Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

Li Chengfeng hurriedly pushed the person on the bed, and after a long time, the other person opened his eyes in a daze.

"Where is this...?" The man's voice was deep and magnetic, and his face was like a crown jade, and his appearance was extraordinary.It can be said that this is the most handsome person Li Chengfeng has ever seen since traveling.It's only a little bit better than his own men's clothes, he thought a little sourly.

"This is a side hall of the imperial palace, stop talking nonsense, get dressed and leave quickly." After this, the fool also knew something was wrong, the two tidied up in a hurry, turned around and opened the door to leave.As a result, after pushing for a long time, I didn't push it open, only to find that the door was locked from the outside.

What's worse, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance at this time, and it seemed that someone had led the team over.

A handsome man and a beautiful woman, in the middle of the night, disheveled, sharing a room.Even if they had a hundred mouths, they couldn't tell.The man sighed helplessly: "I'm hurting you. When someone comes, don't make a sound, just listen to me."

Li Chengfeng also couldn't laugh or cry, what the hell is going on!But it's not in his character to catch him without a fight, so he looked around and made up his mind.

This side hall seems to be a room for the servants to rest and change shifts, and there are several hanging clothes of the servants inside.Li Chengfeng quickly took off his clothes and stuffed them in a corner, and put on the service of a little eunuch, then grabbed a handful of incense burner ash in front of the enshrined god statue, and smeared it on his face indiscriminately.

From the moment he took off his clothes, the man beside him turned around and closed his eyes.In the end, before he could open his eyes, the door was knocked open, and the leader of the team was Chang Guogong Zhang Heling.

After entering the back room, he searched around without saying a word, but the side hall was so big that he could see the head all at once, but seeing no results, Zhang Heling asked in disbelief, "Xia Yan, why are there just you two?"

The man, that is, Xia Yan, only then realized that the original female Taoist priest had disappeared, replaced by a young eunuch with a pale face standing beside her.He naturally knew what was going on, but he didn't know how the female crown changed into such a seamless outfit.

"Mr. Chang is just joking. I've had a lot of wine. Please take this father-in-law here to rest for a while. Who else is there?" Although he didn't know clearly, he still reacted quickly and responded calmly.

Zhang Heling looked at Xia Yan suspiciously, and then at the little eunuch beside him, feeling familiar.So he asked, "Which palace are you serving in?"

"My lord, I usually sweep the floor at Zuoshunmen. You passed by a while ago and gave me a silver bead. Don't you remember?" The little eunuch raised his head and smiled naively with a rough voice.

Zhang Heling was in a trance, as if there was such a thing.He had just been promoted to a noble title that day, and everyone who went down to court was happy and rewarded many people.After walking around the room a few more times, it was not until Xia Yan taunted that Zhang Heling reluctantly led him back the same way.

Xia Yan breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that everyone was gone, and cupped his hands and said to Li Chengfeng: "Dare to ask the girl's name, your great kindness, I, Xia Yan, thank you in advance, it's too late today, I will repay you another day."

The name Xia Yan gave Li Chengfeng a little impression. He seemed to be a very powerful minister in the future, but the ending was not very good.Today, due to his own intervention, history has changed to some extent, and I don't know what will happen to him in the future.

Shaking his head, Li Chengfeng said: "Your Excellency, there is no need to be polite, I am just saving myself, but why did Duke Chang do this?" Li Chengfeng was confused, and he could see that it was someone's plan to frame them both. .But I have never asked about political affairs, and I have no grievances or enmities with the Zhang family, so why did I do this?

"I'm just a petty official, I can't be called an adult, so don't be so mean." Then Xia Yan sneered: "It's just because I have read Zhang Yanling's books, and I don't like it, so I will try to make it worse." The despicable villains who use tricks, I will definitely not let them go when I go back."

This Master Xia Yanxia was originally a Jinshi of Zhengde for 12 years, but his education is relatively low, and he is only a top three Jinshi.As we all know, even Zhang Cong's second-class Jinshi is discriminated against, let alone Xia Yan, who is even lower than him.In the end, Xia Yan only became an eighth-rank official in the pedestrian department in the capital.

The Department of Pedestrians knew that this was not a good place. To put it bluntly, it was just an errand office, which was designed to pass orders to various central agencies.It would be a lie to say that I am not disappointed. Xia Yan is a victim of the exam-oriented education. He was originally talented, but his words were too sharp, which made the examiners dislike him.

