Chapter 34: Chinese New Year's Eve
Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere in Bianjing City, with the sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In Prince Duan's mansion, it is also very lively, Prince Duan and Rong Yunche hand-wrote their names, and none of the families who have good friendships in the court can be left behind.
This name thorn is equivalent to the modern greeting card, is the ancient New Year's greeting card specially used for the New Year, it is cut into a card about two inches wide and three inches long with plum blossom paper, and then add some decorations on behalf of the identity, for example, this year, the Duan Prince's Mansion has added a little East Pearl on it, which not only highlights the dignity of the Duan Prince's Mansion, but also implies wealth and auspiciousness.
Prince Duan and Rong Yunche were responsible for writing their names and addresses on them, just waiting for the first day of the first year to send them door-to-door to the door books of each family, signaling New Year's greetings.
The princess is even busier as the host of the backyard, she has to prepare for the family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, arrange the drama team, and the fruit plate utensils for the guests on the first day of the new year.
The ladies in the backyard are busy preparing the clothes, shoes, socks, and accessories to wear on the first day of the new year, making sure that they are brand new from the inside out, meaning to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.
The kitchen starts early in the morning, killing chickens and slaughtering sheep, after all, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the most important meal of the year, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.
Not only did the masters eat a sumptuous meal, but even the people were drenched in the spirit of the year and could have a big meal, and what could be happier than that?
The Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet begins at the time of Shenshi, and in fact, the table is set up at noon.
The dishes on the banquet table are divided into eight ways from the outside to the inside, there are all kinds of meat, vegetarian, sweet and salty snacks, cold meals, hot meals, a total of 40 products, as well as two carved lacquer fruit boxes, four Su cakes, abalone snails and other fruits, noodles.
In addition to the big dishes, there are eight products of fruit clocks, and snacks such as ****, small snacks, stove food, rice noodles and snacks are arranged in different things.
When everything was ready, everyone began to take their seats. The top position is naturally Prince Duan, on his left hand side is Rong Yunche, on his right hand side is Princess Duan, and the others sit down in order according to their age.
Needless to say, halfway through the banquet, Emperor Huijing sent people to give five dishes of imperial dishes: simmered deer tendon in a casserole, shredded chicken and white fungus, osmanthus fish sticks, eight treasures of rabbit dice, jade shoots and bracken, and two other products: lama cake, almond tofu. In order to show the importance of the Duan's Prince's Palace, as well as to reward the ministers for their hard work in the next year.
The emperor gave the food, which was the supreme glory, and everyone in the Duanwang Mansion naturally bowed and thanked him again.
At the end of the dinner, the princess rewarded the remaining dishes to the blue-eyed minions, and then gave a meal to the minions, which were no more than some red envelopes. Eating and taking, the palace is full of smiles and kowtows to thank you. Even Jay Yi received a string of copper plate red envelopes, although the money is not much, but the picture of the New Year is happy.
Then it was the turn of the juniors in the palace to take turns to kowtow to the elders and offer tea, the New Year was auspicious, healthy, everything went well, and all of them were full of auspicious words, and then they exchanged for two heavy New Year's red envelopes.
Then came the last part of Chinese New Year's Eve, the New Year, the family moved to the play garden, only to see two people light a candle the thickness of an adult's arm, about three feet high, and then the stage began to babble and sing, and the audience sat side by side, eating snacks and drinking tea, waiting for the arrival of the child.
The elderly observe the New Year to "say goodbye to the old year", which means to cherish the time, while the young people keep the New Year to prolong the life of their parents. Therefore, even Rong Yunhao, the youngest in the family, endured sleepiness, supported a pair of worried eyes, and refused to sleep.
I can't bear this kind of long standing, so I go back to my room early to rest.
The gongs and drums outside the palace were noisy, and the firecrackers were very lively, and they also stirred up the clothes without sleep, so they simply leaned on the bed and read books, and suddenly missed the modern Spring Festival Gala. That's the standard for the New Year.
"Why hasn't the lock in your room been reinforced?" Rong Yisheng closed the door and said with a displeased face, not aware of security at all.
"The lock can only prevent the gentleman, but not the villain. "Whoever is okay will go to her when they are full, but like him and Rong Yunche, even if you hang ten locks, it is useless, you can still come in.
"Do you mean me or Yun Che, this villain?" No matter how big or small the matter is, Qianye will report to Rong Yisheng every day, and naturally Rong Yunche stayed in her room for half an hour yesterday, so naturally he will not miss it.
"What do you think? When do I think I'll just turn this room into a reception room, and I'll have some hot tea or something like that, okay?"
"What did Yun Cheol do yesterday, why did you stay so long?"
"It's nothing, just chat. I wondered why she had to explain it to him, and what was even stranger was that I instinctively answered.
"What can we talk about for so long?"
"His Royal Highness King Sheng seems to be in too much control!"
"I care about you, who is Yun Che, he has many confidants who can go around the imperial city for a week, don't be deceived and cry when the time comes. "Brother can't help it, he's just exaggerating.
"King Sheng is too worried, we are just master and servant. "She has never clinged to anyone's thoughts, although her body is ancient, but her mind is modern, and the idea of independence and freedom is deeply rooted. Although this society is patriarchal, she is also reluctant to become an appendage of men.
"That's for the best. ”
Last night, he severely punished Qianye, actually dereliction of duty, and let Rong Yunche in. Qianye also expressed his grievances, after all, this is the territory of Rong Shizi, what qualifications does he have as a small secret guard to stop him, besides, he can't stop him, this is really a chore.
"But then again, why are you here on Chinese New Year's Eve?
"There is no such thing as keeping the New Year. "The most ruthless emperor's family, to put it well, the void and the snake all dispersed after the dinner.
On this day of the reunion of ten thousand families, Rong Yisheng suddenly felt that the Shengwang Mansion was very deserted, and the ghost sent the gods to come here.
Jayi looked at Rong Yisheng's depressed expression, and remembered the rumors about him in the court and the opposition, but the information recorded that he was the prince of the people, and he was picked up by Emperor Huijing when he was five years old, and was fostered under the name of the queen, as for who his biological mother is, whether she is still in the world, except for Emperor Huijing and Rong Yisheng, no one knows. Emperor Huijing didn't say it, and no one dared to ask, so this became a mystery.
There are many versions circulating in the market, some people say that King Sheng's mother is a lowly status and a famous lady in the Qinglou, and the royal family does not allow such a shameful existence, so he can only go to his mother and keep his son. There is also a saying that when Emperor Huijing went out on patrol, he saw Rong Yisheng's mother looking like a fairy, and he was instantly shocked, regardless of Luo Fu's husband, he forcibly broke up the husband and wife, so that Rong Yisheng's mother died after giving birth to him. Although it is just a folk conversation after dinner, it is certain that Rong Yisheng had an unhappy childhood.
Although Emperor Hui Jing was so good to Rong Yisheng that he was almost conniving, Rong Yisheng was still lukewarm, and he must still be unable to forgive Emperor Hui Jing in his heart!
Every festive season, does he miss his mother?