Traitors of the Manchu dynasty, why do you make me an emperor through the ages Chapter 152: The Mid-Autumn Festival is prosperous, and I meet Li Qingzhao at the night market
Chapter 152: The Mid-Autumn Festival is prosperous, and I meet Li Qingzhao at the night market
Li Qian found that he was about to become a stumbling block on the road to a fight between Wu Meiniang and Lu Fei.
The two of them were writing votes and discussing government affairs in a serious manner, but now they are blushing because of their own tampering.
A plain hand held a celadon tube writing brush, ink droplets flowed from the tip of the pen and almost fell onto the small ticket below.
The other one was flipping an ordinary memorial back and forth, his eyes wandering, obviously his mind was no longer on the memorial.
Li Qian smiled proudly. Not only did he not feel ashamed, but he became even more serious. He took the soft waists of the two women into his arms. They were all distracted anyway, so why not separate them completely...
But before he started to do bad things, the old eunuch walked in from outside the hall with thumping steps. When he saw the situation inside, he turned around and walked back with thumping steps.
"stop!"
Li Qian looked helpless: "What's the matter?"
Lu Pheasant and Wu Meiniang, whose faces were as red as ripe shrimps, stood up and walked quickly to the back.
"His Majesty……"
The old eunuch took a tentative look at Li Qian's face and saw that he was not angry, so he cautiously said: "Wang Mang, the Minister of Rites, would like to see you."
"Wang Zongbo..."
Li Qian pondered for a moment and guessed Wang Mang's intention.
It must be for the purpose of worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is getting closer and closer, and I keep putting it off. I guess the etiquette department is almost burning up with worry, right?
But this is what Li Qian wants. If the Ministry of Rites is not in a hurry, then his idea may not be useful.
"Invite him in."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The old eunuch responded and soon brought Wang Mang in.
"Your Majesty, Wang Mang, has met with you."
As soon as Wang Mang came up, he asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, have you chosen the queen?"
"No."
Li Qian shook his head and reassured him: "I have already made plans regarding the moon sacrifice. There is no need to decide on the queen."
"No need?" Wang Mang was surprised: "But Your Majesty, the Queen is the mother of the world, and the Queen has been the one to offer sacrifices to the moon in past generations. Now that Your Majesty does not allow the Queen to offer sacrifices to the moon, isn't it illegal?"
Li Qian shook his head and chuckled: "Who said not to let the queen worship the moon?"
"Of course I want the queen to come."
Wang Mang was stunned for a moment, with big question marks in his small eyes.
Is there a problem with me or with you?
"Although I don't want to appoint a queen yet, I already have an idea in my mind to choose one of these fifty concubines to be the queen."
Li Qian sat on the chair and said with a smile: "As long as we let them go to worship the moon together during the Mid-Autumn Festival, wouldn't that be fine?"
"The future queen will be chosen among them, which means that the queen has already worshiped the moon."
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Damn, you are such a little genius!
The people of Wang Mang are all stupid. There have been many emperors in the past 800 years, but none of them can be as good as you!
"Your Majesty, this is against etiquette!"
Wang Mang said with a bitter face: "Moon worship has always been done by the queen. Now that so many concubines are worshiping the moon together, it will break the rules."
"What's so bad about this?"
Li Qian waved his hand: "Ordinarily, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family, young and old, will go to battle together. In previous years, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace ladies themselves would also worship the moon privately, right?"
"But……"
Wang Mang's face was so red that he couldn't hold it back. This was the truth, but in practice it was not the case!
"Your Majesty, how can the ceremony in Tianjia be compared with that in ordinary people's homes?"
Li Qian was speechless, this Wang Mang was too stubborn.
The reason why he delayed the matter until today was because he wanted to coerce him into submission, but he didn't expect that this guy was still so insistent.
"The Queen worships the moon, why can't she take the other concubines with her?"
Li Qian enlightened and followed the instructions: "Why don't Wang Zongbo think like this? To celebrate the moon this year, in order to show my respect for the moon god, I specially asked the queen to go with other concubines. With so many people going together, isn't it better than just going alone?" Do you want to show more respect?"
