He Mao Zhongxing always valued Qingming very much, after this incident, he taught Qingming the way of yin and yang without reservation.
On this day, Minister Zuo Fujiwara specially invited He Maozhong to visit the mansion. The relationship between the He Mao family and the Fujiwara family has always been very good. Minister Zuo and He Mao Zhongxing are good friends who have known each other since childhood.
He Maozhong had a strange expression on his face when he returned home.
"Father, what's wrong with you?" Sha Luo also noticed this.
He Mao Zhongxing hesitated for a moment, and said: "You Ji, the eldest daughter of Minister Zuo, is pregnant."
Isn't Yuji the empress of the middle palace who is the current emperor? Sha Luo smiled and said, "Isn't that a happy event?"
"This is the lord's first heir, and it may be the future East Palace. There are many people in the palace who are jealous and jealous, so Minister Zuo hopes that Youji can have a reliable wife by her side." He Maozhongxing pondered for a moment, "Minister Zuo wants you to enter the palace as You Ji's wife."
"Me?" Sha Luo was taken aback, "Why me?"
"You are my daughter, so of course you are the most reliable candidate, but if Sha Luo doesn't want to, then don't force it." He Mao Zhongxing added.
The imperial palace sounds quite interesting, and Shaluo's curiosity was aroused again. Besides, it's just a lady's house, and she's just a little female official, maybe she can move more freely.
"Then how long will it be?"
"It will be enough until the East Palace is born in the future."
Sha Luo immediately started to play small things in his head. It was less than a year since he was born in the East Palace. During this period of time, he took the opportunity to play in the palace, which seemed really good. Moreover, there is no need to learn these annoying etiquette at home every day, um, that's the decision!
"I'll go, I'll go!" She showed a very willing and positive attitude.
"Shaluo, do you really want to go?" Baoxian, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interjected.
"Well, well, since we are subjects of the lord, of course we have to contribute when the lord needs us." She looked serious.
"Oh hehehe, this is not what Shaluo said, I guess..." Baoxian shook his juniper fan lightly, "Shaluo must think that the palace must be fun, and he can play while taking the opportunity, and he doesn't have to learn these annoying people at home every day etiquette, right?"
Sha Luo blinked his eyes, why did this nasty brother insist on exposing her, if he didn't say a word, he wouldn't be dumb.
"Father, since she is willing, let her go." Bao Xian slightly turned his body.
"Then it's decided." Zhongxing nodded.
"However..." A wicked smile flashed across Baoxian's lips again, "Father, I think I need to ask Aqiu to teach Shaluo more court etiquette, otherwise, if something goes wrong, our He Mao family will Very embarrassing."
"Ah, ah, what?" Sha Luo felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"Sha Luo, you have to study hard." Bao Xian's smile grew stronger.
Her whole body is already stiff... No way, she still wants to get out of the sea of suffering, who knows the result is even more tragic... When the wisteria flowers are hanging all over the courtyard, the day for Shaluo to enter the palace has finally arrived, and He Mao Zhongxing is naturally right... She warned for a long time, quite worried.
Before getting on the bullock cart, Baoxian went to the side of the cart and said in a low voice: "Shaluo, the palace is no better than your own home, so you can't mess around like here, you know?" He paused, then said, "If the palace If anyone in the palace dares to bully you, you must tell your brother." Sha Luo's heart warmed up, and he smiled sweetly: "Brother, if you say that again, I will be reluctant to go to the palace. Why don't I go back now. "
"Crack!" Baoxian's fan had already been lightly clasped on her head, "Idiot, go if you want to, and don't go if you don't want to, what kind of place do you think it is?"
"Brother, you always beat me, I will be knocked stupid by you!" Sha Luo covered his head.
"Oh hehehe, it's stupid enough without knocking." Bao Xianshi half-covered his face with a smirk.
"Ah, by the way, I might meet Liuli's concubine in the palace. I don't know if I should tell her how many confidante brother has." Sha Luo also showed a smirk.
