Chen Kan stared at Zhu Di in surprise.
Did mooncakes exist in the Ming Dynasty?
Zhu Di gave an order, and the palace people brought the baked pies to the tables of the ministers as if they were floating.
But when Chen Kan saw the shape of the mooncake, he was instantly disappointed.
It cannot be said that it is very similar to the moon cake in Chen Kan's memory, it can only be said that it has nothing to do with it.
This is a fist-sized thing that looks like a bun, or it is a bun.
However, this is a gray bun.
There is also a layer of brown color from the charcoal fire on top of the gray color, which makes people look very appetizing.
Chen Kan picked up one and held it lightly.
Put it in your mouth and take a bite!
No bite.
Chen Kan didn't believe in evil, so he bit hard again, and then his front teeth were painful.
Chen Kan was angry.
Damn it, people in Ming Dynasty call this pie?
Remembering the bitter and thinking of the sweet is not the way to remember.
Plaster is not a rare thing, but does it burn to death?
Chen Kan has seen resentful looks on the faces of many elderly ministers.
There was also a plate of "mooncakes" placed in front of Zhu Di.
I saw him reaching out to pick up a "moon cake", nibbling a small piece hard, swallowing it with difficulty, holding the cake up to the ministers and smiling: "Everyone, congratulations to the Ming Dynasty, may the Ming Dynasty live forever!"
Regardless of whether they could bite it off or not, all the ministers could only respond with a grimace: "Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty, congratulations to Your Majesty, long live your Majesty, and may the Ming Dynasty live forever."
Chen Kan clearly remembered that since he entered this hall, he repeated this sentence at least five times.
Chen Kan felt a little disgusted. Was he afraid that Ming Dynasty would be short-lived?
The "moon cake" was made of millet noodles. Chen Kan reluctantly bit off a small half of it. He couldn't eat it anymore, so he poured out half a cup of strong wine and sipped it in small sips.
Anyway, Chen Kan didn't have the ability to finish chewing the outside of the millet skin and eat the filling of the cake.
At the same time, he finally understood why in the early days of the uprising, it was so difficult to detect people using such cakes to convey messages.
Use a knife to chop it, maybe the cake is not broken, the knife will break it first.
Zhu Di also failed to finish the "mooncakes" on the plate. He looked at the several "mooncakes" on the plate with a smile on his face and his heart was full of laughter!
He also didn't expect that the cook in the palace would be so honest. When he said he was making millet cakes, he really only cooked millet cakes.
Putting down the unfinished cake, Zhu Di looked at the resentful looks on the faces of the ministers and suddenly smiled: "By the way, I have one more thing to announce."
Zhu Di changed the subject, and all the ministers were immediately relieved. An old minister with gray hair and beard took the lead to put down the "moon cake", stood up and held his hand towards Zhu Di and joked: "Your Majesty, I wonder if this is a happy event or a bad thing?"
Zhu Di pointed at the old minister and laughed and scolded: "It's such a great festival, how can I say something that is disappointing? Of course it's a good thing."
"Hahahaha, I guess it's a good thing, Weichen."
The old minister smiled and responded for a while, and the scene immediately relaxed.
The ministers also took advantage of the situation and put the uneaten mooncakes back on the plates, joking with each other: "The pie given by Your Majesty, of course, I have to take it home and give it to my family to taste, so as to soak up His Majesty's dragon spirit..." "
"Wow hahahaha. Who says it's not the case? The little bastard at home is in a good mood!"
Hearing that the ministers wanted to pack the pies and take them home to give their family the dragon spirit, Chen Kan also decided to follow suit.
Just as he was putting the pie in his arms, Zhu Di on the dragon chair spoke.
"As you all know, my fifth daughter, Chang Ning, has now reached the age of leaving the court."
After hearing Zhu Di start talking about business, the ministers suddenly became quiet.
Nowadays, the fact that the Marquis of Xiping and Fang Xiaoru, the Minister of Civil Affairs, are simultaneously asking His Majesty to marry Princess Chang Ning is no longer a secret in the capital. Anyone with a little status knows that the two parties are competing.
It seems that His Majesty is going to take this opportunity tonight to announce the final winner.
Sure enough, when the ministers were secretly guessing, Zhu Di continued: "I originally wanted to choose a good son-in-law for Chang Ning among the younger generations of each family, but before I even opened my mouth, a thief was already interested in my daughter. "
"Ha ha ha ha......"
Hearing what Zhu Di said was interesting, the ministers laughed cooperatively.
Some military generals stood up and praised her: "Your Majesty, I have seen Princess Chang Ning before. She is a virtuous and virtuous person, and she is suitable for her family. If none of her descendants were successful, I would have the shamelessness to marry your Majesty." .”
"Hahahaha, that's great, that's true. It's a pity that I don't have any successful heirs in my family, and I don't know who will be worthy of Her Royal Highness."
"It goes without saying that he must be a young talent who is well-known in the capital to be worthy of Her Royal Highness the Princess's beauty and intelligence."
"..."
The ministers joked one after another. They all wanted to marry His Majesty. When asked why they didn't ask for marriage, it was because the heirs in the family were useless, and they were afraid of delaying the happiness of Her Majesty the Princess for the rest of her life.
"Bah, hypocritical."
Chen Kan secretly cursed, a group of hypocritical old guys dared to take advantage of his own wife.
It's really disrespectful.
I'll fucking kill your whole family!
"hehe."
Zhu Di stroked his half-inch short beard and smiled like a rotten persimmon. It was obvious that his vanity was greatly satisfied.
"Okay, dear friends, please listen to me."
After finishing laughing, Zhu Di stretched out his hand and pressed his hand lightly, and the ministers wisely stopped talking.
"Haha, one of the people who cares about my daughter is Mu Yu, the younger brother of the Marquis of Xiping, Mu Qing."
As Zhu Di spoke, he pointed to a young man next to Mu Sheng whose face was three-thirds similar to that of Mu Sheng, but his face was slightly more feminine.
The young man stood up, clasped his fists and saluted the ministers, then saluted Zhu Di, and then sat back down.
Mu Sheng stood up, looked around, raised his hands to Zhu Di and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have been naughty since I was a child.
Before my father passed away, he told his eldest brother that he would find a husband for his younger brother. However, the eldest brother had an unfortunate fate and died young.
Now that I am the eldest son of the family, I have the audacity to ask Your Majesty to marry Princess Chang Ning, the fifth daughter of the Emperor, on behalf of my younger brother, hoping that Your Majesty will agree. "
Zhu Di nodded in greeting, and after Mu Sheng sat down, he continued to smile and said: "These two are Chen Kan, the disciple of Fang Qing, the Minister of Personnel."
Chen Kan, who was called out, could only reluctantly put on a polite smile, stood up and saluted the ministers, and then saluted Zhu Di.
When Chen Kan saluted, many ministers of the third rank and below showed friendly smiles to him, and even worse, they even returned the greeting to Chen Kan meticulously.
Obviously, many people still remember him for saving his life when he was in Jinyiwei.
Well, except for those white-eyed wolves in the Ministry of War.
Oh, and besides Fang Xiaoru and Chen Qia, there are also the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
How dare you hang a sign at the gate saying that Chen Kan and dogs are not allowed inside, what the hell, Dongxi?
