(121) Begging Dinner
Although Jiang Qingchen did not take care of the account books in the past three days, he was not idle, although he complained, he still took the prince to Yun Mansion, saying that it was Yun Xiangrong's intention to let the tailor of the Yun family make a set of clothes for the prince.
The prince was not very interested in what to wear, but he knew that it was Yun Xiangrong's kindness, so he accepted it, and later liked it very much, and if it was not because of anything else, he felt that the fabric was comfortable and suitable for summer.
Yun Xiangrong went to Yunfu to get the home clothes made for the queen's mother, only to know that in fact, his father had already made plans to open a store in the capital before, and many clothes were made as models, covering both men and women, young and old.
The tailor has just made a set of model girls' clothes, dark pink and light pink alternately, which is made of silk and silk fabrics, suitable for fair-skinned little girls.
Yun Xiangrong liked it very much, and felt that the size and appearance were very suitable for the fifth princess, so he brought a set of home clothes from the queen mother.
Six sets of pajamas, two sets each for the queen, concubine and concubine.
There are also five princesses' girl costumes into the palace.
Women like new clothes, concubines and concubines, they all think the queen's clothes are good-looking, mainly because the clothes in the palace have grade requirements, and the Shangyi Bureau can't do it messily, but no matter how beautiful the clothes are, they will get tired of wearing them for decades.
Yun Xiangrong promised that he would go to Li Yanfei to ask for a token to enter the palace, and bring the sample clothes and the seamstress at home into the palace. To put it bluntly, you can pick whatever you like.
Everyone understands this, just be happy in a small area, if the sign of entering the palace comes from the harem, everyone will be ugly.
Yun Xiangrong felt that it was worth entering the palace this time, women were actually very good at communicating with each other, a few beautiful clothes were a stepping stone, and after a while, I obviously felt that everyone was closer to me, especially the fifth princess.
Jiang Qingchen also felt a little strange these days, last time he caught a scoundrel who was said to be the eldest brother of the fourth prince and a bunch of accomplices, and after entering the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion, there was no follow-up.
The matter of the four princes marrying the side concubine is actually very low-key, although it is said to be the side concubine, in fact, a small sedan chair was carried into the palace from the side door, and the first side concubine has been filed in the official mansion.
The second side concubine has just married into the door, and she hasn't had time to file yet. Jiang Qingchen didn't know it at first, but he only found out after checking.
Jiang Qingchen is very unaccustomed to this kind of scoundrel who thinks that he is a relative of the emperor and the country, and the original plan was to give him some color to see, the fourth prince, Jiang Qingchen understands, although he has no great ambitions, but the royal rules are understood. Do things according to the law, and the other party will not have doubts.
It's just that this bunch of scoundrels have been eating for nothing in the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion for three days, and no one cares, what the hell is going on?
I can only go to the mansion of the four princes first, and inquire about it, it's okay not to check, there is an unexpected harvest when I check, Yuheng said that he saw Qiao Niang, which is too exaggerated, and he was looking for people all over the capital before, but he didn't find it, how could he be in the palace.
Yuheng said that this Qiao Niang is not easy to look at, but the headdress and clothing are different from what Yang Xingkang described, and it should have been deliberately changed, but with Yu Heng's eyesight to see people, it will not be wrong if it is Qiao Niang.
The so-called eldest brother of the four princes will be locked up first, and then check the bottom first.
The side concubine of the fourth prince is a folk woman, her home is at the gate of the capital, and she opened a Shi family wine shop, and it was really her eldest brother named Shi Li who was arrested.
I don't know how the four princes took a fancy to Shi Li's sister Shi Qing, anyway, since the Shi family and the four princes got along, Shi Li has become even more unreliable, and threatened to marry Han Yuan, the first beauty in the capital.
There has been no news for so many days, and that's because the Han family feels that their daughter is very faceless when she is entangled by a ruffian, so everyone who saw this matter that day has been checked, and everyone promises not to say it.
The family members of those ruffians know that they haven't been home for a few days, and they don't bother to look for them, whatever, they often don't go home anyway.
This is a bit stiff, as for why Qiao Niang appeared in the mansion of the fourth prince, Jiang Qingchen did not find out, so he can only wait and see what happens.
