Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 80 New Year's Day
The next morning Bai Lu still woke her up on time, but the emperor was no longer there.

Seeing her open her eyes, Bai Lu said, "Master, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year……"

She rubbed her eyes and yawned.

The emperor still won't go to court today, but he will go to the Fengxian Hall to worship the ancestors.After worshiping the ancestors, the biggest feast of the new year is waiting for the emperor.

Early in the morning, civil and military officials gathered in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to pay New Year greetings to the emperor.Bells and drums were rung at the Meridian Gate, and the royal band played joyfully, creating a solemn and festive atmosphere.

The emperor climbed to the throne of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and all the officials lined up and knelt down according to their ranks.

The two academicians knelt and held the congratulatory form, which was read out by the watch announcer.After reading, all officials kneel down three times and kowtow nine times.

After the ceremony, the emperor offered a seat and tea, and all the officials kowtowed to thank them.

After tea, the firecrackers go off again, and the band plays again.

After completing such a tedious set of procedures, the emperor can leave the hall, and all the officials also exit the hall one by one.

The New Year's Day ceremony is far from over.

At noon, the emperor will hold a banquet in honor of all officials.

The imperial table in front of the throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony is surrounded by banquet tables for hundreds of officials according to their grades. The east and west sides of the front eaves of the main hall and the altar are also full of official banquet tables.

There are hundreds of tables in total.

During the banquet, the palace ministers will dance the "Qinglong Dance" with the dancers. This is a traditional festival dance of the Manchus, expressing joy and enthusiasm.

After the "Qinglong Dance" of the previous dynasty is over, it's time for the emperor to return to the Qianqing Palace.All the concubines in the harem were going to Qianqing Palace to salute the emperor, and Chen Wenxin also went out early to wait in Chengqian Palace.

When all the concubines met, they all said "Happy New Year" to each other.

Headed by Concubine Tong Gui, all the people dressed up according to their grades, rich and happy, and went to Qianqing Palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.

Among them, the most striking one is the Mongolian Borzigit family who has just entered the palace.Her Chinese name was Lingyu, and she was called Yuying in the palace.

Concubine Tong placed her in the East Side Hall of Yipin's Yongshou Palace, and I heard that Yipin was very unhappy.

Yu's appearance does not look like a Mongolian, nor does it look like the tall and dignified Empress Dowager. Yu's appearance has some characteristics of Xinjiang people.

She is tall and thin, with a healthy rosy complexion, deep-set eye sockets, and a straight nose.

In Chen Wenxin's view, this is a very standard image of a Hui beauty.

According to Bai Lu, this jade promise was originally a girl from a side branch of Horqin Borzigit's family.Although it is a side branch, it should not be underestimated in Horqin.

Yu promised that her status was not high, just because her biological mother was a slave girl who wandered from Yili to Horqin.

Isn't Yili from Xinjiang?No wonder this jade promised a Mongolian with such a face.

The concubines were all a bit surprised by Yu's appearance, Rong Rong said with a smile, "He was born a bit like that foreign devil, Master Nan Huairen."

Concubine Hui asked her, "How old are you this year?"

Yu promised to be watched by the crowd, not only did not get angry, but also smiled happily, "Concubine is just 15 years old this year."

Chen Wenxin listened from a distance, and when he heard this, his thoughts moved.

Only 15 years old?He looked like he was eighteen or nineteen years old, and he looked old when he was tall and young.

Concubine Hui was also very surprised, "You are so tall at the age of 15, when you are 20, won't you be as tall as the emperor's ears?"

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

The beauty of Manchu women is to be tall and strong.After entering the customs, the thinking was gradually assimilated by the Han people, and they also liked the slender figure.

It's better to be of medium height, too short to look rustic, too tall to be afraid of looking stupid.

Chen Wenxin didn't go up to chat with everyone, she has always maintained the social theory of keeping a respectful distance among concubines.

Yu promised to respond to the words of the concubines, while secretly looking at her standing in the distance.

When Lingyu was still in Horqin, her mother was the most beautiful slave girl in her father's tent.She grew up gradually, inherited her mother's beauty, and was loved by her father.

But she knew that no matter how beautiful she was, she was born of a female slave, and she couldn't find a good husband on the Mongolian grassland.

The Borzigit family wanted to choose a beautiful girl for the emperor. When she knew the news, she had a premonition of her destination.

She took the initiative to tell her father that she wanted to enter the palace, but his father refused her.

He said that the woman to be dedicated to the emperor must be of pure Mongolian blood and must be a daughter of the family.Only with such dignity can he win a place in the harem where the emperor's beauties gather.

