Words came out from the royal residence: The Crown Prince attaches great importance to this banquet and has repeatedly warned that nothing should be done carelessly.
Since everything must be done without hesitation, this etiquette must be one of the most important things that must be done without hesitation.
Hong Bo personally went to the house of the former Minister of Rites, Gao Shilang, who had retired to his home, two or three times to ask for advice. He also invited several old gentlemen from the Lu family in Huating who were famous for their understanding of etiquette as counselors. He also sent people back and forth for five days.
Six times, I asked Liu Fuyin of Pingjiang Prefecture.
A group of people worked diligently to add to Hong Bo's already full schedule. They added one piece of paper to one and a half sheets, and stretched the morning from Chenzheng to Maozheng.
It is said that the prince is very satisfied.
Ah Wu went to Biye early the next morning and didn't see Manager Sun until the evening.
It wasn't that Manager Sun was being negligent, he was just too busy. He went out shopping in the middle of the night and didn't return to his villa until the evening.
Manager Sun asked Ah Wu to wait, and immediately went to look for Wan Qing. He came out quickly and told Wan Qing: Let Ah Wu come to find Uncle Hong tomorrow morning.
Early the next morning, Awu arrived and handed her the message in. This time it was very fast, and someone took her in almost immediately.
Uncle Hong asked a few questions and arranged an errand for her very simply.
After practicing all day long on walking, kneeling, bowing, retreating and other royal etiquettes, Awule's back ached, but his mood was very happy.
During dinner, Awu talked with everyone about what he had experienced that day:
"...I asked, is this Maozheng the time when they came out of the house? The old official said:"
Ah Wu pinched his throat and imitated the shrill voice of the old chamberlain.
"This is the time when they come to us. We don't care when they come out of the house!
"Maozheng, it's the time to leave, it's the time to arrive, Maozheng! If your home is far away, why don't you come out in the middle of the night? You still have to dress up, and you have to worry about not sleeping all night? Tsk!"
Awu stared, waved his hands, and clicked his tongue repeatedly.
"I heard that the morning dynasty was in the Yin period." Li Xuedong continued.
"What work has been arranged for you?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"Just stand and be alert." Awu felt a little uncomfortable.
Her intuition was that they had just found a place for her to stand and watch the fun.
"Just stand? Nothing else?" Sister Mei was a little surprised.
"This is also an errand, and that is the palace. I said that I came according to the rules of the palace that day, so there must be people standing everywhere in the palace!" Ah Wu looked serious.
"That's true. Before the emperor came out on the stage, two rows of maids came out first. They didn't do anything and just stood on both sides of the stage. Let me tell you,"
Sister Mei turned around and looked at Wang Yuting with a smile on her face, "I can tell whether this troupe is big or small, just look at the two rows of palace maidens. The small troupe only has two, one standing on each side, but the big troupe is really big.
In the play I watched a while ago, there were six people standing on one side, twelve in total, and the twelve people were holding different things. Tsk, it was really impressive!"
"There are only twenty people in our class. I heard there are three classes in total." Awu immediately answered.
"You are not a palace maid, so it doesn't count!" Sister Mei waved her hand and dismissed A Wu.
"Is there really a palace maid beside the prince?" Li Yuzhu listened with interest, approached Li Xiaonan, and asked in a low voice.
"I haven't seen it." Li Xiaonan responded with a smile.
"Have you met the prince?" Awu's ears are particularly good.
Li Xiaonan glanced at Awu sideways and ignored her.
"Will you go on the day of the banquet?" Li Jinzhu asked.
"I won't go." Li Xiaonan smiled and shook her head.
Wan Qing asked her if she wanted to see the excitement, but she firmly refused. If she wanted to see the excitement, she would either be a guest, or like A Wu, pretending to be a servant and receiving a job, no matter which way she would not
If you like, it’s better not to watch this excitement.
Although Awu would not be on duty until Si Zheng, she followed the first group of people on duty that day, packed up before Yin Zheng, and entered the three low huts inside the second gate where the servants rested.
After staying for a while, Awu followed the little steward's instructions and entered the inner room of the second door concierge, looking out from the window to watch the excitement.
There are many gates in the bieye. This is the first time Ah Wu has come to this place. The outside of the second gate is extremely spacious and can accommodate one or two hundred people. Ah Wu's eyes widened when he saw it.
"Is this the main entrance?" Ah Wu approached an old steward sitting on a small bamboo chair and asked in a low voice.
"Our villa does not have a main entrance. We call this gate privately the Hajj Gate. In the first few times, the emperor and the prince lived here, and gave banquets and pilgrimage banquets." The old steward smiled very kindly.
"The emperor has been here too?" Awu's eyes widened.
"Been here!" The old steward was calm and proud, "After Emperor Taizong became the Supreme Emperor, he visited the south and lived in our villa for half a year."
"Hey!" Ah Wu's eyes widened, "Emperor Taizong? They said he was the Ziwei star in the sky who came down to earth! He said that at the founding of the country, all the stars gathered together!"
"How can we build a country without a gathering of stars?" The old steward looked out the window and pursed his lips, "Which company is this? It's so early."
Awu hurriedly looked outside.
The person who came was a ninth-level official in his fifties. He was wearing a brand-new official uniform. He walked through the second door with great care. He didn't see anyone and he breathed a sigh of relief.
A young boy hurried out, walked to the ninth rank official, said a few words, leaned forward and raised his hand to let him sit on the stools near the wall.
The ninth-grade official kept bowing and bowing, and the boy took two steps back, then turned around and went back.
The ninth-rank official looked carefully forward, left, and right, and found the top. Starting from the top, he lit the stools one by one, and then he clicked on the last few. He carefully lifted up his official uniform and sat down upright.
"Nine-grade virtual title. At this age, I am probably the president of some chamber of commerce." The old steward said with a smile.
"It's only the Yinzheng moment, and there's still almost an hour until Maozheng, and he's just sitting and waiting?" Ah Wu looked at the ninth-grade official who was sitting upright.
"There's still half an hour, and we have to perform the ceremony again at the quarter of the first lunar month." The old steward said with a smile.
"Play it again? Have you played it before?"
"Of course, I have rehearsed it four or five times. Not to mention them, even the six officials in the capital who attend court all day long have to rehearse several times when such things happen.
"Almost all of them have never been to the palace, and they all have to be taught how to kowtow. From the day the prince made the announcement, we started to be busy, and they were even busier.
"In the first few days, we kowtowed to the old priests from other professions and learned how to advance and retreat. In the next few days, we gathered here to perform ceremonies. We were busy from morning to night, and they were even more busy from morning to night!"
The old steward laughed.
Ah Wu made a low sound and was stunned for a moment, somewhat understanding why Ah Nan didn't want to come.
Grandma is so lazy, so if she is asked to learn kowtow from morning to night, she will definitely not want to!
