Xia was an ancient agricultural empire, and the traditional festivals of spring and autumn, which symbolized sowing and harvest, became very important and meaningful.

The Spring Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first month of each year, it marks the end of the severe cold, the beginning of spring, from this day, the earth recovers, everything grows, and the season of sowing has arrived. Three days before the Spring Festival, the Son of Heaven began to fast, and on the day of the Spring Festival, he would personally lead the princes of the Three Princes and the Nine Emperors to the New Year's Hall to pray for spring, praying for good weather throughout the year.

But among the people, the autumn festival on August 15 is more popular. In the era of fire cultivation and knife planting, autumn and evening represent a good harvest, and only after a bumper harvest can everyone survive the long winter and continue to survive. Therefore, whenever the autumn festival comes, everyone will celebrate it in a big way, and it is also the opportunity for the last clan to get together before the cold winter. On this day, it is also the birthday of the moon god Niangniang, who is in charge of fertility and marriage, and every household will also set up incense tables to place sacrifices for the moon goddess Niangniang's birthday, hoping that it can protect the family Ding Prosperity, peace and prosperity. At this time of the year, the government will organize a lantern festival, some jugglers will also perform traditional programs such as dragon dance, lotus picking boats, and pagoda building in the bazaar, and the church will also choose a stunning beauty to play the moon god Niangniang for a float. On this day, it is also popular to write their wishes on the lamp and go to the river to put the sky lantern, praying that the moon god Niangniang can bring a good marriage to herself, and the married woman also likes to put the sky lantern, hoping that the moon goddess Niangniang can see her prayer and bless the happy married life or give birth to a male heir for the husband's family...... Of course, this is also a good opportunity for talented and beautiful people to meet by chance, so it has led to a lot of good marriages. There is a widely circulated drama "Flower Pavilion Society" that was created based on this.

All in all, it's a binge-watching show.

These are all things that Gu Xiyan saw in that book "Green Xuan Night Talk".

The present of the Xizhao Dynasty is a bit like the middle of the Ming Dynasty in history, although commercial trade is active, under the influence of traditional concepts and the restrictions of the willful will of the rulers, the status of merchants is not respected as it should be, and they are restricted by a strict hierarchical system. Usually they are not qualified to attend or participate in the Spring Festival, so that the autumn festival celebration of men and women, old and young, has gradually become a good opportunity for businessmen with huge sums of money to show off their capital. They often organize lantern festivals or juggling troupes in the name of their families to expand their reputation. So although there are still more than 20 days before the Autumn Festival, the girls and grandmothers at home are talking about the performance of this year's Autumn Festival, talking about whose lanterns were the most novel last year, whose juggling team was the best-looking, what kind of clothing was popular in the Autumn Festival last year, what kind of clothing may be popular this year, etc...... The Gu Mansion also began to clean, hung lanterns, arranged offerings to worship the Moon God Niang, and the girls and grandmothers in the house also began to receive the autumn clothes of the Autumn Festival one after another.

Gu Xiyan could already strongly feel the atmosphere of the Autumn Festival.

Mama Song personally came to discuss the matter of Duanniang Gu Xiyan Qiushang: "...... In the first half of the year, the lord spent 1,000 taels of silver just to buy Huan Ling, which was really a bit stretched...... Curry also has a silk yarn of four seasons flowers, which is a tribute the year before last, do you think it will work? ”

Duan Niang was indeed taken aback when she heard this, she didn't expect that the days in Gu's mansion had already passed like this, and she couldn't help asking: "A little boy, why did you spend a thousand taels of silver, this is also too ......"

Mama Song's expression flashed a hint of unnaturalness, and she hurriedly diverted the topic: "I heard Liu Er say that the girl has been reading books for the past few days, and she hasn't stopped yet?" ”

Duanniang smiled: "The girl is older, and she can sit still than when she was a child, and she looks like a girl." ”

The two of them exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Mama Song took her leave.

Gu Xiyan also listened to a few words in the room, and kept stroking the book and pondering.

Duan Niang entered the house and saw Gu Xiyan leaning on the big couch by the window in a daze, and walked out lightly.

Gu Xiyan turned the page of the book, holding a small note with a few short words, "Dusk, dissolving the moon and fastening the forest". It was sent by Deacon Ding's child.

Do you want to take someone with you? After all, in ancient times, it was important for men and women to be unclear, in case ......

After dinner, Gu Xiyan still decided to go alone.

In this world, there are so many tricks and ghosts.

She instructed Yokotsuki: "I'll go for a walk outside." ”

Hengyue and the others had to wait for Gu Xiyan to finish eating before they started eating, hearing Gu Xiyan say this, Hengyue immediately put down the bowl and wanted to go with her, Gu Xiyan smiled: "I'm just walking around casually in the inner courtyard, and I won't be able to lose it." ”

She walked out of the garden, slowly walked into the woods by the tree, and when she reached the corner gate, it was indeed hidden.

Gu Xiyan smiled coldly.

It seems that it is not difficult for these corner doors of the Gu family to open!

Out of the corner gate, there was a person standing on the path, it was Deacon Ding.

When he heard the sound, he turned around and saw Gu Xiyan, and immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "I don't know what the girl is looking for me?" ”

Gu Xiyan asked straight to the point: "You often walk around outside and talk about what you heard about the current royal family." ”

Deacon Ding's face changed slightly, and asked in a cautious tone: "Most of the rumors in the market do not match ......"

