"It's a blessing that the Lord Taizhen can be personally picked up by His Majesty!" Concubine Mei said in a sour tone. She is an arrogant person, so she disdains to disguise her affections, and says whatever comes to mind.

As soon as Emperor Ming heard this, he knew that his vinegar strength had come up, and explained with a smile: "Taizhen prays for the queen mother every day, thanks to the royal family, thanks to the world, what is it if I pick her up by the way." ”

By the way? It's a way, it's going around most of the imperial garden, okay! Concubine Mei was even more unhappy when she heard Emperor Ming's explanation. Men always regard women's jealousy as petty, thinking that an explanation or two sentences is over, and where to think of this explanation is often to add fuel to the fire.

Concubine Mei has always called herself a "virtuous concubine," so how could she be angry with the emperor? She looked at Yang Yuhuan angrily, and was about to say a few sarcastic words to her, but she saw that she was wearing a silver fox coat, which was no less than the one on her own. Yang Yuhuan's skin is like condensation, wearing this fluffy silver fox coat, the silky and shiny fox fur ripples like a water pattern in the skylight, standing there like an ice and snow fairy, making people stunned.

Concubine Mei is now hated and annoyed. She thought that her fire fox was the best, but now this Yang Taizhen in front of her was wearing a silver fox that was not inferior to herself. And she only saw this fire fox big in the emperor's place that day. Needless to say, it must have been the emperor who let this Yang Taizhen pick it first, and then gave it to himself.

I have always liked plain colors, who in the harem doesn't know? Now this silver one is worn on others, but I have a fiery red bright color. It can be seen in the emperor's heart. has already ranked Yang Taizhen in front of him.

Concubine Mei couldn't hold her face, and she didn't care about everyone anymore, turned around and entered the plum garden.

Emperor Ming sighed slightly.

This Concubine Mei, from a wealthy family in Jiangdong, it stands to reason that her upbringing should be very good, and she is indeed proficient in poetry and songs, and she can be regarded as a talented girl, but she has developed a lonely and dustless character, and she looks like a child. When he first entered the palace, there were indeed no outstanding concubines in the palace, and he spoiled Concubine Mei for a while. But she is just petty in front of herself, sometimes regardless of the occasion.

Once his brother King Ning returned from the border, he set up a banquet to entertain King Ning, and asked Concubine Mei to bring the new tribute oranges from Jiangnan to King Ning as a younger brother and sister to show her closeness. King Ning was already a little drunk at that time, and accidentally stepped on Concubine Mei's shoes when he got up to pick it up. Concubine Mei had a seizure at that time, turned around and walked away. King Ning has been on the border all the year round, he is a rough man, it is rare to go back to Beijing, and the brothers get together, but they are unhappy. Since then, Emperor Ming no longer allowed Concubine Mei to attend banquets among the monarchs and ministers.

Now everyone came to her plum garden to enjoy the plum feast, but she left everyone behind and ran away by herself. Emperor Ming had no choice but to beckon everyone in and asked Gao Lishi to call Concubine Mei out to preside over the banquet.

Concubine Mei ran back to the apse in a huff, and Gao Lishi soon followed. Gao Lishi is an old man who has been with Emperor Ming for many years, and he understands Emperor Ming's thoughts, so he persuaded Concubine Mei a few words. Seeing that she was still struggling, she asked directly: "If Niangniang doesn't go out to preside over the banquet, is she planning to let other concubines preside over in the plum garden?"

When Concubine Mei heard this, she thought: This is the Plum Garden! How can you let other concubines preside over the banquet here?

Tidying up his makeup at the moment, he said to Gao Lishi: "Thank you father-in-law for the order! ”

Concubine Mei still put a lot of thought into this banquet.

First of all, I gave everyone a sip of plum blossom tea. Plum blossom tea is made by collecting plum blossoms and cooking them with snow water, and each tea has a snow-white plum blossom floating on it. White plum astragalus, the fragrance comes to the nose, it looks good and smells good. Everyone took a sip and praised each other.

Then we were served plum blossom cakes to fill the stomach. Plum blossom cakes are small snacks made from plum blossoms, which are probably similar to modern flower cakes. Then make the dim sum into the shape of a plum blossom, and the stamens and petals are vivid. One dish per person, three per plate. One white, one yellow, one red, very delicate. Take a bite, sweet but not greasy, full of fragrant.

After eating plum blossom cake and drinking plum blossom tea, it is the main meal. Concubine Mei created a set of five-petal plum tableware for each guest, that is, a plate in the shape of five petals, with a round bowl in the middle, which is placed together and called "plum utensils". In the middle bowl is plum blossom soup, which is made of plum blossoms and japonica rice, which is elegant and fragrant. The other five dishes are plum blossom fan, red plum bead incense, plum blossom fish kernel, plum blossom ruyi pan-fried, plum blossom vegetarian brocade, respectively, with chicken, shrimp balls, fish fillet, eggs, fresh vegetarian dishes, etc., and plum blossom with various auxiliary ingredients in different cooking methods. All of them are colorless, sloppy, and flavorful, which makes people full of relish.

It is worthy of the plum blossom banquet, and the word "plum blossom" is really highlighted everywhere. Concubine Mei really loves Mei like her life! Yuhuan tasted it and complained silently in her heart.

The concubines and concubines talked about each other while eating.

