Chapter 102: State Banquet Turmoil (1)
The annual state banquet has finally kicked off.
Situ Yue and Min Qingrou and other concubines rushed to the Qianqing Palace, and saw that Zhonghe Shaole was set up under the eaves of the Qianqing Palace, and Dan Majesty Dale was set up in the Qianqing Gate, 6 Zhonghe Shaole was set up under the eaves of the Jiaotai Palace, and Dan Majesty Dale was set up under the back eaves of the Qianqing Palace.
The palace supervisor set up a banquet table in front of the throne, set up the queen's throne banquet and the east, and the southwest to the back.
On the day of the banquet, the queen's guard of honor was led from both sides of the Qianqing Gate to the left and right furnishings of the Jiaotai Palace.
The palace supervisor invited the queen to lead the imperial concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, etc., and everyone was dressed in ceremonial dresses and gathered in the east and west warm pavilions of the Qianqing Palace, waiting for the emperor to return to the palace to congratulate.
When the palace supervisor saw that everything was ready, he invited the emperor to a banquet, and then began to play the music of Zhonghe Shao.
Situ Sheng, the Son of Heaven, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, sat on the throne, swept away the people under His Highness, stood up and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve feast, and the whole world celebrates! I feel that the country of the Yaori Dynasty has been safe and secure in the past year, and the special imperial dining room has made Fulu pastries of 10,000 catties, and distributed them tomorrow on Chang'an Avenue so that they can enjoy with the people! Today's state banquet, the secretaries do not have to be formal, although they have the courage to drink freely! Come and give the imperial wine!"
"Long live the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, the children take this opportunity to pay tribute to their father and emperor, and I wish my father and emperor good fortune and good health! I wish the Yaori Dynasty a thousand generations, my father and the emperor are benevolent, and Ze is the world!"
At this time, King Chengwang Situ Chi was the first to stand up and toast.
"Hahaha! Chi'er has a heart, come, let's have a drink with father and son!"
Situ Sheng laughed, raised his wine glass and drank it all.
Situ Chi smiled, and also raised his head happily to dry the glass of wine, and then struck the iron while it was hot and said: "Father, today's state banquet is the time for the whole country to celebrate.
"Hahaha! If you have this heart, my father will be satisfied! What new tricks have you brought to me this year?"
Every year, Situ Chi will find some novel things to make gifts for Situ Sheng, and this year is no exception, Situ Chi has prepared a unique gift early!
"Bang Bang!"
Situ Chi got Situ Sheng's approval, and immediately clapped his hands three times and said loudly: "Come on, bring up the king's gift!"
Situ Chi gave an order, and soon several eunuchs lifted something that looked like a screen.
"Chi'er, are you going to give me a screen?
Situ Sheng looked at the 'screen' that was completely covered by a red silk and asked with a smile.
"Father, please don't be impatient, the son will reveal it for you immediately!"
Situ Chi smiled proudly and bowed his hand.
"Okay, I'd like to see what new things you've found this year to open my eyes!"
Situ Sheng smiled and stroked his beard.
Everyone was relieved to see that Situ Sheng was in a good mood, and they were a little wanton after a few toasts.
I saw Situ Chi wave his hand, and someone immediately slowly lifted the screen.
Everyone is contemplating to look, but see a majestic splendid river and mountain brocade screen appeared in front of them, the embroidery is outstanding, the stitches are delicate, the still life on the screen is full of three-dimensionality, it is really a high-grade embroidery screen.
"What a picture of mountains and rivers embroidered screen!"
"The embroidery is so lifelike!"
"Yes, I'm afraid that this wonderful needlework can only be matched by the Beixiu Luo family, right?"
Everyone praised it and highly respected this picture of mountains and rivers.
Situ Sheng glanced at the picture of mountains and rivers, nodded and said: "This embroidery screen is indeed outstanding, it looks like the craftsmanship of Luo Yu, a famous embroiderer in the north." However, I heard that Luo Yu was seriously ill in his early years due to the careful study of embroidery skills, and he washed his hands as early as three years ago.
