female concubine

It was night, and the golden mountain of lights shone on each other. On both sides of the gate of Xuande Tower, there were all officials and royal family members with splendid curtains. The downstairs of Xuande Tower was located in front of Xuande Gate. A huge terrace was built, surrounded by The golden red vermilion lacquered railings are flanked by mountain sheds built with splendid colorful flags, on which there are paintings of Kuafu Chasing the Sun, Jingwei Reclamation, Dayu's flood control, and the largest black bird coming to the world. Waiting for the fairy tale painting.

Behind the terrace is a Dengshan several feet high. There is a large plaque at the main entrance of Dengshan. It has been written for more than ten years in a row that Jianping enjoys the people. This year it was replaced by Qianyuan and the people. The big characters hanging in front of Dengshan are very eye-catching.

On the left side of the lamp mountain, there are two Bodhisattvas made of five colors. They are Manjusri Bodhisattva riding a lion and Samantabhadra riding a white elephant. The hands beside them are made of bamboo tubes. His hands are shaking, and he looks like a real person from a distance, lifelike.

At the highest point of Dengshan, someone used a potter's wheel to winch water, and there was a large wooden cabinet for storing water on it.

On the left and right sides of Dengshan Mountain, there are two undulating giant dragons made of dry grass. The dragons are wrapped in blue curtains. There are tens of thousands of lighted candles.

There are imperial guards patrolling under the city tower, checking and guarding the surrounding area.

The patrolling imperial army stopped in front of the lamp mountain, and called dozens of craftsmen and officials who were in charge of the lamp mountain, and said very seriously: "This lamp mountain must be watched closely, don't get out of control, and the holy driver will have to watch the lamp mountain routinely later." , the official’s first visit to Shangyuan when he ascended the throne, if anything goes wrong, you and I will not be able to escape the death penalty, understand?”

"understand!"

Among them, the officials in charge of Dengshan stepped forward and asked doubtfully: "Are the officials going to visit Dengshan today?"

"Well, the first emperor made a big move, and the officials ordered to remove the extravagance for several consecutive days. This year, all the celebrations of the New Year's Day were pushed to the Shangyuan day."

"The next official knows, and he must handle the errand well."

As soon as night fell, a group of servants and palace people boarded the Xuande Tower, and a row of yellow-edged cloth curtains hung down on the city wall. Several servants stood in the middle and built a colorful shed with yellow silk. The imperial guards hold yellow covers, and two palace men hold palm fans made of palm leaves, cattail grass, and straw as the main materials, and line up on both sides of the colored shed.

The time for the Lantern Festival has not yet come. In front of Xuande Building, thorns are set up to surround the two buildings on both sides. People are not allowed to enter inside the thorns, but the outer circle is already crowded with people from all over the world. The guards only let hundreds of people holding fish charms. Officials and royal family members entered.

The curtains located in front of the left and right duolou are arranged according to the size of the official position. In the curtain slightly in front, there are several women and two young women sitting. The older one stood up and bowed to his father. The daughter of Shaoqing Liu's family at the Lantern Festival Honglu Temple also came. Last winter solstice, their family sent a lot of candied fruit with honey, which was eaten by my sister alone. Up to now, my daughter has not returned anything to others, so I want to take this opportunity Go and thank Sister Miaoyi in person."

"Reciprocity is a courtesy, and it is also appropriate to say thank you without giving back. You can go."

"Thank you dad for agreeing."

He Wenying walked out from the curtain, looked up at the empty throne in the middle of Xuande Tower, then turned and walked back.

"Sister Miaoyi."

"Wenying?"

"Why are you the only one?"

"Daddy took my brother on a blind date."

"Blind date?"

"My elder brother and Guan haven't married for many years. In the past, my father and I didn't care about him in Qishan. Now that I'm back in Tokyo, my father has been paying attention to my elder brother's marriage." Mrs. Liu pulled He Wenying to sit down, "Come on, try what I've never had before. Tea brought by Qishan."

He Wenying knelt down with her, "Speaking of marriage, I heard that Wen Mugong's grandson has come to Liu's residence several times to propose marriage, but you have rejected them all. Wen Mugong is the most literati in my dynasty, and Jiang Zhongcheng is a Jinshi." It is unique in the imperial court that Tan Hualang, who was in the first rank, took up such an important role as Yushi Zhongcheng at a young age."

