Chapter 37: Zhan Han

Soon after, it will be an annual silkworm ceremony. Each year, in the middle of the spring, the queen's principal sacrifice will lead the concubines and concubines to pray to the gods of silkworms, and pray for the abundance of silkworms and the prosperity of weaving.
Cultivation and weaving are the foundation of people's livelihood. The two major ceremonies of silkworm and valley worship each year have always received great attention from the royal family. According to the ancestral system, when the queen presided over the sacrifice, she must use the yellow Luoju dress as the dress, and wear the same color as the dress, the knee pads, the Chinese belt, and the corresponding clothing has strict rules. The other silkworm-helping dresses of the other concubines were also made by Jin Luo, and the patterns and decorations were differentiated according to grades. Every spring in the past, I put on the Qingluo embroidery pattern to help silkworm clothing, and followed my mother to participate in a silkworm ceremony. However, this year, I will go to the Yanfu Hall to replace the aunt and preside over the silkworm ceremony.
The mayor of Taichang Temple tirelessly reports the etiquette equipment required for the ceremony. As I listened, I stared at the instrument. When reporting to the priest's dress, Chang Shi's face was embarrassing, and he carefully tested, "I don't know if the priest's dress is also prepared as usual?" If it is the regular dress, it is the queen's specific dress. Nowadays, the regents are respected in the upper and lower levels of the DPRK. The so-called one-man-thousand-man population is nothing more than a vanity. Many queens of this dynasty came from the Wang family. Over time, the Wang family was known as the "post-clan". The Royal Ceremony Officer has always been the best at welcoming people, and I must have thought that I would wear a queen's dress.
I lifted my eyes slightly. "This year's incident is exceptional. The Empress Dowager can't preside over the ceremonies due to illness. It has to be replaced. Although the costume is small, it is a matter of etiquette.
"Wei Chen convicted him!" Chang Shilian repeatedly nodded, and hesitated, "It is only the princess who honors the main sacrifice. If she only helps the silkworm, it may not be in harmony with etiquette."
"Since both suits are not suitable, then we will make another cut." I kept calm and just set aside the watch.
The next day, I asked Ayue to hand over the design of the new dress, along with the designated clothes, to Shaofu Temple and order it to be made within three days.
In the second year of Xuanhe Spring, Taishi chooses the day and enjoys the first silkworm family on the altar.
The maid presents the newly made silkworm gown, plain yarn inner single, covered with blue silk silk gown, under the smoke Qingliu Yunshang, wide-sleeved cut waist, tedious Pei Luo belt are all removed, only hanging in the skirt Slender streamer shaped like a phoenix. There is no embroidery on the whole body, and a faint pattern of phoenix phoenix is ​​woven at the skirt. A Yue combed my long hair and turned it around slowly, and then I wore decorations and wobbles. I looked at the face in the mirror for a moment, and dipped a touch of gold leaf cinnabar in my pen, and faintly traced it in the forehead. After the makeup, I came out of Fengchi Palace. I took my shoulders, lowered the sarong, and led the guard to the front door of Yanhe Palace.
Women of all lives have been greeted at the gate of the palace, all wearing prosperous dresses, high-gold jewellery, and beautiful. The four first-class fateful women moved forward, saluting rituals and praising the good fortune. The housekeeper lifted the draped bead curtain, and I stretched my hand over the guiding female officer's arm, slowly lowering my shoulders. At this moment, the morning sun was showing up, the glow was shining, and the altar of Zhuang Mu seemed to be bathed in faint golden light.
I ascended the jade steps, standing in the morning light, my clothes fluttered and I burned incense and prayed.
Later, the female officer led the crowd to Sangyuan, and served with silver hooks inside. I took the lead in picking mulberries, and the mistresses at home and abroad followed suit, each picking mulberries and entering the jade jade. At last, he was introduced into the silkworm chamber by the housekeeper. After reading this year's new silkworm, he went to the apse to tell the story.
The relatives of the princes sat beside me, they knew each other well, and they were not polite at the moment. Everyone was very envious of my clothes and makeup, I smiled lightly, but kept silent about changing the clothes. In the end, some people couldn't help but asked curiously, "The princess' dress is different from previous years, and the clothes are like silk and silk, like linen and linen. I have never seen it before. I do n’t know what is the tribute?"
