Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Change of the Palace Banquet 2

Row down the first empty seat at the bottom left of the throne is the seats of Liang Shenghao and Liang Shengwen. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info and opposite the empty seat, the person sitting behind the seat directly opposite is Liang Shengxiao, and Liang Shengxiao is Liang Shengfeng and Liang Shengwu under him.

In addition to Liang Shengxiao, who has never married a wife and concubine, and Liang Shengwu, who is still young, are sitting alone in the seat, Liang Shenghao, Liang Shengwen, and Liang Shengfeng are all accompanied by a beauty.

Liang Shenghao and Liang Shengwen are okay.

Liang Shenghao is old-fashioned and polite, so the beauty beside Liang Shenghao is Liang Shenghao's wife, Zhao Ximeng, who is the concubine of Prince Hao.

Although Liang Shengwen is uninhibited, uninhibited, and does not pay much attention to etiquette, the beauty beside Liang Shengwen is also Liang Shengwen's wife, Yuxin, who is the concubine of Prince Wen.

Only the beauty on Liang Shengfeng's side...... Leng Qing looked left and right, no matter how she looked...... I don't know ...... at all.

However, just looking at the beauty beside Liang Shengfeng who is so young and beautiful, with a graceful posture and a charming face, her gestures are full of charm and temptation...... Leng Qing estimated that the beauty was which of Liang Shengfeng's favorite concubines recently......

Liang Shenghao and Liang Shengwen don't talk about it, the two of them are not troublemakers, and today is the year-end banquet, and the two of them are sitting upright and quiet.

And Liang Shengfeng had a beauty on his side, and he only cared about flirting with the beauty, and he never looked up in the direction of the throne.

Liang Shengwu, the child, was even more well-behaved, always sitting quietly behind the table, his head slightly hanging down and looking at the scarlet table in front of him, looking timid and isolated from the world around him.

Only Liang Shengxiao, who was sitting on the first seat at the bottom right of the throne, would raise his eyes from time to time to look at Leng Qing on the golden throne with several blooming peonies carved on the backrest on the right side of the throne......

If Leng Qing sat in another position, Leng Qing would be so cold that he could avoid Liang Shengxiao's sight, but Leng Qing happened to sit on the right side of the throne with Liang Shengxiao...... This caused Leng Qing to inevitably meet Liang Shengxiao's gaze no matter whether she raised her head or lowered her head, which made Leng Qing both embarrassed and helpless......

Because of the Liang ritual system, "the king and ministers are in the palace, and the officials above the third rank of Wenzheng and the second rank of Wuzheng are on the Dan Majesty, and the rest are under the green mantle".

Yes, in addition to Liang Shenghao, Liang Shengwen, Liang Shengxiao, Liang Shengfeng, and Liang Shengwu, His Majesty Dan also sat in-

Cheng Yuan, who is the head of the civil officials, is in the position of the first rank of the prime minister, and Gu Lin Yong, who is the first rank of the imperial master and concurrently serves as the first rank of the captain, Xiao Shun, the second rank of the imperial historian (the father of the imperial concubine Xiao Ting), the third rank of the household department of the Shangshu Gu Linfeng, the third rank of the Ministry of Rites Chen Yang, the third rank of the Ministry of Officials Ji Yun, the third rank of the military department of the Shangshu Yue Qing, the third rank of the Ministry of Engineering Zhang Yuwen, the third rank of the criminal department of He Daowei and others.

In addition, among the civil and military ministers who sat on His Majesty Dan, except for Cheng Yuan's wife who died in his early years, Cheng Yuan has entered the palace alone to attend the banquet in recent years, and only Gu Linyong is also sitting alone behind the table. The rest of the people sat next to a family member, male or female, old or young.

Of course, although there are many people in His Majesty Dan, they are far less than the large number of His Majesty Dan - as far as the eye can see, the hall is full of people, not only officials, but also a family member sitting next to him, male or female, old or young......

And when Leng Qing quietly looked at the personnel in the Jude Palace, Liang Ruming, who was sitting on the golden carved dragon throne on the main seat in the hall, and the civil and military officials and their families in the hall were not idle-

In Zhang Xuanfu's singing from time to time, Liang Ruming and the civil and military officials in the hall and their families walked through the complicated etiquette step by step according to the process of the year-end banquet of the Great Liang......

Due to the new funeral of the prince of the Great Liang, the Ministry of Rites issued the upper and lower levels of the Great Liang earlier, and the people of the public should not drink alcohol, eat meat, hold banquets to celebrate, and prohibit singing, dancing, silk and bamboo, marriage and other rules. Even though today is the annual year-end palace banquet, there is still no sound of bamboo to hear at the banquet, and there is no singing and dancing performance to enjoy.

However, even if you go to the link of silk and bamboo singing and dancing, the rest of the etiquette is still cumbersome, and everyone in the hall is still tossed......

