This year's Flower Dynasty Festival is also as lively as in previous years. The storyteller in the teahouse also told the origin and history of the Flower Dynasty Festival.

On the fifteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, people go to the suburbs to visit and enjoy the flowers, which is called "walking green", and the girls cut five-colored paper and stick it on the flower branches, which is called "appreciating red". The women in the boudoir cut the five-colored paper, took the red rope, knotted the colored paper on the flower tree, also called the red appreciation, they also went to the flower temple to burn incense, in order to pray for the blessing of the flower god, bless the flowers and trees. In addition, there is a saying that "the flower king is in charge of fertility in the world", so this flower festival is also a festival of fertility worship. In the book "The Legend of the Wind and Soil" written by the Jin people, it is said: "The customs of Zhejiang are in the middle of the spring order, and the flowers are blooming, which is the time to enjoy the flowers, and the flowers are common in the world." "The middle of the spring sequence is the fifteenth day of the second lunar month. Tao Zhugong - Fan Lishu also contains: "February 12 is the birthday of a hundred flowers, and there is no rain and a hundred flowers are ripe. This custom has many outings and feasts, and the style of reciting poems is right. The way of celebrating the Flower Dynasty Festival in each place is also different, for example, Liaodong is to set up a shrine for the god of flowers, and sacrifice it with vegetarian food. The girder is a folk "butterfly fluttering party", and the winner can win a grand prize. In Luoyang, whether it is a dignitary or a common person, on the day of the Flower Dynasty Festival, they have to go to the Longmen Grottoes and other places to play, picky eaters of wild vegetables, and taste the freshness. Suiyang people pay more attention to the relationship between celestial phenomena and harvest, and use the clouds and sunshine of flowers to divinate the harvest of wheat and fruits and vegetables throughout the year. In Wu County, people slaughter livestock in front of the Tiger Hill Flower Temple, sacrifice to the flower god, and celebrate the birthday of the immortals. In festivals, there is usually food and wine. ”

Xuan Zhuyi and the others sat down and listened with relish.

Xuan Zhuyi: "It turns out that there are so many interesting things in this Flower Dynasty Festival!"

Ouyang Ruolin: "I heard that this year, the emperor and all the ladies, princes, and princesses are also going out to celebrate this flower festival!"

Mu Jinggong: "Really! Who do you listen to? ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "When I came over just now, I heard what someone said on the side. It was already known a month ago. We are staying in the mountains, and naturally this flashy thing is closed out of the mountain gate. ”

Mu Zhixi muttered, "I want to meet the saint."

Mu Jinggong hurriedly pulled Mu Zhixi's sleeve beside him, but he couldn't help but be listened to by Shang Ling.

Shang Ling: "Senior Sister Xi? What did you just say? ”

Mu Zhixi came back to her senses and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Oh~ nothing."

Shang Ling deliberately said vaguely: "But I seem to have heard you say that you want to see someone."

Mu Zhixi panicked, not knowing what to say.

Yu Tzu Hyuk came forward to solve the siege and said: "She said that she wanted to meet an old friend, but today is the Flower Dynasty Festival, and that person is afraid that he has already gone out with his family."

Shang Ling looked at Yu Cihe suspiciously, and Mu Jinggong hurriedly said, "Yes! My sister and I wanted to see her again from a friend many years ago, but now that I think she is not in Beijing. ”

Xuan Zhuyi smiled: "Ha! It's okay, there will be more days of going down the mountain in the future, and I will come to see her then? ”

Mu Zhixi responded and said, "Well, what Senior Brother said is true."

Shang Ling also stopped looking at Yu Cihe and smiled at Mu Zhixi. Then he secretly turned his head to see Yu Cihe holding back a smile, glanced back at him, and put Shang Lingding's eyes nowhere to place.

As he was talking, he heard the storyteller say: "At noon today, the emperor and the ladies, the princes, and the princesses will pray in the flower temple, and then go to the green together to enjoy the flowers." This is the so-called sharing with the sky, and the people enjoying together! ”

"Good!" The audience burst into applause. The gentleman then took a sip of tea and retreated behind the screen, and the people at each table began to talk and chat. The words of the people at the table closest to Xuan Zhuyi and the others reached the ears of several people.

