May 5th Dragon Boat Festival, also known as "Yulan Festival", since May 1 and the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, you can buy peaches, willows, sunflowers, pampas and Buddha Dao Ai everywhere on the streets of Tokyo, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, every house is laid out at the head of the door, and zongzi, five-color water ball, tea and wine are offered together, and mugwort is woven into a human shape or tiger shape, nailed to the door, take the meaning of suppressing evil and driving away evil, and the Shishu people hand over the feast.

The same is true in the palace. All the pavilion doors are hanging Ai people Ai Hu, and take perilla, calamus, papaya, and cut into mushrooms, with incense and medicine to harmonize, with plum red box wrapping, with Baisuo wormwood flowers, silver-like drum flowers, flower Qiaohua fan, fragrant candy seeds, zongzi, white group together, listed as the Dragon Boat Festival offerings.

In addition, the inner division also carves the statue of the heavenly master driving the tiger with calamus or grass to stand in the forbidden, hangs the calamus with five colors and dyes, and carves the raw insects on it, and then embraces it with sunflower, pomegranate, mugwort leaves, flowers, colorful, as big as the mountain lantern of the Shangyuan Festival.

It was a bustling day. The chamberlain changed into a summer Luo shirt and gauze robe, and the palace lady wore a flowery inner flower crown, holding the hundred Suo colored threads that the emperor and queen had given to the pavilions, the rulers, and the clan, the delicate carved gold flowers, the silver-like drums, the molasses rhyme fruit, the skillful rice dumplings, the warp cylinder rune bags made of five-color beads, the imperial book Kwai pomegranate painting fan, the Ai Hu and the yarn section, bustling through the palace and palace. Then the garden kui pomegranate fights for beauty, gardenia fights for incense, there are royal relatives who were called into the palace to hit the ball and shoot willows in it, and there are also palace dependents who throw pots and grasses on the side, a scene of leveling.

On this day, I got acquainted with Zhao Zongshi, the 13th regiment. He is also a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, gentle and silent, a little shy, he doesn't talk much when he sees his elders, he usually asks and answers, and he is very restrained in front of the queen, he seems to be a little afraid of her, but it is better to see Miao Zhaorong, because he was in the palace when he was a child, and he was often taken care of by Miao Zhaorong. The princess liked him very much, and when she saw him, she called "Thirteen Brothers" and ran over to ask long and short questions, and he was very happy to see the princess, and he seemed much more relaxed when he spoke.

Probably because of Aiwu and Wu, the thirteenth regiment is also very friendly to the princess's attendants. In the afternoon, he played a game called "Shoten" with several members of the clan, and when there were fewer than one person, he looked at me and asked, "Come and play with us." ”

I was a little frightened and said I wouldn't, but he didn't mind, pulled me in, and said, "I'll teach you." ”

Shot shooting has only recently risen in Beijing, when playing first in the undulating terrain has changed in the open field to draw a ball base, respectively from the ball nest dozens of steps to 100 steps as a distance, and then dig a certain number of ball nests, the contestants take turns to hit the top spoon-shaped wooden stick as big as chicken eggs agate ball, to hit the least number of times the ball into the nest of the side wins.

At first, I didn't know how to do it, either I chose the wrong bat or the angle of action was wrong, and the ball was hit far and near, or it didn't go into the socket. And the 13th Regiment practiced very patiently, explained slowly, and even taught me hands, and finally I gradually gained the Fa and was able to barely cope with the battle.

Among the noble relatives who entered the palace on this day was another adopted daughter of the queen, the great-granddaughter of Gao Qiong, a famous general of the dynasty, and the daughter of the queen's sister. Miss Gao was elected to the palace by the queen when she was young, and was raised in the forbidden middle school with the thirteen regiments. At that time, the people in the palace called the 13th regiment "official family" and called Miss Gao "the queen's daughter". Because the two are in the same year and have similar temperaments, the emperor and queen are interested in matching them. Today, I often point to Miss Gao to tease the thirteen regiments and say, "Can the queen be your bride?" Later, due to the birth of King Yu, the thirteen regiments were returned to the palace of Runan County, and Miss Gao then left the palace and returned to her family, and the queen adopted Miss Fan again.

When the thirteenth group practiced and I shot shots, Miss Gao and the princess sat on the same side and watched, and their eyes always fell on the thirteenth group training. The thirteenth group practice sometimes looked at her quietly, and if their eyes met, they seemed to be burned suddenly, and they quickly turned their heads to avoid it, their faces were crimson, but the corners of their lips were slightly raised.

The Dragon Boat Festival Emperor ignored the court as usual, and now he was also talking with the emperor in the back garden, and suddenly heard a report from the inner chamberlain that several officials asked to see him, and there was something important to play. Although he was not very happy today, he finally changed into an ochre yellow dragon robe, a flat-legged head, a red belt and a rhino gold jade ring, and dressed neatly to meet them in the vertical arch hall.

