The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching in a blink of an eye, and Bai Lian and Bai Lotus, plus the painting sister of the big room and Bai Ning of the second room, all wrapped the zongzi by themselves.

Especially Bai He, the people around Bai Lian have been as active as when she was a child this year, especially from her research on food.

Hesitating to provide a method, there are various flavors of this year's zongzi, and there are also petals collected by the white lotus this spring, and the flowers made are stuffed into the filling, and they are praised by the white lotus.

Wei tasted a few and felt that the zongzi were more palatable than in previous years, so he decided to give some to each family this year when he gave gifts to his relatives.

Bai Lian personally wrapped some and personally sent them to King Zheng's mansion on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival.

When Bai Lian went, the new Ministry of Rites, Shangshu He Tingyun, had just left, and he also came to King Zheng's Mansion to send a festival gift.

Zhou Hongwen knew that Bailian was coming, so he personally went to the gate of the palace to welcome her in, and when he saw that she was carrying a jar of wine and a bamboo basket in her hand, he guessed what was inside.

Rubbing her head with a smile and said, "Just send someone over, and run it yourself." ”

"It's a small matter to send something, I want to come over and see if Brother Wang is real."

Zhou Hongwen heard her say this, and his smile suddenly rolled to the bottom of his eyes.

White Lotus had lunch in King Zheng's mansion, and when the two of them were drinking tea in the afternoon, they talked about the Dragon Boat Festival, only to hear King Zheng sigh:

"The Imperial City Dragon Boat Race is nothing, but the Ministry of Industry is very luxurious in order to please the saints. He Tingyun went to observe a few days ago, and he talked to me for a long time just now. ”

Bai Lian knew why He Tingyun would talk like this.

The southern cities had just been plagued by the plague the year before last, and they had only recovered some vitality in the past two years. The war with the northwest the year before last lasted for more than a year.

You must know that there is a war, that is, it costs money, and the soldiers and generals on the front line have to eat and wear, weapons, chariots and horses. There are also wounded and sacrificed soldiers to be pacified and disposed of, all of which require money.

Although it is a victory, the consumption is not a small number.

Now a Dragon Boat Festival, a few dragon boats cost a lot, and it is no wonder that some courtiers complained.

"It's just a coincidence. There are just excuses when you do the accounting. If my expectations are correct, the deficit of the household department must not be small, otherwise Uncle Rui Wang will not be able to pry his father and the emperor to build the palace in different ways from time to time. A few dragon boats are not a problem. At that time, even if there is a leak in the household. will definitely put all the expenses on his father. ”

What White Lotus said. Zhou Hongwen knew, but Zhou Hongwen smiled but didn't answer.

Bai Lian knew his thoughts, although he had changed his identity. But that person is also his father, and if Zhou Hongwen wants to say his father's strength in front of him, he still can't do it.

Seeing that Zhou Hongwen didn't speak, Bai Lian was silent for a moment, and then said: "Soon, the tumor of the household department will soon be gone." ”

Zhou Hongwen didn't ask Bai Lian's plan, he had already seen from the matter of the Ministry of Rites that if it weren't for her thorough planning and accurate steps, she wouldn't do it easily, she could guess eight or nine points of everyone's reaction, and the remaining one or two points of uncertainty were also exactly the same under the promotion step by step.

Then Zhou Hongwen asked Bai Lian and said, "Ayin, do you want to enter the palace during the Dragon Boat Festival?" ”

Bai Lian was stunned for a long time by Zhou Hongwen's question, knowing that he wanted to take this opportunity to let himself take a look at his familiar relatives, and after losing his mind for a moment, Bai Lian shook his head and said:

"It's not time yet,"

Although Bai Lian's tone was calm, there was also a loss, and Zhou Hongwen didn't mention it again when he heard it.

Soon, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Bai Inscription rarely had the opportunity to face the saint, this time every official of the yamen in Beijing would go, so he was extremely excited, wearing an official robe and taking a picture of the bronze mirror, and then went out satisfied.

Bai Mingwen first went to the yamen of the Inspectorate and entered the palace with his colleagues.

The palace is magnificent, and officials like Bai Mingwen from the sixth grade have no chance to come in without an edict, and they are on a step-by-step errand in the yamen of the Supervision Department on weekdays.

The dragon boat race was held on the Jiulong Lake in the palace, which occupies one-third of the palace and is a large lake.

There is a lake in the lake, and in the summer, if Emperor Zhaoren does not go out to escape the heat, he will live in the lake garden for two months.

This time, the seats for civil and military officials were set up on the edge of the lake, and Bai Mingwen was afraid of mistakes, so he always followed his colleagues and acted very cautiously.

Until the sound of war drums on the lake, everyone was uplifted by the sound of the drums.

At this time, Emperor Zhaoren and Empress Yan also sat on the top seat surrounded by the palace people, and the palace concubines sat down in turn.

Lu Ye was also present, and when everyone else was shouting long live in the mountains, he raised his eyes and looked behind Emperor Zhaoren, and couldn't help but snort coldly, and the smile on his face was also like the coldness in his eyes, thick mockery, deeply cold.

After Emperor Zhaoren and the civil and military officials sat down, Lu Ye felt that someone was watching him as soon as he sat down.

Yes, it's that peeping feeling!

He looked up for a week, and finally locked onto the woman beside Empress Yan.

Princess Deyin!

When Lu Ye looked at her, her gaze was retracted, and the moment their eyes met, Lu Ye saw resentment and hatred in her eyes.

This made Lu Ye very puzzled.

He couldn't help but frown.

Zhou Deyin didn't know, according to the investigation, it was determined that she was the one who kidnapped Bai He on the Shangyuan Festival, that is, when Bai Lian had an accident later, in the western suburbs of Meilin, Lu Ye checked and checked, but there was no trace, and he faintly suspected that it was her.

Although I don't know what festival she has with the Bai family, first the white lotus, then the white lotus, the plum forest in the western suburbs is Huangtian, just at that time, Emperor Zhaoren took Empress Yan and Princess Deyin to the western suburbs to step into spring.

Lu Ye has always wanted to figure out the connection between them, but the affairs of the Li family have always been tied to him, and he has no time to separate.

Today, Zhou Deyin's hostility for no reason made Lu Ye very confused. These inexplicable things always happen to me again and again. Lu Ye still wanted to explore, but Zhou Deyin withdrew his gaze and never looked at him again.

Princess Deyin rarely attended the royal banquet, only because of the serious illness in the past few years, and later to recuperate, in fact, no one knows that this princess who has changed the core has been making up for court etiquette in recent years.

She cherishes this identity.

Even if she hated Lu Ye miserably, she didn't dare to show any emotions at this time, just now it was the first time she saw Lu Ye after she woke up, and her emotions were exposed, but she was bumped into by him, and she already regretted it.

While he was entangled, several dragon boats on the lake were already in place.

Zhou Deyin looked over and saw the person in the middle of the dragon boat at a glance.

ps: Thanks to the kitten, the monthly pass of the peerless pomegranate sister.

Sorry, it's late for the update, and there's a plus, around twelve o'clock, everyone will see it tomorrow morning. (To be continued.) )