"Huh? Our emperor is quite good at fixing these things! ”

"Yo~ This is not proposed by the emperor. Do you know who is the one who is responsible for this? ”

"Who? Isn't it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

"Hey, hey! You'd be wrong. The one who ordered this to do this was the king of Anyang. ”

"King Anyang?! What does this emperor think? If you don't need a good prince, what do you have to use King Anyang? ”

"Hey! It's not that King Anyang has someone around him to help speak, and the prince is alone. ”

"Who?"

The man leaned forward, lowered his voice, and said, "Lord Shen."

Another person also suddenly realized: "Oh! Ay? But how did they get together? ”

At this time, the man also sat up straight, and said nonchalantly: "It's not because it's not because it's not favored!"

The man was even more confused: "What is not to be favored? Who are you talking about? ”

The man leaned over again, turned over a teacup, and put the other person's teacup together with his own. He pointed to the three teacups and said, "You want to!" Suppose, this ...... My cup is the King of Anyang, this empty is His Royal Highness the Prince, and you are Lord Shen. As he spoke, he touched the empty teacup with the other party's teacup, "These two, they don't match." There's no way to get consensus, so this one of yours doesn't fit into the empty cup, and you don't want to pour the contents of the cup into the empty cup, and the empty cup doesn't want you to pour it. He picked up his teacup again and said, "And my cup, although there are things in it, is different from the one in the teapot, and there is no consensus, so it's useless for me." As he spoke, he poured part of the tea from the other person's cup into his own cup, "However, the tea in these two cups is the same, so we can pour it together." I only pour a part and my teacup is full, so the rest is left in your teacup, or if I am happy, I can give you some of the contents of my teacup. It's just that no matter how these two teacups divide the tea inside, the cups will never be empty. And that empty cup, it can only be empty, it will never be able to share the tea in these two cups. Do you understand? ”

The person on the other side thought for a moment and said, "I guess I understand." You can be brief. ”

The man patted his head, leaned closer and whispered, "The emperor doesn't particularly like King Anyang, and His Royal Highness the same crown prince doesn't particularly like Lord Shen." If the crown prince succeeds to the throne in the future, Lord Shen will not have good fruits to eat. Instead of this, it is better to find someone who is a conspirator with him to replace the crown prince. In this way, you can sleep and eat without worry in the future. No matter how great the prince's ability is, it can't match the water in these two teacups. ”

"But behind the empty cup is the big teapot! There's more water in a teapot than two teacups! ”

"So, these two cups have to work together to make the water in the teapot the same as the one in their own cup. It also happened that Lord Shen was now a popular person in front of the emperor, so in this way, wouldn't King Anyang have a better chance to replace His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

"Oh~"

Both of them sat straight back in their seats. The man on the other side picked up the empty teacup, poured the tea in the teapot, took a sip, and said, "Yes, good tea!" As the saying goes, a good horse with a good saddle, this good tea should also be paired with a good cup! It's a pity that there is no character for good tea, and no one knows for a good cup! ”

The man also smiled, took an empty cup and poured the tea in the teapot and touched the person opposite, "I'll accompany you to taste!" Hahaha! The two talked and laughed again and tasted tea.

Xuan Zhuyi and the others here had already understood it, and no one said anything, secretly holding their breath in their hearts. Xuan Zhuyi finally couldn't help it and took the lead in opening the conversation.

Xuan Zhuyi: "I didn't expect things in this palace to be so complicated?!"

Mu Zhixi: "I wanted to come and live here for many years, but I didn't expect that such a majestic and sacred place closest to me would be so unbearable."

Yu Tzu Hyuk: "The struggle for imperial power has always been like this. As the saying goes, there is only one throne, and there are countless people who want to sit on it. ”

Mu Jinggong: "Is that position really that heavy?!"

Shang Ling: "Important. Very important. Who doesn't want the supreme right above all people? ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "What's more, it's the person closest to the throne."

Mu Zhixi: "Thinking about it like this, this Beijing is actually the most dangerous place."

Xuan Zhuyi: "Huh? Hearing them say this, does it mean that Lord Shen is openly supporting the King of Anyang? ”

Mu Jinggong: "That's right. He wanted to replace His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with King Anyang. ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "The crown prince was personally selected by the emperor, how can he say that he will change it?"

Yu Cihe: "It's not that it will be changed today, but that through today's grand festival, all the people will know the emperor's thoughts about King Anyang." So as to increase the power of King Anyang. ”

Shang Ling: "What's in your mind?"

