Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 199 Gathering at Kunning Palace

Kunning Palace.

Today is the first day that the new ladies pay their respects to the Queen, so the Queen got up a little earlier than usual.

It was still dark outside, and there were a few candles lit in the Queen's bedroom, making the room very bright. Queen Chen was sitting in front of the dressing table, talking to Aunt Lanruo beside her, and the senior palace maid behind her was combing her hair.

"The emperor didn't go anywhere last night. He just rested in the Yangxin Palace. That Concubine Xu waited until late at night and the emperor didn't come. I heard that she was very angry." Lan Ruo smiled contemptuously. That Concubine Xu was really stupid. Didn't she know that the emperor disliked her the most right now?

"This kind of fool who can be seen at first glance is easy to deal with, but the empress dowager... is a little difficult." The queen was not afraid of Xu Rou, but the empress dowager always used the name of being the emperor's mother to make trouble. The key is that she was unreasonable and unreasonable, which annoyed her. Thinking of this, the queen's head began to hurt again.

"Your Majesty." Seeing the queen frowning again, Lan Ruo was a little worried: "Is your head starting to hurt again? I'll ask someone to make you some medicine."

"No need." The queen waved her hand. People would be here soon, and even if the medicine was ready, she would not have time to drink it. Besides, she was now drinking the medicine that her mother had found especially for her to help her conceive, and she was afraid that there would be a conflict between the two.

Lan Ruo looked at the Queen worriedly. She was an old woman brought into the palace by the Queen. She used to be the Queen's wet nurse. Ever since her own child and husband died of acute illnesses one after another, she gave up the idea of ​​remarrying and followed the Queen wholeheartedly. From the Duke's Mansion to the Imperial Palace, she accompanied the Queen.

In order to rectify the harem that was made into a mess by the Empress Dowager, the Empress worked extremely hard and suffered from this troublesome problem. Only Lan Ruo knew that the Empress' temper had been getting worse over the past two years. She had never said harsh words to her before, but now, just after the New Year, she had scolded her twice.

Ningyuxuan.

Fanghua was always alert, and when the time came, she would come and knock on Huang Ye's bedroom door.

Huang Ye didn't like anyone standing guard by her bed when she slept, so she slept alone in the bedroom. If no one called her, Fanghua was worried that she would miss the time to pay respects, and then the Queen would punish her.

In fact, Fanghua's worries were right. Huang Ye was sleeping soundly at this time. He was confused for a while when he heard the knock on the door, then he got up and opened the door for Fanghua. Behind Fanghua were Hongyue and Xiaojuan, both holding toiletries in their hands.

Huang Ye looked outside. It was still dark. "Aunt, are you up so early?" She had never gotten up so early before when she was in Fanjing Mountain. Alas, she missed her two masters again.

"It will be dawn when the queen finishes washing up. I have called Hongdou to get up, and she will accompany you there in a while." Fanghua saw Huang Ye finished washing up and combed her hair herself. Now that she had entered the palace, she had to comb her hair in the palace style.

Seeing Fang Hua's deft hands combing her hair, Huang Ye did not forget to flatter her: "Aunt is so deft, the hair she combed looks so beautiful."

Fang Hua was somewhat smug: "When Concubine Yi was here, I was the one who combed her hair. Unfortunately..."

Huang Ye quickly interrupted her thoughts: "Shouldn't you wear clothes that are too eye-catching today, otherwise some people will be displeased." She had read a certain legend in her previous life, and it included a story about the first time she saw the queen wearing clothes.

"Your Majesty is very smart." Fanghua sincerely felt that Huang Ye was a promising person. At such a young age, she wanted everything. In the future, she would be less likely to be plotted against in the harem.

Fanghua combed Huang Ye's hairstyle into a very conventional style, with just a jade hairpin and a pink silk flower on her head. She felt it was too plain, so she picked out a gold hairpin from her jewelry and put it on. This gold hairpin was designed by Huang Ye herself, with a lifelike butterfly on the head of the hairpin. The butterfly was not big, and it fit her head just right.

Huang Ye chose a light pink dress from a row of palace uniforms specially made for her and put it on. She then put on a furry fox cloak on the outside. The cloak was gray and did not look eye-catching at all.

"Let's go." Huang Ye said to Hongdou who was waiting at the door. It was already daybreak and their residence was the farthest from the Queen's Kunning Palace, so they had to walk quickly.

Fanghua led the way in front. It was the first time for the two of them to go to Kunning Palace, so it was normal that they didn't know the way. They didn't need anyone to lead the way tomorrow morning.

Seeing Kunning Palace from afar, Fanghua stopped and said, "Your Majesty, Kunning Palace is in front of us. There are many people here today, and the Queen will take you to pay respects to the Queen Mother. Don't talk back to her no matter what she says. Today is your first day here, and you will pay respects to her on the first and fifteenth day of every month. Just be patient and it will be over." Fanghua reminded her worriedly.

"I know, aunt, please go back." Huang Ye sincerely felt that her aunt was like her mother, and was afraid that she would suffer any harm.

When Huang Ye and Hong Dou arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace, a palace maid came out and welcomed her into a large hall in Kunning Palace. The hall was very spacious, with a row of chairs and coffee tables against the walls on both sides, which seemed to be for the ladies to drink tea and chat.

Huang Ye arrived not too late, but three people had already arrived. She knew two of them, and the other one was a little shy. Based on her aunt's introduction, Huang Ye guessed that she might be Jin Cairen.

"Sister Ye." Wang Yuan saw her eyes light up, and only then did she realize she was being rude after calling her that. She quickly came over to greet her: "Talented Lady Wang of Chunjin Pavilion, I pay my respects to Concubine Huang."

"Get up." Huang Ye said with a smile: "Even if I enter the palace, I am not your sister Ye. However, the rules cannot be broken in public. You should still call me sister Ye in private."

"Yes, thank you, Concubine Huang." Wang Yuan became more lively. She didn't know why, but as long as Sister Ye was around, she felt like she had a backbone and was not as scared as before.