Huang E also went out with the whole family, including father Huang Ke, mother Mrs. Nie, eldest brother Huang Qiao, eldest sister Huang Wei, brother-in-law Wang Jin, second brother Huang?, and younger brother Huang Feng.
Among them, Huang Feng was only three or four years old and was led by Mrs. Nie all the way.
My brother-in-law, Wang Jin, had already passed the imperial examination. He and the Huang family were from the same hometown in Suining. He had been studying in the Imperial College and had failed in the imperial examination for two consecutive years.
The eldest brother Huang Qiao is even worse. He is already twenty years old. He has not even passed the national examination, and he is not in a hurry to get married. After his father returned to Beijing, he also worked hard, but unfortunately his main focus was poetry, and he recited poems all day long.
There was no use in taking the imperial examination. Instead, he often attended cultural gatherings organized by Yang Shen and became close friends with Yang Shen. His poetry attainments improved rapidly.
"Uncle Shi, aunt, this junior is polite!" Wang Yuan walked over and greeted.
Huang Ke smiled and said: "We said goodbye last time, but I didn't expect that Ruoxu would make great achievements again. He deserves to be a talented person in the world."
Mrs. Nie looked at Wang Yuan carefully, becoming more and more satisfied as she looked, but Song Ling'er was too annoying. Although the two were not holding hands at the moment, they were still very close to each other. They looked like a couple no matter how they looked.
In the entire Huang family, Huang E is the only girl who has not left the court, and she is the only one who wears a veil when watching lanterns.
Seeing Wang Yuan at this moment, Huang E's heart was pounding, but it was inconvenient to talk to her sweetheart directly. She stepped forward and said a blessing, then took Song Ling'er's hand and said, "Sister Song, are you guys coming to watch the lanterns too?"
Song Ling'er pointed to Jin Lan behind her: "Sister Jin is here too."
Huang Ke has an average relationship with Jin Gui, so he bowed respectfully and said, "Scholar Jin!"
Jin Gui cupped his fists and said with a smile: "Shilang Huang!"
Huang Ke is the right minister of the Ministry of Husbandry, and is also in charge of money and food. Jin Gui is the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. They seem to be similar to Huang Ke, but in fact there is a huge gap in status between the two.
Among today's imperial officials, Jin Gui is the earliest disciple who followed Li Dongyang, and was also Zhu Houzhao's East Palace team. Liu Jin has been drafting edicts for Zhu Houzhao since his death. This shows that Jin Gui is a person trusted by both the emperor and the chief minister. He even
There is no need to look at Yang Tinghe's face.
It's a pity that a case of fraud in the imperial examination was launched. This is a stain that cannot be washed away for life. At the critical moment, political opponents will definitely bring it up.
The women quickly gathered together, watching the lanterns and talking privately.
The men also walked together, exchanging a few poems from time to time and occasionally commenting on the lanterns along the way.
Finally, we arrived outside the Donghua Gate. From here to the Meridian Gate in the south, half of the circle surrounding the Forbidden City was filled with Aoshan lanterns. This is a large lantern several stories high, mainly dedicated to various departments and vassal kings.
The government will also make some, each worth thousands of gold. According to historical records, during the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, there was an Aoshan lantern that was more than a hundred feet high!
Historically, the palace disaster of the Qianqing Dynasty in the ninth year of Zhengde was caused by the Aoshan lantern presented by King Ning, which burned a large area of the palace. According to historical records, Zhu Houzhao pointed to the blazing fire and smiled to his left and right: "What a big shed."
Fireworks too!”
From this we can see that the historian was deliberately trying to discredit Emperor Zhengde, and even omitted the details of Zhu Houzhao's order to put out the fire, portraying him as a heartless and faint-hearted emperor.
Only in the private writings of civil servants can we see Zhu Houzhao's disaster relief narrative. This guy was indeed heartless, but he also knew how to send people to put out the fire first, and only after returning to the leopard room, he pointed at the flames soaring into the sky to watch the show.
"Wang Yuan, look, what a tall lamp!"
