Chapter 389 Nine Immortal Herbs Come to Celebrate Birthday
The bo chrysanthemum on the windowsill is gone.
Pei Yuanxian's face sank like a deep pool.
"Are you relying on my trust in you, you can do whatever you want? Huan Yan, you have crossed the line, time and time again, I am very disappointed."
Huanyan knelt, bowed her head, and said nothing.
It’s not actually her.
It's just that she watched people move the flowers away and didn't stop them. Perhaps from the bottom of her heart, she also wanted this potted flower to disappear.
"Go and get thirty lashes yourself, and then you can go back to the capital and make meritorious deeds." Pei Yuanxian turned around, his back determined.
Huanyan didn't say a word of excuse from beginning to end, she just accepted everything silently and left the room.
"Come on!"
Pei Yuanxian yelled, and Shunzi walked in from the outside. Knowing that her husband was in a bad mood, Shunzi stooped and walked in silently.
"Go, get me another pot of chrysanthemums. If you lose it again, the gardener, gardener, servant, and maidservant will all be killed." The words uttered by the thin lips were cold, and at that moment, Pei Yuanxian once again became the **** who controlled life and death in the world.
Sunzi answered "Yes" in a low voice. Then he added, "I haven't seen the same species of this kind of chrysanthemum in the Chrysanthemum Garden."
Shunzi in the chrysanthemum garden is not the same Baishun who went to give chrysanthemums to Baicaoshi?
Pei Yuanxian thought to himself, of course not! Bo chrysanthemums are rarer than gold gems. "Then look for it within the six countries, and you will find it anyway." He gave an order.
Shunzi responded, glanced outside the door, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Sir, Huanyu came while you were away."
The implication is already obvious.
It was Huan Yu who took away the pot of chrysanthemums.
Pei Yuanxian's eyes were cold, "She is getting bolder and more unruly."
How do you answer this? Sunja couldn't take it.
"Go down."
Baishun felt relieved, and when he turned around, he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The room was empty, Pei Yuanxian stretched out his hand, and made a gesture of supporting the leaves in the void. "Seeing things and thinking about people, but not seeing people in the end, that's meaningless. You will come to me."
**
With the coming of the Queen Mother's birthday, Yanjing City became more and more lively. In addition to the team of envoys, there are also caravans from various countries. Everyone hopes to take this opportunity to do a big business.
At the same time, in Dongxiershi, you can often see huge banners hanging from the roofs of buildings. The information released on the banners, without exception, is the information of the Yanjing Fireworks Life Festival.
There are still people handing out leaflets on the street.
"At this special time, on this beautiful day of universal celebration, we use the big market to welcome the return of the early winter, joy and good days. In this big market, you will not only taste the delicious food from Yanjing, but also from all over the world. The taste of the world, seeing the time-honored brands that you usually want to buy but are reluctant to part with, as well as the most fashionable clothes and hair accessories, and seeing the most eye-catching and ear-catching young ladies singing and dancing, can harvest a period of time and restore the leisurely time of childhood memories. The first Yanjing Fireworks Life Festival will start in three days."
The list of merchants is attached below, and there are easter eggs at the end.
This way of writing is also novel, which makes people feel moved and yearn for it.
As soon as the leaflet was issued, it aroused heated discussions among the people.
"Who knows what an easter egg is?"
"Cut, nonsense."
"Look at it, it says, there is a beautiful young lady, I promise ten catties of fat meat, in exchange for a red song and green song-level beauty, singing and dancing."
"In broad daylight, what dream?"
"No one said, you can't dream during the day, what if it comes true."
"Well, what if I meet a ghost."
**
November 14th, the Queen Mother's birthday finally arrived.
On this day, Baicaoshi and Ying Zhezhe were by the queen mother's side.
When the hour arrived, Emperor Yanwu led a group of officials from Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites to Changle Palace on time, and presented the jade book and jade seal engraved with the new emblem.
After the ceremony, Emperor Yanwu went to Tianyuan Hall to announce the new emblem to the world.
