Chapter 036: Silkworm Ceremony
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The Ning Palace also began to be busy for the first silkworm ceremony.
The first silkworm ceremony, also known as the pro-silkworm ceremony, is the queen of the previous dynasties in the spring of each year, leading the harem concubines to worship the ancestors of the silkworm god, and picking mulberry to feed silkworms, in order to encourage the Chinese people to be diligent in the textile etiquette.
The first dynasty has "the Son of Heaven ploughs, the queen first silkworm" said, since Ning Gaozu ascended the throne, in order to reward farming, the gift of the silkworm will be inherited.
In previous years, it was presided over by the Empress Dowager Qin, at that time, Gaozu had not yet died, and now he has not ascended the throne, and the Qin family is still the queen.
And now, the queen mother Rong Ya is only nine years old, and she still doesn't know the process and sequence of the silkworm ceremony, so as not to miss a major event, this year's ceremony is still presided over by the Empress Dowager Qin.
Before the ceremony begins, the third-class palace maids of the Yeting Palace are busy cleaning the palace, collecting mulberry leaves, and feeding silkworm treasures.
There is a mulberry forest planted in the west of Ning Palace, which is specially planted for the annual silkworm ceremony, and these days, Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan have been sent to the mulberry forest to collect mulberry leaves every day.
"Aunt Yue finally did a good deed and didn't let me guard those silkworm treasures. Lu Yingquan said while putting the picked mulberry leaves into the basket, "Yun Yao, you don't know how disgusting those white and soft bugs are, I just looked at it, and the goosebumps were about to fall to the ground." ”
"Don't think of silkworms as terrible, silkworms don't bite, and they can spin silk cocoons, and the silk that comes out of their mouths will be collected, made into silk threads, and then spun into all kinds of fabrics. Yun Yao persuaded, "The clothes we wear, the handkerchiefs we use, and even the embroidered surfaces on our shoes are inseparable from them." ”
"So powerful?" Lu Yingquan was a little surprised when he heard this, "But such a small silkworm baby, how much silk does it have to spit out to make a dress?"
"The silk spit out by thousands of silkworm babies can barely make a single piece of clothing. Yun Yao said, "So, they are indispensable, don't be afraid, pick some tender mulberry leaves and go back to feed them." ”
While chatting, the movements in their hands did not stop, and they picked the tender yellow mulberry leaves on the tree into the basket, and soon filled a large basket.
But unexpectedly, all the words spoken by the two fell into the ears of those who had a heart, and a voice came from behind them, saying sarcastically, with a thick disdain:
"Do you think you're a young lady? What kind of hypocrisy are you pretending! A few silkworms are afraid of being like this!"
Lu Yingquan turned around when she heard this, looked at Bishui who was standing behind her with a basket, and couldn't help but feel a burst of anger in her heart.
"It turned out to be Sister Bishui, why didn't the arsenic poison you, so you ran to me to find bad luck?" Lu Yingquan has always been used to being open-mouthed, and when people offended her, she replied, specifically picking up the sore spot of Bishui.
"You ordered the arsenic, right?" When Bi Shui mentioned this, Bi Shui felt palpitations, "You guys are so ruthless, you actually want to murder me!"
"If you hadn't put arsenic in Yun Yao's decoction first, do you think we would have paid you back like this?" Lu Yingquan immediately retorted, "In terms of ruthlessness, we will never be able to compare to you." ”
"No one can compare to you in terms of sharp teeth, Lu Yingquan, do you think your luck will always be so good?" Bi Shui knew that he couldn't talk about Lu Yingquan so quickly, so he didn't care too much about her, just changed the topic, "Don't worry, if God didn't let the arsenic poison me, your life won't be easy." ”
After saying this, Bi Shui snorted coldly, and then turned to leave, with a very arrogant attitude.
"First Xiangqin, then Xia, and now there is a clear water, this day ...... When is it going to be a head? Lu Yingquan looked at the back of Bishui and couldn't help but sigh.
"This is the case in the palace, retribution for injustice, no one has ever wanted to be forgiving and forgiving. Yun Yao said.
"Forget it, I'm used to it. Lu Yingquan smiled, "However, fortunately, with you by my side, I am not afraid of anything." ”
"Yingquan ......" Yun Yao heard this, remembering the conversation between the two on the Tangli Courtyard the night before Gu Qingming left, and asked, "If one day, I am no longer by your side, what will happen to you?"
"How could it be? In the current situation between the two of us, where else can you go if you are not by my side?" Lu Yingquan didn't think deeply, but thought that Yun Yao was joking.
Yun Yao's words were so blocked in her heart that she couldn't say anything.
Gu Qingming, as the general of Ningguo, has made great achievements in battles and has never been defeated, so it must be no problem to go to the north this time. A month later, if Gu Qingming really begged the emperor for her, what would she do?
Following Gu Qingming to the General's Mansion, does she want to let Yingquan struggle alone in this deep palace? But if she chooses to stay in the palace, does she have to give up the freedom that she has won so hard?
Her heart was full of contradictions, and Yun Yao was in a dilemma for a while, but Lu Yingquan didn't notice all this.
Soon it was time for the silkworm ceremony five days later.
The third-class palace maids in the Yeting Palace are not qualified to participate, what they have to do is to move the dustpans full of silkworm babies to the altar of Zhengyang Palace, because the silkworm ceremony will be held in Zhengyang Palace.
