Chapter 4 Qionglin Banquet (2)
"Brother Jia, is it...better?"
Shi Xiang took a few steps and caught up with Jia Sidao who looked east and west, smiling dryly as if he was concerned.
He was also a Jinshi of the 189th Reich, who was released half a month ago. Although he did not enter the first tenth grade, he was still among the more than a hundred new Jinshis in the first grade. On the night when Jia Sidao had a big banquet for his friends, he also had fun with a group of friends on West Lake under the title of the new grade.
"Brother Lao Shi cares, but it's all good. I just got smashed here and forgot something." Jia Sidao glanced at Shi Xiang and pointed at his head and said lightly.
Feng Qingyundan's appearance seemed to be telling something that had nothing to do with him.
"Forgot something?"
"Well, I didn't forget some things, I forgot them all. If Jia Quaner hadn't told me about Brother Shi's name just now, I wouldn't recognize him. Brother Shi, don't be weird."
Is no one here to pick it up? How should I get in? Looking at the three rows of imperial guards wearing strong and sharp-stricken soldiers, Jia Sidao scratched his head.
"Ah!" Shi Xiang obviously didn't notice Jia Sidao's absent-mindedness, "Will Brother Jia still remember Jia Niang?"
"Jiao Niang? Who is Jiao Niang? I even forgot my sister, so how could I still remember who Jiao Niang was?"
“…”
Shi Xiang looked at Jia Sidao with a calm expression and felt a little depressed.
This nouveau riche has always been extremely domineering with Concubine Jia. If he hadn't been in the Helelou, Jiao Niang would have been a concubine in her mansion at this time.
He took the initiative to say hello today, naturally not to win over the relationship. He knew Jia Sidao's domineering nature well, and he also thought of mocking Jia Sidao when he saw him angry and was beaten to death. However, he did not expect that he would tell you indifferently that I had lost my memory and I would not know who you are.
The difference between expectations and results was too big, which made him hit the air with a long time, and it felt very uncomfortable to feel internal injuries.
"Brother Jia..." Shi Xiang was not a person who gave up easily and was unwilling to give up and was ready to continue digging a hole.
"Shi Xian, haha, the zodiac family can be considered waiting for you."
With a little sharp voice, Shi Xiang's words came from behind the Imperial Army. As the imperial guards who were originally listed as walls separated a passage, Dong Songchen, holding the whisk, walked out with a smile.
For the first time, Jia Sidao thought Dong Songchen's somewhat feminine voice was so nice. Shi Xiang was buzzing in his ears like a fly, which really made him feel uncomfortable.
He did not want to have a conflict with Shi Xiang in Qionglinyuan. In his opinion, the jealousy between the two was really worth mentioning. There was no need to completely break up.
"Shi Xian has met Lord Dong."
Jia Sidao bowed to Dong Songchen, and this bow was sincere.
"Zi Wan has met Eunuch Dong."
Shi Xiang naturally recognized Dong Songchen, the confidant eunuch around Lizong.
"You must not be too polite."
When Dong Songchen saw Shi Xiang beside Jia Sidao, he raised his hand reservedly, but a strange look flashed in his eyes. Are these two men not rivals? How could they get together? And it still looks very harmonious.
As an eunuch around Lizong, he was very clear about everything in the court.
Before the age of the year, Shi Song was appointed as the chief political affairs officer, and was only one step away from the right prime minister Privy Councilor. When the current left prime minister Zheng Qingzhi retired, as long as nothing unexpected happened, the position of prime minister in the Song Dynasty would be the possession of Shi Song.
However, four years ago, Shi Songzhi was dismissed from office because of his opposition to the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and the East and West Capitals. Now he has just recovered. Shi Miyuan has been prime minister for more than 20 years and has made countless enemies. When Shi Miyuan was there, he was still forced to retire, let alone Shi Miyuan is dead now.
No one can guarantee whether Shi Songzhi, the new representative of the Shi clan, whose power has been greatly reduced, will be dismissed from office again. Therefore, he will naturally not be too close to Shi Xiang, Dong and Songchen.
There is only one person he needs to curry favor with, that is Emperor Lizong. Of course, Concubine Jia, who was favored by the emperor, was naturally one of them.
The conflict between Shi Xiang and Jia Sidao was not a secret in the Song Dynasty. Even Lizong had heard of Jia Sidao's wife and brother-in-law fighting with Shi Xiang, so Dong Songchen knew about it.
"Shi Xian, the Za Family has been waiting for the order of the Imperial Concubine for a long time, and finally did not miss the Empress's instructions. Let's go to the garden with the Za Family." Let go of the doubts in his heart, Dong Songchen helped Jia Sidao up and said intimately.
Whoever kisses and who is alienated is undoubtedly revealed during this gentle help.
"Shi Xian is frightened, I'm sorry, Lord Dong. Please, sir."
Recognizing the feminine aura on Dong Songchen's body, Jia Sidao quietly broke free from Dong Songchen's palm and took a step back and said with a smile.
Looking at the polite Jia Sidao, the smile on Dong Songchen's face became stronger and stronger. He would never have thought of the kindness he thought was polite, but because Jia Sidao felt disgusted when he saw that the two were too close.
