Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 29

On the day of the hall selection, it was a sunny day, the sky was blue and cloudless.The breeze blew across the cheeks, blowing the restless heart.

Ten Niangs were placed in the last group.Since they entered the palace, these beautiful girls have received various rules and regulations in Mingxiang Garden. As of today, there are only 36 of them left.These 36 people are in groups of six, and there are six groups in total.

Ba Niang is in the third group. Among the six people in this group, Ba Niang has the most outstanding appearance. Ten Niang glanced at Ba Niang quickly from a distance, and could only wish Ba Niang a victory in her heart.The time for each group to enter the hall was different, and the beautiful women who had been called out stood outside the hall in an orderly manner, waiting for the eunuch to call them.

From time to time, I hear the voice of "putting down the sign and giving flowers". It is a lie to say that you are not nervous. After all, you have worked so hard for so many years to bloom at this moment.The beautiful girl next to Shi Niang trembled slightly. At this time, such an abnormal state could not attract her attention.Everyone is only concerned about their own destiny, and others' favors have nothing to do with them.

Ten Niang carefully counted the times of "keep a sign and give a sachet". So far, there will only be three people, which means that only three people may be selected so far.After Ba Niang's group entered, there was no movement for a long time, and Shi Niang listened nervously. No one in this group was selected, and they were all dismissed.

Ba Niang's only reliance is her beauty, but are there still few beautiful women in the deep palace?Besides, Ning Shuyuan would not let Ba Niang be selected easily. As early as the moment Ba Niang offended her, both Shi Niang and Ba Niang were prepared, but they still felt a little regretful.Shi Niang had a premonition that she was going to be captured by the inner palace, and she couldn't break free, not to mention that this was what she and her family couldn't wait to get.

"The daughter of Du Xianxue, Secretary of Xuan Guozijian, is here!" In the eunuch's drawn-out tone, Ten Niang walked steadily into the hall.

The man in the dragon robe sitting in the middle of the hall is naturally the current emperor, and the one on his left is a middle-aged beautiful woman, who should be the current empress dowager, and the one on the left is naturally the empress in imperial attire.

Kneeling down and saluting to the majestic three above, she respectfully said, "My daughter Du Shiniang sees Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, Empress Empress. May my emperor live long and live long, may the empress dowager be happy, and may the empress be young." Stay forever. May the country and the people be safe and sound.”

Ten Niangyu bowed her head and remained silent, she knelt down in place and let the three people in positions of authority scrutinize her.The emperor, empress dowager and empress in grand gowns showed a royal majesty.

"This child can talk, look up and look at Aijia." The only one who dares to call himself Aijia in the inner palace is the present mother, the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager mother was born in the Xiao family, and she married the late emperor as a concubine when she was young. After the late emperor ascended the throne, the childless queen's position in the inner palace was unstable, so the Xiao family sent her niece into the palace to help her secure her favor.This obsessive favor doesn't matter, it just made this daughter of the Xiao family successfully give birth to the sixth prince, Mu Yunlan.The Empress Dowager Mother and the Empress Dowager Mother jointly assisted the six princes to become the Great Treasure, but the good times did not last long. The Empress Dowager Mother passed away when the Emperor was 15 years old, and the No. 1 most honorable person in the inner palace is still the Empress Dowager Mother.

When Shi Niang heard the words of her mother, the Empress Dowager, she didn't dare to neglect, she raised her head slowly, but her eyes drooped slightly, and she didn't dare to look directly above.Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced over the colorful golden phoenix on the empress dowager's royal dress, and followed the etiquette taught by his aunt, and carried out the rule of "don't look directly into the eyes of the nobleman" to the end.

"This child looks handsome, he looks like a flower bone before it grows." The Empress Dowager said to the emperor who was silent from beginning to end, "It's a pity that this child is too young, otherwise he would be worthy of the emperor. "Turning around, a tone of regret.

