In the month of La, the saint sealed the big seal and sealed the pen on the twenty-sixth day, and all the courtiers went home for the New Year's Festival. The gates of each palace are pasted with the word "Fu" of red fire and auspiciousness, and the Changchun Palace of the queen mother and the residence of the concubines and concubines have all been written by the saint himself, and they are upright and pasted at the palace gate to show kindness.

Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, these days have been bitter for the palace maids of the Huanyi Bureau. It stands to reason that the New Year is not able to wash clothes, taking advantage of the end of this year a few days, the dirty clothes of each palace are all thrown over, the dirty clothes to be washed, the old clothes to be mended, although the palace people of the other palaces are busy, but it is also a festive and peaceful scene, only the Huanyi Bureau is isolated from the world, in addition to working or working, only the hair down two new clothes, everyone can feel that the New Year is approaching.

On this day, Wen'er was busy and cut a few flower windows with red paper, there was no window in their room, so they pasted the flower windows on the wall, and the door was a little festive.

"In the past, in my home, I still had to post door gods and sticker paintings, but this palace is different. I don't know if there are a lot of unjust souls here, are they afraid of gods, demons and monsters, or don't believe it at all? Avoid talking about these gods and demons, and stay away. "In addition to the blessing words, window flowers, and couplets in the palace, everything else can't be pasted randomly, and Wen'er is also strange.

"Our saints are saints, do we still need those gods and immortals to come to town? You're usually smart, but you're confused now. ”

Hearing Zining say this, Wen'er patted her head: Exactly, why didn't I think that you should be more knowledgeable. ”

"You better hurry up and finish the things at hand, tomorrow the palace will be cleaned up, my aunt said, you can't let go of the corners of the house, the bedding has to be taken out to dry, tomorrow will be busy." Zi Ning gently bit off the rope, shook the skirt, sat for most of the day, and finally mended a skirt.

"I heard that on the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, there will be a lantern festival in the palace, and fireworks will be lit, but is it true?"

Zining nodded: "There is indeed such a thing, but it has nothing to do with us, we can't even get out of this courtyard, let alone the lantern festival in the Imperial Garden?" That's only for the official lady and the harem concubines, if you're lucky, you can't see the fireworks in the sky from here. "The Huanyi Bureau is located in the northeast, although it belongs to the harem, it is far away from the harem, and it is managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the excitement of the harem is estimated to not be transmitted here.

Wen'er's bright eyes darkened, ": It's okay not to look at the lanterns, so I can rest for two days, and this time I have to have a good meal." ”

"You little glutton, if I don't have to be an errand in front of my aunt, I can also take a sip with you." Zining thought about the New Year, although the palace did not allow him to pay tribute to his relatives, it was okay for him to secretly take the wine and toast him, and it was impossible for people to grasp the handle.

On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the people of the Huanyi Bureau have been busy these days, and they can finally rest, the palace has long appreciated some of the food in the New Year, several palace ladies gathered in twos and threes, partnered to get a table of food, bought some wine, in a year, that is, the aunt in charge of the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year is the most tolerant, as long as she does not do anything out of line, she has done her part, eating and drinking is not a problem, of course, thanks to the grace of the empress master, just by her words, the palace maids under this can have a good year.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the courtiers have to worship, all the princes and princes have to come to pay their respects, and the queen has to meet the officials and wives, and the palace people should be busy again. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, you can't wash the old, and there has always been this old rule in the palace, saying that washing clothes on the first day of the year will wash away all the blessings and luck, so this day is also the most idle time for the palace maids of their Huanyi Bureau

"I heard that it wasn't lively outside, but unfortunately I couldn't get out. Don't you have to follow your aunt to the palaces every time to deliver clothes, can you take me with you? Wen'er sat under the big tree in the courtyard, and heard a little sound of sheng flute and bell chime outside the courtyard, now is the time for a banquet in the palace, today is a family banquet, the saint is usually busy with government affairs, and tonight can have a reunion dinner with the harem concubines, princesses and princesses, and tomorrow the palace will hold a state banquet to entertain the ministers and envoys and those old princes who are sealed outside.

"Can't hold it now? Wait for the lantern festival to start, and when the time comes, fireworks will be lit, so will you not be suffocated? Zi Ning held a stack of peanuts and melon seeds, sat side by side with Wen'er, listened to the sound of music in the distance, looked up at the sky, the sun had all set, the gray clouds covered half of the sky, the sky was dark, and in front of the room in the middle of the row of tiled houses in the sewing room, two red lanterns were also lit, which was Aunt Qiao's house, there was a bit of a New Year's atmosphere, but compared to the outside, it was deserted here.

Zining and Aunt Qiao will have to go to Changchun Palace with Aunt Qiao to send clothes, a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the palace has been rewarded, Wen'er only waits for Zining to come back and eat together, then drink some wine around the fireside, the last day of the year has passed like this, only by keeping the year, the family can be safe and secure in the next year, the elders can live a long and healthy life, Zining has no parents and elders, and only guards it all for himself and his brothers and sisters.

"In the past year's festival, it was the most lively time in Jifu, and those little girls in my courtyard were chattering, and there were always endless words and endless window flowers," Zining gently chatted with Wen'er about the past: That was also the happiest time for me, on the thirtieth day, the family had to sacrifice to the god of the stove, to worship the ancestors, and to update the clothes...... At the dinner, the family gathered at a table, grandmother sat down, everyone had to respect the ancestors with a glass of wine, eat and drink, and count my third brother's mouth ...... the most skinny" As he spoke, tears blurred his eyes, and Zi Ning choked up a little.

Wen'er also wiped her tears, and remembered that she and her aunt came before": On this day, Chinese New Year's Eve day, my small snacks are the most, what persimmons, almonds, fried rice cakes...... I couldn't finish eating any of them, and later I learned that these were not given by my aunt, but my aunt took a small amount of silver taels to exchange, and I could still eat a few pieces of braised pork that night, so I looked forward to this day every day......"

Zining smiled with tears in her eyes, and pushed Wen'er with her elbows, "Don't say it, my saliva is going to come down......" said easily, but there was great sadness in his heart.

At this time, Aunt Qiao came out of the house and saw the two people with sad faces under the tree, and she knew in her heart, but she was helpless: Zining, you are still sitting, hurry up and bring the incense basket, we have to send the clothes to Aunt Wei as soon as possible, and we can eat early when we come back." ”

"Hey, I'll be right there!" Zining turned back to Wen'er and said, "You wait for me for a while, I'll come back immediately, and then we will eat and drink together to celebrate the New Year." ”

Wen'er smiled and nodded, "Go and come back quickly." (To be continued.) )