Chapter 39 The Full Moon Palace Banquet, People's Hearts Are Different

Xi Xi autumn breeze looks at the full moon, and a little lovesickness is full of heart.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the people reunite with each other to celebrate. The luxurious and splendid Zhumen is naturally decorated with lights, and the good students are decorated to invite relatives and friends to reunite on this day.

Most of the common people are eating and drinking in their own courtyards to celebrate the autumn harvest.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, a special order was given to set up a banquet in the palace to invite the ministers, set up a hundred tables, and placed them all the way from the Zhenghe hall to the outside of the palace.

The person invited is a nobleman of the imperial family and an important minister. A Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet will include all the wealthy families in the city

Sikong Yu rested a few days earlier, and he was able to move freely.

The two of them went out at the beginning of the day and rode the royal horse. One moment to the west gate of the imperial city.

Sikong Yao is still wearing a blue waist-length skirt that she has always loved, with an emerald ribbon tied around her waist and a willow leaf tulle on the outside, like a cyan fairy.

Ling Xuan bun was coiled on his head, and the phoenix hairpin was held and the black hair was coiled with gold ornaments.

The girl thought about it for a few days, thinking that even if she got married, she would have to pick it up. Isn't there a talent in this imperial city, if there is someone like Brother Yuchen, it's not impossible.

The girl figured this out and said to listen to her father. The little girl has always acted decisively, although she is a woman, she is not much inferior to the man.

Sikong Yu lay quietly for a few days, thinking a lot, until the end he realized that this duckweed had been half a life, and he could not do what he thought. From the moment he was in charge of Jinwu and guarded the capital, he was controlled by the emperor's mental tricks.

When the palace gate guard saw the horse canopy, he naturally knew who it was, so he received the gilded invitation as usual, and let the car drive into the palace.

The girl opened the curtain in this car window and looked out, the red wall was wide and towering, revealing a majestic and domineering atmosphere.

Although it is evening at this moment, the sun is slanting in the west, and the lights are already lit up in this city wall to wait for the festival. The chariot of the royal gift stopped for a moment, and was not allowed to enter and gallop again, and after that it was forbidden by the king's decree not to enter the chariot and drive the chariot.

Sikong Yu got out of the car and helped the little girl get off the horse.

The person on duty to lead the army at this time was Wu Chuxing, the Marquis of the left capital of the palace, who stepped forward to give a salute: "The general is above, and he was in the camp in the past, and he was educated by the long history. Forever a general's soldier. Shouldering the responsibility of duty, I am waiting for the general here today, just asking for a meeting. ”

The general hurriedly picked up Zhengse and said: "You are good to follow the order, don't live up to the emperor's grace." ”

Du Hou nodded again and again: "The last general asks the general to enter the palace first and wait and reunite with the son." When the young man was seated, someone else would come and invite him. ”

Sikong Yu thanked each other and did not formalize the courtesy.

The young man was stunned for a moment, remembering that the general was also so approachable in the past, leading the two to the side hall and inviting them in.

The girl looked at the palace all the way to the solemnity, with red walls and golden tiles. The bluestone slabs under the white jade railing are polished to perfection, and everything around them is magnificent. This side hall is slightly smaller than the surrounding area, but it is more than dozens of feet.

In a few moments, a palace maid knocked on the door and offered fragrant tea and snacks. The general only took a sip of tea, but Sikong Yao didn't care about it, picked up the snacks and ate and drank, as if he was already hungry.

This fragrant glutinous pastry is layered on top of each other, with about a dozen layers, each with a different taste and very sweet.

The girl chewed on this thing carefully, and couldn't help but persuade her father to taste it. But it was a person who pushed the door in, and the swarthy figure was just the same.

When he saw the two of them, he hurriedly bent down to Sikong Yu and saluted: "The child is late, don't blame Daddy." ”

Sikong Yu waved his hand to signal him to sit down, but saw another person jump into the room, and joy jumped on his face.

When Sikong Yao saw him coming, he hurriedly swallowed the pastry and wiped his lips, but said with a smile: "Your subordinates are defeated, how can you be here today?"

Lian Cheng didn't care, and said to Sikong Yu, who got up: "The apprentice is late, don't blame the master." ”

Sikong Yu naturally didn't dare to take it, and replied: "The prince of the world should not use this to torture the old man, the dog girl is offended, and I hope to forgive me." ”

Sikong Yao didn't know why his father was so condescending before, but at this moment, he knew that this kid was originally the son of the world, and the eldest brother was originally studying with him. Although he was shocked for a moment, he did not want to get up and salute, but just turned his head to the side.

