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"Your Majesty is here!"

The high-pitched voice of the internal official came,

The hall became even quieter.

In the whispering voice,

The emperor walked in from the back of the palace with the queen, Zhao Fang, Rong Fei and other concubines.

The emperor and empress sat down behind the royal desk in the center of the front, and the prince, concubines, princesses, etc. also came to their seats.

But Zhao Fang, the concubines, princesses, etc. did not sit down.

The chief minister next to the emperor looked at the scene in the palace and took another breath: "Congratulations!"

A sound came out,

Everyone in the hall fell to their knees and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor!"

After shouting, everyone fell to the ground.

"prosper!"

Everyone in the hall stood up one after another.

"Congratulations!"

Hearing the voice of the chief minister, Zhao Fang, who was beside the emperor, knelt down again like all the other officials in the palace, shouting with reverence and joy in his eyes: "Long live my father, long live, long live!"

The princess next to Zhao Fang also shouted in a sweet voice.

Then, again.

On weekdays, one or two kneelings are enough, but today is the emperor's birthday, or a full birthday, so naturally he has to kneel down a few more times.

The emperor stood behind the imperial desk and looked out,

From the inside of the main hall to the square outside the hall, and as far away as the palace gate, everyone in sight was kneeling on the ground.

When he didn't have a son, the emperor had watched it dozens of times. Apart from some feelings at the beginning, he wasn't really touched at all later on.

But since having Zhao Fang, my mood has been completely different when I look at this scene again, especially when I see Bai Gao Jiangren kneeling near the entrance of the hall.

"Everyone, sit down!"

The emperor waved his hand casually.

"sit!"

"Sit~"

The internal officer shouted to the outside.

Most of the people sitting in the main hall were princes of the clan, waiting lords and senior officials of the dynasty.

The head of each family is in front, and the family members are behind.

Sitting under the verandah around the square outside the palace were officials, generals and their families below the fifth rank of Bianjing. When they heard the shouts of the internal officials, they all sat down.

"Dong~"

After a bell rings,

From the direction of Xihua Gate, there were noisy exclamations from the onlookers, who had obviously seen something.

In the square outside the palace,

"Chirp, chirp, chirp~"

"Gu Gu Gu~"

On the colorful building that has been built,

Musicians in some workshops used musical instruments and shouts to imitate the sounds of various bird sounds.

The sound is very imaginary. With your eyes closed, it sounds like you are standing in a forest full of birds.

This also marks the beginning of the celebration and adds to the atmosphere for viewing auspicious animals.

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye were standing near the colorful shed, listening to the calls of various birds.

Looking side by side towards the palace gate.

"Brother Ye, have you prepared any exotic animals for your family this year?"

Hearing Xu Zaijing’s words that could only be heard clearly if he leaned close to his ear,

Gu Tingye's eyes were full of pride and he said: "Hey, of course there is! Brother Jing, you have to be prepared, this year's things are really new!"

Xu Zaijing turned his head and looked at Gu Tingye: "Have you seen it?"

Gu Tingye pursed his lips in embarrassment: "Yeah! Brother Jing, it's not that I don't want to take you, it's really..."

"Understood! I want to see what it is today!"

"I heard from my grandfather that the Wu family caught it from a place thousands of miles away in the south. You don't believe it even if I say it. Wait until you see it!"

After a while,

There were animals that were led, tied, or locked in carts and cages, and were guarded by the imperial guards from outside the door.

Most of these animals have mutated coat colors or are very beautiful. They are sent to Bianjing as auspicious signs.

Moreover, after hearing the cry on the Cailou, some birds looked towards the Cailou curiously.

Two quarters of an hour later,

"Brother Jing, look, the things sent by my grandfather's family are here!"

Gu Tingye pointed to the cage on a cart that came in from the palace gate.

Xu Zaijing hurriedly took a closer look. Looking at the animals in the cage, Xu Zaijing turned to look at Gu Tingye in shock and disbelief: "No! This thing."

