Chapter 195 offstage drama
In front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, many tables have been set up in three directions, north, east and west. Above the table is covered with brocade, put fresh fruits and snacks.
The north side is divided into three steps, the highest place set up two tables. Needless to say one was the Emperor’s and the other was Empress Lu’s.
Starting from the first emperor, the emperors and princes of Da Liang actually did not have the habit of wastefulness, but the annual longevity festival was still to be organized in a grand manner, probably because the emperor’s health represents the stability of the country, and in the era of closed information, the court needed to prove to the whole world that the situation was stable through such activities to stabilize the hearts of the people.
The emperor because of his early reign, the crown ceremony has already been performed in advance, so today this step is omitted, but the ceremony is more grand than in previous years.
The group before entering the line again three kneeling and nine bowing ceremony. The emperor sat on the platform, waved his hand and called “stand up”, and then took his seat. Then the ceremonial music started, pear dancers with drums and dances in the field.
Zhao Su sat on the platform, looking down over the food on the long case in front of him, and as far as the eye could see the sideburns, gorgeous and unusual. And today’s arrival of a thousand golden girls is really more, one by one like a flower like jade, shy and beautiful, simply comparable to a disguised casting convention. The ladies of all families are gentle and dignified sitting, even if there is a look around, but also very generous and decent.
Zhao Su sat on top, below the women’s body with some of what accessories can be seen clearly, in this moment of seating, she saw at least three tables on the Miss Thousand to each other to shoot the light of inquiry.
In fact, it was not their fault, if the queen’s seat was regarded as a position, then the competition between the big guys would be very normal. No matter what, to be able to sit on the throne, at least get recognized. Not to mention the fact that the dog emperor looks so gripping, it would be strange if no one had a crush on him.
Zhao Su felt that thanks to the Empress Dowager Lu to have such an opportunity to try the royal family overlooking the feeling of all the people, the future ten percent is no longer enjoyable, at this time do not savor and when to wait?
She ate the newly improved cheese with raisins and dried cherries, and looked down with interest.
In the course of her gaze, she suddenly bumped into two beams of electricity – ah no, eyes!
Yu Qingping, who was sitting at the bottom of the Empress Dowager’s table, was staring at herself with her body tensed into a bow, and this fire-breathing gaze seemed to want to turn her Zhao Su into ashes immediately!
Yu Qingping previously did not catch up with the Ci Ning Palace in the Empress Dowager Lu on Zhao Su’s that lift, is not aware of today there are people with such a privilege, bowing to the end of the seat, looked up to see, but did not think that Zhao Su stayed in the Empress Dowager Lu on the table, – Zhao Su today actually only favored, can accompany the Empress Dowager sitting on the top?
“She is really lucky, even get the empress dowager so important!”
Yu Qingtong muttered in a very low voice from beside her.
Yu Qingping look at her, and look over, the blood of the body are beginning to rush to the top of the head, the Empress Dowager Lu’s platform and the emperor’s platform is separated by a distance of only one foot, Zhao Su almost as long as the head of a bias will be able to talk to the emperor, they sit together, but also naturally at ease as if it were a family! And who underneath hadn’t often looked at Zhao Su?
She actually got this kind of scenery! And it was also in the Wan Shou Festival which was in the limelight!
Zhao Su didn’t want to pay attention to Yu Qingping, but being glued to her gaze was really uncomfortable, so she cast her eyes over Empress Lu to the Emperor over there, hoping that he would be a bit more self-aware and take his peach blossom to him.
But the emperor is wearing a dress today, basalt brocade embroidered with gold dragons on the robe, coupled with a gorgeous coronet, the whole person is really noble and exquisite. And under the coronet yu his face and a few more points of mystery, this beauty is really unavailable!
And then a retracted his gaze, he swept the rest of the light to Yu Qingping sitting next to Yu Qingtong, Yu Qingtong is also looking straight at someone else, but this person is located in the table opposite them Liang Ying, coincidentally, Liang Ying is not idle at this moment, at this moment his eyes are looking at Yu Qingping without blinking!
So Liang Ying, who was treated as a spare tire by Yu Qingping, is now being missed by Yu Qingtong?
This is a drama!
“The Empress Dowager is not deceiving me, it’s true that there’s one good show after another.”
Naturally, her voice was not very loud, because Empress Dowager Lu, who was enjoying the dance and listening to the music, didn’t pay any attention to her.
But the side room of the emperor but so to this side of the side of the eyes, – looking at her today combed extremely smooth back of the head, the emperor thought up, asked four happy: “Zhao guards these days have looked for you?”
“No, Zhao guards these days are in a hurry to come and go, do not know what is busy.”
The emperor only punished Zhao Su in the Qianqing Gate under the half-month guard, half a month has long passed, the emperor if there is no summons, Zhao Su is not to the Qianqing Palace, so the four joys and can not comfortably grasp Zhao Su whereabouts.
The emperor did not say anything. Raise a cup and sip, and then look at the dance below the dancing girls, everything is back to calm.
After the dance, at this time, a young son in the seat stood up, “Empress Dowager, on the occasion of this festive season, in order to congratulate the Emperor on his longevity, as well as the prosperity of my Great Liang, I have a proposal, and I would like to ask the Empress Dowager for permission to play.”
Empress Dowager Lu said with the speed of a plea, “Permission granted.”
This son said, “I have been practicing xiao for many years, so I would like to offer to play a song to wish the Emperor a happy birthday, and to wish the Empress Dowager a long and prosperous life! I hope the Empress Dowager will give her permission!”
Zhao Su has not seen this kind of occasion has taken the initiative to volunteer to perform, and then look at this person, said the words at the same time but also to the opposite side of a table to look at a glance, that among them there is a girl is quite uncomfortable to bow his head and drink up the tea! To her reading years of experience judgment, this son of the birthday celebration is false, want to show off their own is true!
“Permission to play!”
Empress Dowager Lu picked up a slice of melon, or without thinking, agreed.
This young man will hold a bamboo pipe, head high to the field, blowing up.
How well he played is not known, but at the same time, all the tables also began to stir up, it is clear that with this beginning, no one wants to keep a low profile.
Many of them even revealed a look of eagerness, because they had never thought that they could still be allowed to perform in front of the Imperial Court, and none of them had brought their instruments with them, so what should they do?
Zhao Su was also anxious for them.
“Empress Dowager,” at this time the Luo family’s eldest young lady Luo Yan Ru Di, who was sitting at the table below them, gently got up and walked to the Empress Dowager’s side, she curtsied and bowed: “Yan’er and Ting’er’s younger sister lined up a dance the other day, with her playing the qin, and Yan’er dancing, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan’er would like to present a scandal, and present it to the Empress Dowager for her pleasure. present to the Empress Dowager for a moment of pleasure.”
Empress Dowager Lu put down the melon skin: “You two sisters are famous talented girls, the dance must be good, allow the performance.”
“Thank you, Empress Dowager for your permission!”