In the next few days, Yun Shang had no time to worry about the life experiences of Xia Houjing and Liu Yinfeng, just because the palace banquet was approaching day by day. Although Yun Shang had two nuns to help her, she was still the queen after all.
, unable to completely leave everything to others, I was extremely busy for several days in a row. The days passed very quickly.
On New Year's Eve, Yun Shang got up early in the morning, but there was no one in the dormitory. Yun Shang heard that it seemed to be very lively outside, so he put on his cloak and left the dormitory. The palace in Weiyang Palace
People had already started to get busy, putting up Spring Festival couplets, window grilles, door gods, and New Year pictures. When Qian Zui saw Yun Shang getting up, he quickly ordered Peilan next to him: "When the queen is up, go and put up the window grilles in the bedroom.
Bar."
Peilan quickly agreed, and together with Qing Hao, they took some window grilles and large and small blessing characters and entered the bedroom. Su Mu was standing in front of the door with Spring Festival couplets and gestures: "Sister Qianzuo, do you think this is right?"
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Qianzuo quickly stood away and took a look, then waved his hand quickly: "It's crooked, go further to the left."
Su Mu quickly followed what he did, Qian Zui said again: "That's too much, go back a little more."
Yun Shang looked at it and couldn't help laughing. The snow that fell in the yard last night was quite heavy, and a thick layer accumulated in the yard. But now that the snow has stopped, it is actually colder than usual. It's just that the snow has stopped.
Looking at this festive atmosphere, I didn't feel how cold it was.
Qian Zhu directed Su Mu to put up the Spring Festival couplets, then turned around and said to Yun Shang: "I have already ordered someone to prepare breakfast for your Majesty, and it will be delivered right away. Madam, let's go back to the house first, and I will prepare some breakfast for you."
You dress up."
Yun Shang nodded lightly and returned to the inner hall. Peilan and Qinghao had already put up the window grilles and were putting blessings on the palace lanterns and tables, chairs, boxes and cages. When Yun Shang saw this, she smiled and said, "That's enough.
That’s enough, but don’t plaster it all over the house.”
"This will bring good luck in the coming year." Qian Zui said with a smile, pulling Yun Shang to sit down in front of the dressing table, staring at Yun Shang in the bronze mirror for a long time, then frowned and murmured to himself
: "Today I have to dress more formally, but the phoenix robe has three layers inside and three outside. I am really confused. How should I wear my hair in a bun?"
After a pause, he hurriedly said to Yun Shang: "Madam, don't be anxious. I'll go and call Aunt Qi, Aunt Qiu, and Sister Qin Yi to ask questions." After saying that, no.
When Yun Shang answered, he ran out of the dormitory like a gust of wind.
Yun Shang was a little dumbfounded. She raised her head and looked at Peilan and Qinghao and said, "Look at Qianzuo's impatience."
Peilan also thought it was a bit funny, and burst out laughing, and then quickly said: "Aunt Qianzui is afraid that she is inexperienced and something will go wrong."
Yun Shang nodded, raised her head to look at Peilan and Qinghao, and said with a gentle smile: "Now that Qinyi has gone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are a lot of chores inside and outside the Weiyang Palace, and Qianzuo alone must be too busy.
, you have been in the palace for a long time, and you probably know more about some things in the palace than I do. I hope that the two of you can grow up as soon as possible and be able to hold up a whole world beside me.
Come on, do you have confidence?"
Peilan and Qinghao's eyes were full of surprise, and they kept nodding their heads: "Yes, I will definitely live up to your high expectations."
Yun Shang gently nodded and said with a smile: "It's just that I have to rely on you for some things. I intend to reuse you two, but you two also have to let me see your value. Maybe you understand?"
"Slave, I understand." The two of them responded quickly, and Yun Shang laughed. Seeing Qianzui coming in with Aunt Qi and Aunt Qiu, Yun Shang waved her hand and said, "This is my dormitory.
The window grilles and other decorations are almost finished, you can go and do your own thing."
Peilan and Qinghao quickly excused themselves and slowly retreated out.
Aunt Qi then smiled and said: "Today is a more formal palace banquet, with phoenix robes and crowns. I'm afraid the queen has to get dressed up. It's just half a day before leaving the palace banquet. Should the queen wear it now or just wear normal clothes first, later?"
Why don't you put on the phoenix robe and crown?"
Hearing the words, Yun Shang quickly agreed: "Then wear regular clothes first, and then change into the phoenix robe after lunch. The phoenix robe and crown are too heavy, and it will be torture for half a day. If you wear it for a whole day, it will be even worse."
Just thinking about it makes me feel exhausted."
Several people in the room laughed. Aunt Qi responded and then said with a smile: "Let Aunt Qiu and the empress first talk about what needs to be done for the palace banquet later. First, prepare all the things that need to be prepared."
Be prepared to avoid any trouble when the time comes."
Yun Shang nodded, and Aunt Qiu stood up and said slowly: "The timing of the New Year's Eve Palace Banquet is slightly different from other palace banquets. Other ordinary palace banquets start in the evening, but the New Year's Eve Palace Banquet starts in the afternoon.
