Lei Yue Longmen

"Cen Zhuo!"

"Senior sister, long time no see, I have something to tell you." Cen Zhu said with a smile.

"I know, my younger siblings asked you to tell me, right?" Chuan Feiyan had a knowing expression, "Say it quickly, I'm listening!"

"Siblings?" Cen Zhu was slightly confused.At this moment, the ceremony officer suddenly shouted "Quiet!" Cen Zhu didn't have time to think about it, and only said to Chuan Feiyan: "Senior sister, if you see Gu Qing later, don't panic, let alone make a fuss. I'll explain to you later." After speaking, he bent over and hurried back to his seat.

"What? What did you say?" Chuan Feiyan didn't understand what she meant, and felt that this? The two young couples are really strange, mysterious? One asked the other to talk a little, and the other was vague. Woolen cloth?

The banquet is about to begin, and it is inconvenient for her to dig out the roots. When she heard the ceremonial officer shouting loudly: "The emperor is coming—the queen mother is coming—" she stood up with everyone and stood up, waiting for the emperor and the queen mother to ascend the throne, and walked in the great joy of Danbi Kneeling three times and knocking nine times.After the whip was sounded, the empress dowager was promoted to the east seat, and then received congratulations from the courtiers.After that, concubines, princes, princes, and princesses took their seats in turn, but there was no worship ceremony.After the royal family members all took their seats on the platform, the civil and military officials and wives of His Majesty took their seats in order.

The "Records of Rites" stipulates that for the highest-level banquets given by the court, Jiujue wine must be advanced.The general banquet is seven nobles, and the regular banquet is three or five nobles.The mid-autumn palace banquet is a big banquet, so it is necessary to have nine wines and one wine.

After Guanglu Temple entered the imperial banquet, the internal officials presented flowers to the emperor, and after that, Guanglu Temple opened? Jue poured wine.Civil and military officials must bow to the ground and salute when they drink the first wine, and thank the emperor for his kindness. At this time, they will play "The Song of Flame Essence".For the second wine, "The Song of the Emperor's Wind" was played, and at the same time, the maid of Jiaofangsi performed "The Dance of Pacifying the World", and then there were "Dance of Fu'an Four Barbarians", "Dance of Cheshu Tonghui", "Hundred Operas Inherited" Ying Dance", "Baman Presenting Treasure Dance", "Lotus Picking Team Dance", "Fish Leaping in the Yuan Dance" and so on.Each jujue wine has a corresponding ritual and music accompaniment, as well as a corresponding ritual and music dance. After the Jiujue wine is drunk, the meal begins.

This set of procedures alone will take an hour, and the moon will also rise at that time, and the huge Palace of Jun En is illuminated brightly and brightly by palace lanterns, but it cannot compete with the brightness of the moon that illuminates all directions.With several loud whistles sliding into the night sky, several fireworks exploded from the dome, and children's clapping and laughter filled Huayang Palace.Li Pinghong also changed his seriousness in the hall, and smiled slowly while looking at the bright lights above his head.

All the fine wines and delicacies were put on the table, and everyone ate and drank while listening to songs and dancing, and admiring the moon together.

At this time, Zongzheng of Zongzhengyuan, over [-] years old? Shun Wang Li Taizhong came out of the prince's seat tremblingly, and offered a glass of wine to Li Pinghong and Queen Mother Yan on behalf of the royal family.

Li Pinghong hurriedly ordered someone to help him to sit in front of him, "Old Emperor Uncle, can you still be safe?"

Li Taizhong was originally deaf and dazzled, and the fireworks were ringing again, so he didn't hear the emperor's question at all, so he kept replying: "Thank you, Your Majesty! This? It's really a prosperous age that has never been seen before! I'm old. , as the head of the clan, it is an honor to be born at the right time!"

Li Pinghong heard him answer the wrong question, knew that he didn't hear clearly, and didn't mind, so he smiled and said some comforting words, and asked someone to arrange a seat in front of the imperial court, and spread the dishes, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Afterwards, the Empress Dowager came over to toast twice, the first time as the crown prince, on behalf of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, wishing the emperor long live and the empress dowager a thousand years old.The second time, as the eldest daughter, she led her younger siblings and wished the emperor and the empress dowager a long life and good health.

