53. Chapter 53
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Because it was the New Year's banquet, there were too many things for the queen, so Zhang Jianing and Shi Fangfang did not go to the queen's Kunning Palace, but directly went to Cining'an, where the queen mother lived.
Shi Fangfang was a little nervous when she was on the road, she crossed in a shorter time than Zhang Jianing, Zhang Jianing had already been here once, and Shi Fangfang was entering the palace for the first time.
Although Zhang Jianing knows the reason, she can't say it clearly, she can't say it, don't be afraid that the queen mother and the queen are kind people and won't treat you well.
You must know that Jia Shi's is the master who enters the palace every year, and I don't know if Shi Fangfang has obtained Jia Shi's memory, if not, it is really a problem.
However, Zhang Jianing turned his head and saw that the person supporting Shi Fangfang was glass, and he didn't worry about the special gossip around Jia Shi's side, and Zhang Jianing, who claimed to know everything about the big family in the capital, still knew about it.
There is the gossip of glass, Jia Shifangfang doesn't need her to care about it here, she still cares about the triplets.
Especially Jia Lian and Jia Xuan, two children with ADHD, Zhang Jianing originally brought several maids and mothers-in-law just to hold them, but at this time, they were all writhing on their mother-in-law, and they had to come down and walk by themselves.
How could Zhang Jianing get their wish, you must know that this is the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, and the flowers here are all the fruits of Jin Zeyong's order to cultivate the flowers in the palace in order to please the Empress Dowager.
If this makes Jia Lian and Jia Xuan ruined, it's a shame, do you say she will pay or not.
I can't afford to lose it, these are all precious varieties, especially for the queen mother, let's say it, it's a priceless treasure, because it represents the emperor's filial piety.
So the final result can only be Zhang Jianing to make amends, although it is unlikely that the Queen Mother will blame her for this.
But blaming is not a trivial matter, if it leaves a bad impression in the heart of this woman who even the emperor has to scruple about, if people have the intention to make her feel bad, it is really just a sentence.
Another is that Zhang Jianing knows too well the behavior of the triplets, Jia Lian and Jia Xuan saw the beautiful flowers, they ripped them off and stuffed them into their mouths.
As for Jia Yao, she has already shown the ultimate beauty talent at such a young age, she is different from Jia Lian Jia Xuan, Jia Yao picks beautiful flowers and puts them on her head, or puts them in a vase in her room.
In short, it's all tears when you talk too much, Rao is Zhang Jianing has spiritual spring water that can make the flowers in the garden of Rongguofu bloom a little better, faster, but it can't match the speed of the scourge of triplets at all.
So at this time, how could Zhang Jianing let them come down and walk by themselves, if they let the triplets harm one or two, or even ten or eight, I believe that the Queen Mother will not do anything to them.
But if the whole scourge becomes a broken flower and a willow, I believe that the queen mother, who is obsessed with flowers, will definitely want to crush her bones and ashes.
The only thing that makes Zhang Jianing feel relieved is that compared to Jia Lian and Jia Xuan, Jia Yao is still more obedient, and she is staying quietly in Zhang Jianing's arms at this time.
Seeing that her mother-in-law couldn't hold Jia Lian and Jia Xuan anymore, Zhang Jianing stuffed Jia Yao into Shi Fangfang, who was a little nervous, and said, "Mother, you can help me hug Yao'er." ”
didn't wait for Shi Fangfang to reply, and asked the mother-in-law to put Jia Lian and Jia Xuan down, didn't they want to go by themselves? Okay, Zhang Jianing grabbed one in one hand and walked honestly for me.
Who is Zhang Jianing, that is a person who practices martial arts, and even the palace can be used as a person to visit his own garden, Jia Lian Jia Xuan, who was caught in Zhang Jianing's hands, can really only walk obediently.
Along the way, Zhang Jianing suppressed, and no demon could come out, Jia Lian and Jia Xuan could only move their little fat legs and walk to the queen mother step by step.
"Yo, these triplets are different, this is not yet a year old, right? I can walk. Concubine Qi, who was sitting next to the Queen Mother, spoke.
She is the maiden niece of the Queen Mother, and the two aunts and nephews have always been close, and they are also one of the harem concubines who like triplets the most.
At the last Mid-Autumn Festival state banquet, Concubine Qi relied on the Queen Mother's favor to hold the triplets all the time, the reason, needless to say, Zhang Jianing also guessed it, didn't she just want to be happy so that she could have good news.
