When Zhang Xuanfu was on the road, he told Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo that the place where the banquet was held tonight was still the Jude Hall where the year-end banquet was held over the years. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Jude Hall is about a stick of incense away from Yishu Temple.

Because it is not out of the palace, but just walking in the palace, the palace has its own steps that are convenient for the emperor to travel, so there is no need to use the halogen book.

Between Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo, I don't know who touched whose light-

After helping Liang Ruming out of the Yishu Palace, Leng Qing found that outside the Yishu Palace, he had stopped three extravagant steps to decorate at some point.

The front step chariot was carried by eight people, and all the decorations and utensils were mainly bright yellow, and even the lacquer on the chariot was golden. Eight tall guards with knives stood straight beside them, making people daunting.

Behind the golden eight-person chariot, there are two four-person chariots that are also luxuriously decorated, but obviously much more low-key. Obviously, it was prepared for Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo.

At the end of the three-step chariot, there were also twenty royal guards armed with spears, long swords at their waists, and wearing armor. The guards stood tall and straight, staring blankly ahead, exuding an aura of majesty from the inside out.

Liang Ruming's status is noble, and he is naturally riding the golden eight-person chariot, and he is also at the forefront of the team. In the middle is a cold and sunny step. Zhu Zimo's steps followed last.

In short, from the Yishu Hall to the Jude Hall where the banquet was held tonight, Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo both followed Liang Ruming to sit and walk.

It is said that when Leng Qing helped Liang Ruming out of the gate of the outer hall of the Yishu Palace, he found that the palace maid Xia Chan beside Gu Linyu was still standing outside the gate of the Yishu Palace. Zhu Zimo was naturally also standing outside the Yishu Palace, but Zhu Zimo was completely aloof with an attitude that he didn't care about himself - standing in the corner of the outer hall of the Yishu Hall from afar, looking at everything around him coldly.

Xia Chan saw Liang Ruming walking out of the Yishu Palace, and immediately stepped forward, bowed his head to Liang Ruming in a proper manner, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the queen sent a slave maid to invite the emperor to go to the Jude Palace." ”

If it was in the past, Liang Ruming might still take care of the palace people around Gu Linyu, but today, Liang Ruming completely ignored Xia Chan, who curtsied at him-

I saw Liang Ruming look directly past Xia Chan who was standing in front of him, and looked at Zhu Zimo, who was standing at the corner of the hall in the distance, behind Xia Chan, and greeted him warmly: "Che Hou, why are you standing so far?" Come to my side, and then I go to the Jude Hall together. ”

was summoned by Liang Ruming, whether Zhu Zimo wanted it or not, Zhu Zimo could only walk to Liang Ruming's side obediently.

And Liang Ruming waited until Zhu Zimo walked to his side, and Liang Ruming continued to raise his feet, supported by Leng Qing, and walked towards the three steps parked under the steps of Yishu Palace.

Zhang Xuanfu, who walked out of the Yishu Hall behind Liang Ruming and Leng Qing, was passing by Xia Chan, who was hanging aside, for some reason, Zhang Xuanfu squinted at Xia Chan, who was still standing in front of the Yishu Hall in a curtsied posture.

Then, from the angle of avoiding everyone's sight, I saw Zhang Xuanfu hook his lips slightly, smiled coldly silently, didn't say anything, just gently shook the dust in the crook of his arm and followed Liang Ruming in front.

Whether it is Leng Qing, Zhu Zimo, or Zhang Xuanfu, even the Imperial Forest Army who is on duty outside the Yishu Palace understands that although Liang Ruming ignored Xia Chan this time, it was Gu Linyu's face that was hit behind his back......

It is precisely because I know this in my heart that Leng Qing, Zhu Zimo, and Zhang Xuanfu dare not say a word about Liang Ruming's behavior of ignoring Xia Chan, and the three of them are very tacit or silently supporting Liang Ruming, or silently walking beside Liang Ruming, or silently following behind Liang Ruming......

And those royal forest soldiers who were on duty outside the Yishu Hall didn't even dare to breathe......

After Liang Ruming was sent to the step chariot carried by the eight people who carried the golden canton, Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo dared to sit on the chariot.

And after Bu Yuan walked in the direction of the Jude Hall for a while, Leng Qingfang found out with some hindsight that the guards who carried the Bu Yuan walked very steadily, but they also walked very slowly, and they looked like they were not in a hurry to rush to the Jude Hall where the banquet was held tonight.

Seeing that the time was gradually passing and the night was gradually falling, bright palace lights were hung everywhere in the palace, but Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo were not worried about being late at all-with Liang Ruming in front of them, even if they were late, no one dared to say anything.