As a result, as soon as he took office, he discovered that he was hit by a pie that fell from the sky. He didn't know how it was arranged. The object of his errands turned out to be the emperor!

The job is probably to transmit the emperor's will to various places every day, and then report to travel. Zhengde likes to use eunuchs, and he still works very leisurely.After Zhu Houcong came to the throne, he hated the eunuch's dictatorship very much, and Xia Yan began to get busy.

Being busy is not without benefits. Gradually, he became familiar in front of the new emperor.As it turns out, being good-looking has its benefits.Everyone in the world is a face controler, his appearance is pleasing to the eye, and Zhu Houcong is the first to think of him when he has something to do.

Just when the imperial court was arguing about the ceremony before, Xia Yan did a big thing quietly - he joined the Empress Dowager Zhang and Chang Guogong Zhang Heling's younger brother Zhang Yanling!

You must know that the two brothers Zhang Heling and Yanling have relied on their sister's favor since they were young, and they treat the palace as if they were visiting relatives, and they can come and go as they please.At that time, because they were not dressed according to the regulations, He Wending, the eunuch next to Hongzhi, stepped forward to stop them, and the Empress Dowager Zhang even sent someone to beat He Wending to death.Later, Li Dongyang Shangshu asked to punish the two, and Empress Dowager Zhang instigated her husband to kill Li Dongyang. Fortunately, Hongzhi still had a little sense, even so Li Dongyang was fined.

Even Master Li Dongyang, who is famous all over the world to the chief assistant, took them on. Xia Yan, a small eighth-rank official, dared to say that Zhang Yanling bullied men and women, and embezzled the common people's fields, it is simply audacious!

At that time, Zhu Houcong was intriguing with the ministers every day in order to give his father a title, so naturally he had no time to pay attention to him.Unexpectedly, Xia Yan didn't just participate in a book, he actually participated in a TV series!If one is not enough, then two, three...seven, eight!In short, it is a great vow not to give up.

Zhu Houcong's head was as big as a bucket. He really didn't want to offend Empress Dowager Zhang, but he was afraid of Xia Yan, a bully, so he ordered Zhang Yanling to be reprimanded and asked him to return the fields he had embezzled.Then he quickly promoted Xia Yan to the Ministry of Military Affairs, just begging him to stay away from him.

After roughly understanding the process, Li Chengfeng was also silent, brother, I respect you for being a man!While offending the empress dowager and torturing the emperor, he jumped repeatedly but was still intact!Li Chengfeng cupped his hands to him: "My lord, Gao Yi, I work in Yuan En Palace, if you have any difficulties, you can come to me." After saying that, he turned and went back to his residence to change clothes.

When he was fully dressed and returned to the palace for the banquet, Zhu Houcong still complained, "I've been away for so long, I almost sent someone to find you."

Li Chengfeng seemed to inquire unintentionally: "What's the matter? Is anyone here to inquire about Pindao?"

"No, it's just that when Zhang Yanling presented the gift just now, Zhang Yanling sent a Taoist priest, saying that he was the head teacher of Longhu Mountain, and wanted to discuss it with you. It happened that you were not here, so I sent him away."

Then he said as if asking for credit: "Is there any cat or dog who can get close to my side? Naturally, we are the only one in charge of the Taoist temple."

It's a pity that he was winking at the blind man, Li Chengfeng smiled absently.Secretly thought that this was because the emperor was addicted to alchemy, and he wanted to get himself down.

But they had miscalculated. Zhu Houcong valued himself, all because of such a long-term friendship, and had nothing to do with Taoist priests.Over the past few years, he has never discussed any mysterious method with himself.Even in the official history, Jiajing practiced Taoism in the middle and late period. At that time, he had no children all year round, and the Taoist priests gave him a son by relying on elixir.In addition, the imperial court has nothing to do, and he only wants to become an immortal. To him, Taoism has never been a belief, but a means.

This matter must not be told to Zhu Houcong, otherwise it is impossible to tell how he escaped, Li Chengfeng thought secretly, and then sent someone to find the maid who spilled the wine on him.As expected, the maid had already committed suicide, so he could only swallow this dumb loss and report it later.

The second day of the banquet was the official holiday of the Ming Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Empress Dowager and Zu Zhu Yuanzhang were very stingy. They only gave everyone five days off during the Spring Festival. It was not until the Yongle period that a few more days were added, and it was put on the biggest celebration of the year in the Ming Dynasty— —Aoshan Lantern Festival.