Not to mention, I heard that Concubine Qi was happy two months ago, isn't it the day that she was conceived after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In addition to Qi Concubine, there is also a little nobleman who is also pregnant, and it is said that in the past two or three months, several ladies in the capital have been reported to be happy.
So at this time, the eyes of these concubines looking at the triplets are not to mention how penetrating, everyone thinks that it is the blessing brought by the triplets.
Shi Fangfang and Zhang Jianing also stained the light of the triplets, saluted the Queen Mother, and were exempted from the ceremony as soon as they started, and the Queen Mother also asked the two of them to give a seat, and the seat was at the bottom of the Queen Mother.
As for the triplets? That's much more favored than Shi Fangfang and Zhang Jianing, Zhang Jianing and they sit on hard chairs, and the triplets sit on soft human cushions.
Jia Lian and Jia Xuan were held by Liu Guifei and Concubine Jing respectively, and they were being fed so unhappy, what red bean cake and bird's nest cake, not to mention that they still brought an order after eating, saying that they wanted to eat walnut cake.
Liu Guifei, who hugged Jia Lian happily, smiled and forgot that she was already thirty years old, this person, when she was thirty years old, no matter how well she was maintained, she would leave traces of time on her face, especially in ancient societies without peeling technology.
As the saying goes: take people's hands softly, eat people's mouths soft, these women one by one, almost as a child Guanyin worship, this time to see Jia Lian willing to let them feed, it feels like Guanyin Niangniang ate their offerings, they all feel that they will definitely be able to make their wishes come true.
As for Jia Yao, she is being held by the Queen Mother at this moment, eating the cloud cake fed by the Queen Mother one bite at a time.
Jia Yao has always loved to eat cloud cakes, and naturally at home cannot be compared with the cloud cakes in this palace, so at this time, Jia Yao eats small mouths and puffs like a little hamster.
"Entering the palace once, Yao'er can be regarded as a blessing, and when she came to the Queen Mother, she followed up with a blessed nest, but I am afraid that the courtiers will not be able to take her away when they go back later." Zhang Jianing watched from the sidelines, and the sycophants in his mouth seemed to be without money.
"That's a good dare, the mourning family doesn't lack anything here, just such a smart and clever little baby." The Queen Mother said with a smile, obviously seeing it, she was very satisfied with Zhang Jianing's kung fu.
"The Queen Mother is not afraid that the courtiers will rely on you when she says this, and when I see you, we will be like crossing a layer of gold, this really wants to stay here for a while to earn more points, the Queen Mother, can you just be small and not big, this Lian'er is too small now, even if the three are crossed into a golden person, it is not as valuable as me, it is better for the Queen Mother to leave me behind, such a big golden person is worth a lot."
Zhang Jianing's words were like singing, making the concubines and ladies in a palace laugh.
"I really can't see that Mrs. Ronghou is so good at talking, so she shouldn't have drunk honey when she went out this morning." Qi Concubine's tears of laughter came out.
"Concubine Qi can't wronged me, in order to eat more good food in the palace, I didn't even eat breakfast this morning, and came on an empty stomach." Zhang Jianing hurriedly shouted injustice.
"How do I think the triplets are like you, they have become a family of foodies, it seems that I have to find your mother to ask for a secret recipe when I go back, otherwise why do your children love to eat so much, those little ancestors in my family, coaxing, begging can't eat much."
One of Mrs. Chen is the husband of Taichang Siqing, and she knows Zhang Jianing and her mother, so she said so.
"That's not necessarily, maybe it's the grandmother who followed the child, and the Duchess are all in front of us, let's be like the Duchess in front of us to ask for advice."
The person who spoke was the princess Liao of King Beijing, one of the kings with a different surname, Princess Beijing had always had a good relationship with Jia Shi, so the topic was led to Shi Fangfang at this time.
"The princess is really begging, knowing that I haven't said a word to the Duchess of the Kingdom, but I still want to show off."
It can be seen that Mrs. Chen has a good personal relationship with the princess of Beijing, and at this moment, Mrs. Chen slapped her twice with her hand while talking.
So the topic turned to the issue of children's eating, which was obviously a topic that resonated with everyone, and everyone was in full swing about how to let children eat more.
And Zhang Jianing is still in a state of non-stop eating because of the triplets, so Zhang Jianing has become the main object of the big guy's inquiry at this time.
"I really don't have much experience with this, Lian'er and the three of them are only more than nine months old, although they have good teeth, but they haven't been eating for a long time, so they don't know much very much."
