The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 153 Palace Banquet 1

Two days later, the palace banquet began.

Emperor Jing specially asked people to prepare two sets of gorgeous palace dresses and matching jewelry for Su Tang.

One set is a rose-red dress embroidered with delicate flower patterns and inlaid with pearl decorations. The color is bright and eye-catching, which makes people shine.

The other one was a goose yellow palace dress embroidered with elegant patterns. Although it was also beautiful, it did not seem as formal and solemn as the rose-red one.

The palace dress was delivered personally by Eunuch Fu one day in advance.

That day, Su Tang wore the rose-red suit and took the princess' carriage to the palace.

The closer you get to the palace, the more carriages and sedan chairs you see on the road.

Fortunately, everyone lined up in an orderly manner.

Su Tang's carriage was made for a princess, so it was much larger than those of ordinary people.

When the carriage slowed down, someone noticed Su Tang's carriage.

"Whose carriage is that? It looks bigger than the Xie family's carriage." Behind Su Tang's carriage, a young lady lifted the curtain and looked at Su Tang's carriage.

"I don't know, but there are usually logos of different families on the carriages. Let them take a look and they will know." An old nanny accompanying the carriage said to the young lady.

"Okay, then let them go and check it out, and tell them not to offend the noble person in the car." The young lady said to the nanny.

Soon the servant outside the carriage came back and said, "The carriage in front has no markings. Some people went to inquire about the news like us. They said that the guards beside the carriage were wearing waist badges of the palace guards."

The young lady who had called for information was so frightened that she covered her mouth with a handkerchief. The maid beside her immediately said to the servant outside the carriage, "Tell the coachman to keep some distance from the carriage in front, so as not to disturb the carriage in front."

"Yes." The servants responded in succession.

After lowering the curtain, the young lady finally calmed down her surprise. She patted her chest and looked at the nanny beside her, "Thanks to mother for letting you come with me. But don't the princesses all live in the palace? Why is this car going to the palace with us?"

"Let's not pry into the affairs of the nobles. When you get off the car later, please pay attention to that person's appearance so that you will be able to deal with him when you meet him in the palace." The old maids could not enter during the palace banquet, so she could only give a few instructions now.

However, the person in the carriage behind wanted to see Su Tang's appearance, but he was unable to do so in the end.

When Su Tang's carriage arrived at an intersection, it suddenly turned and drove into a road on the right.

The intersection of that road was guarded by palace guards, and other carriages could not enter.

The route taken by Su Tang's carriage must have been different from the route taken by other female relatives in the capital, but the road that was just blocked was the only way for all carriages heading towards the imperial palace.

Su Tang's carriage drove directly into the palace and stopped at the carriage parking area in the palace.

There was already a sedan chair waiting there.

Su Tang got off the carriage wearing a gorgeous rose-red palace dress.

The person who came to pick up Su Tang was the young eunuch serving Eunuch Fu, the same one who escorted Su Tang and the second prince out of the palace for the first time.

Su Tang remembered that the young eunuch was called Xiao Dezi. "I am here to see the Grand Princess. You need to change to a sedan chair in the palace. Eunuch Fu asked me to welcome you into the palace."

"Thank you, Eunuch De." Su Tang gestured to Chunmei who was following her to take out a small purse and hand it to Xiao Dezi. Today was a palace banquet, and Su Tang prepared a lot of such purses to reward the servants in the palace.

The purses are nothing special; they are all ready-made items purchased from a clothing store in Kyoto.

Xiao Dezi took Su Tang's reward with a smile. As soon as he took it in his hand, he figured out roughly how much taels of silver were in it.

Su Tang gave a lot, with each purse filled with a ten-liang silver ingot.

Xiao Dezi respectfully helped Su Tang lift the curtain of the sedan chair, and Su Tang walked in.

The sedan chair quickly took Su Tang to the place where the princes and princesses in the palace were temporarily resting.

At this time, the second prince had arrived.

Seeing Su Tang coming in, the second prince responded with a smile.

"My sister, this palace dress is very unique. It should be the new style of the Ministry of Internal Affairs this year. I was thinking of preparing a palace dress for you, but my father said he had already prepared it for you, so I didn't prepare it."

"But isn't this dress a little too formal?" Su Tang glanced at the other princesses in the room.

There were several women in the room, and judging by their attire, they should be princesses. However, those princesses were all very young, and the oldest was only about seven or eight years old.

The princess who had previously clashed with Su Tang was not there.

Su Tang doesn't know yet that Xuanyuan Mengyao has been confined by Queen Xie.

