Although the girl from Allure stood behind King Zhao and Princess Zhao as a companion, she attracted the attention of everyone in this hall as soon as she appeared.
Ruoyun also had to agree that this girl was so beautiful, she seemed to have a halo on her, and people couldn't help but look at her wherever she went.
And King Zhao is like a victor showing off his spoils, and he can't wait to take this beautiful girl from a fallen city around every place in this hall.
On this occasion, both the prince and the champion will participate, and when they saw the Allure girl who entered the hall, their eyes all lit up, and their faces were full of surprise.
But when she saw that the girl from Allure was following King Zhao, the expression on her face couldn't help but stiffen.
The champion Hou is not very old, he looks like he is in his twenties, seeing this scene, anger comes from it, and he can't help but slam the teacup in his hand on the table and is about to walk over to find King Zhao's theory.
Fortunately, he was stopped by a few young masters around him, "Brother Dajun, don't be impatient, the emperor and queen will be here soon, don't make trouble" The champion Hou's name is Hou Rongjun, and those who have a good relationship with him will call him a big army brother, he is usually quite bold, and there are still a few iron buddies.
"King Zhao's rabbit cub must be playing yin," Champion Hou scolded in a low voice.
"Brother Dajun, this is not the time to be jealous, and let him be proud for a while, there are many beautiful women," someone reassured.
Under the obstruction and appeasement of everyone, the champion Hou finally did not recklessly go to settle accounts with King Zhao, but his eyes were very resentful when he looked at King Zhao.
And Na Huai Wang is city is deeper, he glanced at King Zhao and the girl in the city behind King Zhao, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he pretended not to see them and continued to do his own thing.
The more such a person, the deeper the city, the more terrifying, it seems that King Zhao has offended a black-bellied character, such a person doesn't know when he will bite you in secret.
King Zhao didn't know it, and he continued to wander through the crowd with the Allure girl.
Listening to some people's flattery to him, as well as the pursuit of the girl in the city, King Zhao became even more proud, and even glanced at Ruoyun proudly, as if he was saying to Ruoyun, "Look, this girl from the Allure City is more beautiful than you I don't know how many times, you ignore this king, this king is not rare, this king can find a better one" Ruoyun was really a little crying and laughing when he saw King Zhao's eyes, this King Zhao was too naïve, how could a woman as powerful as the queen educate such a superficial son Just thinking about the queen, I heard a master of ceremonies outside the hall singing: "The emperor has arrived, the queen has arrived, and all the ladies have arrived."
When everyone in the hall heard this singing, they all quickly stopped what they were doing, and then stood up from top to bottom according to the level of the division and waited to greet them.
Chu Ziheng, who was talking to Ruoyun, had to separate from Ruoyun and return to the position in front of him.
After everyone stood up with bated breath, the emperor walked into the hall with a smile on his face.
Half a step behind is the queen, who also has a dignified smile on her face, and is respectfully supported by her subordinates and follows behind the emperor.
Next is the concubines of each palace, among the four concubines of Guishu Dexian, the concubine Niangniang has gone, and the remaining three concubines are two present today, about the mother of King Ping, the concubine who lives in a simple place has not arrived, she is not in good health, and she has never participated much on this occasion.
The remaining concubines are some characters who have heads and faces in various palaces, and there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and it is impossible for every concubine to participate in this kind of occasion, and those who come today are those who have faces.
They were all dressed up very delicately and gorgeously, maintaining a dignified demeanor and smile, following behind Concubine De and Concubine Xian.
The emperor walked to the first place on the high platform of the main hall and sat down, and then the queen also sat down.
The people below began to worship, and Ruoyun also had to follow the crowd to worship, which was one of the main reasons why Ruoyun didn't like to come to the palace very much, every time she saw the emperor have to bow, she didn't like it very much.
However, on the other hand, if it is for Chu Ziheng's sake, the emperor is her future father-in-law, and he can be regarded as an elder, from this point of view, she can accept it a little.