"However, most children like bright and interesting things, if the color matching is better, or made into interesting patterns, I believe it will have a little effect."
Zhang Jianing thought about all kinds of children's pictures made in the shape of small animals in later generations, and felt that no child should be able to resist whether it was ancient or modern, right?
"Meals made with interesting patterns? How do you do that? "A room full of ordinary conversations about poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, washing hands and making soup, the few ladies are stumped.
"For example, rice balls, buns, and dumplings can be wrapped into the shape of small animals, radishes can be carved, eggs can be turned into birds, anyway, the shape is cute, and the colors are brighter."
Seeing everyone's pensive looks, Zhang Jianing couldn't help it all of a sudden, it seemed that everyone had forgotten, these things don't have to be done by themselves, go back and tell the cook to rectify it, there is a specialization in the art industry, I believe that they are not as good as the chef's skillful hands if they want to break their heads here.
"It's pitiful, it seems that I usually don't worry less about the child's eating problem." The Queen Mother watched it interestingly from the sidelines, and smiled coldly.
"But it's not, for the sake of those bear children at home, my hair is more than half white."
It was the wife of Zhenguo Gong Niu Qing who spoke, Zhenguo Gong was one of the first eight princes like Jia Yuan Jia Yan, but Zhenguo Gong was much older than the Jia family brothers.
Therefore, the current Duchess of Zhenguo is not Niu Qing's original partner, she is Niu Qing's step-family Jiang who later married.
Niu Qing's first wife's life was not good enough, and when Niu Qing accompanied the founding emperor Jin Shunran to return to his hometown after fighting the world, he learned that his wife had gone because of childbirth, leaving only Chang Niu Kang, who now inherited his title, and Niu Tai, the second son who was desperately born.
At that time, Niu Qing was only in his thirties, less than forty, so he married Jiang, who was about the same age as his eldest son, and Jiang was also the only remaining old man in the Eight Princes, although her youth was not a few years older than Jia Shi's.
"That's—so I'm more cāo, I don't see that my hair is all white." Old Mrs. Bohan of Jinxiang touched her white hair and said.
"Not to mention, the Duchess of Zhenguo is well-maintained, and she doesn't look old at all."
So the topic shifted from raising children to maintenance, and everyone talked about all kinds of rouge gouache again.
Women, if they want to, can always find something to talk about.
So the time passed in the eating and drinking of the triplets, the chatter and laughter of the women, and soon the eunuchs came to invite the queen mother and other concubines and concubines, and the ladies went to the Taihe Hall to attend the banquet.
Taihe Hall is the emperor to hold grand ceremonies, such as the emperor enthronement, the emperor's wedding, the canonization of the queen, the order of the general, in addition to the annual longevity festival, New Year's Day, winter solstice three major festivals, the emperor here to accept the civil and military officials of the court, and to the princes and ministers to give a banquet place.
The Taihe Hall covers a wide area, how big it is, Zhang Jianing doesn't know, but when he came to the Taihe Palace, he saw so many tables, anyway, it was more than enough for a few hundred people to sit anyway.
The area of the entire Taihe Hall is the largest among all the palaces in the entire Great Jin Dynasty Palace, and according to Zhang Jianing's visual inspection, it is estimated that there must be one or two thousand square meters.
The middle is separated by more than ten huge screens, and the entire Taihe Hall is divided into two, according to the habit of men on the left and women on the right, the ministers on one side and the women on the other side can not only hear the speech clearly, but also take care of the male and female defense.
Zhang Jianing and Shi Fangfang's positions are quite high, except for the royal family, Zhang Jianing's table belongs to the front row.
and Zhang Jianing's mother-in-law, Zhao, did not participate in this state banquet because she was unwell, and Zhang Jianing's sister-in-law and sister-in-law had another position.
In addition to Zhang Jianing and Shi Fangfang, there are also the Duchess of Zhenguo, Jiang, who had just spoken to Zhang Jianing, as well as the old lady of Jinxiang Bohan, the wife of Baoling Hou Shi Nai, the wife of Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding, and the wife of Pingyuan Hou.
At this time, when everyone was seated, when Zhang Jianing thought that Jin Zeyong was going to give a speech like the opening speech of the future principals.
Suddenly, Jin Zeyong's chief eunuch, the chief eunuch of the Jin Dynasty Palace, came to announce Jin Zeyong's dictation, and actually asked the triplets to go to see the driver.