Chapter 43: The Canonization Ceremony
Not long after the banquet began, Su Qingyu and Su Qingyuan also came over, Mei Yihua exchanged glances with the two, and began to toast Liu Yu, in an attempt to speak for themselves. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Until the middle of the moon, the four drunkards were all arranged to rest in the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion next door, and everyone was welcoming the canonization ceremony of the eldest princess of Jing'an tomorrow.
The next day, before dawn, Su Qingluan was taken into the palace, burned incense and bathed in the Luan Palace, changed into a newly made palace costume and phoenix crown, and began the canonization ceremony as soon as the time came.
The drums and bells rang, the canonization ceremony officially began, the emperor's relatives and ministers of civil and military affairs stood in the palace to watch the ceremony, and the wives and families of officials stood outside the palace to salute.
Countless cumbersome rituals have passed, and I just have to wait for the last step to enter the royal ancestral hall to worship the ancestors of the Su family.
(The author is not clear about this kind of royal ceremony, so I won't focus on describing it, don't scold the tubes!ā ('Ļ?*) salute)
It was already afternoon when it was over, and everyone had just had some tea and snacks, and they couldn't rest until now.
After a simple meal, guests were divided into different places for men and women, either to enjoy the view in the Imperial Garden, or to take a break in their rooms. Most of the unmarried talented and beautiful women wandered around the Imperial Garden in pairs or groups.
At the end of the day, all the guests were invited to the Izumo Hall to start today's dinner, and the first to arrive was naturally the low-ranking officials with small positions, until Su Qingluan, who entered the palace with the emperor and empress and the queen mother, sat down, and the banquet officially began.
The palace banquet, no matter what the obvious start is, the process is the same, the difference is only the sooner or later the emperor and others leave. Halfway through the banquet, the emperor and the empress sent the tired queen mother back to the palace, and the guests warmed up after the emperor left.
The officials are not good, the ladies in the family almost drained the water around Su Qingluan, one person and a glass of wine, Su Qingluan did not refuse, dozens of glasses of wine came down in the past hour, Su Qingluan still talked and laughed with the same face, which made people admire her amount of wine.
In the end, Mei Ruohua and a handsome man in an azure brocade robe walked over to say hello to Su Qingluan.
"Luan'er, congratulations. Mei Ruohua smiled gently, her eyes were sincere, and she was obviously really happy for her.
"I'm going to call you the eldest princess of Jing'an from today onwards!" the handsome man quipped.
"Cousin, cousin Mu Feng. Su Qingluan was a little surprised to see the two of them coming, "When did Cousin Mufeng return to Beijing? I don't even know, it's too boring!"
The man next to Mei Ruohua was her husband, Shen Mufeng, the son of King Zhong.
Shen Mufeng said with a smile, "I only stepped into the gate of the capital last night, and I originally wanted to rush back before your birthday, but who knows that I still missed it, but fortunately I didn't miss your sealing ceremony." ā
When Su Qingluan heard this, he laughed and said, "I missed my birthday, and I want double gifts!"
"Yes, it has been sent, Bao Jun is satisfied. Shen Mufeng seemed to be very helpless with Su Qingluan, "Okay, you two sisters, let's talk, I'll go to the prince." ā
"Go, go, go. It just so happened that my cousin and I hadn't seen each other in a while. Su Qingluan drove Shen Mufeng away as if he were driving people away.
"You and Luan'er talk first, and I'll come to you later. Shen Mufeng turned his head and said to Mei Ruohua, knowing that the two of them had a lot to say.
"Well, husband, go by yourself!" Mei Ruohua responded gently and dignifiedly.
Shen Mufeng nodded to Su Qingluan again and left, walking towards the prince who was also surrounded.
After Shen Mufeng left, Su Qingluan and the two walked while talking, and also walked towards a secluded place where there were few people, "Cousin, you seem to be very busy lately, and you haven't even been there for my birthday!"
