Chapter 515: The Palace Night Banquet
"Going to a state dinner again?" Wang pretended not to care and pouted, saying in front of her relatives that she was tired of seeing such things for a long time, but in fact, she had never been there at all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Even if there is a family member, no one will bring the old lady to participate, so the Wang family just sounds familiar.
Zhu Shi immediately exclaimed on the side: "Again? Is it possible that this ceremony has been done many times? ”
If Wang met a bosom friend, he patted his thigh: "That's not it, I have to participate in the New Year, I have to participate in the birthday of the Queen Mother, there is nothing delicious in this state banquet, and I have eaten enough, just a few dishes, and I do it over and over again." ”
"My God, I don't dare to say that, it's the emperor's imperial banquet, we want to eat, don't say we want to eat, we just want to see it and can't see it!"
Zhu's eyes are so envious that they are about to turn blue, seeing the emperor every day, and occasionally having a face-to-face banquet with the emperor, this is a good thing that I never dreamed of!
If she can eat a state banquet, she is willing to die, but unfortunately she can't be envious, and people don't invite her to go!
When I was in Qi County, I still felt that the emperor was far away, but when I came to the capital, I was like the old king next door, and I saw Tian'er speaking from other people's mouths, and I was very familiar.
Wang listened to Zhu's words on the side, and felt more honored than attending the state banquet in person.
Su Manman felt that this state banquet was like attending a party, but there was still food and drink here, and there would be singing, dancing and acrobatic performances at that time, and there would be these entertainment programs all year round, but I didn't look forward to it!
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On the 10th day of October, the banquet of the envoys of the Li State was celebrated.
It has been a while since the light snow, and the weather has reached the beginning of winter, but unfortunately the weather is only a little dry and cold, and it is far from the level of snow, and it is a sunny day every day.
Su Manman put a warm line coat inside his clothes, this kind of weather can't be without temperature, otherwise he will freeze to death.
She wears a lot inside, but she wears a sky blue waist pinching jacket outside, which looks like her waist is full of hands, and the inside is not thick.
Li Shi felt cold when he saw her dress, so he had to add a cape with a hat to her, God knows that sky blue is a cold color, just looking cold, in fact, it is still very warm to wear.
Su Zhengli put on his official uniform and went out with his wife and daughter very energetically.
The inside of the door was hot, but the cold air outside the door rushed in front of people with the curtain opened.
Su Manman walked from the compound to the gate, and she already felt that the temperature outside seemed to drop again, because her palms had now become cold.
The days are long and the nights are short, and when you go out, the sun is about to set in the western mountains, and the sky is dark.
The carriages were starting, and the number of pedestrians on the streets had decreased by this hour, but the wide roads tended to get narrower and narrower, because the carriages began to increase in the streets, and they were all rushing in the same direction, the direction of the palace.
Tonight, the emperor authorized officials above the fifth rank to bring their families to attend the state banquet, unlike the past four grades and above, there are more people today than in the past.
When they were on Henggang Avenue, the Su family abandoned the carriage, because the carriage had formed a long queue at this time and could no longer be moved.
There seem to be a lot of guards tonight, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, all with solemn expressions.
The inspector at the gate of the palace is also very strict, and specially invited the old man in charge of the archives in the palace to come and check, these people are very good at recognizing people, and no one can escape the inspection and escape their eyes.
There are a large number of people entering the palace, and it is not allowed to bring people with them. The inspector took a closer look at Su Zhengli, the Li family and Su Manman, and nodded to the little eunuch next to him, and the little eunuch immediately nodded: "Master Su, please come in quickly." ”
This entry through the door is considered to be over.
Su Manman remembered that one year when he entered the palace, there was an old man who had anorexia, and he lost weight from a big fat man of more than 180 pounds to a dry old man of more than 100 pounds.
The inspector guarding the door interrogated him for a long time and did not let him in, and finally a number of officials and friends came forward to testify, and then put the person into the palace, which became a joke for a while.
However, this also shows that this inspector is rigorous, and after Emperor Zhao Heng heard about this, he rewarded the responsible inspector with a lot of things and expressed his attitude.
He has always been unsparing in rewarding responsible officials.
Su Manman's family left the palace gate behind, because they were going to entertain envoys in the Zhengyang Hall tonight, and the Zhengyang Hall was too far away from the palace gate, the emperor sent a sedan chair to greet them at the door.
Su Manman finally liberated himself and didn't have to walk so far with his feet.
The sedan chair was set up slowly, Su Manman followed up and down, she wanted to see the scenery outside, so she stretched out two fingers and pinched the corner of the curtain, took a look at it, and before she could see it clearly, her hand was "snapped" and hit by Li.
"What for? There are so many people, you are not allowed to probe your brain, let people see how bad it is, stop me a little, sit up straight, you see what you look like. Li Shi lowered his voice and said, obviously afraid that the people outside would hear it and lose face.
Su Manman sat up straight, it's a pity, I didn't see anything......
The sedan chair stopped in front of the door of the Zhengyang Palace, Li and Su Manman walked down the sedan chair in turn, and Su Manman found that it was already dark outside, and all the surrounding palaces hung up lanterns.
There are two rows of trees planted on both sides of Zhengyang Palace, and there are also many lanterns hanging on them, illuminating the sky as if it were day.
Su Manman turned around and glanced at the people around him, who were illuminated by the lanterns, like silhouettes in old paintings, moving slowly in the night, like a silent pantomime.
Su Zhengli took the lead in the front, and the two Li followed him quickly, and came to the gate of Zhengyang Palace.
"I've met Master Su, Mrs. Su, Miss Su, please come with me." Nagong E saluted lightly, turned around and was not far away from them to lead the way for the three of them.
Entering the inside of the Zhengyang Palace, the lights were blazing, and they were many times brighter than the outside.
Su Manman looked up and saw that two rows of tables were lined up, one south and one north, and there was a very spacious aisle in the middle, which was reserved for artists to perform.
At this time, many people had already come, and the emperor had not yet arrived, and they were talking about something from ear to ear, which seemed to be very lively.
Coming to the seat belonging to the Su family, the three of them sat down, and in front of them was a three-person wide table, on which some melons, fruits, snacks and tea were placed.
No one really touches these snacks, and in such a special banquet, others will pay attention to your every move, even if you eat more snacks, tomorrow there will be rumors that you are a foodie who has never seen the world......