Chapter 328 Dragon and Phoenix present auspiciousness
It’s the fifth day of the first lunar month.
The sky is dark and bright.
The first month of the tenth year of Wanli has entered a really lively period, not to mention that the people have started celebrating one after another, and the imperial court has also begun to organize celebrations.
Every day there are lively temple fairs, lantern festivals, and various colorful lanterns, transforming the capital of the prosperous Ming Dynasty into a real city that never sleeps.
In the palace.
Very early in the morning.
The imperial dining room steamed the steamed buns according to folk customs.
The crackling sound of firecrackers sounded again. The fireworks in the palace started on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month and will continue until the 17th of the first lunar month after the Spring Festival.
The firecrackers were placed in the open space of Qianqing Palace and were not allowed to be set off in the harem. Firstly, they were afraid of disturbing the pregnant concubines and the young prince, and secondly, they were afraid of causing a fire.
Not long after.
As the steamed buns came out of the basket, they were packed in food boxes and delivered to various courtyards. The emperor, queen, queen mother and other nobles in the palace would eat some.
The palace can't finish eating.
Follow the rules.
The remaining steamed buns will be rewarded to the ministers, and the ministers who receive the reward will be extremely honored and quickly wrap the steamed buns in yellow furoshiki.
Then place it in the most conspicuous place at home and kowtow to it three times every day.
Amidst the excitement.
Very early in the morning.
The emperor and queen also brought their concubines to join in the fun.
Overjoyed.
The concubines showed rare cheerful smiles and gathered together to chatter and laugh. Originally, the concubines were not allowed to watch and set off firecrackers casually.
Only on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month can you come to Qianqing Palace without orders.
But today's temperament is more out-of-the-box and doesn't like to abide by the rules, so he opened the Qianqing Palace early and let the concubines come and have fun.
In celebration.
If anyone observes carefully, they will find that the relationship between the Emperor and the Empress of Ming Dynasty started to get better again at some point.
Seeing the emperor smiling and the radiant queen following closely beside him, he felt vaguely like a newlywed.
After another moment.
When the breakfast meal was announced in the palace, the graceful and dignified Queen Wang summoned a large family of high-ranking concubines to eat dumplings.
The dumplings in this palace also follow the folk example, and put some small bamboo tablets in the meat filling, with "prizes" such as gold, silver, and jade written on them.
For example, someone ate dumplings with the "Ruyi" bamboo sign on them.
The emperor will immediately reward you with a jade as you wish.
Soon, a concubine who was only fourteen or fifteen years old won the jackpot and shouted excitedly. The emperor and the queen looked at each other and smiled.
Instead of blaming him, he fulfilled the reward on the spot.
It’s Chinese New Year.
A happy picture.
There are no rules in the palace today.
After all the concubines had their breakfast.
The young women who were usually locked up in the deep palace and in the moldy house still didn't want to leave, and the queen didn't chase them away, looking at them very happily.
In laughter.
The young eunuch came to announce: "Your Majesty, Mr. Shen of Dongchang and Mr. Li of Shenji Camp want to see you."
Zhu Yijun immediately became energetic, stood up, straightened his dragon robe, and even winked at the queen.
That look seemed to be saying.
Let's go our separate ways!
Queen Wang smiled and nodded, then stood up and left Qianqing Palace, heading towards Cining Palace where the Queen Mother lived, while the Emperor rushed straight to the front hall.
Seeing the emperor and empress leaving at the same time, all the concubines were a little confused.
Although it is unclear.
However, I always felt that the emperor and the queen seemed to be planning something. They looked very understanding, and the emperor had been spending the night in the queen's Kunning Palace in the past few days.
Faced with this situation, most of the concubines were happy. First of all, the queen was gentle and virtuous, and was very popular in the palace. She never gave the concubines small shoes.
Everyone respects her.
Here comes the second one.
If the emperor and empress were in harmony, everyone would not have to live in fear every day. This scene reminds people of a very auspicious word.
Dragon and phoenix appear auspicious.
The country is peaceful and the people are safe.
When the sun is three poles high.
Supervisor of Ceremonies.
A small independent courtyard at the back of the palace.
At this moment, the courtyard door is wide open.
The chief steward of the inner court, eunuch Bingbi Feng Bao, was drinking tea.
in front of him.
Little eunuchs kept coming in to kowtow in greeting.
And Feng Bao smiled and handed over the red envelope on the table. Only during this festive period, the eunuchs and maids in the palace were allowed to visit at will.
Busy.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.
Feng Bao was handing out red envelopes when he heard a noise coming from outside.
"Welcome Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, may you be blessed and safe."
After a while of confusion.
Feng Bao stood up instinctively and looked towards the gate of the small courtyard, and saw the emperor, Shen Lie and Li Rusong hurried in.
Feng Baoxiao was startled and hurried out to greet him. He straightened his clothes and bowed before saying: "Old slave, I bow to your Majesty..."
"waived."
The emperor responded quickly: "No need to be polite...the floor is dirty...my companion, please get up."
Feng Bao immediately stood up.
Looked up.
Feng Bao looked at the emperor and the two close and beloved generals beside him with some suspicion. They all looked like the second generals.
Looking at the mysterious postures of these three people, Feng Bao became instinctively alert. After all, they were veterans of three dynasties and were very scheming...
As soon as the emperor comes.
He knew there was something wrong. After all, the emperor and these two confidants had been going through a lot of troubles these days, and Feng Bao was frightened every time.
After a period of strange silence.
Feng Bao looked at the emperor and asked curiously: "Why does your majesty have time to come to Lao Nu's small courtyard?"
How many years has it been?
On weekdays.
Whenever the emperor wanted to see him, he would always go to the Ceremony Supervisor or Qianqing Palace, and the number of times he came to his secluded courtyard could only be counted on one's fingers.
Seeing the young emperor lowering his head, he coughed lightly: "Oh... I'm here to see you."
Feng Bao's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately knew something was strange.
I'm just afraid that he was misfortune.
The moth is here again.
Seeing the emperor wink at Shen Lie and Li Rusong, Shen Lie winked at Li Rusong, but Li Rusong turned his face away.
You push me, and I push you, among the three monarchs, but no one is willing to step forward.
Feng Bao felt helpless and could only say softly: "Your Majesty has something to say, but there is no harm in saying it."
The words fell.
The emperor glared fiercely, and Shen Lie had no choice but to take out a bright yellow imperial edict from his arms and hand it to Feng Bao.
"Mr. Feng, please take a look."
Shen Lieying squeezed out a smile on his angry face and said: "There is an imperial edict here. Mr. Feng... read it first before speaking."
Feng Bao was speechless.
Understood.
Still the target.
Sure enough, our emperor has tasted the sweetness. He is addicted to issuing imperial edicts, and he came to see the eunuch who used his theme song and palm seal to secretly stamp the jade seal.
Feng Bao, who was a little helpless, had no choice but to take the imperial edict and read it, thinking silently in his heart: "According to the edict of Emperor Tian Chengyun... to promote martial arts and establish a martial arts lecture hall in front of the emperor..."
Thinking about it.
Feng Bao's expression changed a little.
A shiver.
Feng Bao handed the imperial edict back on the spot, then straightened his clothes, knelt down, kowtowed three times, and said loudly.
"Your Majesty is wise, this old slave begs for his bones and returns to his hometown."
At this moment, Eunuch Feng's wrinkled old face was very determined, and his expression seemed to say, rather than bear the eternal reputation of being a powerful eunuch and a sycophant.
