Chapter 12 Preparation for the Flower Dynasty Festival
"Flower Dynasty Festival?" Hearing Shen Yu's words, Shen Ning was stunned. She glanced at Shen Mi, they all looked curious and ready to listen carefully, but the other two aunts were smiling, obviously knowing about the Hua Dynasty Festival, and today the second aunt Shen Hu and cousin Shen Yao were also there, and Shen Yu called everyone together, just to talk about it.
"You are young, and you don't live in Jingzhao for a long time, so you must not know what the Flower Dynasty Festival is. The Flower Dynasty Festival is an annual event of Jingzhao and Lu's daughter's family, and on this day, the daughter's family gets together to compete and test their talents, which can be regarded as an appearance before the marriage of the queen. Over the years, the royal family has gathered the daughters and granddaughters of the ministers above the five grades to hold the Flower Dynasty Festival, in fact, the royal family looks at the girls, so the Flower Dynasty Festival has become more and more grand. Shen Yu drank tea and explained the doubts of his daughter and niece.
Over there, the Shen Hu family was also saying that the Shen family had not participated in such gatherings in previous years, firstly, there were no girls of the right age to participate in the competition, and secondly, because the posts of the Flower Dynasty Festival were not delivered to the Shen family every year, and the Shen family did not pay attention to this matter.
"This year, the Shen family received a post from the Flower Dynasty Festival, so I decided to take you to see and see." This is the purpose of Shen Yu's calling them, since Shen Zejing returned to Jingzhao to serve, this is the first time that the girls of the Shen family have appeared in Jingzhao, and it is an opportunity like the Flower Dynasty Festival, so she pays more attention to it.
"You don't have a good time, there will be no competition, just go to join in the fun, so I'm going to take Shen Ning, Shen Mi, and Shen Yao to go, and the rest are too young, so let's talk about it next year." As soon as this news came out, except for Shen Ning, Shen Mi and Shen Yao couldn't hide their excitement. The Flower Dynasty Festival is such a lively thing, it is naturally the best to be able to see it, even Aunt Li and Shen Hu are yearning, but they are not qualified to participate, they are just happy for their daughter.
"So the three of you will stay, and I called the master of Tianyi Pavilion to help you measure your body and make clothes for the Flower Dynasty Festival." As soon as these words came out, the little girls were even more excited, the clothes of Tianyi Pavilion were the most famous in Jingzhao, and they still knew this, they didn't expect that participating in the Flower Dynasty Festival was so grand, and they had to order the clothes of Tianyi Pavilion.
The Shen family has its own sewing room and needlework lady, and the clothes for the four seasons are also specially prepared. It's not that their clothes are not good, the reason why Shen Yu's family chose Tianyi Pavilion is because they know the trend of Jingzhao better, and second, they also know the dress of other officials' husbands and young ladies to avoid collision and embarrassment. This is the first time that the girl of the Shen family has appeared in Jingzhao, and the Shen Yu family does not want to make any mistakes.
So everyone was excited to discuss the Flower Dynasty Festival, and Shen Hu gossiped about the more famous people and things in the Flower Dynasty Festival in previous years. I heard that the current crown princess Wu was out of the limelight at the Flower Dynasty Festival that year, and the youngest daughter of the current Jiangnan Provincial Observation Envoy Ye Zhengchun's family also participated in the Flower Dynasty Festival held by the royal family, and also played a song "Autumn Wind" that amazed everyone, but it was also so scared that the clansmen did not dare to marry her......
Listening to this, the little girls became more interested in the Flower Dynasty Festival, and even Shen Wan, a little girl, was clamoring to participate with her sisters, and everyone laughed when they saw this.
Shen Yu sent a message to let the others disperse, leaving Shen Ning and the three of them to wait for the arrival of the masters of Tianyi Pavilion. The people of Tianyi Pavilion soon came, they were two middle-aged ladies of some age, one was slightly fat, the other was thin, both of them were quite shrewd, but they were respectful and not humble to Shen Yu's and Shen Ning and others, and they did a lot of courtesy.
