Chapter 16
The autumn rain drizzled all night, and didn't stop until it was almost dawn.

Miu Ci didn't sleep all night, but she was afraid of seeing Jun because of the noise, so she didn't go back and forth too much.Seeing that the sky outside the drapery turned white, he simply put on his clothes and got up, got out of bed and went for a walk.

It was just before dawn, when the full moon hung low in the western sky, and the moonlight was dim.The sky is a little dark, and the outline of the corners of the cornices is particularly clear.The surroundings are quiet, and the sound of insects is scattered.

Yu Ci walked to the backyard, only to see that the ground was full of broken leaves, and the last crape myrtle flowers on the tips had all fallen.

These days, she has been thinking about how to properly send Azhu and Ayu out of the palace, but now that everything is settled, and she is about to part, she suddenly feels infinitely melancholy.

If the two of them left, she would indeed be left alone in the palace.No matter how close other people are to her, they are still separated by thousands of years.After thousands of years, although the seas and fields have not changed, people's hearts have changed several times.Mind-to-heart connection is not necessarily impossible, but after all, it is a bit extravagant.

She was sitting alone on the steps, looking at the green grass and trees in the garden, silent.

Jian Jun stood behind her for a while, seeing her figure sitting curled up on the steps, thin, frail, a little lonely, just an ordinary girl, completely different from the figure he longed for.

In fact, he already felt so when he saw her for the first time.

It was she who insisted on taking care of him as a child, and he never appreciated it.

She is obviously her concubine, why can't she always recognize the truth?
Jian Jun walked up to her side and asked, "You Ci is hiding here alone, what are you thinking?"

Hearing the sound, Yu Ci raised her head and saw Jian Jun, and saw that he was wearing a winter coat with his chest open, so she got up and took off her cloak and wrapped it around him, saying, "I didn't think about anything, but the person who came to the house today felt a little timid for some reason. I can't sleep anymore."

Jian Jun looked into her eyes.She took off her cloak and was only wearing a middle coat, but it was so natural.Seeing her wrapping the cloak for him, she closed her hand and was about to retract it, seeing Jun stretched out his hand to grab her arm, wrapped her in his arms, and wrapped her in the cloak.He stood one step higher, but he was actually half a head taller than her. Looking at her smooth forehead, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, so he leaned into her ear and asked, "Who are the people from Miu Ci's house today?" ?”

His nose was hot and humid, Miu Ci felt a little awkward, she struggled uncomfortably, and said, "Only grandma."

Jian Jun tightened his circle, and put his hand on her waist, rubbing it lightly.Pressing his forehead against hers, rubbing against the tip of her nose, he said absent-mindedly: "Isn't Mrs. Guo coming?" "

Their lips were almost touching, and Yu Ci sensed the changes in his body, and her mind went berserk for a while.This ambiguous posture only made her flustered even more, so she could only answer in a random manner: "Mother... I'm so happy, she has a heart failure, and I'm afraid she won't be able to give birth... These days I'm just raising her at home..."

Jian Jun teased and said, "Your kindness will always be there for me..."

Lips pressed together, fireworks bloomed in Yu Ci's mind, a mess of colors flickered on and off, and there was a roar in her ears.

The lingering and □ completely different from yesterday.Xie Ci is used to the three-point and one-line life of a house girl, and her emotional life stops at secret love.Because of the urging of the parents, I once wanted to find someone to marry...but it was only when the matter came to an end that I found out—I was afraid.She didn't even have the heart to slander that Jun just hooked up with A Ping yesterday and she was molesting a minor.

It took a while for Yu Ci to realize that even if they are a legal couple, she can refuse if she doesn't want to.Just as he was about to push Jian Jun away, he heard: "Boom! Pop! Crash!" A series of broken and crashing sounds.

Seeing Jun turned around displeased, he saw a string of court ladies kneeling on the ground to pick up the debris at the same time.

I don't know when the east has turned white, chirping birds sounded in the courtyard, and the morning bell echoed clearly in the thin mist.

Yu Ci pushed Jun and said, "It's getting late, go back and change."

Seeing Jun looking down at Yu Ci, he said calmly, "You seem to be very lucky?"

Yu Ci blushed, "I'm not comfortable."

Seeing that Jun squinted his eyes and looked at her for a long time, he lightly let go of his hand and said, "Go back."

Wang Congming sent Jian Jun's court clothes early.

Today there were hundreds of officials coming to congratulate him, and he had to go to the Moon Altar to worship the moon. It was getting late, so he left Qianqing Palace after seeing Jun hastily eaten breakfast.

He left, and the ladies in the palace collectively breathed a sigh of relief—although the law does not punish everyone, they still disturbed the emperor's concubine's good deeds.Everyone knew that the emperor was moody, and everyone knew that Yu Ci was the most magnanimous, so when Jun left, everyone felt that everything was fine.