This is the giant lantern and firework scene that the royal family of the Ming Dynasty set up in the palace city every year during the Lantern Festival.Because the big lantern is shaped like a turtle, it is called "Aoshan Lantern Festival".On this day, the emperor took his concubines and princesses to enjoy the lanterns with the ministers and the common people.When Tang Bohu was studying in the capital, seeing the grand lantern festival, he couldn't help but praise: "Agarwood is connected with three bead trees, and colorful knots are branched with four flowers."

Such a grand event naturally costs a lot, and preparations usually start months in advance.During the Hongzhi period, although his fortune was always good, he was modest and didn't want to be extravagant, so the lantern festivals always came and went.When Zhengde ascended the throne, with his naughty personality, he would naturally do it every year.Originally, the national treasury was empty, so this year is impossible. Who would want to make a fortune by relying on mirrors and perfumes, and this year is the first year of the new emperor.The Ministry of Rites gritted its teeth, do it!

However, on the night of the Lantern Festival, the Forbidden City was already decorated with lights and festoons before it was dark, and Zhu Houcong, accompanied by civil and military officials and a family of princes and princes, climbed to the morning gate tower.On the other side, Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Jiang also led the female family members in the palace to stand on the Wufeng Tower to enjoy the lanterns.

When it was You time, everyone was already seated. Huang Jin leaned on the railing and shouted to the people below: "Hold the lamp!"

In an instant, the entire Beijing city seemed to be illuminated, filled with fiery trees and silver flowers, very lively.One of the most noticeable is the huge Aoshan lantern in the middle.Everyone was dazzled and admired it for a while, suddenly, there were several loud noises in the distance.

Clusters of fireworks exploded in the air, this time the fireworks were different, they were developed by Li Chengfeng and the Ministry of Industry with countless materials.In the end, it turned into a map of the Ming Dynasty, which made people dumbfounded.

After all, Yang Yiqing had been an official for more than fifty years, so he reacted quickly, stood up and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, God bless us!"

Zhu Houcong was also very happy. Although he had not long been emperor, although he had many difficulties, but fortunately most of them were solved, and he quickly got the ministers to stand up.

After the fireworks passed, it was the usual activities of guessing lantern riddles, reciting poems and painting.This year, the Ministry of Rites spent a lot of money. With the help of Li Chengfeng, a huge maze was built in the palace using lanterns for the entertainment of the officials.

Chunying and Chunyin looked at the maze enviously, and beggingly asked Queen Mother Jiang if she could go down and play together.Mrs. Jiang hesitated, there were indeed women who went to play in the lanterns, but they were all the wives brought by officials, and I haven't seen any girls who have not left the cabinet yet.But after thinking about it, since they came to the capital, the two daughters have been living cautiously, with no entertainment activities.Anyway, there is only one day in a year, and Mrs. Jiang has never been rigid and polite, so she entrusted Li Chengfeng to take her two daughters to the lantern festival.

Li Chengfeng took the order, but when they arrived in the maze, Chunyin Chunying ran around excitedly, and the three of them got separated just like that.

The two of them had a few servants with them, and there were servants on call in the labyrinth, so they didn't worry about anything.But the trouble is how to get out.

I'm ashamed to say that he also participated in the design of the maze, but he is still confused.He could only walk around by instinct, and finally entered a dead end naturally, blocked by a huge lantern in front of him.

Before he could turn around, the lantern was suddenly moved away.Li Chengfeng took a closer look and saw Zhu Houcong behind the lantern with a smile in his eyes.

The author has something to say: I didn’t make up Xia Yan’s good looks. The history books record that he has “brows and brows are clear and bright.”

In addition, he has a very good relationship with his wife, and has repeatedly asked Jiajing to give his wife orders.It's a pity that his wife is infertile. He was over 40 and bought a concubine under pressure. After the concubine became pregnant, his wife was unhappy.So he gave the concubine a sum of money, found her a good family and married her, and she was considered childless all her life.

In fact, there were many such monogamous couples in ancient times, but in the Jiajing Dynasty, the three capitals Yang Yiqing, Xia Yan, and Yan Song all had one wife, and the first two had no children.So it's not like what is written in many books, when a woman in ancient times married a wealthy family, she would have a lot of concubines, and she was full of bad things all day long.

A good man is a good man under any conditions.