Chapter 81: The Palace Banquet

I don't know what's going on with this year's solar terms, and it's going very slowly. In the past, it rained and cooled down around the Mid-Autumn Festival in Kyoto, which was not suitable for outdoor activities, but this year it was a continuous sunny day, so it was very suitable and comfortable to wear a single clothes during the day and a single cape at night.

Therefore, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, His Majesty and the Queen, chose to be held in the Imperial Garden. The Imperial Garden is a wide area, and in the past, it could only accommodate the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet of more than three grades, but this year's expanded invitation crowd can be participated in by people who serve Zhu in the six parts. The Lu family is just enough for the tail of Zhu Fu. Lu Weimang didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Lu Qingshan and Lu Weimang made up for some gossip knowledge of the personnel in Beijing together, and customized a dark dress together, striving to be low-key and low-key at the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet that day.

"Daddy has put on this sandalwood dress ten years in advance!"

Lu Weimang tasted it in front of his father.

The aesthetics of the Lu family are quite consistent, and they like bright colors, such as this brown, which has never appeared in the Lu family before. Although Lu Weimang wears few regular clothes on weekdays, the housekeeper makes her all the colors of Hanlian, goose yellow, and Tianshui blue, which are tender and the color of the water. It just so happens that she is now fourteen or fifteen years old, and her skin is also naturally jade and snow-white, so she looks very harmonious and delicate.

Lu Weimang himself, as he grew older in his previous life, he liked colors like pink more and more, and now that he is in the prime of his cardamom years, of course, he wants to wear these tender colors all over.

"You're good in mouse gray, too."

Lu Qingshan looked at his daughter's small rat gray Shu brocade jacket, and nodded in the jade-colored pleated skirt, yes, low-key enough.

"The color materials that are not easy to sell in this neon pavilion have been bought by our family."

Here, the father and daughter complained to each other, and Cheng Yang and Changfeng secretly laughed.

"You two, do your homework at home and go to bed early at night."

No matter how the father and daughter rubbed in, the time for the palace banquet was approaching, and the two rode their horses to the palace gate.

"Daddy, aren't you quite comfortable drinking and fishing and bragging with your colleagues all day long, why are you afraid of this kind of banquet?"

"I'm at ease with my brothers, you don't know, there are a lot of people in Beijing who are Wen Zou and Zou who stare at us at a glance, making our old man feel uncomfortable, as if he can find eighteen faults at a glance."

Lu Qingshan shook his shoulders, as if he wanted to shake off some of the discomfort that he thought of, and then asked Lu Weimang, "You have been in the Guozijian for four years, aren't you still so unproductive?" You know more people than I do, right? ”

Lu Weimang waved his hand, "I don't like to socialize, most of the time I only live in my own room, and I never think of going out to meet more people." So, usually in Guozijian, people know me, but I don't recognize people. ”

The father and daughter looked at each other and sighed, at this time, they especially needed a social cow to lead them, but unfortunately they were not sociable people. With such a temperament, no one will say anything about it.

At the palace banquet, Xiao Huangmen led the father and daughter of the Lu family to the seats on the east side.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is to pay attention to family reunion, so at the banquet, it is a short table, with the family as a unit, you can take your wife and children to sit together as a family.

Because of their low official position, the Lu family only sat at the end of the general's side.

At this time, most of the people were chatting with acquaintances, and Lu Qingshan also took them to talk to their acquaintances, so Lu Weimang had to sit alone in his position and narrow his sense of existence.

"Weiwei!"

Qin Xuan suddenly jumped out and patted Lu Weimang, although Lu Weimang was startled, he was still a little happy that Qin Xuan appeared. She just needed someone in front of her right now to make her a little less embarrassed.

"You father and daughter, you're late enough." Qin Xuan said, "I looked here for a long time before I saw you. ”

Lu Weimang sneered, "I deliberately chose this time to save it early, and I stared at others with big eyes." ”

"Recently, you haven't been going to the household department, it's not easy to see you. I like the food you brought me when you went to Shu County. There is also a turquoise bracelet for my mother, she also likes it very much, she also went to Zhucui Pavilion, wanted to order another string, but the shopkeeper said, to wait. You see, my mother is carrying that bracelet today. ”

In addition to Lu Weimang's own people, the Qiang specialty gems and medicines sent by him can be regarded as helping the development of Qionglai Pass.

"It's good to like it. What I send is a specialty of the Qiang people, which we rarely have in the Central Plains, and when there are more merchants on the Qionglai side, it will be easier to buy things in Kyoto. ”

Lu Weimang strongly recommended it here, and Qin Xuan's eyes lit up when he heard it, "I heard my father say that Qionglai was made by General Huo and you in a good way, and my father also wanted my eldest brother to go to Qionglai Pass to experience it, but my mother and grandmother were reluctant, and said to wait a minute, and then go over when the road is better." Weiwei, you've been there, you know better, is it really difficult to get there? ”

Qin Xuan said it easily, and Lu Weimang also knew that this kind of important position related to the revenue of the Great Qian's treasury could only be a forbidden place for His Majesty's cronies. For example, Niu Guogong and the Marquis of Qin's Mansion are all listed.