Yu Cihyuk: "Lord Shen did this just to let everyone know that King Anyang's ability is no worse than that of the crown prince, and the emperor did not appoint King Anyang as the crown prince, just because the elders and young are inferior."

Mu Jinggong: "In this way, the rich merchants in Beijing and the ministers in the court will think that the prince is gone, so they will all go to the king of Anyang." In this way, the power of the king of Anyang was born. ”

Mu Zhixi: "When the time comes, Lord Shen will say a few good words to the emperor about King Anyang, or find an opportunity to lead the prince to make a mistake." In this way, the prince's loss of power became real. The position of King Anyang in the East Palace is just around the corner. ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "It's really a clever plan!" I would never have thought of such a scheme. ”

Shang Ling: "It's not good to be anything now. You said, if you are a minister, people will see you beautiful and wealthy, but in fact, there are so many nerve-wracking things. Let's just talk about this thing, do you do it or don't you do it? If you don't do it, then there will be no good fruit to eat! ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "Oh! By the way, listen to you talk about this, when I came in just now, I heard someone outside say that something happened in the capital not long ago. ”

Shang Ling: "What's the matter?"

Xuan Zhuyi: "That's it, they said that not long ago, a court official died in the capital." All the servants from the house to the house died, and the mansion was burned. I heard that it was the eldest lady in the house who got married and returned to the door that day, and even her aunt died. ”

Ouyang Ruolin: "Huh? Why is it so miserable? Did you find out who did it? ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "It seems to say that a rich boy was fascinated by a ghost for a while, and he was instructed by someone to do this." But the man was also dead. ”

Shang Ling: "Dead? Arrested? ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "No. At first, no one found out that he did it, but two days after the incident, this person suddenly hanged himself at home, swallowed something, and burned his face. ”

Shang Ling: "Then he can be regarded as a suicide in fear of sin!"

The Mu sisters, who had been listening to it for a long time, finally couldn't sit still at this time. Mu Zhixi grabbed Xuan Zhuyi almost like crazy and asked, "Senior brother? Do you know who the rich kid who died? Where to stay! ”

Xuan Zhuyi was so frightened by this sudden move that he couldn't speak for a while, and only after a while did he tremble and say, "Called...... What is it called? Good...... It seems to be said that it is the third ...... of Mengfu The third son, Meng ...... Meng Yi. ”

Mu Zhixi let go of her hand, her eyes welling with tears. Xuan Zhuyi hurriedly asked, "What...... What's wrong? Why did you cry all of a sudden? I didn't do anything! ”

Mu Jinggong also said with tears in his eyes: "Senior brother, do you know what kind of mansion the mansion in Beijing was burned?"

Xuan Zhuyi thought about it very seriously and said, "It seems to be ...... Mufu? ”

Mu Jinggong nodded and said, "Yes."

Shang Ling was puzzled and asked, "Mufu?" What's wrong? ”

Yu Cihe looked at Shang Ling with a little disdain in his eyes, and said, "Their surname is Mu, sisters, that is, the two young ladies of Mufu."

Xuan Zhuyi hurriedly said: "That's right! The first time I met you, you told me that you were from Gyeonggi. And Senior Sister Xi has always worn a wedding dress. In this way......" Xuan Zhuyi hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I...... I didn't expect it to be you! I'm really sorry! ”

Mu Jinggong: "It's okay, senior brother. It's already in the past. ”

Ouyang Ruolin stroked Mu Zhixi and said, "No wonder you don't want to come to the capital, because you are afraid of running into enemies, think of these things." It's just that now that the killer is dead, you don't need to be so tired. ”

"No!" Mu Zhixi raised her head and said firmly, "It's not over yet." Although the killer is dead, the person behind the murder has not yet come out. I must find this man, kill him with my own hands, and avenge my family. ”

Shang Ling: "Okay, good! We're going to help you! ”

The people in the teahouse left the teahouse one after another. People on the street are also walking in the same direction.

