Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Feast

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Zhang Zhaohua is just the princess of the domain, the Ma family is the concubine of the grandson, the grandson is going to inherit the unification, what can the prince do, just guard the place of the feudal until death.

Is it a good thing that the princess is virtuous? Of course it is a good thing, but when it is too virtuous and beyond the emperor's plan, it is not a good thing.

"After filial piety to the ancestors, be obedient to the concubines, try their best to fill the gaps, and save internal help", this is the description of the eldest grandson queen in the history books, saying that before Li Shimin ascended the throne, the queen's actions were to play the role of a filial and obedient daughter-in-law, she went around to please the concubines and princes, accompanied by smiling faces, gave generous gifts, and assisted Li Shimin to seize the throne.

I'm afraid that the most touching person is not someone else, it should be this father-in-law Li Yuan who is honored and satisfied. Before the Xuanwu Gate, he saw that this daughter-in-law was satisfied in every way, and even let her manage the harem;

The emperor was an emperor because he could never give full trust to anyone, including his sons, especially the crown prince, who had the right to inherit. The emperor does not trust the minister, kills and kills, does not trust the son, even a benevolent person like Prince Yiwen, there are times when the father and son quarrel fiercely - then what about the grandson, he is still weak, but he has already married a wife, and when he is stepping into the prime of life, that is, when the emperor is stepping towards old and weak, why is the emperor not afraid?

"The Taisun Concubine is virtuous, comparable to the first empress and the eldest grandson empress", this saying has been circulated for a long time, what will happen to the emperor?

And Zhang Zhaohua also knew that the Ma family couldn't wait to take over the power of the East Palace, which is a better explanation. If you can manage the Chunhe Palace today, tomorrow you will learn from the eldest grandson Empress to take over the power of the six palaces, and then you will encourage your husband to learn from the famous king in history.

Zhang Zhaohua should still be a little vigilant against Ma's hand-killing, but unfortunately she still doesn't know what Zhang Zhaohua's intentions are, she is just humble, but she can see a trace of pride between her eyebrows. When Zhang Zhaohua saw her like this, he knew it in his heart.

After a while, the concubines and princesses of the six palaces came to the Rouyi Palace, everyone saluted and sat down, and for a while the hall was full of laughter and laughter, and the atmosphere was harmonious, just waiting for the order to hold a banquet from the side of the palace. Yesterday, the emperor worshiped the world, and today he will congratulate the officials, the emperor will give a banquet to the ministers in the palace, and the harem is the banquet of Concubine Ning's wife, in this banquet, there are not only the princesses and concubines such as the inner women, but also the women of the outer court who are more than four grades gathered, and the originally empty Rouyi Hall was full.

Watching Concubine Guo Ning and Ma's entertaining greetings with ease, Zhang Zhaohua also found Mrs. Xie, the Duchess of Wei.

Xie is Xu Da's wife and gave birth to four sons and three daughters, the eldest daughter is Zhang Zhaohua's mother-in-law, Princess Xu. As early as the second day of the wedding, Gao Chi took Zhang Zhaohua to visit, Xie had a leg disease, and his knee was estimated to be arthritis, which was the time when it hurt a lot, but I heard that his grandson came to the door with his daughter-in-law, and he still came out to see them, and gave a lot of things, she was a very kind old lady.

Zhang Zhaohua saw that the old lady's legs and feet were not dexterous, so after he went back, he thought of a way to sew out a pair of knee pads with Handong Hanshuang. At this time, there are knee pads, but unlike the knee pads used by Zhang Zhaohua in his previous life, the knee pads of the Ming Dynasty are just a thin layer of silk, which plays the role of decoration and beautification, and the young woman wears it from the ankle to the knee, and walks elegantly. The elderly wear knee socks to protect themselves from the cold, that is, to wear a knee-high sock on top of the half sock. Half socks are the bottomless socks commonly worn today, also known as knee pants, which are worn under the skirt of the jacket, just like leggings. Mrs. Xie just wore a half sock, because her knee hurt, and she had to wear another knee sock. It's okay in winter, but in summer the old man wants knee pads and wears such socks, and the heat is unbearable.

