Jingshi visited and said, good first month, evil May. Since the pre-Qin period, May has been regarded as the evil month of the year, and the fifth day of the fifth month of May is considered to be the evil day in the evil month. On this day, calamus and mugwort leaves should be planted to drive away ghosts, atractylodes and angelica should be smoked, and realgar wine should be drunk to avoid epidemics.

The heavenly family is expensive, and it is naturally more exquisite than the common people. From dawn, the eunuchs began to fumigate the palace with medicinal herbs, and the smell of wormwood filled the palace. Get up early in the morning, bathe in the orchid soup under the clothes of the palace people, and then wear a blue cotton gauze robe, red and green cotton yarn embroidered two-color gold dragon coat.

Then tie the dragon boat big purse, the five poison purse, and finally put a fresh wormwood tip on the crown hairpin. The queen also bathed in costumes, and on her high bun, she had five poisonous hairpins to ward off evil spirits.

The husband and wife came to Louqing Palace together. In the past, during the New Year's holidays, the emperor and his wife went to Cining Palace first, but today it is the birthday of the current emperor's tomorrow's mother, the Empress Dowager Rensheng, and even the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Cisheng, will go over to pay homage first.

There is a strong festive atmosphere in Ciqing Palace, and the displays in the palace are all under the personal command of the queen yesterday... The wall is hung with the dragon and phoenix Chengxiang silk hanging screen, the table is placed with a big green gourd music clock, the cloisonne bottle is inserted with five blessings and five rui flowers, and the incense used today is also made of calamus roots and stems, which not only reflects the exquisiteness of the end five festivals, but also reveals the joy of the birthday of the Virgin.

Empress Dowager Li had indeed arrived one step ahead and was talking to Empress Dowager Chen, and the emperor and his wife saluted the two mothers together, and congratulated Empress Dowager Chen on her holy life. Empress Dowager Chen said excitedly: "The mourning family can't beat the birthday, and the emperor will have to worry about it in the past two years." "Ancient folk superstitions, there is a law that "when a son is born on May 5, a man harms his father, and a woman harms his mother." Therefore men and women born in this heaven,

The family has never given birthdays, and the same is true for Empress Dowager Chen. However, since last year, Emperor Wanli has insisted on making a birthday for her.

"The queen mother is all old yellow calendar, if people don't believe in this law anymore, why do you say?" Wanli said very well-behaved: "Because they all know that everyone who was born in this day has become the queen mother, and they all wish that their daughter would be born today, so that they can be blessed by you!" ”

Empress Dowager Chen was really laughed, and said to Empress Dowager Li with relief: "Sister, what is there not to be satisfied with having such a son?" "Look at my sister's words" in the past two years, because Wanli has been depressed day after day, and is no longer as obedient as before, the relationship between mother and son is a little stiff. Instead, the Empress Dowager Chen, an "outsider, came to the middle and made the Empress Dowager Li doubly sad, and she had to force her face to laugh and say: "Isn't the emperor also a son?" ”

"Hehe, that's nature" Empress Dowager Chen saw that Wanli was a little restless, and said with a smile: "If you want to have clean ears, hurry up and let us hug our grandson, naturally we won't have time to pay attention to it." ”

Now it's the turn of Queen Wang to be restless, it's been two years since the wedding, but there is no news about her stomach, so naturally the pressure is great......

After a few words from the family, the palace people asked for a meal. Today, the staple food in the palace is all kinds of zongzi, and the zongzi on the dining table are piled up into a mountain, so it is also called "zongzi mat,." When Emperor Wanli was the emperor, he liked to see Zongshan and eat Zongzi the most. But today, he only ate one of them, and then he stopped.

"What, isn't this year's zongzi delicious?" Empress Dowager Chen said strangely: "I remember that in previous years, the emperor could eat one." ”

"Maybe I'm not feeling well today." Wanli pressed his chest and said, "It's stuffy, it seems to be a cold." ”

"Then go back and call the Imperial Doctor." Empress Dowager Chen said anxiously.

"It's okay, let's accompany the two mothers to watch the dragon boat race and then go back." Wanli hinted that he would hold on.

How could Empress Dowager Chen promise to take him back and let the queen take good care of him.

Wanli stood up with an apologetic face and said, "The minister retired first." He saluted the Empress Dowager Li again, and then left.

As soon as the emperor left, Empress Dowager Li said: "The emperor was deceived just now, how can he be uncomfortable,.........