But Wang Mang always grasped the key point: "Your Majesty, who is the queen?"
Li Qian was a little confused: "The queen is naturally among the fifty concubines, but I don't know who the queen is yet, and no one knows!"
"It is naturally up to Your Majesty to decide who the queen will be."
But Wang Mang insisted: "Your Majesty only has concubines, but no queen. If there is discord in the system, not only is it a sacrifice to the moon, but leaving the harem vacant will really make people in the world feel uneasy!"
"Just like if people only take concubines but don't marry wives, they will cause rumors."
"My situation is naturally different from that of the common people."
Li Qian argued: "The concubines married by the common people will remain concubines for life, but some of my concubines will become queens."
He had figured out what the dispute between him and Wang Mang was.
Li Qian felt that since some of the fifty concubines would become queens in the future, it would be reasonable to let her sacrifice the moon.
Li Qian's focus is on the "person" of the queen.
But Wang Mang wanted the queen to worship the moon, and what he wanted was the title "Queen".
This is probably what most ministers in the DPRK think too.
Some of them may not care who becomes the queen, but what they care about is whether there is a queen and whether the queen can go to worship the moon.
This is the fundamental conflict between the two parties, and it is unlikely that they can reach an agreement.
Sure enough, Wang Mang would not give in. He cupped his hand and was about to say more.
But he was stopped by Li Qian.
He waved his hand wordlessly: "Okay, Uncle Wang Zong, why don't we discuss this matter another day."
"Today's memorial has not been approved yet. I cannot delay state affairs because of this."
Wang Mang is about to spit out his old blood. Is it not a matter of state to establish a queen?
His Majesty the Emperor didn't want to get entangled, so he went so far as to cheat and use such a high-sounding reason.
But the matter of worshiping the moon cannot be postponed and must be settled.
Especially if Your Majesty wants to hold an unprecedented moon festival, you must prepare in advance.
"Let's do it according to His Majesty's idea." Wang Mang reluctantly agreed.
This reflects the benefit of the previous conversation between Li Qian and him.
If it hadn't been for that matter, Wang Mang might have continued to fight with him, and it wouldn't be over until it was resolved. But now he just compromised.
"good."
Li Gan looked at Wang Mang with a smile: "I asked the concubines to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony, and then leave it to Wang Zongbo."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Mang bowed his hands and resigned.
Li Qian looked at his back, smiled, and continued to review the memorial.
The matter of establishing a queen will be discussed later.
If a queen is established so early, it will easily disappoint some people outside the palace and establish determination for others...
Besides, Li Qian himself hasn’t decided yet on who to appoint as the queen.
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The closer the Mid-Autumn Festival is, the more active the atmosphere in the capital becomes, and people are looking forward to this day.
The reason is very simple. The night of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the only day other than the Lantern Festival that does not require a curfew.
Even on New Year's Eve, the court didn't have such a big deal to ask the court to relax the curfew, but this is enough for the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Lantern Festival.
Officials have two days off, and people start preparing for this grand festival early.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be a "night market" that only appears twice a year in the capital.
Those vendors selling goods at the night market can sell as much as a normal day in just half an hour. This shows how exaggerated the prosperity of the night market is.
Of course, the people are happy, and the palace is also happy.
This is all because of a piece of news brought by Li Qian.
"Guanyin maid, when the time comes for you to worship the moon in the imperial city, just go directly to the gate tower of Zhuque Gate."
In Feishui Pavilion of Zhongcui Hall, Li Qian looked at the eldest grandson Wugu in front of him with a smile: "I will prepare moon cakes, snacks and other things for you there. You can eat them while looking at the people on Zhuquemen Street outside. lights."
Changsun Wugou's face was full of joy: "Your Majesty, what about you? Are you there too?"
"Haha~" Li Qianqian laughed twice: "There is news from the Chen State that the Imperial Imperial Army will engage in close combat with the Wu State in the next two days."
"The military affairs are busy, I can't leave for a while."
