The spring is late, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the barns are harvesting, and the crops are harvesting. "The Book of Songs"
On the first morning after the announcement of the results, Zhu Pingan had breakfast and rode a black horse to the Rites Yamen.
On this day, Emperor Jiajing gave a banquet to the Ministry of Rites, which was the legendary Qionglin Banquet, or more appropriately, it should be called the Enrong Banquet. The emperor gave a banquet, how could it not be an honorable banquet? This was a royal banquet.
Zhu Pingan, a foodie, is naturally very positive.
Zhu Ping'an had also heard about what happened in the backyard of Linhuai Marquis Mansion last night. When he heard the news about Li Shu whipping the maid, he was not too surprised. After all, it was not uncommon for Li Shu to be unruly and willful when he was a child and beat and scolded his servants. He had witnessed it.
, although this girl has tempered a lot since she grew up. In this strictly hierarchical feudal society, don't ask for democracy and equality. It is not a democratic and equal society in the first place.
Because Mrs. Linhuai Marquis issued a gag order, Zhu Pingan was not very clear about what happened in the backyard. He only vaguely knew about the poisoning and that Li Shu whipped the sixth lady's girl. However, he could guess that yesterday
When the imperial congratulator came back, Li Shu asked Miss Six to finish delivering the sweet soup to her. Maybe there was something wrong with the bowl of sweet soup, and Li Shu beat Miss Six's maid.
However, based on Zhu Ping'an's understanding of Li Shu, she probably wanted to teach Miss Six a lesson.
From the moment Li Shu asked Miss Six for sweet soup, Zhu Ping'an roughly guessed it.
Before going out in the morning, when the little maid Baozi brought her breakfast, she took a quick glance at the page of paper that was said to be given to Wang Xiaoer, but Zhu Pingan, who had almost a photographic memory, could still see it clearly.
The above is probably how the girl who was beaten by Li Shu was treated.
Zhu Pingan was not surprised when he heard that Li Shu beat someone, but when he saw this page, Zhu Pingan was still a little surprised. Li Shu's treatment of the girl "involved" was somewhat beyond Zhu Pingan's expectations. Marrying a simple and honest local
People, a simple and honest husband is not a good home for a maid. According to the dowry given to a first-class maid, it must be quite expensive by the standards of the Li family. In the future, the couple will work hard and they will probably have no worries about food and drink for the rest of their lives.
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The unruly and sinister Li Shu also has such a side, which is somewhat beyond Zhu Ping'an's expectation.
In the past few days, the dark horse of Killing Horse seemed to have hooked up with a certain female horse in the stables of Linhuai Marquis Mansion. When Zhu Pingan took her out, she was still unhappy. Walking on the road, this horse was like a horse.
It looks like someone owes it more than a dozen female horses. The horse's face is straightened and its head is raised high.
It seems that spring is indeed a season when birds fall in love and ants live together. Even Shamate has hooked up with a girl.
Under the unwillingness of Sha Ma 10 Million and the passive sabotage, Zhu Pingan was almost late when he arrived at the Ministry of Etiquette. If it weren't for the fact that he was not late, Zhu Pingan would have almost considered castrating this guy.
Already.
Eating and drinking are probably common ways of celebrating for us Chinese, and probably all over the world.
This Enrong Banquet is probably the happiest and most relaxing time for the newly promoted scholars gathered in the Ministry of Etiquette. Yesterday, when the results were released, they were extremely nervous. Today, there is no need to be nervous at all. Eat, drink, and relax as much as you want.
Relax, despite the large number of people at today's banquet, the protagonists are the four hundred newly promoted Jinshi.
It was not easy for Emperor Jiajing to leave Xiyuan yesterday. Emperor Jiajing was not able to attend the Qionglin banquet today, which was expected by everyone. In addition, everyone was more relaxed because Emperor Jiajing was not coming.
This Enrong Banquet was hosted by Xu Jie, the Minister of Etiquette. After conveying Emperor Jiajing's banquet intention, Xu Shangshu also expressed congratulations to the newly promoted Jinshi. Then the Enrong Banquet was started by dividing seats.
