The next day was May 20th, the day when Brother Ninth hosted a banquet.
Early in the morning, Zhuangzi sent a slaughtered pig, a sheep, a cage of chickens, and a few live big black fish bought from the surrounding market.
The menu here at Wushuo has been finalized long ago, and the dining room has started preparing it early in the morning.
In addition to the dishes ordered by the brothers, Shu Shu also added a few more dishes.
Two dishes of braised lamb tripe and cumin lamb tendons are my favorites.
Two relatively bland dishes, cabbage with mandarin duck dumplings and cucumber and fungus scrambled eggs, were ordered for Si Age.
In addition, there is a cherry yam puree and a garlic eggplant paste, which are prepared for the ninth elder brother.
Shu Shu, on the other hand, put on a light rouge-colored gauze dress and took Walnut and Xiao Song to the North Garden. Zhou Song followed behind, holding a wooden bucket in his hand.
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Walnut holds a jar of cherry jam in his hand, and Xiaosong holds a jar of beef fried sauce. The sweet ones can be drunk directly with water, while the salty ones can be eaten with noodles or pastries.
The weather is hot now, so Her Majesty does not need to go to greet everyone every five or ten times.
Shu Shu went there now specifically to deliver fish to the Queen Mother.
Usually the dining room doesn’t have this.
After a while, I entered the North Garden and arrived at the Queen Mother's Palace.
The Queen Mother did not ask someone to bring the wooden barrel containing the black fish to the dining room immediately. Instead, she watched it for a while and asked Shu Shu: "How do you eat it? Eat the braised fish fillet, or the fish fillet in sour soup?"
Shu Shu said: "As long as it is a fish fillet, the bones can be picked out in advance, otherwise it will be bad if there are fish bones stuck in it. Last year, our father had fish bones stuck when he ate steamed fish and drank half a bottle of vinegar. So soft..."
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Monkey has an impatient temper, so we can no longer steam fish for him in the future. We can make fish fillets or fish balls for him."
Shu Shu nodded and said, "Yes, we no longer have the dish of steamed fish in our house."
When Jiu Gege heard that Shu Shu was there, he also came over and asked with a smile: "I heard that your place was very lively in the early morning. Carloads of things were delivered there. What about the watermelons?"
Girls don’t want to eat in summer and like fruits.
Shu Shu said: "Daxing is far away, but we should arrive before noon. We sent someone yesterday, but there are not many watermelons ripe at the moment, but the first crop of cantaloupe. It's time to get it now. I'll send someone over at noon." "
Jiu Gege responded with a smile, then paused and said, "Sister-in-law Jiu, there will be a happy event here in the next few days. Concubine Hui's mother will come to recognize her daughter. Khan Ama has given instructions that the tenth sister will be raised by the concubine from now on."
Shu Shu said: "That is really a happy event. My sisters-in-law and I will come over to watch the ceremony."
The Queen Mother asked someone to make a bowl of yogurt-fried rice for Shu Shu, and also added milk chews and half a spoonful of frosting sugar.
Shu Shu ate and said: "I remember the time when I visited the North the year before last. Horqin's yogurt is more delicious..."
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Horqin's yogurt is not available, but Horqin's milk is available. I will put two bags for you in a while, and you can make milk tea directly."
Shu Shu responded with a smile.
The Queen Mother asked: "Will Lao Wu live here today?"
Shu Shu nodded and said: "Well, our master is serving wine in the evening. After drinking, where can we rush? Just stay here for one night and come back tomorrow morning."
The Queen Mother agreed: "Yes, yes, you can't ride a horse after drinking, and you'll fall again; you'll feel uncomfortable riding in a car, and you'll feel nauseous."
Shu Shu remembered that the ninth elder brother asked the twelfth elder brother to pass the message, and couldn't help but smile, and said to the Queen Mother: "There is no one left for us. I don't know who followed this frugal life. Yesterday I called the twelfth elder brother. When I go back, tell Fifth Brother that he should bring his own bedding today. What do you think he thinks? Yesterday, he told me to prepare two new beddings for Fifth Brother and Twelfth Brother to use..."
The Queen Mother said: "Brother Ninth is too old. This is appropriate. We are only staying for one night. There is no need to waste two new sets of bedding."
Jiu Gege said from the side: "Sister-in-law Jiu, brother Jiu, is this treat to celebrate the official's reinstatement?"
Shu Shu was stunned, looked at Jiu Gege and said: "Is this what the people below are saying?"
The news that Beifu Institute is hosting a banquet in the past few days has spread.
After all, they all live here. Sun Jin and Zhou Song go out to run errands to deliver invitations, and the servants of each elder brother's office know about it.
This spread also reached the North Garden.
Jiu Gege nodded and said, "Yeah, I'm still thinking about it. If Brother Ninth really wants to treat this, you should stop him. Otherwise, this Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law will be too embarrassed."
Shu Shu couldn't help but smile and said: "They are all making up stories outside. Jiuye and Sanbeile have no quarrel. Sanbeile is also a guest tonight. It was your ninth brother who organized a business last year and used the money of his brothers. Today It’s repayment and gratitude.”
Jiu Gege said: "I just said, it sounds awkward, it was originally for this treat."
The Queen Mother was listening and said to Shu Shu: "That's right. There is no overnight feud between brothers. 'Ants who work together eat antlered deer, and magpies who work together catch tigers.' Only those who are useless can think about it." Fighting in the nest."
Shu Shu said: "Don't worry, Grandma Imperial. We, my father, are young and may not understand other things, but we do understand the principle of 'brothers, friends, brothers, respect each other', and we respect our brothers."
