[Red House] Lixian

In today's society, three media and six appointments are no longer popular, but the husband's family still needs to prepare eight dishes of poetry and classics when proposing marriage. This rule comes from the marriage of Emperor Wu and Concubine Mei.It is said that it caused a trend at the time. If any family proposes a marriage without two dishes from the Book of Songs, it will be regarded as insincere.

————— "History on the Bite of Tongue"

"Miss, Chang'an is ahead."

After walking all the way in the carriage, Wei Qian finally came to Chang'an City with two maids.

In the southern outskirts of the city, Wei Qian suddenly had a whim and ordered people to stop the carriage and get down to rest.

This time I came to Chang'an as a human being, and I can clearly feel the coercion in Chang'an city.

"The emperor of the real dragon is in command of the eight wastelands, and that power is absolutely superior to that of human immortals." Wei Qian looked at the dragon and waited. It was enough to kill Wei Qian.

"That's why it's very difficult for ordinary cultivators to intervene in the affairs of court change, but they refuse to give up Conglong from the beginning to the end."

As long as the emperor is vigilant and gently covers it with the emperor's seal, pointing at the emperor's sword, it will be difficult for any sect to survive in Shenzhou.Even if it is just an imperial decree, it can wipe out a human immortal. This is the magic of the dragon spirit, the only method of the human emperor's lineage when Yan Huang was passed down from ancient times.

"The Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven. First, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors taught human relations, and then Dayu refined the Nine Tripods to suppress the Kyushu. The pillars of heaven are towering into the sky, this is the covenant between my Huaxia clan and the heaven and earth." Xuan Yun stood beside her holding Bai Yun Diao.Wei Qian intends to come to Chang'an, Ling Wan figured out that she has a great opportunity in Chang'an, so she asks Xuan Yun to accompany her.

"Sacrificing to Haotian at the top, sealing the mountains and rivers at the bottom, and controlling humanity in the middle, this is the merit of a human emperor." Wei Qian understood in her heart that if she wanted to establish a country in Nanyang, and if she wanted to truly be a king, then This kind of experience left by her predecessors can inspire her a lot.

The two teachers and sisters stood at one side, while Hongchun and Xiangling watched from the other side.It was the first time for Xiangling to come to Chang'an, and he and Hongchun looked at the distant scenery with great interest.

Suddenly, the two saw a small pavilion on a hill in the distance.

"That's the Tongbai Pavilion." Wei Qian walked over, looking at the pavilion that had experienced thousands of years of wind and rain: "No matter how high the status was in life, isn't it also such an opportunity in the end?" His heart was touched, as if he had caught something somewhere.

"Junior Sister, look, there is Lishan Mountain over there." Xuanyun looked around and suddenly pointed to the distant green mountain.

The green hill was between the clouds and mist, and the dragon ball in Wei Qian's stomach was about to move.Suppressing the movement of the Lilongzhu in his body, Wei Qian said: "Don't worry, Master said, there are two Lizhu in the Daming Palace, which can be used to complement my natal magic weapon."

While talking, suddenly there was a quarrel under a sycamore tree not far away.

Crescent frowned, Wei Qian said: "Hongchun, go and ask what happened over there."

Hongchun ran over, and came back shortly after to report: "It's a few elders who have been chatting under the tree for many years, thinking about building a pavilion next to it."

Looking at the yellow and orange sycamore trees, Wei Qian said, "I see those elders are getting old and can't stand the wind and rain. It's better to build a pavilion to hide from the rain. What's the fuss about it?"

"It's mainly about the money needed to build the pavilion. The few people discussed it unevenly, so they quarreled."

"It's simple." Wei Qian said with a smile, "You take out a few taels of silver from my box and give them the pavilion. I paid for the construction of this pavilion. There is only one request. In the future, if there are tourists here to enjoy the shade, They should not rely on their old men to try to stop them."

