The queen is a bit cowardly

Zhengyang Festival

The origin of the Zhengyang Festival comes from an ancient legend. Before human beings had established a country, there were many evildoers and plagues in the land of Kyushu. The Emperor of Heaven sent his son Qi to save the rebirth. Qi was a one-foot-tall The giant, with the power to lift a hill with both hands, can run thousands of miles in a day.

But even such a powerful son of God could not quell the suffering in the world. When Qi was frowning, he met a celestial girl by the river. , Sprinkle the blood of the Emperor of Heaven to the world of Kyushu, the evildoer will be eliminated, and the plague will also dissipate.

Qi returned to Jiutian and asked for blood from the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven said that father and son, as a son, how could Qi ask for the blood of his father, so he demoted Qi to the mortal world. , maybe my own blood is also useful, so I found three monsters to try.

The first monster was a boa constrictor in the river. Qi dripped blood into the river, and the river boiled. In the round, blood was sprinkled on its nine heads at the end, and the nine-headed bird fell from the sky to the ground and died. The last monster was a four-faced beast in the forest, and Qi sprinkled his own blood in the forest where it lived. The four unlike beasts crashed into the mountain and died.

Qi proved that his blood was beneficial to the world, so he found the goddess again and asked the goddess to sprinkle his blood on the world at noon on the fifth day of May, and the goddess agreed.

On the fifth day of May, there was a blood rain on the four seas of Kyushu. The red blood covered the whole earth, and the earth was full of the cries of monsters, but the humans were fine. It rained all day, and finally Eliminate the monsters in the world and eliminate the plague.In the end, the goddess still left a trace of Qi's blood, and she ate the blood into her belly, and she became pregnant with Qi's child.

In order to thank Qi for saving the world, people embraced the child as the monarch, let the blood red cover the king's body, and swore to be loyal to the child forever. Later, the child's descendants established Daxin, and Daxin was born red.

Therefore, in the Kyushu under the Daxin Dynasty, no festival is more important than the Zhengyang Festival. Both the Xin Kingdom and the vassal states will let the officials take a rest on this day, and even the confronting soldiers will stop fighting. Sing the praises of heroes together.

Chengtian Temple Qianyang Road

Two days before the Zhengyang Festival, there was always drizzle, and after the ceremony, Tianping did not give everyone a chance to pull up kites. Today is finally sunny, which coincides with the day when officials rest and take a bath. If you look up at the sky, That is a huge colored painting, in which a lion, a tiger, an eagle, a boy who spreads wealth, a centipede and a python are all included.

Chang Lan was not surprised by this lively scene. She walked quietly on Qianyang Road with her female slave, which was the only way to Chengtian Temple. In the middle of the road, the girl's skirt was lifted up, and the jade pendant on her waist was also jingled.

Behind her, clan members and favored officials like her also walked one after another. In the Xin Dynasty, where etiquette is extremely important, as long as they meet each other, there will be endless long bows.

As he spoke, a middle-aged man in Tsing Yi quickened his pace. He quickly caught up with Chang Lan, and gave a simple bow: "Eldest Princess."

Chang Lan stopped, looked at the man and gave a more solemn salute: "Mr. Huo."

"Seeing the princess today, I look a little better." The man replied, standing next to Chang Lan, this person is the current Grand Sima Huo Xian, who is also the teacher of the princes and princes.

Although Da Sima was a military officer, Huo Xian was thin, with two mustaches under his nose and a square scarf that literati loved.Although he has such a weak image, Huo Xian is very strict in governing the army, and the dragon tooth cavalry he brought out can be said to shock the princes of the four directions.

Three years ago, there was a rebellion in Xiajing. King Changxiang of Xiajing asked the emperor to help the emperor to quell the rebellion. Huo Xian only sent the 1 dragon tooth cavalry, and [-] rebels approached the city. Once the dragon tooth cavalry came out, it took only half a day Repelled the rebels, and since then Daxin Longya became famous in the first battle, and the princes of the world dare not do it again.

The teacher and the student walked side by side. After all, they came from the same line, and their steps were equally elegant.

"I heard that the princess went to Da Sikou's mansion a few days ago, did she go to see Jiang Qingluan?" Huo Xian asked.

Chang Lan nodded, and said in a soft voice, "Even the teacher knows about it, and it seems that it's spread all over Tianping City."

Huo Xian shook his head helplessly: "It is said that Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess visited Sikou's Mansion at night, and played with all the princes and grandchildren in Tianping City."

"Kong Yida did hold a banquet that day." Chang Lan said, as if she didn't care about the rumors, she continued: "But the teacher still understands me."

"No," Huo Xian pointed to his former students and said, "Back then you yearned for the female ruler of Fu Kingdom the most. You kept asking me why Fu Kingdom allowed a woman to inherit the father's throne, but Daxin didn't allow it."

"Naturally," Chang Lan replied, "As a princess, why can't I share my father's worries?"

"The princess is very ambitious." Huo Xian said.

"But this ambition is worth nothing in my balance." Chang Lan said quietly, her eyes were on her father's Chengtian Palace.