Song Ling'er suddenly ran over to Wang Yuan from the female family members, regardless of etiquette, pointing at the Aoshan lantern and yelling.
No one took her seriously. Only Mrs. Nie and Huang E's mother and daughter clearly felt that something was wrong. They seemed to have an affair.
Wang Yuan nodded and said: "It is indeed very high, and it is not easy to make."
Song Ling'er pointed to the Aoshan lantern and asked: "Who are the Bodhisattvas on the left and right of Tathagata Buddha?"
"I don't know." Wang Yuan really didn't know.
Huang E's brother-in-law Wang Jin smiled and said: "Those are Manjushri and Samantabhadra."
Song Ling'er asked again: "Where is the Medicine Buddha? Many people there believe in the Medicine Buddha."
This girl saw everything fresh, and she didn't hold it back. She spoke out any questions she had in her mind on the spot, and even dragged Wang Yuan's hand around.
Huang E became more and more depressed. She used to admire Yang Shen, but Yang Shen had a wife. Now she admires Wang Yuan, who also has a childhood sweetheart, and is also her close friend.
Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao appeared on the tower, ritual music was played, and fireworks were fired.
Clusters of fireworks rise, lighting up the Lantern Festival night sky, and even have simple shapes after the explosion.
This was very rare for the ancients. All the civil and military officials, nobles and relatives were looking up at the sky intently at this moment, for fear of missing any cluster of fireworks.
Only Huang E was in a low mood, staring at Wang Yuan's back, having no time to look at the bright fireworks.
After the fireworks were set off, people looked at the emperor on the tower. Many officials and citizens spontaneously shouted long live, and Zhu Houzhao also smiled and waved down.
Long live long live long live, this kind of super famous line was also used in the Ming Dynasty. But it was only shouted at New Year's Day, Winter Solstice, Crown Prince's Crowning, Emperor's Enthronement and other major court meetings. Normally when going to court, you only need to kowtow, which is not the case.
All the mountains in the sky are shouting long live.
Moreover, they can’t be yelled at the same time.
When it is necessary to play ritual music, the etiquette officer shouts "Long live the mountain", and the officials shout "Long live the mountain". The official shouts "Long live the mountain" again, and the ministers shout "Long live the mountain" again.
Long live".
The Lantern Festival is also a big occasion, but it is a festival for the subjects, so there is no need to pay attention to court etiquette.
Zhu Houzhao stood on the city tower, walking back and forth to watch the lanterns. In fact, he wanted to run to the bottom of the city and get into the crowd to have fun. That would be a festive atmosphere, but unfortunately everyone stopped him, for fear that something might happen to the emperor.
"Li Sanlang, do you think Wang Erlang is down there at the moment?" Zhu Houzhao asked.
Li Ying actually sneaked into the emperor's side and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Wang Erlang must be here at such a grand scene."
Zhu Houzhao was playful and asked again: "If you take the tin trumpet used by your training team and shout Wang Erlang's name to the city, do you think he can hear it?"
Li Ying replied: "I don't know about this."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Then give it a try and bring the tin trumpet!"
An accompanying eunuch immediately ran back to the Leopard Room, found the Cuju team's trumpet, and handed it to the emperor respectfully.
Zhu Houzhao picked up the trumpet and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Wang Erlang, come up quickly and watch the lanterns with me! Wang Erlang, come up quickly and watch the lanterns with me! Wang Erlang..."
Li Ying put his hand on his forehead and was shocked by the emperor. The other eunuchs just pretended that nothing happened.
There is so much noise in the city, who can hear it?
But the nearest people who were watching the lanterns gradually heard the shouting, and actually shouted with the emperor. One by one, more and more people were shouting, and finally the whole imperial city was calling Wang Erlang to watch the lanterns.
Wang Yuan was so confused that he couldn't laugh or cry. He said goodbye to the Huang family, and the Jin family took Song Ling'er to Donghua Gate.
The two ministers, Jin Gui and Huang Ke, could only smile bitterly at each other. The emperor was causing trouble again.