The days are gradually getting longer, and the grandmother and eunuch always like to sit together and chat about gossip every day, so the harem has become the fastest place for rumors to spread.

Within a few days of Cixi's order for me to preside over the Dragon Boat Festival, it had spread all over the corners of the harem. Longyu is such a good-faced person, this time he will inevitably feel that his face is dull, and he can't come to Jingren Palace to find my bad luck, so he has to go to Ziyu's Yonghe Palace a few times to make trouble, but after all, there is no big trouble, but it is just to add some after-dinner conversation to the mother-in-law and eunuchs.

The first time I presided over the Dragon Boat Festival, I tried to be cautious and cautious in everything, and I had to take the time to learn a lot of difficult ceremonial etiquette, and those etiquette requirements simply wanted me to be anti-human gravity, to put it bluntly, it was tossing people, wearing flower pot bottom shoes, wearing a heavy headdress on the head, walking T-shaped steps, but also one step at a time, kneeling down and kowtowing Daer's head, headdress and earrings can not not be swinged, nor can they be messed up, the head can not be too biased, and can not be biased, even if there is Xuanji by the side to guide, it is really enough to make me anxious, No wonder Cixi didn't give this matter to Longyu to do, or maybe Cixi taught Longyu early, but Longyu couldn't learn it.

Li Lianying often came over to inquire about the progress of the Dragon Boat Festival, and repeatedly told her not to be too economical and make the scene shabby and make Cixi and Zai Yan lose face. Cixi has always liked to be extravagant and look noble, although I am not ashamed in my heart, I can only respond to it on the surface.

The people of Jingren Palace have naturally been busy with me these days, and they have not changed their hearts, since I can't always be by my side as before, he rarely sets foot in the harem, and almost rests in the Heart Cultivation Hall every night to criticize and fold, and because of this matter, Cixi has persuaded him several times, but it is useless. As for me, not only can I not accompany Zaiyan all the time during this time, but I haven't been to Chuxiu Palace to visit Concubine Yu for several days.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the family banquet was set up in the Qianqing Palace, because Cixi was happy and lively, and it also carried the big wedding, and under the supervision of Li Lianying, the flowers were more and more splendid, and it was extremely luxurious.

Set up the imperial banquet in front of the emperor's throne in the Qianqing Palace, set up the queen mother and queen throne banquet in the east and southwest of the throne, and set up the imperial concubine, concubine, concubine and other banquets on the left and right of the queen. I led the imperial concubine and the following people to wear auspicious clothes, and entered the banquet according to the order, and then invited the silk and bamboo music to be played.

In the middle of the golden dragon banquet table, the tableware on the table is a golden plate, a bowl, and an eight-way meal is placed from the inside to the outside: four pine canopy fruit covers are placed in the middle of the first road, green apples are placed inside, a vase is placed on each side, and flowers are inserted inside, or "three friends of the cold year", or "auspicious wealth". There are nine high-foot bowls on the second road, which hold candied food. There are nine waist bowls in three ways, which are full of Manchurian paradox, that is, dim sew. There are two pairs of red carved lacquer fruit boxes on the four roads, and there are ten fruit cups inside. There are a total of 40 dishes of cold food, hot food, and group meal on the 5th to 8th routes, mainly dishes made of Kanto goose, wild boar, venison, mutton, fish, pheasant, roe deer, etc.

In the center of the large banquet table, near the seats, there are eating utensils such as gold spoons, gold ivory chopsticks, and small gold cloth plates. On the left side of the tableware, there are milk cakes, milk skins and wet and dry snacks, and on the right side are sauce side dishes, water destroyed vegetables, funeral vegetables, green sauce and other condiments. On the ground level, the left side of the big banquet table is set up with a high table with curtains in the east and west, and the table is placed with 32 items of cold, hot and group meals, 16 meat dishes and 16 fruits on the table with gold plates, bowls or yellow and yellow dark cloud dragon plates and bowls. Under the ground level, the banquet tables of imperial concubines, concubines, funerals, and nobles are placed in the east-west direction.

According to the rank, except for the emperor, the queen mother, and the empress, the imperial concubine is a table, and the concubine and the funeral are two people at a table or three people at a table. The concubine funeral banquet table is divided into hot, hot, and 15 group meals, seven meat dishes, and eight fruits. The position bowl is a sign of identity, that is, different identities use different colors of tableware: the emperor and the queen mother use gold tableware and yellow and yellow face dark cloud dragon tableware, the queen and concubine use yellow ground green cloud dragon tableware, and the concubine and concubine use blue ground yellow cloud dragon bowl. There are a few next to each table, several for the three things of the stove bottle, burning the peony sand incense used by the palace, a short couch, backrest, pillow, and leather mattress are also complete.

