Every New Year's Eve, the palace still holds a grand banquet for the ministers. The banquet lasts until midnight and early morning to show farewell to the old and welcome the new. In previous years, such banquets were hosted by the Empress Dowager Zhu, but now that the Empress Dowager is gone, the Empress Dowager
The Empress Dowager was seriously ill in bed again, so this task could only fall on Luo Junyao.
For a woman who is only sixteen or seventeen years old and has just been married for a few months, it is really difficult to host what can be said to be the largest and most important banquet of the year.
But one good thing about Luo Junyao's character is that no matter what happens, no matter whether she can do it well or not, she will not shrink back and worry, adding unnecessary trouble to herself.
According to Miss Luo Er's idea: As long as it is something that humans can do, is there anything that I can't do?
Even so, Luo Junyao was still busy in the palace for most of the day.
In the evening, the dignitaries of Shangyong began to enter the palace one after another.
Naturally, a banquet in the cold winter cannot be held on a high platform with ventilation from all sides like the Jade Terrace. The banquet will be held in a palace specifically used to hold large banquets on the west side of the Outer Government Hall.
The palace is nine rooms wide and is only slightly smaller than the largest palace in the palace. The floors in the palace are paved with earth dragons. When you step into one, a wave of warm air hits your face, washing away the chill brought from outside.
After a while, the whole person couldn't help but feel a bit lazy in this warm breath.
It was still early, so Luo Junyao took Qin Ning and Xu Xinyu to entertain the female relatives who had arrived in the East Side Hall.
Seeing Luo Junyao sitting on the main seat, the ladies who entered the palace first were a little surprised. They originally thought that the two princesses of Changling and Changzhao would host such an occasion, or that Princess Taihua would be invited to come forward.
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Unexpectedly, it was the Princess Regent who actually came forward. Among the two three eldest princesses, Princess Changling had not yet arrived. Princess Changzhao and Princess Taihua were sitting at the bottom with them. They were just chatting with some wives who were familiar with them. Today’s banquet
Apparently the Princess Regent really made the decision?
"I have met the princess." Mrs. Chengenhou came forward with her family of children to see her, but the expression on her face was not very good.
In previous years, this position was occupied by the Empress Dowager Zhu. As the daughter of the Zhu family, the Empress Dowager naturally wanted to give the Chengenhou Mansion more dignity. But now that the Empress Dowager Zhu is gone, even though the emperor is the grandson of the Zhu family, he is too young.
He has not yet taken charge of the government. Although the Zhu family was lucky enough to escape from this rebellion, after all, it is far worse than before.
Zhu Jin, who was following Mrs. Chengenhou, looked even more ugly. A few months ago, Luo Junyao was chasing a man. He was a fool who was despised and ridiculed by everyone. Now Luo Junyao has been sitting in the room that is out of reach of her.
Although she is in a high position, she is still an ordinary girl from the Hou family.
Because of some previous events, Zhu Jin's reputation among the ladies was not very good. People who liked her, Zhu Jin, didn't like her. Others who liked Zhu Jin didn't like her. For a while, she didn't like her.
Some are too high and too low to be successful.
If she had married the regent, she would be the one sitting in that position now!
Zhu Jin couldn't help but think to himself.
Luo Junyao looked at the people in Chengenhou Mansion with a smile and said, "There is no need to be polite, Mrs. Chengenhou. Please sit down." Immediately, a maid came forward to lead the female family members of Chengenhou Mansion to sit down.
When Mrs. Chengenhou looked at her seat, she saw that although she was not at the back, she was only in the middle of the row. She was six or seven seats away from the Princess Regent at the front, and her face suddenly became even more ugly.
"Thank you, Princess!" Mrs. Chengenhou said with a stiff face, and followed the palace maid to take a seat.
The sudden change in the expressions of everyone in Chengenhou Mansion naturally caught the attention of many people. Some were gloating about the misfortune and others were disapproving.
The Zhu family has been in decline since the death of old Marquis Zhu, but they were lucky enough to have a daughter who became the princess, queen, or empress dowager, so others gave them some face. Now the empress dowager is no longer here, and the little emperor
Still young, the Zhu family's ability is not arrogant at all.
