The strongest door-to-door son-in-law

Chapter 1226

As Ye Feng thought about this, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.

The so-called cold palace is the place in the palace where the monarch places his concubines and princes who have fallen out of favor.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Emperor Guangxu's concubine Zhen was imprisoned in Jingqi Pavilion in the cold palace by Cixi.

There are many resentful women in the palace. In feudal society, how many young women were imprisoned in the palace and never allowed freedom for life!

Once she became the emperor's wife, she could not remarry for the rest of her life, so she could not leave the palace for the rest of her life.

As for the women selected to the palace, once they fall out of favor, they will die alone in the palace, which is even more tragic.

Generally, for the dignity of the royal family, the chances of concubines committing crimes to death are low, so they need a place to house them, so there is a cold palace.

Later, Ye Feng learned that there was no "cold palace" plaque in the Forbidden City.

Although the Cold Palace is located in the unopened area of ​​the Forbidden City, it does not refer to a specific place. Any place where concubines are imprisoned is commonly known as the "Leng Palace".

For example, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Concubine Gong was neglected by Emperor Wanli and was imprisoned in Jingyang Palace, the most remote of the six east and west palaces.

He couldn't see his son for ten years and lived a miserable life.

This Jingyang Palace has become a cold palace.

Before Emperor Guangxu's concubine was imprisoned in a well by Cixi, it is said that she was imprisoned in the Beisan Palace to the north of Jingqi Pavilion. This place is in the mountain gate west of today's Zhenfei Well.

If this rumor from the eunuch is true, this place can be regarded as a "cold palace".

Being thrown into the cold palace is actually being deposed. Most of the concubines who are thrown into the cold palace will live in some remote palaces and have no fixed place.

In history, it is extremely rare for a concubine to be abolished as a commoner. Generally, the title will only be abolished and the concubine will be demoted to a low-level concubine.

Even if she is deposed as a commoner, she will still be imprisoned in a small, dark house, no different from a prisoner, and will not be allowed to leave the palace.

"As the emperor's women, although they look glamorous on the outside, they actually live a miserable life, especially those concubines who were relegated to the cold palace."

Li Ruoyun's voice sounded slowly as he was moved by the scene.

"I once read a report about Concubine Zhen in the late Qing Dynasty. The introduction to Concubine Zhen came from an eunuch named Cui Yugui."

"He said that after Concubine Zhen was thrown into the cold palace by Cixi, she lived quietly in a room at the west end of the North Third House. The door of the room was locked from the outside, and one of the windows was alive. Her meals and washing were handed to her by servants through the window. Enter, Concubine Zhen is not allowed to talk to the servants."

"There is no one to talk to. This is the most depressing thing. She eats the food of ordinary servants. She is monitored by two eunuchs in turns. These two old eunuchs are both employees of the Empress Dowager Cixi..."

After more than 560 years of vicissitudes, the Forbidden City has left behind many stories of emperors, concubines and princes.

Within the high palace walls is a castle with tight barriers.

In feudal society, men were superior to women. Since ancient times, the fate of women in the palace has been miserable.

It can be said that as soon as you enter the palace gate, you are as deep as the sea, and you always feel resentful after thousands of turns.

"Let's go." Ye Feng was afraid that Li Ruoyun would be too sad, so he pulled her out of the small courtyard.

Although Li Ruoyun is a strong business woman, deep down in her heart, she can still be sentimental sometimes.

After walking through a long and narrow passage and passing through the Moon Cave Gate, the two of them stopped at the same time and were stunned.

The scene that appeared in front of me was, how should I put it, a bit unbelievable!
This season, with the bleak autumn wind, should definitely not be the season when all kinds of flowers bloom.

What appears in front of you is a small garden.

In the garden, all kinds of flowers are blooming and competing for beauty.Coupled with the rockery and flowing water, being in it feels like entering a beautiful picture.

"It's so beautiful!" Li Ruoyun never thought that there would be such a small garden in this unopened area, and couldn't help but admired it.

After the initial shock, Ye Feng quickly calmed down.

This garden is definitely not normal!
After entering the unopened area, we can see from the greening in the small yard we just passed that there are basically no greening workers in the unopened area, let alone planting various varieties of flowers.

And some flowers don’t bloom during this season!
Pansies, petunias, daisies and crabapples, for example, all bloom only in spring.

The unconventional scene made Ye Feng think twice and let his consciousness go out.

The strange thing is that no abnormalities were detected.

Judging from the results of the feedback from the spiritual consciousness, the various flowers in the garden are real and not an illusion.

Li Ruoyun was attracted by the beautiful scenery and couldn't help but walk forward to appreciate it carefully.

Ye Feng held her hand and said cautiously: "This place is a bit unusual. I'm walking in front and you are following me."

Although the flowers in the garden were blooming brilliantly, there was no fragrance reaching the nose.

In sharp contrast to the beautiful garden is a small palace on the right, which looks very old under the ravages of time.

In particular, the two copper rings on the palace gate were unlocked and mottled with patina. It was obvious at first glance that they had not been opened for a long time.

"Husband, look, there seems to be a well in front of you!" Li Ruoyun pointed to the front and couldn't help but say.

Ye Feng looked forward and saw a well against the wall in the garden.

After the two people slowly approached, they discovered a very strange phenomenon, that is, some green plants and flowers near the well had withered.

Strangely enough, this well looked like an ordinary water well from ancient times, but the closer I got to it, the stronger the feeling in my heart became.

Under the detection of spiritual consciousness, there is nothing abnormal about this well.

Just when Ye Feng was thinking about the well, he saw Li Ruoyun's eyes becoming blurred.

She took a few steps forward and tried to look at the wellhead.

"Don't come close!" Ye Feng whispered and quickly pulled her back.

Li Ruoyun woke up with a start, with a look of fear in his eyes, and murmured: "Why am I... so strange... Hey, look, there is a stone next to the well, and there seems to be... words on the stone!"

Ye Feng also saw the stone next to the well. The stone was covered with a thick layer of dust. He could only vaguely see traces of writing, but he could not clearly see what words were written.

With a gentle sweep of Ye Feng's right hand, the dust on the stone was cleaned up.

After seeing the words written on the stone clearly, not only Li Ruoyun, but also Ye Feng was stunned.

There are only three words on the stone - Zhenfeijing!

Ye Feng felt a strange aura coming over him.

This is actually Zhenfei Well. No, Zhenfei Well has been seen in the open area before. It is in the Zhenshun Gate at the north end of Ningshou Palace. Why is it here?

Moreover, the Zhenfei Well inside the Zhenshun Gate has a wellhead stone placed on top of the well, and small holes are drilled on both sides of the stone to pass iron rods for locking. It was blocked by the Forbidden City Management Office.

But the "Zhenfei Well" in front of her was not locked. It was an octagonal wellhead. Even though the sun was shining right now, the inside of the well was also pitch black.

(End of this chapter)