"It's not early, and it's rare for the princess to enter the palace, so she simply moved to the 'Xiaoxiang Palace', had dinner with me, and then went to the 'Needle Tower'?"

"I haven't entered the girl's boudoir for a long time when I entered the palace, and I haven't been able to tell each other many things. It's okay, let's go to 'Xiaoxiang Palace' first......"

The two frolicked again, and they were completely intimate like sisters, without half the estrangement between their elders.

After everyone returned to the "Xiaoxiang Palace", the two were still whispering along the way, sometimes covering their mouths and chuckling, sometimes making pure eye contact, so that others could not guess what they were talking about. As soon as she entered the palace gate, Princess Wukang took the princess straight to the boudoir and did not come out again.

After a short rest, it was dinner time, Li Ji and a personal maid and five or six senior maids were eating in the hall, and seven or eight people were sitting at a table, which was very lively.

As soon as Li Ji sat down, he said to the personal maid sitting beside him: "I don't know how long my sister has been following the princess, the princess seems to be very good to you, like a sister." ”

The personal maid said lightly: "Father-in-law Li has won the award, where can the slave and maid afford to climb high." I'm just a maid sent into the palace by the princess's grandfather's family, and I grew up with the princess since I was a child. ”

Li Ji was solemn when he heard this: "Oh, it turns out that my sister is from the Zhang family in Longmen, Suzhou, and I have admired it for a long time!"

The personal maid served a bowl of soup for Li Ji and said, "Father-in-law Li, you don't have to be so polite, the call of my sister before and after my sister sounds strange." Now that we have entered Xiaoxiang Palace, we will be regarded as a family in the future, you can call me Linglong. ”

"Okay, Sister Linglong, my name is Li Ji, you can just call me Xiao Lizi! Come, I'll clip a piece of chicken leg for you." Li Ji ate while talking, and when he saw a delicious dish, he desperately put it in her bowl. He can see it now, Linglong's status is obviously higher than that of other maids, Princess Wukang has a strange personality, extremely difficult, get along with her day and night, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble in the future, it is better to take the opportunity to envelop her personal maid to be more reliable, even if she dies, she can be understood.

Linglong covered her mouth and smiled, tapped Li Ji's forehead and said: "Xiao Lizi is so oily and smooth, I can't imagine that I am quite diligent in doing things, no wonder the princess likes you!"

Seeing this, all the maidservants next to them shouted: "Gonggong Li, how can you favor one over the other, and what about us......"

Li Ji scratched his head in embarrassment, as the saying goes, "three women in one play", these five or six women together, shouldn't they turn the stage up?

So he coughed lowly and hurriedly diverted the topic: "I heard that 'Needle Piercing Building' has exciting and abnormal competition items tonight, I don't know what they are?"

Linglong Zhengse said: "The 'Needle Building' is mainly a congratulatory ceremony, a completion ceremony, a sacrifice and prayer for hundreds of civil and military officials during the day, and only the queen, three concubines, nine concubines and three princesses of high status can participate in the harem. Its process is complicated, the content is dull, boring, and naturally not very attractive to harem concubines. Only when the moon rises, is the highlight of the harem, respectively, the 'Dou Kui Xing' and 'Needle Fighting' competitions, often happy, this year is even more extraordinary, you have a blessing in the eyes. ”

Li Jiyuan was not interested in the affairs of the palace, but when he heard her say this, he was a little curious, and said, "What is threading a needle and fighting a leader?"

Linglong smiled faintly and said: "Gonggong Li doesn't know, the begging festival originated in the Han Dynasty, the palace 'color girl' every night on the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh month, in the placket to wear the Qiao needle in order to beg for the festival, the folk women have also followed suit, it is to be held in the palace after the Han Dynasty to celebrate more grandly." Our Majesty attaches great importance to this matter, and specially built a 'needle floor', which is 100 feet high, can accommodate thousands of people, and sets up a platform in the courtyard, displays melons and fruit dishes, and worships the Cowherd and Weaver Girl.

