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Chapter 0412 Palace Banquet One

The news that Zheng Changsheng bid farewell to the fourth prince was like wings. The fourth prince's father-in-law, Xu Da, did not say goodbye, and so many ministers who had connections with the fourth prince did not say goodbye.

Only Zheng Changsheng rushed over and the news spread like a n-like thing.

At first, some people criticized it, but the memorial was like a rock sinking into the sea and there was no news. It must have been kept by Lao Zhu and stopped sending it.

The emperor's attitude is a good "compass".

In addition to the occasional regret that he did not have the "open mind" as Zheng Changsheng and went to see the fourth prince openly, he was more shocked that Zheng Changsheng, the nameless boy who fell from the sky, actually blew the ripples of spring water in the Ming Dynasty.

The New Year of the 14th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty arrived as scheduled.

All officials will stop the court and all people will celebrate together.

On this day, Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang had a banquet for his ministers.

This invitation from Lao Zhu is a reward for the court officials who have worked hard for a year.

In fact, the reward from the stingy Lao Zhu is really not very good.

According to historical records, since the Han and Tang Dynasties, emperors have summoned civil and military officials, court officials, and nobles, and worked together to talk about the joy of the king and the ministers.

"The Han Dynasty met, and the ministers went to the hall to say long live, and raise their cups.

All officials were given banquets and fun. The Tang Dynasty's grand banquets and songs may be set up in the palace.

The Song Dynasty took the Spring and Autumn Period and the Thousand Years of the Years, and the ministers were feasted in great detail, setting up a mountain building to show off, which was extremely luxurious and beautiful.”

But when Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he would save money as he did.

He personally set the standard for "a big banquet for ministers" during the Spring Festival: serve five dishes, serve wine glasses seven times, and then serve a bowl of soup. This means telling the ministers: The dishes are served, and you should get out after you finish eating.

If the ministers saw Tang coming up and the ministers were still ignorant and refused to leave, they would probably be eunuchs coming to clean up the table in a while.

Although I don’t know what soup was on the last dish of Lao Zhu, it is said that the custom of “get out soup” in folk weddings and weddings is passed down from Lao Zhu.

The so-called egg soup is actually a hot egg soup that is so hot that it can’t be placed in the mouth.

Usually, when the ministers saw this bowl of hot soup, they left with tactfulness.

Then this soup will eventually become a delicacy for palace servants and eunuchs.

Of course, these are all legends. Zheng Changsheng was actually looking forward to it. This was his first time being invited to attend a palace night banquet. He wanted to see if the palace night banquet in the Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was as the legendary one.

Not all the officials who attended the palace night banquet were civil and military officials, as well as honorary and noble ladies. Of course, this was chaired by the Empress.

This custom is still a tradition that was continued when Lao Zhu was still struggling.

It is said that a successful man has a woman behind him.

It is obvious that the woman behind Lao Zhu is Queen Ma.

The man gallops on the battlefield, guards the border, and devotes himself to Lao Zhu.

The wife and children at home need care most at this time, so Queen Ma’s role is reflected.

He comforted the widow and took care of the soldiers' families for Lao Zhu.

I did a very good job and won the hearts of the people a lot.

When those soldiers who were struggling on the front line returned home to visit their relatives, they heard that Queen Ma was always grateful for her wife and children in such a way.

So they could only fight on the battlefield to repay the great kindness of the emperor and his wife.

Since Lao Zhu ascended the throne and became emperor, this glorious tradition has been well preserved.

During the New Year, the queen would talk in the palace at night, which was different from Lao Zhu's banquet for the ministers in the previous dynasty.

After all, they are women. Although banquets and drinks are indispensable, they still focus on talking and the grade has been improved a lot, which is very different from before.

Only female relatives with imperial edicts can enter the palace, so the palace night talk hosted by the Empress became a symbol of identity.

Not everyone can enjoy the qualification to enter the palace and have a night talk with the queen.

Zheng Changsheng looked at it early outside and lay down again.

Wan'er was unable to stabilize her body for two or three months. Although she had not yet shown her pregnancy, her actions were not affected. She also passed the pregnancy discomfort period and even vomited was not common.

But she was surrounded by the women, and the maids and the old men were always taking care of each other.

Helplessly, this was the order of his wife Li Xiuying. No one could change this order, even the young master Zheng Changsheng could not.

Wan'er was very upset about this. She was newlywed and was inseparable from her husband. However, she was suddenly isolated invisibly.

This kind of inner torment and longing is extremely uncomfortable.

She was a little envious of Xiaoqilai, who could eat and drink without any burden.

What a happy thing to be able to be with your husband every day and sleep with you.

She has no lofty ideals, nor has she ever had the desire to compete for favor and beauty.

She just wants to take care of her husband and children, just like most ordinary women, she can spend her whole life with her husband.

As a "national treasure-level protected animal" in the mansion, she is restricted everywhere and feels inconvenient everywhere.

I don’t even have time to be irritated with my husband for a while.

But she knew that after all, her mother-in-law Lee Soo-young was eager to take care of her, so she was still very moved.

Today, an order was passed in the palace, saying that the Empress would summon their family to the palace to attend the night banquet.

This made her feel extremely happy.

With two imperial edicts in one family, plus Xiaoqi's title, three women are qualified to enter the palace to accompany the empress.

In addition, my husband Zheng Changsheng also wanted to enter the palace to attend the emperor's previous dynasty banquet.

This honor is not comparable to ordinary people.

Even those people with the status of Dukes may not be as glorious as their family.

So she changed into her imperial uniform early and walked around the room anxiously.

The Empress, who was the mother of the world, wanted to summon them. This was something she had never encountered before. She had no idea how to speak when she saw the Empress. She was even confused by the leg she had stepped on first.

Fortunately, there were female officials from the palace who came to teach etiquette.

Although she remembered it all and was familiar with it, she was still nervous.

So I didn't eat much lunch.

Zheng Changsheng looked at the three women in front of him, and asked each other a few clothes in his outfits about etiquette issues that the female officials in the palace told him. He might have had a problem with his life, so he couldn't help but feel funny.

It's too serious, and I'm helpless. Although I don't value the imperial power so seriously, I'm a great young man who has been educated in the future.

But mother, Wan'er and Xiaoqi are typical women who are bound by feudal ethics in this era.

Let them do it, maybe, the three of them have no chance to walk to the queen.

There are so many destiny and so many honorary relatives, no one is acquaintance in front of the queen.
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