At the sixth hour of Shen time, that is, at about 4:30 pm on modern time, everyone had already entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony one after another.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is commonly known as the Golden Palace.

As one of the three authentic halls, it is rarely used on weekdays.

That is, it is only used when the New Year's banquet is given, the birthday party of the empress dowager and the emperor, as well as the canonization of the crown prince, the queen, and the new emperor ascended the throne.

Today is a rare time to use.

As early as before the New Year, the three eunuchs in the palace called eunuchs and palace maids to thoroughly clean and wax the Palace of Supreme Harmony.

Now when people enter here, they can still smell a faint cured smell and some fragrant aroma.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is very warm.

What is burned here is not honeycomb coal, but high-quality charcoal. Through the mezzanine pipes in the palace, heat can be transported to most places to maintain heat.

It is said that many places in the palace have been converted to honeycomb coal stoves for heating, but in many important places, the safest charcoal is still used.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is very large, and it will cost tens of thousands of kilograms to burn for an afternoon and add charcoal for one night.

No wonder the emperor handled general government affairs in the small place of the Ganqing Palace. This consumption was too high, and even the royal family felt distressed.

Because the Hall of Supreme Harmony is very large, even if there are hundreds of people sitting inside, it will not be crowded.

Those who can come here today are the princes and princes in the royal family who can only come with three, so many stay at home.

There is only one person below the prince.

The rules of the remaining court officials are probably the same. If there is too much noise, there will be no atmosphere at all.

Not to mention the foreign tribes, small overseas countries, etc., princes and nobles, etc. If you don’t plan well, you may really squeeze out outside.

That wouldn't be very conventional.

After all, the New Year’s banquet is different from the Queen Mother’s birthday, and it is more solemn and formal.

As the most outstanding new generation figure in the royal family, no one dared to say hello to Liu Mingqi when she came in.

The reason is very simple. The cold-faced King Su was walking beside him. Which young man who was not open in his eyes dared to wander in front of King Shou?

Even Nangong Qiucheng, a prime minister like this, dared not come over.

Liu Mingqi and King Su separated and sat back to the table of the prince and prince, and the concubine, and saw Nangong Qiucheng next to him.

"Why are you here?" Liu Mingqi said: "Is Nangong Xiangye so partial, he doesn't even care about his son, just caring about his grandson?"

There are only three people in the family, and it is the most normal way to add a couple to a son. For example, the situation that Nangong Ji brought his grandson really surprised Liu Mingqi.

"Go and go, my grandma is uncomfortable today, so I came for her." Nangong Qiucheng said seriously.

Liu Mingqi then figured out the Nangong family's thoughts.

A woman who comes to this occasion is actually not very useful. It is better to give it to the outstanding juniors in the family so that they can have an opportunity to make friends and highlight their identities.

When I turned around, I saw that Liu Mingqi had really seen many officials from second-rank or above, who came with two juniors, and there was no trace of a woman beside me.

There is no need to worry about the emperor getting angry. If the birthday party is played like this, the emperor will get angry. As for the New Year birthday party, then just let them do it.

Since she started talking about it, Nangong Qiucheng came over and said with a shameless face: "Happy New Year of the Little Prince! I'm glad to you!"

"hehe!"

Liu Mingqi moved her head a little, "Master Nangong, you make me feel a little creepy!"

"What's wrong? Don't I respect you?" Nangong Qiucheng said with a flattering smile, "Brother Qi, look, this new year and new atmosphere. If there is no big white rabbit milk candy in your pocket, I'm embarrassed to leave the house!"

"Isn't there any on the table? Just put a few of them in your hand." Liu Mingqi said neatly, "I won't eat my portion, I'll give it to you."

"Tsk, see if there is still on your table?" Nangong Qiucheng stopped smiling and said angrily.

Liu Mingqi then went to see the candy plate on the table. Sure enough, only broad beans, dried dates, etc., and the pack of twenty big white rabbit milk candies that should have disappeared.

"I just came one step late, and those kids swallowed the big white rabbit milk candy directly." Nangong Qiu Chengdao, "We are not angry with these people... But Brother Qi, you have to give me another thousand packs of emergency."

"It turns out that the big white rabbit milk candy has become a life-saving medicine?" the boy smiled.

"That's not? The gifts and gifts that our Nangong family now give to the New Year are the most popular White Rabbit milk candy, and they disappeared early in the morning." Nangong Qiucheng said helplessly, "To be honest, even my brother, I only ate two or three pills. My wives and concubines in my room are even more pitiful. I'm afraid I only ate one pill, right?"

"Take you!"

Liu Mingqi doesn't believe his nonsense.

This guy only bought a thousand bags of big white rabbit milk candy not long ago. It would be strange if he didn't give it to his wives, concubines and children!

Speaking of which, Nangong Qiucheng is less than nineteen years old this year, and he actually has two sons and one daughter. Liu Mingqi is so impressed that she is so impressed.

Nangong Qiucheng's emotional offensive failed, so he used the money offensive: "We can tell the price, how about I pay 5,000 taels?"

A pack of twenty packs of big white rabbit milk candies was a liang of silver when they were given to the ladies.