"I remember that when the princess was young, she always asked the envoys and historians about Fu Guo's life. At that time, they got very little. All the envoys knew was Fu Guo's superficial national conditions, and the historians were even more pedantic. Can Princess Jiang Qingluan gain anything?"

Chang Lan shook her head, no matter Jiang Qingluan was really that incompetent, or it was just her play, she had to admit that she really didn't see any clues, this King Fu was like a puppet, harmless to humans and animals.

"It seems that Fu Wang is really a useless person as the people say." Huo Xian was a little disappointed.

In Chang Lan's heart, there was always Jiang Qingluan's heartbeat under the running of the bull that day. If he was really a useless person, how could he be so courageous.

"I don't think so," Chang Lan said, "Let's just see how long she can be cowardly."

"What if the princess still gets nothing?" Huo Xian looked at Chang Lan.

He has always known that Fu State has a system of female monarchs, and that women are the heirs of Fu State. When Fu State was founded in the west of Fushan, it faced a large number of aliens. Aliens are naturally brave and have no fixed place. Where is the grassland? The home is where the family is. The difference from the Central Plains is that many of the grassland tribes have women as the patriarchs. The people in the grasslands are neither married nor married, and the status of women is almost the same as that of men.

I don't know which generation of Fu Kingdom's monarchs gave up fighting with the tribes, and began to send a large number of princes and princesses to make peace with the border tribes. Finally, a prince married the greatest tribal leader on the grassland. Power, Fu Kingdom finally unified Fu Land, but rather than allowing the queen to rule the country later, the cunning clans were more inclined to establish the princess as the king, so they considered whether to appoint a heroine according to the family power of the queen of each dynasty.

If the relatives are strong, the princess will be made a vassal; if the relatives are weak, the son will succeed.

The heroine is not allowed to marry or leave an heir. If the rules are broken, the throne must be relinquished, so the clans sometimes let the heroine marry a wife in the clan, and then adopt an heir from the clan. The heir is raised by the clan. Then he can succeed to the new monarch, so that he can respect the rules of the grassland and ensure that Fu Kingdom can always be controlled by the clan.

However, there are exceptions to everything. For example, Jiang Pinger, the sage king of Fu Kingdom, married his nephew Sukhbatu, who was ten years younger than himself, and gave birth to him. King Renhuizhao, Jiang Hezhi, took the dignity of a queen and forced Daxin's eldest princess Chang Le to marry, and served as regent of Daxin for ten years. The stories of these two have been recorded in the history books, and they are a later story.

"It's okay if you really don't get anything." Chang Lan said, "Jiang Qingluan is an interesting person, so I'll just make this friend. After all, my daughter from Daxin Gongqing's family always doesn't like me."

"Then I wish the princess all the best."

"Mr. Xie Huo."

Chengtian Temple Wuying Palace

The maid of honor counted the seats at today's banquet, and the court is taking a rest today, but the emperor invited the clan's relatives and important ministers, and all the people here are important figures in Daxin, but the seats should be more cautious, like Zongbo Changzhang He is Liuqing, one of the elders of the clan, Da Sikong Yan Duan, and a conferred viscount, Zuo General Ji Wang, who is both a general and a clan relative to the little Sikou.It took a long time for the grand lady to sort out these complicated relationships.

The courtiers came in one after another. Today they were all wearing plain clothes, and removed the uniform court clothes. These officials were all dressed brightly. They secretly compared the jade pendants around their waists and the golden crowns on their heads. The court musicians also pulled up their clothes early Made konghou and four strings.

The two princes born in the first line sat on the left side of the Wuying Palace, but these two were not at the table, instead they were looking for visitors.

Chang Dai is also wearing a red robe today, not as casual as his younger brother, he will always remember his identity.

"Your Highness." A soft female voice sounded from outside the door.

Chang Dai looked up and saw that his younger sister was wearing a short white dress today, with a pair of sheepskin short boots inlaid with silver thread on her legs, which was much more playful than usual.

"Lan'er," Chang Dai walked up, "I won't call you big brother today, it's so strange."

Chang Lan covered her mouth and smiled, but her eyes fell on the corner of the banquet. She said, "I never see you with my elder brother, so it's naturally another Highness."

Following his gaze, Chang Dai saw Jiang Qingluan standing up from the corner and saluting Chang Lan.All the guests who came today were distinguished guests, so how could Chang Dai remember such a small person as Jiang Qingluan.

"Her?" Chang Dai's tone was full of disdain: "You can be regarded as your highness."

Suddenly Chang Dai remembered something, and asked: "The last night you visited the Si Kou Mansion was for her, right?"

"To tell you the truth, brother, that's right." Chang Lan walked towards Jiang Qingluan as she spoke.

"Don't run around at night with a daughter of yours. Although the princess does not hate to marry, she is the daughter of the emperor after all." Chang Dai muttered, and he was indeed an elder brother.

"Anyway, the two husbands' families have been killed, and no one dares to marry me now." Chang Lan said in a low voice. As a result, both of them died tragically on the battlefield half a year before their marriage.

"Your mouth has been very presumptuous since you were a child." Chang Dai pulled Chang Lan back and pointed to the seat on the left: "Your seat is over there, with me and your second brother."

Chang Lan didn't intend to stop, she said, "I want to sit with King Fu."