Seeing Su Tang looking into the palace, the second prince smiled and said, "By the way, let me introduce you to them. They are our royal brothers and sisters."

After saying that, the second prince took Su Tang into the palace.

In fact, when Su Tang entered the hall, the princesses and princes who were talking or playing with the objects in their hands had already seen Su Tang in formal palace clothes.

They had never seen Su Tang, but they all knew that Emperor Jing had conferred the title of Grand Princess on her, so they all looked at her with curiosity.

It is said that the eldest princess is the second prince's biological sister. She had been raised outside the palace and was just brought back not long ago.

But among so many princesses in the palace, only Su Tang was given a title.

Even the queen's daughter, the former eldest princess, had not been canonized.

So, when the second prince brought Su Tang over, the princes and princesses in the palace all stood up and saluted Su Tang to greet them.

"Greetings, Grand Princess." Several princes and princesses bowed to Su Tang one after another.

"Hello, my royal brothers and sisters." Su Tang smiled kindly at everyone.

Chunmei took out a small bag from the box she carried with her and handed it to Su Tang. Su Tang took it and took out a few golden ornaments from it and handed them to everyone.

"Wow, this is a little golden pig." A little princess held a small gold ornament in her hand.

"This is a little golden horse." A prince said in surprise as he looked at the gold ornaments in his hand.

The gold jewelry that Su Tang gave to each prince and princess was different. It was only after asking the second prince and learning their ages that Su Tang gave them gold jewelry with zodiac signs that matched their ages.

What surprised these princesses and princes was not the zodiac attributes of the gold jewelry, but the fact that the zodiac gold jewelry that Su Tang gave them were all Q version designs.

This is a new and novel thing that was not seen in the Yong Dynasty.

She made several sets of these zodiac gold ornaments. There was a jewelry store in the shop that the second prince gave her.

After Su Tang took it back, she personally designed several styles of jewelry for the store.

However, these small gold ornaments with zodiac signs are not yet sold in the store.

Su Tang wanted to wait until after the palace banquet before selling it to the outside world.

After all, this time it's for the prince and princess, so we have to make something new.

All of a sudden, the princes and princesses in the palace became much closer to Su Tang, and everyone started talking to Su Tang.

"The eldest prince is here." At this time, the second prince whispered in Su Tang's ear.

Su Tang slightly turned sideways and looked towards the door.

I saw a young man in a navy blue gown slowly walking into the hall.

He had an upright posture and walked steadily, but his face was somewhat gloomy and his eyes revealed a hint of coldness.

At this time, the atmosphere in the hall became a little tense.

Everyone seemed to be afraid of the eldest prince.

The eldest prince walked straight to the seat at the top of the hall and sat down without even looking at the people in the hall, as if these royal brothers and sisters were the same as the palace maids and eunuchs in his eyes.

"Oh, my royal brother is still as arrogant as ever." The second prince sneered.

When the eldest prince heard this, he closed his eyes and had no intention of confronting the second prince.

Su Tang raised her eyebrows and looked at the eldest prince. This was the man who had led troops to the northern border and returned without fighting a battle.

It is said that after he came back, he was severely criticized by Emperor Jing in front of all the court officials.

The hall was unusually quiet for a moment. The younger princesses and princes went to sit away from the eldest prince. However, no one spoke anymore. They just waited silently for the eunuch to summon them to the main hall.

At this moment, a eunuch shouted loudly outside the palace: "Princesses and princes, please enter the main palace."

When the eldest prince heard the eunuch's call, he opened his sleepy eyes and walked in one direction alone.

Su Tang, the Second Prince and others also followed in that direction.

After passing through an indoor corridor, Su Tang finally followed the Second Prince and others into the main hall.

In the main hall, there were special eunuchs who helped Su Tang and the others lead the way, guiding the princes and princesses to their respective seats.

In the hall, men and women sat separately, so Su Tang and the second prince were separated.

Sitting in her seat, Su Tang looked up at the decoration inside the hall.

Inside the hall, there was a magnificent display of gold and jade, with carved beams and painted buildings, fully displaying the royal style.

The table was already filled with wine, exquisite snacks and fruits.

In front of where Su Tang and other princesses were sitting was a high platform with several tables on it.

That should be the seat where Emperor Jing and his concubines sat.

Su Tang's position is closest to the platform among all the princesses.

The princess was sitting a short distance away on the other side of the table. Judging from the shape of the table, it should be a seat for the families of court officials.

After the princes and princesses took their seats, two small doors were opened from the other side of the hall, and ministers in court robes and women in formal attire entered the hall one after another.