It wasn't until after this cumbersome etiquette was completed that a young palace maid with orderly arrangement, elegant makeup, and proper dress entered the Jude Hall with gold plates and silver cups in both hands.

I saw those palace ladies meekly lowering their eyebrows and eyes and walking lightly between the seats in the palace, serving the delicacies carefully cooked in the imperial dining room of the palace today for the officials and their families behind the seats.

Xu is because of the presence of Liang Ruming, and the noisy atmosphere before has long since ceased to exist. Although some people took advantage of the atmosphere of the banquet to talk to the people around them, they still rationally suppressed their voices and did not dare to make loud noises.

Today's banquet not only did not add to the singing and dancing of silk and bamboo, but even the white porcelain thin-necked pot on the table was filled with clear soup and fragrant tea.

Because of Mu Ziru's words two days ago, Leng Qing was still worried about Zhu Zimo's body when she came here today, and when she saw that the drinks presented by the palace maids were all tea, Leng Qing's heart that had been hanging suddenly let go.

Not only did the drinks change to tea, but also the dishes served by the palace ladies were all vegetarian. And because it is a banquet, yes, including Liang Ruming's imperial case, the dishes on each table are the same-

Two dried fruits: peanut dipping, sweet almonds, two candied fruits: osmanthus eight treasures, green plum orange cake, two cold vegetarian dishes: steamed cabbage with garlic vermicelli, cold salad vegetarian belly shreds, two sweet bowls: almond tea, steamed eight treasure rice with sugar, two dim sum: hibiscus cake, honey osmanthus cake, six main courses: steamed magnolia slices, honey yam, white fungus, assorted kudzu rice, stir-fried bracken, celery cashew lily.

Looking at the sky outside the hall from afar, according to modern time, Leng Qing estimated that it should be almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and it should indeed be dinner at this point.

Looking at the delicacies on that table, although they were all vegetarian products, Leng Qing still felt hungry and wanted to eat it when she smelled the aroma of food that was wrapped around the tip of her nose. It's just that......

From time to time, Liang Shengxiao, who sat behind the table under her, was paying attention......

Rao is face with a table of fragrant delicacies, and Leng Qing will inevitably be a little tasteless.

Under Liang Shengxiao's gaze, Leng Qing ate a few bites of food with interest, and after chatting about it, she couldn't eat anymore......

Since she couldn't eat it, Leng Qing simply put down the white jade spoon in her hand, turned her hand and picked up the white jade cup in her hand, and slowly drank the sweet and bright tea in the cup while staring at the various beings of His Highness.

Because of the cold winter wax moon, the weather is cold, but everyone at the banquet is basically sitting still, in order to prevent the people who go to the banquet from cold and frostbite, the underground of the Jude Hall began to burn the earth dragon from daytime. After a day's heating, the cold air in the hall has already been baked into hot air, and the entire Jude Hall, including the corners of the hall, is warm.

I hadn't stepped into the Jude Hall before, but when I approached the wide open door of the Jude Hall, I could feel a wave of heat coming towards me.

At this time, after sitting in this Jude Hall for a while, eating some warm food, and drinking most of the pot of hot tea, Rao is Leng Qing had already removed the fox fur cloak on his shoulders, and he was still sweating from the heat.

But looking at it, everyone in the hall was in high spirits at this time, and even after Liang Ruming drank a few cups of hot tea and prepared some vegetables from Zhang Xuanfu, his original pale face looked a lot ruddy at this time, and Leng Qing couldn't speak out.

Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, "tea" passed three rounds.

In the whispering of the full hall, I suddenly saw that on the civil official seat of His Highness, a middle-aged man wearing the official costume of the fourth grade got up and left the seat, holding a white porcelain tea cup with eight points of tea poured in both hands, and walked towards His Majesty Dan without squinting......

Leng Qing, who was sitting on the peony golden seat on the right side of the carved dragon throne in the hall, lowered his head and looked at the middle-aged civil official who was slowly approaching His Highness, Leng Qing frowned and thought about it, and after a few seconds, he finally found the information corresponding to the middle-aged civil official from the sea of memory-

Feng Jinxing, the fourth grade of Taijian, ranks among the officials of the Great Liang, and Xiao Shun, the imperial historian, is his top boss.

However, Leng Qing felt that Feng Jinxing was a little ashamed of his name. Be cautious in what you do, be cautious in your words and deeds, but what Feng is careful to say and do...... There really isn't any caution in words and deeds......

If Leng Qing remembers correctly, it seems that this Feng Jinxing is the most diligent and vicious speaker who has participated in her "restless room and bewitching the king" recently......

And when Leng Qing confirmed Feng Jinxing's identity, Feng Jinxing had already slowly stepped on the last step in front of His Majesty.

After stepping on Dan Majesty, Feng Jinxing took another five steps forward and stopped.