The normal price of a thousand bags is one thousand taels of silver, but the last time Nangong Qiu succeeded in ordering three thousand taels of silver.

Now he actually raised the price of 5,000 taels of silver, and he is indeed a big dog!

But Liu Mingqi sighed, "Master, I won't lie to you. I'll ask someone to send you ten packs later, just treat it as my gift to you. Don't think about anything else."

Nangong Qiucheng had a bitter face: "Oh, Brother Qi, you can be compatible, you can be compatible!"

Liu Mingqi said, "I think you must know that because the road is closed due to heavy snow in Sichuan and Lianghu areas, the sugarcane has not been transported for more than ten days. There are no raw materials. What do I do? Not only the big white rabbit milk candy, but even the white sugar will almost be over!"

Of course, Nangong Qiucheng knew this, otherwise he would not have raised the price to this level.

"But our brothers' relationship is only worth ten packs?" Since he could not satisfy his wish, he could only subdue, "Why do you have to have one hundred packs?"

"Don't think about it, Qiu Cheng." Liu Mingjing, who had been listening to the opera, shook his head and said, "I have only asked for ten packs today, and I'm afraid I'll have to wait a long time to get a new one."

"well!"

Liu Mingjing, Liu Mingqi's best friend, said this, what else can Nangong Qiucheng ask for?

He turned around and cursed the weather: "I don't know which bastard angered God. First, the Gyeonggi area was in trouble, but now six provinces are in trouble. I think... um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um

Liu Mingqi and Liu Mingjing's hands pressed down on his mouth almost at the same time.

"Shut up!"

"Do you want to be punished for a great disrespect?"

The two of them whispered like this.

Only then did Nangong Qiucheng realize that he was Lu Lang.

If we look at the situation when the emperor issued a self-criticism during the locust plague last year, he thought that he was inappropriate in his governance and was unkind to the people, so he was punished by God.

Now that heavy snowfall is coming one after another, the emperor may have to write a decree for guilt again.

Then what Nangong Qiucheng said today is cursing the emperor?

The censor found out that he would not be able to take it and leave!

The young master Nangong, who suddenly fell silent, nodded to the two of them, clasped his fists to thank him, and ran away.

When Nangong Qiucheng left, Liu Mingjing asked in a low voice: "Mingqi, why don't you stop making sugar and do your best to make big white rabbit milk candy? This way, can you make more money?"

Liu Mingqi smiled slightly, "You don't understand this. Necessities of daily necessities are made no matter how much money they are. And those luxury goods must be done until the necessities of daily necessities are satisfied before they can be done.

It is no longer easy for ordinary people to eat candy. If they deprive their little enjoyment and only care about making big white rabbit milk candy for rich people, how can this be considered kind?

Although I, Liu Mingqi, love money, I know the degree of measure. The ratio of these two things is generally impossible to change."

Seeing this boy's hypocritical appearance, Liu Mingjing couldn't say much.

Think about it carefully, Liu Mingqi's style of doing things reflects his character, and being brothers with such people is also a very happy thing.

...

Soon, as the emperor arrived with the empress, prince, princess, princess and concubines, the New Year's banquet slowly began.

Although there were hundreds of people here, plus hundreds of palace maids and eunuchs standing next to them, there was still peace when the emperor spoke.

"I'm very happy that the new year has arrived. This is the 31st year since I ascended the throne. I feel very pleased to see that many of them are old acquaintances who have accompanied me through these thirty years.

When I was young, I sat on the throne because of the former emperor's dragon ascend to heaven. For thirty years, I dare not say that I have been working hard to create a prosperous era, but I am also conscientious and dare not relax at all.

Over the years, the first twenty years have been quite good, but in the past ten years, various natural disasters have occurred frequently, causing most areas in the world to suffer more or less disasters. This is definitely the place where I am at fault.

But I am also very pleased, because in these disasters, I have seen many ministers who are brave enough to serve and seriously provide disaster relief. For example, Cao Xiang, Zhong Xiang, Nangong Xiang, Ma Xiang, Wu Shangshu, Governor Liu, Miao Fu Yin... and so on.

It is precisely because of your dedicated wisdom and hard work day and night that our great health has been through danger again and again and again, and we have become better and better.

Everyone, as well as the foreign tribes, nobles and envoys from overseas countries, please raise your wine glasses!

On this first day of the New Year, I want the first glass of wine. First, I wish the suffering people in the world, and then to all the hard-working ministers, and the gods, Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. I hope they can bless me with great blessings and create new glory!”

The people below quickly stood up, raised the wine glass in their hands, bowed deeply to the emperor, and then drank the wine in the glass with the emperor.

Even Qile buried such a rebellious person, and he had a little respect for Emperor Jinghe.

Jinghe's image of emperor benevolence, righteousness and loving the people, being generous and generous was also widely spread on the grassland.

If Jing Hedi had not insisted on doing business with their grassland tribes and insisted on importing tea, porcelain, silk, medicine and other necessities, I'm afraid that the number of people who died on the grassland would have died every year!

It is certain that the Western Qiang wants to occupy the Great Kang Kingdom.
To be continued...