Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 75

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Spring Festival couplets with white backgrounds were posted everywhere in the palace.The old door gods on the palace gate have also been replaced, and the new door gods appear more majestic.

There is also a palace training picture posted in the harem, which is still very new to Chen Wenxin who is celebrating the New Year in the palace for the first time.

Nothing to do, she asked Bai Lu to accompany her to see the palace training pictures.

On the outside of Yikun Palace is Zhaorong Pingshi, a beautiful woman in palace attire with long sleeves wearing a chest-length skirt from the Tang Dynasty, standing under a gorgeous palace lantern.

Holding a volume of poems in her hand, she has a beautiful face full of aura.

There is a plaque approved by the emperor, which is called Yi Gong Wan Shun.

She knows this allusion. The woman in the picture is a famous talented woman in the Tang Dynasty, named Shangguan Wan'er.

It is said that more than 100 people wrote harmony poems at that time, and the emperor ordered Shangguan Wan'er to select the best one for composing music.

Shangguan Wan'er was selected on a colorful building next to the tent hall, and all the officials were downstairs.The unselected poems were thrown down one by one, and everyone retrieved them by themselves.

In the end, only Shen Quanqi and Song Zhiwen's poems remained.After a long time, a piece of paper flew down, which was Shen Quanqi's poem.Shen and Song are well-known talents with equal names, and everyone wants to know how Shangguan Wan'er will judge.

Shangguan Wan'er finally took Song and abandoned Shen. She said: "The two poets are well aware of the enemy's strength, Shen's poems have exhausted their vitality, and Song is still strong."

She looked at it from the ending, the ending of Shen's poems is meaningless, but the ending of Song's poems is still very vigorous.

After hearing this, the emperor and his subordinates felt that the judgment was very reasonable.Even Shen Quanqi and Song Zhiwen were very convinced, and the allusion of Zhao Rong's poem commentary has been handed down like this.

"Are these palace training pictures chosen by the emperor himself?"

Bai Lu replied: "Yes. The Ministry of Internal Affairs drew up many items for the emperor to choose, and the emperor finally selected twelve, which were hung on the outer walls of the East and West Palaces."

The emperor picked Zhaorong to comment on poems for her, is this to praise her for her talent?

Chen Wen felt complacent, and went to visit several palaces near Yikun Palace.

On the outside of Concubine Hui's Changchun Palace is Tai Si's son, which is the story of the mother of Ji Fa, King Wu of Zhou.

It is said that Taisi and King Wen of Zhou were very affectionate, and they had ten sons together in their lifetime, which can be called perfect.The emperor's handwritten respectful letter, praised Concubine Hui for her virtuousness, and her contribution to giving birth to a big elder brother, which is well deserved.

When she arrived near the Chengqian Palace, she saw that Zhang Changzai was also looking at the palace training pictures with the maids outside the palace wall.Seeing her coming, the two chatted about the characters in the picture.

Hanging on the wall is a picture of Jieyu blocking a bear, a beauty in a palace costume standing in front of a furious black bear.Behind him is the emperor and all the concubines who fled in panic.

This is a story from the period of Emperor Han Yuan.

Emperor Han Yuan led the harem to watch the beasts in the tiger enclosure. Suddenly, the bear in the enclosure jumped out of the fence and climbed up the stands, intending to attack people.

The concubines around Emperor Yuan were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they fled in all directions, and the eunuchs also ran for their lives with their heads in their arms.

At this time, Feng Jieyu walked towards the bear. The bear was confused and stopped for a while, so the guards immediately rushed down and killed the bear.

The four characters written by the emperor's royal pen are enshrined by the internal staff.

Zhang Changzai said: "This Feng Jieyu is really brave, such a tall black bear is taller than her! If it were me, I would probably run away in fright."

Chen Wen thought, what if it was her?

She probably wouldn't run around, and if she wanted to escape, she would have to drag the emperor along to escape.Will the emperor escape?With the emperor's bravery, he would probably draw his sword on the spot, how could he run away?
That is too lacking in the majesty of the emperor.

Chen Wenxin said: "This Han Yuan Emperor is really incompetent, a good emperor would not manage the people in the palace like this. Just imagine, if this happened to our emperor, Li Dequan and others and all the guards would have rushed forward , where is it our turn to emulate Feng Jieyu?"

Hearing Chen Wenxin's words, Zhang Chang was convinced, "It's strange that the emperor likes the empress, and the empress is indeed a person with high and low in her heart, no less illiterate than me."

Zhang Changzai really doesn't understand poetry and books, let alone political affairs.

According to the rules of the past dynasties, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics.The empress dowager was forced to assist the young emperor, which was considered an exception.

Chen Wenxin didn't dare to take this kind of evaluation in his heart. A concubine can have literary talents, but she shouldn't have political opinions.

