Forbidden City.

The tall and magnificent buildings will make people feel solemn and solemn, and the palaces of the supreme masters in the world will also give people a strong shock, making people feel awe unconsciously.

Everyone who first entered the palace was shocked, let alone Yang Tian, ​​a young lady in her prime.

When he just stepped into the tall and heavy palace gate, Yang Tian was indeed very nervous, but when he saw Yu skillfully stuffing the red seal to the palace servant who led the way, the red seal quickly disappeared into the sleeves of the palace servant. Yang Tian's nervousness was suddenly diluted by curiosity.

Usually, it is not necessary to reward servants at home or go out to give gifts to other families. Yang Tian secretly figured out the method of sealing the red seal and couldn't help but laugh. This is really knowledge everywhere, and she still has a lot to learn.

Walking through the long corridors, Yang Tian gradually adjusted his mood and relaxed a little bit.

When the emperor was waiting for the congratulations, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, met the foreign wife in Kunning Palace. Now it is just a regular summoning. Feng Jia set up the East Warehouse Pavilion and announced the foreign wife to meet him in turn. Those who have not been summoned will wait in the West Warehouse Pavilion.

When the palace servant led the Yang family's mother and daughter into the western warm room of Kunning Palace, many imperial edicts had arrived.

The nobles, military generals, and civil officials each have their own circles. Although there will inevitably be marriages, these circles are not clearly distinguished, but most people chat in their own small circles with acquaintances.

The same was true for Yu. He took Yang Tian to greet several old ladies first, and then joked with Shen Li's wife Xie, who was with Mrs. Xie, before returning to the circle of old ministers of the East Palace to find the familiar wife to speak.

The one with the best relationship with Yu is Mrs. Tan, the wife of Bai Yue, a Hanlin lecturer.

This wife of Tan is also a second wife. What is better than Yu's is that Bai Yue's legitimate wife did not leave any children, but Tan himself only had one daughter. She is almost ten years old, but she has never been happy anymore. She has three concubines in her family who gave birth to a concubine, and this family is not very easy to be accustomed to, so she feels like she is the same fate as Yu.

The two families met each other and Tan handed over his daughter Bai Min to Yang Tian, ​​and helped Yu secretly gossip about the lively place where the nobles were nobles.

"This is not a joke." Tan's face had a decent smile, and no one could tell that she was saying harsh words: "The Zhou family, it was impossible to be gone after the empress dowager was gone. Now the Wang family has not brought a single girl, and everyone knows to avoid the Zhang family's sharpness. The Zhou family has a bunch of little ladies, and they are so beautiful. How can the Zhang family tolerate this? This is a mess."

Yu also had a dignified smile, as if he was talking to Tan about gossiping about clothing, jewelry, etc., but he quickly glanced at the circle of the noble from the corner of his eyes.

As expected, the two maids of the Zhou family, the two princes, were still among them, and there were still some noble women around them to make fun of each other. These two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were all scenes, and they didn't show any unhappiness on their faces. But the beautiful young ladies behind them obviously had short practice, and they didn't realize that they were angry or panic on their faces.

Yu chanted the Buddha's name softly, and saw that there were also several wives in the circle of civil servants who looked not very good-looking. The girls they brought were all dressed very carefully, but they all looked depressed, and one girl even had a slightly red eye circle.

Tan lowered his voice in her ear and said, "It's just the same thoughts, and he was ridiculed by the daughters of the two Marquis of the Zhang family. After all, he still needs shame, and he can't help it." He then said, "I didn't expect that the Chen Jingshi family also had this meaning. It was the one who impeached the most memorials of the imperial concubines."

Yu said softly: "Who can say this and that time?"

She couldn't help but look back at Yang Tian and Bai Min, but saw the two girls who met and said this. She couldn't help but smile. One of them got engaged and the other was young, away from the whirlpool after the election today.

Bai Min was originally a very lively girl, but her mother repeatedly scolded her before entering the palace. Now she doesn't dare to talk to Yang Tian. She is not as old as Yang Tian, ​​and she doesn't pay attention to the choice of concubines after the election. So she only occasionally said to Yang Tian, ​​"My uncle and I have a pot of excellent chrysanthemums, and I will post another day to invite my sister to enjoy it." Or "The snack shop in Mixiang has added new candied dates, which are delicious." It is a naive love story of her little daughter.

Yang Tian also likes Bai Min's cuteness, so she talks to her in a mess, and listens to the conversation between Tan and Yu in her ears.

After seeing many familiar faces, Yang Tian's nervousness disappeared completely, and when he saw many people whispering, he felt a little like he was attending a banquet at ordinary officials. The noble ladies also secretly talked about their parents and family during the meal.

She studied with her brother since she was a child. After getting engaged to Shen Rui, Yang Shen would more or less talk to her about some political affairs, especially some matters related to the Shen family.

Shen Rui always wants to become an official. Yang Shen thinks that his sister should know more and does not expect her to be a female Zhuge. Officials and relatives always have to interact with each other and be a virtuous supporter.

