The ancients have always regarded the absence of a moon as an evil moon, and most important things are not allowed to be done. Not only that, there are also many evil-warming activities. As time goes by, this custom has become more common, and it has become a festival celebration. The evil moon has also turned into good fortune.
No, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and everyone in the palace and the people are preparing for the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Fu Qingchu made a thread of longevity for Situ Ce with colorful threads and tied it on his wrist with his own hands.
Situ Ce looked at the man who was serious about tying his life and said with a smile: "This is really a clever move."
"Which girl from Jingchao doesn't know this?" She smiled nonchalantly, put down her sleeves to cover the five-color long-lasting thread, and looked up at him, "Exorcise evil spirits and avoid evil spirits, so that you can be peaceful and healthy."
Situ Ce smiled and touched her face, turned around and took out a life-long thread from the box, tied it around her wrist, and said harmoniously: "Although I didn't weave it myself, the Queen did it herself. I sent you, and you may be well and well.”
"Thank you, Your Highness." Fu Qingchu smiled.
Situ Ce smiled and hummed, carefully checked to see if it was tied properly, and then said after seeing that everything was safe, "Okay, let's go."
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The Dragon Boat Festival is another major festival after the Shangsi Festival. The emperor wants to banquet his ministers and have fun with the people.
The banquet was held at Xingqing Palace. Although it was already the summer month, Xingqing Palace was surrounded by bamboo trees, the woods were gloomy, and the breeze was blowing, so there was no hint of heat.
After all the ministers had gathered, the banquet began.
After a round of drinking, singing and dancing began. Officials from various ministries began to toast, chat, and sang and composed one poem after another. Emperor Yuanhe rewarded and rewarded them.
Speaking of which, every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, the emperor would give fans, belts, clothes, and a thread of longevity. The first three items require good poetry, but everyone has a thread of longevity.
Situ Jian saw that Situ Ce had a thread of longevity tied to his hand, and smiled: "The thread of longevity on my second brother's hand is really unique."
Situ Ce turned to look at him and said amusedly, "You have good eyes."
"Good things are different." Situ Jian said with a smile, "Who made it up for my brother? My future sister-in-law?" As he said that, he glanced at the opposite person with meaning.
Opposite Situ Ce is Zhongshu Ling Cheng An. The bright-looking girl behind Cheng An is the future prince Cheng Hehe.
Fu Qingchu only recently learned her name.
Situ Ce raised his eyes and looked at the absent-minded Cheng Hehe opposite him. He did not deny it and asked instead, "How is your marriage going?"
After the crowning ceremony, Concubine Wang became more and more concerned about her son's marriage. She chose over and over again among the girls from the aristocratic family, and finally fell in love with a girl from the Wang family.
"How can I make the final decision about my parents' orders and the matchmaker's words?" Situ Jian sighed and took a sip of wine, "If you ask me, why bother to stick to these aristocratic families? They themselves may not be... very clean. "
He pondered for a long time and finally said the word "clean".
Once the East Palace corruption case came out, how many sons and daughters from aristocratic families were involved? Now it has become a topic of conversation for everyone after dinner. These surnames, especially the Su family, have become a joke in the whole capital and even the world these days.
"It is good for a woman from the Wang clan to marry a virtuous wife." Situ Ce said calmly.
In this corruption case, among the six royal families of Cui, Su, Li, Wang, Chen, and Wu, only the Cui family and the Wang family were not involved.
"I don't see my second brother marrying a girl from the Cui family." Situ Jian said with a smile.
"Everything must be done by chance..."
"But I see that Miss Cui has a deep love for her brother. Her mourning period is almost over. Since my brother is married to a princess, why not get another good wife?"
Hearing this, Fu Qingchu couldn't help but become curious. She knew that Cui was Situ Ce's biological mother, the mother of the late empress. As for this girl Cui who returned home to observe her filial piety, is she his uncle's daughter?
The former minister ordered Cui Qi to live there for almost three years now because of his mother Ding You.
"I see that you are becoming more and more unruly, and you are not punished with a drink." Situ Ce pretended to look at him seriously, then turned to Fu Qingchu and said, "Pour some wine for His Royal Highness, Prince Jin."
Fu Qingchu poured wine for Situ Jian as he was told. Situ Jian turned to look at Fu Qingchu and sighed, "What do you think, Miss Qingchu?"
"Why do you need to make fun of me, Your Highness?" Fu Qingchu said with a bitter smile.
Situ Jian looked at her, smiled meaningfully, raised his hand and drank the wine in the glass.
Fu Qingchu stepped back behind Situ Ce and turned to look at Cheng Shehe opposite. She was watching the dance expressionlessly, not knowing what she was thinking.
She had heard that Situ Ce was getting married and starting a family before, and she was very happy for him. But now that she was sleeping on the same bed with him, she was not jealous, but began to worry about whether the Crown Princess would accept her.
She couldn't help but look at Cheng Hehe a few more times. Cheng Hehe seemed to be able to sense something and turned to look over here. The moment their eyes met, Fu Qingchu's heart trembled. Firstly, it was because of those pair of eyes. The eyes are too beautiful, and the second is a guilty conscience.
As if he had stolen something.
Fu Qingchu looked away and looked at Situ Ce in front of him, who was chatting with Situ Jian.
