Chapter 332 Longevity
Jiang Changning didn't know how the dancers stopped Chaoyun. She was having a little temper with Emperor Xuanzhi.
"You have no words to say, you have no words to say, Your Majesty." Jiang Changning was about to fall apart due to the man's torment. She still had a lot of things to do tomorrow.
She didn't understand. She didn't starve him, so why would this man bite the meat and not let it go? It was really puzzling to her.
"I am not a king at this time, I am just Ningning's man. Husband and wife should enjoy the joy of fish and water." Emperor Xuanzhi said plausibly.
"I'm going to sleep." Jiang Changning turned sideways, with his back to him.
Emperor Xuanzhi came over, hugged her, and whispered in his ear: "Okay, okay, I won't bother you tonight, go to sleep."
"Then should I thank you for your kindness?" Jiang Changning asked with a teasing smile.
"Ning Ning, you know I never like your verbal thanks." Emperor Xuan Zhi said with a wicked smile.
Jiang Changning heard this and quickly closed his eyes, "I fell asleep."
Emperor Xuanzhi laughed dumbly, hugged her and fell asleep.
The Spring Festival Gala is quiet and has a good night's sleep.
Two days later, it was the seventh day of February.
Everyone in the palace was extremely alert, and no one dared to make any mistakes. If he violated a taboo today, he would have to shed his skin even if he did not die.
The departments that serve the royal family, such as Yufutai, Gongnufang, etc., are even more nervous and busy.
The Zhaoyang Hall where the Wanshou Banquet was held was scrubbed many times inside and out. The Han jade stone steps outside were spotless and glowed under the sunlight.
"Empress, do you think this is okay?" Fang Ju held the mirror and placed it behind Jiang Changning's head.
Jiang Changning looked at the bright and gorgeous woman in the silver mirror and smiled: "Fangju's craftsmanship is getting better and better."
Xiulan brought a phoenix crown, and Jiang Changning will wear a nine-dragon and nine-phoenix crown today.
This phoenix crown is newly made, and its style is quite different from the one worn by Jiang Changning at the ceremony. There are not only dragons and phoenixes on the phoenix crown, but also floating immortals.
When Jiang Changning saw this phoenix crown, he smiled for a long time. It was not enough for the dragon and phoenix to appear auspicious, he also wanted to fly to the sky and become an immortal!
Jiang Changning put on the phoenix crown, stood up and said: "It's getting late, let's go and meet His Majesty in the main hall."
Emperor Xuanzhi had already changed into his dragon robe, and when he heard the voice greeting the queen outside, he had someone welcome her in directly.
Jiang Changning looked Emperor Xuanzhi up and down and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is indeed an extraordinary person. He is worthy of stacking stones like jade and setting pine trees like emeralds. His beauty is unique and unparalleled in the world."
Emperor Xuanzhi stretched out his hand to pull Jiang Changning closer and said with a smile: "There is a beautiful person, clear and graceful. It is my wish to meet by chance."
The couple joked for a few words, then left the palace hand in hand, took a brand-new dragon and phoenix chariot, and went to Ciren Palace to pick up the Queen Mother.
In the Zhaoyang Hall, the royal family, dignitaries, and ministers of civil and military affairs were seated according to their rank.
The luthiers in the orchestra played melodious music, and the large copper charcoal stoves placed in the four corners of the hall were steaming.
Following the eunuch's words, "The Emperor is here, the Queen Mother is here, the Queen is here." Everyone in the palace immediately attended and knelt down to greet the three masters in the palace.
Someone sang: "The sky is majestic, the mountains and dragons collect seals. There are hundreds of travelers in the court, and the Lord is offering wine."
After bowing to the crowd, he bowed his clothes and hung his clothes. It is hard to grow old forever and live forever."
After singing three times, the Queen Mother sat in the middle, and the Emperor and Queen sat on either side of her.
Emperor Xuanzhi glanced at the ministers and said, "It's just my birthday. I'm very grateful to you for your hard work."
"Your Majesty's words are serious, this is the duty of the ministers..." All the ministers kowtowed to express their loyalty.
After they had bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to celebrate their longevity, Emperor Xuanzhi said: "Everyone, please stand up and give me a seat."
There were more than a hundred vassal states in the Qin Dynasty, but it was only after Emperor Xuanzhi seized the throne in May last year and officially ascended the throne that he issued edicts to these vassal states.
However, the journey was long, and it would take more than half a year for these vassal states to receive the edict and send envoys to congratulate them.
On Emperor Xuanzhi's Wanshou Festival, the eight neighboring countries came to congratulate him.
I don’t know if someone has beaten them, but the envoys from the vassal countries were quite calm. They presented birthday gifts in a decent manner, then returned to their seats and sat down.
The palace maid came in with a food box and presented delicious dishes carefully cooked in the imperial kitchen.
On the dragon and phoenix table, the Eight Immortals duck and pot-roasted carp were served first.
Next is steamed white fungus, gourd and lucky wings, duck soup with longevity character, and braised fish bones.
While everyone was enjoying the food, the performance began.
The opening was a very lively group dance: the Yaochi Fairy's Birthday Dance.
A group of dancers wore elegant gauze skirts, dancing gracefully in the smoke, with their long sleeves rising and falling. In a trance, it seemed like a real fairy came to the world to congratulate the emperor on earth.
"Queen, you managed to create this smoke." Emperor Xuanzhi said with a smile.
Jiang Changning smiled, "I thought the smoke would become thinner if the space was too large, but now it seems the effect is pretty good."
"Very good, the queen has taken the trouble." Emperor Xuanzhi motioned to Chang Youzhong to bring the cup of mushroom chicken in front of him to Jiang Changning.
He saw that Jiang Changning liked the food very much and even finished a cup.
After the palace dancers retired, the second person to appear was a troupe of folk performing tricks.
Today is the Longevity Festival. To celebrate the emperor’s birthday, all the things conjured by magicians are mascots.
Big flat peach, jade Ruyi, ruby flower...
A pair of cranes were also conjured up with longevity couplets in their mouths: Heaven and earth have the same longevity, and the sun and the moon shine together.
"It's hard for you to come up with so many tricks. Come and watch," the Queen Mother said.
The palace maid held the prepared tray and handed two gold ingots to the jugglers. They were so happy that they knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank the Queen Mother for the reward."
After the juggler retreats, the dance begins again.
As the performances progressed one by one, the style of the music suddenly changed, taking on an exotic feel.
Jiang Changning, who was lowering his head to compete with a peanut, looked up and saw six masked dancers wearing sleeveless green gauze skirts, twisting their enchanting waists on the stage.
The exposed arms of the dancers are as white and tender as lotus roots, and coupled with their charming eyes, they are really alluring.
The six people bent their legs and leaned forward, sometimes raising their hands to shake the silver bells on their wrists, sometimes lowering their hands to simulate running water, swinging gently, sometimes spreading out, and sometimes forming a row.
Although the dancers danced enchantingly, everyone here behaved very reservedly, and no one dared to show their lustful expressions.
The six people formed a circle, threw the gauze draped around their bodies to the middle, paused for a while, tore the gauze apart, and emerged from it a woman in red clothes who was wearing a cooler dress.
She has a graceful figure, wearing a red embroidered short top, and the skirt is tied below her belly button, revealing her white belly.
What's even more tempting is that her skirt is in pieces. As she dances, her slender legs are looming, which is really alluring.
Chapter completed!