Gu Xiyan interrupted him: "I'm not going to write a biography, why do you want it to be so conformant?" You just say it. ”

Deacon Ding hesitated for a moment and asked, "I don't know what the girl wants to ask?" ”

Gu Xiyan asked, "How many princes are there in the emperor today?" How old are you? Did you marry a princess? ……”

Deacon Ding was silent for a long time before answering softly one by one.

The conversation between the two lasted for about ten minutes, and Deacon Ding's hanging heart fell.

It seems that I am afraid that there is some news from the palace, and the girl wants to know about the situation.

Thinking about it this way, the conversation between the two people is much easier.

As the two of them were talking, there was a sound of broken branches and leaves in the woods.

Gu Xiyan and Deacon Ding looked at each other, and the two of them closed their voices very tacitly, nodded to each other, and dispersed.

As soon as Gu Xiyan took a few steps, he heard a low voice begging for mercy, the voice was panicked and sad, as if he had heard it somewhere.

She couldn't help but look around curiously, and saw a pair of small white feet sticking out of a bush not far away, and it was scurrying towards the sky.

Gu Xiyan hesitated for a moment and walked quickly towards the corner gate.

Who knows what? Sometimes pretending not to know, everyone still has three points of affection when they meet, and they sit face to face and confirm the handle, so they can only force everyone to tear their faces and make a decision......

Back in the house, Gu Xiyan quickly left this matter behind, and she lay on the bed and carefully sorted out the words of Deacon Ding in her mind.

Yang Tao, the eleventh monarch of the Xizhao Dynasty, is forty-four years old today, and is the only son of the empress dowager Fang and the first emperor of the dynasty, so he ascended the throne as king without any objections. According to the rules of the Xizhao Dynasty, the harem is equipped with 1 queen, 4 concubines, 6 concubines, 9 Jieyu, 18 Baolin, 36 beauties, and a number of candidates. He has 1 queen Li, who was married to the concubine of Feng Guogong, and 2 concubines Wang and Gu, Gu is Gu Chaorong, and Wang is the niece of the queen mother Fang; 1 concubine Lian is the cousin of Gu Xiyan's mother, and she is still Gu Xiyan's aunt; 1 beauty, Wu, was the emperor's female official when he was the prince, the girl of the Wu family in Huzhou, Jiangnan, and several others. Among the previous monarchs of Xizhao, it is not too much, nor is it considered less. He had five sons and three daughters, and he had not yet made a prince. Among them, the eldest son was born to Wu Meiren, the second son and eldest daughter were born to Kang Concubine Lian, the third son, the fourth son and the second daughter were all born to the Xian Concubine Wang, the imperial concubine Gu did not give birth, and the youngest son and daughter were born to the queen. Among the five sons, the eldest son, the second and the third all married the princess, the eldest gave birth to 3 sons, the second gave birth to 1 son, the third gave birth to 5 sons, and the fourth son was engaged to the daughter of Liang Guogong Zheng Pengfei last year, and the wedding is scheduled for next spring......

Choosing a concubine? Who to choose, is the emperor still the fifth prince?

Gu Xiyan pondered.

What is Gu Chaorong, who is married to the emperor? No wonder the dirtiest place in the world is the palace...... She couldn't help but pout.

In the next few days, Gu Xiyan buried herself in memorizing the book "Sound Rhyme Enlightenment", and she set a schedule for the plan, and she must memorize the book before going to Cui Baoyi's class.

Soon, Gu Xiyan's clothes for the Autumn Festival came, with a white wrap on her chest, a sapphire blue high skirt and a pomegranate skirt neatly scattered with flowers, and the flowers were outlined with gold and silver threads with complex patterns of honeysuckle flowers, lilies, lotus, pomegranate flowers and peony flowers, which were very beautiful.

Duan Niang looked at the skirt but sighed, everyone's faces were not good, and none of them showed the excitement of ordinary women when they saw the new clothes.

Gu Xiyan was a little strange, she took the skirt in her hand and looked left and right for a long time, but she didn't find any problems. When it was time to go to bed at night, Gu Xiyan pretended to ask Mo Ju who was sleeping with her by chance, and Mo Ju told her angrily: "The clothes of the Autumn Festival are exquisite, and the girl who has not left the pavilion should wear a flowery skirt and tell others that this is the girl's house." The girl's dress is not in order. ”

Gu Xiyan asked, "Is it very unruly?" ”

Mo Ju hesitated: "It's not all. Only those from poor families who can't afford to buy new dresses will wear each other indiscriminately......" Speaking of this, she felt speechless again, and hurriedly changed the topic, "Or the girl will wear the flowery silk sand we brought from Shuzhou that day." As he spoke, he took out the dress in the closet.

Gu Xiyan only felt that there was a flower in front of him, it was really a hundred flowers that did not fall to the ground, there was no gap, there was not a single leaf, it was all hand-embroidered large flowers, colorful, different shapes, like sunset, like a shawl, shining with gorgeous brilliance under the faint light, showing a luxurious beauty. Mo Ju said happily: "Miss, let's wear this one!" ”

Gu Xiyan stroked the uneven embroidery on her skirt and muttered, "Put it away, just wear the one given by Madame." ”

Mo Ju lost her voice and said, "Second girl......"

Gu Xiyan smiled and insisted: "That's it." ”

Mo Ju put away her skirt with a gloomy expression, and when she looked back, Gu Xiyan squinted her eyes, as if she was asleep. She called out softly, "Second girl", Gu Xiyan didn't move, and Mo Ju walked out lightly.

Gu Xiyan opened her eyes slightly after hearing Mo Ju's footsteps going out, and looked at the blue and white plum vase in the room.