The general's wife is sick

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, every household sends face to face.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, steamed buns are steamed in every household.

On the afternoon of the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, a new peach amulet had already been pasted outside the gate of the Ji Mansion. The bluestone roads in the mansion were clean, the gate beams and painted pillars, pavilions and pavilions were spotless.

The people in the mansion packed up properly, and the five of them were dressed in brocade clothes, ready to enter the palace.

The palace banquet starts at You hour, but all court officials must arrive before the sun sets.

Ji's family had three carriages, Ji Chengyue and Jia Caixia shared one, Ji Qingyun and Ji Zhanpeng shared one, Ji Liu was a twin, and he had a carriage for this trip all to himself.

Only officials at all levels and honorable families went out at this time. The stone pier in front of the high-rise family watched the carriages with cold eyes in the cold winter.

The palace complex of the Chang'an Dynasty occupies a large area, but it is not as grand and majestic as the Forbidden City. It is the same as the wooden structure house, but its house structure is not as complicated as the Forbidden City.

There are no dazzling glazed tiles on the roof, but the most advanced gray hard bricks and tiles. The floor is also covered with bluestone floor tiles that are fired at high temperature and have excellent firmness and flatness. They are square and laid one by one on the On the ground, the gap is small and the continuity is good.

Gorgeous carriages drove into the palace from the palace gate one after another. After the shafts of the carriages drove for a certain distance on the bluestone floor tiles, everyone could only get out of the carriages and walk. The unified horse officials in the palace unloaded the horses and pulled them to graze.

All these carriages will be re-set before the end of the palace banquet, in case officials at all levels return home.

After getting out of the car, there will be a special maid to lead the way. Ji Liu was taught at home to strictly abide by the palace rules and etiquette, and Jia Caixia even reminded him not to let him lose the face of Jifu.

I met a lot of people along the way, but none of them liked to chat outside in the cold winter, so they rushed to the Hall of Supreme Harmony one after another.

The door of the main hall is open, and everything has been arranged inside.

Looking around, there is a plaque hanging on the main hall, and the inscription "Haiyan Heqing".

There is a dragon chair directly under the plaque, and pheasant tail fans stand on both sides. There are two smaller chairs on the left and right sides of the dragon chair, which are reserved for the empress dowager and the empress. Other concubines can only sit for two people. next head.

The low tables are arranged on both sides, with fresh fruits and vegetables, wine and cold dishes placed on them, and a spacious road is left in the middle. The seats of each official and their family members are arranged, with civil and military personnel separated, officials first, wives second, and children again.

Children's seats are also very particular, men are on the left, women are in the middle, and twins are on the right.

As soon as you enter the hall, you will feel a warm feeling, and the charcoal stove in the hall is booming.

Some court ladies and eunuchs came forward to tidy up the clothes of the officials and dignitaries.Remove the sable fur, the thinly-clothed officials and eunuchs, and the beauties and gentlemen only reveal their palace banquet attire.

At this time, Ji Liu was wearing a white sable fur with a light blue gown inside. Two egrets were embroidered with silver thread on the gown standing in the stream, and the wide cuffs were embroidered with egret wings. When Ji Liu saluted, it happened to be able to It coincides with the egret on the chest, and the egret on the salute clothes often seems to be in the state of spreading its wings and flying.

The gown was covered with a plush vest. The short white fleece and delicate facial features made him look like a Persian cat of rare blood, lazy, mysterious and charming.

Xiong Jinghai who came early, from the moment Ji Liu entered the palace gate, a pair of sharp eyes locked on him.

Last night he was extremely docile, but tonight he is charming, Ji Liu seems to have thousands of faces, and it just so happens that he likes every facet of him!

Drinking one cup after another of cold wine is the only way to block the numbing physical reaction of being teased by Ji Liu's gestures.

Princess Guangyang and Xiong Feng also noticed that there were people coming from Ji's residence, Ji Liu deliberately ignored Xiong Jinghai's gaze, and greeted Princess Guangyang and General Xiong with a smile.

"Madam has excellent eyesight!"

Xiong Feng also knew that the price for Ji Liu to heal Xiong Zhengli was to dissolve the engagement, but he was a warrior and never cared about those stereotypes. In addition, Princess Guangyang had a very good impression of Ji Liu, which greatly affected Xiong Feng's love for Ji Liu. Liu's attitude.

In addition, he was the one who injured Ji Liu, so from the bottom of his heart, he couldn't blame Ji Liu at all.

"It's a pity that this kid doesn't want to be with Ali."

"If Madam really likes it, you can adopt him as a foster son." Xiong Feng was very good at pleasing Princess Guangyang, favoring him without principle or reason.

Xiong Jinghai almost spit out the wine in his mouth, "No way! Father, mother, think twice!"

Princess Guangyang smiled at him sideways, "You have sharp ears, why don't you talk about this matter?"

"This..." For a while, Xiong Jinghai had no suitable reason to stop the two of them from thinking. "If you can't make it, you can't make it. If you really do this, I will not return to the capital all year round in the future!"

"Your father was joking." Princess Guangyang smiled with the joy of teasing her son. .

There are many warriors in the Xiong family, and they have always been less restrained in terms of speech, but this is the imperial palace, and it is extremely inappropriate to use colloquial words at palace banquets, so Xiong Jinghai only called the two of them father and mother at this time.

Officials arrived one after another, before the time of You, some juniors chatted in private and were allowed to eat something.

On Ji's side, Ji Zhanpeng leaned over to comfort Ji Liu, today Ji Liu is extremely radiant, he looks good, his clothes are novel, and that plush vest makes him look amazing from any angle. People are pleasing to the eye.

