Chapter 35 Osmanthus Nectar Trick 1
At the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou issued an edict to the world, and the New Year was set for November 30, which was a month earlier than the Yin Shang New Year.
Hokyo has entered the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, and the sky is full of snow, freezing and cold, and the earth is covered in silver. After the royal city banquet, dozens of days have passed in a blink of an eye, and after a few days, it will be the New Year.
Because King Wu of Zhou's cough was serious, the queen took care of it inseparably, so she declared that the king sacrificed King Wen in the Phoenix Terrace Book Library, and sought the country with filial piety.
After lunch, Mrs. Wang Gui had a strong psychological struggle, and then ordered Chun Gui'er to inform the palaces and pavilions of the harem, and invited all the concubines and princesses to gather in Yifeng Hall to celebrate the New Year in advance and award red New Year's bags.
Yao Yufeng had a plan in mind, and sent someone to arrange it, so that the housekeeper's father-in-law Chun Gui'er would notify everywhere.
Although King Wu of Zhou favored Queen Yi Jiang, as the Son of Heaven, according to the regulations, the harem must be a queen, three ladies, nine concubines, and seventy-two wives. King Wu of Zhou, with the assistance of the queen, enriched the harem and added heirs. Despite this, King Wu of Zhou's heirs are far inferior to King Wen, except for the seven eldest daughters who have married foreign clans, the rest of the princes and princesses are all young, and the eldest son of the eldest king, Ji Hanrong, is only eighteen or nineteen years old. The rest, including the crown prince, are on the younger side. There are not many princesses in the palace, Princess Wanwan is the queen's princess, only twelve or thirteen years old, and a little older is Princess Sakura, the daughter of the noble lady of the Diexi Palace, who is only more than sixteen years old. The rest of the princes and princesses were all young and weak, raised in the palace, and carefully raised, adding up to less than fifteen people.
When the steward of Yifeng Palace, his father-in-law Chun Gui'er, was in the waiting house, he followed Yufeng. Chun Gui'er is a congenital atrophy of the penis, a member of the Yao clan, and a slave. He is delicate and well-behaved, and tells some good jokes, when Yao Yufeng was in his mother's house, he was a young slave, four or five years younger than Da Qianjin, and he has been serving diligently. After King Wu of Zhou seized the throne, Chun Gui'er naturally entered the palace and became the number one celebrity in Yifeng Palace.
Chun Gui'er has been serving Duan Ji for so many years, so she naturally knows her temperament, likes and dislikes, and partiality.
In the afternoon of this day, Chun Gui'er arranged it, the hall was warmed by the hollow firewood, the wall hung on all replaced with the same orange and gold color curtains, curtains, the floor was wiped translucent, and the figure of the person could be seen, and the seat case imitated the placement in the queen's bedroom, and the top left two main seats, which went down in turn, and were arranged in a very orderly manner.
After taking a nap for half an hour, Yao Yufeng got up and dressed up. She looked at herself in the mirror, less than forty years old, still scorching. She is beautiful, a pair of phoenix eyes are charming and affectionate, the small nose bridge is straight and slender, the delicate cheeks are divided into two, the thin and well-defined glamorous lips, the corners of the mouth are slightly upturned before speaking, revealing the shape of the crescent lips, which is extremely shy. Her jet-black hair is as shiny as brocade, and her skin is white and transparent, without a single blemish.
The two girls of Zhuzi Zaoqing and Zaohong are ingenious, they understand the master's thoughts, and today they are celebrating the New Year in Yifeng Palace, and of course Mrs. Wang Gui's dress does not have to be afraid of anything. The glazed broken golden phoenix hairpin was originally a pure golden phoenix hairpin that the lord of Yaonan was preparing to create for his daughter to be the queen, and it has been pressed in the hand ornament box, and it is expected to be the queen, so he will insert a jade snow round pearl into the phoenix's mouth, but unexpectedly, the jade phoenix failed to get his wish, and these two golden hairpins have not been held pearls, let alone taken out to wear.
"Niangniang, with her, it is difficult to have the style of our mother, your alluring appearance, no one wants to surpass. You are so dressed up today, you are even younger and more beautiful than the little master who has just entered the palace. Zaoqing helped Duanji comb her hair, looked at Mrs. Wang Gui in the bronze mirror, and said flatteringly.
"That's right, Niangniang's face, even if the fairy is ashamed to go down to earth, it's simple, it's the demeanor of the mother's world." Jujube red also echoed on the side.
"Look at you poor mouths!" Duan Ji smiled slightly, although she said a sentence of disgust, the joy in her heart had already been written on her face.
"Come, use this golden hairpin." Duan Ji handed the phoenix golden hairpin that did not contain pearls in her mouth to Zaoqing.
"Ah, what a beautiful golden hairpin!" Zao Hong said exaggeratedly.