"You're only easy to teach when you're young, and you're obedient. My son looks at it. The younger sisters in the palace don't have the calmness of this girl." The queen laughed, ignoring the displeasure on the empress dowager's face, and asked Shi Niang , "What are the two characters of Du Xiu's boudoir name? Have you ever read any books?"

"Responding to the empress's words, ten niangs do ten, because the elders in Ji's family have not given names." Shi Niang paused, feeling that the sweat in her palms was soaking her handkerchief, clenched her fists, and replied again, " At home, I have read the Four Books for Women and Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms."

As soon as the last three words were uttered, the whole body was immediately surrounded by a coercion.Here it comes, Ten Niang thought.Keeping calm, pinching the palm of his hand hard, the tip of the nail pierced deeply into the tender flesh of the palm, maintaining calm and sober in the pain.

In the midst of anxiety in my heart, I only heard a voice that was not the same as the gentle and clear voice in Guanju Palace that day, and asked majesticly and coldly, "You are young, but you have read history books. Among the annals of the Three Kingdoms, you admire the most. What is the person?"

"I would like to imitate Mr. Zhuge. If I were Zhuge, I should wholeheartedly assist the master, make strategies, and guard the country. Only then can I live up to the talents of Yi Yin, Lu Shang, and the ambition of Zhuge Kongming." Many answers flashed in Shi Niang's heart, many Flattering words, but in the end, he said the answer deep in his heart in a single thought.

There was silence in the hall. As soon as Shi Niang spoke, she knew that success or failure depended on one action. She only heard the person who ruled the fate of the country write lightly, "Wangqing will not forget today's oath."

Ten Niang's heart settled down a little, and these words were her approval.The eunuch who Shi Niang left beside the emperor was about to pick up the sachet on the tray. This was the moment she had been looking forward to for a long time.

"Wait a minute, the Ai family still wants to ask this child a few words. This child is not inferior in appearance and knowledge, but he doesn't know what skills he has?" The queen mother glared at the fast-handed eunuch. next to.

"As for the Empress Dowager, my daughter-in-law knows a little bit of Guzheng and Yueqin. At home, I learned Guzheng from my mother, and Yueqin from my grandfather." Ten Niang replied truthfully after thinking for a while.

"Oh? Yueqin, the Ai family underestimated you, so let's play a song." The Empress Dowager seemed to be really interested in Yueqin.

Ten Niang took the yueqin from the dancer in the hall, tuned it down, plucked it with bare hands, and a reindeer song flowed out from her fingers in a lively rhythm.People living in the mountains and forests start their day when they blow the reindeer whistle. The joy of reindeer and the tameness and suppleness of the deer are narrated along with the tune.Finally, the yueqin played the sound of footsteps getting weaker and weaker, as if people were driving the herd of deer away.

At the end of the song, Ten Niang put down the yueqin and knelt down, "May my emperor compete in the Central Plains and open a prosperous world!"

"Okay, it's good to compete in the Central Plains and start a prosperous age. Lu Ping, leave a sign and give a sachet." The man at the top looked at Shi Niang with a little surprise in his eyes, but Shi Niang lowered his head and didn't see it. .

At this time, she was already immersed in the great joy that her long-cherished wish had finally come true for many years. It felt like a light thunder came from the other side of the lotus pond, and it exploded in an instant.But the string in his mind did not relax, he still thanked him calmly, and walked out of the palace gate with the people around him.

When Shi Niang came out of the palace, there were already young palace people waiting by the side. Because it was the last group, the eunuch led all their contestant girls out of the palace before long.

Shi Niang was in a dreamlike state all the way, and she didn't even know when she would get home.It wasn't until the eldest uncle led the whole family to kneel at her feet, and she came back to herself amidst the sound of "Welcome the young master back to the house".

He hurriedly stepped forward to help his family members, "Please hurry up, everyone, Shi Niang is not a member of the inner palace yet, so I can't accept such a big gift from you." After several refusals, Shi Niang was welcomed into Du's residence.

