Hotaru [The Tale of Genji]

After the Qiqiao Festival, it is very rare today to visit the Chengxiang Hall.

The maids who hadn't picked up the driver for a long time were in a state of confusion, talking about what kind of clothes to change, and saying that they needed to change their makeup again.One side thinks the cleaning is not clean, and the other side thinks the decoration is not elegant enough.Accustomed to the forgotten Chengxiang Palace, as if welcoming a new student, he moved hard.

Only Her Royal Highness lazily watched the crowd running around in a hurry, and laughed and said, "It's as if I have never seen the world, how pitiful."

When Jiao Shibu heard this, he disagreed very much.She bluntly asked His Royal Highness not to say such impolite sentences again, "Your Highness, please be careful with your words."

"It doesn't matter, it's just telling the truth." Nu Yu shook her hand, signaling that she shouldn't care.

Jiao Shibu: "In this way, I haven't been lucky enough to come here for a long time. Is there any reason for coming this time?"

Nu Yu chuckled: "Don't you know? Of course it's because of Yingying."

"His Royal Highness?!" Jiao Shibu was shocked, "Could it be that His Royal Highness Ying did something wrong?"

"Why do you have so little confidence in my child?" Nuyu complained, "Shibu also heard about it, that child made such a poem at the begging banquet. And, it is said that the recent homework has also been praised. .”

"But His Royal Highness hasn't entered school yet."

"Ah, it is said that the article written by Yingying was given to the gentleman in the Yuxue Institute by His Majesty Dong Gonggong. After reading it, the gentleman went to Imam to praise Yingying." Be proud of your children.

"Your highness is so high-profile at such a young age..." Her Majesty Ming Fu didn't seem to agree with Prince Ying's current situation.She believes that acting low-key should be the standard of conduct for His Highness Prince Ying.In the palace, if you are too dazzling, you will be hated. Isn't that the case with the dresser who died young.

"Shikibu, you are wrong." The woman's hesitation was interrupted, and a cold light like a famous sword flashed in the eyes of the female imperial court, "In this imperial palace, if you are not outstanding or dazzling, no one will remember you. Forgotten. Only by standing at the height of being looked up to, can I survive freely! My identity, my family will bless my child, and he can do whatever he wants. Back then, I couldn’t do what I wanted, and I would never let This child tastes that pain again."

"Your Highness..."

Looking at Shikibu's slightly moved face, Nuyu chuckled coldly: "Speaking of which, no matter how high-profile Yingying is, she will not surpass his second brother. That child is naturally attractive."

The female royal was so straightforward that Jiao Shibu was silent and did not dare to agree. After hesitating for a long time, she carefully expressed her last concern: "...His Royal Highness Prince Ying and His Majesty Donggong have been getting closer recently..."

"What's wrong?"

"No, but, after all...it's the East Palace..."

"Shikibu is always so cautious. It is precisely because it is Higashinomiya, so I have to approach."

The Zuyou Minister outside the Eastern Palace is a powerful and domineering person. He and his daughter Honghuidian Nuyu are powerful and dominate the government and the public.Therefore, today we have to promote the line of Minister Zuo, and the two important ministers were in a court of resistance in the previous dynasty.

But the current Eastern Palace is weak, it is impossible to get rid of the control of the mother's family, and it will be firmly restrained when it ascends to the throne in the future.This is something we never want to see today.Therefore, the neutral forces in the court are very important now, and as the representative of the neutral forces in the palace, which side the fourth prince, His Royal Highness Ying, the son of the female emperor of Chengxiang Palace, is the key to this competition.

Nu Yu: "Yingying, sooner or later he will be a courtier of the Eastern Palace. Either side will be very happy to see Yingying and the Eastern Palace get along well."

Shikibu: "That is to say, the former..."

Nvyu: "Shibu, don't talk nonsense about the affairs of the previous dynasty, you should speak carefully."

Where the East Palace stands, the maid of Chengxiang Palace doesn't care at all.All she cares about is whether Suzaku can properly protect Hotaru.Now it seems that the boy is very happy to take Yingying under his wings - even if his wings are not full.

Her Royal Highness was thinking indifferently, when the wind blew past the curtain, she slowly got up while stroking her skirt.

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

"Bather and change clothes, it's time soon."

*******

The fact that the daughter of the Chengxiang Palace was favored caused all kinds of speculation in the palace for a while.Some people say that the barnacle maid may have angered Imakami and may fall out of favor, while others say that the maid from the Chengxiang Temple has come out on top.No one on the female imperial side of Honghui Palace dared to talk nonsense, they only dared to show each other with their eyes.

I don't know what happened to the barnacle girl.When these words reached Chengxiang Hall, the female imperial concubine just snorted, "How is that possible?" and ignored it.The servants around her didn't know what she was talking about. ,

As for the Honghui Palace, Dong Gongxia was originally worried that his mother would anger Ying Ying because of this.Just remind His Royal Highness, let him go to the Royal Flower Palace to find himself, and don't appear near the Honghui Palace recently.But Suzaku didn't expect that the female queen of Honghui Palace would react lightly to the matter of Chengxiang Palace, not the fury and intensity as imagined.

Suzaku guessed some reasons, but not comprehensive.

He knew his mother well, and knew that Honghuidian was not a patient person.Therefore, if someone's favor surpasses her, she will not hold back her temper for the sake of the overall situation, and make a forced smile.

Because of her temper, the female royal body was injured, and she often felt some discomfort in her brain.This time, after Honghuidian heard the news, there was no change on his face, at most it was a little tired because of the headache.

Perhaps, all the anger in Honghui Palace just came from the former Tonghu, the present, and the present barnacle female imperial court.

