Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 36

On that day, the queen's wife announced the election to the world, and everyone was in an uproar.No one expected that the young Empress would accept the four imperial concubines at once, but when they heard about the identities of the four imperial concubines, everyone changed their attitudes unanimously, thinking that this should be the way to balance .

Among the four selected, except for the second prince of Geshu Kingdom, Ge Shuyu, who couldn't see his teeth from ear to ear, the other three had their own attitudes.Mu Tiannan's expression was dispensable, he couldn't see whether it was happiness or worry; Su Jun smiled lightly, and thanked Jun in a calm and elegant way; Shao Qing was just like everyone else, doing what she should do as usual!
Those who lost the election were inevitably disappointed. Of course, it cannot be said that it is the fault of the empress that she was not elected, but being returned by the empress is always a shameful thing.Moreover, all of these people are talented, look like Pan An, and are proud and proud. They are used to being praised in the local area. Suddenly, they fell down so hard that everyone lost their spirits. Individuals with deep self-cultivation still force themselves to maintain a calm smile on their faces, but that smile looks similar to crying.

Gu Qinghua expected this, so he had to comfort them one by one, hosted a banquet in person, and repeatedly praised them, saying that they are all excellent, but not everyone is suitable to be an emperor's wife.She doesn't need so many imperial concubines, but she needs a lot of excellent courtiers. Encourage them to go back to study hard, take scientific examinations, and if they can't be husband and wife, they can still be monarchs and ministers in the future. After some personal comfort and encouragement, everyone regained their spirits, bid farewell to Your Majesty joyfully, shouted long live three times, and left the palace contentedly.

Having this banquet hosted by the empress in person is equivalent to being the honored guest of the empress, and to be praised by the emperor himself, and to write an inscription by himself, which is even more a supreme honor. It is enough to explain it when I go home, and it is enough to be famous!
Most of these aristocrats are open-minded people who are rich in talent and learning. Originally, because of the relationship between competitors, each of them disliked each other. At this time, the relationship of competition no longer exists. Going, there is a tendency to meet each other and hate it later.It is rare for everyone to get together in the same place on weekdays, and it happened to take this opportunity to get together in Beijing for a few days before saying goodbye to each other.Together with the famous scholars in Kyoto, they talked about classics and Taoism, a collection of classics and history, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and exchanged ideas and asked for advice. On the contrary, it made a good story!
This is off topic.

Besides, as soon as the imperial edict was issued, the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Honglu Temple jointly wrote a letter requesting the decree. Among the four imperial husbands, which one should be established as the rightful husband?The two originally prepared an excellent long-winded article to explain the inconveniences of the other three and the benefits of Li Mu Tiannan. Unexpectedly, before they had time to speak, Gu Qinghua said categorically: "This It is the matter between me and the four imperial wives, so there is no need for the two lovers to worry about it. When the four imperial wives enter the palace, no matter how big or small they are, they will all be conferred as side husbands. After entering the palace, we will make a decision based on their performance!"

Her Majesty's capricious temper is well known to everyone, not to mention that in order to establish a concubine, she has already confronted the King Yizheng in the court once, and even the King Yizheng was dizzy and unable to react for a while, let alone them?Who has the guts to contradict her?I had no choice but to resist the urge to speak, and took the beautiful article back into my stomach.Because of the relationship between Mu Tiannan and Mu Tiannan, the Prince of Political Affairs hinted that the two of them would open their mouths. Now that Gu Qinghua pushed back with a single word from these two, there was nothing he could do about it.

According to Qin Tianguan's calculation, seven days later will be the last auspicious day of this month, otherwise, they will have to wait until June for the proper wedding day.Gu Qinghua didn't want to have long nights and dreams, so he issued Zhu Zhu, and seven days later, on April [-], he welcomed the four imperial husbands into the palace.

In this way, time is tight, even if you don't want to be simple, you have to be simple.The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the Minister of Honghe Temple and their subordinates were so busy that they didn't touch the ground, they couldn't eat well, and they didn't dare to sleep. People went to the four people's homes to announce good news, rewards, and other matters.

This is the case outside the palace, and the inside of the palace is even more busy. Liu Shanggong, the new director of the Shang Palace Bureau, and Long Qian, the chief executive of the inner palace, have to meet several times a day to clean up the palace garden, decorate the palace rooms, add furnishings, Sewing auspicious clothes, cutting new clothes, shoes and socks, adding servants and eunuchs, preparing meals and recipes, etc., we must also take into account the dignity of the royal family, and we are afraid that something will be neglected and the four future husbands will feel unfair and blame them , but also judging the sacred will to handle it carefully, the things are trivial and numerous, and it is really exhausting.Not only them, but Aunt Su also suffered a lot. The reason is that Aunt Su understands the holy will best, so no matter what the plan is, they always ask Aunt Su to weigh it with a smile on their faces.

