The Sixth Prince Hongzhao's June Yafeng Poetry Society was held on the sixth day of the lunar month.
It is said that on this day, scholars from all over the country would take out all the books in their homes to dry them to prevent them from being eaten by insects.
Since you are sharing your collection of books, you naturally can't leave. After all, books are still very precious these days, especially rare and rare collections, which are priceless and difficult to acquire.
Therefore, the scholars simply sat among the books that were exposed to the sun, and continued to study in the shade while drying the books.
There may be scholars nearby who are also publishing books, so these people gather together to discuss knowledge with each other.
Over time, this day evolved into a festival for posting books and exchanging literary talent with peers.
In fact, it is not only the sixth day of June, but also the seventh day of July. The Qiqiao Festival in the eyes of women is also a day for scholars to publish books and exchange knowledge.
The reason why there is a custom of drying books in summer and autumn is because summer is full of rainy weather and the climate is humid. If the books are not taken out to dry in the sun more often, moths will easily develop.
However, as far as Zhao Hongrun knows, this custom did not exist in the Wei Dynasty at the beginning. This custom seems to have originated in the Qi State, and was later gradually introduced to the Wei Dynasty and became one of the scholarly customs generally respected by the scholars of the Wei Dynasty.
On the sixth day of June, Zhao Hongrun woke up at two or three quarters as usual.
There is no way, the body of a fourteen-year-old is still in the stage of development, not to mention that he runs around in and out of the palace every day, so it is strange that he does not sleep.
After getting off the bed and putting on a scarlet brocade suit, Zhao Hongrun ate in his dormitory, Wenzhao Pavilion, and then led the clan guards out of the palace without much delay.
Today's first stop is naturally Yuqiong Pavilion, because yesterday Zhao Hongrun made an appointment with the imperial sister Princess Yulong to take her to the Sixth Prince Zhao Hongzhao's June Elegant Poetry Recital. After all, he has no way to take her out of the palace at the moment.
When she went on a trip, she could only borrow Brother Liuhuang's poems to drive away her boredom.
In just one stick of incense, Zhao Hongrun arrived at Yuqiong Pavilion, Princess Yulong's dormitory. He and the imperial guards waited in the front hall and asked the maids in the palace to go to the inner room to report.
Not long after, Princess Yulong led her personal maid Cui'er out of the dormitory.
Today's Princess Yulong seems to have been dressed up. Although she does not wear any luxurious accessories or rouge, it is undeniable that this plain beauty makes people's eyes brighter.
Natural beauty...
Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but praise secretly in his heart.
"Hongrun, you are here." Princess Yulong greeted Zhao Hongrun.
After all, after getting along with him for more than a month, she gradually understood the temperament of the emperor's younger brother in front of her. His demeanor was no longer as restrained as at first, but she regarded Zhao Hongrun as a close relative, just like Zhao Hongrun treated his younger brother Hongxuan.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Hongrun gradually began to joke about the imperial sister in front of him: "The imperial sister is particularly beautiful today."
"No way." Princess Yulong glanced at Zhao Hongrun, but the expression on her face was very happy. It could be seen that she was not a girl who was good at hiding her true inner feelings.
Instructing her personal maid Cui'er to serve Zhao Hongrun a cup of tea, Princess Yulong still said hesitantly: "Hongrun, can I really go with you to the sixth prince's poetry meeting? I always feel that this is not etiquette..."
Indeed, according to the etiquette and customs in the Wei court, the princes who have not left the court are not allowed to allow any maid to approach them, and the princess who has not left the court is not allowed to be approached by men other than members of the clan. Otherwise, the clan and Shangyi Bureau will
Corresponding punishment will be imposed.
"Don't worry, I've already prepared."
Zhao Hongrun expressed relief, reached out and took out something from his arms, and put it directly on Princess Yulong's face.
"Go and look in the bronze mirror."
"oh……"
Princess Yulong curiously touched the smooth and cool silver mask, ran back to her bedroom, and looked at herself in the bronze mirror. Only then did she realize that this mask covered her cheekbones.
The above half of the face.
It turned out that Zhao Hongrun had already considered this matter, so after leaving Yuqiong Pavilion yesterday, he sent Zongwei to the Ministry of Industry to rush to make such a mask.
Perhaps because she had never received such a novel gift, Princess Yulong looked left and right in front of the bronze mirror, as if she were a little daughter.
It has to be said that the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry are quite reliable. This mask is very exquisitely made and Princess Yulong did not feel the slightest discomfort after wearing it.
Princess Yulong herself thinks it's quite strange, and there's a bit of freshness in the strangeness.
After looking at the bronze mirror for a long time, Princess Yulong returned to the front hall. At this time, Zhao Hongrun was slowly drinking the tea offered by the palace maid Cui'er. When he heard the footsteps, he turned around and took a look, and said with a smile:
"This way no one can see your appearance, Sister Huang. Even if the Shangyi Bureau finds out, it can't blame you."
Princess Yulong couldn't help but feel happy after hearing this. After all, she also wanted to follow Zhao Hongrun to see the Yafeng Poetry Society, which enjoyed a high reputation in both the capital and the palace. However, she was worried that this would be punished by the Shangyi Bureau.
He always seemed hesitant.
Now that Zhao Hongrun has thought of a fairly suitable solution for her, she will naturally be moved.
"Then...are you going now?"
Just looking at a mask made Princess Yulong change from hesitant to enthusiastic. Zhao Hongrun was also slightly amused. He drank tea and said slowly: "Yes!... But before that, I still suggest that the emperor
Sister, put on the clothes of that day. After all, there are many people in the palace and it will be too ostentatious, which is not good after all..."