"Your Majesty, can't you just take some time out?"
Changsun Wugao looked at Li Qian with his big eyes blinking: "No matter how busy you are with military affairs, it will take several days to send him back to the court."
Li Qian was a little panicked when she looked at him. Knowing that he probably couldn't hide it, he said with a grimace, "I actually want to go out of the palace and have a look."
"But I can disguise myself and sneak out. If I take you with me... I won't be able to sneak out."
Besides, after leaving the palace, a man brought more than fifty beautiful women with him. If Da Qian made headlines, then Li Qian would never be able to make the headlines the next day.
Looking at Li Qian, Changsun Wugou suddenly laughed. He walked over and sat beside him, put his arm around Li Qian, and looked at him along his head: "Your Majesty, you can go wherever you want, why use military affairs as an excuse? ?”
"Alas~" The more she acted like this, the more Li Qian felt a little uncomfortable.
"I just feel that I can play in the capital alone, but you can only watch from the city wall, so I feel sorry for you."
Li Qian held Changsun Wugu's face in his hands. His skin was as delicate as fine silk, and his breath was as fragrant as orchids. What fascinated him the most was the pair of bright eyes, full of tenderness and love...
The eldest grandson Wugou leaned forward and buried his head in Li Qian's arms.
"I and the others have been growing up outside since they were young. They have experienced this kind of situation every year. However, Your Majesty has been bored in the palace for so many years. This year, he can finally go out and see. I am not sorry to anyone."
Changsun Wugou raised his little face and said with a smile: "Usually, I can only go shopping in the night market below, but now I can sit on the city gate and watch the night lights from a high place. Isn't this another novelty?" Woolen cloth?"
"You really think so?" Li Qian looked at her dumbly.
"I don't dare to lie to Your Majesty." Changsun Wugao replied with a sweet smile.
Li Qian was so moved that he hugged the beauty's soft waist, lowered his head and kissed her beautiful face several times.
The eldest grandson Wugou said "Yeah" and hurriedly hid in his arms, no longer raising his head.
Li Qian hugged her soft body tighter and said with a smile: "There are not many lights during the Mid-Autumn Festival. When the Lantern Festival comes, I will accompany you to watch the lanterns on the city gate tower."
The main purpose of the Mid-Autumn Festival is to worship the moon, and the lights are all incidental products from the Shangyuan Festival. However, there is a formal lantern festival during the Shangyuan Festival, which is even more lively on New Year's Eve.
"Really?" Changsun Wugou forgot his lesson and raised his head in surprise and joy, with a beautiful light shining in his beautiful eyes.
"I will still lie to you."
Li Qian's heart moved slightly, and he bowed his head and kissed her again. This time, Changsun Wugou couldn't even run away...
"Your Majesty...it's daytime..." Changsun Wugao's soft voice seemed to be blocked.
"It will get dark in a while." Li Qian said dullly.
"But it's only the morning..."
Changsun Wugou originally planned to go to the harem concubines in person and tell them about this.
But now she couldn't go because of some accident, so the maid next to her spread the news throughout the Sixth Palace.
The concubines were very happy. In previous years, only the queen could go to the moon festival, but this time they could all participate. It was really pie in the sky!
But the only regret is that His Majesty said he would not go to the city gate tower, otherwise this Mid-Autumn Festival would be really complete...
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Don't rush the jade leaking copper pot, and the iron gate's golden lock is open all night. Who can sit idle when seeing the moon, and who can't look at the lamp when they hear it.
The setting sun is shining in the west, but the brightness in the capital has not diminished a bit.
On August 15th, starting from the afternoon, a lively atmosphere began to brew.
As the sun was about to set, the lights in the capital lit up one after another, and every restaurant and shop set up their stalls outside the door, determined to take advantage of this sleepless night to make a good fortune.
In this exciting and warm atmosphere, everyone was affected. Even Dr. Lu generously told the patient that he could have a day off today.
Before Xing Daorong could pout, he added: "No need to make up tomorrow."
