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Chapter 89 Gifting the Xiapei: The Mystery of the Xiapei Pendant

With a wave of the soldier's hand, his subordinates stepped forward and cut Feng Niang four times, tied them up firmly, and put them into two prison cars respectively.Feng Niang wanted to speak to explain, but the soldiers didn't listen at all, turned around and got on the horse, and ordered her men to escort the prison cart to the post house.

Sitting in the prison cart with his hands tied, Jin Hua whispered to Gao Shiqian: "Why is this scene so familiar? It seems that every time we travel through, we will have such bad luck. Come back..."

"It's just that they made mistakes again and again and made things come to this point." Gao Shiqian sighed, "However, even if they don't make trouble, they still can't escape a tragedy. It must be the fate of the ancients."

"It's good to feel our modern times," Jinhua proudly said, "The rules and etiquettes of your ancient times are not all good, such as this strict feudal hierarchy, which oppresses people very seriously. Didn't you suffer from it yourself?"

Gao Shiqian thoughtfully said: "Maybe what you said has some truth..."

"But now is not the time to think about these things, let's think about what we should do when we are sent to Beijing," Jin Hua said worriedly, "This time, we resisted the order and did not obey, will we be dragged to be beheaded directly... ..." She reached out and touched her neck, trembling for a while.

"According to my inference, it shouldn't be possible." Gao Shiqian comforted her, "The emperors of the Song Dynasty were considered to be more enlightened and close to the people among the emperors of all dynasties. Stability, when the wind and rain are still precarious, it is even more necessary to implement benevolent government to win people's hearts. Feng Niang has done a great job in saving her, and Zhao Gou bestowed her with a phoenix crown and Xiapei. Zhao Gou will not execute the death penalty if he breaks the imperial robe, it depends on how he will deal with it after he enters the palace."

"So, there is still hope for this matter?" Jin Hua's eyes flashed, "Then, is there any chance for Feng Niang and Xiao Zhai to finally get married?"

"It's hard to say," Gao Shichen sighed, "this is the crux of the matter. If there is no Xiao Zhai, Feng Niang, as an orphan, may not be so persistent. But if she wants to survive, she must not be like before. Such reckless actions must be dealt with carefully."

"Then what can you do?"

"Hey, the most troublesome thing now is the Xiapei pendant. The Xiapei pendant is made of precious white jade. It is so delicate that it can no longer be repaired. If such a broken jade pendant is presented to the emperor, no matter who it is Will be angry."

"Didn't you just say that the emperors of the Song Dynasty were very benevolent? I remember that there was Song Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, who was a famous benevolent master in history. You said that if Fengniang begged hard, would the emperor be caught between her and Xiao Zhai?" Moved by their feelings, a single thought of kindness will complete the two of them."

"No matter how kind the emperor is, he still has the majesty of an emperor. Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger!"

"Hey, it looks like this time is going to be another fierce battle... But, now, do you have a clue about the clothes we are going to restore this time? Could it be the Xiapei?"

"It's more or less the same," he nodded, "that Xiapei is indeed a fine piece from the royal family."

"Then hurry up and draw it now!" Jin Hua excitedly said, "Have you memorized the pattern on it clearly, we will be saved immediately after drawing it!"

Gao Shiqian did look at the scarf carefully, and took note of the details on it. He raised his hand and was about to draw the scarf on the car board, but stopped in mid-air.

"Why don't you draw anymore?" Jinhua asked.

"If I drew that Xiapei right now, and we really traveled back, what would Feng Niang and Xiao Zhai do? We were also involved in this matter, and I was the one who planned to escape under the pretext of worshiping our parents. Now If we have caused such a catastrophe, if we left them and left, wouldn’t it be fun and irresponsible?” He withdrew his hand as he spoke, “I think it’s better not to paint for now.”

Jinhua was moved by his benevolence: "I didn't expect you to be so interesting, I give you a thumbs up~"

"like……"

"Haha, you don't even understand."

"I see that you didn't have a face of crying and mourning every day during this time travel. Why, are you underestimating life and death?" Gao Shiqian joked.

"That's not true," Jin Hua looked at him and said seriously, "Because I know that with you around, nothing will happen to me..."

"Hey," his heart warmed up, but he stretched out his hands to rub his shoulders, and said, "It's a pity that a certain lady's stature is really a little bit, and my shoulders are still sore..."

"You hate it!" Jin Hua hammered his shoulder vigorously, and the soldier driving the prison car in front heard the movement, turned around and shouted: "You two, be honest, don't move your hands, this is a prison car, you should be sitting in a sedan chair !"

Jinhua stuck out his tongue and whispered: "Look, these are the rules and etiquette of your ancients..."

"I know what you mean, but we have to think long-term about the size of the clothes."

"In the long run," Jinhua sighed, "I know that everything was slow in your ancient times. Didn't it say in the lyrics that cars, horses, and mail were all slow, and there were only a few people I met in my life, but our modern society It’s not like this, the world is changing rapidly, opportunities are fleeting, if we don’t make a decision, I’m afraid the day lily will be cold after we go back!”

"I don't have time to think about this right now. It's more important to think about how to save Fengniang first." He changed the subject.

"Again escaping... Then tell me, if you were given a piece of white marble of the same size, would you be able to carve it into the shape of that pendant from your memory?"

"Although I remember the pattern on it, I can try my best, but it is beyond my skill to carve such a fine work, and I don't have so much time."

"I'm a little surprised, why there is such a big pendant on the Xiapei in the Song Dynasty. This is rarely seen in previous costume dramas. Is there anything special about it?"

"Xiapei developed from the silk of the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, it was used as an accessory on the dress of the married woman. The style of clothing in the Song Dynasty is elegant and generous. A heavy pendant is placed at the bottom of the Xiapei, which can not only make the Xiapei more beautiful. It is more flat, and it can also increase the beauty and noble temperament. In the Song Dynasty, jade was often used as pendants in the palace, pursuing a state of simplicity and elegance."

"Then do you have this kind of Xia Pei in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, Xiapei began in the Song Dynasty, and after passing through the Yuan Dynasty, it became a strict clothing system in the Ming Dynasty. It is stipulated in the "Yufu Zhi" of the Ming Dynasty that the ladies of the first to fifth ranks should be ordered to wear gold pendants, and six, Gold-plated pendants for the seventh rank, silver pendants for the eighth and ninth ranks, and the patterns of the pendants are also strictly graded. From the queen to the sixth and seventh ranks, the patterns on the pendants of the Xiapei are Di Wen (Zhai di, a kind of bird, usually refers to golden pheasant), peacock pattern, mandarin duck pattern, and practice bird pattern are used to distinguish identities, while the materials of pendants are mostly gold and silver."

"You Ming, you really have a lot of rules..." Jin Hua was talking, the prison car stopped, and when he looked up, he saw that the posthouse had arrived.

When they arrived at the posthouse, two soldiers went in and reported to the messenger.Not long after, the decree officer came out and ordered a group of people to escort the four of Fengniang to Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.

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