Chapter 119 Celebration
The New Year's Day is the most lively time of the year. On the New Year's Day celebration, the emperor got up at dawn, ate apples first, and then came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, performed the ceremony of writing, and saluted the tablet of the ancestors. Put Tusu wine in the Jin Ou Yonggu Cup, light the candle with your own hands, open the pen, smoke it on the auspicious stove, then soak it in vermilion ink, write auspicious numbers, and then write auspicious numbers with the ink pen, in order to pray for the blessing of one year old, And browse through the new almanac to express the meaning of teaching time and saving years.

Then enter the auspicious cakes in the Hongde Hall, and one of the cakes is filled with small silver fruits and placed on the surface. If you can get it immediately, it is considered auspicious.Then go to Kunning Palace to burn incense and salute, and accept the greetings from the queen and concubines here.

At dawn, the concubines and other family members will salute the queen again,

After these preliminary etiquettes were completed, the emperor returned to the palace and waited for the congratulations from all the officials.At this time, the Fajialu Book and Zhonghe Shaoyue representing the emperor have been displayed in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Gate of Supreme Harmony, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites have also installed a grade mountain for officials to stand in the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.At dawn, the princes and officials gathered outside the Meridian Gate, and officials from the Ministry of Rites led them to stand in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and wait.After Qin Tianjian announced the time, officials from the Ministry of Rites went to Qianqing Gate to invite the emperor to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

When the bells and drums sounded at the Meridian Gate, the emperor went out of the palace wearing court clothes on shoulders, first ascended to the Hall of Zhonghe, accepted the kneeling worship of the imperial officials, and then ascended to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to the sound of Zhonghe Shao music.

At this time, the music stopped, and three whips sounded from the three platforms outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Following the order of the officials of Honglu Temple to "arrange shifts", the princes and officials took their positions. Came to the middle of His Highness Taihe, knelt down facing the north, and read out the emperor's letter expressing his heart to the heaven and the subjects of the whole country.Then the band played music, and the officials bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

After all the officials knelt down and worshiped, the emperor gave all the ministers a seat to drink tea.However, only princes and lords can sit in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the rest of the officials can only sit in their original places outside the hall.After drinking tea, the whip will be sounded three more times.The emperor returned to the palace amidst the sound of Zhonghe Shao music, all the officials retreated one by one, the congratulatory ceremony was over, and then the emperor returned to the palace to receive the inner court ceremony.At the beginning of noon, go to Dagao Hall and Jingshan Shouhuang Hall to burn incense and salute.

It was snowing heavily, and after many busy days, it was rare to have a moment to catch my breath. The queen glanced at the snow scene outside the window: "It's clear after the snow, today's weather is really good."

"Today is such a happy day, let's join in the fun today."

The maid's words made the queen happy: "In the past few years, you haven't grown up very much, but your skill in flattering has grown a lot." The queen just said casually, these days are busy for the New Year's Day banquet The outsiders didn't even have time to catch their breath.

After all, this is the first time he has presided over a grand dynasty since he became a queen. He has been preparing for this celebration since a few months ago, and the celebration has become even more busy these days.

Right now, it's just after the concubine pays her respects, and the clan banquet hasn't started yet, so I have some free time to catch my breath: "I really took a rest after this grand dynasty, yes, the servants can also rest for a while Alright, let's relax for a while."

"It's okay to rest, but it won't take a few days to relax. After a while, it will be the Chinese New Year, plus the Lantern Festival, and I will be busy for a while." Speaking of this, the queen also remembered: "What time is it?" The maid glanced at the Western clock beside her: "It's already the beginning of noon." She almost wailed in her heart.

The queen glanced at his distressed expression, and smiled, but she still pretended to be majestic: "I haven't prepared yet." The maid frightened: "Your servant obeys."

The queen and Bi'er looked at each other, and the two were happy, Bi'er saw the queen like this, and said, "Your Majesty's mood has been tainted with the joy of the festival, and she has relaxed a lot?"

The queen didn't refute this. After a while, everything went smoothly in the past six months. There was nothing to worry about when it went smoothly. Naturally, the whole person was relaxed. Besides, what a mother in the world wants is to be dignified and demure, with an extraordinary bearing, and In the eyes of outsiders, his temper is much milder.

The queen did not argue, and waved her plain hand: "We should also prepare."

At noon, a clan banquet is held in the palace. After the banquet, all the family members in the palace go to Yueshilou to watch the play. After the play, they kneel and send it off.

Even though it was a clan banquet, there was no need to wear a formal dress. When the queen appeared at the banquet in a red gauze embroidered gown with flat golden clouds and dragons, she was quite amazed.

At this time, the concubines had already arrived first, and most of them wore dresses for such an important occasion, but they were more than dignified and not charming enough. Tired silk and nine phoenix tin mouth, coupled with the white jade peacock hairpin, there is a bit of clarity in the charm, obviously several contradictory feelings, but they are perfectly blended in her body.

The queen sat upright in the upper seat, her eyes lightly swept across the palace family members under the acting seat.

"See empress empress, empress is a thousand years old."

"Flat body."

The queen smiled slightly, gentle and elegant, like a morning breeze blowing flowers: "Today's clan banquet, the sisters and female relatives in the palace gathered together on this big day, and I am happy to see it."

"Thank you, Empress, for your concern."

On both sides of the hall are several tables carved with red sandalwood, on which a few simple dishes have been placed, served on gold and silver plates with colored lacquer, and beside it is a jug with red underglaze peony pattern.

At this time, the courtiers were still accompanying the emperor to worship outside, and there were also some family members of the palace women and important officials.

In the entire hall, from top to bottom, people are seated according to their status. The top seats are the rosewood inlaid jade throne and the rosewood inlaid jade flower throne. As the name suggests, they are the seats of the emperor and queen. The emperor is on the left and the queen is on the right.

Next to the emperor's seat is Yue Guifei, who is now an imperial concubine, and next to the queen's seat are Duanfei, Qingguiren, and Huafei, but under the pressure of the queen, they are also very out of control, sitting in the second seat from the left

Since they are all female relatives, under the status of the upper and lower classes, some concubines and courtiers are relatives, and they speak kindly, so the status is not so important.

When the queen was sitting in the upper seat, she looked down with a gentle and slightly majestic face, her eyes turned inadvertently, and she noticed the woman standing there quietly beside her.

She has a well-groomed appearance and behaves like a lady. Although she is not very eye-catching among the concubines, she still has a sense of elegance.

She was dressed in pink and green, with a five-color carved silk stone blue and silver mouse coat on the outside. When she saw the queen watching, she was neither humble nor overbearing. The first press, so it didn't attract the attention of others.

Sensing the Queen's gaze, Bi'er on the side stepped forward to pour tea, and said quietly: "She is Zi Fei.

(End of this chapter)

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