He Qiaoxin followed He Wenyuan through the vermilion gate, through the tall and complex palace walls, and towards the Fengtian Palace. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is the time when Zhu Qizhen wants to feast on the courtiers.

He Qiaoxin also went to the Forbidden City in later generations, and also saw the palaces with traces of time, the Forbidden City in later generations was repaired and rebuilt by the Qing Dynasty, and what He Qiaoxin saw today is very different from each other in terms of pattern and style.

The evening sun is golden, shining on the glazed tiles and white jade carved railings of this palace, which makes the palace more majestic and solemn.

In the distance, the Fengtian Hall met He Qiaoxin's eyes, this is where Zhu Qizhen is going to feast on the ministers today, and it is also the palace of the usual dynasty, some people call it the Jinluan Palace.

Since the fifth year of Xuande, every festival or individual special day, the Son of Heaven banquet ministers have changed from Fengtian Temple to the noon gate, but because today is the night banquet, because the noon gate is dim, it can only be used for daytime banquets, and the night banquet can only be changed to Fengtian Palace.

followed He Wenyuan to the gate of Fengtian Palace, verified his identity, and entered the hall.

He Wenyuan didn't feel anything, after all, as long as he didn't rest, he would come to the court. However, He Qiaoxin ignored the ministers and family members who had already arrived, and also ignored the palace maids and eunuchs who came and went to place wine and food, and looked at the interior of Fengtian Palace.

I was deeply shocked, no wonder the emperor of the Qing Dynasty later wanted to rebuild a Taihe Hall on the original site of the Fengtian Temple.

I saw that the hall was extremely wide, and the vermilion pillars around it were carved with dragons and phoenixes, and a golden dragon chair was dazzling. Looking far away, the farther away gives people a sense of heaviness, and the objects in the hall are also placed in the royal style.

The moment He Qiaoxin came in, he was seen by Zhu Qiyu, who was already sitting in the first place on his left hand, and waved his hand at him, and the officials around him were all curious, which of the sons of the big man was this, and he was worthy of such courtesy from King Yu.

Stretched out his hand and pulled He Qiaoxin, who was watching, to the right side of the hall, and walked to the middle of the right, He Wenyuan sat at a table in front of him, pointed to the seat behind him and motioned He Qiaoxin to sit down, and He Qiaoxin sat down according to He Wenyuan's instructions.

Outside the door, officials successively verified their identities and entered the Fengtian Palace, and some officials who had occasionally seen them in the alliance would greet He Qiaoxin from afar, which also made those who didn't know He Qiaoxin even more curious.

After another tea time, He Wenyuan sat down at the table of the previous one. He Wenyuan raised his hand and said hello, this person was none other than Lu Yu. Seeing him, He Qiaoxin also frowned, then stretched out and saluted, Lu Yu smiled and looked ahead after returning the salute.

Coincidentally, it was Fan Guang who was the first to sit on He Qiaoxin. After Fan Guang sat down, he saw He Qiaoxin next to him, and his eyes widened, he didn't expect He Qiaoxin to be able to participate in the banquet.

"How did my brother come here, as far as my brother knows, Father Ling is not qualified to bring his family, dare to ask why?"

He Qiaoxin arched his hand, and really didn't expect that it would be Fan Guang next to him, and then replied: "Brother Fan, junior brother, I was summoned to participate by His Majesty's order, this civil and military officials should all know, how could you not know, brother." ”

Fan Guang showed a look of ridicule, then moved his body to He Qiaoxin's side, and whispered: "Brother, I'm not very good, I recently took leave to go for treatment, and I just came back... I really don't know why. ”

After speaking, he raised his eyebrows at He Qiaoxin. He Qiaoxin was speechless, what news did he hear, and he would not be silenced by this buddy in the future.

I could only rush to Fan Guang, who was returning to his original seat little by little, "Hehe! He laughed and hid his inner embarrassment.

At this time, a group of people came in at the door, He Qiaoxin took a look, it was the cabinet Sanyang who led the family members to walk in, and the officials in the palace, including Zhu Qiyu, the king of the palace, all stood up and greeted Sanyang.

Sanyang took his family members to the arranged position and sat down, signaled the officials to be casual, and began to wait quietly like He Wenyuan when it was over.

Time passed minute by minute, and the officials, civil and military ministers, and relatives of the emperor all arrived intermittently, each sitting in their own positions waiting for the arrival of the little emperor Zhu Qizhen.

After another half an hour, a team of red-clothed and gold-armored guards walked outside, and after coming in, they were divided into two teams and scattered on both sides, guarding inside the Fengtian Temple, seeing this scene, He Qiaoxin knew that Zhu Qizhen was coming.

Sure enough, there was a shout outside.

"His Majesty the Orthodox Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has arrived!"

"Empress Dowager Zhang has arrived!"

"Empress Dowager Sun has arrived!"

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I saw Zhu Qizhen walking to the front, behind him were Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Sun, and then there was a group of palace maids and eunuchs.

Zhu Qizhen wears a crown on his head, and the emperor's crown is the most valuable of the crowns. It is to use the twelve multicolored reels, each of which runs through twelve pieces of colorful jade, according to the order of Zhu, white, Cang, Huang and Xuan, each piece of jade is one inch apart, and each is twelve inches long.

Zhu Qizhen wore a crown on his head, and the heavy weight made Zhu Qizhen walk staggeringly, He Qiaoxin was silent on his face, but he smiled secretly in his heart, this scene was like a doll holding an overweight doll.

finally came to the dragon chair and sat down, Zhu Qizhen was already sweating on his forehead. Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Sun also sat down on the phoenix seat that had been prepared next to them.

