The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important festivals in Daqi, and since the founding of the dynasty, it has been valued by the emperors of all dynasties.

According to the custom, the banquet began at noon, the emperor would raise a glass at the luncheon, all the officials had fun, the afternoon time was considered free, the palace set up a stage, the nobles who liked to watch the play listened to the play together, and the young lady Gongzi regarded this kind of banquet as another form of "blind date".

Therefore, the ladies will listen to the drama with the queen and other nobles in the palace, and the ladies will follow the princes and princesses, either talking about poetry and songs, or going to the school to compete and win the hearts of the beauties, in short, each has its own place to go.

The dinner party is the main event, the bright moon is empty, raise a glass to invite the moon, the feeling of homesickness and reunion can be the most stimulating, and has always achieved the reputation of many talented women, and the outstanding talent may be able to get the blue eyes of the emperor and queen.

It is not a problem to marry to the prince and grandson, and even more, there are also concubines in the palace, because the nobles of Kyoto practiced piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, skills and dance a few months before the Mid-Autumn Festival, just to be able to soar to the sky this time.

And so far, because of Concubine Guo's matter, the one who has been most affected is the celebrant supervisor.

Ten years and nine disasters, Daqi this year is rare to have a smooth weather, the master of ceremonies and supervisors is even more riveted to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, a month has been busy without touching the ground, just to be able to coax the dragon face today.

Last night, Father-in-law An came over in person late at night, his expression was secretive, and he instructed Si Zheng: Your Majesty attaches great importance to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, don't make a mistake!

The celebrant was really mixed with joy, and the joy was that the efforts of more than a month were not completely in vain, although the nobles did not have much to pay attention to the banquet.

Naturally, I don't know which detail has not been dealt with, and I have encountered His Majesty's backscales, I am afraid that I will be punished together with the fault of last night's family banquet, and no one will be able to save it.

In the careful arrangement of the celebrant and the busyness of cheering up, before the dinner, they all spent peace.

The palace swept away the gloom of yesterday as if it had never happened, at least on the surface. However, when you really understand things, you know that this is just the calm before the storm.

Yesterday's feast was regarded as the foreplay of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it did not go well. This time, the palace was all riveted, and there was a slight difference, but it was not just as simple as being hit by the board.

"Your Majesty, everyone is here!" Gonggong An said in the emperor's ear.

The emperor looked around, whether it was a harem concubine or a dignitary, everyone was brightly dressed and had a red face, and came to the banquet.

I saw that everyone looked at the main seat of the banquet, and the scene was quiet, waiting for His Majesty's teachings.

The emperor nodded to the surroundings, picked up the wine glass, drank the wine in the cup with a breezy look, walked out of the main seat, and paced in the hall.

The crowd immediately fell silent and straightened up. His Majesty spoke slowly, and the look of the air in his words made people feel awe-inspired.

"Since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, every year to fight, the fate is ill-fated, fortunately God bless me Daqi, proud of the remnants of the breath so far, in order to feel the grace of heaven, every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be a banquet with this, both to thank the ancestors, but also to pray for the coming year!"

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"Long live my emperor, long live!"

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" His Majesty's tone was rather flat, as if he had spoken, and although his tone was gentle, there was no trace of warmth.

However, the historian who was responsible for recording the emperor's words and deeds noticed the abnormality for the first time. In the past dozens of Mid-Autumn Festival banquets, most of the content of His Majesty's words was to summarize the gains and losses of this year and entrust the harvest of the coming year.

But this year is looking back at several Patriotic Wars that were related to the survival of the Great Qi decades ago.

"Ahem!" His Majesty coughed several times, and each cough seemed to cough out his lungs. His Majesty turned around, and Gonggong An hurriedly stepped forward to help him into the seat.

Everyone speculated, is His Majesty really old?

The eldest prince and the fifth prince looked at each other, and in the eyes of outsiders, the strength of the two princes was evenly matched, and they both had a chance to compete.

But His Majesty has far-reaching considerations, and he has already seen through them:

The eldest prince is the strongest, and his reputation is more justifiable, but he looks forward and backwards, and is easy to be dragged down, at least in the Yongchang Hou case and yesterday's Liu Zijie case, if he really wants to sit in that position, he will not be able to suppress the public.

And the fifth prince, although young, has many supporters because of the high status of the concubine and the strength of his mother's family.

He seems to be humble and conservative, but in fact he is extremely murderous. The relationship with supporters is more like using each other, but once it loses its effect, it will be kicked away by him and fall into the well.

Even the emperor had to admit that in terms of scheming and means, the five princes were more suitable.

As for the third prince, Yu Wenyao, the emperor never considered him. After all, Yu Wenyao came from a humble background, and he was already a congenital disadvantage, and he did not show outstanding political talent in front of everyone, so he had few supporters.

Gonggong An handed over the excerpt and said, "Your Majesty, the major theaters are ready and ready to start at any time." ”

The emperor opened it casually, the excerpt of the play, a thick excerpt, there are at least dozens of plays, for the emperor to choose, according to the palace rules, each play counts the preparation time of no more than a quarter of an hour, from the first scene, to the time of admiring the moon, within an hour, at most eight scenes can be arranged.

Therefore, seeking a good position in the excerpts has also become a small battlefield for these drama gardens to fight openly and secretly. Therefore, theaters with strength and background usually cooperate with princes and concubines to increase the chances of being selected.

Especially for several royal highnesses, according to the practice of the past, there will inevitably be a play on the stage.

"Queen, you can choose the first one!" The emperor casually pushed the fold aside, and Gonggong An hurriedly stepped forward and handed it to the queen's seat on the side.

The princes, concubines and ministers cast their expectant glances, all wanting to come out on top.

On the contrary, the queen was a little embarrassed, she also arranged a play, and prepared for more than half a year, the protagonist is her own brother, hoping to win His Majesty's appreciation and get a good job.

But if you push your own drama out, you will definitely fall into the mouth, think about it again, and the queen said: "Let's watch the good play prepared by the eldest prince first!" ”

The queen's intentions can be described as quite vicious, as soon as she knew that the eldest prince was preparing to push out the personal guard Liu Zijie, and even planned his official position, and she didn't want to do that yesterday.

Second, even if the eldest prince has a follow-up move, presumably the excitement of the show will definitely be worse than the previous one.

The most important thing is that at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquets before, it was the vanguard of the eldest prince, but this time if someone else robbed the lead, the eldest prince was jealous, and he felt that it was a sure thing.