Chapter 25: The Feast of Fruits

After a while, there was a notification outside: "The eldest prince has arrived!" ”

Chu Shuhuang hurriedly stood up, walked to the bottom, and saw the heroic and resolute figure walking into the main hall, he looked at the queen on the throne with excitement in his eyes, looked up and down again, and kowtowed to the queen, choking slightly: "Son--to the queen mother-please be safe!" ”

Chu Shuhuang hurriedly saluted the eldest prince, and couldn't help but burst into tears, the queen stepped down from the Danxi and helped the eldest prince with her own hands, "Son, it's good for you to come back." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "Mama Huang retreated with the palace people, and only the mother and son were left in the house.

The queen pulled the eldest prince to look at it carefully, tears flowed down uncontrollably, and then took the eldest prince's hand, touched the rough palm of the eldest prince and the cocoon on it and said distressedly, "My son, you have suffered." ”

If it weren't for the fact that the emperor had already sent someone to report to the queen, there was already a royal imperial physician in the Qinzheng Palace who had asked the eldest prince for a pulse, and the eldest prince was fine, and the imperial physician had already prescribed a prescription for conditioning, and the queen really wanted to see if the eldest prince was injured.

The eldest prince held the queen's hand and said word by word: "Queen Mother, the sons are not bitter, the sons are not just men, but also the princes of the Chu State, this bitterness is nothing." ”

Chu Shuhuang said softly: "Queen Mother, don't get excited, let the eldest brother sit down and drink some tea first." ”

"Yes, yes, drink tea first, thirsty or not, hot or not?" The queen said as she pulled the eldest prince to her seat.

"Queen Mother, son-in-law is very good." After the queen sat down, the eldest prince also sat on the seat, took Chu Shuhuang to offer tea, stroked his head and said, "Thank you Huang'er, our Huang'er has grown up." ”

Chu Shuhuang said: "Brother Emperor, Huang'er misses you very much, Huang'er has prepared a gift for you, and I will give it to you later." After saying that, he blinked slyly.

"Okay, the gift given by Huang'er must be the most precious, the eldest brother is waiting." After the eldest prince finished speaking with relief, he drank the tea in a few sips.

Chu Shuhuang refilled the tea for the eldest prince twice, and the queen said: "Huang'er, you go and see how the lotus seed and lily porridge made for your eldest brother is going, remember to make them soft and glutinous to make it delicious." ”

Chu Shuhuang knew that this was the queen mother who wanted to get down to business with the eldest brother, "Don't worry, the queen mother will do a good job." ”

The eldest prince touched Chu Shuhuang's head and smiled: "Our phoenix is the most well-behaved." ”

Chu Shuhuang went to the imperial dining room and saw that the lotus seed and lily porridge had been boiled, and he tasted it, it was fragrant and soft. On the other side, some ingredients were prepared, and the chief eunuch of the imperial dining room hurriedly introduced Chu Shuhuang: "Here are four small cold dishes prepared for His Royal Highness the Great Prince, asparagus and duck tongue, golden and jade eggplant boxes, jade and jade rolls and Ruyi are high, I don't know if I have an appetite with His Royal Highness the Great Prince, please give the princess advice." ”

"Replace that golden jade eggplant box with a sour and spicy double pepper black fungus."

After a while, Qinghe came to report that the eldest prince had already gone to Linglong Pavilion to bathe and freshen up, and Chu Shuhuang tasted the food in each vessel again before leading Qinghe to take it and send it to Linglong Pavilion.

After the eldest prince was served by the palace people and bathed and freshened up, he looked more radiant, with a dragon and a phoenix, and a majestic appearance. used the meal prepared by Chu Shuhuang, bid farewell to the queen and went to the Millennium Hall for a banquet, and Chu Shuhuang accompanied the queen to have dinner before returning to Xuanya Pavilion.

The palace is still the same, and I haven't heard any news, I don't know how the queen dealt with the "inner ghost", and there should be other arrangements. Chu Shuhuang knew that he shouldn't ask, so he pretended that nothing had happened and continued with his life.

