After Ji Yueqin and Yunxiao Shanzhuang and his party separated, they embarked on the road back to Dayu with Anyi. After leaving the boundary of Daliang, they encountered fewer assassins.
As a result, the journey back to Dayu was much smoother. Originally, it took a month to get to Chang'an, the capital of Dayu, but it only took them more than 20 days to come back all the way.
Ji Yueqin looked at the prosperity and happiness of the people of Dayu outside the window, and Du An was originally taken from the opinion of everything. Seeing such a prosperous world, she couldn't help but feel a sense of belonging to her mother's hometown. It turns out that this is the realm of Chang'an.
The carriage was driving slowly, and before entering the city, the mountains and waters were clear, and several trees were dark red and light yellow. The scenery of Chang'an suburbs in autumn has a refreshing beauty.
Finally, they entered the Du'an City, and they saw that the Chang'an Avenue was narrow and sloping, with green cows and white horses and seven incense carts. People's lives are not only peaceful but also very prosperous, and the whole street is filled with happiness and warmth.
Before actually entering the palace, he was shocked by the luxury and majesty of Da Yu's palace. The red walls and golden tiles revealed a sense of simplicity but solemnity.
While the Imperial Army guarded the Suzaku Gate stoutly and solemnly, the carriage that Ji Yueqin was in was stopped as it approached the gate.
"Where did the carriage come from and don't know where this place is?" the imperial guard said solemnly.
The dark wing on the side handed over a golden sign, the guard looked at it, and then gave in in shock: "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and I ask the nobles in the carriage to forgive me." He was afraid that Ji Yueqin would be blamed. When he got down, he knelt down and pleaded guilty.
Ji Yueqin didn't blame him. His duty was to guard the palace. He smiled and said, "This is your duty, so what's your fault? Get up."
The imperial guard stood up after hearing this, and respectfully let Ji Yueqin enter the palace.
After entering from the west side of Suzaku Gate, you only entered the front part of the palace. I saw that some palace people had prepared the sedan chair and waited for Ji Yueqin's arrival.
After entering the Suzaku Gate, Ji Yueqin was refreshed. Compared with Daliang's palace, Dayu's palace was really glorious and solemn.
The Suzaku Gate belongs to the main gate of the imperial palace. The east, west, and north sides are connected to each other by six-zhang-high city platforms, and they form a square square.
On the top of the hall, there are four pavilions with eaves and ridges on the two city walls that extend from the left and right sides. The bright corridors are connected to each other. These twelve halls represent the twelve constellations in the starry sky.
In addition, there are tall pavilions and corners in each of the four corners, and the auxiliary wings that reflect each other adorn the main hall. The gate tower of this shape is called the Quemen, and the situation is majestic and magnificent, and people can't help but be amazed when they see it.
Ji Yueqin saw that the gate of the palace was so splendid and magnificent, and she couldn't help but be more curious about this so-called Da Yuhuang. What an excellent monarch could have such a splendid palace and let his people live happily ever after. What about life
The palace people who came to greet Ji Yueqin, when they saw Ji Yueqin walking towards them on lotus steps, saluted Ji Yueqin. Ji Yueqin is also considered to be a person from half the palace, so he gently waved his hand to avoid the courtesy of the palace staff.
"Please get on the sedan chair. Today our family will take the young master to resettlement, and we will be able to see the emperor tomorrow." The eunuch who spoke wore a red hat, a blue-gray embroidered crane silk satin robe, and long boots. Although he was an eunuch, he He has an unusual bearing, and his identity should not be low.
"There is Eunuch Lao." Ji Yueqin smiled and said to the eunuch.
Ji Yueqin sat in the sedan chair carried by the four, and was led by the big eunuch and walked across the Taihe Bridge made of white jade.
In fact, Ji Yueqin didn't know that this eunuch was Andrew, the chief eunuch of the imperial eunuch beside Da Yuhuang. Along the way, Ji Yueqin was speechless, and Andrew did not dare to overstep.
The sedan chair Ji Yueqin was sitting on was a large sedan chair with a golden embroidered phoenix curtain and a golden top. When Ji Yueqin first came to Dayu, she didn't know the grade of the sedan chair here in Dayu and what it represented. But it means different things to those who are interested.
Because it is embroidered with gold and a phoenix, it represents the queen. Now an unidentified little girl sits in this sedan chair, which inevitably makes many caring people have more hearts.
In particular, the noble woman sitting in the Fengxi Palace smashed all the vases in the palace angrily, because she knew who the person sitting in the sedan chair was and what it represented, how to make her Not angry
In the imperial palace of Dayu, the concubines who have reached the fourth rank are only eligible to sit in the small sedan chair carried by two people, while the fourth concubine and the imperial concubine are eligible to sit in the sedan chair carried by four people. Only the queen and the empress dowager can take the phoenix. The four carry the sedan chair.
Officials of the previous dynasty were only eligible to sit in a sedan chair carried by two people only if they were in the fourth rank, while officials below the fourth rank could only ride in a carriage, and only high-ranking officials and princes and nobles could ride in a sedan chair carried by four people. As for the emperor, he was sitting in a sedan chair carried by eight people.
