The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 195

I thought about it while walking on the road, I was really frustrated, I wanted to pick some good flowers, but I didn't pick the flowers, but I met such a bullying master, what a disappointment!While muttering, she suddenly saw a few residual flowers floating by the water, she looked closely, and was so angry that smoke rose from her orifices. It turned out that Ning Xiang didn't take away the remaining irises at all, but grabbed all the petals and threw them into the pool.

Mei'er thought to herself: Concubine Li, Concubine Li, you and your subordinates are so domineering, it's really disgusting to use such indecent means in order to fight for the top spot!I'd like to see how long you can be complacent when you act so recklessly!
Besides, Chang Xi, after Meier left, she also got up early, ordered the little maid to dress her in a lily-stained organdy skirt, and asked the Shang Palace Bureau to comb a cloud bun for her and cut a The foxtail lily hairpin was on the cloud temples, and half an hour had passed since everything was ready, and Meier hadn't come back yet. Chang Xi was afraid that she would be late, and others would laugh at her for staying out of bed, so she hurried out of the courtyard, and didn't come back. wait for her.

As soon as she stepped out of the door, she saw Mei Er walking in with a flower basket on her face, Chang Xi hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? Who made you angry?"

Mei'er shook her head and said, "No! It's just that I didn't pick any good flowers. I'm afraid I will lose this time in the grass fight!"

Chang Xi smiled lightly, "It doesn't matter! I have a mysterious magic weapon!"

Seeing Chang Xi's self-confidence, Meier also smiled slightly, handed the flower basket to the little maid, and helped Chang Xi out of the gate.

Outside the door, Beauty Xiao and Huacai had been waiting for a long time. At this time, Chang Xi saw lotus walking out of Wenxin Courtyard, and a faint fragrance of flowers greeted her.Huacai clapped his hands and laughed: "I just don't need to dress up anymore! Look at my sister's appearance, even if I put all the flowers in Yifangyuan on my head, I can't compare to it!"

Chang Xi smiled and spat, "When did you become so glib!"

Huacai laughed, and the sisters joined hands and walked towards Qujiang Pond.

Xiao Meiren still looked melancholy, unable to arouse the slightest interest, but Huacai kept talking about the 'interesting things' of last night.

"Sister, I'm afraid you don't know yet! Last night, your Majesty went to Shangguan Cairen's Jingxin Garden, and was invited by Shangguan Cairen's sister-in-law before he had even spent half a cup of tea!" The method is very disdainful.

Chang Xi frowned and said, "So that talented Shangguan didn't get lucky last night?"

"No! Last night was probably the most comfortable night Shangguan Cairen had with His Majesty!" Hua Cairen's eyes were smiling.

Xiao Meiren was also surprised and said: "Why? Could it be that Wei'er finally couldn't bear it anymore and broke up with her sister!"

"No!" Hua Cairen held back a smile and shook his head.

Chang Xi said, "What's going on?"

The talented man clapped his hands and laughed: "Your Majesty was invited into her room by Shangguan Jieyu, and small red spots started to appear on Shangguan Jieyu's face and body, and they kept recurring, not only she, but also scared Your Majesty." One jump!"

"Oh! There is such a thing!" Xiao Meiren's eyes widened.

Huacai said humanely: "Isn't it! The strange thing is that Shangguan Jieyu was fine during dinner, but just after His Majesty entered, she fell ill. I heard that her whole body was red and itchy. At first she could bear it." In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore, and even ignored His Majesty's presence, I started scratching in a rather ugly manner, scratching a red thread on my face and body, and even scratched the new clothes made of water blue satin that day. !"

After Huacai said this, he couldn't help it anymore, and laughed out loud while covering his stomach.Thinking of Shangguan Jieyu scratching her ears and cheeks, Chang Xi not only smiled.

Huacai laughed for a while, and then continued: "Your Majesty was very concerned about her at first, but seeing that she was getting worse and worse, and she was still chattering about something, His Majesty got annoyed and found an imperial physician for her, and the imperial physician diagnosed and treated her." Said it was an allergy, but after checking the dinner, clothes, makeup powder and other things, there is no problem, I really don’t know what the allergy is!”

