Chapter Twenty-Four: The New Year's Feast
Although Ni Baolin's incident was shocking, it could not withstand the good things of this year, and after the death of Ni Baolin was hastily ended, the people of the Inner Chamberlain Province began to work on important matters for the New Year, which was the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve in a few days, and this palace should have a feast. Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been very busy recently, not only to be busy with everything at the palace banquet, but also to be sloppy in the official uniforms of the palace concubines and concubines.
A few days earlier, the official uniform of the thirtieth Chinese New Year's Eve was delivered, and the female official Shanggong had too many things to do, and she had to spare some time to modify some ill-fitting official uniforms, which was even more busy. finally ushered in the thirtieth year in the busyness, and Qin Shujiu got up early in the morning and began to dress up.
The thirtieth year is both a state banquet and a family banquet, and the palace concubines and palace nobles will be ordered to enter the palace, which is an important day that must not be sloppy. The New Year official uniform sent by the Ministry of Internal Service also matched Qin Shujiu's intentions, the white chebula covered the crisp chest, and a wide-sleeved robe with blue stripes on a white background was attached to the body, the robe hung down a few feet, spread out like a fan screen, and the top was embroidered with blue silk with clusters of ginkgo biloba leaves. The sideburns that were pulled up high were dotted with a lot of blue beads and palace flowers piled up with luo gauze, and a three-tailed phoenix was swaying sideways in the hair, which was elegant and tight from a distance.
This dress was left by Qin Shujiu for tonight's palace banquet, so he did not wear it like this during the early morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, but he was dressed as usual on weekdays, and when the night banquet began, he changed into this fine official uniform, and then entered the banquet hall.
Thirty is the state banquet, the concubines in the palace and the royal nobles everywhere all enter the palace to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and the harem concubines and clan relatives and relatives are dressed up to attend. The clothes on his body, the hairpins and jewelry on his sideburns were all taken care of. Although in terms of color and luxury, Qin Shujiu's body is light and not bright enough, but because it looks a little light in luxury, it also made Liqing notice. Sitting on the top of the main hall and looking at Qin Shujiu, he took a glass of wine and toasted it, and Qin Shujiu also returned the salute, and only after holding the cup in both hands did he hide it and drink it. During this period, in addition to paying tribute to Liqing, Lihan also wanted to thank him, after all, he fell into the water that day, but he was rescued by Prince Han, otherwise Qin Shujiu's life would have been explained there.
In addition to the queen and harem concubines in this palace banquet, Nanwang Liyuan and the eldest princess of Jingyang also entered the palace with Jin You, the province of the concubine, and the adult and underage princes and princesses were also serving on Liqing's side. There is a good group of people under the palace music, because this Chinese New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, because Liqing ordered everyone to be casual, and the palace banquet is also very casual.
Li Han is the most heartless person, ignoring court affairs and having no power, he is a leisurely prince like an idle cloud and a wild crane, and he is the most open in this palace banquet. Because I haven't seen this royal brother and sister for a long time, this Prince Han is also addicted to drinking, and after a few glasses of wine, Li Han got up and saluted Liqing and then said with a smile: "Brother Huang, there is a sudden incident in the courtier's brother, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”
"Since you want to say it, then say it, your temperament is not suitable for such roundabouts." I was also happy to drink, and when I saw that Li Han suddenly said such a sentence, Li Qing also laughed, and it was okay at the moment. But this Lihan didn't say it explicitly, but pointed to the dancing girl dancing on the palace banquet and said, "What does the imperial brother think of the dancing palace people?" ”
"Oh? Why did you suddenly ask this? I thought Lihan was going to say something, but I didn't expect it to be this, and I was puzzled at the moment. It was the queen on the side of Liqing, who asked Li Hantu to say this, and said with a smile: "It's interesting to hear what the ninth brother said, this dance choreographed by the Shangyi Bureau is naturally good." ”
"The queen's sister-in-law is right." After the long bow at the moment, Li Han continued: "The dance choreographed by the Shangyi Bureau is naturally not bad, but no matter how much you change it, you can't change the bones in the depths of the head. ”
It's the first time I've heard of such words, and at the moment, the eldest princess Jingyang on the side of Lihan smiled, pursed her lips slightly, and Jingyang chuckled and said: "The ninth brother is still of this temperament, and it is always up to sex to say what should not be said." After saying this, Lihan immediately responded: "Sister Jingyang is wrong, if this is good, it should be praised, but if it is unsatisfactory, it must be proposed, otherwise, there will be no new tricks every year, wouldn't it be boring to watch." ”
After speaking, he even sighed, it was really a pity, such a look amused Liqing, and immediately shook his head and said: "I haven't picked it yet, you are good, but you are disgusted." Li Han replied: "The imperial brother is worried about state affairs every day, even if he is on top of this palace banquet, he can't help but think that there are eight points in the court, of course, I can't see how this year is similar to last year." It's an idler like a younger brother who has the leisure to see. ”
"That's right." looked at him directly and smiled, and the queen on the side of Liqing's smile couldn't help but smile and said: "It seems that the ninth brother thinks that this palace banquet is not a novelty, and it is not addictive." ”
"If this Prince Han doesn't think it's new, then it's okay to change it to something new." After receiving the queen's words, Concubine Lide said a little lazily, and Concubine Zheng Guifei, who was on the upper side of the party, took over and said: "Sister, this is said lightly, how can the novelty of this palace banquet be said to be there, besides, Prince Han is an expert in this matter, and the novelty that can satisfy him is not easy to find." After saying this, he looked at Liqing and smiled helplessly.
