15. Chinese New Year's Eve Palace Banquet
The entire palace is divided into two palaces from the body hall, the star picking pavilion, and the imperial garden. The body year hall is the place of the emperor's family banquet and state banquet, the star picking pavilion is the highest building in the whole palace, as the name suggests is the place to observe the evolution of the stars, the inner and outer palaces of the imperial garden occupy half of each, the banquet is held in the imperial garden Linguang Pavilion, everywhere the lanterns are like a fiery ocean.
"Wow, there are so many lanterns, it's so beautiful." Xia Xing talked to Concubine Yun excitedly, because Concubine Yun, who lived in the same palace, took care of it, so she walked all the way. Concubine Yun smiled: "This lantern will be kept for a few days, if you like it, I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send some to our palace, as well as all kinds of small animals and flowers, keep it for you to see enough." Xia Xing: "Uh-huh, okay." Concubine Yun turned her head to Xia Han again and said, "Prince Han, what do you like, I will also ask the Internal Affairs Office to find and send it." β
Xia Han walked silently on the side, draped in a thick coat, the silver-gray fur was wrapped in smooth brocade, and it was tightly surrounded from neck to toe, except for the head, there were only black boots that were left between walks or exposed. Hearing Concubine Yun asking, she replied: "Thank you Concubine Yun, not for the time being." Concubine Yun: "Look, I said that I was called Aunt Xiang, why are you so outside?" β
Bi Tao quickly stepped forward and said: "How can Niang Niang Kuan and I not know etiquette, it is a rule to honor the title of Niang Niang." Concubine Yun nodded helplessly at Aunt Bitao, "You! He compromised and said, "Okay, good." Bending down and looking at Xia Han level, he said: "I don't force you, just feel free, you can call it whatever you want, we don't pay so much attention to it, um." Xia Han pursed his lips slightly and smiled: "Okay!" β
The big blue eyes are bent into a crescent moon shape, the starlight is shining, and the small face carved in pink and jade makes the eyes of Concubine Yun bubble. The two children of Fu Yuling are really cute and delightful, if only I could have a child of His Majesty, I can also have a companion and support in this few deep palaces. They are the children of the King of Northern Yan, His Majesty will ask or come directly from time to time for the emperor's grace, I was not in good health before, and now the imperial doctor Fang said that it has been almost recuperated, so if it isγγγγγγγγγ
"Alright, let's move on." Concubine Yun took Xia Xing and Xia Han to walk first, followed by Bi Tao, Bing Ning, and Wu Wangsha, and soon arrived at the imperial garden of the outer palace, where the lights were bright, the fragrant clothes and sideburns were shining, and it was very lively. Bingning whispered to her woman: "You can see Ditai, Qiansha, and Bijak in a while, right?" Wu Wansha didn't squint: "Well, it should be okay, and we will probably be arranged to sit in the seat close to Emperor Jing." β
There were also people walking in front of them, only to hear a sharp voice shouting, "Concubine Hui Niangniang's fifth prince has arrived, Duanfei Niangniang's second princess has arrived", and then they walked to the same position and heard "Concubine Yun's mother-in-law, Beiyan Holy Spirit Gu'an princess, Xia Han prince arrived" Xia Xing finally found that it was a person wearing the same clothes as Xiaolu's father-in-law and Xiaodezi shouting, it turned out that the report in Huaguo was so loud.
When you walk in, you can see the layout of the banquet, in the middle is a wide aisle covered with red carpet, with low wooden lacquered tables and thick cushions on both sides, and one table can seat two people. Tea cups, fruits, and pastries have been placed on the table, and some seats are empty, and some are sitting talking to each other, all dressed in fine clothes, wearing beautiful ornaments, and shining brightly. Seeing Concubine Yun and her entourage coming in, they all got up and saluted and shouted "Concubine Yun Niangniang Jin'an", Concubine Yun Niangniang said the word "flat" very well, and led Xia Han and them all the way up.
There was a golden oversized chair in Xia Xing's field of vision, and she was about to take a closer look at Concubine Yun when she suddenly stopped, and said: "Princess Holy Spirit, Prince Xia Han, your seat is here, you can take a seat first, there will be a singing and dancing talent show in a while, you can also see Your Majesty, my seat is on it, I will go first." Xia Han: "Okay, Niangniang, please." "After taking the seat, I was quite satisfied when I looked at the table that was a little higher and larger than the one below, and then looked at the dazzling array of meat and vegetable pastries on the table and Xia Xing one by one, I have to say that it was really thoughtful.
The top is the emperor's seat, and the one step behind on both sides of the emperor's seat is the palace concubine's seat, watching Concubine Yun walk up to the left side and sit down to talk to the two concubines he saw before, Xia Han asked in a low voice: "Aunt Bitao, I remember that Huaguo is respected by the left?" "Yes", it seems that Concubine Yun's status in China is not low.
Xia Xing ate and remembered the golden carved dragon chair before, which could sit several people, but Emperor Jing was alone, he would really enjoy it, it turned out that there were people who liked gold more than Uncle Muwang, and looking at this splendid palace all showed the wealth of this emperor.
After a while, the people basically arrived, Xia Xing and Xia Han were at the same table, they were simile on the left, and Aunt Bi Tao and Qian Sha, Bijak and Di Tai, Wu Wan Sha and Bing Ning on the right. There are also five seats listed on the opposite side, and I heard Lu Wan say that they are all royal relatives, in order of the emperor's own uncle Zheng Wangye and the elder of the Ming clan, the emperor's two younger brothers, King Li, King Gong, the second prince Ming Ye, the third prince Ming Lang, the fourth prince Ming Jin, the fifth prince Ming Qin, the eldest princess Ming Lan, and the second princess Ming Hui.