Regarding the banquet held in the palace every year on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the classics of the Great Liang dynasties are all related:

"In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, before the time, the king, the duke, and the civil and military officials waited for the court to collect the Qinglongmen. Before setting up the throne of the imperial banquet, the Ministry of Rites will set up a table according to the number of people. Dan Majesty Zhang Xuan Mantle, Chen Jin Qi below, after the thin Zhang Qing Mantle, set up all seats. The officials of Honglu Temple led the princes and hundreds of officials into it.

Emperor Jude Palace, ascend to the seat, 'Zhonghe Shao Le', the king, the minister in the palace, Wenzheng three products, Wuzheng two products and above the official Dan Majesty, the rest of the green mantle, all knock, sit. Tea was given, and the 'Great Joy of His Majesty' was made, and the king and the king knelt down and bowed again. After the emperor finished drinking tea, the guards gave the king and ministers tea, and the Guanglu officials gave the ministers tea, and then sat down and knocked. Finish drinking. Another knock, happy to stop.

Exhibition seat power, the master of ceremonies is divided into pots, jue, and gold, great music, and the ministers rise. The official in charge of ceremonies held a pot of wine to the knight, and the ministers who entered the lord tended to kneel, and they all knelt. The official in charge of ceremonies conferred the title of minister, and the minister even from the middle majesty, knelt before the royal wine. Xing, descending from the right majesty, reset, a knock, all the ministers knock. The minister Xing, reinstated from the right majesty, kneeling to accept the knighthood, reinstated, kneeling. The official in charge of ceremonies was retired, and he held up the wine, and promised to give the minister wine. The king stands up, the master of ceremonies and the official sets up the award, the minister kneels and receives the knight, a knock, the drink is finished, and the one who receives the knight retreats, and the one who receives the knight retreats, and the second knock, Xing, sits, and the ministers all sit.

Happy, written by the emperor. 'Neutralizing Qingle', distributing food and wine to each feast, such as a tea ceremony. Bi, the dancer enters, and the dancer lives up. Dance is more advanced, and music and song are harmonious. Miscellaneous play Bi Chen. Go, the ministers knocked three times. 'Great music', whipping, 'Shao music', returning to the palace. ”

From this record, it can be seen that the banquet of kings and ministers is not the end of everyone sitting together and eating and drinking, it has a very strict etiquette system.

And it can also be seen from this record that those kings, dukes, civil and military officials who came to participate in the year-end banquet had to gather in front of the Qinglong Gate at the right time, two hours earlier than the unitary time. Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo are different, because with Liang Ruming with them, Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo don't need to enter the banquet venue early to wait.

Looking down from the air, it can be seen that on the palace road in Liangxiao City, twenty royal forest soldiers holding spears, wearing long swords at their waists, and wearing armor, and two carrying the four people who are luxuriously decorated, but very low-key, led by the eight people who carry the golden light, have been slowly grinding until the first moment of the unitary period, and only then happened to arrive at the Jude Hall where the banquet was held tonight.

From afar, you can see that the door of the Jude Hall is wide open, the lights in the hall are bright as day, listen carefully, there are laughter or the sound of conversation faintly from the open hall door, with the sound of the wind to the surroundings.

Closer, looking in from the open tall and spacious temple door, you can see that the extravagant, festive, and brightly lit Jude Hall is already overcrowded and full. There are palace maids and eunuchs who walk quickly between the seats.

The guests in the palace can be described as a variety of people, young and old - there are civil and military officials wearing court clothes; There were young men dressed in Confucian robes; There are also women who are dressed elegantly or delicately or flamboyant, and those female dependents range in age from fourteen or fifteen to fifty or sixty years old.

When the chariot approached the gate of the Jude Palace, the guard at the front of the line raised his hand and shook the whip in his hand.

With the sound of three whips, the Jude Hall, which was still noisy and noisy before, gradually quieted down until it was silent.

The three steps stopped in turn in the light and shadow in front of the door of the Jude Palace, and Zhang Xuanfu, who had been following Liang Ruming's steps along the way, wanted to reach out to support Liang Ruming, who was sitting on the chariot, but Liang Ruming waved his palm lightly.

Seeing this, Leng Qing, who happened to get off the chariot, immediately stepped forward and carefully supported Liang Ruming to get out of the chariot.

Then, Leng Qing supported Liang Ruming again, and slowly walked towards the wide open door of the Jude Palace.

When Liang Ruming stepped into the door of the Jude Palace, all the people in the hall knelt in the direction of Liang Ruming, and shouted "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live".

Liang Ruming ignored the people in the hall who knelt down and bowed to him, and only looked at the golden carved dragon throne placed in the highest position in the hall without squinting, and walked step by step in the direction of the throne supported by Leng Qing.

Zhang Xuanfu, as Liang Ruming's close attendant, followed Liang Ruming all the way.

As soon as Zhu Zimo, who was following Liang Ruming and Leng Qing, stepped into the Jude Palace, the palace people who were waiting in the palace came up to ask Zhu Zimo's identity, and then Zhu Zimo was led by the palace people to the seat arranged for him by the Ministry of Rites.

