The feast is about to begin, and unexpectedly, the feast is not held in the cool and comfortable garden or in the spacious and luxurious main hall, but in the empty square in front of the main hall, surrounded by potted flowers, including chrysanthemums, peonies, peonies, camellias, etc., which can be described as a hundred flowers blooming, purple and red, and fragrant.

Although it is pleasing to the eye, under such autumn tiger-like sunshine, it is estimated that it will not take a moment for these people to be at risk of being dried by adults.

Princess Ning is a beauty-loving and pleasure-loving person, so naturally she will not let herself suffer this sin.

At the top of the seats, there is a wide canopy, under which is a table, behind the table is a comfortable mahogany carved chair, on which are placed ice silk soft pillows and bamboo cushions, and on both sides of the canopy are placed ice tubes, because the ice is hot and steaming.

On the table, there is a fruit plate, presenting grapes, lychees, apples and other colorful fruits, which are washed as clean as new, and there are crystal water droplets hanging on it, even if you look at it, it will make people's hearts feel a lot cooler.

Different from the cool upper chief seat, the lower table is set up according to the peacock open screen style, the front is two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, sixty-four seats, etc., each seat can sit two to three people, and the table is also placed with a fruit bowl, but because of the hot weather, the fruit has been sunburned, and even the spectators have no mood to eat.

There are no comfortable ice silk soft pillows and bamboo cushions in front of the table, but a simple cloth cushion, which only plays a role in cleaning, and has no comfort and cooling effect at all.

Different from the usual seating by rank, there is no maid to lead, and there is no male and female seats, it should be Princess Ning's ingenuity, so that everyone can sit as they like, regardless of grade, regardless of gender mixture.

Rao is like this, except for a few small officials who want to attract Princess Ning's attention, the rest are all strict etiquette, and the high grades are naturally ranked first.

Wei Zhixing's official residence is a third-grade Dasi Nong, and his rank is outstanding among all men, so he naturally sat in the front seat on the left, Hong Feng already had a sweetheart, but he was unmarried and married, and he was Shaoqing of Dali Temple, so he couldn't help but come perfunctory, and naturally sat on the side of his friend Wei Zhixing.

The king of Qiyang County and his concubines and concubines sat in the front seat on the right side with indifferent faces.

The four seats after the two seats are the four or five officials of the court, such as Lord Li, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Zou, and Lord Yu, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, but the fourth seat is intriguing, it is two faces, one of them is timid and cowardly and does not dare to look at everyone, and the other is not afraid to glance at everyone, the corners of his mouth are bent downward, and he looks like he is open-minded, which makes people look extremely uncomfortable.

Everyone was soft-hearted, knowing that these two must be newly promoted officials who "don't understand the rules" and are eager to get to the top.

Because of their shyness, most of the women are behind the ten.

Everyone found their seats, sat down one after another, and as soon as they sat down, they immediately frowned.

This bluestone was roasted by the sun of the autumn tiger, hot like fire, and everyone sat down as if they were sitting on a brazier.

Wei Zhixing, Hong Feng, Lord Li, Lord Zou and other officials of the fourth rank or above, what battles have you not seen?

Nearest the king nearest the gallows. Every day, it is likely that the clouds are light and the wind is light one moment, and the lightning and thunder are the next moment; One moment to praise and reward, the next moment to raid the family and exterminate the family.

At this moment, not to mention sitting on a hot green stone, or a nail board full of nails, these people are also sitting correctly, and they will not even frown.

In comparison, the timid little officer in the second camp was a little embarrassed, his body "Teng" stood up, his hands unconsciously covered his buttocks, and he realized that in the first three camps, he stood up abruptly and sat down again, but his butt was owed, and his body leaned forward, and there was a kind of humble and prostrate ugliness.

Princess Ning glanced at everyone's demeanor and behavior, turned around, leaned on Concubine An affectionately, and found that the curtain of yarn was too eye-catching, stretched out her hand to pick it up, and waved it away, and the curtain was fluttering, just floating on the frightened little official, so frightened that his body that had not sat firmly jumped forward, and almost fell to the ground, the big pink curtain hung on his head, fluttering in the wind, but he didn't dare to move, like a puppet fixed there, indescribably funny.

Princess Dening laughed and said: "Such shackles, get rid of them, today in this princess's mansion, everything is according to the rules of the people, that is, there are no rules in ----, and the curtain is removed......"

The women did not move, although in daily life, they did not wear curtains to leave the door, but this is a formal royal banquet, and if you don't make a mistake, you can cure the crime, not to mention the unruly, leave it to talk.

Concubine An sighed, scratched the tip of Princess Ning's little nose with pettiness, and said helplessly: "You unruly little guy, there is really no way to take you." ”

Although the tone was quite resentful, he took the lead in removing his own curtain in his hand, and waved his hand to the young ladies amiably: "Today, Princess An is the lord, you are guests, the guests are as you please, all of them are removed, and, that you ----"

Concubine An pointed to the little official who didn't dare to move and said, "It's you, sit well, don't look like a little family!" The people who are here today are all the heirs of the official families in the capital, which family are you? How come the mourners have never seen you?"

The little official hurriedly kowtowed, stammering for a long time and not explaining whose house it was.

