The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 158 Shangsi Praying for Blessings
This year is the first year of the reform of the Yuan Dynasty. The empress decided to give a banquet on the shore of Qushui on the Shangsi Festival on March [-], and spend all her time drinking and outing.

On this day, the empress will personally lead a hundred officials to travel to the bank of the Qujiang River in the southeast corner of the imperial capital, to have fun with the people, and to pray for good weather in the new year.

The people of the imperial capital are very interested in this young empress who has mixed reviews, so on March [-]rd, the people take care of the old and the young and travel with their families.

Seats have been set up in the palace near the water, and the colorful tents and green tents by the river can be seen from a distance, and the flow of people is like a tide.

The ministers took their seats one after another, but the first seat was still empty.

At this time, in an unobtrusive corridor in the palace, a young man with a clear face was leading a beautiful woman.

The garden is sparsely decorated with flowers and trees, which is a wonderful workmanship, but it is not as good as the two people who are picturesque.

"Jiang Nian, the Qushui Banquet is about to start, where are you taking me?" The woman's voice was somewhat displeased, but she still followed the man's pace.

"It doesn't matter, let them wait!"

These two people are not other people, they are the protagonists who are going to host this Qushui Banquet today - the empress Ning Yuezhao and the emperor's husband Jiang Nian.

Pushing open the gate of a palace, Jiang Nian led Ning Yuezhao through the hall and came to the back of the main hall.

The palace is facing the water, and the open space behind the main hall is paved with bluestone slabs, and there are several large rocks on the bank connected to the Qushui, and the river water is hitting the rocks one after another.

The weeping willows on the bank are lingering, the breeze is gentle, and the vast river can be seen as far as the eye can see, which is indescribably pleasing to the eye.

"What are you doing?"

Faced with such a beautiful scenery, Ning Yuezhao's resentment disappeared.

Jiang Nian led her to the shore, made her sit on a rock, turned around and broke off a willow branch.

"Azhao, there is no disease or disaster."

Jiang Nian smiled and sprinkled a willow branch with water from the Qujiang River on her body. Finally, the willow branch lightly tapped her forehead, and the sound was like a gentle breeze.

Looking at his smiling face so close, Ning Yuezhao felt a slight chill on his forehead, but his heart was as warm as if bathed in the scorching sun.

Just say why he took her to the depths of this remote palace in a hurry before the Qushui Banquet, so it was to give her an exclusive blessing ceremony.

Ning Yuezhao looked down at her clothes stained with water, and saw that Jiang Nian was still dry, and broke a willow branch casually, but she was not so gentle, and directly touched the river with the willow branch Splash on Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian was caught off guard, and was splashed in the face by the slightly cold river water.

The more Ning Yuezhao played, the more vigorous she was, and she simply stirred up a few waves of river water, spilling Jiang Nian all over her body.

"Well, this way you will be free from illness and disaster." She said with a smile on her face while holding a willow branch in her hand.

Jiang Nian frowned slightly, pretending to be angry, put his arms around her waist, lowered his head and kissed her moist red lips fiercely.

This kiss was slightly punishing, Jiang Nian was not in a hurry to conquer the city, but lightly nibbled on her lips.Not to be outdone, Ning Yuezhao bit his lips hard.

In pain, Jiang Nian tightened his arms around her waist, pried open her teeth, and plundered fiercely.

Just as the two were getting more and more lingering, an untimely "cough" interrupted the charm.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the banquet is about to begin."

The people who came were the new maids that Bitao had chosen for Ning Yuezhao, one named Zhuyun and the other named Lansha, both of whom were Biyu Nianhua.

Zhuyun has a lively personality, and it was she who spoke just now.Lansha is quiet and composed, but she handles things safely and delicately.

The two have been serving Ning Yuezhao for more than two months, and they know that His Majesty and the emperor's husband are deeply in love with each other, and they are now accustomed to their lingering and intimate scenes.

