It was already dark.

The red lanterns symbolizing auspiciousness have already been hung all over the palace, and the entire Jin capital is shrouded in soft light.

Hanyuan Hall is the first main hall of the imperial city, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and there are already many people entering at this time. However, looking at the outfits, most of them are scarlet and green, so it can be seen that the higher the status, the last person to appear, which is a common practice in every era.

The little eunuch brought the two brothers to Mrs. Xie, and there were only men here, and the female dependents were led by the Queen Mother to hold a dinner alone in another hall.

Xie Shence saw a lot of Taixue acquaintances in the side hall, and greeted each other one by one. To Xie Shence's surprise, he actually saw Zhou Jinmian.

Of course, Xie Shence couldn't see Zhou Jinmian at a glance - Zhou Shuwen's physiognomy and characteristics were really not prominent, and Xie Shence was actually stopped by Zhou Jinmian.

This made Xie Shence really embarrassed. Because Zhou Jinmian said a word after stopping him.

"Little Marquis, since you came in, we have met several times, I have called you three times, and you haven't even seen me?"

Xie Shence hurriedly apologized, and said secretly in his heart: Don't blame me, you look too ordinary, too much to forget.

After that, Zhou Jinmian was leaving, he said that he was just here to deliver the papers, and he would have to go back to the Tiqi Division to deal with the official documents later.

Xie Shence was surprised: "You are the clerk of the Tiqi Division, the official of the fourth product, why don't you attend the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet?" ”

Zhou Jinmian said with a smile: "There are other arrangements in the Tiqi Division. ”

Then the two parted.

When the hour came, the hundred officials entered the palace in turn under the leadership of Taifu Xie and congratulated the emperor. First, there is a congratulatory speech, and then a series of procedures such as greetings from hundreds of officials and foreign envoys.

The various procedural processes are extremely cumbersome and complicated, Xie Shence and Xie Shenwei are separated, so they have to follow the flow of people, and it is easy to wait until the end, the two bowls of prison pills at noon have already been digested, and at this time, the front chest is close to the back, and he is very hungry.

It was easy to wait until the end, Xie Shence found Xie Shenwei, and the two brothers could wait by the old lady's side, so they left their colleagues and went to the old lady's side together.

At this time, the banquet opened, Xie Shence and Xie Shenwei sat on both sides of the old lady, Xie Shenwei listened attentively to what the old lady said, and Xie Shence concentrated on eating.

His Majesty the Emperor did not have a great deal of joy to let people sing praises at the banquet, although many ministers had done it before, Xie Shence was still very grateful to the Emperor for his understanding of the courtiers - a ceremony took nearly two hours, and this is the second watch!

Although the singing and dancing are very attractive, the musicians of the Jiaofang Division perform very hard, and a group of young girls are not afraid of the cold, interpreting art and youth with their lives and limbs, and releasing passion and sexiness in the main hall, but Xie Shence still buries his head in eating. At a certain moment, when Xie Shence sat up straight and swallowed a large piece of meat, this upright sitting posture happened to be noticed by the emperor sitting at the top "inadvertently", so the emperor was very pleased: this child's heart is really good.

This is on the main hall, using ancient rites, and all the ministers are on a separate couch, and children and nephews are allowed to be on the side. And Taifu Xie is the head of the civil officials of the dynasty, and even the six Shangshu also perform the junior salute to him, so he is naturally the first on the left hand of the emperor, this position. It happened to be not in the emperor's best field of vision, so the emperor actually kept the feeling of thanking Shence when he glanced at it.

When Xie Shence has eaten and drunk enough, it will be the highlight of tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve: the Exorcism Dance. Dozens of dancers wearing hideous masks and pretending to be Fang Xiang's clan held Ge shields and danced with primitive religious colors, combined with the effect of light and shadow, which made Hanyuan Hall suddenly fall into a strange and terrifying atmosphere. Xie Shence didn't like this atmosphere very much, and felt like a group of people were watching the dancing gods.

