Chapter 16: Looking for Silk Sanniang’s help to avoid getting involved in Yamenei Sending Qi

"I'm going on a blind date with you today, why can't I see the sixth sister?" Sanniang looked around, the whole family was there, but the sixth sister was missing. She couldn't help but feel strange. Among the young ladies, the sixth sister is always the safest.

It would not be surprising if others were absent, but Sanniang was really puzzled by the absence of Sixth Sister.

The fifth sister didn't say anything. The flower-arranged sedan in the imperial garden not far away was very beautiful. Even the curtains of the sedan were made of gold-woven flowers. It was a very rare material, and it was something people like them couldn't afford.

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"Is she supposed to be a princess from the official family?" Following Fifth Sister's gaze, Sanniang also saw the sedan, "This gold-woven fabric, the elegance and inescapable wealth, is really enviable."

"Princesses from official families are not as wealthy as we ordinary ladies from ordinary people's families." The fifth sister has a cheerful temperament, but she also sees things clearly. "Now that ordinary people like us can also wear robes, it will be a long time ago."

It’s the freedom given by the officials.”

What my little sister said was reasonable, and Sanniang nodded in agreement and remained silent for a long time. Sanniang didn't ask, and fifth sister didn't mention anything about sixth sister...

They are all a family, and Sanniang is also very impatient. It doesn’t take a cup of tea for Sanniang to say again: "Fifth sister, sixth sister has always been close to you. Do you know where sixth sister has gone now?"

Where?"

"Sixth sister should go to the countryside with her master to look at silk." Fifth sister knew very well what the younger sister had done, but when no one asked, she just pretended it was nothing and her tone was really strict.

"Her master?" Sanniang was stunned, "Ms. Li from the west of the city?"

"I heard that someone has been going to Mrs. Li's place to cause trouble these days... If the officials hadn't been stationed far away, Mrs. Li's life now would have been peaceful and beautiful, just like me and the officials, we would raise eyebrows."

From the same wife's family, Sanniang can sympathize with Mrs. Li very much, but sympathy is sympathy, and Sanniang has no extra ability to do anything for Mrs. Li. "The official went out to the suburbs for official business a few days ago, but he saw

Several silkworms can’t get out.”

"If Sixth Sister is not found, maybe we can hold on for a while." After saying this, Sanniang was also a little unsure. She knew Sixth Sister's temperament and could not be fooled.

Rubbing the jade pendant on her forbidden steps, Fifth Sister was a little nervous about the blind date later, but she still cared about Sixth Sister: "Sixth Sister's temperament, don't Sanniang know yet? You have to get ahead in everything.

I’m afraid there won’t be anyone who won’t be able to return to La’an within ten days…”

The two sisters said nothing, just waiting for the lake boat to reach the shore. They got on the lake boat together with their parents.

The beaded curtains and sandalwood lacquered screens could not conceal the wishes and sorrows of the young lady's family. The fifth sister had a cheerful and generous temperament, and she was also proficient in poetry. She was also a well-known talented woman around her. It was rare to have someone like this.

A shy manner.

When I walked to the fairy capital on my feet, my green Taoist robes rolled across the rivers, and on my head was the tall Dongpo scarf that the literati and hermits were very happy with at that time. The linen clothes and plain cloth, paired with the brocade piping, didn't look shabby at all, and added to the beauty.

A bit dusty.

Speaking of which, Fang Yanei is now a scholar after all. In addition, the government has relaxed the restrictions on people's clothing and travel. Fang Yanei's clothes are not in the slightest violation of the rules.

"The young lady is very nice, but I already have a sweetheart..."

The fifth sister had been waiting for this for a long time in the past few days, but she didn't expect to hear such a sentence. She was stunned until Fang Yameni had prepared a Pi Luo and a Pi Qi and sent people around the screen to hand them over, and then she responded: "Official

No need to explain, I understand."

"I hope the officials and the sweethearts will get married soon." The fifth sister felt uncomfortable, but she still blessed Fang Yanei and accepted the two pieces of cloth given by Fang Yanei according to the rules of a blind date.

"May the little lady be well."

Mr. Fang was still trying to argue with the parents of Fifth Sister's son, but Fang Yameni had already left the lake boat and was facing the West Lake blowing the wind carrying the astringent smell of spring willows. He lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.

, they only waited for Mr. Fang to get out of the lake boat, and then they left the lakeside together...

① In the Song Dynasty, there were woven gold flower ruffles in Lin'an. Because the ruffles were light and thin, they were often used as curtains and lanterns.

②According to "Song: Modern Daybreak", the Imperial Garden by the West Lake is accessible to the common people at will, similar to the state of a park, and it is very possible to meet officials traveling with them.

③"Slave" and "Servant" are both modest terms for both.

④ For clothing, please refer to "The Clothes and Crowns of the Song Dynasty". It is also confirmed through multiple data that during the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial court restricted the color of clothing to only bright yellow, purple, and vermilion. Common people can also use other colors, especially women and children, and bright colors can be worn. At the same time,

, because the imperial court repeatedly banned it and everyone violated it, so the Song Dynasty may have relaxed the wearing of purple.
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