18. Chinese New Year's Eve Banquet (3)

Above the throne of the main hall hangs the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque written by the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and there is a gold lacquer carved cloud dragon pattern throne in the middle of the ground level, and there are five fan screens with gold lacquer carved cloud dragon pattern in the back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info on both sides of the furnishings Lu Duan (Lu Duan is a kind of Rui beast with supernatural functions in ancient Chinese legends, known as able to travel 18,000 miles a day, proficient in the four languages, good life and evil killing, know the distant things, if there is a very good minister in the Ming Dynasty, then follow the book and the ground, guard on the side, and set up the Lu Duan in the palace of the Forbidden Palace, implying the emperor Shengming, open the way widely, near the virtuous ministers and far villains), crane candlesticks, Chuien incense tube (incense tube for burning incense, sandalwood can be burned in the incense tube, when the sandalwood burns, Wisps of green smoke float out from the hollow barrel body, clouds and smoke swirling, implying peace, stability, great governance), etc., there is a review of the imperial case in front of the throne, this group of furnishings is all located on the three-story high platform. There are four bright red pillars on both sides, and a pair of couplets are written on the two pillars outside, "The expression is all the states and the body is prudent, and the five classics are not light, but the civil is difficult." It is the Kangxi imperial pen, and the two pillars inside are written "Kekuan Keren Emperor built its extreme, but the essence is only accumulated in the bow." "It's Qianlong's imperial pen. Xingzhen looked around and feasted her eyes, then turned her attention and looked at the concubines of the six palaces standing in His Majesty Dan, all the concubines had already seen Lan Concubine and her party at this time, and they were all blessed, Xingzhen hurriedly returned the salute, walked to the side of Ying Concubine and Yun Guiren, and talked with a few people.

The fine neutralization Shao music sounded, Yang Qingxi came out from behind, stood on the side of His Majesty Dan with a whisk in his hand, and the palace concubines knew that it was the imperial concubine and the emperor who arrived, so they hurriedly stood according to their respective positions, Xingzhen stood in the east, Ying Concubine stood behind, Zhen Concubine stood on the west side of Xingzhen, and the women stood in turn, silent for a moment, only to hear Yang Qingxi shouting: "The emperor has arrived!" The imperial concubine has arrived! After Emperor Xianfeng and Emperor Kangci, who were dressed in bright yellow court clothes, ascended to the throne, all the women bowed down, shouted long live in their mouths, and wished Emperor Kangci a long life and good health. Emperor Xianfeng first presented a gift to the concubine of Emperor Kangci, and then gave the annual reward to the concubines of the six palaces. Then the women bowed down again and came out on their knees.

At about 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the banquet began in the palace.

Before this, Xingzhen originally wanted to go back to Chuxiu Palace to sleep in the cage, but she didn't expect that before she got out of the Qianqing Palace, she was blocked by the people of the Internal Affairs Office in front of Yuehua Gate, begging Lan Concubine to go to the new palace banquet to take a look, sure not to make a mistake, Xingzhen rolled her eyes in annoyance, and saw that Yun Guiren and Rong Changzai had just gone out, so she quickly pulled the two of them as cushions and went to the new place to take a look.

When I came back from the new venue, it happened to be lunchtime, Xingzhen ate two bowls of red rice, put down her chopsticks, and told Anqian: "In the afternoon, I will sleep first, except for the emperor and the imperial concubine, I will not see anything, make up for sleep, and prepare to make trouble until half the night at night." ”

Anqian cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, "If the foreign women enter the palace, they will come to Chuxiu Palace to meet Niangniang - after all, Niangniang is now assisting in the Sixth Palace, how should the slaves and maids deal with them?" ”

"It's simple," Xingzhen walked to the bed with sleepy eyes, "You just tell them so, today's rule is to enter the palace to see the imperial concubine, my identity is not compatible today, I will naturally have the opportunity to meet often in the future, don't be in a hurry." ”

Where could there be more than sleep at this time? Hee-hee.

At three o'clock in the Shen season, Fan'er vigorously shook Xingzhen, who was sleeping with her hair scattered, "Concubine Lan, it's time for you to get up and dress up!" Otherwise, if you go to a night banquet like this, you can scare the ghost to death! Anqian Yinghua listened to Yun Baoxue and a few people dragged Xingzhen out of the quilt, combed her hair, dressed her clothes, and dressed Xingzhen with hot water, Xingzhen finally came to her senses and seriously gave suggestions to her makeup.

"The big red lip gloss in the morning is good, keep using it."

"It's not appropriate to wear too plain today, take out the crimson cheongsam and wear it, and use red and blue headdresses on your head, and the pendant on the flag head is coral."

As soon as she dressed up, a beautiful woman with outstanding posture and gorgeous makeup appeared in the rhombic vanity glass mirror, Xingzhen looked at her appearance, looked forward to her appearance, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Let's go over there earlier, Anqian, you and Tang Wufu keep an eye on it, so as not to make a mistake, this Hegong Night Banquet is the first time it has been placed over there, and if something goes wrong, it will be me who will be laughed at."

"Yes."

The night banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve was originally placed in the Qianqing Palace, and the banquet tables for each person were arranged according to a strict hierarchical order: the golden dragon banquet table was set up in front of the emperor's throne, and on the left side of the ground, the queen's banquet table was placed on the west seat, and the banquet tables of the rest of the concubines were arranged on the left and right. The cutlery they use is also different. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the emperor entered the banquet, the queen and others saluted the emperor at the seat, and after the ceremony, the queen and others took their seats to eat. After a while, the emperor and his concubines began to enjoy the banquet. While enjoying the performance, they entered the fruit and wine, and when the emperor entered the wine, the concubines took their seats and bowed. After the banquet performance, the concubines took a seat to thank the banquet, knelt and bowed, the emperor sat and left, and the queen returned to the palace. During the above banquet, various music is played in turn.

One word: tired, two words: form.

What's the point of such a banquet, it's hierarchical, it's not lively, it's not like the New Year at all.

Luckily, I came up with a new idea.

Xingzhen sat on the sedan chair and looked north along the palace alley, and after a while, after the Qianqiu Pavilion, she arrived at the destination, a palace in the shape of an I-shape.

As soon as she got off the sedan chair, she heard a burst of beating and scolding from the palace, Xingzhen's face sank, and she raised her face, Fan'er hurriedly entered the palace gate here, and Xingzhen also entered the hall with Anqian's hand.

I only saw a steward eunuch twisting the ears of a little eunuch, and the other hand was slapping the little eunuch's face again and again, the little eunuch's face was already red and swollen after being fanned, and the steward eunuch was still beating and scolding the little eunuch: "You little rabbit cub, you fainted during the New Year, and you broke the plate in your hand!" This is the object that the mother wants to use! I can't afford to kill you! Little Bunny! The little eunuch didn't dare to cry, nor did he dare to fight back, just blindly avoiding the slap of the eunuch in charge.

Fan'er saw that Xingzhen was already standing at the gate of the palace and saw this scene, and hurriedly shouted: "Okay, the little eunuch should be disciplined!" You also want to see what kind of place this is! What a day it is! Lan Concubine Niangniang is here! I don't have to call you to rush! The eunuch in charge saw Xingzhen standing at the gate of the palace looking at his side, and hurriedly knelt down in panic, kowtowing to Concubine Lan to say goodbye, "Concubine Lan forgive me!" The slave is so angry that he can't help but teach this useless thing a lesson, please forgive me! ”

The little eunuch didn't dare to speak, and knelt on the side, bowing his head and trembling.