Ning Yuezhao and Jiang Nian had been together for a long time, and he also infected his thick skin. The intimacy was interrupted, and the two separated calmly.

"Is the crown dress ready?" Jiang Nian asked lightly as he pinned a strand of hair behind Ning Yuezhao's ear.

The two "sprinkled" water on each other just now, and their robes were all wet.

"Ready, please move to change clothes, Your Majesty and Your Highness." Zhuyun said with a smile.

The Shangsi Festival coincides with the Spring Festival, so the royal family will invite famous talents and talented women to attend while hosting a banquet.Of course, most of the people who were invited here have participated in the Spring Festival. Even if some people are still clothed and white, no one can tell whether they will soar into the sky in the future.

This year, because of the first year when the New Year's title was used, after the New Year, the Empress announced to the world that Enke was specially set up this year, and it will be held at the same time as the female Jinshi Ke Chunwei.

In this way, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were too busy. In order to be sympathetic to the difficulties of the Ministry of Rites, Ning Yuezhao and Jiang Nian made some arrangements for the personnel transfer of the Ministry of Rites, taking the opportunity to prevent people with ulterior motives from intervening in the possibility of Chun Wei's examination papers.

Ning Yuezhao's actions won her a lot of praise from the world's talented scholars. After all, it is not easy to study hard in the cold window, and the imperial examination is held every three years. I don't know how many scholars' youthful years have been wasted.

For Ning Yuezhao and Jiang Nian, they have already decided to implement the New Deal, so it is bound to introduce a lot of fresh blood into the court.Therefore, they have planned to change the imperial examination to once a year to recruit talents.

This year Ning Yuezhao presided over the Qushui Banquet for the first time since he came to the throne. Because the highlight is to have fun with the people, officials are allowed to bring their family members to attend.It is not as restrained as the usual palace banquets, and people walking around holding wine glasses to toast can be seen everywhere.

"The emperor is here, the emperor is here!"

"See the emperor, see the emperor's husband!"

Accompanied by the eunuch's loud singing, Ning Yuezhao and Jiang Nian, who were neatly dressed in court crowns, walked into the palace hand in hand, and took their seats together in the first seat.

"Flat body."

The special feature of the Qushui Palace is that the water from the Qujiang River is introduced into the palace. The main hall is above the water, and the seats are arranged in a ring of steps, with flowing water passing by.

After the empress and the emperor's concubine had already taken their seats, some palace servants put exquisite white jade wine glasses into the water from the source of the running water, and floated to each seat with the water.The so-called flowing water is just like this.

Ning Yuezhao picked up a wine glass from the water, smiled and toasted to everyone in the hall, "I will drink this glass with you all, may God bless me with a prosperous prosperity, a prosperous country and a peaceful people!"

Her voice was crisp, and her voice was heard clearly in everyone's ears.

Jiang Nian was the first to pick up the wine glass, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is virtuous, and God will bless you."

When the ministers saw it, they took wine from the water one after another, and said in unison: "Your Majesty Dezhao, the prosperity of Daxing will be smooth and the weather will be smooth, and the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe!"

After drinking with all the officials, Ning Yuezhao and Jiang Nian slowly got up and walked to the railing near the water, with the surging river under their feet.

The palace people had already prepared red dates, and the two joined hands to sprinkle these into the river and let them float, whoever picked them up would eat them.

This is the custom of "Floating Crimson Jujube in Qushui" handed down since ancient times. The emperor sprinkled it with his own hands, which means blessing the common people.

After completing this step, Jiang Nian and Ning Yuezhao returned to the main seat.

Because the Enke was opened this year, and it coincided with the Spring Festival of the Women's Scholars Section, there were a lot of young men and women in the audience.

Qingchi sat with Yan Zhenglang, at a seat very close to Ning Yuezhao, she smiled at Ning Yuezhao, signaling that everything was fine.In order to avoid suspicion, she can't enter the palace right now, and has to wait at home for Chunwei to release the list.

