Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

On Jiajing's birthday, Li Chengfeng deliberately got up early in the morning, and just after changing his clothes, Huang Jin called him to have a hasty face-to-face interview.

Since he hadn't eaten breakfast, he was still in a state of confusion, and when he saw Zhu Houcong he simply saluted and was dragged away again.

"What's the matter? It's early in the morning. Your Majesty should be busy today." Li Chengfeng was puzzled.

The little emperor looked excited and said: "Don't talk yet! I will take you to see the auspiciousness! The envoy of Banggeci paid tribute to two unicorns!"

Two... what?Li Chengfeng was awakened by fright, and he was completely refreshed. Isn't the unicorn a mythical thing?How did it appear here?

After leaving the Forbidden City, accompanied by guards, the two walked to the southwestern root of the Xuanwu Gate, where an elephant house and an elephant performance hall were set up to domesticate elephants that came as tribute from Southeast Asia.Whenever a grand ceremony is held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the elephant herd will be led to both sides and stand on the left and right sides of the imperial road in front of the Meridian Gate. The scene is spectacular, so the common people call this place Xianglai Street.

However, it is a waste to use such a large area only to raise elephants, so some other rare animals are often transported to take care of them.

With anticipation, Li Chengfeng accompanied the little emperor into the zoo, and then froze.

"This... is the unicorn you mentioned?" Li Chengfeng remained expressionless.

The little emperor was so excited that he almost jumped up: "That's right! It's a unicorn! There are two big ones and one small one!" No wonder he lost his composure, this is auspicious!Auspiciousness descended from heaven on his birthday, doesn't it mean that God recognizes his achievements!

Looking at the little emperor lovingly, Li Chengfeng thought for a long time, should he tell this kid that he was a donkey?Where is this unicorn? Li Chengfeng looked up at the animal funny.

I saw that it was extremely tall, with brown fur covered with patterns, and two big and docile eyes. Of course, the most noticeable thing was the long neck.That's right, isn't it the giraffes that can be seen everywhere in our modern parks!

Zhu Houcong took a peek at the tangled look on the female Taoist priest's face, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? What can you say about this auspiciousness?"

Li Chengfeng shook his head with difficulty: "No... But how can His Majesty be sure that this is Qilin's?"

The old god Zhu Houcong is here: "Look at its front foot is six feet high, its neck is six feet long and two feet long, with short horns, ox tail, and deer body. Isn't it just like the unicorn recorded in the book? Also, I asked the list Messenger Gethorn, they said that this thing is called 'Kilin' in the local area, it is Qilin!"

Indulging in such illusory things as auspiciousness is not enough, Li Chengfeng hurriedly said: "Actually... Pindao once saw this thing in the classics, and the ancestors named it 'giraffe' because of its shape, and some people called it 'long giraffe'." A camel with a leopard print', just an ordinary animal, not auspicious..."

Zhu Houcong was silent for a while, and after a while, he said with a little reluctance: "Well, that may be a mistake by the people in the Ministry of Rites, let's go and see the white lions! The Western Regions paid tribute to two little white lions! This is definitely auspicious! "

...That's just a type of albinism. Before Li Chengfeng could speak, the little emperor excitedly dragged him to meet the white lion.

When he arrived at the lion courtyard, Li Chengfeng was speechless again, staring at the two white meat balls roaming around underground: "Is this the white lion that came as a tribute?"

Zhu Houcong stopped talking, and he also felt that something was wrong.

Those two chubby little things are shaped like dogs, with snow-white and fluffy fur, but with big heads and long tails, they look round and cute.

The little emperor felt that he could still struggle a little longer, "Maybe the white lion looked like this when he was a child..."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh then it broke his last fantasy.

The little emperor was furious, these people took him for a fool!

"Those small countries! You don't need to come next time! We will renegotiate all the trade this time!" After thinking about it, he was still puzzled, so he might as well drive them away!

Li Chengfeng laughed and picked up the two little dogs that kept pulling at his legs: "Okay, okay, this thing is called a Tibetan mastiff in our hometown, and a pure white one like this is a one-in-a-million snow mastiff, which is more beautiful than a white lion." It's much more precious." As he spoke, he handed a small Tibetan mastiff to Zhu Houcong's hand, "Look, isn't this cute."

The little Tibetan mastiff uttered a clear and crisp cry in a timely manner, and the drooping eyebrows and eyes revealed a well-behaved look.Zhu Houcong couldn't help poking its fleshy little body with his hand, and the little Tibetan mastiff licked him in a good-tempered manner.