While he was talking, Zongwei Shen Yu duly handed over a cloth bundle. Inside the bundle were three sets of new clothes that Zhao Hongrun had not yet worn. One of them was the one that Princess Yulong secretly wore on the Dragon Boat Festival last month with the help of Zhao Hongrun.
The one he wore when sneaking out of the palace.
"Hongrun, you are so considerate." Princess Yulong stuck out her tongue, hugged the cloth bundle and returned to her bedroom.
When she appeared again, she had transformed into a graceful young master. Unfortunately, the gestures and gestures of this graceful princess were still full of a daughter's attitude. Putting aside the novelty, Zhao Hongrun was fascinated by it.
It feels quite awkward.
"How's it going? Does it look like Hongrun on weekdays?"
Princess Yulong didn't seem to notice the strange expressions on the faces of the sect guards behind Zhao Hongrun. She followed the movements Zhao Hongrun taught her that day and walked back and forth several times in front of everyone and performed several movements.
This... doesn't look like my Highness?
All the sect guards looked at each other, but they couldn't express their opinions directly, so they could only nod their heads and vaguely praise them for their good skills.
However, in Zhao Hongrun's view, Princess Yulong has obviously learned much better than she did on the Dragon Boat Festival, and she cannot force too much. After all, how can a daughter's fifteen-year-old habits be changed overnight?
"It's getting late, so let's go, lest Brother Sixth Emperor think I've broken our appointment again." After drinking the last sip of tea, Zhao Hongrun stood up.
Seeing this, Princess Yulong exchanged a few words with the palace maid Cui'er and followed Zhao Hongrun out of Yuqiong Pavilion.
On the way to Yafeng Pavilion, the group of people met many palace maids and eunuchs. Because of Zhao Hongrun's relationship, those palace ladies would naturally take a detour. Even if they couldn't detour, they would temporarily hide in the garden, and they were not worried about Princess Yulong.
Their identity will be revealed.
On the contrary, those little eunuchs were a bit troublesome, but fortunately Zhao Hongrun had a good reputation in the palace, so not many little eunuchs dared to look up.
So there were no dangers along the way.
When they arrived at Yafeng Pavilion, Zhao Hongrun saw the Sixth Emperor's brother Zhao Hongzhao standing outside the palace from a distance, waiting for someone with his hands behind his back.
Who are you waiting for? Just waiting for Zhao Hongrun!
Due to the experience of breaking an appointment once, Zhao Hongzhao was honestly not sure whether his eighth brother would come to the meeting this time.
It is no exaggeration to say that he was ready to kill Wenzhao Pavilion at any time.
However, from the current point of view, Zhao Hongrun is quite sensible and did not make this wise emperor brother angry.
"Oh!"
From a distance, he saw Zhao Hongrun leading a group of Zongwei walking toward his Yafeng Pavilion. Zhao Hongzhao smiled slightly and was about to step forward to greet him. He suddenly noticed Princess Yulong disguised as a man behind Zhao Hongrun.
, a bit of doubt immediately appeared on his face.
It's no wonder, after all, Princess Yulong has a slim figure. Even if she is disguised as a man and mixed among Zhao Hongrun's clan guards, she is particularly eye-catching, not to mention that she also wears a weird mask.
No way? Hongrun brought "her" to me?
Hong Zhao murmured in his heart. Although he did not find out which one his eighth brother Zhao Hongrun took quietly out of the palace to play on the night of Dragon Boat Festival last month, he had already guessed which one was most likely someone in the palace.
A princess who has a good relationship with Zhao Hongrun.
While he was muttering, Zhao Hongrun had already led Princess Yulong and all the sect guards to the Sixth Emperor Brother, and greeted him with a cupped hand: "Brother Emperor."
"Hmm." The sixth prince Hong Zhao nodded and couldn't help but cast his eyes on the hiding Princess Yulong.
Zhao Hongrun also knew that Brother Sixth Emperor had probably guessed something, so he no longer bothered to hide it, and whispered to Princess Yulong: "Sister Huang, there is no need to hide. In fact, Brother Sixth Emperor has guessed something a long time ago...
…It’s okay, brother Liu Huang is a trustworthy person.”
In fact, Princess Yulong didn't want to hide anything, she just hid subconsciously. Now after hearing what Zhao Hongrun said, she quickly stood up and saluted: "Imperial sister Yulong, I have met the Sixth Prince."
As a prince who has clearly reached the age requirement for leaving the cabinet but has postponed leaving the cabinet because he is deeply loved by the emperor, the sixth prince Hongzhao is already eighteen years old and is three years older than Princess Yulong. Therefore, when Princess Yulong faces him
You must hold the gift of a royal sister.
Yulong? Is she the daughter of the deceased Xiao Shuai? How could Hongrun seem to have any friendship with her?
Hong Zhao frowned slightly and thought for a moment, feeling a little surprised.
After all, as far as he knew, Princess Yulong was not a princess favored by their father in the palace. There was almost no news about her in the palace all year round, as if it made no difference whether she lived in the palace or not.
There is no sense of existence at all.
And what about his eighth brother Zhao Hongrun? He is currently the most popular prince in the palace. Especially after he ruined the Prince of the East Palace's speech at the Wende Hall on Dragon Boat Festival, many people in the palace are talking about this prince.
One is a princess who has never been mentioned by the emperor, and the other is a prince who is increasingly favored by the emperor and is regarded as a pearl. The sixth prince Hong Zhao really cannot understand how these two people could be involved.
However, since it was his eighth brother Hongrun who invited him, even if the sixth prince Hongzhao felt that it was not appropriate for Princess Yulong to mingle among them as his daughter's family, he could not but give honor to his eighth brother Hongrun.