The spring garden party in Shangqing Palace is the hottest thing in Jinling City every year.

This is a custom not long after the establishment of the Shangqing Palace, and it has been more than 100 years now.

Before, when Jinling was not a great holy capital, even if the first emperor died, this garden party could not be stopped.

The prince died in battle last year, and the prince went out in April, when the spring party was over, and now, the queen mother's matter is the first state funeral that this spring garden party has encountered, and now it is about to be held, and there is still no intention to cancel.

Xinyue sat in the carriage, a little dizzy and helped her forehead, since she fell her head, she has been thinking too much, there is dizziness, there are many doctors who have treated her, have persuaded her, but if she doesn't think about things so easily, she will not fall so fundamentally.

"Auntie, I'd better stay at home." Saying that, Minhui still wanted to get out of the carriage.

"Little girl, it's almost here, where are you going to get out of the carriage?" Xinyue grabbed her, Minhui obediently sat in the position just now, she was participating in the garden party for the first time, naturally she was looking forward to it, but because of the things at home, she wanted to go back with some worries.

Xinyue stretched out her hand and took Minhui's hand, and saw that her fingers were still dyed with impatiens juice, and she was looking forward to it.

Minhui curled up her hand a little embarrassed, as if she felt that her parents were still suffering, and she couldn't be so happy.

Xinyue knew that Minhui was still a child after all, and she was naturally uncontrollable joy at such a thing, so she reached out from her neck, took off her white jade collar, and put it on her neck, because it was the size of an adult, she was really a little loose when she put it on, Xinyue sorted out the size for her, and finally rubbed the pattern on the necklace pendant and asked, "Do you like it?" ”

"Auntie, is this your favorite piece of jewelry?" Min Hui saw that the new moon was often worn, and the white jade on the pendant was in the style of a butterfly, and she saw a lot of such patterns in the jewelry of the new moon.

"I used to like it." Xinyue touched the spoon-sized white jade pendant, "This is what your grandmother gave me when I first attended the garden party. ”

It was really the last warm time for her parents in Xinyue's memory, when Xinyue was about the same age as Minhui, and this collar was also taken off from her mother's neck.

"It must be something that your grandmother left for your aunt, and Minhui doesn't dare to accept it." Crescent Moon pressed her hand, "She's also a relative, so I'll leave it to you." It's like your aunt giving you a dowry in advance. There's one thing my aunt told you. When you get to the garden party, if you have friends you want to find, go to them. There are a lot of interesting things in this garden party, and they are all handled by trustworthy people, but there is one thing that you must definitely promise to your aunt. Xinyue stretched out her hand and tidied up Minhui's clothes, and Minhui nodded, "Auntie, you speak"

"Even if you don't go to the men's seat, and don't be separated from your maids," she said, and Xinyue took out five taels of silver from her waist and gave it to her.

"Auntie, why are you giving me silver?" Minhui listened to Xinyue's words and nodded, but looked at the broken silver in Xinyue's hand in confusion, and Xinyue smiled mysteriously, "You'll know when you arrive." ”

As he spoke, the carriage stopped, and Xinyue smiled and said to Minhui, "When you are shopping, watch how those grandmothers bargain to buy things, don't let those vendors cheat you." ”

Looking at Minhui's confused expression, Crescent Moon smiled.

This garden party in the Shangqing Palace is actually a very interesting place, so it attracts a large number of dignitaries and dignitaries to participate every year.

Originally, when the Shangqing Palace was built, there were many poor peasants around the mountains. The original landlord sold the land to the Shangqing Palace, and these people lost their land, and it was only a matter of time before they starved to death and froze to death.

The first master of the Shangqing Palace thought that if he would let these peasants become business vendors, set up small stalls around the mountain roads, and sell things to people who went up the mountain to burn incense for business, he really fed a large group of people at the beginning.

However, later, the second master of the Shangqing Palace was named the national teacher, and among the people who came to the Shangqing Palace to offer incense, there were more dignitaries and dignitaries, and they would prepare things in the city before coming up, and they did not bother to deal with these hawkers.

In addition, there are more people who come here to set up stalls, and things like fighting for places and fights occur frequently, and even kill people.

