Chapter 182: Palace Banquet

Hongchen goes all the way.

Slender feet, where you have stepped on, the gray stone flies away, the gap closes, and all obstacles no longer exist.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the man was at the door.

Looking at it from a distance, it makes people feel that she is flying in the air.

"Let's go."

Hongchen walked out of the door, looked back, and said with a smile, "There is no other problem, but there is still a residual evil qi, no matter it, it can be calmed down after half a year of exposure, if you don't want to leave the house empty, there is still a master of color abstinence present, just ask him to recite the mantra of the old man." ”

Everyone was a little blindsided.

The great monk of the precept was the first to return to his senses, sat down silently, held the Buddha beads, closed his eyes and lowered his head: "Nan Wusa is the first to return to his senses." Sugadoya. Hello Emperor. The three bodhisattvas write the Buddha Kusa Seni Samarium ......"

As soon as Hongchen heard it, he knew that this was a serious monk.

She has always been very strange, how the scum of Buddhism is hidden in the Buddhist temple, the real monks chant the scriptures, the aura of the scriptures is suddenly revealed, the people who listen to it are immediately calm, and the rhythm is even more beautiful, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Can a fake monk chanting sutras still have such an effect?

Especially for such evil monks, I'm afraid that even if they recite a mantra, they must give people the feeling of murder.

If she knew what she was thinking, she would curse herself secretly, and her years of practice might be ruined.

Chanting is the aura, so how many years do you have to cultivate the Buddha?

Can such a master be able to support him at will?

Let's just say that he recites the scriptures every day, and he also preaches the scriptures to his disciples, but he has not recited the scriptures to others for decades.

Today, he is just willing to give Lord Rong'an and Yan Erye face.

Again. Even if a few evil monks really appeared, it would not be possible to determine it just by chanting the sutras.

Hongchen pondered for a moment, then pushed the door and walked out: "I'm back." ”

"Where?"

"Well, enter the palace, no, go home first, I can't wear this clothes."

This year is Chinese New Year's Eve, a serious Chinese New Year's Eve, the queen is still waiting for her to attend the palace banquet, and now rush over. I guess it's late.

Case. It's better to slow down and go back and dress up first, so that you don't get rude.

A bunch of spirit masters who chased them out behind were dumbfounded, and a few of them suddenly realized. Isn't. These are no ordinary days. There will be a banquet in the palace.

They are cultivators, and they don't think about these purely human feelings, and many of them haven't been through the New Year for many years. Although not all of them pay attention to purity of heart and few desires, the worldly etiquette is indeed a little far away for them.

The one in front of him is a county lord.

The old man of the Yun family's face turned red, and he swallowed back the thoughts that were still waiting to be kept.

Xiaohe nodded, and immediately drove Hongchen back.

If someone else encounters such a thing, he has to die in a hurry, Hongchen doesn't care much, the emperor and the queen are not mean people, even the emperor, he won't just hold a grudge for this little thing, in fact, if he doesn't remember it in the heart of the Long Live Lord, what if he doesn't enter the palace gate tonight? Long live the Lord still has to count the heads one by one?

Sure enough, it was late.

Xiao Qiao's father-in-law poked at the door of the county lord's mansion, and the canopy was also there, and the queen mother was obviously a little worried, so she sent a car to pick it up.

As a result, Hongchen came and saw her dress, Xiao Qiao's father-in-law's face turned green: "My little ancestor, hurry up, change into bright clothes, my mother has sent someone to ask a few times, I won't see you again, I'm afraid I'm going to be in a hurry." ”

Usually, at this time, the emperor gave wine, the monarch and the ministers drank together, and the mother should also leave the table, her old man is now a person who likes to scatter and does not like to gather, and does not like to be lively, but this time he did not leave, I am afraid that he is also hanging on the master in front of him.

Others don't know, Xiao Qiao's father-in-law doesn't know how many rewards he has sent to the county lord's mansion, it is good to drink water in the palace, and Niangniang is also worried about whether the water in the county lord's house will be bitter, so she specially asked people to pick a bucket for the county lord to enjoy.

What is so precious about water, and what is precious is the kindness of the mother.

