Chapter 62: Marvel at the grandness of the royal banquet

It's night, the Fucheng Palace is brightly lit and full of people...

"Shiyi, do you have to go?" Manzhu said tentatively!

"I don't want to go either! But," Shiyi said helplessly, "Master Manzhu, my father named this banquet the Chengding Banquet, which means the banquet for me to confer the title of Young Prince! I heard from my aunt that almost all the famous people in the country are famous.

It’s coming! The Emperor will come too! I must attend!”

Looking at Shiyi's slumped face, Manzhu felt heartbroken! It was really difficult for him to face such a grand occasion at such a young age!

"In that case, Shiyi, don't worry! I'll go with you!" After a moment of hesitation, Manzhu said!

"Really!" Shiyi exclaimed happily at first! Then he returned to his previous frustration, "No need, Master Manzhu!"

"Why!!" Manzhu asked in surprise. She didn't understand that Shiyi clearly wanted her to accompany him, but why he said no later?

"I'm afraid, Master Manzhu, you won't be used to such noisy occasions..."

"Shiyi..." What a considerate child! He is still thinking about her at this time!

She was touched by her child's sensibleness and felt distressed by her child's premature maturity!

No, the more Shiyi said this, the more she couldn't let him face it alone!

"No, Shiyi, don't worry! I like the excitement the most! Besides, I heard you said that there will be many famous people coming, and maybe we can see a few historical figures that I know! It's just a pity.

I can’t ask them for autographs like this!”

The more Manzhu talked, the happier she became, with a longing smile on her face!

Shiyi saw Master Manzhu's sudden change, and he was smart and understood immediately...

"Master Manzhu..."

"Ah! That's right!" Manzhu interrupted Shiyi's words and continued, "I heard that the emperor is coming too! Wow haha! I can finally see what he, a merchant emperor, looks like, and he can actually be an extravagant and foolish king.

A representative figure! I just want to see how faint he is!"

Seeing Master Manzhu's determination, Shiyi said nothing more and silently remembered the emotion in his heart...

Such a grand occasion made even Manzhu, who lives in the 21st century and has seen the grand return of Hong Kong in 2007, the grand opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, and the grand military parades from all over the world in 2009, all bewildered.

I have to sigh! The "Chengding Banquet" prepared by Prince Fucheng for the world heritage to inherit the position of the young prince is so spectacular that Manzhu doesn't know whether to use the word "grand" to describe it...

The banquet venue is the Royal Banquet Hall of the palace! It is a place specially reserved for the new emperor's enthronement or the emperor's wedding! Prince Fucheng would actually hold a "Chengding Banquet" for the little prince in such a place!

And the emperor actually agreed!

It seems that Prince Fucheng's status and influence are indeed extraordinary...

Shiyi and his party got on the carriage that had been waiting outside all morning and set off from Dening Residence to the Royal Banquet Hall...

Along the way, there is a sentry every three steps and a post every five steps. There are at least five times more guards than usual! Even the Fumeng Tower, which is usually rarely visited by people, is now heavily guarded!

Manzhu had to sigh, the palace was really big! Even if Shiyi and the others took a carriage, it took them a long time to reach the Royal Banquet Hall!

Under the guidance of the old eunuch in the palace, Shiyi and his party entered the inner room of the imperial banquet hall directly through the secret passage. Prince Fucheng was waiting in the inner room to verify some details of the banquet with the eunuch in charge of the palace!

In the inner room, the old eunuch explained to Shiyi in detail the complicated and boring rules at the royal banquet...

Manzhu was so bored that the old eunuch's voice sounded like a lullaby. Manzhu beside her almost fell asleep listening to it!

After bracing herself, Manzhu decided to take this opportunity to visit the ancient imperial banquet hall and see what the legendary imperial banquet was like!

Manzhu first looked around the Royal Banquet Hall. Oh my god, this Royal Banquet Hall is really scary! It is carved with jade and built with splendor. Such a gorgeous building was really rare in ancient times...

Manzhu walked around to the entrance of the banquet hall, where the sound of horses honking could be heard from time to time.

As soon as the dignitaries, ladies and ladies in fine clothes dismounted, eunuchs immediately led their carriages to the dedicated stables! Even so, the wide entrance of the royal banquet hall was still crowded with people of all kinds.

Gorgeous carriage!

There is a long red carpet on the ground. Before stepping on it, everyone must send out a bamboo card. It seems that it should be an invitation! After detailed verification, there are also special eunuchs to search the body, regardless of gender.

There are no exceptions for young and old, and commanders and generals with swords must remove their armor before they can step onto the red carpet!

Such a scene made Manzhu think of modern Hollywood stars walking on the red carpet! Could it be that the red carpet walking two thousand years later was borrowed from here...

The people attending the banquet walked on the long red carpet and had to sign on the roster. Then they took out another bamboo card from their arms and handed it to the person in charge of registration. Manzhu took a look and saw that it was listed above.

A long example, Manzhu only saw a pair of jade unicorns, ten rubies or something, it should be a gift list!

At the end of the carpet is Mr. Wang who welcomes guests with a smile on his face! After a lot of complicated etiquette, the palace eunuch will lead him to the designated seat and sit down!

There are two towering jade pillars standing on both sides of the main entrance of the Royal Banquet Hall. The reliefs on the jade pillars are dragons on the left and phoenixes on the right, which are lifelike!

But Manzhu always feels that something is wrong! There is something strange that cannot be explained!

Standing at the entrance to the main entrance of the Royal Banquet Hall, Manzhu saw the Tai Chi Bagua diagram hanging secretly on the door shelf! Although the Tai Chi Diagram was extremely hidden! Manzhu still discovered its existence at a glance. Perhaps this was because she was a ghost.
Chapter completed!