Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 570 Life in the Palace
Jia Rui is still a little uncomfortable with such a huge pomp. After all, he has had all the power in the past and has never done anything like this. This is simply a waste.

Not to mention looking at the table, there are nearly a hundred dishes filled with delicacies in front of you, and the back is placed two meters away. Jia Rui's arms can't reach them. There are even many dishes that Jia Rui can't even name. .

Jia Rui sighed softly, and then said to Lao Li who was preparing to serve Jia Rui to eat:

"This is too extravagant. From now on, the number of dishes will be reduced to forty-nine. Don't be too extravagant."

"The slaves obey."

Lao Li respectfully agreed and stepped aside, but when he raised his head, he glanced at Qin Shun meaningfully.

Qin Shun also felt Lao Li's gaze at this time. He raised his head and gave Lao Li a fierce look.

Lao Li didn't care about this at all, looking at Qin Shun who was angry there with a smile on his face.

It turns out that everything today was arranged by Qin Shun. He wanted to please Jia Rui, who had just ascended the throne, and wanted to show off his status as emperor in front of Jia Rui. Unexpectedly, he was rejected by Jia Rui.

Although Qin Shun and Lao Li were fighting with each other below, they did not delay at all in getting down to business.

They first asked the young eunuch to pick up each dish and eat it in front of Jia Rui. Then they also drank a few cups of royal wine and other items, and then asked Jia Rui to have a meal.

Jia Rui picked up his chopsticks and took a casual bite of the dish in front of him. He ate it and thought it tasted pretty good, but that was it, not too amazing.

Qin Shun and Lao Li showed their effect at this time. As long as Jia Rui's eyes looked at which dish it looked like, one of Qin Shun and Lao Li would personally deliver the dish to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui ate this meal in a daze for more than half an hour. It was a grand occasion, but Jia Rui felt that it was a waste of time. If he continued to eat like this, he should stop doing other things and just eat every day.

So before Jia Rui finished eating and left the table, he said to Lao Li and Qin Shun: "In the future, I will find a way to make a round table so that the dishes on top can come to me in a circle, so that I can pick up the dishes myself." Eat, it saves time.”

Lao Li and Qian Shun didn't understand what table Jia Rui was talking about, but as slaves, Long Live Lord had already given the order, so they naturally had to go all out to complete it.

As a result, the palace's construction office quickly received orders from Lao Li and Qin Shun to build a round table for Long Live Lord to eat at.

Besides, Jia Rui returned to the back hall of Yangxin Palace after lunch, and sat there, bored, watching the palace ladies shuttle there.

Suddenly Jia Rui seemed to remember something, and then said to Lao Li beside him: "The old man and the old lady haven't entered the palace yet, have they?"

"Go back to Lord Long Live, the Emperor and the Queen are still in the dormitory."

"You personally send people to bring the two old people back, and at the same time bring the queen and concubines into the palace."

"The slaves obey."

Lao Li agreed and bowed out of the hall.

Then Jia Rui said to Qin Shun: "I have been a little slack in official duties these two days. While I am free now, I will send you the memorials accumulated in the past two days."

Qin Shun hurried out to the cabinet to collect the memorials accumulated in the past two days and sent them to Jia Rui.

Next, Jia Rui began to review the memorial.

Jia Rui's side was quiet for the time being, but Shen Wence, Jia Yucun and others had no time to spare.

The establishment of the new dynasty and the enthronement of the emperor cannot be accomplished by saying a few words in the Huangji Palace. This requires a mature and huge set of rituals.

As the emperor, Jia Rui did not care about this matter, but as ministers, they could not relax, so they called Jia Zheng, who had served as the Minister of Rites, to discuss together how to complete the enthronement ceremony and the ceremony of worshiping heaven. .

To say that they had just experienced this ritual, it was when the little emperor ascended the throne. However, as a powerful minister at that time, Jia Rui did not pay much attention to this ceremony, and the ministers below did not care about this ceremony, so they only completed a simple ceremony.

But this time when Jia Rui ascended the throne, the ministers below did not dare to fool him, so they picked out the etiquette of the previous dynasty one by one.

By the time they turned on the lights at night, the group had only completed one-third of the work, but there were already nearly a hundred rituals inside.

Looking at so many procedures, Jia Yucun's eyes were numb.

"My lords, if this continues, this ceremony will be too complicated. Can it be passed by Long Live Lord?"

Jia Zheng looked at these clauses and felt that they were too troublesome. "From the official's perspective, it is better to pick out some important clauses from them to implement, and we will keep the others as backup."

As the head of the family, Shen Wence listened to the opinions of the two of them and felt that it made sense, so the group began to discuss the simplified procedures.

Not to mention that they were busy, but Lao Li followed Jia Rui's imperial edict and left the palace, bringing several sets of royal chariots and the carriages of the queen and concubines to Prince Wu's Mansion.

This place is now heavily guarded. It used to be the palace of Prince Wu, but now it is the emperor's dormitory.

It can also be regarded as one of the emperor's palaces, so now his perimeter is also protected according to the standards of the imperial palace.

Lao Li can't go in now, so he can only send someone to inform him first.

At this time, Jia Dairu, who was in the lobby, was wearing a bright yellow robe sent from the palace, showing off in front of the large full-length mirror.

Not long ago, Jia Rui's imperial edict had been sent to the mansion, and he, the old man, became the emperor.

This is comparable to the emperor.

Of course, as the emperor, he doesn't have any rights, but his enjoyment is not bad at all.

The eunuch who was not delivering the order has not returned to the palace yet, but is busy waiting around Jia Dairu.

He wanted to curry favor with Jia Dairu and become Jia Dairu's personal eunuch, which would be another step forward in the palace.

In the backyard, Mrs. Wang, Xue Baochai and others were also wearing the costumes of the Queen Mother and the Queen, and they were complimenting each other there.

"Old Queen, you look more energetic and majestic in this dress." Xue Baochai, wearing the queen's clothes, complimented the old Queen.

Mrs. Wang had a smile on her face and stroked the clothes on her body, "Old lady, I didn't expect that when I get old, I can live for a few days wearing this clothes. Even if I die now, I can smile and rest in peace."

When she said this, Mrs. Wang also had tears in her eyes.

After Jia Rui's parents died, she took on the heavy responsibility of taking care of Jia Rui. After decades of hard work, she finally gained the most noble position among women in the world.

"Old lady, don't say these unlucky words on your big day. I think you can live to be at least a hundred years old. Your blessings will continue to grow." Xue Baochai advised from the side.

The old lady smiled and wiped her tears, and then said, "It's my fault. You shouldn't say such depressing words on a happy day."

Then the two people changed the topic and began to imagine life in the palace.

Just when they were chatting happily, a young eunuch came in from outside, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to the two of them first.

(End of this chapter)