Chapter Twenty-Three: A Dance in the City, Ghosts and Horrors 5
Dongfang Yi's expression became serious: "The Holy Lord said it in front of you?" ”
Wei Wan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. I've been very happy to hear this news, and I haven't thought much about it. Now that I think about it, the Holy Lord didn't say the news at all, but told her on purpose...... Then, the Holy One knows everything about her, including the fact that she saved him!
To pretend to be the daughter of the deposed emperor of another country is to bully the king, and may be suspected of being a spy.
Dongfang Yi saw that his wife's cheerful eyes were suddenly as frightened as a frightened fawn, and he knew that she had understood. He smiled and comforted: "With the secret agent of Su Xia, what can be hidden...... I will immediately enter the palace to face the saint, explain everything, and leave a foundation in the saint's heart, and if anyone makes trouble with this matter in the future, the saint will also understand...... I'm afraid that the Holy One knows everything. ”
Dongfang Yi changed his clothes, called Hou Wu and the crow, and went into the palace to face the saint.
Weiwan sent her husband away, and sat in the pavilion with the unknown imperial knife and pondered. The saint knew her identity and gave her a marriage, and also gave her a reward, it seems that for the sake of saving her driver, he did not pursue the crime...... It's just that this knife should be returned by a chance.
Dongfang Yi came back at dinner, with a happy face, but Wan knew that she had guessed correctly. Dongfang Yi really said: "The Holy Lord originally knew something, and I told us that we didn't mean to deceive, but there was a last resort...... The Holy One has forgiven us for our troubles and forgiven us for our sins. He also talked to me about the instability of the northwest border, and it seems that Shu is about to fight ......"
Weiwan didn't understand these political affairs, but her husband said it, she listened, and she only felt warm, quiet and satisfied, and when her brother came, she must be very comforted to see her living so happily, right?
Your happiness is not easy to come by, so you must protect it carefully.
In the following days, Weiwan went to the palace during the day, and went home at night to be with Dongfang Yi, or playing chess, or talking and laughing, or doing nothing, just sitting, just like this, Weihuan also felt happy and satisfied.
During the day, I went to the palace to rehearse the sacrificial ice dance. The sacrificial dance choreographed by Jin Ze is very beautiful, in fact, it is very simple, and everyone will learn it well in a few days, but it is necessary for men and women to dance against each other, exchange places, etc., so they need to rehearse. But in a few days, it became familiar.
People are still willing to go to the palace, just because once the rehearsals are finished every day, the rest of the time they get together to play games and have fun. Entering the palace is like a pure friend meeting and playing. Since Jiang Shuo and Shen Lang roasted deer to eat that day, this trend has risen. People didn't eat the food prepared in the palace, and as if they were competing, they took the delicious and fun food one after another, and ate and played, making everyone very happy.
The days passed in this talking, laughing, playing and having fun, and in a blink of an eye it was Laba Festival.
On the day of Laba Festival, Weihuan and Biyun waited in the palace to enjoy Laba porridge, and then took a car to the palace after using it.
When I arrived at the palace gate, I saw that the attendants had taken food boxes one after another, and hurried out of the palace, which was the palace to deliver Laba porridge to the courtiers' homes.
When I arrived at the Taiye Pool, I saw that on the north bank of the Taiye Pool, three huge felt canopy stands were set up on the north and south sides. High in the middle and short on both sides. The Great Zhou Dynasty advocated Tude, and the felt canopy and curtain were all made of vermilion. On the east side of the stands is a large drum rack with a red waist and yellow dragon pattern drum.
In the stands, tables and chairs covered with dragon pattern brocade cushions were placed, decorated with vermilion embroidered dragon patterns, just waiting for the time to come, the emperor and the ** concubines sat in to watch.
On the ice surface of the Taiye Pond, eight tall torii arches form a large circle around the center of the pond at equal distances.
