Chapter Seventy-Five: The Banquet of a Thousand Souls

After Kangxi visited Yinzhen's Old Summer Palace, it will be the Wanshou Festival on March 18 in a few days.

Long live the tenth birthday of the lord, Zhiyun half leaned on the kang, holding the birthday gift list and looking through it casually, in fact, the gift to be given has already been prepared, now just check it again, after all, it is something that has entered the palace, and it is not possible to be careless.

Xiao'er Hongxi will soon be one year old, he looks much stronger than his brothers and sisters, and he can already stumble around on the thick velvet carpet, but he is a very ordinary child, always stupid, grinning at everyone when he sees it, as long as anyone stretches out his hand, regardless of whether he knows or doesn't know, he will drill into people's arms, and he doesn't recognize life at all, so that Zhiyun always laughs and scolds him for being a good abductor, and he doesn't dare to take this little thing to the street.

Got under the table and dragged the jujube red tablecloth and didn't let go, Zhiyun closed the gift list, took out the comic book of the gourd baby from the half-plane, and began to tell the story to the child, not to mention, although I don't know if this child can understand, but every time his mother tells him a story, he is happy to obediently open a pair of black and white big eyes, and listen quietly.

Ouyang didn't come back for dinner in the evening, this year to hold the second Kangxi Dynasty 'Qiansuo Banquet', Ouyang took on an errand, to take the people of the Internal Affairs Office to organize, recently very busy, has released Zhiyun's pigeon several times.

Zhiyun didn't care, but Ouyang was a little bored, compared to these tedious errands, of course he was more willing to be with his daughter-in-law, the husband and wife had made an appointment to go to the virtual space to shoot targets, and by the way, play games, compare hand speed, skilled spells that have not been used in actual combat for a long time, but let these errands drag down, plus this year's hunting himself has to go with him, and he wants to have a happy game with his daughter-in-law, I really don't know if it will be until the Year of the Monkey.

Ouyang inevitably slandered his own emperor Ama here, and he was about to break his leg as a subordinate, but he didn't know that Kangxi was also wronged.

Kangxi, the hero of the world, every year on New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Duanyang, and Autumn are all the same old - altars, sacrificial halls, worship temples, sacrifice heaven and earth, and be congratulated by hundreds of officials...... The flattering words that I listened to in my ears didn't change their tricks again and again, not to mention that they had been doing this for decades, even if it was only for a few years, it would be very tireless.

When he was going to hold a thousand banquets, he just wanted to find a few old birthday stars to talk and chat together, first, to have fun with the people, and secondly, to learn about the prosperous Qing Dynasty governed by himself through these old people, but he really didn't want to do it as a major event.

But as soon as the golden mouth of the long live lord opened, even if it was just a whim, the people below did not dare to take it seriously, so this 'Qiansuo banquet' has become a major event that respects the old and respects the elderly, Xuanhuaming, sets an example for future generations, and is recorded in the annals of history.

It was the first day of March 18.

Kangxi got up early in the morning, he always didn't want the old man to wait too long, put on court clothes, tidy up, set up a guard of honor, and was guided by Guerjia Mingde and Zhang Tingyu, two close ministers, out of Changchun Garden, and went straight into the Forbidden City.

The elders arrived early, there were less than a thousand people in total, but there were hundreds, and they waited on the platform of the Taihe Hall early, don't look at all trembling slightly, some were still sweating, and it was not comfortable to say anything, but they were all red and full of energy, and it was estimated that they would look several years younger than usual.

Ouyang held a bowl of sour plum soup in his hand, drank it, and instructed his subordinates to check and check them one by one according to the list, and also divided his mind to listen to the gossip of those old people.

Not to mention, all the old people who can come here have some skills, they are not vulgar and ignorant, plus they are old and have seen through the world, although there are many newcomers to the imperial palace, they are not too restrained, even if they are just chatting together, it is also very interesting, at least, Ouyang listens happily.

When the sun was on the third pole, the holy car arrived.

Li Dequan and Li Gonggong threw the whip, and the whole palace became lively, the worshippers drummed and drummed, the golden chime and jade drums sounded in unison, and the palace ladies clapped, waved tassel fans, and sang and danced.

Ouyang looked at this scene, turned his hand and recorded it with a small video camera, it was not that he liked it, but this was also a classical dedication, if he returned to modern times one day and took out the video of Kangxi's eleventh year of the 'Thousand Banquets' to show the big guys, I don't know how many people will be frightened...... Hehe, I'm afraid most modern people will just think of it as a movie.

Ouyang shook his head, and quickly threw down the sour plum soup bowl, wiped his hands, arranged everything, and walked into the team of the emperor's brothers. ”

Ouyang raised his head and looked at Kangxi standing under the eaves of the Taihe Palace, and always felt that he looked excited and more energetic than before...... I don't know if it's really nice to have so many people prostrate on the ground and be alone on the top? Ouyang thought about it for a long time, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad, perhaps, ordinary people would feel passionate.