Just as Chengxiang Palace expected.

Soon after, the daughter of Honghui Palace returned to the palace in Ningning.Today, I drove to the Honghui Hall and went to the mother of the East Palace who had not been there for a long time.Some people can't see the situation clearly, and they are at a loss; some people see the opportunity and follow suit, like clowns; some people have already been awakened, and they are silently watching.

However, the women in the palace are more acceptable to say that the present is a nostalgic person, he thinks of the friendship with the old people back then, and wants to reconcile.

After guessing, someone is already shouting moved.

*******

After Ramadan, I ate hail cakes again.It's Prince Guang's 11th birthday, so a special banquet is held today to congratulate him.Ying sent a congratulatory picture of Emperor Guang playing the piano, which attracted everyone's praise.

A grand spring welcoming ceremony was held in the New Year's Day Palace.After accepting the congratulations from the courtiers of all parties, they boarded the altar and prayed for the prosperity of the four seasons and the harvest of the grain.On the White Horse Festival, people see the white horse and pray for good luck for the year.After eating the seven-vegetable porridge, it was time for the Tage Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

This is a festival that excites young men and women in the palace even more than Qiqiao Festival.

The 45th and [-]th is the Men's Tage Festival, and the [-]th is the Women's Tage Festival.

On the [-]th day, more than five Wang Qing were summoned to enter, and a long banquet was set up on the long bridge, and the imperial chef presented delicious food and wine.Today, from the east of the Qingliang Hall, the imperial palace is presented, and the Nei Zang Liao presents exquisite cotton offerings.The young nobles chanted prayers, sang and danced happily.Among them, the noble demeanor of the prince's children fell into the eyes of the onlookers, and no one did not admire and envy them.

Daughters, show their beautiful sleeves outside the curtain, hoping that their sweetheart will notice them.Especially when His Royal Highness Prince Guang and the sons of the left minister's family passed by, the atmosphere of nervous anticipation became more intense.Some people also took this opportunity to send love letters with red plums tied in their hands to each other.

After a round of singing and dancing, no matter who it is, they have their own gains.

Hotaru got tired after being quarreled twice, and it may be because he worked too hard recently, he always gets tired very quickly.Tired, he grabbed Suzaku and refused to let go, desperately refusing to let his attendants carry him back.Suzaku had no choice but to hold Yingying and planned to send him back to the palace in person.The servants felt that something was wrong, so His Majesty Dong Gong asked them to follow behind.

The 13-year-old boy carried the five- or six-year-old toddler, and it was still a bit difficult to walk to the back.But Suzaku was worried that if His Royal Highness was let go, the sensitive Yingying would cry again.In the midst of a dilemma, Yingying, who woke up from sleep, opened her eyes in a daze, saw the fine sweat on Suzaku's forehead, struggled and said that she wanted to walk by herself.

The two held hands and sang the songs they learned at the festival. The young man huddled with a child's voice, lingering beside the soft light of the palace lanterns, following their footsteps, like the one who plucked the strings when the most touching play had ended. A little vibrato, the last stroke of the most beautiful picture scroll.

Langqiao walked back, but it was His Royal Highness Prince Guang who walked towards him.

His expression was a little dazed and sad, under the [-]th bright moon, it seemed that the man in the moon was about to step away on the clear light.

Suzaku: "Light?"

After meeting each other, Hikaru seemed to see Suzaku and Yingying, and the three greeted each other.Seeing that his expression was not right, Suzaku was a little worried: "Guang, aren't you going back to your residence?"

Guang stuttered for a while, and then immediately said, "For the time being, no, I'm going back now."

Suzaku: "Are you okay?"

Guang: "Well, it's okay, I'll go back now. Where are Brother Huang and Yingying?"

Suzaku: "I'll send Yingying back first, does Guang want to go with me?"

Guang: "I'm a little tired, let's go first, sorry."

Suzaku: "It's okay, then go back quickly."

Guang: "Well, then goodbye."

Watching Hikari's back go away, Hotaru took Suzaku's hand.

"What's wrong?" Suzaku lowered his waist and asked Yingying.His Highness Prince Ying pointed to the direction where Guang just came, and said, "Brother Guang just came from the barnacle hall."

Suzaku looked in that direction and frowned.

After the Tage meeting, at such a late hour, with a worried expression, he came from the direction of the Barnacle Hall.Could it be that the courtship failed?Suzaku thought so.Indeed, Hikari has always been taken care of by Barnacle Hall, and Konjo often said that Hikari should treat Barnacle Hall as his mother.I get along a lot on weekdays, maybe I just fell in love with a female officer.

I don't know which cruel woman rejected His Highness Prince Guang.

But it's not easy to talk to Yingying about these things.Suzaku didn't want to let Hotaru get in touch with these things too early, so she just passed on vaguely.

"Suzaku?"

"No, let's go back quickly."

It was cold at night, and Suzaku and Yingying quickened their pace and walked towards Chengxiang Hall.When it was almost there, a petite female figure spun out from the wooden frame where the vines were planted.The night was foggy, and the moonlight was shining all over the world. Both Suzaku and Yingying saw the deep emotion in the girl's eyes, as if rubbing the moonlight into it.

The author has something to say: the White Horse Festival, Haier Cake, and Seven Vegetable Porridge are all New Year’s blessing activities at the time, praying for peace, praying, etc.The Tage Festival was originally passed down by Tang Dynasty.Here is a brief introduction, everyone is interested, let me talk about it in detail.

This chapter Qinghui was written under the single cycle "Nunchaku", which almost split my personality.I didn't realize it until I finished writing, why didn't I turn off the song.

In short, people can't blame society for their stupidity.