Seeing Situ Sheng's inquiry, Situ Chi hurriedly replied: "Back to my father, I can't hide it, this embroidered screen is from Luo Yu's hand! A few days ago, Erchen personally came to the door to ask for advice, and Master Luo was grateful for Erchen's filial piety, so he agreed to go out of the mountain and make this embroidered screen for Erchen. The most peculiar thing about this embroidery screen is not in its embroidery skills, but in the embroidery thread. The thread he uses is a rare discolored silk thread. It looks like a picture of mountains and rivers during the day, and at night under the light, it will become a picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix, and when the night is in charge, the father can naturally see its magic!"
"Oh, there is such a stunt in the world? Then I have to be good to see!"
Sure enough, after listening to Situ Chi's explanation, Situ Sheng immediately became interested, and actually got up and walked down the throne, came to the embroidered screen, and watched it carefully.
"Father, the son has an idea, I don't know if my father will approve it?"
At this moment, a clear and pleasant voice sounded in the hall, and Yongwang Situ Yi arched his hand with a full face.
"Oh, what good ideas does Yi'er have?" Situ Sheng looked up at Situ Yi, and instead of blaming him for rushing forward, he asked with a smile.
"Brother Erhuang's embroidered screen is too appetizing! Everyone knows the name of Luo Yu in Beixiu, and they are even more curious about what kind of works he will come up with when he goes out of the mountain again! It is better to let people take a few night pearls, and then reflect them on the embroidery frame with a bronze mirror, and see what effect it will have!"
After Situ Yi finished speaking, Situ Sheng laughed and said, "You kid! you belong to your ghost elf! I think you just can't bear it, and you want to see it, right?"
Yongwang Situ Yi was exposed, and he didn't care, and said with a hearty smile: "Father, Luo Yu has not been out of the mountain for many years, and now it is really rare for the second emperor brother to invite him to make a move again! Every piece of his embroidery back then was worth 10,000 gold! Such a beautiful thing, of course the sons are coveted! The father will satisfy the sons!"
Situ Sheng laughed when he heard this: "You kid is not welcome! Okay, just let everyone open their eyes! Come on, go get the night pearl and the bronze mirror!"
Situ Sheng gave an order, and immediately a palace eunuch ordered a group of eunuchs to take a few night pearls and several bronze mirrors.
Seeing this, Yongwang Situ Yi personally stepped forward to command, placed the screen on the high platform, and then asked everyone to adjust the angle.
When the soft light of the night pearl is reflected on the screen, a miracle happens!
The splendid picture of mountains and rivers actually began to flow slowly, and after a while, a brand-new picture of birds and phoenixes came into everyone's eyes!
"Hiss......"
Above the main hall, everyone gasped, shocked by this wonderful scene.
"Wonderful!
"It is worthy of the North Embroidery Luo Yu, there is such a skill!"
"It's still King Cheng who has vision and outstanding ability, if it weren't for him, this kind of embroidery would have been born!"
"Yes! Cheng Wang Junjie, discerning pearls!"
His Royal Highness's ministers suddenly boiled. Some admired the stunts of the North Embroidery, and some praised the king's discernment.
At this time, Situ Chi, who was now in front of the main hall, had a smile on his face, and there was a smug look in his eyes that could not be concealed.
"The sons also pay tribute to their father, may their father be blessed with the sky, and the Yaori Dynasty will be evergreen!"
Just when everyone was immersed in the shock of the mountains and rivers embroidered screen, Situ Yue suddenly got up, picked up his wine glass and saluted Situ Sheng.
Situ Sheng was still looking at the picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix with great interest, and when he heard this, he just waved his hand casually and said: "
Okay, okay!
