[Red Mansions] The promotion of the female history of salted fish

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival in Daliang.When Yunling came to the main courtyard, the main courtyard was already illuminated by various lamps as bright as day—before this, Yunling always thought that the so-called bright as day in ancient times was an exaggeration. The light from oil lamps and candles is incomparable with those modern incandescent lamps and energy-saving lamps, not to mention the daytime.Only today did Yunling know that quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes if they accumulate to a certain extent.

The halos of octagonal lanterns, revolving horse lanterns, and glazed palace lanterns all over the yard complement each other, which is really beautiful.

Yang Peishan and the fifth prince still have to attend the palace banquet this morning—Yun Ling feels that the royal family is extremely tired every New Year's day, and the reason is the endless palace banquet—then they start preparing for the prince's mansion after returning in the afternoon Even though the time was so tight for the family banquet, she was able to arrange the main courtyard in such a festive atmosphere without being extravagant, Yun Ling could only worship silently in her heart.

When Yunling arrived at the main courtyard, the three concubines and Feng Ruzi were all there.As the saying goes, it makes sense to look at a beautiful woman under the light.Reflected by the candlelight in the room, it becomes more and more obvious that the women in this yard are all beautiful in their own way.Especially Yunling could see that everyone had carefully tidied up before they came here, and their makeup and outfits were all made to maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, making it even more blooming.

When Yunling observed silently, everyone below the side concubine was present.Yun Ling didn't know everyone well, but they chatted casually about picking up some clothes and jewelry, and then saw Concubine Cui coming in from the outside, skipping a group of people and sitting at the top below the main seat.

Coming from Yunling, Wang Ruzi came in the middle, and now Concubine Cui arrived, and the interval was no more than a quarter of an hour. The timing was more accurate than when Yunling was in class.As Yunling thought about it, she focused her gaze on the grandfather clock that stood there again, and only heard a "dang" sound, and Concubine Li who was sitting below suddenly trembled.

Yunling secretly wondered, didn't she?Not to mention Concubine Li's years in the Prince's Mansion, even in the Yang family, this western grandfather clock is not uncommon, so how could she be so frightened?She looked intently, only to see Concubine Li nervously tugging at her cuff.What's going on here?

While wondering, the fifth prince and the concubine came together, and everyone got up to toast.It was only then that Yun Ling realized that Concubine Li and Concubine Cui had clashed.It's not a traditional shirt, it's just that both of them are wearing lotus leaf skirts today, embroidered with hundreds of butterflies and flowers, the difference is that Concubine Cui is wearing silver and red, while Concubine Li's skirt today is lotus color sprinkled with golden brocade made.

Yun Ling secretly rejoiced that Yang Peishan gave her two streamer brocades, and she was wearing the indigo one tonight.If I wear the lotus-colored one tonight, although it won't be mixed into the Shura field, it will inevitably be awkward under such circumstances.Yun Ling didn't care much about bumping her shirt or not, but she seemed very angry when she saw Concubine Cui... Just as she was thinking about it, Yang Peishan glanced at her strangely.

Yun Ling was puzzled, she raised her head and looked straight back, her eyes were full of confusion: Sister, what do you think I am doing?Didn't you see those two over there flirting with each other?

Seeing that she really didn't understand, Yang Peishan resisted the urge to rub her head, and smiled dignifiedly at Situ Hui, "Your Highness, let's sit down."

After the fifth prince moved his chopsticks, everyone toasted to wish the big boss and the second boss a happy holiday.Yunling toasted with the crowd, and when everyone put down their wine glasses, they concentrated on eating food. Unfortunately, there were too many people in today's "family banquet", and even Yuyan could only stand outside and couldn't enter the hall. For the sake of her image, she can't hold the dishes too far away from her.Alas, that squirrel mandarin fish looks delicious...

Maybe Yunling was too resentful, soon, she couldn't even look at the squirrel and mandarin fish.But half an hour later, the fifth prince finished eating, and the table was naturally withdrawn.Not to mention that half an hour is not short, this includes everyone toasting and toasting.Yunling was okay, but she just toasted with everyone in a regular manner, like Concubine Cui, who made a separate toast several times, Yunling suspected that she didn't get much food.

After the seats were removed, everyone came to the yard, which seemed to imitate the scene of the Lantern Festival outside. Shelves were set up in the yard, and ropes were threaded between the shelves, and many lanterns with riddles hidden inside were hung on the ropes.Seeing such a scene, Feng Ruzi first smiled and said, "That's good. When I was young, my family took me to the lantern festival a few times, and it was exactly like this. Your empress is so ingenious."

The concubines nodded yes.Even the Fifth Prince clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Lantern Festival guessing lantern riddles, I haven't played this game for many years. In this case, whoever looks at which lantern tonight can guess the corresponding lantern riddle. If they guess correctly, this lantern is the prize." .”

"Your Highness is so generous. The lamps here are specially sent by the empress to buy them. Maybe she has a good heart. Doesn't your highness hurt the heart of the empress by rewarding people like this?" Cui Fangfei looked at the two standing side by side. People, the corners of their mouths are slightly hooked, and they seem to be smiling.

