Otoharu

Chapter 473 Dragon Boat Festival

Thinking of the girl's blessings, Mrs. Li asked Li Mei'er curiously, "What kind of clothes are you wearing, have you seen them?" Mrs. Li felt that her girl was knowledgeable, so she couldn't help asking.

Li Meier said, "This edict is different from edict. The first rank and second rank are called madam, the third rank is called Shuren, the fourth rank is respectful, the fifth rank is pleasant, the sixth rank is safe, and the seventh rank is child. Clothes and jewelry are also regulated. Yes, the difference is quite big, like Mrs. Yipin, she needs to use a gold crown, five beads, two peony beads at the beginning, three half-open beads, 24 emerald clouds, [-] emerald peony leaves, and a pair of emerald rings. , eight gold treasures and flowers, two gold diaries, and two pearl knots in the mouth. When it comes to Qipin Ruren, there are only a few coins left."

"There's so much difference." Mrs. Li sighed.

"Isn't it?" Li Meier said, "But I think you are always blessed, grandma, and you will definitely be able to wear a golden crown in the future."

Mrs. Li smiled happily when Li Meier said it, and said very modestly: "It doesn't need to be that tall, if I can have a fourth or fifth rank crown, I will be satisfied."

The grandparents and grandson thought about the order for a while, and it was getting late, so they went back to their rooms to rest.

After Mrs. Li's birthday, it will soon be the Dragon Boat Festival. There is a grand Dragon Boat Festival here in the capital. There is a very large Jinming Pond next to Zhuque Street. Not only ordinary people, but even the emperor and queen come here to watch it every year. Dragon boats are meant to have fun with the people.

Li Meier is going to get married at the end of the month, and she didn't intend to join in the excitement of the Dragon Boat Festival, but Sun Xiaowu posted a post for her, thinking that she and Mrs. Xie came here to celebrate Li's old lady's birthday. Like to join in, Mrs. Li decided to take her granddaughter and grandson to watch the dragon boat together.

Brother Kang is getting older now, and it's not good for him to go out with his grandmother and sister to socialize anymore. Brother Jian is still young, so it doesn't matter.Anyway, it's just a day, so it won't delay Li Meier's marriage.

Since Jiang Shanqing was visiting Jinke and had a special post from the Ministry of Etiquette, he naturally went with him, but the location may not be together at that time.

Mrs. Jiang thought there were too many people making trouble, so she stayed at home to watch the twins.Li Yan has always been a husband and wife singing, and if Mrs. Jiang does not go, Li Yan also stays with his wife.

Until the Dragon Boat Festival.Mrs. Li and Li Meier got up early, put on decent clothes, and happily went out to watch the Dragon Boat Festival.

Because Jiang Yanzhi is an official in office, the Jiang family also has a special seat for watching dragon boats. The Jiang family went to Jiang Yanzhi, Jiang Yanzhi, Jiang Yanzhi and a few children. Shi is old and doesn't like excitement, so he didn't go.

The two families agreed on a time to go there together, and when they arrived at Jin Mingchi, looking at the dense carriage crowd outside, Li Meier couldn't help but sighed in the carriage: "There are too many people here, I'm afraid they won't be able to squeeze in."

Sitting on the horse, Jiang Yanzhi smiled with Li Meier in the carriage: "Most of them are people who came to see the excitement. These people can only watch the excitement from the outside of Jinming Pool. Basically, they can't even see the dragon boat very clearly. We have people in the inner circle. The special seat is arranged by the Hanlin Academy, and the seat is relatively outside, you probably sat in the Wu'anbo mansion, which is very close to the inner circle, and it is also close to the center where His Majesty is."

As soon as Mrs. Li heard this, she regained her spirits and asked, "Uncle, what do you mean, we might not be able to see the emperor and the empress."

Jiang Yanzhi nodded with a smile, "I guess I can see it, but your majesty and the ladies in the harem have separate seats, so they can only be seen from a distance, and there are curtains around them, so they can't see clearly, Mr. Ma'am, you probably can only see the personal appearance."

"That's not bad! How many people can see the emperor from a distance, I'm all smoke from my ancestral grave!" Mrs. Li said again.

Li Meier was speechless, thinking that her ancestral grave was always smoking, so her grandfather wouldn't be in a panic.

While several people were talking, Li Meier helped Mrs. Li get out of the carriage.

A group of people passed through the noisy outer garden and arrived at the junction of the inner and outer gardens. There is a hanging flower gate, and there are many imperial guards guarding the gate to prevent people from wandering around and disturbing the nobles when entering the inner garden.

Jiang Yanzhi had a post specially distributed to officials that they could enter the inner garden, so he took it out and handed it to the imperial guards for inspection.

After careful inspection, the imperial guards let them enter the inner garden.There are dedicated attendants inside to guide them to their seats.

Li Meier and the others entered the Chuihua Gate, and saw a girl who looked like a maid approaching. Li Meier recognized her, and she was Luyun, Sun Xiaowu's personal maid.

Lu Yun gave a blessing to everyone, and said with a smile: "Ms. Li, Miss Li, my girl asked the slaves to wait for you here early in the morning, and it can be regarded as waiting."

Li Meier also smiled and said, "There are a lot of people outside today, it took us a while to come in, but I made Sister Luyun wait for a long time."

Lu Yun waved her hands again and again, "Where is the girl, you and the old lady are the distinguished guests of our wife and lady, and the servants should wait as long as they want."

After a few pleasantries, Li Meier, grandson and grandson separated from the Jiang family and Jiang Shanqing.

Jiang Shanqing was still a little worried about Li Meier, took her hand and told her, "My location is close to foster father and the others, if you need anything, come and find me."

Li Meier responded with a smile, thinking that brother Shanqing was really careful, but seeing a dragon boat meeting, what could happen.

The three of Li Meier followed Luyun to the seats where Mrs. Xie and Sun Xiaowu were.

After arriving there, Li Meier and the others knew that Sun Xiaowu was seated alone, not at the same seat as those in Wu'an Bo Mansion. Her seat here was closer to the center of Jinming Pool, farther away from where the emperor and his concubines were. The small island is also very close, and you can see it when you stand up a little.

Seeing Li Meier and the others coming, Sun Xiaowu got up and came to greet him. First, he bowed to Mrs. Li, and asked the maid to help Mrs. Li to sit next to Mrs. Xie, so that the two elders could talk together.

Mrs. Li was very happy to chat with Mrs. Xie. She felt that she had a bright personality and could talk, so she happily brought her grandson there.

Sun Xiaowu pulled Li Meier to sit next to him, and whispered to her, "It's a good thing you're here, otherwise Song Ziying's annoying ghost will come later, and my mother will definitely ask me to go over to say hello. I don't know what medicine I took wrongly, but I'm tired of talking to her."

(End of this chapter)