The Prince Regent’s Violent Medical Consort Chapter 5: Into the palace
Chapter 5 Entering the Palace
Zi An has been kneeling all the time. The weather in mid-May is very hot. The sun is viciously burning above her head. The blood on her forehead has stopped.
After kneeling for an hour, she felt a little unable to support her, and her body was shaky.
The mother-in-law who was supervising her, seeing that she was not kneeling well, kicked over and kicked Zi An's eyes to the point of fainting.
She had a look of hatred in her eyes, put her hands on the ground, and swept her foot towards the old woman. The old woman might as well suddenly jump out of her foot and fall to the ground with a thud, her head slammed on the floor, and Zi'an grabbed her with one hand. Neck, ruthlessly: "You are an old slave, you dare to bully me? Don't die!"
"You..." The old lady looked at her and was startled. After a long time, she said sternly: "It was the servant who ordered the servants to supervise the eldest young lady, how dare the eldest lady disobey the order of Mr. Xiang?"
Zi An sneered and knelt on her arm, kneeling hard, and the woman screamed in pain.
Zi An said with a cold expression: "My father asked me to kneel in front of the ancestral tablet, why don't I kneel now?"
The old lady was in so much pain, the hero didn't suffer from the immediate loss, so he could only plead, "Miss, forgive me, the slave knows it's wrong."
Zi An remained motionless, still kneeling on her arm, her expression indifferent like an ice sculpture.
Around Shen Shi, two maids came to the palace, saying that the empress was going to summon the eldest lady of the Xiangfu, Xia Zian.
It's finally here!
Zi An's eyes twitched, this is the most difficult battle to fight, if you're a little careless, you'll die without a place to be buried!
When Mammy took her out, Mrs. Linglong walked up to Zian with a smile, stretched out her hand to straighten Zian's hair and clothes, "You are in the palace to see the Empress, how can you be so embarrassed?"
Her hand slid over Zian's arm, pinched her hard, resentment burst out, and lowered her voice to threaten: "Xia Zian, if you don't die in the palace, I will make you die ugly."
Zi An looked at her expressionlessly, and suddenly, she reached out and slapped her in the face. With this slap, Zian exhausted all her strength and slapped Mrs. Linglong to the ground.
Zi An said word by word: "The same thing, I will give it to you and wait for me to come back."
After finishing speaking, she turned to look at the two maids, and said neither humble nor arrogant: "Please lead the way."
The two maids looked at each other with a bit of surprise in their hearts. Although this eldest lady was so embarrassed, her bearing did not diminish, on the contrary, she had a fierce momentum.
It's just that she really didn't know that her entry into the palace was doomed?
Mrs. Linglong caressed her face and chased Zian with her malicious eyes. Very good, she remembered this slap. If she could leave the palace alive, she would have to pay her back thousands of times before letting her die.
The palace had prepared a carriage for Zi'an, but she could not sit in the carriage. The mother instructed that she could only sit with the handlebar.
The Che Luan in the palace is recognized by the people who have the ability to see, and even recognize this woman wearing a red wedding dress, but her face is covered with scars, because there are quite a lot of people watching today, and the news will be soon The word spread, and everyone knew that the eldest Miss Xiangfu refused to get on the sedan chair, which angered King Liang.
Some people say she has backbone, and some people say she is stupid, but no matter what she says, they all know that there is only one way for her to enter the palace this time, and that is death!
The king Liang who regretted his marriage was guilty of the empress, and it would not be an exaggeration to cut off his head.
Zi An was as expressionless as a wax statue, staring straight ahead, the sun began to slowly sink on top of her head, she felt dizzy, and she couldn't lift her body at all. Everything in front of her seemed like a dream In general, even the sun is full of flowers.
The carriage galloped along the bluestone slab road, the hoofs clacked like a bell.
How could she not know that she regretted her marriage today and what would be the consequences? But the worst consequence would not be worse than her marrying into Prince Liang's mansion.
There are more than ten concubines in Prince Liang's mansion, half of them are disabled. According to the investigation, in three years, the bodies of concubines carried out of Prince Liang's mansion were no less than twenty.
This King Liang is crazy.
There are no dignitaries in Beijing, and they would be willing to marry their daughters into Prince Liang's mansion, so they haven't yet accepted a concubine.
Naturally, King Liang was unwilling to marry Jasper from a small family, and drinking with Prime Minister Xia was a joke. Little did he know that Prime Minister Xia actually agreed after drinking. How could King Liang pass up this opportunity?
King Liang, King Liang, you must be in the palace for a while, otherwise, my plan will be impossible!
Zi An turned the Soul Repelling Ring, thinking silently in her heart.
The carriage stopped at the west gate of the palace, and after getting off the carriage, the mammy said to Zi An: "The Empress has an order, the 19th of June is the birthday of Empress Avalokitesvara. In order to pray for the Empress Dowager, anyone who enters the palace from the 19th of May shall enter the palace. All the women and noble women who are ordered must go in through the west gate three times and nine times.”
Zi An looked at the mammy and said calmly: "The Queen's filial piety to the Queen Mother is touching, and the ministers and daughters must follow the Queen's example."
Mammy said lightly: "Then please go in on your knees!"
Zi An knelt down slowly, how could she not know that this was the empress's disapproval?
However, this is just the beginning.
Three kneels and nine kowtows, three steps and one kneeling, nine steps and one kowtow, this is to pray for the empress dowager.
Two maids followed behind, counting, "One step, two steps, three steps, kneeling, getting up, one step, two steps..."
Zi An listened to the command. When it was time to kneel, he knelt down with a thud, and when it was time to kowtow, he kowtowed down.
Every time you kneel, you must make a thud instead of kneeling slowly.
If the strength is not enough, the mother will ask her to kneel again with a cold face. If the kowtow is not loud enough, she will have to kowtow again.
In just a few hundred meters from the West Palace Gate to the Harem, Zian's forehead was swollen and blood was oozing out, and her legs and knees were in pain as if they had been pricked by needles.
Everything in front of her began to double-image, her head was dizzy, and the voice of the mother in her ear seemed to come from the sky, so far away, but the sound seemed to explode in her ear.
Xia Zian, this is the beginning, you have to hold on, or you will have to die again today.
She is afraid of death, she longs to live, and only by living can there be hope.
So, even if she knelt down with blood on her face, she would have to kneel down.
This section of the road seems to have taken her all her life. Zi'an has fainted several times. The belief in life supports her and she must get through it.
She controlled the rage and stubborn hatred in her eyes, keeping herself as religious and peaceful as possible.
Finally, I came to the Jingning Palace of the Empress.
Zi An was already sweating profusely, and the sweat mixed with bright red blood flowed down. Taking advantage of her torn wedding dress, people had an indescribable sadness and strangeness.
"Miss Xia is on her knees first. The niangniang is talking to the prince regent. After speaking, she will naturally summon you." Mammy said lightly.
The sky has gradually dimmed, and a layer of orange clouds on the horizon has slowly faded to light yellow.
Zi An knelt up straight, using all her strength to control herself from trembling, she couldn't tell whether it was cold or hot, or maybe it was pain. On the marble floor, but her expression was very calm, like a sculpture.
In this way, after kneeling for half an hour, she was almost unable to straighten her waist before she walked out of the palace and said, "Miss Xia, the Queen Mother has passed you into the palace to see you!"
Zi An said respectfully, "Thank you, Mommy!"
It was very difficult for her to stand up, her legs were numb and she didn't feel at all, and even the pain disappeared. She stumbled a few times before she could stabilize her body.