【Extra 4】Missing(1/2)
On the evening of New Year's Eve, the Zhou royal family held a feast in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the Xie clans bid farewell to the old and welcomed the new.
In modern society, central air conditioners have been installed in the entire palace. On New Year's Eve, snowflakes are flying outside, but the sun is warm like spring in the hall. Today, on both sides of the hall, candles and bronze stoves tall for adult men are lit.
The maids in the palace have signed employment contracts, and they have been trained in specific training companies in Zhouguo. They have the best abilities and provide employment for the royal family. The contract is at least ten years. You can renew the contract after ten years or leave the palace to work elsewhere. Of course, you are free before signing the contract and will not force you to leave you in the palace.
However, the salary in the palace is higher than that outside, and the moral character of emperors and empresses of all dynasties is not bad, so it is still easy to work in the palace. Of course, there are four days off a month, which requires early leave from the deacon in the palace.
When Xie Lang came in, there were already many people sitting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, both men and women, and they were all heads of their families. Although there are princes now, they are just a title. You should still work outside. Because of the public ownership of the country, the prince has no fiefdom.
She walked straight to the top of the main seat, and now His Majesty Xie Yuan sat in the lower left position, with the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager sitting in the lower right.
When I saw the familiar hall, I felt strange.
In her memory, there are only carpets in the morning court of the Grand Hall. After all, when I went to court, I would kneel and sit on the side halls on both sides, and white jade. Now the entire hall is covered with carpets. Looking at the carpets, I think it is valuable.
Hundreds and thousands of men and women sat around both sides, both old and young, all looking at themselves curiously.
Seeing this, she curled her lips slightly, "After more than 1,500 years, I actually returned to the Great Zhou Dynasty. I was satisfied when I saw the Xie clan's population flourishing and the country was prosperous."
"The Xie family has more than just a few people. These are the heads of their own families. If all of them come here, there will be about 100,000 people." The future pretty sat on Xie Lang's shoulder, "all of which are uneasy."
Everyone was a little suspicious when they saw the future and Xie Lang's appearance, and they really couldn't doubt it anymore.
The dinner was very sumptuous. Even if Xie Lang was not a good person, he enjoyed this New Year's Eve dinner very much.
"Auntie, I'll toast you a glass of wine." A young girl from the tribe came forward, held a glass of wine, and looked at Xie Lang with a smile.
Xie Yuan leaned over to Xie Lang and said, "Auntie, this is a direct descendant of Prince Rui, the current daughter of Prince Rui, Xie Ailing."
Xie Lang was slightly stunned, then raised his hand to greet the person.
Xie Ailing walked up the stairs and came to Xie Lang all the way, "Auntie."
"Xie Chen's descendant?"
"Yes, the younger generation is the 49th generation descendant of Xie Chen's ancestor." Xie Ailing knew that compared to the people on the scene, their lineage was closer to Xie Lang.
According to historical records of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the empress took power by stepping on the bones of her relative Yao’s family and then took her five-year-old brother away from the empress dowager and raised her in person.
“What work is done now?”
"My younger generation opened a law firm, mainly for commercial disputes."
Xie Lang nodded, "Work well and don't give your ancestors a reputation for losing."
"My younger brother understand." She clinked glasses with Xie Lang mischievously and took a sip, "Auntie, what kind of person is the ancestor?"
"Have you heard from the Future and told you?" Xie Lang chuckled.
"No, my younger generation rarely enters the palace on weekdays, and it is difficult to meet with my uncle." Xie Ailing is busy with work, so Xie Yuan naturally has very little free time, which means that he can have a relaxing life in the year.
"He..." Xie Lang seemed to have thought of something, and a smile came from the corner of his lips, "He is a foodie and likes to play. He has no airs in and outside the palace and is a friend of Lin Chang'an. After graduating from college, the two went out to play together for two years, and later entered the court to assist the new emperor. The reason why I was able to step down early was because Xie Chen had excellent abilities, so I would be relieved if I was not in the capital."
"Do you know the Lin family?" she asked.
Xie Ailing nodded, "I know, but the Lin family is now in decline."
"Yes." She felt a little moved, "Lin Jingyu and Lin Changan and his son have been in charge of the Great Zhou for more than 40 years, and have made great achievements. Such a family has actually declined."
"Yes, it's really a pity. However, what I saw in the Zhou history that about seven hundred years ago, the Lin family was not in good condition, and only one son was left. Not long after the Lin family left, the man of the Lin family passed away. His son was in poor health since childhood. Later, he heard that he had also gotten up. However, more than two hundred years ago, except for one unworthy descendant who treated his wife, the woman could not bear it and put medicine on the Lin family. In the end, only one pair of children survived. Later, she was taken home by her uncle's family, and the family's property was also swallowed up. Now I haven't heard of the Lin family for a long time."
Xie Lang nodded and said nothing.
This has happened many generations later, and she has no time to care about it.
In fact, although Xie Lang is the ancestor of the Xie family, he really has to pursue blood ties, but it is also very thin.
When I met the founding empress, the people from the Xie family were worth the trip.
Xie Lang left the seat early. She was here, and others were not attentive to eat, and always kept shooting her with their eyes.
"Auntie, there will be fireworks in front of the palace at midnight tonight. I will call you."
"Okay!" She stood up and left the Palace of Supreme Harmony.
Although it was very lively, Zhou Yu was not here, but she felt that the more lively she became, the more lonely she felt.
"In the future, let's listen to a song."
