Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 806 Entering the Birthday Ceremony

  Ouyang Zhi automatically skipped what Emperor Hongzhi said.

  Emperor Hongzhi was angry for a while, but felt that it was meaningless, so he sat down, sipped his tea, and did not continue the unnecessary anger.

  The next day is the birthday.

  Emperor Hongzhi woke up early, and immediately went to Renshou Palace, and went outside Renshou Palace cautiously. He first looked for the **** and asked, "Has the Empress Dowager woke up?"

   "Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is combing her hair."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded, seeing the imperial doctor waiting outside the sleeping hall, he stepped forward: "How is your body?"

   "I'm much better. I think it's this big birthday, which brings happiness to the palace. Your empress is in a particularly good spirit today."

  Emperor Hongzhi let out a long sigh of relief, with joy on his face.

   So he entered the sleeping hall, and saw the empress dowager trembling, supported by others, pacing in the hall, and saw Emperor Hongzhi coming: "Emperor, here you are."

  Emperor Hongzhi bowed down: "Is grandma still in good health? Today is grandma's birthday. Sun Chen is here to pay homage to grandma. I wish you Songhe Changchun."

The Empress Dowager pursed her lips and smiled: "It's really embarrassing for you. Come so early, all the officials are going to enter the palace, and the wives are supposed to come too. You are the emperor, the head of the family, and the head of the country. Sad Here at home, I will be accompanied by my wife when the time comes, so the emperor can go and do his own business."

  Emperor Hongzhi kowtowed again: "Grandmother, old man, if you can feel more at ease, Sun Chen will be here, and it would be good to accompany you more."

   "This is impossible." The Empress Dowager shook her head: "Everyone is watching you. After your birthday, come and sit with Ai's family, that's good."

  Emperor Hongzhi got up: "Since that's the case, Sun Chen is busy."

  The birthday ceremony must be done according to the ritual.

  First, all the officials entered the Jinshen Palace to congratulate, and then, the wives entered the palace.

The harem was already overcrowded, Zhu Zaimo was dragged into the Renshou Palace, the little guy staggered under the attention of countless women, walked into the palace, bowed down, and said in a childlike voice: "Great grandson Zhu...Zhu... Zhu..." He looked confused, and suddenly couldn't remember who he was.

  The **** on the side stomped anxiously and reminded in a low voice: "Zhu Zaimo."

  Zhu Zaimo just remembered: "Great-great-grandson Zhu Zaimo, send greetings to the Empress Dowager. Congratulations... Congratulations..."

  Forgot the words again, blinked his eyes, as if the computer had crashed, and looked dazed.

  The whole room roared with laughter.

  The empress dowager was overjoyed, and waved to Zhu Zaimo: "Come on, my Zaimo, come to Ai's house, I miss you so much."

  Zhu Zaimo got up and was led by others to the Zhou family. Zhu Zaimo suddenly shouted: "Remember, happiness is like the East China Sea, and life is better than Nanshan."

  The empress dowager squeezed his little face distressedly: "You don't need to say nice things, if you don't say them, the Ai family will love you too."

Empress Zhang stood aside, picked up Zhu Zaimo, her eyes were red, she hadn't seen her for a while, she wanted to take the child to have a look several times, but she was afraid that it would be too far away, so she kissed on the left and kissed on the right Dear.

On the other side, on the small couch, Fang Zhengqing was lying on his back, with his legs spread apart, like a large font, snoring, as if he heard a loud movement, opened his eyes slightly, then calmed down again, and closed his eyes , continue to sleep soundly.

  Princess Taikang gently tucked the quilt for her.

   But someone said: "But I don't know when the prince will come?"

  Yeah, it’s been so long, and I haven’t seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

  The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "In order to celebrate his birthday, the prince said that he invited the troupe to the palace, and Fang Jifan is making arrangements."

   All the wives complimented: "Your Majesty is really lucky."

  But in my heart, I don't think so.

  Your family, when you have a birthday, you don’t invite a troupe to sing an opera. Some families have a big business and directly support the opera troupe at home.

  Thus, listening to a play is not very attractive.

  His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn’t know much about opera, so he hasn’t heard of it. Thinking about it, it’s just an ordinary opera.

  The empress dowager felt that this was a sign that the prince had grown up, and she felt extremely comfortable.

  Empress Zhang was a little worried, she was afraid that there would be some kind of moth, since she was singing, she just invited people to come, and she still needed that kid to make arrangements, why no one has been seen yet.

  Queen Zhang said, "Why didn't Jifan come?"

  Zhu Xiurong said: "After Qi reported to his mother, he went to Zhang Luo with the prince."

  Queen Zhang secretly said something bad.

  The crown prince must be doing something again. Fang Jifan probably followed because he was afraid of overplaying.

After all the officials celebrated their birthdays, Emperor Hongzhi came, followed by Zhang Mao and others. These were either relatives of the emperor or the closest veterans. The women ordered them to salute Emperor Hongzhi first, and Emperor Hongzhi With Zhang Yuren and others, he saluted the Empress Dowager.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Sun Chen is in the foreign court and has prepared a banquet. Grandmother is here in the harem, hosting a banquet with the nobles. Sun Chen is about to leave."

   "Wait a minute, don't be in a hurry to start the banquet." Zhou pressed his hands: "The Ai family has seen the birthday gifts sent by various governments, and the Ai family likes it very much, especially the Duke of Wei, who found such a big coral."