The empress dowager had already ordered an emblem for her 60th birthday, which was "Yi'an". Now it is necessary to add a new one after this emblem. After discussing with the Taichang Temple, the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple proposed seven or eight proposals to Emperor Yanwu, who was selected by Emperor Yanwu. "Ci Xuan".
That is to say, the name of the queen mother is now the empress dowager Yi'an Cixuan.
After the Queen Mother is seventy and seventy-seven years old, the emblem will be added later.
Sishi, Emperor Yanwu led his officials, envoys and dance bands to come to Changle Palace again.
At that time, the concubines in the harem were sitting upright and lowering the head of the queen mother, and several little grandchildren were playing.
Outside the hall, there is a red table with ceremonial wine utensils, which is called "Fan Yan" (坫音店) in Dayan. On both sides of the parade are ceremonial bands in black clothes, which are responsible for playing Danbi Dale when the Empress Dowager enters and exits the arena. Those in blue and Tsing Yi are in charge of performing the traditional dance "Qinglong Dance".
The royal members and envoys presenting birthday gifts are divided into two columns, on the side of the band.
With the sound of big music, the cumbersome gift ceremony began.
First, Emperor Yanwu. He was dressed in a colorful dress with a ribbon around his waist. According to Dayan's old customs, he toasted the Queen Mother while dancing.
Baicaoshi stood quietly beside the queen mother and watched. After passing more than two hundred people, she saw the positions of the officials of Taichang Temple. The most eye-catching leader was Zhe Yu.
One eye contact, the two smiled knowingly.
Zhe Yu told it about the process of presenting his life. She couldn't understand why the dignified emperor was nearly half a century old and still danced in public. It turned out that when Lao Laizi lived to be 70 years old in the previous dynasty, his parents were still alive. In order to please the elders, Lao Laizi puts on "caiyi", that is, colorful clothes, and plays and cries like children. The old parents laughed so much that they forgot their age. This is a manifestation of Dayan's advocacy of filial piety.
After Emperor Yanwu danced, it was the turn of the prince, princess, prince, and grandson to perform on stage, congratulating the Empress Dowager on her long life. Among the princes, Prince Li, King Feng, and the Eleventh Prince were the main ones. Eldest Princess Ying Zhezhe and Eighth Princess Ying Zheyun also appeared on the stage. The little prince Ying Zheren performed crawling on the spot.
After the dance, finally arrived at Taichang Temple. The minister presented the gift on behalf of the emperor.
Zhe Yu went out, followed by nine boys, each holding a tray in his hand, covered with red silk.
"The empress dowager, since the first year of Yongping, she has been chaste, quiet and gentle, and her mother is respectful to the world. Today is the sixty-sixth birthday of the empress dowager, and the whole world celebrates it. Your Majesty's fistful heart is sent to her with ninety-nine birthday gifts. The first round of birthday gifts is "Tao Cang" "Recorded in the nine immortal herbs, Dendrobium nobile, Alpine snow lotus, Sanliang ginseng, 120-year-old Polygoni multiflorum, Poria cocos of the sixtieth year, Shenshan Ganoderma lucidum, Deep sea pearl, Cordyceps sinensis, Cistanche."
The presenting boy presents the presents one by one.
The Queen Mother looked at Zhe Yu, then at the Baicao Poetry beside her, and smiled. This must be the idea of Baicao Poetry. Although the fairy grass is expensive, it can be found in the national treasury, so it will save the local people from bothering and causing public resentment.
"The emperor has a heart. According to ancient rituals, birthdays have to be held for six days, and the Ai family doesn't want to be so troublesome. If it is a waste of time and money, simply present the birthday gift together, and forget it after one day."
Regarding the process of the birthday ceremony, I read some information on Zhihu.
With reference to Emperor Qianlong celebrating the Empress Dowager's birthday, the "Chongqing Empress Dowager Eighty Years Longevity Picture" collected by the Forbidden City depicts the scene of Qianlong enjoying the 80th birthday banquet with his mother. If you are interested, you can open it and have a look.
Next, the congratulatory gift prepared by Shishi will be on the scene.
(end of this chapter)