Abandoned Wife and Marry Only: Daughter of Houmen

Chapter 401

She followed Xie Yunzhi into the pavilion on one side, but saw more than a dozen ladies standing or sitting in the pavilion, all of them looked very young, and they were all well-dressed, as soon as she entered, everyone smiled and saluted , Hui'an was already extremely high in the ranking among peers, Xie Yunzhi introduced them one by one, and Hui'an also smiled and said some funny words.

They were all newly married girls and there were a lot of topics, and the conversation started after a while. Everyone was laughing, but a maid came in and said with a smile: "The time is coming, the princess, please come to the water pavilion in the middle of the lake." Go to watch the singing and dancing, and share the feast, ladies and gentlemen, please come with your servants."

Hui'an was taken aback when he heard the words, usually the banquets were held at noon, before everyone was free to have fun, but now it's still early, Jiang Hongyu invited everyone over if he didn't want to.

Seeing the maid leading people out, she also went out with Xie Yunzhi.The banquet was placed in the large water pavilion in the middle of the lake. The exquisitely shaped water pavilion floated on the sparkling lake, and the white jade curved bridge passed through it. One, there are about thirty sheets, and now there are only good wine and fresh fruits on the table, but no delicacies.

The maid led the wives and ladies from all directions to the waterside pavilion. Jiang Hongyu and the concubines had already taken their seats. Seeing that Guan Lizhen and the others had already taken their seats at the table in front, Hui An walked over. After a while, everyone returned to their seats. Jiang Hongyu said with a smile.

"Today is Li Jieyu's birthday. The Empress Dowager has a kind heart. Considering that the Empress Jieyu is the biological mother of His Highness the Crown Prince, she has specially allowed His Highness the Crown Prince to hold a banquet in the East Palace to celebrate her birthday, as a way of showing filial piety. The general came to the palace According to the decree, the emperor has agreed to the Queen's empress's request, and made Empress Jieyu the imperial concubine of Ming Dynasty, and bestowed her on the Mingyue Palace. The imperial concubine Ming heard that the palace entertained all the wives and ladies here, and gave a special soup to all of them. Ma'am, enjoy it, and everyone will be able to taste it in a while."

When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help but bow down to thank them. Hui'an heard that Li Jieyu had been promoted to be a noble concubine, and it was the queen's personal invitation. Knowing that Li Jieyu was a mother, her eyes flashed.

Seeing that the people below received the favor, Jiang Hongyu smiled again and said: "Besides, the imperial concubine also gave me a treasure, the purple jade night pearl."

As she spoke, the maid stepped forward and opened the sandalwood box, and saw a bright pearl the size of a baby's fist in the box. The pearl shone brightly in the sunlight, which was extremely beautiful.

Seeing the bright eyes of the wives, Jiang Hongyu praised them one after another and said with a smile: "This bead is a new tribute from Huijiang this year. I only got two of these. I heard that the beads are not only full of grains, but also can repel insects and evil spirits. They are the holy spirit of Huijiang. The emperor sent a fast horse to Dongdu, but this one was given to the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine specially invited the emperor to have fun with everyone, and then rewarded it. Although the beads are good, but they are only so One, I thought about it, why don't we set up a ring now and use this bead as a prize, do you have any good ideas?"

After Jiang Hongyu said that, everyone responded one after another, some had already come up with ideas, some said that they were putting on a poem, and some were talking about piercing a needle. Gong saw that those things about reciting poems and composing poems were not interesting. Although it was better than wearing a needle, it is not Qixi Festival today. Seeing that Qixi Festival is coming soon, wouldn’t it be boring to compare it with that time? Now that I am older Huizheng and Beihu fought, and they all said that the Beihu girl is not as delicate as my Dahui girl, especially she can mount a bow and mount a horse, and go into battle to kill the enemy. But this palace feels that this is unfair. I am afraid that everyone here can do it. Put on the horse-drawn bow, not only that, but we also manage the family well, take care of our husbands and teach our children. We are good at everything in the Beihu Women’s Association. I heard that the Beihu people are best at the art of cornering. It’s not as good as us today. Come and have fun, just play something new, how is it better than this one?"

All the wives and ladies were taken aback when they heard the words, and then they all agreed.

This corner, also known as sumo wrestling, was extremely popular in the Zhou Dynasty, and there were many women playing sumo in the court and on the streets of the people.King Gong of Zhou loved this method very much. At that time, concubines and maids in the court often performed this technique, and they were all nude.The emperor was still watching naked women with his ministers and concubines in a large audience.

Later, because the admonishers played to boycott the play, it was changed to a woman with a naked upper body and a loincloth, playing this play.In the former dynasty, due to the tightening of boudoir rules, women's sumo wrestling was considered indecent, and it was gradually banned.It's just that after Dahui established the dynasty, due to the loosening of control over women, this technique gradually emerged again, but it didn't play naked, but it required wearing a sumo costume.

Although this opera is not as popular as Cuju in Dahui, many concubines in the palace also like this opera, especially Emperor Xiankang also loves to watch this opera, making the art of corner arrival quite popular in the capital in the past two years It's popular, so Ma Mingyuan's sister Ma Jieyu is said to have won the favor because of her proficiency in the art of cornering.

Today was just for fun, the wives and ladies responded to Jiang Hongyu's proposal one after another, Jiang Hongyu smiled and said: "Since this is the case, my palace is going to have a feast for my eyes today, and whoever owns the Yeming jewels, I can't help it." We'll have to wait and see."

She told the servant girl to go to prepare, and then said: "Since we want to play, everyone should be more enthusiastic. I should end up having fun with everyone, but my skills are really poor. Concubine Meng Fang, you can do it on your behalf." I will do my best to be a landlord in the end, and have a good time with all the ladies and ladies. If you can win back this night pearl for my East Palace, I will reward you very much."

Concubine Meng got up when she heard the words, smiled and said yes, Jiang Hongyu nodded, and said: "Anyone who knows this skill must give it a try. If I let Bengong know who can be If you don't end up, if you don't give Ben Gong this face, Ben Gong will make trouble for her later on."

As soon as she said that, everyone laughed, and there were already ladies and ladies who responded and followed the maid to change clothes.Hui'an was watching and talking to Yun Yi, but she heard Princess Duanning say: "If there is someone in the end, it is very appropriate, Mrs. Guan, everyone knows that you are the only heir of Fengyang's female marquis, a female marquis who is a heroine. I have made a lot of military exploits for Dahui, and my martial arts are outstanding. General Guan also made military exploits in the north not long ago. Mrs. Guan is not only the daughter of a general, but also married to a general. It’s Madam Guan. What’s the matter? Madam Guan, won’t you give it a try?”

(End of this chapter)