Chapter 172: Palace Banquet One
The New Year is approaching, and the whole capital is full of joy, and red lanterns are hung everywhere on the streets. The pen is also a festive and lively scene www.biquge.info the houses are covered with red and hung colors.
Since the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, Wei Hongshan does not need to go to the early court. Mrs. Wei is also almost busy in the house.
Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve's breakfast, everyone used it together in Mrs. Wei's South Garden. Then they went back to the yard, and at noon, Yu Nianniang asked Mother Sun to cook a bowl of rice in the small kitchen, and then began to change clothes and dress up.
It is festive to wear it during the New Year's Festival.
Mother Sun picked out a carmine dotted red gold thread satin jacket for Yu Nianniang, with a silver fox light fur cloak on the outside, and white on the inside, lining the skin like snow, crystal clear.
And Wei Qixue picked an apricot-colored woven gold-collared cotton jacket and a gold-red feather-satin cloak on the outside; Wei Qiyu is an ochre yellow collared apricot background tuft-shaped printed collared long jacket, and the outer one is a moon-white embroidered cloak; Wei Qiyan is a phoenix wearing a peony vermilion jacket and a silver-white cloak with emerald patterns; Wei Qijiao chose a persimmon red sprinkled gold pattern lychee trim jacket, and a pink cloud brocade cloak on the outside;
All of them are dressed appropriately, dressed flamboyantly and beautifully!
And Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei put on makeup according to the quality, and Li had no grade, so she wore a big red brocade colorful makeup sleeve jacket, and tried her best to dress herself up dignified and elegant!
The carriage had already been prepared, and after noon, everyone got into the carriage with Wei Hongshan and left the general's mansion.
Before they arrived at Suzaku Street, the street was blocked, and everyone could only follow behind and move forward slowly, but fortunately, Yu Nianniang had already prepared and picked up the regional chronicle given by Wei Qiyu and looked at it.
In addition to some customs, there are also some small stories interspersed with them, which looks quite interesting.
She didn't care that the carriage was going slowly, and when she could see about it, she entered the noon gate.
After crossing the Royal Street, you have to get off the carriage when you enter the Taihe Gate. Standing outside the Taihe Gate and looking inside, there are long people all the way, full of pearls and hairpins!
Everyone changed their shoulders, and Mother Sun and Linglong followed Yu Nianniang on both sides, although the two were very curious, they still didn't dare to look around, so they could only keep their heads down.
Yu Nianniang looked at the scenery of the palace while walking.
Layers of Qin bricks and Han tiles, purple pillars and golden beams, showing the royal gold.
The ground paved with white jade flashes with warm light, layer upon layer of palaces stands in front of you, majestic and majestic, the eaves that are finely carved on the palace, such as the phoenix spreading its wings and about to fly, the floating windows and jade made of green tiles are piled up into wall panels, and after walking out of a straight road, you will see a square, and everyone will bow down.
The road behind is only a walk to Kunning Palace. Fortunately, Yu Nianniang is used to walking every day, and when she walked to Kunning Palace, she felt that it was just right. There is no heaviness under the feet, but it is extremely relaxed.
Kunning Palace is full of flowers, and there have been many women and girls, Wei Hongshan and others have gone to the Zhonghe Hall to meet the emperor.
Yu Nianniang waited in the side hall with Mrs. Wei and others, and she saw a lot of acquaintances: Mrs. Zhan Shihui who washed horses, Shi's wife of Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, Mrs. Dali Siqing, Mrs. Wei, and Mrs. Tong, Mrs. Guanglu Siqing, etc.
Only those with high grades and the permission of the queen can accompany the queen in the main hall.
You can't move around here or make loud noises. can only follow Mrs. Wei and the others. You can't speak without the permission of your elders.
Yu Nianniang honestly stood behind and rushed to a wall, while Wei Qixue and Wei Qijiao looked around curiously.
Such a big scene is only once a year, and some people have not had the opportunity to enter the palace yet. Therefore, curiosity is inevitable to look around, and no one will scold it, but it will always leave a bad impression.
