Chapter 51: Spring Ploughing
Yesterday's spring rain stopped, and today there is a brilliant scorching sun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This day is changing, and it is a little moody.
The tall trees on the edge of the city are green and green, and the sun shines on the flow of people.
It stands to reason that today is indeed a good day, and the emperor will personally go down to the land to cultivate in the palace, indicating that the Great Zhou Dynasty attaches great importance to the development of agriculture, and even the emperor has to personally plough in the spring.
The Shen Mansion was also busy today, and when it was still dark, the maids in each room got up early.
Today, not only Taifu Shen Fuguo is going to the early court, but even the family members in the house have to follow into the palace to watch the ceremony.
Shen Qiwu didn't have any preparations, and it wasn't the first time he had entered the palace, so there was no need to make a big fuss.
It was the second lady Chen, who was busy grooming and dressing up early in the morning, so that the maids were busy serving her, and even put on the neon clothes that she married into the mansion back then, and walked with a jingle sound.
Since Shen Fuguo went to the court first in a carriage, another one was left in the mansion, although he was reluctant, Shen Qiwu could only wait for Chen's slow dress.
Shen Qiwu stood at the door and waited for a quarter of an hour, but Chen did not show up.
Seeing this, Huan'er asked the maid in Chen's courtyard who was standing by the door waiting, "What's the matter?" Why didn't the second lady come? ”
"Miss Hui, the second lady is still freshening up, it should be almost there." The little maid said immediately. This time it was to enter the palace to observe the ceremony, and the Chen family naturally did not dare to be casual in order to show his identity as the hostess of the Shen Mansion, since it was normal for the young lady to wait outside.
This time, the little girl didn't care, and answered truthfully.
"Really?" The corners of Shen Qiwu's mouth hooked up a smile, "The royal banquet is not late, I see that the second lady obviously doesn't want to go because she is so delayed." Okay, love doesn't go. ”
After speaking, she turned around and was about to walk towards the carriage, when the little maid saw Shen Qiwu so neat, she was a little surprised, "Little, ...... miss?" ”
"Oh, I forgot," Shen Qiwu seemed to remember when the little maid shouted like this, and came back to his senses and said to the maid, "You just wait here, when the second lady comes, you just let her hurry up and chase me, otherwise, if you miss the time to watch the ceremony today, you will lose the face of my Shen family." ”
Spring ploughing is a great matter of great importance to the Great Zhou, the ceremony is the top priority, throughout the ages the emperor personally went to the land to cultivate, but no one of the subordinates' family members dared to miss the auspicious time, if the Chen family did not come again, I am afraid that it will become a laughing stock in private.
After Shen Qiwu said this, he couldn't look at the little girl's pale and panicked look, and got into the car by himself.
Huan'er stood down, smiling, "What?" Why don't you hurry up and report to the second lady and ask her to hurry up? When the time comes, you won't be able to enter the palace if you miss the hour, be careful that the second lady picks your skin! ”
The little maid woke up from the panic just now, turned around and ran towards Chen's courtyard, Shen Qiwu lifted the curtain and looked at the little maid's back, and laughed in his eyes.
Then he sat up straight and said, "Let's go." ”
The car moved slowly, and there was no intention of waiting for Chen's at all.
"Slow down, slow down." Chen got the news and ran out in a hurry. She has a lot of confidence in Shen Qiwu, if you want to say that Shen Qiwu must have done this kind of thing to leave her to go to the palace, after all, it was not Shen Qiwu's face that was lost.
After getting into the carriage, Chen was still out of breath, but she didn't care about this, probably because of the first time she entered the palace, Chen sat in the car and kept asking Shen Qiwu about the rules in the palace.
Shen Qiwu closed his eyes and didn't want to pay attention to her, or looked up to look outside, or lowered his head to play with his bracelet.
"......" Chen pursed his lips, and when he was bored, he didn't speak again.
However, due to the fact that he had already arrived at the palace, Chen was also a little nervous after getting off the carriage. After all, she is the second lady married by Shen Fuguo, not the original match, she is dressed extremely luxuriously today in order to show her identity as the hostess, just because she doesn't want to lose face, so as not to be ridiculed and think that she is inferior to Shen Qiwu's biological mother.
At this time, another carriage stopped in front of the two of them, and the girl in the carriage lifted the curtain and smiled at Shen Qiwu, "Ah, isn't this Qiwu!" What are you doing standing here? Don't you enter the palace yet? ”
The girl had a flowery and moon-like appearance, a few strands of hair floating on her forehead, watery eyes, and she looked a lot smarter.
This is Shen Qiwu's former friend, Li Wan.
After a few days, Li Wan is getting more and more beautiful, and it can be seen that she is well-dressed today.
Shen Qiwu slapped his forehead, feeling a little uncomfortable.
It's good now, today I'm walking with two people who don't want to be seen. It seems that the person who is not suitable to come to watch the ceremony is Shen Qiwu, she thought about it, and nodded to Li Wan.
"Who is this young lady?" Chen didn't know Li Wan, she looked at Shen Qiwu and felt that the relationship between the two was a little strange.
Shen Qiwu didn't think about answering, but Li Wan introduced herself, and she behaved very politely, "My father is Li Yuanhou, and the little woman's name is Li Wan." ”
"Marquis Zhenyuan?" Chen exclaimed in surprise and looked at Li Wan with some incredulity. Probably knowing the status of the Li family in Da Zhou, the Chen family tried to be generous.
"Let's go in together, shall we?" Li Wan smiled at Shen Qiwu.
Shen Qiwu didn't speak, and walked forward by himself. It was Chen who smiled kindly, "Miss Li, don't care, this kid is this kind of character, don't take it to heart." ”
Li Wan pursed her lips and smiled, she didn't know what she thought of, her eyes kept looking at Shen Qiwu's back, and the three of them were walking on the palace road.
At this time, the sun is shining, and the palace in order to reflect its majesty, there are not even a few trees on the palace road, the sun shines directly on the top of the heads of the three people, and it won't take long for Chen to sweat profusely, so he can only wipe his face with a handkerchief, for fear that his makeup will be spent.
Seeing this, Shen Qiwu secretly laughed at Chen's actions in his heart.
It took so much time to put on makeup, but it didn't take much to make such an embarrassment, which is really a superfluous move.
On the other hand, Li Wan on the side is much more natural, although she is also unbearable to the whipping of the scorching sun, she is not as out of shape as Chen, she holds a silk scarf to cover the sun as much as possible.
found that Shen Qiwu was looking at her, and Li Wan was smiling at her.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that she had broken off her relationship, Li Wan would have been able to become good friends with herself, but she .....
I don't know what happened, the corners of Shen Qiwu's mouth curled, and he became interested in this matter.