Chapter 27 Peculiar Rituals and Customs
Wan Wan has always had a big heart, and this state of confusion did not last long.
A good night's sleep.
When the time was approaching, Wan Wan put on her official uniform and walked out of the house with her eyes open, but she saw that the second master was already waiting in the courtyard with a smile on his face.
Wan Wan wondered if he was going to give a big red envelope, but heard him say, "Sister Wei, come here." Reach out. β
So Wan Wan stood in the cold morning breeze, stretched out a hand, and was stunned again.
Second Master Ming took the pulse of two hands one after another, and said, "I cooked the soup cake and left after eating." So he wrapped up his clothes, and turned and went back to the house to rest.
Wan Wan immediately became energetic when she heard the word soup cake, walked quickly to the kitchen, and sure enough, she saw a large bowl of steaming soup cake on the table.
This bowl of soup cakes looks good but tastes weird, but Wanwan is still happy to eat. In the middle of winter, the time of day is the coldest. Later, she will have to stand in the cold wind with the civil and military officials for a long time. Having some hot food in your stomach and having an empty stomach would be two completely different experiences.
Wan Wan buried two sweet potatoes in the stove in advance, but the roasted sweet potatoes were not as comfortable as this soup and water.
Wan Wan pulled a large bowl of soup cakes clean, and before leaving, she still didn't forget to take out the two sweet potatoes from the bottom of the stove to wrap them and take them away.
In this time and space, a large-scale pilgrimage meeting is held on the first day of the first lunar month every year to grandly open the new year. On this day, the emperor and queen will accept the worship of hundreds of officials together, and then lead the hundred officials to worship the heavens. These two major ceremonies are not over. The ministers also accompanied the emperor and queen to receive the envoys sent by various countries to pay New Year's greetings. Then there is the banquet of the emperor and queen. A rough estimate, and when that time comes, it will be time to say less. These two sweet potatoes are just enough to carry a belly pad.
The sky is not dawn, and at this time no people have gone out to pay New Year's greetings. On the wide road, the carriages of the military generals came and went. Ming Wanwan relied on a light work to walk in the wind, so there was no carriage or horse for travel. In the past, the court meeting was not so early, and Wan Wan still had a sense of freshness in this era, and she felt comfortable and enjoyed walking around on a pair of legs to see the scenery. There is no tool to buy a substitute.
And now, Wan Wan tightened her cloak and held the two sweet potatoes as a hand warmer. As he walked, he secretly swore that he would have to buy a carriage for the New Year.
People have no long-term concerns, and there will indeed be near-term worries.
Gritting her teeth and walking for a while, Wan Wan heard the sound of horses' hooves behind her. The sound of horses' hooves was different from the previous horses, which were all a brisk "da-da" sound, and these horses were not only urgent, but even the sound was earth-shattering thunder, as if they had a grudge against the bricks.
Wan Wan turned her head to look, and saw several horses galloping towards her. When she got closer, the leader turned his horse's head and rushed to her, and hurriedly grabbed the reins of the horse. The horse was caught off guard and raised its front hooves high and came to a dangerous stop. The man on the horse turned over in a neat and good-looking manner.
"Sister Ming!"
This voice with a little surprise pressed down the curse in Wan Wan's throat, "It's so immoral".
The person who came was not a bystander, it was His Royal Highness the King of Yan who had seen him outside Xiazhou City. He and the others had been helped by others and didn't say anything, so they rushed to the other family to be a prince, and Wan Wan didn't care about this thing that was almost kicked by a horse.
King Yan and several of his entourages were all in one body, but their voices were still full of strength and high-spirited, "I saw Sister Ming as soon as I returned to Beijing, Sister Ming's soul loss is cured?" β
Wan Wan clasped her fists and saluted, "His Royal Highness King Lao Yan is worried." His Royal Highness King He Yan has a good New Year, and the flowers are blooming, icing on the cake. β
The smile on King Yan's face paused, "It's so rusty, it looks like Sister Ming's soul loss hasn't healed yet." β
Wan Wan didn't think deeply about his words, and smiled to herself, "For a while, I'm afraid it won't be better." ββHis Royal Highness King Yan returned victoriously, please enter the palace quickly to see the official's house. The lower officials will not delay His Highness's time. β
King Yan smiled: "It's always bad to enter the palace like this. I saw that my sister Ming didn't have hairpins, so it was better to go to the flower dock to pick a flower. β
Wan Wan was confused, "Hairpin flower? β
"Sister Ming's soul loss is so complete that she even forgot the customs. Let's talk on the way. As soon as King Yan waved his hand, one of his attendants gave up his horse to Wan Wan.