"The emperor has grown up, we can't manage it, and there is no need to manage it." Empress Dowager Chen comforted her and said, "Sister, it's time to stop." ”

"I'm afraid that he won't be able to do enough and expose more than enough" Empress Dowager Li said quietly: "Sister, my eyelids are jumping so hard today, I don't know what is going to be ......"

"What can a big holiday do?" Empress Dowager Chen said casually: "Sister, don't scare yourself. ”

"Maybe it's because I've been losing sleep lately." Empress Dowager Li nodded her head and stopped mentioning this stubble.

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Inside and outside the Wenhua Palace, the palace people were busy nervously, making final preparations for the royal banquet that would start soon. Hundreds of towering bronze candelabras are arranged throughout the palace. Here, there, there were several lights lit up one after another, and gradually, the lights were connected, bright and shrewd, as bright as day,.........,

The realgar wine used today is made from the wine vinegar noodle bureau five days in advance, and then fermented in the huge wine pond until now, before it is scooped out by the eunuchs of the wine vinegar noodle bureau with special water and put into the three-catty white porcelain wine jar.

In the sparkling phantom of lamps and wine, a team of heavily armed brocade guards, walking neatly in the law, stood still under the eaves of the hall and beside the pillars, vigilantly watching the inside and outside of the hall.

The musicians of the Teaching Workshop Division carry various musical instruments, set them up in an inconspicuous place, and then seize the nose time for the final rehearsal.

The banquet seats have been arranged, and hundreds of eunuchs are methodically arranging cold dishes, and the eight treasures of water and land are arranged into strange tricks, and they are extremely attentive. The officials of Taifu Temple carefully inspected each seat and made sure that every table was exactly the same......

A thick wall completely cut off the sound of the front hall. The apse is quiet, there are birthday gifts from various provinces, in order to separate attention and not be crushed by the tension in his heart, Wanli came here early and accompanied the two mothers to inspect these congratulatory gifts. I saw what Qiong Yao Qilin, Pu Li Wanyu, Gui Bizhang Hu dazzling, everything, and some of the Queen Mother's favor, offering rare Buddhist scriptures, Buddha treasure relics, agate rosaries, gold Buddha statues, pasted with yellow sticks, piled up everywhere, and the two Queen Mother's hearts were furious.

While walking and looking, to the south window, I saw a big black stone, in the room full of jewels, it looked particularly abrupt, Wanli couldn't help but wonder, pointed and said: "What is this object?" ”

"This is a gift from the governor of Guangdong." The eunuch in charge hurriedly replied: "What kind of extraterrestrial meteorite, there are words on it, it is auspicious ......"

"Xiangrui?" Now even the two queen mothers are interested, Wanli people turn around to take a look, only to see the back of the blue-black boulder, there are eight seal characters along the stone tendon protrusion, carefully identify, but it is "the holy monarch and virtuous minister, the national fortune is prosperous" The two queen mother couldn't help but be surprised. Wanli's face changed, he stared hard at the eight words that were natural, and saw that there was no trace of anyone's work on it. But he would never believe it was a revelation from heaven!

The first thing he thought of was that once this ghost tool spread, not only would he be the emperor of Heaven's destiny, but someone would also be in accordance with Heaven's will when he became the prime minister. In that case, wouldn't he be unable to move him for the rest of his life?

"It must be his ghost magic" According to the past, "The emperor is the last to know anything, experience, Wanli is almost certain that these eight words have spread throughout the two capitals and thirteen provinces. Thinking of this, the Sacred Heart is finally as solid as iron and stone, and it will not be lost, and it will change later, today, he must die!

…… One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One...... One............ One...... One......

As soon as the auspicious time comes, hundreds of officials enter the palace, and no one will guide them, everyone will find their seats accurately, and no one will sit wrong. Sitting in the first place on the left, it is naturally the first assistant of the dynasty, Taifu, Taibao, and the scholar of the Middle Pole Palace.

He seemed to be in a good mood today, put his hands in his sleeves, and talked softly with Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Dingguo, who was sitting in the same seat.

Opposite him, sitting Zhang Siwei, the second assistant of the cabinet, seemed not very interested, and kept drinking tea with his head down, without talking to anyone.

