Chapter 55: A Banquet at the Palace
86_86270At this time, Shan Xing walked in with food and put it on the table and then stepped aside, Qin Mengdie took an ice cream and handed it over: "You taste this, we will eat a lot of food, if you are greedy, you will steal to fight the tooth sacrifice." "There are people on the market who sell these things, so I am not afraid of their suspicion.
No matter how Qin Mengting is still a child, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva after seeing a plate of beautifully colored food: "Big sister, is this all made by your yard?" I heard the maid say that the outside has only started to sell in the past few days, and you guys got the recipe so quickly. ”
"That's right, the recipe is simple, you like to take some back when you go, eat it quickly." Qin Mengdie pushed the plate in front of Qin Mengting's eyes.
At this time, Qin Mengting also showed her childish side, holding a sugar gourd in one hand and ice cream in the other, "It's delicious, big sister." The two chatted for a while, but Qin Mengting went back before lunch, and she didn't stay here to eat, so she was still a little restrained.
Before dinner, Shui Ling came back with a smile, and as soon as she entered the door, she went to find ice cream to eat, and Shui Ling whispered to Qin Mengdie: "The second aunt is eating dinner there with Xiaoxiao, but I am afraid that Xiaoxiao will brag about our food when she eats, so I quickly deceived her back." ”
"You must scare her, don't let her talk about the secret passage, it's okay to scare her hard, if you like to brag, just brag, if you say this, we'll be in trouble." Qin Mengdie is also helpless, this little girl is very elf.
Shui Ling said confidently: "Knowing Miss, Xiaoxiao has a sense of proportion, she knows the importance of this, she can't say it, I told her that if she talks about the secret passage, the emperor will arrest us all and cut us off, so she is afraid." ”
Shuilian opened the curtain and came in: "Miss, the meal is ready, can you eat it?" ”
"Let's eat, I'm hungry this day."
Inside the Royal Palace
On the throne of the gold-lacquered carved dragon in the Taiji Palace, there is a king who looks down on the world. Below, singing and dancing are leveling, and the sleeves are fluttering; The bell rings and the chime is struck, and the music is melodious. The sandalwood lit on the pedestal was smoky. Amber wine, jasper, golden foot bottle, jade plate, food is picturesque, wine is like a spring, the guqin is rippling, and the bell is dingdong.
The main hall is decorated with inverted bell-like flowers, the calyxes are white, the bone china is translucent, and the top of the petals is a circle of different shades of lilac, which seems to be dyed naturally.
The crown prince Mo Wenhao, and Feng Yuye sat on the first seat on the lower left of the throne, at the same table as Cang Haohan, and on the left were the princes. At the bottom right of the throne is the prime minister and several envoys, and below is Shangshu and others, and then is the seat of the squire. The banquet was enjoyable, because it didn't talk about state affairs.
Prince Mo Wenhao has always intended to win over all forces, so he also put down his body and Cang Haohan to drink and talk, Feng Yuye is still the same, sitting quietly with few words, everyone also knows that no one cares about his temperament. After a while, the wine rose, and everyone began to toast in strings, so it was not lively.
Feng Yuye didn't have the heart to go to the banquet here, and wanted to end it early to see Qin Mengdie, it was too rude yesterday, I didn't say anything serious, let the family know the identity and don't know what people think, sit there and think about their own things.
Cang Haohan came this time mainly to talk to the emperor about buying salt for a long time, but it was not so ideal after talking about it in the afternoon, because the seaside of Daqianguo is the southernmost and far away from the capital, and the cost of transporting it to Cangshan is too high.
Originally, it was very good to exchange jade with Binhai State, but Binhai Country sat on the ground and started the price, because jade is not a necessity, but salt can not be eaten, but there was also a mental preparation, the most unfortunate thing is to go back to accept the conditions of Binhai State, and the price of salt has increased. Thanks to the heart goggles, and thanks to Qin Mengdie for saving him.
The banquet didn't end until late at night, and it was not good to go to the Qin Mansion when Feng Yu went out of the palace on the night, and it was inconvenient to go out so late, not to mention that there were too many people who came out together, and they went back to Xiangwang's Mansion depressedly, and they all fell asleep with their hearts in mind this night.
The next morning, there were snowflakes floating in the sky, and the snowflakes were as white as jade, like beautiful jade-colored butterflies, like dancing like drunk; like a blown dandelion; It seems to be floating like flying; Like a little white flower from an angel; Scattered and gathered, fluttering, lightly filling, worthy of being a masterpiece of the earth!
I saw that the snowflakes in front of me were as naughty as butterflies, falling under the eaves for a while, and falling on the branches for a while, Qin Mengdie looked a little drunk, how many years since he graduated in Yunnan has not seen snow, but he didn't expect to spend half of the year in the ice and snow, but it was too cold, and the heating facilities were really not good.
