After all, it is Zhang Niangniang's birthday, and with such an episode, it is enough to disappoint the fun. The room full of concubines and concubines did not catch Xu Xun anymore, everyone sat quietly and watched the big play, Zhang Niangniang ordered two more small miscellaneous plays, so that the evening rehearsal, a room of people moved to dinner.

Nowadays, when people eat, the banquet is eaten and seen three, but the family banquet in the palace is usually sitting, and when it comes to serious occasions, it is still eaten separately. Everyone sat in turn according to their grades, their own palace people poured wine for dinner, Zhang Guifei raised a glass once, and even if the concubines were in the side hall, some people signaled to follow and raise a glass. One thanks to the emperor's grace, two thanks to Sheng'en, and three thanks to the guests' hospitality, a total of three toasts, this toast is over. As for the concubines, there is no need to drink, just touch their lips slightly.

The food in the palace is naturally perfect, and when he was in Yuhuatai before, Mr. Xu was able to drink fine wine, which was already a luxury. Generally, the long workers who work for the Xu family, when the farm is busy, the Xu family also bears coarse wine for them to drink, this kind of coarse wine is not even filtered out, sweet and faint, Xu Xun can also drink two bowls without getting drunk. Mr. Xu himself drinks the fine wine from the liquor store, and the coarse wine has to be filtered and steamed. The taste of this wine is relatively strong, Xu Xun pinched his nose and drank a few sips, feeling a little spicy. It's such a wine, a bucket costs a penny of silver, and the average farmer will not drink it often, although Mr. Xu can afford to drink, but he doesn't drink too much, and he wants to drink it at any time to fight, drink it fresh. Xu Xun used to hold a copper plate to drink for Mr. Xu, and she never drank it secretly - she didn't know that her father liked to drink this.

After Xu Xun was selected as Jieyu, the Xu family had money, and Mrs. Xu bought Mr. Xu a famous wine to drink, and their family banquet guests also used the best yellow rice wine bought in the north, which was expensive, two dollars of silver per bucket, and Mr. Xu himself privately drank a jar of official wine of five dollars of silver. If he hadn't had a status, he wouldn't have been able to buy this kind of wine with money.

People in this dynasty are good at drinking, Xu Xun is Jieyu, and she also has a share of wine every day, but she said that she didn't drink it, so she didn't send it in the kitchen. When I used to send it every day, Xu Xun tasted a little, of course, there is no comparison with the fine wine, and the yellow rice wine is also dumbfounded, and the taste of the official wine is similar to this kind of internal wine, but when it comes to lightness, mellowness, fragrance and thickness, it is still necessary to praise the first domestic wine. She doesn't like to drink, mainly because she drinks it, and the grandmothers just don't say it, and she feels ugly.

But today, Zhang Niangniang feasted guests, and the wine she used was better than what she could drink as a little Jieyu. As soon as he touched his lips, Xu Xun couldn't help but swallow a big mouthful - perhaps considering the taste of the female dependents, this wine was soft, sweet, cool, with a little spicy, not killing at all, Xu Xun felt that it was very delicious. She wished that Zhang Niangniang would toast a few more times, anyway, just three times, she had already drunk all the wine in the cup.

When eating, of course, it was according to the grade, and when Sun Yunu saw that the palace people stepped forward to pour wine for Xu Xun, she smiled and whispered to Xu Xun, "Don't drink too much - this wine is good, I also love to drink, in the future, we will pester Da Lang to ask for it, at this time, carefully lose your manners after drinking." ”

As soon as she said this, not to mention Xu Xun, even He Xianxian put down the wine glass. Li Cairen noticed the movement of their little girl, so he also put down his chopsticks and said, "This year's golden stem dew is very good. In the past few years, the imperial wine room has been really careful. ”

In addition to the people of the Taigong Palace and the Taisun Palace, there are also some low-grade concubines who also dine in the side hall, most of them are also young, and they are not as favored as Liu Jieyu in terms of clothing - this is understandable, although all of them are beauties, but between the beauties, there are also superiors. Therefore, the attitude is not arrogant at all, hearing Li Cairen say this, some people laughed, "Yes, I drank it two years ago, and I felt that the taste was not so light and thick, and it was indeed inevitable to be greedy for a cup." It's a pity that we don't get much in a year, and we can't get a point. ”

Li Cairen smiled and said, "Isn't it? Fortunately, the orchid drink and hibiscus liquid are all available as you want, and if you commit a wine worm, it is enough to prevaricate your stomach. ”

Everyone talked and laughed, and mentioned the legendary opera in the afternoon, and a few young girls looked at the gold earrings on Xu Xun's ears with envy, "It's really beautiful, although Zhang Niangniang's hands are loose, but such a haode thing, you can't easily appreciate it, you have won the lottery today." ”

