female catcher

Chapter 205 Jiantian Pavilion

The inner court of the imperial palace is located on the west side, and the female officials in charge of all affairs in the palace live here except those who serve in each palace.Considering that Su Zhen has only had one middle palace so far, this scope could almost include the entire team of female officials.

Jiang Shangyi is a fourth-rank imperial edict, two ranks higher than Xia Chu, twice her age, with a square face and a serious expression, which is a bit like a male version of Lord Yao.

Xia Chu put on a bun propped up by a wig, and walked very carefully, fearing that the whole hair would fall off if he wasn't paying attention, which frightened others.The two low-ranking female pickers behind her were originally planning to carry the burden for her, but in the end she didn't bring anything, and came empty-handed after changing her clothes.

She has nothing to bring.If she had left Beijing to go elsewhere today, maybe she would take the treasured things with her as memories, but now they are entering the palace.

The person who gave her memories once let her enter the palace, so the memories don't seem to be very important.

Xia Chu's mood is quite complicated, there is a little expectation of seeing the old friend again, and there is also a little emotion that the old friend is no longer there.Everything has changed, she doesn't know what it will be like to see Su Zhen again, whether it is familiar or completely unfamiliar.

The thing happened too suddenly, like walking on flat ground and stepping on the air, and unexpectedly fell into another world.The person who was talking and laughing a second ago disappeared the moment he turned his head.

At the beginning of Xia, she was wearing a light crimson palace dress, with a round collar and narrow sleeves, embroidered with diamond patterns all over, a light purple belt, and thick-soled palace shoes of the same color as the dress.This is the uniform of a fifth-rank female official, and the color is like a bowl of strawberry ice cream, which she really doesn't like very much.

Looking down, he remembered that day by the lotus pond, Jiang Xiyuan said that he would be the first to see her in women's clothing.It was just a joke at the time, and I even satirized a few words, feeling gross and disgusting.But when I think about it now, I feel a strange guilt in my heart, sour, and I want to cry a little bit.

I don't know how he is now, whether he is still in the Imperial College, whether he will go to Anfengfang to look for her at night, whether he will be anxious if he can't find her.If he knew that she was taken into the palace by Su Zhen, what would he think.

Thinking of this, Xia Chu couldn't help but secretly regret that he hadn't left him any words.But at that time, I was pressed there to change clothes and make up, so it was impossible to leave a message.She also thought, if she knew this earlier, she should have fled the capital as soon as she was on leave from the government office to avoid this incident; or she shouldn't have stopped Jiang Xiyuan from changing her place of residence.

But who would have thought of it?It's too late to say anything now.

She remembered that when he was on Yuanping Mountain, Jiang Xiyuan had promised to protect her freedom, but now at the beginning of Xia, she hoped that he would never do anything stupid.She knew only a little about court affairs, but she also knew that the first rank of officials crushed people to death, let alone a king and a minister.Su Zhen has a hundred ways to overwhelm him, but he has no way to move Su Zhen.

I only hoped that Jiang Xiyuan would be entangled by other things, and he would not be able to find his whereabouts in the next few days; I hoped that I could see Su Zhen and persuade him to let him go out of the palace; I hoped that Jiang Xiyuan's vows and promises were just words.

But she didn't really believe in these hopes, and the more she thought about it, the more worried she became, and the whole person who was worried felt a little panicked and restless.

Unknowingly, he came to Shangyi Palace, Jiang Shangyi turned his head to look at Xia Chu, and after examining it for a while, said in a flat tone: "Servant Xia Dian, this is Shangyi Palace."

"Oh." Xia Chu looked up at the opened Zhumen, then looked up at the plaque on the door, and nodded slightly.Jiang Shangyi frowned unobtrusively, obviously quite dissatisfied with her word "oh", but because of An Liang's instructions, she could not get angry easily, so she calmed down and said in a cold voice: "For high-ranking palace officials and female officials, Answer the question with 'yes' or 'understand', and to the emperor's empress or future concubines and masters, you should call yourself a 'servant' before answering, understand?"

