Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2426 Seven Volumes 129
Although Wanxi also laughed, she still got up herself, stretched out her hand and pulled Xiao Shiwu over.

While talking, Concubine Shu was also invited, and Wanxi pushed Xiao Shiwu beside Concubine Shu.

Little Shiwu was still too young to be able to reach him, so Yu Rui hurriedly smiled and moved the footrest under Wanxi's couch to a small low stool for Xiaoshishi to sit on.

Wanxi said casually, "Because your eleventh brother is still on vacation, I borrowed your Shu'eniang first, and told you and Shu'eniang to learn the rules first."

Although they are the sons and grandsons of the princes, but Yong Xing and his group of children, as long as they are five years old and enter school, they can't just go to the study for a holiday.Every year, even during the Chinese New Year, there is no holiday until noon on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.The princes and grandchildren have to walk into the study room to start studying every day before dawn, and they can only leave school at around [-] o'clock in the evening; they only have holidays throughout the year on New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and the Emperor's Longevity Festival. Well, all these holidays add up to only about eleven days.

Therefore, this Dragon Boat Festival can be left at home for a whole day, which the princes and grandchildren have long been looking forward to.

Concubine Shu laughed when she heard what Wanxi said, and her heart felt a little sour, so she held Xiao Shiwu's hand and said, "Isn't it? You are still young, so let's have a good time for two years. After a while In two years, when you are old enough, you should be like your eleventh brother, you will go to the study before dawn, and you will come back when it gets dark."

The royal family's education for princes and grandchildren is strict, and Yong Xing is filial, but he can't go into the inner court every day to pay respects to Concubine Shu.In the past few years, Yongxing has grown up gradually, but Concubine Shu has become more and more lonely.

Wanxi didn't say anything, and just put a piece of pastry made by Xiaoqi and Jiujiu in front of Concubine Shu.

It was a pastry, but it was more like a dough figurine.It was a girl who stood tall on the swing frame.That swing, it seems to be going to the sky.

Concubine Shu was startled slightly, and raised her eyes to look at Wanxi.

Only then did Wanxi smile and nod her head, "...this is the imperial concubine Shujia. Their customs of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival in Korea are a bit different from ours. I heard that during the Dragon Boat Festival, they play on swings. The girl with the highest score became the most attention that day. Before the imperial concubine Shujia entered the palace, she heard that she played the best fight."

As Wanxi said, she took a small plate of ready-made dumplings, "It seems that Koreans don't eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, they eat this kind of 'wheel cake food' similar to our pancakes, with millet, corn, and Coriander and spring onions are fried together. I still asked Qingzao about this, and Qingzao got it from Yongxuan. But I haven’t done it, just try to do it once, and I’ll wait for you to give me a palm Now, if it's done, I'll send it to Yong Xing and his three brothers, and it will be a snack."

Concubine Shu was also touched, she nodded and said, "I'm not as careful as you. Please."

Wanxi shook her head with a smile, "I'm not here for you, but also for that boy Yongxuan. Why do you want to thank me?"

The two mothers were chatting lively, Xiao Shiwu was in a hurry, pointed at the some fresh pancakes and stretched out his hand, "... Yuanzi wants to eat with Eleventh Brother."

Concubine Shu laughed, shook Xiao Shiwu's hand and nodded, "Okay, Xiao Shiwu will eat with Brother Eleven."

Wanxi saw that Concubine Shu had already passed, so she got up and ordered the swinging dumplings to be steamed in a cage.

Here, Concubine Shu held Xiao Shiwu's hand, and began to tell Xiao Shiwu the rules of the Dragon Boat Festival.

"Dragon Boat Festival, whether it is Han, Manchu, Goryeo, or Mongolian, they all celebrate the Duanyang Festival. But just like what you Ene said just now, the custom of celebrating the Duanyang Festival among people of all ethnic groups is still the same. It’s a bit different. In the Qing Dynasty, we used to celebrate the Duanyang Festival according to the rules of the Manchus. Later, when we set up the Central Plains, we also blended the rules of the Manchus with the rules of the Han people.”

"Little Shiwu, you are the prince of the Qing Dynasty, and your Ene ancestor is a Han, so you should know the rules of both the Manchus and the Hans."

Xiao Shiwuduan was sitting upright, with a pair of black eyes staring at Concubine Shu, and nodded seriously.

I completely forgot about the pancakes I said just now.

Wanxi came out of the small kitchen, looked up quietly, and couldn't help but secretly sigh.

Maybe this is the difference between Xiaoluer and Xiaoshiwu?

The two boys love to eat delicious food, Xiaoluer can do everything possible to bite everything he wants into his mouth, and then talk about it; Xiaoshiwu is not, he can sit still before serious business, can temporarily Let go of your tongue.

After all, it was a child who was not yet three years old, so Concubine Shu couldn't help sighing and laughing at being so obedient.

"Good boy, it's hard for you. You obviously don't understand, but you are still willing to listen so seriously."

Xiao Shiwu was serious, so Concubine Shu also spoke more seriously.

"...the origin of the Duanyang Festival, there are many theories in ancient times. There is the theory of Qu Yuan throwing himself into the river, there is also the theory of cold food by Jie Zitui, and there is a theory of commemorating Wu Zixu. But the Manchus pay more attention to the "Cao E theory."

Little Shiwu's round eyes listened intently, but he still couldn't help being confused, "...Cao E? Goose, goose, singing to the sky?"

Concubine Shu was amused by Xiao Shiwu's innocence, and stretched out her arms to hug Xiao Shiwu, "Good boy, at least you know that you have met a word with the same pronunciation, so you can draw inferences."

Wanxi laughed too, stopped what she was doing, and moved a chair over to sit and listen together.

Concubine Shu was a little embarrassed, "Look at you, what are you doing here?"

Wanxi smiled and raised her head, "Although you are from a Manchurian family, how can your family's origins be compared with that of any other? In my palace, Sister Lu's family is the home of great Confucianists in the south of the Yangtze River. Rui's family is the family of Jinshi of the Eight Banners, so they don't need to come to listen; but I have to come to be your student, so I dare to teach Xiaoshiwu in the future."

Concubine Shu snorted softly, but it worked, so she turned her arms around Xiao Shiwu, "Little Shiwu should listen carefully, at least I've won you!"

Concubine Shu then told the story of "Cao E saving her father".

"Shangyu has a famous filial daughter named Cao E. Her father's name is 'Xu'. She can play the stringed qin and sing to welcome the gods. I met the River God by the Shun River, but I was drowned, and my body was swallowed up by Jiang Tao, so I couldn’t find him.”

"At that time, Cao E was only 14 years old. He searched for his father's body along the river, crying day and night. After seventeen days of crying and searching, he still couldn't find his father's body. Cao E jumped into the river. Looking for the dead body of my father..."

Xiao Shiwu was stunned when he heard that, tears were already in his eyes.

Concubine Shu was also curious, so she lightly patted Xiao Shiwu's hand, "Don't feel bad. Cao E's filial piety is touched by the heavens, and she did not die in vain... A few days later, Cao E's body and father's body floated together. Get out of the water."

Little Shiwu's teardrops fell down, but at the same time, he slapped his hands vigorously with joy.

His hands were already white and round, but after he clapped them so vigorously, the palms turned red quickly.

Concubine Shu raised her eyes to look at Wanxi, and sighed softly, "Look, I was worried that little Shiwu wouldn't understand the story. But he understood everything. It can be seen that this child is also born Renxiao."

Wan Xi nodded with a smile, and came up to help Xiao Shiwu gently blow the palm of her hand, "The story of 'Cao E saving my father' told by Shu Erniang was later compiled into 24 filial piety. In memory of Cao E, later generations, Changed the Shunjiang River to Cao'e River. After that, the emperors of all dynasties added the title of Cao'e, and sent officials to pay homage to it."

"Not to mention far away, even Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once ordered Liu Bowen, a famous official under his command, to write a sacrificial essay in person." Pen.)
Although Xiao Shiwu was young, he held his breath and listened intently without turning his eyes.

Wan Xi smiled happily, "Speaking of 24 filial piety, your Huang Ama is the biggest filial son today. On the 24th birthday of your Huang Ma's mother the year before last, your Huang Ama took your brothers and nephews to personally Performing dances in front of your Queen Mother's Throne, that's exactly the allusion of [-] Filial Piety's 'playing and entertaining relatives'~~"

Wanxi stretched out her hand to caress Xiao Shiwu's round face, "Remember what Enie said, you should be as filial as Huang Ama, and when you grow up, you should respect Huang Mamu and Huang Ama, and be with you day and night. Go to Qing'eniang who is by your side, Shu'eniang who is telling you this story today, and those aunts and aunts in the palace who have loved you since childhood and protected you."

Little Shiwu nodded earnestly, "Mariko remembered! Mariko should also respect Ernie~~"

At this moment, all the concubines had already gathered around, and they couldn't stop laughing.

Concubine Shu personally picked up Xiao Shiwu, "It is because the Manchu people care more about this allusion of Cao E that they associate the Duanyang Festival with filial piety. So in our palace, the Duanyang Festival not only involves eating zongzi, competing Dragon boats, more importantly, worship ancestors and follow filial piety."

Little Shiwu's little head was lighting up vigorously.

Concubine Ying was so rare that she quickly reached out to take Xiao Shiwu from Concubine Shu's hand, and hugged her in turn.

"Ying'erniang tells you, we Mongolians celebrate Duanyang, which is different from Han people and Manchus. We Mongolians, on the fifth day of May, it is called the 'Hunting Festival', and we have to fight in Dawei! That is to say, On the day of Duanyang, the Mongolian hunters hunted on a larger scale than on other days, and the scope of the line had to go farther, so they caught the most prey!"

"During the big siege, hunters rode the best hunting horses, carried muskets or bows and arrows on their backs, hunting knives on their waists, pinned their blues, and led packs of hounds. Enter the paddock from different places with a cart. Gazelle, hare, tiger, leopard... are all our prey!"

It was Yuqin who felt distressed, and came up to take Xiao Shiwu away, "Look, our Yuanzi will be confused for a while, why are there so many different rules for a festival?"

Concubine Shu also laughed, "Let's go, let's not talk about the rules, let's go to work and eat delicious food! We are full of people. Before entering the customs, we didn't eat zongzi, but we ate basswood pastry. I remember , you Ernie used to make a good basswood pastry, let's make trouble for her and ask her to make it for us to eat!"
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The heads of the inner court are all so busy, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is even more busy.

As early as two months before the Dragon Boat Festival, Debao had begun to take people to Xiyuan, Fuhai and other places to inspect the dragon boats, and immediately repaired the problems found.This year, there are five dragon boats in Yingtai and Fuhai that urgently need to be repaired. They should prepare 160 firs with a diameter of one foot and five inches and a length of six to five feet to seven feet; 92 roots.But such a large piece of wood cannot be bought in Beijing, so it can only be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to manage Huai'an customs affairs and to step up procurement in other provinces.

After two months of work, it was finally completed in time.On the first day of May, Debao took someone to check again in person to ensure that the dragon boat was safe to launch.

The reason why there are dragon boats in Yingtai and Fuhai in Yuanmingyuan is because the emperor usually gives banquets to his ministers in Yingtai to watch dragon boat races; while the royal clan watches dragon boat races in Fuhai in Yuanmingyuan, so there are dragon boats in both places. preparation.

In previous years, due to the lack of rain in the spring, the emperor skipped the dragon boat race on the Dragon Boat Festival and went to the Black Dragon Pool to pray for rain; The dragon boat races on both sides of Yingtai and Yuanmingyuan are still held.

In addition, the students and eunuchs of the Imperial Household Peace Administration also prepared to rehearse the promise play early. As usual every year, they will present a series of plays on the "Wanfang Anhe" water stage for the royal family banquet on the Dragon Boat Festival.
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Both inside and outside the palace are busily busy for the Dragon Boat Festival.This is the busiest day in the world after the Lantern Festival.It will take another two or three months until the next big festival, so people are enjoying themselves to the fullest.

Before the arrival of the first day of May, E Ning had already finished a whole set of "jobs" embroidered for Yongqi.E Ning happily took it out and gave Yongqi a try.

"On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Elder Brother will inevitably accompany Huang Ama on the dragon boat to compete with the clan's children. With these tasks on his waist, Elder Brother will definitely be able to turn the tide and win the championship!"

E Ning spent half a month of painstaking efforts, and all her emotions were turned into one stitch, so she is still very confident in her set of works.Even among buddies, Fifth Brother's set must be the best looking.

But unexpectedly, Yong Qi is completely sick.

