Chapter 51, the palace banquet
The palace banquet is set up in the Qinghe Palace. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As early as two days ago, the imperial dining room prepared the ingredients, and the complicated ingredients began to be processed, and on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the meals eaten at the banquet were prepared as early as the end, and there were hundreds of stoves, hundreds of pots, and hundreds of imperial chefs in the imperial dining room, each person was only responsible for one dish, and the imperial dishes were all made early, and they were always hot on the stove, just waiting for the big eunuch in front of the Qinghe Hall to shout: pass the meal.
The saint sat at the top of the golden dragon coiling banquet table, the queen sat on the left side, and the concubines, concubines, princes, and princesses sat at the bottom.
The queen wears a phoenix crown, wearing a phoenix feather wide-sleeved palace dress, a graceful and luxurious, extraordinary bearing, she is the mother of a country, and has two sons, is the most noble woman in the world.
She lowered her head, today's banquet in the palace is a rare opportunity to show her face, and the concubines are also racking their brains to compete for beauty, and they are all petty fights, so there is nothing to worry about. Then he looked at Nie Guifei again, although she was also dressed in gorgeous clothes, she didn't have the arrogance of the past in her eyes, after all, her mother's family suffered a lot, and the eldest prince was reckless and shameless in front of the saint. The queen nodded with satisfaction, and the future throne must be in the hands of her son.
The eldest prince Yan Yu and Yan Chen were not right, but according to their identities, the two had to sit on each other, so they entered the table, and the two brothers did not say a word, only the sixth prince Yan Xun on the side chatted happily with Yan Chen.
"There are a lot of things in the camp, the fifth brother has worked hard this month, and the whole court has a big holiday, and today our brothers have to have a good drink." Yanxun said.
"The queen mother has never liked you to drink, it's okay to drink tonight, but don't be greedy, otherwise the queen mother should punish you."
"The queen mother usually takes care of me, today is the New Year, fifth brother, don't stop me again, I want to have a good drink."
Yan Chen heard Yan Xun say this, and thought that the queen mother was usually quite strict with her sixth brother, so Yan Xun had a closer relationship with him.
The concubines below are talking to each other, some are sincere, and some are hiding knives in the cotton, which seems to be a harmonious scene.
When the hour came, the Holy One finally spoke: "Now that the people have arrived, let us begin to spread the meal." ”
The great eunuch beside the saint shouted angrily, "Xuanshan! ”
The eunuch at the door of the Qinghe Hall heard the report, immediately announced to the outside world, the decree of the meal went out of the palace gate, crossed the West Long Street, there were little eunuchs all the way to the imperial dining room, the eunuch's report echo has not fallen, a group of small eunuchs lined up neatly, each holding the golden dragon pattern vermilion lacquer food box, the mighty and broken steps trotted to the Qinghe Palace.
"Four products!" "Four products of dried fruits!" "Seven appetizers!" "Five dishes of imperial cuisine!" "Tangram Dim Sum!" ……
What are those, fat duck, fat chicken, teal duck, pheasant, pork, mutton, fish, elbows, hooves...... Flying in the sky and running on the ground, there are all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, not only the name is festive, but also festive to look at, and all kinds of forests are placed from beginning to end.
"The joy of Chinese New Year's Eve, raise a glass to celebrate, this first glass of wine, respect everyone!"
"Thank you!" "Thank you, Father!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.
The eunuch was busy with the dishes, and when the saint moved the first basket, he heard him say: "Tonight is a family banquet, all the concubines, princes and princesses don't have to be restrained, try these dishes made in the imperial dining room." "Everyone started eating with chopsticks.
Then the silk and bamboo wind music sounded, and the palace maids sang and danced to help the fun.
"The concubines salute the last cup, may the world be peaceful and the country forever!" Empress Wei raised the gold bottle and toasted the saint.
