Chapter 49 Ordinary Family Banquet
"If there’s nothing special, can’t I invite Your Majesty to have a simple meal? This servant thought that the Dragon Boat Festival is in a few days, and Your Majesty gets to enjoy the banquet in the palace every year. But as for a common family’s Dragon Boat Festival feast, have you ever tasted it?"
Listening to her words, the Emperor Yu Wenhong’s interest was suddenly piqued.
He followed her into the inner room and picked up the incense bag on the table, then asked.
"Is this also something used by ordinary families?"
"Your Majesty is joking, this was sent by the Imperial Concubine through someone in the afternoon, saying it’s shared throughout the palace."
After speaking, she picked up a colorful thread and deftly wove a wrist rope with a Ruyi knot, looking exceptionally exquisite.
"When this servant was at home, mother often made wrist ropes before the Dragon Boat Festival for all of us. Father, brother, and younger brother, everyone had one, and the whole family neatly wore these wrist ropes, burning them in a fire basin on June 24th for a year’s peace and smoothness."
"Oh? June 24th? What festival is this?"
"This is a festival of the Yi people near Shu State in the Southwest Territory. It’s said that June 24th is their lunar new year, so they celebrate by lighting bonfires and torch parades for three days. My grandfather taught the family after seeing their tribe burn wrist ropes like this."
"Your grandfather certainly knows much."
Lin Wanyi smiled and then tied the already finished wrist rope around her right wrist, adding a touch of thoughtfulness beyond ordinary wrist ropes.
The Emperor observed her fluid motions and raised his eyebrows to ask.