Xu Xun didn't mind talking and laughing with her peers who were not much older, and talking about wine and food, but she really didn't want to talk about what happened this afternoon. Li Cairen and Sun Yunu seemed to have the same attitude, seeing that Xu Xun just smiled and didn't reply, both of them were very satisfied, so Sun Yunu picked up the topic and diverted the topic, "It's very hot today, and I don't have the heart to eat the food, I'm really looking forward to eating it soon." ”

"Young, greedy." Guo Cairen suddenly said, "If you don't think it now, you will know that it is not good in the future." ”

She is silent, although her expression is not arrogant, but it doesn't seem to be amiable, so Sun Yunu doesn't know how to go back. Just as the dish was served, it was over.

Unlike most people think, the palace wine is good, the snacks are good, and the food tastes good, but the available materials are not very good. Especially Xu Xun Jingcheng people, he is usually used to eating fresh in the lake and river, but he is really uncomfortable after entering the palace: the river is fresh and the lake is fresh, and what he eats is a fresh word. It's okay when it's cold, but what should I do if it's hot? Therefore, when eating in the palace, there are very few fresh fish and shrimp, but there are many kinds of dim sum and meat dishes, and the vegetarian dishes are also extremely delicious. On such a hot day, what bird's nest abalone wings are on it, who loves to eat them? However, some seasonal side dishes are more popular, although the portion is not much, but in fact, the stomach is small, a few dishes are enough to eat, most of the time is sitting and chatting, and it is strange to be bored.

When more than 30 dishes have been served, a group of people moved back to watch the play, because they were watching a miscellaneous play, and they all drank a few glasses of wine, and the atmosphere was much more lively.

In Xu Xun's room, there was a lively Ma Zhaoyi taking the lead, and everyone ordered to drink and eat snacks and watch miscellaneous dramas. Li Cairen and the others naturally couldn't help but participate, and they were all poured some wine, Xu Xun was the worst, she got the lottery today, and they all came to pour her, it was not easy to resign, she was poured into two pots, and she saw things blurred, but fortunately, she still remembered that Sun Yunu confessed that she couldn't lose her honor after drinking, and she didn't speak when she was drunk, she sat there stiffly and blinked. Everyone laughed when they saw it, so they let her go and went to have fun.

In this way, at the beginning of the shift, Zhang Niangniang went back first, the main house was scattered, and everyone in the side hall became more and more interesting, only the people from the palace and the grandson palace were led back by the princess. Because the palace has passed two and has to go down a thousand taels, it is too late to go back, and it is inconvenient for a large number of people to enter and exit.

Several little concubines were blushing, Xu Xun was even more drunk and began to nod while walking halfway, the princess had no choice but to let a mother-in-law carry her back to sleep first, she and the princess didn't drink much, so she waited her mother-in-law all the way back to the Chunhe Palace, and together with Li Cairen, helped the princess remove her makeup and change clothes.

"You've all been tired of the day, go back and rest." The crown princess said generously, Li Cairen and the princess looked at each other, but they didn't move. Li Cai was humane, "The concubine didn't do a good job today, and she caused trouble in the palace—"

"Hey-" The crown princess also drank a little, she was more relaxed than usual, snorted impatiently, and gave Li Cairen a blank look. "And you still talk about it with me?"

She widened her coat and motioned for the two to accompany her, "Let's all sit down, I understand in my heart about Liu Jieyu today, that is, I was arranged to sit in the side hall, and I felt uncomfortable." Taisun Jieyu is just a raft she uses to vent her anger. ”

In the affairs of the palace, the crown princess generally doesn't let the prince worry too much, so what she can negotiate is close people like Li Cairen and Concubine Taisun. The two of them talked to the crown princess, and they didn't have any scruples, Li Cairen lowered his eyebrows and said, "Yes, the child sits there well, and he starts to have seizures when he is called. It's hard for them, we don't leak like this, they can still find a way to apply eye medicine and blow pillow wind. ”

"It's all innocuous little actions," the princess sighed, "it's just a blockage in people's hearts...... What's going on in the hall over there today, tell me carefully. ”

After listening to Li Cairen's retelling, the two of them stretched their brows: In this matter, the prince can't find any reason here, Liu Jieyu just wants to pick bones in eggs, and there is nothing to say. is such a trivial matter, the emperor will not speak at all, but he was moved by Liu Jieyu's words, at most, he ordered Zhang Niangniang to deal with it. This matter, Zhang Niangniang can block it back in a few words.

