Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Shen Shichu (after 3 p.m.)

Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty

The emperor walked into the queen's palace with his hands behind his back, followed by the chief chamberlain officer and the female officer behind him.

The queen who was standing aside to greet the emperor bowed and said, "Your Majesty, have the arrangements for the Qingming Festival ceremony been completed?"

As he spoke, he took the tea cup from the female officer beside him and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor nodded and took the tea cup, took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that the Chai family has entered the palace?"

"Yes, Mrs. Chai and my concubine said that Brother Jing went to Chai's house. She thought something was wrong about what happened to Miss Zhengzheng before, so she went to the palace to talk about it."

"What did you say?"

The queen looked at the emperor holding the tea cup and whispered: "Mrs. Chai said that she hoped that your majesty would send someone to investigate the gathering of the Gao family and his son."

Zhaomeifeng sent Gao Yunqing to inform Xu Zaijing, so the emperor naturally knew it.

Listening to the Queen's words, the Emperor handed the teacup out with one hand, licked his beard with the other and said, "Mrs. Chai suspects that the Gao family has leaked Zhengzheng's whereabouts?"

"Mrs. Chai has this suspicion. She also said that the origin of the woman who caused this scandal to the Gao family and his son is unknown. It is impossible to say where she was sent!"

After the queen finished speaking, she looked at the stunned emperor and did not continue.

After a moment, the emperor sneered: "Oh, the girl from the Gao family married so far away. So the Gao family should investigate."

"Come here! Send a letter to Dengzhou and ask the Imperial City Secretary to investigate."

"yes."

Looking at the high official who turned around to convey the order,

The emperor still sat on the chair with a calm expression.

The couple who had been married for many years let the queen know that the emperor was thinking at this time. The queen did not disturb the emperor too much, but gently placed the refilled tea cup in the emperor's hand.

The breathing of the chamberlain and female officers serving in the palace also slowed down.

After being quiet for a while,

The emperor took a deep breath and said, "I remember that Chen Xian of the Ministry of Revenue told us about the donation money for the Beiliao temple before."

The Queen nodded: "Chen Shangshu has said this. Northern Liao worships Buddhism, and some large Buddhist temples can cast their own offering coins. Such coins can also be circulated in Northern Liao."

There was a sneer on the corner of the emperor's mouth: "It seems that the Imperial City Secretary's guess is correct. The gold and silver hidden by King Yan before came from more than just the wealth and wealth of the people."

"Speaking of which, a few days ago the officials in the DPRK proposed to attack the Northern Liao Dynasty. Today I feel that what they said is reasonable."

Hearing the emperor's words, the queen had some doubts on her face and said: "Your Majesty, now that Gao Gao has settled down, it is really difficult to start another war."

The emperor nodded.

evening,

Bianjing,

Blessings to the house,

Ni Qiqiu, who came back from her parents' home in Xiaoya Lane, took the female envoy into the inner courtyard.

Looking at his mother-in-law who was walking in the yard, Ni Qiqiu walked over with a smile: "Mother-in-law, my daughter-in-law is back."

Aunt Xu Zaijing wished Mrs. Xu a smile: "How is the arrangement at home?"

"With the help of relatives from the Sun family, the decoration is almost complete."

Zhu Xu nodded: "That's good, Qiu'er, come with me and write a letter to your hometown in Xiangzhou!"

Ni Qiqiu hurried over and helped his mother-in-law into the house.

The female envoy helped spread the letter paper on the table. Ni Qiqiu polished the ink very skillfully. While polishing the ink, he said, "Mother-in-law, what's the matter?"

Zhu Xu said: "Just now your cousin-in-law came to the Hou Mansion and said that the village of the Hou Mansion needs some young men who are good at martial arts."

Looking at Ni Qiqiu's expression, Mrs. Zhu Xu continued: "There are things in Zhuangzi that need to be taken care of day and night. The young men have to work during the day. There must be someone trustworthy who can take turns guarding them."

"My daughter-in-law understands."

With that said, Ni Qiqiu picked up the brush and started writing.

"Make it clear in the letter that the Marquis Mansion and our family will have money to send to Zhujiabao, and then we can hire people from the living fort in the field to do it."

"yes."

On this day in late February,

The one hundred and fifth day from last winter solstice,

It’s the Cold Food Festival,

Most of the 15-year-old girls in Beijing hold hair extensions on this day.

