As soon as the third princess went out, the room suddenly became quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the crackling of candles. Occasionally, a lamp burst out and made a crisp sound, mixed with the rustling sound of Yinzhen flipping through the folded paper.
Ji Ling lowered his head and was lost in thought, thinking about his own thoughts.
Suddenly her face felt warm. It was Yinzhen who touched her cheek and said softly: "Lingling, in a while, the New Year will be here. I want to make it lively and festive this year. There should be a New Year's Street in the garden.
You and Concubine Yu take care of it together."
Ji Ling said in surprise: "New Year's shopping street? In the garden?"
She suddenly reacted, turned over, stood up, and asked Yinzhen happily: "Your Majesty, are we not celebrating the New Year in the Forbidden City this year? In the Old Summer Palace?"
Yinzhen glanced at her and said leisurely: "Sure enough, you prefer the Old Summer Palace to the Forbidden City."
After he said this, he lowered his head and wrote a sentence of inscription. The candlelight trembled under the lamp, and red traces showed through from the back of the paper.
Ji Ling nodded and cupped his chin and said: "Old Summer Palace has few rules, beautiful scenery, and is close to the emperor - everything is to your liking, who wouldn't like it?"
Yinzhen laughed dumbly, his voice was deep and soft, he glanced at her sideways and said, "That's what I said! In the Forbidden City, with me protecting you, who would dare to use the rules to make you uncomfortable?"
Ji Ling tilted his head and smiled, and the two chatted for a while. Ji Ling thought of something and asked, "But what about the Winter Solstice? Is it possible that the Winter Solstice ceremony is also in the Old Summer Palace?"
Yinzhen reached out and touched her hair, shook his head and said: "No, for the Winter Solstice Ceremony, according to ancestral rules, you must return to the Forbidden City. After you have been there, you can go back."
Ji Ling nodded, thinking that if it took so much effort, this New Year's shopping street must be very interesting.
Just as she was about to speak, Yinzhen said slowly: "This matter is handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You and Concubine Yu should also put some thought into it."
Ji Ling was startled for a moment, but Yinzhen suddenly changed the subject and said softly: "Lingling, what did you think of the Gold Awarding Festival a while ago?"
Ji Ling said seriously: "Concubine Yu did a great job, I feel ashamed."
Yinzhen laughed, reached out and patted the back of Ji Ling's hand, and said: "Fei Yu is different from you. Hong Zhou has been raised in my brother's house since she was a child. She doesn't have to worry about it, but you have to raise a pair of children. In terms of time, in terms of
She doesn't have enough energy."
He paused, nodded and said, "It doesn't matter. Palace affairs have always been trivial and complicated. You dare to do it and learn while doing it. There is no need to rush."
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The words "New Year's Market" sound interesting, but the preparation is very tedious.
The New Year Street in the Old Summer Palace is located next to Pinghu Qiuyue.
The "Autumn Moon over Pinghu" is a scene on the north bank of the Sea of Fortune in the Yuanmingyuan. The main hall is a three-room hall, with a plaque "Autumn Moon over Pinghu" written by Emperor Yongzheng hanging under the eaves. There is a verandah in the north corner of the main hall connected to the Liushui Pavilion, and there is a "first to get the moon near the water tower"
artistic conception.
In the Old Summer Palace, every Double Ninth Festival, this is the place where the emperor ascended. It is also covered with dense bamboo trees. Every night when the moon is bright, the flat lake reflects the moon, and the waves are so sparkling that it is difficult to distinguish the light from the sky and the light from the water.
An extremely elegant place.
The New Year Goods Street is located on the avenue in front of Qiuyue Gate in Pinghu.
The so-called New Year Goods Street also has another name, called the Royal "Business Street". As the name suggests, all that is done on the street is buying and selling.