"Concubine Mei is really amazing!"

"Sister Concubine Mei is really talented, she can make so many tricks!"

"It's so exquisite! Who else can come up with so many unique ideas except Concubine Mei?"

……

Even Emperor Ming said: "Concubine Mei has a heart." ”

Listening to everyone's praise, Concubine Mei was proud. Apart from her, who else can make a plum blossom banquet so exquisite?

After the plum blossom banquet was over, Concubine Mei, who had regained her confidence, decided to suppress Yang Taizhen in her other area that she was best at. She wants the emperor to see that her Concubine Mei is the most talented person in the harem, and Yang Taizhen can't compare to her at all.

"After eating the plum blossom feast, how about everyone go for a walk in the courtyard? It's not that I boast, the plum blossoms in my plum garden are the best in the harem. ”

"That's what my sister said. If you want to talk about this plum garden, but your majesty has made it for you! It brings together all kinds of plum blossoms in the world, and it is the first one in the world. As soon as Concubine Mei spoke, someone immediately followed her to flatter.

"Isn't it! Since Sister Mei entered the palace, all of us have been compared. Someone continued. Concubine Mei is currently the most favored and highest-ranking concubine in the harem, and she doesn't flatter anyone.

"Sister Concubine Mei is the most talented, and she should be the first in the harem. Someone else shouted.

……

Concubine Mei was very comfortable to listen to.

Walking in this plum forest with everyone, looking at the grand scenery of this Ruixue fragrant plum garden, Concubine Mei glanced at Yang Yuhuan proudly, "What does the Taizhen Guan Master think of this plum garden full of plum scenery?"

"It's beautiful!" Yuhuan replied simply, without much to say.

"There must not be such a scene in Taizhen Guan, right?" asked Concubine Mei defiantly and knowingly.

"Hmm. Yuhuan didn't deny it, and he didn't say a single superfluous word, and the provincial Concubine Mei used the topic to play.

Concubine Mei was a little annoyed when she saw that Yuhuan was silent. This concubine is talking to you to give you face, and you are so unpopular!

"Taizhen Guan is busy cultivating the Tao every day, and it is very deserted to think about it. Do you want this palace to give you a few plum trees to add some spice?" Concubine Mei deliberately used the word "give", which was to treat Yang Yuhuan as a person in power.

"Not necessarily. Yuhuan's face was expressionless, and he couldn't see his joy or anger.

"The Lord is too uninteresting, Sister Mei takes care of you kindly, you don't know how to be grateful at all!"

Yuhuan didn't say a word.

"Since the Lord is too true to see the taste, let's not waste plum blossoms. Looking at this blooming scene, how about we each chant a poem?" Concubine Mei really thinks that Yang Yuhuan is a layman, and it is a waste for Mei Shu to give her.

"Sister Concubine Mei is only eight years old, we can't compare to you. Someone pretended to complain.

"How can we compare with Sister Meifei? Concubine Mei's mind is simply clear at a glance, that is, she compares Yang Taizhen to poetry in poetry!

"That's right! Sister Meifei's talent is recognized. Unlike some people, who pretend to decorate every day, who knows if it's a straw bale. "It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, and I try my best to light the fire.

"You can't say that, maybe the Lord Taizhen is a talented person?"

"If you are really a talented person, you have lived in the palace for so long, why haven't you ever written a poem? "It's white-faced.

……

Everyone, you say a word to me, and if you can't write a poem, you will be a waste of gold and jade, and if you can't write a poem, you will be ruined.

Rao is Yuhuan no longer has the same knowledge as them, and he really can't hang it on his face. I couldn't help but feel annoyed.

"It's just a poem, and it takes so much tongue?"

"Since Lord Taizhen Guan thinks that there is no difficulty in composing poems, why don't we fight poems? If Lord Taizhen Guan loses to me, I will send the silver frost charcoal that was distributed to Taizhen Guan this winter to the plum garden. If you win against me, I will send the silver frost charcoal in the plum garden to Taizhenguan. "Concubine Mei was full of ambition, she didn't think she would lose at all, and she wanted Yang Yuhuan to suffer a big loss.

"No problem!" Yuhuan agreed. Win more Silver Frost Charcoal, and you can have a warmer winter this winter. Of course, more importantly, Concubine Mei is scheming about not getting along with herself, so how to do it without retaliation.

Concubine Mei was very happy when she saw that Yuhuan agreed. I thought to myself: Let you provoke the emperor, I will let you live the coldest winter.

"Then the Lord of the True Views will start first?"

"You go first. ”

After Concubine Mei was polite, she no longer shirked. She took a few steps, climbed a budding plum blossom, smelled it, and groaned:

"A branch of thinning pigment is resistant to severe frost and cold. Morning and evening scatter fragrance, fragrance drifts ten miles long. ”

"Good poem! This poem sings out the strength of the plum blossom-shaped lonely shadow and the frost and snow. Such a branch of plum can exude a faint fragrance all day long, and the fragrance wafts far away. This poem writes the noble character of plum blossoms, which is simply expressive. Someone immediately praised it.

"After walking a few steps, I groaned, Sister Concubine Mei really made me wait!"

"That's right, we admire you so much."

……

Concubine Mei proudly received everyone's praise and walked towards Yuhuan, "Lord Taizhen, it's your turn." ”