Shen Yu was a little satisfied when he saw this, and thought that Tianyi Pavilion could be so famous, and it was indeed outstanding. He said, "Please two little ladies." After they measured Shen Ning and the others, they said a few requests and asked them to give their opinions. The two ladies are not ambiguous, according to the age and temperament of Shen Ning and others, they choose suitable clothing and tailoring for them, because the three of them are young, although they are not easy to shine, they will not be ugly.
"This big girl has a beautiful face, a pair of dark eyes, and it is just ......right to make a skirt with Hubi's light silk," Shen Ning heard the fat lady describe her like this, but she was very calm and natural.
"This girl is very beautiful, and her skin will appear fairer with the fineness of the moon blue......" This is Shen Mi, Shen Mi listened to it, but smiled shyly.
"This girl looks at her eyes flying, she must be a hearty and straightforward person, and the cherry red silk is just right......" Shen Yao listened, but quite agreed, and raised her eyebrows, and laughed gently.
Next, the two ladies talked about the half-arms, tunics, embroidered shoes, etc., which are matched according to different clothes, all of which are in harmony with each other. Shen Ning and others didn't understand this, Shen Yu listened to it, and thought it was quite good, so he settled down, and waited for the ready-to-wear to be sent over seven days later, to see if there was anything that was not satisfied and needed to be modified.
After the two ladies said this, they saluted Shen Yu and said goodbye. Mama Yu sent them out of He Mingxuan, and dotted each of them with a purse, saying that it was to make them worry more and so on, these two ladies are also experienced people, but they didn't push much, and quickly stuffed the purse into the cuffs, saying that they would definitely be attentive.
After a few days, Tianyi Pavilion sent the clothes and shoes over, Shen Ning and the others took a look at it, and it was really similar to the description of the two ladies, very close, and it was also in line with their temperament, magnifying everyone's advantages as much as possible, and covering up the deficiencies on their bodies.
Shen Yu's family saw it and was very satisfied, and one day later, he called the people of Zhenbaozhai and selected suitable jewelry for Shen Ning and them. The Shen family, like many officials in Jingzhao, was seriously and nervously preparing for the Flower Dynasty Festival.
Chen Zhihao's family, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is also preparing for the Flower Dynasty Festival, and there are several girls in his family, the Flower Dynasty Festival is a major event, and the Shangshu Mansion is also filled with a tense atmosphere. Chen Zhihao's wife, Chen Lin, summoned her granddaughter Chen Wanrou and asked her if the relevant clothes and jewelry were all ready, whether they were all appropriate, and so on.
Chen Wanrou is as her name suggests, both gentle and soft, because of the early death of her biological mother, in addition to being gentle, her temperament has a little more tenacity and stubbornness. At this moment, she heard this question from her grandmother, who had always loved and loved her, and quickly replied with a smile: "Mother is ready, and it is all appropriate." The mother she said was naturally her stepmother Chen Zhao, no matter what the relationship between the two people was, in a major event like the Flower Dynasty Festival, Chen Zhao would not have anything to say, and the clothes and jewelry were also very well prepared.
Chen Zhao was in the room at the moment, his face was gloomy, his hands were clenched into fists, he pursed his lips and said nothing, and there was suppressed resentment on his face that was friendly in the past. It's true that she is the concubine of Shangshu, but there is one dead in front, she is just filling in the steproom, and the one in front also left a daughter, and now there is still a great creation, if it is true, it is not to leave herself and her daughter far behind, and let herself salute her? As long as she thinks about it like this, it makes the always strong Chen Zhao angry, but she is just the daughter of a dead ghost, why should she?