When Wan Wan saw the transportation tool of this divine horse, her mouth reacted before her brain, and she said "yes" almost immediately.
Hairpin is a ceremonial system in this time and space. At such a festive moment like today, from the emperor to the common people, as long as a man has to put a hairpin on his head. The civil and military officials also want to congratulate the hairpins. The female officer should also follow this etiquette and make a hairpin.
Wan Wan listened to King Yan's explanation, and only felt that she was square and square. Although she knew some anecdotes about ancient men's hairpins and powder, she didn't know that this kind of thing could become a system.
Thinking of the scene of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military capitals full of hairpins, Wan Wan suddenly became excited. A serious little old man like the right prime minister, a black-faced man like a general, and a gloomy governor ...... like Dimen, what kind of spicy-eyed scene would those people have a delicate flower on their hairpins.
Wan Wan couldn't wait to urge the horse forward, and the sound of the horse's hooves shook the sky like thunder, as if the road bricks were going to be broken.
The prosperous dock mentioned by King Yan is actually a large greenhouse built half a mile outside the palace. As soon as Wan Wan entered, she was amazed by the ancient black technology.
Greenhouse planting, it turned out that it existed as far back as the Song Dynasty?!
Wan Wan wondered if Emperor Taizong, who had changed the course of history, would be a traverser. Otherwise, how could there be such black technology in this time and space.
When King Yan saw Wan Wan's expression, he patiently explained.
However, it turned out that the greenhouse was planted in the Han Dynasty, and it was possible to grow onions, leeks, vegetables, ru and other vegetables in the middle of winter. It's just that people think that these vegetables violate the law of the growth of all things, are unseasonal, and eating them may hurt people, so there is a ban on planting vegetables in the greenhouse again.
The greenhouse has become a place for the rich and noble to grow flowers.
This flower dock is dedicated to the royal family, and there are countless precious varieties of flowers, and the interweaving of various floral fragrances makes people drunk, as if they are in spring.
The craftsman officials who took care of the warm dock hurriedly came to visit, and King Yan made them retreat after saying their intentions briefly. He personally took Wan Wan to a neatly divided flower field. As he walked, he said: "A few years ago, when Daddy was ploughing, he issued an edict to divide a few pieces of land from this flower dock to our brothers, saying that in the future, the flowers in each province will be planted by themselves. And it is not allowed to build your own greenhouse in the house. β
King Yan stopped, pointed to a ridge of flowers that were very strange compared to the two sides, and said: "This is Xiao Wang's piece, Sister Ming chooses it at will." β
This flower field is not neatly maintained, one in the east and one in the west, and some strange flowers and plants are planted randomly in a staggered manner. Wan Wan even saw a small piece of leek flower from it.
King Yan walked into the flower field and picked a huge, golden chrysanthemum hairpin on his head. Turning his head, he saw Wan Wan staring at the leek flower in a daze, so he laughed and whispered: "The second brother planted two nine mile incense plants, and said that the fragrance of love is elegant and does not disperse." I just planted a leek next to his nine mile incense. If he wants to laugh at my flower field again, I will poke a few with a shovel and smoke his nine mile incense. β
This Yan Wang is childish and loves revenge, but she likes it.
Wan Wan smiled knowingly, and when she raised her eyes, she saw the flowers on King Yan's head that could not be ignored.
Wan Wan is not surprised that he would choose a chrysanthemum to wear. Because in his flower field, only those few chrysanthemums can still look like it. But at this moment, seeing him wearing this flower with multiple meanings on his head, Wan Wan still felt a little weird.
Although King Yan looks very good, and this chrysanthemum also makes him more vibrant, the weirdness in Wan Wan's heart can't be erased.
That's all there are flowers, can't she choose a chrysanthemum too?!
No! No! No!
Definitely not!