My sister-in-law and I followed the yellow door through the palace doors to the Qinghe Palace, sure enough, as the sister-in-law said, in the middle of the hall is His Majesty's dragon chair, the left side of the dragon chair is the position of the queen mother, and then down is the men's seat, the prince and the prince are sitting closest to His Majesty, and the prince is surnamed Wanghou, and the father sits there, the third brother has no official position, but because he is the Marquis of Dingyuan, he also sits in it, and below is the official rank of the eldest brother These officials are seated according to the official rank. The right hall is the seat of the female dependents, the closest to Your Majesty is the virtuous concubine who has not been favored in recent years, and is only one step away from the rear position, and below are other concubines, my mother died early, and I have not yet arrived, so I followed the sister-in-law to sit on the side of the official female dependents. There is a wide and long corridor between the east hall and the west hall with a half-height stage, there are singing and dancing performances during the banquet, and there are curtains in the middle of the west hall pillar and the hall pillar, the sister-in-law said that it is to prevent someone from doing wrong, I think this is completely redundant, because as soon as you sit down, there is only a stage left in front of you, how can you see whether the opposite side is a person or a ghost?

After His Majesty and the concubines sat down, everyone got up and shouted long live, and then the banquet began, and the palace maids of Bucai rushed in. Nominally, it is for his father to catch the wind and wash the dust, His Majesty also invited a banquet for hundreds of officials and female dependents, so many people in the hall, there is no trace of lively atmosphere, and the palace maid and the eunuch can only hear the footsteps of the palace maid and the eunuch back and forth. The ladies and ladies could only make eye contact, and between the electric light, some smiled at each other, and some glared at each other and ignored each other...... For a while, it was like watching a pantomime, which was very interesting.

I was looking at it when the drums suddenly sounded behind me, and I was so startled that I almost spilled the wine on the table, and my sister-in-law told me that the bells and drums were hidden behind the thick curtains, and of course there were many Yulin troops just in case.

It's so troublesome to eat, I really don't like Dijing more and more.

With the wave of kabuki people on the stage, the atmosphere in the hall is obviously much better, from time to time someone toasts to the sister-in-law, but they are all from a distance to call Mrs. You, and then raise the wine glass from a distance, the sister-in-law also saluted back, the wide sleeves covered the wine glass to the lips and put it down, most of the banquet down, there was not a drop of wine in the cup.

I was dumbfounded: "Sister-in-law, why don't you drink?" ”

"Silly sister," my sister-in-law whispered to me while smiling, "who would really drink on such an occasion?" There are people staring at this palace openly and secretly, if you accidentally get drunk and offend someone, you will be killed! ”

"Is that serious?"

"My sister didn't know that there were officials who went to the palace banquet in the previous dynasty, and after getting drunk, they accidentally stepped on the placket of a palace maid, and they were beheaded by the first emperor for the crime of disturbing the harem! Later, there was an unwritten rule in the official family, but whenever there was a banquet in the palace, you should not be greedy, everyone was just pretending, and my sister remembered it. ”

I swallowed and picked up the delicate snack on my plate: "Then I'll just eat it." ”

"No! In the previous dynasty, an official went to a banquet, but he only ate and did not drink, and he didn't want to be named and questioned by the first emperor, and his mouth was full of food, so he was beheaded for the crime of dereliction in front of the palace! Later, there was an unwritten rule in the official family, but where there is a banquet in the palace, you can't be greedy, if your sister is hungry, just endure it, if you can't smell it! ”

"Isn't that a waste of these delicacies?" It's the previous dynasty again, how irritable was the first emperor?! These hundreds of people, aren't so many ingredients wasted? I looked at the pastries and dishes in front of me, and the cost of this meal was enough for ordinary people for two months!

"Sister is not in a hurry, when the feast is over, His Majesty will order the palace people to pack the uneaten food and send it to the mansions of the adults, and then my sister can eat as much as she wants."

As he spoke, he saw a woman next to him pick up a jade treasure hibiscus cake and sniff it fiercely, the expression seemed to have really eaten the delicious food in the world, and after a while, she returned to her place, and realized that I was looking at her, and smiled embarrassedly.

Me: "......"

Girl, are you lonely? This palace banquet is really boring! I can only learn from my sister-in-law to sit up straight and twist the waist of the dancing girl in the stands.

"But the fourth lady of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion?" An older grandmother stood in front of me, with a solemn face, looking at me with a high slanted gaze, I nodded stunnedly, and the little eunuch behind her held a wine glass in front of me: "The Queen Mother gave the fourth lady a glass of spring fragrance and white dew." ”

My sister-in-law hurriedly pulled me to thank me, and I didn't react until the palace maid left: "Who is she?" Hanging down like I owe her money? ”

"Sister be cautious! It was Mama Xu, who had been waiting for the Queen Mother for many years, and she was deeply favored by the Queen Mother. ”

I panicked: "Why did the Queen Mother give me wine?" Do I drink or not? ”

The sister-in-law couldn't get it for sure: "Drink...... Drink it......"

I drank it all when I heard it, I had drunk the spirits in the army before, and I also went to Liancui Mountain with my third brother to steal pear blossom wine, but this wine was sweet and delicious, and there was no taste of wine at all.

I told my sister-in-law not to worry: "It's like water with sugar." ”

"But the fourth lady of Dingyuan Hou?" Before the words fell, someone came over again, this time it was a father-in-law, "Concubine Xian Niangniang gave Miss Fourth Miss Liuxia a drunken drink." ”

Sister-in-law: "Drink...... Drink it......"

"Concubine Song gave the fourth lady a cup of ......"

……

After the queen mother got up, the concubines in the palace actually ordered people to send wine to me one after another, no matter how good my alcohol was, I was a little dizzy after pouring one cup after another, and my sister-in-law didn't dare to help me drink, so I could only be anxious next to it.

As soon as the surroundings became lively, I heard the ladies and ladies of various families discussing: "It's really a person who has attained the Tao of the chicken and dog to ascend to heaven, Your Majesty is so interested in Dingyuan Hou, the ladies can't stammer him, come to slap his daughter." ”

"Today, I took a look at the little young master of the Dingyuan Marquis family from a distance at the gate of the palace, he is really a merry man!"

"I heard that Miss Fourth and he are dragon and phoenix fetuses, and the little young master is so handsome, I don't know how good-looking Miss Fourth is!"

"I don't know if there's a match?"

"What do you want? Can it be your brother's turn? Don't you want to enter the palace? ”

"What do you want? The slave family is talking about the little master! ”

"You don't want to rob your husband with me!"

……

A song "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers", the feast is finally coming to an end, Daddy was called by His Majesty to come forward and said some words to praise him, to the effect that he worked hard in this draft, made immortal contributions to the royal family Yunyun, and gave some rewards, a good picture of a blind date between monarchs and ministers, I only felt groggy, thinking that the wine in the palace was delicious, and drinking too much was also tight, I just hope that Your Majesty will finish speaking quickly, so that I can go home and drink a bowl of sobering soup.

At this time, I saw a figure on the opposite side jumping on the stage and kneeling down: "Chen Yao Qisheng has a play." ”

His Majesty also seemed to be a little tired: "Yao Qing has a book to play again tomorrow." ”

Yao Qisheng refused to give up, and his voice rose several degrees: "The minister participated in the Yuanhou Youyi - in the name of the draft, accepted bribes, deceived the king, the crime is extremely evil, and the reason of heaven is intolerable!" ”

My mind cleared up.