The vision of the red building is farther

It was night, the sun was setting, and all civil and military officials had entered the Palace of Preservation. Officials above the fifth rank entered the palace to participate in the palace banquet, and those below the fifth rank held banquets outside the hall.Although Emperor Zhenghe always advocated frugality, this palace banquet was to reward Yong Bohou Qian Mingda and his party, and it was a rare extravagance. Lanterns and candles were lit early, illuminating the entire Baohe Inside and outside the palace, it was like daytime, and inside the palace, Empress Liu presided over the Jiaotai Hall, meeting with royal women and wives.

When the sun sets, the palace banquet is just beginning, the actors and actresses come and go, the singing and dancing are peaceful, and it is very lively.Jia Zhen and Xu Wenqing were sitting at the same table, and there were two months before the date of the conclusion of the Qin-Jin agreement between the two parties, so they were extraordinarily warm.That day, when Jia Mao made such an incident in Jinling, Jia Zhen severely suppressed him and educated him a lot. After Jia Mao came back and figured it out, Jia Zhen took Jia Mao to visit him. Xu Wenqing.

"It's really a good thing for the two families!" Liu Hongfei patted Jia Zhen and Xu Wenqing's shoulders loudly, and came to toast with the flagon.Emperor Zhenghe was vigorous and decisive in political affairs, but he was not rigid in occasions such as palace banquets, so the courtiers were free to go back and forth to toast, which was very lively. "That's not it." Xu Wenqing laughed. Jia Mao kept the promise made by Jia Zhen himself, and he only wanted to grow old with the Xu family in this life, just like Jia Zhen and the Chu family.

"I'm afraid everyone is at Yongbohou's place today!" The minister of the Ministry of Industry, Ge Da, chuckled, and followed him, "Why don't the adults go and have a look?" "Ge Shilang was joking, but why did Ge Shilang come from there?" Come here, we don't have much excitement here." Xu Wenqing chuckled, raised the wine in his glass, and Ge Shilang hurriedly said: "I don't like excitement, I just ran here to hide. It's just Uncle Xu I really don't dare to be a servant, so I'd better call my nephew more kind." Xu Wenqing smiled lightly and said no more, but Jia Zhen was a little surprised, but she didn't know when her old relative had a nephew named Ge.

"I'll talk to you about this in the future." Xu Wenqing rolled up his sleeves, and then changed the subject. Maybe it was because Ge Da came over, or maybe they were all sitting here. For a while, there were also colleagues. People came over to toast and chat one after another.

The Hall of Preserving Harmony is very lively, and the Hall of Jiaotai is no exception. Except for the embarrassing concubine Jia, all the concubines in the harem are here. The rules of the Great Central Dynasty are very strict. Only the queen can meet with the royal family and the wives. The concubines and wives were separated from each other and had their own banquets, while the queen presided over the palace banquet in the middle.Empress Liu had arranged everything a long time ago, ordered several lively plays, and asked everyone to enjoy them together, and specially ordered Mrs. Yongbohouhou and Mrs. Yongbohouhou to sit at the first place on her left.After the empress asked a few words, the witty maid gave the order, and bursts of music came from the stage.

After the first piece of "Havoc in Heaven" ordered by Empress Liu was over, Empress Liu ordered her maid, Shumo, to deliver the playlist to Mrs. Hou Yongbohou, and said softly, "Madam Hou, what do you think?" It’s better to order the play you’re watching!” “I don’t dare, I’d better ask the Empress to order a play.” Mrs. Hou Qian Wu hurriedly got up and saluted, but said she didn’t dare, Empress Liu moved lightly with her lotus steps and personally helped Hou The old lady: "Lady Hou is too modest, this play should be done by the old lady Hou." No one could understand Empress Liu's move. Concubine Li has always been lively and smart. It was very comfortable to hear: "What the empress said is very true, it is Madam Hou who should do something. Yong Bo Hou shared the worries of the sage, and is willing to go to the West. He is the pillar of the country. Madam Hou should not refuse, otherwise We don't dare play any more."

"Concubine Li is absurd." Before Mrs. Hou finished speaking, Empress Liu nodded lightly: "Exactly, Mrs. Hou will order a play." Mrs. Hou did not refuse any more, carefully After looking at the list, I clicked on "Wen Ji Returns to Han".After the singing started again on the stage, the playlist was passed down from the concubine to the next.

Sitting upright in front of the table, Mrs. Chu put down the chopsticks in her hands after moving her chopsticks a few times: "Wen Ji Returns to the Han Dynasty" is mostly sad, and this play is actually on this playlist, which shows the queen's thoughts, and Mrs. Hou This play is also used to tactfully express Qian Mingda's aspirations.After a play, there was another lively song and dance, which immediately washed away the sadness that was still lingering in the air just now.

After the palace banquet was over, all the officials dispersed and went back home.Jia Zhen brought the Chu family into the mansion, Jia Mao's happy event was approaching, and the whole Jia mansion was even more joyful.Mrs. Chu drank the hangover soup, gave some instructions, and then washed up and took off some emerald pearl hairpins.Jia Zhen shook her head: "It's so late, you're still thinking about those things, so it's already settled." Chu shook her head, pointed at her bun in front of the bronze mirror, Jia Zhen immediately understood, and quickly put the The white jade hairpin was taken out from the Chu family's bun, and the jet-black hair immediately slanted down, but there was no white hair, which shows that a lot of effort has been put into maintaining it. "Mr. Xu is the eldest daughter-in-law of our family and Xu Wenqing's daughter. Naturally, she must be treated with caution. In the future, brother Hui's daughter-in-law cannot surpass Mrs. Xu. Our family is only going to be so lively once, so naturally we can't be sloppy. .”

