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Chapter 382 Chapter 380: Palace Lantern Festival

The sky is getting darker, and all kinds of lanterns are lit up in the streets and alleys, one after another, high and low, patchwork, red, green and colorful, making the whole capital brightly lit. The real lights of thousands of families.

Usually at this point every household is finishing their meals and getting ready to rest, but today the capital is extremely lively, with men, women, old people and children, almost everyone walking on the street.

Girls in Huaichun use lanterns to find their husbands, couples use lanterns to enhance their relationship, old people use lanterns to recall the past, children use lanterns to call friends, lanterns have different meanings for people of different ages, and even for everyone. All have different meanings.

The common people celebrate festivals, and of course the royal family also celebrates festivals. If you look down from the sky, there is a place with the brightest lights, almost like a sea of ​​lights, that is the palace. On this day, most officials will come to the palace for festivals, which can be regarded as an annual event. .

At this moment, the palace is already full of splendor, on the cornices, on the corridors, and even in the hands of all the maids and eunuchs, there are lanterns everywhere.

The invited princes and ministers dressed in brand-new dresses, or took their grandly dressed wives, or brought the beautiful and beautiful jewels in their palms, talking and laughing all the way to the back garden.

The back garden is the place where the Palace Lantern Festival will be held. The density of the lanterns can be said to be that of fire trees and silver lights. All the paper strips of Qiongzhi and Zhenmu are covered with lanterns. Each lantern is exquisite and unique. There are carvings or paintings on it, and there are everything from mountains, rivers, birds, animals and myths.

In the back garden, beside the lotus pond, there is an elegant pavilion. In the pavilion is a long table carved from pure white Haoying stone. This is where King Jiang and the Queen Mother are located.

There are two rows of long tables on both sides of the elegant pavilion, each with fine wines and precious fruits. This is the seat for princes, ministers and distinguished guests. Most of the seats are full of people, talking and laughing with each other, or boasting. The other party's daughter is beautiful, or praises his wife's virtuousness. Although they are clearly polite words, they still sound extraordinarily comfortable, happy and festive.

"My lord is here..." Following the eunuch's shrill chanting, all the dignitaries behind the long case stood up to greet him.

I saw Liu Yushi and a middle-aged man with a similar appearance coming side by side in the sea of ​​lights, followed by several beautiful women dressed in costumes, one of them was Liu Can's mother Chi Lingshan, and behind was the young man who borrowed me. The girls are the sons and daughters of Liu Yushi and the people around him. The boys are all handsome and handsome, and the girls are all solemn and beautiful. The heirs of other officials are stunned.

"Master Yushi." The officials bowed and saluted.

"You colleagues are welcome, let me introduce to you, this is my fifth elder brother Yuanlong, a strong food emperor, and now holds an important position in Bailu Food Palace."

After hearing Liu Yushi's introduction, all the ministers were taken aback. They had all heard of Liu Yuanlong's name, but they didn't expect to see a real person today.

"It turned out to be Yuanlong Food Emperor, disrespect and disrespect!"

"I've heard the name of Yuanlong Shidi for a long time, but seeing him today really deserves his reputation."

"I wondered just now, who actually has the appearance of a cloud dragon. I didn't expect it to be the Yuanlong Food Emperor."

The voice of flattering is endless, everyone is old fried dough sticks, a few boastful words will not blush at all, the old prime minister and other officials can't open their mouths, but they also bow their hands to show respect. high presence.

Hearing everyone's flattery, Liu Yuanlong was not humble enough to accept it calmly, he didn't say a word, he just nodded his head in return, and looked very proud. Many officials had some complaints in their hearts, but on the surface they couldn't say anything.

"Where's Qin Yu? Didn't Qin Yu come?" Liu Yuanlong didn't sit down, and looked around the two rows of long desks, but didn't see Qin Yu, and his face darkened.

In the afternoon, after his son Liu Lan was beaten, he came back to file a complaint. After questioning, it turned out that it was what Qin Yu said. He was so angry that he smashed Liu Can's sea of ​​food first, and then beat his son into a pig's head. It is tolerable or unbearable to pull up and fly.

Originally, he didn't intend to come, but he came here specially to question Qin Yu face to face, and if the circumstances were right, he might be able to personally punish him to vent his hatred.

However, Qin Yu didn't come, and it seemed that the time was about to come or he didn't come. You must know that according to the rules, the lower the status, the earlier the arrival. The distinguished guests and ministers should be due before the queen mother, otherwise the king of a country and other ministers will become What system?

The officials were stunned for a moment, and they all felt the suppressed anger in Liu Yuanlong's tone. They wondered in their hearts, could it be that Qin Yu was afraid of the power of the Liu family and knew that this lantern festival would be difficult, so he didn't dare to come?
"That's right, where is Qin Yu? My dignified censor is here, why isn't he here?" Liu Yushi looked at the prime minister.

"The king and queen mother dared to be late and put on airs when they invited him. This kid is so arrogant that even the king and queen mother don't pay attention to him!" Chi Lingshan said coldly and strangely.

The old prime minister was secretly anxious, why hasn't Qin Yu appeared yet?Did some accident happen?Or was it delayed by something?
However, of course, the old prime minister would not show it. Hearing this, he glared at Chi Lingshan and reprimanded: "Qin Yu is a big food in our country, and Yu Guo has made great contributions to the entire gourmet continent. You are also a distinguished guest invited by the king. You are a woman." What are you talking about? Is there a place for you to speak here?"

Although the Gourmet Continent does not favor boys over girls, men still occupy a strong position. Unless a woman becomes a big food herself, even if she marries into a wealthy family, she has no right to speak in real grand occasions.

Chi Lingshan didn't expect the old prime minister to be so rude to her. After all, she is also the younger sister of the owner of the rich gourmet Chi family and the wife of Liu Yushi. It is really embarrassing to be reprimanded in front of the officials.

"I think what Madam said is right. So what if Qin Yu has merit? Can he despise the majesty of the king if he has merit? The arrogance of taking credit has been put in the palace. Such an arrogant person is not worthy of participating in the lantern festival. In my opinion..." Before Liu Yushi finished speaking, he heard the eunuch's long singing.

"The Queen Mother is here..." The shrill voice echoed throughout the back garden.

The officials quickly quieted down, and Liu Yushi and the old prime minister stopped arguing. Except for Liu Yuanlong, Liu Yushi and the old prime minister, everyone else knelt down and saluted.

"Welcome to the Queen Mother!" The ministers and their wives and daughters shouted in unison.

The King Jiang and the Queen Mother came slowly surrounded by two rows of charming court ladies. Among them, the Queen Mother was dressed in a particularly elegant and luxurious way, and all the wives and daughters of the officials were overshadowed by her beauty.

There is also a woman beside the Queen Mother, whose beauty is comparable to that of the Queen Mother, her clothes are not as luxurious as the Queen Mother, but she is more refined and generous, her demeanor is cool and her steps are elegant, and standing with the Queen Mother is really good at each other field.

Seeing this woman appear, all the officials were startled, isn't this woman Qingyi from Jinyi Pavilion?In the past, Qingyi would not participate in this kind of gathering, but today the sun came out from the west?
(PS: Who is Qingyi? Push or not? Please don't ask the author such evil questions, the author doesn't understand at all.)
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