Chapter 24: The Day of Longevity

Su Wan received an anonymous message early in the morning that they would arrive in the capital around noon.

Su Wan asked Xing'er to make a table of meals and waited for Chu Mohan to come back.

At noon, Su Wan saw that only the nameless person came back and asked; "What about the Nine Emperors?"

"The Nine Emperors have entered the palace with the Four Princes."

Su Wan lowered her eyes: "Isn't the Nine Emperor Princes coming back for lunch?" ”

Su Wan said with a little loss in her tone.

"This subordinate doesn't know."

Su Wan waved her hand: "You go down and rest first!" You've worked hard all this time. ”

"That's what subordinates should do."

After saying that, Nameless went down to rest.

Xing'er looked at the table of delicacies and asked, "Princess, are we waiting for the Nine Emperors to come back and have lunch together?" ”

Su Wan pursed her lips: "Let's remove the food first." ”

Xing'er looked at Su Wan with some hesitation: "Are the princesses going to leave?" ”

Su Wan nodded: "All withdraw." ”

"But...... Princess, you ...... You haven't eaten lunch yet. ”

Su Wan got up and walked out: "I'm not hungry." ”

Before the words fell, Su Wan had already walked out of the room.

Apricot sighed and removed the dish from the table.

When Chu Mohan came back from the palace, it was already dark, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw Su Wan with a gloomy face.

Chu Mohan walked to Su Wan's side suspiciously; "Wan'er, what's wrong with you? How the clothes look very unhappy. ”

Su Wan didn't speak, and turned her head to look to the side.

Chu Mohan saw that Su Wan ignored him and pouted; "Wan'er, did I do something wrong? If I do something that makes Wan'er angry, Wan'er, don't be angry, I know it's wrong. ”

Su Wan's eyes were cold, and she spoke coldly; "Since you're wrong, do you know where you're wrong?"

Chu Mohan scratched his head, he only knew that Su Wan was unhappy, but he didn't know why Su Wan was unhappy.

Chu Mohan took Su Wan's hand, shook it back and forth, and said coquettishly; "It's all me who makes Wan'er unhappy, it's all my fault, I must be in the future."

Seeing that Chu Mohan was ineffective with the addition and looked at her pitifully, where was Su Wan still angry.

Sighing, Su Wan said slowly; "Wherever you go in the future, tell me, or it will worry me."

Chu Mohan assured; "I'll tell Wan'er wherever I go in the future."

Chu Mohan touched his stomach and smiled a little embarrassedly; "Wan'er, I'm hungry."

The more Chu Mohan spoke, the quieter his voice became.

Su Wan pursed her lips and smiled; "I'll let Xing'er bring the food up."

The autumn wind blew away the sultry summer heat, and in a blink of an eye, the sultry summer days passed, and the early autumn days were still a little hot, Su Wan sat in the courtyard, looking at the clouds in the sky boringly.

Apricot puts a plate of delicate dim sum on the table; "Imperial Princess, this is the dim sum that the Nine Emperor Princes bought from Qi Shunzhai, how does the Imperial Concubine taste it."

Su Wan glanced at the delicate dim sum on the plate and looked away without interest.

Xing'er was stunned when she saw her look away.

The princess loves to eat dim sum on weekdays, what's wrong today? I didn't look interested in dim sum.

Could it be that the sun has come out of the west?

Xing'er blinked and looked at Su Wan in disbelief.

Su Wan held her chin boringly, and said in a lazy voice; "Apricot, shall we go shopping on the street?"

Since returning to the capital, she hasn't been out for a whole month.

Apricot hesitated; "Yes...... But ......"

Su Wan looked at Xing'er; "What's the matter, I'm dying of boredom, and if I keep going like this, I'll go crazy."

Apricot said with some concern; "The princess, if you want to go out, you have to tell the Nine Emperor Princes first."

Su Wan sighed; "It's a real hassle to get out of the house."

"Nine Emperor Princesses, you want to go out so much?"

Su Wan nodded; "I'm really going to get hairy if I keep going like this." Su Wan said casually; "Isn't there a festival in Beijing lately?"

Apricot thought for a moment and said; "The fourth day of the next month is Halloween."

Su Wan wondered; "Hallowe?"

The emperor's birthday is called Wanshou Festival, which is a national festival with the meaning of longevity. Celebrating the emperor's birthday was an important ceremonial activity in the ancient court.

On the day of the Birthday Festival, the Emperor's Palace received congratulations and gifts from the princes and officials. During the Wanshou Festival, slaughtering is prohibited, and the criminal name is ignored for several days before and after, and the civil and military officials must wear python robes according to the system. On this day, the craftsmen of the capital use colorful paintings, cloths, etc. to decorate the main streets, and sing and dance everywhere. Hundreds of civil and military officials from all over the country set up incense cases and made big salutes in the direction of the capital.

Apricot said with a smile; "During the Halloween Festival, the palace and the palace are very lively."

Su Wan's eyes lit up; "Doesn't this mean that during Hallowe, there will be a lot of stalls on the streets, and there will be a lot of delicious food."

As she spoke, Su Wan's saliva was about to flow out.

"Imperial Princess, you are now married to the Nine Emperor Princesses, and you are the dignified Nine Emperor Princesses, and you are also going to participate in this year's Halloween Festival."

