Mingruo searched for memories of the Dragon Boat Festival in the memory of the original owner. The customs and habits were similar to modern times, including eating rice dumplings, racing dragon boats, and picking mugwort and hanging it in front of the court...
"What are the customs of Donghuan's Dragon Boat Festival?" Mingruo shook Si Haochen's sleeves.
"Sacrifice to ancestors, eat rice dumplings, race dragon boats, fly paper kites..." Si Haochen said with a smile in his eyes, "Ahem, the young woman wants to give a sachet to her husband."
"Hahaha." Mingruo was amused by Si Haochen's extremely obvious hint, "Don't worry, husband, the little lady has taken note of it."
"Yeah." Si Haochen nodded.
Mingruo was also speechless. He really didn't know how to do the needlework. Thanks to His Highness Prince Yun, he didn't mind it and asked for it eagerly.
"What kind of rice dumplings do you like to eat?" Ming Ruo felt that compared to embroidery, cooking skills on paper were more effective.
"Besides the red bean and candied date rice dumplings, what other fillings can there be?" Si Haochen was obviously a little surprised that the rice dumplings could have a choice of fillings.
"Mooncakes can have many kinds of fillings, and rice dumplings can also have them."
"It can also be salty?" Si Haochen raised his eyebrows.
"Of course." Old God Mingruo nodded.
"Then let's make salty ones." Si Haochen was full of expectations for salty rice dumplings after salty mooncakes.
"Okay." Mingruo guessed that sweetness was rare in ancient times, so many festival foods were sweet. This was a critical blow to her boyfriend, who didn't like sweets very much.
Back at Meiyuan, Mingruo asked Zicao to prepare the ingredients and make a lot of rice dumplings tomorrow - the Duke's Mansion, the Master's Mansion, and the medicine hall all had to send some.#@$&
Then, Mingruo took Zisu to the bedroom, where the young woman had to embroider a sachet for her husband.
Zi Su found a few patterns suitable for the Dragon Boat Festival. Ming Ruo spent a long time picking them, but they were all patterns like 'Five Poisons' and 'Gourd'. These were obviously not suitable for her boyfriend's cool and elegant temperament. Ming Ruo picked them.
I came up with a bamboo leaf pattern. Well, I definitely didn’t choose this one because those patterns were too complicated and I didn’t have the patience to embroider them.
Zi Su pursed her lips and snickered - the princess didn't like to be a female dressmaker, but the prince liked the things made by the princess very much. Ever since the princess started embroidering things, the prince had taken away all the handkerchiefs and purses.
"Ahem, this color is good." Mingruo chose a piece of ultramarine brocade with a calm face.
"Ultramarine looks best with aqua." Zi Su picked out a handful of silk thread.%&(&
Mingruo took the silk thread and compared the materials. It looked really good: "Not bad."
"Slave, please trace the embroidery pattern, and then you can embroider again." Zi Su went to the side to trace the embroidery pattern.
The next day, everyone in Meiyuan was very busy. Mingruo was busy embroidering sachets for her husband, while Zisu, Lithospermum and Dong were busy making rice dumplings. This year, not only were there the red beans and candied dates that were often made in previous years,
For rice dumplings, the princess also made sweet rice dumplings with lotus paste, fresh meat and egg yolk rice dumplings, mushroom and scallop rice dumplings and ham meat rice dumplings. In order to distinguish them easily, the rice dumplings with different fillings were tied with threads of different colors.
The rice dumplings need to be cooked overnight to become soft and delicious, so that night, the whole Meiyuan was filled with the aroma of rice dumplings.
For breakfast on the Dragon Boat Festival, Si Haochen had salty rice dumplings, and there were more than one kind. While Mingruo introduced each filling to Si Haochen, he ordered perilla and lithospermum to be distributed everywhere.
Zongzi as a gift.
"Put two of each in a food box and let the Emperor have a taste." Si Haochen said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Aunt Dong personally prepared the things sent to the palace.
