Lei Yue Longmen

For the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, Beijing officials and wives who are above the fifth rank have the opportunity to participate.Cen Zhuo had already asked Cui Moxian's wife and Zheng Langguan's wife to help take care of Gu Qing when they went to the palace to pay homage to the queen mother and other ladies.Both of them knew that Gu Qing was good, so they hurriedly agreed.Mrs. Zheng also learned a few words of sign language from Gu Qing, which is enough to deal with some basic situations.

The dresses are all gifted by the emperor. When Gu Qing goes to the banquet, he needs to wear a third-grade official dress, that is, a real red shirt with large sleeves, a dark blue gold embroidered peacock pattern Xiapei, and a peacock pearl emerald phoenix crown.And Cen Zhuo's civil and official dress is the court dress, which is a real red and green edge large-sleeved shirt, three ranks and five beam crowns.It's no different from what you usually wear when you go to the Yamen office. Everyone looks at it? It's not fresh at all, but Gu Qing, after changing into a dress, looks a lot more radiant.

Xiaoyuan and Lao Biao'er circled around her, touched the jewels on their heads, touched the dress on their bodies, and looked down at the shoes. They thought they were beautiful and elegant.

"In the future, if only I can be like Sister Gu Qing and be a royal lady! Then I can wear such beautiful clothes!" Xiao Yuan clasped her hands in a heartfelt convincing way.

Cen Zhu took a bite of the mooncake, and said with a smile: "In order to wear beautiful clothes, you will become the wife of the imperial court. Your ambition is so good? It's really not small!" Xiaoyuan heard that what she said was ironic, "Hmph" "You don't understand at all!" Xun reassured Gu Qing, "Sister Gu Qing, you must be careful when you enter the palace! We are still waiting for you to come back for the reunion dinner!"

"Yes!" Lao Biao'er, who has always been reticent, also said, looking at Gu Qing, his eyes were full of sincerity that was about to overflow.

Gu Qing nodded, seeming very happy.Cen Zhu said with a smile, "Hurry up and take off the crown first, there is still a few hours before entering the palace, wearing so many beads on your head, it hurts your head."

So Xiaoyuan and Lao Biao'er helped Gu Qing take off the crown again.At this time, Xiao Zhuang came running from the door, rushed into the room, and said happily, "My lord, Uncle Chen is back!"

"Back? Great!" Cen Zhu hurriedly put down the mooncakes and patted the crumbs on his hands, "Is the brazier ready?"

"It's already ready!"

"Hurry up to the door and let him step over!"

In Yurui, those who have been imprisoned will have to step over the brazier when they return home, to show that they will burn off the bad luck and enter the house innocently.

A whole room of people welcomed out the door excitedly as if they were watching a trick. Seeing Old Chen just got off the carriage, the housekeepers hurriedly put the brazier with red charcoal fire on the stone steps outside the door with tongs, urging Old Chen to hurry up. step over.

The always calm and low-key old Chen Xian showed some discomfort when he saw such a battle, but he didn't want to disobey everyone's kindness, so he took off his robe and strode across the brazier. The people below applauded hard!

Old Chen Yousi was ashamed, and the first thing he said was to ask Gu Qing, "Is the old lady okay now?"

"Don't worry, luckily it was delivered in time, and they have been rescued." Cen Zhu answered for Gu Qing, and walked up to Lao Chen, "How is it? You didn't have anything wrong, right?"

"No, they know that I'm your lord's housekeeper? It's just a routine, and it doesn't make it difficult for me." Old Chen seemed to have a thousand words hidden in his mouth, and he didn't know where to start.

Cen Zhu knew what he wanted to say, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Nothing? Needless to say, the matter is over. Go take a shower first, and we will all wait for you to come out to present the confession and hang the lanterns!" "

"Yes! Uncle Chen! Originally, the lantern should have been hung up yesterday, but we didn't know how to hang it up because you weren't here." Xiao Zhuang echoed.

Looking at the kind eyes in front of him, Lao Chen was very moved. He gave a long? long? bow, Xun straightened up again, regained his normal expression, and said to Xiao Zhuang, "Wait a minute? I'll come right away!"

When all the courtyards were hung up with red lanterns, and the confession of worshiping the moon was placed in the middle of the courtyard, Cen Zhu nodded with great satisfaction and said, "This is it? It looks like a reunion festival."

Turning back to Xiaoyuan and the others, he said, "We'll be back around Haishi, everyone? Don't fall asleep. Let's worship the moon together."

