Chapter 147 Longevity Festival (plus one chapter, the end of the third volume)(2/2)
At noon, he was still in Shuanghezhai. The emperor was promoted to his seat, gave him tea, meals, wine, and constantly played music and kowtow. When these rituals were finished, they were all sweating profusely and were overwhelmed. It was best to go back to his private apartment, untied his clothes and cool down. Unfortunately, this was impossible. After giving the banquet, he was given a seat to listen to the opera, and he would also give him food and treasures to play. Many honors and favors were unwilling to leave.
The emperor felt helpless when the ministers were like this, but these were all court ceremony and it was even more a happy day for him. Even if there was any dissatisfaction, he had to grit his teeth and persevere. At this moment, Li Lianying, who was beside the queen, came to invite him, saying that the queen, concubines, the eldest princess, and the eldest princess were waiting to celebrate the birthday of the emperor.
"I understand!" The emperor ordered people to change into gauze and dress up to receive congratulations from his wife, children and family.
When he arrived at the main house of Shende Hall, the queen and all the concubines were here, with pearl crowns and phoenix clothes, and all the makeup was made of. Several princes and princesses had been taught long ago. When they saw the emperor, they all came up to kneel down and congratulated Jixiang in Manchu dialect. Then when the emperor was promoted, the queen took the concubines to salute. The weather was so hot that the concubines were made of makeup, and the fragrance of pink and greasy by sweat, but they looked red and white in lips and face, which was particularly beautiful. But the emperor couldn't bear it and ordered: "Go and change to plainclothes!"
Fortunately, everyone's palace maids brought clothes and bags, and there were many free houses. You might as well change clothes nearby, so you can only go back to the palace to change them.
When the queen returned to the theater behind the Grand Duke Palace, the emperor arrived immediately. After entering the fruit box, he immediately issued an order to start the show. The palace's Middle-aged Festival celebrates the festive festival, and as usual, the "big drama" was performed. It was a rule passed down during the Qianlong period. All "big dramas" do not focus on the plot, pay attention to the scene, gods and ghosts, and everything. The dramas on the Wanbao Festival are generally called "Nine Nine Days Day". Among them, they are divided into Magu's birthday celebrations, Yaochi Banquet, Haiwu Birthday, etc., and almost all the myths about birthdays were included. They saw the Queen Mother, Nandou, Beidou, Birthday Star, Eight Immortals, Golden Boy and Jade Girl, Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, each with bright clothes, and they were all unique. They sang the "brands" of the music of the world, Taiping Order, to the emperor, and thanking the emperor for their grace, which were singing and dancing, which was extremely lively. This was not seen on weekdays.
The grand occasion of Qianlong and Jiaqing has not seen each other for many years. Although this is a filial piety in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the emperor could not be without emotion when he feasted his eyes. After the drama was over, he took on the ordinary axe plays ordered by the emperor. At the beginning of the Shenchu period, the dinner began. The emperor took the table surrounded by the Golden Dragon table. The queen took the fifth prince and the eldest princess to sit on the first table in the east, and the first table in the west were Concubine Jia and Concubine Jin, each with the eldest prince, the second princess, and the second princess. The other concubines, two tables, were divided into positions, and were enthroned in order, on both sides of the east and west. The eunuchs passed on the meal, the palace maids fanned, and there were as many as two or three hundred people serving inside and outside the hall, but they followed and had no sound. Every word on the lyrics on the stage could be heard clearly.
All the concubines felt that this was the most enjoyable moment. The emperor looked left and right and felt very satisfied. He turned his head and nodded. Liufu hurriedly came over, "Master, what are you asking?"
"Where is Sushun?"
Liufu stared at the bottom and looked down. The whole house was covered with red tops, and he couldn't tell at all. "Let's go down and pass him over?" The emperor nodded and said nothing.
Liu Fu turned around and went down until the governor of another province went to Beijing to find the flight. Sure enough, he whispered a few words to him, Sushun stood up, followed him upstairs, knelt down to pay his respects, and approached a little, "Master, what's the matter for me to do?"
"When will you return to office?"
Su Shun was stunned, "I originally thought that after the birthday of Wanbao, I would leave Beijing on June 12th..."
"Don't wait so late, you'll go back tomorrow." The emperor said, "After arriving in the province, explain what's going on next year, and come back immediately, and temporarily serve in the Office of the Internal Affairs--to discipline and discipline those incompetent bastards for me!"
Su Shun was overjoyed, but a little confused, "Yes. The slave should share his worries for his master, but it's the matter of Jin Province..."
"I have discussed the appointment of the governor of Shanxi with a few people from the Military Affairs Office. In addition, I will select others to take over, so you don't have to worry about it." The emperor said, "After arriving in Shanxi, I will explain the errands clearly and come back quickly. I have errands waiting for you here!"
Chapter completed!