However, this business is different from the business in the capital - the vendors are all dressed as eunuchs, selling antiques and clothing, teahouses, restaurants, shops and restaurants, there are everything, and there is also a juggling stage, with small vendors mixed in, on the street
Mobile hawking, selling candies, selling melons and fruits, selling pastries...all kinds of things, lively and noisy.
The shopping street is reserved for princes, ministers, envoys from foreign vassals, and concubines of the harem to come here in batches during the Chinese New Year to experience the joy of the people in the capital buying new year's goods and the fireworks in the world. At the same time, the market opens in the evening, with lanterns filling the streets and fragrant clothes.
The lights and the moon shine together, it’s so beautiful.
In fact, the tradition of setting up market shops in royal gardens has a long history in Chinese history. Emperors in the Eastern Han, Western Jin, and Tang Dynasties all did this—meaning peace in the world, unity among all people, and joy with the people.
Since the third princess knew the news, she was very excited and began to prepare all kinds of beautiful clothes and jewelry. Ji Ling specially had three or four sets of mother and daughter outfits made. The fabrics were all cut from the same piece, with the same pattern and color, and additionally used
The small silver scissors carefully cut out a small box of gold foil patches for my daughter. They came in different shapes, including hearts, stars, and rabbits. They were very suitable for her teary eye makeup.
The third princess lay on Ji Ling's dressing table, tried on almost all the blushes, eye shadows, and lipsticks, and asked E Niang a lot of questions about the shopping street.
Well, in fact, it’s almost the Qing Dynasty’s version of a theme park that celebrates the New Year with joy—that’s how Ji Ling understands it.
It's a pity that my daughter is not in the modern age, otherwise I would have taken her to Disneyland - she would have been very happy.
Ji Ling reached out and touched the third princess' little head.
She suddenly remembered the famous joke on the Internet: "I heard a mother scolding her son in Disney: 'We are in the happiest place on earth now, don't let me slap you!'"
Ji Ling covered her mouth and laughed.
The third princess didn't know why her mother was laughing. She happened to be holding a star-shaped gold foil patch in her hand. She was looking at the patch in the mirror happily, so she also laughed stupidly.
A few days after preparations were made for the shopping street, Concubine Yu came to Tiandi Family Spring.
Different from the past, when she came in this time, before she finished a few polite words, she couldn't wait to get to the point - it turned out that she was here to explain the task.
Yes, that's right. Concubine Yu actually came to "assign" tasks to Ji Ling under the banner and name of the queen!
Ji Ling was stunned at first, and then just wanted to laugh.
She simply held the tea cup and suppressed her laughter without interrupting Concubine Yu, just to see what else Concubine Yu could say.
Since being praised by Yinzhen at the last gold awarding festival, Concubine Yu has become more and more unstoppable, with the potential to "point the country, inspire words, and turn thousands of households into dust".
After handing over the task, Concubine Yu unexpectedly did not forget to bless her body. Then she held the hand of the palace maid next to her, sat down, leaned towards Ji Ling, squinted her eyes slightly and said: "Concubine Chen, I hope you will show your kindness."
!According to my status as a concubine, it is really inappropriate to arrange the imperial concubine like this! It’s just that this is the first time for our emperor to stay in the Old Summer Palace to celebrate the New Year. The shopping street is a grand event of the New Year, and the emperor must be looking forward to it! It is time-sensitive and urgent.
, There are not many days left, so we can only be urgent and strict in everything."
She paused and said: "Well, the Queen is recuperating and it is not appropriate to worry. She just made more requests and asked me to arrange these things for you. I dare not delay the Queen's arrangements, let alone
If you dare to make light of this matter, I have no choice but to come to your Majesty’s place and make a few noises, but I can’t do anything about it..."
Ji Ling put down the tea cup and interrupted her in a serious manner: "If Concubine Yu doesn't come today, I haven't noticed yet - I haven't paid my respects to the Queen for a long time. It's time to go and visit."
."
She stretched out her hand to Qixi next to her and smiled slightly.
The rest of Yu Fei's words were choked in her throat.