"Shaluo..." A look of helplessness flashed across Baoxian's face.
"Brother, your expression is very strange, hehe."
"Shaluo, it seems that you should go..." Baoxian shook his head, and helped Shaluo into the bullock cart.
After getting on the bullock cart, Sha Luo suddenly seemed to remember something, lifted the curtain and looked around, but she didn't find Qingming's figure. For some reason, a trace of disappointment surged in her heart. She was going to enter the palace today, Qingming couldn't even Won't you come see her off
Sha Luo lowered the curtain with some disappointment, but suddenly heard her brother's voice from outside the car: "Qingming, you're here too?" She was looking in this direction, but through the curtain, she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.
The car drove slowly, and Shaluo suddenly felt a little melancholy in his heart. He grew up so old and never left his father and elder brother. It seemed that he was reluctant to leave, but they would often be called into the palace by the lord. There will still be a chance to meet.
In Shaluo's leisurely imagination, the ox cart had already passed Jianrei Gate and entered the inner palace of Heian Palace, the emperor's harem. After days of cramming, Shaluo already has some understanding of this place. There are "seven halls and five houses" in the palace city, which are Chengxiang Hall, Denghua Hall, Zhenguan Hall, Changning Hall, Lijing Hall, Xuanyao Hall, Honghui Hall and Zhaoyang House and Shujing House on the east and west sides of it. , Feixiangshe, Ninghuashe, Xifangshe, a total of twelve halls. The emperor's concubines and their wives lived separately in these palaces.
Because Honghuidian and Feixiangshe (barnacles) are closer to Qingliangdian where the emperor lived, the people who lived in them were Emperor Murakami's favorite concubine Yuji and the barnacle concubine respectively. The moment he saw You Ji, Sha Luo couldn't help but marvel at her elegance. Her black hair was like clouds, her complexion was like snow, and her eyebrows were pretty.
"Are you the daughter Shaluo from Lord He Mao's mansion? You are indeed a fresh and lovely woman like a spring willow." You Ji smiled slightly.
Sha Luo hurriedly followed Qiu Ji's instruction, bowed to her, and said, "Your Majesty, that's absurd praise."
"You don't have to worry, just stay by my side, Lord Kamo has always been friendly with our Fujiwara family." She looked at Shaluo gently and said.
"Thank you, ma'am." Sha Luo nodded sincerely.
You Ji nodded with a smile, and said softly, "You are new here today, let the prime minister take you to get acquainted with this place first."
Sha Luo responded, and heaved a sigh of relief. It seems that this Empress Youji seems to be quite easy to get along with.
The place where the women live is elegant and simple, and there is one room for each person. The next door to Shaluo is the young prime minister, who is the daughter of Lieutenant General Tachibana. She has just passed the age of Jieshang. After getting acquainted, they chatted in the room without any scruples.
After Shaluo sent the young prime minister out, she suddenly felt a heat on the top of her head. She reached out and touched a sticky mass. When she looked carefully, she almost fainted. It turned out to be a mass of freshly baked bird droppings! She looked around angrily, and saw a small sparrow sitting in front of her with a small note tied to its paw.
Sha Luo temporarily forgot about his bad luck, and curiously took down the note, only to see a line of delicate handwriting on it: Is everything all right? Seimei.
Sha Luo opened his eyes wide in disbelief, this is actually Seimei's letter! Then this sparrow must be Seimei's shikigami, such a cold Seimei would actually be worried about her, and that familiar warm feeling came to my heart again, just like that night when Hyakki Yakami, when he was protecting her... That warm feeling... In fact, that stubborn and cold boy is also a very gentle child.
Sha Luo happily took the sparrow back to the room, studied the ink, and was about to write a receipt on the back of the note. Just as she was about to write, she suddenly remembered that the damn sparrow had pulled "gold" on her head, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry Then, after thinking about it, he took up his pen and wrote: "Dongziwan, I'm fine. Shaluo."
Thinking of Qingming's expression when she received this receipt, she couldn't help laughing.