No one expected that the first heavy snowfall in winter this year would come so violently that it lasted for three consecutive days.

Before dawn, dozens of small families poured out of Rongguo Mansion and Ning Guofu, shoveling away the snow that was one or two feet deep on Ningrong Street.

Today is the birthday of the emperor, and Jia Baoyu is going to accompany Jia Zheng to Xiyuan for a banquet.

At this time, in the Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu looked at Jia Baoyu with only a pale yellow brocade robe, and reproached the attacker: "On such a cold day, he is going out to a banquet again, so you only give him such a little dress?" ”

The attacker replied: "I said that I would wear that fox armpit fur with soft fur on him, but he said that it was too hot to wear it, and we had to wear it, so we had to rely on him." ”

Jia Mu said: "How can this be done, mandarin duck, go inside and take out the plush big piece I told you about earlier, and let him put it on." It's such a cold day, but it's fun to be freezing? Then he said to Jia Baoyu: "If you do this again next time, I won't allow you to go out." ”

At this time, Xiangyun and Daiyu were both in the house, and they threw mocking glances at Jia Baoyu when they heard this.

Jia Baoyu didn't care, and smiled back, before saying to Jia's mother: "In addition to this clothes, there is also a cloak, which I took off when I entered the door just now." ”

"That's not going to work, you'll put on the big hat later, and put a cloak on the outside."

Jia Baoyu smiled bitterly: "Isn't that a zongzi?" ”

Everyone was in charge, and Jia Mu also laughed and scolded: "Zongzi is better than frozen, if you want to be really ugly, you can take it off when you get to the place." ”

Seeing that Jia's mother insisted that Jia Baoyu no longer push, after the mandarin duck took out the big hat, he let the maids put it on him.

Xiangyun came over and pulled his clothes and said, "Brother Bao, if you go to such an important banquet today, you have to tell us carefully when you come back." ”

Jia Baoyu touched the tips of her hair and said, "Okay, when I wait for the banquet, I'll see if there are delicious sweets on that table, and I'll put some in my pocket while others aren't paying attention and bring them back to Sister Yun." ”

"Who's going to eat candy, you're so annoying!" Xiangyun stomped his feet.

Jia Baoyu smiled, and suddenly saw Daiyu's winter-like eyes staring at him on the side, Jia Baoyu hurriedly said: "Okay, if you don't eat, I'll give it to Sister Lin, she loves sugar." ”

Xiangyun looked at Daiyu suspiciously, and had the impression that Sister Lin didn't seem to like candy either?

Daiyu was a little annoyed when Jia Baoyu said that she liked candy, and she was even more ashamed and annoyed when she saw Xiangyun looking over: "You crazy girl, listen to what he is talking nonsense!" ”

Xiangyun realized that he had been deceived, gave Daiyu a mouthful, and then hit Jia Baoyu.

Just as Jia Lian came in, he said that Jia Zheng had been urged outside, so Jia Baoyu said goodbye to Jia's mother and others and came out of Rongqing Hall.

After the second gate, Jia Baoyu asked Jia Lian to wait for a while, and then asked the little maid to take off the plush coat on his body, just put on the lighter cloak.

"I'll just say how the second brother looks fat today, it turns out that he is wearing a robe on the inside and a robe on the outside, so you don't feel bored and panicked."

Jia Lian joked with a smile.

Jia Baoyu handed the big dan to Mingyan to hold, and said: "The old lady said that it was cold outside, and insisted that I wear it, and I didn't want to refute his old man's wishes, so I had to wear it out." ”

Jia Lian said: "The old lady is really good to you." ”

Hearing that Jia Lian's tone was a little sour, Jia Baoyu said, "If Second Brother Lian likes it, how about I give it to Second Brother Lian?" ”

"That's not possible, what the old lady gave you, how can I snatch love with a knife."

Jia Baoyu glanced at him, didn't say anything more, and the two went out of Rongguo Mansion together.

In front of the gate, there is a two-by-eight sedan chair, which is where Jia Zheng and Jia Yu sit.

Jia Baoyu and other juniors were inconvenient to sit in a sedan chair, so they had to ride horses.

