Chapter 2 The Night Banquet of the Palace
In the study, the second young master knelt at the table in front of him, grinning and not daring to make a sound, looking a little like a little monkey, looking pitiful, Hou Ye was holding a thread-bound ancient book and slowly flipping.
I don't know how long it took, Hou Ye put down the book in his hand, adjusted his sitting posture, and said slowly: "Get up, next time you mess around, be careful of your legs to interrupt you."
In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed, these days, the second young master's life is called a difficult one, I want to go out to drink a wave of flower wine, and by the way, tease the little girl or something, but when I think of the majestic father, my liver trembles a little.
On this day, the imperial palace came to the holy decree, because of several successive victories on the border, the promotion of the Marquis of Zhang to the town of the country, the whole family moved to Kyoto, and in Kyoto the imperial government gave a set of palaces. Hou Ye knelt down to receive the holy decree and hurried to Kyoto, and then Zhangfu began to be busy for moving, and a month later, the whole family finally came to Kyoto.
The next day, the second young master took Zhang Chun and quietly poked his head out of the back door, who knew that before he walked out of thirty meters, the chief manager Zhang Shou chased him out.
"Second young master, the master specially explained today, you and the eldest young master are not allowed to go anywhere today, and the master will take you to the banquet in the evening."
The second young master immediately wilted like a frosted eggplant.
"Ahem, why are you so unlucky, I haven't appreciated the prosperity of Kyoto."
The sky gradually darkened, but the whole prince's palace was brightly lit, as bright as day, and the head of the prince's palace was a thin little old man, a man in his fifties, with a shrewd and capable appearance, who was taking the place of the master, Prince Bao, greeting every new guest with a smile on his face on the steps, and did not dare to neglect any guest. At this time, dozens of luxuriously decorated carriages, large and small, had been parked in front of the mansion, almost occupying the entire open space in front of the mansion.
On the huge bluestone steps in front of the door, there were five or six guests who had not yet entered the mansion, and they were greeting each other there, all of them were gorgeously dressed and acted elegantly, and they all seemed to be characters of high status.
At this time, the carriage of the Zhang family also arrived in front of the palace, and Grandpa Zhang Guo straightened his clothes and got off the car steadily.
As for the two brothers of the Zhang family, they followed their father out of the carriage step by step. The door of this palace is about five or six zhang high, three or four zhang wide, the whole body is wrapped with thick brass skin, and the façade is also inlaid with dozens of huge door nails, so that the gate is extremely luxurious and dignified. On both sides of the steps nearly a foot high, there is also a hideous bronze unicorn, which is polished and shining, and the whole body is bright, which is very eye-catching, but what makes people feel the majesty of Xinwangfu the most is the twenty neatly clad ironclad soldiers standing on the steps outside the mansion gate, and these people are elite people at a glance.
At this time, the second young master noticed the guests who were still on the steps, but found that in addition to himself and his brother, the other guests also came here more or less with young people such as their daughters and nephews. "Could it be that the Prince's Mansion deliberately gathered these young people here in the name of a night banquet?" The second young master thought about it and felt that he had no clue, so he glanced at his father. I saw that he also frowned, obviously a little surprised by this.
"Father, let's go into the house!" Seeing that the old man had been standing near the carriage without taking a step, the eldest prince of the Zhang family stepped forward boldly and said this.
"Hmm. Got it."
But before the father and son passed, the butler of the palace had just finished dealing with a guest. Immediately, I saw the father and son. Immediately, he took the initiative to greet him with a smile on his face. And as soon as he arrived, he said enthusiastically:
"Grandpa Guo, you are finally here, my prince began to talk a few days ago, saying that you are busy these days, and you have no chance to sit down together. It's better to hurry up and enter the house, the prince is a little anxious."
"Hehe, this is not just coming to Kyoto, things are ......."
This palace manager is really not an ordinary person who can speak well, just a few words, it makes people listen to the spring breeze and warm their hearts
Zhang Guogong couldn't help laughing, and chatted with the chief manager with a comfortable expression.
However, because there were still guests arriving at the palace one after another, this person didn't say a few words to Zhang Guogong, so he let the father and son and others into the palace. Then after saying humble, he hurried out of the house.
"Let's go, I'll introduce you, a few uncles who haven't met yet, so as not to be rude to see them in the future," Zhang Guogong said to the two brothers with a smile when he saw the chief manager leave.
The two brothers were then led into the hall of the Prince's Palace.
There are about more than 100 people in the hall, although it seems that there are a lot of people, but in fact, most of them are two or three people who come together, of course, there are only two or three families who come with seven or eight people at a time.
At this time, Prince Bao has not yet appeared in the hall, and it seems that he will not show up until the guests arrive.
As soon as Zhang Guogong and the two brothers appeared at the door of the hall, there were many people who greeted them warmly.
Zhang Guogong naturally responded one by one and introduced them to the two brothers, and at the same time, the adults of each family also introduced the juniors of each family.
A shrill voice came.
"Prince Bao arrives"
The paging of the servant made the noise in the hall disappear immediately, and everyone stared solemnly at the side door on the side of the hall.
I saw four maids come out of the side door, standing on both sides of the main seat, and then a man and a woman came out unhurriedly.
The man is a man in his thirties, with a beard several inches long, a pair of big eyes, a thin figure, and the momentum of a superior person. The other is a beautiful woman of twenty-three or four, dressed in palace clothes, with a long skirt and mopping the floor.
Seeing this scene, everyone sitting got up one after another and saluted the male and female:
"Prince Bao and Princess are good"
"Today is a family feast, and you are all friends of this king, so you don't have to be so polite. Come, all sit down. Now the feast is begining."
Prince Bao's speech and appearance give people a very different feeling, very straightforward and peaceful, which makes people feel good, and the princess next to him just smiled charmingly and didn't say anything. When the others heard this, they looked at each other and smiled, and then they all sat down.
"This king is a straight man, if he has anything to say, he will tell everyone directly" After three rounds of drinking, Prince Bao stood up again and said with a smile on his face.
"This king has a great benefit to give to you today. As for whether you can have this opportunity to get it, it depends on your creation. ”