The emperor sat on the top seat and shouted "everyone is flat", and the master of ceremonies shouted "up" on the side Only then did everyone stand up from the ground in an orderly manner, and then the emperor said: "Today is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone does not need to be restrained today, let's all sit down."
All the people sat down behind the low table according to the seating order arranged at the beginning, although the emperor said that there was no need to be restrained, but no one took it seriously, and all of them sat down with complete interests.
Then the emperor raised the wine glass on the table and said some toasts, and did not say anything special, that is, some encouragement to the ministers and women below, and looked forward to the next year, and everyone drank the first glass together.
Then the queen raised her glass and smiled to encourage these people, anyway, it was the leader's speech, and everyone also drank a glass.
Behind them are the following officials and women who raise their glasses to wish the emperor and the queen good health, and the future generations.
Anyway, there was an old man with a white beard who got up with a cup in his hand, and said a high-sounding word on behalf of everyone, and then everyone drank a third cup together.
In fact, what these people said, Ruoyun didn't pay attention to it at all, anyway, she just followed what others did, and those gorgeous and awkward words were not tiring enough to hear.
For example, people often say that the emperor is long live and the like, knowing that they are all false, but the emperor is still very happy to listen to it, if Yun is a cultivator, she already knows after cultivating that if a person wants to live long live, unless he cultivates to the state of Dacheng, it is a point that can only be reached after a lot of difficulties, how can it be said casually and it will come true.
After three glasses of wine, you can be free, the palace will arrange court programs, and one meal after another will be served.
However, in fact, there is nothing good to eat at the banquet in this palace.
Don't look at these meals that look very beautiful, the presentation is chic, but most of them are already cold in the mouth.
After all, the imperial dining room is not close to the main hall of the banquet, and now it is winter, the weather is cold, so many dishes must be prepared in advance, and then brought over one by one, in fact, these dishes have been cold outside for a long time, and it is strange that they can be hot.
Ruoyun tasted it and found that the food was not hot at all, and the taste was not as delicious as he imagined, the taste was really ordinary, so he threw down his chopsticks.
Raising his eyes and sweeping over, he found that the food on everyone's table had not moved, and there were even some young children secretly eating the snacks they brought under the cover of the table.
It is also said that this can come to this kind of occasion, it is a status and status symbol, representing the emperor's favor and trust in you, and no one really expects to be able to eat and drink here.
There was nothing to eat, so Ruoyun picked up the tea and tasted it, but it was cold, and he couldn't help but regret coming to this banquet.
In order to participate in this banquet, the second aunt Han began to prepare clothes and jewelry a few days ago, and there were some precautions.
Then today, the banquet was held in the evening, but they began to enter the palace just after noon, because the people who entered the palace this time were relatively large, and they still needed to be carefully checked.
After the inspection, it was already afternoon after entering the palace, and then they were taken to this hall for a while, and then they were taken to that hall for a while, and they were not brought to this formal banquet hall until it was dark.
Then there was another long wait in this great hall, and only when the feet of the people standing were numb and their stomachs were hungry did the feast begin.
Finally, the banquet began, but the food on the table was full but could not be eaten, and the hall was so big, and there was no heating at this time, people were inactive in the house, and their bodies were already frozen.
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Ruoyun only then knew why the second aunt prepared clothes for her so thickly, mainly to keep warm.
But fortunately, Ruoyun is not afraid of the cold, but the other women are probably going to be cold.
Although it has a good name to participate in such a banquet, it is a palace banquet, and it is very dignified, but it is too offending to be cold, hungry, tired and sleepy.
Ruoyun watched those palace ladies dancing in the middle of the hall, listening to those ministers respectfully toasting to the emperor with wine glasses, and saying some crepe greeting words, she really felt bored.
Because of the presence of the emperor and the queen, everyone in the field was very restrained, although everyone was very tired, but they still had to fight hard and maintain the appearance of sitting upright.