Chang Xi said indifferently: "Perhaps she is stained with some kind of flower or powder, I just don't know!"

The talented man said again: "It's ridiculous that Shangguan Jieyu was so angry and itchy that she jumped in her room all night. The imperial doctor said that the erythema was contagious, so His Majesty asked her to rest in the room quietly and not go out. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to come out today!” Speaking of this, he laughed again.

Xiao Mei said humanely: "It's really strange! Although there are many flowers in Yifang Garden, but because there are often concubines to enjoy them, they are all common flowers, and they will definitely not cause red spots on people's body!"

"Never mind him! That Shangguan Jieyu is so bullying, it's hard to guarantee that God was angry when he saw it, and made her get this red spot for no reason!" The talented man covered his stomach and laughed.

The three walked and had fun, and soon arrived at the bank of Qujiang Pool, which was already full of people.

It turns out that the Shangsi Festival is a major festival that is quite popular in Xingqing Palace.

In ancient times, the first day of March was regarded as "Shangsi", and it was designated as a festival in the Han Dynasty. "It's the Shangsi of the moon, and the officials and the people are all cleansed on the east-flowing water. It is said that they wash and cleanse the body, remove the dirt and disease, and it is great cleansing."

According to the rules of previous festivals, all concubines and concubines have to go to the Qujiang Pond to remove bad luck, and sometimes there are interesting activities such as fighting grass on the bank, writing poems with flowing cups, etc.Today's concubines are not allowed to wear gold and silver, and make overly gorgeous dresses. The same color of green shirts and thin skirts, hairpins and flowers, have a special charm.

Among these interesting activities, fighting grass is the most favorite of these concubines.

Doucao, also known as "Doucao".It is a game popular among women in ancient times.

There are roughly two ways of fighting grass in the Tang Dynasty: one is to compare the toughness of the grass stems.The one who decides to win is the loser, which can be called "fighting"; the other is to pick flowers and plants, and compete with each other to see who can pick the most types of flowers and plants. This is "wen fighting".

Chang Xi had already checked out these rules before the Shangsi Festival, and was extremely bored watching them, yawning and thinking: the ancients had no TV, no computer, and couldn't go to KTV, so they could only play these boring games!
However, the concubines of Xingqing Palace like this game very much, and most of them like Wendou. Seven days before this festival, the concubines of each palace start to prepare the things they need for the Shangsi Festival, or go to Furong Garden, Fangyuan picks flowers and plants, or spends a lot of money to buy exotic flowers and plants in private, hoping to attract Li Longji's attention during this festival.

Before this matter, Chang Xi was also ready to choose some flowers to fight the weeds.

A few days before the Shangsi Festival, Chang Xi was about to go out to pick those exotic flowers and plants, but Mei Er held her back with a smile, and teased her that if she went to pick them now, they would have withered on the day of the Shangsi Festival!It was only then that Chang Xi remembered that she had forgotten a problem, that is, there were no refrigerators in ancient times, so these things could not be stored!No wonder those concubines did not act.

According to Xiao Zhaozi, a small piece of land in the southwest corner of Yifang Garden is planted with extremely rare Datura flowers. The flowers are all blue and very beautiful in the sun.I heard that it was transplanted from Bashu. When I first arrived at Xingqing Palace, I planted a large piece of it, but they all died. Only that piece of soil is suitable for the growth of the mandala. Everyone is looking at that piece of flower!

Because of the importance of this flower, it caused the last battle between Huixiang of Yuncai people and Ningxiang of Ganlu Palace to snatch flowers and plants!

Meier failed to find rare and rare herbs for Chang Xi, but Chang Xi confidently said that she would win the top spot, and ordered her to pick a lot of roses. Meier didn't understand, what are the highlights of such an ordinary flower like roses?But I think Chang Xi's order will not be wrong!

(End of this chapter)