The things for the emperor were naturally carefully selected. These two little Tibetan mastiffs were probably domesticated since they were young. They are docile and can act like a baby. It didn't take long before Zhu Houcong raised his hands and surrendered to play with them.

Although the dog is very cute, the little emperor felt ashamed to be raped twice in a row. He said sullenly, "Jinghua, tell me, am I stupid? Just a few people can get something from me if they come up with something." You cheated out a lot of benefits."

While teasing the dog, Li Chengfeng replied: "If Your Majesty is stupid, then there will be no smart people in this world. You are only fourteen or five years old. After entering Beijing, you have rectified your father's name, benefited the country, and solved so many problems. The disadvantages of years." This is not flattery, Li Chengfeng sometimes often thinks, what kind of belief did the Emperor Jiajing in history use to come to the capital alone without external help.In the face of powerful ministers and veterans, he can turn the tide against the wind and make the court governed in a submissive manner.

"Didn't Mr. Changli say that 'there is a priority in learning, and there is a specialization in art'. As the lord of the world, there will be all kinds of people coming to your side to seek, but in the final analysis, everything depends on your majesty. Pindao has seen too many pretending to be gods and ghosts since he was a child, so there is no auspiciousness in this world. With so many achievements of yours, do you have to rely on auspiciousness to prove it?"

In the early morning sun, the female Taoist priest hugged the puppy, comforted herself in a gentle voice, and smiled like a mortal.Zhu Houcong felt in a trance that there would never be a better day than this.

"No, there is still auspiciousness," he said involuntarily, "and it is right in front of us."

"You are Xiangrui."

The boy's face was flushed, and he said nervously but firmly: "You are my auspiciousness."

Li Chengfeng was stunned. No matter how dull he was at this moment, he could sense something was wrong, and he didn't know how to reply.

"I..." Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Huang Jin who hurried over: "Your Majesty, it's almost time, my servant will escort you back to the palace first."

The weird atmosphere was broken, Zhu Houcong calmed down, nodded, then turned around and smiled softly at Li Chengfeng: "There are too many things recently, let's talk about it after we've been busy for a while."

Then, without waiting for the other party's reaction, he ran away quickly with red ears.

Li Chengfeng: "..." Brother, please speak clearly!What are you talking about! ?It's not what he thought! !

But no matter how much he yelled in his heart, it didn't work at all. The little emperor who consciously confessed his success had already gone eight hundred miles away.

Li Chengfeng returned to the palace with a broken heart, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out, although his female attire was okay, but he was a monk after all, and he was several years older than the little emperor, how could Zhu Houcong have such thoughts for him? ?

At this time, the Forbidden City is full of lanterns and festoons, and it coincides with the emperor's birthday. On this day, no matter in the palace or among the people, it is forbidden to wear plain clothes, and they must be bright clothes. Even Li Chengfeng changed his usual blue Taoist robes into dark red .

Wherever you can see in the palace, the maids in the palace will decorate the main streets with colorful paintings and cloth, and sing and dance everywhere.

After Jiajing succeeded to the throne, in order to reduce expenses and spread favor widely, he released a large number of palace people, resulting in a shortage of manpower in the palace.Until now, there are court ladies adorning the walls.

When Li Chengfeng passed by, he happened to see a few court ladies quarreling.To be precise, it was a group of people talking to one person, and they didn't know what the maid said, but the group with more people raised the bucket at hand and poured it on her head and face.

The woman probably didn't expect that the other party would really dare to make a move, she was stunned for a while, the winter wind was biting, and soon she squatted down trembling.

This is not a joke, if left alone, the palace maid might freeze to death here.Seeing that there was no one around, Li Chengfeng could only step forward to stop it by himself, and the watering maids immediately rushed away when they saw someone approaching.

Li Chengfeng shook his head, he had to mention it to Huang Jin another day, the court bullying was okay.Seeing that the maid was pitiful, she took off the fox fur she was wearing and covered her, "Miss, can you stand up? Which palace are you from? Pindao will send you back."

The woman raised her head, revealing a pitiful but resentful face.

Li Chengfeng was slightly startled: "Aren't you... Miss Liu Qingqing? Why are you dressed like this?"

Liu Qingqing was probably quite ashamed, and shook her head awkwardly: "It's a long story."

It turned out that since the emperor exposed her in front of Fang Wanru that day, Fang Wanru had been quite indifferent to her.In addition, Jiajing later went to the Empress Dowager Zhang to ask the Empress Dowager Zhang to take care of her palace servants and stop letting them run around, otherwise the two brothers of the Zhang family would be dealt with.