Unexpectedly, Yu Ci said, "Those who dropped their plates today will be deducted two monthly silver coins."

The people in the hall looked at each other, and finally a bold smile came forward and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive us."

Yu Ci raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Or are you willing to pay for the dropped dishes?"

What they threw were all high-quality official kilns specially used by the inner court, and any one they took out would be priceless.Fortunately, the porcelain of the current dynasty was more exquisite than previous dynasties, and there was no habit of using antiques in the palace, otherwise they would not have enough monthly money for their entire lives.

The man hurriedly laughed and said, "Deduct the monthly payment, deduct the monthly payment." Then he made a gesture and complained, "Really, we were walking well, but someone pushed us from behind and we couldn't stand firmly for a while, that's why... ..."

Seeing them twittering and discussing who pushed it, Xie Ci was afraid that A Zhu or A Yu would be caught in the end, so she smiled again: "Okay, there is nothing to pursue. Today's visitors must not be neglected, and you should be quick with your eyes and hands and feet." .If you do well at noon, I will give you two more monthly silver."

The whole hall laughed and cheered, but Xiaoli said behind her back: "Is the empress being too generous to them? I think they are more unruly than the girls in our house."

People say that "the prime minister's family is a seven-rank official", and Yuci's grandfather can be regarded as the prime minister, and the servants are even more capable of pretending to be powerful, so he must be strictly restrained.Under the strict family rules, the maids and servants in the Shao Mansion were indeed more respectable than those in other places.

What's more, the teenage girls in this hall are just the age for singing and dancing, so it's wrong not to make noise.It's just that Xiaoli is an elder, so she can't reason the other way around, so she said with a smile: "Auntie said yes, I wrote it down. Today is the holiday, let them make trouble for a while."

Xiaoli said again: "That's fine." She hesitated to speak, and finally said, "Mother, although the two girls, Azhu and Ayu, are not quick enough, they are the ones you have brought with you since childhood, and they are the most intimate. You are so willing." Let them out?"

Yu Ci has already told her about this matter, knowing that she is doing it for her own good, she just said: "They are like sisters to me, I can't bear to let them waste their time in the palace. This matter will trouble my aunt."

Xiaoli sighed: "You have been a good boy who valued love and righteousness since you were a child. People say softness can overcome toughness. I'm just afraid that you will be bullied by kindness. But you have ideas since you were young, so I don't have much to say."

Yu Ci smiled and said: "Except for the emperor, who else can be greater than Yu Ci? Auntie, don't worry about me."

——Of course she would not say that the first person who would trouble her in the future would be His Majesty the Emperor.

After a day and a night of rain, the Mid-Autumn Festival was a sunny day.

Just overnight, the autumn is soaked, and the branches of plants and trees reveal shades of red and yellow.The colorful colors reflected in the somewhat dazzling sun are even brighter than the blooming flowers in spring, but there is also a kind of tranquility and indifference.

Miu Chi had eaten breakfast and went back to her room to dress up, while Ah Ping combed her hair behind her.Seeing that she was depressed and her eyes were still swollen, Yu Ci didn't know what to say when she thought of Jian Jun's actions in the morning.Can only silently face the mirror.

During breakfast, people were already talking about the relationship between Ah Ping and Jian Jun, and they said everything.Ordinarily, a girl of her age would be proud of the rumors before worrying about them, but Ah Ping skipped this step and went to be frightened by the dangers behind her. It cannot but be said that she is too smart and precocious.

Xie Ci couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to her.When she said yesterday that she would not blame her, there was an intention behind it to comfort her.She felt that A Ping's understanding should be recognized, so she didn't say much, but reminded: "Put ice on the eyes in a while, and don't make the makeup too plain."

A Ping replied softly: "Yes." After combing her hair carefully, he bowed and left.

As a concierge in autumn, Yu Ci changed into a red collared dragon and phoenix shirt, and a real red gold Huidi large-sleeve shirt outside, paired with a dark blue gold silk pearl Xiapei and a gold silk jade belt.The clothes are all made of cloud brocade, with a combination of gold, red and blue, rich and elegant, shining with brilliance.It's just that there are many more pearls on the edge of the Xiapei, which is a bit heavy, but compared with the phoenix crown, it is still nothing.

The phoenix crown is nominally made of gauze, but in essence it is made of red gold to create the effect of Boshan.It is adorned with six dragons and three phoenixes, peonies, green leaves, treasures and auspicious clouds. There are three pairs of gold strands and temples hanging down, inlaid with various pearls, corals, emeralds and gemstones.As soon as Yu Ci put it on, she felt that she couldn't move her neck.

Fortunately, she only needs to sit upright on the throne in the main hall of Qianqing Palace during the court congratulations.

Her attire doesn't quite conform to the rules, but because of this in the palace, as long as it's not a temple or such an occasion, most people don't care about it.Yu Ci didn't understand these things, so she didn't ask too many questions, and only A Zhu and a few other aunts Shang Yi took care of them.