Because Wu Institute still had things to do today, Shu Shu chatted for a few words and stood up to leave.
The Queen Mother did not keep her, and asked Aunt Bai to pack her fried rice and milk skins to take with her.
Jiu Gege personally sent it out and whispered: "Sister-in-law Jiu, tell me, are there any shortcomings in my rules?"
Because of the ten-grid thing, the nine-grid object hurts its kind, and it's a little sensitive.
Shu Shu squeezed her hand and said: "What are you talking about? You are a noble princess, or you were raised by the royal grandmother herself. You are the rules yourself, and you don't want to be bound by the rules. If you want to be sad again, I feel sorry for you, but I feel sorry for the way Grandma Huang treated you..."
Jiu Gege was a little sad and said: "But Shi Gege is also a princess, and she is the same as me..."
Shu Shu said sternly: "You have read books and you should know what the Great Wall is. Khalkha is the northern border barrier like the Great Wall. The Ten Gege refers to the marriage to Khalkha Taiji, her and her children and grandchildren. She will also become part of this barrier. The emperor pointed out the high-ranking concubine to be her adoptive mother, not because she was picky about the rules, but out of compassion. He hoped that she would follow the concubine and learn more from her calmness and tenacity. "
Jiu Gege nodded and said with a bit of embarrassment: "I understand, I'm overthinking."
Shu Shu smiled and said: "Anyway, you have to know that those of us who are the prince Fujin are envious of you royal princesses..."
As my sister-in-law talked, she arrived at the gate of the West Garden.
Farewell to my sister-in-law.
When Shu Shu arrived at the door of Beiwu School, she looked back and saw that Jiu Gege was still standing, so she waved her hand.
When Jiugege saw this, he turned back.
The banquet was held in the front yard.
The tables are all revolving tables specially made by people.
There are two layers in total. The bottom layer is non-rotating and holds the dishes, cups, and dishes. The upper layer is rotatable for vegetables.
The dining table is now placed in the western room in the front yard, with a total of ten seats.
It was about noon when Daxing Zhuangzi's carriage arrived.
In addition to half a cart of watermelons and half a cart of cantaloupe, there are also two baskets of green apricots.
Shu Shu tasted one and her mouth watered.
This is not something ordinary people can eat.
So she sent a basket to Nansansuo.
I plan to let the fifth elder brother take the remaining basket back tomorrow.
The watermelon was only delivered to Beiyuan Garden and Changchun Garden. After all, the Fourteenth Brother named the watermelon juice, but it was not possible to give him and Thirteenth Brother special exceptions.
There are four baskets of cantaloupe, which are not very fragrant yet, but they are not officially on the market at this time, so you can still have a taste.
Shu Shu asked Walnut to take Xiaosong and delivered them everywhere except Beitou and Naner.
Hechi Si Institute and Tuoyuan Bookstore Crown Princess Office also sent them.
The movement in the west garden caught the eyes of others, and someone went to report it to the prince.
The prince rubbed his temples, feeling a little irritated.
What does Jiu Age mean?
He wants to treat guests and sends out posts everywhere. Everyone has a share, but only himself is left behind. Is this deliberately embarrassing him?
You're not a big fool, you wouldn't be so stupid, right? !
Are you still holding a grudge?
But when Aktun was sick earlier, didn't he act like an uncle?
He thought for a while and went to the princess.
The Crown Princess has just ordered people to wash two cantaloupes, cut them into pieces, and give them to Third Brother and San Gege.
"Sweet……"
The third elder brother is already five years old and a bit naive.
Sangege is one year younger than her brother, and her speech is already very eloquent. She said: "It was a gift from Aunt Ninth, and the watermelon before was also..."
The prince came in and frowned when he heard this sentence.
Previously, Mrs. Dong E asked someone to send watermelons, but only one watermelon was sent.
The princess gave most of the money to San Gege and San Age, and left two pieces for Akedun and Hongxi. As the male master, she was ignored by her.
Unfortunately, he couldn't say this yet. If he did say it, it would seem like he was fighting for food with his children.
Seeing that he had a bad expression, the Crown Princess stood up to greet him and signaled her nanny to carry San Gege and San Age down.
The prince glanced at the third elder brother angrily.
No matter how old you are, you still need someone to hold you.
The third brother was so frightened that he hid his head in the nanny's arms.
When the princess saw this, she felt sulky in her heart.
She knew why the prince disliked the third elder brother. It was because he raised the third elder brother and his future status would be higher than that of the Aktun brothers. However, the qualifications of the third elder brother were too different from Hongxi's. None of the tricks can compare.
In addition to weighing qualifications and status, don't you talk about any flesh and blood feelings?
What about your own three characters?
The princess didn't dare to think about it.
The prince looked at her and said, "What's going on with Brother Ninth Brother? Find a way to send someone over to ask."
There was a banquet going on at Beiwu Institute, and the Crown Princess also heard about it.
She looked at the prince and said: "These brothers are just getting together to have a meal and drink. Don't worry, I am at the edge of Changchun Garden, under the eyes of the emperor. Even if you drink too much, you won't make a fuss... …”
The prince looked at the princess and felt that he was like a duck. Was he worried about the ninth elder brother getting drunk?
I was worried that he would be bewitched by the boss, so he would drag his elder brothers to get close to the elder brother...
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The main house in Nantou.
The eldest brother glanced at the clock. It was Shen Zheng's second quarter and it was time to set off. For this evening meal, he didn't eat a few bites at noon...