She realized that she had said something wrong, and hurriedly rounded it up, "What are the hills and valleys, I only know that the emperor is a wise king, and naturally there are too many people who want to die for the emperor."

Zhang Changzai nodded after hearing this, and didn't think too much.

She was not a person with a city mansion.

"Ma'am, do you want to look elsewhere? How about we go together."

Zhang Changzai was also very bored in the palace all day long, Tong Guifei was a person who recited the Buddha's voice silently, and she was often annoying.Zhang Changzai wanted to find someone to talk to, but Chen Wenxin was the only one who thought about it.

However, Chen Wenxin was deeply favored by the emperor, and the emperor could not leave her for a moment.Zhang Changzai didn't dare to visit Yikun Palace without permission, and seeing Chen Wenxin come out with great difficulty today, he naturally wanted to have a good chat.

Chen Wenxin readily agreed, looking around in the Red Palace, Zhang Changzai was worth handing over.

Concubine Hui didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, and Debi and her were on good terms, but they wouldn't say anything like Zhang Changzai.

Chen Wenxin was still thinking, why did the emperor give Jieyu the bear bear to Chengqian Palace, what's the meaning behind it?

I'm afraid, the emperor's intention is to hope that Concubine Tong will do more of her duties as a concubine and serve her wholeheartedly, right?Instead of only thinking about the glory of his mother's family and the position of queen.

The two of them traveled together, and looked at several palace training pictures, there was a picture of Ban Ji's resignation, which made Chen Wenxin blush.

This Ban Ji is the famous Ban Jieyu in history, and it is said that the emperor invited her to sit with her.Ban Jieyu didn't dare to go beyond the rules and refused the emperor's invitation.

Fortunately, the emperor didn't post this picture outside the Yikun Palace, she had been in the emperor's court before.Not only the imperial repellent, but also the imperial sedan chair, the imperial horse...

There are many palace people looking at the palace training pictures along the way. Life in the palace is boring, so the palace people can relax a little bit during the New Year.

After strolling around for a while, Chen Wenxin said: "Zhang Chang, go and sit in my palace. It's cold now, and it's not suitable for walking outside."

Zhang Changzai is naturally happy, the food prepared in the small kitchen of Yikun Palace is top-notch in the harem.

Knowing that Zhang Changzai was delicious, Chen Wenxin simply asked her to have lunch in the palace and try the antique pot named after the emperor.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Changzai loved this pot so much that he even said he wanted to get one for himself.It is not easy for them to cook exquisite food in the small kitchen of Chengqian Palace, but there are still some fresh vegetables.

Chen Wenxin said: "I have several in the palace, ask the small kitchen to clean up one, you just take it home and use it." The workmanship in Yikun Palace is always more delicate.

Zhang Changzai said: "Then I would like to thank you, Ma'am. Also, during this new year's festival, the palace is full of lights, and I'm afraid that it will be flooded."

Running water is a taboo name for fire.

From the day after the New Year's Eve, the lights in the palace were kept on every night.There are many more palace people and guards patrolling, for fear of causing a fire.

While eating beef, Zhang Chang glanced outside Yikun Palace, "Isn't there a beauty lamp in this palace, Madam?"

When it came to the beauty lamp, Chen Wenxin already knew what she was going to say.

Sure enough, Zhang Chang had a teasing look on his face, "It's spread all over the harem, how dare the foreign devil have the guts to paint the empress on the lamp?"

Zhang Changzai thought Nan Huairen's name was too literary, and deliberately pretended to be from the Qing Dynasty, so he only called him Mr. Foreign Devil.

Chen Wenxin said: "Western people have different etiquette and customs from ours, so it's not a big deal, the emperor just listens."

"I heard from Tong Er who is next to the imperial concubine, that Lord Tong Guowei came to see the imperial concubine a while ago. It is said that the emperor hung the portrait of the empress in Qianqing Palace, and it was drawn by the foreign devil."

Concubine Tong Gui still has a good impression of Zhang Changzai, and the palace servants of Chengqian Palace don't shy away from Zhang Changzai.

She lives in Chengqian Palace, and is naturally considered to be in the same party as the imperial concubine.Since she is neither outstanding nor favored, Concubine Tong Gui will naturally not suppress her.

So Zhang Changzai could even know some private things between Tong Guowei and Tong Guifei.

Think about it, in Chengqian Palace in the past, apart from Zhang Changzai, there was Yi concubine and Dingchangzai.Yipin has a pungent and bold personality, and she is also doting.Ding often dared to stop the emperor from having dinner with Concubine Tong, and Concubine Tong's people looked down on her even more.

It seems that after looking at it, that is, Zhang Chang is honest and responsible, and he can be wooed.

Chen Wenxin suddenly realized that this was also a benefit of being in contact with Zhang Changzai. She knew Concubine Tong Gui much better than herself.

(End of this chapter)