Your Majesty, You Can't

Due to the large number of women participating in the first general election, and the fact that His Majesty and the Prime Minister only met [-] girls, the process of seeing the girls this time took quite a long time.

And in the process of the emperor's concubine selection, it just happened to coincide with the young emperor's eighteenth birthday-this day is regarded as the day when he will reach the legal age of marriage from now on.

Even though it is not strictly defined as the twenty-weakest crown of adulthood, the meaning behind the marriageability recognized on this birthday is self-evident.

The young emperor who has been in power for many years is finally eighteen.

Three days before and after Zhao Yinji's birthday, the whole country rests for celebration.Wearing a dragon robe, the young emperor pardoned the world in front of all civil and military officials to show the emperor's benevolence and benevolence.The streets and alleys were full of joyous voices shouting "Long Live the Emperor", and the decorations were even more lively than the New Year's Eve. Since the emperor's draft event last time, the sensation in the capital had not subsided, and the city became agitated again.

It was precisely because of the celebration of Zhao Yin's eighteenth birthday that the election of the best girls in the harem had to be put on hold to make way for this important day when the tacitly acquiescing young emperor entered adulthood.

The Forbidden City of the Imperial Palace, which had been shrouded in gloom for a long time, finally regained some peace because of the emperor's auspicious birthday.

From three days before Zhao Yin's birthday, there was an endless stream of court officials, relatives and relatives coming and going to the palace, and everyone held priceless gifts to celebrate the grown-up emperor's birthday.All the people who came to congratulate the birthday, regardless of their official positions, were invited to the banquet by the maids of the palace, and they raised their glasses and drank together to celebrate His Majesty's eighteenth.

This national ceremony reached its climax on the day of Zhao Yin's birthday.

On the early morning of Long Live’s birthday, the solemnly dressed court ministers were already waiting at the door when the sky was just dawning, each holding a booklet with congratulatory words in their hands, and their faces were full of peace and joy during the whispered conversation.After the majestic vermilion palace gate was slowly opened, Prime Minister He Lan, who was wearing a dark blue dress, took the lead to enter the palace, and the rest of the officials from high to low, wearing jade crowns and gauze hats, followed Prime Minister He Lan into the palace one by one. palace.

The courtiers walked in unison on the long avenue in the palace, and the scene can definitely be called a majestic scene.A group of civil and military officials walked up to the white marble steps, and heard that the leader, Prime Minister He Lan, shouted loudly: "Bai——"

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty saluted together, bowing their hands together and bowing to their heads.

"My emperor's birthday is auspicious, and the heavens are auspicious. The prosperity of the Mingjun, the prosperity of the country. The people are happy together, and the society is safe and peaceful. I hope that I will always follow your majesty and wish my emperor a long life."

Standing in front of the Golden Luan Hall, the adult emperor is dressed in an ink-gold dragon robe, crowned with 21 strings of jade beads, and the nine-clawed Yinglong outlined on the auspicious suit is majestic and domineering.Following the voices of congratulatory speeches from civil and military officials floating in the air of the Forbidden City, the adult emperor on the white marble platform slightly opened his thin lips, waved his dragon sleeves and said in a deep voice: "Your honor is flat."

"I will thank Your Majesty." All the officials bowed again in unison, then got up and waited for the bells, drums and whips to ring.

"Crack." The net whip sounded for the first time, and the monarchs and ministers held their breaths to listen to the sound of the heavy drum in front of the palace. Every blow seemed to penetrate the eardrum and hit the heart.

After three clean whips were sounded, the sound of heavy drums resounded throughout the palace.

The lingering sound slowly disappeared in the air, only to hear the sound of clang and zither in the air suddenly, and the delicate and pretty woman who is more beautiful than flowers and willows slowly appeared, and Xiao Yin danced lightly when she heard the sound of the zither.Accompanied by the grand performance of musicians and dancers, all the courtiers, led by the guiding eunuch, walked into the hall in an orderly manner, and officially started the banquet on the emperor's eighteenth birthday.

The birthday banquet is held from morning to night.During the day, all the court officials not only toasted and congratulated the adult emperor, but also toasted and thanked Prime Minister He Lan who had watched Zhao Yin grow up all the way.He Lanzhi repeatedly praised and praised him, but he was not spared by the ministers, and he had to ask for a drink.

"My lord, today is the emperor's eighteenth birthday!" An official who was already drunk and as red as a peach blossom persuaded him to drink, "the emperor has drunk it, and you, the prime minister, don't drink it, but you don't want to give the emperor face. "

"Yes, yes, my lord, you want to drink." The other courtiers who were drunk said together.

He Lanzhi smiled helplessly, so he had no choice but to raise his glass and drink the extremely pure royal wine.

"The monarch is so wise and powerful—hiccup—the help of Prime Minister Helan is indispensable!" A minister who had just toasted the emperor's fine wine came with a belch, and raised a porcelain cup to Helan's hand, which was empty He bumped his wine glass forcefully, "Hic. You must drink this glass, my lord."

He Lanzhi shied away, covering the porcelain cup with his palm, "There's no more wine, there's no more wine."

"Out of wine?"

The minister squinted his eyes and raised his chin, stretched out his hands to the side, and the next-level official standing on the side handed over the wine vessel with great winking.The minister took Jiu Shang with a silly smile, and with a smile pushed He Lanzhi's hand away to fill a glass for him.

"My lord, you must drink! Hiccup! You must drink today!"

"Good, good... drink." He Lanzhi nodded helplessly, and had another drink.

This kind of persuasion continued, until the moment before the curfew of the palace, the capital of Helan was being persuaded to drink cup after cup by those ministers.