Xu Zhi also brought his daughter Xu Miaoyun to attend. Compared with Qingchi's calmness and composure, Xu Miaoyun couldn't hide his joy.

Those present who also participated in this women's Jinshi Ke Chunwei know that the number one and the second place are probably between these two women, but it remains to be seen who will win.

Looking at the smug faces under his seat, Jiang Nian couldn't help secretly feeling that time was passing by. Last year, he also participated in Chunwei like these students. In a blink of an eye, he was already a royal husband who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor, and he sat hand in hand with his beloved woman.

Looking around the banquet, Ning Yuezhao smiled and said: "Today, you don't have to be restrained, you can be casual."

Since this water banquet is a gathering of talented men and women from all over the world, it is indispensable to show their talents, and the high platform in the middle of the flowing water is prepared for this.It's just that it's not as important as Qionglin Banquet, everyone can perform at will, as for the audience's comments, that's not within the scope of formal consideration.

In view of the fact that many of you here are people who have participated in Chunwei, more or less there is a desire to make a good impression in front of the emperor, no matter whether you can enter the palace examination or not, it is not a bad thing to win the favor of the emperor.

The performer at the moment is the daughter of Shangshu Tobe, who ingeniously unfolded a two-meter-long painting scroll, dancing and painting at the same time.

Accompanied by her graceful dancing posture, a freehand landscape painting is presented in the eyes of everyone.

For a while, the house was full of applause, overwhelming all previous performances.

The daughter of Hubu Shangshu shyly blessed Fushen to express her gratitude.

Xu Miaoyun, who has always been proud, snorted heavily without concealing it.

"Yun'er!" Xu Zhi gave her a displeased look, "Did you forget what you promised to be your father when you came here?"

Xu Miaoyun pursed her lips, and summoned the accompanying maid, "Go tell the inner eunuch, and arrange for me to play."

With Zhuyu, the daughter of Shangshu Hubu, in front, the performances of the next few people seemed a bit boring.

After another woman exited the stage, a group of chime chimes was carried to the center of the stage.

Xu Miaoyun, who was dressed in dark red and black with piping, took the stage surrounded by twelve dancers. She first gave a blessing to Ning Yuezhao and Jiang Nianfu in the first seat, and then looked around arrogantly.

Jiang Nian and Ning Yuezhao glanced at each other and hadn't seen each other for a few months. This Xu family girl is still arrogant!
Of course, Xu Miaoyun's move also gave her a lot of hateful eyes.

Isn't he the father of a cabinet minister?What are you proud of!
Amidst all kinds of jealous eyes, Xu Miaoyun walked gracefully in front of the chime with a small mallet in her hand.

The sound of the chime swayed in the hall, the perfect combination of thick and loud and clear and clear, with the accompanying dance, it seemed that people were in a thousand years ago in an instant, watching the turmoil of the Chu and Han Dynasties.

To the sound of the chime, Xu Miaoyun opened her lips and sang loudly, "When the strong wind rises, the clouds fly, and the Vega comes back home, and the warriors guard the four directions!"

At present, the situation between Daxing and Beiqi is becoming more and more tense, and her impassioned music performance, embedded in Liu Bang's "Great Wind Song", can't help but inspire people's minds!
When the gavel strikes the last sound, the curling aftertaste still lingers in people's hearts.

Landscape painting is certainly enjoyable, but how can it compare with "Great Wind Song" which is closely related to the current situation?

Xu Miaoyun thanked her with blessings after the performance, but the audience was silent, everyone was immersed in the excitement just now, and they have not yet recovered.

Although there were no voices of praise and applause, Xu Miaoyun was very satisfied with everyone's reaction.

"As expected of the number one talented woman!" Jiang Nian took the lead in clapping her hands lightly, appreciating her sincerely.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the compliment!" Xu Miaoyun shifted her gaze to the first seat, who was still as gentle as jade, and her arrogance turned into tenderness in this instant.

With the imperial husband taking the lead, the rest of the people will naturally not begrudge their praise.

"Master Xu has raised a good daughter!"

Ning Yuezhao also admired Xu Miaoyun's performance from the bottom of her heart. Although Qingchi is also good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is not as thoughtful as Xu Miaoyun. If she plays cards according to common sense, she may be able to beat Xu Miaoyun.Even so, to Ning Yuezhao, the blue pond is the blue pond, and there is no need for any fancy performances to add to the beauty.

At this moment, Qingchi also applauded Xu Miaoyun generously, "I can't tell, she still has a lot of talent."

Yan Zhenglang glanced at his daughter, "Father didn't let you learn talents to show off, we just want to feel at ease."

"Father, don't you trust me?" How could Qingchi not know her father's intentions? It is precisely because she has been taught this way since she was a child that she doesn't have the prestige to overwhelm Xu Miaoyun in a leisurely way?
At this time, Xu Miaoyun had changed clothes and returned to the banquet. When she passed by Qingchi, she deliberately stopped, "Miss Yan, I don't know what performance you have prepared?"

Qingchi smiled, and said slowly: "I don't intend to perform!"

Xu Miaoyun was taken aback for a moment, she never expected that Qingchi would respond like this.

The Qushui Banquet is not like the Qionglin Banquet, there is a rigid requirement to show talent, so Qingchi does not need to be on stage at all.

This simply made Xu Miaoyun punch the cotton!Just when she was about to say something, Xu Zhi's eyes full of warning had already seen, and she could only return to her seat with a sullen face.

Xu Miaoyun's actions caught Ning Yuezhao's eyes unreservedly, and she sighed softly: "Isn't Miss Xu too arrogant?"

When Jiang Nian heard the words, he also looked over there, and couldn't help but think of himself in his previous life, who was also so ignorant.

"Then just show off her vigor!" Jiang Nian said suddenly.

Ning Yuezhao looked at him sideways, with surprise in her eyes, "Didn't you praise her just now?"

Jiang Nian said earnestly: "Her performance is indeed wonderful, but if she doesn't sharpen her temperament, she will be useless."

Ning Yuezhao smiled, "You still see clearly, how do you want to frustrate her?"

"Let her know that there are mountains beyond mountains, and there are people beyond people!"

As soon as Jiang Nian finished speaking, someone said: "Ms. Xu's beating of the chime is full of momentum. These performances are too boring at the moment. Could it be that no one can beat her?"

Since Xu Miaoyun performed, no one took the initiative to come on stage, and the atmosphere of the banquet was a bit awkward.

Although this banquet does not judge the superiors and inferiors, but everyone has self-esteem, who would dare to go up to make fun of it!

Jiang Nian glanced down and said with a chuckle, "I heard that Mr. Minghan, who has become famous in the past few months, is also at the banquet today, why didn't he show up?"

This Minghan was originally from Juren, but he failed the ranking in the last Chunwei. Originally, Juren could also be released as a county magistrate, but Minghan didn't want to, so he went to the Hualou Chu Pavilion to write lyrics and poems. Originally, he was only famous in the Jiangnan area. Voice.

But since the spring of this year, this person defeated several great talents to win the top spot at the Jiangnan Wenhua Conference, and became famous all over the country.He also attended Enke Chunwei this time, so he was also on the invitation list.

Ordinarily, a person with such a high-profile style like him should stand up.The students here, especially the men, simply regard Mr. Ming Han as their hope, hoping that he can win for the men. After all, the prestige of the audience today is divided by two women.

Somebody said, "I haven't seen Mr. Ming since the banquet."

Ning Yuezhao recruited a servant, "Send someone to look for it."

Before the servants took orders, a guard of the Imperial Army came in to report: "Your Majesty, it's not good, a woman was found in Yiyuan, claiming to be underestimated."

"Bastard! Who dares to do such dirty things on the Shangsi Festival!" Ning Yuezhao was furious.

　I wrote it for a long time today because of the research on the Shangsi Festival.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)