Chapter 294: Palace Banquet

When Li Yun and Li Yue went to the front hall, the old marquis was waiting anxiously in the front hall this week, and when he saw that the two of them finally came out, he was finally relieved, he was afraid that these two people would completely ignore people because of the events of the past few days.

Now these two live in their Zhou Yuan Hou Mansion, and they are already two big Buddhas, but they are not something that their Hou Mansion can offend.

At the beginning, Li Yun lived in the Yuanhou Mansion this week, and he was originally worried about whether Li Yun insisted on coming back in order to regain the title of the marquis, but now he is not worried about this, looking at the status of the two now, there is no need to look at this small marquis title in his eyes.

But the higher the status of these two people, it also made him, the owner of the Hou Mansion, even more frightened, for fear that something would offend the two Buddhas, but his equally difficult eldest sister came back a few days ago, and offended the two of them with a meal.

In the past few days, Zhou Hou Ye has been worried in his heart, I don't know whether to coax the eldest sister to be happy, or to make amends to the two big Buddhas, the old Hou Ye, who has not been able to make a decision, finally went to the back of the Buddha hall again, asked the lady who worshiped the Buddha in the Buddha hall, and then there was today's play.

The old marquis looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, and said, "That, what happened a few days ago ......"

Li Yun directly interrupted the old marquis, he didn't want the old marquis to eat a few days in advance, so as not to add to Li Yue's blockage, as soon as the old marquis mentioned it, Li Yun said, "What is the matter with my grandfather?" ”

Old Marquis saw that Li Yun interrupted his previous mention, so he did not mention it again, but followed Li Yun's words and said, "Looking for you to go over for lunch, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone has a New Year's meal together, a New Year's meal." ”

"Eat again?" Li Yue frowned slightly, and at first glance, she remembered the unhappiness of eating a few days ago.

The old marquis hurriedly explained, "Just our own family, there is no one else, we are all our own family." ”

When Li Yun saw Li Yue frowning, he had an answer in his heart, and directly refused, "No need, we will eat in the small courtyard by ourselves." ”

The old marquis wanted to dissuade him a few more words, but when he came into contact with Li Yun's eyes, he instantly dispelled his thoughts, and had to speak, "Then I'll ask the kitchen to send you a separate copy of the New Year's dinner." ”

Li Yun nodded, "I'm tired." After that, he stopped talking.

The old marquis saw that the two of them seemed to have no intention of taking care of themselves, so he had to get up and leave.

At this time, Li Yue said to Li Zhong on the side, "In a while, you can ask Mother Wu and the others to come over, you and the guards at the door will also come over, and everyone will have a New Year's dinner together, which will be more lively." ”

After getting along for so long, Li Zhong probably understood Li Yue's temper, so he didn't shirk, nodded in response, and went down.

At noon, everyone had a lively New Year's dinner, Li Yun and Li Yue were about to start preparing to enter the palace to participate in the palace banquet, the two changed into their respective official uniforms, Li Yue was tossed by Wu's mother and cleaned up, Li Yun and Li Yue dressed up and went out.

At this time, Li Yue was so pounded by Wu's mother, coupled with Li Yue's indifferent temperament, she had a little bit of the appearance of the county lord, but when she got into the carriage, her original form was revealed.

Li Yue tilted Li Yun without an image, then took off the heavy crown and headdress on his head, and looked at Li Yun with a pout, "Can you not wear this?" I'm so tired that my neck is going to be crushed. ”

Li Yun listened to Li Yue's complaints, stretched out his hand and gently pinched Li Yue's neck, "Then don't bring it now, and when you enter the palace to welcome the king in a while, you still have to bring it, otherwise people will say that you are disrespectful to the king." ”

Li Yue pursed her mouth, found a comfortable position in Li Yun's arms, and responded, "Okay, but isn't it too early for us to go now?" ”

Li Yun hugged Li Yue, "It's not early, there are already a lot of officials who participate in the palace banquet, plus they all bring their families, it will take a lot of time to enter the palace, and you have to take a seat before the king comes up, waiting to greet the king, it will take a lot of time to come down this time." ”

Li Yue thought about what Li Yue said in her mind, "It's all brought with your family, and there are too many people, just like Zhou Yuanhou, how many people do you have in this family, and you can't sit at two tables?" ”

Li Yun lightly nodded Li Yue's forehead, "Stupid, don't you crowd the palace by going one by one?" Generally, they bring their own wives and two or three excellent children. ”

When she arrived at the gate of the palace, Li Yue knew that what Li Yun said was true, there was already a long queue at the gate of the palace, and when she arrived at the carriage at the gate of the palace, she got out of the car to be inspected by the guards at the gate, and then walked into the palace, and the carriage was driven aside by the coachman.

Li Yue lowered the carriage curtain, pursed her lips and said, "When will this have to wait?" ”

Li Yun replied with a light smile, "So anxious? ”

Li Yue said, "Aren't I bored waiting? ”

Li Yue, who was bored, was waiting for the attack, and fell asleep in Li Yun's arms in the carriage, until Li Yun stretched out his hand and shook Li Yue awake, "It's time for us to enter the palace." ”

Li Yue sat up from Li Yun's arms, rubbed her eyes, Li Yun picked up the crown on the side and put it on Li Yue, then picked up the cloak and put it on Li Yue, and then pulled Li Yue up and got out of the carriage.

