The March 3rd Festival has a long history. The most known to later generations is the Lanting assembly of Wang Xizhi and others in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

After entering the Tang Dynasty, this festival was also known as one of the official ceremonial activities. For Wu Zetian, the Shangsi Festival has a special significance, that is, through ceremonial activities, it shows her female maternal side.

There are several important contents of the festival, namely suburban sacrifices, purification and feasting. Among them, the suburban sacrifice is to sacrifice to Gao Xu, who is the god in charge of marriage and childbirth, so the Shangsi Festival also has the meaning of courtship and child-seeking.

After the sky brightened, the families of the hundred officials, especially the wives of the families, entered the Dragon Scale Palace to meet the Holy Emperor, and then accompanied them from the Holy Driver to the Ningbi Pond in the Shendu Garden to hold a suburban sacrifice.

As for the hundred officials, they will obey the emperor's heir and repair on the south bank of Ningbi Pond, that is, they will bathe themselves in the water, of course, it is impossible to take off the water and splash naked, but the orchid soup is sprinkled and the robe is wet, which means something.

Li Tong led Zhu Bei to stay with the Lu Book Musicians, but he didn't need to participate in the ceremony, and he couldn't get a close look at the situation of Wu Chengsi and the others following behind the imperial heir to salute, but his face shouldn't be too good-looking.

But no matter how unhappy the Wu family is, there is no way.

Whether it is the kings of the Wu clan or Li Tong, no matter how they toss around in the current situation, but in this kind of etiquette related to the basic family ethical relationship, they are not as good as the imperial heir Li Dan, and the two of them are the most intimate relationship in the world, and they can only blame themselves for not coming out of the stomach.

Of course, even if it comes out of that belly, there is nothing to be proud of. Although the emperor's heir has to attend the ceremony today, his wife and children are still missing, and the wife who followed the holy car to enter the ceremony is Princess Taiping and Princess Yongwang, as well as the goddaughter Princess Qianjin. King Wu Chenghei of Wei did not have a concubine, and Princess Liang was from too low a background and was not liked by Wu Zetian, so the assignment had to be postponed.

Today's ceremony, as well as the families of the kings of the Wu family. Li Tong saw that although Wu Chengji was more than ten years older than the imperial heir Li Dan, their children were all about the same age, and their eldest son Wu Yanji was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and then he was a hanging haired child.

It is not surprising that the kings of the Wu clan were degraded when they were young, and they lived trembling and precarious every day, so naturally they had no conditions to marry a wife and have children. waited until Helan Minzhi's trumpet was abolished, so that he could see the moon and go online, so they all married late and had children late.

As a result, among the two generations of imperial relatives of Li Wu, except for the Li Tong brothers, there are no juniors, and there is no one who can fight. So much so that when he saw the imperial heir and his entourage going to Ningbi Pond, Li Tong felt that his second brother Li Shouli stood out and was heroic in the team.

Gao Yu has different images in different periods and regions, but this is not a problem for Wu Zetian, just worship them together. Therefore, when the repair on the south bank of Ningbi Pond was completed, and the ministers followed the imperial heir to the north bank, the sacrifice here was only halfway held.

Li Tong saw his little sister Li Youniang attending the ceremony as a Zhai Niang, dressed up in a fancy way, carrying a flower basket in her hand, but her mind was no longer in the ceremony, and she frequently turned her head to look at the animal pen guarded by the soldiers of the forbidden army not far away.

There are birds such as eagles and harriers, fierce beasts such as tigers and leopards, but the most striking thing is several large elephants.

This batch of elephants was paid tribute by the Linyi Kingdom during the Heavenly Grant period, and they have been domesticated and very docile. The elephant is the Dharma protector beast in the sand gate, so the fat elephant skin, including the thick tusks, is also depicted with many Dharma patterns, which is very eye-catching.

It was not until noon that the lengthy ceremony was finally completed, and the sun was in the sky, shining brightly on the scenery in the Shendu Garden. The emperor's heir invited the Holy Emperor to move to the Ningbi Palace, and then the drums sounded, Li Tong wore embroidered armor, led the people to appear on the stage, and danced with Jin Wuwei in front of the bow.

At the same time, the eagle houses and animal pens were also opened, and their own eagle slaves whistled and let the eagles fly, and the tigers and leopards and other fierce beasts walked on the ground, each roaring. As for the most eye-catching elephants, they are arranged in two rows, arched in front of the side of the holy car, which reflects the majesty and solemnity of the holy car.

"See? See, my brother dares to dance in front of those murderous creatures, what a bravery! ”

Li Youniang walked in the team, stretched her neck and looked ahead to perform, and saw her brother dancing heroically a few feet away from the elephant, and she was even more surprised, full of pride and showing off left and right.

Zhu Zhainiang is not very old, and when she heard Li Youniang's show-off voice, they all showed envy, who didn't want their father and brother to be extraordinary.

But there are also discordant voices, Li Youniang is still showing off here, and there is already a girl in a green skirt next to her who snorted coldly: "What's the big deal?" Those big beasts just look vicious, and their ferocity has already been pulled out, and they won't hurt people! ”

When Li Youniang heard this, her eyebrows suddenly raised, and she sneered at the other party: "Everyone has a tongue, speak easily, let your brothers enter the front competition!" ”

When the girl in the green skirt heard this, she was a little speechless at first, and after a while, she pouted and said, "There are many dancers in front of me, and I don't see others showing off." A little thing is constantly bragged, which is annoying! ”

"I'm talking to myself, blame you for having long ears and long tongues, you can't hear, get out!"