Immediately, in front of everyone's eyes, but seeing Feng Jinxing raising his glass with both hands, he toasted tea to Liang Ruming, who was sitting on the golden carved dragon throne, his neck was slightly raised, and he said in a serious voice: "Minister Feng Jinxing, may my emperor live a thousand years, and live a long life and be healthy." ”

After saying so seriously, Feng Jinxing withdrew his hands that were toasting tea to Liang Ruming, raised his head, and drank the eight-point full fragrant tea in the white porcelain tea cup in his hand.

Seeing this, Liang Ruming, who was sitting on the carved dragon throne, raised his hand, and motioned to Zhang Xuanfu with a faint expression to pour him a cup of tea.

The same tea was full of eight points, Liang Ruming raised the short-legged jasper cup resting on the gold case that reflected the faint golden light, and gestured to Feng Jinxing, who was standing on the throne under the throne, and then, Liang Ruming raised his glass and drank all the tea in the cup.

The rule at the table has always been that the superior gives tea (toast) to the lower, no matter how much the superior drinks, the lower must drink it all. The lower person gives tea (toast) to the higher one, and the lower one must drink it all, while the superior person does not need to drink it all at once.

In general, the tea (toast) of the superior person in front of the lower person is mostly only half or two-thirds of the wine in the cup. It's rare to get the same drink in one go.

And Liang Ruming faced Feng Jinxing's tea, but he simply drank it all, which can be regarded as giving Feng Jinxing a lot of face.

In addition, in the past, after responding to the courtiers' tea (toast) for the monarch, the courtiers who served the Dan Majesty tea (toast) should have retreated, but this time Feng Jinxing saw that Liang Ruming had finished drinking the tea, but he still refused to retreat on the Dan Majesty.

And Liang Ruming, who was sitting on the carved dragon throne, seemed to have expected what was going to happen next, and saw Liang Ruming's brows obviously frowning tightly, and the already indifferent look on his face became even more cold and ugly.

Not only Liang Ruming, but even Liang Shenghao, Liang Shengwen, Liang Shengxiao, Cheng Yuan, Xiao Shun, Chen Yang, and Yue Qing all looked at Feng Jinxing, who was standing motionless on His Majesty Dan, and frowned slightly.

Especially Feng Jinxing's top boss Xiao Shun, his brows are frowning, and he is about to turn into the word "Sichuan", which can trap flies......

It is estimated that Xiao Shun did not expect that the people under his hands would do things so desperately on a day like today-he is a dignified imperial doctor and the father of the imperial concubine, and he is still sitting still, but the people under him began to stumble to find trouble...... Feng Jinxing: This is the rhythm that even he, the top boss, has to do together......

Thinking like this, Xiao Shun, who was only frowning a little dissatisfied, watched Feng Jinxing's face gradually begin to darken, and even faintly revealed a trace of anger......

And Liang Shengfeng saw that Feng Jinxing had no intention of retreating at all, and Liang Shengfeng, the great demon king of the mixed world who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, unabashedly hooked the corner of his lips, and smiled uninhibited and ill-intentioned.

And, I saw Liang Shengfeng holding the beauty beside him with one hand, eating the food that the beauty fed him, and looking ready to smile and watch a good show......

Gu Lin Yong was very calm, and his face was unhappy or angry, as if he didn't care about whether Feng Jinxing retreated or not.

Gu Linfeng smiled and looked at Feng Jinxing, who was motionless on His Majesty Dan, with a similar expression on his face as Liang Shengfeng, all of whom looked ready to laugh and watch a good show......

The faces of the rest of the people are also different: some are silent and bowing their heads, some are smiling and watching a good show, and some are calm......

And when His Majesty Dan's eyes fell on Feng Jinxing, only Liang Shenghao raised his eyes and glanced at Leng Qing intentionally or unintentionally, that glance was really meaningful......

But it's a pity that Leng Qing's gaze was also falling on Feng Jinxing, because Leng Qing didn't notice the meaningful glance that Liang Shenghao looked at her......

And Zhu Zimo, who was far away from His Royal Highness's military attache seat, quietly looked around at Feng Jinxing's back and whispered to the crowd, and then looked up at His Majesty Dan......

Zhu Zimo, who was holding a white jade tea cup, slowly shook his head for some reason, and then hooked his lips slightly, revealing a look that seemed to be smiling but not smiling......

In the atmosphere of His Majesty's mixed reactions and slightly tense feelings, in the whispers of His Royal Highness, Feng Jinxing was seen holding the white porcelain teacup in his hand and bowing to Liang Ruming, who was sitting on the throne, bowing his waist and bowing his head, and reciting in a sonorous voice: "Your Majesty! Taking advantage of the fact that all the officials are here today, the minister has the courage to ask the emperor today, why did the minister repeatedly ask the emperor to abolish Leng Zhaoyi and put Leng Zhaoyi into the cold palace, but the emperor stayed in the middle again and again without commenting?"

As soon as Feng Jinxing said this, the original whispering voices in the hall disappeared in an instant, and the huge Jude Hall fell into a strange silence for a while......