The concubine is so charming

99 Chapter 99

On the first day of the new year, the most important event in Changxin Palace is nothing more than offering sacrifices to heaven.

Civil and military courtiers, harem concubines, and princes and clans all attended the center of the square. More than a hundred people were dignified and dignified, waiting for the auspicious time calculated by Qin Tianjian earlier.

Xiao Mingxiu stood in front of the main hall, in front of him was a huge round tripod made of bronze. He was holding a jade kui, fixedly looking at the incense table in front of him, waiting for the praisers around him to sing.

For a moment, even the wind didn't dare to make a sound.

Xie Wanning stood in front of the hall, looking down at the futon in front of her knees, because the jacket inside the dress was thickly mended, she didn't feel cold.

After a short while, the elder praiser finally sang: "The auspicious time has come, let's salute."

Following his voice, a young admirer came forward holding incense and presented it to His Majesty.

"Glory to the gods, the emperor invites incense." The older praiser sang again.

Xiao Mingxiu held Yugui to the tray, took three pillars of high incense with both hands, and presented it in front of his body.

Afterwards, following the guidance of the praisers, Xiao Mingxiu burned incense and offered incense, which finally became an incense offering ceremony.

The praisers sang again: "Kneel."

More than a hundred people present knelt down together.

The praisers sang again: "One kowtow."

Then everyone kowtowed and saluted three times before getting up.

At this time, the praiser continued to sing: "Kneel again."

Only by bowing again and again in this way can one complete the ritual of three knocks and nine bows.

Seeing that the queen mother in front of her was shaking a little, Xie Wanning hurried forward half a step to help her up, the queen mother patted her hand, Xie Wanning finished her good work, and retreated silently.

Don't look at this complicated set, but it's just the beginning of today's sacrifice.

After that, Xiao Mingxiu sprinkled wine and read the sacrificial scriptures again, and then led the crowd to kowtow three times and bow nine times, and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven ended.

After the end of the sacrifice, the sky was twilight.

Xie Wanning led all the concubines to pay homage to Xiao Mingxiu first, then waited for the queen mother to return to the harem, and led all the concubines to congratulate the queen mother on the new year.And Xiao Mingxiu wanted to stay in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to accept the worship of civil and military officials.After the pilgrimage, you should use the newly made Taiping Zhubi to write the word "Fu" and perform the ceremony of opening the pen.

After this trip, the sky was golden and black, and it was sunny again in a blink of an eye.

At this time, the banquet was about to begin. The Hall of Supreme Harmony was spacious and spacious, capable of accommodating more than a hundred people. Xiao Mingxiu was not used to making troubles, so he led the courtiers to have a banquet here and enjoy the first delicacy of the new year.

The Compassionate Ning Palace at this time was also full of excitement. ,all in

The palace people had long removed the door between the main hall and the Nuan Pavilion and turned it into a whole spacious hall. Because Xiao Mingxiu's harem masters were not abundant, even Jieyu and Zhaoyi could only sit at a table and a half , but because everyone is dressed in colorful clothes, they don't look deserted.

The late emperor's concubines also gathered at the table, and the hall was so full that there was not even a place to dance, so a few musicians had to be invited to play new songs.

The Empress Dowager is a smart person, so she specially sat down at a table with Xie Wanning and the other concubines who were the main concubines.

Xie Wanning smiled and sat beside the Empress Dowager, and said gently: "Madam, the hair crown is heavy, why don't we change the small gift crown first, and it will be convenient for the banquet."

The queen mother waited for her to reach this step, and smiled when she heard the words: "Then I will change it first, and anyone of you who wants to change should do it quickly, so as to save yourself a headache in the afternoon."

She let go, and the concubines got up and went to find their own palace servants.

Zhaoyi Jieyu's hair crown is the simplest and does not need to be changed. Xie Wanning didn't even greet them, she just went to the cubicle specially prepared for her by the Queen Mother. As soon as she bent down to enter, she looked up and saw Xia Cao with white hair. Zhang face, standing there very at a loss.

Xie Wanning signaled Xie Lan to close the door, and entered the cubicle with a sullen face: "What's going on?"