"Okay! Okay! It would be great if parents were here!" Xiaoyuan looked at those lanterns with fascination.

Cen Zhu said with a smile: "Your brothers and sisters are still young, so they are not suitable for traveling far. When they are all grown up, they will come and live together. There are many people and it will be lively!"

"Really?" Xiaoyuan jumped up happily, showing a mouthful of cute little rabbit teeth.Xiaozhuang was also very excited, but he restrained himself and said, "Thank you, sir."

Cen Zhu waved his hand and noticed that one person was missing from the group of happy people.Turning around, the girl was hanging her own lantern in the corridor.It seems that the hilarity here has opened a gap with her loneliness.

Gu Qing also noticed it, and said in sign language: "Bracelet? The girl must be missing her family again!"

"Oh, she is also pitiful. Her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law disappeared overnight. This is probably her first Mid-Autumn Festival without the company of relatives!" Thinking of this, Cen Zhuo and Gu Qing walked to the corridor together , smiled and greeted Lao Biaoer, "Bracelet? Miss, may I hang the lantern for you?"

She was a little cramped, but she might as well let it go when we first met.Cen Zhu took the pole in her hand and helped her hang the lantern, while Gu Qing held her hand and comforted her from the side.Cen Zhu said while holding up the pole: "Bracelet, girl, although your family members are gone, you can treat us all as your family members. You don't have to feel restrained. It's so big, there's always a place for you, so you might as well take this place as your home."

Lao Bracelet? He said in a low voice, "Thank you, my lord."

Then Bian Xiaoyuan suddenly called her: "My lord, madam, Mrs. Zheng's family is here to pick up my wife!"

"Okay, come right away!" Cen Zhu hung up the last lantern and urged Gu Qing to leave quickly. Before leaving, Xiaoyue asked excitedly: "My lord, you are all going to the banquet, tonight at the Bell and Drum Tower? There is a lantern festival, can we go to see it with Sister Lao? This is her first time in the capital, and she has never seen a lantern festival before! I want to show her to see it!" Xiaoyuan said.

"Of course you can!" Cen Zhuo looked at the two of them with a smile, and said emphatically to Lao Biaoer: "Tonight, every household in Jiankang City will light lanterns. It's bright red, so it's nice to see. You guys If you want to go out to see the night view, let Lao Chen take you there, he is very fond of good places in the capital."

Lao Biaoer? Nodding excitedly, hesitantly asked tentatively, "Such a family? What does Zhen mean?"

"Oh, Rushujia? What Zhen means is that you understand everything clearly. If you don't understand something in the future, just ask Lao Chen. He understands everything."

Old Chen hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Didn't Cen Zhu notice the bracelet? His face blushed instantly, and he continued to exhort gently:

"However, pay attention to safety, just watch the excitement, and don't cause trouble." She knocked Xiaoyuan's head pointingly, and the latter smiled mischievously, winking at Biao'er? Say hers, we do what we mean.

Cen Zhu pretended not to see it, "Remember? Come back before Haishi, so we can worship the moon together."

"understood."

The Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet is a rare festival in a year? There is no need to avoid too many festivals.The royal family held a grand banquet in the square in front of the Jun'en Hall.All civil, military and military officials can bring their family members to attend together.

Cen Zhuo and the others arrived early and were led to wait in the square in front of the Yuanhua Hall. The civil servants were in the east and the generals were in the west.But Gu Qing had to follow the wives into the palace first to pay homage to the Empress Dowager and all the ladies, and then to join the concubines.

Cen Zhu watched Gu Qing and the others walk towards the harem, turned around the side door, and disappeared, with worry still hard to hide on his face.Cui Moxian teased her, "Why don't you feel relieved? Why do you still look like a newlywed when you're worried?"

Cen Zhu rolled his eyes at him, "Aren't you worried, this time the queen mother is here." Because of what happened to Li Jingxuan and Li Jingxuan's sisters, Cen Zhuo didn't have a good impression of the old lady.I heard that she is sensitive, irritable and stubborn. She is a nervous little old lady (commented by Li Jingxuan).And since he was responsible for the Fushou Garden, Gu Qing was very likely to be called in for questioning.

"Don't worry, I have entered the palace so many times before, and I have never made a mistake. This time, there are two wives guarding me, so nothing will happen."

Cen Zhu knew it was useless to worry, so he sighed helplessly.At this time Zheng Langguan came over to help her and said: "No wonder Mrs. Cen is worried. This time the Queen Mother is here. It's very different. Even my wife? I'm very nervous. I've been preparing since morning until now. I'm afraid Things will go wrong. You know..." He glanced around, covered his mouth with his hands and said in a low voice, "Have you heard? The day the queen mother returned to the palace, she took a tea bowl and smashed the empress dowager's head in a fit of anger. So, it is normal for Master Cen to be worried about his wife, and it is always right to be careful."