I held some sort of flower-viewing poetry party before, and I was planning to publish a collection of poems to commemorate the Empress Dowager Zhu. There were many people joining in the fun, but few really powerful people joined in. Now it seems that it won't have any impact. Wait until then
The release of the so-called collection of poems is probably another joke.
"Auntie, Xinyu and sister Aning want to go to Mu Xuetang." Xu Xinyu, following Qin Ning's suggestion, approached Luo Junyao and whispered.
Luo Junyao stretched out his hand and pinched her face, and said with a smile: "The banquet will be in a while, Xinyu and Aning will take all the girls to play nearby." Woohoo, I want to go too.
Luo Junyao felt that hosting such a banquet was really a painful thing, and he didn't know why so many people thought it was an honor?
It's really boring to sit here and listen to a group of people who don't even remember their names. In order to avoid any trouble in this situation, everyone only talks about trivial things. The latter
It was just business talk, which made her want to yawn out of boredom.
Luo Junyao couldn't help but look forward to something happening, even if it was bloody gossip.
Qin Ning obviously couldn't sit still for a long time, and she didn't want to call her aunt in public, so she encouraged Xu Xinyu to speak.
Qin Ning was also unable to sit still. After listening to Luo Junyao's words, many little girls who had been sitting obediently next to their grandmothers or mothers became visibly more alive.
Qin Ning stood up and said hello, and immediately many girls stood up and saluted Luo Junyao who was sitting on the throne, and ran out with Qin Ning and Xu Xinyu.
Luo Junyao sat on the main seat, silently shedding tears of envy in his heart.
It's a pity that no matter how envious Luo Junyao is as the hostess, she can only chat awkwardly with these noble wives.
It wasn't until the lanterns came on that the servants came over to ask the princess to rest and change clothes.
Luo Junyao said sorry to everyone and led the people to the side hall where the regent princess was prepared to change clothes and rest.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Why hasn't mother come yet?" After entering the side hall, Luo Junyao let out a long breath and asked.
Feng Jian, who was waiting next to her, said respectfully: "Back to the princess, the eldest son sent someone to say that Mrs. Chun'an Bo was feeling unwell. Mrs. Luo went to take a look and would go with Chun'an Bo Mansion later.
come over."
Luo Junyao frowned and said: "Eldest sister is not feeling well? Then take a good rest at home. This banquet is too long. How can she bear it while she is pregnant?" As he spoke, he had to call someone to go out and deliver the message. This palace banquet is a big deal.
It has to last until the end of the night watch. After a few hours, ordinary people will feel uncomfortable, let alone pregnant women?
Feng Jian hurriedly grabbed her, shook his head and said with a smile: "Princess, no, Mrs. Chun'an Bo's Crown Prince just came in. She has to show up on such an occasion anyway. If the princess is worried about her, she can let her go to the side hall to rest earlier."
Stay or go back earlier."
Luo Junyao was silent for a moment and could only sigh.
She knew the meaning of Fengjian. When the eldest sister got married, she would be someone else's daughter-in-law.
The daughter-in-law of the Chun'an Bo Mansion was absent from the palace banquet in the first year of her marriage. Even though the royal family didn't mind, others and even the Chun'an Bo Mansion themselves inevitably felt that Luo Mingxiang was being arrogant by taking advantage of his sister's status as the regent.
If Luo Mingxiang was still a daughter of the Luo family and would not come if she was not feeling well, the Luo family would not care about this, but the Chun'an residence might not care.
Otherwise, Mrs. Su would not have made a special trip to Chun'an Bo's Mansion and said that she would accompany her daughter to the palace, instead of just letting her daughter go into the palace.
"Princess, there is no need to worry. If the prince's wife is really serious, she will not risk the safety of her own girl. Since Mrs. Luo said she would enter the palace later, there must be nothing serious." Fengjian comforted her.
Luo Junyao nodded slightly and said, "If mother and eldest sister come, just ask them to come here to rest."
"Yes, Princess, don't worry."
Luo Junyao changed into lighter clothes and leaned on the soft couch with her eyes closed and meditative. She sat there like a wooden stake all afternoon. She felt like she was going stiff.
Just as she was feeling drowsy, the palace maid's voice came from the door, "I've met the eldest princess, I've met the Lord Pingning County."
Luo Junyao opened his eyes and sat up, and saw Princess Changling and Zhang Jingyu walking in from the outside side by side.
