Chapter Forty-Seven: The Greatest Birthday Banquet
On this day, the whole world celebrates.
The day of the Queen Mother's eighty-second birthday has finally arrived, and the preparations of the yamen in various parts of the palace for more than half a month have also come to the time for inspection.
Today, civil and military officials above the third grade have to come to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, and they are also allowed to bring their families, plus some clans and noble people, I don't know how many there will be.
With so many people pouring into the palace, the excitement must be lively, and the logistics support must keep up.
To say that the busiest, it is not the eunuch and the palace maid of the palace eunuch and the imperial dining room, the palace eunuch is responsible for cleaning, there are many people in the palace, it is inevitable that it will be messy, all kinds of garbage have increased sharply, and the busy person will not die.
Don't think that the official is big, and the person has quality, the ancients rarely talked about "quality", spitting, littering waste paper, it is not uncommon, and even, it is possible to defecate anywhere.
The eunuchs and palace maids of the palace must be on standby at all times, and on such a festive day, no garbage or stolen goods are allowed anywhere in the palace, whether it is a dead end or not.
The imperial dining room is not easy, the queen mother's birthday, no matter what, you have to have a big meal on hundreds of tables, the food in the palace may not be delicious, but in terms of nutritional level and appearance, it is first-class.
Like this kind of feast, it is not enough to make hundreds of table dishes, but the banquet is divided into several waves, fruits or snacks in the leisure time, snacks before the meal, and a big meal at the main banquet, each of which must be carefully prepared.
Compared with these two busy departments, the hospital is not bad, after all, there are not many people who will suddenly get seriously ill on this day, and at most there are some cases of broken feet or falling into the water.
Whether you really use it or not, you have to put your posture there, and you can't let others find out what is wrong, saying that the hospital is not dedicated to the birthday of the Queen Mother, and sometimes, surface work is very important.
It has been more than half a month since he came to Tai Hospital, and Xia Nan has not seen all the Tai Doctors in the Tai Hospital, but this time he was fortunate to have a face-to-face with all the Tai Doctors.
Unlike the solemn standby of other colleagues, Xia Nan had the honor to attend the birthday of the Queen Mother, and in the eyes of his colleagues who were either envious or jealous, he left the hospital.
Although the birthday ceremony was held in the palace, the people who could really participate were all people with status, and it was not enough to have ID cards, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were not allowed to participate except for those who served on the spot.
Xia Nan was not qualified to participate, but he was invited by the child, and he really wanted to see such a big scene, so he decided to go.
There are two places for banquets, one is in the Chengtian Palace, and the banquets are for people in the court and close relatives of the clan, basically all of whom are men, and the other place naturally accepts women.
There are eight immortal tables in the Chengtian Palace, all of which are around the periphery, and there is a large empty space in the middle, which is used to perform songs and dances.
Xia Nan came to Chengtian Hall relatively late, firstly, because he didn't know anyone, and secondly, because the child was too abrasive, and he had to pester him all the time.
Although the child is young, she is a princess, and on weekdays in the palace, except for the eldest princess who takes her and plays with her, she has no playmates, which is quite boring.
Xia Nan can play with her regardless of her identity as a child, and there are all kinds of endless ways to play, suitable for little boys, or suitable for little girls, you name it.
He came up with two at random, such as throwing sandbags, picking up stones, and so on, and coaxed the child very happy, and the relationship between the two quickly warmed up, and soon became a pair of good friends.
Playing these more childish games with the child, Xia Nan didn't feel embarrassed, he was more childlike, and relatively simple, not very adaptable to the changeable and complex situation, but dealing with children, especially with children who were more well-behaved, was more harmonious.
One big and one young two people played well, until the most time was running out, the eldest princess took the child away, the queen mother's birthday, the two princesses are the protagonists, and they need to congratulate the queen mother on her birthday, Xia Nan went to the Chengtian Palace alone.
When Xia Nan arrived, there was a lot of commotion in the Chengtian Palace, half of the people were sitting, and about half of the people were holding wine glasses.
For a large-scale banquet like this, the meaning of the banquet itself is not so important, for many people, it is a platform for communication, and it is a good occasion to pull relationships and go to the door.
Don't look at the top group of people in the Ming Kingdom, with great power in their hands, in many places, they are actually no different from ordinary people, flattery, gangs and factions, you can see them everywhere.
In the same Chengtian Palace, and the same court as ministers, there are many inconsistencies in everyone's positions, and civil officials, military attachés and clans often do not deal with each other.
Not to mention the small circles that are mixed together, there are three large factions, the civilian faction, the military attaché faction, and the clan faction, and the people of the three parties sit together with some distance from each other.
In addition to these three waves of forces, the fourth wave of forces in the court is the eunuchs, and there are no eunuchs in the Chengtian Hall today who can sit on the table, otherwise, it will not be a three-way confrontation, but a four-party confrontation.
No, there are eunuchs, when Xia Nan entered the Chengtian Palace, there was the first eunuch who could sit down, he didn't know anyone anyway, so he simply chose a position in the corner.
There are a hundred and ten tables in the hall, and it is necessary to ensure that there are enough seats and not crowded, and as for the last few extra tables that no one sits, it is no problem.
This is not a waste, but a practical need, if the position is too small, let a civil official and a military attache sit at the same table, it just so happens that the two do not deal with each other, and they are not very good-tempered, and they do not fight.
Don't overestimate the self-cultivation of these officials, even high-ranking officials are nothing, they should be scolded as they should be, they should fight as they should be, there are more literary and rogue among civil officials, there are more military madmen among military attachés, and there are more unreasonable or stinky and shameless people in the clan.
If these people are not arranged, regardless of time and occasion, it will definitely make your liver hurt, and a good banquet is very likely to stir up for you.
High-ranking officials of the third rank or above wearing big red robes, who are not the governors of a province and the officials of the frontiers, but in the capital, high-ranking officials abound.
There is a table in a corner, and there is only one person sitting on the table, pouring himself drinks, eating snacks from time to time, watching songs and dances, neither toasting or talking to others, nor anyone coming to toast and greet him, just like a transparent person.
Xia Nan fell in love with this place at a glance, it was clean here, and it didn't attract attention, which was exactly what he wanted, so he walked over and sat down, grabbing a handful of melon seeds and knocking them first.
The person who was already sitting at the table couldn't help but look a few more times when he saw Xia Nan coming over and sit down without saying a word, and he looked a little curious.
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