"Yes, yes, yes, you are right." Jia Zhen nodded quickly, then took Chu's hand and walked to the bed.Although the two of them had many things to talk about, it was late at night and they were very tired, so they fell asleep in a hurry after a few words.

In the dead of night, everyone has already unloaded, only the side hall of Ningshou Palace is still lit, it is the bedroom of Concubine Zhen.Concubine Zhen, as a concubine, is not qualified to participate in this kind of palace banquet, and these days the seasons change, the empress dowager is slightly ill and does not show up, she only rests in the compassionate palace to recuperate.

"The empress has always been frugal, but frugal is frugal. It is not as lively as in the past few years. If it was back then, there would have been a lot of noises of throwing money." Listening to the servant girl describing the situation of the palace banquet one by one, Concubine Zhen She suddenly said, these years she has been very haggard, at first glance today, she is already an old beauty, the beautiful crown and beauty of that day are long gone, and silver threads can be seen between the buns. "What the master said is that the Holy Majesty has a very weird temper. The Empress looks dignified and generous. Who doesn't know that the harem is under the tight control of the Empress." Ruyan, Dowager Zhen's maid, quickly interjected, and left and right the inner palace. Only myself and Concubine Zhen are left, not afraid to let others know.Concubine Zhen pondered slightly: "At first I wanted to ask the majesty to send Zhen Wan into the palace. At least she is my niece. Naturally, she is not bad in appearance. This palace can also help me, at least I can get a concubine. But the queen Put down Zhen Wan's signboard." "Master, don't be angry, fortunately, the master has arranged it properly, and now she is the side concubine of Prince Jing of Beijing." Ru Yan said with a busy smile. "Now we can only count on King Beijing's success, but I still feel a little regretful in my heart." Concubine Zhen pursed her lips slightly. There are many concubines in Prince Jing's mansion, each with their own origins. Now that the Zhen family is in decline, Rather than being a side concubine by King Jing's side, Zhen Wan might as well fight in the palace. If she can be favored as she was back then, wouldn't it be much more convenient for the Zhen family to get back together, but these are not enough for outsiders. "Master, just wait patiently. There has been news from the house, and there must be good news in the near future." Ru Yan hurriedly comforted Concubine Zhen and helped Concubine Zhen to sleep.

One month later, the Jia Mansion and the Xu Mansion were decorated with lanterns and festoons, and Jia Mao married the Xu family.The next day, Jia Mao brought Mrs. Xu to offer tea to Jia Zhen and his wife, and met Su Ruo and Jia Hua.After all the rituals were over, the mother, daughter, and sister-in-law whispered to each other, and the Chu family specially gave the Xu family a white jade bracelet with branch patterns. The white jade has fine texture, warm tentacles, and light workmanship. It is a rare treasure in jade. With slightly red cheeks, she declined a few words before accepting the white jade bracelet. "Mother has a daughter-in-law and forgets about her daughter." Jia Hua put Xu's arm around her and Chu's in the other, and said with a smile, "All the good things have gone to my younger siblings now. No one cares about me and my sister." .”

"Where's the slick tongue? You didn't say you took out gifts to send your younger siblings, but why did you ask your mother for something instead?" Su Ruo chuckled lightly. "It's amazing, even my sister bullied me." Jia Hua's eyes widened, and then he smiled, "As for the gift, I'm naturally prepared, and my younger siblings will definitely like it."

What Jia Hua prepared was a set of emerald hair masks, the emeralds were green all over, which was of top grade, while Su Ruo took out a set of pearl hair masks.Xu thanked and accepted them one by one.After some politeness, several people chatted, and Mrs. Chu occasionally interjected a few words, and when it was time to eat, she led Jia Hua, Su Ruo and Mrs. Xu to have dinner.Mrs. Xu was about to give the chopsticks to Jia Hua and Su Ruo, but Mrs. Chu pulled her to sit down: "My dear boy, just let them move the chopsticks by themselves, and just sit down and eat together." Mrs. Xu said generously It was agreed, and the family had dinner.

After the meal, Mrs. Chu saw Mrs. Xu looking tired, so she asked Mrs. Chu to go down to rest. "Looking at my brother, I really understand this time." Jia Hua and Su Ruo naturally knew about the good deeds Jia Mao had done in Jinling, but they didn't say much. Since their parents are still alive and they can still make decisions, they can naturally educate Jia Mao. . "I don't know what method your father tried to make Brother Yang understand." Mrs. Chu nodded and smiled lightly, "As a girl, Mrs. Xu is also precious at home, and her parents grew up like treasures, and now she has come to our house , I will naturally feel the same pain as you do.”

On the day of returning home, Jia Mao took Mrs. Xu to visit his mother-in-law, father-in-law, first and second uncles.Seeing her daughter in high spirits, Xu Wen took her to chat privately for a while, and then nodded in satisfaction after learning about the situation of the past two days: "Your mother-in-law is a generous person and treats you very well, Brother Yang How is your son treating you?" Mrs. Xu is a bride, and two red clouds flew up her cheeks: "Defeng naturally treats me very well, and now I am the master of our house, even his body is here." Defeng is It is Jia Mao's character, which shows the expectations of Jia Zhen and his wife for Jia Mao.

Jia Mao and Xu's newlyweds Yan Er, it was the time to adjust the oil in the honey. I didn't want to hear the news that the imperial army surrounded Xu's house one day, and Jia Zhen also received the order to enter the palace overnight.