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The last vanity of the Qing royal family: how did empress wanrong spend the luxurious birthday party?
The stars are shining and the moonlight is like water.

Late at night, graceful and leaning on the case, silently accompanying the lonely lamp. Tomorrow is her birthday, but she feels bored for a while. What is the point of living? Too tired! However, tomorrow's birthday will still appear, just like acting for people. I don't want to play, but others don't agree!

Like acting, boring court life also needs superficial vanity and perfunctory.

Qian Qiu Festival, as early as a few days ago, has been prepared. There are precious decorations such as golden melons and sky lanterns in turn in the hall, which look magnificent. After getting up early in the morning, she took a few bites of snacks and began to freshen up. The rich woman dressed her in robes and crests that she seldom wore at ordinary times. Without wearing anything, Puyi wore a suit and went to Wanrong's room to chat with her without saying a word.

Just after eleven o'clock, the eunuch called: Pass the rice. ...

Big plates and small bowls were handed up. There is nothing special about the birthday party. The most rare thing is that the four bowls on the table are filled with four Chinese characters of bird's nest, which are lifelike. Although this sentence originated from the Book of Songs generally only applies to emperors, Wanrong, as a queen, actually put such a pattern on it. Her expression looked very excited and she studied endlessly. The eunuch who served the dishes greeted him with a smile and said, Master Queen, you are so lucky!

Wanrong didn't say much, just nodded with a smile. At the dinner table, only Puyi and the Queen were eating, and several eunuchs stood by, waiting for the call at any time.

After lunch, four or five eunuchs who played music came to Fu Nan (Palace Shengping Division, commonly known as Fu Nan) and stood on both sides, playing flutes and clarinets. In the past, when Fu Nan sang in the palace, the general manager of Shengping Department had to stand on both sides of the stage. This time, several musicians stood on both sides of the Queen's Palace, all wearing brand-new clothes, like ceremonial ceremonies. Accompanied by Puyi, Wanrong sat on the throne of the principal room to receive congratulations.

The music started. Every ruler will slip, every ruler will slip, four in one, four in one ... euphemistic music rotates in the room, which is very nice.

Zhang Qian, the eunuchs' manager, and the head, were called "big" because their position in the imperial court was equal to that of "small". As soon as he entered the door, he knelt on the ground and took the lead in saying, Master Queen! Then, the eunuchs who came in shouted together: Long life is boundless!

Followed by Zhang Qian and Puyi's sisters, there were eunuchs outside the palace, then eunuchs, relatives and followers in the family house, filed in, knelt down in front of Wanrong one by one, and then made three obeisances and nine knocks.

Next, eunuchs and relatives in Puyi Palace entered the hall in turn. Shao, the eunuch general manager, Feng Junchen, the second general manager, and five or six imperial eunuchs (most of them entered the palace in the name of little eunuchs) headed the way. They are still kneeling down and shouting "Long live!" ……

After that, the affairs of various palaces were celebrated, led by Zhao Xingzhen. When they entered the temple, they all shouted: Grandmother, long life! Then, after bowing their heads and kowtowing, they left.

According to the rules, the queen always just nodded and said nothing. Puyi did not sit down in the temple, but stood aside, without words or gifts.

The queen's master, the eunuch, and the leader of Yonghe Palace have come to celebrate their birthday! The eunuch in the concert hall knelt at the door and began to play.

Wanrong nodded, and the eunuch in the office hurried to preach: enter the temple! The eunuch in charge of the Lama Temple kowtowed in the temple and followed his little eunuch outside. This is the last birthday party.

Sun had already stood by with another eunuch, Xu Shouxian, who waited gracefully and was ready to listen.

Generous and generous, as early as a few days before her birthday, she ordered to give each eunuch a ruler. This is a piece of cloth over a foot and a half wide, which can be used as robes and other clothes. If it is summer, you will usually enjoy Luo, spring silk in autumn and a thin coat in winter. Several eunuchs whispered:

If your birthday is a few days later and it is winter, it will be much easier to get a dress, so you don't have to do it again.

If it's useless to say these words, the queen's birthday will not be left to us!

This time, even eunuchs from various palaces, such as Master Duan Kang, Princess Rong Hui and Princess Jing Yi, came to worship. One after another, it was a busy day.

Dinner is still for Puyi and Wanrong. Two square tables are put together, and two people sit on opposite sides of the table. As usual, one eunuch came up first and served mouthwash, while the other eunuch served face washing water. When the two hosts finished washing, Sun shouted, Pass the rice!

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty dishes were served at one end. According to the rules, eunuchs in the dining room can't enter the house, so they can only carry the lunch box to the door. The eunuch in Wanrong Palace took the food box and spread it into the temple. Sun was watching the table set. He stood at the table, instructing the little eunuch to serve and taking care of Puyi and Wanrong.

After dinner, Puyi and her eunuch returned to the temple. Wanrong's birthday celebration came to an end.