"Wenying is not ignorant of Miaoyi's past. As a married woman, I should have become a monk. However, my mother stayed at home when there was no one to take care of the family. How could I dare to agree to the Jiang family's marriage proposal with a low status."

"So what if you are already married? You don't have the reality of husband and wife. Besides, so what if you do. A man can remarry a woman but can't remarry? The previous dynasty formulated the law of reconciliation for women to remarry, but now our court does not. They only value reputation and think that it hurts a man's dignity and completely forget the laws of the past."

Mrs. Liu handed over the boiled tea with both hands, "Wenying thinks that I, Liu Miaoyi, really value this kind of family background?"

"I know you're not, but I also know Mr. Jiang's character."

Liu raised her head and said bluntly: "People's hearts are unpredictable, there is no lack of hypocrisy under a gentleman, and I don't want to be trapped in the back house of an aristocratic family for a lifetime."

He Wenying's hand holding the cup trembled suddenly, and she raised her shining eyes, "My sister's words touched my heart." She put down the teacup, "If you say something that you are not afraid of beheading, it is thanks to the late emperor's new mourning official." The ascension of the family made the Xiao family a foreign relative and an upstart in the country overnight, and because of this, they looked down on our family and voluntarily divorced."

Liu sneered, "No wonder he said that the most dangerous place is the imperial city, and the most dangerous people are the people in the imperial city."

"he?"

"An old friend in Qishan can be regarded as a noble person."

He Wenying looked at the lights outside the curtain, "Because this is the center of power, and there are the most noble people in the country. His words, instructions, and policies can change every plant and tree in this Han land and Kyushu, but even so, he still Just an ordinary person, what he can see and hear is always only his eyes and ears. Bailiao is his eyes and ears overlooking the world, and is also a part of his power. For this reason, officials compete to flatter and exclude each other. It’s the same with the lower class, if you compete for the dignitary in front of that person, you won’t end up turning into a handful of loess just like ordinary people.”

While speaking, two men walked into the curtain, He Wenying and Liu Miaoyi stood up and faced Qifu, "Uncle Liu, Brother Huaijin, Shangyuan Ankang."

"It's Wenying, sit down and don't be rigid."

"No, I just chatted with Sister Miaoyi for a long time, if I don't go back, my father will probably send someone to urge me."

"Come here, take Miss He back."

"Yes."

Liu Huaijin squatted down and took a sip of tea, "Er Niang, let me tell you, I passed a huge curtain just now, and some people said that officials and saints will come out of the palace to watch the Lantern Mountain tonight."

As soon as He Wenying walked to the door, he turned back, "Who did you hear Mr. Liu say?"

Liu Huaijin turned her head, "The head of the military officer in the curtain must be the person from Sanya. It seems that he is instructing his subordinates to set up guards. I can't be wrong with my ears who have always heard it far away."

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During the Shangyuan Festival, all the palaces in the inner palace were replaced with festive red lanterns, and the offerings and incense in the temples located in the forbidden area were also replaced with new ones.

The man in the red robe went to the mirror stand and stood with his hands behind his back. A few palace maids standing beside the woman with their hair in a bun put down their combs and said, "All blessings to the official family."

"From now on, you don't have to worry about me when I come, just keep going."

"Yes."

The brocade box with the hairpins and gold hairpins brought by the palace servants was presented to Xiao Youqing for him to choose.

The decoction from the Pharmacy Department of the Shangshi Bureau is also ready, and the palace servants carry it into the hall, "All blessings to the official family, holy man, the medicine from the Shangshi Bureau is ready."

"Give it to me." The red robe who was staring at the bronze mirror turned around and waved to the palace man, who brought the medicine and offered it.

He took the lacquer tray holding the medicine bowl and asked, "Is it windy outside?"

"If you go back to the official's house, there will be a night breeze in the courtyard when I just went out."

"Okay, go and get me two cloaks."

"Yes."

Wei Huan approached with the soup, the palace man brought a chair, sat down and blew on a spoon, took a sip, saw that the makeup in the mirror was almost neat, and said softly: "Come on, drink the medicine first."

The palace maids who had dressed him tidied up the dressing table and retreated one by one.

