It was a fragrant day in April, the weather was warm and bright, and the palace spring banquet was held as scheduled in the Royal Garden. The vast Imperial Garden was surrounded by green and colorful colors, and the strong feeling of spring came to our faces.
This year's Spring Banquet is different from previous years. Due to the sharp increase in the number of participants, wherever you look, you can see that the banquet is crowded with people and the atmosphere is very warm. Especially the female family members are dressed in red and green, and they are full of birds and birds, which has become another particularly beautiful scenery in the imperial garden.
There are also many children participating this year, and lively laughter like ringing bells and little figures running can be heard everywhere.
Ming Xixi wore a soft goose velvet yellow top today. The cuffs and collar were inlaid with exquisite white silk patterns. There was a white magnolia flower on the left chest side, two green leaves embellished with lifelike embroidery. There were two small pockets on the left and right, made of
It is in the shape of two cute peach hearts, with fine white silk trimming on the edges. At the hem of the dress, the spliced lotus leaves have very fine black and gold edges. The lower body is wearing peach-pink pants, and the edges are also trimmed with black and gold silk. The feet are
A pair of short children's boots in the same color as the trousers, with a white and crystal clear pearl tied on the left and right sides. When walking, the pearls sway with it, which is really cute and naughty.
A head of glossy black hair is painted into a small fan shape, fixed with two long red hairpins and emerald hairpins, dotted with tiny pearls. The front looks like cute little snowflakes, and the back is a flying butterfly, which is beautiful and lively.
.At the age of six, she already looks as lovely as jade without any makeup.
After entering the palace and getting off the carriage, she changed to walking. Along the way, she quietly followed the adults. Under Ming Xiuping's secret threat, she kept her little head down and walked obediently. In this way, what others saw was that she was carefully dressed up.
Sisters Ming Xiulin and Ming Xiuping, they are both good-looking. The elder sister is better because of her soft temperament, and the younger sister has a natural and charming appearance, which naturally earns her praises and envious eyes. Ming Xiulei has already run away.
I went to play with other classmates of the same age. I felt sorry for the little six-year-old. He couldn't raise his head to see every plant, wood, house, and tile in the palace. He couldn't help but secretly curse the selfish Ming Xiuping.
"Idiot! Can you walk?" Ming Xiuping suddenly scolded and stared back in annoyance at the little man who bumped into him.
Ming Xixi raised her head, quickly touched whether the small fan hairstyle on her head was damaged, and blinked innocently: "Third sister, I'm sorry..."
"Keep your head down, don't raise your head!" When Ming Xiuping saw this envious face, he went crazy for no reason. He shouted and deliberately distanced himself. Ming Xiulin pretended not to hear, with a pair of gentle eyes.
Her watery eyes stared straight ahead, a slight smile on her lips. The girl's figure was light and elegant, and her manners were dignified.
Guan Yier followed behind her husband, her face full of joy, and she smiled and greeted people she knew from time to time. Since she took over the power as the matron of the house, she has naturally become the best person to accompany her husband to attend the annual palace spring banquet, whether she knows it or not.
Yes, I laughed it off and it was not surprising that the concubine attended in place of the principal wife. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, if the principal wife was unable to accompany her husband to attend some necessary public events due to various reasons, the husband could choose one of his own.
The concubine takes the place of escort.
She is a typical person with two faces in front and behind. Occasionally she looks back at her children behind her. When she sees the little man lagging a little behind, she deliberately raises her voice and says with concern: "Xi'er, follow closely, sisters, don't get lost.
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After a while, he ordered Ming Xiulin: "Lin'er, go and hold Xi'er, but don't lose our Xi'er."
Ming Wanjin saw that she knew the general situation so well, and couldn't help but show approval in his eyes. Ming Xixi obediently obeyed, trotting to keep up with the footsteps in front of her, but then slightly distanced herself slightly, tilting her little head to the side and quickly scanning both sides.
While enjoying the scenery, I secretly paid attention to Ming Xiuping’s actions in front of me.
Stopping and walking along the way, the sound of instrumental music in my ears gradually came closer. After walking for a while, I finally entered a large white marble round arch. The bustling and bustling sounds were like a heat wave hitting my face. Ming Xiuping had already put that little annoying
Forgotten, she stayed with her mother and sister, trying her best to behave as a lady should. Ming Xixi could finally raise her head openly.
But here we see: under the blue sky and white clouds, the sunshine is light and bright, men, women and children are dressed in all kinds of bright and bright costumes. Children are either quiet or playing, and adults are chatting and laughing in groups. Everyone is full of spring breeze and smiles.
Especially those ladies who are vying for beauty, they are really more delicate than flowers, attracting men's eyes to wander from east to west, north, south, and center.
The large red carpet winds endlessly in the imperial garden. The place where the banquet is held is flat and wide. In Ming Xixi's eyes, it is as big as half a football field. It is surrounded by all kinds of exotic flowers and peach blossoms.
Although they have withered, there are more beautiful flowers in bloom. I don’t know if they are attracted by the fragrance of the flowers or the aroma of the banquet. Some of the butterflies flying among the flowers actually flew into the banquet and flapped their light and beautiful butterfly wings in the sky.
Wandering around.
The palace maids wearing different colors of palace clothes shuttled through the imperial garden like light butterflies. Most of these palace maids were seventeen or eighteen years old, and all of them had delicate and dignified faces. They were not overweight or thin. Even the eunuchs were
All of them have straight faces and are pleasing to the eye.
Ming Xixi couldn't help but think to herself that nine out of ten good-looking women among the people were recruited into the palace, and the remaining good-looking ones either became wives or concubines of wealthy officials' families, or lived in exile.
The brothel became a fireworks woman, and what was left among the people... I shook my head and sighed in my heart, the moneyless men in ancient times were really pitiful!
When the big drum beat rhythmically, these dignitaries and ladies stopped chatting and walked slowly towards the banquet. They took their seats according to the divided sections. The highest seats were naturally reserved for the emperor, queen and concubines, and the two rows stepped back one step.
The positions are for the princes and princesses, as well as the highly powerful civil and military ministers of the first to third grades. Next, are the positions for officials of the fourth grade and above. The last section is the seats for the officials' family members.
When everyone was seated, Ming Xixi poked her little head in and saw that there was a huge crowd of people, probably no less than 400 seats. She turned around and was about to talk to Ming Xiulei, when she suddenly heard a sharp voice.
A thin voice shouted loudly: "The Emperor has arrived——"