Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Wanyu turned her head and asked, "What did you say?"

Yinreng smiled and said, "I say, let's go directly to the Qianqing Palace for breakfast."

Seeing the shock in her eyes, Yinreng looked accustomed to it.

【It's just a meal, what's the big deal?】

"Don't overthink it. I usually spend most of my time in the Qianqing Palace, dining with my Khan."

"Today is your first day married into Yuqing Palace. As a new daughter-in-law meets her father-in-law, Khan Ama will of course invite you to have dinner with him."

Wanyu said in disbelief: "Are you serious?!"

"Does the Emperor have to entertain every daughter-in-law who marries into the palace?"

Yinreng looked at her proudly, turned around and sat on the chaise longue behind her.

"What good things are you thinking of?"

"I am Khan Ama's most beloved prince. As my princess, Khan Ama will naturally treat you with special favors."

"I've already paid my respects to the Qianqing Palace, and will be going to the Ningshou Palace and Fengxian Hall soon."

"We have a lot of things to do today, and Khan Ama doesn't want you to go hungry."

Before she came to her senses, Yinreng ordered Xia Lian to continue dressing up the concubine.

"Okay, hurry up and dress up your master."

"Khan Ama has to attend the morning court at 11:00 AM, so we have to leave before 11:00 AM, otherwise we won't be able to have breakfast at the Qianqing Palace."

Seeing that he was serious, Wanyu had no choice but to ask Xia Lian to move a little faster.

By the time Wanyu had packed up and the two of them were wearing formal court robes and leaving Yuqing Palace, it was not yet the hour of Mao.

Yuqing Palace is very close to Qianqing Palace, separated by Zhai Palace.

Yuqing Palace is a complex of buildings consisting of rectangular courtyards, with four entrances in front and back.

The main gate is the Qianxing Gate, and inside the gate is the first courtyard with three duty rooms.

The Yangyao Gate on the west wall of the courtyard leads directly to the Zhai Palace.

The main gate of the second courtyard is Xiangxu Gate, and the front hall is Dunben Hall. The main hall is five bays wide and three bays deep, with three bays each in the east and west side halls.

The third courtyard has twenty rooms on each side of the east and west, leading directly to the fourth courtyard.

The main building is an I-shaped hall, which consists of two halls, front and back, connected by a corridor in the middle.

The front hall is Yuqing Palace and the back hall is Jide Hall.

The Yuqing Palace is five bays wide and three bays deep, with a yellow glazed tile hip roof. There is a door in the front bay, and sill windows in the secondary and end bays. The back bay is connected to the rear hall through a corridor.

The corridor is one room wide and three rooms deep, with sill windows on both the east and west sides.

The rear hall, Ji De Hall, is five bays wide and three bays deep, with a yellow glazed tile hip roof. The front room is connected to the hall, and there are small wooden doors on the eaves. The second and end rooms have sill windows, and the rear eaves all have sill windows.

The last courtyard has a rear room, which is 5 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep, with a yellow glazed tile hip roof, a corridor on the front eaves, a door in the main room, sill windows in the second and end rooms, and ear rooms on the east and west sides, connected to the corners of the east and west veranda rooms.

Yuqing Palace is independent and completely isolated from the side palaces and the harem.

The so-called "jian" in the courtyard does not refer to a room, but a counting unit in ancient buildings. A room is between two pillars.

Although Yuqing Palace is not as big as other palaces, Yinreng has already made up his mind that there will only be one woman, Wanyu, in his life from now on.

Therefore, it is quite spacious to live in.

He divided the four courtyards of Yuqing Palace into three major parts where the masters lived.

The eunuchs and guards on duty as soon as you enter the courtyard are the first line of security for the entire Yuqing Palace.

The Dunben Hall in the second courtyard was his study where he worked and handled government affairs, received men from outside the palace, and occasionally rested when he was tired from work.

The main hall of the three courtyards, Yuqing Palace, is where Wanyu lives and is also the couple's main residence.

The enclosures on the east and west sides served as storehouses for the entire Yuqing Palace.

Not only was his private vault stored there, but Wanyu's dowry was also kept here.

The rear hall, Ji De Hall, and the fourth courtyard were left for their future children to live in.

He even thought of designing the last courtyard into a small garden in Yuqing Palace.

It will be convenient for the children and their wives to come in and relax and enjoy the flowers in the future.

After all, the only garden they could visit in the palace was the Imperial Garden.

But the Imperial Garden was quite far from the Yuqing Palace, and since the concubines in the harem often went there, accidents often happened.

He didn't want his Crown Princess and offspring to encounter any trouble in the Imperial Garden in the future.

So it is better to build a small garden in your own home.

Because he had a plan, Yinreng followed his own ideas and directly divided the three-story Yuqing Palace to his concubine before the wedding, and used it as their residence.

So the place where the couple slept together last night was in the main hall of the third Yuqing Palace.

Therefore, after the couple packed up and set off for the Qianqing Palace, they needed to go to the Dunben Hall in the front yard.

Walk out of the main gate of Dunben Hall, Xiangxu Gate, and enter the courtyard in front.

Then go through the Yangyao Gate on the west wall of the courtyard to arrive in front of the Zhai Palace.

Follow this palace road, pass through Renxiang Gate on the west side of Zhai Palace, pass the Imperial Pharmacy, and enter the main hall in front of Qianqing Palace through Rijing Gate.

Both of them were wearing court robes. Although they were still young, they had a strong aura.

Especially Wanyu, who was wearing a flower pot bottom, did not look much shorter than Yinreng.

Yinreng looked at his young wife with a serious face. With the support of the senior palace maid, she was elegant yet dignified and steady.

She was so graceful and elegant, like a concubine, and I couldn't help but admire her.

[As expected of my Crown Princess! ]

But when he saw her tightly clutching the handkerchief, he asked softly with a smile on his face, "Are you scared?"

Wanyu stiffened her neck and said, "No...no!"

She wasn't scared, just a little nervous.

This is the first time that the ugly daughter-in-law meets her parents-in-law. It would be strange if she wasn't nervous.

Moreover, this was only her second time meeting Kangxi. It was difficult for her to remain calm when meeting such a famous feudal emperor in history.

And now she is my daughter-in-law.

Although she was relatively calm when we first met.

But that was because she felt that she was just a passerby. The emperor, as the big boss who cared about his subjects, specially summoned her to say a few words during the audition, which had little to do with her personally.

So her mood didn't change much.

But this time, she can be considered the heroine, right?

She had too many scenes to play, and she was worried that she might not perform well or do something indecent, so she was under a lot of psychological pressure.

Yinreng reached out and took her little hand, patted it gently as if to comfort her, and the two of them held hands tightly.

"Don't be afraid."

"I'm here."

"Just keep quiet for a while and follow my instructions."

He even slowed down his pace, considering that the little lady might not be able to walk fast because of the flower-pot bottoms she was wearing.

"Ok!"

In order to ease the young lady's emotions, he kept finding topics to communicate with her.

It was almost dawn when the young couple arrived at the Qianqing Palace.

As the two were talking, they were almost at the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

The eunuch guarding the gate of the Qianqing Palace, when he saw the prince and his wife coming hand in hand, took small steps quickly inside to report to Liang Jiugong.

When Kangxi heard Liang Jiugong's report, he had just finished his morning reading.

He ordered, "Just let Baocheng and his wife in."

"Whoo."

As soon as the couple entered, Kangxi asked curiously.

"Baocheng, why don't you sleep a little longer with your wife?"

"Why are you here to pay your respects so early as usual?"