Therefore, Yang Tian is not unfamiliar with the Zhang family and the Zhou family, but she is not very interested. She has some literary temper and looks down on these methods of royal relatives.

When she was thinking about which Censor Chen was mentioned by Tan, she suddenly realized that Bai Min pulled her sleeve and said nodded over there.

Yang Tian followed Bai Min's instructions and saw that a group of five palace servants had already come in there, and the head was a middle-aged female official dressed in charge, which caused a sudden silence in the whole house.

Everyone's attention was attracted, and there were even two or three Lady Bo who smiled and greeted each other.

The female official had a stereotyped face and almost no smile. When faced with the warm greetings of several wives, she only responded simply and said to the hall that the Empress Dowager Xuan summoned several Japanese lecturers from the former East Palace to meet with her.

This is the birthday of the new emperor. The Empress Dowager summoned the inner courtesy of the new emperor's teachers to give them decentness, which was also the only way to do so.

The Yu family and Tan family were not surprised, and exchanged glances with each other. The two stood up and together with the other Hanlin ladies, they took their daughter behind the female official to the East Warehouse.

*

In the East Warehouse, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager sat in the middle, and there were several eldest princesses and eldest princesses on both sides.

Although Mrs. Jin is the mother of the empress dowager and is respected by the empress dowager and the late emperor, she is still not qualified to compete with the noble daughters of the Tian family such as the eldest princess and princesses, so she only sits in the first place in the next Zhang family.

Opposite the Zhang family are the female family of the Wang family of the Empress Dowager.

In addition to their own daughters, the Zhang family also brought seven or eight ladies. Behind the imperial edicts, the black and white standing was full of brides and gorgeous clothes and golden jade, and they were full of wealth and honor.

There are only three wives in the Wang family, but they didn't even bring their own girls in.

It is obvious that the Wang family is unwilling to go to the muddy waters of choosing a concubine.

After several Japanese ladies came in, they greeted the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the princesses under the guidance of the female officials and were given the first seat on the Wang family.

Empress Dowager Zhang greeted all the Japanese lecturers in the image of a loving mother, gave a few simple greetings to her family, and symbolically praised the little girl present.

Among the princesses, Lin Yue, the son-in-law of Princess Deqing, was born in the profession and made friends with famous Hanlin scholars. Among the Japanese lecturers, there were a few friends with Princess Lin, so Princess Deqing also had a few chats.

Yang Tinghe is the most popular with the emperor now, and all the princesses know it, and some people ask Yu and Yang Tian politely.

Among the girls, Yang Tian looks the most outstanding, and the princesses respond appropriately when asking questions, so they can't help but be praised a few more.

Even the eldest princess of Chun'an smiled and joked: "It is said that there are beauties in Shu, but it is true. It is rare that it is such a calm and generous manner, and it is really good kid. I heard that he was engaged to the son of the Shangshu Yuan Chen family? The Shen family is so lucky!"

Yu quickly laughed and humbled.

Princess Deqing, who knew the inside story, praised the Shen family again, and mentioned that the Shen family's son was the head of the Zhili case. The Shen family in Songjiang produced two top scholars. Mr. Chen was afraid that he would be another talented man.

The princesses also made fun of this match made in heaven.

Yang Tian was still calm and generous when facing the princesses. Once she mentioned marriage, she still couldn't help but lower her head shyly, feeling a little embarrassed, but when she heard everyone praise Shen Rui, she was still full of joy.

Empress Dowager Zhang had already known about this marriage, and Yang Tian was never on the list of the queen of the concubines, so she praised the princesses with a smile.

Moreover, according to the personnel she arranged in the East Palace to repay, Yang Tinghe once advised the prince and his biological mother to be close to the Zhang family. Empress Dowager Zhang was quite pleased with this and was willing to give Yang Ting and his wife and daughter decent.

Mrs. Jin and the two wives of the Zhang family listened to it because they were engaged girls and did not do the job of choosing a concubine, but they did not respond much.

But there are some people in the Zhang family who are unhappy.

"Isn't this a crime of deceiving the emperor when my cousin celebrates such a birthday and is still dressed so shabby?"

Amid the laughter and joy of the hall, the clear voice of a girl seemed particularly abrupt, and the hall immediately became quiet.

Everyone looked at the person who made a sound.

But when he saw a drooping girl next to him, he was pulling the cardamom girl next to him and talking, as if he hadn't realized that the atmosphere in the hall was wrong.

The cardamom girl also said in an indifferent tone: "It is not the crime of deceiving the king. Do you only know the crime of deceiving the king? This crime should be 'great disrespect'!"

The young girl who spoke first was Zhang Yanling's eldest daughter Zhang Yuting, and the cardamom girl was Zhang Yuxian, Zhang Heling's second daughter.

Both of them were born in the Zhang family when they were the most powerful. They were spoiled by their families and often entered the palace. They never took anyone seriously.

