Chapter 74:

When envoys came to the dynasty, the emperor and the officials were busy, and others did not know what they thought. Anyway, the folks are very happy and lively. You have to ask them why they are so excited. People can't tell why they are so excited.
In a word, I just want to watch the excitement. I heard that the prince and princess from the Yan Kingdom are here this time, and I don't know what kind of battle will be.
The nature of this person is that once the days go a little flat, and when something happens, he wants to join in the fun.
Not surprising.
No, since the red list notice was posted, the people in the capital gradually knew about this matter.
Following this, from the beginning of July, there was an uproar in the street.
It's almost the same as the prosperity brought by various festivals. There are too many food stalls outside, the clothes and jewelry shops are replaced with new ones, the street jugglers, the dragon and lion dancers, and stage singers all follow out, two games a day, in the morning One game in the afternoon.
Gu Celadon thought it was rare and found it very interesting after going out twice.
Looking back, she also asked Mother Zhang if she was busy in the west of the city.
After all, Mother Zhang has eaten more rice for more than ten years. She is a servant, and she knows more about the rules of not going out casually than the ladies.
So he laughed and said: "The east of the city is also lively. It is said that the foot merchants from the west brought in a lot of good things and added a lot of goods. Before I passed by the teahouse, the people were full, and the storytellers all told the story of the Yan country. I guess I want to make more money during this period."
If you want to know that Yan Kingdom is coming to the dynasty, why not bring many people? I also heard that they also had a Cuju team composed of noble girls led by princesses. They were all rich, not slaughtering the white.
The Cuju show in Beijing has been in decline for many years, and no one is playing it.
But since he knew that the Lord Yan was mainly competing with them, and then reminiscent of the women's Cuju incident led by County Lord Kangtai, many talents slowly realized that it was meant by the top.
For a while, many of the wives of honorable officials could not help but feel a little embarrassed. Why didn't they figure out the holy will earlier, and let the group of more than a dozen girls seize the opportunity to get into the eyes of the emperor, and relieve the emperor’s urgent need. Don't let Da Yechao lose his face outside.
Others invite you to compete, but you can’t come out alone here, but I feel embarrassed and shameful when I think about it. At the end of the day, people may have to say, isn’t Cuju the first thing you played in the Central Plains? Why don’t you do it now? Now, do those mean...
What it means, I think about it deeply. In short, there is a Cuju team in Daye anyway.
The emperor now looks at the dozens of people like Princess Kangtai and Gu Celadon, how they look pleasing to the eye, think these girls are lively and cute, well, better than those sick groans who are not sick.
The emperor's eyesight changed, and his tastes changed accordingly. Those who have gone to the harem for a while have become a lively and cheerful beauty.
In the harem, who is not a human being, the emperor has changed, and the concubines have also changed. Now people don't chant poems or paint, but when they face the moon, they think about their home and chant flowers against the tree.
All of them changed into lively and neat clothes, and today Cuju will play polo tomorrow and tomorrow.
In short, all the ladies who were demure and weak, like flowers and shimmering water, changed their appearance unknowingly.
Not to mention, with the absence of a group of imperial concubines who were crying and crying at every turn, the emperor had more days to come to the harem. He felt that the weather was good, and he was in a good mood.
The words and deeds or preferences of the emperor have always influenced the subordinates and spread to the lower part of the capital.
Otherwise, the smile of "The king of Chu is so thin and the harem starved to death" will not be passed down.
There are those stereotyped and old people who insist on following the "ancient rituals" that the screwdriver did not know which dynasty and which generation passed down.
The man instructed his wife to follow the three obediences, four virtues, three principles, and five constants, and no exceptions were allowed. When the couple re-educated their daughters, they all said bluntly such things as "a woman who has no talent is a virtue" and "a woman should be a virtuous and virtuous woman."
These rules and regulations only make women immerse themselves in serving in-laws, husbands and children, and develop them into a puppeteer. You can move her whatever you want. When the daughter grows up and marries out in the future, he will hand over the end of the thread to the husband of the daughter, and the daughter will continue to be controlled by others. Next, I don't have any thoughts of my own.
In the evening, the two talked about this, and Li Cheng held Gu Celadon to tell her these principles, teaching her how to be self-respect and not to be controlled by others.
Gu Celadon is a person who can’t be wronged. Hearing that he became angry at first, saying that it’s not like that. Generally, it’s okay. There are always people who don’t know how to adapt to their daughters. The girl who will poetry will not cultivate her morals.
"I blocked the eyes of many ladies before and prevented their girls from playing with me." Gu Qingci hummed.
The overall social environment is like this. It seems that in the past, Gu Mansion has been regarded as a rare family that does not restrain children. In this way, Gu Celadon grew up in the courtyard for more than ten years, and there are few opportunities to follow his mother. One door.
