From the end to the other world

After that day, the two of them would take Xiaotuanzi to the teahouse only when Qin Luochuan was resting.

Prince Ning and Concubine Ning would go there to eat occasionally. With this living signboard, the food inside was indeed delicious, and many dishes had never been served elsewhere. Therefore, the teahouse quickly became a place for dignitaries and literati in the capital. The place of choice for our banquets.

If only Shang Qingyue, the husband of a sixth-rank official, opened such a large teahouse, he would inevitably be jealous, but with the support of Princess Ning, there is no need to worry about this at all. The business of the teahouse is a day. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a good day to make money every day.

Shang Qingyue was happy making money, and Qin Luochuan was not too bad. After more than three months of hard work, he had already read nearly half of the books on the shelves. A lot of content has been completed, and the three of them agreed that as long as there are no accidents, the history of the former dynasty, including those added by Qin Luochuan himself, will be almost complete by next year's Spring Festival, so they are even more motivated to fight.

Especially Yang Xi, ever since Fu Lang and the child came to the capital, he seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and he was full of energy in everything he did.

Qin Luochuan couldn't help laughing at him all the time, but he didn't know that he was actually the same. Xiaotuanzi was growing fast, and he looked the same almost every day. He felt that Yang Xi loved the child too much, but he didn't know that he himself was also in Yang Xi's eyes. silly dad.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, several days in advance, and Shang Qingyue began to prepare the gifts to be given away. When they were in Yuxi Town, their interpersonal relationship was simple, and there were not many people to give away.

Now it is different, in addition to their respective friends, there are also colleagues from the Qin Luochuan Imperial Academy.

As for Yang Xi's family, Qin Luochuan invited them to celebrate the festival together. The two elders are not in the capital, so they can be more lively together.

Qin Luochuan even planned the vegetables and fruits he wanted to eat that day in advance, but this plan was aborted because of an imperial decree.

On the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, the emperor held a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the Imperial Garden to entertain all his officials.

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There are many civil and military officials in Beijing, and not everyone is qualified to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet. Qin Luochuan is from the sixth rank, so the chance of being able to participate is not high in terms of rank.

But in the list given by the palace, not only he was in it, but Wen Shiyan and Yang Xi were also there. Among the Jinshi of the same subject, apart from the three of them, only Rong Siyuan had this qualification.

Few people came to their small courtyard in the Hanlin Academy. After the officials who passed the news had left, Yang Xi couldn't help but said to Qin Luochuan excitedly in a low voice: "I knew it would be right to do things with you."

Except for the first three in the previous palace examination, he was the only one among the seven concubines who were eligible to participate in the Mid-Autumn Banquet. Yang Xi could figure out why with his toes.

Seeing Yang Xi's extremely excited appearance, Qin Luochuan smiled and said: "Even if we went to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, we must have sat at the back. We don't even know if we can talk to the emperor."

"It's an honor to be able to participate," Yang Xi said, "I don't dare to ask for anything else."

After a pause, he said again: "It's just that we agreed to celebrate the festival together, and we're going to miss the appointment."

Qin Luochuan was also a little disappointed. This was Xiaotuanzi's first holiday after he was born, and the three of them actually had to be separated.

After the two of them were sad, they realized that Wen Shiyan hadn't spoken since he knew that he was going to the palace to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. He just stayed in the corner and giggled from time to time, wondering what he was thinking.

Yang Xi patted his shoulder worriedly, and Wen Shiyan came back to his senses and said, "I'm fine."

He didn't look like he was fine, but since he didn't want to talk, Qin Luochuan and Yang Xi didn't want to ask too much.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the imperial garden was brightly lit and crowded with people.

Sure enough, as Qin Luochuan expected, the position of the three of them was at the back of the hundred officials.

The last time they came back to the Imperial Garden, it was the Qionglin Banquet. At that time, all the flowers were in full bloom, and they had just been named on the gold list. The so-called scenery is infinite.

Now all the flowers have withered, only the chrysanthemums are still stretching freely.

Before the emperor came, Yang Xi wanted to go around and relive the feeling at that time, but one day passed, Wen Shiyan still looked restless, Yang Xi and Qin Luochuan were worried, so they could only watch by the side. with.

Fortunately, not long after, a servant shouted loudly: "The emperor is here——"

The servant's voice was high and thin, and Wen Shiyan, who had been thinking for a long time, came back to his senses, knelt down with everyone and saluted: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live, queen, thousand years old, thousand years old. "

In addition to the officials, there were concubines from the harem and princes and princesses who participated in the Mid-Autumn Banquet.

Qin Luochuan once heard Princess Ning inadvertently mentioning that there were only a few people in the emperor's harem, so he couldn't help being a little curious about what kind of people it was that allowed the king of a country to abolish the three-year draft.

After the emperor said Ping, Qin Luochuan looked forward by standing up.

He moved carefully, and he was not the only one who was curious about the concubines and princesses attending the Mid-Autumn Banquet, so he was not conspicuous.

It's just that the distance is far away, and no matter how bright the lights are, it is still not as bright as daylight, so I can only vaguely see the outline of the face, but it is not clear.

Since he couldn't see clearly, after sitting down, Qin Luochuan looked away.