"It's strange! What's even more strange is that it's on its belly!"

Gu Tingye pointed at the animal in the cage and said with a smile: "When it gets close, Brother Jing, take a closer look at its belly. I'm sure it will surprise you!"

Xu Zaijing nodded, but he knew in his heart that the kangaroo Gu Tingye mentioned had a pocket on its belly, and there might be a small kangaroo inside.

Talking

The cart had already approached the two of them.

"Look!"

Following Gu Tingye's shout, the surrounding officials, palace maids, and the Western Army Lieutenant Colonel who was preparing to perform on stage all looked at the little kangaroo with its head in the 'pouch' in surprise.

In the palace,

The chief minister said at the emperor's side: "Your Majesty, the next carriage that comes over contains the exotic southern beasts from Ningyuan Hou Gong. It is said that there is a naturally grown pocket on the belly, specially used to raise the little beasts."

The emperor and Zhao Fang both had curious looks on their faces.

soon,

The trolley stopped at the entrance of the main hall.

Listening to the buzzing voices in the hall, the envoys from Bei Liao and Jin Kingdom looked in disbelief and stood up to see what was going on.

The Dukes sitting above Gu Yankai all smiled. Duke Lian looked at Gu Yan who was not far away and said with a smile: "Gu Hou, I remember the last time His Majesty had a birthday party, the Gu family paid tribute to foreigners. Beast 'Keelin'?"

The British male beside him smiled and nodded.

The Marquis of Xiangyang, who was sitting not far from Gu Yankai, shook his head and said: "If you have a good father-in-law, there are so many tricks! Every time you catch people's attention!"

Gu Yankai smiled helplessly, and from time to time he cupped his hands and said, "It's also a coincidence, a coincidence!"

The emperor sitting at the top was also smiling and said: "Let this strange beast be placed at the palace gate later, so that all your beloved ministers can take a closer look when they go out."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone who heard the emperor's voice bowed and shouted.

After the auspicious beasts were gone, the sounds of imitating the chirping of birds on the colorful building gradually dissipated.

Subsequently,

Various musical instruments played in an orderly manner in the colorful booth outside the hall, and the dancers of the first program in the music walked towards the main hall.

Along the way, the dancers, dressed-up ladies, danced simple movements rhythmically in place.

In the palace,

Gu Tingyi, who was sitting behind Mr. Bai, looked at the program arrangement post in his hand, leaned over to the lady on the same side and said, "Zhengzheng, the first dancer is actually a dancer from Bai Xingqing Mansion?"

Chai Zhengzheng, who was looking in the direction of Yongyi Hou Mansion, looked away from Rong Feiyan who was sitting next to Hua Lan and turned his head: "Huh? I know! Didn't sister Tingyi read the post about the program schedule?"

Ting Yi scratched his cheek and said, "My mother and sister-in-law have been watching, but I didn't pay attention."

"Um!"

Chai Zhengzheng nodded, glanced in Hualan's direction again and pursed his lips.

Sitting not far away from the emperor,

Wearing a flower crown and pearl makeup,

The very soft-looking Concubine Rong was picking up a piece of fruit and putting it into the golden bowl in front of her. Concubine Rong also raised her head and glanced at her sister sitting next to Hua Lan, with a rather expectant look in her eyes.

At this time,

The music coming in stopped briefly,

After entering the palace, the dancers kowtowed to the emperor and stood in the position where the performance had been rehearsed in the palace.

As soon as the dancers stood still, the music started again.

Rong Feiyan held the post in her hand, smiled and said to Hua Lan: "Sister Hua Lan, this post says that a girl is dancing by the stream. Isn't she really smart when listening to the music?"

Hua Lan turned her head and looked at Rong Feiyan, who had bright eyes and an extremely soft but slightly red face. She smiled and nodded: "That's what Miss Feiyan said."

As she said that, Hualan was still mentally comparing Rong Feiyan with Chai Zhengzheng, who entered the palace together. Finally, Hualan shook her head: Spring orchids, autumn chrysanthemums, they are equally divided.