I said with a smile, "It's not a rarity from afar, it's just a new tribute for the Weaving Division this year. Of course it wasn't there before. I looked at it and cut it into a dress." Everyone was surprised, and it was hard to hide the envy. The left-handed Mrs. Ying Anhou was especially sighing. I turned to look at her with a smile, "If the wife likes it, I will ask someone to take it to the house." Mrs. Ying Anhou was so pleased that she was thankful, and everyone admired it. The color is stronger, which makes Deying Anhou very proud.
Within three days, the Weaving Division reported that the government's families had recently asked the Weaving Division for new offers. I have already commanded that no matter who asks for it, no one will be allowed to flow out. Everyone's appetite was dangled, and they couldn't find out what they asked in private, and they became more and more curious. Ten days later, the palace issued a decree of the replacement service system, and the maiden women's service clothes have since abandoned Qiluo, and all have changed to the new one.
Overnight, from the palace to the capital, everyone was proud to wear a new badge, and Luo Qiu embroidered it instead.
What I didn't expect was that not only Xinhua became popular with Jinghua, but also the patterns I painted on the forehead, and it quickly spread throughout the house, no matter whether it is a beauty or a woman.
Rare spring days are fine, I sit down the porch and move the Qingqin Guqin with my hands, thinking of my brother again. A Yue walked to the side lightly and whispered, "Slavery has sent the clothes given by the princess to Jinglin Palace. Mrs. Su was very grateful after accepting it, and told her to reply and thank the princess in person. "I responded lightly." No need. You can walk around everyday and take care of things as much as you like. "
"Yes, slaves understand." A Yue hesitated for a moment, but stopped talking. I didn't move, I lowered my head and stroked the strings, but listened to A Yue whispered, "Slave looked at the Xiaojun Lord, it didn't seem right."
"What's the matter with the little county master?" I said for a moment. I thought it was Jin'er who complained, but it was the child's accident.
A Yue frowned, "Ms. Su originally said that the small county chief had contracted the cold and did not allow people to visit him. The slavery was afraid that the princess would be worried, so she looked at the small county chief ...
"How?" I asked frowning.
She hesitated for a moment, revealing a blank expression, "Slaves seemed to think that the eyes of the little lord seemed to be invisible."
I was shocked and stood up immediately, summoning the imperial doctor, and instructing the car to drive to Jinglin Palace. Since Jin'er was banned, I have never stepped into Jinglin Palace, nor have I seen her and the child. Whenever I think of her words and deeds that day, I feel chills and upsets, and can no longer regard her as a former Jiner. Whatever it looks like is an unfamiliar Mrs. Su. As for her and Ziyi, I don't know so far, and I never want to know.
Upon entering Jinglin Palace, Jin'er had been greeted by the news, and it seemed that I would not come suddenly, looking cold and flustered. I didn't mean to quarrel with her, and bluntly visited the small county master, and ordered the grandmother to immediately hold the small county master out. Jin'er's face changed rapidly, and he said hurriedly, "The child just fell asleep, and she should not wake her up!" I frowned and looked at her. "I heard that the Xiaojun Lord contracted the cold, and I specifically passed on the doctor to visit. Is the child After being sick for so many days, the lady has never called the Royal Doctor? "Jin Er's face turned pale, she no longer talked, but her fingers tightened fiercely. Seeing her look like this, I became more suspicious and wanted to speak, but I saw the grandmother holding the child out of the inner temple.
Jin Er stepped forward and tried to take the child, but was stopped by A Yue. The grandmother hugged the child directly in front of me, and I hesitated. I took the self-sleeping child, and my heart was incomprehensible. This is the first time I have held Zi Zi's child. When I think that the child has the same blood as Zi Zi, I don't know if I should be happy or sad ... Zi Zi, after all, there is an untouchable crack in my heart.
The baby girl in her arms has a pretty little face, and it looks like a lotus with a bud in the sleeping room. I watched her quietly, and my heart felt soft, and I couldn't help but stretch her fingers to caress her pink cheeks. She opened her mouth slightly, snorted, and slowly opened her eyes. Under the slender eyelashes, those large round eyes looked at me stubbornly, and the eyeballs were motionless, which was supposed to be the dark pupil, but it was covered with a shocking gray.