In the end, the guru forbade the act of setting up stalls, but it was true that a large number of people lost their income and returned to the point of poverty that they had at the beginning.

This lama had a very clever disciple who came up with the idea of holding some garden fairs every year in the spring, and on the way up the mountain, some selected vendors were allowed to set up stalls and sell small things to passers-by. In the Shangqing Palace, there will be some small stalls suitable for dignitaries and dignitaries in those open spaces, and there are people who are specially looking for help to do it.

The ladies of the boudoir in Jinling are stricter than the nobles of the Eastern Capital, and they have been under stricter control since they were children, if it were not for this activity, I am afraid that in this life, there is no way to understand what it is like to buy and sell goods with people on the street. Correspondingly, the goods sold at these stalls are more expensive, and the difference in the price will be given to the vendors who have lost their income, so that they can regain their strength and have some capital to do other things.

Later, these vendors were resettled, and they no longer needed the help of the Shangqing Palace, but the project was still retained, and it was only held for ten days a year, and it was the most popular event in Jinling.

When Xinyue was young, this was what she looked forward to the most every year, even if she came to her aunt's house later, her aunt would take her and Shan'er Yao'er, and they would come twice a year.

There are two open spaces in the front and back of the Shangqing Palace, and behind the open space in front of it, there are statues of gods, so naturally such an event cannot be held here, and the garden behind is larger. At this time of the year, a wall is erected in the middle of the place, with opaque cloth and wooden railings, and the outer part on the left is where the male guests are, and the inner place on the right is where the female guests are.

Later, His Majesty moved the capital here, and the ladies of the Eastern Capital also followed, and they were bolder, so in fact, many times, the curtain in the middle was useless, and in recent years, it was even changed to a separate exit, but the male guests were not allowed to enter the place where the female guests came.

Fortunately, after so many years, nothing has happened, but it has become several good stories. Among them are the parents of the new moon.

Xinyue's mother, Princess Yining, although she is a princess who grew up in the palace, she is also a woman who was born and raised in the Eastern Capital, and she is naturally generous. When she participated in the garden party for the first time, she was discussing her relatives, and the object of the discussion was famous, very stubborn, and Xu Antai, who refused to marry his wife early, although the two had never met, they did not like each other, so they refused to get married.

This year, His Majesty, who was still the prince at the time, came to Jinling to monitor the progress of the construction of the new palace, and brought out his sister, who was also stubborn, so he should be distracted, so he happened to meet the garden party. Princess Yining naturally also came to participate, and it was at this garden party that these two people met, played together all day, and finally, tied the knot.

This is also one of the reasons why Crescent Moon loves this place.

After getting out of the carriage, they were not too late, but they were already full of people, and the young ladies and young ladies of each family were surrounded by the maids and ladies around them, walking among them.

took off the heavy cotton clothes in winter, everyone was wearing light new clothes, but now it is the state funeral period, the clothes are plain, the new moon is also wearing a pure white robe at this time, and the hair is also wrapped in a plain scarf, on which some small hairpins are broken, there is no luxury. The only white jade collar with gold ornaments and precious stones was also hanging around Minhui's neck at this time.

She hung her sleeves, a little haggard forehead, really uncomfortable, turned to look at Minhui who was very excited, and said to Minhui's grandmother, "Look at the girl, even if she goes to change clothes, she has to follow up, there are many people, and the girl's reputation is the most important." ”

"Yes" Mama Zhang curts, and Minhui has already gone to the crowd.

On the way up the mountain, Xinyue was still a little uncomfortable, Feng'er supported Xinyue, Xinyue staggered her hands, and still insisted on walking by herself, "Girl, you are not very comfortable in the morning, how good it is to rest at home." ”

Crescent shook her head, "Let's go, let's go and rest in the shed for a while." ”

As soon as she walked to the back door, Xinyue couldn't see Minhui in front of her, but fortunately, the people around her were all reassuring, and Xinyue didn't worry much, and when she was about to go in, Xinyue heard the neighing of horses.

When I looked back, someone came on a horse.

As I said before, in this Shangqing Palace, the road up the mountain is extremely steep, the carriage can't go up, and the horse can only be ridden halfway up the mountain, unless it is an excellent horse and a person with good riding skills, you can ride a horse.

