Chapter 423: The Palace Banquet Begins

However, to Yun Ge's surprise, although many people spoke in a mess, they would definitely not be in a mess, and they saw that the palace maids and eunuchs were watching from the side around the entire hall, as long as they walked into the hall from the outside, the palace maids soon stepped forward and led them to their seats. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Looking at these people sitting down, Yun Ge couldn't help but admire the palace maids and eunuchs of the Taihe Palace, so many people, one by one, are extremely correct, you must know that the seats here are not casually sitting, some positions are sitting according to the official position, and some places are sitting according to the title, and even some people's official position is not high, but the title is high, then his position is different.

When everyone was seated, a crisp chime rang, and those who had just sat down all stood up in an instant.

In addition to the five-star red flag, there is also His Majesty the Emperor who is walking slowly in front of him.

Everyone in the audience stood up and saluted, everyone stood up, Yun Ge naturally couldn't continue to sit on the chair, after all, it was too conspicuous, but he saluted or something, Yun Ge was not very good at it, just learning from the lady in front of him, imitating their movements, and saluting behind them. Long live the mountain

I only heard a strong voice from the direction of the main throne: "All Aiqing, get up, all the clan relatives, please get up." ”?

Hearing the emperor's voice, everyone sat back in place, Yun Ge sat back eagerly, and hugged the ice basin in his arms, numb, this kind of weather is hot enough, and it is so thick, now more than a thousand people are sitting together, it is like a huge melting pot, although there are a lot of ice basins here, but unfortunately Yun Ge is still sweating now, and secretly glanced at the lady in front, you must know that these people are wearing a lot more than Yun Ge, and there are many more things on their heads than Yun Ge, but no matter how Yun Ge looks, All of them were silent, showing no signs of discomfort.

It seems that he is the only one who is not adaptable, Yun Ge thought depressedly.

Sitting on the chair, Yun Ge looked up at the place where the emperor was, and saw that His Majesty the Emperor was sitting on the highest seat in the entire hall, dressed in bright yellow clothes embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, but to Yun Ge's surprise, the person sitting next to the emperor was wearing a bright red An Guifei embroidered with a peacock.

I saw that today's Concubine An Guifei is particularly beautiful, with a delicate red peony on her sideburns, and a flying phoenix hairpin with a long tassel on the other side. With a glance and a smile, the flying phoenix hairpin also swayed gently, like a living phoenix flying.

It is said that Concubine An Guifei is in favor of the saint, and now it seems that this is the case, everyone seems to have the same idea as Yun Ge, but there are a few women with masked faces, looking at An Guifei with a look of jealousy, Yun Ge thought, it is estimated that these women are the ones who are ready to be concubines for the emperor.

Just when everyone's eyes were focused on the emperor and Concubine An, Yun Ge saw that in the lower right corner of the emperor, the most conspicuous seat in the first row, Wan Xiaolou was sitting there with a smile on his face, but the smile was not up to the bottom of his eyes, so this smile was extremely cold.

Wan Xiaolou sat in the first place, and basically could see the expressions of everyone in the hall, but his eyes were not on those difficult men and women who were eager to try, but glanced back and forth at specific people intentionally or unintentionally, and then as if he had seen something interesting, he sneered and retracted his gaze, and began to pour himself wine, after all, the first three glasses of wine are an important part of this feast.

Sure enough, as soon as Wan Xiaolou poured the wine, he heard a strong voice from above: "Although today is the widow's forty-fifth birthday, everyone wins." ”?

As the emperor's wine glass was picked up, the people who were doing it, whether they could drink it or not, all raised the wine glasses in front of them, and followed the emperor to drink the wine in the glass.

Did others drink it clean, but Yun Ge knew that Wan Xiaolou definitely didn't drink it clean, after all, with his gentle touch of the cup string, it was impossible to drink it at all.

Yun Ge fully despised Wan Xiaolou's fraud, then put the wine glass in front of him, sniffed it lightly, and poured the wine directly into the corner, looking at the empty glass in his hand, Yun Ge was satisfied.