I haven't been here for a long time and I haven't returned. The sky was getting dark, and it was almost time for the banquet, so the queen summoned a few young concubines and ordered them to go to the Funing Hall of the upper dormitory to wait.

When the princess heard the queen's instructions, she asked for her own life to go to the Funing Palace to wait for her father, and the queen also agreed to let her go with several ladies.

I went with the princess. After waiting for a while in the Funing Palace, he saw that Jinshang hurried back, his forehead was full of beads of sweat, and he ordered the small yellow door in the hall as he walked: "Go and ask Li Si to come over." ”

The Shangfu Bureau consists of four divisions, including Si Bao, Si Yi, Si Ornament, and Si Zhan, each of which has two female officials in charge. One of the female officials in charge of the division is surnamed Li, who is good at combing her hair with guidance, and her appearance is also quite outstanding, known as "Mrs. Combing", who often combs her hair for the official family, and is very favored today.

After being summoned by the official family, Li Siyan quickly came over and distributed combs for him. The concubines waited left and right, and the princess also watched from the sidelines.

During this time, the princess asked Imagami, "Why is Daddy combing his hair at this time?" ”

Jinshang sighed and said, "A few officials have been talking to me about the truth, and I wanted to leave early, so I smiled at them and said, 'I already know the meaning of the ministers, and I will discuss it after the festival.'" I didn't want to turn around, and before I could take a step, my sleeve was pulled by an official, and I said one after another: "Your Majesty must listen to the advice of the ministers...... I wanted to withdraw my sleeve, but he still didn't let go, so I had to go back and sit down, and listened to them until I finished...... The smoke made me have a headache, hot ears, and a numb scalp, so I had to comb my hair to be sober. ”

When the concubines heard this, they all laughed and asked, "Then why did they admonish?" Why are the words so long that you can't finish them in half a day? ”

He didn't answer, but said, "It's nothing, you don't need to know." ”

A lady with sharp eyes saw that there was a chapter in her sleeve today, so she took advantage of her unpreparedness, pulled it out, and said with a smile: "Their words must be written on this, and the official family will give us a look." ”

The rest of the ladies also stepped forward to compete for Zhang Shu, laughing and laughing, and they all had to open it to see it first. Jinshang wanted to stop it at first, but he was still combing his hair, and his hair was on Li Si's hand, so he couldn't move, so he had to shake his head and sigh.

The ladies are scrambling, and no one is allowed to see it. The one who finally pulled out Zhang Shu raised his voice and said: "Okay, okay, don't rob anyone, let's ask the princess to read it, and everyone will listen to it together." ”

Everyone thought it was a good idea, so they handed Zhang Shu into the hands of the princess.

The princess took it, opened it, counted it word by word, and began to read: "Your Majesty has issued an edict with the frequency of catastrophes, and ...... begging for advice."

Imakami smiled bitterly: "They say that this year's rain is a disaster, and there has been an earthquake in the country recently, which is the punishment of Yin Sheng...... Just read the last few lines. ”

The princess nodded, skipped the middle paragraph, and read the most important sentences at the end: "Between the palace, the women and the queen, is there no redundancy, and they are claustrophobic?" I hope to choose his useless people and let them go out to eliminate the changes in yin and prosperity. ”

As soon as these words came out, the concubines in the palace were speechless for a moment, obviously not expecting that the things discussed by the Taiwan admonition would be related to themselves. The anxious mood floated in the light of their eyes, and they all tried to peek at the present, for fear that if one was wrong, they would become a "useless person" in Zhang Shu.

But he was silent and did not say anything to comfort them. The princess's eyes swirled between her father and the concubine, a little curious, a little ignorant, and her thoughtful look made her look quite cute.

Suddenly, a chuckle broke the silence here: "The officials expelled a few of these officials who talked nonsense, won't the ears be clean?" ”

This statement is from Li Si. Under the surprised gaze of the women, she pulled the emperor's long hair and said slowly: "Now that the rich people in Beijing have a few taels of money in their hands, they have to take a few more concubines. Two governments and two systems, each family has a singer and a maiko, and the official position is slightly satisfactory, and it is often increased. There are only one or two people left in the official family, and they say that Yin Sheng must be subtracted, but they only teach them to be merry and happy! ”

What she said must have been echoed by some of the concubines in the imperial court, but they all know that the official family has always treated the officials well, but Li Si played Yufeng and pointed directly at the ministers, so he didn't dare to speak rashly, and looked at Jinshang's face one by one.

Now he sat upright, his eyes fell on the mirror in front of him, staring at Li Si lightly, his eyes were unexciting, and it was difficult to peek into his thoughts. Until his hair was combed, he never said a word.

Li Si didn't notice anything wrong, took the head of the official family, stood behind him, a pair of phoenix eyes lazily squinted at the face of Jinshang Qingjun in the mirror, and asked: "Do the officials really want to do what they say?" ”

Jinshang said: "How dare you not do the words of Taiwan's admonition." ”

Li Si smiled again, and while casually packing up the utensils, he said: "If you really want to cut the palace people, please take the slave family as the leader." ”

Naturally, she didn't want to leave the palace, so she said that she was just pampered by the officials and deliberately disdainful of Taiwan.

