(30) Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet (2)

Mrs. Flower, was the favorite concubine of an emperor in the previous dynasty, her real name was Hua, there was no queen in the palace at that time, the emperor of the previous dynasty wanted to stand Mrs. Hua as the queen, but because Mrs. Hua had no children and no family background, the ministers objected, the emperor could not, but he was not willing to let Mrs. Hua stand under others, so he simply gave the title "Mrs.", independent of the queen and concubines and other concubines, the emperor sighed, "I can't hire her with the gift of Mrs., and I don't want to set up Mrs. to wait for it", so that Mrs. Hua is the same as the deputy, and because Mrs. Hua often sticks goose yellow, shaped like a stamen, and later called her more"Lady Blossom".

The fragrance of Mrs. Hua Rui mentioned by Concubine Zhuang is said to be the secret fragrance that made the emperor of the previous dynasty fall in love with her when he first saw Mrs. Hua Rui, until the Great Calendar Dynasty has been lost for a long time, it is only to hear its name, not to smell its fragrance, but I didn't expect this Concubine Zhuang to scoop it out today, and I don't know if it's true or not. But whether it is true or not, Concubine Zhuang's thoughts through the meaning are eye-catching.

Rou Guiji smiled contemptuously in her heart, but her face was full of surprise that she finally won the autumn water, only to see her eyes light up, two pieces of red glow slowly floated on her cheeks, and she carefully rubbed the sachet with surprise and joy for a while, and then asked a little embarrassedly, "Niangniang, I don't know the formula of this incense ......?" ”

"The practice of this incense is really simple," Concubine Zhuang Chi Yanran smiled at Rou Guiji gently, and actually trayed out the preparation method of this incense: "It's just three taels of agarwood and stack incense, one or two sandalwood, ** one or two each, half a penny of borneol, one or two of a pair of incense, and a line of musk, but borneol and musk need to be ground separately, and the incense is screwed in, and the Jiaxiang method, in addition to the borneol, is made with the end of the charcoal skin and Pu Ni each a penny, the raw honey is mixed well, and the heavy soup in the porcelain box is boiled for ten or so many times, and the kiln can be taken out for seven days. This is the method of making this Mrs. Stamen's incense, but Sister Rou is familiar with it? Concubine Zhuang took the sachet from Rou Guiji's hand and smiled gently.

Rou Guiji came today, but did not bring Yang Xi, but another palace maid who looked very honest and seemed to be inferior to Yang Xi in all aspects, I saw that Rou Guiji listened to Concubine Zhuang's words, glanced at Ruxi with a side face, and nodded slightly anxiously, indicating that she had written it down, Rou Guiji gave Concubine Zhuang a blessing, and said softly, "Concubine thank you sister for the incense." Rou Guiji didn't expect Concubine Zhuang to tell herself about this precious incense-making formula and technique, but she didn't know that this incense was harmful and harmless, and she had to ask the imperial doctor to check it after she went back, and by the way, she would make one or two checks on the authenticity.

"My sister doesn't need to be polite, in the harem, she should help each other." Concubine Zhuang's words were a little meaningful, Rou Guiji raised her right eyebrow, raised her head to meet Concubine Zhuang's smiling eyes, and was about to speak.

But I saw that the lights were brighter and brighter, and the ancient music set off the sky.

The three concubines, concubines, and concubines also arrived.

Rou Guiji didn't want to say anything to Concubine Zhuang anymore, so she followed Concubine Zhuang and the other concubines and retreated to both sides, waiting for Concubine Zhuang and the others to come ashore.

On weekdays, I know that the concubine is glamorous, but I don't want the concubine to be dressed today, but she even covers the brilliance of everyone around her.

I saw that she was dressed in a bright peach-colored palace dress with a shadow of flowers and flowers, but it was much lighter than the palace dress Fangkong Nanjin, and her waist was tightly bound with amber burgundy soft smoke, and the palace dress that was originally a regular and rigid dress was worn out of the novelty of the palace, the waist was darker than the palace costume, the material was more elegant, and the chest was large and the waist was thin. It was as if countless butterflies had landed on the dress of the concubine, and they were about to stain the flowers on the palace dress.

In his hand, he held the blue hibiscus thin cloud to control the sand, the cloud bun and chest were towering, but there were not many ornaments on the head, only a longan-sized pink gold pearl was embellished in the hair, and a small pink and golden round pearl was obliquely inserted next to it.