Everyone drank all the wine in the cup, and saw a palace maid shrunk in the corner all rushed out, quickly pouring wine for the people present, but Yun Ge's row of palace maids who poured wine, when they came to Yun Ge, were entangled for a while, and only then did they pour wine for Yun Ge with a bad face.

Yun Ge looked at this palace maid, and then realized that this palace maid just now seemed to be standing behind him.

"Today, the widow is very happy, so many officials bring their families to celebrate the widow's birthday, come, drink victory"

Hearing this, Yun Ge knew that he was going to drink again, but in view of the palace maid who exuded a cold aura behind him, Yun Ge shrank his sleeves and poured the wine directly into the space.

Probably thinking that Yun Ge had drunk it, and seeing the empty wine glass, when the palace maid came to pour wine for Yun Ge this time, her face was obviously much better-looking, and she smiled at Yun Ge when she left.

"Today is His Majesty's birthday, and I wish His Majesty the Emperor a long life" The third time the emperor said it, but all the people who were doing it stood up and said.

The emperor laughed, then picked up the wine glass in his hand and smiled at everyone in the audience: "Okay, drink to win." ”

As soon as the third drink came out, all the people immediately raised their wine glasses in front of them, and then poured them down in one gulp, Yun Ge naturally poured the wine into the space again.

After three wins, there will basically be no too formal drinking, so the person who has been dipping his butt in the stool string just now is finally sitting on the porcelain.

The palace ladies walked out from all sides of the main hall again, but this time they were not holding wine, but plates of delicate dishes.

Yun Ge had long coveted the melons and fruits in front of him, and now it seemed that he could eat them, so Yun Ge picked one up and took a bite.

The "click" is really crispy and sweet.

It seemed that he had taken the lead, and in the seats next to Yun Ge, several people also picked up the fruit on the table and took a bite gently.

Looking at the shape of the cherry's small bite, looking at the big pit that he bit out, Yun Ge suddenly felt that it was a complete mistake for him to come to this banquet this time, and carefully put the apple back, and turned the side he bit inside, Yun Ge looked at the center of the main hall.

"The Han Emperor is heavy on the country, and Yuyu has been unable to ask for it for many years. The Yang family has a girl who has just grown up, and she is raised in the deep boudoir. It is difficult to give up the natural beauty, and once chose the king's side. Looking back and smiling, the six palaces have no color"

A beautiful tune sounded, and then a group of girls wearing peach-colored dresses, peacock feathers inlaid with jewels and jade ornaments, and wearing a xia veil, came out of the palace.

I saw them bow to Emperor Yingying together, and then they formed a circle and began to dance one after another.

Sizhu and Yuxiao's voices are very chic, looking at the wonderful performances of these dancing girls, Yun Ge finally feels that this banquet has a little merit, at least this song and dance is not bad.

Just when everyone was enjoying the song and dance with high interest, they heard a shrill voice outside: "Your Excellency the Cabinet has arrived." ”

Is anyone still here? Yun Ge looked strangely in the direction of the entrance of the main hall, after all, no one dared to guarantee that he was not late, but the question was, what day is today, the emperor's birthday banquet, being late for this kind of thing, isn't it proper to wait for the emperor to give you small shoes to wear? ?

"The Cabinet Secretary has arrived? , why are you only here now" The emperor's voice couldn't hear joy and anger, but the expression was completely different from just now, but it showed that the emperor was still a little unhappy.

I saw that the cabinet ministers, who were still outside the main hall just now, have now walked into the hall, there are three of them, all of them have serious faces, and the most important thing is that the clothes they are wearing are actually white.

You must know that only when you wear linen and wear filial piety, or when you go to someone's funeral, you will wear such clothes, but today, but the emperor's birthday, on the emperor's birthday, wearing such clothes, needless to say, must be here to add to the blockage.

These three people all stood in the center of the hall with a serious look, and it was said that these three people also had a place in the hall, and they were still in the front position, and then someone looked at the position of these three people.

The position of the cabinet is all under the emperor, and it is also the best position, but now, only Wan Xiaolou sits alone in the position.

At this time, many people found out that next to Wan Xiaolou, those original seats of the first assistant were now empty, no wonder they felt strange when they saw Wan Xiaolou sitting alone just now, and thought that the Lord Wan Du didn't want to sit with other people, but the result was that the other first assistant didn't want to go over at all, and in cooperation with the current dress of the three cabinet elders, many people in the hall showed a look of watching a good show.