Seeing that Wen Shiyan was still looking forward helplessly, Qin Luochuan quickly pulled down his sleeves under the table, and Wen Shiyan came back to his senses.

At the end, after they sat down, they could only see the back of the head of the official in front, so Yang Xi boldly lowered his voice and joked: "Could it be that you have fallen in love with some princess?"

"No." Wen Shiyan said without thinking.

He answered too quickly, and his expression was a little unnatural, Qin Luochuan couldn't help but look more.

After the banquet started, apart from the clinking of cups and plates, the officials below also started talking, and the noise became more and more, and those sitting at the end couldn't even hear the voice of the emperor above.

So Qin Luochuan and Yang Xi lowered their heads and ate seriously at the same time, only occasionally chatting with the people around them.

Qin Luochuan was fine, if he ate something he liked, he would eat a few more mouthfuls, if he didn't like it, he would put it aside.

Relying on no one's attention, Yang Xi lowered his voice and commented on what he had eaten with Qin Luochuan.

The final result is that it is indeed an honor to be able to come to the palace to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, but when it comes to food, it is better to eat the dishes cooked by the chef in Qin Luochuan's mansion at home.

I didn't know what was said before, but suddenly fell silent.

The emperor said: "I have also tasted the mooncakes from Qin Aiqing's family, and they taste really good."

When the emperor mentioned Qin Luochuan, the officials in the front row stopped talking and turned to look over.

Although Qin Luochuan didn't know why the emperor suddenly praised his family's mooncakes, he quickly stood up and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

Qin Luochuan had just finished speaking when he heard a woman beside the emperor say, "This is Mr. Qin who passed the third grade in this year's scientific examination? He is indeed a young talent."

The two were far away, even with Qin Luochuan's eyesight, he could only roughly see the woman's face clearly. Qin Luochuan didn't believe that the woman could really see what he looked like, but she just wanted to praise him. No one would think that it was just I just wanted to compliment him.

And he didn't even know who the woman was, let alone how to deal with it.

However, the emperor seemed to be aroused, and asked: "Your concubine, have you heard of Qin Aiqing's name?"

"Not only have I heard about it," Concubine Zhao said with a smile, "Master Qin's love for her husband is probably known to all women in Beijing. A few days ago, I heard Ming Xin say that choosing a son-in-law to be Lord Qin is such a thing."

Mingxin is the name of the fifth princess. When the officials below heard this, some turned their heads to look at Qin Luochuan, and some looked up.

Qin Luochuan followed the line of sight of the person above him, and in the corner behind the emperor, he saw a woman full of shame, indignation and astonishment. She should be the Princess Mingxin that Zhao Guifei mentioned.

So he sighed and saluted, "It's the princess who praised me absurdly, I am ashamed of myself."

He finally understood, why Concubine Zhao suddenly wanted to praise him, she was waiting here, but he didn't know who was the fish in the pond who was caught up with the princess.

Concubine Zhao just smiled when she heard the words, and just when Qin Luochuan thought the matter was over, an official sitting in front of him on the right suddenly said: "I heard that there is only one husband in Master Qin's family, and he doesn't even have a concubine. Well, if Mr. Qin hadn't won the first prize, it would be fine to marry Shuang'er as his wife, but now that he's an official, Shuang'er won't be able to make it to the stage after all."

After he finished speaking, he paused, and then said: "The family married a Shuanger, who was later recruited as a son-in-law. There were also examples in the previous dynasty."

Qin Luochuan wanted to refute, but was a step too late.

Princess Mingxin, who was originally full of shame and anger, stood up suddenly, and said seriously: "My lord's words are wrong. This palace admires lord Qin because he respects his character and admires the relationship between him and his husband. If it is really based on status , do what your lord just said, didn't all the things I respected and admired be destroyed by me?

"I am the five princesses of the Great Yan Dynasty. If you can't get what you want, why do you want to take something that doesn't belong to me?"

Her words were loud and loud, completely different from the shame and indignation when she was run over by Concubine Zhao just now, she was obviously forced.

Among the officials present, even Qin Luochuan couldn't help showing expressions of astonishment.

Although the folk customs in this dynasty are open and open, there are a lot of gossip about the royal family in teahouses and restaurants, but it is a princess who lives deep in the harem who said this, which is beyond everyone's expectations.

But there are also old-fashioned old scholars who feel that what Princess Mingxin said just now is really inappropriate, even if she is a princess, she should not talk about choosing a son-in-law in front of so many courtiers.

It's just that they didn't have time to say anything, and they didn't wait for the empress to reprimand Princess Mingxin, so the emperor said with emotion: "My fifth princess has grown up and is sensible."

Princess Mingxin originally said these words with the mentality of being reprimanded or even punished, but she did not expect to be praised by the emperor, she couldn't react for a while, and she stuttered a bit: "Thank... Thank you father The emperor praises."

The emperor looked at the queen with a smile and said: "Her mother and concubine left early. I was worried that she would not be as good as other princesses. It seems that I worried too much. You taught her well."

The queen also smiled and pointedly said: "As the sons and daughters of the emperor, you should have everything, so why bother to snatch other people's things."