Different from the time when he first crossed over, the matter of "celebrating the New Year" is much lighter and more comfortable for Ji Ling now.
Because she now has a high status, is favored by the emperor, and has a pair of young children to take care of, even the queen of the middle palace, Uranala, has to give three cents to Qian Palace.
As a result, Ji Ling's rules in many scenes became much more relaxed.
The further she went, the more she gradually realized: Those who make the rules will not be bound by the rules.
Just like modern times, children are the happiest during the Chinese New Year. The third princess and the sixth brother got up early in the morning and were served by the servants to put on the new New Year clothes that had been prepared long ago.
Ji Ling also used lip dye to draw a plum blossom on the third princess's forehead.
Princess Shouyang, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Southern Song Dynasty, was lying under the eaves of the Hanzhang Palace. Plum blossoms fell on her forehead, forming five blossoms. They could not be brushed away. After three days of washing, they fell off. The palace maids were so strange that they were all affected by it.
"Plum Blossom Makeup"
The so-called "Liang Yuan's resignation is worthy of the gift of snow, and the princess of Shouyang is fond of plum blossoms; she is even more pity after returning from hunting to invade the night, and sings and sings in the banquet with red candlesticks." In later generations, it became the flower pattern on the forehead of women - the color of flowers.
The faces of people complement each other, and there is a certain romance and cuteness about them.
The third princess closed her eyes tightly and stretched her head in front of E Niang. She did not dare to express her anger for fear that the painting would be crooked. When she heard E Niang say "Okay", she immediately grabbed the mirror with both hands and raised it with difficulty.
, looked at it happily for a long time. Then he pulled Ji Ling's sleeve and pointed to his lips, meaning to help her put on the lipstick.
Ji Ling shook her head and rejected her daughter: "It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that we have to eat so much during the Chinese New Year! It's not good for children to eat lipstick in their stomachs!"
As she spoke, she patted her side. The third princess sat down obediently. Bixue came forward with a smile and brought a tray to her. Ji Ling held the comb in her hand and helped her daughter comb the two little knots with her own hands and tied them up.
Wear a crabapple pink headband with apricot yellow tassels and wrap it around in circles, leaving a little bit flying at the end.
Although the third princess was still young, her love for beauty was undoubtedly evident. After being dressed up, she crossed her two little hands in a rare and reserved manner and sat motionless beside her - just like an old hen hatching eggs.
She was afraid that her hairstyle would be messed up.
Brother Six was also brought over, with a top hat on his head.
Hats are called "Maha" in Manchu. Manchu men, regardless of age, love to wear hats all year round. The only difference is that as the weather gets colder and warmer, the texture of the hat changes - so there are warm hats and cool hats.
For example, the melon-pipe hat evolved from the "watermelon hat" of the Ming Dynasty. After adjustments, the "melon-pipe hat" was formed.
Brother Six was wearing an autumn and winter warm hat at this time.
My brother's hat is naturally unusual. The warm hat is made entirely of sapphire blue satin, with a brim about two inches wide rolled up around it. The brim is upward-shaped, inlaid with fine green velvet mink and woven gold satin.
Wrapping narrow edges.
In the middle of the lower part of the hat brim, there is also a jade hat stone with a very strong water content. It looks watery, smart and plump, without any variegated colors, and the light is clear and crystal clear.
In addition, there is a circle of burnt blue glass and silver pieces around it, and the emerald is surrounded by stars in the middle.
There are so many good things on the hat, so naturally the weight will not be light. Almost one-third of Brother Six's small face was covered by the hat, but the hat kept sliding down on his forehead, blocking his sight. Six
The elder brother got angry and waved his hand to knock the hat off.
The third princess was standing next to her, waiting for the makeup on her forehead to dry, while laughing as if she were watching a play.
After laughing for a long time, she suddenly remembered what her mother had said to her before - that she and her brother should love each other.
So she stood up, walked over and helped the sixth elder brother take off the top hat from his head, then touched his little brother's fluffy little head, and then pulled him to sit down on the small stool next to him.
As soon as the sixth brother saw his sister, he instinctively showed a look of vigilance and resistance on his face. Unexpectedly, the third princess grabbed him, as if holding a big toy, kept touching his head, and kissed him again.
Sixth Brother’s cheeks.
The sixth elder brother was stunned by the kiss: Is this my sister? Why don’t you torment me today?
Qilin ran over with the puppy, spinning around in circles. Brother Six wanted to play with the puppy, but he couldn't catch it. The third princess reached out and fished one for him and put it in his arms.
Qilin was a little unhappy, but then he tolerated it, wagging his tail and lying in the arms of the third princess.
Ji Ling looked at the two siblings and smiled happily like an old mother.
She was guarding a pair of children in the Chengqian Palace, and it was a warm place.
In the Chengqian Palace, in addition to the blessing words and spring strips given by the emperor, there is also a New Year's festival painting specially made by Lang Shining for the Chengqian Palace that Yinzhen specially asked Lang Shining to do for the Chengqian Palace.
Landscapes, flowers and birds with auspicious meanings, and jeweled bonsais were taken out again on the table under the picture scroll, making the whole room shine brightly. The servants in Chengqian Palace all had new looks, smiles, and spoke auspicious words when they met.
...The time of this day passed very quickly, and before I knew it, the sky gradually became dark.
It's time to light up the lanterns in Chengqian Palace.
Of all the utensils in Concubine Chen's palace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not dare to neglect any of them. Even the palace lanterns for the New Year were made during the Laba period. After the Ministry of Internal Affairs selected them and reported them to the emperor, they sent a special person to carefully deliver them.
Compared with other palaces, it is more exquisite and luxurious, with a treasure cover on the top and tassels hanging below the eaves.
Ji Ling was ingenious and asked Xiao Fenzi and others to cover the palace lanterns with colorful flowers and brocade soft gauze. When the wind passed by, the shadows of the lanterns and the shadows of the flowers swayed slightly, reflecting the stars in the sky, which was very graceful.
She has a lot of leisure time here, but outside, Yinzhen is almost extremely busy.
He was busy, and Su Peisheng became even busier. Every New Year's Eve, Su Peisheng wished he could split himself into two people - writing blessing characters, worshiping Buddhas, worshiping ancestors, and clan banquets, he had to wait for everything.
At the emperor's side, he had to think hard to arrange the appropriateness of the next ceremony.
Even though he had a large number of disciples and disciples to dispatch, Su Peisheng still couldn't let go - the more important it was for such an important day, the more he had to be careful about everything, inspect it personally, and strive to implement everything.
During the day on New Year's Eve, Yinzhen personally went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices. This was the biggest sacrifice of the year - during the sacrifice, all the tablets of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty were invited to the front hall, and the tablets of the emperors and empresses were placed on the gold lacquer thrones.
Yinzhen is the center of all New Year's ceremonies. After offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, it is time to reward ministers and people. There are foreigners outside, waiting for him to entertain, and there are relatives and friends of the clan who need to be cared for. The Baohe Hall is full of people.
A hall full of Mongolian princes.
When all the procedures were completed and the concubines' New Year's Eve family dinner finally arrived in the evening, Su Peisheng breathed a sigh of relief.