Brocade legend

Chapter 175

"The people believed Dongfang Shuo's words, told each other, and waited on the street on the [-]th day of the first lunar month.

Dongfang Shuo temporarily invited a folk girl, disguised as a girl in red, and came slowly into the city on a donkey.When all the people saw that the girl in red was coming, they blocked the way and begged. The girl in red said: "I have taken the order of the Emperor of Heaven to burn Chang'an City. Now that I have accepted the pleading of my father and elders, I would like to ask you to forward this verse." Son of Heaven!" After saying that, he left.

The people took the gatha stickers and dedicated them to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.I saw the verse on the post saying: "Chang'an is calamity, flame red supper, fifteen days of fire, fire burns the emperor's palace." Emperor Wu was very panicked when he saw it, and hurriedly called left and right counselors to ask for advice on how to avoid disasters.

Dongfang Shuo took the opportunity to offer advice and said: "Please ask the sage to tell the people in the capital to start making lanterns today. On the night of the fifteenth day, red lights will be hung in the streets and alleys and every household, and fireworks will be set off all over the city, pretending to be a raging fire in Chang'an City, so as to create a bright future." To deceive the god of fire will not bring disaster to Chang'an. '

Dongfang Shuo asked all the people in the palace to go out to avoid disasters. He also said that the Vulcan likes to eat glutinous rice balls the most, and the Yuanxiao girl in the palace is the best. Compassion and mercy do not bring disasters.After hearing this, Emperor Wu ordered to do it in this way.

On the night of the fifteenth day, the entire city of Chang'an was decorated with lights and festoons, and the sky was full of fireworks.Officials and common people inside and outside the city watched the lanterns in the street early in the morning.Yuan Xiao's parents also went to the city to watch the lanterns. Yuan Xiao found her parents, and the family reunited and expressed their heartfelt feelings.

After a night of lights, Chang'an, the capital, was safe and sound. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, and ordered that from this day on, lanterns would be hung to set off fireworks and devoutly worship glutinous rice balls, which has become a habit.Because the glutinous rice balls offered on the fifteenth day are the best made by the Lantern Festival girl, people changed the name of the glutinous rice balls to the Lantern Festival in memory of her, and also called the fifteenth day of the first lunar month the Lantern Festival. "Lu Bing finished speaking in one breath, Xiuying listened engrossed, and after listening, her interest came up again, and she asked happily: "This story is interesting, it turns out that gods can still pretend! "

Yang Sen muttered to the side: "That Dongfang Shuo even dared to lie to the emperor, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Lu Bing ignored him, and Xiuying asked Lu Bing again and again: "Is there any more? Is there any more?"

Lu Bing smiled and said, "It's gone now."

Xiuying was a little unfinished, Yang Sen pulled Xiuying and said, "Let's go! Let's go and guess the lantern riddles. If you guess the lantern riddles, you will get a lantern!"

Xiuying jumped up happily and ran away. Lianqiu wanted to stop her, but was stopped by Lu Bing. Lu Bing smiled and said, "It's okay. Xiuying grew up in Mongolia. She hasn't suffered much. She is in good health! Today If she's happy, let her have fun."

After hearing this, Lianqiu also smiled sweetly when she remembered Xiuying calling her mother just now, nodded, and slowly ate the glutinous rice balls.

After eating, several people came to the main road again.

On the road, colorful silk and red silk are used as the surface, and various bamboo poles are used as the bones to support the fiery corridor, the stage like a palace lantern, the proudly standing dragon column, the big drum, the carp jumping over the dragon gate, the vermilion wall of the ancient gate, and the crescent moon. Jade rabbit, tender lotus root...the scenery is very spectacular!It's really like Li Bai's poem: The bright light is like a flying mirror facing Danque.

Welcoming lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, dancing dragons and lions, setting off fireworks and firecrackers, running dry boats, walking on stilts and twisting yangko dances... Xiuying, who has lived in the Mongolian camp for many years, was dazzled by the sight and couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.

Long lanterns, colored lanterns, boat-shaped lanterns, arched lanterns, maid lanterns, Pfaff lanterns, and hundreds of lantern shows of various shapes began to appear.

The moon has not yet risen to the treetops, and the stars have not yet twinkled in the sky. Couples of threes and threes, or walking alone, help the old and the young to watch the lanterns with great interest.

Although in February in the north, the spring is hazy, and the wind blows on people's faces, there is still a trace of coolness.But people walked in the sea of ​​lights, looked up at the round moon in the sky, and the dazzling beauty that bloomed in the night sky from time to time.The state of mind and joy of the colorful fireworks has already diluted the insignificant coolness, and the rest is only happiness and endless comfort hanging on the brows of the flying eyebrows.

In this day of family rejoicing, there are also people who are depressed.

Emperor Jiajing sat in the cold Qianqing Palace and had been meditating for more than an hour, but he couldn't get into samadhi no matter what.

Above his tightly closed eyes was a frown that was getting tighter and tighter. Finally, he couldn't help but let out a loud shout and let out a sullen breath.

The palace door opened suddenly, Huang Jin trotted in and asked, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

Emperor Jiajing let out a loud roar, the restlessness in his heart gradually calmed down, and he sighed, "I'm fine."

Huang Jin looked at Emperor Jiajing with flickering eyes.

"Do you have something to say?" Emperor Jiajing saw it and asked Huang Jin.

"Your majesty, why don't you go out for a walk? Today is the Lantern Festival, and the fireworks are going on outside, it's very interesting." Huang Jin tentatively asked.

"Go out for a walk? Can you leave the imperial city?" Emperor Jiajing sneered slightly.

"This..." Huang Jin was speechless.

"Forget it, you go out! I will practice for a while." Emperor Jiajing said bored.

"Yes..." Huang Jin just took two steps, when Emperor Jiajing stopped him again and said, "Bring me a elixir to help me get into samadhi."

"..." Huang Jin wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know how to speak. At this moment, a woman's voice suddenly came: "Your Majesty, Honglian begs to see you."

"It's Aunt Honglian." Huang Jin was stunned: "What is she doing here at this time? Could it be related to Chen Hong?"

Huang Jin is very wary of Chen Hong now, and can think of Chen Hong in everything.

Emperor Jiajing didn't know what was going on in Huang Jin's mind at this moment, so he just said casually, "Come in!"

Hong Lian pushed the door open and came in, put a food box in her hand on the table, and when she opened it, it turned out to be a bowl of glutinous rice balls.

Honglian held out the glutinous rice balls and said softly: "Your Majesty, these are the glutinous rice balls that the Queen Mother made for you. They are filled with paste made from sesame seeds and peanuts. The Queen Mother said that this is your favorite flavor." .”

Emperor Jiajing stared blankly at the glutinous rice balls, and murmured, "How is the queen mother?"

"Back to the emperor, it's still the same, coughing non-stop, loquat cream and pear soup have been used, but it seems to have no effect." Honglian lowered her head and said seriously.

Emperor Jiajing suddenly dropped the whisk in his hand, jumped off the bed, and said, "Let's go, I'll go and have a look!"

Emperor Jiajing had just taken two steps, then stopped again, and said, "Bring the glutinous rice balls, I will eat with my queen."

"Yes……"

Like Queen Mother Jiang, who was plagued by coughing was Sun Hong, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Bi Yun was holding a bowl of glutinous rice balls in front of him.

"Godfather, do you still eat?" Bi Yun lowered his body and asked, holding a blue and white porcelain bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other. There was still half a glutinous rice ball in the spoon, which seemed to be stuffed with sesame seeds.

(End of this chapter)