Although the Empress Dowager didn't like her in her heart, but due to the occasion, on the surface she agreed with her intentions.Then came the foreign guests, including Princess Lanque and Prince Wuyu? Many nobles from other races came to pay their respects to the emperor.Li Pinghong nodded and toasted in response, and everyone was happy for a while.

Cen Zhu has been paying attention to the people around the Queen Mother. Before? I heard from the two wives Cui and Zheng that the Queen Mother invited Gu Qing into the palace, saying that she likes Gu Qing very much and wants to bring her to the banquet.Cen Zhu was a little untrustworthy, and Gu Qing couldn't speak, so would the old lady like someone who couldn't communicate for no reason?Could it be that she just looks at her face?

However, she did notice a woman resembling Gu Qing on the left hand side of Empress Dowager Yan. Whenever someone came up to toast, she would stand up respectfully from her seat.That cautious look, probably Gu Qing is right.Cen Zhu was faintly worried for her.

King Dundon, who has always been active in the past, was extraordinarily quiet this time.He scanned the concubine table again and again, but he did not see the shadow of Concubine Pei.He asked the palace people that he said he was sick, and since that day when he heard his mother and concubine being slapped, he felt uneasy.Even though she got comfort from the eldest princess, she was still worried about being implicated, so she refrained from visiting the palace.At this moment, everyone was jubilant, and the only mother was left alone in the harem, and no one paid any attention to her. She has always had a strong temper, so I don't know how to feel down?Thinking of this, King Dun couldn't help feeling sad, thinking that he would go to the harem to see it anyway.

King Cheng, on the other hand, was staring at Princess Lanque's seat in a daze, as if he had lost his soul. He didn't even hear Concubine Wen Gui repeatedly calling him, or did the palace people around him push him before he woke up, facing Concubine Wen Gui, "Mother Concubine, are you calling me?"

If he had reacted so slowly in normal times, Concubine Wen Gui would have just reminded her, but now that the emperor and the queen mother are calling her, Concubine Wen Guifei had no choice but to turn pale, "What are you doing so absent-mindedly? Your father is calling You go."

Upon hearing this, King Cheng stood up quickly and walked towards Li Pinghong.Li Pinghong beckoned him to come over with a smile, and said to the Empress Dowager Yan who was beside him: "King Cheng is getting better and better as he grows up, and his son has re-selected a teacher for him. He is the veteran of the cabinet and Minister of Rites Pan Suiyong. I will announce it later! We must train him to be a pillar of our Yurui!"

Empress Dowager Yan laughed again and again and said, "Good! Good!" Calling Li Jingnan to her again, she carefully clenched her hands and sized her up carefully.

King Cheng didn't expect that Li Pinghong would re-arrange him as a master, and the first choice was Pan Suiyong, an important minister of the three dynasties.This kind of treatment is only available to the Crown Princess, not even Brother Dun Wang, so he didn't know how to react for a while.

When he felt that his hands were tightly clenched, King Cheng began to feel uncomfortable, but since the other party was the queen mother, he still managed to force a smile.

Only a few people who were close to each other heard the conversation between the grandparents and grandchildren. From Li Pinghong's tone, it was obvious that he had already made peace with Pan Suiyong in private, and he was determined to win this matter.Pan Suiyong is the backbone of supporting the establishment of the prince as the crown prince. If they are linked together into a branch, he will definitely become a strong enemy of the East Palace in the future.

Li Jingchen was thinking to himself, but he didn't seem to notice this on his face, he just concentrated on watching the fireworks with his sister.And even if the cautious Gu Qing heard it, he couldn't explain the reason in detail.Is he ten years old? Princess Xiao Li Jingmei said with a mature face, "If Brother Cheng worships Mr. Pan Ge as his master, he will be able to sit on an equal footing with Big Sister."

Gu Qing blinked, is that so?Asking a teacher will make them equal?Shouldn't the empress dowager be more honorable?While she was thinking about it, there was a sudden commotion in the civil servants' seats below, which had spread to the steps of the majesty.The emperor sent someone down to ask what's going on?When I came back, I reported: "My lords heard that Chuanshan Academy specializes in cultivating talents who are proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She doesn't know the rhythm, she can't get away with it, she slipped away quietly, and all the adults are searching for her under the table!"