The man next to him stood up, and Shi Li replied: "Hui Taifei Niangniang, the lowly surname is Chang Mingyuan, a native of Leyang County, the fifth Jinshi of Renwu for ten years, and the brother on his side is also from Leyang County, surnamed Zheng Ming Daren, the twenty-first Jinshi of Renwu for ten years, just sent as an official, Brother Zheng was assigned to Tailai County, Zangzhou County; I was assigned to the county magistrate of Anhou County, Zangzhou County, because I heard that there are many varieties of flowers and plants in the princess's mansion, so I had the mind to see the whole picture, and this matter was approved by the princess. ”

Princess Ning nodded abruptly and said: "Concubine Niangniang, Ning Er did specially approve some people to come in to enjoy the flowers, all of them are really talented and learned, this Chang Gongzi, I heard that at the poetry meeting in Leyang County, Jiang Dui, who was in the limelight, defeated Jiang Dui, who was in the limelight, and Jiang Du was so ashamed that he never showed up again. And that,"

Princess Ning pointed to the nervous teenagers in the eighth and ninth seats in the distance and said, "That one in a purple silk robe, as a man, can embroider on both sides; The one in the blue silk coat painted a picture of ice and snow that was so vivid that it was like real ice and snow; And that ......."

Princess Ning pointed at this and that with joy, each time she pointed to one, she stood up and saluted one, and pointed out more than twenty in one breath, just like a general ordering troops on the battlefield, and like the emperor choosing a concubine to flop.

The faces of a group of young ladies who think they are noble are blue and purple for a while, where is this flower viewing banquet, it is clearly Princess Ning's husband selection banquet, and it is also a big mixed election, there are all kinds of businessmen and poor families in the society, how can you not make the pampered nobles annoyed? !

In this way, it is a question whether the women can take off the curtain or not.

Taking off the curtain is bound to let these poor students and even businessmen see the true face, in the eyes of the noble ladies, this is an extremely insulting behavior;

Don't take off the curtain, and it seems that there is a dislike for not taking the words of the concubine Niangniang seriously, although the concubine Niangniang is the concubine of the late emperor, she is not pampered, she has no heirs, and she has no family, but after all, she has raised the emperor and princess for a period of time, and there is still a certain weight in the hearts of the emperor, empress, and princess.

In this way, whether to pick up the curtain or not also formed two camps, hesitating.

Fortunately, the concubine and Princess Ning didn't care about it, Princess Ning was already happy like a girl who had never been out of the cabinet, chattering about these specially approved men to enter the house, talking for a long time, some dry mouth, picked up the glass wine jug, and drank it with a "coo dong dong" to her mouth, which was a kind of chivalrous informality.

Chang Yuan kept bowing down to salute because he was answering Concubine An's words, but he was so disturbed by Princess Ning that he couldn't move for a long time, and his back was scorched by the sun, and after a while, a layer of sweat soaked out, and even his clothes were soaked.

After a long time, Princess Ning realized that "Concubine Niangniang, let everyone sit down, it's uncomfortable to stand." ”

The teenagers who were pointed to stand up, this is like an amnesty, although sitting down is like being roasted by fire, but standing up is like being roasted by fire, the lesser of two evils, it is more secure to roast your butt than to roast your cheeks, you know, being stared at by these nobles together, if you don't die, you have to peel off your skin.

The follow-up process is no different from the royal banquet, except that the young lady of this mansion performs a dance, and the young lady of that mansion plays the piano, and Princess Ning yawns and sleeps for a while;

It wasn't until the son of this mansion performed a sword dance, and the son of that mansion performed a plum blossom seal character, that Princess Ning raised a strong interest and applauded.

Halfway through the performance, the spectators on the seats were sweating more than the performers, and the young lady of the Tobe Shangshu family was already overwhelmed, and fell directly to the ground and fainted, and the people had to help them to rest.

The lady of the servant's family, seeing that the drunkard did not mean to drink at this banquet, obviously became a companion, not to mention the makeup, her hair was wet with sweat into a lock, and the gauze skirt was also ironed on her body, and she must be embarrassed to continue to stay, so her eyes rolled white, and she "fainted" like the young lady of the Tobe Shangshu family.

Seeing that the girls were all "physically weak", Princess Ning couldn't help but shake her head and said, "Miss Li and Miss Lu are so weak, how can they inherit the family for their husbands in the future?" Don't participate in next year's draft! ”

In just one sentence, the young ladies who also had the intention of "fainting" did not dare to "faint" anymore, even Miss Li and Miss Lu, who had just "fainted", also fought hard to return to the banquet, even if they didn't want to participate in the draft, it was not a good thing for their husbands to know that they were weak.

And the sons of the noble family who wanted to keep a low profile were like hot dogs, sticking out their tongues and panting.

In order to make a move, the sons who didn't want to come forward to perform also rushed forward to perform, after all, dancing a sword can still be blown by the wind a few times, and writing calligraphy can also relieve fever with clean hands......

In this way, even Hong Feng stepped forward to write a crooked calligraphy in a decent manner, cleaned his hands, and relieved the fever.

Coming back to Wei Zhixing and wincing, Wei Zhixing shook his head slightly, still looking like I was immovable.