Su Wan pointed to herself; "I'm going to participate too?"

"In the past, the princess who was the concubine of the prime minister's house could also participate, but every year the princess felt troublesome and never participated."

In the past, Su Wan didn't like to participate in banquets the most, she liked the feeling of being free and unrestrained, there were many rules in the palace, and she didn't like the feeling of being bound by the rules.

Su Wan twisted her eyebrows, the banquet was too troublesome, so she was reluctant to participate.

"Can't you go if you don't go?"

Apricot vetoed it in one bite; "No way!"

Su Wan pursed her lips dissatisfied; "Why not? I remember I hadn't been to it before. ”

Xing'er crossed her waist with her hands, hating that iron could not become a steel road; "Princess, your current identity is different, you must participate in this year's Halloween Festival, if you don't participate, the Nine Emperors will be laughed at."

Su Wan waved her hand and rubbed her temples; "Got it, got it, I'll participate."

"Princess, have you forgotten that every year on Halloween, the eldest lady is out of the limelight."

Su Wan wasn't interested in any of this; "I'm tired, I'm going back to my room to rest."

Apricot is too Russell, if she doesn't flee quickly, Apricot will miss her endlessly.

Xing'er didn't give Su Wan a chance to escape at all, and hurriedly followed the road; "Do you know the princess, how others talk about you behind your back."

Thinking of how those people were talking about Su Wan, Xing'er gritted her teeth secretly.

There was no need to think about it, Su Wan also knew how those people were talking about her behind her back.

Su Wan yawned and said nonchalantly; "Got it, I'll go back to my room and rest first."

Xing'er looked at Su Wan's back and sighed helplessly.

In the past few days, Chu Mohan has locked himself in the study to practice writing, and he plans to perform calligraphy on the day of Wanshou as a birthday gift to the Northern Chu Emperor.

There was no one to play with her, and Su Wan felt even more bored.

The longevity festival is approaching, and the capital is full of lights, and it is very lively.

Su Wan wanted to go shopping on the street, but Xing'er refused to let her go.

Su Wan has been sullen for the past few days.

Apricot not only didn't let her go out, but also forced her to practice as a female worker.

Su Wan didn't even know how to sew clothes since she was a child, how could she embroider.

"Ahh

Su Wan screamed.

Xing'er hurriedly stepped forward and said with concern; "Princess, did you get the needle in your hand again?"

Su Wan sucked the finger that was pricked by the needle and looked at Xing'er aggrievedly; "I said I couldn't embroider, and you forced me to embroider, and all ten of my fingers were pricked with needles."

Looking at Su Wan's fingers bandaging the gauze, Xing'er sighed helplessly; "On the day of Wanshou Day, the princess, you also have to give gifts to the emperor."

Su Wan threw aside the cloth she had embroidered and didn't know what it was, and said lazily; "Just give me whatever you want, why do you have to give me something embroidered by hand."

Apricot Road; "On the day of the Halloween Day, the ladies of each province will give their own carefully prepared gifts, not only that, but also perform talents, every year the young lady who wins the talent show, the emperor will reward her with a lot of things."

Su Wan wasn't interested in any of this.

"Do you want to show your talents?"

Apricot nodded; "This is a great opportunity for you to save face, princess."

Su Wan saw that Xing'er looked eager to try, and sighed helplessly; "Am I going to send this to the emperor?"

Su Wan pointed to the unknown thing she had embroidered.

The corners of Xing'er's mouth twitched, it is true that she can't give the emperor such a thing.

Apricot relented; "This is too ugly, give it to the emperor, the emperor will definitely be furious, and he can only pick a ready-made gift to send to the emperor."

"Great." Su Wan almost jumped up with joy, she was about to go to the yard to take a breath, and Xing'er grabbed her; "The princess's gift can be ready-made, but the talent ......"

Su Wan felt that the current apricot was too terrifying.

"Let me think about what kind of talent I'm going to perform that day." Su Wan said with a flattering smile.

Xing'er looked at Su Wan coldly and said word by word; "There's no time left, talent can only perform the princess, your best ......"

Su Wan blinked her eyes and looked at Xing'er in confusion, what talent can she handle?

On the day of Wanshou Day, as soon as the sky was dawning, Su Wan was called up by Xing'er.

Su Wan was still very sleepy, dozing off while letting Xing'er help her comb her hair.

After breakfast, Su Wan sobered up a little.

The carriage slowly drove towards Fanghua Square.

Every year, the Wanshou Festival will be held in Fanghua Square, Fanghua Square is very large, in addition to the civil and military officials who came to participate, as well as their families, the people can also watch outside the square.

When Su Wan and Chu Mohan arrived, there were already many people in the square.

The position of the emperor, the queen and the queen mother is still empty.

Su Wan and Chu Mohan's position is to the right of the emperor's position, the emperor's right position is for the prince and princess, and the emperor's left position is for the concubines.

Su Wan and Chu Mohan came to their places and sat down, Su Wan looked around, and the young ladies around them were all gathered together in twos and threes.

Su Wan turned her head to look at Chu Mohan.

I don't know what Chu Mohan is thinking, and his eyes fall on an unknown place.

Su Wan retracted her gaze and looked at the position of the other princes.

Except for them, it seemed that the other princes had not yet come, and Su Wan's gaze finally fell on the position of the fourth prince, Chu Mojing.