"Oh? Really?" Already a little drunk? Li Pinghong also became interested when he heard it, and said with a smile: "This? It's really rare, don't let her slip away. She says she doesn't know the rhythm, so you believe her? Hurry up Find out and let her perform with Jiang Yiting. I want to hear it too."

The people in the palace were so busy, they went down the steps, and came to the crowd, and they didn't know where Cen Zhu was, so they just laughed loudly: "Lord Cen! Your Majesty ordered you to perform on the stage with Lord Jiang." , don't hide anymore, this? It's an imperial decree. Come out!"

Headed by Cui Moxian, everyone in the household department also booed, "Yes, Cen Zhu, do you want to resist the order? Come out and perform!"

Cen Zhu, who was squatting behind a certain table to avoid disaster, frowned when he heard this, thinking that this group of people could really make a fuss.And? Don't want them to perform, that's easy to say.Seeing that he couldn't resist anymore, he had no choice but to stand up from behind the table, facing Cui Moxian's smiling face, which was not a big deal when watching the excitement, and wanted to kick it up.

Jiang Yiting couldn't shirk it either, he exchanged a glance with her, and helplessly said to the palace: "But the two of us haven't prepared for the stage this time, and we don't have musical instruments, how can we play?"

"This is easy to handle. Musical instruments or something? They can be directly provided by Jiaofang Division. You can ask for qin, lute, pipa, harp, shengxiaodiguan, blowing, playing and singing!"

"this?……"

"You two, don't refuse. Where is the emperor? Waiting!"

Chuan Feiyan suddenly slapped the table and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? I'll go up with you too. The three of us will play a qin, flute, and pipa, and let them see the abilities and demeanor of the three heroes of our Chuanshan Academy!"

"This? But the relationship is better. It must be better to have Mrs. Jiang in charge."

Chuan Feiyan's personality is completely different from Jiang Yiting's and Cen Zhuo's. He likes to perform in front of everyone, and he is happy to be in an environment that is called by thousands of people, and enjoys the feeling of being worshiped by thousands of people.Before? The biggest stage that could be provided to her was just the entire Chuanshan Academy. Now that it is ready, she can show her face in front of so many royal relatives, civil and military officials. How can she miss this opportunity?She had long been eager to try it in her heart, and she had made up her mind that even if the two of them didn't want to go up, she would drag them up.

Jiang Yiting had no choice but to cup his hands and said: "The emperor has an order, and I should obey the order. It's just the arrangement? It takes a little time, please ask my father-in-law to help prepare a piano, a flute, and a pipa. The rest, I can do it by myself arrange."

"Definitely." The palace attendant hurriedly returned to the steps to report.Before long, the instruments needed by the three were ready, ready to be performed by the three of them after the song and dance.

While adjusting the strings, Cen Zhu blamed Chuan Feiyan: "I haven't played for a long time recently, and my hands are very bad. If something goes wrong later, don't you blame me?"

"You dare?" Chuan Feiyan threatened, "If you dare to hold me back, go back and let your siblings take care of you."

Cen Zhu was speechless.Holding a flute in his hand, Jiang Yiting said leisurely, "Our song is called "Spring River Flower and Moonlight Night", and the artistic conception is very beautiful!"

But Chuan Feiyan has a lot of opinions: "Whenever the moon is full, I will play "Spring River Flower and Moon Night". It is already autumn, please, can you have something new? Why don't you play "Pipa Xing"? I remember there is a saying in it called "East Ship West" Fang is quiet and speechless, only seeing the heart of the river, the autumn moon is white', there is a 'boat' and there is a 'river', and there is 'autumn', it is not like your 'spring river flower moon night', there is a 'river' but no boat 'No 'autumn'? Good?"

Jiang Yiting smiled and said: "You? It's not that you don't know what "Pipa Xing" is about. How can you play it on this occasion? And "Who's Bian Zhouzi" in "Spring River Flower and Moonlight Night", isn't "boat" just "boat" What? How can there be a 'river' without a 'boat'?"

"A boat is a boat, and a boat is a boat. How can they be confused? Just like you are a river, can you say that a river is water?"

Jiang Yiting said helplessly: "How can you use such strong words to make sense? Boats and boats refer to the same thing, but rivers and waters do not!"

"Really? Isn't the river made of water?"

"A river is made of water? But it's not entirely made of water. It also has dikes! It's not a river without dikes!"