She didn't believe it, so what if her blood was low, she was beautiful.

Enough to capture the emperor's heart...

The Qin concubine who was said to be very favored in front of her was so beautiful that she looked like a little sheep.

She is a wolf from the Mongolian steppe, how could she lose to such a little sheep.

Yu promised to smile, bright as a flower.

The New Year's gift is very complicated, called Liusu, three kneeling and three worshiping.

The emperor sat on the dragon seat in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the concubines listened to Li Dequan's orders.

"kneel--"

Everyone knelt down and bowed at the same time, then stood up respectfully and lowered their eyes.

"Kneel again--"

This was repeated three times, and the gift was finally finished.

The emperor gave seats to all the concubines, and then the prince and princesses entered the palace, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to the emperor.

"kneel--"

Li Dequan's voice sounded again.

Chen Wenxin took a special look at the fourth elder brother, this silly boy has finally learned to behave.Thinking of the way he kneeled with a plop when he met the saint before, she felt her knees hurt.

"One kowtow—"

The fourth elder brother didn't notice Chen Wenxin's eyes. He faced the emperor solemnly with a small face and kowtowed respectfully.

From the first kowtow to the ninth kowtow, after the end, the chief eunuchs of each palace will kowtow on the altar outside the hall.

Li De is the head of the palace, but he is responsible for issuing orders, and Xiao Lizi kowtows outside the Qianqing Palace.Xiaozhuo, as the manager of Yikun Palace, also participated in this year's New Year's greetings this year.

Chen Wenxin glanced outside, among a group of elderly people, besides Xiao Li, the small table was the most conspicuous.

He is only about 20 years old, so young in a group of father-in-laws.

At this level, the New Year's greetings are complete.

The emperor rewarded the chiefs of the various palaces with money, and after receiving the rewards, they kowtowed again, and then left the Qianqing Palace one by one.

Then there was the opening ceremony, and the emperor ordered the concubines and princesses who had performed the ceremony to retreat.

"Concubine Qin stays to serve the pen and ink."

After hearing this, everyone stood up and saluted, and exited the Qianqing Palace one by one.

After everyone went out, Chen Wenxin saw a shiny silver thing falling on the ground.

Li Dequan followed her gaze to pick it up, and brought it to her side to show her, "It looks like some empress dropped the jewelry."

It was a slender silver chain with a white pointed object attached to it.Judging by the length, this should be an anklet.

Chen Wenxin shook her head, she had never seen any concubine wearing such a thing.

According to the system of the Qing Dynasty, the most private part of a woman is neither her breasts nor her thighs, but her feet.

Even if a concubine wears such an anklet, no one else will see it.

"I'm afraid only the emperor knows this thing."

The personal belongings of the concubines, the emperor, as the pillow of all the concubines, should be the most familiar.

Li Dequan turned his head, "Your Majesty, you..."

The emperor said: "What are you talking about? Let me see."

The emperor looked at Li Dequan's hand, and the white pointed object was clearly a wolf's tooth.

He had never seen any concubine in the harem wearing spikes.

He knew it well, so he ordered Li Dequan to put it away, and said: "It's not a rare thing, and it's worth nothing if you lose it."

Chen Wenxin thought about it, and followed the emperor to the book case, where the emperor was about to start writing.

There is a Jin Ou Yonggu Cup on the desk, implying that the country will last forever.The cup contained Tusu wine, and a faint fragrance of wine lingered in the hall.

The emperor dipped a brush engraved with the words "Wannianqingguan" into black ink, and wrote auspicious words for the New Year on the gold-sprinkled red paper.

Chen Wenxin watched from the side, and said in his mouth, "The 21st year of Kangxi's New Year's Day is a good day, it is a good time to enter the New Year, and everything goes well."

She was happy just thinking about it.

"This is also strange, what's so ridiculous?"

The emperor wrote the pen, not knowing why Chen Wenxin laughed.

In fact, she just felt that the words "everything goes well" are so common.

The emperor laughed and said, "I thought you were happy to be an adult and give birth to my elder brother!"

It's too early to want her to have a baby at the age of 15, right?
According to her standards, she can only be called an adult.

She explained to the emperor solemnly, "Having a child too young is not good for the mother's body, and the child is easy to be weak. In two or three years, when I don't grow up, I can give birth to my elder brother."

Seeing how serious she was, afraid that he would let her have a baby, the emperor was overjoyed.

Where did he not know this truth, didn't he look at the young Zhang Changzai and Ding Changzai in the palace, but didn't they stay in bed?
He loves Chen Wenxin so much, and he will not let this kind of accident happen.

(End of this chapter)