In front of the golden carved dragon throne is a long golden case that is also resplendent with golden brilliance, and on the table that reflects the faint golden light is a set of jasper bowls, chopsticks, and a short-legged jasper cup smaller than the palm of the palm. There is also a pair of white jade chopsticks in the corner of the desk, which is the jade chopsticks used by the cloth vegetable people. The two pairs of jade chopsticks rested on the chopsticks pillow made of jade of the same color.

On the left and right sides of the throne, there is a gold seat and a gold case diagonally inward, and there is a set of white jade bowls, chopsticks, chopsticks pillows, and a short-legged white jade cup smaller than the palm of the palm.

The specifications and shapes, sizes, and heights of the two gold tables seem to be similar, except for the backrest of the gold seat on the right side carved with several blooming peonies; On the backrest of the golden seat on the left is carved a pair of phoenixes with their heads held high and ready to fly - that is the special seat of the empress of the Great Liang Kingdom......

With Leng Qing's support, Liang Ruming slowly climbed the golden brick steps in front of the throne, turned around, and stood in front of the golden case that reflected a faint golden light, Liang Ruming looked down indifferently at the kneeling people in the hall.

At the end, I saw Liang Ruming, who looked indifferent, raise his free hand and gesture to Zhang Xuanfu who was standing aside.

Seeing this, Zhang Xuanfu, who bowed his back slightly, immediately straightened his back and sang loudly to His Royal Highness: "Zhongqing is flat-"

When His Highness heard this, he thanked the Holy Grace again, and then everyone stood up from the ground one after another.

When all the people in the hall stood up, Liang Ruming took another step, slowly bypassed the golden long case placed in front of the throne, and sat on the golden carved dragon throne.

After Liang Ruming sat down, Zhang Xuanfufang, who was standing beside the throne, continued to sing loudly: "Sit-"

When His Royal Highness heard the voice, he dared to sit down one after another according to the level of his official position.

And Leng Qing, under Liang Ruming's instructions, sat on the golden throne carved with several blooming peonies on the backrest on the right side of the throne. The position is opposite the golden seat carved with a pair of phoenixes with their wings stretched out on the backrest.

It stands to reason that Gu Linyu, as the queen, cannot arrive later than Liang Ruming, but at the moment, the golden seat carved with a pair of phoenixes with their heads raised and wings ready to fly on the backrest is still empty, which means that Gu Linyu has not yet arrived.

Liang Ruming stepped on the point of the banquet to the Jude Palace, neither early nor late.

And after the etiquette just now, it is already past the time for the banquet to begin, since Gu Linyu has not been present at the moment, it must be impossible for Gu Linyu to appear again tonight.

And after sitting down, Leng Qing looked around the hall quietly, and Fang was a little surprised to find-

Not only Gu Linyu did not show up tonight, but even the rest of Liang Ruming's concubines, such as Imperial Concubine Xiao Ting, Concubine Lan Feng Lanxin, Concubine Zhu He Zhuer and others were also not present. In particular, even the seats of those concubines were not arranged by the Ministry of Rites......

After noticing this situation, Leng Qing couldn't help frowning, and secretly thought to herself: Gu Linyu didn't appear, she could understand, after all, Liang Ruming slapped Gu Linyu through Xia Chan when he went out...... But Liang Ruming's concubines did not appear...... Could it be that from the beginning, the women had made an appointment not to attend tonight's banquet??

Thinking so secretly, Leng Qing inevitably looked at Liang Ruming sitting on the carved dragon throne with puzzled eyes.

However, Liang Ruming did not have time to respond to Leng Qing's gaze, because Liang Ruming was interacting with the officials in the hall who came to the banquet and the families of the officials according to the number of rituals over the years......

Liang Shenghao, Liang Shengwen, Liang Shengxiao, Liang Shengfeng, and Liang Shengwu are not only seated on His Majesty Dan, but also very close to the throne, Leng Qing can meet the eye with any of the five of them with just one lowering of his eyes.

What surprised Leng Qing a little was that I don't know if Liang Ruming deliberately ordered it, or if the people in the Ministry of Rites deliberately did it, or if something went wrong-

The first seat at the bottom left of the throne...... It was empty......

Although Leng Qing participated in the year-end palace banquet of this Liang for the first time this time, even if no one told him, Leng Qing could guess that since Liang Ruming ascended the throne and became emperor, the first seat at the bottom left of the throne must have been Liang Shengde's special seat in the past......

Now Liang Shengde has passed away, but at today's banquet, there is still Liang Shengde's seat, and the arrangement on that seat is the same as Liang Shenghao's others, and the score is exactly the same......

I don't know if this was Liang Ruming's deliberate arrangement, or if the Ministry of Rites failed to adapt to Liang Shengde's sudden departure for a while and went wrong......