Chapter 79 Moving
The eighth day of the first lunar month is a good time to move.
A few days ago, Nanny Qin took the palace maids to pack up the master's things.
When she woke up early in the morning, she directed Wan'an and Wanquan to slowly carry the heavier boxes to Qionghua Palace.
Those that were lighter were carried by the palace maids Qingmei and Qingzhu.
In the West Palace, Lin Fujia already knew in advance that Wen Li'er was moving today.
Early in the morning, after breakfast, she brought the palace maids who served her to help.
With a few more people, the moving process became much faster.
Lin Fujia and Wen Li'er sat aside and chatted.
She really couldn't bear to leave Wen Li'er.
In the past, although the days were a bit boring, at least I had a companion.
When I feel bored, I come over to talk with Sister Wen, chat, and play chess. Life is pretty bearable.
But since Sister Wen moved to Qionghua Palace, the two of them became somewhat distant from each other.
Once Sister Wen's child is born, my status will definitely be raised.
At that time, their identities were completely different.
Nanny Qiu, who was standing by, couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw her master looking so lonely.
It's strange to say, Lin Fengyi has a beautiful appearance, a good figure, and a good temper.
Why can’t the prince see it?
It can only be said that people have different fates. She understands the pain in her master's heart.
Wen Lier also noticed that Lin Fujia was in a very low mood.
Lin Fujia has changed a lot in the past two years.
When she first entered the Eastern Palace, although she was always bullied by Yang Xishan, she was the most cheerful among them and loved to laugh.
But now, she smiles less and less, and has become very thin.
Wen Li'er didn't know how to comfort Lin Fujia.
And it always felt a little strange when she said words of comfort.
After a long pause, she simply said, "Sister Lin, if you're bored, come find me in Qionghua Palace. We can play chess. My chess skills have really improved a lot."
Hearing this, Lin Fujia smiled.
She nodded in agreement, said goodbye to Wen Li'er, and took Nanny Qiu back to the West Palace first.
Wen Li'er watched intently as the palace servants carried away boxes of things.
She is actually quite familiar with moving.
Before entering the Eastern Palace, their family had moved twice due to their father's official transfer.
She was born in Luohe Town, Mizhou.
My father was a very talented scholar in town, but our family was extremely poor.
Because my grandfather passed away early, my grandmother raised my father alone and saved money to support his education.
He didn't even have a decent piece of clothing.
My mother was the most beautiful girl in Luohe Town. Her family ran a small pub, and many people came to her to propose marriage.
But my mother liked my father because he was well-educated, good-looking and had a good temper.
So, I married him without hesitation.
Fortunately, Dad is really a promising person.
The year she was born, her father passed the imperial examination and became a second-class Jinshi, and studied in the Hanlin Academy for three years.
During those three years, my mother lived alone with my brother and herself in Luohe Town, waiting for my father's transfer order.
She was too young then and has few memories.
I heard from my brother that it was very hard for our mother to raise him and his siblings alone.
There are also some gossipy women who can't stand seeing her family doing well.
Since Dad passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, he no longer wanted his mother and his siblings.
Fortunately, my grandmother is a very capable person.
If anyone dared to say such things in front of my mother, my grandmother would roll up her sleeves and go to the house to fight with those gossips.
Three years later, my father was assigned to Jinyun County, Huizhou as a seventh-rank county magistrate.
Naturally, their family followed their father's transfer order and went to Jinyun County.
When she was eight years old, her father made outstanding achievements in Jinyun County and was promoted to the fifth rank of the Ministry of Revenue.
Their family then came to the capital following their father's transfer order.
Two years ago, the year she entered the palace, her father was promoted to Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
My father got promoted, my mother saved some money over the years, and considering that my brother would get married in the future, the family discussed moving to a bigger house.
Unfortunately, before she had the chance to go with her parents and brother to see the house, she entered the palace for the selection.
Thinking of her family, Wen Li'er looked dazed.
