Chapter 404: Tanka Xing
With the sound of bells and drums, the famous singers on the stage performed on stage with the accompaniment of the sound of silk and bamboo. The first autumn poetry meeting is the beginning.
The palace maids are like butterflies wearing flowers, under the light of the gorgeous palace lamps, holding fruit plates and delicacies, wandering between the tables.
After the dazzling array of delicacies is displayed on the table. The emperor, who was on the main throne, first asked the actors to step down, and then asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to come to the stage and recite the words of the moon sacrifice. Then the emperor led the important ministers to salute the bright moon in the sky and worship the moon.
After all this, the emperor motioned for everyone to take their seats. After thanking the emperor for the banquet, the courtiers began to taste the food. However, it's just about tasting some fruit mooncakes and stuff. For those meats that exude a strong fragrance, although they are greedy, no one dares to move.
After all, Your Majesty hasn't moved his chopsticks yet!
On the stage, the actor is a famous singer, singing the opera of Chang'e running to the moon, with a tactful tune and a mellow singing tone. Between singing and playing, the depth of kung fu can be seen.
Every time he sang a wonderful place, he saw the emperor in the audience nodding and praising him, and at this time, the ministers also admired the beautiful singing of this tune.
"Sister, look, look!" Princess Ankang and Liu Qingqing, the two daughters of Wang Tingzhi, sat with the emperor's concubine.
However, their eyes did not gather on the stage, but looked at Lu Heng, who was sitting with the emperor.
At this time, Lu Heng had no grace, he didn't care about his image at all, while enjoying the performance on stage, he was holding a blue and white porcelain bowl in his hand, and his fingers directly grabbed the Sixi balls inside, and ate it in a big gulp. Eat a lot.
Beside him, the emperor and the others all felt that their faces were dull, and they pretended to cough and tilted their heads to one side. Make it look like you don't know this person.
"Lu Aiqing, didn't eat at night?" I really couldn't stand it anymore, the emperor coughed, frowned and asked.
The main one didn't eat it himself. At this time, the stomach was already hungry. Helplessly, he is the emperor, and he has to take care of the system, and what will he be like when he is seen by the ministers.
So he can't be as careless as Lu Heng and eat and drink recklessly.
Seeing that Lu Heng was eating very sweetly, the saliva in the emperor's mouth gradually increased, and he swallowed saliva imperceptibly. Snorted.
"Yes, I knew there would be a banquet here in the evening, so I kept my stomach up!" Lu Heng said vaguely, not noticing the dissatisfaction in the emperor's words, and nodded while eating, his eyes still on the wonderful performance on the stage.
Seeing that Lu Heng was busy eating and drinking. I didn't notice the displeasure in my words. The corners of the Emperor's mouth twitched. His eyelids jumped involuntarily, he coughed, and his tone intensified: "Do you want to have something to drink?" ”
"Hmm!"
Lu Heng shook his head, reached out and picked up the orange juice blue and white porcelain pot that he had taken from Juwen Lou on the side, shook it and said, "No, there is this!" ”
Emperor: "......"
In desperation, the emperor had no choice but to give Hong Quan a look beside Lu Heng.
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It's just that the fat red man, who was already hungry and panicked, would obviously be wrong.
Seeing the emperor winking at himself, Hong Fatzi was stunned for a moment. Blinked too.
Subsequently, the emperor nodded. Hong Fatzi suddenly burst into joy.
Your Majesty is really a saint, knowing that he is hungry, he personally allowed himself to eat and drink. I am so grateful!
Hong Fatzi's eyes were happy, and he hurriedly thanked the emperor.
After that, in the emperor's jaw-dropping expression, Hong Fat Man smiled. Rolling up his sleeves, he immediately reached out and grabbed a roast suckling pig from the plate.
With a hard tear of both hands, there was a click, and the fat but not greasy roast suckling pig was torn in half in an instant.
Hong Fat picked up the half of the pig's head. After a glance, he opened his mouth. Directly into the pig's mouth, he bit it.
Flutter thump......
The mouth is full of oil, and the lips and teeth are fragrant!
Hong Fatty's cheeks were full, and while chewing on the suckling pork, he nodded with a glint in his eyes.
"Yes, the things in the imperial dining room, it's really good!"
"Suck ......"
Just when the emperor's face was dark, and he was holding back his anger. There was a disgusting snort behind him.
The emperor frowned, turned his head, looked at it, and was dumbfounded.
I saw that the courtiers behind him were all stunned looking at Lu Heng on both sides of him, as well as Hong Fatzi. In addition to the shocked expression on his face, there was more envy,
There were even a few officials, obviously swallowing their saliva, raising their sleeves and wiping the corners of their mouths.
Damn, these dog officers aren't all coming on empty stomachs, are they?
The emperor retracted his gaze speechlessly, and secretly speculated in his heart.
With a grunt, the emperor who heard the sound was suddenly covered with black lines.
coughed, raised his head, pointed to the food on the table in front of him, and said to the hungry courtier behind him: "Zhong Aiqing, please!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet!"
The courtiers, who were already dizzy from hunger, suddenly wept with gratitude, stood up in unison, bowed and saluted, and no longer pretended to be elegant, and began to feast and devour the food.
