Chapter 553: The Banquet Begins
Then, Yun Ruoyue, Chu Xuanchen, the Queen Mother and the eldest princess came to the Taihe Hall again, ready to participate in the palace banquet.
After entering the palace, they found that Emperor Hongyuan and the empress, as well as the envoys of various countries, had already arrived.
The people who were in the main hall before saw the emperor and queen coming, and they quickly stood up one by one to salute the emperor and queen.
"See the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
"Let's all be flat. Today is the Chinese New Year, so you don't have to be too restrained, just feel free to do it. Emperor Hongyuan said with a smile.
After speaking, he hurriedly walked over to the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, your body is well, I am happy, Xuanchen, Ruoyue, quickly help the Queen Mother to take a seat." β
"Yes, Your Majesty." After Yun Ruoyue and Chu Xuanchen finished answering, they sent the Queen Mother to the top seat and sat down.
The Queen Mother glanced at everyone happily, "Today is the New Year, let's have a good time, you all have to stop being formal, all sit down to drink and eat tea." β
She had been afflicted by illness for a long time, and she hadn't attended such a banquet in years.
Now that she is in good condition, she can also come and have fun with the juniors, not to mention how happy she is.
After Emperor Hongyuan and the empress sat down, he saw that Chu Xuanchen, Yun Ruoyue, and the eldest princess were still standing next to the queen mother, and he glanced at the princes, nobles and ministers below, and smiled lovingly at the three of them: "Xuanchen, Ruoyue, Jieyu, my good nephew, good nephew, good niece, you also sit down." β
In front of the emperor's relatives and foreign envoys, Emperor Hongyuan showed great love to Chu Xuanchen's family.
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"Uncle Xie Huang loves." After Chu Xuanchen bowed his hand to Emperor Hongyuan, he took the two of them to sit on the carved seat on the right side of Emperor Hongyuan.
In order to show his care for the children of the first emperor, Emperor Hongyuan has always liked to arrange the position of Chu Xuanchen's sister and brother next to him to show his preferential treatment and care.
Therefore, the position of Chu Xuanchen and the three of them is only one level lower than that of the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Empress, and higher than anyone here, this is to satisfy the emperor's face project.
The emperor was afraid that others would say that he was mean to the children of the first emperor, so he liked to show his favor to Chu Xuanchen's sister and brother at various banquets.
He arranged the position of Chu Xuanchen's sister and brother closest to him in order to tell everyone that he had always treated the children of the first emperor very favorably, and even his own children did not have such preferential treatment.
In this way, everyone will praise him for being kind-hearted and a good emperor.
Since Emperor Hongyuan likes to pretend, Chu Xuanchen also let him pretend and never demolish him.
Since he had arranged such a high position for him, he sat down with peace of mind, holding a white porcelain wine glass in his hand, and calmly glanced at the people below.
And the princes and princes sitting in the two rows on the left and right of the lower head were all jealous when they saw that Chu Xuanchen and his wife and the eldest princess could sit next to the emperor and the queen mother and enjoy the grace.
Especially King Jin, he and Su Changxiao sat coldly in the middle of the head, looking at the Liwang couple who were admired by everyone, and their eyes lit up with a raging fire of jealousy.
They sat on the left side below, and they couldn't even sit in the front position, because it was the position of some elderly imperial uncles and palace concubines, although King Jin was the eldest son of the queen, but he could only sit in the corner of the crowd, which made him very unwilling.
After the rest of the people saw the emperor and the others sitting down, they dared to sit down.