Seeing that Situ Sheng was so cold to Qi Wang Situ Yue, everyone also tacitly agreed. This third prince has always been low-key, and he is not very valued by the emperor, so whenever there is a banquet, he will have much fewer opportunities to show his face than King Cheng and King Yong!
However, Situ Yi, the king of Yong, was still very affectionate to his third brother, and at this moment he also stepped forward and said to Situ Yue enthusiastically: "Third brother! You see that the second emperor brother has prepared such a good gift for his father, we can't lag behind! I have to take the first step, your royal highness!"
Situ Yi patted Situ Yue on the shoulder, turned around and walked in front of Situ Sheng again, bowed down and said: "Father, the son heard from his mother that the father and the emperor worked hard for state affairs, and he always had a restless night! It is said that this kind of warm jade pillow will heat up under the neck, as if someone is massaging!
After Situ Yi finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked people to hug the jade pillow and present it to Situ Sheng.
Situ Sheng finally turned back from the embroidery screen, he walked to the jade pillow, gently stroked the polished pillow that was very consistent with the neck of the human body, smiled and nodded: "It's still Yi'er intimate!"
As he spoke, he turned his head to Xuanyuan Mengya, who was sitting on the side of His Highness, and bowed his head slightly: "You're worried about the side!"
Xuanyuan Mengya was hurriedly supported by the palace maid to get up, walked to Situ Sheng's body and saluted: "Your Majesty, this is what a concubine should do! Yi'er is now older and more sensible, and the concubine is very pleased!"
"Well, it's better for you to teach!"
Situ Sheng glanced at Xuanyuan Mengya and nodded.
"The emperor has won an award! The concubine really doesn't dare to be it! The emperor is busy with state affairs on weekdays, and he has to take care of his body a lot! The emperor has too little leisure on weekdays, and the harem doesn't come often, so the concubines can't help much, so they can only bother with the small things in life!"
Xuanyuan Mengya looked at Situ Sheng, with a little distress in her tone.
"What the queen said is extremely true! The subordinates think it is true! Your Majesty, you should listen to the advice of the queen and take more time to relax in the future!"
As soon as Xuanyuan Mengya's words fell, His Highness immediately had someone play it.
Situ Sheng didn't need to look back to know that it was the nonsensical and neurotic Fang Zheng again, so he turned around and walked back to the throne and sat down, glanced at him angrily and said, "Fang Aiqing, why do you have your opinion everywhere?"
"The emperor is a good man! The minister is thick-skinned, and it doesn't matter if he is sprayed with a few words! What's more, the minister has long been trained under the emperor's golden mouth to have a copper skin and iron courage, and ordinary attacking ministers are not in their eyes!"
Fang Zheng completely looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, which made Situ Sheng's eyes stare angrily.
"Cut! I see you're skinless and faceless!"
As the emperor's outspoken minister, of course, you must have a shameless spirit, otherwise how can you do a good job for the emperor?"
Fang Zheng's face was not red or panting, he really made everyone else happy!
Situ Sheng couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Fang Zheng, today's state banquet, don't make a mess! I have prepared a lot of delicacies and delicacies from the mountains and seas, isn't it enough to gag your mouth? From now on, you are only allowed to eat and drink, not to speak, do you hear?"
"Ouch! Then don't suffocate the minister to death! Your Majesty, have you spared the minister? The minister has prepared a big gift for you, don't you want to see it?"
Fang Zheng immediately made a sad face, which made Situ Sheng angry and funny.
"You also prepared a gift for me, so I need to take a good look!"
Originally, Situ Sheng and everyone thought that Fang Zheng was joking again, but who knew that after a while, Fang Zheng really asked people to bring up something covered with red silk cloth, and they didn't know what the hell it was?
Situ Sheng couldn't help but be surprised: "You really prepared a gift!"
"Back to the emperor, this is a piece of the minister's heart, please take a look at the emperor!"
Fang Zheng waved his hand as he spoke, and asked someone to lift the red silk away!