Xia Chu still nodded, but after meeting Jiang Shangyi's gaze, he hurriedly changed his words, "Understood."

Only then did Jiang Shangyi breathe a sigh of relief, and said: "The new maiden has already entered the palace the day before yesterday, so you should follow along and learn the rules first. No matter what your relationship with Eunuch An is, or how you behave as a court attendant, in my eyes, there is nothing wrong with you." Rules are a dead man. It's just a matter of a day or a day."

Hearing what she said was horrifying, Xia Chu couldn't help but look up at her, and then he lowered his head and said yes.

Although Shangyi Palace is a palace, it is actually a rather large courtyard with two entrances.When Xia Chu went in, dozens of newly recruited women were walking up and down under the scorching sun without saying a word, and beside them were older aunts staring and yelling, this stride was too big, that crotch twisted It's... very serious.

Looking at it at the beginning of Xia, he couldn't help crying secretly.I thought to myself, isn't this the result of bad luck? After thousands of years, it's time for military training again.

Jiang Shangyi led her to a room in the east wing of the backyard, and pushed open the door, "You are arranged to live in this room alone. Eunuch An told me to take good care of you, and naturally I will give you the face of the imperial court." After finishing speaking, she Looking at Xia Chu, but seeing Xia Chu's meaningless meaning, he couldn't help venting his nose in annoyance, turned his face and left.

The room is not big, but the furniture is complete. There are beds, wardrobes, tea tables, tooth stools, and a dressing table.Xia Chu went to pick up the big bronze mirror from the dressing table, saw his white face covered with lead powder, and looked at the high haired temples, thinking it was very funny, as if he was disguised as a man women's clothing.

She threw down the bronze mirror, and slowly sat down on the edge of the bed. After a long time, she let out a sigh.

I don't know when I will be able to see Su Zhen, and if I see Su Zhen, can I persuade him to let him go out of the palace.She looked at the white window paper, and heard the voice of her aunt in the palace scolding from a distance, and suddenly she couldn't imagine how she would talk to him.

It is no longer the small courtyard of Anfengfang, opened the door, and happily called 'Mr. Huang'.

At noon, Jiang Xiyuan's post asking for an audience came in.An Liang gave it to Su Zhen, and Su Zhen held it in his hand for a while in silence, then gently put it aside, and ordered the meal to be passed on.

Seeing Su Zhen's attitude, An Liang was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask anything, and went as he said.

Jiang Xiyuan stood outside the palace gate with his hands behind his back, his heart was filled with anxiety, but his face remained motionless.The longer he waited, the more clear it became in his heart, obviously Su Zhen knew why he came here, otherwise it wouldn't be the case.That's okay, he thought, since both sides understand, it can save some temptations.

He raised his eyes to look at the high palace wall, and for the first time felt that it was an insurmountable barrier.

This palace full of mystery in the eyes of others is not much different from the General's Mansion to him. He has never looked at this high palace wall carefully.

He joined the palace to study with him from the age of eight, and spent more time in the palace than at home when he was a child.After getting older, Su Zhen gave him a warrant, and he can enter the palace without a warrant.He grew up with Su Zhen, so why didn't Su Zhen grow up with him.They are playmates, classmates, and friends.

But under the scorching daylight, the bricks and bricks that fit perfectly together were real. He was sitting high in the palace, but he was outside the palace.Compared with my vigilance to myself, it is still clearer from the reality.

The one who grew up together, is now the emperor.And they are already monarchs and ministers.

After waiting for nearly two hours, the palace servants came out to announce his audience.Jiang Xiyuan nodded and walked in. The doorway was deep and long, and the wind in the hall immediately blew away the heat from his body and dried the thin sweat on his forehead. There was a chill in the coolness.

Jiang Xiyuan went to the imperial study as usual, but An Liang waited at the gate, and when he saw him, he came forward and said, "Master Jiang, the emperor is waiting for you at the Jiantian Pavilion."