Situ Ce raised his eyes and saw Cheng Hehe looking this way. He smiled and raised a glass of wine to toast her from the distance.
Cheng Hehe hurriedly picked up the wine glass, smiled in return, and drank it down.
Seeing this, Fu Qingchu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the Crown Princess smiling so gently, she must be an easy person to get along with.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone's spirits were waning. At this time, the palace officials came to report that the fireworks show was ready and asked Emperor Yuanhe to move.
Since the advent of fireworks during the reign of Emperor Gaozu, fireworks have been set off during every festival. Especially on a day like the Dragon Boat Festival when evil spirits need to be warded off, fireworks are indispensable.
Situ Ce helped Emperor Yuan He, who was already slightly drunk, to come forward to watch the fireworks. Emperor Yuan He specially called Cheng An to come forward and asked Cheng Hehe to wait on him. Everyone knew that this was intended to allow the two unmarried couples to get along. Every time, I consciously stand back or stand aside.
"Bang——"
A purple firework bloomed in the night sky, causing everyone to scream. Then there were two flowers, and the dark night sky suddenly became colorful.
Fu Qingchu looked up with a smile and said silently in his heart: Drive away evil spirits, bring peace and health.
"If it were a prince's wedding, the fireworks would be better than this."
Hearing this, Fu Qingchu was startled, and in a blink of an eye he saw Situ Jian looking up at the fireworks.
Fu Qingchu hesitated whether to talk to him or not. After considering what to say, he turned to look at her and said with a smile, "Why, the prince is getting married, are you so sad that you can't speak?"
Fu Qingchu: "..."
"You have to wait until that day to see the beauty. Today's is the best." Fu Qingchu looked at him and said calmly.
Hearing this, Situ Jian couldn't help but laugh out loud, "You have such an eloquent mouth. It's a shame to just do something to serve others."
"It is my blessing to be able to serve the crown prince. Prince Jin, please stop making fun of me." Fu Qingchu lowered his eyes and said, "I will not disturb Prince Jin from watching the fireworks." After saying that, he bowed and left.
Situ Jian looked at her deeply and hummed.
Fu Qingchu took a few steps back, turned around and walked back. She thought that Situ Jian must have ulterior motives for trying to talk to her several times.
"Fu Sigui seems to be afraid of me?"
Hearing this, Fu Qingchu was startled, and in a blink of an eye he saw Situ Jian following behind him, looking at him with a fake smile.
She swallowed her saliva to relieve her panic, and said with a forced smile, "Why did Prince Jin say this?"
"Walking so fast makes me look like a bad guy following you." Situ Jian looked at her speechlessly, "Even if you want to be loyal to the prince, you don't have to avoid me like a snake or a scorpion, right?"
"Your Highness misunderstood. I was in a hurry to get the prince's cloak, so I left in a hurry. I didn't expect that Your Highness would follow me." Fu Qingchu said with a low eyebrow.
"There is only one road here, where do you want me to go?"
There are woods all around and it is really difficult to walk.
"I don't dare, please go ahead, Your Highness." Fu Qingchu said, standing sideways.
Situ Jian stepped forward, stopped in front of her, looked at her deeply, and then said after a long time: "Fu Qingchu, do you know what you are doing?"
Fu Qingchu didn't understand why and couldn't help but look up at Situ Jian, "Why did your Highness say this?"
"Do you know that there is a word called recognizing a thief as a father?" Situ Jian looked at her with a frown, his face full of anger.
Fu Qingchu was shocked. The so-called thief was naturally Situ Ce.
"Your Highness, be careful. The matter in my family has been decided. Your Highness must not listen to other people's words and get yourself into trouble." Fu Qingchu looked at him with a wary face.
Hearing this, Situ Jian laughed disdainfully, "Conclusion? Who made the conclusion? Prince? That's not what your father said when he handed Luozi into my hands."
There was a loud bang in Fu Qingchu's head, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat. The Luozi incident was indeed related to Situ Jian!
"Your Highness has seen my father?" Fu Qingchu asked with a trembling tone.
"After many twists and turns, Liu Lin was finally able to see his father on death row. His father begged Liu Lin to come to me, hoping to present his grievances to the Holy Father. However, before Chen's grievance list was finished, the prince ordered all the adults of the Fu family to be executed. man."
Situ Jian said, sighing deeply, and after a while he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you were taken away in front of me."
Fu Qingchu looked at him in disbelief, "Why is Your Highness telling me this?"
"The prince is so anxious to execute people, are you still stubborn about it now?" Situ Jian asked in a bad tone.
"I am not obsessive. It's just that King Zhao is in prison and unable to recover, and the prince is weak. If he has any shortcomings, you must be the crown prince. And now that I am serving the prince, you imply that the prince is my enemy. Do you want to get rid of the prince with the help of me?" Fu Qingchu looked at him and said firmly.
"Presumptuous!" Situ Jian said coldly, "I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful!"
"I'm not ungrateful, but my family has been destroyed. I don't know how many of the surviving female family members died on the way to Liangzhou. How many of them will survive? Will they live to see me again?" I just want to serve the prince, and he will please the prince and allow me to reunite with my family."
As Fu Qingchu spoke, tears fell unexpectedly.