Hong Chun conveyed Wei Qian's meaning, and those old people were eager for someone to help pay, so they simply agreed directly.In a few days, the Wutong Pavilion was built.Later, after learning of Wei Qian's identity, several old men discussed setting up a stele next to it, and wrote about the cause and effect of the incident. This pavilion will be located in the southern suburbs with Tongbai Pavilion in the future, and they will be called "Erwei Pavilion".

But when Wei Qian and the others came to Jia's mansion, Xuan Yun just found an excuse to go to Qingxu Temple, and didn't follow them to Jia's mansion to meddle in those housework.

Wei Qian entered Jia's mansion with two maids, and saw Jia's mother bringing a whole family out to greet her.

"My granddaughter!" Jia's mother burst into tears immediately, and those who didn't know would really think how nice this grandmother is to Wei Qian.

"Back then your father left early, and your fiancé was also short-lived. Fortunately, the Holy Majesty doesn't dislike him..." Jiamu took Wei Qian's hand and chattered for a long time. In the shape of rain, she cried with Jia's mother.

Wang Xifeng sighed secretly at the side of these two people's superb acting skills: the old lady has gone through many years of ups and downs, although she usually looks down on Qian girl, she also knows how to behave at this time.Now that Yuan Chun is enshrined as a nobleman in the palace, if Qian girl enters the palace and her sisters support her, it will be beneficial to both Jia and Wei.

Regarding the matter of Wei Qian coming to live in Jia's mansion, Jia Amnesty and Jia's mother reached a tacit agreement to help Wei Qian enter the palace.

"Girl Qian has honed in these years, and it seems that her acting skills are no worse than that of an old lady." Wang Xifeng looked at the people around her, immediately put on a smile, hugged Wei Qian without a trace, and separated the two.

Seeing Wang Xifeng approaching, Wei Qian wiped away tears: "I haven't seen you for many years, but this time I meet my sister again, I should call her cousin."

"Why do you and I do this? It doesn't matter if it's from you and me." Wang Xifeng held Wei Qian's hand, and Jia's mother smiled when she saw the two were intimate: "That's right, Zuo is just a title. You two are sisters." Deep affection, what can Lian'er say when she sees her?"

Mother Jia frowned suddenly, and coughed a few times: "I'm getting old, and I always have some health problems. You young people who love incense, I, the old lady, go back to the house to rest first."

Hearing this, Wei Qian motioned to Xiang Ling to ask Xiang Ling to open a brocade box. "A few years ago, the Supreme Emperor gave a Ganoderma lucidum grass, and the granddaughter asked people to take various precious herbs to refine pills. Except for the mother, grandmother, and the tribute, there was only one left. Since the old lady is not healthy, this One pill is the granddaughter's filial piety." Someone opened the brocade box, and a white silk handkerchief wrapped an apricot-yellow longan-sized pill.

Back then when Wei Qian got the Ganoderma lucidum, she directly dedicated it to Master Ling Wan.Ling Wan picks flowers to refine medicine, and mixes Lihuo ginseng, six-color snow lotus and other elixir medicines to refine twelve pills.

Wei Qian brought six pills to Chang'an, and three of the remaining six pills were given to Mrs. Wei, Jia Mei and Aunt He of the Wei Mansion, and three pills were taken by Ling Wan, Wei Qian and Xuan Yun.

Wei Qian was going to pay three tributes, and as for the other three, giving one to Jia's mother was regarded as a kindness on the face, and it could also be regarded as a food stamp for Wei Qian to live in Jia's mansion.

As for the remaining two, one for Wang Xifeng and one for Lin Daiyu.For Jia Amnesty, there are other health-preserving herbs that can be given away, which are ointments made from the same furnace of elixir.

As soon as the elixir was taken out, the aroma immediately wafted into the nostrils. Jia Mu happily took it away, and asked Wang Xifeng to take Wei Qian to familiarize himself with the terrain in the mansion.

This time when he came to stay in Jia's mansion temporarily, Wei Qian could tell at a glance that it was different from when his grandfather was alive.

"Grandpa is one of the princes of the state, and the decorations in the mansion are all made by the state. Now it seems..." Wei Qian couldn't help shaking her head. Although Jia's mother can temporarily keep the plaque from being picked up when she is alive, there are many things in the mansion that are beyond the standard. It was sealed by Jia Amnesty.