On the day of the silkworm ceremony, the Queen Mother Qin came dressed up, wearing a special silkworm costume, and she was followed by the queen mother Rongya, followed by Shen Ze's other concubines.
Except for Rong Ya, a little girl who has not grown up, there are a total of six other concubines, all of whom are cardamom age, well-looking beauties, fat and thin, and in various postures.
Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan stood at the bottom of the steps from a distance, and they couldn't see the faces of the masters clearly at all, only to see a gorgeous dress walking by, and soon entered the palace gate of Zhengyang Palace.
This silkworm ceremony lasted for a whole hour, Yun Yao originally thought that they only needed to stand here for an hour, and when the silkworm ceremony was over, they would be able to return to the Yeting Palace, but they didn't expect that in the middle of the silkworm ceremony, the eunuchs in Zhengyang Palace came out to announce the decree and let Lu Yingquan and Yun Yao meet him.
The two glanced at each other and saw puzzlement in each other's eyes.
Only female officials above the fifth grade can participate in the silkworm ceremony, and they are just small third-class palace maids, what do they do when they meet them?
Although they were puzzled, after all, it was the Queen Mother's summons, and the two did not delay, so they walked together towards the palace on the steps.
Who knew that when I entered the hall, I didn't see the Queen Mother, but Aunt Jinxiu was standing there with a serious expression.
Seeing Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan coming in, Aunt Jinxiu waved her hand and said to the people holding the boards on both sides: "On the orders of the Queen Mother, Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan will each be beaten with twenty boards." ”
"Aunt Jinxiu, what did we do wrong? Why do we want to play the board?" Lu Yingquan immediately asked excitedly when he heard this.
Yun Yao also tugged at Lu Yingquan's sleeve and motioned for her not to speak again, waiting for Aunt Jinxiu's instructions.
But who would have thought that Aunt Jinxiu didn't say a word, only glanced at the people on both sides, and soon someone came forward to separate Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan, and then detained the two on the bench and began the execution.
The sound of the board sounded behind the two of them, reminding them of Xiangqin who was killed by the cane not long ago, at that time, they were also like everyone else, glad that Xiangqin's death was a lot less trouble, but who knew that feng shui took turns, and it didn't take long for them to take the board.
Twenty boards didn't take long, and the crackling was done quickly.
Yun Yao gritted her teeth, she didn't make a sound, Lu Yingquan was still humming and chirping at first, but then she endured it, and she was silent.
Aunt Jinxiu looked at the two palace maids who were next to the board, and she was both appreciative and angry in her heart, admiring their temperament, strong and stubborn, rather than bending, but she was annoyed that their temperament was too upright, and such a temperament was very unpleasant in the palace.
"Pull it down, if you commit it again, you will not be spared. Aunt Jinxiu instructed her mother-in-law beside her, and then Lu Yingquan and Yun Yao were sent back to the room in the Yeting Palace.
A board came inexplicably, and they didn't even know what was going on, so they were beaten for no reason.
It didn't take long for the door of their room to be pushed open, and Bi Shui walked in from the outside with a smug face, looked at the two of them, and said, "How is it?
"Sure enough, it's you!, what did you do?" Lu Yingquan asked angrily.
"It's not what I did, it's what you two did. Bishui chuckled a few times and said, "You two guarded the silkworm room last night, but you were negligent in your duties, all the dustpans forgot to put mulberry leaves, the silkworm baby was hungry all night, and there was no energy this morning, and the grown silkworms couldn't spit silk, which made the Queen Mother very angry." Fortunately, I had prepared for a long time, raised a few silkworms alone in my room, and dedicated them to the Queen Mother, so I barely completed the silkworm ceremony. ”
"It's so despicable!" Yun Yao spit out these three words from her mouth, if she wasn't angry, she would never have spoken to people like this, "Last night it wasn't us who guarded the silkworm room at all, but you! You deliberately took the mulberry leaves in the dustpan to make the silkworm baby hungry all night, and today you deliberately acted in front of the Queen Mother!"
"So what? I like to have you on the board. Bishui said coldly.
"I was wrong, the person who acted in front of the Queen Mother was not you at all, but Aunt Yue, you are a third-class palace maid like us, and you are not qualified to enter Zhengyang Palace to participate in the first silkworm ceremony. Yun Yao later seemed to think of something, and spoke again, "You...... On the surface, the spring breeze is proud, but in fact, it is just Aunt Yue's minions. ”
"I'm a minion, I never deny that, but you don't even have the qualifications to become a minion. Bishui said, "Yun Yao, aren't you very smart, can't you avoid any crisis? Let me tell you, arsenic matter, we are not finished yet!"
"You're too cheap! Obviously, you put arsenic first!" Lu Yingquan really couldn't listen anymore, and opened his mouth to refute.
But unexpectedly, as soon as she finished saying this, Bishui slapped her in the face, and it snapped, very loudly.
In just a moment, Lu Yingquan's face was red and swollen, and even a few bloodshots hung out of Bi Shui's nails, which shows how ruthless Bi Shui is!
"Let me tell you, I'm not Xiangqin, I'm not asking Xia, and I'm not going to be at the mercy of the two of you. Bi Shui said, "I have been in this palace longer than all of you, and it is easy to pinch you to death." ”
After saying this, Bi Shui left proudly, this meal is just the beginning, she will let Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan know what will happen to those who want to deal with her!
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