At some point, the court musicians began to play. In the sound of ringing and dingdong, sixty-four palace maids wearing light veils appeared in the hall to the beat, waving tassel fans and dancing and singing: "Duanwu is in mid-summer, and the Qing Dynasty is growing day by day." The salt plum has been accompanied, and the song is collected and the stuffing is passed. The ancients left traces, and the years are long. When Xuan knows Hibiscus Mao, he feels the fragrance of reeds to the water. Billions of trillions return to life, and the public is safe. Loyalty, if not replaced, after the Yi Dynasty Kunfang ......, this first end of the five music, was created by the Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Longji, the Wanli Emperor used here to make the opening song and dance, can be described as well-intentioned. Enjoying the beautiful singing and dancing, the courtiers' manners seemed to become more comfortable and elegant.

After the song was played, the salute official sang: "The emperor has arrived, and the two queen mothers have arrived."

The ministers got up and saluted suddenly, long live the emperor, long live the queen mother, and the holy longevity was on standby, and the Wanli Emperor, who was wearing a dark dragon robe, was already sitting on the throne. Behind the bead curtain on his left side, there are two palace fu people sitting faintly, obviously the two queen mothers.

Wanli stood up, the music stopped, and the hall fell silent.

"Someone!"

Then a palace man bowed down and came up with a tray steadily.

Wanli stretched out his hand, picked up the gin jug on the tray, poured two full bottles of wine, and held it in front of the bead curtain with both hands, which was passed from the palace people to the hands of the two queen mothers.

At this time, the guest poured a bottle for the emperor, Wanli took it, and said loudly: "Today is the birthday of the Holy Empress Dowager of Our Lady of Benevolence, and it is the fifth festival, so we feast the ministers, celebrate the birthday of the Holy Mother, and congratulate the people of the Ming Dynasty!" He raised his glass high and said, "All the ministers toast with me!" Wishing Our Lady a long life! ”

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother!" All of them raised their glasses in unison.

Zhang Siwei held the wine glass in his hand, but his eyes were staring at the silence on the other side, seeing that he brought the wine bottle to his mouth and drank it all with the emperor's order, showing his unsuspectingness. He put down his hanging heart and drank all the wine in the bottle.

After the emperor finished toasting, Shen Mo toasted the two virgins on behalf of the ministers, and then the queen mother of the two palaces left the table... Although the people have become popular, they still adhere to the etiquette in the palace. Men and women do not sit together, the two queen mothers are just a symbolic presentation, after accepting the congratulations of the emperor and the ministers, they will return to the harem, and have a banquet with the female dependents to eat and drink, that is their world.

One by one, one by one, after the two queen mothers left, the atmosphere in the hall was not so restrained, after the hundred officials toasted the emperor, the music resumed, the singers twisted their soft waists, the palace people held the mellow wine, Wanli seemed to be particularly excited tonight, the ministers toasted, he did not refuse, drink cup after cup, and burst into hearty laughter from time to time. The emperor took the lead, and the hundred officials were naturally not allowed to play tricks, and after three rounds, they were all a little drunk.

Wanli glanced at Zhang Siwei drunkenly, and when he saw him bowing slightly, he immediately got up, took the wine in his hand, and said loudly: "The former sage once had a good story of a candle night tour, and today I feasted the ministers at night, and I don't know how much better than the former sage?" All this is the blessing of a peaceful and prosperous world! When thinking about it is not easy, when I am grateful to all Aiqing for their concerted efforts, we should be brave and courageous! He raised his glass high and said, "We take turns to salute me, and I will not refuse to come, and now it is my turn to salute you, all Aiqing, don't shirk it." ”

The ministers also had wine, and they were excited when they heard the words, and they responded with a bang.

"This first cup of wine, of course, we must pay tribute to Lord Shoufu" Wanli looked around at the ministers, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Without Yuanfu's assistant, how could I be where I am today?" He looked at Shen Mo and said, "Sir is right to me, and I will recreate it."

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Seeing that the emperor was emotional, the ministers sighed.

"The emperor praised it falsely, and Weichen is not competent." The silent reaction, as always, was polite and courteous, and the demeanor of the prime minister: "The emperor has today, it all depends on your own wisdom and martial arts"

Wanli heard this, but it seemed that there was something in the words, but at this moment, the blood in his whole body was already boiling, and his brain was blank, so he could only follow the established routine and read the book: "Yuanfu is high and bright, I am very relieved!" After finishing it, he also felt that his words were not right for the horse's mouth, so he quickly turned to Neishi and said, "Give wine!" ”

The old man in his fifties was pouring wine, but the emperor changed his mind and directly handed him the wine bottle in his hand and said, "Just use my gold bottle!" ”

Many ministers immediately changed their faces