Being in a family of military commanders, one does not pay attention to many elegances!
Therefore, General Zuo Yulin ate pork dishes once in Leng Palace, and after returning home he was full of praises. His wife and mother-in-law were looking forward to trying the down-to-earth pork dishes.
Unexpectedly, even in the cold palace, the pig-killing banquet hosted by the public was elegant enough.
A meandering stream was dug in the large greenhouse where guests were held. The flowers and plants in winter had long since withered. Because of the warm spring-like atmosphere in the greenhouse, the exotic flowers and plants planted beside the stream grew full of vitality.
Everyone sat in front of the tables and chairs beside the stream. The dishes served in glass cups and placed on bamboo rafts slowly flowed along the stream. They picked up the food and tasted the exquisite dishes. There were also palace ladies, Le Ji, playing elegant music to encourage the fun. .
What made the concubines and courtiers' family members feel even more honored was that the queen and princess accompanied the Crown Prince and personally placed the dishes brought by the maids and eunuchs on the bamboo rafts and served them to everyone.
The queen and prince are so noble, even the ten princesses are favored by the emperor.
Enjoying such noble treatment, this is unprecedented in palace banquets since ancient times. At first, the guests who were seated in front of the Qushui Shang were very frightened and had to stand up to pay tribute.
Li Si Xuyan smiled at Yan Yan: "Today, those who came to Shangyang Palace for the banquet are all the most distinguished guests of Si Si, the queen mother and the prince's brother. The dishes are arranged in the form of a curved flowing wine glass just to make everyone enjoy themselves. If you are restrained, , wouldn’t it be in vain that all the efforts of me, the prince brother, and the queen mother were made?”
The queen looked at the prince with a gentle smile and motioned for him to come and entertain the guests.
It had been a long time since his mother had treated him like this. The prince was so excited that his face turned red.
He hurriedly helped Li Sixu to speak: "The guests here are the most distinguished guests of this palace, the emperor's sister, and the queen mother. Please take a seat and enjoy the dishes that the emperor's sister asked the imperial chef to carefully prepare."
The prince raised his glass and invited him to drink a glass of wine, and the banquet officially began!
Various pork dishes placed in glazed bowls are continuously placed on bamboo rafts, and then flow slowly along the water. In addition to the hot and beautifully cooked pork dishes, there are also various snacks made from longevity fruits. And fruit wine brewed by Leng Gong.
The hot dishes are placed on the bamboo raft, a mist rises, and the mist is shrouded beside the stream where exotic flowers and plants are planted. Listening to the elegant music, it makes people feel like they are in a fairyland.
I often heard General Zuo Yulin mention the ten princesses when he returned to his residence, and because Li Linhuai and Liu Yunying had personally escorted Li Sixu, the wives and old ladies in the general's residence were extremely curious about the rumored ten princesses.
When Li Sixu accompanied the prince and the queen to direct the dishes, the old lady of the General's Mansion finally saw the person she had been curious to see every day.
"What a wonderful man. He is so handsome at such a young age and so resourceful!"
The old lady's eyes were full of love: "What kind of family and person should such a beautiful person like her be worthy of her in the future?"
"Mom, stop talking nonsense. There are many people at the palace banquet today. Please be careful and listen carefully."
In order to divert the old lady's attention, the general's wife hurriedly took out a plate of steaming vegetables from the canal and brought it to the table: "The garlic sprouts in it, I think this is the twice-cooked pork that the general said when he returned home."
"Mom, please try it!"
The old lady who was a foodie reluctantly looked back at Li Sixu and tasted the pork dish she had been craving for a long time.
This scene fell into the eyes of Sun Yizheng, who was sitting not far across from them. He pulled Wang Ziqing and whispered quietly.
"Look, look, I just said that General Zuo Yulin's mansion is still evil. He is thinking about your junior sister, right?"
Dr. Sun looked like the most handsome and beautiful of my disciples, and snorted coldly: "How can the disciple raised by me take advantage of their general's mansion? Just dream!"
