Today is the 42nd birthday of Emperor Zongjing, as in previous years, in the temple to do a sacrificial ceremony, inform the ancestors of the situation of the year, gather the civil and military officials of the banquet is also essential, but although it is a hundred officials, but it is also a false word, only more than 40 people can actually participate in the banquet, among which there are six old princes who have official positions, in addition to these official positions, and then there are some princes, county kings, princes and princesses who have not yet been crowned kings, etc., when the time comes, The officials, princes, princesses, princesses, and the like who were waiting outside entered the main hall of Mingzhe Palace in turn, and the little eunuch introduced the adults who participated in the banquet on the side, but this time, most of the people did not change once in a few years, so they basically entered the palace, and they could easily find their seats without the guidance of the little eunuchs. Wu Ya followed Hua Nuoyu into the hall, but their seats were far away, Hua Nuoyu was at the table, Wu Ya was under the seat, but Hua Nuoyu was already very satisfied with this, because according to common sense, Wu Ya now has no official position, and it is impossible to get permission to participate in the banquet, even the eleven who they found an impostor before, even if she got the identity of the prime minister's daughter, she was never allowed to participate in the banquet by exception. The people who participated in the banquet quickly took their seats, and after about twenty minutes, with the sound of loud announcements and ceremonial music, Emperor Zong Jing walked into the hall slowly, but with strong steps. Behind him was followed by Wei Zilin, the queen of the current dynasty, Zhao Fangyi, the snow concubine who had recently been favored by the emperor, and then Hua Xi, the prince of the East Palace. Then began a series of more boring official processes, the emperor's speech, the flattery of the ministers, the congratulatory gifts, etc., the congratulatory gifts, Wu Ya still found it interesting, a bunch of people on the surface of the business blowing each other, in fact, secretly comparing with their own gifts. Of course, the people who can present gifts in the palace are the princes, princes, princes and ministers of the ministers, and not all those who come to the banquet can have this qualification, so a total of 22 people can give gifts. Although the distance is a bit far, Wu Ya still watched the whole process very seriously, well, she learned a lot.

After these and so on, the entertainment session began, and Wu Ya was still looking forward to this link, although she was not interested in stage performances before, and she was aesthetically tired. But now it's different, this is in ancient times, most things are still new to her, and every time it makes Wu Ya feel that the door to the new century has been opened.

"Oh-"

When the musical instruments were carried to the performance venue, Wu Ya subconsciously began to sigh quietly, this is the chime. It seems to be a little smaller than the specifications of Zeng Houyi's chimes that she saw on TV before, but Wu Ya is not sure, after all, she has not seen anything with her own eyes, and she is not even sure of the accuracy of her visual inspection. However, these are not tangled problems for Wu Ya, after all, she is not a researcher, and she is still interested in music and timbre. When the first note came out, Wu Ya's spirit was shocked, and the intertwined movements of the following notes kept beating her eardrums and heart drums, in addition to the sound of the chime, there were also Se and several other instruments that Wu Ya was familiar with but could not name. Wu Ya's body trembled, and her arms were aroused with goosebumps by the sound one by one. Seven or eight minutes later, the last note pops off the strings, signaling the end of the piece.

Emperor Zong Jing also seems to like this show, after the performance, he opened his mouth to praise the performers a few words, and also rewarded some gold, silver and jewelry, others naturally followed the praise, a minister directly made a poem, on the surface is to write just played wonderful, shocking, in fact, in praise of Emperor Zong Jing governing the country, there is a Ming Jun, naturally, this poem makes Long Yan happy, to the minister also made a reward, in the hall of a happy atmosphere, a piece of food began to be served on the table in front of everyone, the design of this banquetExcept for the emperor and empress, who were at the head of the table, who had high tables and high chairs, the rest of the people had low tables and cushions. There are only two dishes in each round, one round of ten minutes, and there will be a total of 15 rounds, and all the dishes and chopsticks of the previous round will be taken back when each round is served. After the first round of two dishes was served, the second program also began, it was a dance, twelve dancers dressed in a very fairy atmosphere, played by three musical instruments, the flute, the flute and the zheng, the dancers moved softly, and fell one by one, as if they were really fairies playing.