Mei Ruohua said a little apologetically, "I'm really sorry, a while ago, Heng'er had a high fever and diarrhea for days, I was really relieved, so I had to take care of him day and night, and it wasn't until a few days ago that I got better." ā
"How could Heng'er be so sick, can you ask the Imperial Doctor what caused it?" Su Qingluan was very nervous when she heard Heng'er's condition.
"Well, the doctor only said that the seasons are changing, and the child's weakness caused Heng'er's high fever and diarrhea, but fortunately, it has been well in the past few days. When it came to Heng'er's condition, although it had recovered, Mei Ruohua still had a distressed look on her face.
"That's good, I don't really blame you, the **** also listened to what Cousin Yihua said, but I haven't seen you and Heng'er for a long time, when you have to take Heng'er to my house to play. Su Qingluan patted her hands, hoping that they would come out to relax.
"Of course, Heng'er said yesterday that she missed the princess and aunt, and she was clamoring to find you!" Speaking of the child, Mei Ruohua's eyes seemed to be full of light.
"Then it's decided, and let Ji Gu make his favorite chestnut cake when the time comes. "Su Qingluan likes that sweet-mouthed little ghost very much, a ball of snow-white and white meat, which is really lovely.
"Well," Mei Ruohua found that Gong Chuli and other guests from other countries seemed to want to come over to toast, and prepared to leave with interest, but did not forget to advise, "You just drink less today, you have already drunk a lot just now!"
Su Qingluan smiled mysteriously, and whispered in her ear, "Don't worry, when I came, I was already prescribed antidote medicine for me, and it was fine." ā
Mei Ruohua didn't expect Su Qingluan to do this, and said helplessly and dotingly, "It's really a ghost, I went over first, and I haven't had time to say a few words to my mother today." ā
"Well, let's talk to my house in a few **** days. Su Qingluan watched Mei Ruohua leave helplessly, this is indeed not the place to speak.
In fact, Su Qingluan told a lie just now, Shen Mufeng knew it since she entered the capital, after all, Xiaoyaowei was there, and Shen Mufeng was also panicked, he entered the capital in disguise seven days ago, and has been living in an inconspicuous inn in Xicheng, and he didn't return to Zhongwang's Mansion until last night. And Mei Ruohua didn't seem to know at all, but Su Feng must know.
The only thing that puzzled Su Qingluan was what Shen Mufeng did in the inn, because the people of Xiaoyaowei did not find any suspicious people who had contact with him, if you want to say that Shen Mufeng just lived in the inn for a few days, Su Qingluan didn't believe it when he was killed, so for the sake of now, he could only continue to monitor him quietly.
Seeing Gong Chuli coming, Su Qingluan also left the secluded place and greeted Gong Chuli.
"Congratulations to Princess Jing'an, this glass of wine is a toast to you. Gong Chuli was dressed in a decent Nanchen palace costume and came to Su Qingluan with wine.
"Third Princess Xie. Su Qingluan picked up a glass of wine from the tray in the hands of the palace maid who passed by, touched it with Gong Chuli, and drank it all.
"My people have received reliable information that Gong Xuelian did not choose Fu Mingkong, but is ready to join forces with the three princes of Western Qin. Su Qingluan whispered the news sent by Xiaoyaowei to Gong Chuli while drinking.
"Is the news true?" Gong Chuli was a little surprised, seeing Su Qingluan's serious eyes and knowing that there was no need for her to lie to her, Gong Chuli's face changed with annoyance, and then he covered it up again in an instant. There was a clever smile on his face, but he gritted his teeth in his mouth, "I still underestimated this eldest sister, and I actually sprinkled a handful of smoke in a vain attempt to hide from the world." ā
Su Qingluan raised her eyebrows, it seems that Gong Chuli has always thought that Gong Xuelian has found Fu Mingkong and can hide from Gong Chuli, it seems that Gong Xuelian is not completely incompetent.
"Although I don't plan to meddle in Nan Chen and Xi Qin, we are allies now, so I'll tell you. As for the truth of the news, I'm sure you can find out. After Su Qingluan finished saying this, she didn't continue the topic, she had already reminded her, whether she believed it or not, it was up to Gong Chuli herself.