The banquet is in the Tai Chi Hall. The emperor's banquet table is placed at the top of the hall, facing south and north, and the queen's banquet table is placed in the west seat to the east. Under the steps, to the east is the banquet table for the main seat of the inner palace, and to the west is the banquet table for the courtiers.
At the beginning of Shenshi, music will be played in the corridor, His Majesty will enter the palace, and then the Empress will enter the palace with the concubines, and Manager Liu will ring the golden bell to announce the start of the banquet."
Yun Shang nodded lightly. She had only attended banquets before, and the seats were led by the palace officials. She would sit wherever the palace people told her to sit, but she didn't expect that there would be such specialties.
"After the banquet begins, Your Majesty will first offer you three cups of heaven and earth, which is a drink to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Then your Majesty will have to offer you a glass of wine, which is a drink for harmony between husband and wife. Then, your Majesty and your Majesty will toast the officials and concubines together, which is a drink for the monarch and his ministers.
Let's have a drink together. Then, the palace music starts and the performance begins."
Yun Shang listened carefully one by one, nodded slightly and responded: "I remember them all."
Aunt Qiu nodded gently and said with a smile: "By the way, although tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, your Majesty does not have to go to court early, but you still have to get up early, and you have to go to worship the heaven on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Ministry of Etiquette will come to worship the heaven.
Take care of yourself, my queen, don’t worry.”
Yun Shang nodded, smiled and said: "Now you know how much you have to worry about as an emperor. Fortunately, there are no other concubines in the harem. Otherwise, being a queen would be really tiring."
Qian Zui stood aside and laughed when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, in this position, she needs to work harder than ordinary people."
Since she was not in a hurry to get dressed, Yun Shang simply put on a big cloak, pulled up her hair in a bun casually, and went out to see everyone busy. The courtyard was almost decorated, and the palace people were all wet with snow everywhere.
The red lanterns were taken down and replaced with new ones.
Yun Shang looked at the snow-white world dotted with bright red, which made people feel inexplicably better. She secretly prayed in her heart that everything would go well in the coming year.
Just when Yun Shang was lost in thought, she heard Bao'er's voice coming over. Yun Shang turned around and saw the wet nurse walking out with Bao'er in her arms. Bao'er was also put on a bright red dress with embroidered
Xiangyun has embroidered the word "Fu" with gold thread. Looking at the pink and jade carvings, it is extremely cute.
"Bao'er is wearing new clothes today." Yun Shang smiled and hugged Bao'er over, and Bao'er happily crawled into Yun Shang's arms, laughing loudly.
"Hey, kid, who taught you to sneak into girls' arms? Your mother can't do it either." Yun Shang quickly took Bao'er out, her eyes full of sternness.
Bao'er blinked, as if he understood what Yun Shang was saying, pursed his lips, then leaned in Yun Shang's arms and looked at the snow in the yard.
"You are so young, why should you pretend to be serious?" Yun Shang laughed, and carried Bao'er into the inner hall, "Let's go, let's go into the house with mother, it's warm inside."
After entering the inner hall, Yun Shang placed Bao'er on the soft couch. Bao'er rolled twice on the soft couch and almost fell down. Yun Shang quickly pulled him up again: "Be careful, don't fall."
Already."
When Qin Yi heard Yun Shang talking to Bao'er like this, she laughed: "How can the little prince understand what the empress said?"
"Our Bao'er is very smart, so naturally he can understand." Yun Shang stuck out her tongue, smiled, took Bao'er into her arms, sat on the soft couch, and then raised her eyes to look at
Qin Yi said: "How can the Ministry of Internal Affairs live in peace in the past few days?"
Qinyi nodded lightly and smiled, but there was a bit of contemplation in the smile: "An Fen, An Fen is so incredible that I can't help but beat the little drum in my heart. It's really weird."
Yun Shang smiled, nodded and said, "I'm afraid I'm just waiting for you to relax your vigilance and prepare to trip you up secretly."
"Yes, I don't dare to relax at all." After saying that, he handed the book he had been holding to Yun Shang, "This is the account book of this year's House of Internal Affairs. I checked it carefully and found that there are many problems. There are also many problems.
There are a total of thirteen positions and respective responsibilities set up by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Each place has a different division of labor, but most of them have some overlap."
Yun Shang nodded lightly, took it from Qin Yi's hand, and was about to open it to read, when Bao'er in her arms reached out to grab it. Yun Shang quickly took the book further away, looked at Bao'er helplessly and said
: "You can't catch this, and it's not delicious."
Qinyi laughed again: "It's the Chinese New Year, so there's no need to rush to read it. When you finish watching it, you can summon your servant."
Yun Shang nodded, handed the booklet to Qin Yi, and asked her to put it on the desk.
Qinyi put the booklet down and then came back: "I heard from the palace people earlier that Qianzuo asked the slave to go back to Weiyang Palace to dress the empress in a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown, but where did Qianzui go?"
"I'm afraid I'm busy in the side hall with people putting up window decorations, Spring Festival couplets, door gods and so on. Aunt Qi said that the palace banquet won't start until the afternoon, so I can wear it after lunch. The phoenix robe and crown are all very heavy, so I can wear them less."
I would like to wear less clothes for a while."
Qinyi responded with a smile: "The slave is waiting here." (To be continued)