When the young Zhang Yuting went out, someone praised her, but she didn't get the praise of the princesses just now. Seeing that Yang Tian was praised, she couldn't help but feel angry. Seeing that Yang Tian was dressed in plain clothes, she said that Yang Tian wanted to save Yang Tian's face.

Zhang Yuxian is already fourteen years old, and she is very picky at home and has never made a marriage appointment. Because she is so honored by her aunt, the emperor's uncle treats her aunt very well, and she can't help but think about the prince's cousin, and she becomes more and more despised by those who come to propose marriage.

But now that the family doesn't help her to find the position of the official palace, she wants to stuff a group of girls from relatives into the palace. She is so angry that she is itchy.

When he entered the palace today, he found that there were so many beauties waiting to enter the palace. Zhang Yuxian was even more upset. After just squeezing the Zhou family, he had to squeeze out several other civil servants' daughters, which calmed down some of his anger.

Although she knew that Yang Tian had already gotten engaged, Yang Tian's beauty still hindered Zhang Yuxian's eyes. As soon as her cousin came forward, she said a few words from the side.

Yu's face was already ugly. If she was still in the West Warehouse at this time, she would have spoken to the Zhang family, but this is the East Warehouse, and Empress Dowager Zhang is sitting on it. The situation is stronger than that of others, so she can only endure it.

All the Hanlin ladies, the daughters all looked unwilling. The girl of the Zhang family said that she swept all the Hanlin daughters in ordinary clothes into her - who could enter the palace as silly as the Zhang family wore gold and silver!

Yu was still a little worried that Yang Tian could not bear the humiliation, and she wanted to turn around, but saw that Yang Tian's face was very calm. However, her cheeks, which were blushing just now, had their blushing after mentioning Shen Rui, and her beautiful eyes no longer lowered. Instead, she stared at the two maids of the Zhang family opposite.

No one knew, her fists were clenched in her sleeves.

In such an occasion, it was very rude for the two young girls to speak, let alone the words they said! The family members of the fourth-rank Hanlin lecturer are not people who can be humiliated at will.

But the two wife Hou of the Zhang family seemed very calm, as if they had heard nothing.

Empress Dowager Zhang only frowned and never scolded her.

However, Princess Deqing was the first to be unhappy. She had been patient for a while and was waiting for Empress Dowager Zhang and the wife of the Zhang family to speak. Unexpectedly, the Zhang family could be so shameless.

Princess Deqing had a reputation as a virtuous person and did not look down on the domineering relatives. She immediately said with a heavy face: "What is this?! You should say it too?" As she said that, she went to glar at the two wives of the Zhang family.

After all, the eldest princess spoke. Mrs. Shouning Hou had a little embarrassed, and she coughed lightly. Before she could speak, Mrs. Jianchang Hou had already smiled and said, "Why should the eldest princess be angry? Children are so straightforward."

Being straightforward?!

Princess Deqing was angry and scolded without hesitation: "This is rude!"

Although Empress Dowager Zhang didn't speak, her face was already down.

Princess Yongkang was the one who was most frowning and hurried out to smooth things over. She pushed Princess Deqing and smiled and said, "The third sister is just serious, just kids joke. Mrs. Yang, Miss Yang will not mind. Yes, Mrs. Yang?" As she said that, she went to see the Yang family's mother and daughter again, with a smile on her lips and a warning in her eyes.

Yu had never been so anxious, and he was so angry that his hands trembled a little.

Yang Tian suddenly stood up and knelt down, his upper body straightened, his eyes looked straight at Princess Yongkang, and said with a solemn expression: "Return to the words of the eldest princess, the father of the minister, who was promoted to the Jinshi in the 14th year of Chenghua, was a disciple of the emperor. In the 19th year of Hongzhi, he was trusted by the late emperor to be entrusted with the responsibility of reading the East Palace, and now he is the emperor's daily lecturer. His father has always been deeply grateful to the royal family, and his loyalty to the emperor can also be revealed! Today, this "deception" and "great disrespect" are all serious crimes of being executed by the whole family. I forgive my ministers and daughters who dare not worship him."

Yu looked at the stepdaughter who had always been well-behaved, and suddenly reacted and hurriedly leaned over to bow, "The Yang family is full of loyal emperor, please give the Queen Mother a clear guide!"

Behind, Tan had a blue face and pulled his daughter up and knelt behind the Yang family's mother and daughter, but said nothing.

Several Japanese ladies looked at each other. Now they were loyal ministers who were facing relatives of foreigners. They would have to breathe and come back. They all stood up one after another, and in a blink of an eye they were kneeling down.

Even Princess Shoukang was versatile and could not help but speak. The blue veins on her forehead jumped up, but she couldn't think of any smooth things over, which was quite embarrassing.

Princess Deqing glared at her second sister in anger.

Mrs. Shouning Marquis also felt it was not good, so she glared at her second daughter with her eyes; Mrs. Jianchang Marquis secretly cursed her lips and cursed her in her heart that the family was sour.

The two Zhang family girls, the older one pretended not to see them, while the younger one went to glar at the princesses in anger.
To be continued...