When the sun was sinking, the sky was not yet dark, and the Longkang Hall was already brightly lit. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the main hall, the feast is ongoing, the table is set up around the main hall, there are all kinds of exquisite palace dishes on it, everyone pushes the cup and changes the lamp in the laughter, and the vermilion agate cup in the collision wafts the aroma of Persian three pulp.

In the middle of the main hall, more than 20 beautiful women dressed in willow green silk shirts and goose yellow gauze skirts are dancing, dancing "half-mountain incense".

The queen seemed to like the song very much, and looked at the dance, bowing her head slightly. After the dance, the queen said: "Zitong's hometown is in northern Xinjiang, and this song has the flavor of a rural sound. ”

Nowadays, the dances in the palace are mostly simulated fairy postures of "floating clouds", "fairy letters", "treasure birds" and the like, so fresh and dusty poured Taifu sat next to the queen, listened to the queen's words, arched his hand and said: "Queen Niangniang, this 'half-mountain incense' was composed by King Jing and the musician for more than half a year, and the dancing queen was also carefully selected...... It's rare for him to have such a heart. ”

When the queen heard that it was King Jing, her originally smiling face froze for a moment, and she didn't answer, just nodded.

Taifu wanted to say a few more words, but when she saw that the queen's face had changed, she swallowed her words.

Yunyang's seat was next to the queen's mother, and although her eyes were looking away, their conversation had already reached her ears.

King Jing is the distant nephew of the second prince of the first emperor, after the death of the second prince, because his immediate family members were killed, so he had no possibility of entering the royal family before, and he inherited the title of the second prince by mistake.

This King Jing was very observant, and after ascending to the throne, he attached himself to the Queen Mother. Later, the Queen Mother was sent out of the palace by Zhao Yuan, and King Jing was also implicated and was very neglected.

Today, he was introduced to the queen by the princess, which shows that after the queen mother left, the king of Jing has found a new backer. The queen must have been afraid of the assassination of the emperor in the courtyard before, and she did not invite him to this banquet, deliberately marginalizing him.

Now that he is climbing the Taifu and wants to enter the clan core again, the queen knows it, so naturally she will not talk.

Yun Yang took the wine glass, took a sip of sweet wine, raised his eyes to look at Taifu, and saw that he was sitting there quite imposingly, and the royal family next to him was flattering to him.

Yunyang was secretly a little surprised in his heart: "It's no wonder that Concubine Min wants to set up a bureau to curry favor with him, the first emperor's eldest prince is under his support, and now he is in an important position, and the second prince and his first line, who were originally not on good terms, also took refuge in his disciples, and the power of Taifu in the clan is self-evident." ”

Although she didn't fully understand the ingenuity in this, she also felt that Taifu's increasing power was not a good thing for Zhao Yuan, who was fighting bloodily on the frontier.

At this time, a few short Haiyu servants ascended to the main hall and sang a "Wooden Man and Stone Heart". This play is about March of a certain year in the Western Jin Dynasty, the princes and nobles, talented and beautiful women in Luoyang City all went to the banks of the Luohe River to feast and drink in the spring, and the powerful Taiwei Jia Chong also came to play.

Jia Chong suddenly found that there was a person on a small boat by the river with a solemn expression, sitting on the boat, indifferent to the surrounding flower world, so he asked his name curiously. It turned out that this person's name was Xia Tong, and because his mother was seriously ill, he came to Kyoto to buy medicine.

Jia Chong asked him if there was a custom of amusement in March, and Xia Tong said proudly: "We have a flat temperament, noble temperament, no admiration for glory, and the legacy of Dayu." ”

Jia Chong listened disapprovingly, and transferred a mighty guard of honor to show glory in front of Xia Tong, and a large group of beauties were brought in, singing and dancing, showing flowers and branches, and luring Xia Tong. However, Xia Tong sat firmly in the boat, cold and serious, and remained unmoved. Jia Chong and others discussed: "It's really a wooden man and a stone heart." ”

There was nothing new in this play, but after the servant sang the last sentence, he waved one hand into the air, and a cloud of white smoke rose, and after the smoke passed, he had an extra rosewood jade buckle in his hand.

The servant held it in both hands and sent it to Yunyang, who was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to take it or not. She glanced at the queen with some embarrassment, meaning that this was a special program arranged by the queen?

At this time, the queen smiled slightly, and said in a calm voice: "The emperor has been on the southern expedition for some days, and he still remembers the sisters in the palace. This did not make people quickly send a few gifts. ”

"The emperor's gifts to Zitong, Concubine Chen, and Concubine Min are all gold beads and jade, although they are priceless, the weight is quite heavy and difficult to change. The emperor's gift to his sister this time is very light, so let the servant conjure, which is considered an unexpected move, so as to make Sister Bo smile. ”

That being said, when Yunyang thanked him, he found that there was a trace of anger in the queen's expression.

Yun Yang got up and took the rosewood jade buckle box, feeling uneasy: "At such a grand palace banquet, letting the servant take out a gift to me already has a taste of banter. Looking at the faint jealousy on the queen's face, it seems that this "Wooden Man and Stone Heart" also seems to contain the queen's hatred for the emperor. ”

"I really don't know what the emperor put in this box to make the queen insinuate to me like this."

After the banquet lasted for about an hour, the queen ordered the palace people to remove the dishes from the table and put fresh fruits and pastries on the table again.

Qu Jun came to the queen's side at this time, and came up with an idea: "The queen's mother, the master of Chongshan Temple, who is the presiding master, also came to participate in the palace banquet. This person is a master of the tea ceremony, and the cooking technique is very different from that of the court, but the taste is excellent. ”

The queen is a person who loves to be lively, at this time the banquet is coming to an end, Sizhu and dance, and the servants have already been on the stage, and they are thinking about making an order to make everyone happy, and listening to Qu Jun say this is exactly what she wants, so she ordered: "Pass the dust to the palace." ”

Then she turned her head and said to Taifu: "There are already new tea masters here, why don't you also invite an old-style tea connoisseur, and the two of them will have a tea fight on this hall, isn't it ingenious?" ”

When the Taifu saw that the queen had this Yaxing, he echoed in a loud voice: "At this time, the new tea has just been sent to Luoyang, and everyone here must not have tasted it yet." ”

In this way, everyone here today can not only see the skills of tea fighting, but also taste the mellow new tea. Speaking of which, Princess Xuanbo is an old tea connoisseur, and inviting her to fight tea with Master Pure Dust is a chess opponent. The queen said with a smile.

Princess Xuanbo sat next to Concubine Min, heard the queen's words, got up and went to the palace, saluted the queen and said, "Since the queen mother has this Yaxing, the sons and daughters will get an axe in front of your relatives."

At this time, the eunuch had placed incense tables and soft satin cushions in the middle of the main hall, and the palace people stepped forward to serve the princess and sat down.

Then, Qu Jun accompanied a tall, burly, handsome monk into the outer hall and introduced to the queen and the princess: "This is Master Pure Dust. ”

There was also a set of incense tables and tea sets about a foot away from the princess, and Jingchen sat down behind this incense table.