In the afternoon, I was idle and wanted to go to the restaurant to have a look, and went to the opposite house along the tunnel, changed into men's clothes in my bedroom and walked out, and when I arrived in the yard, I saw Cang Haohan wearing a big red fire fox fur flying down from the wall in front of me: "Why did you come out?" Didn't you steal a man last night? ”
Qin Mengdie glanced at him and said, "Your mouth is so stinky that you're not afraid that one day you will be poisoned and dumb, I will be indefinite after I say it, what are you going to do?" ”
"I just missed you, don't you want me?" Saying that, he narcissistically moved his face in front of Qin Mengdie.
"You're dressed like a fox, and you're so narcissistic, I'm not interested, we'd better not see each other again, I still have something to do, don't get in my way, and please knock on the door and go to the front door when you enter my house." What habits did the ancients have, either climbing over the wall or jumping out of the window, which is too rude.
Cang Haohan said disapprerovitically: "I don't want to knock on the door, it's too troublesome, and no one dares to stop me where I want to enter." ”
"I'm not afraid of falling to death, you're free, I'm out, you can please." As he spoke, he walked out of the gate.
Cang Haohan has been following him, Qin Mengdie also ignored him, the more he ignored him, the more unwilling he became, and circled around Qin Mengdie, Qin Mengdie stopped: "Are you still finished?" I'm making you dizzy, what the hell are you going to do? ”
Cang Haohan said innocently: "I don't do anything, I just want to talk to you." ”
Qin Mengdie was a little angry: "Are you sick, go to the doctor if you are sick, I don't have anything good to say, why are you looking for scolding here?" ”
"I don't know why, I just like to talk to you, anyway, I'm going to stay in the capital for a while, just go back a year ago, I don't have anything to do, so I'll come to you." Cang Haohan was not provoked at all, but even more reliant.
Qin Mengdie said angrily: "I'm busy if you're fine, I still have to earn money to support my family, unlike your prince and grandson, you don't have to work." ”
Cang Haohan was enthusiastic: "Then what do you do, I'll help you, or I'll open a jade shop for you, you don't have to be so tired, our Cangshan country is rich in beautiful jade." ”
"I don't know you well, why should I accept your things? How much more am I self-sufficient, why should I give you charity? Qin Mengdie asked rhetorically.
"It's okay if I'm wrong, you just let me follow you, I have nowhere to go" This means that everything has to be followed.
"There is no place to go to this capital, where can I go to the gambling house on the first floor of the Qing, what is there to have fun with me." Qin Mengdie was puzzled and said as she walked.
Cang Haohan followed behind with a firm attitude, "You can't get rid of me, anyway, I'll follow you today." ”
Qin Mengdie didn't speak when she saw that she couldn't get rid of him, and continued to walk forward, facing Uncle Chai pushing a plow to sell sugar gourds and ice cream, and saw Qin Mengdie hurriedly pushing the cart over: "Childe, thanks to you giving me this money-making livelihood, our family is getting better and better now, the roof has been repaired, and the matchmaker has said kiss to my son, look at how I thank Gongzi?" ”
Qin Mengdie smiled and said: "Uncle Chai, don't thank me, you also rely on your own labor to earn money, I just provided you with some recipes, by the way, your business is only suitable for winter, when the weather is warm, you come to me, I will think of other deals for you." ”
Uncle Chai was about to kneel down again, Qin Mengdie hurriedly supported him: "Uncle Chai, I said, don't say anything, kneel down, I can't afford to kneel to me at such an old age, you go sell sugar gourds, don't delay business, if you have something to do to find me." ”
Uncle Chai didn't know what to say with tears in his eyes, but at this time, Cang Haohan saw this sugar gourd: "What is this?" I'm going to buy some and try it. ”
Uncle Chai saw that he was Qin Mengdie's friend: "What Gongzi said is outside, since he is a friend of Qin Gongzi, why do you want to buy it if you want to eat?" As he spoke, he pulled out the largest one and handed it to Cang Haohan.
Qin Mengdie said: "Uncle Chai, this person is not short of money if he lacks anything, you must collect his money, and it doesn't matter if you charge more." ”
Uncle Chai was a little bit at a loss for the second monk, and looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, only to see Cang Haohan take out a silver ingot from his purse and hand it over. Uncle Chai didn't accept it, and he didn't accept it, and he didn't look at it.
Qin Mengdie unceremoniously helped Uncle Chai take the silver and put it in Uncle Chai's hand: "Uncle Chai, don't let this person's silver be in vain, you don't have to be polite, just get him an ice cream." ”
Uncle Chai took the silver and still didn't figure it out, so he took two ice creams for Cang Haohan, and Qin Mengdie left with Cang Haohan, leaving Uncle Chai in a daze with the silver