However, at this time, it seemed that everyone's expressions were serious and solemn. Because in recent decades, the Great Jin Dynasty has not been smooth, in order to pray for a better year, this kind of dance will be often staged in every state and county in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Xie Shence wanted to tell the emperor that spending so much money every year to repair the river was really better than cultivating fewer trees on both sides of the Yellow River. Dancing this kind of costly dance really doesn't work. Xie Shence naturally wouldn't be stupid to say it at this time, and of course he wouldn't say it at any unnecessary time in the future.

Many people eat by holding this kind of conference. He will not be so stupid as to smash other people's jobs and pull hatred without any benefit.

Then there are various performances such as acrobatics, and when the event is about to be held, it is already the third watch.

Finally, a bell rings, ushering in the new year.

This bell rang and began the first day of Zhenglong's fifth year.

Then the hundred officials greeted the emperor for the New Year, and the emperor distributed red envelopes.

Don't laugh, there are really red envelopes. But there is more symbolism than actual value.

Then after a series of procedures, Baiguan can go home and sleep.

Xie Shence was so sleepy at this time that he couldn't wait to fly back with four legs. He hates the program the most, King Li Yan, senior brother, uncle, father, grandfather, Xie Shenwei, He Ruoque and even Zhou Jinmian, are all pragmatism, how convenient and how to come, like tonight's grand large-scale literary and artistic performance comparable to the Spring Festival Gala, in which the complicated rituals like high numbers made Xie Shence almost tired.

Xie Shence admired the emperor very much, because all these ministers were not as tired as the emperor.

When I got home, I went straight to the bed, didn't take off my shoes, and fell asleep.

Just when Xie Shence felt that he had just slept for less than a quarter of an hour, he was woken up by a burst of pushing, Xie Shence finally opened his eyes and saw that it was Caiyi, Xie Shence asked in a daze: "What time is it, you have to get up?" ”

Caiyi helped Xie Shence sort out his clothes, and replied, "Young Master forgot?" This morning, the Beijing officials above the sixth rank are going to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and the queen mother. The young master has to hurry, otherwise it will be too late. ”

Xie Shence's heart was depressed, Jingguan was really not easy to be, and he was not stable during the New Year.

After freshening up, Xie Shence hastily ate a piece of sesame cake, drank a bowl of porridge and prepared to get into the carriage and go out, at this time Caiyi caught up, stuffed two silver horns into Xie Shence's hand, and said: "Young master, there is a big court meeting after the New Year, the time is not short, it is estimated that the young master will come back in the afternoon." Before you enter the palace, buy some food mats. ”

Xie Shence smiled: "You're still good, Lu'er's dead girl is probably still sleeping, right?" ”

Caiyi smiled, turned around and went back.

Xie Shence was worried about the two silver horns in his hand, and the wake-up qi caused by getting up early quickly disappeared.

Several carriages of the Xie family drove all the way to the palace gate, Xie Shence shouted to stop, and then got out of the car in front of the old lady's car and asked, "Grandpa, do you want something to eat?" ”

The old lady asked, "What do you eat?" Didn't you eat in the morning? ”

Xie Shence said: "Isn't there a big court meeting later?" If you're hungry, you'd better pad first. ”

The old lady was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Your Majesty will naturally give breakfast before the court meeting, will the emperor make you hungry?" ”

Xie Shence suddenly realized, and suddenly felt very shameless.

"Dead girl, blind care, hurt the young master, I'm making a fool of myself!"

"What are you muttering?" Xie Shenwei asked Xie Shence when he got into the car.

"Nothing." Thank you for pretending to be fine.

"Then what are you doing when you get out of the car?" Xie Shenwei asked again.

"Brother, can you not mention this during the Chinese New Year?"

"What's wrong? Can I help you? Can't tell me about it? ”

“”

"What do you mean you don't speak? Is there something wrong with it? ”

"Brother, don't ask, your question is my problem."

"Oh, then I won't ask."

Entering the palace, led by the old lady, the two princes then lit three huge braziers outside the gate of Hanyuan Palace, and the raging fire lit up the sky. Then the old lady led a hundred officials into the Hanyuan Palace, greeted the emperor for the New Year, recited the expression drafted by the university scholar Sima Yu, and then waited for the emperor to accept the congratulations, the old lady led the hundred officials into the Wanshou Palace, and congratulated the queen mother.

