Siheyuan starts from the stationmaster

Chapter 118 Preparing Gifts
Bai Zirui picked up the oval jade ring pendant in the brocade box, looked it over carefully, and found that the engraved line at the junction of the two halves of the dragon and the phoenix on the jade ring pendant was much deeper than the lines in other places.

Bai Zirui's heart skipped a beat, could this be...

He held the dragon and phoenix pendant with both hands, and gently pushed it along the central hook line. There was a soft "click", and the dragon and phoenix jadeite pendant was split into two by him from the middle.

Bai Zirui looked at the dragon and phoenix in his hands that were divided into two halves.The jade ring pendant said in surprise, "Master, this is the jade ring pendant."

Poor Hou smiled and nodded and said, "You have good eyesight, brat, and you discovered the clue so quickly."

After Bai Zirui listened to Poor Hou's words, he tried to align the two dragon and phoenix ring pendants neatly along the cut surfaces.There was another slight "click", and the two ring pendants merged into one.

This is Jue Jue, one of the oldest jade carvings in my country.Jue refers to the half jade pendant that is separated.Jue refers to the jade pendant that is put together.Divide to make Jue, unite to make Jue!In ancient times, gifting a Jue to a person meant decisiveness, and a gifted man gave Jue to a beautiful woman to express his love and courtship.

Bai Zirui thought to himself that he was going to be engaged to Xu Jingli, and it would be perfect to use this as a token of love.He put the Dragon Phoenix Jue Jue Ring Pendant into the brocade box and opened another brocade box.

He saw a pair of beautifully crafted mandarin duck gold bracelets in the brocade box. He picked up the pair of mandarin duck gold bracelets, and engraved a love poem on it: "May I win the heart of one, and the white head will never be apart." The signature is engraved with Zhu You Give Xin'er a gift and never regret it for the rest of your life.

After seeing it here, my heart was shocked, and I carefully observed again that the pair of mandarin duck and gold bracelets were indeed objects from the Ming Dynasty. Could this be a gift from Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang of the Ming Dynasty to Empress Zhang.

Generally speaking, as the ninety-five emperors, there are groups of women from the Sangong and Six Courtyards. Among them, Tang Xuanzong and Jin Wudi are the best, and the number of beauties in their harem is enough to form an editor.Even if it is as bad as Guangxu, there are three people in total, one empress and two concubines. The so-called monogamy seems to have nothing to do with the emperors forever.

However, there are often exceptions to the facts. Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang is the only emperor in Chinese history who practiced equality between men and women with practical actions.He only married one Empress Zhang in his life, and he never accepted maids of honor, concubines, or beauties. He only lived with the empress every day, living a married life like ordinary people, which is really not easy.

He is the ninth emperor in the mid-Ming Dynasty. During his reign, he worked hard to reverse the corruption of the government. respected.

Xiaozong and Empress Zhang were friends in need, and they cared deeply for Empress Zhang. Every day, the two of them would sit together, read poems and draw pictures, listen to the piano and watch dances, talk about the past and the present, and share day and night.

In early spring, Zhu Youtang and Mrs. Zhang were strolling by the lotus pond. Zhu Youtang wore a crown made of gold silk and exquisite clothes made of tribute silk and satin. A big cloak was draped over Mrs. Zhang.

As the Zhongxing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youtang loved Empress Zhang very much.No matter how busy or tired every day, Zhu Youtang will accompany her for a walk in the imperial garden.One day, the two were walking and chatting and saw a pair of mandarin ducks playing together in the lake. The feathers were really beautiful under the sunlight.

With this beautiful scenery, Mrs. Zhang said casually, "Comparing mandarin ducks is really enviable. Don't you see it?" With a tacit understanding, they looked at each other and smiled.

Afterwards, Zhu Youtang ordered a skilled craftsman to make a golden mandarin duck bracelet and presented it to the queen as a token of love with Queen Zhang, and made a wish that "if I were an emperor, there would be no concubine in the world."This inadvertent action created a special record throughout the ages and became a good story.

Since then, folks around the world have followed suit, turning the gold, which represents the true and pure, into a loving mandarin duck as a token of love between lovers, to show that the two will love each other for a long time and be happy.

Holding the pair of mandarin duck and gold bracelets in his hand, Bai Zirui was overjoyed. Looking at his overjoyed look, he said with a smile, "Boy, are these two things suitable for you to be engaged to Jingli?"

After Bai Zirui put the mandarin duck gold bracelet into the brocade box, he said happily, "It's very suitable, thank you, Master, for taking your troubles."

Broken Hou said: "When you graduate and get married happily, it won't be in vain for me to spend all this effort."

Bai Zirui said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Master, we will definitely live up to your expectations."

Poor Hou said: "Okay, I've finished reading the things, take your things and get out!"

Bai Zirui carefully picked up the two brocade boxes on the table, bowed and said, "Master, then I will take my leave first."

He took his things back to the courtyard and hid them properly before starting his day's work.The time passed day by day and came to February 1978, 2, which was the Lunar New Year's Eve. The courtyard had been cleaned up and down, and the lanterns and festoons were decorated to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

The third uncle set up a table in the yard early in the morning, and prepared the four treasures of the study to write Spring Festival couplets for every household in the courtyard as in previous years. He waited for a long time but no one came to him.

At this time, Xu Damao and Qin Jingru from the backyard came out of the middle courtyard with red paper, and he hurriedly greeted: "Come... come! Damao, Jingru, let me write you a good Spring Festival couplet, so that you will have a safe and successful year ahead."

Xu Damao said with a smile: "Third Master, I'm sorry! Zirui became the champion of the college entrance examination not long ago! Everyone asked him to write Spring Festival couplets this year, so that he could be a little bit happy and a good omen for the new year. Isn't that just right? Let him help us write two Spring Festival couplets and prepare to send them to my parents."

The third master thought gloomily, no wonder no one asked him to write Spring Festival couplets this year. It turned out that everyone went to Bai Zirui, the top student in the college entrance examination, to write Spring Festival couplets. It seems that there are no free peanuts and melon seeds this year.

Seeing that Xu Damao and Qin Jingru were about to pass by him, he hurriedly said, "Da Mao, wait! Let me see how talented the top students in the college entrance examination are in our courtyard."

Xu Damao said with a smile: "Third Master, let alone Zirui, being the number one in the college entrance examination is a brilliant literary talent, and the Spring Festival couplets he wrote are majestic. Come... have a look!"

After he finished speaking, he put the Spring Festival couplets in his hand on the table in front of the third master. The third master looked a little unconvinced.Horizontal batch: full of spring.

After reading it, he was completely convinced. The Spring Festival couplets written by Bai Zirui were indeed majestic and joyful, leaving him speechless.

Qin Jingru also put the Spring Festival couplets in his hand in front of him and said, "Third Lord, look at how well this is written."

The first couplet: Receive Tian Ruixue Qianjiale; the second couplet: Present ten thousand plum blossoms.Horizontal batch: happy family.The third master looked at the two Spring Festival couplets and felt ashamed. He said depressedly: "You two quickly send the Spring Festival couplets to your parents, so that they can also enjoy the happiness of being the number one scholar in high-tech."

Xu Damao put away the Spring Festival couplets and said to the third master: "Third master, let's go first, see you later!"

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