Three days later, someone from the palace came to the mansion to announce the decree, firstly Liu Niang's decree for marriage.Liu Niang's wedding date is set on the eighth day of August, which is an auspicious day.Next is the imperial decree to confer on Shi Niang. Shi Niang tried her best to find out a few words related to herself among the praises.

After thanking the elder uncle and others, she stepped forward to accept the imperial decree in person, and Bao Qin, who followed Shi Niang, stuffed the silver bill into the father-in-law's hand.The father-in-law smiled and said to Ten Niang, "My lord, you are being polite. This is Aunt Lan Fang who is in charge of teaching my lord how to behave. My lord follows my aunt to learn how to behave. This servant is here to wish my lord a better future."

"Grandpa Xie said, stay at the mansion for tea later." Turning around, he gestured to his uncle, the eunuch who announced the decree must be entertained in the mansion.She stepped forward and took Lan Fang on her arm again and said, "My aunt will be hard in the next few months. My aunt will come with me. I will take my aunt to rest." Baoqin also cleverly stepped forward to return to Huanhuayuan with her aunt on her arm.

In the days that followed, Ten Niang's treatment was simply the best treatment she had enjoyed in the Du Mansion in the past 13 years.From top to bottom in the mansion, she was extremely respectful. From being unaccustomed to it at the beginning, she gradually took it for granted, just because of the change in her status.During the days before entering the palace, there were also two major events in the mansion.

One is that the Chen family gave birth to the son of Sifang, and the fourth master and Chen asked Shi Niang to give the child a name. The right to give the name to the patriarch and the old lady also fell into the hands of Shi Niang.Shi Niang named her younger brother Du Zicheng, and she didn't ask him to be the lintel of Yao Yao, but she asked him to be sincere and innocent all his life.Compared with Chen's spring breeze, Mrs. Side is not so happy.She tried all kinds of tricks, but in the end she only gave birth to a frail daughter, who was Twelve Mothers.Shi Niang just smiled, and moved her hands away.Sometimes the greatest punishment for an enemy is not hurting her, but ignoring her.

Another thing is that Liu Niang was married, and Liu Niang married the current Eighth Prince, the emperor's younger brother, and a famous wanderer in Yujing.Liu Niang already possessed the majesty of the royal family, and even the grand court dress of a first-class prince and concubine could not crush Liu Niang's straight back.

When Shi Niang went to add makeup to Liu Niang, she saw Ba Niang, who lost a lot of weight.Shi Niang didn't know how she was selected for the palace that day, but Shi Niang knew that after these days of experience in the inner palace, Ba Niang's pride was worn away.This may be a good thing for her.At the critical moment, Ba Niang chose the Du Mansion, so the Du Mansion should not treat her badly and find a good marriage for her, Shi Niang thought so.

Soon after Liu Niang got married, it was time for Shi Niang to enter the palace.To everyone's surprise, Shi Niang chose Ru Hua, who had been busy in the small kitchen on weekdays, to accompany her into the palace.The remaining three maids also made arrangements, except for Bao Qin who was sent to the Lu Mansion, and the servants who served Shu Fuqi followed Mrs Chen, serving Mrs Chen wholeheartedly without mentioning it.

Only then did the old lady and others know that Baoqin came from the Lu family.Shi Niang did not choose Baoqin, but chose to enter the painting, and she was also showing favor to the family. The concubine depends on the family, so why does the family not need the concubine.The old lady was completely relieved by Shi Niang's behavior.While feeling relieved, she couldn't help admiring Shi Niang's brilliance.Shi Niang no longer cared what they thought.

When Shi Niang entered the palace, the whole family paid homage to her.She looked at her uncle, father and brothers kneeling at her feet, gave her a hand, and sighed softly:

"Don't worry, take care", and then boarded the car with the maid and left.

Splendid clothes, jade all over the capital, after the flowers and branches, the sound of singing falls.

The first volume, the end of Yujing Ballad.

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