Chapter 115: Warm Lamp Goes to the Banquet
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......"
At this time, Gonggong Jiang's voice happened to come from outside the East Palace, and Xue and Sima Cheng understood that it seemed that the Chinese scholars had arrived, and the banquet was about to begin.
Xue and Sima Cheng glanced at each other, and before Jiang Gong could speak publicly, Xue brushed his cloud sleeves and stepped out of the gate of the East Palace.
Xue whispered a "hum", turned her head and continued to walk forward, and after Sima Cheng followed Xue's steps, he explained to her in a low voice:
"My subordinates have just asked Gonggong Jiang to prepare pen and ink, and I will recite poems later, and my subordinates can make notes with Da Honglu on the side, so that Your Majesty can make decisions in the future."
Sima Cheng said with a slight panting sound, the heat came from behind her ears, making her ears itch, she was a little embarrassed, she was in a hurry, she didn't think it through, Sima Cheng did things properly, and she blamed him wrongly.
Xue couldn't help but slow down, on the one hand, she wanted Sima Cheng to adjust her breathing, and the other half also began to think about what she was going to say at the next banquet.
The two of them walked in the deep palace without hurrying, or in early autumn, the red-walled and emerald palace was like a cage with no appearance, revealing the gloom, or the night, and the gorgeous corridor was like an endless imperial road, with nine twists and turns.
When they came back to their senses again, the two of them were already standing at the door of the Xuanji Palace, and at this moment, the fire tree and silver flowers of the Xuanji Palace, I saw the palace maids busy going in and out, and the sound of hurried footsteps sounded in their ears, as well as the voice of Gonggong Cao commanding on the side.
The warm yellow light reflected on Xue's face, and the aroma of the overflowing food went straight to her nose, looking at the happy scene, Xue felt as if she had just thought about the clouds, and in an instant, she smiled unintentionally.
Sima Cheng just turned his head, he seemed to see the night of Qixi Festival, under the sky full of Kong Ming lanterns, the starry eyes were shining, and the face was smiling, a happy "boy".
The emotions that surged in his heart were soothed by him, he no longer thought about it, no longer remembered it, and followed the snow into the main hall.
When everyone saw the arrival of the snow, they got up one after another, bowed their hands, and said in unison:
"See Your Majesty"
Xue strutted forward, walking above the high hall, Sima Yun had already bowed his hand, standing on the side of the high hall, Xue nodded to him, Sima Yun quietly raised his head, smiled at Xue, Xue brushed his sleeves in front of the dining table and turned around, and said to everyone:
"Get up." Then sat down.
"Thank you, Your Majesty," the crowd replied, and then sat down as well.
Sima Cheng and Sima Yun stood behind the snow respectively, and there was only a small bookcase in front of them, on which there was a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, which should be used for the purpose of writing poems later.
As soon as Xue sat down, Sima Yun walked up to Xue and said something to her, Xue nodded, and her eyes fell on the wine jug on the side of the food table.
At this time, the delicacies of the banquet have also been served, Xue took a look, the jade plate is delicacious, beautiful and delicious, Xue is used to eating the dishes in the folk on weekdays, and when she returns to the palace, she knows that the treasury is empty, in addition to the necessary expenses, everything is simple in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and today's gluttonous meal also opened her eyes.
Xue was still immersed in the emotion of the dishes, and the entire hall was silent, so people's eyes were focused on Xue, Sima Cheng looked at Xue's back and did not move, although he didn't know that the above situation had happened, but just in case, he coughed quietly.
Xue came back to her senses, raised her head suddenly, and saw that the eyes of the students sitting in the hall were all looking straight at her, waiting for her, the emperor, to speak, Xue was shocked when she saw this.
Sima Cheng saw Xue slamming his shoulders behind him, and suddenly felt that something had happened, and couldn't help frowning, and when he was thinking about how to get the banquet on the right track, he remembered Xue's voice in his ears:
"All the students of the country came to the palace today to participate in the banquet, I am very happy, because tomorrow, I want to see your demeanor, so tonight please don't be greedy, the palace specially used this autumn's osmanthus to make a flower brew for everyone to drink."
As soon as Xue's words fell, he picked up the wine cup that had been filled with osmanthus brew, signaled to all the beings in the hall, and then drank it all, the cold flower brew slid through his throat, and the sweet fragrance was refreshing.
Sima Cheng saw that Xue's opening speech was witty, and the whole process was smooth, his eyes showed a look of relief, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and the stretch between his eyebrows also stretched.
And from Sima Cheng's point of view, the warm yellow light just clearly reflected the side face of Xue Xue drinking on his back, with a slender neck, beautiful lines, graceful jawline, and free and easy between his demeanor, he was a little stunned.
Seeing this, all the beings in the hall also raised their wine cups one after another and drank them one after another.
Xue picked up the chopsticks and tasted each delicacy in small bites, originally thought that this deep palace brought her only pain, but now she knew that a bite of food could make her so happy, and when she was a princess, she could not enjoy the treatment of the emperor, Xue tasted all the food on the table.
After tasting it, Xue put down his chopsticks with satisfaction, looked up, and looked at the people in the hall, only to see Jin Yuze, the son of the Hun general, who was sitting in the distance, was eating heavily, and there was not much food left on the plate, and An Zhi, the son of the Hu caravan An, was picking and choosing while eating, as if he wanted to understand what each kind of melon and vegetable was.
Looking closer, Li Xuan, the son of Li Zhi, had already put down his chopsticks, only to see that the food in front of the table had not moved much, and there was a slight displeasure on his face, Xue couldn't help but tilt her head and think, she remembered that there was a saying that the Li family in the capital had a lot of money, did she think that the dishes in the palace were not as good as those at home? Xue couldn't help frowning slightly as she thought about it.
And Cui Lin and Lu Yizhi, who sat at the front, had the demeanor of a man in the north of Henan, eating a big mouthful, but the food was decent, while the two brothers Lu Tong and Lu Jin, the sons of the south, ate a small mouthful, and the food was even more gentle.
Li Xuan, the son of Li Zhi, the servant of Shangshu, Fan Zheng, the nephew of Du Yu, the secretary of the ministry, Zheng Lang, the son of Zheng Li, the son of Zheng Li, the king of Zuomin Shangshu, Wang Su of the Gubian clan, and Cui Lin and Lu Yizhi, who have entered the court as officials, and there are also two sons of the Jiangdong Shi clan Lu Tong and Lu Jin, as well as the southern clans of the Jiangdong Hao clan Gu clan and the Lujiang clan Zhou clan.
They are Jin Yuze, the son of the Xiongnu military general in the Zudi army, and An Zhi, the son of An, the leader of the Lite caravan who regularly visits Dayu and surrounding countries.
It usually refers to stratagem, stratagem, etc. In the ancient Chinese imperial examination, policy refers to "policy questioning" and "countermeasures". It is the main content of the palace examination, and "policy questioning" and "countermeasures" have become the two parts of the question and the examination, and the "policy questioning" is generally asked in the "emperor's tone", and its content is mainly a major political event of governing the country and the country, the national economy and the people's livelihood. In the process of taking the exam, the scholars answered the content of the "strategy", which is the so-called "countermeasures".