The palace feast, the silk and bamboo are pleasant, the light song and dance, and the dancing queen shuttles.

Zhu Yuanzhang is dressed in a bright yellow suit with a cross-collar and narrow sleeves: the front and back and both shoulders are woven with gold silk thread to form a round coiling dragon, a gold wing crown made of gold wire, and there is still a knot on the front of the back mountain. Under the lights, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in his prime, was very ruddy under the urging of fine wine.

Ah Xiu sat next to him, the other concubines sat on both sides of the rank, Qingyun and Lian'er were the left and right chiefs under the ranks, Qingyun was pregnant, and Ah Xiu specially instructed his subordinates to stew white fungus as wine. Lian'er used to eat fasting, today is happy, it is rare to make an exception, taking advantage of the dance and music, holding a wine glass and toasting: "The concubine respects Your Majesty and the queen's mother, I wish me a thousand years of Ming and eternal success." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and picked up the wine glass: "Concubine Ning's words are very good, do it!" Ah Xiu also drank half a cup on the side. Qingyun also immediately took the cup: "By the grace of Your Majesty and Niangniang, the concubine will replace the wine with white fungus, and wish Your Majesty and Niangniang good health and blessings for ten thousand years." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and drank with a smile.

Next, other people took turns to toast, Zhu Yuanzhang drank more or less, and when it came to Qiuqin to toast, it coincided with a new song, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't realize it, Qiuqin was faceless, and it was not good to respect again, so he had to look at Ah Xiu. Seeing this, Ah Xiu knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was not gone, so Chong Qingyun waved his hand gently, held the cup and raised it to her, and drank half a cup. Qiu Qin was not too embarrassed to finish drinking and sat down.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Yuanzhang motioned for the dancing girl to step down, got up and said loudly with a cup: "Today, I ascended the throne, and it is a pleasure to have fun with the queen and you." But I am a rough man, from a hard background, I have been a beggar, I have been a monk, I can ascend the throne as the emperor today, the first person to respect is my queen, I and the queen are married to me, when the queen married me, I have these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains step by step! ”

"Today, in addition to the concubine grounded, the palace is all here, I take advantage of this to say first: he will let you be favored again in the future, and there will be more heirs, if you do not respect the queen, her crime will be inevitable! Not only is it inevitable, but it should also be heavily punished! I regard the queen as an arm and a humerus, so you must respect her and respect her, and you must not be disobedient or collide, otherwise it will be like a concubine grounded in Hui, and at worst it will be like Zhao's execution! ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he looked around at everyone and said: "The queen mother is the world, she should be raised by the world, and she doesn't have to work hard." But she took the lead in setting an example, everything must be bowed to herself, after a country, she still has a prince and princess, and she serves my diet and daily life, you should follow suit, do not ask for you to be wise and accessible, I only hope that you will not worry about the queen. ”

When everyone heard this, they respectfully agreed: "I respectfully obey Your Majesty's will and honor the Empress." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "In this case, I am already drunk, you can wait for yourself, I and the queen will go back to the palace to rest." After speaking, he took Ah Xiu's hand and walked out. The concubines sent each other respectfully.

Out of the hall, Ah Xiu pinched Zhu Yuanzhang: "Today is a happy day, why did Your Majesty say this?" It's rare for them to have fun, but Your Majesty swept away their interest for no reason because of the concubines. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care: "Ignore what they do!" They are not as heavy as Ah Xiu's green silk in my heart. If you don't ring the bell for them today, if there will be chaos in the future, it will be their sin to work your God! ”

Ah Xiu's heart was sweet, but he didn't forget to blame Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty Long Wei is here, who dares to make a mistake?" They were already timid, and His Majesty was so frightened that their faces changed. That's it, why did he mention Huilan, and he gave Huilan no face in front of them. ”

"The face is her own, she didn't create too many evils, it wasn't you who protected her, and ten lives were not enough for her to die! That's it! Don't mention these bad things, I have something for you. Zhu Yuanzhang retorted lightly and led Ah Xiu into the room.

A few girls stood aside, only one waiter stood at the table, and a few food boxes were on the table, tightly covered with lids. Zhu Yuanzhang helped Ah Xiu sit down, the waiter wanted to open the food box, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his hand, uncovered it himself, and gave Ah Xiu the contents one by one. Ah Xiu almost cried when she saw it, this was a bowl of egg noodles, a hot cake, a plate of scrambled eggs, and a plate of peanuts.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down next to Ah Xiu, and saw that Ah Xiu not only didn't eat, but also had red eyes, and comforted her with a smile: "It's all queens, don't cry like this, come to see you in the afternoon, I heard that you are asleep, I am bored at the moment, thinking that the dinner party is boring, and I plan to cook you something to eat, so I went to the kitchen with the waiter Zhao Cheng to learn to do this, and a few of their servants teach and teach not well, or a kitchen mother-in-law often sees you, taught me, you didn't eat anything, drank a lot of wine, don't eat it while it's hot at this time, try my craft, And what are the sour eyes here! ”

Ah Xiu didn't listen to him, and he burst into tears: it turned out that he remembered that he drank too much wine on the wedding night, and there was nothing to eat, just a bowl of noodles with Ah Xiu's own hands. was thrown into the stable by Guo Zixing, and he was burned with hot cakes. In Yingtian, every time he came back hungry late at night, Ah Xiu personally fried peanuts with fried eggs and boiled noodles to give him a full stomach.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw her crying, and panicked even more, Su Xin handed over the handkerchief, Zhu Yuanzhang wiped her tears and said urgently: "I specially sent them to bring you back to eat, why are you crying!" Don't cry! I'm crying! ”

Ah Xiu sneered: "I'm crying with joy, and my husband just laughs at me!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "It's good to laugh!" You eat, I've done it more than a dozen times, and this is the best one! ”

Ah Xiu ate according to her words, the more she ate, the more she laughed and cried, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Su Xin with an embarrassed face: "What's wrong with your mother?" Afraid of hysteria? Su Xin wiped the corners of her eyes with a smile: "Where is Your Majesty, the queen is moved to tears, not sad, not to mention the mother, the slaves and maids are also very envious in their hearts!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved: "What's this, she didn't know that she had done it hundreds of times for me in previous years, but she did it this time when I only did it, and I didn't dare to do it in the future!" Ah Xiu said: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, the gentleman is far away from cooking, and you can't do this for your concubines in the future, I'm afraid it will be bad for Your Majesty." His Majesty's intentions, the concubines and His Majesty are of the same heart, and they can naturally understand it, not in these. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pouted: "That's it, don't do it, don't do it!" I just want to take the opportunity to get close to the queen and bring out a lot of your disappointing words! Ah Xiu smiled and coaxed him again: "Your Majesty, don't be annoyed! The concubines will definitely eat clean and live up to the emperor's grace! It's just that Your Majesty didn't eat anything, I ate everything, what should Your Majesty do? ”

Su Xin smiled: "This is easy, Your Majesty and the Queen are talking together, and Ying'er and I will go and give Your Majesty the same set?" (To be continued.) )