On the seventh day of the seventh month, the Begging Festival.
On the same day, Jiang Qingchen gave Yun Xiangrong an imperial green jade pendant, this imperial green rough stone has been some years, it is a relic of Jiang Qingchen's biological mother, after the two were given marriage, Jiang Qingchen found the most famous jade carving master in the capital, he wanted to make a bracelet and jade pendant for Yun Xiangrong.
After reading it, the master said that it was too wasteful, and it was most suitable to make two jade pendants hanging on his waist.
Jiang Qingchen originally didn't have the habit of wearing jewelry, but after seeing the design pattern, he also thought it was good, the two jade pendant patterns were simple, one was written Jiacouple, and the other was written Tiancheng, the font was round, and they were all in the shape of ingots.
Yun Xiangrong liked it very much, and helped Jiang Qingchen weave a peace knot with the Jia Couple jade pendant written on it, and hung it on his waist.
That night was a family feast for brothers and sisters, and all seven princes and five princesses were present. There are more than these royal princesses, but the mother concubine is not favored, and she disappears automatically on many occasions.
To Yun Xiangrong's surprise, the prince was actually wearing the clothes she gave, although Yun Xiangrong had never seen this dress from beginning to end, but Jiang Qingchen told her that Yun Xiangrong said that it might be just the prince's simple liking.
Yun Xiangrong, like all adult princesses, wears banquet princess clothes, and there are a total of six styles of princess dresses, which are suitable for different occasions. The first time Yun Xiangrong faced the saint, he wore the most formal and huge one.
The first time I met the royal brothers and sisters, Yun Xiangrong felt that it was not good to be too public, so today's dress is mainly low-key and simple. There are not a lot of jewelry to wear, and it is in accordance with the minimum match that the upbringing grandma said is in the palace.
The eldest prince, the second prince, and the seventh prince, Yun Xiang had seen them, but the crown princess and the seventh princess, who had already been married at the moment, did not come. Jiang Qingchen, who is also just a marriage, received an invitation, and it may be that the woman is thin-skinned and embarrassed to appear if she is not married.
It can be seen that the relationship between the second prince Ning Xuhe and the princess is very good, Qu Xiaomin is very beautiful, but the second prince does not have the free and easy momentum before in front of her, which may be the truth of one thing descending from one thing.
The third prince, Ning Xuyi, looks like a typical northern man, with a square face and a strong physique, he looks like a reliable type of person, and the third princess Shi Miaoyu can see that she is pregnant. Seeing Yun Xiangrong, he just greeted him with a polite smile.
The fourth prince Ning Xuzhe is a little chubby, but he actually has a pleasing appearance and a smiling appearance, Yun Xiangrong has a good impression of him, but it is the fourth princess Gu Lingwei, with a serious face, Yun Xiangrong feels a little uncomfortable, just come out to socialize, there is no need to keep a straight face.
The fifth prince Ning Xucong looked like a cautious person, and when he greeted Yun Xiangrong, he was a little restrained, and as a result, the fifth princess Cai Jindan actually looked at Yun Xiangrong with some hostile eyes, and Yun Xiangrong felt inexplicable.
The sixth prince Ning Xubo is very tall and thin, and he is very energetic, and the sixth princess Liang Ruolin actually has the same temperament as the sixth prince, and the two of them are very kind to Yun Xiangrong's smile, and they are harmless princes and couples at first glance.
The seventh prince, Ning Xuhan, was alone, probably because he wanted to marry Yun Xiangrong as a side concubine before, and he was a little embarrassed when he thought about it, so he deliberately avoided Yun Xiangrong and Jiang Qingchen many times.
The eldest princess Ning Muxi and the eldest concubine Tang Bingchen, Yun Xiangrong saw it for the first time, and at first glance they were a couple of old people, and both of them were a little husband and wife. Adults don't have a lot of emotions, they just greet Yun Xiangrong politely.
The second princess Ning Mujin and the concubine Zhang Yinghan, the two feel very harmonious, Ning Mujin has long heard the queen talk about Yun Xiangrong, so this meeting is very enthusiastic, holding Yun Xiangrong's hand, saying that she is welcome to come to the Baoguo Mansion to find herself.
