a concubine, I'm still a little unaccustomed to it."

"Just practice more and you'll be fine." Bu Guiren looked at Wanxian and said with a smile.

"Okay." Wanxian said after taking a sip of soup.

"Anyway, don't worry. Fortunately, in the early years, the Lord Long Live showed his grace and allowed the nobles and young masters under his knees to participate in the ceremony and so on. When you go to the Queen Mother's Palace to pay your respects, the nobles will always give you guidance." An Bi comforted.

"I heard what the empress said, will Wang Changzai come out too?" Bu Guiren thought of Wang Changzai's arrival and asked.

"That's not certain. Wang Changzai is the biological mother of the two elder brothers after all. However, in the Queen Mother's Palace, there are Fujins outside the palace. Wang Changzai will restrain himself no matter what." An Bin said confidently.

Wanxian also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. I really don't want to have anything to do with Wang Changzai." Wanxian was frightened when she thought of the scene at that time.

"Okay, today is over, and tomorrow will be New Year's Eve. Let's all recuperate from tonight. We will all be busy early in the morning on New Year's Eve. You don't want to come here yet, and you can go your own way. You can eat in your own bedroom. Sleep as much as you can when you have free time. There is no time to rest during the New Year." An Binyou ordered.

Wanxian and Bu Guiren quickly stood up and said yes.

"Your Majesty, will Concubine Duan and Concubine Jing also attend? I haven't seen them yet." Wanxian asked curiously.

"Hey, they are both old. Besides, they didn't take good care of themselves when they were young. They have suffered a lot of diseases, and I'm afraid they won't come out." An Bin also thought of the old sisters who lived in Qixiang Palace.When I was young, I earned as much money as a black-eyed chicken, but now it doesn't matter.

"That's right." Wanxian remembered Long Live Master's instructions in the morning and quickly said to Grandma Yun: "You all go out first, Grandma Yun is waiting at the door. Go ahead, go ahead."

Grandma Yun quickly led the servants out.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Bugui asked strangely.

After Wanxian saw that everyone had gone out, she quickly said: "Your Majesty, Lord Bu, I gave you special instructions when I left in the morning. You said that if you encounter the Eight Fortunes during the New Year, you should stay away."

"This is what Long Live Lord said." An Bin said, holding Wanxian's hand.

"Yes, it is said that Ba Fujin acted more and more crazily when he came in, so he made me hide away." Wanxian just wanted to repay An Bin and Bu Guiren, so she told them the news.

"Has the long live master told the inside story?" Bu Guiren also walked to Wanxian and asked.

"No, just hide away." Wanxian shook her head and said.

"Since Lord Long Live has spoken, let's hide from Ba Fu Jin. For Lord Long Live to say such things, it means that Ba Fu Jin has violated Lord Long Live's taboo." Concubine An's stay in the palace for all these years was not in vain. Yes, it’s finalized.

The nobleman nodded quickly and said, "The concubine has taken note of it."

"Okay, let's all sit down and have a good meal." An Bin said.

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The time soon came to New Year's Eve.The main hall, east side hall and back hall in Changchun Palace are brightly lit.

At the right time, Wanxian was called by Aunt Yun and Nanny Gu.

Wan Xian steeled herself and started to dress up.

All the slaves in Yiqing's study room are in full preparedness, because today is the first time for the master to attend the New Year's Day ceremony, and the first time to go to the Queen Mother's palace to pay greetings.

Wanxian sat in front of the dressing table and ate a few snacks to pad her belly.

Aunt Yun and Nanny Gu kept putting powder and makeup on Wanxian.

Yunxia, ​​Qiaoguo and other maids held trays with important items such as royal crowns on them.

Grandma Yun took out a small box from Yun Xia's hand.When opened, there are three pairs of earrings with golden dragons holding beads. One ear and three pincers are the rules passed down from the ancestors.

Aunt Yun and Nanny Gu lined up on both sides of Wanxian and put it on for Wanxian.

After putting it on, Grandma Yun and Nanny Gu helped Wanxian up, put it on the bottom of the flower pot, and then began to help Wanxian put on the court dress.