Hongchen sighed, asked the elders to wait, her face was also red, and she hurriedly stretched out her hand to let Luo Niang lead the little palace maids to change her clothes, and after dressing up a little, she got into the car.

Xiao Qiao's father-in-law laughed: "Okay, okay, let's hurry up." ”

To say, if a person looks good, he takes advantage, the county lord doesn't even have to paint makeup, he wears some jewelry at will, and other noble girls paint three or five hours to clean up carefully, and the first person others see is sure to be the county lord of Rong'an.

In front of the palace gate, even the guards guarding the door changed into bright clothes, and the entire palace city was decorated with palace lamps everywhere, and Hongchen was dazzled.

Xiao Qiao's father-in-law picked up a lotus lantern, respectfully led her into the door, and laughed quietly: "The hour is not too late, today Your Majesty invited the ministers to enjoy the fireworks, and the prison spent a lot of effort, what is it called, the fire tree and silver flowers never sleep." ”

As he walked, a group of palace maids came over in front of him, and the one at the head was still holding a snow-white white tiger skin cloak in his hand.

"The county lord is here, the mother nagged for half the night, saying that you must have something to do, hurry to the palace banquet, I'm afraid I won't feel cold, this year is a cold winter, the wind is terrifying, and the slave maid is specially asked to send a cloak."

Hongchen smiled, and stretched out her hand to ask the palace maid to tie it for her: "This dress can be worn at this time, and it will be noisy at home when I wear it." ”

It's not that the tigers in her family hurt their hearts, it's purely that the tigers don't live in groups, they are relatively lonely, and when they smell other tigers at home, they don't feel happy.

There are seats in the palace, the queen mother is old, she just sits down and goes back to rest, the female dependents here, the queen mother is happy, there are a few princesses, and a few older generation of women, can sit in front of the row, everyone else is far away, as soon as Hongchen comes, she is led straight to the left hand side of the mother to sit down.

The queen shook her head and stuffed another stove in her arms.

"I know that you can catch up, you can't dress warmly, women can't catch a cold, you are only a little bit old, you don't pay attention to it before you get married, and when you get older, you will suffer."

Aunt Su Niang next to her couldn't help laughing: "Niangniang said a few days ago that she was still a twenty-eight girl, and now she is nagging." ”

The queen rolled her eyes and smiled: "That's it, it's not annoying." Tell me, what happened today? ”

Hongchen didn't hide it, and deliberately downplayed what he encountered in the Yun family, so that he described the love story in detail and in detail, which was quite moving.

Women love this kind of story.

What she said was a tragedy, although it was unlucky to hear it on Chinese New Year's Eve, but she knew the temper of the lady, and she never cared about this, so she couldn't say that she had to judge it. It's also a lot of fun.

The queen listened. After being stunned for a long time, he shook his head and said, "It's not good to say, I think that Yu Linglong must also like Qin Yujing." Love is this thing. One person can't get warm. Don't look at which girl you can hear from time to time unrequited love, which man admires what woman, may make a man love for a hundred years and never forget. There is no resentment when she dies, that woman can only exchange sincerity for sincerity, if she doesn't even have sincerity, she can't coax a really good man. ”

Hongchen was stunned, she didn't understand ****, and she didn't know if what Niangniang said was right or not.

At this time, a new opera was being sung in the palace.

The dramas and texts are all in the category of filial sons and daughters-in-law.

During the New Year, the masters all like the good drama of the reunion, that is, they love to cry when they watch a tragedy on weekdays, and it is not good to sing at this time to make the masters shed tears.

Hongchen thought it was good, when he saw these in his previous life, he was just vulgar, but now he can't stand it for a long time, and he can still see it.

The 'little daughter-in-law' on the stage has a good voice and a good figure, which really makes people's ears numb, and Hongchen threw a lot of golden melon seeds with a smile for people to see.

The queen smiled: "If you like it, go back to your house and let them sing it to you." ”

That's not necessary, people were originally in the palace, and the people who served were all long live the lord and the queen, and they really got it to her house, not saying it on the face, and they were afraid of being depressed, and they all said that people go to high places, and the water flows to low places, and I have never heard of anyone who wants to not serve in the palace and go to the mansion of a county lord.

The sound of gongs and drums, next to the Taiye Pool, could only hear a little chaotic movement.

