Bianjing little doctor

Chapter 189 Silkworm Kissing Ceremony

The so-called pro-silkworm, as the name suggests, is that the queen picks the fresh and tender mulberry leaves with her own eyes and feeds them to the silkworms.Then, all the concubines and concubines in the harem followed the example of the queen.

After these silkworms grow up and make cocoons, the queen will choose another auspicious day to reel the silk thread herself, which will be used for sewing dresses in the future.

In the past dynasties, this process was mostly just a ceremony. The empress would symbolically pick mulberries and reel the silk, and so did the concubines. The rest of the work was naturally done by the maids.

But Empress Cao is different.

There are really calluses on her outstretched fingertips, and the movement of picking mulberries is extremely skillful.

The mulberry trees in the Forbidden Garden were all planted by Empress Cao herself, and the Can'er was also fed by her own hands, and they were never left by human hands.

Several bamboo baskets wrapped in yellow silk cloth were lifted up. Empress Cao was picking mulberries solemnly. Although the concubines and wives were a little bit sorry for the Danko they had just painted, they were reluctant to get their white fingers stained with water from the mulberry leaves. I still have to bite the bullet and go down to the mulberry fields, follow Empress Cao, and pick them arm in arm...

There are many mulberry trees in the Forbidden Garden, and there are several large mulberry fields, lush and lush, line after line, neatly arranged, like soldiers on guard, very beautiful.The mulberry leaves are also big and fat, and they are more prosperous than those in farmers' homes.

Zhang Xueyi had just applied Danko last night, her hands were white and tender, she looked at Empress Cao dissatisfied.

"It will be prudish and pretend to be virtuous."

At this time, an inner eunuch came over and presented the tray respectfully.

"My lady, please use it."

A pair of gold scissors was wrapped in the yellow silk cloth of the tray.

Concubine Zhang Gui snorted, took the scissors and walked into the mulberry field.

San Nian looked at the mulberry trees far and near, his face full of joy, "Mom, I know how to pick this, I picked it when I was very young..."

"Shh, don't move around." Xin Yi took San Nian's little hand, squeezed it, stood silently on the mulberry field, looked at the men and women who came to watch the ceremony, and searched the crowd with his eyes.

Neither Fu Jiuqu nor Cao Yi was seen.

On the contrary, Gao Miao and Cao Yilan looked at them from time to time, their eyes were very unfriendly.

……

There are a lot of wives who come here today, all of them bring their own daughters and dress up to attend.

Gao Miao and Cao Yilan were among them.

The two are cousins ​​who grew up together. When Gao Miao was not married, the two often hang out together. It is the same today. As soon as the silkworm sacrifice ceremony is over, Gao Miao called a few young girls from her former boudoir. Sisters, chatting and laughingly dragged Cao Yilan down to Sangtian.

There are servants carrying baskets and maids preparing sweat towels, and the girls are only responsible for picking, which is interesting.

But Cao Yilan was always sleepy, and her expression was not gloomy.

Gao Miao elbowed her, "Don't do this, how many pairs of eyes are looking at you."

Cao Yilan snorted weakly, "Watch it if you like it, anyway, I've already lost face, this time it's not bad..."

Gao Miao squinted her eyes and looked at her. Just as she was about to remind her, a little sister's voice came from next to her ear, "I seem to have seen that little lady before... she looks so familiar..."

"Isn't she the proprietress of Xinyi Medicine..."

"The outer room of the Guangling County King...?"

The two women were discussing, and it seems that they just remembered that Cao Yilan was by her side, the girl's voice stopped abruptly, and she coughed lightly.

"Big girl, don't be offended, I lost my sense of proportion when I said something indiscriminately..."

Cao Yilan cast a sideways glance at her and gave her a cold stare meanly.

"What you said is right, where is it out of proportion?"

The girl changed her face, smiled awkwardly, and turned around to pick mulberries.

Cao Yilan threw away the scissors abruptly, straightened her body and looked at Xin Yi.

"It's nothing more than a little widow who seduces the king of Guangling. What's the embarrassment to say it? Keep it secret, so others don't know that she climbed into the bed of the king without a name..."

"Lan'er!" Gao Miao saw her gnashing her teeth, her brows turned cold, and pulled her violently, reminding her in a low voice, "During the silkworm kissing ceremony, don't make mistakes."

"I didn't talk nonsense? Cousin, other people don't know, don't you? Her vile things have already been spread on Ma Xing Street, and my ears are almost covered with these jokes..."

Cao Yilan's words were full of jealousy, but under the gaze of Gao Miao's indifferent eyes, she still lowered her voice.

"She's just a shameless slut. She was married and even showed her face in public, flirting with men."

Gao Miao lowered her eyebrows, "She's not as good at hooking up with men, how can she hook up?"

Cao Yilan lowered her face and looked at her with dissatisfaction, "Cousin, why are you turning your elbows away? Instead of helping me, help someone else?"

"Ah!" On this matter, Gao Miao was naturally on Cao Yilan's side, but she couldn't stand Cao Yilan's shamelessness for Fu Jiuqu's sake, and then her life's death. It is indisputable.

"Stop talking, pick mulberries." Gao Miao looked at the bamboo basket in front of him, then at Empress Cao and Concubine Zhang in front of him, and winked at Cao Yilan, "You should say less today, be careful. court disaster."

"...Hmph!" Cao Yilan rolled up her sleeves, picked up the scissors and snapped off a piece of mulberry leaf, glanced at her lightly, bit her back molars and said, "I must make her look good."

A little sister came over from the side, "How can the big girl make her look good? Beat her up?"

Cao Yilan glared at her.

Originally, she was just saying harsh words to regain her dignity, but when she heard the little sister's question, she couldn't get off the stage. She squeezed the scissors in her hand, turned her head sideways, and looked at Xin Yi carefully.

She wore an unfashionable woman's bun, without any accessories, so plain that it could almost be called shabby.But even with such an inconspicuous dress, standing among the nobles in gorgeous and beautiful clothes, she was not humble at all, with a smile on her face, dignified and generous, but there was an indescribable alienation all over her body.

It seems that they are free from the secular world and do not want to be with anyone.

Cao Yilan suddenly had an illusion.

It's not that she looks down on others, it's just that they look down on her.

In other words, she looked down on everyone present.

Cao Yilan's brain suddenly became hot, thinking that she was using this arrogant appearance to seduce Fu Jiuqu, so she got angry and stabbed the scissors on the mulberry tree through gritted teeth.

"Wait and see."

……

There are more and more people in the mulberry field, the wives look solemn, but the girls are laughing and joking.

Empress Cao has always been generous and will not blame.

After a while, the fog parted and the sun peeked out from the thin clouds.

sunny.

Empress Cao took the handkerchief from the maid, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and smiled.

"The sun is out. The silkworm kissing ceremony is a good day, and this year will definitely be a bumper harvest year."

Everyone agrees.

At this time, there was a strange cry suddenly in the mulberry field, cooing non-stop.

The mulberry leaves trembled wildly, and the crowd became noisy without knowing what happened.

Xin Yi looked around and saw a group of huge fat pigs suddenly rushing into the mulberry fields, indiscriminately crashing into the nobles who were picking mulberries...

A court lady was knocked to the ground, her face pale and screaming.

"Hurry up and protect the saint..."

Seeing the two pigs rushing towards Empress Cao, Xin Yi's expression changed, and he was about to rush to help, when a pig screamed from the crowd beside him, a big fat pig came out of nowhere, and bumped into San Nian suddenly—

　At the third watch, Khan, it's late again.Tomorrow I must be early, set the flag first...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)