Yang Peishan glanced at her, but said nothing.Wei Zi, who was following Yang Peishan, said, "Why don't you say 'there is a connection', the empress planned to guess lantern riddles today, everyone is lively, and it coincides with His Royal Highness's thoughts."

Situ Hui looked around, "Well, haha, it's a coincidence," he said, his gaze fell on the largest and most gorgeous revolving lantern on one side, and he smiled at Yang Peishan, "This one is good, I guess I'll give it to you OK?"

The corners of Yang Peishan's mouth turned up, and she looked at Situ Hui steadily, "Okay, the concubine is waiting for His Highness's gift."

Situ Hui went to the lamp, and saw a wooden sign hanging under the lamp, writing, "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage (type a seven-character Tang poem)".

After thinking for a while, Situ Hui opened his mouth and said, "The former Liu Lang is here again today."

Sure enough, he won the lamp and gave it to Yang Peishan.Afterwards, Situ Hui felt satisfied, and with a wave of his hand, he asked the concubines to solve the lantern riddles by themselves.Yunling wasn't interested in guessing lantern riddles at all, but it was too conspicuous for her to stand still, so she also mixed in with the crowd, thinking it was just admiring the lanterns.

After looking at the lanterns for a long time, they were all the same, and Yun Ling completely lost interest after admiring the lanterns in the yard for a while.Going back to the steps where everyone was standing just now, Yang Peishan was the only one left here.Yunling was a little surprised, "Your Highness went back to rest?" It's a bit early.

Yang Peishan raised her chin slightly, followed her line of sight, and Yun Ling realized that the Fifth Prince was going back and forth with Concubine Cui to guess riddles, occasionally smiling at each other, with a tacit understanding.I didn't know what to say, so I heard Yang Peishan say, "Why did you make clothes out of this one? Don't you like the lotus-colored one?"

"I like it, both of them are very beautiful. I also sent the lotus-colored one to the sewing room." Yunling smiled. Note that both the concubine and concubine Li are not at ease when they are also wearing white butterflies and lotus-leaf skirts. If my clothes today collide with those of concubine Li, it will be lively."

Yang Peishan looked at the concubine Li in the courtyard, her eyes flashed.After recovering, seeing that Yun Ling really didn't care, she couldn't help but secretly sighed, "His Highness's birthday is coming soon."

"Huh?" Yunling was thinking about the schedule after the fifteenth day, and subconsciously calculated after hearing the words, "It's early, there are still more than two months."

Seeing her misty look, Yang Peishan got angry, and told herself repeatedly that she was outside, in front of many people, so she couldn't poke her on the head, so she gave Yunling a hard look, "Yeah, what do you do?" The speed of needlework, two months is enough for you to make a suit of clothes, right?"

Now Yunling seems to have come to her senses, she lowered her head and carefully looked at the streamer brocade on her body, and the meaning of Yang Peishan giving her this brocade was to let her make clothes and give it out as a birthday present on the fifth prince's birthday ?It's just that the skirt has already been cut, Yunling can only smile, "I'll just think of some new and interesting gifts when the time comes, and make the clothes by myself two months in advance? Please spare me."

There was no regret on her face, on the contrary, it was full of joy of escaping a catastrophe.Yang Peishan couldn't help being surprised, "You used to embroider handkerchiefs and make sachets in Changchun Palace, why are you so tired of needlework now?"

Can it be the same?Yunling thought, although it is all repetitive labor, the most important thing about embroidery is the composition. From drawing the shape to dropping the needle, every little bit of completion will give you a sense of accomplishment, okay?As for making clothes for people, no matter how good they are, they are only at the level of a sewing machine. After making a set of clothes, you will get nothing but cervical spondylosis.

She thought so, and said so.Yang Peishan smiled and shook her head, "Forget it."

According to the usual practice, on the first and fifteenth day of each month, the fifth prince would spend the night with the concubine, and the Lantern Festival was no exception.The two had been awkward for a while, but tonight the fifth prince took the initiative to send a revolving door, which was regarded as a step up for each other, and Yang Peishan naturally would not insist on it.

This night is also considered a harmonious couple.Early the next morning, after the fifth prince went to court, Wei Zi, who was in charge of Yang Peishan's storeroom, came over, "The lantern that His Highness sent to the empress last night has been received in the storeroom."

"Yeah." Yang Peishan lay on the bed and said softly, "Separate from the lanterns that I give away every year during the Lantern Festival. It's a pity to bump into His Highness's gift."

"Don't worry, ma'am, it's not in the same warehouse." A house full of flowers, birds, fish and insects suddenly put in an octagonal palace lantern, which looked extremely abrupt, even if it was placed in the warehouse, it didn't look like it.Yang Peishan nodded and remained silent for a while.After a while, she asked Grandma Wu to say, "Tell the kitchen to add an extra dish of squirrel mandarin fish to Miao Ruzi today."

"Yes." Nanny Wu responded, but she didn't turn around and leave.After a while, Yang Peishan opened her eyes, and she saw Madam Wu worried, "Mother, do you trust Miao Ruzi so much now? What if she is acting?"

When Yun Ling was talking yesterday, Nanny Wu stood by.