The emperor really sympathized with his subordinates, and before the start of the court meeting, he gave millet porridge, and when the ministers finished using it up, they reshaped their appearance a little, and then started the grandest court meeting of the year.

The Great Dynasty Meeting of the Jin Kingdom is the grandest court meeting in the world today. The Jin State inherited most of the military strength of the Great Chu Dynasty, and the etiquette system was also the most complete inheritance of the previous dynasty, and the Jin State was the first powerful country in the world today, so it also inherited the Bafang Lai He of the Great Chu Dynasty.

In modern times, due to the change of imperial power or war, the Great Dynasty Meeting is not held every year. For example, the coup d'état more than 20 years ago, the Great Jin and Western Qin wars, and the Great Jin and Southern Song Dynasty wars, etc., did not hold a grand court meeting, or the grand court meeting was not as grand as this year. And this year is the fifth year of Zhenglong, and the Jin people are happy to meet ten times every five, so this year's great court meeting, since the current emperor ascended the throne, its scale has caught up with the ten years of Yutai six years ago.

The bell rings, the hundred officials worship, play the promotion of the music, by the scholar Sima Yu recited the text of the sacrifice to the sky, the emperor led the ministers to sacrifice to the sky, and then the ceremony was completed, and the ministers took their seats.

(I want to say this, kneeling and bowing are in the Ming Dynasty, and most of the social backs and scenes in this book are mixed with the customs of the two Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties, so the court will not kneel and worship and have seats.) ）

Then the crown prince led the officials of various ministries and local envoys to report to the emperor on their political achievements, so as to show that the government is harmonious.

Subsequently, the emperor and empress did not mention the achievements made last year.

After this matter was completed, General Yu Linwei led the Imperial Forest Army to open the way, led the envoys of various countries to the palace, paid tribute to the emperor and queen, and the emperor canonized them one by one. Finally, the scholar read the edict of the Yuan Day, gave the ministers cypress leaves, and then gave them pepper and cypress wine. After the ceremony.

It took nearly three hours for the entire set of court meetings to come down, and three eunuchs in a row were replaced.

Anyway, there was nothing to thank God for, so he was at the place where the main hall was near the temple gate, that is, at the end of the ministers, and did nothing all morning.

After that, there was a banquet between the emperor and the envoys of various countries, which had nothing to do with him, so Xie Shence and Xie Shenwei went home together.

Xie Shence didn't even eat lunch, and fell asleep on the bed.

He was too tired to work, so sleepy that he couldn't do it. But there are still three people in the Xie family who are more tired and sleepy than him.

At this time, Uncle Xie covertly took the refreshing towel handed over by the little eunuch and applied it to his face, and then re-engaged in greeting and nonsense with the envoys of various countries.

Xie Shence slept until dark, and after getting up, he took a comfortable hot bath, and then ate a beautiful and beautiful meal, Xie Shence felt that he was resurrected in a full state of blood again.

Finding Xie Shenwei, Xie Shence found a trace of abnormality.

Xie Shence held a roll of yellow silk silk in his hand.

Holy Decree!

"Has Your Majesty made an order?" Xie Shence asked cautiously.

Xie Shenwei frowned and hummed lightly.

Xie Shence didn't know how to persuade him.

On the contrary, Xie Shenwei curled the corners of his mouth and smiled after a while, "On the eighteenth of the next month." Little did I know that this so-called wedding date was set in September last year. ”

Thank God for the horror. Last September, it was the time when Xie Shence came back, and it was only two months since Xie Shenwei returned to Kyoto from the Northwest Army!

What a quick move!

Some things, by the time you hear the wind, are not beginning, but have ended.

There is such a thing as marriage, and even the party Xie Shenwei was married without knowing it. Xie Shence looked at Xie Shenwei's smiling face, and at this moment he suddenly felt that he really owed him as Sima said.

Xie Shence felt that Xie Shenwei was lucky to a certain extent, at least, the person he was going to marry at least liked him, he didn't hate her, and he could still be with someone he really liked.

In another month or two, He Ruoque should be able to return.

(PS: Kavinka until midnight.)

Tangled to death, hair is falling out)