Hearing this, he suddenly got up, and ordered with a cold face: "Please bring the palace to the palace." ”

After that, he flicked his sleeves and changed his clothes, leaving a cadre of concubines to look at each other.

When everyone arrived at the back garden, the queen ordered a banquet, but today she signaled to postpone it for the time being, and first let the palace order of the consul general Shangshu introspection to present the palace register, and he personally ordered it to be drawn on it. After a long time, he issued an edict: "All the thirty people below the Li family will be released from the palace." ”

After the will was given, the queen invited Jinshang to sit at the table again, but Jinshang should not, but asked: "Are they out of the palace?" ”

The queen sighed, and instead ordered Ren Shouzhong to send the thirty people out of the palace immediately. When all the people in the East Gate Division Huigong Palace left the palace, they will only enter the table for dinner today.

After this change, the laughter at the banquet was a little sluggish, and no one dared to ask questions about it.

In the face of the full house of relatives and nobles, Jinshang smiled thinly, greeted the Venerable Gaoxing one by one, and talked with the young people a lot, and the queen also guided the topic from the side, and the atmosphere became lively again.

During this time, the queen ordered someone to offer a number of additional gifts, and then distributed them to everyone in the banquet. Among them, there are a few Hu Guangzhou into the Fan Shang no official pearl, pure white and smooth, the shape is round, the size of each Hu beads is different, look at it in order, increase in turn, but it is uniform and clean in each Hu.

Everyone was amazed, and several concubines couldn't help but hold up the pearls and appreciate them, and they couldn't put them down.

Zhang Meiren was depressed, lying in the pavilion for more than ten days, and tonight was reluctant, with a pale complexion, a thin face, and a trembling walk, with the attitude of Xizi holding her heart. But at this moment, when I saw the pearl, the original stagnant eyes and heart also rippled, and walked over lightly, and the lotus step was still lingering around the pearl.

But seeing that the pearl light reflected her haggard complexion, she seemed to be a little sentimental today, and immediately announced: "These beads are given to Zhang Meiren." ”

When the banquet at the end of the song was over, the nobles of the clan all left, leaving only the princess and a few close concubines by the side, the queen asked Jinshang: "Mrs. Comb hair is the love of the official family, but why did the official family list her as the first place and send her out of the palace?" ”

Now he replied: "This man advised me to refuse, and it is not appropriate to put it on the right and left." ”

The queen smiled indifferently and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

The concubines also praised her, but Miao Zhaorong then smiled and said: "But now that the lady has been expelled from combing her hair, it is a small thing to have a shortage in the position of decoration, but she has to trouble the queen to think about who should be replaced to comb the hair of the official." ”

Yu Jieyu said: "Isn't there still a Chen Si in the Shangfu Bureau?" ”

Miao Zhaorong shook his head and said: "Chen Si's makeup is very good, but unfortunately he can't guide the technique, and the hairstyle is not good." ”

"The girl who combed my hair is not bad," Zhang Meiren, who was originally silent, suddenly interjected: "I know how to guide the technique, my hair is also well combed, my hands and feet are light, and I won't lose a few strands of hair after combing." ”

Intentionally or unintentionally, she glanced at the official's family, and Zhang Meiren added: "It's Xu Jingnu that the official family has seen, and she is sixteen years old this year." ”

"The concubine also has a personal choice, and I want to recommend it to the official family," Yu Jieyu smiled at the present, and turned to the queen and said, "It is still necessary for the queen to decide." Gu Caier, an insider, is eighteen years old. Recently, she is combing her hair for her concubine, not to mention her skills, the most important thing is that she has a good character, is very steady, and she will never speak and act as frivolously as Mrs. Comb. Those who serve in the official family are naturally good for their appearance, but they are most afraid of being colored and immoral. ”

"Huh." Zhang Meiren sneered and glanced at Jieyu coldly, with extreme contempt.

Miao Zhaorong shook the fan lightly, and said unhurriedly at this moment: "The concubine also thinks of one person." Thoughtful, skilled, and even more proper, the official queen is recognized. ”

The Empress quickly understood what she meant: "Autumn Harmony? ”

"Exactly." Miao Zhaorong bowed to the queen with a fan in his hand, and said: "Although Qiu He is still young, he is proficient in channeling techniques, and he combs his hair once in the morning, and he is refreshed all day long. combing the concubine's hair, and often having whimsical ideas, make a novel and chic hairstyle. As for the people themselves, the official queen sees it in their eyes, and the concubine doesn't say much. ”

The queen didn't say anything, turned to Jinshang and asked him: "What does the official family want?" ”

Jinshang groaned, and finally decided: "Let these three people prepare, and still comb the hair of the ladies for the next two months." On the day of Qixi Festival, I saw who combed the lady's hair well, so I promoted who was the secretary and chose to be the lady who combed the hair. ”