Although Lu Sanlang was eager to know what his courtesy name would be, and whether it would be as ugly as the name Lu Zhu given by his father Lu Wan, since Zhang Shou was keeping it a secret, he had no choice. After all, compared to letting his unreliable father choose the name, he still trusted Zhang Shou more or less.
The day before his coming-of-age ceremony, the first imperial lecture in Wenhua Hall began on October 1. Because it was the day of the grand court meeting, after the grand court meeting, a group of civil and military officials designated by the emperor in advance had gathered in Wenhua Hall. In addition, the princes and princesses, the royal family, and the children of noble officials and officials filled the Wenhua Hall to the brim.
Although Taizu's ancestral teachings were often forgotten, they still played a role to some extent on this occasion. Because a gauze curtain separated men and women, princesses and clan daughters, as well as those nobles and daughters of officials who often visited Qingning Palace and were therefore favored by the empress dowager, were also able to come here.
For example, Zhu Ying sat on her left with her good friend Liu Qing, and on her right with Princess Deyang. Behind her were the other two princesses. The original seating arrangement was naturally impossible to be so equal, allowing her, a daughter of a noble family, to sit with the princesses and daughters of the royal family, but no one could do anything about the eldest lady's eccentricity. Who made the Queen Mother not say anything to stop her
In addition, when Princess Yongping saw that the Queen Mother remained silent, she gave up her seat to Liu Qing, so that the two of them could sit together, while she herself moved to the side of the two county ladies.
Although others were envious, jealous and resentful, no one dared to say anything. They could only watch as Zhu Ying even pulled Liu Qing over to sit among the princesses and clan ladies and chatted and laughed in low voices.
As for peeking behind the curtain to see if there is a talented and handsome man, so as to find a marriage partner...
That was not the thin and transparent gauze like the plain-weave Bozhou Qingrong, but the heavy kind used to make gauze robes. Through such a thick layer of gauze, you could at most vaguely see whether the person was fat or thin, but as for the face and facial features, it was impossible to see clearly.
There was a woman who chose a husband through the window screen, and she ended up choosing a man with an extremely straight and upright figure, but a horribly ugly appearance. As a result, most officials and nobles no longer look at their husbands through the window screen when discussing marriage. Instead, the unmarried woman brings her maids, and the man brings his followers, and the two groups meet each other openly to avoid becoming a couple with resentment.
In addition, most of the unmarried girls here today are either engaged or have no say in their marriage. Even if they see the best young talents, they can only feel sad - of course, the bigger reason is that most of them are already taken, just like them. Therefore, the girls can only listen to the noise outside from time to time and have little interest in seeing people.
Just like girls need to behave properly and well in front of the Empress Dowager, even Zhu Ying only whispered with others at most. Most of the children of officials outside were also quite reserved. After all, those who were here today were bigwigs of the court who had entered the ranks of high officials above the fourth rank, and no one wanted to be considered as unstable.