"Ouch~" came an extremely excited cheer. Xing Daorong jumped three feet high and started running in circles in the courtyard.
Li Qian's mouth trembled and he couldn't help but said: "Fengxian, did you strike too hard before?"
He pointed to his head and whispered: "It's hurt here..."
"How is that possible!" Lu Bu immediately called out to Tianqu: "Master, I even suspect that the treatment was too light!"
He pointed at Xing Daorong's crazy appearance and couldn't help but said: "Look, this must be qi and blood stasis, causing fire to enter the heart. If the medicine I administered had penetrated, could this situation still happen?"
"Now that the lesion has just been opened, strong medicine has to be administered to break the deadlock and make his condition begin to improve!"
"I think I might as well make up for it tomorrow!"
Xing Daorong just jumped up and fell to the ground with a thud. Regardless of the mud in his mouth, he immediately raised his head and got angry: "Lu Bu, don't spit on me!"
"When did my anger enter my heart?"
Lu Bu clenched his fists and threatened secretly: "Aren't you angry when you talk like this?"
"I..." Xing Daorong closed his mouth rationally.
"Okay, let's go quickly."
Li Qian led the old eunuch to the door and said with a smile: "Instead of going to a restaurant to eat tonight, let's eat at the night market."
"Okay, sir." Lu Bu rushed after him impromptu, and Xing Daorong also followed weakly.
Colorful displays, crowds of people, laughter, and bright lights of all colors make the huge capital city look like daylight, making it very lively.
"Iceberg cheese, iceberg cheese, it will cool you down~" "Cherry crystal cake! Fragrant and sweet!" "Freshly grilled and sold lamb biloba, shrimp biloba, a mouthful of juice!" "Watermelon, big Watermelon! Not sweet and free of charge..."
The shouts of the vendors filled the whole street, and Li Qian and the four of them headed towards the East Market.
However, walking on the street, it can be clearly seen that most of the pedestrians at this time are men, and there are not many women.
By the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather had begun to turn cooler. Li Qian was wearing a white gauze singlet, a sky-blue lake silk moiré skirt, a warm moon waist jade tied around his waist, and satin gold silk cloud shoes on his feet. The dress of an elegant young man.
But now he unexpectedly looked at the people beside him: "Didn't it mean that women can go shopping today?"
Although there was no explicit prohibition in the past, many wealthy families still asked their unmarried women to stay at home and not go out on weekdays.
But today's Mid-Autumn Festival is different.
This is a festival for women to worship the moon, so no matter what kind of family they are, they will no longer restrain their children, but will come out together to enjoy this grand Mid-Autumn Festival.
But when Li Qian took a quick look, it seemed that the rumors were not consistent with the facts!
"Hehe~"
Lu Bu's smile gave people a mean feeling: "Master, those girls are worshiping the moon at home now, praying to the moon god to find them a good husband!"
"Let's go out for a walk. We have to wait until the moon worship is finished later."
"That's it." Li Qian nodded suddenly.
The old eunuch also smiled and said: "Master, today is nothing, it will be really exciting when the Lantern Festival comes..."
After listening to the old eunuch's explanation, Li Qian suddenly understood and was a little surprised.
Not only are women who have not left the cabinet prohibited from going out tonight, but also on the Lantern Festival.
But the reason why the Lantern Festival is more popular than today is that on that day, not only women who have not left the court can come out, but also young lovers can walk together openly, go shopping, watch lantern festivals, and guess lantern riddles...
On that day, not only will this behavior not be criticized by people, but it will also be encouraged by everyone.
"You said it so carefully, as if you have never celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival or Shangyuan!"
Xing Daorong took a paper bag of braised pig blood, inserted it with a bamboo skewer and threw it into his mouth one by one.
"Our master's family is rich and wealthy, so naturally we cannot be like ordinary families." The old eunuch said angrily.
Xing Daorong curled his lips: "Even if you are a girl in someone else's family, you haven't closed the door at this point!"
"Your master is more delicate than a big girl..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Bu slapped him on the back of the head, causing all the pig blood to fly out from his mouth.
