Chapter 344: Coaxing a Birthday Banquet (1)
The weather was light, and the people inside and outside the imperial city were surging.
The Jade Empress Dowager's birthday is today, and unlike previous years, this year's Empress Dowager will accept the congratulations of the envoys of the hundred officials and the people on the upper floor of the imperial city. This kind of treatment is exactly the same as the emperor's longevity Christmas.
In fact, a few days ago, the Ministry of Rites prepared the etiquette rules for congratulating birthdays in the palace. However, on that day, the imperial city of Zhu Zhifu sued the emperor before, and the eldest princess of Kunshan and Concubine Xiao were under house arrest, and the emperor issued a holy decree, in the name of filial piety, and asked the queen mother to accept the congratulations on the imperial city tower.
Therefore, on such a cold and lonely autumn morning, the people outside the palace who congratulated their birthdays waited in front of the Imperial City Square; The concubines in the palace and the palace people had to serve the queen mother and the emperor to ascend the imperial tower.
Mrs. Sun was full of pearls, wearing a dress of Mrs. Yipin, and her small face was abnormally blue and white. She could not have come, because she was in confinement, and she could have asked someone else to pay homage on her behalf. But after thinking about it for a while, she still came to the scene in person with the baby Xiaoguogong.
That's right, just the night before, Mrs. Sun, who had been waiting for a lot of anxiety, finally looked forward to the emperor's decree to canonize her son as the Duke of Yuguo, and at the same time, she also waited for the empress dowager's decree to canonize her as the lady of Yipin's fate.
She also heard that the eldest princess of Kunshan was accused of poisoning a certain palace concubine, and she thought that even if the inheritance of the title was not completely yellow, it would not be possible to have a result in a short time. Unexpectedly, the eldest princess of Kunshan actually did a reliable thing this time, and she insisted on asking her for canonization.
Therefore, in order to express her full gratitude to the emperor and the queen mother, Mrs. Sun ignored her mother's dissuasion and insisted on entering the palace to congratulate the queen mother on her birthday.
She said: "The body can be slowly adjusted, and the birthday celebration must not be taken lightly!" I can only live with my son in the future, and it is impossible for me to marry and have children. How can you do it if you don't take the opportunity to earn more for your children?! ”
This is quite helpless. The powerful and wealthy Mrs. Sun is to fight, but she also has the sincerity of a loving mother. She thought about her son's future, lest she would annoy the emperor and the queen mother by not congratulating her birthday in person.
But at this time, kneeling on the cold and stiff bluestone brick ground, Mrs. Sun regretted it a little. Even if there were several thick clothes worn in the dress, it was almost wrapped like a dumpling, and there were still wisps of cold wind pouring in. Ten thousand needles are similar. It made her body hurt all over her body, even the cracks in her bones.
And at this time, she knelt in the pile of women, and everyone was trembling and pitiful. There was no one who could help her out of the wind. Suddenly sneezed, Mrs. Sun thought of her son who was not yet a month old, would Murong Qian take good care of this little brother? But don't get caught in the cold.
On the huge Imperial City Square, the black pressure was full of kneeling people. But. There are also those who do not need to bow down because they are messengers of a subject country or a neighboring country to congratulate them on their birthdays. As long as the emperor and the queen mother arrived, they bowed down and performed the courtesy of foreign ministers. Therefore, the envoys all stood proudly, and even a few were still whispering.
Mrs. Sun quietly raised her eyes and looked at the group of people with envy. She was young after all. The eyesight is okay, and I caught a sharp glimpse that there was a girl in an unfamiliar dress and skirt who was Zong Zhengke.
That should be the dress of the princess of the Qin State of the Jokhang Empire. Mrs. Sun didn't dare to look at it for a long time, so she lowered her head after a hurried glance. lovingly stroked the dress of the lady of the first grade on his body. Due to the rush of time, this dress is slightly larger. It was loose on her body, but it still made her kneel in the front row of the foreign woman.
This is the power of power! Looking at all the ladies of the first grade, she is the youngest! Thinking of this, Mrs. Sun's face stirred up, and she didn't feel so cold.
knelt down and waited for a small pillar of incense, and finally heard the palace people singing - the emperor arrived, and the queen mother arrived. All the people who congratulated the birthday followed the singing and drinking of the ceremonial officials, and gave the queen mother a salute to congratulate her on her birthday.
This scene is more than grand, but not warm. It's a cold day, and not everyone has martial arts cultivation in their bodies, most of them are shivering from the cold, and they can't even speak, let alone have that Zhongqi to congratulate their birthdays loudly.
Mrs. Sun smiled secretly in her heart, but her face was solemn and upright, she was meticulous in her salute, and repeatedly sang the same congratulatory message in the loudest voice.
Suddenly, the sound of hurried horses' hooves crushed the cold and feeble prayer, mixed with a hoarse shout: "Report the report...... The five kings of the Golden Horde, Sun Zahe......"
The cry was soon drowned out in the thunderous hooves of the horses. Mrs. Sun half-turned to look at the crowd, and was almost frightened by what she saw.
I saw a brown torrent surging in the direction of the Imperial City Square, with flags and banners waving and riding spears, and it turned out to be a heavily armed cavalry team. Compared to the cavalry that had only swaggered through the city in Tianxingjing not long ago, this cavalry was more numerous, not hundreds.
There is no need to report the news, even a woman in the inner courtyard like Madame Sun can recognize their origin from the appearance and clothing of the comer—the Golden Horde! The insatiable wolf on the pillow who has to give a large sum of gold, silver, grain and grass every year to appease the country!
"Hahahaha!" At the head of the cavalry was a tall man with braided hair, who reined in his horse and laughed roughly, riding his horse around like a king on patrol. The rest of the knights also stopped their horses and stood behind him like arch guards.
Boom Boom Boom! Countless soldiers in bright armor rushed out from the Imperial City Square, and soon surrounded this cavalry team, full of hostility.
Half of the braided man's face is a hard beard like steel needles, and he looks about thirty years old, and his body is vigorous. However, Madame Sun also knew that the men of the Golden Horde were all born old-looking, and it is unknown that the fifth king of the Khanate named Zahe in front of him may be in his early twenties, or even younger.
Zha He laughed wildly again, and asked disdainfully: "This palace is here to congratulate the Jade Empress Dowager on her birthday, why, this is to have a fight before giving a birthday?" ”
The cavalry behind him shouted so loudly that even their horses neighed. Many of the Imperial Forest Soldiers of the Heavenly Lucky Kingdom retreated unconsciously, their faces were pale, and their eyes were panicked.
Seeing this scene, the knights of the Khanate were even more unscrupulous and ridiculed, and some even jumped directly off their horses and walked to the royal forest soldiers to grab weapons. Coming and going, whenever a knight of the Khanate approached, the guards of the Imperial Forest over there retreated like a tide, and in the blink of an eye, a piece could be vacated.
In this situation, Mo said that in the eyes of men, even a woman like Mrs. Sun was ashamed. Most of these royal warriors were born rich and noble, and they were basically gilded, and they looked like a lot of goods. But in the face of feud, they are so bad, it is simply a loss of face for a country!
Mrs. Sun thought that the Empress Dowager Jade was probably half angry. This Golden Horde, as always, still doesn't give face to the Heavenly Horde. (To be continued.) )