"Jiantian Pavilion?" Jiang Xiyuan was quite surprised.After Su Zhen came to the throne, the palace abandoned the post of national teacher, and the Jiantian Pavilion was also abandoned.It's been more than half a year, why did you go to Jiantian Pavilion again?

Asked An Liang, but An Liang smiled and said: "My lord, the emperor ordered me to take you there, but I didn't say the reason. However, the emperor himself often goes there when he is not too busy on weekdays. The inner court also arranged a few people there to clean the house every day. on."

Jiang Xiyuan didn't ask any more questions, and carefully probed An Liang when he heard the word Nei Ting: "The inner court has entered the Cai Nu now?"

"Yes." An Liang nodded, then laughed again, "Master Jiang wants to ask Miss Xia, right?" He didn't know about Jiang Xiyuan and Xia Chu's affairs, he just pretended that he was familiar with Xia Chu Liao said: "Miss Xia was just accepted into the palace this morning, I will pick it up."

"Really?" Jiang Xiyuan frowned slightly, and when he said the word 'Xia Chu', his heart beat a little faster, "Is she okay?"

"How can it be bad? I was personally appointed as a fifth-rank official servant as soon as I came here. This has never happened before. The emperor also specially asked me to go to Shangyi Palace to ask me to take care of him." An Liang smiled and looked back He glanced at Jiang Xiyuan, "Your Excellency, you don't know, the Emperor and Miss Xia... oh, servant Xia Dian, we met outside the palace."

"How did the emperor know that she is a woman?"

An Liang slowed down a bit, thought for a while, and suddenly became a little depressed, "Hey, that's right. So you already knew, my lord?" Seeing Jiang Xiyuan nodded his head lightly, he clapped his palms, " Cough, if you hadn't kept this matter from your lord long ago, you would have known about it earlier, why bother..."

"What?" Seeing him swallowing half a sentence, Jiang Xiyuan asked.

An Liang realized that he had talked too much, and the person in front of him was no longer just that adult, but also the elder brother of the empress, so he waved his hand, "It's nothing."

Jiang Xiyuan could also think about what it meant, the scorching wind hit his face, but his heart was cold.He didn't make a sound, and after walking for a while, he asked An Liang: "How is the empress now?"

"Empress Wanan, the emperor treats empress very well. You can rest assured, Your Excellency."

While speaking, he had arrived at Jiantian Pavilion.As the name suggests, Jiantian Pavilion is not a palace, but a pavilion.The building is five stories high, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, like a wide tower. It is the tallest building in the palace except the Luan Hall.The last national teacher was here to pray for the fortune of the country, to see the sky and predict good luck. After Su Yi lost the throne, this national teacher was given Jiujiu by Su Zhen.

He calculated back and forth, but did not calculate his own ending.Just like this Jiantian Pavilion, no matter how high it is, it cannot reach the Luan Palace, and no matter how high it is, it cannot touch the sky.

The door of Jiantian Pavilion was half open, and the maids and eunuchs who served in front of the imperial court were resting in the verandah of the courtyard. After seeing An Liang and Jiang Xiyuan coming in, a little eunuch came over and said after seeing the ceremony: "The emperor is upstairs. , Said that after Master Jiang arrives, let him go up by himself."

As soon as An Liang heard this, he took a half step sideways and asked, "My lord, please."

Jiang Xiyuan entered the pavilion, walked up the wooden stairs slowly, and stopped when he reached the top floor.He stepped on the stairs and stood still, but he had already seen Su Zhen.He was wearing a light and white gown with round flowers, standing against a railing, and the wind swept over his sleeves, moving like white feathers about to fly.

"Come?" Su Zhen turned his head, with the light behind his back, unable to see the expression on his face clearly, "I hope you came to discuss business with me."

Jiang Xiyuan stepped up the last few steps and walked forward a few steps, but he did not kowtow.He just lowered his head slightly, and was silent for a moment, "No."

(End of this chapter)