After breakfast, Si Haochen changed into royal clothes. Today there is a ceremony to worship ancestors at the Ancestral Temple, and Si Haochen must attend.
Mingruo also changed her clothes before going out, and soon her fourth cousin would come to pick her up.
Ming Ruo straightened his sleeves, took out a sachet and handed it to Si Haochen: "This is the sachet that the young lady gave to your husband."
"My beloved concubine is interested." The sachet exuded a faint medicinal fragrance, and Si Haochen hung it directly on his waist. Then he took out a brocade box from his sleeve pocket, "This is a return gift for my husband."
"Wow, so beautiful." Mingruo opened the lid of the box, and inside was a hairpin with a hibiscus flower carved from white crystal, and fine tassels and beads hanging from the bottom. Not only was the style exquisite, but it also seemed to exude a silk
Coolness.
Si Haochen picked up the walking stick and put it in Ming Ruo's hair: "This is a walking stick made of ice crystal. Wearing it with you can avoid the heat."
Mingruo raised her hand and fiddled with the tassel, which was indeed cool: "I like this gift very much, thank you."
"I'll go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple first, and I'll meet you at the teahouse later." Si Haochen looked at the time and saw that it was already getting late.
"Go ahead and be careful on the road."
"Yeah." Si Haochen responded, turned around and left the dormitory.
When Su You came to pick up Ming Ruo, he brought many gifts. In addition to the folding fan sachet necessary for the Dragon Boat Festival, there were also new clothes made by the old lady and several aunts for Ming Ruo, hair and facial jewelry, and some gifts for Si Hao.
Chen's antique calligraphy and paintings.
Mingruo looked at the various gifts placed on the table: "This is too much."
"Didn't you also send a lot of rice dumplings?" Su You said with a smile, "Those rice dumplings are delicious. My grandfather didn't like eating rice dumplings before, so he was full of praises."
"Just eat it if you like. I'll make some and send them to you in a few days."
"That's good." Su You looked at the sky and said, "Let's set off. There will be so many people on the street that the carriage won't be able to move anymore."
"Okay." Mingruo took an exquisite round fan produced by Yunzhuanglou and walked out of Meiyuan.
In order to facilitate guests to watch the dragon boat race, all the windows in the teahouse have been opened, with only gauze hanging down as a shield. Mingruo and Su You had arrived early enough, but they didn't expect Princess Ningping to be earlier.
"Why did Yu Ning come so early?" Mingruo sat down at the seat next to the window.
"My brother is going to the Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors, so he had to send me here in advance." Princess Ningping shrugged, "I was bored by being alone and had already eaten a table of snacks. These are my new ones. Princess Ningping pointed out
Holding a plate of cakes, he said, "This hibiscus cake is very delicious. Sister-in-law of the Nine Emperors and the Major General should try it."
"I'll try it." Mingruo picked up the hibiscus cake and took a small bite. It was soft, sweet and not bad.
"Young General, don't you like to eat hibiscus cake?" Princess Ningping felt that delicious food should be shared with others.
When Su You saw the powdered sugar covering the cakes, he was put off and said, "I don't like sugar very much."
"This pine pulp cake is salty." Princess Ningping placed a plate of pine pulp cake in front of Su You.
"Thank you princess."
There are many teams participating in the dragon boat race this year, and the scores will be compared in the preliminary round, semi-finals, and finals.
Mingruo watched for a while and was already tired of aesthetics. He just waited for a while to watch the finals. He poured himself a cup of tea and tasted it quietly.
A sound of gongs sounded from far away, and the procession of the number one scholar on horseback arrived. At the front, the new number one scholar, wearing a red round-neck robe, sat on a high horse, feeling very proud of himself. Following him were the second and third overall picks.
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Donghuan had the custom of throwing purses and velvet flowers to the Jinshi who were paraded through the streets, so on either side of the horse was a boy carrying a basket, collecting the purses and other items thrown by the crowd.
