The Dragon Boat Festival baths in Fanglan, and the fragrance is full of greasy.

The colored threads are lightly wrapped around the red jade arms, the small charms are hung obliquely on the green clouds, and the young girls are extremely beautiful.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the entire Western Capital was immersed in a sacred and lively atmosphere. Every household hangs a bell and a statue, posts a noon leaf charm, hangs calamus, wears a sachet, prepares livestock, paints realgar, drinks realgar wine, eats five poisonous cakes, salted eggs, and zongzi. Enter the five-o'clock chart, the five-o'clock flower, and give it to the account. At five o'clock, the picture is the five poisonous snakes, bats, dragons, lizards, etc., and the noon flowers are pomegranate flowers, and May is the time when the pomegranate flowers are blooming.

The girls and women's hairpins are even more kitschy. Where to make mugwort leaves, or embroider immortals, Buddha, He, black, insects, fish, beasts, eight treasures and flowers. Crepe spider, Qi Qi phoenix, cocoon tiger velvet, grass lizard, mantis spider scorpion, and gourd melon fruit, the color is realistic. Add the banner to the treasure cover, the hydrangea is multitude, the bell is hundred-shaped, or through the string, the name is called the bean lady, and it is invincible. ”

At this time, the most lively place is the east and west gates of the palace, Mingyang Palace and Lihua Palace are located on the east and west sides of the palace. Men enter the palace through the east gate, while women enter the palace through the west gate.

The official road at the west gate has been continuous since the morning, and it has been continuous since the beginning of the hour. Most of the ladies who entered the palace were with grade titles, the sedan chair was gorgeous, and the maids and women who accompanied the sedan chair were also dressed in red and hung colors. There is a quota for entering the palace, and the ladies enter the palace, and the maids and women who follow the sedan chair return the same way, making the crowd of people in the sedan chair on the official road shuttle endlessly. In addition, everyone pounced on incense powder, wore incense sachets, and sweated slightly, and for a while, the entire official road almost became an incense road.

Shen Mingyan and Qin Qingyu only came to the West Gate in the middle of the day. Shen Pengrun sent them here all the way to the east gate again.

Mo Li and Uncle Fu saw that Qin Qingyu and Shen Mingyu had tested the jade butterfly and entered the palace, so they slowly rushed back.

Qin Qingyu was wearing a azure Luo skirt, and Shen Mingyan was wearing that luxurious garnet red dress. Shen Mingyan was walking in the crowd at the moment, and she didn't feel the cumbersomeness of the skirt at all. Because the girls and ladies around are dressed even more.

Entering the west gate is a wide river of blue water and golden lotus, and the wide white jade arch bridge on the river surface is erected high. The girls and ladies swept over the white arched bridge like blooming flowers. Shen Mingyan held Qin Qingyu and crossed the arch bridge with the flow of people. The arch bridge is followed by a wide palace road. There was already a palace maid to guide the way, and everyone walked along the palace road for a while, bypassing an exquisite garden, and the three golden characters of Lihua Palace appeared in front of them.

The large palace of Lihua Palace has been placed in an orderly manner, with round tables and fruits.

Except for some merchants and artists, most of the ladies have entered the palace many times, and they found their seats easily and sat down in turn.

Qin Qingyu pulled Shen Mingyan to sit near the door.

They had barely sat down when they heard a chuckle: "You're here too?"

Lu Xiuying, who was wearing a red dress, was noble and had sharp eyes. Shen Mingyan and Shen Mingyu beside her are also dressed up beautifully. It was Shen Mingyu who spoke just now. Lu Xiuying glanced at her daughter and said nothing, turned her head and walked to the next table.

"Oh, Mrs. Shen, come! Let's sit together. A richly dressed middle-aged woman beckoned to Lu Xiuying.

"Mrs. Wu!" Lu Xiuying walked over with a smile: "I've wanted to visit the house for a long time." I didn't expect to see you here. The last time you gave me a white porcelain jade screen. I haven't thanked you yet. ”

Shen Mingyan smiled at Shen Mingyan's mother and daughter, and followed.

Shen Mingyan held Qin Qingyu's hand: "Mother, let's go over there." ”

"No!" Qin Qingyu smiled and patted her daughter's hand. The other party, Lu Xiuying's eyes, no one in his eyes, did not show the slightest hint of anger.

At this time, a lady wearing an edict dress walked towards Lu Xiuying with the support of two women: "Dare to ask if you are Mrs. Shen?"

Although Lu Xiuying is not involved in officialdom, she still has some understanding of the grade of the official's wife, and as soon as she saw the lady's dress in front of her, she knew that she was one of the few second-grade ladies in Wu Yue, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "The people's woman is exactly." I don't know what to call a lady!

Mrs. smiled slightly: "My surname is Lin, and my husband's surname is Sun!"

"It turned out to be Mrs. Deputy Prime Minister!" Lu Xiuying saluted again, Shen Mingyan, and Shen Mingyu also saluted. Mrs. Wu naturally got up and saluted: "I've seen Mrs. Xiangguo." ”

"Sit down!" Mrs. Sun looked at Shen Mingyan and Shen Mingyu as she spoke: "These two are Ling Ai, and they are really like flowers and jade." ”

Shen Mingyan's hearing is the best, even in this whispering palace, she still heard the sentence of the husband's surname Sun and Lu Xiuying's deputy Xiangguo, and couldn't help but look over. Mrs. Sun was about forty years old, with a white face, although she was dressed in a costume, it was difficult to hide the blue under her eyes, and her expression was full of humility and kindness. It is completely different from the tragic experience of forcing their mother and daughter to accompany the funeral.

"This lady, can we sit here?" a soft voice came, and Shen Mingyan slowly turned her head.

A lady in a fragrant silk gauze dress and a girl in a goose-yellow pomegranate dress were already standing in front of them.

"Madam, please take a seat!" Qin Qingyu hurriedly got up and wanted to let go.

The goose egg face of the lady in the Xiangfei color gauze skirt, smiling slightly, and the dimples vaguely displayed on her cheeks are very moving: "We are the Li family weaving in the west of the city, I don't know what to call the lady and girl!"

"My surname is Qin, this is my daughter Shen Mingyan!

The girl in the goose yellow dress also smiled at Shen Mingyan and said, "Hello Miss Shen, my name is Li Jinnian, how old are you?"

"Thirteen. Seeing the deputy Xiangguo's wife, Shen Mingyan's heart was faintly uneasy.

"Then I'm a year older!" Li Jinnian said with a smile: "If Miss Shen doesn't give up, can we be sisters?"

Li Jinnian's warmth and friendliness made Shen Ming's concubine relax slightly: "Okay! Sister Li!"

"If I'm not mistaken, my sister's pomegranate skirt was bought in Zhangjia Silk Village?"

"My dad sent it, I haven't asked which one it is!"

"Mother, what do you say, I see that the skirt on my sister's body is made by our family! Maybe it is made by my own hands! The style can be similar, but the material and needlework cannot be imitated. We haven't made a few dresses like this this year!"

"You!" Mrs. Li hurriedly smiled: "Sister Qin, don't be surprised by Miss Shen, she will never leave her profession in three sentences!"

Qin Qingyu hurriedly smiled and said, "Miss Li is already a master of weaving at a young age, which is really rare." ”

"My sister is smiling!"

Li Jinnian was about to speak, but he felt that the hall seemed to be a lot quieter, so he smiled and didn't say anything more.

The eunuch in a black and red silk robe had already stood at the door, and shouted longly: "The queen has arrived! Lady Qingguo has arrived!" )