All the ministers in the palace, including the emperor's relatives and family members, stood up with their faces facing upwards and then knelt down.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

"The emperor is in good health, and the queen mother is blessed with gold!"

"The ministers will knock to see Your Majesty, and to see the two Queen Mothers!"

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Zhu Qizhen above stretched out his right arm and said, "Zhong Aiqing is flat!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Whether it is the emperor's relatives, ministers, or family members, they all kowtow in unison to thank them.

Then they each returned to the table and sat down, waiting for Zhu Qizhen's instructions.

After Zhu Qizhen finished speaking, he breathed a long sigh of relief, knowing that the foreplay was done, Wang Zhen came over and put Mian Yan on the table for Zhu Qizhen.

"Dear civil and military officials, all royal family members, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, the New Year's Day.

In the past year, you Aiqing have worked hard, I know in my heart that it is not easy for you, today I have a banquet in this Fengtian Palace, please Qingqing! ”

After speaking, he clapped his hands, and Wang Zhen next to him shouted loudly: "The dancing girl and singer enter the palace to perform, and the night banquet begins!" ”

There was also a shout outside the Fengtian Temple: "The dancing girl and singer enter the temple!" ”

I saw more than a dozen coolly dressed dancing girls and singers walking in, and went straight to the vacant seats between the left and right sides, and began to perform.

He Qiaoxin looked around, and found that all the big and small officials showed their pig appearances, and only a few elders, such as Yang Shiqi and others, glanced at the dancing girl and singer with appreciative eyes, He Qiaoxin shook his head, and couldn't help muttering: "It's really traditional culture!" Passed down from generation to generation. ”

The singing of the singers in the hall occasionally sounded, accompanied by lyrics and songs, and the dance of dancing girls.

For a while, the hall pushed the cup and asked for it, but it was very happy. Maybe it was because of the drinking, and some officials whistled the dancing girl in front of the court.

He Qiaoxin thought that someone would scold him, but he found that no one cared, even Zhu Qizhen and Empress Dowager Zhang, who were sitting on a high place, laughed non-stop after hearing it.

Looking at He Wenyuan sitting in front of him, He Qiaoxin found that He Wenyuan was the same, and couldn't help but wonder, sure enough, his mother Xu was right, and his father He Wenyuan was not an honest master.

About half an hour later, as a bell rang in the distance, I saw that the dancing girl and singer had withdrawn from the hall as if they had already made arrangements.

Wang Zhen slowly walked to the center of the main hall, where the dancers had just performed, and pressed his hand down, signaling silence.

Then Wang Zhen opened a piece of rice paper and began to read: "The end of the year and the beginning of the year are good, and the princes and subjects are happy on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve." Tonight's banquet, there can be officials or family members, or royal relatives are willing to compose a poem for the entertainment of the palace monarchs and ministers. ”

As soon as Wang Zhen finished speaking, Zhu Qizhen on the dragon chair said: "Which Qing family is willing to come out and give it a try, let me see, this is also an old show for the banquet, who wants to come to a masterpiece first." ”

After speaking, his eyes swept around, but finally stopped at He Qiaoxin's place and looked at He Qiaoxin playfully.

As soon as He Qiaoxin ate a chicken leg, he felt someone watching him, and when he raised his head, he saw Zhu Qizhen looking in this direction.

Opposite He Qiaoxin, Lu Yu saw Zhu Qizhen looking at this area, thinking that Zhu Qizhen wanted him to come to power. After thinking about it, he stood up and walked to the center of the hall.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to give it a try!"

Seeing Lu Yu walk out, Zhu Qizhen felt a little lost in his heart, but he didn't show it, and said in a deep voice to Lu Yu: "Since Lu Aiqing is willing to give it a try, then I and the rest of Aiqing will wait for Lu Aiqing's masterpiece." ”

Three eunuchs walked in from outside the hall, two of them carrying a long table made of golden silk nanmu, and the other eunuch held rice paper, wolf hair brushes, and a falling water inkstone from Jiangnan in his arms.

The table and pen, ink, paper and inkstone were placed in the center of the Fengtian Palace, and Lu Yu came to the desk, picked up the pen and began to think.

The officials who were eating and drinking around the area also watched with great interest, all wanting to see what kind of poems Lu Yu, the secretary of the criminal department who volunteered, could make.

Lu Yu is worthy of being a heavenly official, and after a cup of tea, he put the pen away, picked up a piece of rice paper full of words, and bent down to present it.

"Your Majesty, the minister has made it, please taste it with your Majesty and your colleagues."

"Okay, take it up, read it out loud, and let me and you Aiqing listen to it."

Wang Zhen heard the command, trotted to the bottom, took the rice paper from Lu Yu's hand, returned to the original place, and read below:

"Dawn.

Rain in the mountains overnight,

There should not be much spring.

Xiao looks at the grass on the continent,

Green to Dongting waves. ”

Waiting for a while, Zhu Qizhen took the lead in applauding, Zhu Qizhen thought that only He Qiaoxin could make a good work in the audience, but he didn't expect Lu Yu to have such skills.

Zhu Qizhen took the lead in applauding, and the hall gradually remembered the applause of others, including He Qiaoxin's applause. He Qiaoxin frowned and looked at Lu Yu in the center of the hall, always feeling that he had heard this poem somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.

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