"Even the diners outside the house are far worse than when grandpa was alive."

Wang Xifeng walked with Wei Qian, and also gave some gifts when meeting Mrs. Xing in the East Courtyard.

Jia Mei was close to Dafang. Although she didn't like Jia Amnesty's stepmother, she did not lack the courtesy she should have, and she also hoped that she would take care of Wei Qian and deliberately give it a little extra.

Mrs. Xing was always open-eyed when she saw Qian, and when she saw the things Wei Qian gave, she immediately became happy.

Seeing that Wang Xifeng felt sorry for Wei Qian, when he left the East Courtyard, he secretly said: "The eldest wife is an idiot, and she doesn't care about the family. She will be happy if you give her those things, but what good will it do for you?"

"It's just some gold and silver jewellery." Wei Qian said, "Anyway, I don't like to wear them, so I might as well give them away. After all, it's my uncle's stepmother, so there must be some courtesy. As for the life in Jia's house, I don't know what to expect." With you here? Is it possible that you will harm me?" Wei Qian held Wang Xifeng's arm, and Wang Xifeng smiled slightly: "Are you afraid that I will harm you?"

The two haven't seen each other for many years, so it's natural to feel strange when they meet again, and they are also rediscovering the distance between each other.

Walking from the east courtyard to the west courtyard, Wang Xifeng said: "At the beginning you lived in Jia's residence for a long time, you also know the temperament of the second wife. And her daughter has also entered the palace now, worrying that you will be favored by the palace, I'm afraid it's nothing to you Good impression, just meet up casually, and come back to live in our east courtyard. The master has already arranged a place for you."

Wei Qian nodded, and suddenly saw a familiar figure in the distance, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, the Xue family members are also here?"

When mentioning the Xue family, Wang Xifeng hesitated, and after thinking for a while, he said: "At first I received the letter from you, and I didn't like the Xue family. But Baochai girl has a good temper, and you two get along well. Erase something."

Not long after Lin Daiyu came to Jia's mansion, Xue Baochai came with his family.Xue Baochai was more sophisticated than Lin Daiyu, and soon he was praised by everyone in the Jia family.

"I remember she still needs electives?"

"I have this idea, but didn't the empress dowager speak up? Your Majesty wants to focus on political affairs, and there will be no draft this year. So she delayed it. As for the future..." Wang Xifeng looked around and said secretly: "There are rumors in the mansion that Bao Girl Chai has a lot of thoughts about that boy Baoyu."

Jia Baoyu?Wei Qian frowned: "How old is Baoyu? Why do you talk about the master casually in the mansion?"

Before Wang Xifeng had time to speak, the two walked into Mrs. Wang's yard.

Mrs. Wang's right to be a housekeeper was taken back by Wang Xifeng. In recent years, she has looked like a kind-hearted bodhisattva.After seeing Wei Qian, he immediately thought of Jia Mei who was somewhat similar to Wei Qian.He just suppressed his internal anger, complimented a few words, and then excused himself to be tired, and invited the two out with good words.

"Forget it, the relationship between me and this aunt has not been very good in the past few years, and I will come to the west courtyard less in the future." After speaking, Wang Xifeng took Wei Qian back to the east courtyard to see her residence.

"I'm thinking privately that I'm afraid you won't be used to living here, so I can follow the layout of your boudoir in Jinling and see if it works."

Wei Qian is not a person who likes extravagance, and the decorations in her home have not changed much after being used for many years.Entering the Meiju that Wang Xifeng had prepared for him, he saw the exact same furnishings as his own, and said, "Fortunately, it's not too different from Jinling."

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng finally felt relieved: "Through the years, you haven't changed much."

"Didn't my sister change much?" Wei Qian pointedly said, "It seems that my sister will not be able to change her temperament in this lifetime."

They looked at each other and smiled, after all, they were friends with handkerchiefs since they were young.After several years of separation, it has become more and more mellow like old wine.

