Poor family mother and son

Chapter 129 Dinner in the palace ([-])

The Empress Dowager clapped her hands, the Empress was considerate, Chu Qing was wondering whether to kowtow to thank her, a palace official reported: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress, the banquet is about to begin."

The Empress Dowager took Chu Qing's hand and said, "Let's go with Ai's family!" This was a great honor, Madam Hong secretly gave Chu Qing a wink and was happy for her.

Chu Qing couldn't be happy, she really wasn't used to being so close to strangers.What's more, these are nobles in the palace, and they are not as forthright as Mrs. Hong.

All the way, I carefully dealt with the seemingly unintentional questions of the queen mother and queen, and talked more about my little treasure, and finally arrived at Linde Hall safely.

Under the steps, a little eunuch led Chu Qing to a relatively back position in the hall, and sat with Bai Hua.That's where the low-ranking officials sit.

Chu Qing understood that he was attending the palace banquet as an official of the secret investigation department.Not "patriots".This made Chu Qing quite satisfied.

Patriots were placed in the front row.As the ministers also sat down, a eunuch sang: "The emperor is here! The queen mother is here! The queen is here!"

It was only then that Chu Qing realized that although he and the Queen Mother were walking together, in front of the Linde Hall, the Queen Mother and the others had their own way to enter the side hall, and did not appear with the Emperor until all the courtiers had arrived.

The emperor made a few opening remarks briefly, and ordered the banquet to open.Invite these patriots who have contributed to the country to raise their glasses together and thank them for everything they have done for the propaganda.

Chu Qing saw an old man kneeling down in tears.

"This old man has seven sons, all of whom were sent to the battlefield, and six never came back. The only remaining youngest son came back, but he was also disabled." Bai Hua introduced to Chu Qing in a low voice.

"That old woman over there led the whole village to sew [-] winter clothes for the front line. Their village is a widow's village, and all the men died on the battlefield."

"And that one over there..." Bai Hua introduced to Chu Qing one by one.

At this moment, Chu Qing deeply realized what kind of patriotism these grassroots people possessed.They were uneducated, unschooled, and even illiterate, but they sent their husbands and sons to the battlefield in order to defend their country and hometown.

Chu Qing didn't know if they would regret it, but between the pain of losing their loved ones and the safety of the country, their choices proved that they had righteousness in their hearts!
Chu Qing felt depressed.

Chu Qing had been talking with Bai Hua in a low voice, and the surroundings were mostly whispering.Suddenly the hall fell silent. "Hush, the emperor is going to speak." Bai Hua reminded.

Chu Qing raised her head and looked upwards.

I just heard the emperor say: "Everyone, I heard an interesting story. There is a hundred households who celebrate the New Year differently from other families. They will hold a bonfire party on the night of the New Year's Eve. They don't invite a troupe, but everyone takes turns to perform. , they call it the 'Spring Festival Gala'."

"Today is the day for my people to celebrate together. I will also hold a 'party'. I don't want elegance, I just want to be lively!"

As soon as the emperor said this, the audience was in an uproar, and everyone expressed their curiosity and novelty.The Queen Mother jokingly said: "Your Majesty, tell me what this 'evening party' is all about. Ai Jia sounds very fresh!"

The emperor smiled and said: "Queen Mother, this is Chu Aiqing's masterpiece, and I have plagiarized it. You have to watch it carefully, it's interesting."

Then, he ordered Li Gonggong to place an empty jade plate, and the emperor placed a spoon in the center of the plate, and said, "Queen Mother, please turn this spoon. Come up and perform, whatever it is."

Chu Qing was dumbfounded from below, is this okay?The emperor himself presided over the gala?
Bai Hua kept regretting at the bottom: "Oh! Didn't catch up! I didn't catch up! I left early!"

The Empress Dowager turned the spoon, and the emerald jade spoon, in the candlelight all over the hall, flew with radiance, and after gradually stopping, the handle of the spoon pointed at the old woman who sewed cotton-padded clothes for the frontline soldiers.

On the face of the vicissitudes of life, the old woman stood up generously with a comprehensible smile, blessed the direction of the chief seat, and said:

Let the women tell a joke.It is said that there is such a family of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law is sewing a quilt on the bed, and the daughter-in-law is making noodles in the kitchen.

I heard my daughter-in-law call: "Mom, what should I do if the noodles are thin?" The mother-in-law said: "Add noodles!"

After a while, the daughter-in-law called: "Mom, the noodles are dry again!" The mother-in-law said: "Add water!" After a while, the daughter-in-law used up the noodles!
The mother-in-law scolded angrily: "Oh, look at you stupid! If I didn't sew myself into the quilt when I sewed the quilt, I would beat you up!"

Pooh!The queen mother and queen are happy!What kind of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are there in this world?

"Good, good! You are so optimistic and positive, Aijia wants to learn from you!" The queen mother praised.

The game continues.This time the emperor turned the spoon, and this time the finger hit Hong Liang,

"Hong Guogong, do you want to put on a show...well, a show!" the emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, there are still old ministers! I also learned from Chu Baihu!" Hong Liang stood up and walked to the center of the hall.

"Your Majesty, please get a scabbard for the old minister, and the old minister will dance for you!" Hong Liang asked.

Eunuch Li brought the guard's saber.