Thinking about the previous years when he was in Fuyuan, the kind of lively eating and drinking on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Ruoyun felt more and more that this place made people feel that the atmosphere was a little stuffy.
When she saw someone leaving the table and going out, not only did her eyes light up, but she said to Han Shi beside her: "Second aunt, I'll go out to breathe."
Han also knew that this kind of banquet was very boring, so he didn't force Ruoyun to stay, but just advised: "Go, go out from the side, don't go far" "Well, I know," Ruoyun said, and then quietly got up and went out with Donghong.
Walking outside the main hall, a cool wind blew, with some cold, but Ruoyun felt that it was just right, took a breath and felt refreshed, looking up at the black clear starry sky in the distance, Ruoyun suddenly had that sense of crossing again.
Looking up at the starry sky, it seems to see her little by little in modern times, but behind her is the feast of the palace of this great Chu, a song and dance, there are many ancient people who have interacted with him here, and it is so real.
She seems to be standing at the intersection of time and space, one step forward is modern, and one step back is the palace banquet behind her.
Ruoyun couldn't help but raise her feet and walk towards the starry sky step by step, and now she suddenly wanted to fly up and touch the huge starry sky, as if she could touch her in her previous life.
"I've seen the county lord of Anyang" Just as Ruoyun's thoughts were drifting to the horizon, a voice pulled her back to reality.
Ruoyun turned her head and saw that it was a palace maid, standing respectfully beside her.
She has an impression of this palace maid, and this afternoon it was this palace maid who led the way to their Bai family's female dependents and sent them to the main hall.
"It turned out to be a purple sand girl, I don't know what's going on," Ruoyun said.
"The slave maid just saw the county lord of Anyang coming out of it, so she came to tell the county lord that there is also a room for the nobles to rest in the side hall next door, with hot tea and snacks in it" Zisha smiled respectfully.
Listening to Zisha say this, Ruoyun felt that this palace banquet was a little more humane, otherwise those weak female dependents, who were tossed so often on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, were tired and hungry, and still maintained the demeanor of a lady, and their spirit was highly concentrated, and they couldn't even drink hot tea, and it was strange that they were not sick after they went back.
"Then there is Miss Lao Zisha to lead the way" Ruoyun nodded, she herself is nothing, that is, Dong Hong, who followed her, has not entered a drop of water from the afternoon to now, she can still sit and rest for a while, Dong Hong is standing the whole time, now that there is such a place, their master and servant can also go over and drink a cup of hot tea to moisten their throats.
Zisha took Ruoyun's master and servant to a side hall not far from the main hall of the banquet, at this time there were several rooms with lights on, and they were taken by Zisha into a room casually, where there was a small stove and tea was being made on it, but this room was empty and no one else was resting.
"There is no one else" Dong Hong said, after entering the palace, Dong Hong was more cautious, and he didn't want to stay when he saw that there was no one else in this room.
"What this sister said is that in fact, every time the palace banquet prepares such a room, it is generally furnished, after all, the nobles finally see the emperor and the queen mother once, and they want to show their faces in front of the two of them" Zisha said with a smile.
If Yun thinks about it, it is also the same reason, people finally participate in such a big banquet, even if you are not feeling well, you will definitely endure the discomfort and behave well in front of the emperor.
"There's hot tea here, two of you warm up," said Zisha, poured a cup of hot tea for each of them and put it on the table.
Ruoyun and Donghong thanked each other, then picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, and the warm tea entered their throats, making the two of them feel much more comfortable.
And Zisha watched the two of them take the tea unsuspectingly and drank it, the surprise in his eyes flashed, there are not many people who are so defenseless in this palace, this Anyang county lord is rumored to be powerful, but now looking at it like this, it seems that the rumors are not necessarily true How did she know that Ruoyun and Donghong were not afraid of poisoning at all, so they drank the tea so easily.
She didn't know that if Ruoyun and Donghong weren't bold, they wouldn't have followed her here to rest at all. r1152 aa2705221: