My Confucian Father

Chapter 45 The Great Banquet in Tai'an Hall, Hundred Officials Gather
Shenting 40 years, May 23rd.

It is suitable for praying, celebrating and offering sacrifices.

As time passed day by day, National Day finally arrived, and Shengjing was very lively.

In this world, there are no such festivals as the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, etc. The most important festivals every year are first the New Year, the second is the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and the third is the National Day.

Every day the whole country celebrates, even the prisoners in the prison can improve their food today.

Emperor Yan will hold a National Day Banquet in the Tai'an Hall of the Imperial Palace today. Civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty as well as princes and nobles will all be invited to the banquet.

The invitation letter for the National Day Banquet had been sent to Zhenyao Palace two days ago, and it was delivered by Liu Tong, the chief eunuch himself, so it could be said that it was solemn.

Although Su Mu was very reluctant to attend this kind of banquet that was easy to attract attention, there was nothing he could do.

If the Confucian saint's father is here, it doesn't matter whether he goes or not; the key is that the Confucian saint is not here now, and the son of the Confucian saint must of course attend on his behalf.

Su Mu has been practicing at home since returning from Shangbi Pavilion that day, but the Spirit Gathering Formation has not yet cooled down, so he can only smash the top-quality spirit stones to supply the Spirit Gathering Formation.

In just five days, more than 50 top-grade spirit stones were consumed, and this consumption made his flesh ache.

But for the sake of cultivation, there is no other way.

At present, his cultivation has reached the bottleneck, the twelfth level of qi refining is perfect, and the next step is to build the foundation.

In fact, as long as Su Mu thinks, he can attack the Niwan Palace to build a foundation at any time, but he is not sure now, so he has been absorbing spiritual energy, the purpose is to polish the vitality in his body to be stronger and deeper.

After all, attacking the Niwan Palace is a very dangerous thing. If one fails, people may be gone.

"Young master, it's almost time. If you don't start now, you may be late."

Zhao Ming came to Su Mu's residence to report to him.

The banquet was held at noon, and it was almost time now, Mrs. Xu was ready to go, and Su Mu was still dawdling in the room.

After a while, Su Mu walked out of the room.

But when Zhao Ming saw his appearance, he was stunned, because Su Mu was wearing very simple, ordinary white Confucian robes, and did not wear accessories such as jade rings.

Even the gorgeous purple gold crown was replaced with a wooden hairpin, completely dressed as a Confucian scholar.

"Young master, why... are you dressed like this?"

Seeing this, Zhao Ming couldn't help but speak, full of doubts.

It's not that Su Mu's outfit is not good-looking, with his face there, even with such an ordinary outfit, he still wears a sense of elegance and elegance.

At first glance, it looks like drinking a well water in the scorching heat. It is refreshing and clean, which is unforgettable.

But what I'm going to attend today is the National Day Banquet. Although there are no rules on what to wear, everyone basically dresses up to attend. Even his accompanying attendant has picked out his best clothes today.

Su Mu's clothes are certainly not shabby, but they are not in line with the dignity of the son of a Confucian sage.

"What's wrong, is there a problem?"

Su Mu looked at his clothes and felt that there was nothing wrong with them. One was that those fancy clothes were tiring to wear, and the other was that he didn't want to be too conspicuous.

Attract as little attention as you can.

Zhao Ming was dumb for a moment, and after scratching his head, he didn't say anything, because it's really okay to say it so hard.

"Aren't you going to the National Day banquet today?"

Su Mu glanced at the big red-haired bird lying on its nest in the tree, it was rare that this guy didn't yell to go out with him today.

The big red-haired bird moved its body and changed into a comfortable position to nest, and said without raising its eyelids, "It's just a National Day banquet, what's there to do?"

"This kind of small scene is not worthy of Master Bird's attendance. It's almost as good as me for the old Yandi to invite Master Bird himself."

The words are full of arrogance and contempt.

Zhao Ming rolled his eyes, and said with a sneer, "Today, the strong man from the Demon Suppressing Division will also attend the banquet, because he is afraid that he will be killed as a monster."

The big red-haired bird said angrily: "Fart you! How many times have I told Master Bird that I am a spirit beast and not a demon!"

"Besides, what are demon townspeople? Master Niao is afraid of them? Even if they all come, it won't be enough for me to get between my teeth!"

The big red-haired bird said words such as "Su Changqing has been beaten by me" and "Suppressing demons are not enough", and the courtyard was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Su Mu didn't listen to its pressure, and took Zhao Ming away.

A carriage has been prepared in front of the gate of Zhenyao King's Mansion, and Mrs. Xu and the butler are waiting beside the carriage.

After Su Mu came over, Xu Shi also noticed his clothes, and asked suspiciously: "Mu'er, you have no clothes to wear?"

She clearly remembered that she asked Yuyifang to order thirty sets of daily clothes, but Su Mu was wearing the simplest Confucian robe.

"Of course not, it's just that children like to keep a low profile and don't like to be conspicuous."

Su Mu explained that he was telling the truth.