The cold wind blows, and the coolness that blows on the face can't even stop the charcoal stove.

"It's cold."

Xia Meiren shrank her hand, slowly took a spoon and drank a little soup, and there was no heat in the soup.

The palace banquet is actually not easy to eat at all.

The queen set up a banquet in Bichun Pavilion, the place is big, it is also bright, you can see fireworks, it is a good place, it is close to the place where His Majesty set up a banquet, and you can vaguely hear the sound of the wine order and all kinds of laughter.

High-ranking concubines, important women and clansmen are okay, there is a charcoal stove in front of them, and the dishes on the table are directly appreciated from the imperial banquet, and the small stove is heated at the bottom, which is piping hot, and they don't feel cold at all.

They are concubines of no grade, but they don't have such treatment, the charcoal in the charcoal stove is smoked, and they must be beautiful, they can't wear too thick clothes, and the food is cold and hard, and it is completely unpalatable.

Xia Meiren's knee was hot and painful, and she accidentally fell when she came, but the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve did not allow the imperial doctor, and she was idle, and she caught up with the small day, and there was no heat in her abdomen at this time.

The high beauty next to her touched her arm: "Look at it." ”

Following Gao Meiren's line of sight, Xia Meiren's gaze fell on the snow-white white tiger skin cloak.

She recognized this cloak, it was this autumn, when he hunted in the autumn of the long live lord, he was very happy that day, he was very happy that day, he could kill a tiger by himself, that would definitely make him high spirits for a whole year.

"See, our mother is such a cold-hearted person, people can be coaxed to be fascinated, if you have this ability, even if it is only three points, then you really don't have to worry about anything."

Gao Meiren raised her eyebrows lightly and snorted.

The palace maid beside her couldn't wait to stop the master's mouth.

Gao Meiren is actually good-looking, is a very delicate and moving appearance, His Majesty now loves to pamper the concubines of low rank, especially the weak one, and the taste of the young is not very different, she is like this, Your Majesty should have been fresh for at least a few days, but because of her mouth, she has just been favored twice, and Long Live Lord can't stand it, so she left it behind and ignored it.

Xia Meiren sighed, her eyes still revolving around Rong'an County.

In front of the 'Jingtiantai', there was a sudden burst of hearty laughter.

The voice was clearly His Majesty's.

At such a time, only Banzai Ye can be so unscrupulous.

A group of palace concubines here, along with those noble ladies and wives, had a softened expression on their faces, and they were all happy.

Their lives are tied to one person, and their joys, sorrows, and sorrows are also with that person, long live the Lord happy. Naturally, they should be happy.

The queen pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "I don't know where so many happy things come from." ”

Not long after, some little eunuchs and little palace maids came over one after another, whispered to the masters, and the queen also got the news, shook her head and sneered: "Even the national teacher will be a sycophant." ”

It was originally the 'Invitation to Heaven Pavilion' cast by the national teacher and was completed.

The Invitation Heaven Pavilion itself is not large, but it is located in the west of the Taimiao Temple, and is also near the most important altar of the Great Zhou, and is located in the treasure land of Feng Shui. At the start of construction. The national teacher personally took more than a dozen top spiritual masters to see it.

It's just a three-storey building, and the materials used are more expensive than building a royal garden, and the magic weapons inside are almost comparable to the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda of Dayun Temple.

Inside it is placed since the founding of the country. Thirty-one life-size statues of heroes who made great contributions to the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are also statues of the emperors of the past dynasties.

The portrait is made of jade. It took more than a year just to gather the materials for these jade statues and mobilize the whole country.

I also invited the pilgrimage to the saint. Master Yan Feng Yan came to paint the portrait, and asked the best craftsmen to carve it carefully, which was exactly the same as the real person.

Dare to complete everything before the arrival of the New Year, Long Live Lord is naturally very happy, and also decided to go to the Heavenly Pavilion to have a look after the end of the sacrifice after the New Year.

The emperor was really happy today, looked back at the direction of the queen, although they were not together, but the palace lights were bright, he could still see a little shadow of the queen, his heart was soft, pointed to the steamed fish he loved to eat on the table, and said with a smile: "Xiao Jiu, you personally hold it and send it to the mother." ”

King Li answered, and did not shirk, walked over and directly picked up the plate in the hand of the Long Live Lord, and went to present it to the queen with it.