On both ends of the front stage, there are hung with the silk of the red nan carved and inlaid with large yarn embroidered wormwood patterns, hanging a palace of various colored lanterns, and the back head has already been prepared by Shang Shan to supervise the food, Shang tea set tea, Si Le Chen Le, and the banquet and other people have completed the set, at this moment a group of small dramas have been orderly and quietly standing in the center of the breath waiting for the people on the table to point out, Cixi ordered a play "The Legend of the White Snake", Zai Xiang ordered a play "Qu Yuan", Cixi immediately hurt me and asked me to work hard and let me also point out what I liked, I smiled and gave it to Longyu, Longyu was unceremonious, and also ordered a "Palace of Eternal Life".

The singing tone is sometimes fresh and soft, sometimes rich and lingering, sometimes melancholy and majestic, sometimes pure and chaotic...... Such as Cen secluded wonderland, the autumn river egret, the piano and the song, the sound of the pipa Linlang is clear and delicate, smooth and transparent, like the spring water flowing in the mountains, and like the bright stars in the night sky flickering non-stop, light and slow twist or there are small strings cut or big strings noisy, complement each other, the song and the words are carefully considered, no wonder the world can not appreciate it, "practice for several years, sit overnight, the monks buy the niche to burn, build a bone tower, thousands of years immortal", Yayu also. "The spirit is curled up, and the rotten is not yet clear", Zhuang said. "The clear clouds open far into the sky, and the bright moon is bright and bright", and the clever words are also.

Cixi looked at the excitement on the stage, and was overjoyed, so she waved her hand at Li Lianying, and said with a hearty smile: "Reward!" ”

The second drum passed early, the lanterns were as bright as the stars, I was slightly drunk crimson drunk, leaned over slightly, and drank the little male yellow wine left in the pot, my eyes quietly stopped on Longyu who was talking to Cixi, her face was gently hidden in the bun under the peony gem hairpin that overlapped the purple and red yarn, and the large peony gold silk smoke yarn Bixia Luo rendered the gorgeous heavy color layer by layer, setting off the smile on her mouth so flattering and weak. Cixi had a smile in her eyes, her slender fingers slowly and gracefully tapped on the table with the rhythm, her demeanor was leisurely and calm, and the wine was greasy in her throat, I slowly put down the wine glass, and looked at the concerned eyes of the uploader, I was surprised in my heart, and hurriedly turned around and told Bai Ge to pour me a cup of tea.

When her eyes dodged, she just touched the face of the concubine, and she didn't say a word at this lively time, but she seemed to have a quiet and dusty temperament.

I quietly said to Ziyu beside me: "What Concubine Taifei saw today really felt that she was a little unearthly, and her perception was very different from the last time we met. ”

Ziyu drank it all and chuckled: "What doesn't eat the fireworks of the world, it's just selfishness." ”

I hurriedly whispered, "Are you crazy or have drunk too much, be careful." ”

Ziyu sighed, "I," she blushed, smiled, and added, "It seems that I have found a fellow traveler." ”

I frowned slightly, "What fellow travelers, don't go around talking about you and Imperial Doctor Zhao, the palace is sinister, not everyone can trust." ”

Ziyu turned her face sideways and looked at me with a smile, "I know the measure, you can rest assured." As she spoke, she poured another glass of wine, and I looked at her, how could I rest assured, stopped her and sighed: "I am even more sorrowful to use wine to eliminate my sorrows." ”

Concubine Xun glanced at us and said with a smile: "Yo, what's wrong with Concubine Jin, drinking so much wine, do you have something on your mind?" ”

I laughed, "My sister has only been in the palace for a while, and I can't help but feel homesick." ”

Cixi also glanced at Ziyu, and said with a smile: "If Concubine Jin is homesick, she will come to the Ningshou Palace of the mourning family to live for a while," and then looked at Zai Yan again, "The emperor used to be homesick from time to time, and he slept with the mourning family, but now he is better when he grows up, and he is not as messy as he was when he was a child." ”

I was shocked, but I didn't expect Cixi's face to change when she said this, her heart did not beat, and her cheekiness was so thick that I admired it a little.

After a while, he said word by word: "Thanks to Lafayette's careful care for many years," the corners of his mouth then hooked slightly, "I can be me, and I can be fortunate to grow up to this day." After speaking, Zai Yan raised his glass and drank it all.

Cixi nodded and stopped talking.

Emperor Dunyi said casually: "Lafayette, the palace hasn't been so lively for a long time, but it's a pity that Concubine Yu can't come." ”

Cixi laughed again, "Concubine Yu's body can't stand such trouble." ”

Concubine Xun glanced at the face of Emperor Dunyi's concubine, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Concubine Yu is really unlucky, and every time there is a big palace banquet, she happens to bump into her mother's body and is unhappy." ”

Cixi stared at the small drama on the stage, and after a while, she chuckled: "That little Danjiao looks good." ”

When Zai Yan heard this, his eyes followed, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.

I was suddenly curious.