At this time, I only listened to "the queen mother arrived, the queen mother arrived", when the two noble people came first, followed by three columns of servants, the queen wore a red robe painted with gold embroidered phoenix and helped the queen mother walk in, and everyone got up and saluted. Looking at Yingying coming, the two had to sigh at the mode of the royal family's election, the queen mother's headdress only brought a phoenix crown, and the others were a string of pearl necklaces, a pair of white jade bracelets and red coral earrings, and the simple decoration could not hide the luxury of her body.
The Queen Mother wore a dark gold palace skirt with a peony and wealth, a phoenix hairpin on her head, Buddhist beads in her hand, meticulous combing her hair in a bun, and her face was kind and majestic. The current queen is so similar to the former queen, the same single palace brocade robe, no rings, jewels, waist ornaments, happy Buddha, light luxury. These two women who have devoted their lives to a generation of emperors and abandoned their freedom are enviable and sad, and women who want the most noble throne in the world will be envious, but how sad it is to bury their talents in the deep palace.
As soon as the two most noble women in the harem were seated, everyone had to greet the emperor before they had fully gotten up. The key is that the emperor still brought the concubine, the queen mother can not move, but the queen has to get up and salute, and the emperor said 'flat body' and announced the banquet. The concubine wore a tender yellow silk gauze skirt today, with a mandarin duck jade pendant at the waist, a red jade bracelet lined with fair skin, and a few pink beads and jasper hairpins on her head.
In addition to the queen mother, the harem concubines and ladies were all dressed up brightly, and none of the clothes and accessories were heavy. They all want to take the lead, but the concubine's appearance is really difficult to match.
The summary of the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet is that the guests and hosts are happy, which can be summarized as taking a long time, decorating more brilliantly, and the programs are more diverse, and finally there is one more noble person in the palace. On the day of the Fifteenth Lantern Festival, it was also this pattern, and the emperor also accepted the moonlight beauty and sealed the concubine. Bingning and the yarn discussed in a whisper.
Bing Ning said: "Every time the concubines in the banquet palace are dressed up to attend and return home, what do you say they are doing with that effort, anyway, they are also foils." "It's a dead cycle, and they will still be like that next time, because none of them admit defeat and don't want to admit that they are worse than others." At the end, he said: "Alas, it's really pitiful, it's better for us to be the king." "Emperor Yuan only has one queen, Fu Yuling, and Beiyan is mostly monogamous.
Xia Xing held a plate of pastries and commanded to come and direct: "Lu Wan take that one, and that, I'll be hungry if I go one day." On the other side, Aunt Bi Tao was preparing the clothes and hand stove to bring, Xia Han put down the book and looked at the object that disturbed his tranquility running around, turned his head to Xiao Dezi who was packing up his things and said, "Don't forget to pack up the book of the Holy Spirit Princess for her." Xiao Dezi should arrive: "Yes, Your Highness." β
"Alas" Xia Han, who sighed, called Xia Xing over, rubbed Xia Xing's furry head and asked, "Are you going to open a dim sum shop in Mengxue?" Do you have enough to eat? I'm not afraid of breaking down. Xia Xing stomped his feet holding the plate and was ready to run at any time, and said hurriedly: "Finish eating." Finish eating. And for sandboarders them. "I was afraid that Xia Han wouldn't let me bring it, so after I finished stuffing a piece for him, I ran away with the plate.
After tossing for more than half an hour, he finally stood at the door of Wan Yuxuan, Xia Han looked at the food boxes that Xia Xing asked Lu Wan to mention on the left, and then looked at the packages of Aunt Bi Tao herself and Bing Ning and Wu Bang Shati on the right. Without a headache, he supported his forehead: "Xiao Dezi, Gu suddenly has a headache and fatigue, you come to help Gu." "Is this the rhythm of moving?
Xiao Dezi hurriedly threw the schoolbag back his shoulder, stepped forward to help Xia Han and said, "Your Highness, if you are unwell, don't go to class, Xiao Dezi go and talk to Concubine Yun." Xia Han shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay for a while, today is the first day of class, it's not too late, let's go." β
The group went to Concubine Yun first, said goodbye, and then took a sedan chair in front of the gate of Biquan Palace to go to the outer palace to study.
Concubine Yun learned that Xia Han was unwell and wanted him to rest in the palace, but Xia Han insisted on refusing. In the end, I couldn't help it, so I said: "You don't have to come over every day if you are not in good health, you should pay attention to this season." From tomorrow, let the sedan chair go directly to Wan Yuxuan to pick you up, and then the palace will go to Wan Yuxuan to see you. In the end, he asked Jasmine to take some medicine for typhoid fever and nourishing herbs to Wan Yuxuan.
Walk to Mengxue, this way through the Imperial Garden, Taihe Palace, the upper study, although there are three places but also the nearest road, but still walk a stick of incense time. The reason is naturally that the road of the palace is too big, and one of these three places is bigger than the other, plus the sedan chair is shaky, and Xia Xing is about to fall asleep when he arrives at Mengxue.
There are many rooms in Mengxue, there are princes and princesses with lunch breaks, there are princesses and princesses with lunch breaks, and there are different classes. The largest one at the front is the main teaching room, with study rooms on both sides, the second row has a piano room, a chess room, a study room, a painting room, and an embroidery room, and the third row is a riding and shooting area, which has the largest range.