Ouyang Ruolin: "Huh? Why are they all gone? ”

Yu Tzu-hyuk: "It's noon. They went to see the emperor. Let's take a look? ”

Xuan Zhuyi: "Okay! Let's go and see what they want to do today. ”

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It was noon, and I saw that a large area had already been vacated in front of the Flower Temple. The sword-carrying guards and attendants around the place blocked the water around the place. A team of sedan chairs came from not far away, and the people who carried the sedan chairs wore brocade clothes and jade satin. When they arrived at the Flower Temple, the people who came out of the sedan chair were even more richly dressed and had a refined temperament. A middle-aged man in an imperial robe walked onto the high platform of the Flower Temple, and turned around in a chic manner, showing his majesty and sacredness. Everyone in the audience knelt down and said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The man raised his hand and said, "Let's be flat!" Today is the Flower Dynasty Festival, everyone is here to pray for blessings, and I am also happy with the people on this trip! ”

Everyone stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"On the Flower Festival, I pray for the blessing of the flower god and the protection of the trees. Pray that my people will be prosperous and prosperous, and that their children and grandchildren will be full! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" As he spoke, he knelt down on a large number of people.

"Come on! Mrs. Lin, Chu Yi, Su An. Come up and ask the god of flowers for incense. ”

"Yes."

The three of them walked up, each of them asked for a stick of incense, stepped forward and bowed three times, folded their hands, turned around and retreated from the stage. At this time, Shen Fan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, King Anyang has something to say."

"Yuhuan? What's the matter? ”

King Anyang took a step forward and said, "Today's Flower Dynasty Festival, pray for the blessing of the flower god." Erchen specially ordered people to brew peach blossom wine before the Flower Dynasty Festival. As he spoke, someone next to him presented a jade wine jar to King Anyang, "This is made with this year's early peach blossoms, and it is specially dedicated to my father." ”

The emperor smiled happily and said, "You are still the most hearted!" As he spoke, he ordered Shen Fan to go down and bring up the wine.

King Anyang took the opportunity to ridicule the prince and said: "With such a grand festival today, doesn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have anything to give to his father?"

Princess Su'an grabbed Bai and said: "The filial piety of the royal brother is unmatched by none of us here. But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's hard work, even if he wants to come to the imperial brother, he doesn't know. ”

King Anyang glared at Princess Su'an and said, "Oh? The royal sister wants to say something. ”

Princess Su'an stepped forward and said, "Father, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince put something here with me a few days ago, Su'an forgot it for a while, and asked his father to atone for his sins."

"It's okay! Forget it, forget it, who doesn't forget something! ”

"Thank you, Father." Su An turned to Xiao Nai and said, "Bring the things up." ”

Xiao Nai took the order and retreated. After a while, I saw two attendants carrying a guqin.

Princess Su'an said: "This is the Jiaowei Qin. In the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Cai Yong", it is said: "The Wu people have people who burn tung to plan, and they hear the sound of fire." Knowing its good wood, cut for the piano because of the invitation, there is a beautiful sound, and its tail is still scorched, so the name of the person is Jiaowei Qinyan. Later, it was also called Jiaotong. This allusion is also known to everyone, Cai Yong once rescued a section of unburned sycamore wood with an abnormal sound in the fire when he was "dying in the rivers and seas and going to Wuhui from afar". According to the length and shape of the sycamore wood, he made a lyre, and sure enough, the sound was extraordinary. Because there are still scorch marks left at the end of the piano, it is named "scorched tail". "Jiaowei" is famous all over the world for its pleasant timbre and unique manufacturing method. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew that Mrs. Lin was quite good at the piano, and his father was also very fond of music, so he wanted to get this piano. It's just that I accidentally annoyed my father some time ago, so I sent me to look for this Jiaowei qin, waiting for the day of the Flower Dynasty Festival to give it to my father, and I will pay a loss. ”

"Hahahaha! Ok, good, good! Shuyu! You have a heart! I won't hold you accountable for what happened before! It's just that you should think more about what you do in the future, so that you are my good son! ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hurriedly responded: "Yes." Erchen remembered. This time, thanks to Princess Su'an, I can help me, otherwise my son would be powerless even if he has the heart. ”

The emperor squinted and smiled: "Hmm! You're all good boys! Hahaha! Shen Fan, go and put the piano away, and hand it to Mrs. Lin when you go back. ”

Mrs. Lin also stepped forward with a smile and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty for the reward."

The emperor smiled with satisfaction: "Today's Flower Dynasty Festival, everyone go to enjoy the flowers!" This flower is blooming, and this mood is naturally very comfortable! Let's not bother others to pray for blessings, let's go! Go to Yuxi Lake! ”

Wan Min knelt down and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Greetings to Your Majesty! ”