Chapter 17: enter the palace

Chapter 17 Entering the Palace

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, Mammy Xi was already waiting for her. Seeing the two sisters Xie Zhiwei, she greeted them with a smile, "The eldest princess was in a hurry, so I asked my servants to wait early."

"I'm sorry to trouble Mammy Xi for waiting!"

Nanny Xi led the two sisters past the gate of the Chuigong Hall, through the north-south long lanes, and along the way, from time to time, introduced the palaces they passed and who lived there, with a very kind attitude.

Looking at the familiar palaces in front of her and walking on the floor tiles she had stepped on, Xie Zhiwei saw the tragic scenes of her previous life. She clenched her fists tightly, her eyes were filled with hatred, their eyes were cold, and the scenery in front of her was also unrecognizable. become pale.

"Big sister!" Xie Zhihui sensed Xie Zhiwei's strangeness, reached out and held her hand, Xie Zhiwei came back to his senses, turned his head and smiled at her, his face turned pale.

"Big sister, are you nervous?" Xie Zhihui whispered, her voice was not loud, but it was enough for Nanny Xi to hear.

Nanny Xi turned her head and glanced at Xie Zhiwei, Xie Zhiwei quickly smiled, "Mommy, let's go in, I'm afraid the princess will be waiting impatiently."

"The empress is also looking forward to the arrival of the two girls. Don't worry, the eldest girl. Today, only two girls are guests in Fengzhi Palace. The empress has not summoned anyone else."

Xie Zhiwei understood what Nanny Xi meant. It meant that no other ladies would come.

Xie Zhiwei quickly calmed down, and after a while, the three of them came to Fengzhi Palace. This magnificent palace was built by the founding emperor Taizu of Dayong for his wife. It is nine rooms wide, with carved beams and painted buildings, and heavy yellow glazed tiles. The eaves and roof of the hall are second only to the Linde Palace, and it is the queen's residence. In the previous life, Xie Zhiwei had only lived here for less than two years, so he had to give up.

Taking a deep breath, Xie Zhiwei entered the hall following the maids who went out to meet her. She lowered her head slightly, raised her skirt slightly, and stepped across the high threshold of Fengzhi Palace.

The empress was not in the main hall, but was resting in the East Nuan Pavilion as usual, accompanied by the eldest princess, looking out the door eagerly.

Xie Zhiwei came in, met her eyes, and took Xie Zhihui to salute in front of the queen.

The queen wore a golden brocade skirt with peony and dragon patterns, a double-layer brocade skirt with eight auspicious phoenix patterns, and a nine-phoenix hairpin on her head.

"Quickly flatten your body, give me a seat!" The queen raised her hand, and a maid came over to add a stool.

In the room, there is a cloisonné enamel double-crane censer under the north window. The ambergris incense wafts from the censer, and the room is filled with an elegant and pure fragrance.

The queen who has been paying attention to Xie Zhiwei, seeing Xie Zhiwei's eyes looking towards the incense burner, she also seems to look over inadvertently.

After returning to the palace yesterday, she asked Nanny Xi to take a few confidants to search all the inside and outside of the palace overnight. They didn't even let go of the grass in the yard and the magnolia flowers under the south window. Incense.

She knows very well that incense is a thing that cannot be separated all the year round, and she is also very careful, and has always been brought in from her natal family outside the palace. Could it be that there is something wrong with the incense?

She doesn't believe it!

The queen asked Xie Zhihui a few words. During this period, the eldest princess kept winking at Xie Zhiwei. The two of you blinked twice, and I blinked three times, speaking to words that only they could understand.

After a while, Qingzhi walked in, bent down and saluted, "Empress Empress, Empress Yun Guifei is here, I want to greet Empress!"

The Queen's hand painted with Dan Kou accidentally slapped the skirt, and a silk thread was drawn up on the skirt, she seemed to be unknown, "Please come in!"

The queen's voice was flat, without any ups and downs.

Xie Zhiwei looked towards the door, and a woman with a face like a lotus and a body like a willow branch came in enchantingly. She was wearing a nine-dragon flying phoenix bun, wearing a golden crimson gown, like a nine-day fairy, with a frown A smile is soul-stirring.

When she came to the empress, Concubine Yun took a wide look at the empress, and she was blessed just now, "See empress empress!"

Concubine Yun, the birth mother of the eldest prince, the good-looking concubine, she responded to the saying "Looking back and smiling, Bai Meisheng is born, and the six palaces of pink and black are colorless", which once made the king not to go to court early.

Concubine Yun Gui was born noble, and she is the second daughter of Duke Lu.

I heard that when the first emperor was alive, Concubine Yun Gui was originally the concubine concubine that the Empress Dowager showed to King Xiang. Entered the prince's mansion at that time and became a side concubine.

The eldest prince is now fifteen years old, and Xie Zhiwei heard about these past events when he was in the cold palace in his previous life.

"Oh, where did these two beauties like Yutuan come from? Look up and let me see!"

Xie Zhiwei hurriedly came over with Xie Zhihui to bow to Concubine Yun, "Ms. Xie Zhiwei (Hui) sees the imperial concubine!"

"Free gift!"

Concubine Yun took a closer look at Xie Zhiwei and Xie Zhihui, "Are these two girls from Dali Temple Qing Xie's family?"

"Yes!" Xie Zhiwei replied respectfully.

"Your father is Xie Yuanbai. Bengong remembers that he was the prostitute in the second year of Shoukang. He straddled the streets and saw all the flowers in Beijing in one day. Later, why did he abandon literature and pursue martial arts?"

"Imperial concubine, the courtiers were young at that time, so I don't know."

Concubine Yun Gui was stunned for a while, and then laughed, "You are a sharp-talking child."

After talking and laughing for a while, Concubine Yun Gui asked the queen, "Empress, my concubine heard that you are sick?"

Xie Zhiwei raised her head in shock, and glanced at the imperial concubine. This was the first time she saw the imperial concubine. In the previous life, when she became the crown princess and began to pay attention to the affairs in the palace, the noble concubine had already lost both sides in the fight with the queen, the noble concubine had gone, and the eldest prince was imprisoned.

Xie Zhiwei finds it hard to imagine, how could a person who speaks so directly, without turning a corner, think of drugging the empress?

At that time, there was an old man in the cold palace who said that Duke Lu had the merits of following the dragon, and the emperor would definitely agree.

The empress's originally calm eyes were full of complex emotions, and she held the handkerchief tightly in her hands, "Did you hear who said that Ben Gong was ill?"

"Wouldn't it be nice if the empress was safe? Who did the concubine hear? It sounds like Concubine Ningde's voice." The concubine frowned and thought for a while, "The concubine didn't intend to come to see the empress, but I heard that the empress The empress is sick, so I came to see her."

The eldest princess tilted her head, pretending to be innocent and authentic, "Didn't Concubine Yunmu become a spy for Concubine Ning to spy on the empress?"

"This is really true." Concubine Yun Gui turned to the maid beside her and asked, "Do you know who was with Concubine Ning De at that time?"

Even if the imperial concubine was worried that she would be used as a gun, she shouldn't ask her maid in front of the queen. The maid thought for a while, "If you go back to your empress, this servant didn't see that there are other empresses."

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