After a long while, I heard a palace person say in a loud voice: "Old lady Wei of General Xuanmingwei's mansion, Mrs. Wei is here." ”
Yu Nianniang followed the Li family and immediately stood behind Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei, and everyone lowered their heads and lowered their eyes, and entered the main hall with gentle and elegant steps.
The hall was silent, and only the footsteps of a few of his own people could be heard. The faint smell of burning makes people's tense and chaotic thoughts slowly relax.
There were delicate embroidered shoes within the line of sight, and Yu Nianniang knelt down, kowtowed, and saluted.
The queen's graceful voice came from the main hall: "Get up!" ”
In front, Mrs. Wei helped Mrs. Wei to stand up carefully, and then, Yu Nianniang heard the order to the palace people next to her: "Give Mrs. Wei a seat." ”
Not everyone who comes can be given a seat. The people sitting in the main hall are all Mrs. Yipin. It is a great honor!
Mrs. Wei was excited in her heart, and hurriedly saluted, "Thank you, Queen Mother!" ”
Waiting for the palace people to bring the stool, Mrs. Wei saluted the queen again, and then sat down.
Everyone stood on the side of Mrs. Wei, Yu Nianniang straightened her back, her eyes raised slightly, and she saw Mrs. Yu sitting in the first seat opposite. Mrs. Yu was smiling and talking to the queen. Next to her was a woman about fifty-eight years old, wearing a lot of makeup, and next to Mrs. Wei was also a woman in her fifties, two or three years younger than the one opposite, also wearing a lot of makeup.
The opposite should be the Duchess of Zhenguo, and the next to Mrs. Wei should be Mrs. Wuhou.
Even Han Houfu had no family members to sit in this hall, and Mrs. Wei, including Mrs. Wei, Li and others, were very excited, and they each behaved more dignified with etiquette.
Yu Nianniang was wondering why Mrs. Ning Anhou didn't come, and she heard the queen talking to the Li family.
"The two girls in Mrs. Wei's mansion are also very good-looking!"
Li's hands trembled a little with excitement, and he bowed his head respectfully: "Thank you for your praise."
Wei Qixue and Wei Qijiao in the back were even more happy, and saluted excitedly and stiffly.
The queen looked at Wei Qiyu and Wei Qiyan again, and said to Mrs. Wei with a smile: "Mrs. Wei's two girls have grown taller!" It's even more beautiful than when I entered the palace last year! “
After all, Wei Qiyu and Wei Qiyan had entered the palace and bowed to the queen generously.
The queen mother smiled, already looked at the last Yu Nianniang, and said suspiciously: "Who is this girl?" “
Mrs. Wei got up and said respectfully: "Back to the queen mother, this is the granddaughter of a friend of the old lady of our family, the old lady has been looking for her before her death, fortunately I saw her in Taiyuan Mansion last year, and I saw her well-behaved, so I left her by my side." “
Yu Nianniang walked to the main hall, raised her hands high, and bowed to the ground: "The folk girl Yu Nianniang has seen the queen's mother." “
"It's really a good boy, and he learns this rule better than in the palace." The queen mother said and looked at Mrs. Yu, who was heading down.
Mrs. Yu said with a smile: "It's good." “
"Niangniang, is this disgusting stability?" A soft and slightly aggrieved voice sounded, which made the queen laugh: "Of course, we learn the rules of stability well, every morning and dusk, the wind and rain, never change, who dares to compare with you?" “
Yu Nianniang raised her eyes slightly.
The queen mother has good skin, wearing a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown, and people in their thirties look like they are in their twenties, without a trace of wrinkles on their faces, and their phoenix eyes are narrow and long, and they look exactly the same as Chi Langyi's eyes. However, the queen mother's phoenix eyes are majestic and shrewd, while Chi Langyi's eyes are indifferent and frightening.
Next to her stood a sixteen-year-old girl, dressed in a palace costume of flowing dark flowers and clouds, with an emerald blue crepe sheepskin gold trimmed hoop on her head, and a sachet embroidered with lotus flowers with silver thread hanging from her waist. It looks dignified and beautiful.