Chapter eight hundred and sixty-eight from the Tanabata feast
The banquet at the Zhuangyuan Building was set up in the hall, with lights and colorful decorations all over the upper and lower parts, as if all the flowers in the entire garden were collected to decorate.
The beauty is that the colors are bright but not complicated. The main color is only blue and yellow, and is decorated with red. It looks elegant and beautiful, bright but not greasy.
The list of top scholars hanging pictures of Cowherd and Weaver Girl is centered on, and more than ten banquets are arranged in a square circle, leaving a vast space inside and outside for performance purposes.
In total, dozens of musicians were surrounded by the picture, leaning against the periphery, kneeling, or standing, playing hard with various instruments. One by one, one handsome man and woman were dressed in exquisite clothes, elegant posture, and melodious and light music.
Whether you see or hear, the entire hall is full of festive atmosphere and elegant nobility.
There were more than a hundred guests, almost filled with banquets, and there were hundreds of servants and maids everywhere, or standing respectfully.
Although the hall of Zhuangyuan Building is very wide, it is still a little crowded. Fortunately, the garden in the backyard has a flowing mat and entertainment facilities.
Since it was a Chinese Valentine's Day banquet, the guests tried their best to bring their female relatives, mostly unmarried. Most of these young men and women went to the garden to play in groups of three or three, leaving the hall to the group of "bad old men" who were bored.
There are almost no hundreds of schools of thought attending the banquet, and a considerable number of them seem unknown, but are actually great figures who truly master the lifeline of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and even the world. Only most of them are hidden behind the scenes, and few people know about it.
Of course, there are also big figures in front of the stage, such as the Princess of Jin and his wife.
Although Tongguan and Zhang Yong, the powerful couple, have broken up in private, they still look loving in public.
For example, Wang Bo, a new scholar in Duanming Palace, was the deacon of the Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Four Spirits, and both father and son attended the banquet.
The situation was similar to the father and son of the Xuanwu General Deacon, and both father and son brought their wives and daughters to have a banquet.
It is natural for Zhao Yi and He Zhen to arrive. The Xuanwu General Deacon, who could not have come, came here in person, which was considered to be a gift to the wind and sand.
Two four-spirit generals in Bianzhou rarely have the same seat. Of course, Ren Song came to flatter. Unfortunately, he was like Zhao Yi, and he was not qualified to be the chief, and he was not even qualified to be the second or third seat.
Both the four-spirit generals could only sit in the third seat, because most of the people who were qualified to serve the first three seats were the sect leaders of the hundreds of schools who attended the banquet in person.
For example, Yi Xiruo, although she has a low status on the secular level, she can be on par with the sect leader of each family in formal occasions where hundreds of schools are the main ones.
Just talking about the status among the hundreds of schools, she is even higher than Fengsha, the young master of the Four Spirits, which is not worthy of her name.
Another veteran Duanming Palace scholar Wang Bu also attended the banquet. He accompanied the leader of the Sixing Sect and recommended him on his behalf.
There are also such as Fu Wang and his daughter, who represent the Buddhist banquet. The father and daughter are in the corner, and the seats are empty. Obviously, everyone intends to avoid them, just like the current situation of Buddhism.
Duke Zhao Chongguang of Qin also dragged his sick body to attend a banquet, and brought his eldest son Zhao Shu with him, obviously wanting his son to expand his connections and get to know some real big shots.
But when this old boy came, he ran into the garden and insisted on tying into the circle of young men and women, making Zhao Chongguang so angry that he didn't even have the strength to blow his beard and stare.
The endorsement of Yin Valley, Guo Qing'e sat on the left hand of Fengsha. Whether in terms of identity and status or relationship with Fengsha, she was the most important VIP at this banquet.
Although the banquet is of high quality, it is not without people who are snatching the waters.
For example, Meng Fan, he sneaked in and played with his sister's vivid light.
Like Master Zhao, he would go into the garden as soon as he came in, trying to hook up with a few ladies from a family.
However, these ladies are very reserved. When they meet with people they don’t know, they only smile with courtesy, every smile, every move shows good education, but they don’t speak at all.
A group of young men of Gaodi were dissatisfied with the boy he didn't know ran around rudely and soon isolated him.
Meng Fan not only likes to join in the fun, but also knows how to join in the fun. In the past, he could get along with people wherever he went, but he still fell back to the point where no one cared about it.
He was not discouraged, and hurried in the corner to look at the situation, preparing to take a chance to enter again.
Soon we found that these young men and women seemed to have casual conversations and chatted and laughed, but in fact they had many small circles.
In addition, there is a vaguely big circle, and the center of this big circle is Zhao Yi.
Most of these people are circling around Zhao Yi, and the difference is only in the distance.
A lot of small circles stayed not far from Zhao Yi, as if they were planning to get up at any time.
Obviously, Zhao Yi was the leader of the younger generation of Northern Zhou.
The core of the past must be his brother Zhao Yi.
However, Zhao Yi had already become a high-ranking position and was still young, and had already entered the level of the father and grandchildren of these noble children. After all, Zhao Yi became the deputy envoy of the Wude Department and had not yet completely left the original circle.
Just as Meng Fan was thinking about how to make a fuss with Zhao Yi, Zhao Shu came up from somewhere and smiled and said, "How did you get in?"
Meng Fan turned his head suddenly, met Zhao Shu, and said overjoyed: "Young Master, you are here just right. I don't recognize anyone here. No one of them wants to pay attention to me. I'll suffocate me to death. I'll be scattered with you today."
The smile on Zhao Shu's face instantly turned into a bitter smile: "It seems like someone is paying attention to me."
Meng Fanqi said: "The eldest son is the leader of the Fengyue Field. I have seen how wide the face of people is. Who dares to neglect you?"
"You said that I am the leader of the 'Fengyue Field'. I am not in the same circle as others, and I am not of the same level! I don't know about others. Have you seen those guys? Either you are going to be a officials or have already entered the official position..."
Zhao Shu smiled dryly and said, "My father, Qin Duke, cannot be hereditary, and I have no intention of becoming an official, so in their eyes, I am just a disrespectful playboy who is not respected by the old and cannot be on the table."
Meng Fan thought to himself that you still know that you are disrespectful to the elderly! You can be your father or even your grandfather by age. You obviously have a good father, but you just hang out in the playboy circle. No wonder they look down on you.
Zhao Shu lowered his voice a little: "Didn't I take someone to copy Gawan's house last time? I thought someone would look up to him, but after a few words, they just smiled and ignored me."
Meng Fan said in surprise: "Why?"
Zhao Shu said depressedly: "How do I know?"
Meng Fan couldn't help but say, "If you can copy Gai Wan's home, you can naturally copy other people's homes. Are they not afraid of offending you?"
Zhao Shu sighed and said, "Since I ignore it, it means that the things I did can't scare people~"
Meng Fan asked, "Do you know all the young masters and ladies here?"
"Everyone said that they are not in the same circle. They are having tea parties, poetry parties, flower parties, and playing with poetry and paintings. They are all artful and elegant, and they look down on me, a rough man."
Zhao Shu has always loved face, but now he can't get along with it. He is naturally depressed when he sees Meng Fan keeps hurting him, and he is inevitably impatient.
Chapter completed!