Looking at the dance in the field,

The ladies and ladies sitting in the hall glanced at the posts in their hands from time to time.

The post contains an outline of the first dance.

Ting Yi sat beside Chai Zhengzheng and watched the performance. It seemed that he was trying to make up for the regret of not reading many posts along the way. Ting Yi was watching the dance and murmuring:

"This is a girl who entered the Xingqing mansion. She was bullied and had no choice."

"Dong dong dong~"

At this time, a muffled and low drum sound sounded outside the hall. The dancers in the field made unsteady and dizzy movements and then collapsed on the ground. The water sleeves in their hands flew up and down from time to time.

"Is this an earthquake?"

Chai Zhengzheng, who was watching the dance intently, asked without looking back.

"Yes!"

Suddenly,

The music coming from the booth became dangerous, and another dancer entered the scene.

The music became intense, and the dance moves of the two people told the story of a woman being bullied by evil people.

Subsequently,

The sandalwood board in front of the color booth that controlled the rhythm sounded rhythmically.

A group of dancers wearing red costumes, with horse heads made of colored paper in front of them, and small flags with the word "zhou" on their backs, came in steps.

The dancers in this group are dressed handsomely and elegantly, and their small steps are very neat, giving people an elite and majestic feeling at a glance.

"Ha! This is our cavalry from Great Zhou!"

The voice of the Marquis of Xiangyang was neither high nor low, causing the nearby distinguished officials to nod.

I saw the leading dancer in red wave his hand,

The dancer at the end is drawing the bow and drawing the arrow,

"call out"

A whistle like a whistle came,

Among the two dancers who were 'entangled', the one playing the bad guy stopped his movements and immediately fell to the ground.

Then, the dancer who played the victim girl performed a few moves to show her joy, then slowly knelt on the ground, looking at the dancer who had just played the cavalryman.

"Dangdang, Dangdang!"

"Dangdang, Dangdang!"

From the colorful shed came the unison playing of dozens of pipa instruments.

Outside the palace,

When Gu Tingye was still confused,

Xu Zaijing on the side had already shouted loudly after the first sound of the pipa rhythm: "Da Zhou, Wan Sheng!"

After Xu Zaijing said this, the sound of the pipa continued.

Standing near the two people, and behind them were Zhu Qinghu, Di Jing, Cao Yi and other lieutenants of the Western Army, who all agreed.

There were no shouts from Xu Zaijing and others during the previous rehearsal.

As a result, at this time, the shouts of Xu Zaijing and others added a strong touch of color to the end of the dance.

A story about a Xingqing Mansion dancer performing through dance actually had a hint of reality at this time.

"Da Zhou, Wan Sheng!"

After the Marquis of Xiangyang shouted in agreement, the emperor smiled and stretched out his hand to press down. Only then did the people in the palace stop shouting for Wansheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Hahahaha! Good! Good dance! Reward!"

"Reward~!"

The chief minister shouted loudly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The dancers in the hall quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

When the dancer leaves the stage,

The music hadn't started yet, and there was a hint of silence in the hall.

The old and strong British Duke glanced at General Cao, the Marquis of Tuoxi, and said in a deep and powerful voice: "Brother, I read the battle report and remember that before the earthquake, it was the youngest son of the Xuhou family who entered Xingqing Mansion? "

Hearing this,

Zhao Fang was not the only one in the hall who sat upright and pricked up his ears.

Old General Cao looked at the British Princess, then at the Yongyi Marquis Xu Minghua, and said with a smile: "What the Duke said is true! To be honest, the dancer just now was the one who witnessed this story. "

"Oh? Is he the person who was saved by our Great Zhou Cavalry?"

"good!"

As soon as General Cao said these words,

Everyone in the hall started talking in low voices.

The emperor, who was sitting behind the imperial court solemnly, also had a surprised look on his face: "Is this happening?"