"Be careful it's hot."

The soup in the bowl was scooped up spoon by spoon until it bottomed out. She put down the bowl and picked up the handkerchief on one side and handed it to Xiao Youqing with a smile: "This Shangyuan night is the most comfortable."

"Really?" Xiao Youqing opened the rouge in the makeup box in front of the bronze mirror, took out a pen and dipped a little vermilion, and filled up the lip balm that was wiped off by drinking the medicine just now.

She got up and walked behind Xiao Youqing, gently supported her shoulders and bowed her waist, and looked at the two well-matched people in the bronze mirror from the side of her face, "Isn't it? I was punished in the first year of Shangyuan. It hurts to touch the cotton wool, but at least with you by my side, I won't be hurt in the next few years, but I can't even see your face, the pain of lovesickness is more painful than a knife."

Xiao Youqing put down his hands and stared at himself in the bronze mirror. Bo Shi Fendai was at the prime of his life, "I'm afraid your majesty will get bored if you look at it when your concubine gets old."

Wei Huan straightened up, "Nonsense, my sister is my most important person, and will always be the best and the only one in my heart."

Xiao Youqing gently shook her head and sat up, reaching out to wrap her arms around her waist and hugging her, "I know Ah Qian's heart."

Qi Liu walked into the inner hall and stood outside the curtain with crossed hands, "Officials, the decorations have been made in front of the Xuande Gate, and the carriage for going out of the palace has also been prepared."

"Let's go."

Before going out to ride in the chariot, he specially put on the cloak in the hands of the palace servants for her, "Sanniang is better off from the cold, or else I won't look at the Lantern Mountain?"

"There is it." Xiao Youqing raised the hand stove in his arms, "Kaifeng Mansion started to build the lantern mountain on the winter solstice, and it took more than a month to make the officials happy. If the officials don't go, those officials and craftsmen will go again." What would you think?"

"Everything is up to my sister." She dragged Xiao Youqing onto the red, gold-painted and silver-coated happy chariot.

After sitting firmly, twelve chariot officials wearing white master's brocade jackets lifted up and left from Kunning Hall.

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Suddenly a shout came from the noisy noise in front of Xuande Building, "Someone came out from the main entrance of Xuande Gate!" Xuande Gate, the south gate of the imperial city, except for the emperor's carriage, and even the prime minister could only enter through the side entrance.

The people who watched the performance and acrobatics flocked forward one after another. Several teams of forbidden troops separated the light mountain in front of Xuande Building by more than ten feet. The guards warned the people, "No noise is allowed!"

The sound of the long whip lashing against the sky resounded through the sky, and more than a dozen imperial guards beat their whips. The sound of the whips meant that the holy car was approaching. After the sound, the streets separated by the guards became more and more crowded.

The guard of honor came out from the Xuande Gate, the front of the frame was the driver, and an inner servant was holding a brocade-covered Wuzi sitting on the horse, surrounded by two rows of bodyguards, and there were burly military officers in unclothed clothes on both sides and front and back. Surrounded by.

Guards of honor and tall military officers covered the carriage frame, and the people outside could not see the empress inside the carriage frame at all, and there were guards with sticks patrolling the streets, if anyone made a loud noise, they would be punished. The guards' warnings and even fists and kicks.

"If it's as your brother said, the officials and saints will go out of the city to watch the Lantern Mountain." The two women stood at the forefront of the official curtain.

"Just after the winter solstice, Kaifeng Mansion sent hundreds of generals to build and manufacture the Lantern Mountain, and the Shizhao of the Imperial Academy of Painting painted for it. They didn't put so much effort into showing the common people. If the emperor is not happy, A bunch of people below will be punished, even if the officials don’t want to read it, I think the sage will persuade the officials to read it.”

He Wenying looked at the woman beside her in surprise, "Why is Sister Miaoyi so clear?"

Liu covered her mouth and said with a slight smile, "Do you believe my guess?"

The author has something to say: ah, my sister is almost the same as the princess now, and after time has passed, she is also an extremely gentle person.

Tangled beards~ I have thought about this, but I don’t really want to deliberately cover up the so-called “masculine characteristics” for the heroine. There are also men who don’t grow beards. The story itself is fictional, so don’t get too tangled up.

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