The eagle-eyed boy didn't care about these red tapes, and hurriedly asked the general to sit down, but he looked at this pretty man in green clothes.

The girl doesn't want to be right to this person. The three of them sat together and talked about martial arts and sword moves.

Sikong Yao felt that he couldn't interject, so he had to get up and paced around.

The elder brother and the man sat and gestured with their swords, attacking and defending each other. There was a hearty fight at this table.

But I heard a loud voice from outside the house: "A certain person has been ordered to invite the general to the table." When the general heard this, he opened the door, and when he saw a sergeant standing upright and respectfully inviting him, the four of them went out and came.

When the armor saw Liancheng, he didn't notice anything strange, but just invited everyone to go to the Zhenghe Palace.

The four of them walked for a while, only to see the noise in the distance, and the figures were stacked in the distance, and the sound of silk and bamboo came.

At this time, the Zhenghe Hall was brightly lit, like day, and the lights were staggered on the wall, and the red wall and golden tiles were shining.

There are more than 100 guards in front of the palace, and the right to patrol and stand on both sides of the palace gate.

The moonlight is very good tonight, and the front of the temple is bright. On the bluestone surface under this step, hundreds of desk chairs are placed against the temple door.

The girl wanted to go with her again, but was persuaded by a female officer. But I heard the elderly female officer in brocade clothes and jade ornaments say: "The general loves his daughter and comes with me, and a special banquet has been chosen in the palace." ”

Sikong Yu looked at Sikong Yao and said, "There are differences between men and women at the banquet, so let's go." When the dinner is over, someone will naturally send you back. ”

When the girl saw her father like this, she had no choice but to take the order and go away, dragging the green skirt and following the female official. Go around the main entrance of the Showa Hall and step in through a gate.

The girl followed the female officer all the way and didn't dare to say much. The decoration in this hall is gorgeous, the candle flame is warm, and I can see that the white jade floor is covered with a red carpet, embroidered with Luan Feng and a song pattern.

The girl waited inside to take a closer look, only to find that the woman sitting on the left and right desk chairs in this hall was a woman, eating snacks and chatting there.

The lady led her to the right side of the throne and sat down. But there was a lot of talk about it. "Who is this pretty man, and why did you come to this palace?" the female official stood beside the lord's seat, ignoring the deaf nonsense.

When the girl saw this female official like this, she didn't pay attention to such whispers, and tasted tea by herself.

Sikong Yu was led to the gate of the Zhenghe Hall by the armor.

The slightly chubby eunuch was already waiting, leading the three of them inside.

This hall has already been properly arranged by the accounting department, the first of which is the emperor's seat, the gorgeous tablecloth woven by the golden dragon is laid on the case, the golden bowl tooth chopstick, the dragon chair behind it is even more brilliant, and it is particularly dazzling under the flickering of the fire candles on both sides.

The desk chairs of the courtiers are lined up in order to face the north, divided into two places, east and west, silver chopsticks and jade bowls on each table, incense burners, lamps and candles are properly prepared.

Sikong Yu sat on the right side of the hall. Sikong Duangong accompanies the last seat, and sits on the left side of the temple gate, facing north. Liancheng sat at the third table on the right side, and before the feast had started, he took a small stool and sat next to Sikong Xuan.

At this time, the other desk chairs in the hall were full of civil and military affairs, and seeing Sikong Yu sitting at the top of the upper seat, only a dozen feet away from the main seat on the stage, he whispered.

Xing Shangyi ignored these and stepped forward directly: "Duke An Guo, don't come unharmed, the new executive Jinwu is busy with official business, and I don't dare to disturb the foolish brother." ”

Seeing the old man with a goatee coming, Sikong Yu hurriedly got up and saluted back: "Brother Venerable is too worried, in the next martial artist, there are many rudeness in the Hall of Elegance, and he is not as steady and thoughtful as Brother Xian." ”

When the high-ranking officials saw this, they didn't know why the Imperial Doctor was like this.

After all, everyone has been in the court for a long time, and they have experienced countless ups and downs, and they have come to congratulate each other, which is a polite word.

The general didn't like this, but at this moment, everyone was in love, so he had to return the salute one by one, and he was tired.

