Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2427 Seven Volumes 130 etc.

On the fifth day of May, the day of the Dragon Boat Festival has finally arrived.

In the palace and in the garden, there are places where the gods are worshipped, and the altars are set up before dawn. The emperor, the empress, etc., each bring their clan ministers and inner court officials to the ancestral tablet to salute.

The Kunning Palace in the palace, the Taimiao, and the Anyou Palace in the garden and other ancestor worship places, in addition to the rice dumpling table, also have a basswood pastry table.

Basswood is a tree species in Northeast China. The leaves are as big as a palm. Basswood leaves are used to wrap sorghum rice and red bean paste. After steaming in the upper drawer, there is a clear fragrance of linden leaves.

Wanxi made a lot by herself, Xiao Shiwu ate several mouthfuls.

These basswood cakes were handed over to the emperor by Wanxi, and he took them back to the Forbidden City for use in the offerings of the Kunning Palace.

When the emperor left Yuanmingyuan and returned to the Forbidden City, Wanxi personally delivered it to the gate of the Grand Palace Gate of Yuanmingyuan.Then Wanxi showed the food box she brought and handed it to the emperor.

"The basswood pastry in the Kunning Palace must have been prepared long ago. But the Kunning Palace is a place for family sacrifices, which is different from other places in the palace and garden. In the Kunning Palace Before the ancestors of Baner, there was no emperor or head of the inner court, only descendants; therefore, the slaves feel that we made it with our own hands, and filial piety is the most sincere."

The emperor smiled, took the food box, and stroked Wanxi's wrist with his fingertips.

"That's right, the imperial dining room can prepare it, but the cooks in the imperial dining room are not from my own family, so the ancestors must feel that the taste is not right." The emperor smiled and stared, "It's still you who think carefully."

The Kunning Palace Family Sacrifice was originally hosted by the Empress.It's just that during the May Festival over the years, most of the royal family lived in the Old Summer Palace, so the Nala family only cared about the offerings in the Old Summer Palace, but didn't care about the Kunning Palace.The emperor originally hoped that Nalashi should make this basswood pastry by himself, because basswood pastry is an old tradition used by Manchu Dragon Boat Festival... But Nalashi didn't know whether he forgot, or he was really too busy.

Wanxi stared at the emperor, and saw that he was wearing a Lesu grass tassel crown today with a special moxa tip inserted, a five-poison purse hanging from his waist belt, and a few beads of Ganan incense carved on his neck.Wanxi's eyes slid over the colorful thread wrapped around the Ai Jian'er and the flower embroidery on the purse, then she blinked quietly, "It's my job to make bread, but it's needlework, but not I am good at it. Therefore, this year, the servants will not stretch out the work that the emperor has on his body."

The emperor understood it as soon as he heard it, and snorted, "She put all her heart into it! But there are so many people in the palace, even if she is the queen, I can't just wear what she made alone! "

Wanxi bowed her head and smiled, "I didn't make it for my master this year, and I have no use for myself. Anyway, I have a ready-made white jade gourd pendant, and one for Duanyang is enough."

The emperor's heart was soft, and he stretched out his hand to hold Wanxi's hand, "The ancestors will definitely understand your heart."

Wanxi tilted her head playfully, "...But I still couldn't help itching, but I sewed a 'five-poison waistcoat' for the Empress Dowager. But my lord knows best about my needlework. If there is no plan, I dare not give it to the empress dowager."

The emperor raised his eyebrows happily, "What are you afraid of!" The emperor raised his voice and shouted, "Wei Zhu, go and present the five-poison vest of your master Ling to the empress dowager in person. Just say, it is I and Ling Guifei together For the empress dowager!"

Wei Zhu hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Hey!"

Only then did Wanxi feel relieved, and nodded with a smile, "Master, hurry up, finish the ceremony and the offering early, and here in the garden, the empress dowager and the big guys are still waiting for the master to come back."
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The emperor went back to the Forbidden City, and the Old Summer Palace was not affected at all, and the bustle was still there.

Today's "Wanfang Anhe" is on a big show - "Hunyuan Box".There are 32 plays in four volumes. It mainly tells the story of Zhang Jie, a descendant of Zhang Tianshi, who subdued centipedes, white foxes and other monsters one after another on his way to the capital, and finally all the monsters were subdued by Manjusri Bodhisattva, Jiang Taigong, and Kong Shengren.In this drama, all the gods, demons and ghosts come out, and the drama is full of drama, which can be performed from morning to night, making people addicted to the drama.