Wang Ziqing was very helpless!
I'm afraid that others will hear about it and it will damage the junior sister's reputation.
He carefully reminded: "Junior sister is still young, master should not discuss this matter arbitrarily."
Doctor Sun felt like he was talking to a duck, so he could only glare at Wang Ziqing and pull Doctor Du to complain.
"Hey, I have taken on a stupid disciple!"
Doctor Du brought a small bowl of braised pork from the canal and placed it in front of Dr. Sun's desk: "The braised pork can't stop your mouth!"
"It can be blocked!"
Dr. Sun was busy picking up a piece of fragrant braised pork and stuffing it into his mouth, then squinting his eyes in contentment.
The one who was very close to the Yantai Hospital today was Zhang Bian who was bringing his niece.
Since Zhang Shuo was promoted from the Minister of War to Zhongshu Ling, Zhang Bian has left the Hanlin Academy and became the Wei Qing in charge of weapons and cultural relics in Taichang Temple. Xuanzong's arrangement also has a vague meaning, that is, he is very fond of Zhang Bian, his son-in-law. satisfy.
It can be said that although the royal family and the Zhang Mansion did not put this matter out in the open, with the transfer of Zhang Bian's position, the matter was almost inseparable.
Yue'er always feels like someone is plotting against her and the other party succeeds.
So while tasting the delicious pork dishes and various snacks made from longevity fruit, I kept glaring at Zhang Bian.
Even his niece Zhang Yingying, biting into the delicious sesame and peanut cake, had noticed that the tenth princess's imperial sister was very angry with her second uncle.
Zhang Yingying tugged on his second uncle's sleeve: "Second uncle, Princess Yue is glaring at you."
"Well, the second uncle saw it!"
Zhang Bian gave Yue'er a coquettish smile and told Zhang Yingying: "Princess Yue admires your second uncle's magnificence very much!"
Yue'er: "..."
What should I do if I really want to hit him with a glass cup?
no!
The mother-in-law said that this palace banquet was to help the empress leave the cold palace in glory, and she could not ruin the palace banquet hosted by Sisi!
Because today's pig-killing banquet in Shangyang Palace does not respect distinctions of superiority and inferiority, everyone is seated as they please, and those who happen to be sitting closest to the food are the Duke of Chu Jiang Jiao's family, and the people from the capital who came to the banquet. The richest man Wang Yuanbao.
From the beginning of the palace banquet, Mrs. Chu Guogong watched curiously as the queen and the prince cooperated tacitly, showing a loving mother and a filial son.
"There are rumors outside the palace that the queen and the prince are not getting along as mother and son. The prince seems to respect the queen very much. The queen is also very gentle and loving towards the prince. How can there be any sign of disagreement?"
The Duke of Chu's wife murmured in a low voice, but Jiang Jiao looked at her and warned her in a low voice: "How can the rumors outside the palace be believed? Don't cause trouble for your husband. The princess is the benefactor of our Duke of Chu's palace."
How does the queen look like someone who was relegated to the cold palace?
It is said that he was relegated to the cold palace. The crown prince of a country and the most beloved princess of the emperor were always by his side. The concubines in the harem could also freely enter and leave Shangyang Palace to attend banquets.
It can be seen that the rumors are not credible!
"Master, I know it!"
The Duke of Chu's wife lowered her voice and came close to Jiang Jiao's ear: "After I leave the palace today, I will let all the ladies in the capital know that the Queen, the Crown Prince, is a loving mother and a filial son. Does this count as repaying the princess for her great support to the Duke's Mansion? kindness."
"You are finally smart for once!"
Jiang Jiao praised her: "I also told them that the queen planted a longevity fruit with a high oil yield, which can prolong life."
Didn't the longevity fruit come back to the capital from Lingnan?
It can restore her status from a sinful wife to the wife of the prince. In short, the tenth princess is her benefactor.
The Duke's wife responded obediently: "Okay, Master, I'll wrap it up on my body!"