First is the court skirt: it is made of a piece of gold with sea dragon edge, red satin with gold longevity characters on it, and azurite satin with dragon makeup on the bottom.

Then there is the court robe: the court robe is fragrant in color.The shawl and cuffs are azurite, with gold and mink edges, and mink edges on the upper and lower shoulders.There are nine rusty gold dragons on the top, five-color clouds in the middle, and eight treasures on the bottom.There are two dragons running on the collar, one dragon running on the end of the sleeves, and two dragons running where the sleeves meet.

Finally, there is the court gown: the court gown is azurite.The court coat is decorated with mink edges on the front and back.There are two dragons on the front and back of the imperial coat, with four layers alternate between them. There are four dragons on the top and four blessings and longevity on the bottom.

After all the court clothes were put on, Grandma Yun took out a golden turban and tied it in the center of Wanxian's court clothes.

Aunt Yun began to wear beads for Wanxian again.The concubine's court beads are made of three plates, one plate of coral, two plates of honey amber, and the ribbon is golden yellow.

After Chaozhu was dressed neatly, Grandma Yun quickly put the collar on Wanxian's neck.

Wanxian has a total of two collars, one is a silver-gilt collar inlaid with coral and pearls that was awarded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the concubine's rank, and the other is a silver-gilt collar inlaid with coral and gems that was awarded by Kangxi.

Aunt Yun hesitated for a moment before giving Wanxian a gilt silver collar inlaid with jade and coral and pearls.

Gilt silver collar with green dots and coral pearls: it is made of gold and inlaid with 6 pieces of red coral. It is wrapped with seven silver dots and green cloud head patterns, and the head patterns are inlaid with seven fourth-grade Eastern pearls.The ribbon is golden yellow, with coral in the middle and two corals at the end.

Aunt Yun explained: "Ms. Shu, this is not the time to be in the limelight. You just need to behave yourself."

"Just listen to grandma on everything." Wanxian nodded and said.

"That's good." Grandma Yun said and put the gold gift on Wanxian's forehead.

The gold approximation is engraved with eight gold clouds, each decorated with one east bead, with lapis lazuli in between, and red pieces of gold.The back is tied with a turquoise knot with a gold title, pendant beads hanging down, and 170 seven pearls, arranged in three rows and two.There are two gold lapis lazuli knots in the middle. Each piece is decorated with four beads, four pearls, and coral at the end.

Everything is ready, the most important thing is Chaoguan.The imperial crown of a concubine is the lowest imperial crown among concubines, but it is also what many women dream of.

The imperial crown of the concubines has smoked mink as the eaves and is decorated with red weft.The top is a two-story building, with one east bead running through it, all covered with gold zhai, decorated with nine east beads, seventeen pearls, and agate.Zhu Wei is decorated with gold Zhai Wu, Dongzhu Wu, and pearls 170.The back of the gold Zhai is decorated with sixteen pearls, and the tail of the Zhai is decorated with [-] and two pearls, two in three rows.In the middle, there is a lapis lazuli knot with a gold title. Each piece is decorated with four pearls and pearls, and is decorated with coral at the end.The collar behind the crown is protected by two golden yellow ribbons, with coral and green satin ribbons at the end.

After everything was put away, Grandma Yun took Wanxian's hand and looked at it. Finally, she picked up four silver-plated armors in front of the dressing table and put them on Wanxian's fingers.

"Although you don't want to renew your armor, you still need to have the proper posture." Aunt Yun explained.

By the time Wanxian was really dressed up, it was time to reach the fifth quarter of the year.

Aunt Yun quickly pulled Nanny Gu and helped Wanxian towards the main hall.

In the main hall, Concubine An and Lady Bu had been waiting for a long time.

An Bing was dressed the same as Wan Xian, but Bu Guiren wore a green court robe (python robe) and a rare flower crown on her head.

Concubines above the rank of concubines wear dragon robes, while nobles wear python robes.Although only concubines with concubine status or above can wear one, on auspicious days, concubines with noble status can also wear one to show the difference.

(End of this chapter)