The three people in the first class, that is, Zhu Ping'an, the top scholar, Han Yupeng, the second candidate, and Tan Hua Lang sit at one table, and the rest are five people per table.
There were about a hundred tables for the entire Enrong Banquet, and the banquet was hosted by the imperial chef from the imperial dining room who was appointed by Emperor Jiajing. You must know that the imperial chef serves Emperor Jiajing and the palace. The skills of the imperial chef are naturally the highest in the entire Ming chef world.
The most outstanding layer.
This Enrong Banquet did not disappoint Zhu Ping'an. A total of thirty dishes made of cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, roe deer, chicken, duck, fish, seafood, and vegetables were served, corresponding to the thirty years since Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne.
good sign.
The imperial chefs did not disappoint Zhu Pingan. Whether it was the color, texture or taste, Zhu Pingan could not be more satisfied.
The Enrong Banquet is a celebration for the newly promoted Jinshi, and eating and drinking are the mainstream. Except that at the beginning, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Pingan led the new Jinshi to toast three glasses of wine to the senior officials present, there was not much else.
Too much fuss.
However, as the number one scholar, Zhu Ping'an still received special attention from many people and was given a lot of toasts.
In particular, Ouyang Zishi took the lead, leading several new Jinshi who had hooked up together, preparing to drink Zhu Pingan wine in turn, and walked towards Zhu Pingan step by step.
Ouyang Zishi's intentions were written all over his face, and Zhu Ping'an could naturally see it at a glance.
Before Ouyang Zishi and the others could reach them, they slipped away with their wine glasses and walked to the table of Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen. They avoided Ouyang Zishi's menacing attack by toasting to their table.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen heard Zhu Pingan talk about Ouyang Zishi, and after seeing Ouyang Zishi's posture, they guessed that Ouyang Zishi attributed his failure to win the top prize to Zhu Pingan. At this moment, the two of them also cooperated.
Zhu Pingan, help Zhu Pingan pay attention to Ouyang Zishi's movements.
Ever since, the entire Enrong Banquet had this scene: Whenever Ouyang Zishi wanted to bring people to drink Zhu Pingan's wine in the name of toasting, Zhu Pingan always walked around with a wine glass in advance to toast to other tables.
An exception.
Therefore, Ouyang Zishi always came to take advantage of his excitement and returned in despair. He was even more frustrated. He wanted to rob me of my first prize and also my woman.
Especially Ouyang Zishi, seeing everyone at the Enrong Banquet looking at Zhu Ping'an as the number one scholar in a different light made him even more depressed.
He had no choice but to drown his sorrows in wine.
After one, two, or three cups, Ouyang Zishi became extremely drunk.
Of course, Ouyang Zishi was not the only one who got drunk at this favor banquet. When he was named on the gold list, his life had reached its peak since then, and many people got drunk with joy. After the entire favor banquet, the newly promoted
Almost everyone in the Jinshi class was flushed with alcohol, and there must have been at least a dozen people who were drunk.
Life changes after drinking, and drunk people behave in various ways. However, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette have already been prepared. In order to prevent the Jinshi and officials present from losing their temper after drinking, they have arranged for nearly a hundred officers to be ready early.
Whenever there is a drunk person, a police officer will come over to help or carry him to the place where he has been arranged to stay so that he can sober up.
Wang Shizhen was "carried" over. This guy was too drunk and fell drunk after only three drinks. Zhang Siwei was also drunk, but he could still speak and act calmly.
Zhu Ping'an was able to escape death because of his self-created habit of hiding from alcohol.
However, before Zhu Ping'an could rejoice, he received an invitation. It was a familiar style and it was an invitation from the Yan Mansion. Apart from Zhu Ping'an, only a few people present also received an invitation from the Yan Mansion.
Many Jinshi were jealous after seeing Zhu Pingan's invitation.
This is the practice of several recent favor banquets. This favor banquet is the big favor banquet, which is a banquet given by the emperor. After the big favor banquet, there is a small favor banquet, which is hosted by the chief of cabinet.
Fu Yansong gave a banquet.
The great favor, banquet and glory are only superficial benefits.
The benefits of the small favor banquet are real. Once appreciated by Mr. Yan Ge, your career will be bright and smooth in the future. (To be continued.)