The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 13 Yanxi Palace
As soon as the door of the main hall was pushed open, there were three eunuchs and six maids standing inside. Seeing that the person who came was the eunuch of the House of Internal Affairs leading the master, they all stopped what they were doing and knelt down to pay respects to Wan Lai: "My servant knocks on the noble young master, My little master, Wanfu Jinan."

Wan Yu ordered everyone to get up quickly, then secretly took some silver taels from her sleeves and stuffed them into the hands of the leading eunuch, the leading eunuch smiled, said good luck to the young master, and left happily.

Wanyan watched the journey, looked back at everyone, and said with a gentle smile: "I have just entered the palace, and there are many things that I need to mention. In the past, in the mansion, I treated my servants like my own family. On weekdays, in front of others, you need to be reminded. Hold on to the etiquette, and the empress returns to her own palace, so you can be more relaxed and don't have to be so rigid."

Wan Yu paused for a moment, with a serious expression on her face: "Just one thing, I need to say it first, I will definitely not tolerate those who work on my errands with half their hearts."

After listening to Wan Yu's admonition, everyone said yes, and the next maid took two steps forward, leaned forward and said, "Slave servant Shuang Ruo is the aunt in charge of the Yanxi palace master's palace."

Afterwards, Shuang Ruo introduced the names of the other five court ladies one by one, and after waiting, another eunuch came forward and said, "Your servant Li Yin is the eunuch in charge of the main hall, and the two next to you are Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Luzi, who are brought by the servants." apprentice."

Wannai nodded and nodded, seeing Shuangruo, she said, "Young master, don't worry. The servant girl and Eunuch Li used to serve by the concubine Yi's side. The lady missed the young master, so she pointed out the servant girl to serve her. The servant girl has been served by the concubine Yi." Enhui, to serve the little master, you must be loyal."

After hearing Shuang Ruo's words, Wan Yu felt warm in her heart, she and her eldest sister were separated for three years, and now they are finally together under the same roof.

The elder sister's concern made her feel that there was a little support in the deep palace.

With a smile on her face, she nodded to a few people, and then let them disperse, each busy.

Everyone answered yes repeatedly, but they looked at her with weird eyes, Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Luzi even turned their backs and covered their mouths and laughed.

Wan Lai didn't think much, looked around the main hall for a moment, and entered her bedroom.

As soon as the door of the sleeping hall was pushed open, a few meows were heard suddenly, and the sound fell, and Xuerong came out from nowhere, and rubbed against Wannao's ankle.

Wanyu was overjoyed, hugged Xuerong and moved close to her face: "You bastard, how did you enter the palace?"

"If it wasn't for me, would it still be able to jump over the city wall and climb in?"

Behind the dressing table in the dormitory, Yun Shanben hides with a bowed body, when she sees Wan Yu distracted from making fun of Xue Rong, she suddenly stands up, causing Wan Yu to tremble in fright.

Wan Lai regained her composure, watching Yun Shan change into a court lady's attire, walking towards her with an unstoppable smile on her face.

"Your servant Yunshan sees my lord, please be well."

Wannai was happy in her heart, and helped Yunshan to stand up, but she thought about the hard days and nights, and she couldn't bear to make Yunshan suffer with her: "Before entering the palace, I told Ama's mother , you are not allowed to serve in the palace, why did you come here to ask for this hardship?"

"The servant has been by the side of the young master since she was a child. She has never left for a day. The year before last, she was seriously ill. It was the young lady who begged the master to save the servant. The servant will never forget the care of the young master. Now the young master enters Palace, many things need to be taken care of, if there is no caring person, it will always be bad."

Wan Lai took Yun Shan's hand, momentarily at a loss for words.

Seeing that her eyes were red, Yunshan hurriedly called Xuerong to make fun of her, and the master and servant lost their identities, and got along harmoniously like sisters of ordinary people.

After lunch, the Empress and Concubine Yi each sent their messengers to each palace to deliver congratulatory gifts.

The royal rewards are arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the position, and there are no mistakes or omissions, but there are no outstanding places.

Liuying gauze woven in the south of the Yangtze River, Dong'e donkey-hide gelatin imported by the governor of Shandong, Lushan flower porcelain from the former Tang Dynasty, suet jade Ruyi from Fanbanggong, all these precious things are innumerable.

These objects are strange to others, but Wanyan was used to seeing them in the mansion before.

With joy on her face, she told the maid to collect the reward and returned some fine silver to the father-in-law.

Originally, I thought privately that I would take Yunshan and go to Yikun Palace to pay respects to the eldest sister when the sun was not so poisonous in the afternoon, but Shuang Ruo reminded that tomorrow is the first time that the new young master of the Sixth Palace will pay respects to the Empress. In the days, if the gift is a success, but I met the eldest sister in private first, it would inevitably make people angry, so I had no choice but to give up, turned around and wanted to go back to the room to rest for a while.

She was about to enter the sleeping hall, but she saw Dong Wenyin, who lived in the side hall, entered the main hall with a smile on her face, and her personal maid, Li'er, was holding some new rewards in her hand.As soon as Dong Wenyin stepped onto the threshold, she became intimate with Wanyu: "My sister's main hall is really grand, and it's much cooler than my side hall."

While talking, she didn't forget to gesture to Li'er, asking her to hand over the things she was carrying to Shuangruo who was waiting at the side: "The new material given by the Empress is a refreshing emerald green color, I see My sister wore a green shirt on the day of the audition, thinking that my sister would like it, so I gave it to my sister as a congratulations to you and me for living together."