Therefore, early this morning, Mrs. Sun, her two daughters-in-law, and the servants were busy preparing the clothes and gifts for today's hair-raising ceremony.

At the gate of Yongyihou Mansion,

The place where lanterns used to hang,

Today, two slender willow branches are fixed,

On the hanging willow branches are strung a bunch of swallow-shaped cooking cakes inlaid with red dates that were steamed yesterday.

The cook at the Hou Mansion has very skillful hands, and the red dates are embedded in the dough to reveal a small point. After steaming, the red dates exposed look like the eyes of a swallow.

The morning breeze blows,

The willow branches holding the cooking cakes swayed gently in the wind.

"Ta-ta-ta"

The sound of horse hooves came from the side door of the Hou Mansion.

After a while,

A majestic and handsome black horse stepped out of the door.

The young man on horseback looked at Liu Zhi and Zai Zhang next to him at the door and said, "Brother, I didn't notice when I came back yesterday. This Tui Yan at our door is really alive."

Zai Zhang, who followed him out, smiled.

Xu Zaijing drove his horse forward a few steps and came to a willow branch not far away and looked carefully.

Before taking a few glances, Xu Zaijing hurriedly pulled the reins of the little Liju and shouted: "Go, go, go, you can't eat this. This is to commemorate the ancient Jie Zitui!"

"叏lvlv~"

The little Liju was pulled aside by his owner after opening his horse's mouth and snorted as he failed to eat the pasta.

Xu Zaijing and his party walked out of Quyuan Street.

After turning onto the street and walking for a while,

Riding the horse to the bridge over the Bianjing Canal,

Xu Zaijing rode on his horse, smiling slightly as he watched the boats in the canal become busy again.

After getting off the bridge,

the land that was burned down by the flood has now been rebuilt into a new house, surrounded by bamboo scaffolding, and no one knows what it is used for.

Along the way,

there are many shops and doors on the street, and the doors have the Zitui Swallow hanging on them.

The skills of the mistresses or cooks of each family are different, and the Zitui Swallow made of dough looks strange.

When we were about to reach Jiying Lane,

it was already bright,

there were shops hanging with banners of "Wang's Paper Horse" on the roadside,

and the pavilions and houses made of origami were placed in front of the shops, which looked very exquisite. Although it was morning, people still paid to buy them from time to time.

After all, it would be Qingming Festival in two days, and the prices of the things in the paper horse shop would change on Qingming Festival.

Arriving at the school,

Changbai, who was studying in the same room, greeted him,

Xu Zaijing and his brother also sat down and started a day of study.

The sun rose,

The seats for the three Lans in the school were still empty.

Minglan's seat was not here yet,

Qi Heng looked at Minglan's seat, turned back and said to Changfeng: "Brother Feng, why didn't the three sisters of the Sheng family come today?"

Changfeng yawned, propped himself up with his hands, looked at Gu Tingye and Zai Zhang who were also looking at him, and said: "Today, the elder sister of a relative is coming of age, and they all went to watch the ceremony."

Everyone nodded,

At this time,

footsteps were heard, and Zhuang Xuejiu walked in leisurely with his hands behind his back and a folding fan.

After the scholar sat down, he talked about an article for more than an hour.

At 10:00 am,

when everyone went to the Sheng family yard outside the school to relax and take a walk,

they happened to see Sheng Hong, who had just come down from the court, walking in the yard with Sheng Wei in his official uniform. Sheng Hong's expression was a little solemn, and Sheng Wei's face was not very good either.

"Brother Wei, Sun's brother also got the title of scholar, but why do I feel after the examination?"

Xu Zaijing's keen hearing allowed him to vaguely hear what Sheng Hong and Sheng Wei said.

Seeing the people walking,

Sheng Hong and Sheng Wei both smiled and nodded to Xu Zaijing and others who saluted.

Afterwards,

everyone returned to the school,

while continuing the class, Zhuang Xuejiu was asked to leave by Sheng Hong.

Xu Zaijing and others in the school looked out curiously, but they could not hear clearly what they said. They only saw Sheng Hong talking in a low voice with a smile, and Zhuang Xuejiu smiled and nodded.

Finally, I could vaguely hear Zhuang Xuejiu saying, "Since Lord Sheng said that the child needs guidance, I will be obliged to do it when I have time."

Sheng Hong bowed.

Xingguofang,

Duke Ying's Mansion,

Today, many expensive carriages were parked in front of the Zhang family.

