On the Shangyuan Festival of Tianbao's eighth year, the saint moved the venue where the Shangyuan Palace banquet was held in previous years from the Huacalyx Xianghui Building to the Hanyuan Hall in the east of Taiji Palace. The originally scheduled three-day banquet was also extended to seven days.
This year's Shangyuan Palace banquet was the highest level so far in terms of scale and expense during the Tianbao period.
There are more than 9,000 lanterns in the palace and the main hall alone. When all the lanterns are lit up, the entire palace can be illuminated like daylight. The charcoal used for heating the banquet is taken from the Changlepo area, which will illuminate the entire palace.
The forest was cut down to bare ground, and the processed charcoal was transported to the flat land of Longshouyuan and piled up into a hill tens of meters high, which can still be clearly seen from several kilometers away.
There was once a record of the Neikufu, and Kan calculated the expenses and expenses. The Yuan Palace banquet in the eighth year of Tianbao alone cost the Tang Dynasty more than 800,000 yuan. Naturally, this amount of money does not include the reward.
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Let’s get back to the topic, on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, the Imperial City of Chang’an was decorated with gold pavilions, painted arches and lanterns that looked like the sea.
Li Longji was sitting on the throne in the palace, looking at the countless guests below, bowing his head and saying, "The great Tang Dynasty is a blessing to all nations!" He couldn't help but smile and be high-spirited.
Hundreds of civil and military officials, relatives of the emperor and the country, raised their glasses in congratulations. It was bustling and prosperous, and its glory lasted for thousands of years.
This praise echoed through the sky and echoed for a long time.
This kingdom of heaven will be prosperous for thousands of years, and rivers will be opened for eternity.
The imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan sat next to Li Longji and looked at the latter. Although there was a smile on her face, there was a hint of sadness. Reading a book
In this imperial city, the Yang family is very popular. They sit at the top of the main gate and have a separate row.
Yang Zhao and his relatives from the Yang family came to congratulate the saint and the noble concubine on the Shangyuan Dynasty.
When Li Longji saw Yang Zhao, he felt happy and asked, "As a member of the Duzhi branch, you specialize in judging Duzhi. How are you doing in your ministry now?"
The latter sang and said: "I remember the sacred mandate, never forget the emperor's favor, work hard, and dare not slack off... Now, the inner treasury has piles of silk and millet, all industries in the Tang Dynasty are prosperous, and God is enjoying his destiny!"
Li Longji was overjoyed and said: "Okay, I will choose a day after the Lantern Festival to visit the inner palace, and you will lead the way!"
Yang Zhao quickly lowered his head and said yes.
Right Prime Minister Li Linfu was sitting nearby. He saw this scene very vividly and could even hear every word of the conversation.
Li Linfu raised the wine glass, took a brief sip, then hung it on his lips again, looking at Yang Zhao's back without saying a word.
The sound of singing and dancing was heard, Li Longji was drinking and enjoying the lanterns with hundreds of officials, and Yang Yuhuan found an excuse to stay in the palace.
Seeing Princess Wanchun Yin Yu sitting there in a daze with low spirits, Yang Yuhuan waved to her and motioned for the latter to come over and talk.
When Yin Yu sat next to him, Yang Yuhuan asked her: "One month before New Year's Eve, I couldn't find you anywhere. Where did you go?"
Yin Yu whispered: "Bachuan."
Yang Yuhuan: "What are you going to do in Bachuan?"
Yin Yu: "This is a secret, we can't say it yet."
Yang Yuhuan frowned and said, "You are still unmarried, so you can't run around, otherwise you will be criticized."
Yin Yu: "My legs are on my body. As for what those people want to say, that's up to them."
Yang Yuhuan: "Before the Chinese New Year, someone came to you as a matchmaker, and the other party was..."
Yin Yu shouted anxiously: "I don't want to!"
Yang Yuhuan quickly stopped Yin Yu: "Keep your voice down, Sanlang came to ask for advice. I exposed the matter on the grounds of my young age."
Yin Yu let out a long breath. Yang Yuhuan: "But there is no way to continue like this... Is it possible that you really plan to place all your hopes on one person...?"
Yin Yu: "I know he will come."
Yang Yuhuan: "Even if he comes back, Sanlang may not agree."
Yin Yu was stunned for a moment, then said angrily: "I made an agreement with my father!"
Yang Yuhuan: "Where is Zhou Jun's background? Your father agreed to this marriage initially because of impulsiveness. Now that I think about it, I have other considerations... Besides, Zhou Jun reopened the Daqi trade route and proposed the first proposal.
The annual tribute of two million dollars, Sanlang believed in Haikou on a whim, but later he came to his senses and thought that this person was boasting and was not worthy of the trust."
Yin Yu's eyes were red and her voice was a little harsh: "Zhou Lang promised me that he would come back to marry me."
Yang Yuhuan said helplessly: "A man's words cannot be taken seriously. Today he talks sweet words, but tomorrow he will fall in love with someone else. The once vowed alliance is just a passing cloud..."
Yang Yuhuan's voice became lower and lower, and finally almost disappeared. He was reading a book.
In Yin Yu's view, Yang Yuhuan's face had stripped off its previous strong disguise, and rarely showed a look of sadness and resentment, which surprised the former.
Yang Yuhuan closed his eyes, took a long breath, and said to Yin Yu: "Well, if you like to live in Bachuan, then after the first lunar month, I will accompany you to live there for a while."
Yin Yu: "In that palace? Is there still my father?"
Yang Yuhuan said coldly: "There will naturally be people in the palace to serve him."
Yin Yu thought of something and asked in a low voice: "But Concubine Mei...?"
Yang Yuhuan glared at Yin Yu, who immediately closed his mouth.
After Yang Yuhuan calmed down, he said: "I have been bored in the palace these days, so I just went to Bachuan to change my mood."
Yin Yu: "Then let me go and say hello to Bieyuan?"
After Yang Yuhuan thought about it, he shook his head and said: "The owner of Bachuan Villa is Pang Zhonghe. When I was still Princess Shou, I had a lot of dealings with him, so it was very inconvenient to live there."
Yin Yu: "Where does Madam Yuhuan plan to live?"
Yang Yuhuan: "The Yang family purchased land and built a house in Bachuan. I will live there. Of course, you will live with me too."
Yin Yu looked troubled: "Why should I live there too?"
Yang Yuhuan: "You are a princess and you are not married yet. How can you live in a separate garden for a long time? Someone who is interested will associate this matter with Zhou Lang. This is not a good thing."
Speaking of Zhou Jun, Yin Yu suddenly remembered something and said to Yang Yuhuan: "Zhou Lang has lived in the Western Region for a long time, where the wind and sand are raging and villains are rampant. If there is something wrong..."
Yang Yuhuan knew what Yin Yu wanted to say, and she wanted to refuse, but when she saw that the latter was about to cry, she couldn't bear it, so she could only say: "Zhou Jun has only been in office for less than a year. If the Daqi Trade Road fails to open as scheduled, there will be no
How can we call him back for any credit? Let’s wait and see.”
Yin Yu refused and wanted to beg again.
Yang Yuhuan scolded with raised eyebrows, and Yin Yu gave up after seeing this.
Seeing that Yin Yu did not dare to say anything, Yang Yuhuan sat upright, picked up the wine glass on the table, and was about to put it to his mouth, but suddenly remembered something and put it back again.
Yin Yu glanced sideways at Yang Yuhuan and asked in a low voice: "I always feel that Mrs. Yuhuan has changed a lot compared to before."
Yang Yuhuan lowered his head, looked at his reflection in the cup, and said slowly: "Maybe it has changed."