Chapter 691: Shangyuan Festival
Then it was the New Year, and it was naturally a busy time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Including the palace maids in King Xuan's mansion, each of them gave a monthly routine for two months. On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the stove is sacrificed, followed by a big cleaning, and then all the supplies and food for the New Year are prepared.
At the beginning of the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, Suo Qing, the pro-soldier manager, led his soldiers to fight to the twenty-seventh, making 20,000 popsicles and 10,000 ice creams. A notice was posted at the door of Yulong's hot and cold drink store: "Our store has recently made a new kind of freezing pastry for the capital's fathers and elders to keep vigil on Chinese New Year's Eve." Those who need it should come and buy it as soon as possible, the quantity is limited, and it will be sold out while supplies last. ā
As soon as the notice was posted, there were people lining up to buy it. "The use of the Chinese New Year's Eve vigil", reminded everyone. In the past, the Chinese New Year's Eve vigil was melon seeds, peanuts and candy cubes, and there were also fruits and frozen goods, such as frozen pears and frozen persimmons. Wouldn't it be more particular to eat popsicles and ice cream during the New Year? The people in line are not just one person buying one, if it is not a limit of 20 per person, there may be hundreds of them. Suo Qing's idea is that it is impossible for a large family to be used by subordinates, and one or two masters are enough for each person, and there are no subordinates for small households.
Time flies, the New Year has passed in a blink of an eye, and it will be the Shangyuan Festival soon. The emperor wants to be lively and lively on the Shangyuan Festival and find something happy for Concubine E. During this time, Concubine E's mood has not been very good, since Concubine E's son died, she has been very depressed, depressed, depressed, and her body will naturally not be healthy. Her emotions directly affect Shunzhi, and the emperor of Shunzhi always wants his concubine to be happy and healthy.
Seeing that the two women of the second royal brother of Ruiwangfu are not only healthy and beautiful, but also talented, I am very envious, and I also want to let the concubine and the imperial brother's women have more contact, and they are infected by their happy emotions. So I thought of making something for Concubine E to relieve boredom and become cheerful. So I thought of Rui Wangfu and Yun'er, the elf.
He did not act as an order, but a request, asking the imperial brother to help him and save Concubine E. After Concubine E gave birth to four princes, five princes, six princes, and seven princes were born one after another, can she not be in a hurry? The concubines who have no children will be very bleak in the future, and their status is not very stable, and they may have to be buried with the emperor. She is not necessarily completely sad about the death of her child, but most likely worried about her own status. Fortunately, the emperor did not snub her, and was still spoiling her in every possible way.
The fundamental reason for Concubine E's poor health is that she thinks too much, thinks too much, too carefully, and has been living in a melancholy and anxious mood, and her gains and losses are very serious. When the first son died, he wanted to conceive again. The more anxious you are, the more you can't get pregnant. And he has always regarded Yun'er as a hypothetical enemy, for fear that the emperor will be happy and bring Yun'er into the palace as a concubine. said that the Chen family almost hit the pillar for the queen mother to let her enter the palace, and the ghost believed it. It is inappropriate to let the emperor's woman go, and she is willing to follow a man who is twenty years older.
People have different concepts, and the effect of doing things is also different. Fu Jin and Yun'er are both more orthodox people, and they have no second thoughts about following this man when they get married. But Concubine E, for the sake of her own future, flew on the branches to become a phoenix, and didn't care about the love of husband and wife at all. It's the kind of person who attaches great importance to fame, fortune and status. Fortunately, the emperor really took her seriously, and some of the sacrifices she made were worth it. For the sake of her daughter's smile, the emperor repeatedly asked the prince to make something that could make Concubine E happy, so that she could come out of the pain of losing her child. In fact, the matter itself is very excessive. The prince was already very busy, and he had to help the emperor coax women. But the emperor's words are no matter how ridiculous they are, and for the sake of him and Concubine E will soon be alive, the prince told Yun'er about the situation: "You think about exotic entertainment, and we can use it to try." Anyway, this concubine passed away in August this year, and we won't always coax her. ā
"Do you say trouble or not? But if he didn't agree, the emperor would definitely be unhappy. Yun'er think about it, do you want to flip through the information? Yes, when I was in a foreign land, there was a time when Yun'er took her children to learn painting at Lanlan's house, and caught up with Lanlan's class reunion, which was an annual party. At the meeting, everyone ate and played like crazy. This time the class reunion was held at Lan Lan's house, and Yun'er also joined in the fun. The games they played at the meeting were quite interesting, and Yun'er began to prepare for the planning. ā
"How can anything come to you that will be solved? I'm dying gray for this. ā
"Don't exaggerate, okay? What ideas do you have with your IQ? You have concerns, you don't know how to scale, play small people don't enjoy saying you cope, play big must say that you confuse the master. Let's play in the name of our own house, that is, to invite the Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Concubine to join in the fun. Whether she is happy or unhappy is her own business. ā
"You can do it, this IQ is much higher than mine."
"Each other, each other."
"Hahahaha......"
"Giggles......