"Reporting to young mistress, there are people from the palace at the door to announce the decree."

Wang Xifeng immediately understood: "Girl, it seems that the man in the palace really cares about you!"

Behind Wei Qian's visit to Chang'an, there are also various forces in the DPRK and China pushing for it.Some people don't want her to come, some people want her to take the opportunity to attack Wu Guifei or even Wu Ge's old family.After she just entered Chang'an, the palace immediately got the news.

Situ Yun sent someone to announce the decree, and asked someone to reward her with royal vegetables from the palace to cleanse her up, and let her enter the palace tomorrow by the way.

These dishes are quite famous, one of which is "Guanju porridge", which is made of glutinous rice porridge with watermelon cauliflower and snow rice and blood glutinous rice.A "picking kudzu" is made of Artemisia annua into the appearance of connected branches.There is another dish named "magpie's nest" next to it, which is a pair of grilled quails in honey sauce.Putting these two dishes together, the meaning is more obvious.

Xiangling looked at the dishes on the table and stuck out her tongue: "Miss, it seems that the food in the palace is not very good. It's just chicken, duck and fish."

"What do you know, girl!" Seeing these dishes, Wang Xifeng pointed to the magpie's nest and Caige and said, "I wish to be a lovebird in the sky, and a Lianli branch in the earth. !"

Then holding up Wei Qian's hand, Wang Xifeng said beamingly, "Look, why don't you say that this is the emperor. Look at Jia Lian's treatment of me, and look at His Majesty's treatment of you. Jia Lian didn't have such thoughts back then."

"Your sister, I don't study much, but Guan Guan Jujiu is in Hezhizhou, so I still know this bowl of porridge."

Lin Daiyu also came to Wei Qian's side at this time, Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up, and she pulled Lin Daiyu over: "Yu'er knows a lot more than my sister, so let me tell you the meaning of these dishes."

"He Caige, I don't see you in a day, it's like March!" Lin Daiyu pointed to the Caige and said, "This is a poem in the Book of Songs where a lover expresses his lovesickness. But strictly speaking, it should refer to the second sentence "Bi Cai Xiao, if you don't see each other for a day, it's like three autumns!" Xiao, it is said that he refers to Qinghao."

Then look at a dim sum next to it.Use peach blossoms as fillings, and finally make them into the shape of bright red flat peaches, eight in total.

Lin Daiyu said: "The name of this snack is Taoyao, which should refer to Taoyao in the Book of Songs. Taoyaoyao is shining brightly. With the following sentences, the intention is more obvious."

"There is also this Jianjia, which is even more elegant. My sister is really lucky." Lin Daiyu was also a little envious: "It is worthwhile to meet such a husband in this life."

Yingchun waited for her sisters to come to see her cousin, and happened to see a large table of food by Wei Qian's side.A group of girls were frolicking beside Wei Qian, feeling unspeakable envy in their hearts.

Which emperor will deliberately send this kind of dish when he gets married?Shouldn't it be that the girl's family rushed to pack things and go to the imperial city to be picked by the emperor?

Xue Baochai came with Sanchun, and when he saw Wei Qian's large table of dishes from the Book of Songs, he felt mixed emotions.

She was still thinking about how to draft in the coming year, how could there be such a blessing as Wei Qian, who was directly selected by the palace?

Wei Qian looked at these dishes, and said to the father-in-law who announced the decree: "Please take it with you, my father-in-law. I want to return the gift, please take it back with me later."

Therefore, Wei Qian ordered the kitchen to prepare four dishes in return according to her instructions.

A pure soup boiled with wild vegetables, a perch with shredded perch, a carp soup caught in Taihu Lake, and the last one is "Tao Zhu Crisp" also made of peach blossoms.

Seeing that the food box was handed over to someone from Daming Palace, Wei Qian said, "Please also present it to Your Majesty directly, without tasting it, Your Majesty will naturally know what I mean."

The faces of Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai next to him changed, they were both smart people, and they immediately understood Wei Qian's meaning from these few dishes.

This, this is going against the sky...