The emperor said again: "Later, in the imperial garden, the concubine has prepared some small games for you, you can go and participate together after the meal, guess the lantern show, guess the winner, I will be rewarded!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" ……

"Speaking of guessing the lantern show, I remember that Aiqing from the Hanlin Academy also came today." The emperor squinted his eyes and watched in the crowd as he spoke, and the attendants around him also hurriedly stepped forward to show the emperor where the people of the Hanlin Academy were sitting. The emperor quipped: "You Hanlin Academy, you have just bothered to finish the revision of the historical records, so don't bother with any more brains tonight, so as to save some face for others." ”

The ministers all laughed out loud when they heard this, and the scene suddenly became happy.

Although it is the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the emperor himself said that it should only be a light meal, but before the banquet began, the emperor still said some good things that have been handled recently, and praised the officials who handled the matter.

When it was time to eat, the dancers also came on the stage one after another, dancing to the sound of silk and bamboo, which did not cool down the atmosphere at all.

Bai Shuangshuang looked at the jade food in front of him that was more beautiful than the other, and only felt that he had no appetite at all, first, Li Ran did not arrive today, which made Bai Shuangshuang a little worried, and second, Bai Mingzhu's attitude just now also made Bai Shuangshuang feel a little disgusted. But when she looked around, she saw that the people around her were almost the same as her, and she didn't see how happy she could eat, one by one.

After the palace banquet was over, the dishes on the table were almost not moved, and the more dishes were placed in the middle of the table, the more no one was to clip them.

"Today's atmosphere reminds me of a pair."

As soon as the emperor spoke, everyone put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands and listened quietly to the emperor's words.

I only heard the emperor say: "Quietly observe all things, and want to level the world like a lake." The emperor looked at the reaction of the ministers with a smile: "Does any Aiqing know what the next link of this pair is?" ”

As soon as the emperor's words fell, a voice came from the crowd: "If you return to the emperor, the minister seems to have some impressions. ”

The person who spoke was Bai Zhengzhong, maybe it was a coincidence, this pair Bai Zhengzhong had just seen it two days ago, and he was surprised and delighted when he heard the emperor's question, so he immediately seized the opportunity to get up and speak, for fear of being preempted.

"Oh?" The emperor squinted at Bai Zhengzhong, and after hearing the chamberlain next to him say Bai Zhengzhong's identity, he immediately quipped: "Bai Aiqing, it's not okay to just have a little impression, since you have come out to rob this question, you must answer it accurately, if you can't answer it, I will punish you with three bowls of wine." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

"Minister, obey." Bai Zhengzhong suppressed his excitement, cleared his throat slightly, and read like a poem: "At four o'clock, the best autumn light is not to mention the moon." ”

As soon as Bai Zhengzhong spoke, the emperor had already nodded appreciatively, and when Bai Zhengzhong finished reading, the emperor immediately said three good words in a row: "Good, good, good!" Bai Aiqing answered very well! It seems that Bai Aiqing has also been to the Moon Pavilion in West Lake in the south of the Yangtze River? ”

Where did Bai Zhengzhong go to the Inviting Moon Pavilion, but he happened to see this pair a few days ago, and he really wanted to say that he had been there, but now that the emperor asked like this, Bai Zhengzhong could only reply truthfully: "If you go back to the emperor, the minister just loves to read, and he has seen it in books." ”

"Hmm." The emperor nodded appreciatively: "Sure enough, it is the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, and he is really well-read." Then he said, "Reward." ”

"Whoa." The attendants beside him bowed their heads and said, and then loudly said: "The emperor has a reward!" Enjoy a box of snacks from the white waiter! ”

Although it was just a box of dim sum, but after the emperor's reward, it was difficult to buy a thousand dollars, so Bai Zhengzhong immediately shouted Long Live Thank You, took a box of moon cakes handed over by the waiter on the side, and was congratulated by the colleagues around him with a beaming face.

"Your Majesty." Shang Shuling got up and waved his hand at the emperor and said: "Today, the emperor has given you the grace to enjoy the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I am grateful for the emperor's kindness, so the minister has ordered the little girl to prepare a program for the emperor, hoping to add a little excitement to today's banquet with a piano sound." ”

"Zhai Shangshu has a heart." The emperor said happily: "Then please Miss Zhai to present a song for everyone." ”

Every year, whenever there is a palace banquet, there will be these programs, and today is no exception, and Zhai Yuting will not be the only one, this link is acquiesced by the emperor, and someone will arrange it in advance. Therefore, after the emperor's approval, there were palace people who immediately stepped forward to set up the support of the guzheng and set up the incense burner, and Zhai Yuting, who had already been prepared, also walked to the front of the Guangyang Hall with a red face.

Today's Zhai Yuting was wearing a white embroidered skirt, wearing peach blossom makeup, a red mole between her eyebrows, Ying Ying walked to the front of the hall and bowed to the ground and said: "The people's daughter greets the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." ”

"Let's be flat."

"Your Majesty."

At night, the outside of the Guangyang Hall was already silent at the moment, only the bursts of piano music played by Zhai Yuting lingered in the air and surrounded the square outside the hall. Almost all the people present know something about the piano skills, just listen to the sound of the piano to know that Zhai Yuting is an expert, a song of Yongyue piano music makes people seem to be standing in an empty palace, only the autumn moon outside the window can only be solved.

After a song, the white frost seemed to still hear the clear and tactful sound of hooking strings in his ears. When I came back to my senses, I saw that everyone was the same.

The emperor nodded his head and deeply commented on Zhai Yuting, who was curtsy, and said: "Miss Zhai is really outstanding in piano skills, and this song "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" must be unsurpassed in the capital. ”

Such a casual recognition is the supreme honor for Zhai Yuting, which makes Zhai Yuting also a little excited. "Thank you for the emperor's compliment."

"Reward."

"The emperor has a reward! Appreciating the book to order a pair of glass earrings! ”

At this time, even Zhai Shangshu stepped forward and thanked him: "Thank you for the emperor's reward!" ”

After Zhai Yuting stepped back, people came out one after another to perform, play the piano, paint, and chant poems...... Outside the Guangyang Palace, it suddenly became lively again.

These people say that they are celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, but in fact, these women who came out to perform are all on the list of show girls this year. The ultimate goal of the current performance is just to be able to win the first place after being selected as a show girl in the future.

After all the performances, the emperor sighed: "My Kang Xuan's women really have both talent and virtue, and all of them have talents that are not inferior to men." ”

"That's what the emperor said. In addition to having both talent and morality, there is also courage and resourcefulness. ”