The Emperor laughedβ€”his son was really angry now.

I remember when I was a child, this child was born weak, Concubine Mi hurt his body when he gave birth to him, he was born thinner than other children, he raised it carefully, and the queen also loved it, at that time, the queen was not the cold-hearted and cold-hearted appearance now, and took good care of his children, especially Xiao Jiu, knowing that he loved to eat mutton, but he was easy to get angry, and he didn't know what to think, so he let people feed the goat the medicine that defeated the fire, and raised the mutton for Xiao Jiu to eat, but the palace people were not lightly worried, as if I heard that there was an old eunuch who was good at raising sheep, In the past year, Shengsheng has lost his hair.

Xiao Jiu asked her to be used to not being presentable, but later the queen herself found out that it was inappropriate and worried that she would raise it crookedly, so she let go and handed it over to the gentleman in the study to teach.

"It's all big."

The emperor sighed, withdrew his gaze, and fell on his third son, Zhao Rui.

This is his third son, born to Concubine Yu, the first two, the eldest died, the second was sick and crooked, and he couldn't even get out of bed for many years.

Maybe God sees that he is sincere, and the child is very good-looking, chubby, white and tender, and he is also very clever.

At that time, the emperor's age was already not small, but he fought back then, put his mind on fighting for the world, maybe there was no fate of children and grandchildren, the child was either delayed, or died a lot, this time his son was so healthy, he felt that at least there was seven or eight points of credit for Yu Guifei, and since then he has favored her even more.

Sure enough, Concubine Yu gave birth to his fifth son, who was also outstanding, especially in appearance similar to him, but his temperament followed his mother, straightforward and generous, brave and brave, practiced martial arts extremely hard, and his reading was not very bad, and he could barely be regarded as a general.

The emperor pursed his lips, but his eyebrows were a little soft.

After all, he still loves the children, although he can't help but be wary, as an emperor, when he is old, he can't be like ordinary people, just looking forward to the children becoming talents, all of them are promising, and there are still many things to consider!

The palace feast was eaten until the moonlit treetops.

After that, there will be fireworks all night.

It is estimated that on Chinese New Year's Eve, every household in Yong'an City will go to the street to watch the fireworks, and His Majesty will drink too much, and he will be called a soft sedan by the great eunuch and carried back to the dormitory in the morning.

The queen didn't even glance at it, but just ordered him to go down and let him cook a bowl of decanting soup for him to eat.

The old emperor didn't like to drink decoctions, and he didn't like anything.

The subordinates didn't dare to care, the palace concubines didn't dare to persuade them, and only the queen sent a message, in order to give face to his wife, the emperor had to drink it.

After drinking the sobering soup, the headache was avoided the next day, and they served it. I won't be beaten for it.

"A lot of age, still thinking about drinking wine and eating meat, he eats beautifully, I can't care, but if I don't pour him a bowl of soup, tomorrow morning he will have a headache, and those who serve will be punished, several fathers-in-law have served him for most of his life, this is half cut into the earth, there is no merit and hard work. He doesn't feel distressed. I'm not that ruthless. ”

The queen also gossiped with Hongchen, "You are old, and you will marry in the future, you need to remember." As a woman. First, take care of yourself. Second, you must abide by the rules, you are the lord of the county and a noble girl. The rules will protect you, you stand firm and do well, even if the man is not in tune, it will not hurt you in the slightest. ”

Seeing Hongchen nodding with a smile, he added another chopstick honey fruit to her, and then turned his head to look at Yu Guifei who was worried not far away, "Your mind is not on the fireworks, go back and rest early, in case Your Majesty finds someone to serve, I still want you to arrange it." ”

The concubines at the table all bowed their heads.

Concubine Yu didn't dare to speak, and retreated honestly.

In the middle of the night after the palace banquet, the queen retreated from sleepiness, and Hongchen was also a little tired, so she quit the palace.

It was still Xiao Qiao's father-in-law who sent him off with a lantern and walked on the path, which was clean and free from being disturbed.