Seeing Jia Baoyu and the others coming out, Xue Pan on horseback immediately shouted: "Brother Bao, you can figure it out, this damn ghost weather, sitting on this horse, I'm about to freeze to death!" ”

In addition to Xue Pan, there was also Jia Zhen, who was much calmer than Xue Pan, and said with a smile: "Since Brother Bao is here, let's get on the horse quickly, it will not be good if the time is missed." ”

Although the Xue family has fallen, and now no one is an official in the court, but it still has the name of a generation of imperial merchants. This time, the emperor's birthday, a big feast in the world, the Xue family also received an invitation from the Ministry of Rites.

Maybe it was really too cold, Jia Zheng and Jia Yu didn't even want to lift the sedan curtain, but Jia Zheng said "let's go" in the sedan chair, and the group began to set off.

Out of Ningrong Street, Jia Baoyu was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that it has snowed heavily for so many days, and the entire capital is shrouded in a snowy world. Why is there no snow on this street, and you can walk all the way unimpeded?

Jia Baoyu asked Jia Lian.

But before Jia Lian could answer, Xue Pan preemptively said: "Hey, Brother Bao, you don't even know this." Today is Taishang's birthday, the entire Shenjing, civil and military officials who exceed the five grades, all have to go to Xiyuan to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, and there are so many royal relatives and relatives, so many people come out, if the snow on this road is not dealt with, I don't know how many people will be blocked on the road today. Therefore, yesterday, the Ma Bujun Yamen dispatched thousands of men and horses to remove all the snow on the main road of the capital overnight.

You see, those over there are all people from the Ma Bujun Yamen. ”

Jia Baoyu followed Xue Pan's instructions, and sure enough, he could vaguely see some sergeants pushing carts and shovels on both sides of the road.

Jia Baoyu was speechless, I only heard that everyone swept the snow in front of the door before, but today it is considered to be insightful, in order to let everyone go to the emperor to celebrate his birthday, thousands of soldiers were dispatched to shovel snow on the street, and the handwriting is really big enough!

Therefore, Jia Baoyu sighed and said something like the emperor's face.

Xue Pan listened, and even moved the chatterbox, and said: "Of course, who is the Emperor Taishang, that is the most powerful emperor of our Daxuan, what is the north to catch Mongolia, Nanping Baiyue, west, what state ......is coming from the west?"

Jia Baoyu smiled.

The north chases Mengyuan, the south Ping Baiyue, and the west sets Fanbang. This is a summary of the merits of the current Emperor Taishang during his reign.

According to the history of the country, when the current Emperor Taishang ascended the throne, although Daxuan was initially decided, internal and external troubles were still continuous. Emperor Taishang ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Plan in the year of the weak crown, inherited the legacy of his father and brother, and actively explored, the above three sentences are a summary of the most important achievements of the Emperor.

All in all, the Emperor Taishang is very powerful today!

.......

Xiyuan Garden is a large-scale royal garden built by the current emperor after the abdication of the emperor.

Located in the northern part of the Imperial City, it is rumored to be much better than the Forbidden City.

When the Jia family and his entourage approached Xiyuan, they saw from a distance that the vast open space in front of the main gate of Xiyuan was already full of traffic.

A group of soldiers of the forbidden army wearing gold armor wandered near the Xi Garden, either patrolling or standing guard, with the solemn and magnificent garden behind them, looking majestic and magnificent.

An official from the Ministry of Rites came over and instructed the Jia family to place the sedan chair in a fixed area.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the banquet is just going to be held today, before that, you adults and sons can have a little play in the garden, tea and snacks have been prepared everywhere in the garden, in addition to horse racing, archery, fishing and other activities, you can watch and play at will, you only need to go to the Chongde Hall before the time."

Before entering the garden, the leading official of the Ministry of Rites said this to everyone.

"Thank you, sir." Jia Zheng bowed his hand, and then glanced at the congratulatory gifts carried by the little servants behind him.

The official smiled and said: "Lord Jia, forgive me, there are too many people today, so this congratulatory gift is not at the door, my lord just order someone to carry the congratulatory gift to the ceremonial platform over there, and I have my own responsible colleagues to collect and record it." ”

As he spoke, he gestured to a place about fifty paces from the gate.

Jia Zheng and the others looked at it, and sure enough, a few simple warehouses had been built over there, and many people were queuing up over there to register, and sometimes there was a sound of reporting.

Jia Zheng ordered Jia Zhen to take Jia Lian and others to send the congratulatory gifts of the three families, and he and Jia Yu took the lead in Xiyuan.