"This child is indeed like a sister," the crown princess was also very satisfied with Sun Yunu's performance, "Fortunately, Jieyu and Zhaoyi are also obedient and are good children." ”

Concubine Taisun also said with a smile, "Indeed, if she hadn't blocked it today, Xiao Xun would have to be bullied." Now, it's a blessing in disguise, but I have got such a pair of good things that are hard to find in the world. ”

The crown princess and Li Cairen both laughed, and Li Cairen said, "Zhang Niangniang is also a little hot today, and she will not let Xiaoli come back, and she is probably talking about her heart again." ”

Xiaoli is Zhang Cairen's nickname.

"Today, Concubine Liniang, deliberately didn't come when she saluted, and she came to watch the play, and she made it clear that she had no face for Zhang Niangniang." The crown princess looks at the problem, is that height comparable to Xu Xun, the little grandson Jieyu? "Zhang Niangniang is also a human being, can she be angry in her heart. Otherwise, she wouldn't be guilty of beating such a little Jieyu. ”

Concubine Han Li is a Korean tribute girl, and she is young, so she is quite compatible with Liu Jieyu, who is also from the north.

"Han Niangniang is too, after all, she is a barbarian woman......" Concubine Taisun said euphemistically, "Be wild, behave and do things purely by your own pleasure......"

The crown princess smiled slightly: The princess does speak and do things, she does have the demeanor of a mother, and even praise and disparage people are so gentle, this kind of bearing is not something that can be cultivated the day after tomorrow.

"Don't worry about the affairs of the inner palace." She said, "This time Taisun Jieyu is a blessing in disguise, and she is valued by Zhang Niangniang, since this is the case, you will often bring her over in the future, and we will go in together to say goodbye to Niangniang." ”

Regardless of whether Zhang Niangniang is just to be angry, she just mentioned it casually. Taisun Palace has to do it first, the big leader said who he values and who he likes, who will definitely enter the key training sequence, there is no need to say this kind of thing, Concubine Taisun nodded understandingly, "The daughter-in-law naturally taught her in detail." ”

What taught Xu Xun was, of course, not the palace etiquette and palace rules, but some personnel and some unwritten rules in the palace, these things were originally something that Xu Xun didn't need to touch, because Zhang Niangniang's words became her homework.

The crown princess said a few more words to the two, and then sent them all back to rest, she herself waited for Zhang Cairen under the lamp, and she didn't wait until the third watch, but waited for the prince. The two couples sat under the lamp and gossiped a few words, and the crown princess mentioned the matter of the inner palace lightly, only saying, "The matter is not big, and it has been solved, just let you know." ”

The crown prince nodded silently, and when he saw that the crown princess was still contemplative, he asked, "I look quite haode, but what is the aftermath?" ”

The crown princess glanced at him and smiled bitterly, "The pair of pendants given by Zhang Niangniang is really rare, I think about it, there is no comparable ...... in my jewelry."

How can you say that Zhang Niangniang maintains the face of the uterus lineage, does she really let her make jewelry? Xu Xun got a reward for a little Jieyu, did she still let her spit it out? Concubine Taisun just entered the palace, and there are a number of good things in her hands, everyone remembers them, do you want everyone to know that Taisun Palace has given Zhang Niangniang good things? The favor here can only be returned to the womb. When the prince heard this, he also accompanied the princess to meditate hard, and it took a long time to think, "I have a hat pendant, isn't it also huge, although it is a blue treasure, but it is not worse than a red treasure." And after getting it, because it was too ostentatious, he didn't show up in front of people. It's better to give this piece to the mother, but it is appropriate and secret, and the mother will like it. ”

The crown princess thought about it and nodded, "Although it can't be compared, it's almost the same, and the mother can understand our difficulties." ”

"That's where the mother is missing." The prince also said, "There are no good things in the Guogong Mansion, that is a person who is used to seeing the world." ”

"You don't understand a woman's mind. Niangniang has no children and no daughters, in this harem......" the crown princess said, "That's it, let's do this, Ming'er, don't forget to accompany Xiaoli more, it's still in the inner palace, I don't know when I will come back." ”

The prince naturally agreed, and when he saw that the princess had nothing to say here, he said goodbye to her and got up to go out to his main hall. The crown princess sat under the lamp again and thought about her thoughts, took out the soles of her shoes and took a few stitches, and after a while, the palace people came over and whispered, "The prince summoned the Li palace people to sleep." ”

"Oh." The crown princess came back to her senses and absentmindedly did a few more stitches, "I've been pampered a few times recently, right?" Tomorrow I asked him what he meant, and if she still likes it, she will call someone to pave the palace for her......"

The moonlight is confused, in this warm and cool early summer night breeze, the princess holds the soles of her shoes stitches and threads, as if she wants to be full of heart, and our little Xu Xun, the ruby earrings she just got today have been taken off lightly, and the tea stalks were blocked by the swollen and bleeding ears and eyes, and she slept soundly on the bed, with a little residual makeup on her face.