The Empress Dowager Rui Wangfu and Xuan Wangfu were still used to it, and as soon as they heard Fujin's invitation, they immediately agreed. A number of concubines who were able to attend the party were also selected. After a while, among the more than 40 women in Shunzhi at that time, the queen, Concubine Egui, Concubine Tong, Concubine Shuhui, Concubine Gongjing, Concubine Duan, Concubine Ke, Concubine Zhen and other concubines with relatively high backgrounds were selected. There are also the second prince Fuquan, the third prince Xuanye, the fifth prince Chang Ning and the eldest princess, Princess Heshuo Heshun (the daughter of Prince Shuosai of Chengze), Princess Heshuo Roujia (the daughter of Prince An), Princess Gulun Duanmin (the daughter of Prince Jian Jidu), and Princess Gulun Runyu (that is, Xue'er) as accompaniment. Lord Xuan is the protagonist today, so he won't accompany these brothers and sisters.
The princesses of the Qing Dynasty were hierarchical, and the status of Princess Gulun was higher than that of Duke Heshuo. The emperor treats Xue'er as his own daughter, so it is Princess Gulun who is crowned, generally speaking, Princess Gulun should be born to the queen, and the girls born to other concubines are named Princess Heshuo. In addition to the concubines, there were also the concubines of the royal palaces, the princes of the county, the Fujin of the Baylor Mansion and the Fujin of the Guogong Mansion, of course, who came with their husbands. There are also the emperor's ministers and their families and children, and even the head of the hospital and the famous doctor have been invited. There are a lot of people, all of whom are relatives of the royal family and ministers who work with the emperor. Many ministers' families have never been to the Rui Wangfu, let alone the two concubines of the Rui Wangfu, let alone the scenery and food of the Rui Wangfu, just listen to the verbal descriptions of people to each other. Therefore, one by one, they dressed up noblely, elegantly, and generously, and came to the Ruiwang Mansion one after another, had dinner, and visited the ice lantern exhibition.
On the afternoon of the Shangyuan Festival, the concubines selected by the Queen Mother dressed up and came to the Ruiwang Mansion by car, and were arranged to rest in the East and West Warm Pavilions upstairs in the Xiaoyao Palace. The Queen Mother also talked and chatted in the company of Fujin and Yun'er, and tasted the new food in the house. Among the many concubines of the emperor, in addition to Concubine E, there is also Concubine Tong who can get close to the emperor and have the opportunity to be favored by the emperor. Concubine Tong accompanied the emperor and the queen mother to the Ruiwang Mansion to attend the banquet, and the emperor lived in the Ruiwang Mansion, and spoiled Concubine Tong for several days in a row, which was a special honor among the other concubines. Moreover, the three princes born to Concubine Tong were particularly liked by the Queen Mother, which increased Concubine Tong's worth a lot. The other concubines were Concubine Zhen (Concubine E's cousin), Concubine Duanjing, and Concubine Keshu (the mother of the second prince Fuquan). When these women came together, they talked about dressing, grooming, and jewelry. All they paid attention to was Yun'er.
Now Yun'er is the concubine of Prince Rui, and there is also the title of Princess Gulun and the gift of a first-class order, and her status is much higher than before. Seeing Yun'er's beauty and chic, all the concubines were a little ashamed of themselves. Yun'er didn't wear any flowers, but was very elegant, with only two or three pieces of jewelry on her head, a lilac velvet flower, and no long chain earrings on her ears, just two earrings similar to silver. However, it is such an ordinary-looking woman who has become a figure of attention from the government and the opposition. No one knows how many skills and abilities she has, and no one knows how she met Rui Wangye. In just seven or eight years, Yun'er has become a figure that even the emperor looks up to!
When the Queen Mother saw Yun'er, she was very affectionate, and she held on. Open and close her mouth "My Yun'er" and "My daughter", the Queen Mother has never been like this to the queen. Concubine E had a very good impression of Yun'er to the queen mother and the emperor, and she was so jealous in her heart. for fear that the emperor would make a move to occupy the imperial sister-in-law. If Yun'er was still in the position of side Fujin, she would threaten her words and make her retreat, but now she is the concubine of Prince Rui and the righteous daughter of the Queen Mother, so no one should think about threats.
What Concubine E was most afraid of was that the emperor's eyes noticed Yun'er, and she never thought that Yun'er would be disdainful of the emperor. It's not that he despises the imperial power, it's that the emperor has too much affection, and it can be regarded as ** to occupy his brother and daughter-in-law, and he looks grandiose. Seeing Concubine E deliberately showing affection by the emperor's side, she felt ridiculous and contemptful, as if someone liked to watch it.
Yun'er will never be close to the prince in public, let alone have an exotic cuteness, she may say a few jokes behind her back, and she is still very solemn in front of people.
Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Fu Jin ordered a banquet to be held quickly, and after the banquet, the ice lanterns should be appreciated, and then there would be a garden party. Originally, tonight's banquet, everyone just "means meaning", just eat a little. But the preparation is still very sufficient, how can you eat and eat and then it will be gone? Today's meals are completely what these concubines have not eaten in the palace, and it is more suitable to eat meat in winter, and various methods of burning, roasting, shabu-shabu, sauce, marinating, and stewing form a variety of styles and flavors. The vegetarian dishes are also delicious. The imitation bear paw and imitation sea cucumber served are more real than the real thing. But Splendid Fujin said that it is a vegetarian dish. Taste it, it tastes pretty good. There is also the finely cut tofu shredded, mixed with shredded cucumber, shredded squid, and shredded kelp, and the taste is simply incurable. I heard that the salt noodles are very fine and fine, and there are some monosodium glutamate and chicken essence. The meals in the palace are already very fine, and they are nothing compared to these dishes in the Rui Palace. During the banquet, the female guests are all juice as drinks, and do not drink alcohol. These concubines slowly forgot their identities and feasted on gluttony, among which the seafood hot pot was their favorite, fresh and fragrant, and they ate them one by one.
After drinking the consumption tea, I will go to the Xuanwang Mansion to see the ice lanterns. Before going out, Yun'er gave each concubine a hand warmer bag. They brought a hand stove, but the heat of the hand stove only benefited more from the palm of the hand, and the back of the hand was aggrieved. How many people have a hand stove that specializes in roasting the back of their hands? Chen Fujin's hand warmers for them were first warm, too warm, two hands in the bag, touching the hand warmer bag wrapped in a towel, much warmer than a hand stove. The outside of this hand warmer bag is full of cute animal heads, as well as flower-shaped, very showy and eye-catching. So these ladies gave their hand stoves to the palace maids who came with them.
To go to Xuanwang's Mansion to pass through the garden of Ruiwang's Mansion, I originally wanted to use the electric three-wheeled to carry them over, but after thinking about it, forget it, in case the three-wheeled are down, it will be troublesome, you are wronged and walk to it. Fortunately, the moon is very big and bright, and the pavement is newly paved with trail bricks sent by Prince An, and all the concubines are young women, and no one will fall.
The Queen Mother, accompanied by Fu Jin, sat in a four-wheeled electric car, which was very smooth and slow, and people on foot could fully keep up. There are more than 200 people who come to the house today, under the bright moon, in the clear light, walking through the garden, there are palace maids and eunuchs carrying lanterns in front of them, people are talking and laughing while moving forward slowly, this atmosphere gives people a feeling of walking in the painting.
In fact, the ice lantern also has a bit of history, and the scale was too small in the past, limited to rabbit lanterns, octagonal lanterns and the like. But they were stupid when they saw the "lights" of Xuanwang's Mansion. That's what people call big! Look at the snow sculpture carp that is not a foot tall but also eight feet high, vivid, shaking its head and tail, and seems to have a posture of leaping. How did they get it? The body of the carp is snow-white, the edges of the scales are golden, and the eyes are black and bright. Who made this?
There is also that Ah Fu doll, who looks cute and cute. Holding a fish in his hand, he looked at the person in front of him with a smile. There are also four Monkey King masters and apprentices, carrying burdens and leading white dragon horses, and the ice clothes on their bodies are carved from colorful ice cubes; There are also the expressions of the eight immortals that are lifelike...... There are also pandas with white bodies and black eyes, black ears, giraffes with long necks, and small animals with pockets on their bellies and a mouse-like in their pockets; There are also cartoon star animals such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Garfield......
What surprised the emperor the most was the group of eagles: the Thirteen Warriors. The prince explained to the emperor that this group of sculptures was the meaning of Taizu's thirteen pairs of armor to raise troops, and the emperor immediately praised it: "Brother Huang, this snow sculpture is so meaningful, what do you think?" That's great! ā
The prince led the emperor to the snow sculpture and whispered: "Please stand here for a while, and Manager Tian will hurry up and take a picture of the emperor." ā
Tian Liang held the standing camera and left a photo of the emperor with the thirteen warriors, pulled out the photo paper, shook it a few times in the wind, and immediately appeared the image and handed it to the emperor.
Emperor Shunzhi was immediately stunned: Isn't this himself? Exactly the same self! Love Xin Jueluo? Blessings! No matter how well those painters painted before, they only had five or six points of imagery, but this is not discounted! He just looked at it, as if he couldn't believe it. Suddenly, I remembered Concubine E: "Brother Huang, can you give Concubine E a picture?" ā
"Okay, it's ...... weather."
"It's okay, concubine, come here!" The emperor couldn't wait, so he pulled up Concubine E, and placed her in front of the thirteen warriors before he could understand. In Concubine E's stunned expression, he hugged Concubine E's waist and left a group photo with no regrets.
Before Concubine E understood what the small box held by the head of the palace was, the photo came out. When Concubine E saw it, she burst into tears. The emperor didn't even take a photo with his mother, so he took a photo with himself, how precious is this! Holding the photo, I couldn't cry.
The prince hurriedly said: "Why is Niangniang sad? Let's go see the ice lanterns. ā
Yun'er appeared as the head of the house like Fujin today, and she didn't have the time to take care of Concubine E, even if she had the opportunity to speak, she avoided her. (To be continued.) )