She seemed to perceive this as an unfamiliar embrace, and suddenly she cried, turning her head around in search of her mother, her eyes were always indifferent, never turning a minute.
I looked up at Jin Er, hands and feet were chilling, but I could not say a word-the child was clearly blind, but her mother never said anything, let alone the doctor to come to the doctor for treatment!
"Dr. Sun, do you really take a closer look?" I stared at the imperial doctor kneeling on the ground, and spoke coldly.
The deadly inner room has been retired from left and right, and the grandmother took away the crying little county master, leaving only the royal doctor and my personal maid. Sun Taiyi is an old man in the palace. He has deep experience, and he has seen the changes in the heavens. At the moment, he is lying on the ground, looking blue, and stiffened for a long time before returning to chant. Wrong! The little county owner ’s eyes were burned and blinded by the medicine!
The voice of the old doctor shivered with indignation—burning the medicine, such a cruel method is simply appalling. Who would treat a baby girl under the age of one? Under this poisonous hand? .
"What medicine is there, but can there be salvation?" I gritted my teeth, and the anger in my heart rose like fire, unstoppable.
Tai Tai Sun must tremble, "This medicine is only the very common Akashi powder, but the poisoning method is very cruel. According to the injury, it should be powdered in water, dripping daily, gradually causing burns, not sudden blindness. Fortunately, I found it early. The small county owner still has a weak consciousness, and he may be able to save a little eyesight.
This kind of injury is semi-blind even after being cured. The child's eyes were actually gone! I turned silently, swiping my sleeves and sweeping the tea cup to the ground.
Akashi San is the most common medicinal powder in the palace. Each palace room is used to blend in incense to avoid mosquitoes. This medicine has a clear fragrance and is non-toxic. Although it can disperse insects, it is not harmful to people. However, who would like to get the powder in the water to drip the eyes, it can slowly burn the eyes, causing the eyes to be destroyed and blind for life! Even before the battle between the two armies, in the face of bloodshed and shock, the tragedy on the spot of Hengzu never made me so frightened and angry.
Anyone who has such deep resentment against a little baby can actually kill the daughter of the daughter-in-law under this eyeliner under the guarded Jinglin Palace!
"Come!" I turned back coldly, saying one word at a time, "Jinglin Palace was closed immediately, but anyone who had approached the Xiaojun Lord would be sentenced to prison!"
Jinglin Palace guards and palace staff were accompanied by miscellaneous servants. They were imprisoned in the Department of Discipline, and the court ladies and grandmothers who served the little county masters all kneeled in front of the temple. The sound of wailing and crying came through the screen, and a clear sound came into the ear, like a sharp needle piercing the heart. But the people in the palace, without knowing the means of admonishing the Secretary, fell into the hands of those who are more terrible than death.
I sat on the chair, silent, and looked coldly at the pale woman kneeling in front of me. Is this woman with a sloppy, sullen expression, who grew up with me and was once a sister, Jin Er?
It was almost a while before she knelt before her, as if she had become dumb, and she would not say anything when she died.
After Huizhou's separation, what did they go through to make Jiner, who had a smile in the past, become what she is today?
I just looked at her silently, and didn't ask. I would rather the palace people outside offered a more terrible mastermind rather than confirm my conjecture. The tragic cry from outside gradually faded, Jin'er's face became paler, his body was teetering, but she still stood strong. Only a moment later, Xu Xun of the Discipline Division stepped into the screen and leaned back. "Prince Kai, the mother-in-law Yuan, Gongren Caihuan, and Yunzhu have all confessed. The confession is recorded here, please look at the princess."
Jin Er trembled, raised his head sharply, and touched my gaze. The whole person seemed to have his muscles removed. A Yue took the page of confession, lowered his head to present it to me, and quietly aside. There is a faint scent of Hengyu in the room, cold and refreshing. A thin page of confession made me feel cold all over the place, my hands shaking.
The grandmother confessed that the small county master slept with Mrs. Su every night, and never spent the night next to him. Every night, she often cried aloud in Mrs. Su's room and rested for a long time.