"Of course, this is the best goldsmith in Xiqi, it took a year of hard work to make a pair of 'winged double-flying crested hairpins', today, wear it, try it." Duan Ji was confident, full of confidence, and said.
People rely on clothes and makeup, horses and saddles, Duan Ji wears a golden hairpin, wears a small yellow jacket, and covers a dark red waist robe, which makes the whole person tall, complexion like snow, eyebrows and eyes, looking forward to life, and is really a standard beauty.
"Niangniang, Yu Niangniang, the ladies in the Diexi Palace, the Jade Pavilion, and the Yonghua Hall have passed the long corridor." Chun Gui'er stood outside Mrs. Wanggui's bedroom and said loudly.
"Good! Please, please, please. Duan Ji smiled happily and walked quickly to the front hall of the main hall.
"Sister, good sister, be so polite, meet my sister." Before Madame Hua entered the house, she was already shouting outside the door.
"Hurry, hurry up and give Wang Guiniang a New Year's greeting." Brooke pulled Princess Sakura and said with joy.
"Mother's New Year's Wan'an, Sakura has given you a New Year's greeting. I pray that the mother will not look old, her body will be healthy, and her wishes will come true! Princess Sakura knelt on the ground and bowed, spoke eloquently, kowtowed and shook her head, which made Duanji's heart happy, and she gave Princess Sakura a delicate New Year's bag wrapped in red cloth.
"Xie Niangniang!" Princess Sakura was also happy, took the red year-old bag, and bowed twice.
"Rui Duo also wants Rui Duo, and Rui Duo also wants a red year old bag." At this time, Princess Ruiduo came out of the side hall, and when she saw this scene, she shouted loudly.
"Of course there are the blossoms, come, come, come, this is for you." Mrs. Huagui had already prepared, and while asking Si Renliang to present the tray in her hand, she took out a big red cloth bag. A small jacket on the tray is extremely exquisite, and some jade hairpins and the like are piled up, which is a New Year's gift from Mrs. Huagui to Yifeng Palace.
"Yo, yo, red year old, red year old, after a year, grow up, my father and mother hurt, the teacher's teaching, poetry and calligraphy, I have learned, I am not afraid to grow up!" Princess Ruiduo took the red year-old bag, was very happy, read it smoothly, took Princess Sakura's hand again, and went to play under the eaves.
After Mrs. Huagui presented the New Year's gift, she ordered all the slaves, temple people, and vertical sons to respectfully bow and bow three times, and after worshipping, they were rewarded, leaving only Xin'er to wait, and the rest of the servants went back.
Mrs. Yan Qiongzhi also followed.
The son and wife Yan Qiongzhi was the daughter of a very small tribal chief when King Wu of Zhou led his troops to attack the Misu tribe. After the clan was destroyed, the chief died, and the youngest daughter Yan Qiongzhi had nowhere to go, so she returned to Xiqi with King Wu of Zhou. Yan Qiongzhi is silent, kind-hearted, and can play Hu Qu, Yi Jiang is merciful and includes her in the harem. Although Yan Qiongzhi has no background, she is upright, and she does not like flattery and flattery, she gave birth to a son and a daughter, and her son is Ji Yinghou, a young daughter, only three or four years old, called Yu'er, King Wu of Zhou built Yunuo Palace, which is named after the princess.
Yan Qiongzhi paid a visit to Mrs. Wang Gui, and after Princess Yu'er received the red year-old bag, Mrs. Zi sent away the servants, and only Tongshi Zhuzi was left to wait.
Although Mrs. Zi was among several ladies, she did not bring any gifts to the Yifeng Palace, Yan Qiongzhi was generous, said few words, and sat in the fourth chair, not panicking, looking casual.
Mrs. Wang Gui has long understood the habits of Mrs. Zi, and she is not surprised, she is still full of smiles, and she accepts in order that the concubines in the Jade Hall take the six princes Ji Bei'er, the Lan concubines in the Youlan Palace take the eighth princess Xiaoya, the Hui concubines in the Moon Picking Hall take the Ten Princess Jewels, Xian Yage, Sijing Pavilion, Fangyuan Pavilion, and almost all the maidens, ladies, and concubines in each palace and hall come to congratulate the New Year.
Mrs. Wang Gui Duanji is always smiling, gentle and quiet, she accepts the congratulations of the palace concubines, while sending a red New Year's bag, suddenly, the Fengdian is very lively, laughter, a festive atmosphere to celebrate the New Year.
In the Phoenix Terrace, it was unusually quiet.
In order to let King Wu of Zhou recuperate with peace of mind, Yi Jiang moved her and the king's bed to the most secluded and innermost library in Phoenix Terrace. There was good ventilation, good lighting, and most importantly, King Wu of Zhou coughed frequently, and after closing the twelve doors, there was not a single sound outside.
"The queen, Aunt Yi asks to see you." The father-in-law of Phoenix Terrace, Defu, reported warmly by the door.