There are no such regulations in the market, but generally speaking, only when it comes to marriage, someone will choose eight people to carry a large sedan chair to marry a woman into the door, while the general wealthy family chooses a sedan chair carried by four people.
Ji Yueqin was taken by Andrew to the Qianxi Palace, and Andrew stepped back and returned to his life.
I saw two women coming out of the Qianxi Palace. I saw the clothes with small sleeves and narrow clothes, plus half-arms, shawls around the shoulders, and tight-fitting long skirts tied to the chest. The style is simple.
They smiled but dignifiedly greeted Ji Yueqin and said, "Little Master, the Queen Mother is waiting for you inside."
Ji Yueqin had some doubts in her heart, and she didn't know why she was placed here with the Queen Mother, but she calmly followed the two of them into the palace.
When Ji Yueqin entered the Qianxi Palace, she saw an old woman with gray hair but kind-hearted eyes sitting on the quaint soft cave in the hall. She must be the owner of this Ganxi Palace. Behind her, a palace maid gently squeezed her shoulders, and the smoke curling up from the incense burner on the table had a soothing aroma.
When the queen mother heard someone coming in, she immediately opened her closed eyes and said kindly, "It's Yueqin who is here, come and sit at the Ai's house."
Ji Yueqin listened to the Queen Mother's words, but just bowed to the Queen Mother upright, and knelt on the spot.
"The little girl Yueqin pays respects to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is blessed with longevity and well-being." Although Ji Yueqin was kneeling, she straightened her back neither humbly nor arrogantly.
When the queen mother saw Ji Yueqin's appearance, she looked very much like the Duan Rou who was full of arrogance and arrogance. Although that woman did not marry into the royal family, she loved her very much, and she did not expect such elegance. The peerless woman died so fragrantly.
"Why are you kneeling, you stupid child, Xiuzhu will help Yueqin up, this will be seen by others, and they will say that my old lady is embarrassing." Seeing Ji Yueqin kneeling down, the queen mother hurriedly called someone to help She helped her up.
"Ai's family asked you to sit next to Ai's family, so don't stand stupidly." The queen mother saw that Ji Yueqin had an indescribably calm aura on her body, and couldn't help but feel a little bit towards Ji Yueqin. good feeling.
"How can the little girl overstep the queen mother." Ji Yueqin was helped up by Xiuzhu, and stood on the spot with her head lowered.
"Ai's family asked you to sit down, so just sit over. Saying arrogance is not arrogant, but afraid of Ai's family?" The queen mother said to Ji Yueqin with a smile.
"Yes." Ji Yueqin responded and took small steps and moved to the Queen Mother's side to sit down.
The more the Queen Mother looked at Ji Yueqin, the more she liked it, she couldn't help but pulled Ji Yueqin's hand and said, "How old is Yueqin this year?"
"Going back to the empress dowager, Yueqin is nine years old this year." Yueqin felt the warm eyes of the empress dowager, and there was a bit of warmth in her heart, she said softly.
"Oh, it's a few years younger than Yu'er." Thinking of her grandson, the queen mother asked again, "What about Yueqin's zodiac sign and birthday?"
Ji Yueqin didn't know why the Queen Mother asked about her zodiac sign and date of birth, so she answered honestly, "Back to the Queen Mother's words, Yueqin is a sheep and was born at the thirteenth hour of late spring."
The queen mother's eyes narrowed with laughter as soon as she heard it, and she remembered that Ji Yueqin had just come here, so she no longer asked Ji Yueqin but said to her: "Yueqin, Aijia knows that you have suffered these days. From now on, you will live in the Qianxi Palace of Ai's family, and if anyone in this palace embarrassed you, tell Ai's family, and Ai's family will decide for you."
When Ji Yueqin heard the Queen Mother's words, she felt a little warm in her heart, but after all, she was still relying on others. In this deep palace, she should try to be careful.
"Many thanks to the Empress Dowager, then Yueqin will be harassing the Empress. Please also ask the Empress not to dislike Yueqin's noise." Yueqin got up and made a big gift to the Empress Dowager.
The queen mother pulled Ji Yueqin and said, "I think back then, your mother called me Aunt Xue..." She seemed to have thought of something, and she let out a long sigh.
When Ji Yueqin heard that the queen mother mentioned her mother, her heart was also sour, but seeing the appearance of the queen mother should be very good to her mother, her eyes were also red.
Seeing that Ji Yueqin's sadness was brought up, the queen mother immediately stopped the topic and said to Xiuzhu: "Xiuzhu, Yueqin has been suffering these days, and asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some nourishing food for Yueqin to nourish. "
After speaking, he seemed to think of something again: "Bring Yueqin to the West Palace to live there, and you will follow Yueqin from now on."
Hearing Xiuzhu smiling and responding to the Queen Mother's words, he took Ji Yueqin to the West Hall for resettlement.
After hearing the news, the person in the Fengxi Palace was even more furious. Duan Rou, you left, but now your daughter is back. God still bless you, still want you to live in his heart. You married Ji Jie and you left Da Yu. Why, why did God let you die and bring your daughter back. Why do you marry someone else, but he still doesn't have himself in his heart? why!
There was silence in the Fengxi Palace, no one dared to go forward to provoke the enraged queen, and the maids had to wait tremblingly for her anger to subside.