After the eldest prince returned, the queen was also busy, and two days later, news came out that the eldest prince was named King Sheng, and at the same time the queen was going to hold a hundred fruit banquet. It is said that Lingnan has offered some pineapples, mangoes, lychees, and some local fruits have arrived in season, so everyone is invited to taste together, and everyone is invited to bring women into the palace.

The capital suddenly exploded like a frying pan, like the players who participated in the competition heard the horn, and it suddenly boiled. His Royal Highness King Sheng is nineteen years old this year, if he hadn't left Beijing in the past three years, how could he have waited until now?

All of a sudden, everyone in the capital rushed to buy new clothes and jewelry, and rouge and spices were all thirty percent more expensive. Afterwards, Chu Shuhuang knew that it was her newly opened shop, because of its exquisite workmanship and elegant style, it was sold in short supply, of course, the main reason was that there was no inventory, and too many live embroiderers could not be driven out. Chu Shuhuang beat his chest and paused, speed up the construction, next time you can't miss it, and the flower field must also be accelerated!

There is a water pavilion on the blue lake of the imperial garden, which is called listening to the wind, and the hundred fruit banquet is placed here. No matter what the purpose of the banquet is, the princess and the concubines of the harem are all to attend.

Although Chu Shuhuang has a noble status, he is only seven years old, and it is not too important whether he goes or not, although he is choosing a concubine for the eldest emperor's brother, it is enough to have a mother and queen mother. And to attend the banquet, he had to put on complicated palace clothes, and Chu Shuhuang refused to change his clothes.

In desperation, Princess Changyang came. Since the Su Zheng design tempted Xu Shikang, Concubine Xu has shown favor to the queen many times, and Princess Changyang is even closer. Knowing that they were suffering from the disaster of the pond fish, and they had the heart to show goodwill, the queen did not embarrass them.

Princess Changyang is dressed in a piping gold silk double-petaled peony woven gold brocade placket palace dress, wearing a colorful phoenix jade hairpin, five phoenixes and jade swaying, red lips and white teeth, and the whole person looks gentle and luxurious.

"Why is my sister still grinding, the later I walk, the hotter the road gets, and it will be cooler to listen to the wind." Princess Changyang nodded Chu Shuhuang's nose and said, looking close. Originally, there were only these two princesses in the palace, Princess Changyang was like Concubine Xu, as gentle and deferential as the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion, and she usually took a lot of care of Chu Shuhuang's sister.

"Isn't this waiting for my sister, I don't attend many banquets like this, waiting for my sister to teach me more." Chu Shuhuang smiled slightly, and the palace people picked up the prepared golden peacock feather big-sleeved palace clothes and waited for Chu Shuhuang to change his clothes.

"You're poor! I heard that there are a lot of orders and young ladies in front of me, and you are going to be poor no matter how poor the queen is. ”

Simply pulled a child's bun, brought two hibiscus gold silk hollow bead flowers, wore a nine-section curved ring with gold entwined silk agate Yingluo, with a gold peacock feather large sleeve palace dress, a good exquisite doll. Princess Changyang couldn't help but joke beside her, Chu Shuhuang naturally wouldn't suffer, and the two laughed together.

After dressing up, Chu Shuhuang and Princess Changyang rushed to Tingfeng Pavilion on their shoulders. At this time, there are already a lot of people in the wind pavilion, and the three or five groups are talking together, but fortunately, they are listening to the cool breeze in the wind pavilion, and there is still a lot of ice in the hall, which makes people feel very comfortable.

"Princess Shengping has arrived! Princess Changyang has arrived! Kneeling on the ground, Princess Changyang took Chu Shuhuang's hand and walked into the pavilion. There were several ladies sitting above, Chu Shuhuang and Princess Changyang walked closer, and after everyone greeted each other, the two sisters went to their places and sat down.

Mrs. Ningping Hou with her daughter Qiu Ying, Mrs. Jingyuan Marquis with her daughter Xu Biyao, Mrs. Weiyuan Hou Shizi and the second lady of Weiyuan Marquis Mansion with daughter Su Jing, Prime Minister Wei's wife Shao Shi with daughter Wei Yan, Anguo Mansion has neither a hostess nor a daughter, and did not arrive.