"Now this is a good thing." Li Cheng smiled.
The reason why Cuju gradually fell into the circle of nobility was because it was influenced by those who promoted the old rules.
In Cuju, don't talk about women, even men who go to play, those people feel that they are not very decent, and they think that the princes of the family can do such insulting things.
One by one, there are more people who point and blame, and gradually no one will play with these things.
Nowadays, most of the young masters of the noble marquis family are more delicate than the girls. They wear powder and gowns on their faces. This is nothing. The most important thing is that the boys are weaker than the other. If things go on like this, the national power will decline.
Strange way in the past two years, the literati and military commanders have become increasingly dismissive of each other.
Taunt when you meet.
The literati said that the well-known sentence is inadequate and conspiracy, or that people have simple minds and well-developed limbs, and military commanders are not fuel-efficient lamps. They immediately scolded and said that the literati embroidered pillow soft-footed shrimp covered with a hijab can fill a flower.
Originally, don't look after the celadon, the Kangtai princess, and the others. In fact, many people gossiping secretly.
Saying that they are crazy or stupid, a beautiful girl who is not well kept in the house, made it dirty and sweaty, will be kicked for people to see from now on, is it crazy, no reputation?
However, as soon as he was in front of the princess, it was another rhetoric, such as the hero, heroic and prosperous and so on.
It wasn't until the last exercise on the outskirts of Beijing that the emperor suddenly appeared. It was the first time that people could clearly see the emperor's attitude. The emperor praised the group of girls in front of so many people and gave them a reward.
At this moment, many people were really sour.
But while holding his arms around his daughter secretly comforting himself, it's just a group of rude girls. What's the use of praise from the sage? Which men love such unruly girls.
It's just a self-comfort, which can make my heart feel better.
As for whether all men only like the one who is demure, gentle and weak, I am afraid that no man dares to represent it.
Well, a man's heart is also a sea needle.
After Cuju became popular, there were actually many subtle changes.
Take Fengtai Academy as an example. Gentlemen have six arts, ritual, music, shooting, imperialism, calligraphy, and number. There is a saying in "Zhou Li·baoshi" that raising a nation by Tao is the six arts of teaching. Naturally which one of these six arts Can't fall.
In general, shooting the two disciplines is generally regarded as a way to strengthen the body. After all, if students study all the year round, if they do not pay attention to their own exercise, they will get a weak and weak body, and then they may not be able to survive in the examination room.
After all, this is an age when a wind chill can kill people.
In these two courses, those students with good backgrounds have been familiar with them since they were young, and naturally they would not be more active without new ideas.
I was more relaxed in class, and passed by the students laughing and chatting.
Just a month ago, the teacher who taught riding and shooting suddenly added a Cuju to the students.
Cuju males are better than females, they are no strangers, and even some people who love this one have even played it.
After all, they have an advantage in nature and physical ability. In addition to the current limelight, many girls in Beijing are playing this. Oh, oh, the boys who are young and Muai who are not married yet are just about to move. Feeling novel, how can a soft and delicate girl play this? On the one hand, I think they can all play. As a man, you can't lose. In case the woman you want to marry in the future is a cuju, on the other hand, you don't know anything. Isn't it shameful to be thrown home?
Thinking a little further, these young students are more interested in Cuju.
Therefore, this movement did not raise any bad objections in the academy, and it was carried out normally.
Li Cheng naturally joined in. In his previous life, he played from middle school to college and was no stranger to football, so he was very quick to get started in the eyes of others.
Many students scold their mothers everywhere, jealous and sad, angrily wondering what's going on with this person. In terms of academics, you can be a dark horse that rushes out silently. Why can you pull it out on Cuju? Winner!
However, time passed without anger or anger.
On this day, the prince of Yan Country, who had been waiting for a long time, and the princess brought several envoys, and led a cart of tributes and three thousand people into Beijing.
Of course, the three thousand elite soldiers did not enter the city, and they were all left to settle outside the city.
King Yan and princess can only bring two hundred soldiers by her side.
After receiving this group of people from Yan Country, Hongyousiqing led them to live in Sifang Pavilion after they met with each other.
Yan Guoren’s carts and horses came all the way and saw that the capital of Yeshang was very lively. Whether it was a wine house or a tea house or a big stall outside, it was all lively and full of people, and the surrounding area was full of cars and horses.
Many people on both sides of the road stood watching them, as if they were comparing the difference between the foreigners and the natives.
In short, looking up, it was a scene of prosperity, which was what King Yan had in mind.
As for the princess, she only held a high face, staring at the outside look indifferently.
She spent one year in Daye as a child, but now she feels that Yan Guo's soldiers are strong and strong, and she will be proud when she comes back. After that, she will bring her own people to fight with the noble ladies of Daye, fearing that they will be better off. The face of Emperor Daye fell, raising her Yan Guo's prestige.