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Chapter 120 Pinglin Momo Weaves Like Smoke

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    Taking advantage of the opportunity of coming to Shaanxi as an imperial envoy, Sun Zhizhi accompanied his incomprehensible nephew Sun Yi to Hezhong to marry Yu Meipan and return to Beijing.

    When they arrived in Puzhou and were about to announce their decree to Wansheng, they learned that Wansheng had gone to Chengdu.

    Sun Zhizhi arranged for his nephew and other guests to live temporarily in the "Zhijifang Guest Apartment", and warned Sun Yi: "Nephew, today is August 20th, and there is a lot of time. You have to be honest.  Stay in the inn and don't go out to cause trouble. On the morning of the 26th, you will go to Pujiu Temple to marry Meipan and return to Beijing."

    Sun Yi asked: "Second Uncle, won't you go back with us?"

    "I'm going to Chang'an to escort prisoners, how can I mix with your wedding team? You can leave me alone, you can go back to Beijing on your own!"

    After arranging everything for Sun Yi, Sun Zhizhi set off for Chang'an.

    Just as Sun Zhizhi and Sun Yi walked out of Yu Yu's door, Mrs. Yu let out a long sigh of relief.  She sat on the chair, but her mood gradually became complicated:

    Finally, her nephew's wedding car came, and her hanging heart finally settled down, but why couldn't she be happy at all?  Especially when she heard her second brother say that Wan Sheng had been promoted to Yuanwailang in the Shaanxi Provincial Government, her heart of hating the poor and loving the rich was so disappointed!

    She told Chunlan, the maid beside her, to say, "You go and let the young lady prepare for the marriage in six days."

    Chunlan took the order and left.

    [1] "Bodhisattva Man. Pinglin, Momo, Momo, Smoke Like Weaving" Li Bai. Song

    Pinglin Momo is like weaving smoke,

    The area around Hanshan is sad.

    When the dusk enters the tall building, some people worry upstairs.

    The jade steps stand empty, and the old bird flies back.

    Where is the return trip?  There are long pavilions and short pavilions.

    When Yu Meipan heard that she was still going to be married to her cousin, she burst into tears and tried her best to resist, but all this was of no avail to the strong mother.

    All she had to do was lie on the bed and go on a hunger strike as her final struggle.  Madam Yu found a group of people to persuade her, but none of them persuaded her stubborn daughter.  For five days, Yu Meipan hadn't eaten any pellets and was almost dying.

    In the evening of that day, Xia Lian, her personal maid, ran up to the dressing room excitedly.  She said out of breath, "Miss, the second uncle is back again."

    Ever since Ruyan went to Shaanxi and sent a message from the little monk Wuchen that "Ruyan will not come back", Xia Lian was extremely excited.  She changed her previous timid style, and walked with extra vigor; when she heard that she would go to Beijing with the young lady as a dowry girl, she was so happy that she was crazy.

    Yu Meipan didn't react at all when she heard "Second Uncle is back", she still lay face inward.

    Xia Lian continued: "Second Uncle said that Lord Wang told him that the Eldest Young Master is going back to Puzhou Second Uncle is just coming back to wait for Eldest Young Master to announce the decree for him"

    Upon hearing this, Yu Meipan got up weakly and asked, "My senior brother is really coming back?"

    "yes!"

    "When will you be back?"

    "Just a day or two."

    Yu Meipan was about to get out of bed, Xia Lian hurried over to help her.

    Mei Pan said: "Youhelp megogo to the windowover there"

    Xia Lian helped Meipan to the window, and opened the window lattice for her.  Xia Lian was very happy when she saw that Miss was able to get out of bed, and she immediately said: "Miss, you stand up, I'll move a chair for you, you sit and watch. I'll go downstairs to prepare meals for you!"

    Mei Pan nodded.

    Xia Lian moved a chair for Meipan, and after she sat down firmly, she went downstairs.

    Meipan stood up, held onto the window sill with both hands, and gazed into the distance as hard as she could.

    The woods show a dark color, blending into the vastness of the evening; the evening smoke rising from the forest is mysteriously ethereal, like a woven enchanting ribbon.

    The twilight slowly oppressed from afar, gradually eroding her lonely tall building.

    Yu Meipan stood there staring at her for a long time in vain¡ªa homebound bird was anxiously flying past.  My man, why are you always missing?

    In this vast night, where is my way back?  Five miles of short pavilions, ten miles of long pavilions, which pavilion did you go to

    At this time, Xia Lian carried the food and went up to the tall building, followed by a little girl in her teens.

    Mei Pan took a look at this gorgeously dressed little girl with a frightened face.

    Xia Lian hurriedly said: "This is the daughter of the criminal minister Zhang Bang called called what's your name?"

    The little girl said timidlyFoot-binding is mainly limited to the upper class, and foot-binding has not yet reached the point where everyone accepts it in terms of social concepts.  At the same time, the custom of foot-binding was spread from the north to the south, around the time when the Song dynasty moved south.

    (5) The Mongols in the Yuan Dynasty did not bind their feet, nor did they object to the foot-binding habit of the Han people. On the contrary, they appreciated it.  This made the foot-binding trend continue to develop in the Yuan Dynasty. In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the concept of not being ashamed of foot-binding even appeared.  In the Yuan Dynasty, women's foot binding continued to develop in a slimmer direction, but at that time there were still many women who did not bind their feet, especially in the southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lingnan areas.