While Wu Ya watched this pleasing performance, she didn't forget the dishes on the table, these two dishes are very light, and the portion is not much, after all, thirty dishes, if each dish is made according to the usual amount, the final amount of leftovers will be enough to make some old loyal ministers jointly write a letter directly accusing the emperor of extravagance and waste, so the imperial dining room has carefully studied the amount of each dish, and strives to minimize the leftovers.

Wu Ya ate slowly, looking up at the performance from time to time, her position was really not a good position to watch the show, most of the time she could only see the backs of the dancers, but she could see the accompaniment group very clearly.

After performing one after another, one after another, Wu Ya's mind was still more on the food side, after all, the geographical disadvantage made the performance greatly discounted for her, but the other adults sitting around her seemed to be watching with relish. By the end of the feast, it was already dark, and the moon had hung up on half of his face. After eating and reading, the next thing is naturally to come to some elegant, Emperor Zong Jing took a group of people to the imperial garden, where it has already been prepared, bamboo mats, pu mats, low tables, food, wine, candlesticks, etc. have been placed in the open space in the middle of the imperial garden, and the stone lamps around have also been lit, and after the emperor and his party arrived, they slowly began to sit down one by one, however, not all the people who participated in the banquet could come to the imperial garden, and everyone received a post with the name and time of the process they could participate in. The post naturally cannot be done by the emperor himself, this is all done by the special department of the Ministry of Rites, but the decision is still in the hands of the emperor, the department first lists a large list for the emperor to approve, who needs to be added or subtracted, whether the people who participate in the process are eligible, etc., and then sorted out, and then handed over to the emperor for review, and so on, until there is no problem, then start to write posts, after the completion of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to confirm the written posts, and only start to send posts after they are correct.

There are only twenty people who can follow to the Imperial Garden, and even some princes and princesses are not allowed.

After Hua Nuoyu sat down after Emperor Zong Jing, his eyes swept casually, and there were more than a dozen people who did not sit down, which was quite normal, the peonies and roses around here were blooming lively, and many literati who loved flowers naturally wanted to take a few more looks. And the father usually does not urge, and before this kind of meeting begins, he will leave some time for others to communicate freely. With some ridicule, I looked at the people who didn't sit down again, and was stunned, why did she follow?

Wu Ya looked at these people around her and looked a little cramped and uneasy, when she was in Mingzhe Palace before, there were many people, and she felt okay, but now there are suddenly so many fewer people, and according to her theory and speculation, most of the people here are authentic ministers who can affect the atmosphere of the court with a cough. And the other part that looks younger, it must be the emperor's favorite ministers, not surprisingly, they will cough in the future, which will affect the atmosphere of the court. Oh, and a few more women, that must be the golden branches and jade leaves. Wu Ya was very uneasy, very uneasy, very uneasy about herself appearing here, even though she was already aware of this drinking party? Poetry Club? Tea party? Belch...... What did the little eunuch tell her just now? She can't remember it at all now, because she was stunned at that time, not entangled, anyway, this "meeting" doesn't look as serious as the banquet just now, and it seems that the seat has changed a little, but even if it is not serious, it is impossible for her to sit next to Hua Nuoyu.

Facing Hua Nuoyu's sudden gaze, Wu Ya subconsciously smiled back, but this smile was obviously a little twisted, she wanted to escape now, the elite air here was not suitable for a civilian like her at all.

"You're that Mu Shunshi?"

Wu Ya was shocked, someone actually accosted her, turned her head crampedly, her handsome face, the arrogance that could not be concealed between her eyebrows, and a pair of Ruifeng eyes with undisguised contempt. Wu Ya moved her gaze down a little further, touching the man's clothes, oh, the prince.