Although we were tired, everyone still had a lot of energy in their hearts, and they were full of energy and wanted to finish their errands well.This is the first big happy event for the empress after she ascended the throne. As long as it is done without mistakes, it will be meritorious, and it is a great achievement. The rewards will naturally be rich, and there may be a rank or even a promotion...

On April [-]th, led by [-] maids each, each took a four-person sedan chair with sapphire blue and embroidered gold. The four imperial concubines set off from the post house at the same time, entered the palace through the northwest gate of Longwu Gate, and walked along the long road. Go straight to the north, cross the Jinshui Bridge, and enter the Zhenshun Gate, which is the inner palace.

Strangely, the eunuchs who carried the sedan chairs did not carry them to their respective palaces, but to the front of the Zichen Palace. When the sedan chairs got off in front of the palace, the little eunuchs who had been waiting at the side stepped forward, one of them opened the curtain silently, and the other Helping the people in the sedan chair to get off the sedan chair, the eunuchs who carried the sedan chair lifted the sedan chair again, and filed out of Zichen Palace.The accompanying ladies did not follow in, but quietly lined up in two rows outside the palace.

The four of them all wore the same attire, a long gown with red cross collar, dark wide-edged patterns on the neckline and waist, black gold inlaid belt, and a pure white square jade tablet inlaid with a gold edge in the middle of the belt, engraved with a hundred years Good-fitting relief, covered with a red wide-sleeved straight-collar double-breasted beige, which reaches to the feet, embroidered with black dragon and phoenix flower patterns, wearing a purple crown with hair tied, inlaid with gems the size of a thumb, and gold on the feet. The stitched and embroidered jujube red thick-soled big boots are solemnly and elegantly dressed. In addition, all four of them are slender and well-proportioned. , each has its own strengths, and each shows its strengths. When they all show up together, everyone's eyes are brightened.

"My servant, Su Huai, is an official of the Zichen Palace. I have met all the nobles!" After the four of them got off the sedan chair and stood still, Aunt Su led the welcoming palace eunuchs to bow and salute together, then raised her eyes and smiled and said, "Your Majesty is in the palace." Waiting, everyone, please come with your servants!" Aunt Su gave a wink, and the young eunuchs stepped forward one by one, and waited on the four of them.

The four of them were surprised for a moment when they heard her call "noble person".Several people had met Aunt Su at the spring banquet in Qionglin Garden, and they were quite familiar with her.Ge Shuyu couldn't help it at first, stepped forward two steps, and asked her with a smile: "Aunt Su, what's your majesty's intention? What's the matter—recruit us all here?"

Aunt Su swept her eyes and saw that the other three were also paying attention to listening, so she smiled gently and said politely: "This servant is just a small palace servant, how dare you presume the holy will, the nobles will know when they enter .” As he spoke, he raised his hand inward and made a gesture of invitation.

Ge Shuyu didn't want to ask any more questions, so he smiled and entered with Shao Qing, Su Jun, and Mu Tiannan.

Seats have been lined up two by two in the hall, Gu Qinghua is wearing Ming Huang Yunlong auspicious clothes, with high temples on his arms, golden hibiscus steps swaying on his temples, and ruby-red pendants the size of thumbs are tied to two-inch-long gold chains on his ears Shaking gently, the lining shows a bit of bright and charming.At this moment, she was reclining on the dragon couch on the Sumeru Seat, beside her was Xiang Lin in pink palace attire, and behind her were two young eunuchs holding whisks.

"Your Majesty, the four nobles are here." Aunt Su bowed and saluted.

The four of Ge Shuyu looked at each other, and under the signal of the eunuch Sili, they knelt down and kowtowed together, saying "Long live".

Gu Qinghua moved his body, raised his hand casually, turned his gaze downward, put his hand on his temples and said with a smile: "Get up, please sit down. We will be a family from now on, so there is no need to be so polite!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my husband!" The four replied and got up, and returned to their seats under the guidance of the young eunuchs.

Then, Gu Qinghua spouted a lot of clichés according to Aunt Su's instructions in advance and the long speech presented by the Minister of Rites. It was nothing more than to get along well in the future, to be cautious in words and deeds, to abide by royal etiquette, and to cultivate morality. Practice, do your duty as a royal husband, don't let outsiders gossip, etc., Gu Qinghua said while sweating one, she believed without doubt, if the four of them were women and she was a man, there would be another one. Conceive a dragon child early, and spread branches and leaves for the royal family!
As Gu Qinghua said, the four people below had already got up, and they seemed to be respectful, but they were listening with blank faces and empty eyes. In fact, she herself was very boring.Except for Shao Qing, the four of them entered the palace with a purpose, and her words were just a waste of her own words.

Therefore, Gu Qinghua decisively shortened the etiquette education that should have been said for half an hour to within a quarter of an hour, then changed the subject and said with a smile: "Sit down first, I have something else to say! Do you wonder why on the first day of entering the palace, instead of going back to your bedroom and waiting, why did you come here first?"

(End of this chapter)