When the bells of the Junsheng Hall and the singing of dawn came from outside, the court celebrations of the Qianqing Palace also began.

First, Xiuyi Lin brought the rest of the concubines to pay homage.They have been immersed in the palace for many years, and their etiquette and appearance are impeccable.After kneeling down, Yu Ci only asked and answered them according to the rules, just going through the motions.

Seeing that Mrs. Xiuyi Lin has recovered, Yuci wanted to talk to her.But for some reason, I just feel that her expression and temperament are quite different from before.Compared with the old days of retreating and hiding, it has a bit of cold and sharp meaning.

People in the palace said that she had encountered a demon, but Yu Ci had never believed it. Now it seems that it may not be groundless.

Yu Ci looked at her in silence for a while, but finally felt that it would be too shallow for her to enlighten her, and it would not hurt her back to stand up and talk.However, Xiuyi Lin's family is already on their way, and they are expected to enter Beijing within two days, so she is not in a hurry.

After the concubine, there is the royal family of the princess and princess.Although Yu Ci didn't know them, she knew that they were her family members, and she also knew Jian Jun's purpose in summoning the vassal king to the capital, so she gave them a seat and chatted with them, talking a lot about the scene.Most of them came with gifts, besides homemade embroidery, leather bacon from the fiefdom, there were quite a few gifts for the new daughter-in-law.It was the first time for Yuci to receive dates, chestnuts, peanuts and longan. Hearing them say auspicious words was very refreshing.Returning the gift naturally cost a lot of money, and I finally understood why Yu Ci had an annual salary of a thousand taels of silver, and needed subsidies from the farm.

Shou Wang's biological mother, Shou Wang Taifei, also returned to Beijing with him, and did not enter the palace today.Several concubines chatted and said that King Shou was already alive but hadn't married yet, and they were laughing and saying they wanted to be a matchmaker for him, but someone interrupted: "Princess Shou Wang has a mind, we don't care about this matter."

After hearing the words, the eldest princess of the first emperor interjected, "It's not good for us as the main concubine to interrupt, and neither can the side concubine?" She turned to Yuci and smiled, "I heard that he met a beautiful woman yesterday. him?"

Xie Ci was taken aback, and glanced at A Ping, seeing her face turn gray instantly, she still smiled and replied: "The emperor is warm-hearted, but she is just embarrassing the niece-in-law—how can there be a reason in the world for a sister-in-law to be a matchmaker for an elder brother?"

The eldest princess smiled and said: "The concubine has forgotten this important thing. Speaking of which, just after entering the palace, she saw Mrs. Gao pulling the prime minister to talk with the old matriarch, as if she wanted to ask the old matriarch to protect the matchmaker, but she didn't know how to send the girl To whom."

The eldest princess is not a lively person, there must be a reason for her to speak, so everyone guessed wildly, but they didn't agree.The eldest princess said again: "Gao Xiang was also the late emperor's companion at the beginning. When Shou Wang was with the late emperor when he was a child, the late emperor once joked that he wanted to marry him. Because it was a joke, he didn't pay much attention. It's just Gao Xiang's family. I don't know if it's the reason why the daughter hasn't married for a long time."

After speaking, the eyelashes drooped, and she straightened her skirt, saying: "Although the woman is a bit older, as long as she is humble and respectful, it doesn't matter. It's just that the daughter of Rong Nuer's family is becoming more and more indifferent. The late emperor wanted to see the old lady. Standing up to give him a seat and performing the junior ceremony, she dared to hold the old matriarch's hand and talk. Don't bother with her if you know it, and read it if you don't know it. Why don't you say that Gao Xiang is not strict in governing the family?"

Princess Dachang shares the same mother with the father of the first emperor and King Shou, and her status is not higher than that of ordinary people.She has always loved Shou Wang and cared more about Shou Wang's marriage than others.Gao Huancheng is now the chief assistant, so it is very good to be able to marry his daughter.It's a pity that his wife's background is not good - the ancestors of the Rong family were originally advocating tricks, and they got rid of their humble status with military merits, and then made a fortune in business, so the eldest princess naturally looked down on her.What's more, Grandfather's wife was originally the little princess of the palace, so the Eldest Princess would call her Auntie, the Eldest Princess was even more annoyed when the Gao family treated her so contemptuously.

If Mrs. Shao agrees to protect the matchmaker, she must speak to Yuci so that Jian Jun can marry her.When the eldest princess talked about this in front of Yu Ci, she naturally wanted to stop it.

Xie Ci didn't like expressing her opinion, she just smiled without saying a word.

Fortunately, the eldest princess knew that Yu Ci was busy today, and it was not the time for gossip, so seeing that it was late, she got up and left.Most of the people took her as a benchmark, and when she left, they all knelt down and retreated.

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