When these people came in, they were all silent and walked to their seats under the guidance of eunuchs and palace maids.

Soon the area below the hall was already full of people.

Su Tang noticed that some people were sitting next to the main gate, which showed that there were many ministers in Emperor Jing's court.

Su Tang also saw Duke Dingguo and the old lady of Duke Dingguo's mansion.

Their seats were quite near the front, only two tables away from the princes and princesses.

As everyone entered the main hall, the temperature inside the hall seemed to rise a lot.

Soon the eunuch's sharp voice sounded again, "The Queen has arrived, and Concubine Li and Concubine Jing have arrived."

From the inside of the hall, the queen's yellow phoenix robe appeared, and she walked to the high platform in the hall with the help of palace maids.

Behind her, two women with completely different temperaments, dressed in gorgeous palace costumes, also walked up to the platform and sat down.

"Long live the Queen." When the Queen came in, everyone stood up and bowed to greet her.

The last person to enter the main hall was Emperor Jing. When he came in, everyone in the hall stood up again and saluted him.

For a moment, the shouts of the crowd resounded throughout the entire hall, and Su Tang felt her blood boiling after hearing it.

Emperor Jing motioned for everyone to take a seat, and he even glanced towards Su Tang's seat.

When he saw Su Tang wearing the palace dress that he asked Eunuch Fu to send to her, he smiled with satisfaction.

Su Tang also showed a bright smile to Emperor Jing.

At this time, a young eunuch shouted loudly outside the palace: "The envoy of the Principality of Almond is here to see you!"

As he finished speaking, a group of people dressed in strange costumes walked in from the main hall.

They walked steadily and with solemn expressions.

The envoy from the Principality of Almond was walking in the front. He was wearing a purple robe with ornaments inlaid with red gems hanging all over his chest.

Behind him followed several followers, holding several wooden boxes in their hands.

Among this group of people, there was also a blonde woman wearing a brightly colored dress with a lot of skin exposed, which was particularly eye-catching.

When they reached the center of the hall, a group of people stopped and bowed in the direction of Emperor Jing.

The leading envoy said loudly to Emperor Jing in standard Yonghan dialect: "Your Majesty, on behalf of the Principality of Almond, I would like to express my highest respect to you and bring you my country's most sincere greetings."

As soon as the envoy finished speaking, everyone in the hall was shocked.

The appearance and attire of these people in front of him were completely different from those of the people in the Central Plains.

Unexpectedly, they could speak standard Dayong Han dialect.

The Principality of Almond? That's a strange name.

Before, Emperor Jingdi said that several foreign nations had come to visit, and Su Tang thought they were some Japanese people from the northern border or along the coast.

But now it seems that they should be visitors from the other side of the sea.

It was the first time that Su Tang saw someone with blond hair and blue eyes after traveling to this strange world.

I don’t know what the shipbuilding and navigation technology was like in this era.

It seems that she really can't just live in Dayong, she should explore more places.

The envoy waved his hand, and the person holding the wooden box behind him immediately took two steps forward and opened the wooden box in his hand.

Su Tang was sitting quite low at this time and couldn't see what was in the box.

However, a concubine sitting on the high platform showed an expression of surprise and joy.

It seems that there should be good stuff in the box.

Sure enough, Eunuch Fu signaled the eunuch beside him to go downstairs and take the boxes.

After the young eunuch took the box, he did not rush back, but just stood under the stage holding up the wooden box.

Emperor Jing smiled and said to the envoy, "Hahaha, we have received your sincerity. Take them to sit over there."

Eunuch Fu waved his hand, and several palace maids came up immediately and led those people to the empty seats on the side.

Afterwards, several foreign delegations came in, but this time there were no blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners.

Su Tang thought about it and agreed. Judging from the current historical development of Dayong, its navigation technology should not be very advanced. It should be extremely difficult for these foreigners to cross the ocean and come to Dayong.

Then, Eunuch Fu shouted in a loud voice, "The palace banquet begins," and the melodious sounds of stringed instruments suddenly rang out in the palace.

The musicians plucked the strings and played beautiful melodies, making the entire banquet atmosphere relaxed and joyful.

The eunuchs who were carrying gifts from foreign countries also went to the back hall.

Amid the sound of beautiful music, the palace maids glided lightly between the banquet tables, bringing exquisite delicacies and fine wines to the table, filling the air with the aroma of wine.

Su Tang couldn't help but feel hungry when looking at these delicious foods, but she still restrained herself somewhat and ate the dishes in front of her elegantly.