The team walked up, it was already a little scattered, not as strict as just now, Li Youniang said, the flower basket in her hand had been thrown up and waved at the other party. The girl leaned back to dodge, the skirt stumbled her ankle, and she fell directly to the ground, consciously showing her ugliness, and simply sat on the ground and cried.

Seeing this scene, Li Youniang was also a little panicked, took back the flower basket, looked around and said: "I haven't touched her, you ladies have to be witnesses!" ”

A group of Zhai ladies are not far from the holy car, and the riot here quickly attracted people's attention, and some female officials hurriedly entered the front, and after a little inquiry, they learned that it was a quarrel between the two county lords, and it was the beloved daughter of the king of Liang who was crying on the ground.

Not long after, Princess Taiping, dressed in full costume, approached and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter? ”

"The county lord of Changxin did evil and knocked me down with a flower basket!"

The lady on the ground put away her crying, got up and pointed at Li Youniang and said hatefully.

"I'm just stumbling, she's stumbling!"

Li Youniang also made an angry voice, and Princess Taiping grabbed the flower basket in her hand, raised her hand and smashed it on Wu Sansi's daughter: "Has it fallen?" Do you know what the occasion is? The head is broken and the blood flow must be dignified and straight, what kind of upbringing does your aunt have, and she has developed such a clumsy family! ”

As she spoke, she pulled Li Youniang out of the queue and walked to the front of the line, Li Youniang followed behind, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Auntie is so majestic!" ”

Princess Taiping laughed when she heard this, and pulled her back: "Reasonable or unreasonable, my lady has to be strong!" If you are still angry, go back and continue to clean her up! ”

Soon, the team arrived at the Ning Bi Temple. Ningbi Hall is different from the ordinary hall as deep and square, but a cloister-style building complex, due north in an open main hall, the two sides of the house are connected around, circle a piece of open square, the four sides of the house can look directly at the center.

The ministers and the wives of each family ordered the arch to enter the main hall from the Holy Emperor and the emperor's heir, and the rest of the dependents entered the left and right houses to sit. According to Wu Zetian's consistent style of acting, it is inevitable that he will be awarded a big deal in the future.

The main content of the conferral is aimed at a foreign wife.

Among them, Princess Taiping added 300 households, and with the addition of the front seal, it has reached an unprecedented 1,700 households, far exceeding the princes, including King Wei. Probably because of the mother's love, even the goddaughter Princess Qianjin and the current Princess Anding also added the eldest princess, and added a total of 250 households.

In addition, his mother and wife who are above the third grade of civil and military are over sixty-five years old and have the number of Mrs. Guo. Those who are above the fifth grade and whose mothers are over 70 years old will be given the title of county lady in recognition of their social education talents. The rest of the women who are in the quality of life also have their own gifts of hairpin dresses. After the reward was awarded, it was naturally a voice of gratitude from the hall.

After the ministers and women in the palace thanked each other, Princess Taiping stepped forward and bowed down again: "The minister's family has a clumsy rest, hastily made things, and the faith is longing, and the desire for good fate." Visited the young sister of the Yongwang Shouli Court to send a long letter, the emperor Lan Zhi, and Jia Shu grew up, so as to take advantage of this Jiachen, I hope to get married and strengthen the family! ”

There is a tradition of courtship in ancient rites, and it is also appropriate to discuss marriage on this day. On the festival day last year, Princess Qianjin also proposed to her son to the daughter of Wu Chenghei, the king of Wei, and was given marriage by the Holy Emperor.

It's just that after hearing Princess Taiping's marriage proposal, there was a lot of discussion in the palace. Princess Taiping's holy family is obvious to all, and the acting king is now in the limelight, if these two families get married, their respective momentum will undoubtedly complement each other more.

Wu Zetian smiled in the hall: "When the children grow up, the marriage should be at the right time." The two families are close to each other, and now they are in love, and the Zhuqing family testifies that it is appropriate to become beautiful. Yang Le congratulates, your two ceremonies are self-discussed, and there are envoys to participate! ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shouli and Concubine Fang in the palace also hurriedly left the table and thanked the emperor with Princess Taiping. As for Li Youniang, she also knew that there would be such a show, and at this time, she was embraced into the palace by several forbidden female officials, changed out of Zhainiang's colorful skirt, and returned to the palace after some makeup, wearing a red and glamorous dress, which looked very festive.

Outside the hall, there was a sound of joy, and all the musicians and dancers appeared on the stage, and each performed according to the name. However, the occasion in the palace was solemn, and the ministers also had their own thoughts, and few really paid attention to the performances outside.

Soon, with the change of the music in the outer hall, it was time for the acting king to appear in the play "Dengxian Music".

Wu Zetian's eyes lit up in the hall, overlooking the ministers and women in the hall, and said with a smile: "Fang Caimen is a private opinion, and all families are only spectators." But the genius of the heavenly family, not the only one, I have a good grandson, I want to discuss with all the families, the famous family at home, today is in the hall, look at Zang No, appreciate the characters! ”