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In the court, all the wines are collectively called "Changchun wine", because the scenery of the four seasons of the year, only spring is the most beautiful. There is an imperial wine room in the palace, which is specially responsible for making wine, and at this point, Guanglu Temple cannot interfere. The more famous liquor is "Taixi White", in addition, there are "lotus stamen", "Hantan dew" and "autumn dew white", it is said that the color is like shochu, clear and white, thick but not greasy, it is the best in the wine.

The wine for the palace concubines is "osmanthus stuffed", "chrysanthemum pulp", "orchid drink", "hibiscus liquid" and the like, which are fragrant, sweet and silky, and not intoxicating. Speaking of alcohol, drinking is not a sin, drinking is a kind of atmosphere, everyone in the palace drinks, this wine is low anyway, and it is not too good to drink a big jar. Zhang Zhaohua, as the princess, actually has a share of wine, so naturally she is made of fine wine, a small glass of hibiscus liquid in her mouth, swallowed it slowly, and she sleeps more deeply at night.

The common people also make their own wine and drink, but it costs food to make wine and vinegar, and the poorer ones are not very able to afford it. Zhang Zhaohua has also seen coarse wine, and there are unfiltered lees in it, of course, it can't be compared with the fine wine she is drinking now.

Today's winter solstice banquet, drink a kind of wine, called "Dongyang wine", made of glutinous rice and osmanthus, very fragrant, this kind of winter sun wine, because the winter solstice after the rise of yang and get the name. Listening to the name, Zhang Zhaohua remembered that there were college classmates in Suzhou in his previous life, saying that they were going to drink wine there during the winter solstice, and they drank "winter wine".

The color of the Dongyang wine that opened the altar is slightly yellow and clear, there are fine osmanthus petals floating in it, and a little foam floats up slightly, which is pleasing to the eye, and it is refreshing and pleasant to drink, and the taste is cool and refreshing, and the slightly sweet taste seems to be alive in the mouth, and there is a feeling of continuous fermentation. Zhang Zhaohua just took a few sips, only felt a slight smell of wine, and remembered that it was wine, in fact, it was like a fruit juice drink, but after drinking two glasses in a row, he found that the sweetness gradually faded, and the wine flavor was actually thick.

Halfway through the banquet, everyone relaxed a lot, standing and standing as they pleased, some went to change clothes, some went to breathe, and some moved the mat to sit next to the person who wanted to chat, such as the princess of Ningguo in front of her.

Princess Ningguo is the eldest daughter of Queen Ma, her status is high, and her concubine is Mei Yin, the son of the ancestor of Runan Hou Mei Sizu, among the sixteen concubines, she is the emperor's favorite one, so in the royal family, her status is extraordinary.

Princess Ning Guo is thirty years old, but she has a smile on her eyebrows, looks gentle and amiable, and speaks gently. She was especially kind to these princes and concubines, and she sat among them, looking left and right, and became more and more happy.

"This winter solstice is coming, and it stands to reason that I want to offer socks to Zun Changjin," she said with a smile, "Do you have shoes and socks for me?"

"Yes, yes. Everyone laughed and asked the maid behind her to show her shoes.

Except for the shoes and socks for the emperor and Concubine Ning, which were sewn by hand, the others were made in the palace, and only one needle was sewn at the end, which meant that they were sewn by themselves and given to other elders.

But this made Gao Chi see it, and suddenly said: "The shoes and socks for Princess Ningguo, Princess Qingyang and Princess Fucheng are made by you yourself." ”

Princess Qingyang and Princess Fucheng are not the emperor's daughters. Princess Fucheng is the emperor's own brother who died young, the daughter of Zhu Xinglong, the king of Nanchang, and the emperor's niece, while Princess Qingyang is further away from the emperor's bloodline and is the daughter of the emperor's cousin.

Specifically, Ming Xizu Zhu Chuyi is Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather, married Wang, and had two people: the eldest son Zhu Wusi is Zhu Yuanzhang's father, and the second son is Zhu Yuanzhang's own uncle named Zhu Wuyi. Zhu Yuanzhang's father, Zhu Wusi, married Chen and gave birth to four sons, Zhu Yuanzhang was the fourth, the eldest was called Zhu Chongwu, and Princess Fucheng was Zhu Chongwu's daughter. And Zhu Wuyi also gave birth to four sons, the youngest Zhu Chongsi, and his daughter was Princess Qingyang.

The emperor's early life was hard, so many family members, starving to death, dying of illness, and dying in the war, countless relatives, few and few surviving relatives, only these two daughters were a little more blessed, and when they caught up with the emperor when he had a territory and an army, he waited for the emperor to sit in the world.

It stands to reason that the emperor's niece should be the lord of the county, but the emperor pities them for having no father and no mother, and in the first year of Hongwu, the two princesses are princesses, and they are selected with horses, but they are not given 500 stone to Lu Mi, which is less than two thirds of other princesses.

The reason why Gao Chi asked Zhang Zhaohua to make shoes and socks for the two of them was because they were also raised under the knees of Queen Ma back then, and lived with Prince Yiwen, Qin, Jin, Yanzhou, several vassal kings, and Princess Ningguo, and their relationship was extraordinary. Although the two princesses got married within a few years, they still have deep affection for each other and ask questions every year.

"My father once told us," Gao Chi said, "When he was seven years old, when Princess Qingyang got married, he chased the wedding car all the way, as if he knew the meaning of parting for the first time, because the princess and the concubine were married, and they had to go to Zhongdu to stay." ”

As long as there is a first parting, there will be a second, a third, and many more partings.

The group of children who sat around Queen Ma back then were finally separated. When they don't meet, they think about it day and night, and when they meet, they quickly separate, and they can't keep this moment of reunion, as if their fate is that they are separated.

Zhang Zhaohua took some time to make three pairs of shoes seriously.

Princess Ningguo, who received the shoes, was even happier: "You are all filial children, and I, as an aunt, also have a return gift." ”

As soon as she beckoned, someone came with a gift, which was six pieces of rich Changchun palace satin, six pieces of Fushou Mianchang palace silk, ten ingots of purple gold pen ingots, and ten ingots of fish and silver in auspicious celebrations. Looking at the silk material, it is more delicate than the best inner fabric, which should be rewarded by the emperor alone, and the patterns of purple gold ingots and silver ingots are exquisite and lovely, and you want to hold it in your hand when you look at it.

At this moment, many princes and princesses and the edicts came to see together, pointing to the little fish and sighing, Concubine Guo Ning saw it, and laughed and said: "Look at Ning Guo, you just prefer nephews and daughters-in-law, so that a few younger brothers and daughters-in-law look at it——"

Princess Ning Guo also laughed and said, "It's all there!"

said that there was indeed a wish, and everyone had a prayer bead and a golden jade ring, which caused several concubines to laugh, pointing to Princess Ningguo and calling her a virgin who scattered wealth.

In this way, there was a lot of laughter in the hall, Concubine Ning also asked everyone to come to her to lead the sheep prince painting and the ninety-nine cold picture, all of which were printed by the factory library, which were better than those sold outside, and everyone got together and received two sheets, Zhang Zhaohua also took it, but I don't understand what the meaning of the sheep prince is, and the picture is a chubby doll riding on the sheep, such a pattern is sometimes used as an auspicious pattern on the woven gold skirt.

These two things were originally given by the Winter Solstice Festival, and they didn't show Concubine Ning's generosity. Then she asked the female officer to bring the lezi, and it was all black silk, and it was decorated with tiny beaded flowers—this thing was liked by everyone very much, and it was worn on the spot, and it was really beautiful.