"Is this true?" Cui Moxian was surprised, "Even though the East Palace is at odds with the Cixiang Palace, they have never broken each other face to face. Could it be because of that?"

"I don't think it's far from ten. The East Palace has always been cautious, and has never disobeyed the elders. It is obvious to all inside and outside the court. The queen mother probably still remembers that incident, and she can't stand people's teasing..."

Cen Zhu immediately changed his expression, thinking of the suspicious "mosquito" wound on Li Jingzhu's right forehead, and finally understood why she was covering it up like that.What kind of humiliation is it to be thrown at the forehead by bowls in public.Cen Zhu clenched his fists tightly.

The other two people didn't pay much attention to her side, because someone called Cen Zhu's name from a distance.Cui Moxian turned his face and saw the person who came, it was a thin-faced, short-bearded red-robed official, about the same age as himself, wearing a third-rank five-beam crown, and his rank was also comparable to him, he looked familiar.For a while, I can't remember where I saw it.He bumped Cen Zhu who was in a daze with his elbow, "I'm looking for you."

Cen Zhu came back to his senses, and turned to the source of the voice, a look of unexpected joy appeared on his face.He stepped forward and grabbed the person's arm, "Brother Jiang, have you been transferred back to Beijing? When did you come, why didn't you come to say hello to me? Hello! It's so boring!" The person who came was Jiang Yiting who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Jiang Yiting smiled and said: "I received the transfer order half a month ago, so I rushed to the capital without stopping. When I came, I went to Chuanshan County and sorted out the teacher's belongings by the way. I just arrived in Beijing yesterday. I wanted to go to your place, but you were not at home. I thought I would meet today, so I just waited until today."

"It turns out that the newly promoted right servant of the Ministry of Officials is you!"

Cen Zhu suddenly realized, and gave him a hammer, "When I received the greeting card yesterday, I thought it was some kind of expert, who didn't even leave a name in the greeting card. I didn't expect it was you, senior!"

"How? I said that we will meet again sooner or later! I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

Jiang Yiting also smiled and said: "Thank you, the imperial court and the Eastern Palace are different today."

Cen Zhu understood, "Come on, let me introduce you to some people."

He dragged Jiang Yiting to Cui Moxian and Zheng Langguan, "Come on, let me introduce you. This is the No. My senior brother, Jiang Yiting, we may have to rely on him for our performance appraisal in the future!"

"It turned out to be Brother Yi Ting, who has been admiring his name for a long time, like thunder!" Cui Moxian finally remembered who came, and hurriedly bowed his hands in salute.

Jiang Yiting hurriedly returned the gift, "Don't dare."

Cen Zhu caught Cui Moxian and Zheng Langguan again and introduced them, "These two are my colleagues in the household department, Cui Moxian, the left servant of the household department, and Zheng Julian, the official of Qingma Silang. They are both? They are promising young people, look, aren't they all good-looking talents?!"

The two of them were so embarrassed that they were praised, shaking their heads and laughing helplessly.Jiang Yiting also greeted the two with a smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you!" Cui and Zheng returned the salute.

Cui Moxian had known Jiang Yiting for a long time, and had been an official with him for a period of time.Knowing that he is an upright person, has a good literary talent, and a good background, the most famous one is the only one from the East Palace who was brought down by the East Palace, and he never wants to cling to the powerful.I had always wanted to get to know this person before, but because he seldom socialized and was banished from Beijing early, I never had a chance.

Today I have to meet the real person. I saw his face is clear and thin, his body is thin and his neck is long.Narrow eyes are rare and calm, while Long Zhun is naturally powerful.I laughed at Yan Yan with Cen Zhuo and met very happily. He was not at all like the unkind person in the legend, and he was not the arrogant and conceited person that the detractors said.Immediately thought of making friends.Not for now.

"By the way, is Senior Sister Chuan here?" Cen Zhu asked.

"Come on, I have already entered the harem with all the wives, maybe I can meet my younger siblings."

His words? As soon as the sound fell, Cen Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, "It's bad, Senior Sister Chuan met Li Jingchen back then, not Gu Qing. If you make a mistake, don't you want to cheat?"

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Added small details of Lao Chen going home across the brazier.Cui Moxian is the left servant of the household department, and began to write as the right servant.