The Hanyuan Hall where the banquet was held was lit with charcoal fire and was as warm as spring.
Perhaps it was because it was exceptionally warm in the palace, so as soon as Wu Jieyu entered the palace, she took off the brocade fur she was wearing, revealing the bird skirt that flattered her figure.
She was originally a kind of delicate and delicate beauty, as beautiful as a delicate flower covered with morning dew. The gorgeous bird skirt added to her body made her even more charming.
As she stepped into the palace with graceful steps, everyone in the palace raised eyebrows.
After being reminded by Xu Cairen that there was a mystery in her clothes, Li Sixu focused her eyes on her. Looking carefully, she found that as she walked in from the door of the palace step by step, the colors of her clothes were changing.
From the front, it looks like one color, but from the side, it seems to be another color. When Wu Jieyu walked to the light and shadow, the color of her skirt was even more dazzling. When she walked under the shadow of the pillars in the palace, it changed into another color. color.
The hem of her clothes was blowing in the wind as she walked, and the birds flashing on her skirt seemed to come alive.
This appearance was on par with the empress's phoenix robe. Even though she had seen many beautiful and gorgeous palace attires, Li Sixu couldn't help but admire her.
"Your eyes are so poisonous, and her clothes are so beautiful!"
"Can it not look good? This is a bird skirt."
Afraid that Li Sixu would not understand the origin of the Hundred Birds Skirt, Xu Cairen specially explained: "When Zhongzong was the emperor, Princess Anle was the most favored, and she once sewed a gorgeous Birds Skirt. During the palace banquet, the beauty served was overwhelming and unparalleled."
"Such gorgeous clothes would tempt any woman!"
“So the government and the public followed suit, so that all the rare birds and animals in the deep mountains and forests were wiped out.”
Such extravagance is really shocking.
"How many rare birds must be hunted to make a feather skirt from hundreds of birds? This is too extravagant."
Li Sixu was greatly shocked: "Sisi really doesn't understand. Killing thousands of birds and weaving them into brocade clothes is just to show your dignity. What is the meaning of this behavior?"
"So, the little princess is different from them."
Her little princess spent her young years thinking about how to live in harmony with the empress, princes and princesses in the palace, and how to help the people around her.
Even sinners like her who had bullied the princess, as well as those poor women who were relegated to the cold palace, were all favored and cared for by the princess.
What's more, the little princess came up with so many novel ideas, which even benefited the people outside the palace.
She doesn't want to be greedy for wealth, she just wants to be a useful person.
Such a little princess is worthy of admiration and following.
Xu Cairen thought that he had made the right choice and continued to explain to Li Sixu what was wrong with Wu Jieyu wearing this dress.
"After our emperor ascended the throne, the extravagant style of the royal family is still prevalent."
Xu Cairen told Li Sixu: "Later, at the Queen's suggestion, the emperor accepted the Queen's advice and destroyed many utensils, and this kind of trend was curbed."
Xu Cairen kept talking in her ear, and then Li Sixu understood the mystery of Bainiao Skirt.
No wonder Xu Cairen said Wu Jieyu was crazy. Her father knew the principle of deeds and deeds. After he ascended the throne, he destroyed his cherished utensils to curb the extravagance of the royal family.
But Wu Jieyu came out wearing a bird skirt to show off.
Doesn't she know about the Bird Skirt?
Li Sixu asked Xu Cairen: "How did you learn about the Bird Skirt?"
"Well, although my father is a moderate official, he sent me to the palace so cruelly that I must find out the taboos in this palace!"
Xu Cairen said frankly: "I spent some money and bribed the nun in the palace at a big price to learn this secret."
Li Sixu made a judgment in her heart!
Even Xu Cairen, the daughter of a fifth-rank imperial official, could learn about the taboos in the palace from her nun. How could Wu Jieyu, who had been raised in the palace since she was a child, not understand?
I heard Master Zuo Wei say that this is the grand-niece of the Empress of the Wu Dynasty and the daughter of King Wu Youzhi of the Chang Dynasty. Her father died young, so she was fostered in the palace.
Later, the Wu Dynasty returned power to the Tang Dynasty, and she became an inconspicuous little palace maid.
When the hairpin queen grew up tall and graceful, she was favored by her father, and that was how Wu Jieyu became the favored one she is now.
Whether it was the promotion of concubines last time, the estrangement between her father and mother, or the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet when her father abandoned her mother and left with Wu Jieyu in her arms.
Empress Jieyu behaved in a very low-key and tolerant manner.
Today, she wore a gorgeous bird skirt, but it was obviously too showy.
It was probably due to jealousy or disdain from the concubines in the palace. Only Li Sixu looked at her inquiringly. Wu Jieyu, who had finished her ceremony for the Concubine Xian, gave her a bright smile in return.
Li Sixu had no choice but to give her a gift: "I have met Empress Jieyu!"
"Qing'er talked nonsense at the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet, which was very offensive. I have taught him a lesson. I hope the tenth princess will not be as knowledgeable as him."
Wu Jieyu smiled lightly and said: "When Qing'er comes to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to my concubine, I will ask him to apologize to the little princess."
Wu Jieyu's smile did not reach her eyes, as if the prince she gave birth to was fostered in Ning Prince's Mansion and was helpless. Being interrupted by her, Li Sixu's thoughts were completely confused.
Wu Jieyu's abnormality made her want to grasp something key, but it suddenly disappeared.
Don’t hit the smiling person with your hand!
Li Sixu wanted to exchange a few pleasantries with her, but the little eunuch waiting at the entrance of Hanyuan Hall sang and shouted: "The Queen is here!"
It was not too early at this time, and the royal relatives who entered the palace for the banquet had almost arrived. For such a New Year's Eve palace banquet, the emperor was originally supposed to accompany the queen to the finale, but in fact, the queen, dressed in a phoenix robe, entered alone. Hanyuan Hall.
After the concubines and the wives who entered the palace for the banquet met with each other, the queen made a gesture of standing tall: "No need to be too polite. The emperor and Prince Ning are still discussing matters in the imperial study. I am afraid that I will neglect all my sisters and come to the New Year's Eve banquet today." My relatives and relatives will come to Hanyuan Hall first."
The queen's red phoenix robe was embroidered with gold threads with a pattern of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix. She wore a graceful and luxurious bun, and she was wearing a very elegant manner.
She had been looking forward to Li Sixu coming to Nanxun Hall to talk to her a few years ago, but she seemed to be even busier than the queen herself, busy sending New Year gifts everywhere!
I only received the glassware and a basket of fruits and vegetables that she sent from Nanny Wei. I haven't seen anyone for several days, and I missed her.
The queen's eyes passed over Concubine Xian and Yu Jieyu, and landed on Li Sixu. Her eyes instantly softened, and there was a slight smile in her eyes that was not easy to detect.
However, when she saw clearly Wu Jieyu standing not far from Li Sixu, a smile condensed on her face.
Wu Jieyu was so gorgeous today that she aroused a lot of jealousy. At this moment, the queen looked at her and even darkened her face.
Guo Cairen didn't know why he said something extra: "Empress Jieyu is wearing a hundred-bird dress today, which is really beautiful. It looks a bit like the hundred-bird dress toward the phoenix that the Queen Mother wore!"