The empress dowager, together with the family members Fujin and others, were seated in the inner court, and they sat by the water at the "Wanfang Anhe", watching the Nanfu students perform this big show on the stage on the water.

Because there are too many places for gods in the Forbidden City and gardens.Not to mention other things, just the place where the ancestors are worshipped is already too busy for a while.Because the emperor wanted to give a banquet to his ministers in Yingtai, he went back to the Forbidden City to salute in person; the various offerings in the Old Summer Palace were handed over to several adult princes to salute on his behalf.

Among the several adult princes, Yongxuan's legs are inconvenient, Yongrong has already succeeded, and Yongxie's status cannot be compared with Yongqi's, so Yongqi is the one who decides.

Yong Qi came and went everywhere in the garden, so she also came in and out frequently from Jiuzhou Qingyan.

Manchus used to celebrate before dawn, so when Yongqi first entered Jiuzhou Qingyan, the sun had just risen.

He walked past the place where the reed curtains were piled up in the corridor, and asked, seemingly unintentionally, "Huh? Why are all the reed curtains piled up here?"

At this moment, Wei Zhu, Hu Shijie and others were all on the emperor's mission, and they were not there to serve.Hearing Yongqi's question, Jing Boning, the Luanyi guard who was on duty in the corridor, hurried forward to answer.

Luan Yiwei is in charge of the emperor's car driving ceremonial guard. There are 67 Manchu Zhangjing members and 48 Han Zhangjing members.This Bo Ning is Manzhangjing. As a royal guard, he can also see the emperor's words and deeds, so he knows that Yongqi is the emperor's most important prince. The service is very attentive.

"Back to fifth elder brother, isn't it because of the May Festival, the five poisonous screens are hung everywhere in the palace, and these reed curtains for shading the sun are not needed for the time being."

Yong Qi frowned on purpose, and raised her sleeves to cover her mouth and nose, "It smells like mugging. It seems that it was soaked by the rain before? It's piled up in the shade, and the hair doesn't grow anymore?"

Bonin didn't smell anything.But Fifth Prince said yes, so he should follow suit.

Bo Ning also wrinkled his nose, but smiled apologetically, "I will inform the eunuchs when I turn back, and tell them to move the curtain to a ventilated place."

Yongqi raised her eyes and looked at the sky, "The sky is fine today, and the sun will dry it out in a day. Why wait for them to move it? I want to work for you guys, so I will give it to you." Just move it under the sun."

Hearing Fifth Prince's order, several guards on duty, Na Mutu and Na Qin, hurried forward.

Yongqi looked around and pointed to the courtyard in front of the dormitory, "Let's hang out here. The sun is best here, and it's the back hall, so it doesn't hinder the view."

Bo Ning and the others were a little embarrassed, "...Well, if the emperor comes back, there will be reed curtains all over the floor, which is against the rules."

Yong Qi snorted, "Huang Ama is going back to the palace now. After finishing the ceremony, I will give a banquet to the officials at Yingtai, and when I come back to the garden, I will be accompanied by 'Wan Fang An He' to accompany the emperor." The Empress Dowager will go to the opera, and then there will be a dragon boat race in Fuhai...by the time I get back here, the sun will have already set."

"With the sun today, there is no need for the sun to go down, but the curtain will be dry in an hour or two. At that time, it doesn't matter whether you move it into the warehouse or down the porch, it will be fine." It's okay."

The prince has already said so, what else can Bo Ning and other slaves say?They all responded with a sound, and hurriedly moved the reed curtains over.

Yong Qi hooked the corners of her lips in satisfaction, and then walked away.
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Around noon, the emperor came back from the Forbidden City.First go back to Jiuzhou Qingyan to change clothes.

The emperor walked by the corridor, saw the reed curtains piled up on the ground, and couldn't help asking, "Why are they all spread out here?"

The wooden figure smiled and played back and forth, "Today is Duanyang, and the five poisons should be expelled. This reed curtain has been damp, and there may be insects in it, so it is spread here to dry, which is also in keeping with the solar terms."

Over there, Wei Zhu has come to report that the Empress Dowager's car has returned from Changchun Garden.