"Wan Xiaolou is a eunuch, he also wants to enter the cabinet, and he also became the head of the cabinet, these people must be unhappy, and they are deliberately here to find fault today."

A person next to Yun Ge who seemed to know everything was boasting to the person next to him in a whisper, and the other person nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Wan Xiaolou doesn't look at what his identity is, just like him, he also wants to enter the cabinet, and he deserves it." ”

In addition to these two people, there are many people in the hall who have this kind of voice, Yun Ge's five senses are keen, basically they can't escape Yun Ge's ears, listening to these people's discussions, Yun Ge's face is very ugly, although he doesn't like Wan Xiaolou either, but being said by these people, Yun Ge is still uncomfortable.

Looking up in the direction of Wan Xiaolou, he saw that Wan Xiaolou was still sitting there as calm as water, and he didn't seem to notice the discussions of these people in the hall at all, and he didn't look like he was going to be the head of the cabinet at all, but Yun Ge knew that the capital of Wan Xiaolou was decided, not only that, but when necessary, Yun Ge even felt that he would kill the current emperor and take the throne himself.

Although Wan Xiaolou's hole cards are sufficient, and he is good at adding his personal skills, he feels that it is difficult to be an enemy of the Manchu Dynasty.

In the main hall, some people gloated, some people looked indifferent, some people looked resentful, and some people watched the drama around, and the three cabinet ministers knelt in the center of the hall at once.

Now the eyes of the people in the hall have been wandering between the three cabinet ministers and Wan Xiaolou, and this kneeling act makes everyone see it clearly.

"What do you want to do?" The emperor's gloomy voice rang out from the high platform.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen deserves death, but today's clothes are not for others to see, but for Weichen himself," the three cabinet ministers said in unison.

For yourself? Then this is going to die, and suddenly, the hall that was still slightly noisy suddenly fell silent.

And at the center of this storm, Wan Xiaolou didn't look at the three cabinet ministers in plain clothes, such a disregarded attitude suddenly made the three cabinet ministers, who were already full of anger and anger, their faces flushed with anger, that is, the three cabinet ministers were in good health, otherwise they would definitely vomit blood at this time, but even if they didn't vomit blood, the expressions of these three people were extremely hideous, and everyone present felt that if it was possible, the three cabinet ministers would have pounced on Wan Xiaolou and killed him.

Wan Xiaolou didn't respond, and everyone had to turn their attention to the emperor, after all, the three cabinet capitals just now were said to the emperor.

I saw a calm look on the face of the emperor sitting high on the platform: "Oh, it is prepared for you, is it not good for the three Aiqing, is it a coincidence, or is the three of them not in good health together." “

"Back to the emperor, Weichen's body has always been tough, and it is not a problem to serve in the reigning dynasty for ten years, but I am ashamed to be with Wan Xiaolou and others, he is a eunuch, how can He De enter the cabinet, and he also became the position of the cabinet capital, so please ask the emperor to withdraw the will to appoint Wan Xiaolou as the cabinet capital."

These three people almost didn't say anything, who is in the Wanxiao real estate market, they are also worthy of entering the cabinet, and the most important thing is that they have to be the head of the cabinet, that is their top boss, they will meet when they look up and bow their heads, and every time they meet, they will remind them that their top boss is a eunuch, which is a great shame for those who have been in the officialdom for decades.

Many people were said by the three cabinet ministers to have strange faces, and the emperor sitting at the top also had a strange face, and then the emperor looked at Wan Xiaolou who was sitting in his subordinate position.

"Wan Xiaolou, what do you think of the words of the three ministers?"

Wan Xiaolou, who was ashamed of being with the three cabinet ministers, glanced at the three cabinet ministers coldly, and said in his voice, which had always been calm: "Actually, I am also ashamed to be with the three. ”

"Wan Xiaolou, how can you be so reasonable, what is your identity, you are also worthy?" The three cabinet ministers, their faces suddenly like pig's liver, loudly reprimanded Wan Xiaolou. (To be continued.) )