E Ning let go of her hands, and Kong watched the whole set of work on his waist, but the flame of joy in her heart was extinguished.

She was a little reconciled, but also a little disbelieving, her hands were floating in the air, and she couldn't help but asked him cautiously, "My brother...doesn't you like it? That's okay, I'll change it. After all, it's not It’s May, and I still have time to change it now. No matter what happens, even if I have to rush to work overnight, I will definitely be kicked out by my elder brother!"

"It's just... but my elder brother has to explain it to me. What is it that I don't like? Is it the material, or the silk thread is not good, or the embroidery is not good?" At the end, E Ning was about to cry.

Yong Qi also heard E Ning's cry, sighed, stepped forward and grabbed E Ning's hand.

"No, I'm not saying it's bad. This whole set of work is done with the help of women who needle and thread. If you can make it in half a month, you must be able to do it by lighting a lamp and cooking oil. Look at this The colorful embroidery of the five poisons on the top is vivid and full of beards, especially labor-intensive, I can tell..."

Calling Yongqi's words, E Ning felt even more wronged, and when she lowered her head, she already shed tears.

"Then why is elder brother so sleepy? Since it's not that the job is bad, could it be that elder brother doesn't like this job? I can't do it? Elder brother, are you waiting for Yingyuan to do it, or Borong?"

Yong Qi sighed, took E Ning's hand, and brought her into her arms.

"Okay, okay...it's all my fault. It's not that I don't like it, but I was thinking about something in my heart at that moment. You also said that I have to accompany Huang Ama on the dragon boat on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Going to race with my buddies and relatives in person, I was thinking about this in my heart, so I was distracted for a while."

Only then did E Ning burst into laughter, "If this is the case, then I'm worried for nothing. In fact, why do you worry about it? Among the clan, who dares to surpass the prince? Even among the prince, who else is there?" Is it my elder brother's opponent?"

E Ning counted them one by one: "Never mind the two young ones, Eleven and Twelve; just a few older ones, the eighth leg, I'm afraid he won't even dare to board the boat, right? As for the sixth , is already a successor, and no one is here to steal the limelight; as for the fourth brother... Heh, I can see that he can't understand what it means to give the Dharani quilt to the concubine back then!"

E Ning thinks this way, in fact, who in and outside the palace doesn't think so?If there is any dispute, first of all, the two little ones, eleven and twelve, are eliminated; as for the little fifteen, who is not yet three years old, there is no need to even think about it...

No one understood, what he was most afraid of right now was Xiao Shiwu who hadn't said that yet!
He didn't know what to say about the pain in his heart, and he was even more worried that he couldn't even believe his own Fujin.

Yong Qi lowered her eyes sadly, "...Maybe everything has changed quietly."

E Ning was startled, and stepped forward to grab Yong Qi's arm, "Why do I not understand what Elder Brother is talking about? What Elder Brother are you talking about? Twelve Elder Brothers? Yes, he is the first son. Seeing this It's almost thirteen, it's almost the age of marriage, but he is such a big kid on a dragon boat, really knows how to command it?"

Yong Qi only felt tired, and waved her hand, "Even if I don't talk about others, I'm just afraid that my leg will make trouble."

This may be the opposite of God's will. When there was a severe drought, his leg disease seemed to heal; but after the rain finally fell and everyone was happy, his leg disease recurred instead.

This kind of leg disease, if you stand on the bow of a dragon boat, facing the wind and facing the water, I'm afraid it will be even more unbearable.

E Ning gritted her teeth slightly, "...it's too late to talk about persuading my elder brother to hire an imperial doctor. How about some ginseng, my elder brother? After all, the dragon boat race is just as good as it is today. Huizi, with the help of ginseng, elder brother, it is not difficult to survive that moment."

Yong Qi's eyes brightened slightly, "Alright!"

E Ning excitedly went to open a small warehouse to fetch ginseng, and Yong Qi followed slowly, walking towards the teahouse.

I saw the old eunuch in charge of the fire coming to fetch firewood.The little eunuch next to him was a little anxious, and hurriedly reminded, "Grandpa Zhang, this firewood was just rained a few days ago, so it can't be lit!"

The old eunuch surnamed Zhang laughed, "You little bean sprouts, who said you can't light it? It was rained, but these two days have been sunny and dried up."