The emperor didn't have time to ask, so he hurried into the palace to change his clothes.

The emperor wore a maroon gauze gown, and a two-color golden dragon gown woven with red and green gauze. He took a four-person dragon sedan chair to wait for the empress dowager at the gate, and together they took a boat to "Wanfang Anhe".

So far, the Duanyang celebration banquet in the Old Summer Palace has opened the high dynasty.

The main hall is filled with gourds symbolizing auspiciousness, and the windows and table screens are also covered with Manchu paper-cut "gourd flowers"; The "Heavenly Master Talisman" with mantras written on the paper.

In the middle of the main hall, just behind the empress dowager's throne, hangs the "Wu Rui Tu" left by Emperor Yongzheng.

This picture was painted by Castiglione Castiglione in the tenth year of Yongzheng. In the middle of the picture, there is a blue-gray porcelain bottle with wormwood and blooming pomegranate and hollyhock flowers in the bottle. The tray on the left side of the bottle contains plums and cherries. There are a few zongzi scattered around.

Around the "Wu Rui Tu", there are also paintings by other painters in the Ruyi Pavilion, such as "Shefentuan", "Giving Owl Soup", "Collecting Herbs", "Raising Robins", "Hanging Ai People", "Caicai Silk", "Wrapped Corn Millet" and "Watching the Race", etc., depict various folk activities during the Dragon Boat Festival.

The table in front of everyone is filled with all kinds of zongzi, as well as the delicate "rose cakes" specially used by Manchu families for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Therefore, the young prince only had Yuanzi and pomegranate, and the pomegranate was still too young to eat these pastries, so the empress dowager gave the rose cake in front of her to Xiao Shiwu to eat.But Xiao Shiwu couldn't eat rose cakes because he ate too much basswood pastry, so he quietly discussed with Wanxi, and wanted to reward the rose cakes to the eunuchs.

Wanxi hurriedly pressed her down, and taught softly, "You know, not everyone can eat this rose cake, and even Enie was so rare when she was a child that she could only eat a piece of it during May Festival. Son."

Xiao Shiwu looked at Wan Xi puzzledly, "Why?"

Wanxi sighed softly, held Xiao Shiwu together, and said in detail: "These exquisite pastries are all first offered to gods and ancestors by each family. After the five withdrawals, it became a good chew for the whole family. Ordinary people only serve the "five poison cakes" similar to peach crisps, which are withdrawn on the evening of the fifth day; middle-level people put jujube, rice, palms and fresh fruits, and withdraw them once a day. , so as not to rot."

"Only rich and noble families offer rose cakes, and the cakes made of roses produced in Miaofeng Mountain in the west of Beijing are the most noble. Mix roses and honey as fillings, make cakes, bake them on fire, and call them 'Dragon Boat Festival' There are two kinds of pastry and crust, which are high-end and thin, and the price is very expensive. It is about eight yuan per catty, and the price of each piece is equivalent to two catties of white flour, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people."

"Anyway, everyone thinks that it is very auspicious to eat rose cakes on May Day. If you can't afford rose cakes from the bakery shop, you will steam steamed buns or sweet rolls filled with roses by yourself to celebrate the festival. It's common... That's why you see that your mother-in-law is in a table full of cakes, so she will give you this alone; you can't spoil it, you have to chew it yourself to be filial piety."

Xiao Shiwu is the prince after all, and he is still young, how can he know the hardships of the people?This was the first time I heard E Nie talk about such a topic, and I was already stunned.After a long time, he grabbed the rose cake with his small hands, carefully wrapped it in his handkerchief, rolled it into a cloth bag, and carefully handed it to his wonderful mother, Mrs. Zhao, "... Eat it, pick up the crumbs."

Wanxi smiled reassuringly, "As long as you eat, you can give away what you can't finish to the mothers and mothers. Thank you for protecting you like eyeballs."

Yuqin's heart moved, and she also pointed to the pastry in front of Xiao Shiwu, "Your Queen Mother gave you such a precious rose cake, why don't you give it to Queen Mother, it's as delicious to go?"

Wanxi raised her eyes, met Yuqin's eyes, and smiled too.Lie next to Xiao Shiwu's ear and said, "You just delivered the acne empress in March, and you are the cleanest to get rid of the five poisons at the Dragon Boat Festival. The one that you give to Huangma's mother with your own hands is the most auspicious one." .Do you want the Queen Mother to live forever? Let's go now."