At the beginning of tomorrow, accompanied by the performance of the court musicians, the harem concubines, princesses, county lords, county lords, princesses, princesses, and other members of the royal family are holding seven-hole needles to the bright moon to wear colorful lines, can pass through is a symbol of begging to be 'skillful', this festival will continue until the next morning, not only in the palace, up and down, the folk are also so lively, often drink up and down. ”

Li Ji said in amazement: "Women pay attention to 'morality, speech, appearance, and merit', that is, morality, speech, appearance, and female popularity." Needlework, is one of the female red, Daqi is rich in silk, famous for weaving, known as the "country of silk" reputation. Therefore, the Qixi Festival has a special meaning and a status that is becoming more and more prominent, so that from the emperor to the common people, they are all treated ceremoniously, inheriting the ancient culture, which has a long history and is endless. ”

Linglong said: "The Weaver Girl is ingenious, when she is the Seventh Princess, she weaves the cloud brocade in the sky, spring, summer, autumn and winter, day and night, the clouds of different shapes and colors are all from the hands of the Weaver Girl." And our princess is even more ingenious, like God's help, she will definitely be able to win the honor under the bright moon tonight!"

At this time, a maidservant interjected: "The most important thing is that on this day, Your Majesty is extraordinarily gracious and allows the female dependents of the palace concubines to enter the palace to visit their daughters and complain to each other in the Qiqiao Building. ”

Li Ji said: "Oh, no wonder the princess brought his mother to the palace, it turns out that the palace still has this rule." ”

Another goddess said mysteriously: "On the night of Qixi Festival, in the dead of night, if you quietly walk to the side of the ancient well, or under the grape trellis, hold your breath and listen quietly, faintly, if you can hear the sound of the cowherd and the weaver girl talking or crying, you will be able to get lucky." ”

Li Ji suddenly remembered the annual Qixi Festival in his hometown Anji, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Every Qixi Festival in my hometown, since July 1, there are cars and horses snorting, to the first three days of Qixi Festival, the cars and horses are not passable, the phase is suppressed, and it is no longer obtained, and it is scattered at night, and the poor countryside is so far, not to mention the grand occasion of the palace, it is simply a world of difference, incomparable." Sister Linglong, in addition to threading needles and fighting skillfully, what is a Doukui star?"

"I know that you little girls, when it comes to the day of Qixi Festival, your heart will be wild, and you can't sit still!" Linglong Jade finger lightly tapped the maid on the side, and paused to explain to Li Ji, "On the day of Qixi Festival, the men are not idle, but it has nothing to do with begging and fighting. Kui Xing is the god who dominates the rise and fall of articles, and in the minds of Confucian students, Kui Xing has a supreme position.

Kui Xing, the first star of the Big Dipper, also known as the Kui Shou, is called 'Da Kui Tian Corporal' or 'Win the Championship in One fell swoop' when the champion among the scholars, which comes from this.

The seventh day of July is the birthday of Kuixing, in order to commemorate Kuixing, there are scholars who fight talents, and pray for prosperity in the examination. ”

Li Ji naturally knows the famous Kui Xing, folklore, Kui Xing is a talented man, once connected the three yuan, that is, Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, Zhuangyuan, but because of the ugliness of the queen frightened the queen, was expelled from the palace by the stick, angrily jumped into the East China Sea, the Jade Emperor deeply sympathized with his people, gave a Zhu pen, and ordered him to be in charge of the imperial examination and literature in the world.

"I see! Then tonight's Shizi Doucai is a contest between the male members of the royal family. ”

Li Ji licked his lips and said secretly: I can see the royal family and nobles of Daqi at the same time tonight, I didn't even dare to think about it before!

"Yes, only the royal family nobles, harem concubines, princesses, etc. participated tonight, and it is extremely difficult for outsiders to see it. ”

While talking and laughing, gradually the dinner has run out, the sky is not early, and a bright moon slowly rises. There are countless stars in the sky, twinkling and twinkling, like pearls scattered in a jasper plate.