When Li Yue got off the carriage, she found that it was very quiet outside, and those carriages had stopped on both sides of the palace in an orderly manner, and there were only two bustling carriages at the gate of the palace at this time.

Li Yue asked curiously at Li Yun on the side, "Why is there no one all of a sudden?" ”

The corners of Li Yun's eyes twitched slightly, "It's been some time, look at the sky." ”

Li Yue raised her head, but it was indeed a little late, just because of the reflection of the snow and the bright light, it still looked like daylight.

Li Yun, who was listening to the side, continued, "If you go in early, you have to wait for a while, it's cold and noisy, and you can't sleep, so let's just go in later." ”

After saying that, the two of them had already arrived at the gate of the palace, and were inspected by the guards at the door, and there were palace maids waiting inside, and they took the two into the palace.

The Baiyan Hall where the palace banquet is held should be a palace specially repaired for the palace banquet, with two rows of low tables set up on both sides, and an empty venue in the middle, which should be reserved for singing and dancing performances.

At this time, the hall was already full of people, the table was full of sumptuous wine and delicacies, and the good relations had come together, flattering each other and saying good auspicious words, which was really lively.

The first few positions are empty, the next first position is a few princes, and opposite the princes, there are some noble women dressed beautifully, Li Yue estimated that those should be the positions of the princess.

Further down, it is the position arranged according to the rank of the minister, the location of Zhou Yuan's Houfu, in the back row in the middle, the old marquis brought his wife and second son over, and there are two young girls on the side, which should be two of Li Yun's cousins.

As soon as the two of them came in, Yan Shisan waved at the two of them, "Here, here." ”

Li Yun went over with Li Yue, and Li Yue found that there was a sign with a name written on each seat, and it seemed that this position seemed to be specially arranged, and it was not a matter of sitting as much as you wanted.

When Li Yun and Li Yue passed over to Yan Shisan's side, Yan Shisan pointed to the position of his head, "Your position is here." ”

Li Yue looked at the table, and sure enough, there was a sign that read Zhenbei General Li Yun, so the two sat down here.

The prince's position should be ranked by age, Yan Jiu and Yan Thirteen are at the bottom, and at this time, the prince's position, except for Yan Jiu and Yan Thirteen, the other princes already have female dependents around them.

And Li Yue's eyes looking everywhere inadvertently bumped into the eldest princess Zhou Yanxue who was looking at her, seeing Li Yue looking over, Zhou Yanxue bowed slightly towards Li Yue, Li Yue also showed a faint smile on her face, and then turned her gaze, and after Li Yue's eyes turned away, Zhou Yanxue's eyes were full of resentment.

At this time, Li Yue suddenly remembered that Thirteen had told her that they had six brothers, and Li Yue thought about it for a while, after she came to Yanjing, there were only five brothers she had seen and heard, so Li Yue curiously whispered to Yan Thirteen, who came to their table, "Didn't you say that you have six brothers before?" How come there are only five? ”

Yan Shisan looked at it speechlessly, "You don't even know this?" ”

Li Yue shook her head as a matter of course, "It's not my brother, how would I know?" ”

Yan Shisan had to explain to Li Yue, "I still have a seventh brother, who is an infatuated lover, for a little girl who once picked up, he disobeyed his father's will and refused to marry, and then my father sent the seventh brother to southern Xinjiang, it has been four years, and the seventh brother has always lived in southern Xinjiang with that woman, and has never come back." ”

Listening to Yan Shisan's words, Li Yue was also taken aback, "I thought that this kind of vigorous and desperate love appeared in the book." ”

Li Yue's eyes were looking everywhere, and she inadvertently saw the position of the old general Zhou on the opposite side, there was a table, and it was Zhou Yanran who was actually sitting, as well as her grandmother who was not above the top, and there was also a middle-aged man, who should be Zhou Yanran's father.

Li Yue curiously said to Li Yun on the side, "Hey, shouldn't your aunt be at the same table with Old General Zhou?" How to sit alone at a table. ”

Li Yun followed Li Yue's gaze and glanced at it, before remembering who the aunt in Li Yue's mouth was, so he opened his mouth to explain for Li Yue, "This aunt's husband is the younger brother of Old General Zhou, and when he went to the battlefield with Old General Zhou, he died in battle, and after the king sympathized with them as loyal martyrs, plus the relationship between Old General Zhou, King Yan Kaien made them eligible to participate in the palace banquet every year in the Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

As he spoke, a slender voice came from the entrance of the hall, "The king and queen have arrived!" ”

Everyone in the hall quieted down, stood up and knelt next to the table where they were, Li Yue was also pulled by Li Yun and knelt down on the edge of the table, fortunately, there were soft cushions around the table, and thick cotton clothes were worn inside, kneeling did not hurt, and kneeling was not very cold.

"Greetings to the king, greetings to the queen, long live my king, long live long live, long live the queen, long live the queen, long live the thousand years, thousands of years old."

Li Yue raised her head slightly, and secretly looked at the person who came in, he knew the king in the middle, but at this time, there were two women who were still charming around the king, Li Yue guessed at a glance who was the queen and who was Mrs. Min who favored the harem.