It's a pity, Ouyang sighed, he had never felt that kind of so-called pride, even when he occasionally went out to be the emperor in the main god space, watching the courtiers kneel and kowtow, he didn't feel anything, neither felt inappropriate, uncomfortable, nor intoxicated.

A long, long time ago, he had given up pursuing these things that ordinary people would find satisfying, so long ago that he couldn't remember whether he had ever pursued power, wealth, wealth, and other treasures that would make people feel happy and fulfilled...... Maybe the real age was twenty years old and had dreams of glory and wealth?

When Kangxi shouted happily, and then invited the old people to the banquet, in an instant, the palace was lively, and the remaining officials of the Ministry of Rites would arrange it properly, and there would be nothing to do with Ouyang.

Until the lunch break, Ouyang returned to Prince Yong's mansion, tired and had a sore back, if it weren't for the sweat-absorbing performance of the clothes on his body was surprisingly good, it was estimated that he would be able to wring out water all over his body.

Pulling his daughter-in-law, avoiding the children, he went into the half-plane and soaked in the warm spring of life.

Wrapped in spring water, it suddenly relieved half a day's hard work, Ouyang hugged his daughter-in-law's shaved shoulders, squinting his eyes comfortably, since his children are more and more, getting older, he wants to find his daughter-in-law to take a mandarin duck bath together, it is more and more difficult, those little people are sharp-eyed, it is not easy to dodge, but today is different, today is the Halloween Day, Honghao and Hongyang must have been tossed enough, it is estimated that the whole nest is resting in the room.

Ouyang curled the corners of his lips, revealing a gentle and warm smile, and was about to do something with his wife that was forbidden for children, when he heard Yuegui's somewhat frightened voice from your bedroom-"Master, Fujin, Li Dequan and Father-in-law Li are here." ”

Ouyang's face suddenly darkened, Zhiyun snorted, was happy, broke away from his father-in-law's arm, took a cotton bath towel around his body, went ashore, and dangled a pair of slender white and flawless ** in front of Ouyang's eyes without scruples, shaking him to grit his teeth, but he still had to obediently go ashore to change clothes and go out to meet guests.

There is no way, it is Li Dequan, Manager Li, the celebrity in front of Kangxi, there is no need, and you must not slack off.

Li Dequan was invited to the flower hall for tea, the chief manager has always been calm at all times, and his face does not show joy or anger, but today his face is faintly pale. Seeing Ouyang stunned for a long time, he remembered to ask for peace, obviously very restless.

"Fourth Master, you hurry up and go to the Heart Cultivation Palace......" Li Dequan took a sip of tea, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Long live I'm tired today, I'm a little in a trance, and I just told Master Zhang and Lord Guerjia that I saw Lord Cao Yin and Lord Nalan......

Ouyang was stunned, and somehow, he felt that his eyes were a little sour, but he still only took a moment to calm his mind, stabilize his breath, and said, "What's wrong with Huang Ama?" Wasn't the spirit good just now...... Mr. Li, please wait a moment. ”

After speaking, Ouyang barely suppressed the slightest strangeness in his heart, so he changed his clothes and followed Li Dequan into the palace.

As soon as I arrived in front of the Heart Cultivation Palace, it was suddenly overcast outside, and a gust of wind blew up, flying sand and stones.

After the report, as soon as Ouyang entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, he saw Mingde and Zhang Tingyu kneeling on the ground, sweating profusely, Kangxi was bending down and helping the two of them up one to the left...... Hurry up ......"

Mingde and Zhang Tingyu naturally didn't dare to let Kangxi personally help them, and they didn't wait for Kangxi's hand to get close to each other before they stood up, but their faces were still not so good-looking.

Kangxi shook his head and smiled bitterly, and after coming back to his senses, he didn't say anything more, and Ouyang stepped forward to salute: "Yinzhen greets Huang Ama." ”

"The fourth is here." Kangxi called up and asked Li Dequan to bring a spring stool for his son, and put it in front of him, "Come and sit." ”

After Ouyang sat down, as soon as he looked up, he saw that there were a lot of things in the Heart Cultivation Hall that were not there before, they were still old things, there was a white tiger skin on the kang, the skin was a good skin, but it was worn badly, a corner of the rosewood chessboard on the desk was missing, and there was a pair of rabbit fur slippers on the ground......

And those martial officials and the birthday gifts given by the royal family relatives were aggrievedly piled up on a long case in the corner, Ouyang took a closer look, and saw that these birthday gifts were all good things, not to mention the jewels, and many of them were purchased according to the preferences of the Long Live Lord, such as Duan Yan, Go, Guqin, Lake Pen, Hui Mo, Xue Tao's note, rare ancient books, famous calligraphy and paintings, to change the usual, these things will definitely make Kangxi look very happy, but today they are overshadowed.