Wannai saw that Dong Wenyin wanted to get close, but the cloth was a gift from the queen, and she gave it to herself without any importance, if she accepted it, others would argue that she was arbitrarily depriving Dong Wenyin of the reward, but if If it is not accepted, it is inevitable that Dong Wenyin will have other thoughts in her heart.

So he had no choice but to collect the clothes, and ordered Yunshan to take the precious mutton fat jade and give it back to Dong Wenyin as he wished, in the euphemistic name of wishing her everything goes well. Dong Wenyin saw the joy and asked Li'er to accept it.

The two sat in the main hall to talk, Dong Wenyin leaned closer to Wanyu, and whispered that the other person who lived in the hall promised that Mrs. Li would be difficult to get along with, and just now she raised the gift and went to visit, but was stopped by the maid.

Wan Lai turned her eyes to the side hall outside the house, the sun was scorching hot, but Li Xu promised to close the door of the house tightly, and there were eunuchs and maids guarding each other outside, it was really strange.

On the side, Shuang Ruo told the two young masters that Li Xu had always been diligent and conscientious in the palace, and that today Wan Lai and Dong Wen Yin lived together, one of them was registered with her as a promise, and the other was a nobleman whose status was higher than hers, Li promised that he should greet the two of them together, but he didn't know what happened today, so he didn't want to see people like this.

After listening to Shuangruo's words, Wanyu smiled and said gently: "Maybe it's because of her unwell feeling. Let's not disturb Li's promise to rest." She cast her eyes on Dong Wenyin, changed the subject, and smiled at her: "It's you , the west side hall is facing the sun, and it is roasted in the daytime, and people will be bored in it."

"Thank you for your concern, sister. As soon as Li'er came back, she asked the maids to fetch ice. Now that it's been cold for a while, it's better." Dong Wenyin looked around the gorgeous decoration of the main hall, and flattered: "I heard that the maids in my palace said that this is the original version of the main hall. Only the lord of the first palace can live there. Although my sister is not a concubine, she got the will of Concubine Yi and begged the queen to give her the main hall for her to live alone. My sister is very envious."

Listening to Dong Wenyin's words, Yunshan intends to point out that Wanyu is relying on Concubine Yi to enter the palace and get a cheap price to live in the main hall, she is resentful in her heart, and said unfairly: "The promise means that it is unreasonable for us nobles to live in the main hall? "

Dong Wenyin was startled, and hurriedly said that she had misunderstood, Wannai glanced at Yunshan, scolded her for being inappropriate, and comforted the panicked Dong Wenyin, telling her not to take it to heart.

"Yunshan has a straighter temper. I know in my heart that my sister is just talking and doesn't have that kind of thought. I hope my sister will not take it to heart."

Dong Wenyin shook her head one after another, then chatted with Wanyu for a few more words, and hurriedly took Li'er back to her own palace.

Seeing Dong Wenyin leave in a hurry, Wanyu didn't say anything, she just ordered Yunshan to wait for her to go in and change clothes for lunch.

After entering the inner hall, Wanyu closed the door and said softly to Yunshan: "You should also change your temperament, Dong promised just because he has no support in the palace, his family background is low, and he just wants to get close to me and surrender. She has a shallow temper, and I don't know what she said wrong, and I didn't blame her. But now she is the emperor's concubine with me, and she is a serious little master, how dare you speak against her?"

"She's clearly talking about the young master about the eldest lady, this"

"She's telling the truth, and it's been spread all over the palace. Are you going to run to the corridor of the Sixth Palace and reprimand one by one?" Wan Yu said a little displeased: "Eldest sister's temperament is the most polite, Just look at the congratulatory gifts she sent to my palace, none of them went past the queen, how could she beg the queen to let me live in the main hall?"

Yunshan paused for a moment, stared wide-eyed and said: "Your lord is saying that this purpose is"

Wanyu nodded, and pressed her index finger to her lips and let out a 'hush': "The empress is afraid of the eldest sister, so naturally she is also afraid of me. The east and west palaces, the Yanxi Palace is the farthest from the Yikun Palace. If the eldest sister asks, I will be admitted. She is in the palace, why reward me with such a great gift, let me take advantage of it and become a target of discussion in the palace?"

"The queen's move is just to fulfill her virtuous name in front of people, and the queen also reminds me, so that I don't forget my identity. Not only that, she also called Rong Yue to live with Ma Jia often , Ma Jiachang is the new eldest son, who is honored by the holy favor, so it is inevitable to be arrogant, so let Rong Yue, who is the concubine, overwhelm her, and watch them check and balance each other with cold eyes, and just sit back and catch the fisherman."

During the conversation, Yunshan had already waited for Wanyu to change her pajamas, and took out a basket made of gold and hollowed out, filled it with ice and put it on the bedside to dispel the heat.She helped Wanyu onto the couch, and pulled down the curtain swiftly: "The young master is very considerate, and the servant girl must be cautious in her words and deeds in the future, so as not to cause trouble and disturb the young master's pure heart."

"You know me best, and I also understand that you are dedicated to me." Wannai turned sideways and pressed her palm against the soft pillow under her cheek: "It's just that the palace is no better than a mansion. If you make a wrong step, you will end up in trouble." As for the fate of the Guerjia family, even the elder sister who ranks as a concubine lives on the tip of the knife every day, let alone you and me."

Yunshan shook the round fan to enjoy the coolness for Wanya, and Wanya closed her bright eyes lightly, accompanied by bursts of coolness, she soon fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)