"If you can't speak, just speak less and don't criticize our master!"
Xing Daorong looked at the pig blood flying out and wanted to cry, but he couldn't beat him or scold him at the moment, so he could only endure it.
A few people walked slowly to Dongshi, where the scene was really lively.
Walking on the shadow of the moon, pole flags pass through the city. As far as the eye can see, there are singing and dancing on the terraces.
The moonlight is beautiful, the lights are bright, the BMWs are fragrant, the rouge and gouache are there, the birds are singing and the birds are singing, the laughter is everywhere, the prosperity is endless, and the beauty is endless.
It seems that because they have been walking for a long time, all the ladies have finished worshiping the moon and ran to the street to see if the moon god has fulfilled their wish and sent them a good husband...
Li Qian looked at the women on the street with admiration. Of course, he was just admiring them.
What he mainly looked at were the various stalls selling food and fresh gadgets.
But Lu Bu on the other side had a gleaming look in his eyes, looking at this and that, feeling very happy.
It's just that Li Qian didn't like to provoke these big girls, but some people wanted to provoke him, but they didn't dare to come forward because of Lu Bu and Xing Daorong, two big, round, fierce-looking men.
Today, Li Qian's gorgeous clothes, coupled with his delicate and handsome appearance, are still very attractive.
At least the old eunuch had secretly told him just now that there was a girl on the right looking at Li Qian so blankly that she almost bumped into the pedestrian in front of her.
"Why do you always watch this?"
Li Qian was eating a glass of iceberg cheese and looked at the old eunuch with a speechless look.
"Hehe~" The old eunuch scratched his head: "As long as it is related to the master, I will pay attention to it."
Li Qian ignored him and continued to admire the busy scene of the night market, scooping out the iceberg cheese in the white porcelain bowl with a silver spoon.
The so-called iceberg cheese, also called ice cream, is the dry version of ice cream.
The method is to shave the ice into powder and sprinkle it with frosting sugar, raisins, cheese, cherries and other fruit desserts. It tastes sweet and refreshing.
The famous poet Yang Wanli wrote a poem specifically to praise this thing, and the name is "Ode to Ice Cheese": It seems greasy but becomes refreshing, it is condensed but also wants to float. The jade is shattered at the bottom of the plate, and the snow is sold at the edge of the mouth.
Of course, sugar is a truly precious product these days, and the output is small. Therefore, people without money can only eat ice cream with brown sugar. Not only is it not as beautiful as frosted sugar, but the taste is also slightly imperfect.
But the ones with frosting sugar are really too expensive. Frosting sugar is said to be more valuable than silver. Youdao is one tael of silver and one tael of sugar. This is enough to show how expensive this thing is.
Therefore, eating a bowl of frosted sugar ice cream on the street is almost equated with "showing off wealth" in the eyes of others.
Such a handsome and handsome young man, and his superior family background, made many girls secretly excited, and they all wondered if the moon god had manifested his spirit and sent him a good husband.
It's just that there were two big men standing on the left and right of Li Qian: Lu Bu and Xing Daorong. These two men were strong and powerful, working together in collusion, blocking the long road to the galaxy...
But in fact, they both have their own charms, especially Lu Bu, who has regular features, a strong body, and the back of a monkey and the waist of a wasp. But what he attracts is not little girls, but older wives.
As we walked, the place ahead became more and more lively. It is a famous entertainment place in Dongshi.
Of course, the fun here is not the other. There is a wooden theater troupe on this street. There are wrestlers, singers, chest-breaking boulders, ring players, pot throwers... It is very lively, and there are even two people. A strong woman stands on the stage and performs wrestling.
Li Qian saw it from a distance and wanted to go there to have a closer look, but Lu Bu was suddenly stunned and pointed ahead for Li Qian: "Master, isn't that the Dr. Li we met that day?"
"No, he is a Yuanwailang now, right?"
Li Qian was also startled. He looked in the direction he pointed and found that it was Li Gefei and Li Qingzhao's family who were out shopping.