Just now, Fangrui and Xie Lan personally waited by her side, keeping Chun Yu and Xia Cao guarding her to salute, little Zhai Guan was not too light, and Xia Cao was hugged tightly in her arms all the way.

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Even though Xia Caodang knelt down, she didn't cry or make a fuss, she just tried to calm herself down and explained the matter quickly.

"When we were in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the servants were always waiting in the corner room. Aunt Lan and Aunt Fangrui were sitting and drinking tea in the other room. The servants were only there with Sister Chunyu. Sister Chunyu went out on the way. The servant sat there and fell asleep for some reason, and when he opened his eyes again, it was Sister Chun Yu who came back from the toilet."

When Xie Wanning heard this, she probably knew what had happened.

"But the luggage is different?"

Chun Yu also knelt down and said, "Yes, just now, the servant girl wanted to take out the Liuzhai and two phoenix crowns in advance and wipe them again, but found that the two phoenixes on the crowns had their wings broken, and they all fell from the hair crowns, making them look bad. "

The time was urgent, and Xie Wanning couldn't help but get angry and reprimand them again. The person who did it must know that she would have to change her hair crown today anyway, so she did such a disgusting trick.

Regardless of the fact that she wears the nine-zhai four-phoenix crown all day long, it is very uncomfortable to wear it all day long, and she will definitely feel dizzy in the afternoon.Let alone a sacrifice, it is impossible to stand up straight.

Xie Wanning asked Chun Yu to open it for her to take a look, and she saw that the flying phoenix on the temples had been torn off by force, and the band of the hair crown was only the black background of the brown hat, which was very ugly.

Fangrui gave Xia Cao a hard look, and hurriedly said: "I don't know if I have to talk about such a big matter, so I have to go back to the palace to get it. There is still a replacement crown, and it can be used as it is."

Xie Wanning didn't say much, Xie Lan shook her head: "It's too late, I can't empress come in to change clothes, but go out in the same outfit, if there are only our own concubines outside, it's fine, but there are so many concubines, it's too much face off."

Face is the most important thing for a big event like the New Year's Eve, otherwise Xie Wanning wouldn't be so nervous, and prepared several days in advance to make no mistakes.

But she was nervous, and something went wrong when things came to an end, which was really unexpected.

Xie Wanning frowned: "Is there something wrong with the dress? Hurry up and take a look."

Xia Cao hurriedly replied: "Madam, Sister Chunyu said that the time was very short, and the people who came here only hurriedly damaged Zhai Guan, and the dress has not had time to start."

Xie Lan scolded in a low voice: "It's not safe until something happens!"

Xia Cao's face became bitter again, and she knelt there and couldn't say a word.

She is lively and lovely, and everyone in Jingyu Palace also likes her, so they are not so strict with her.That's why today people are sure that she is not vigilant enough to get things done.

But this matter is not that simple, Xie Wanning and Xie Lan looked at each other, and both of them pondered.

Seeing that she was still silent, Xie Lan said: "Just now I saw that Concubine Li was wearing two pairs of hairpins on her head, she should have brought a spare one today, why don't we go quietly and borrow the hairpins?"

Although it was a little downgraded to change to another pair of hairpins, she was a big show today after all, so it's okay to keep a low profile now.However, none of them knew whether Concubine Li had extra hairpins, so there was no basis for this.

Xie Wanning heard Xie Lan's words, but her eyes lit up, she said: "Auntie, run quietly, we really want to borrow the right hairpin."

But Xie Lan hesitated again: "But...if Concubine Li doesn't have it, what will happen?"

Xie Wanning shook her head: "We won't borrow it from Concubine Li. I'll ask my aunt to come over in person. I'm going to borrow it from the Empress Dowager."

If it is Fengchai, naturally the Empress Dowager has the most. If you can borrow a pair with similar regulations, it will be the best choice.

"Your Majesty, is it not good for the Empress Dowager to know about this?" Fang Rui persuaded.

Fangrui also understood now, and followed up with a little persuasion.