The emperor no longer took care of it, sat down, and instructed the palace maid beside him to pour wine and serve food. I started to taste it myself.
The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.
The atmosphere in the field reached one.
Accompanied by the well-fed and well-fed literati at each table, they began to make a drinking order and compose poems. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting is getting better.
Of course, as is customary. The emperor first had to make a hand for the ministers' worship. It is also used as a keynote of this poetry meeting.
In the respectful petition of the courtiers, the emperor stood up with a smile on his face. Raising his hand and pressing it around, he saw that the noise of the courtiers around him suddenly quieted down, and everyone looked at the emperor with anticipation.
The Emperor took a sip of wine from the cup. He was slightly drunk, and he was a little unsteady on his feet. Shake the wine glass in your hand and groan for a moment. But he shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Raised his head and looked at the hundreds of courtiers in front of him. said with a smile: "In this situation, I, let's take a short song by Emperor Wei Wu and Cao Mengde as the beginning of this poetry meeting!" ”
"Wonderful!"
As soon as the emperor's words fell, he heard the courtiers who were doing it, and they applauded and praised.
"Your Majesty, in your words, is really the King of Wisdom!"
"Emperor Wu of Wei is eloquent, and the short song line is even more intense, reasonable and beautiful!"
"Yes, but although Emperor Wei Wu is eloquent, he must still be a little inferior to my emperor!"
"My emperor is the Emperor of the Ancient Ages, can I ask which emperor in history can be compared?"
For a time, the ministers came up with their own strange tricks, and the means of slapping the sycophants were endless, which was very spectacular.
Sure enough, everyone loves to listen to good words, and after the emperor listened to so many people's kind words and flattery, he was also appetizing. Rubbing his beard and laughing.
However, it seems that Fu has not yet started chanting!
Suddenly thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but be embarrassed, coughed and cleared his throat.
The noise in the arena fell silent again.
The slightly drunk emperor walked a few steps slowly, and glanced around with drunken eyes.
The lights are brilliant and the streamers fluctuate.
Under the light of the gorgeous palace lights, the courtiers drank happily and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Raise your head, in the deep blue night sky, the bright moon hangs high, holy and dignified. Thousands of clear lights sprinkled on people's homes, covering this ancient and solemn palace with a soft veil.
The drunkenness that hit his heart made the emperor's eyes a little hazy.
Looking at the many courtiers who had grown from young to old with him, they were now full of hair, and the emperor couldn't help but sigh and sigh.
"Singing about wine, how much life is!"
The first sentence of the tanka line shows that life is impermanent, and time is like a white horse passing through a gap, which is difficult to keep.
At this point, the courtiers were deeply touched, and they couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment, shaking their heads and sighing. seems to be lamenting the lost years, and also regretting the waste time he once had.
"For example, morning dew, it is bitter to go to the day!"
The emperor chanted leisurely, and between the heroic eyebrows, it was difficult to hide the traces left by the years.
The field was quiet, and everyone remained quiet at this time. Everyone looked at the emperor with gray hair and a dragon robe. Thinking of the eldest prince who led the troops to fight on the battlefield decades ago, he is now dying and decrepit, and his mind is also full of anxiety for a while.
"Be generous. Unforgettable. How to solve the worries. Only Du Kang. The emperor pecked at the wine in the cup, his mind was flying, his hair was heroic, and he said with a smile.
Glancing at the young faces among the ministers, the emperor had a smile of relief in his eyes, and said slowly: "Qingqing Zijin." Relax my heart. But for the sake of the king. Moaning to this day. Yo yo deer chirping. Wild apples. I have guests. Drumming and blowing sheng. ”
As soon as this sentence came out, those young officials and talented people who saw the emperor's expectant and encouraging eyes were full of excitement, and for a while, their bodies trembled violently, and it was difficult to control themselves.
The Emperor smiled at them and gave them an encouraging look.
Raising his head and looking at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, the emperor sighed and chanted with his back hand: "Bright as the moon." When is it possible? Worries come from this. It cannot be severed. The more strange it is. Exist in vain. Feast. Remembering the old kindness. ”
At this point, the emperor's voice rose sharply, and it was difficult to hide the domineering spirit and desire for the future in his chest in his tone. The look of nostalgia on his face was gone, replaced by a deep firmness.
The emperor glanced at the ministers with his eyes like lightning, and the emperor chanted aloud: "The moon and stars are rare." The black magpie flies south. Three turns around the tree. He Zhi can be relied on. The mountains don't get tired of being high. The sea is not tired of being deep. Zhou Gong vomited and fed. The world is in the heart. ”
After reading the last sentence, the emperor took a deep breath, and the heroic aura between his eyebrows was overwhelming. He picked up the pure gold wine cup in his hand and said to the courtiers who had already stood up: "Zhong Aiqing! Please! ”
After saying that, the emperor picked up the wine cup, raised his head, and drank it all.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After the ministers bowed and saluted, they all picked up the wine cup and drank it all.
"Lao Ji is determined to be thousands of miles away!"
Beside him, Lu Heng held the empty wine cup, looked at the emperor who was standing with his hands behind his back and had an extraordinary bearing, shook his head and smiled, and sighed with emotion in his heart. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.