Caihuan confessed that Mrs. Su said before the month that the dorm was outdated and there were many mosquitoes. She ordered her to ask the Department of Home Affairs for Akashi.
Yun Zhu confessed that she had inadvertently noticed that Xiaojun's eyes were different, but Mrs. Su said it was okay and she was not allowed to speak up.
I repeatedly looked at the confession and looked at it, and finally threw this sheet of tissue paper at Su Jin'er, choked my throat, and was speechless. Jin'er trembled and picked up the page of confession, glanced over her shoulders and twitched, and the whole person seemed to wither instantly. I asked, "Is it you?"
Jiner nodded.
I grabbed the teacup on the case and slammed into her with all my strength, "Junk stuff!"
Porcelain was hitting her shoulders, wet her body, the fragments ran across her forehead, and a ray of blood dripped down her pale cheeks, shocking. A Yue knelt down and persuaded me to anger.
"Are you her mother, or are you still human?" My voice was dumb, and I lost my normality in anger.
Jin Er slowly raised her head, and her eyes were blood red, reflecting the blood on her cheeks, which was extremely terrifying.
"Is she her mother?" She hissed and repeated my words, laughing suddenly, "I hope not! Do you think I am willing to give birth to her, to give birth to this kind of evil, and to suffer like me!"
Underworld, these two words are hot to me like a tongue of fire. I stood up arrogantly, my whole body froze like an ice cellar, "what do you say she is?"
Jin Er grinned, "I said she was a sinful species, the same sinful species as me!"
I took a sip of air conditioner, my feet softened, and I fell back to the chair.
Jin Er was born in the Music and Dance Teaching Workshop. She was a illegitimate daughter of Wu Ji until her mother died of illness and did not tell her who her biological father was. Children like this are not uncommon in boys, usually boys give them away, girls stay, and when they grow up, they either become music tricks or are taken over by dignitaries. Jin'er was very lucky. When he was seven years old, she was accidentally seen by Aunt Xu, and pity her for being lonely. Then she was brought into the house to be a maid.
At this moment, she said it verbatim, the girl was a sinner, the same sinner as her. I looked at her, her body was cold, and I had countless questions in my heart, and finally I blurted out. "Jin'er, tell me, what happened after Huizhou's separation?" Her lips drew sharply. Hitomi shrinks slowly, grinning absurdly, "Sir, do you really want to know?"
I got up and approached her, took out the spar and wiped the blood from her forehead, and I couldn't bear it, "You get up and talk."
She was still on her knees and fell on her knees, half-raised her head, and grabbed my sleeve. "His Highness told me to forget this and never have to talk to anyone ... But the county master wanted to know, Jin How can a child hide it! "
Her smile chilled me and I stepped back and pulled out my sleeves, "Jin Er, get up first."
"Do you remember, when I was fifteen, I asked my wish?" She stared at me tightly. I remember, we had already gone to Huizhou at that time, and on her fifteenth day, I promised to make a wish for her. However, she always refused to say, only that her wish had been fulfilled. At that time, I only thought she was a child, and didn't know anything.
Jin Er smiled faintly. "At that time, my wish was to follow His Royal Highness and serve him all my life."
I looked at her for a long while, closed my eyes, and sighed silently. Those quiet and sweet years, she followed me silently, no one noticed her existence, in the world of me and Ziyu, she was like a silent installation. But we all forgot that she is also the same cardamom age, and she also has a young girl's spring heart.
I was robbed in Huizhou that day. For a few days, I did n’t know about her life and death. She was terrified. She just wanted to inform her as soon as possible, but was afraid that she would receive the news that I was killed. She felt that at this moment, someone must be with him, and rushed desperately. A lonely and weak girl, Qian Liyun rushed from Huizhou to Huangling ... Remembering the cowardly Jiner, she did not know where she had the courage.