Zhang Zhaohua made two out according to the appearance of knee pads in later generations, and there were no elastic bands, so they were replaced by straps. It was made of rabbit skin and cotton mixed for a winter, and a knee pad for summer wear was made of yellow grass cloth. This kind of yellow grass heart cloth produced in Suzhou is made of a kind of yellow grass stalk core silk twist cloth, and the finished weaving product is almost as white and fine as silk. Since the Song Dynasty, yellow grass cloth has been continuously produced in the south of the Yangtze River, and has always been a popular summer fabric, not only for tailoring clothing, but also for sewing mosquito nets, serving as window screens for pasting windows, and even used as a veil on lanterns.

Not only that, Zhang Zhaohua considered that such knee pads only keep warm and have no effect of relieving pain, so at the same time as sewing, he made a small sandwich inside the knee pads, added crushed medicinal materials, and there was a recipe in the medical book, called "Sisheng Soup", which had a very good effect of dissipating cold and channeling. It is to use the four flavors of herbs such as Shengchuan Wu, Shengcao Wu, Shengnanxing, and Shengbanxia, she put 30 grams of each, soak the medicinal materials in rice wine in advance, soak them for more than ten days, and then sew them into the shade, and put them on the brazier for a while when they are used, which will be more effective.

Zhang Zhaohua gave these two knee pads to Mrs. Xie, and within a few days, Mrs. Xie specially asked someone to thank her, saying that it was very useful.

When I met today, Mrs. Xie held her hand and said that she wore the knee pads sewn by Zhang Zhaohua every day, and she didn't let go of it when she slept at night, and she felt that the pain was relieved a lot. When Zhang Zhaohua heard this, he hurriedly said: "You still have to loosen it when you sleep at night, otherwise the blood will be blocked, the joints will be paralyzed, and the next day it will hurt badly." ”

Old Madam Xie smiled and nodded.

Before the two could chat, they saw a eunuch from outside the palace and said, "Yu Niangniang, the emperor has ordered a banquet." ”

This kind of feast is to sit on the mat, because this kind of feast, also known as the feast, is to follow the ancient rites, and the so-called "feast" is the reed woven fabric spread on the ground, and the "mat" is placed on the "feast" and the material is more finely woven grass or leather.

Women are susceptible to cold, so they add a soft cushion with a cotton core on this kind of mat, and it feels comfortable to sit cross-legged, but this is compared to those women who are unfortunate to be popular at this time.

Zhang Zhaohua sat with the princesses of King Jin and King Zhou, sitting under the princes and princesses, and opposite them were the princes and women in first-class crown clothes. After everyone sat down, Concubine Guo Ning smiled and said: "Winter solstice, the so-called big as the year of the Wu people, is the day when the sun is born and spring comes. ”

Seeing Concubine Guo Ning raise her glass, everyone in the palace also raised her glass, and congratulated together: "Your Majesty is blessed-"

After that, the music began to be played, and the banquet of the temple was a celebration banquet, according to the regulations, the "Dance of the All Nations to the Dynasty" and "The Victory Team Dance of the Whip", and the banquet of the Rouyi Hall was the winter solstice banquet, and the music was "Praise the Joy Team Dance". This dance does not mean dance, it is the combined name of several songs, that is, there are several pieces under a "dance", and the dance is a chapter.

Everyone was eating and listening to music, but they were also very happy, after all, at this time, everyone could chat casually.

Zhang Zhaohua thought that a banquet like this would definitely not be good to eat, that is, a formality - but to her surprise, the winter solstice banquet was actually quite good.

Of course, the dumplings are necessary, but in addition to the dumplings, there are actually all kinds of chaos, and there are a few small dishes on the back, as well as sake lees meat, white juice cabbage, boiled dried shreds and red bean porridge, and a bowl of super delicious powder soup, this is estimated to be the main dish, just look at the soup color, yellow has daylily, golden needle, green has garlic sprouts, coriander, white has powder, mushrooms, black fungus, matsutake mushrooms, is cooked with mutton in the pot, with a good mushroom soup boiled, the taste is fresh and fragrant, the aftertaste is endless- At this time, Zhang Zhaohua felt that his spleen and stomach had been abused all morning, and he finally got enough comfort.