On the 25th day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the Flower Dynasty Festival.

Xuan'an City.

It has been a few days since the lockdown of the city, and the people have gradually stopped caring about it, but today's Xuan'an City has been full of vitality since the beginning of the year, and many residents with smiles on their faces have walked out of the door.

The sound of people running can be heard in every household, especially in some wealthy homes.

The elders were busy arranging their itinerary for the day, and the people were running back and forth in the courtyard, cleaning up the dust and inspecting the supplies prepared for the festival at home, and the young girls in the boudoir also got up early in the morning to take a bath, and then began to dress up and arrange flowers in front of the bronze mirror with the help of the maids.

The Flower Dynasty Festival is the birthday of a hundred flowers, and it will also be a festive, happy and busy day for people living in the Chu State.

The reason why I say that I am busy is because according to the usual customs, people need to carry out a series of activities such as going out, enjoying flowers, worshipping and participating in temple fairs, and basically do not return home until the evening.

Officials will take a three-day break from today, but that doesn't mean they can rest as leisurely as they do on weekdays.

Most of the officials in the city were to join in the sacrifice today, while the remaining few were responsible for going out to the countryside to persuade the peasants.

"Menglianglu" also recorded: "On this day, the handsome guard, the county magistrate, led his subordinates to go out to the suburbs, summoned his father and elders to give him wine and food, persuaded him to be agricultural, admonished him to be diligent, and practiced piety." ”

What's more, His Majesty will hold a birthday banquet for the Queen Mother this year.

However, the birthday feast will be held tomorrow, and today everyone only needs to immerse themselves in the joy of the festival and have a good time, while the spring hunt organized by His Majesty will be carried out in the suburbs the day after tomorrow.

Today is also a very meaningful day for Situ Xi, today is his rest day, no longer have to be beaten by Qixian, because the healing medicine given by Bian Lao has an excellent effect, so Qixian has been heavier these days, and he said that he wants to make the best use of the medicinal materials.

And today is also the day when Situ Xi's grounding ends, and he can go out.

At six o'clock in the morning, Situ Xi was woken up by whispering, and the Su sisters prepared pastries for everyone, which were Huaiye cakes and Baihua cakes, these two pastries were taught to them by Zhang Yuer when she came the day before yesterday, Zhang Yuer came over and sent a "contract" to Situ Xi, and their father and daughter officially became employees under Situ Xi.

Originally, Situ Xi was talking about a partnership in business, but after Lao Zhangtou knew the identities of Situ Xi and Chen Zhishu, he really didn't have the courage to sit on an equal footing with them.

At the stone table in the courtyard, Zhong Lisu was sitting on the main seat, and three maids were surrounding her, she was teaching them to cut flowers, and inserted a freshly cut Xinyi flower in her hand in Bai Manjun's hanging bun.

Manjun reached out and touched the somewhat tender bud on his head, and gently thanked Zhong Lisu.

After a few days of recuperation, her complexion is much better than before, and her face is no longer pure fair, and there is a slight delicate pink in her skin.

Holding a plate of potpourri cakes, Situ Xi walked over to a few people.

"Xianggong, you are up." Seeing him coming, Zhong Lixuan immediately showed a smile like a flower, and the dimples of the pair were very obvious.

The three maids immediately got up from the stool, and Zhong Li patted the stone bench beside him and motioned for Situ Xi to sit down next to her.

The pressure hand asked the third girl to sit down, and Situ Xi took a bite of the flower cake and sat next to Zhong Lisu.

"Xianggong, I'm going to the temple fair this morning, my aunt went to the nearby temple to pray for blessings, and Brother Mo will come to look for us in a while." Zhong Lixuan cut Situ Xi's hair, and took out a bunch of small blue flowers and pinned them to the side of his hair.

"But the temple fair will be in the evening, and when the minister finishes breakfast, our family can go to the flower market first." After the flowers were arranged, she smiled mischievously and explained the arrangements to Situ Xi for a while.

"This flower is quite a match for my uncle!" Whispering is praise with bright eyes.

Touching the bouquet of flowers in his ear slightly, Situ Xi smiled bitterly in his heart, it seems that his wife remembered the words he had told her before, this mother-in-law represents health, but Situ Xi was a little hesitant, he wanted to take off this bouquet of flowers.

There is no other reason, Situ Xi only told her the words, but did not tell her that this mother-in-law is also known as "double kidney grass", it has the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the waist in traditional Chinese medicine, this thing is carried on his head, and he always feels that the kidney deficiency is written on the door of the brain, if he goes out and walks on the street for a while......

But if you want to take it down, this is another piece of the lady's heart......

"Don't worry, the concubine just wants to see the appearance of the princess wearing flowers, it's so good-looking." Zhong Lisu is always understanding, she saw that Situ Xi was a little difficult, covered her mouth and chuckled, and then reached out to take the flower down.

"Yikes! It's all here, brother-in-law, what are you eating, bring me a piece too. ”

The voice that had not been seen for a long time appeared in their ears, and everyone looked up, Zhongli Mo was running towards Situ Xi excitedly, opening his hand to hug him.

Unlike before, in addition to bringing Steward Chen with him on this trip, he was followed by two guards wearing black cuirass behind him, which seemed to be the guards specially arranged for him by Zhong Liwu after the last assassination.

Zhong Limo snatched a piece of pastry from Situ Xi's plate and put it in his mouth, he chewed it heavily, and said to Situ Xi inarticulately: "Brother-in-law, it feels uncomfortable not to go out, but I can say that I have no feeling for my little brother in the past seven days, and I have long been used to it." ”

"But although the younger brother is at home, he still thinks about his brother-in-law from time to time, you come out with me to have a look, I have prepared a gift for you." Zhong Limo tugged at Situ Xi's sleeve and let him go out to take a look.

Outside the courtyard gate, two extravagantly decorated wooden four-wheeled carriages were parked outside, one of which was very wide, with four horses pulling side by side in front.

"How? Brother-in-law, there are more people in your family, if you don't have a carriage to travel on weekdays, this is a carriage specially selected by the younger brother for you, although you can't walk the rugged mountain road, but it is still very convenient in this city. Zhong Limo invited the merit.

"But this money is from my mother......"