Little Shiwu walked towards the Empress Dowager with a plate of basswood pastry in his arms.

Wanxi didn't stare at that side, but lowered her eyes, but she still heard the Empress Dowager laughing loudly from a distance.

She also heard Xiao Shiwu's childish voice say, "...Emperor Mama looks so good in this waistcoat, just like the electric mother on the stage! Those poisonous snakes were all beaten away by Huang Mamu!"

The empress dowager laughed again, and Wanxi heard the empress dowager's voice drifting towards her, "...isn't that right, your mother's craftsmanship is better."

The emperor was also joking around, "It's good to make the imperial concubine's pastry, but what about the needle and thread--uh, mother of the emperor, didn't you see where the stitches were missing, or the two lapels were sewn together without?"

The Empress Dowager laughed and spat softly, "Look at what you said! I saw that it was made of multicolored cloth, but it took a lot of handwork. It's not as delicate as embroidery, but it took all my heart!"

Only then did Wanxi smile, and quickly got up to thank her.Looking up, Xiao Shiwu had already been hugged by the Empress Dowager, like a big Ah Fu, lying in the Empress Dowager's arms and smiling.
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Seeing that Wanxi's mother and son have sent their hearts to the empress dowager, how can Lashi and others be willing to show weakness?Nala stood up first, and presented a five-poison vest, but she glanced at Wanxi and laughed, "I thought the empress dowager's vest must be sewn by me. Nope. Thinking about it, I asked Concubine Ling to take the lead."

The empress dowager heard Nala's reluctance to come, but it was inconvenient to speak directly, so she glanced left and right ponderingly.

An Shou and An Yi are getting older, and they are singing an opera again today, so they are indeed a little distracted.

On the other hand, Mrs. Wang, who was serving the Empress Dowager, was smarter, and hurriedly bowed to Nala, "My lord, this piece on the Empress Dowager was actually presented by the Emperor. The Empress Dowager is also because it belongs to the Emperor." Filial piety, it's only now that I've gotten into it early."

The Empress Dowager nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "That's right. Empress, you have a heart too, and put this one of yours here, and when I have worn enough of this one, I will change into yours. "

The empress dowager was also rarely happy, so she also coaxed Nala, "Jia Er Jia Fu, I accept all your filial piety!"

Nala finally smiled triumphantly, raised her eyes and glanced at Wanxi.

Wanxi didn't pay attention to this, but looked at Wang's curiously.

Although I saw it when I was choosing to watch it, I only read the ranking list and the green head card, and I didn't listen to the girl's words, and I didn't know the temperament of the girl; this time I have seen it, and she is really smart , and is still a courageous one.

If it was another official girl, how could she dare to speak up in front of the empress after only a few days after entering the palace?What's more, the situation just now was a bit embarrassing. If one is not careful, it is easy to be angered by the masters.

No matter what happened, Wanxi smiled quietly in her heart: Well, she is indeed a girl who lives in Shenyang for a long time, and she is indeed straightforward and genuine.
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The other heads of the inner court and the Fujin of the imperial family also went up in shifts and finished the ceremony. After the emperor sat down, he began to reward them greatly.

Three pieces of Huajisha, three pieces of Tachengge, three pieces of Boluoge, and three pieces of Guangge were awarded to the Minister of Military Aircraft.There is also a silver award.

再因驱毒之意，赏“锭子药”给八旗各营。这一日共赏下紫金锭35包、蟾酥锭35包、离宫锭35包、盐水锭92包、喻化锭十四包、有穗锭子240挂，另赏平安丸六千一百丸、人马平安散十斤……

The ingot medicines made by the inner court were also rewarded to the heads of the inner court, but the materials were more precious, and the shape and craftsmanship were more exquisite.All the ingots are tied with tassels and colored threads, and some are inlaid with mother-of-pearl or even emerald patterns, which are more worthy of the status of the clan Fujin.

After the emperor rewarded him, he looked at the little Shiwu who was sitting in the arms of the empress dowager alone and smiled, "Your filial piety, you knew at a young age that you would wish the emperor mother a long life and boundless life with the pure body that you just sent to the saint... It deserves a reward!"

The emperor said he had called Gao Yunnian, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Gao Yun turned around and ran away, fetching something after a while.

The emperor gave the thing to Xiao Shiwu in public.

