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This day is the first day of the state banquet, the palace inside and outside the decoration of a new decoration, lanterns, flowers, the red carpet from the palace gate to the state banquet held in the Longqing Hall. Courtiers and envoys of the state came one after another, and there were guards at the gate of the palace who were checking the identities of the guests, and unloading the weapons brought by the guests and handing them over to a special person for safekeeping.

Qingfeng parked the carriage, and as Lin Yuelan's personal servant, he also entered the palace with him.

"Childe, there are a lot of foreign envoys who have arrived this year, and it is said that the Longshan Dynasty, which has never participated in the Tianyan State Banquet before, has also come."

Lin Yuelan nodded, "In the past few years, Longshan's internal affairs were chaotic, and the surrounding vassal countries were restless, so they have been busy with internal and foreign affairs, and have no time to take care of Tianyan. But their ambitions are no longer in the small countries around them, in the past few years, they have raised a lot of military affairs and cultivated intelligence forces, obviously, their tentacles have reached the fat of Tianyan. ”

While the two were talking, a clear voice came, "Lin Shizi, it's a coincidence that I met you here." ”

The corners of Lin Yuelan's mouth hooked, "It turned out to be Princess Yulin." ”

Yulin approached, with a smile in his eyes, "What's the matter, Lin Shizi came to the banquet alone?" ”

Qingfeng coughed behind Lin Yuelan, he had a face-to-face with Yulin in the knife wind shop last time, so he also knew her, and now he heard her say that only one person came, and he immediately coughed in protest when he was ignored.

"Oh, this is your squire?" Yulin finally glanced back at Qingfeng, and said to Lin Yuelan again.

Lin Yuelan nodded.

"I didn't expect Lin Shizi's attendant to be so outstanding." Yulin praised.

Qingfeng pursed his lips and muttered, "This is pretty much the same, I know that I have ignored the existence of this son, and I also know a few good words." ”

Lin Yuelan smiled with her eyebrows, "Thank you Princess Yulin for complimenting, why is the princess also a person and doesn't see the attendant?" ”

Yulin was about to answer, when the maid Bizhu came over, "Princess, we are all waiting for you in the Yufeng Pavilion, why did you come here, let's look for it for a while, it turns out that you came to find Lin Shizi." ”

Yulin's face turned sneered, and he glared at Bizhu, "Don't talk too much!" A pair of watery eyes looked at Lin Yuelan, "Lin Shizi, they are still waiting for me, go first." ”

The corners of Lin Yuelan's mouth hooked, "Princess, please." ”

After Yulin left, Qingfeng, who had been silent, spoke, "I said Childe, that Princess Yulin suddenly came to you alone, could it be interesting to you?" ”

Two black lines flashed in front of Lin Yuelan's eyes, "Qingfeng, she is a foreign princess, her purpose of approaching me is definitely not simple, don't talk nonsense." ”

The two crossed the Chongming Bridge and crossed the Jingsi Spring, walked through the Red Leaf Pavilion and the Blue Water Pool, passed through the mighty Chengyou Palace, Tianyou Palace, Zhishan Palace, Chengde Palace, and finally came to the Taiqing Hall and Longqing Hall due north. The Taiqing Hall is the place where Tianyan holds sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth, and the Longqing Hall is close to the Taiqing Palace, which is the place where large-scale state banquets and important festivals are held.

When he arrived at the square in front of the Taiqing Hall and the Longqing Palace, Situ Nanzhu saw Lin Yuelan, trotted to his side, and called sweetly, "Brother Lan! Lin Yuelan glanced at Situ Nanzhu lightly, "Looking for me?" ”

Situ Nanzhu had a smile on her face, and shook her head, "Brother Lan, Lin Bofu, they have already gone in and are waiting for you." ”

Lin Yuelan let out an "um", ignored Situ Nanzhu anymore, and walked towards the Taiqing Palace.

Situ Nanzhu pouted in the back, "Brother Lan, it's so cold." Seeing that Lin Yuelan didn't look back, she sighed, turned around and entered the Longqing Palace.

The ritual of sacrificing heaven and earth in the Taiqing Hall was attended by the royal family, courtiers, high-ranking women, young ladies, and foreign envoys. The family members of the courtiers without rank entered the Longqing Hall to rest, and after the Taiqing Hall sacrifice ceremony was over, they participated in the noon state banquet with them.

After Lin Yuelan entered the Taiqing Palace, she found the location of the Lin Mansion and sat behind Lin Yixuan and Zhao Helu.

The Taiqing Hall is magnificent, can accommodate thousands of people, and has a high platform. On the high platform is a transparent dome where you can see the color of the sky. The high platform was set up for the royal family to worship the gods of heaven and earth, and incense tables and offering livestock and fruits were placed on it. The whole Taiqing hall is full of incense mist, the sound of chimes is low, with the solemn decoration in the hall and the dome engraved with the portrait of the gods, it looks more solemn and sacred. Dressed in ceremonial robes, the officials stood on either side of the hall according to their rank, while the foreign envoys sat in a special area close to the royal position.