In the courtyard, there were fragrant clothes and shining hairpins.

The Duke Ying looked at her youngest daughter standing in the middle of the crowd with satisfaction.

Beside Zhang's Wu Niang, there was a girl of about the same age, one of the daughters of Lu Fu Ma, the Duke of Lian's Lu family.

The old lady of the Duke of Lian stood beside the Duke Ying's wife.

The two Dukes' wives had a good relationship. When Lu Zezong was recognized as a brother, it was the Duke Ying who was invited by the old lady of the Duke of Lian to be the middleman.

Today, the daughters of the two families will be coming of age.

In order to facilitate the ladies of the various families in Beijing, they decided to hold this coming of age ceremony at the Zhang family.

The person who gave the hairpin to the fifth daughter of the Zhang family today was none other than the eldest wife of General Zheng Jun, who was both virtuous and talented, and who was serious and good at managing the family.

The person who assisted was the legitimate daughter of Ningyuan Marquis Gu Tingyi, who was holding the tray of hairpins.

The person who gave the hairpin to the daughter of the Lu family was the eldest wife of the Duke of Qi, the adopted daughter of the queen, Princess Pingning.

The person who assisted was the niece of the queen's mother's family, the noble lady of the Cao family who had attended Anmei's wedding before.

The wife of Xu Marquis Sun brought her two daughters-in-law and looked at the noble ladies in the field with a smile on their faces with the ladies around.

She talked to Bai and Mrs. Wu from time to time.

Mrs. Wu covered her mouth with her hand, but said in a voice that everyone around could hear: "Tsk, the host and guest of the hairpin are well chosen, really good! There will be countless good days in the future!"

Hearing this,

the fifth daughter of the Zhang family looked at Mrs. Zheng in front of her with a little blush on her face.

Gu Tingyi on the side also laughed.

The two old people in the Zheng family are in poor health.

Madam Zheng, as Zheng Xiao's eldest sister-in-law, serves and takes care of her parents-in-law, and raises Zheng Xiao.

In the future, any girl who marries into the Zheng family can be regarded as a sister-in-law with Madam Zheng, but in fact, they can also be regarded as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Madam Zheng is famous for her virtue and talent, and she is upright and not difficult. With Madam Zheng around, anyone who becomes her sister-in-law can almost be a hands-off shopkeeper and live a comfortable life.

Princess Pingning is the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion.

She manages the Duke of Qi without a concubine.

After marriage, she also gave birth to a son.

She lives comfortably without concubines to make trouble.

Sun smiled and echoed: "What the eldest lady said is right!"

Chai Zhengzheng, Rong Feiyan, Li Jia Wu Niang and other friends of Zhang Jia Wu Niang in Beijing who came to watch the ceremony also laughed.

Hearing the laughter, Zhang Jia Wu Niang glared at them with a little shame and anger.

Her eyes were filled with the expression of "you will have this day sooner or later, just wait and see".

When looking at the noble ladies around her, Zhang Jia Wu Niang would occasionally smile at Xu Hou's wife Sun, and then look at Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan.

Seeing Chai Zhengzheng holding a handkerchief in front of her, slightly waving her hands in apology, Rong Feiyan lowered her head and not daring to look at her, Zhang Jiawu Niang raised her eyebrows proudly.

The haircut ceremony ended amidst laughter,

The ladies around began to return to their seats to enjoy tea.

Before Chai Zhengzheng could go far, the fifth lady of the Zhang family walked over wearing her new hairpin: "Zhengzheng, Jinming Pond will be opened in a few days, let's go together then!"

Chai Zhengzheng was about to speak when he saw a nanny from the Lu family walking quickly towards Mrs. Lian Guogong.

Then, the nanny said a few words in the old lady's ear.

The old lady immediately went to the British lady-in-law,

When the fifth lady of the Zhang family pulled Chai Zhengzheng and Gu Tingyi over, Mrs. Lian Guogong had already left with others.

Listening to the words of the ladies around me,

Only then did the three noble girls find out that they were married to the third wife of the Lu family. The princess, who was pregnant last year, was feeling a little unwell today and might give birth today.

The ladies were also talking in low voices,

Most of them were talking about whether the princess would give birth to girls this time like the previous six times.

You know, there is a saying in Zhou Dynasty that "you can't steal the door of five women".

It means that no thieves in Zhou Dynasty would patronize a house with five daughters.

It’s really because marrying a daughter is too expensive

And the Lu family has six golden flowers