Wei Wan saw that the base of the vermilion lacquer archway, the top of the column, the horizontal wood, are painted with vermilion Ruyi cloud pattern, hollow carved double hole pattern on the beam inserted eight colors of small pennants, when the wind dance flag, the silver dragon pattern painted on the flag as if alive meandering dance.
Wei Wan didn't know what it meant, and asked Biyun in a low voice: "Is this to sacrifice to the eight gods?" In addition to the five nature gods who rule the five elements, what are the other three? ”
Biyun whispered as he walked, "The other three are wind, thunder, and lightning. Electricity is the flash of light before thunder, and legend has it that the god of electricity is using an electric sword to split the sky and make the water god rain ......"
Talking all the way, I entered the "Huanyue Meteor" water pavilion. As soon as I entered the door, Wei Wan was stunned.
But fifty percent of the people have come, and the women are all dressed in red. The men all wore silver grey, and all wore masks on their faces.
Wei Wan was still in a daze, when she saw a woman wearing a red and white mask coming over, and said with a smile: "Sisters, take your clothes quickly." ”
Wei Wan whispered: "The lady is ......"
A trace of doubt flashed in the woman's eyes, and then she suddenly raised her hand and lifted the mask on her face, revealing a small melon seed face, with thin eyebrows and long eyes embedded in her face, not very beautiful, but extremely beautiful, it turned out to be Shen Qiniang.
Shen Qiniang said with a smile: "Once this mask is worn, no one will recognize anyone." At that time, the saint and the mother will also wear such clothes with us, maybe the person who dances against us will be. As he spoke, Gege smiled even more.
Wei Wan thinks about the scene at that time, because wearing a mask and not knowing who is on the other side, it is really possible that such a situation will happen.
Pan Zi and Cha Xiang brought back the clothes they wore during the sacrifice. The two of them shook their faces with joy one by one to show Weihuan and Biyun.
The narrow sleeves and short skirts, the shawl short drape, the petal-shaped short waist skirt, and the eight long skirts with each piece separated are made of silk gold folded branches and red brocade; The cuffs of the short undergarment, the neckline and hem of the short cotton drapery, the edges of the cotton waist skirt and the cotton long skirt are all inch-wide white sable fur. Pink bloomers, red skates with gold flowers, a half-foot-wide belt with gold and red stripes, and a jade-white mask that only covered the nose and revealed the lower half of the face.
Weihuan and Biyun went to the dressing room to change their clothes and came out, Weihuan was so happy in her heart that she couldn't help but try to turn around, and the petal-shaped waist skirt and long skirt opened one by one, like a big flower blooming in the wind.
Weiwan couldn't help but praise: "It's so beautiful! ”
The men's clothes were all silver-gray, and the style was not so complicated, they were all made in the shape of hufu, and only the sides were inlaid with sable fur. The mask is the same.
People are coming one after another.
At the royal festival, everyone acted on the orders of the celebrants.
As soon as the time of the sacrifice came, some attendants came running and removed the wall, doors and windows of the water pavilion facing the pool. The celebrant said, "Please stand solemnly for those who participate in the sacrifice, the holy car will arrive soon." ”
As soon as the people stood in the pre-rehearsed formation, they saw the celebrant standing on the side of the vermilion felt canopy stand in a majestic dress, and shouted: "Drumming, please take the holy car!" ”
The drummer threw off his arms, rounded his arms, and let the drum hammer hit the drum heavily on the drum on the drum set, and then the horn blew tee. Wearing Zhai tail fans, yellow Luo Gai, and holding various honor guards, the royal members entered the stands and took their seats. Emperor Jingxi's tall and heroic figure is particularly eye-catching among a group of phoenixes and dragon grandchildren.
Wei Wan saw the emperor and the emperor, the queen mother sat in the middle of the stand, and the concubines and important descendants of the royal family sat on the other two sides, all dressed in mink fur, stepping on leather boots, with a solemn expression and good manners.