Chapter 51: The Birthday Begins
The two days passed quickly, and finally ushered in the queen's birthday, and early in the morning, Zhao Zili was dragged out of bed by Ah Ruo.
"Okay, Aruo, let me sleep for a while." In my previous life, I have been living a 996 hard social animal, and the greatest joy in coming to this world is to sleep lazy.
"Lord, you used to be able to do it any day, but today is the birthday of the queen's mother, and the prince and princess will enter the palace on time."
Ah Ruo couldn't help but say, and a hot towel rubbed on Zhao Zili's face.
The whole house dared to do this, King Song's great favor for Ah Ruo is already the unified cognition of everyone, if it weren't for Ah Ruo's background being too low, they all thought that she would be the future princess.
Ah Ruo also knows this very well, and never dares to go beyond half a step, but it is better to do his own thing.
"Alright, alright." was rubbed like this by Ah Ruo, Zhao Zili was no longer sleepy, got up obediently, cleaned up, he didn't want to have any more moths on the queen's birthday.
Zhao Zili is very particular about what he is wearing today, his clothes are ice blue fine silk, and the snow-white piping embroidered with elegant bamboo leaf patterns and the mutton fat jade hairpin on his head complement each other.
cleverly brings out the extraordinary figure of a gorgeous noble son, with a jade belt around his waist and a folding fan holding ivory, handsome.
"How is it, your prince is handsome today." Zhao Zili fanned his fan and deliberately posed in a pose that he thought was the most handsome.
Ah Ruo had long been accustomed to it, and hurriedly said: "Handsome, the prince is the most handsome." ”
"Lord, the time is the time for the princes to enter the palace, and it is still too late, but you still have to pay attention to it, the sixth princess and the ninth princess have sent someone to ask."
"I know, don't think about it, let's go, let's go." After packing everything, Zhao Zili got into the carriage and rushed to the palace.
A pair of carved ornaments in front of the carriage door, the golden light stinged the eyes, and the carriage was full of elegance in the sunlight, and the gray-brown tones were vividly contrasted.
Gao Xiang held the carriage between him, and the sound of the rolling carriage slid like rain over the crystal white marble, reflecting the morning sun and the ticking wheels. The carriage was wrapped in silk on all sides, and the gold-inlaid windows were obscured by a curtain of pale blue crepe, making it impossible to perceive the passengers in such a magnificent, speeding carriage.
But the people outside seem to be able to see the noble figure inside and seem to be waving their hands, looking at the prosperity of the green field, as if "the spring grass is just born to gallop to the garden, and the autumn wind wants to move the long poplar".
Many people saw this very luxurious carriage and couldn't help asking: "Which adult's frame is this, so gorgeous, ordinary eunuchs don't dare to use it, you see that there is a dragon pattern on the car." ”
"Yes, Prince Song, sure enough, King Song has made a great contribution, and His Majesty has crowned the prince."
"I see, these Seven Princes are really powerful."
There was a lot of talk among the people, watching as a carriage with one carriage galloped towards the palace.
In order to hide the eye, the carriage was not equipped with a horseshoe, and soon the heavy body caused the horses to have to rest with injuries to their feet.
"This is too upside down, and the shock absorber must be studied in the future." Zhao Zili touched his buttocks, the streets of Luoyang were already very flat, but they were still upside down.
"Later, the prince will arrive at a small half of the way, this horse is not like the one in the house, it is a little too squeamish."
Gao Xiang was also a little helpless, he didn't expect this horse to be so unbearable, and at the same time realized the importance of the horseshoe, his prince is really powerful.
"Slow down, don't be in a hurry, we're not too late."
"Seventh brother, you came very early." A carriage stopped slowly, and Zhao Ziyu poked out his little head.
"Wow, Seventh Brother, your prince's carriage is different."
"Come, let's have a carriage with Brother Qi."
Zhao Ziyu slipped into Zhao Zili's carriage when he heard this, and the two arrived at the palace gate slowly.
The eldest prince Zhao Zilin and the second prince Zhao Ziyan arrived early, each with congratulatory gifts waiting for Emperor Wu's edict to enter the palace.
"Big brother, you see that the seventh child is here, tsk tsk, this carriage is really luxurious, and only the prince dares to use it." Zhao Ziyan's words were a little sour, and he didn't know whether he was jealous of the carriage or because his mansion was still rushing to his heartache.
"Hmph, no matter how gorgeous things are, they have to have a life to enjoy, and in less than two or three years, he can only be accompanied by a coffin." A hint of jealousy flashed in Zhao Zilin's eyes.
Zhao Zifeng saw the two of them coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "You guys are finally here, how are the congratulatory gifts ready." ”
"Oops, it's over my congratulatory gift in the carriage." Zhao Ziyu slapped his head, and only cared about playing in Zhao Zili's carriage, and even forgot about the congratulatory gift in the original carriage.
When Zhao Zifeng heard this, he was a little nervous, the queen's birthday came empty-handed, but it was very disrespectful.
"Don't worry, I have something here, the queen must like it." Zhao Zili said out loud, then took out a small bottle from the car and handed it to Zhao Ziyu.
"It's so fragrant, it's a flower, what is this, Seventh Brother." Zhao Ziyu asked, and a fragrance of flowers wafted out, smelling it and liking it.