Seeing this, Liancheng couldn't help but smile and said: "You know that these individuals have one thing on the surface and one thing in their hearts. I just thought it was funny. ”

Sikong Duan's black face was expressionless, and he only said: "There are two official words, how can you stand up for a long time if you don't learn to meet the court?"

Lian Cheng nodded yes, but heard the music of the time and Shao suddenly rising. Liancheng hurriedly returned to his seat and sat upright, and the eunuch stood aside and shouted: "Your Majesty is coming, and the ministers are waiting." ”

The ministers stood in the temple one after another. I saw the emperor in the dragon pattern costume coming out, followed by the elegant and polite eldest brother Murong Liancheng.

When the ministers saw the emperor, they all bent down to salute. "Waiting for my emperor, may my emperor be eternal for thousands of generations. ”

The ministers congratulated one after another, and the crown of the gorgeous clothes looked at the ministers and groaned slightly: "You love the Qing and are exempt." He turned around and sat down on the chair with a golden carving.

Ling Feng glanced at the general and stood in the seat behind the general.

When the white and beardless celebrant eunuch saw that the ministers were coming, he said loudly: "Please sit down and give tea, all the ministers." ”

His Majesty's music sounded, the tea and wine division entered from behind, and dozens of palace maids came out in turn to serve fragrant tea and put it on the table of the ministers.

The eunuch served the tea and the emperor with his own hands, only to see that the tea bowl was golden and the golden dragon was wrong, and the superior opened the tea bowl and took half a mouthful.

The attendant turned around and shouted, "Drink, Ministers." The sound of Zhong Le started again, but I saw that the ministers were serving tea and drinking, and the tea was fragrant all over the palace. The bell stopped, and all the ministers put down their teacups.

But it was the dragon robe emperor who spoke: "On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will rank and drink together." First, the society is stable, and the people are happy; second, the monarchs and ministers are united, and all industries are prosperous; and the third is the full moon festival, and the whole country is happy. Today's Dajing, tomorrow's great cause. ”

All the ministers got up one after another and replied: "Your Majesty has been going on for thousands of generations, and the ministers have done their best, and they are dead." ”

This sound spread from the hall all the way to the outside of the hall, and those imperial relatives sitting outside the hall, civil and military officials, were all moved.

At this time, the tea and wine division came with wine, and dozens of palace maids held the dark gold fire pattern tray, with a green jade wine pot and a jade cup on it.

The girls slowly laid down in front of the ministers' tables and poured the wine into the jade cups.

The celebrant poured it and handed it to the emperor. The emperor did not get up, but drank it all with his glass.

The celebrant eunuch called, "Ministers, please drink." But it is the resurgence of neutralization and happiness, the fresh fruits of the fruit division, and the candied fruits of the honey fried division come up one after another, and the sweet and greasy fragrance comes to the nose, which makes everyone uncomfortable.

Dozens of little eunuchs from the Taipan Division came to the table in turn with dragon liver and phoenix marrow, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas were served on the table in turn, and the ministers who watched were dazzled.

Ordinary people are afraid that they have never seen it in their lives, but for the emperor's house, it is not ordinary.

The music stopped, and the emperor entered. The ministers dared to eat and drink, but they didn't know where to start, lest they miss a dish.

The general practiced martial arts every day, ate a lot of food, did not eat for half a day, relaxed at the moment, and ignored the elegance and vulgarity of the main hall, gobbled up, and ate like a cow.

Fortunately, Shangyi cultivates his self-cultivation on weekdays, and he doesn't eat much, but he only tastes a sip of each thing, and the tea is good.

But seeing that my father was reckless, I was not ashamed. However, the emperor of Huafu and Liancheng looked at the general's massiveness, and couldn't help but take a closer look at this.

Seeing the general's pride, Ling Feng called the eunuch to hand him a glass of water and wine, and said: "This cup of wine is my respect for An Guogong, and then I will send it, so I can persuade him." ”

The eunuch has been in the palace for a long time, why don't he know what he meant, so he picked up the jade cup and walked over and said, "Duke An Guogong will rest for a while, and His Royal Highness respects you." But it was Murong Lingfeng who held a cup behind him and drank it all.

Sikong Yu took the cup and thanked him: "There is Lord Lao Sili." He drank it all and looked around, but his hands and feet slowed down and looked around at the people around him.

More than a dozen pairs of eyes that were originally staring at Sikong Yu withdrew and buried their heads in vegetables. The man in fine clothes smiled in the temple and was very satisfied.