Xinyue just fixed his eyes and smiled, the person who came was Rong Xu who wrote to ask, he rode directly on the "white wadding", the horse was snow-white, just like the cotton wool in spring, Rong Xu also saw her, dismounted, and the "white wadding" was more enthusiastic, this will have come to the side of the new moon.

Xinyue stretched out her hand and touched the neck of "Bai Fu", Bai Xu rubbed Xinyue's face with her nose, Xinyue wanted to laugh, but thought that now was not the time, so she just patted the nose of "Bai Fu", there were some short fluff around the nose, and some prickly face.

"Crescent" Rong Xu tidied up his cloak and walked over.

"I didn't say it would be a few days, I was still thinking about doing it again." Xinyue didn't expect to meet him here, and she was a little embarrassed to tidy up her sleeves, what she was wearing today was indeed a little plain, which was not suitable for today's occasion.

"I arrived yesterday and was going to see Yao'er in the morning, but Cao Jie came back. I had nothing to do, I wanted to see you, but when I heard that you were here, I rode over. The road to Jinling is flat, and this meeting will come. As he spoke, Rong Xu stretched out his hand and patted the "white wocculent"

"Bai Fu" is really a good horse, and neither Jinling nor Dongdu can find a better horse than it. So this little bit of the road, it's really...

"Huh" Xinyue felt that the spring breeze was rolling in dust and fell on her face, although Rong Xu covered a lot for her, but still narrowed her eyes.

Rong Xu saw that she was embarrassed, reached out and took out the handkerchief from his arms, wiped her eyes, after Xinyue took it, after wiping half of it, he saw the embroidery on it with his other eye, which was already better, and smiled faintly, this is Xiao's embroidery.

After the new moon wiped her eyes, she saw that it was a horse and its owner who had just rolled up the dust.

Xinyue squinted her eyes because her eyes were still a little uncomfortable, and Rong Xu also squinted her eyes, because the horse was really too handsome and powerful.

"This, this is a fine beam horse, the crescent moon you see the hooves like plates, this is simply born to run on the ground."

"It's really worthy of being the little prince of Yuwangfu, with vision. At the beginning, this horse also had such hooves, and my uncle rode it, but he did not set foot in your holy land. This frivolous and cold, and even arrogant voice, the crescent moon didn't even need to look up to know who it was.

Yesterday, Xinyue only heard that Liang Wei and his team had entered the city, and before, no one knew the news except for the necessary people, whether it was Xinyue or Jinling.

Xinyue subconsciously grabbed Rong Xu's arm, and he had already pulled out his sword with his side, "Don't, don't be impulsive." ”

"New Moon, let go" said, Rong Xu protected the New Moon behind him, even now, he will still protect the New Moon.

Xinyue looked at his back with mixed feelings, and looked up at Liang Wei, who attracted everyone's attention as soon as he looked up at the horse. As long as the men present had swords at their waists, they all held the hilt of their swords in unison.

And although Liang Wei did not come alone, but his waist, as long as he was tied with a very tight belt, there were only jade pendants and other things hanging on his waist, and there was no shadow of a weapon.

"Everyone, calm down, the main hall handed over the national letter, made a sedan chair, and came in from the main gate of your Jinling City, of course, the main hall doesn't mind that next time it is wearing a battle armor and coming in." Saying that, Liang Wei had completely walked in front of Rong Xu, and Xinyue knew that his purpose was not Rong Xu, but the self behind Rong Xu.

And with Liang Wei came Rong Ying, who followed behind, and a large group of guards and soldiers who came to protect Liang Wei.

Xinyue pulled Rong Xu's arm, "Cousin, let's go in." ”

"Let's take a look first" Rong Xu refused to leave, he also received the news of Liang Wei's entry into Beijing, and he didn't expect to meet him at such a crowded garden party.

Liang Wei explained his doubts for Rong Xu, "The palace is extremely boring in Jinling, from the time of our Liang Kingdom, the palace has heard of the garden party of the Shangqing Palace, this time since it has caught up, the palace naturally wants to come and see, no, the palace has brought money." As he spoke, Liang Wei patted the purse on his waist, and there was indeed the sound of copper plates and silver colliding.