While speaking, the emperor looked at General Cao.

"Your Majesty, that's right! This woman later wrote a letter in blood and delivered it to the account, and later returned to Bianjing with the army."

Listening to Old General Cao's words, everyone in the hall nodded.

When the old general spoke,

Chai Zhengzheng just looked at where the dancers were dancing, thinking about the movements of the red dancers,

In her mind, she imagined Xu Zaijing wearing a heroic armor and riding a horse in the enemy's capital.

After seeing this, Xu Zaijing waved his hand coldly and directly,

The sturdy knight following him immediately drew his strong bow and fired his sword to kill the villain without stopping for a moment.

As he thought about it, Chai Zhengzheng couldn't help but laugh.

"Zhengzheng, why are you laughing?" Ting Yi looked at her doubtfully.

"Nothing!" Chai Zhengzheng shook his head.

"Oh, if you smile like that, the pearls on your cheeks will fall off." Ting Yi said.

After Chai Zhengzheng hurriedly calmed down her smile, she asked Gu Tingyi to help her press the pearl on her cheek to fix it.

Behind Xu Minghua,

Mrs. Sun felt the gazes from all directions, from the wives and eldest ladies of the clan, lords, high-ranking officials, etc. Although she felt sad in her heart, she still had to nod her head slightly with pride.

Seeing Mrs. Wu's gloating and teasing eyes, she could only pass it by and pretend she didn't see it.

Fortunately, after a while,

Festive and funny music sounded,

Outside the main hall, there were internal officials busy fixing bamboo poles and colorful cables in front of the hall, and also bringing in large jars, torches and other things.

soon,

In front of the hall, various acrobatic performances such as pole climbing and cylinder riding began.

The superb skills often caused exclamations in the hall.

After the acrobatics, the sons of a clan from Yuzhou, a certain fiefdom, dressed in peasant attire, performed a rice field harvest dance in the palace.

After the performance, the emperor looked at Zhao Ceying, who seemed to be dressing up in colorful clothes to entertain her, and said with a smile: "Last time it was a harvest song, this time it's a harvest dance! You father and son are determined!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty! May my grain harvest and warehouses be full during the Great Week!"

The emperor smiled and nodded.

After Zhao Ceying left,

The officials were busy setting up a tall Cuju goal in front of the palace.

"Your Majesty, it is the Rong family brother who is going to perform!"

After hearing the report from the chief minister, the emperor smiled and said: "What is this boy performing? Cuju?"

"Yes! The Rong family brother has recruited some of the best Cuju players in Beijing! He said that the one who shoots the most goals will be rewarded, and the one who loses will have Xuanwu painted on his face."

The emperor smiled and nodded.

soon,

Two groups of Cuju players wearing different colors appeared in front of the hall. One person from each group was wearing a hairpin and was lined up on both sides of the goal.

Rong Xian, wearing a big red flower hairpin, stood out among the crowd.

Afterwards, the players on both sides showed off their superb Cuju ball control skills while passing the Cuju to Rongxian of Hairpin and another Hairpin, and the two of them completed the 'shooting'.

Rongxian was able to attack Qi Heng with a ball when he was a child. This skill is quite good.

But in the end,

"Is this Rongxian losing?"

The emperor said, looking back at the people behind him.

Concubine Rong and the other concubines all smiled and nodded.

At this time, Rongxian walked in with a smile on his face, knelt down silkily, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please draw Xuanwu with your hands!"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then he figured it out, smiled and nodded: "Come here!"

The chief minister hurriedly presented the prepared brushes and gold paint.

Xu Minghua, who was sitting above Marquis Fuchang, looked at all this with a smile, then raised his hands towards Marquis Fuchang and said, "Brother from the Rong family is interested."

Marquis Fuchang smiled and held his hands.

Outside the palace,

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye watched Rong Xian's performance from a distance and listened to the shouts coming from the hall. They looked at each other and said in unison: "When did Rong Xian become so smart?"

So damn good