jdhmnovel Chapter 422 Beginning of Winter
Chapter 422 Beginning of Winter
In the second year of the Tianqi reign, winter began.
Suitable for: moving graves, taking in livestock, and burying people.
Taboo: getting married, moving to new house, planting.
Early in the morning, Emperor Tianqi led all the officials out to the suburbs to welcome the winter.
During the winter welcoming ceremony, Emperor Tianqi would offer sacrifices to the gods to express his awe and gratitude to the heavens and the earth. He would also give winter clothes to his ministers and promulgate a system to provide relief to the orphans and widows, in order to embody the emperor's benevolence and majesty.
After hearing that Emperor Tianqi got up at 3 a.m. and then had to do so many things according to the arrangements of the Ministry of Rites, Luo Xiaoran, who was also pulled out of her warm bed by Wei An early in the morning, finally felt balanced.
She understood that on such an important day as the Winter Solstice, the emperor had to get up early to go to work. If she stayed in bed and slept in, people outside would know about it and it would be another handle to attack her.
But Luo Xiaoran really didn't want to get up. In her mind, heating tools such as braziers, hand warmers, and hot water bottles were not as good as her bed that had been warmed all night.
——The above thoughts only apply before Luo Xiaoran gets up.
After getting up, Luo Xiaoran immediately corrected her attitude, deeply reflected on her incorrect behavior of trying to stay in bed, and punished herself by drinking one less bowl of vegetable porridge for breakfast, to prevent any further ideological decline and personality degeneration in the future!
After Emperor Tianqi returned from the outskirts of the capital, the next thing to do was to hold a non-stop ceremony to worship the ancestors, and then to host a banquet for all officials in the evening. Although it was also tiring, it was considered a rest compared to the welcoming winter ceremony and ancestor worship during the day.
The news that the Empress Dowager asked Prince Yan to bring Luo Xiaoran to attend the Winter Solstice dinner had already spread in the palace. The Imperial Clothing Department had delivered the palace costumes early on, and the Imperial Property Department, which was part of the Inner Court Department like the Imperial Clothing Department, also sent hairpins, rings and jewelry.
When Chen Ji finished offering sacrifices to his ancestors and arrived at Fukang Palace, he ran into Luo Xiaoran, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had exquisite makeup.
There are many rules in the palace, and women need to put on makeup.
Luo Xiaoran asked Wei An to put light makeup on her every day. Just a little bit of powder was enough to amaze Chen Ji, who rarely saw Luo Xiaoran with makeup in the Northern Territory. Today's makeup was much more refined than usual.
She was wearing a palace dress with flowing colors and dark patterns. The precise tailoring showed off her slender waist very well, which sparkled in the sunlight.
The upper body is matched with a flower satin jacket with colorful flowers and flying butterflies, and the neckline is decorated with a cold-proof white fluffy collar, which makes Luo Xiaoran's small face look white as cream.
Her hair was a flying bun that she had never worn before. Her hairpins and rings were all standard in the palace and there was nothing special about them. However, Luo Xiaoran asked Wei An to tie two pure white hairbands behind her head, reaching her waist.
The headband flowed in space with the movement of her feet, sometimes flying up and down, sometimes flying left and right, and Luo Xiaoran suddenly had a sense of elegance and agility.
Anyway, Chen Ji couldn't walk on the spot, but Luo Xiaoran waved her hand in front of him and asked with a bright smile:
"How is it? I won't embarrass His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan today, right?"
Emperor Tianqi was very happy to make things difficult for the Empress Dowager. After coming out of Changning Palace a few days ago, he "inadvertently" told Chen Ji that the Empress Dowager was unwilling to grant the marriage, and also gave several reasons.
Let’s ignore other reasons for now. Just say that she was the one who caused Prince Yan to commit the crime of breaking into the imperial city on the night of the fire in the Tianlao. What’s the difference between this and saying that she is a femme fatale?
Since that was the case, she had to dress up gorgeously today to dazzle everyone at the table, so that they would know that regardless of her inner qualities, her appearance alone was enough to make His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan fall in love with her!
Chen Ji chuckled and looked at Luo Xiaoran steadily. There was a hint of doting in his eyes, and then a hint of helplessness.
"Xiao Ran, at today's palace banquet... I'm afraid you will outshine all the other beauties."
Luo Xiaoran was very happy to get Chen Ji's affirmation. It was worth it for her to combine Qiu Niang's best peach blossom makeup with her own modern makeup techniques, and put in a lot of effort to achieve the current effect.
Chen Ji's gaze towards her was too passionate. Luo Xiaoran felt embarrassed by his gaze and turned to look at the other person.
Today, Chen Ji was wearing a golden python robe that represented his status as a prince. Compared to his usual black attire, he looked less stern and more noble and majestic, as a member of the royal family.
Her ink-black long hair was tied up high with a golden crown, her figure was slender and upright, and her face was as pretty as jade. Standing next to her, who would not say that they were a perfect couple?
When the words "fairy couple" popped up in her mind, Luo Xiaoran blushed incoherently.
Let her make an excuse, it's not shameful to see a handsome guy blush.