This bright peach-colored dress is the most provocative, the dark-skinned person is easy to show the village atmosphere, the short person is easy to show the rustic style, the overweight or too thin person is not good to wear, and the fat is bloated and thin. The dress of the concubine is more beautiful than beautiful, and the ugly is more than ugly, only those who are confident that they have no shortcomings on their whole body dare to use such a color and such a material to make such a dress. The concubine is dressed in clothes, but she is like a celestial person, which shows the beauty of the concubine.

She slowly got off the boat and landed on the shore, I don't know what she thought of, it is better to have a proud face on weekdays, a solemn expression, and her red lips are closed, but she is like the most beautiful person in the most square lady picture, if it weren't for the concubines on the side who understand her personality, just looking at this picture, I am afraid that the concubine is the most demure and elegant person in this palace. Her eyes, originally shaped like willow leaves, were half filled with autumn water, but now she hooked them diagonally with a dark pen, and when she glanced at her eyes at random, she hooked people's minds like a hook. Against the backdrop of the noble concubine, the lady concubine and the virtuous concubine are like the two silhouettes behind the most beautiful lady picture, as if they are dispensable.

The concubine stood with the support of the maid Langyue, with distant mountain eyebrows and lychee eyes, and the maid Langyue alone seemed to be a rare beauty, but now under the backdrop of Liu Shuxing, the people around her felt that her face was dusty, her body was like catkins, and she had no brilliance all over her body!

When Liu Shuxing stood still, Concubine Yuan Wanyou and Concubine Xian Lou Hengbo will appear from Liu Shuxing's side, and some of the people were originally angry that Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian were covered by Liu Shuxing's brilliance, but now it seems that Concubine Yuan Wanyou's eyebrows flew obliquely into her temples, a pair of big eyes were clear and smiling, Qiong was straight, her lips were not pointed, and Zhu seemed to be smiling, but she was so heroic that she was tight. I saw that she jumped off the boat independently on her toes without waiting for help, carrying her hands, a pair of eyes swept around the waiting crowd, and then hooked a smile out of nowhere, and some of the little concubines who were not common concubines actually snorted, almost softened their legs and feet, this concubine is still wearing a sandalwood sixteen-sided Shu brocade full-breasted long skirt women's dress, if she changes into a military uniform or a man's regular dress, I am afraid that it is not much better than that Wei Jue Yannian.

The virtuous concubine also walked out from the other side of Liu Shuxing, compared to Liu Shuxing's rich flowers in the world, Yuan Wanyou's heroic posture, the virtuous concubine seemed much more low-key, I saw that she was wearing a purple palace dress, there was nothing wrong with the whole body, and there was no place to show off the luxury, the face was like a silver plate, it seemed to have compassion, purple was originally an old and serious color, without a little experience and age, it could not support this color, today with the kind eyebrows and kind eyes on the face of the virtuous concubine, it was natural, as if the color was a little lighter than she despised her.

Those who thought that Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian would be completely covered by Concubine Liu Shuxing, now seeing the demeanor of the concubine, the concubine, and the concubine standing on one side, they are a little ashamed, because their appearance is really far different from these three, and it is no wonder that the woman from the noble family, even if it is a concubine, is also the object of scramble, and it is no wonder that there is a saying that "I would rather marry an official maid than a peasant girl".

I can only sigh that the noble daughters of the noble families in this world are graceful, but all the nobles of the family who are involved with the court, their proudest daughters and descendants, have entered this deep palace, crushing the elegance to fight with others, refining the arrogant bones into charming bones to please the king's favor, just to satisfy the excessive greed of their own family!

Everyone was stunned, Liu Shuxing had raised her head high, her neck was slender, and she had restored her usual pride, as if the demure lady just now was everyone's illusion! She led the people who had seen the ceremony, Shi Shiran walked towards the seat, and sat down gracefully.

Everyone also sat down behind the concubines in the high position, picked up the fruit wine in the silver wine glass on the table and dipped their lips, turned their heads and whispered and laughed with others, and by speaking, carefully looked at the extravagance and elegance in this Penglai Palace, as well as the demeanor of the other concubines.