Seeing that the hour was almost the same, Linglong went to the boudoir and called: "Princess, the time has come, it's time to leave." ”

After a while, Princess Wukang and Princess Wukang walked out of the boudoir hand in hand, smiling, as if they were still unsatisfied.

Several maidservants in cyan robes led the way in front, and Li Ji followed them through the palace gates, and the long royal street stretched in front of them, and the buildings and palaces of different sizes were densely packed and scattered.

Outside the palace was a night as cold as water, and the cold moonlight sprinkled on the entire palace. The moonlight shimmered against the glazed tiles of the palace, and in this brilliance, the cornices stretched in different directions.

Li Ji walked in the night, quietly looking at the hooked moon in the sky.

"The inner courtyard of this palace is really magnificent, but in that darkness, I don't know how many pairs of eyes covet the throne of the Jinluan Palace, intrigue, deceit, struggle for power and profit, and even do not hesitate to kill each other, blood spills in the sky, and the soul of the palace is broken. Rights are a good thing, but they are hard to have forever. ”

After walking a cup of tea, he saw the tender yellow and delicate red flowers dotted among the green leaves, fragrant and fragrant, and Li Ji knew that this was the garden courtyard on the first floor of the needle building.

Slowly climbed the stairs and stepped into the main hall, only to see that the civil and military officials had retreated, and only the royal family members such as royal relatives and nobles, family members, and harem concubines were present.

Seeing Princess Wukang and the others entering the palace, an elderly eunuch hurriedly greeted him and whispered: "Oh, my little ancestor, I finally looked forward to you, you can scare the old slave to death." Your Majesty is nowhere to be seen, and you have asked questions several times in half a day, and you are furious at the moment!"

Princess Wukang smiled faintly when she heard this: "What is the father in a hurry?

After speaking, Princess Wukang walked towards the center of the hall with the elderly eunuch without hurry.

Xiao Zhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, saw Princess Wukang enter the palace from a distance, and said with a gloomy face, "Wukang, I haven't seen you for half a day, where has Ye gone?"

Princess Wukang bowed and saluted: "Enlighten my father, Wu Kang is slightly unwell, so he just left for a while, and the strange son failed to inform him in advance, so that his father is so worried, he deserves death!"

Xiao Xun was shocked when he heard this: "Are you feeling unwell?"

Princess Wuxian sat on one side, her eyes staring at Princess Wukang, and she said angrily in her heart: "This stinky girl is still alive in the afternoon, where is she unwell, she is purely perfunctory to her father, if it weren't for the holy favor, I would have unveiled your face today!"

The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, her nostrils hummed softly, although the voice was extremely subtle, but Princess Wukang had already heard it, but she just smiled in her heart and ignored her, stood in the hall with her hands down, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, it's okay now!"

Xiao Zhen glanced at Concubine Zhang Shu, who was silent in the side seat, and then coughed lightly, her brows stretched, and she said with a little relief: "That's very good! Hurry up and sit down, tonight is a grand gathering of my Xiao royal family members, it is very exciting, if you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life!"

"Where will Erchen miss it, I still came with Princess Jiangxia?"

Xiao Zhen showed a look of surprise and said, "Oh, my brother and sister are here too?"

"Brother Xiao Feng and Wang Yao of the Cheap Inner to meet the imperial brother!"

While speaking, I saw a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old walking in with Wang Yao from outside the hall and kneeling on the ground.

When Xiao Zhen saw it, he was overjoyed and said, "Twelve Emperor Brothers, please get up quickly!"

Li Ji looked at it at a glance and saw Xiao Feng, the king of Jiangxia, with a handsome face, sword eyebrows, slender black eyes containing sharp, angular outlines, slender and tall but slightly rough figure, cold and arrogant but full of grandeur.

Although he is young, he has a lot of wind and frost, and when he looks forward to it, he is independent, exuding a strong force that is proud of the world.

Side by side with stunning beauties like Wang Yao, they are really a pair of talented and beautiful women, and they envy others!