Xuan Han smiled, picked up the bottle cup and said: "The queen is virtuous and virtuous, has the model of motherhood in the world, and all the concubines should take the queen as an example." ”
All the concubines got up one after another and picked up the wine glass": The concubines will definitely take the queen's head and assist the master to take care of the harem and share the worries of the saint! ”
Xuan Han nodded with satisfaction: "To manage state affairs, you must first take care of family affairs, and when the harem is stable, I can do things with peace of mind in the previous dynasty." ”
Next, the princes and princesses came forward to toast one after another.
"After the sons and daughters respect their fathers and mothers, may their fathers and emperors be healthy! The queen mother's face will last forever! ”
"Okay, good, good, as the eldest son of the emperor, you should be taken as an example, and all the brothers and sisters under you also depend on your eldest brother's actions, I only hope that you will learn more from Yan Chen in the future, be less reckless and more cautious."
Yan Yu glared at Yan Chen, feeling a little annoyed, on weekdays, it was just enough for his father to say this, but today at this banquet, in front of all the concubines and concubines, he still didn't give him face in front of the princes and princesses, and he really couldn't go on with this tone in his heart. Nie Guifei watched from the sidelines, so anxious that she wrinkled her veil, and frequently glanced at Yan Yu. Although Yan Yu was uncomfortable in his heart, he seemed more and more amiable on this side": The son obeys his father. ”
"Well, it's also a sensible child, go and respect your mother." Xuan Han looked at himself, the eldest prince, although he was a little reckless, but he still knew the general situation, and it was not without merit.
Yan Yu finished toasting, knelt down, and then retreated to the table.
Yan Chen and Yan Xun stepped forward together with a bottled cup, ": The son respects the father and the emperor, and the queen mother." ”
"Yan Chen has been working hard these days, the frontier is uncertain, and there are many things in the camp, so I will definitely accompany me to drink two more cups today." Xuan Han raised his glass and drank it all. Empress Wei looked at the two princes who had grown up, one held great power and acted resolutely, one fledgling won the heart of the dragon, and the other princess also came out of the ground slim, well-behaved and filial, she was very pleased, she had nothing to ask for in this life, and her eyes were full of infinite love": good boy, after drinking, sit down and eat more vegetables. ”
"Father and Emperor said right, Yanchen, you usually worry about the country and the people, you can't be idle every day, this has been a long time since you went to the Changchun Palace of the Queen Mother, I may not have seen your face for a long time, but when I see it today, but I am a little thinner, if I don't drink two more cups with me on Chinese New Year's Eve, then I will not be unforgiving." It was the eldest princess who spoke, Xiao Yanxuan.
Nie Guifei elegantly held the small wine bottle, sipped it gently, and raised her eyes to look at Yanxuan. At that time, when she was two months pregnant with the eldest prince, the queen was also pregnant. She thought about it day and night, lest the Wei family give birth to a prince, so she gave birth prematurely for more than a month due to excessive thinking, and it was not until she saw that she gave birth to a child with a child, and she was relieved.
And Wei's pregnancy gave birth to a daughter in October, and the stone in Nie Guifei's heart really fell to the ground. The battle for the longevity of the harem is surging, and she was named a concubine because of this. Yan Xuan is smart and clever and has won the favor of the saint, fortunately, she is a daughter, otherwise her status with Yan Yu is really precarious.
"Since the eldest sister is invited, then Yan Chen might as well be respectful."
"With the amount of alcohol of the fifth brother, I am not afraid that he will pour you down the eldest sister?" Yan Xun said with a smile.
"Don't underestimate me, I have the true inheritance of my father, and I won't get drunk with a thousand cups!"
When Yan Xuan said this, she only amused the saint, ": Xuan'er has a big mouth, the girl's family should learn from your mother, where is the thousand cups not drunk." ”
"My father is heroic and mighty, if I have a father, I will have a daughter, and I will be a scarf to prevent my eyebrows."
"Hahaha, you girl." Xuan Han nodded Yan Xuan, and his eyes were full of love. (To be continued.) )