"Then let me ask you, do ships still have big ships, warships, and gunboats? Are they boats?"

"This?..." Jiang Yiting couldn't retort for a while, and thought for a while, "You first said that the river is not water, and when I said that the river and water are different, you refuted me by saying that the river is made of water? It’s the same thing, you? Obviously contradicting yourself!”

"I refuted you, but I never said that rivers and water are the same thing. I only said that rivers are made of water. One thing is made up by yourself. Steamed buns or noodles? It is a something?"

"..." Jiang Yiting was stunned for a while, "Then according to you, isn't the boat also made of a boat?"

"Yeah, so the boat is not a boat!"

At this point, Jiang Yiting was completely confused, standing where he was, puzzled, "Isn't a boat a boat? How can a boat not be a boat?"

Cen Zhu, who was regarded as nothing, tuned the strings, and looked down upon the boring? The two said, "I think it's better for the two of you to play "Happy Rain on a Spring Night". , and? There is a 'boat' and? There is a 'river', and they are still next to each other. And it's festive."

Chuan Feiyan also laughed, "That can't be done. Just now? You said you don't want 'spring', and you're coming to 'spring' again. It's even more irrelevant than this." After thinking for a while, "Or play Jia Mr. Xuan's "Mulan Flower Slow", "Poor Jinxiyue", before my father? I like to recite it the most. Asking questions about the moon is fresh and interesting. And the banquet is about to end, let's send the moon away, Isn't it on point?"

Cen Zhu said with a smile: "Hey, this is good. The master usually teaches us to dare to question and ask questions. This is the so-called questioning and questioning principle. It's just that we have never ranked the lyrics of "Magnolia Slowly" before. , what if something goes wrong?"

"Still? Thinking about making mistakes before you arrange them? This? It's not like your style!" Chuan Feiyan looked at her suspiciously.

Cen Zhu felt guilty.At this time, someone from over there urged, "Three, the singing and dancing performance is about to end, have you rehearsed it yet?"

"Okay, okay, it's been done a long time ago. However, if the father-in-law can help move back a little bit, we will be very grateful." Chuan Feiyan winked at the man.

She was already beautiful, so this entreaty flattered the other party, "What did Mrs. Jiang say? It just so happens that the generals are going to have a show, so I'll tell the Jiaofang Secretary to help them first. Is one show enough?" Do you want to delay it any longer?"

"Enough is enough!" Chuan Feiyan said with a smile, "Thank you, Eunuch."

At this time, Jiang Yiting came over, "What you just said is wrong. According to the comparison between a boat and a boat, a river cannot be compared with water, it should be compared with a current. A large current is called a river, and a small current is called a river. Just like a big river. A boat is called a big boat, and a small boat is called a boat. Also, a boat is made of wood, not a boat? It is just a kind of boat. Wood cannot be called a boat. Just like steamed buns are made of flour, But noodles are not steamed buns, they are just like noodles. A boat is a representative of a boat, and it can appear in poems instead of a boat, so a boat is a boat.”

Chuan Feiyan heard that he was still entangled in the previous matter, rolled his eyes, and said to Cen Zhuo: "Listen to him, he doesn't do serious business, but picks up these words. Then I dare to ask you, your wife is called Chuan Is Feiyan still? Zhou Feiyan? Your father-in-law is called Chuanzhijie, or is he called Zhouzhijie?"

"Naturally, the boat flies and the geese fly, and the boat knows the festival."

"That's it? Don't worry, let me help you marry a concubine surnamed Zhou tomorrow. You can argue with her again whether 'zhou' is 'boat' or not."

When Jiang Yiting was about to distinguish, Cen Zhu tugged at his sleeve, "You will get angry if you talk about Senior Sister Chuan again." He didn't speak now, but holding his flute, he became angry in silence.

Chuan Feiyan didn't seem to notice, and just played her pipa on her own.

Cen Zhu took a look at these two people? There was something wrong with their expressions, and he faintly felt that he was unfortunately involved in a bloodbath.

The author has something to say:

I happened to see that there are records about court banquet etiquette in "Da Ming Feng Wu Zhi", including records of Jiujue wine, etc., from "Ming History·Li Zhi".Some of them are referenced in this chapter.The original text is more tedious and complicated.