There are many small and key fragments in my mind, and when put together, only a vague outline appears.
Every time Emperor Xuanwu took a step, Jiang Xinyue would always break that step into ten steps and slowly and carefully analyze the deep meaning.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The dark night was set off by colorful fireworks, and brilliant scenes emerged.
Shuang Jiang opened the window, turned around and said to Jiang Xinyue: "Master, there are fireworks on the city gate tower."
This is also one of the must-have programs at the annual New Year's banquet, which means that the whole world is celebrating together, so that the people can also feel that the emperor is of the same mind as the people.
"Go to the imperial dining room to deliver a table of food. You have been busy all day long. You have been waiting for me, and you have not even sat down to take a bite of the meal. Tonight, we in Hexi Palace will watch the New Year together regardless of our superiority."
After Jiang Xinyue ordered Shuangsheng, she told Magpie: "Go and get some golden beans to make a profit for the people in the palace."
The concubines were given numerous rewards throughout the year, and they were raised with honor and dignity. The hardest part was the serving maids and eunuchs below.
Hexi Palace closed the palace door. Because of the Rong concubine matter, they did not dare to make too much noise. Instead, more than a dozen people sat together, had a low-key meal, and talked about some wishes for the new year. Looking forward to it, we received the red envelope given by the master and guessed lantern riddles together. After playing until midnight, we all said Happy New Year before going down to rest.
The emperor's busyness has already begun since childhood.
Concubine Rong's child was not saved after all, and was taken to Cining Palace for care by the Queen Mother.
At that moment, Emperor Xuanwu had left the Taiyuan Hospital and went to the southeast room of Yangxin Hall to hold a writing ceremony. Because the word "Mingchuang" was written on the forehead of the southeast room, it was also called "Mingchuang Opening Ceremony". .
This is not the end.
After the opening ceremony, the emperor would lead the royal family members and high-ranking ministers who had been waiting outside the palace gate to hold a ceremony to worship heaven in the royal auditorium east of the moat outside Yonghe Gate.
After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, it was the emperor's and the queen's turn to go to Kunning Palace to worship the gods.
Because of Empress Dowager Wu's concern, Empress Zhu was not able to move into Kunning Palace, but the location of the God Sacrifice Ceremony cannot be changed. The emperor and empress need to pray together to the gods to bless the prosperity of the Yan Dynasty in the new year.
After the sacrifice to the gods was over, the queen and the emperor went their separate ways. The queen went to the harem to accept the kneeling worship of the concubines, while the emperor went to the ancestral temple to worship the ancestors.
After all these ceremonies were carried out, it was already dawn, and the drowsy courtiers had the opportunity to see the emperor, indicating that the day's celebration was coming to an end.
Jiang Xinyue wore a festive alchemy palace satin flag dress, combed her hair twice, and wore some emerald headdress on her bun. The small wound on her face was also covered with powder.
Empress Zhu watched as she recovered from a serious illness, and her already thin body lost some weight.
She seemed to be in a bad mood, and the concubines looked at her face and did not dare to argue tit-for-tat like they did in the past. In short, this New Year's Day was relatively peaceful.
"Precious face."
Not far after Jiang Xinyue left Yikun Palace, Concubine Ronggui came over and said, "Thank you for saving my sister last night."
"It's just a small effort, my dear sister, you don't need to say thank you."
Concubine Rong Gui smiled: "Sister, if you have nothing to do on weekdays, you can come to Jingren Palace to chat with me. Speaking of which, before you moved from Xihe Palace to the palace, the emperor wanted you to come to Jingren Palace to chat with me. It’s just that the Queen said you chose Hexi Palace, so we didn’t have the chance to be together.”
Is this happening?
Jiang Xinyue also laughed: "It's true that my concubine has failed my sister. I will definitely come to your door when I have time to disturb you. Please don't think that my sister is a talkative one."
"Then I will be waiting for my sister's arrival."
When it was time to eat at noon, Jiang Xinyue saw the emperor from a distance.
This is the time for the emperor to get along with his family and connect emotionally.
Emperor Xuanwu was also looking at Jiang Xinyue. The makeup on her face had faded a lot over time, and a blood-red mark was very obvious on his right cheek.
The magpie said something in her ear. She covered her face in panic. After making sure that no one was paying attention to her, she casually grabbed a few strands of hair to cover the wounds on her face.
The Queen Mother is so harsh, she must be just trying to ruin someone's appearance!
Fortunately, he arrived early last night, otherwise he wouldn't know how his beloved concubine would be tortured.
Precious Rong was wronged.
"Queen, please pass on my decree to enclose the harem!"
Empress Zhu nodded and heard Eunuch Yang, the eunuch of Yikun Palace: "Go and declare the decree!"
It is said that it is a great title, which actually means the promotion of concubines with a rank below the noble concubine.
The one who was originally Chang Zai was promoted to a nobleman, the one who was originally a nobleman was promoted to Jieyu, the one who was originally a Jieyu was also promoted one higher, and so on.
The ones who broke this rule appeared in Jiang Xinyue, Rong Guibi and Jin Chongyi.
Originally, Jin Chongyi was right above Jiang Xinyue and held her down several times. As a result, the emperor made Jiang Xinyue jump several levels and named her Zhen Zhaoyi.
Although she herself became Empress Zhaoyi, she just couldn't be happy.
Concubine Rong Gui suddenly transformed into Shu Concubine, one of the Western concubines. In the concubine position, there are now good concubines, Shu concubines, and virtuous concubines, with only one virtuous concubine missing.
Virtuous and virtuous, the virtuous concubine is the first of the Western concubines.
The position of the West Concubine is so in short supply, and the people below are starting to work hard towards it again.
Concubine Li felt very wronged and felt that she needed a child now.
She has been the imperial concubine for three years, but the emperor has been reluctant to make her the imperial concubine. Isn't it because he thinks that she has no children and there is no legitimate reason for naming her?
It seems that she will have to write a few more letters home and ask her father and mother to help her find some secret recipes for giving birth.
The queen followed Emperor Xuanwu's gaze and looked at Jiang Xinyue kneeling among the concubines, and her heart skipped a beat.
Did the emperor slap her in the face last night because she poisoned Zhen Zhaoyi and put the blame on Jiang Yuan?
This idea just flashed past quickly, and was immediately rejected by herself.
impossible!
Even if the emperor was more interested in Zhen Zhaoyi, he would not be able to use Concubine Li to slap her, the queen, in the face.
The emperor's imperial edict last night also contained Concubine Li's name, and he wanted to make her the imperial concubine.
But from the time of Emperor Taizu, the emperor's grandfather, in order to prevent the imperial concubine from coming to the throne and threatening the queen's position, a rule was gradually formed that no imperial concubine should be established while the queen was alive.
This means that in the harem, if there is a queen, there must be no imperial concubine. Including the gold books and treasures that were once given to the queen and the imperial concubine, under this unspoken rule, they are now only given to the queen.
So she refused, and had a few quarrels with the emperor about it.
Concubine Li is still the number one person in the emperor's heart. It is impossible for the emperor to use Concubine Li to vent his anger on Zhen Zhaoyi. The identity swap is almost the same.
So...is it because she didn't have any children to survive?
After the New Year, Jiang Xinyue turned seventeen. In modern times, she was still a high school student, but in ancient times where speed was high here, she was the age where she was born.