The little eunuch was a little embarrassed, so he rushed forward and turned over the firewood, "Look, look, even though the outside is dried by the sun, the inside is still damp!"

The old eunuch laughed again, "You are young after all, you haven't been in the fields before, kid? Grandpa told you, grandpa was also naughty when he was a child, and he would hang out with a bunch of little buddies in the fields." Fire, roasting grasshoppers, roasting corn. At that time, I was young, and the family didn’t have a scythe, and there was no kindling, so how to gather fire?”

The little lady was stunned for a while, "That's right, without a scythe, how do you hold the fire?"

The old eunuch was happy, and raised the firewood in his hand, "Just rely on it! I just look for the reeds and grass by the water, because the water inside is strong and the outside is exposed to the sun. Gather enough piles and put them in the sun to dry. Just wait, after a while, the pile of reeds and grasses will start to burn by itself without using a scythe!"

The little eunuch was dumbfounded immediately, and jumped over to ask, "Grandpa, my grandpa, you keep telling me, what's the point of this?"

The old eunuch rejoiced, "It's because there is water vapor in it, and the sun is shining outside, the firewood is 'sparkling' inside, just like the principle of making noodles. The fire will be pushed out by that breath~~" (The principle is that the water content of the reed is too high, coupled with the high temperature, fermentation causes spontaneous combustion. There was a fire in a paper mill that started like this)

Yong Qi was originally in a slump, standing by the porch pillar and just listening to each other, but when she heard this, she couldn't help standing upright suddenly, her eyes lit up.

He remembered the Dragon Boat Festival customs of the Mongols that his mother had mentioned—the Mongols don’t need to worship their ancestors on this day, let alone talk about benevolence and filial piety. On this day, the Mongols only “strike the big siege” to get the biggest prey!

His mother Concubine Yu is Mongolian, so he is naturally different from Concubine Ling's younger fifteen, Empress Twelve, and Yongxuan who was raised by Concubine Shu and has half Korean blood! .
Since the beginning of May, both inside and outside the palace have begun to wear the five-poison purse.

The Manchu Dragon Boat Festival begins on the first day of May.

The Dragon Boat Festival of the Manchu people has many festivals: worshiping mountains to worship ancestors, riding the water to face the wind, climbing high and looking into the distance, praying for relief from plague, horseback riding and archery, etc.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs led people to hang up "Five Poisons Hanging Screens" everywhere in the palace.There are patterns of five poisons on the hanging screen, which can drive away evil spirits and avoid evil, and keep you safe.This hanging screen will be hung until the second day of June. Because of this hanging screen, the ordinary reed curtains used by the palaces to shade the sun have temporarily given way and have been temporarily stored.

On various stages in the palace and in the Old Summer Palace, the performances of the Shengping Department have also started singing.The repertoires performed include "Explaining the Way and Eliminating Evil", "Spiritual Talismans to Help the World", "Cowarding the Evil and Responding to the Festival", "Collecting Medicine to Conquer Demons", "Following the Order to Eliminate Demons" and so on.

"Spiritual Talismans to Help the World" is about a Taoist priest who once practiced in Maoshan saw some wandering Taoist priests stealing fake talismans to deceive people to make money. During the Dragon Boat Festival, he brought some talismans to give to the world.A lame Taoist priest tricked the world into buying talismans. When he saw that the Taoist priest was distributing magic talismans, he wanted to compare with him.The Taoist slapped his hands like thunder, and the lame Taoist had to admit defeat.

"The Fear of Evil Responding to the Festival" plays the role of the Duanyang Festival, when the celestial master Zhang Daoling descends to descend the demons.The five poisons such as toad essence, centipede essence, lizard and scorpion essence, and scorpion essence turned into the pink lady, trying to avoid the cinnabar talisman and realgar bag.The doctor sent a sticker and the Taoist found that the five poisons had turned into five women, and they fought with them.Zhang Tianshi arrived and summoned Wu Lei Gong and Wu Dian Mu to kill Wu Du.

For a time, gods, ghosts, ghosts and snakes all appeared on the stage, and it was very lively.Everyone was immersed in the festive atmosphere, and even the eunuchs and guards on duty of "Jiuzhou Qingyan" relaxed their vigilance, and even couldn't help but slipped out to watch the theater secretly.

(Thank you for the gifts, my dear~)

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