With Dong Songchen leading the way, there will naturally be no problem of not being able to enter, and they will enter Qionglin Garden unimpeded. Perhaps it was Dong Songchen's deliberate negligence, and except for the initial shortening of the communication, he never paid attention to Shi Xiang.
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When he entered the main gate, Jia Sidao felt that he had suddenly changed into a world.
There are many twisted pine and cypresses, and lanterns of various colors, hanging on them, lanterns of various colors, illuminating the world like daytime. Brocade stones are wrapped around the road, treasures are built, strange stones are blocking the road, willows are locked in the rainbow bridge, flowers are lingering in the phoenix boats, and countless colorful flowers are competing for beauty. The most beautiful thing is, as if they are in a fairyland.
Compared with this royal garden, his house was only in dilapidated. Jia Quan, who was following him, was also a little stunned.
"Shi Xian."
Dong Songchen, who had already walked a few steps, turned around and saw Jia Sidao and Jia Quaner still at the door, shouting with a smile in his eyes.
Is this despised? Jia Sidao calmed down and hurriedly took a few steps to follow Dong Songchen.
The three of them walked along the path between the flowers, and endless palace maids and eunuchs were shuttled through the garden, holding various exquisitely shaped gold and jade lacquerware in their hands, and were busy with nervousness.
This shows the manpower and material resources used for a banquet.
When he arrived at a brightly lit hall, Dong Songchen summoned a little eunuch to Jia Sidao and hurriedly left. Under the guidance of the little eunuch, Jia Sidao entered the crowded hall from the side door.
It is naturally impossible for Jia Quaner to enter the hall to attend the court banquet.
The corridors and side halls of the extremely vast hall are placed on long tables, and at this moment, both sides of these tables are filled with people.
Seeing Jia Sidao coming in under the guidance of the little eunuch, the originally complicated corridor side hall suddenly became quiet, with cold eyes facing each other, smiling and holding fists on his face. Obviously, most people recognized Jia Sidao.
Jia Sidao responded one by one with a smile to the people who bowed and clasped his fists, but he ignored them directly. From his clothes, he knew that these young people wearing Confucian shirts should be scholars who passed the imperial examination.
Only when he passed by the hall did the voices behind him become mixed again.
"Jia Shixian is alive again."
"I heard that it was teasing a girl who was smashed into the lake."
"Shh..."
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It is really true that you don’t go out for good things and do evil things that you can go thousands of miles away.
Entering the main hall, more than ten rows of wooden tables that are dozens of meters long are distributed along the top of the hall, the emperor's throne, and are distributed on both sides of the hall. At this moment, most of the wooden tables are full of people.
If you come, you don’t have to take a closer look. Under the guidance of the eunuch, Jia Sidao walked towards his position.
As soon as he sat down, before he could look at the people around, Jia Sidao heard the drums and music outside the hall. Two rows of palace maids holding lanterns appeared at the main entrance of the hall, and walked into the hall along the red carpet in the center of the hall. Then two rows of eunuchs holding huge palm-leaf fans embroidered with dragon and phoenix pictures entered the hall; then two rows of golden crown covers, large and small, came in.
After repeating this, after nine waves of palace maids and eunuchs, a sharp shout resounded throughout the hall.
"Your Majesty is here!"
"I welcome Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"
The ministers and countless scholars in the court who were originally sitting on both sides of the case stood up and bowed to the ground, shouting in unison.
It was really complicated to do this ceremony, and I thought to myself that Jia Sidao followed the people around me and bowed to the ground.
"You are a fair family."
After a long time, a young voice came from the hall.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The sound of the sound surged into the air, making Jia Sidao's eardrums shocked.
The drum music sounded again, and more than ten palace maids in colorful clothes emerged from the side hall and began to dance. As the music started, palace maids in full dress held porcelain pots and began to pour wine into the wine glasses in front of everyone.
The table in front of him was filled with various exquisitely made pastries, which was filled with fragrance, which made Jia Sidao's stomach gush. He glanced at the left and right, but no one in the nearly a thousand people in the hall had any movement, as if he was watching the music and dance in the hall carefully.
There are so many rules.
His position is in the second row of the left hand. The first row is facing the imperial road. The people sitting on both sides of the board are ministers wearing court uniforms. The second row is young men wearing Confucian robes. Needless to think about it, this should be a special seat for first-class scholars.
After a while, the sound of drums and music gradually stopped, and the palace maids who had finished dancing retreated one after another.
Should I start eating?
But before a moment of thought was over, hundreds of palace maids came out in a row with lacquer plates and placed four treasures of the station in an orderly manner on all the tables except the two rows of ministers in the front row.
There was also a pair of four treasures of the study and a good white paper in front of Jia Sidao.
"My scholars ask to write a poem to meet today's banquet. The ministers in the court were led by Zheng Qing, Duke of Shen, and his Majesty appointed the first wine tour of the Qionglin Banquet today and highly praised it."
Above the hall, Jia Sidao's extremely familiar voice came. Who is it if it were Dong Songchen?
Chapter completed!