Volume 33 Princess Zhenjun
In the main hall of King Zhen's Mansion, the next lady who came and went was very busy. Although flower banquets have always had their own regulations, banquet seats, respect and humility are naturally very particular. But this time of year is not the most panicked, but it is the busiest time in the palace.
The flower banquet is all made of mahogany eight immortal tables, the table faces the gate, and the atrium of the huge courtyard of the Zhenwang Mansion is full of luxury, and a lively and regulated feast of the wealthy family is prepared in this way.
In the atrium of the palace of Zhenjun Palace, an old man arranged the seats between the host and the guests in accordance with the etiquette regulations of the Heavenly Dynasty. Because there have always been so many guests at the flower banquet, the two or three tables set up by ordinary people are not useful at all. Therefore, the banquet of the Zhenjun Palace, arranged the table and scattered seats. Among them, the table is the same as the single seat, and the loose seat is not divided into seats.
"How's the preparation?" A woman who looked to be about forty years old, gorgeously dressed, holding an ornate feather fan, draped in a shawl full of crimson flowers, and a dark red ruffle collar skirt commensurately made the woman look either rich or noble.
"According to your orders, everything is in order!"
The Flower Banquet is a grand feast that combines flavor and cuisine. At the beginning of the Tianwang Dynasty, the Xuanshi clan entered the Central Plains, including the royal family and nobles of the Tiantian Dynasty, and only the banquet that could be held by the Zhenjun Wang's palace was only a kind of scene that could not be reached by ordinary people. The famous flower banquet is not only grand in scale, but also noble in guests.
Even the food is the world's food, there are more than 1,000 kinds of northern and southern flavor dishes, and the flower banquet is also the imperial capital, and even the most of the Heavenly Dynasty.
"Have all the people on the prayer post arrived?"
"Mama Li has just sent someone to count it privately, and most of them have come. The people who came today are all famous ladies in the imperial capital, and they are just coming to have a lively time. It depends on tomorrow, and the replies we have received so far are no different from the greetings we have sent. I think tomorrow will be even more lively than today. ”
"Let me ask you, it's not that I'm afraid that there will be no one who won't come, but I'm afraid that some songs that can't be on the stage will be mixed in, and the reputation of our Zhenwang Mansion for a hundred years of flower banquets will be tarnished. ”
"What Madame said is that our flower banquet has always had more people than we invited. I heard that at last year's flower banquet, the young lady of the Qinghe Wang clan who won the last time, returned to Junli, and the matchmaker also stepped through the threshold, and finally married to the eldest son of the head of Qinghe County, and now she is a pregnant young lady of the county guard. ”
"A few days ago, that young lady's mother came to the imperial capital in person, intending to thank you. ”
"Thank me?"
"I should thank you, Princess. ”
"Oh?"
"Originally, Miss Qinghe's family background was really average, and her appearance was not outstanding. According to the rules of the flower banquet in previous years, they are not on the list of invitations to participate. Later, her mother, kneeling on the ground for three days and three nights at the gate of the palace, you remembered her with a loving heart, and took pity on her, so you allowed her to enter the flower feast, but because her background was really ordinary, she was not allowed to appear in front of people. ”
"I remembered it, but the child's identity was really low, but at the beginning of the flower banquet, her name was sung, and it was remembered by someone who cares. Now it seems that the girl was a blessed one. ”
"Yes, ma'am, that's a blessing for you. ”
"That's the only time I've made an exception!"
"Madame, be merciful, but the young lady's mother still remembers your kindness. ”
"The slave was afraid that she would disturb your peace, and was blocked by the old slave. ”
Princess Zhenjun smiled approvingly and glanced at her wet nurse, the grandmother who went to the palace with her. Sure enough, she knew her best.
The huge Heavenly Dynasty, the flower feast of hundreds of years, there are more than thousands of people who have flown up the branches by virtue of this, and those who are grateful are like carp crossing the river. In the end, it's just to get a lifetime of glory. ”
"That's what Madame said. ”
"I heard Yang'er say that there are two concubines from Duanwang's Mansion?"
The strange thing is that fifteen years ago, where did the three daughters of the Duanjun Wangfu come from, the Chaoyang County Lord left early, and it is said that there is only one son and one daughter left behind.
The famous flower banquet is held once a year.
In fact, those who are invited to participate in the flower banquet are not only required to be from famous families, but more importantly, they are all of the same age, generally at the good age of marriage.
"Yes, ma'am. Among them, Ran Zhan's eldest daughter Ran Ziqing seems to be one or two years older than the eldest lady of our palace, Yao. In addition to these two concubines, there is also a young lady who is a concubine. ”
The woman sat down next to one and took a sip of the fragrant tea on the table. It is the best Southern King's Landing, which belongs to the best of black tea.
"Ran Zhan's eldest daughter, now that Ran Zhan is in the position of imperial envoy, his daughter is naturally considered to be a beautiful lady, and I also heard that Ran Ziqing's child's talent and appearance are also superior among the daughters of wealthy families in the imperial capital, but her female clan seems to have some. It's just that there is another concubine? There seem to be a lot of concubines in the Changfang of the Duanwang Mansion, why did you just bring this third lady here?"
"Madame doesn't know that this Ran Zhan Ran Imperial Envoy once had a favorite concubine more than ten years ago. It is said that the woman was the lifelong love of the imperial envoy, and she went early, and this Miss Ran Zijing was the concubine born to the woman. And this imperial envoy Ran has always loved him, and the last time he was in the evening pavilion of the Duanwang Mansion, Lord Yushi slapped his wife Youshi in public because of this girl. ”
"Favored concubines? Since ancient times, the Houmen is as deep as the sea, which husband is just a person's favorite concubine? no matter how much he is favored, he is still a concubine."
"Madame"
"Mama, you said that there is another concubine in the Duanjun Palace, who is it?"
"There is also the daughter of the late Chaoyang County Lord, who is said to live less than twenty-eight years. ”
"Ran Ziwan? But I forgot. Princess Zhenjun looked ethereal, and the grandmother who had served for many years naturally knew that this was a reminder of the past. "In the past ten years, she must be fourteen years old now"
"Madam, the past is over, why bother your spirits?"
"Doesn't it mean that the child was born with a heart disease and is unbearable to the world?
"The turmoil on the Jinmen Bridge in March, the county lord of Duanwangfu almost took his life, and finally the emperor ordered death, but the little prince Xuan came forward to save him in the end"
"I've heard about it, but I don't know exactly why. Listening to rumors, Cui Qianqiu seemed to have been thrown into the river by the child. ”