The small object is not big, only the size of a palm, and it is a mugwort leaf-shaped brush washer with blue glaze.

The emperor said, "Since I have finished delivering the pox empress, it's time to start practicing big characters. I will give you this pen wash. It is used to wash the pen after writing the words on weekdays."

In May, the palace gates of the Dragon Boat Festival are all forked with wormwood, and they wear wormwood purses. The emperor bestowed such a wormwood leaf-shaped brush washer, which is a fitting occasion.

Wanxi met Yuqin's eyes... Both of them noticed the Ji blue glaze used for the wash.
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After chatting and laughing for a while, Hu Shijie came outside and said that the dragon boat was ready, and asked the emperor whether to board the boat for the race in person, or ask the boatmen to start the race.

The emperor was very interested, and he stretched out his arms to hug Xiao Shiwu, and asked lightly with his long eyebrows, "How is it, are you afraid of taking the fast boat?"

Xiao Shiwu clapped his hands with joy, "Yuanzi is not afraid!"

The emperor laughed and stood up, holding Xiao Shiwu in his arms, and then walked out of the hall in person.

Wanxi finally felt a little worried and hurried forward.

After all, the royal family of the Qing Dynasty won the world immediately. They were good at bow and horse, but they were not as good at boats as the people from Jiangnan.What's more, this is a boat race, the speed of the boat is fast; and the dragon boat is narrow, and the gongs and drums are shaking the sky, Wanxi is a little worried that the young Xiao Shiwu will be afraid.

The emperor walked to Wanxi's side, smiled and blinked, "...what are you afraid of, you have a master!"

As the emperor said, he leaned close to Wanxi's ear and smiled softly, "Forgot? When the little deer was still in your stomach, you followed us to the south of the Yangtze River by boat. The little deer is not afraid in the womb, so naturally our Yuanzi will be too." Not afraid."

How can it be the same?Wanxi was still a little worried.

The emperor stared down at Wanxi, the slight changes in Wanxi's expression could not be hidden from the emperor.

The emperor freed up a hand and gently squeezed Wanxi's wrist.

"...by Mingyue Xi Pei Baolu, Qu Yuan Pei Baolu crossing the river, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the dragon boat rowing is for Qu Yuan; then, Yuanzi, shouldn't we go through this for his brother?"

Wanxi was stunned, her heart hurt, she understood the emperor's heart, her eyes blurred in an instant.

Yes, yes, the relationship between Xiaoluer and Yuanzi is the inheritance of brothers, and it is also the transmission of the emperor's fatherly love... She has not forgotten how sad she was on that Dragon Boat Festival when Xiaoluer just left.Today, it is indeed an opportunity to ask Yuanzi to pass on all this, and let her let go of that worry.

Wanxi let go of her hand, took a step back, and nodded solemnly at the emperor.

The emperor laughed and deliberately teased her, "... Is it true that you are so partial to Yuanzi that you forgot about the pomegranate?"

Only then did Wanxi lower her head and smile quietly, but raised her eyes to look at the "Wu Rui Tu" hanging in the middle of the hall and said, "...the pomegranate flowers are hanging brightly, what is there for this slave to be dissatisfied with? "

Wu Rui, an auspicious thing for the Dragon Boat Festival...there are so many scrolls used for the Dragon Boat Festival, the emperor chose this one to hang in the middle, if she really can't understand anything, then she has failed the emperor's wishes.
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Seeing that the emperor got on the dragon boat with Xiao Shiwu in his arms, all the princes and grandchildren also got on the dragon boat, ready to stop.

All the princes and grandchildren are unwilling to be the queen, which means that there are as many as [-] dragon boats gathered on the Fuhai Sea!

The dragon boats lined up side by side, waiting for departure.Yong Qi stood with her back on the bow of her boat, looking back at the dragon boats around her.

Yongxuan and Yongxuan are his main opponents.

However, he did not ignore that in the ranks of the emperor's grandson, the Prince Ding, who was the first among the prince's sons and grandchildren to be crowned prince, was also looking up at him recalcitrantly.

Yong Qi couldn't help raising her eyebrows.

(The Dragon Boat Festival is more than dragon boats and rice dumplings. There are also these old rules. If they can be passed down, you won’t regret that the Dragon Boat Festival was first applied for by South Korea~~)

(End of this chapter)