Xie Wanning was very sure: "It's okay, the empress dowager's intelligence is rare in the world, as long as you explain the matter clearly, she will definitely understand. Auntie, hurry up and come back. I'm afraid the empress has other orders. Time is tight, so don't delay."

She made up her mind to pay attention, Xie Lan didn't say anything else, she left the cubicle in a low-key manner, and hurried to find the bright moon.

Leaving three palace servants to change Xie Wanning's dress, Xia Cao shrank aside and dared not go forward, and said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, just go back and teach the servants a lesson, and the servants must correct when they know their mistakes."

Xie Wanning wasn't flustered at all, and she still had the leisure to scold her: "It's good that you know what's wrong with you. On weekdays, your sisters take you with you, and your aunts love you, so you never care about these things. The problem of not being cautious enough You haven't corrected it so far, after today's incident, you have learned to be good, right?"

Xia Cao knew that she couldn't cry here, and crying was useless, she lowered her head and rubbed her eyes, but said: "I remember that there were several concubines and concubines in the corner room at that time, and everyone just sat in a corner. Talk. After Sister Chunyu went to the side room, I seemed to smell a slightly pungent fragrance, and fell asleep."

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Xie Wanning glanced at Chun Yu, and Chun Yu also said: "I remember that when I went back, the others seemed to be a little sleepy, so I thought everyone was too busy in the morning. At this time, I regularly took a nap when I was tired, and I didn't think much about it."

Fangrui took off Di Guan for Xie Wanning, helped her press the top of her hair and the center of her eyebrows, and said softly: "We are palace servants, and it is common for us to turn around day and night on weekdays, so how can we be sleepy because of getting up early? It's the people in the palace next to the imperial concubine, who are more vigilant than each other, even in their own palace, they will not sleep when they are sleepy, let alone outside."

Fangrui looks more serious than Lingxi, and she is stricter in educating the palace people, but because of this strictness, her words are very convincing, and even Chun Yu's expression changed after she made such a judgment in a few words.

"Auntie, what do you mean, this is aimed at all our concubines?"

Fangrui shook her head again, and looked down at Xie Wanning.

Xie Wanning smiled at her, and said, "Tell them, what's behind this matter."

"No," Fangrui blessed, turned around and said, "This time, I don't know how many concubines have suffered. If it's just our concubine, it's not bad. If it's even the concubine's concubines, it's not easy to say." gone."

Why do you say that only Xie Wanning's accident is considered good?Chun Yu understood after a little thought, Xia Cao was still a little hazy, looking at Fang Rui blankly.

Fangrui had no choice but to explain: "If it's just our lady, you can know that this person is coming for our Jingyu Palace, and my lady has always been praised for being calm, alert and intelligent. If this matter happens to us, there is no need to panic."

"There's nothing in this palace that we can't dispatch. The empress will definitely save the day and get around the matter properly."

Xia Cao's eyes widened at this moment, and it was rare to stammer: "If it's aimed at all the concubines, the pictures are not limited to the harem?"

Not too stupid to be hopeless, Fangrui nodded, lowered her eyes, and said in an almost inaudible voice: "If the flying phoenixes on the crowns of the concubines and concubines are all broken, and it's New Year's Eve During the sacrifice on the first day of the lunar new year, what do you mean by this?"

If this matter was really done at that time, the other party would definitely make everyone embarrassing in public. This would create a scene of a flying phoenix breaking its wings, to tell the world that none of the concubines in the palace today is worthy of the divine bird phoenix.

Naturally, no one can be the queen of the palace.

Xia Cao's face turned paler, she knelt down again with trembling knees, begging for mercy tremblingly: "Please save the life of this servant."

Xie Wanning drank a cup of warm tea, and her stomach felt much better. She smiled lightly and said, "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

Now the Compassionate Ning Palace seems to be calm, but the concubines of each family are thinking of their own way, which can show that there will be no trouble in the end, and it will not cause people to make a big fuss.

Fangrui can think of this, and the queen mother can also think that this is her Palace of Compassion and Peace, and it's not up to her to decide.

Xie Wanning sighed slightly: "Man is not as good as God, after all, the bamboo basket fetching water has been empty."

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