At that time, Zi Zi was not under confinement, although he was still free in the Imperial Tombs. Jiner said here, but she looked tender and infinite, "I went to the Emperor's Mausoleum with great pains and hardships. I really saw him. I didn't expect him to be so happy. Seeing me, I was so happy that she burst into tears!" It seemed to be back to the moment when he was reunited with Ziyi, "I saw that he was so happy, and I could not bear to tell him the bad news. At that time, I didn't know how to make a difference, but I lied to him, I just wanted to hide him for a while. He was sad and sad ... I said that it was the Lord of the County who ordered me to serve His Highness and stay with His Highness since then, and he believed without hesitation. "
"The emperor's mausoleum was remote to avoid traffic. It was not until three months later that we heard the news of the county's escape from danger. His Highness also knew my lie that day, but he said nothing and did not blame me. At that time I settled Determined to live with His Royal Highness ever since then. After that he was under house arrest, imprisoned, and I stayed with him, only me, and no one else ... "Jin Er's voice was calm, and there was a trace of sweetness in his lips With a smile, Shen Shen still remembered in the memories that belonged to her and her son-in-law.
"I thought this was the way I lived. I stayed with him, and he stayed with me, just as long as I lived alone in Huangling ..." Jin Er's voice was sharp, as if being held by his neck. I was imprisoned alone, and my family members were not allowed to accompany me. I lived in a separate room and could only visit him once a day. One night, a drunk sergeant broke into my room ... "Jin Er could not speak in silence, and I would listen again Not going on, the ears hummed, and my heart was so terrified that it couldn't be added. Ziyu, his years of house arrest have been miserable to this point, and even suffered such insults, even his servants were raped by drunk soldiers!
"After that?" I closed my eyes, closed my heart and asked Jiner, "Where is that sergeant now?"
Jin'er looked indifferent. "Dead, that barbarian has been executed by General Song."
"Barbarian? Song Huai'en also knows this?" I asked.
"Know." Jin Er smiled faintly. "General Song is a good man. He will take care of His Royal Highness, but the hatred is only those of the embargoes ... After this incident, General Song finally withdrew the embargoes and replaced His Highness with hiss. Soldier, I do n’t have to worry about it anymore.
I understood that she was talking about the earliest guards sent by her aunt. They were all soldiers eating food in Beijing. Among them were barbarians of human descent—the emperor Zhezong The outstanding samurai of various ethnic groups were once incorporated into the embargo, and a strange guard was formed and passed down from generation to generation. Since then, there have also been barbarian soldiers of Hu people in the embargo. However, these Hu people have lived in Beijing for many years, intermarried with the Han family, and behaved just like the Han people. Such a thing happened to Ziyu, hate Wyan did not tell me.
Jin Er trembled, "I wasn't supposed to let His Highness know about it, but ... but I ... have ..."
I had already guessed the worst result, and couldn't bear to hear her say, "So, Zi Zi gave you a name, so you gave birth to your child?"
Jin Er concealed her face, "His Highness said, after all, is an innocent being ..."
She suddenly raised her eyes and stared straight at me, "How can you treat him like such a kind person? Someone deceived him and insulted him, and even you lived up to him! Followed a powerful King Yuzhang, I forgot to treat your three Highnesses wholeheartedly. You know that he cares about you day and night at the Emperor's Mausoleum, thinking about you from time to time, just like I think about him from time to time, but he only thinks that I am your maid, from I don't think I am his woman ... even if I have this short name, I am nothing! "
Her eyes were like a knife, and a word, every word, was on my mind.
"My daughter, he called her Abao, even my daughter can't escape your shadow ... Princess Yuzhang, why did you miss him? A vicious woman who pushed him to death is worthy. He missed it? "The more she said, the more she became irritated, and her expression gradually became distorted, like a madness. The right and left palace people held her down, and she was still struggling to approach me.
I silently listened to her shouting and sorrow, but felt sad and half speechless.
"Your daughter has a pair of Xiao-like eyes, and the more you grow, the more obvious you are, so you cruelly burn her eyes?" I stood up and asked her the last chill.
She seemed to be slammed with a whip, trembling so speechless, swallowed, and passed out softly.
Once this royal scandal spreads, Zi Zi's reputation will be ruined, and the royal family will lose face.
If you change to an aunt, you will inevitably execute Jin'er and children without hesitation, all the palace people, and bury this secret forever.
However, in the face of Jin Er, in the face of the poor child, I could not do such a ruthless thing.
The next day, five people from the Palace of Information in Jinglin Palace were executed, and the small county master was sent to Yong'an Palace for careful and reliable care by the people in the Palace.
Su was expelled from the court on the grounds that he violated the rules of the palace.