Dongming has four major festivals in a year, namely New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival.
Before this dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was just a festival for mountain climbing. At that time, the autumn was clear and crisp, and people often went outside the city to play and climb mountains. That is to say, in this dynasty, in order to commemorate the heroes who died in the battle of Chongyang Pass, it was designated as a day of the year.
The day of sacrifice is called the Double Ninth Festival.
On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, the whole country wears plain clothes and eats vegetarian food to express their condolences.
Mrs. Xie had already discussed the details with Xie Yixiao and Xie Zhu the day before. On this day, they would also go to the Tiantai to worship. Anyone with a title, or an official in the court, officials of seventh rank or above, and their family members
They all go together.
Of course, children under eight years old, elderly people over sixty years old, pregnant women, or people with limited mobility are exempted from going to worship. After all, there will be many people and it will be crowded.
Something would be bad.
Wen was eight months pregnant and was due to give birth at the end of October. Naturally, she couldn't go at this time, so only Mrs. Xie from the Xie family went with Xie Yixiao and Xie Zhu.
This morning, before it was dark, the Xie family, all dressed in white, sat in the hall of the main courtyard of the outer courtyard.
The man wore a white plain robe, with a white hairband on his head. The female family members also wore a plain white dress, with a white silk flower on their head. There was nothing else except makeup and powder.
No need to apply it upwards.
The family drank some white porridge, and Mr. Xie warned: "When we go out today, no matter what others say, we can't cause trouble, especially you, Ayu."
Xie Yu was called by name and nodded hard: "Grandpa, how many times have you said this to me? I can't remember it. Don't worry, unless someone wants to beat me to death today, I will definitely not retaliate.
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Mr. Xie was so angry that his beard was shaking: "Shut up."
Xie Yu closed his mouth and stopped talking.
Xie Yian coughed heavily, and then said: "No matter what happens, you can't quarrel with others today. Regardless of right or wrong, making trouble on the day of the Double Ninth Festival is a wrong thing."
Especially since the Xie family had never participated in the war.
Although the Xie family made some contributions to the court after the establishment of Dongming, many of the people in the court today are families who have shed blood for Dongming.
If there is a quarrel and being accused of being disrespectful, it will not be a good thing for the Xie family, so every year during the Double Ninth Festival, one must be careful.
"Yes." The person below responded.
Xie Yi'an said: "The boys will follow us, Yixiao, you and Azhu will follow your sister-in-law, don't wander around at will."
"Yes." Xie Yi responded with a smile.
Xie Yian nodded: "Then let's go."
So the family got into three carriages and braved the dark sky to walk towards the rooftop altar.
The Changning Marquis Mansion was also preparing to go to the Tiantai. However, it was not very peaceful before departure. First, Gu Ying caused trouble. She wore a white peony silk flower that was in full bloom on her head.
human eye.
Zhou ordered someone to take down her flower and replace it with a white plum silk flower. Gu Ying dared not speak out in anger and sat there silently.
After waiting for a long time, Gu You didn't come out.
Gu Ying saw that Jiang's face seemed a little bad, so she couldn't help but said: "The eldest sister is really the eldest daughter of our family, she is really precious, the fifth sister and I can just wait for her, now even
Her father, mother, and grandmother are all waiting for her."
Zhou's face changed slightly: "Ah Ying."
Gu Ying curled her lips, disapproving.
Zhou herself couldn't sit still. She stood up and was about to go find Gu You, but she saw that Gu You was late. She was wearing a red dress, with a cold face and a ruthless look on her face.
He walked out reluctantly.
The expressions of everyone present changed, and Gu Ying was also shocked: "Sister, are you out of your mind and wearing red?"
Gu You snorted coldly: "Why can't I wear it? You have the freedom to wear whatever you want. How can others control it? I have to wear this outfit today. What's going on?"
Gu You now also knew that she was betrothed, and kept everything simple. The other party would come to marry her in October and take her away. For this reason, she also made a fuss once and even went on a hunger strike.
However, under the order of Marquis Changning, she was imprisoned in Youruoyuan. Even the Zhou family could not see her. She was not even allowed to have any maidservants around her. She was not allowed to take a bath if she smelled bad. She went on a hunger strike and went on a hunger strike. There was no one there for three days in a row.
Bring her food.
Three days later, she lost a lot of weight and finally gave in. She ate, took a shower, and then thought about her future.
But even if she compromised, she would always have one thing in her mind, keep a straight face all day long, and speak in a weird manner. Everyone in the family would choke on her when they saw her, saying that the Gu family were not human beings and were selling out.
Where is the daughter?
Today is the Double Ninth Festival. If she wants to wear plain clothes, she has to wear red to show them!
"Go back and change it." Marquis Changning put the tea cup in his hand on the table, then raised his eyes with a cold look, "If you don't want to die today, go and change it."
The Double Ninth Festival is an extremely solemn and solemn event for everyone. They eat vegetarian food and pay homage to ancestors. Who dares to show off in red?
Don't you want to cause trouble?
If she dared to go out wearing red today, the memorial to impeach him in the Tai Chi Palace tomorrow would probably be like snowflakes.
Although Marquis Changning felt that Gu You was no longer his daughter, he originally wanted to spare her life and throw her far away. But if she dared to do such a thing that would harm the whole family, he could let her go today.
Gu You died.
When Gu You met the eyes of Marquis Chang Ning, he felt a little frightened in his heart. He felt a little nervous and felt a little panicked.
She felt in her heart that Marquis Changning really wanted her life at this moment.
Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said: "Ayou, please change your clothes quickly. You can wear these anytime, but you will definitely not be able to wear them today." At this point, Ms. Zhou became anxious, "You want our family to be crowned"
Is it a crime of disrespecting the martyrs?"
"What kind of disrespect is this?" Gu You muttered, feeling that it was too exaggerated. It was just for worship, but it was not allowed to do this or that.
Mrs. Zhou's face turned stern: "Ayou!"
Gu You didn't dare to offend Marquis Changning again, so she had to go back and change her clothes. When she came out again, she was already dressed in white. Marquis Changning ordered people to pull off the hairpin from her head and take off her earrings.
Gu You was not very willing and jumped in anger: "You asked me to get married and I was willing to do it. I also changed my clothes when you asked me to. Now you have to worry about me even wearing a hairpin?!"
The veins on Zhou's forehead were twitching, and she couldn't help but said: "Ayou, I told you before that we must be vegetarian today, wear plain clothes, and not wear those bright jewelry."
Even if you really want to wear it, you can only wear it with a plain white silk flower, entangled flowers, etc. It needs to be simpler.
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Zhou was really worried that she would make trouble and cause trouble after going out today.
So she asked: "How about you continue to complain about illness and stay at home today?"