"Don't be nervous, everyone will kneel for a while and you will kneel. You can't raise your head when kneeling, but you can secretly look at the holy face of the current emperor at the beginning of the banquet." Ji Zhanpeng taught Ji Liu his own experience.

Ji Qingyun was a little helpless when he heard what he said, "Second brother, don't teach Liu Er badly. Liu Er, are you in good health?"

Ji Zhanpeng thought he was talking about Ji Liu's contracting the wind and cold, so he interjected, "I didn't teach Liu'er badly, look at other people who secretly looked at the emperor. Besides, if Liu'er is ill, his parents will not allow him Come on, big brother, don't worry."

Ever since Ji Qingyun found out that Ji Liu's shoulder was injured, Ji Liu was reluctant to talk to him. At this time, Ji Zhanpeng interrupted, and Ji Liu just smiled and still didn't answer.

Ji Qingyun was also angry in his heart, what he said that day was entirely for Ji Liu's sake, but he was ungrateful, if any rumors spread from the betrothed twins, it would be a serious blow to Ji Liu and Ji's family.

And I have promised to keep it a secret for him, even if he did so, but from the current point of view, Ji Liu has no remorse, but instead has resistance and rejection of his kindness.

Jia Caixia sat in front and coughed lightly as a warning, they are the heirs of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites, even if the palace banquet has not started, they must strictly observe etiquette, and they must not embarrass the Ji family.

The three of them calmed down with their own concerns, until a eunuch came to sing congratulations, and the three heavyweight boxers in the harem were about to appear.

As the eunuch announced loudly, "The emperor is here, the empress dowager is here, and the empress is here."

Everyone got up and knelt down to worship.

The emperor shouted "Qi", and the eunuch then shouted "Qi" loudly.

Then it was similar to the opening of the company's annual meeting. After the emperor's opening remarks, there was dance appreciation, singing, dancing and playing music. Ji Liu looked at these graceful women with great interest, waving his long sleeves.

Ji Zhanpeng took the opportunity to whisper to Ji Liu again, "Due to the disasters in various places and the turmoil in Yuzhou this year, the size of the palace banquet has been reduced a little. Look at this dish, there are 21 dishes on the menu every year, but this year there is only one dish. Eighteen Dao and the scale of this dance, the number of people, has been reduced accordingly."

Ji Liu nodded, to be taught.

Sure enough, the emperor was bothered by Bai Yihuang's matter, so he wanted Xiong Jinghai to win more cheap power from the emperor in this matter.

Thinking in his heart, his eyes involuntarily moved to the opposite side, facing Xiong Jinghai's burning gaze.

In a good mood, Ji Liu secretly raised his glass and congratulated him from a distance.

The two drank the fruit wine in the glass together.

Xiong Jinghai was elated by his action, and his heart was numb. This kind signal and active invitation was like setting off bunches of fireworks in his heart, exploding in colorful and colorful.

This scene happened to be seen by Ji Qingyun, alarm bells rang in his heart, he put his hand on the wine glass and clenched it tightly.

The seating order of the officials at the palace banquet was arranged according to their status. Looking up at this moment, Ji Liu found that Yan Bao was missing from the Earl's Mansion of Ziyang.

Picking up the wine glass, sipping the sweet and soft fruit wine with a long aftertaste, Ji Liu looked down at her fingers, if those slender fingers turned into claws, I don't know if those people can bear it.

The music paused, and the emperor led everyone to pray for the next year. The real blessing ceremony had to be performed by the royal family at the Temple of Heaven at noon on the first day of the new year. At this time, it was just everyone's simple blessings and visions for the next year.

Ji Liu silently made a wish in his heart, he only hoped that the person he loves will be healthy, free from illness and pain, and that the person who loves him will be happy and smooth sailing.

On Xiong Jinghai's side, according to the wishes of the past years, he promised his parents and his younger brother was in good health, and roared loudly in his heart, screaming desperately, hoping that God would definitely hear his heartfelt voice.In the new year, we must firmly hold Ji Liu in the palm of our hand, and prevent this cunning little fox from escaping from his palm.

Halfway through the palace banquet, the emperor's relatives and officials at all levels began to give gifts. The gifts were all kinds of strange things, but in Ji Liu's eyes, there was only one word in all of them, "expensive!"

Just like wearing thousands of clothes, flattering is not a truth, and giving gifts is also a very particular knowledge.

But no matter how particular you are, over the years, the gifts that should be given can basically be given out, and it is impossible for there to be so many unique and rare treasures in the world.

So everyone can only look for the word "expensive", no matter what it is, it doesn't care whether it can please the superiors, as long as it is expensive and heavy, even if the gift is not brilliant, it will definitely not go wrong.

So a group of military officers sent Buddha golden bodies, big and small, various models, and jade-carved Bodhisattvas. Compared with the Buddha, who can mold golden bodies, the desolate temperament of the Bodhisattva may only be matched by pure white and flawless jade.

Compared with the straightforwardness of the military officer, most of the gifts from the civil servants are calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, while the relatives of the royal family are rich in wealth, and most of them are precious things that are produced by dozens or even hundreds of people to exhibit the finished products. For example, double-sided embroidered screens, hundreds of meters embroidered with eternal fabrics.

The gift Ji Chengyue prepared was a Duan inkstone, which was even more ordinary among all the gifts.

All the gifts are ordinary, the kind of eye-catching gifts on TV, Ji Liu has no chance to see them tonight.

The palace of the Chang'an Dynasty was not as prosperous as the Forbidden City, and the progress of social development was not the same, so after visiting the exhibition of the Forbidden City, Ji Liu was not interested in the simple palace in front of him at all.