Time flies so fast, two years have passed in the blink of an eye.
She hasn't seen her parents and brother in the past two years, and she doesn't know how they are doing.
At this time, the things that had been packed up had almost been moved in, and Qingzhu and Qingmei came over to help her.
Wen Li'er suppressed her sadness and followed them slowly to the Qionghua Palace.
This palace is really big and the environment is also very good.
Wen Li'er walked slowly around the main hall and the east and west halls, and her eyes lit up instantly.
"Mammy, when the child grows up, how about letting him live in the East Palace? The sunshine is nice here."
Nanny Qin nodded in agreement.
"It's a great place for the young master to live. The side hall next to the bedroom can be used as a study. It has windows on the north and south sides, so it's well ventilated."
Wen Li'er nodded heavily and walked around the courtyard again.
The courtyard extends with the Nine-Curve White Jade Bridge as its central axis, with vermilion-painted carved corridors symmetrically distributed on both sides.
The hexagonal pavilion with its upturned eaves is half hidden under the ginkgo tree.
The path paved with blue bricks winds like a seal character, dividing the courtyard into a U-shaped pattern.
There are dozens of ginkgo trees planted by the west wall. After the baptism of winter, the branches of the ginkgo trees are bare.
It forms a great contrast with the Podocarpus trees on the east side that do not wither during the winter.
A few clusters of white-hearted wintersweets slant out from the cracks in the rockery built of Taihu stones.
There are water droplets condensed between the pale pink stamens, just like amber embedded in the dark green rocks.
Wen Li'er liked this courtyard very much and immediately called Wan'an and Wanquan.
"Go ask around and see if you can get a few pear tree saplings to plant in the yard."
How wonderful it would be if the pear tree grows up and the child grows up too.
Because the palace maids had cleaned up the place beforehand.
Today, all we need to do is take out the things we moved and sort them into categories, and that’s about it.
Just as we finished tidying up here, the eunuchs from Yuqing Palace brought in a lot of things, saying that they were housewarming gifts from the prince.
There is a pair of wine jars with inlaid gold dragon patterns, engraved with the inscription "Careful Thinking and Enlightening Virtue" written by the prince himself;
There is a Longquan kiln ice crack inkstone, with ten wolf hair brushes;
There is a four-fold kesi landscape screen inscribed with the words 'The courtyard has fine trees, the room is filled with clear light';
There is a bronze branch lamp, which is a smaller version of the twelve branch lamps in the Eastern Palace.
There are also lacquer fruit boxes, cloud-patterned carpets, ornaments, potted flowers, etc.
Wen Lier's favorite is the bronze branch lamp in front of her.
The lamp is mainly in the shape of a tree, and the main pole adopts a segmented sleeve structure, which can be separated and combined.
The main pole is connected in three sections, and the cross-shaped bracket extends to four sides.
At the end is a lamp with openwork floral leaves, the leaf ends are decorated with peach-shaped flame patterns, and the top is an immortal riding a deer.
Its casting technology is extremely exquisite.
Each branch can hold multiple oil lamps, which are decorated with hollowed-out flowers and leaves with delicate veins.
When you light candles on it at night, it will definitely look great.
Nanny Qin's face was also full of smiles.
On this happy day today, the prince specially gave gifts as rewards, which is enough to prove how much he values his master.
The more favored the master is, the more honor the palace servants who serve him will naturally gain.
She directed Wan An Wan Quan to move the screen and several ornaments to the appropriate locations.
The big golden beetle that the prince had given as a reward was still placed in the corner of the bedroom.
Wen Li'er was lying on the bed and could see its location as soon as she looked up.
Unfortunately, although the prince sent the reward, he did not come in person today.
Wen Li'er knew that he was very busy. Although the emperor had returned to the palace, he still couldn't overwork himself.
Therefore, the prince still has to take charge of state affairs on a daily basis.
He was so busy, yet he still remembered her moving today. Wen Li'er was already very satisfied.
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