Not long after, the last ray of glow was collected by the sparkling lake, the heaven and earth suddenly sank, Penglai Hall suddenly sang in all directions, the sound of silk and bamboo piano and drum music was endless, the lights were everywhere, the lanterns specially covered with a layer of non-flammable and transparent red cloth were suddenly lit up, between the brilliant lights, only a voice of Yi Men and Women was heard singing loudly: "Greeting St. Annβ€”β€”, Greeting Feng Jiaβ€”β€”! ”

The sound floated on the Taiye Lake, floating into everyone's ears but like a thousand catties, for a while, the concubines all quickly got up, quickly tidied up their clothes, with the help of their own maids on the side, to check whether their skirts and sleeves were still neat, and whether their hair and makeup were indebted, and then lowered their eyebrows, but they invisibly stretched the most proud part of their posture, only asking the king to look sideways.

The voice of the man and the woman sang loudly again, as soon as the words started, the concubines quickly knelt on both sides of the hall in their most stretched posture and did not exceed etiquette, their hands were on each other, their right hands were on top, and when they secretly saw the black gold-rimmed high shoes stepping into the hall, they immediately raised their hands on their foreheads, straightened up and bowed gently, and then slowly bowed down, and read in their mouths: "Please Your Majesty XiΓ  Sheng'an, respectfully invite the Queen Mother Feng'an!" ”

"Let's get up", Shen Zhan looked around the hall, his eyes paused on Liu Shuxing, his eyes deepened, but after a while, he turned his head and stretched out his hand to the petite Song Mier on his side, and his tone was soft and low, "Come on." ”

The people got up, looked up, and saw such a scene.

The emperor with a pair of phoenix eyes and a smile stretched out his hand to the woman on his side, the woman's peach blossom eyes were bent into a crescent moon shape, and the facial features were not fully opened, but the diamond-shaped upper lip beads were lightly upturned, the nose tip was like a drop of water, the eyes were watery, the middle was deep, the complexion was as white as jade, and the green silk of a crow and crow hung down to the ankles. If it weren't for the white and red cheeks with undrawn baby fat, standing with the concubine, it would really be like the sun and the moon, and the different styles make people not know the meaning of the geometry of the world. Fortunately, this woman has not yet grown up, and the elegance is not obvious, and the concubine's expression is arrogant, and it destroys the noble atmosphere between her eyebrows, which makes the glamorous and absolutely contaminated with the mundane, otherwise, the emperor has these two daughters, a queen, and a concubine, where are there other people around?

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel relieved, and they all prayed that the concubine would be as arrogant as ever, but the queen would grow slower and slower, and when everyone had a firm foothold, it would not be too late to grow again.

The minds of everyone here turned, and the emperor looked happy, and smiled at Song Mi'er holding his hand, and the two walked shoulder to shoulder, leg to leg, and walked up to the throne in the middle of the main hall together.

To sit down, the song and music are masterful, but no matter whether the concubines will bite the silver teeth in their hearts when they see the emperor's loving appearance, they will vigorously play the song and dance of the thousand rivers and flowers.

Because it is the Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet, the crab of Yangcheng Lake is indispensable, the concubines toasted, a fine taste, it is actually osmanthus and chrysanthemum brewing, chrysanthemum is slightly bitter, but it neutralizes the excessive sweetness and sweetness of osmanthus, chrysanthemum wine has, is looking forward to it, the crab is also presented, and there are eight silver crabs held by the maid, kneeling on the side of the concubine, a small table, knocked it carefully, took out the crab meat yard in the plate, to put out the appearance of a chrysanthemum, and then presented to the concubines around them, there are also the concubines who are impatient with the service of the maids, I love to enjoy the fun of doing it yourself when I taste this crab, so I spontaneously took small scissors and small pliers that couldn't hurt people, and knocked and peeled them off by myself.

The atmosphere in the main hall was also lively and noisy for a while, accompanied by the wind and moon, and there was also the style of the Southern Dynasty in ancient times.

Since it is a palace banquet, it must have the appearance of a palace banquet. Needless to say, how the concubines secretly envy the little queen for the favor and respect of the emperor, that is, no matter how bad the face of the graceful and proud concubine looks, the wine that should be toasted still has to be respected, and the toast still has to be said, when the moon rises ten, it is the time for the concubines to display their talents.

Who will be the first to play is a question. The concubines pretended not to care, picked up their wine glasses and drank lightly, but their eyes were wandering around to see who would be the first to play.

This is also a particular thing, the first one to appear, it's too dazzling, I'm afraid of stealing the limelight from the people behind, it's too bland, and I'm afraid of provoking the emperor, the main reason is that the emperor is unhappy, the emperor is unhappy, and the banquet can't go on.

Just when the concubines' hearts were surging, a low and magnetic chuckle suddenly sounded on the right side: "Your Majesty, this is the first thing, why don't you let me come." ”