"Okay." In the future, I know Xie Lang and know that she woke up, but Zhou Yu was not here, so I must be lonely.
But during the Chinese New Year, she hopes that Xie Lang can be happy.
She played a song "Congratulations on the Favor" sung by King Liu, festive and upright.
Returning to Fenglan Hall, sitting on the railing in front of the hall, there was no wind tonight, and when the snow landed, it made a rustling sound, like a silkworm eating.
I don't know how long it took, but there was an extra cloak on my body.
She looked back and saw a familiar face, and her eyes burst into surprise.
"Auntie, I'm wearing so little, be careful of getting sick." Xie Yuan's eyes were quite helpless.
And Xie Lang's eyes dimmed little by little, and then returned to peace.
"I'm fine." It's not him, it's just a look.
"Auntie is thinking about Prince Chen at this time." He did not miss the other party's previous eyes, the light inside was scorching and dazzling.
Xie Yuan was very curious that a man who could make his aunt care about so much must be extremely outstanding.
He had seen Prince Chen from his teacher's folder, a handsome man rare in the world. No matter how many, he wouldn't know.
The teacher doesn’t want him to see it, or the teacher doesn’t want to see it himself, maybe he is afraid of missing him.
The existence of the teacher is special. Now Zhou Guo has already entered the era of intelligence, and there are also scientific researchers who want to add emotions to intelligent robots. However, that kind of emotion is fake, not from the heart, but a kind of emotion that is forced to be input. This emotion not only has no benefits, but will cause trouble to people. Therefore, after it was developed, this technology was abandoned.
But the teacher, as an intelligent robot, has an emotional existence that belongs to the living body.
Xie Lang did not answer his question, "The fireworks time has come?"
"It's still an hour away, but now we're walking slowly towards the city gate, and we'll almost start when we get there."
"Take it away." Xie Lang got up and tied the buttons of his cloak, raised his foot and walked out.
Seeing this, Xie Yuan hurriedly followed behind him.
The fireworks event in front of the Imperial City Square is held every New Year's Eve in Zhou Kingdom. It will last for about half an hour. Only this fireworks event tonight will cost about 40 million.
When we arrived at the city wall, there were already many people gathered here, and there were also dense crowds of people in the square in front.
People in other states will also see the fireworks event after the Spring Festival Gala, which will be broadcast and sent here in the future.
The Zhou State did not have a state-owned TV station. Today's TV broadcasting was divided into the ratings of the entire Zhou State by seven commercial radio and television companies. As soon as the concept of the TV station came out, the royal family negotiated with important officials of the court. Finally, the court officials at that time decided to set up seven TV stations, named after the Beidou Seven Stars.
Now, after nearly a thousand years of development, these seven TV stations are still as stable as Mount Tai, but they will compete with each other, of course they are all benign.
For the past century, Tianquan Radio and Television has always been the first in the world.
And Lu Xuance is the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Speaking of Lu Xuance, he is also a legendary figure in Zhou Kingdom. He has lived under the stick of his parents since childhood. At the same time, his parents' feelings are also extremely entangled. On the one hand, they are extremely loving, and on the other hand, they beat and scold each other.
In high school, Lu Xuance's mother killed her husband late one night, then jumped down from the top floor, leaving their only son with a painful and embarrassing energy.
Because of his parents, Lu Xuance became independent a long time ago. After his parents passed away, although he was underage, he was able to be responsible for himself and sent off all his relatives who coveted his parents' assets.
After graduating from high school, Lu Xuance was admitted to the Zhouguo Film and Television Academy to study the director department.
During his time at school, he was soon attracted by a crew because of his outstanding appearance, and then became famous with a historical drama. After four years at school, he participated in six TV series, four of which were the protagonists, and the ratings of each TV series were extremely high.
But after graduating from college, Lu Xuance stopped being an actor, but became a director. The first drama was a literary and artistic film, which tells a deformed and unrecognized love. In the end, this love ruined the couple. Once released, it caused a great sensation in Zhou Kingdom, and both fame and fortune were won.
There is a difficult gap between TV series and movies. As a director in two fields, the status of a film director is to be higher than that of a TV series director.
In the eyes of many people, once a movie actor acts in a TV series, it is obvious that he is regarded as a downturn.
If a TV actor goes to the movie, he will make a big splash, and the final result may be a box office failure.
An actor who can have a movie face is definitely a gift from God. Very few people with such qualifications.
Lu Xuance was able to shoot a movie with both reputation and box office success at the age of 23. His achievements were too dazzling to be ignored.
After ten years of debut, Lu Xuance won the best director of the four major international film festivals. He is one of the few Grand Slam directors in the world, but he is also the youngest Grand Slam director in the world.
At the same time, he won two Best Actor Awards, and established his own film and television company three years ago, becoming a business upstart.
The party ended on time at midnight, and he also ended his busy schedule this year and was ready to go home to rest.
"Director Lu, the fireworks event is coming soon. Why not stay and take a look together."
A director of Tianquan Radio and Television Station came in and invited him with a smile.
Lu Xuance was quite familiar with the other party. Since he came to invite him in person, he had only half an hour left and did not refuse.
Until the Spring Festival, Lu Xuance had no job and just had to stay at home.
Because of the relationship between his parents, he is now twenty-eight years old and never dares to fall in love and hates marriage even more.
His first movie was created based on his parents.
The parents met since childhood, and later graduated from college and became husband and wife, and then started a business together.
Lu Xuance knew that the two people were in love, and even loved each other deeply, and today they turned into obsession or pathological possessiveness.
To be continued...