In this way, Empress Dowager Zhang could only temporarily rest her mind, and the number of times she called the two into the palace was also reduced.Liu Qingqing was originally able to get in touch with the Queen Mother through Fang Wanru's glory, but now she can only feel anxious.After being slapped in the face by the emperor, Fang Wanru basically didn't have much interest in being an imperial concubine, and became more and more Buddhist, and only entered the palace to serve the Queen Mother Zhang.

But Liu Qingqing is different. She was born in a poor family, and finally had this opportunity to soar into the sky. How could she not seize it!She greedily glanced at Empress Dowager Zhang. She had heard about Empress Dowager Zhang's deeds since she was a child. Because she was favored by the emperor, all relatives in the family were rewarded.Back then, Queen Mother Zhang didn't need to be much better herself. If she could do it, why couldn't I, Liu Qingqing, do it?

With such a mood, she made a big decision - proposed to the Queen Mother to stay in the Compassion Ning Palace as a maid.

Empress Dowager Zhang took a playful look at Liu Qingqing who was kneeling on the ground: "Really think about it? You have met the emperor, you should know that although the emperor is young, he is not a good match, so you still have to enter the palace? "

Liu Qingqing gritted her teeth and kowtowed: "This slave girl came to the palace to thank my mother for her kindness. I want to repay you. After much deliberation, I can only serve in the palace day and night, and ask my mother to help you!"

Fang Wanru next to her was ashen-faced, didn't this imply that she didn't know how to be grateful, and she had to keep applying eye drops before leaving, so she stopped trying to persuade her.

Empress Dowager Zhang just felt bored. Although she was not very politically aware, she had been in the palace for so many years. As long as her younger brother was not involved, her mind was still very clear.If the little girl answered clearly that she wanted to win favor, she would probably appreciate her ambition and help her out.Looking at it now, she wanted benefits and fame at the same time, but she just forgot that she was just a pretty little girl, how could she take all the cheap things by herself?

Forget it, just watch the show, Empress Dowager Zhang said indifferently: "You have been serving Ai's family for some time, such a small matter, Ai's family can still satisfy you, come and take her to register and get clothes."

Liu Qingqing got her wish, but things were far from as simple as she imagined.

In the past, she was in the palace, although she was also in the name of serving the queen mother, but in the end she was still a guest, but now that she has become a palace maid, she has changed from a master to a servant.

At that time, she and Fang Wanru were not relentless in calling out the people in the Compassion Ning Palace, and everyone had their own complaints about her.As a result, she became a colleague now, and she thought about how to hook up with the emperor every day, fishing for fish every day instead of doing work, so she was collectively targeted by the court ladies.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and court ladies also have their own small circles. Soon, Fang Wanru's name spread throughout the Forbidden City.After all, most of this group of people entered the palace as slaves only when they couldn't live on. If they were a little bit more decent at home, they would find someone to marry as early as the time when they were showing off their demeanor.This is the first time I saw a young lady who didn't do anything, but came here to be a slave.

Liu Qingqing's little cleverness was not enough to be seen among these old court fritters. It didn't take long before she was bullied day and night and shed tears.

But even so, she still didn't behave well. After she was sent to paint the walls due to lack of manpower, she still sneaked, played tricks, and went her own way. That's why the scene of being splashed with water just now happened.

Of course, Li Chengfeng didn't know about this at all, or in other words, he wasn't interested in knowing.It's just adhering to the most basic principles of being a human being, not to ignore death, but to lend a helping hand to those in distress.After listening to Liu Qingqing's eloquent explanation, she didn't pay much attention to it.

"Then Miss Liu, how are you doing now, do you want to go to the imperial doctor?"

Liu Qingqing shook her head desperately, the matter of finding the imperial doctor became a big mess, no matter how she said it was her fault, so she timidly said: "Can I bother the Taoist priest to send me back to the Compassionate Ning Palace?"

Seeing that it was still early, Li Chengfeng nodded, "The poor man will help you, let's go."

On the way, Liu Qingqing deliberately led him to the main road, in order to be able to pretend to be a tiger, and use the name of real Jinghua to frighten others.

After almost arriving at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, when the two parted, Liu Qingqing smiled gratefully at the other party: "I will pay a visit someday, to thank the Daoist Elder."

Li Chengfeng shook his head, turned and left indifferently.Leaving Liu Qingqing in place, looking at his back, lost in thought.

The author has something to say: Bang Geci is probably the area of ​​India today.

The temperature has dropped in the past two days, and the house is really too cold. Our heating temperature is more than ten degrees below zero and the temperature is the same as the body temperature. It is really impossible to get up.I went to the heating company to make a complaint on Monday today, I hope it will be better ORZ

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