Chen Zhao remembered that two days ago, she went to the palace with her mother-in-law Chen Lin to ask the queen for peace. The Queen Mother has been sincerely worshiping the Buddha all these years, and she has long stopped accepting the invitation of the wife, and only meets the internal and external women on the Holy Birthday Festival, so it is not strange that the queen ordered Chen Lin and others to enter the palace. Chen Lin's entourage was just an ordinary greeting, and the queen didn't say anything, but Concubine De, who was accompanying them on the side, smiled at them a few more times, which made Chen Zhaopo a little flattered. Originally, there was nothing to be angry about, but when the two of them retired from Kunning Palace, they happened to meet Concubine Li who came to greet the queen, so Chen Lin and others saluted Concubine Li again.
"Please, how dare you." Accompanied by Concubine Li's soft voice, it was she who personally helped Chen Lin up, and her palace maid over there helped Chen Zhao up, and unconsciously touched Chen Zhao's cuffs during the process.
Chen Zhao shook invisibly, and when he saw Concubine Li smiling meaningfully, he quickly lowered his head. After Concubine Li and Chen Lin's greetings, she went out of the palace gate and returned to Chen's house, and after a meal, Chen Lin's was also tired, so she told Chen Zhao not to wait on the side, and she went back to the room to see the note on the cuff.
The seven words "Chen Wanrou marries the second prince" stabbed her eyes, remembering that Concubine De smiled a little more at her out of thin air, thinking of Chen Wanrou, who had never been close to her, remembering that she was thoughtful and harsh on her surface, and thinking about her daughter Chen Wanru, who was just more than three years old, why didn't she have such a fate? remembered that if it weren't for Concubine Li's signal, she would have been kept in the dark at all. The more I thought about it, the more unwilling I became, and secretly gritted my teeth: My daughter doesn't have it, how can I let you get your wish!
Chen Zhao then summoned his confidant and said, "Quietly bring the red sleeves to ......"
At the same time, Shen Ning was also thinking about the Flower Dynasty Festival, the clothes had been delivered, the jewelry had been tried on today, and there were only three days left before the Flower Dynasty Festival. She almost forgot that there was also the Flower Dynasty Festival.
In her previous life, she didn't go to this Flower Dynasty Festival, and she didn't know what the reason was, the Shen family didn't receive an invitation post. Although she didn't go, it didn't prevent her from knowing about a major event that happened at this flower festival. On the 35th year of the Flower Dynasty Festival in Changtai, Chen Wanrou, the granddaughter of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, accidentally fell into the water, and when she was rescued by the guards, her clothes were untidy, and her name was ruined. "Even the lotus-colored belly pocket is exposed, the towering breasts, the white skin and smooth ......" These are the words of some good people in the previous life after the Flower Dynasty Festival to describe the scene at that time, which was extremely fragrant, but it also made Shen Ning understand enough about what the situation was like at that time.
And Chen Wanrou also committed suicide shortly after the Flower Dynasty Festival, but it was just an accident and lost a life. Only afterwards did the news come out, that Emperor Changtai planned to give her to the second prince as his wife, and Miss Jingzhao official's wife couldn't help but feel a pity again, lamenting that she had this accident, there was no such blessing, and said that wealth and glory are all fate.
Is it really fate? Shen Ning sneered in his heart, after Chen Wanrou committed suicide, the second prince and the Shangshu family of the military department did not form a family, and they lost a lot of help, and in the end, they cheapened Shangguan Changzhi. She still remembers very well that after Shangguan Changzhi was established as the crown prince, among the princes, there was a person named Chen Wanru, who was Chen Wanrou's half-sister.
It's a pity that she didn't attend that banquet, and she doesn't know what the ins and outs of the matter were. This must have been designed by someone, but how did Chen Wanrou fall for it and how was she pushed down? She hadn't seen Chen Wanrou, so it was impossible for her to come to visit her rashly, besides, Chen Wanrou alone was not worth her risk of telling her about her past life, it was necessary to stop it, but what could be done?
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