"It's a perfume made from flowers, and when you use it, put a few drops on your hands, pat it open, and then apply it around your neck."
Zhao Zifeng also smelled it, and he liked to say very much: "Seventh brother, I will get two for my sister when I have time later." ”
"Don't worry, you and the ninth sister have both, I'll make a few and send them to your house later."
Hum, the gate of the palace opened on time, Cao Zhengchun walked out of the gate, and said angrily: "Your Majesty has a decree to summon all the princes and princesses to meet you." ”
"The retainers obey."
In order of age, the prince and the princess were arranged at one time, and the congratulatory gifts were also taken over by the palace guards and carried into the palace.
Zhao Zili saw his eighth brother again, he still looked sick, and his congenital weakness was not so easy to recover.
"Seventh brother, why are you looking at me like this." The eighth Zhao Zicheng is a few months younger than Zhao Zili, and he is only a few days behind Zhao Ziyu, and the age of the three is very close.
"It's nothing, I feel that I don't get along with the eighth brother very much, and I feel a little regretful."
"The seventh brother is now a prince, and the eighth brother can't be compared, but the eighth brother has been sick for a long time and has become a doctor, although my seventh brother's complexion is ruddy, but the hiding seems to reveal a completely dark appearance, the seventh brother should pay attention to his body."
Zhao Zili was stunned, this eighth brother can, this can be seen.
In fact, this is Zhao Zili following Qi Ya to learn the internal force to make his blood churn, as long as the other party does not use the internal force to probe again, no matter how powerful the master is, he will think that this person's qi and blood are at a loss.
"Thank you for your concern, Li Shizhen came to see it not long ago, and only said that the instability of qi and blood caused by being frightened is nothing serious."
"That's good, Imperial Doctor Li's medical skills are exquisite, his words will not be wrong, when it comes to us, Brother Seventh will ask first."
The city wall of the imperial city is more than ten meters high, and there are four city gates: the south side of the noon gate, the north side of the Shenwu gate, the east and west sides of the Donghua Gate, the west of the West Gate. Miyagi is rectangular, occupying tens of thousands of square meters, with more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses. Outside the city walls is a moat more than fifty meters wide. On each of the four corners of the city wall, there was an exquisite and ingenious corner tower, which was used to view the surroundings of the imperial city and prevent the Assassins from sneaking attacks.
Although it was not the first time to enter the palace, Zhao Zili was still shocked by the palace, the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty was imposing, larger than the Forbidden City, it could be called a city within a city, and there was no 100,000 troops who could not even approach the gate of the palace.
After walking for half an hour, the princes and princesses finally arrived at Zhiluo Palace.
"Your Highnesses, Zhiluo Palace has arrived, and after entering, Your Majesty has arranged seats for each prince and princess, please take care of your own position." Cao Zhengchun said aloud, and then led everyone into the palace.
"Sixth sister, this Zhiluo Palace is so luxurious." Zhao Ziyu was also here for the first time, and was deeply shocked by this luxurious palace.
"It is said that this is the place where the father and the queen made love, and the queen lived here when she was a show girl."
Zhao Zili was stunned for a moment and asked: "At that time, my father should have just ascended the throne, and there was no objection from the ministers who built such a big project?" ”
"Of course there is, but my father overrode public opinion and demoted several ministers, and finally built it." Zhao Zifeng still knows a little about these things.
"Chong Guan is angry and blushing, and his father is really domineering." Zhao Zili somewhat recognized this cheap father, and it seems that this father is still very affectionate and righteous to be able to do this.
"If your father heard this, he would be very happy, and now some ministers are making a big fuss about this." Zhao Zifeng's eyes lit up when he heard Zhao Zili say this, and he was angry at the crown, which was really good.
"Chivalry violates the prohibition with martial arts, and Confucianism violates the law with literature. Some rotten people should be cleaned up. ”
"Hmm, His Royal Highness King Song said carefully." A cough sounded behind Zhao Zili, and he turned his head to look at the formal Fan Ming.
Only the royal family and the six Shangshu, as well as some people who have made great contributions to the Great Zhou, are eligible to see the queen's birthday, and of course Fan Ming is among them.
"It turned out to be Fan Shangshu, and of course this king thinks that Lord Shangshu is a good official for the country and the people."
"Haha, Your Highness praises falsely, this time the queen's birthday, the prince's help to the dog, Weichen remembers it." Pham Minh's words are subtle, but smart people know what they mean.
"Your Excellency, this king and Fan Jian are sincere friends, and his request for this king will naturally give him all his help."
The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly, then found their respective places and sat down.
Emperor Wu still took care of him, and arranged the sixth princess and the ninth princess on both sides of Zhao Zili, and the eighth prince sat in front of the sixth princess, so that no one could say that the emperor was eccentric.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Empress has arrived."
Emperor Wu wore a dragon robe and held the hand of Queen Nangong, and walked over slowly, one was the emperor who ruled the world, and the other was the queen of the world.
Everyone hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty, long live long live, long live your majesty, long live your majesty, long live long live, long live your majesty, long live long live, ”
"No courtesy, today is the queen's birthday, and all etiquette is simple." Emperor Wu said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Everyone got up and sat down one after another, and the queen's birthday banquet officially began.