Lu Weimang nodded, "The main reason is that the road is long, the road is difficult, and the miasma is pervasive, so there are still some risks." But it's good to get to the place, which has been the country of abundance since ancient times, and it is very suitable. It's good for your eldest brother to go in a few years, it's easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it's a good place to retire. When you are older, you can go there for a few years. ”

Qin Xuan was amused by Lu Weimang's age, "My eldest brother is about the same age as the eldest son of Niu Guogong, he is twenty-six years old this year, and Brother Niu is older, but he is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old." ”

Lu Weimang was dumbfounded, "I saw that Mr. Niu was so old, and I thought it was almost a year of confusion." As he spoke, Lu Weimang scratched his head, a little embarrassed. She can't see the age of the ancients, especially when they are in their twenties and thirties, some people begin to have whiskers, like the eldest son of the cow, and then after all the wind and rain, the bearded face when they first see it, and it is no wonder that others will misunderstand.

Someone chatted at the banquet, and the time passed very quickly, and soon, the palace lights in various parts of the imperial garden were lit up one by one, and the sky that had just dimmed was reflected by the various palace lights, and the atmosphere of the palace banquet suddenly rose.

"It's almost starting, I'll go back first."

Qin Xuan pointed to his location and prepared to go back.

Lu Weimang looked in the direction of Qin Xuan's finger, and a beautiful woman was staring at this side with burning eyes. Lu Weimang was stunned for a moment, she was talking to Qin Xuan just now, she didn't notice it, she was stared at by this straight gaze at this moment, Lu Weimang realized it later, I heard Huo Jing say that Qin Xuan was talking about marriage recently, should she avoid it.

Nodding and smiling, he responded to Mrs. Qinhou's gaze, Lu Weimang looked around from afar, and sure enough, some of the eyes of Mrs. Qin looked over this side through the faint light.

Lu Weimang hurriedly retracted his gaze and looked at Qin Xuan, "You go back quickly." ”

said, waved his hand, and sent Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan didn't know why Lu Weimang's face changed instantly, and he only smiled and agreed, "I don't have time to talk in detail today, I'll go to Wuwei Hall tomorrow, you tell me about what you saw and heard all the way to Shu County." Among the people of our Guozijian, you are the first to go out on an errand. ”

"Okay, when you have time one day, go to find me next to the W Wuwei Palace. Now you can go back first. Lu Weimang urged.

Qin Xuan went back for some reason, and Lu Weimang breathed a sigh of relief.

The gaze disappeared as Qin Xuan returned to his seat, Lu Weimang sat in place, and after a while, Lu Qingshan also returned to his seat, "Wasn't Qin Xuan talking to you just now?" Let's go? ”

"Well, the palace banquet is about to start, so he will go back first."

"It's a pity that I haven't seen him in a long time, and I wanted to say something to him. Since the graduation of Guozijian, Qin Xuan hasn't been at home for a long time, right? ”

"I didn't come to Guozijian many times in the past, did I? Just review your homework together before each big exam. Lu Weimang argued.

"Really?"

As the father and daughter of the Lu family were talking, Xiao Huangmen's high-pitched voice came, "Your Majesty, Niangniang has arrived!" ”

Everyone hurriedly got up and bowed down to greet each other.

"Sit down, Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, you don't have to be formal."

Everyone sat down and looked at the emperor and empress at the top of the head. I saw that the emperor was still as majestic and mighty as ever, and the mother was still the same bright and magnificent.

"Mid-Autumn Festival, our monarchs and ministers are also relaxed together, today everyone eats and drinks well, who has talent for a while, can also come forward to show one or two, just like we are in the army. Qin Hou, you are good at swordsmanship, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

Qin Hou smiled on the seat, "Weichen is old, but there is no young man who is elegant and good-looking, let the three sons of the minister give the emperor a performance, you see, he has learned a few skills of the minister." ”

"Good! Xuan'er, I'll be waiting to see you in a moment. ”

Gong E served the food and wine like flowers and willows, and Lu Weimang and his father ate a few bites in the corner.

On this kind of occasion when the bigwigs are greeting, the emperor talks to his ministers, and they are all dotted with green leaves, just look at it.

After hurriedly eating a few bites and putting on a few things, Lu Weimang sat far away with Father Lu, in a dark position, staring at the big eyes with bright eyes, and went to see all kinds of programs in the open space in the center of the banquet.

Qin Xuan took the lead, a sword dance, neat and gorgeous, the young man's posture was elegant, and it was full of ornamentation.

The eyes of the many nobles sitting down lit up.

There are also two generals who have always liked to fight, and they also took this opportunity to have a good competition.

There was a lot of applause around.

Fortunately, these big men know how to measure, and after a while, a noble lady came forward to perform. Some people dance, some people play the piano, and some people sing, it is really a feast for the eyes and ears, and it is very pleasing to the eyes.

Lu Weimang nodded and shook his head along with this ancient song, very engrossed. Art can cultivate sentiment, think back then, CCTV's Spring Festival Gala program was placed in front of his eyes, and he didn't cherish it, at this time, an ancient song, a song, and a dance, let himself be intoxicated.

Sure enough, if there is no loss, there is no cherishing.

"Yes, that's good. These little girls are all full of fairy spirit, but they are not comparable to us women. But when it comes to the little girl, how can you not mention Lu Weimang, a student of Guozijian? I've only heard it mentioned by others, but I haven't officially seen it yet, and the atmosphere is just right today, please ask this Miss Lu to come out and let us have a look, right? ”

The proposal of this unknown noblewoman was echoed by many people.

Lu Weimang shrunk and sat at the end, with only one sentence in his mind, "Here we go again!" ”