However, Concubine Lide still didn't care about it, and snorted lightly: "Sister Guifei can't think of it, but it doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't." ”
"Sister Li's concubine is also curious, Your Majesty, why don't you ask Sister Li if she has any novel methods." Even the concubine Hou Xian was upset and interjected to ask. Asking them to say this, Liqing was also interested, and immediately looked at Concubine De, Liqing said.
"Since Concubine Ai swears so much, if not, what is the new way."
Liqing had already opened her mouth, and Concubine Lide couldn't sneer lazily like that, so she got up and saluted immediately, and then said: "Your Majesty, let the concubine go down and change her clothes for the time being, why don't you serve it." ”
After saying that, he retreated and went to the apse to change his clothes.
After returning, Concubine Lide has faded away from the cumbersome palace clothes and changed into a sassy uniform, standing under the palace with a long sword in hand, the sword dance is light and tactful with the wind, with the sword as the sleeve and the shadow as the dance, there is no soft charm under the palace dance, but it is a domineering that the daughter of a handsome general should have, the sword shadow is like a song and dance, such as drunk, after a song, it makes people have a sense of anger. The sword, the fall, and the end all show the strength of the daughter who is completely different from the gentle palace dance. to the point where people can see that their eyes are bright, and the whole person is clear.
When the song ended, all the people in the hall who participated in the banquet were already in good spirits, and they were shocked by the domineering in the dance of Concubine Lide, and the wine smell had disappeared by seven or eight points, but they also woke up a lot. They were all slightly shocked there, and only after a long time did they hear someone thundering and applause, and then even Li Han, who was the most picky in Su Ri, couldn't help but praise: "It is worthy of Concubine De's sister-in-law, and she is really the daughter of a handsome general. ”
After speaking, he made a series of changes, but he was afraid of the boredom that he had just said, so that he invited Concubine Dongde to perform in person, took the sword and returned to the palace, and after taking the wine and toasting Liqing, Concubine Lide smiled and replied: "Prince Han doesn't feel bored now." ”
"Concubine De's sister-in-law laughed, if she had known that it would have alarmed Concubine De's sister-in-law to perform in person, her brother would not have said anything that was boring."
Concubine Lide is the daughter of the hussar general Yu Wensheng, even if she is more expensive than the four concubines of the harem, she still does not lose the domineering spirit of the daughter of the general. When she said this, Concubine Lide laughed, but she didn't plan to go back to the apse to change into the palace clothes, but sat down directly and said: "Speaking of the handsome daughter, I am not the only one among His Majesty's concubines, and the sister of the virtuous concubine is also the handsome general. It just so happens that sister, you also stretch your muscles and bones like me, so as not to forget your nature after sitting for a long time. ”
Concubine Lide's words seemed to want the concubine to show her style, and her meaning was clear and straightforward, but this concubine was obviously not as she wished, so she immediately got up and saluted, and then said: "The concubine is probably going to lose the interest of Your Majesty and all the princes, although the concubine was born in the handsome house with Sister Defei, but the concubine has never practiced dancing with knives and guns, and she is really not as talented as Sister Defei." ”
"It's okay, you're not good at these things, and I don't know." Concubine De's heroism is well known, but this Concubine Hou Xian is graceful and tender, and the two are really not the same kind of people. waved his hand and signaled Concubine Hou Xian not to ask for guilt, as long as there was Concubine De's sword dance, it was enough.
Liqing's empathetic concubine Hou Xian should be grateful, but she was not willing to spoil the rare interest of the palace banquet, so she immediately said: "Although the concubine is not good at this matter, she can recommend one person." ”
"Who?" Liqing asked, and Concubine Xian replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, has you forgotten that among the concubines, not only the concubines and the sisters of Concubine De are from the generals, but also Su Cairen." ”
The implication was that he dragged Su Die into the water.
At this palace banquet, His Majesty's concubine performed a performance, which is about the emperor's face, if it is good, he will be rewarded, if it is not good, even if there is no punishment, in Liqing's heart, I am afraid that it is not good. Concubine Lide is a heroine among women, this is a thing that all concubines and concubines know, and the dance just now has shocked people's hearts and lungs, but at this time, Concubine Xian strongly recommended Su Die, which is thought-provoking.