The plot failed, and Concubine Chu didn't see anything strange at all. She walked to the Queen Mother's Palace talking to the emperor as usual.
As for how the New Year's Eve dinner was arranged in the Queen Mother's Palace this year, it was actually because Han Zhongyu suddenly sent glass, which disrupted the palace's plans!
Since the Queen Mother ascended the throne and her youngest son went to the Hot Spring Palace, she has lived in seclusion and never asked about the affairs in the palace. After so many years in the palace, what good things have she not seen? What delicacies have you not tried? What honor and favor have you not enjoyed? What a shame I haven't experienced before!
It’s just a desolate place after prosperity!
The emperor is a wise king.
I have been kind to him in raising him, and my own son is weak and poses no threat to the emperor. The emperor would only attack the two of them if his brain was kicked by a donkey!
Nowadays, apart from her youngest son's health, there is nothing that worries her. If she hadn't cared about the emperor's face, she would really be too lazy to deal with the harem's warblings!
The Queen Mother originally planned to go to the Huaqing Palace to sit on New Year's Eve as she did in previous years, but she came back as soon as she felt like it!
Vigil? The vigil in the palace is nothing more than a stage for the harem to compete for favor, which is really not interesting for a person of her age!
The Queen Mother had a good plan, but the plan did not change quickly. At noon on the 29th, the Queen sent people to carry a mirror to her, and then a group of workers came from outside and tore off all the window paper in her palace. Said to replace it with glass!
This is a new item! Anyway, since the emperor has this filial piety, she might as well go to the imperial garden for a walk.
Only when I went out did I realize that in this palace, the glass and the mirror were being discussed everywhere, and everyone seemed to be boasting about it!
I heard that a few princesses didn’t get it, and they even cried when they went back!
She really doesn’t have the bearing of a royal princess at all!
The Queen Mother wandered around the courtyard for most of an hour. There were memories of her youth everywhere in the palace, good and bad, but now things have changed!
After wandering around for a while and feeling sad for a while, almost two hours passed before I knew it. The sun was setting in the west and the weather was getting cold. A palace maid happened to come and said that the glass had been replaced!
"Then go back!"
The Queen Mother gathered her thoughts and went back home. She didn't expect much from the sudden popularity of glass, but it was just whiter and more translucent window paper!
When I walked into the palace gate, I saw that there was no new window paper on the windows. Standing at the palace gate, I immediately saw the tea cup on the Kang table in the room! Even the double-sided embroidered peony screen was clearly visible and I couldn’t help but frown.
"Didn't I say it was changed?"
The eunuch in charge didn't understand what it meant at first, but when he looked up, he saw that the sun had moved behind the room, the light had dimmed, and the glass was almost invisible!
The objects in the room and the palace maid arranging the brazier can be clearly seen!
The eunuch in charge was surprised and quickly explained
"Back to the Queen Mother, it has indeed been replaced, but the glass is completely transparent. When the sun shines on it, you can still see that it is transparent. Now the sun has dimmed and you can't see it if you are far away!
This is probably the magic of glass!
After putting it on, there is no need to light candles during the day, and the room will be extra bright. As for night, Master Han said in the letter that a curtain should be made to block it! "
"Oh? This is indeed novel!"
The Queen Mother was unusually interested. She walked over and took a look. There was indeed a transparent piece on the window! It was so perfect that if someone hadn't warned him in advance, he would have almost hit it!
The Queen Mother knocked with her hand
"It's quite strong! This thing is indeed much better than window paper! Where did it come from?"
"It was sent by Han Zhongyu, the governor of Tai'an Prefecture, and it was said to be newly researched by Mr. Jingde Township?
Han Wuyong’s second grandson? The one who teaches Xiao Shiba? "
"yes!"
"Jingde Xiangjun? Isn't she the country girl whom the emperor granted an unusual title a few days ago?"
"Exactly!"
"interesting!"
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she entered the room. The eldest girl Zhen'er in front of her had just poured a cup of tea in a newly delivered teacup.
"Queen Mother, look at the new tea cup that the Emperor ordered to bring to you! The tea is poured into it, and the color looks much more beautiful!
And the pattern on this cup, of a carp playing with a lotus, is so vivid!
There is also this set, which is shaped like a little rabbit and is called an art cup. You pour tea into it from the top of your head and drink it from the mouth of the rabbit! This Eighteenth Master will definitely like it! "
Speaking of her youngest son, the Queen Mother couldn't help but put on a soft smile and took the rabbit cup to look at it.
"It's really interesting. I'll keep one set for Xiao Shiba to use when he comes back!"
"By the way, the emperor said that the amount of glass sent by Mr. Han this time was not much. He only replaced it in the important palace. The Cisui Palace was not replaced. Where there is glass in the harem, now it is your Shou'an Palace. Biggest, I’ll stay here with you this year!”
"Then come! Everything is ready anyway, it will be the same wherever you move!"
So it was decided that this year, the New Year’s Eve dinner would be at the Queen Mother’s Shou’an Hall.
After it was settled, Shouan Palace became extremely lively, with people coming and going to arrange the New Year's Eve banquet, including those who put up window decorations, embroidered curtains, and trimmed plum blossoms to make vases!
The cold Shou'an Palace suddenly came alive. When the bright red window grilles were pasted on the transparent glass, the orange lanterns reflected the red plums outside the window, the little palace maids laughed and laughed. Infected by the joyful and festive atmosphere, the Queen Mother also seemed to Back to my youth!
In the early morning of my thirties, I woke up and looked in the mirror and my decals turned yellow!
In the afternoon, I put on the dark red palace clothes early and put on the purple jade bracelet of Bingpiaohua given by the late emperor. I looked ten years younger!
Therefore, after living a simple life for a long time, some fresh things must break into life to make people feel fresh. With freshness, life will be enjoyable!
When the Queen Mother suddenly got into the mood, she made some plum blossom cakes that she had not eaten for a long time, warmed up the peach blossom wine she had saved in the spring, had a few drinks, and even wrote a short poem with the help of the drunkenness, as if she had returned to When they were in the boudoir, their respective sisters were drinking wine, drinking tea, reciting poems and writing poems!
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt so relaxed and comfortable!
It wasn't until the sky got dark, and I guessed that the emperor, concubines and all the princes and princesses were about to arrive, that I cleaned my face again, put on makeup again, and let Aunt Cui support me to go to Shou'an Hall.
Sure enough, when the Queen Mother arrived, everyone was there. When they saw the Queen Mother, they knelt down and greeted her.
The Queen Mother looked at it lightly and said
"Everyone, get up! This Chinese New Year, there is no need to be restrained!"
"Thank you, Queen Mother/Queen Mother!"
After everyone got up with cheers and cheers, they sat down in their respective places. The Queen Mother symbolically asked about the schoolwork of the grandchildren, and also asked about the children's eating and drinking, and then let them play as they pleased!
The queen has always been dignified and filial. Seeing that Taijin was in a good mood, she smiled and said
"It's no wonder that the emperor wants to serve you the New Year's Eve dinner. Once the glass is replaced, the inside and outside of the house will be bright and bright, making people's hearts brighter!"
Several princesses also joked:
"That's right, Grandma Huang's place is just like a glazed palace! I'm afraid it's a house where gods live, but it's nothing more than that!"
