Concubine Wen was very interested in the "ancestral hall", which was equivalent to the "State Council Holiday Office" in later generations, so that Emperor Xu could also completely relax. She asked the eighth sister to go to the "ancestral hall" and learned that there were many statutory holidays in the Great Song Dynasty, which can be divided into two categories: one is the Yuan Day (Spring Festival), cold food, winter solstice and other traditional festivals; The first is the official political festivals of "Tianqing Festival", "Tiansheng Festival", "Xiantian Festival", "Descent Festival", and "Tianzhenyin Kuang, Go to the sound festival, the meaning of gifting". Song Dynasty officials also had three days off each month, a total of 36 days a year; Coupled with 77 days of holiday leave, it can be calculated that our Song Dynasty people had 113 days of vacation a year, but the number of vacation days enjoyed by Song Dynasty officials should be more than that of later generations, because there are also family leave (parents live 3,000 miles away, there is 30 days of home leave every three years), bereavement leave, marriage leave, etc. are not counted. From the list of Chinese concubines in the ancestral hall, it was also found that there were five seven-day long holidays in the Song Dynasty, namely the Yuan Day (Spring Festival), the Lantern Festival, the Cold Food Festival, the Tianqing Festival, and the Winter Solstice. So happy, the Manchu Dynasty can spend five "Golden Weeks".

On a sunny holiday, summer flowers and autumn leaves are placed in the imperial garden with several very elegant incense tables, on which there are several small white porcelain incense burners, and the incense burners are wafting with light smoke.

Concubine Wen asked the inner supervisor curiously: "What's the matter with burning incense?" ”

"This is the incense of my pilgrimage. Before the Song Dynasty, incense burning was limited to nobles and Buddhist halls, but by the Song Dynasty, incense had expanded to the entire scholar class, and became one of the typical literati affairs. When people in our dynasty are at home, feasting, and reading, they will light spices in the incense burner, so that the whole environment is immersed in the refreshing aroma. ”

Later, Concubine Wen and the third sister and eight sisters and beauties summed up the "Four Virtues of Fragrance", that is, "purify the body and mind, help sleep, become friends in silence, and relax in the dust", which shows Concubine Wen's cherishing of incense.

In the fragrant atmosphere, accompanied by the court music class, Emperor Xu and the beauties enjoyed the court dance of Yizhuang and harmony, and sometimes, the "Jade Butterfly" will also enthusiastically present the dance art of "light in the palm" for the imperial concubines.

Everyone thinks that they should ask Concubine Wen to tell a few stories, and Concubine Wen will not refuse.

Concubine Wen said: "I admire Prime Minister Sima Guang more, he has been honest all his life, and he should also be influenced by his father's honest education, about five or six years old, once, he wanted to peel the walnut, he couldn't do it, my sister wanted to help him, but I couldn't get rid of it, my sister left first, and then a maid used hot soup to peel the Hu core for him, and when my sister came back, I asked: Who did it for you?" He deceived his sister that he had done it himself, and his father reprimanded him: How dare the boy lie. Sima Guang didn't dare to lie from then on, and when he was older, he wrote this incident on paper and encouraged himself until he died, and he never told a lie; ”

The beauties listened with relish and hurriedly asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Absolutely. As we all know, our courtiers live a wealthy life and have a habit of taking concubines and prostitutes. Sima Guang is the same as Prime Minister Wang, an extremely rare person who does not take concubines and does not keep prostitutes. After more than 30 years of marriage, his wife Mrs. Zhang did not give birth, Sima Guang did not take it to heart, and he never thought about taking a concubine and having children. Mrs. Zhang was so anxious that she was half dead, once, she bought a beautiful woman behind Sima Guang's back, quietly placed it in the bedroom, and went out on her own. When Sima Guang saw it, he ignored it and went to the study to read. The beauty also followed to the study, and after scratching her head, she took out a book, flipped through it casually, and asked delicately: May I ask sir, what kind of book is Zhongcheng? Sima Guang was a foot away from her, straightened his face, and replied: Zhongcheng is a scholar, an official position, not a book! The beauty was very bored and left disappointed.

Another time, Sima Guang went to his father-in-law's house to enjoy the flowers. Mrs. Zhang and her mother-in-law combined and secretly arranged a beautiful maid. Sima Guang was not polite, and said angrily to the maid: Go away! Madame is not here, what are you doing when you come to see me? The next day, the guests of the father-in-law's family knew about it and admired it very much, saying that it was a copy of the Han Dynasty's appearance like Wenjun growing old together. Only one person smiled: It's a pity that Sima Guang can't play the piano, only a turtle can kick! Note: The incomprehensible meaning "Mrs. Zhang had no children for life, so Sima Guang adopted his brother's son Sima Kang as an adopted son."

Sima Guang and his wife depended on each other like this. Luoyang's lantern festival is famous all over the world, during the Lantern Festival, Mrs. Zhang wants to go out to see the lanterns, Sima Guang said: The house is also lit, why go out to see? Mrs. Zhang said: Not only to look at the lights, but also to look at the tourists. Sima Guang smiled and said: Look at people? Weird, am I a ghost! ''

Hahaha, the imperial concubines laughed, and then, Emperor Xu sighed lightly: "Such a good minister with both ability and political integrity died when I was 9 years old. I am sad to lose my beloved minister! ”

Concubine Wen felt a little chilled and proposed to go to Kaifeng to join in the fun. Ouchi master safety and tranquility two accompanied.

A noise attracted the emperor and concubines to the past, it turned out that a handsome young student wanted to find a short view, and was about to jump down, a question, it turned out that his sweetheart who had been in love for five years ran away with a big man, and let out the words As long as anyone can surrender him with a word, he will change his mind, and no longer have the "obsession" of self-determination.

The beauties were so frightened that they covered their eyes, only Concubine Wen racked her brains to ponder, Emperor Xu stared at Concubine Wen, and he was also eagerly looking forward to it, hoping that Concubine Wen would be able to turn the tide in a hurry at this time.

Concubine Wen asked the master of Ouchi to shout safely: "Xiaosheng, what kind of ability do you have to jump from the fifth floor to the first floor?" If you're looking for a short view, you should jump from the first floor to the fifth floor. The crowd of onlookers cheered for the master, the crowd was excited, and it was not a stunned jump, nor was it a retreat, and he was in a daze, and the two masters had flown upstairs safely and peacefully, and captured him with lightning speed.