  The wife of Duke Wei's mansion hurriedly prostrated herself: "If you can please the Empress Dowager, it will be worth it."

  The Empress Dowager laughed: "It's really troublesome. As for the other pearls and agates, here are all the troubles. Come to think of it, in order to collect these birthday gifts, I have worked hard for you."

  The Empress Dowager laughed again: "But these things, please return them all."

"what?"

  Then Mrs. Wei Guogong is very happy, this gift is not free, if the Empress Dowager likes it, no matter how big the price is, it is worth it.

   But when they heard that they were going to go back, everyone was surprised.

The Empress Dowager said indifferently: "Aijia has reached this age, what's the use of all these antiques and treasures? If you have this kind of heart, Aijia's heart will feel at ease. There are countless rare treasures that cannot be born. Bring it, if you don’t take it away, it’s useless to keep it, the Ai family can just accept your kindness.”

  Emperor Hongzhi was embarrassed: "Grandmother, since this is a wish, there is no reason to return it."

  The Empress Dowager said with emotion: "Come on, don't say these things, don't say these things."

   She has seen many rare and antiques.

  At this age, what's the point?

The Empress Dowager immediately smiled: "The crown prince is sensible. He said he wanted to let Ai's family listen to the opera. From early in the morning until now, he has been building an opera troupe. Come on, what time is it now? The birthday banquet can be later, let's listen first." Let's talk about the play."

  Listen to the opera...

  Emperor Hongzhi was stunned, why don't I know anything?

  Why no one said it before?

   What is Zhu Houzhao going to do?

   It can be seen that the Empress Dowager is very interested.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled wryly in his heart. He glanced at Empress Zhang, who looked calm.

  Emperor Hongzhi knew about it, but even Empress Zhang didn't know about it.

  He had no choice but to say: "Sun Chen, follow Yi's order."

  The troupe has already been set up.

   Right in Renshou Palace, there is everything you need in the palace, and there are many people. The stage was quickly set up.

  But Zhu Houzhao didn’t see anyone. He was putting on makeup in the background, because he was acting as Xiaosheng. He looked in the mirror and watched the ink painting on his face. Soon, his face was completely different.

  The costumes are even more graceful, and nowhere is not magnificent.

   This is also the characteristic of Peking Opera.

  Fang Jifan was in the background, constantly urging: "Hurry up and make up. Grandson... Where is grandson?"

  An old student who had already put on makeup turned around and said, "God, I'm here."

  Fang Jifan said: "After the show is over, don't eat until you remove your makeup. Don't break your makeup."

   "Oh." The person called grandson quietly swallowed the jerky in his mouth.

  Fang Jifan was in a hurry, afraid that something might go wrong.

Then, he said: "Has the playlist been played? Hurry up and play it. We are not an ordinary Liyuan tour. We are more advanced, so keep it in mind. Don't be nervous for a while. You can do it as you usually practice. At this time Don't hang your voice, get ready, get ready, the first game, who will play, is ready."

  Fang Jifan crossed his hands, as if he felt that Cai Cai's words were not threatening enough, so he gritted his teeth: "Listen up, anyone who dares to drop the chain will be killed and fed to the dog!"

   As he said that, Fang Jifan left the backstage in a flash, went to the stage, leaned out and looked down.

   A shed has already been set up below, which is for the nobles to sit, and there are many brocade piers, and there are yellow curtains around these four sides, which are for the people watching the theater to shelter from the wind. There are also many charcoal basins scattered here and there for heating.

  There are Jindun inside, and there are also several cases, on which there are teacups and dried fruits.

  Of course, men and women must sit separately, and the middle is also separated by a yellow curtain. In this era, it must not be neglected.

  In the distance, there are people coming. People are coming, Fang Jifan is speechless, if the performance fails, he must be dead, dare to play like this in the palace, who else but me Fang Jifan?

  Who told me to respect and respect the elderly, Fang Jifan, oh, it’s amazing, I asked Ouyang Zhi to record this incident for himself when I got home, and it can be published in the future, called "Fang Shi Biography and Xilu".

On the side, hiding by the stage, behind the curtain, is a group of opera performers of Jinghu, Jingerhu, Yueqin, and Sanxian. They are all trembling. Although they have practiced for a long time, they have never entered the palace. When I saw the son-in-law, my heart trembled very much.

Fang Jifan glanced at them gently: "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, follow the rules, you'll be fine, you won't be killed, if you make a mistake, your children and grandchildren will be killed, okay, okay, don't cry, The empress dowager is having a birthday banquet, and it’s a joyous occasion, come on, have a smile, eggplant!”

  The Empress Dowager and others have already filed in.

  Looking at the stage, I felt something new.

  Because the stage is big, unlike other folk arts, people are all sitting, or blowing, or playing and singing.

  The Empress Dowager sat in the shed, which was as warm as spring, while Empress Zhang and Princess Taikang sat on the side, accompanying her.

  Zhu Zaimo was hugged by the Empress Dowager.

   It seems that Zhu Zaimo is very familiar with this scene. When he saw the stage, he immediately began to laugh.

  The Empress Dowager was very happy to see her great-great-grandson smiling.

  Wives sit or stand with the Empress Dowager as the center according to their grades.

  What kind of play is this, I haven’t seen it before.

  (end of this chapter)