    (6) In the Ming Dynasty, women's foot binding entered a prosperous period and developed rapidly in various places.  When Zhang Xianzhong occupied Sichuan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he cut off women's feet and piled them up into a mountain called Jinlian Peak, which shows the prevalence of women's footbinding in Sichuan.  During this period, there were also certain requirements for the shape of the bound feet. Women's feet should not only be small, but should be reduced to three inches, and they should also be bowed and wrapped in the shape of a corner millet.

    (7) After the rulers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties entered the Central Plains, they strongly opposed the custom of foot binding among the Han people at first, and repeatedly ordered the prohibition of foot binding for women.  But at this time the wind of foot binding was hard to stop, and it had to be banned in the seventh year of Kangxi (1668).  This incident was once exaggerated as "men's surrender to women's disobedience"-the Qing soldiers entered the customs, and there was a "hair-shaving order".  A symbol of the Qing court's submission.  At the same time, although women's foot binding was also ordered to stop by the Qing court, it did not achieve the purpose of prohibition, so there is a saying that "men will not surrender to women".  This shows how deep-rooted the foot-binding trend is.

    It is precisely because of this that women's footbinding reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty. Women from all walks of life, rich or poor, high or low, all bound their feet.  Even some ethnic minorities far away in the northwest and southwest have also caught up with the custom of footbinding.  At the same time, women's feet have received unprecedented admiration and attention.  During this period, the shape and size of feet became an important criterion for judging women's beauty and ugliness. As a woman, whether or not her feet were bound, and how well they were bound, would directly affect her personal life.  At that time, people from all walks of life were ashamed of women with big feet and proud of small feet when they married wives.  The saying of "three-inch golden lotus" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there are even some that are wrapped less than three inches.  As a result, there were "Miss Hugs" where women had to be hugged by others because their feet were too small to move in and out, and such women were quite popular at the time.

    [2] In TV dramas, we often see the emperor's decree, written in imperial satin, read out by the eunuch, and the whole family kneels down to receive the decree.

    So, is this really the case in real life?

    no.

    The imperial decree is that there is an official position in the Hanlin Academy called "Hanlin Chengzhi", which is responsible for drafting the imperial decree according to the emperor's instructions, and then playing for the emperor's approval, and then going back to transcribe the official text, which will be stamped by "Fu Baolang". The draft must be preserved.  As for who is sent to read it, it depends on the importance of the imperial decree, and an "imperial envoy" is selected to read it.  Imperial envoys are also called "angels".

    Eunuchs often followed the emperor, and the eunuchs were asked to read out general orders.

    Before the mid-Tang Dynasty, the ministers only needed to sit and receive the imperial edict.  From the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Song and Yuan dynasties, except for the three types of imperial edicts, edicts, edicts, and announcements (collectively referred to as imperial edicts), all other imperial edicts can be received standing up.  Only after the Ming Dynasty, all orders issued by the emperor had to be received on their knees.

    After listening to the decree to thank you, you have to enshrine the decree in your ancestral temple, and finally arrange for the imperial envoy, send some gifts and silver, and let him go back to reply to the decree.

    So, after these orders of the emperor, is it necessary to say "Qin this"?

    According to the literal interpretation, Qin means respect, which means that the person who issued the order is honorable. Although others did not come, but having this order is equivalent to coming in person, and Qin is used at the end of the order to indicate the edict  The command line ends.

    Before the Yuan Dynasty, although the emperor's imperial decree or the command of the approval also had a written standard, it was not necessary to follow this. In fact, this habit was formed after the Yuan Dynasty.  , I often see this at the end, and after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it generally formed a habit, so it continued until the Qing Dynasty.  However, before the Yuan Dynasty, there was no such thing at the end of the emperor's imperial decree or approval. For example, the writing habit of the imperial edict of the Han Dynasty was to add "Zhiyue: Ke" at the end.

    [3] Ocarina

    Ocarina is a worldwide musical instrument. There have been pottery ages in various parts of the world, and there have been records of their own or mutual reference to reform and research and development of pottery flutes.

    The Chinese ocarina can be traced back to the pottery whistle unearthed at the Banpo site in Shaanxi. It has a history of more than 6,000 years and is the originator of the Chinese ocarina.

    The ocarina is the most original sound of nature, and it has a beautiful tone - the small ocarina has a clear and bright sound, and the big ocarina has a deep and mellow sound.

    It comes from the soil, carries the fragrance of the soil, but what it plays is the singing of the earth and the utter sound of the sounds of nature.

    It is far away from the hustle and bustle, pure and beautiful, like a ray of clear spring, echoing in people's hearts.

    It is like a cluster of orchids in an empty valley, blooming softly in a certain corner.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com)It comes from the soil, carries the fragrance of the soil, but what it plays is the singing of the earth and the utter sound of the sounds of nature.

    It is far away from the hustle and bustle, pure and beautiful, like a ray of clear spring, echoing in people's hearts.

    It is like a cluster of orchids in an empty valley, blooming softly in a certain corner.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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