Zhang Yinghan's expression was a little subtle when he saw Yun Xiangrong, although it was the first time he saw Yun Xiangrong, but he knew a few days ago that all the account books of the future business had been handed over to Yun Xiangrong, and he had seen the account book written by Yun Xiangrong before, and felt that it was a woman with a resolute personality, but the real person looked too weak.
Although Jiang Qingchen has been deliberately covering it up, with Zhang Yinghan's understanding of Jiang Qingchen, he really likes to be satisfied with Yun Xiangrong, otherwise Jiang Qingchen would not be willing to introduce such a cumbersome ceremony.
The fourth princess, Ning Muying, and the fifth princess, Ning Muxiang, met a few days ago, so there is no need to introduce them.
Ning Muxiang likes Yun Xiangrong very much, before Yun Xiangrong gave her a dress worn by a Jiangnan girl, the little girl was happy that she didn't take it off all afternoon, and she came out to participate in the banquet today, and she was even more wearing, according to Concubine Shu, this dress has become the favorite of the five princesses of the year.
It is said that the princess is only seven years old, and no one will pick on it if she does not participate in this banquet, but the fifth princess heard that this is a banquet held to welcome the third princess, so she said that she would come.
After the palace maid sent the people, the five princesses followed Yun Xiangrong closely throughout the whole process. The fourth princess is a little tasty, and the five princesses liked themselves the most.
The prince meant, since it is a family banquet, then eat at the round table, and there is no need to eat any special ingredients, just serve the palace dishes. However, the topics of men and women are different, and it is comfortable for everyone to eat separately, so there are two tables of wine in one hall, one table for men and one table for women.
It's all court feasts.
When the pilgrimage does not like extravagance, this time it is divided into two tables, one table of ten men, one table of ten women, so it is a simplified version of the festival feast, but it is also very rich.
There are four kinds of dried fruits that have long been placed on the table: milky white almonds, persimmon frosted gummies, crispy fried cashew nuts, and fried peanuts with sugar.
There are four kinds of candied fruits: candied duck pear, candied jujube, candied lychee, candied Hami apricot.
There are four kinds of pastries: bean paste cake, coconut cup, mandarin duck roll, hibiscus banana roll.
The tea on it is oolong tea.
The prince said that the banquet was open, and the palace maids removed the snacks and served the main dishes.
Six kinds of appetizers: phoenix wings, shrimp roe and winter bamboo shoots, five silk noodles, spiced mandarin fish, hot and sour cucumber, tangerine peel beef.
Ten kinds of imperial food: fresh abalone, chicken shredded bean sprouts, pearl fish balls, grilled shark fin, vegetarian fried eel, lotus leaf chicken, sea cucumber, stuffed mushroom box, steamed fresh, fried vegetables.
Staple food, soup dumplings, laba porridge.
Yun Xiangrong first doesn't like the food of the capital very much, and the second is that it is the palace after all, and he is still nervous, so he basically has no appetite, but the fifth princess, don't look at the fat and don't look fat, the appetite is not bad.
Seeing the fragrance of the five princesses, Yun Xiangrong helped with the dishes, and they all ate a few more bites.
Men will talk about the latest new things in the capital when they eat, but they will never talk about current affairs. The woman just said some gossip about Zhang's family and Li Jia's short gossip, but it was very unnutritious.
Yun Xiangrong didn't speak during the whole process, he had thought about it before, entering the palace to participate in the banquet was just a formality, don't take it so seriously, eat a few more bites if you like, and eat less if you don't like it.
But you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense.
Originally, the gossip among women was all about the new heirs in that mansion, and whose family had a family affair with this year, Yun Xiangrong knew that there was a limit to the gossip they said, after all, it was still in the palace.
But after a while, the fifth imperial concubine actually took the initiative to talk about the privacy of Han Fumao's family, what daughters are not married well, what are they angry about when they go to their husband's house, and even talked about the fate of people, saying that they look from an average background, who would have thought that a sparrow would become a phoenix.
Fools can tell that this is mapping the clouds.
It is said that this kind of topic is really difficult to continue if no one picks it up, but every time it comes to a critical moment. The fourth princess, Gu Lingwei, seemed to have a strong desire for knowledge, and put on two sentences, so that the topic of the fifth princess Cai Jindan continued.