The butler Zhao Fulai was relieved when he heard the words, and couldn't help but sigh: "Young Master has such a character, he will become a great weapon in the future!"

Xu didn't get too entangled in this topic, anyway, in her eyes, her son looks equally good in whatever he wears.

After the mother and son got into the carriage, Zhao Ming drove the carriage, and the carriage pulled by eight strange beasts galloped towards the imperial city.

……

Today's National Day Banquet, all the officials in the court, nobles with titles, or famous scholars can participate.

All kinds of carriages stopped outside the royal city, and they were completely blocked. Everyone needed an invitation letter to enter, and they had to verify their identities and check one by one.

After all, all the people attending the banquet today have extraordinary identities, and Emperor Yan will also attend in person, so safety must be in place.

Zhao Ming drove the carriage to a stop outside the imperial city, and immediately attracted the attention of many people.

The emperor drives nine, and the sage drives eight.

This is the only honor other than the emperor, which is quite eye-catching wherever he goes.

"Look, that's the carriage of the Confucian Saints."

"Today's National Day banquet, the eldest son of the Confucian sage will definitely attend, right? I haven't seen him yet."

"I have been studying in the mansion for 16 years, and I am really curious about how Confucianism and Taoism the eldest son of the Confucian sage has reached."

"But I heard that he doesn't seem to be a Confucianist. If he was a Confucianist, why did he set up a spirit gathering array at home a while ago?"

"The son of a Confucian sage doesn't practice Confucianism and Taoism, so he won't go to practice military Taoism?"

"People naturally have their own ideas. What are we speculating about here? Is the son of a Confucian sage still a mediocre person?"

……

The people around the meeting were discussing in low voices.

Soon Xu and Su Mu got out of the carriage together, and many eyes gathered.

Everyone was looking at Su Mu beside Xu.

Although Su Mu showed his face at the Yashan poetry meeting that day, many people still haven't seen him. Today is the first time he appeared on a truly important occasion.

"Mu'er, let's go."

Mrs. Xu pulled Su Mu and said, holding her head up slightly, with an unstoppable smile on the corner of her mouth, full of pride in her heart.

After so many years, she can finally let her son appear in front of everyone in a fair manner, and tell everyone that this is her son!
Su Mu looked at his mother Xu's expression, feeling a little complicated. Although he was time-traveled, Xu's love for him was sincere.

Taixuanmen is the main entrance and exit of the palace.

All those who attended the banquet had to go through identity checks here today before they could enter the palace.

Su Mu originally wanted to line up for inspection in a proper manner, but the head of the guards who was in charge of the inspection trotted over immediately.

"Madam Xu, Mr. Su, you two can just enter the palace directly, there is no need to line up here."

The leader of the guards bowed slightly, with a respectful expression.

Family members of Confucian saints will be inspected for attending banquets?
What a joke, if the commander finds out, he will have his skin peeled off, and he will not be able to survive in the palace if he is ignorant.

Mrs. Xu smiled at him, then led Su Mu across the long queue and entered the palace directly from the gate.

The guards in charge of inspection and on duty turned a blind eye to this and let them go directly.

"The reputation of a Confucian sage is awesome."

Seeing this, Su Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It's been a long time since time travel. Although he wished that Confucian sage father would finish his son soon, he did enjoy all the privileges of being the son of Confucian sage.

Just enter Yashan Academy and say hello, the dean and Daru will come to greet you in person; if you want to set up the Juling Formation, a giant from the Momen School will come to help directly, no matter how big the turmoil caused, no one will come to hold them accountable.

Even on such an important occasion as the National Day Banquet, everyone is queuing up neatly, so he can go in directly.

The privileges behind these things may not even be available to the crown prince!
Seeing that Su Mu and Mrs. Xu went in without queuing, a noble boy who was struggling to line up suddenly became anxious.

"Why don't they have to check and line up? I object! You are discriminating!"

This noble boy was only eighteen or nineteen years old, and he could tell he was the kind of dandy at first glance, he couldn't even recognize the carriage of the Zhenyao Prince's Mansion.

When the other officials and nobles in line heard this, they all looked at him like a fool, and the imperial guards didn't even respond.

"Evil! Hurry up and shut up!"

"That's the family of Confucian saints!"

The father of this noble boy's face turned blue and white, and he slapped his son severely.

Then the team stopped queuing up and dragged their son away in embarrassment. It was really embarrassing.

Seeing this, the others all showed sympathy, thinking that if their son is so stupid, it would be better not to have one.

……

The banquet was held in Tai'an Hall.

The Tai'an Hall is the place where the king bestows banquets, and any large-scale banquets or celebrations will be held here.

The whole palace was built extremely grand and magnificent, resplendent and resplendent, showing the nobility and luxury of the royal family.

The banquet is divided into two sides, and the seats are mixed according to the status.

At the end of the banquet on both sides is the dragon chair where the emperor sits, as well as the positions of empresses, princes and princesses.

The positions of Su Mu and Xu's are not on the two sides below, but sitting at the same table with the princes and princesses.

(End of this chapter)