The emperor said: "Since it is the first part of the dance, how can we use the sheath!" This is a kind of honor and favor, which shows that Hong Liang is completely trustworthy.Hong Liang was even more excited.

"Your Majesty, Chu Baihu once sang a song. It was very beautiful. Many people sang it. The old minister heard it in Beijing and found it exciting. I will sing it to you while dancing!"

After all, Hong Liang paired a set of sword dance with "Guanshan Wine" and performed it.This song is sung through the sonorous and rough timbre, which has a special taste.

The original passionate lyrics have added a sense of arrogance, wildness and heroism!Coupled with the vigorous sword dance, it expresses his determination to guard the mountains and rivers and Daxuan, and it also makes people seem to see the hardships of guarding the frontier when he was young, and the perseverance that has accumulated after experiencing battles.

Accompanied by the sonorous singing, the emperor beat the beat with his hands.Thinking that Hong Liang had basically spent his whole life defending his family and country at the border, the emperor was also very moved.

After the dance, the emperor raised his glass and drank with Hong Liang.

Is it all in the wine?
"Hong Aiqing's singing is so good! I really love it!" The emperor's voice was still full of excitement.

"Your Majesty, this is Chu Baihu's song! Chu Baihu is a great talent!" Hong Liang laughed.After a sword dance, Hong Liang's nose was sweating slightly, but his breathing was steady.It's really a sword that never grows old!
"Okay! Okay!" The emperor also cheered, "Queen, do you want to try?"

"The concubine is waiting for your words!" The queen said with a smile, and also turned the spoon.When the spoon stopped again, it pointed towards Chu Qing and them.

Chu Qing's position was at the back, and there were officers from the secret investigation department in front.Hu Hengqiu was in the front row, so he shouted: "Your Majesty, who is this pointing at?"

"Whoever asks is right!" The emperor simply pointed at Hu Hengqiu and ordered: "It's you!"

Hu Hengqiu: "Your Majesty, you are a bit hasty!"

As he said that, the emperor pointed to the musician next to him: "Give him the piano, this kid, he can play the piano well!"

There is something to be said.It is said that Hu Hengqiu is good at playing the piano. In order to pursue his wife, he spent all day trying to please his future uncle.Once, hearing that my uncle had acquired a good piano, I asked Ying to help me tune it.

When he found out that this piano was given to his sister by his uncle as a birthday gift, he worked even harder and played a piece pretending to be an audition.

But his wife likes to listen to the piano very much, but she can't practice it by herself, so after hearing the beautiful sound of the piano, she has a good impression of this brother's friend.

In this way, the two got acquainted, and then fell in love with each other, and finally had a happy life.So those who knew the inside story laughed and said that Hu Hengqiu is not good at playing the piano, but can talk about love.

Up to now, as long as it makes my wife lose her temper, I can play a song to make sure that it will be coaxed.

Hu Hengqiu called out at this time: "Your Majesty, I don't want to play the qin, I want to play something different!" Then he ran to the musician to get a bamboo flute.

Standing in the middle of the hall, a loud and clear bird song came from Hu Hengqiu, and the emperor was refreshed!Looking carefully, I saw Hu Hengqiu's lips moving slightly, and there was another short and light song of a lark in the flute hole around his lips!God!
With the sound of the flute, people seemed to hear: in the early morning, a tit was jumping and calling on the branch, and other tits responded one after another.
Immediately afterwards, a tune with a rough and hearty feeling, beautiful and smooth, mixed with various bird songs, some long and short, some clear and melodious, some soothing and melodious, like big and small, colorful birds Children gradually gathered, flying up and down in the forest, playing happily.

Suddenly, a high-pitched and beautiful cry came, and the birds fell silent for a while, then immediately cheered again. They enthusiastically responded to the cry, it was Fengming!

People seem to see thousands of birds setting off colorful lights in the sun and flying towards the shining golden phoenix. People are intoxicated by the scene of a moment of vitality and a hundred birds facing the phoenix.

Many closed their eyes toward the beams.It seems that they can see the wonderful scenery in the forest by looking up, seeing the golden phoenix spread its wings and fly to the sky, its tail feathers drawing golden shadows, accepting the worship of all birds.

With a neat ending, the piece ended. People raised their heads and couldn't get back to their senses. They opened their eyes, as if to find if there were any birds on the beam that hadn't flown away.

After a long while, there was a sound of sighing in the hall, which then turned into loud cheers: "Good!"

"At this time, there should be applause, applause!" Hong Liang took the lead in clapping.

In an instant, Chu Qing felt that the artistic conception just now was gone!

All the civil and military officials in the hall, including the emperor and the queen mother, all cooperated one after another, expressing their feelings for this piece with applause.

"Your Majesty, this song "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" is a congratulatory gift. I wish Your Majesty a long and boundless life, and worship from all over the world!"

"Good! Good!" Emperor Qingde rejoiced!He raised his wine glass and drank with Hu Hengqiu again.

The queen over there was also fascinated when she heard it, but at this moment she pressed the plate and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine wants to play again!"

The emperor looked at the dignified and serious queen on weekdays, but she became lively today, and was very happy. A woman looks better when she smiles than with a straight face. What husband doesn't like to see his wife's smile?
"Okay! The queen continues!"

The queen turned the spoon carefully this time, and when the spoon was about to stop, she turned the plate quietly on purpose.This time, the handle of the spoon pointed to Chu Qing's side again!

(End of this chapter)