Xiao Qiao's father-in-law is also a fun-loving child, while leading the way, he laughed and said: "Today I can ask for a cheap errand, accompany the county lord to save a lot, those brothers have been arrested, and they want to go to the palace to give vegetables, long live the lord explained, to hurry up, do not delay, a few dishes of oil are big, a cold can really not eat, other people's families are fine, go to Ninghou's mansion, dare to give a cold dish, Ninghou turned around and knew, must sue." ”

Hongchen also smiled.

Because of the good relationship between Ning Hou and Long Live Lord, they often play idle articles, and the people in the palace serve this master and never dare to ignore it.

It is said that one day last year, Mrs. Shizi added a paw print to Ning Hou Shizi's face, and he, as a father-in-law, was afraid that his son would have a scar on his face, so he wanted to find a doctor for him, and he was embarrassed to let his daughter-in-law think that he was favoring his son and had a terrible headache.

Ning Hou was bored, so he directly entered the palace in the middle of the night and got the Long Live Lord out of Concubine Yu's bed, so he had to give an idea.

Everyone in the palace said that Ning Hou was too presumptuous, but the emperor loved him since he was a child.

Talking and laughing all the way, bypassing the Taiye Pool, there was suddenly the light of a lantern in front of me.

Xiao Qiao's father-in-law frowned: "The palace banquet hasn't been dispersed yet...... Isn't it a little master who came out to be lazy? ”

Apparently there was someone on the other side of the front and they all stopped.

Raising the lantern and looking at it, Xiao Qiao's father-in-law breathed a sigh of relief: "Which beauty should it be Your Majesty." ”

Sure enough, the person who came was Xia Meiren, her face was snow-white, her face was sick, and when she saw Hongchen, she hurriedly greeted her.

Hongchen also replied with a half-salute.

The grade of the beauty is not high, and it is only one level higher than the talent, but after all, she is the concubine of the Son of Heaven, and Hongchen is not too rude.

Xia Meiren is very beautiful, with a pair of willow eyebrows, a high nose bridge, about some foreign blood, and her eyes are slightly dyed a little blue, Da Zhou originally didn't appreciate the characteristics of such mixed blood, and she couldn't stand her good looks, her skin was snow-white and snow-white, extremely delicate, just looking at her facial features, Hongchen felt that the concubines in the harem were only slightly better than the queen.

Such a beauty is just a speck of dust in the harem, and the emperor can't even remember the name.

As soon as she took a look, Xia Mei's body staggered.

Hongchen frowned: "What's wrong with the beauty?" The face is not very good. ”

"The slave family is fine."

Xia Meiren's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, her face showed three points of cowardice, and she was even more lovely, gritting her teeth, plopping, and kneeling on the hard pebble ground.

Hongchen was startled, this time it was not light, her knees might be broken, she hurriedly took a few steps back and avoided it.

Xiao Qiao's father-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to protect him, and said angrily to the palace maids who were also stunned: "Don't help me up yet!" ”

The palace maid hurriedly leaned down to comfort and support.

Xia Meiren leaned in the arm of the palace maid and sobbed softly: "County Lord, I can't do it, the palace doesn't let me ask for a doctor for the New Year, but I have a love for the maid, I have been sick for several days, and the high fever does not go away, and if I continue like this, I am afraid that I will make trouble, so I thought, the county lord is merciful, I don't know if I can ...... for me."

Hongchen turned his head and said to Xiao Qiao's father-in-law: "It's true that people's lives are at stake, and they can't be sloppy, I remember that the palace maids in the palace are seriously ill, so they can't wait, and they have to move out. Add her a place and send her out in advance to seek medical advice. ”

Xiao Qiao's father-in-law hurriedly responded.

Xia Meiren was stunned, and tears rolled down: "This, how can this work, I regard that girl as a sister, I am really reluctant." ”

Hongchen blinked, his face showing a little confusion: "If the beauty loves her, shouldn't she think more about her?" It is a virtue for the mother to return to the palace, and you should be grateful for the beauty. ”

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Xia Meiren's face suddenly turned three points whiter, and she opened her mouth, waiting to speak.

Not far away, there was a sudden scolding: "What are you doing? Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, Your Majesty and the mother are happy with the world, bullying people at this time, and not afraid that Your Majesty will be disgusted? (To be continued.) )