A loud shout came, "The emperor, the queen, the queen mother have arrived!" The ministers and the foreign envoys stood up to greet each other with solemn expressions. Emperor Tianyan Shengde is about fifty, at the peak of his youth, with an elegant face and a majestic crown dress, which sets off a fierce kingly spirit. The queen's face was dignified and elegant, she looked forty miles away, and her graceful gait revealed the majesty of a superior person. The Queen Mother is about seventy, and although she has silver hair, her eyes are sharp and her gait is steady. The three supremes stood on the high platform, and then the royal descendants appeared one after another, and the high platform was suddenly full of the most noble figures in Tianyan.

With the voice of the ceremonial priest, "The ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens begins!" "Then there is a person who holds the wine altar in his hand, first sprinkles the wine on the high platform, and then sprinkles it on the hands of the emperor and the queen, the so-called clean hands. The emperor stood in front of the incense burner, began to burn incense and pray, recited the text of the sacrifice to heaven and earth, finished reading, poured the blood of the cattle and sheep handed over by the person who blessed the curse in front of the incense case, and then the queen knelt on the ground, took the copper plate handed over by the queen mother, there were pigs, cattle and sheep and the meat of the three animals and the three things of grain, wheat and millet, and prayed in the mouth for the peace of the country and the people, the abundant harvest of the five grains, etc., after the prayer was completed, and then the copper plate was put on the altar. After the emperor and queen sacrifice is completed, the prince and grandson stand with incense, according to the size of the position in order to burn incense in front of the incense table, after the worship is completed, the incense is inserted in the incense burner, and after the last incense is inserted, it is the worship link in which the ministers and foreign envoys participate together. The maid took the cup out, gave the wine to the court officials and envoys, the emperor and queen each held a cup of wine, the ceremonial secretary shouted, "one respect for heaven and earth", everyone poured a glass of wine in their hands, "two respect the gods", everyone poured another glass, "three respect for the ancestors of Tianyan", everyone poured another glass, and so on three times. In the end, the prince led the princes to divide the meat on the table and pack it, and the maid brought it to the guests to share the food. With the end of this last procedure, the ceremony of sacrificing heaven and earth is considered to be completed, and all the people leave the Taiqing Hall and go to the Longqing Hall on the side to attend the banquet.

Compared with the solemnity of the Taiqing Palace, the Longqing Hall is more rich and festive, the hall is covered with a bright red carpet, hung with golden curtains, even the pillars and beams are decorated with colorful satin, and then decorated with green plants and colorful flowers, showing a magnificent and joyful image. After the banquet began, first the foreign envoys presented gifts to Emperor Shengde, and presented congratulatory words, of course, nothing more than some words to congratulate Tianyan on prosperity and the emperor's well-being, and then the courtiers congratulated the emperor, the content was similar, and finally the emperor replied to the envoys and courtiers respectively, praising the envoys for their deep friendship from afar, and the courtiers were diligent and dedicated, so it was time for the official banquet.

Lin Yuelan was uninhibited, because of her military exploits at the age of fifteen, she was pardoned by the emperor to wear court clothes into the palace, and she entered and exited the court in a white robe, which made many people envious and jealous for a while. Lin Yuelan is indifferent by nature, coupled with the psychology of being suspicious of the emperor, and she is also quiet at the banquet, trying to avoid the opportunity to be in the limelight, so in addition to the great military exploits she once made and a good appearance that made men jealous and women ashamed, in the eyes of outsiders, there seems to be no other outstanding. Of course, this is still the case, he is still the spring boudoir dream of many ladies and ladies in Yandu, and has become a hot topic of discussion among these famous ladies at every state banquet. But fortunately, these women are only good for a while, as the story of the state banquet goes away, the once amazing and eager longing gradually fades, otherwise I don't know how many girls will die alone.

But among this group of admirers, there is one person who has secretly had feelings for him for a long time and has never changed his mind, and that is the seventh princess Yan Yulong.

As soon as Lin Yuelan sat down, Yan Yulong's gaze was fixed, and at the same time, Yulin's gaze also fell on him from another corner. Lin Yuelan had long been accustomed to their gaze, pouring wine and drinking by herself, her white and bony big hands dangling the wine glass, slightly tilting her head, and her facial features showed a more attractive arc because of this elevation angle, especially the sexy and abrupt Adam's apple, which made people's hearts beat even more. When the wine entered her lips, Lin Yuelan seemed to feel the taste of the wine, and the corners of her mouth were hooked with hunger.

Noticing that someone was looking at Lin Yuelan like her, Yulin glared at Yan Yulong warningly, Yan Yulong was not a humble lord, regardless of whether she was a foreign envoy or not, she glared back even harder, so the eyes of the two fought in the air.

The fifth prince, Yan Yuchi, noticed Yan Yulong's gaffe and tugged at her sleeve, signaling her to pay attention to her behavior. And followed Yan Yulong's line of sight to see Lin Yuelan pouring herself a drink, and after meeting his gaze, he raised his wine glass, toasted Lin Yuelan in the air, and turned his eyes to look at this position in Situ Mansion, but did not see Situ Nanyun's figure, and was a little disappointed.

Lin Yuelan accepted his kindness, drank it all, and gave him another glass. Although he was drinking for his own pleasure on the surface, his every move at the banquet still couldn't hide from his eyes. He noticed that the envoy of the Longshan Dynasty had glanced at the three princes several times, and the three princes had also met the envoy's gaze several times. Although there was nothing wrong with this in terms of etiquette, he always had an intuition that there was a layer of relationship between the three princes and the Longshan Dynasty that he couldn't see through or understand.