Chapter 3 The Hundred Flowers Society
Xiaoguo slept until the next morning, and then woke up.
The room was lit with unknown spices, and the rich aroma filled the entire space, Xiaoguo rubbed her eyes, she didn't sleep well this night, and she had all kinds of strange dreams, including her parents who died at a young age, her grandfather who had just passed away, her best friend and boyfriend who betrayed her, and some people who couldn't see their looks clearly and were dressed strangely, and they kept talking about something around her!
Xiaoguo lay motionless on the collapse, staring at the fiery red curtain in a daze, she still remembered that her grandfather said to her in her dream: "Xiaoguo, if you come, you will be safe, stay in peace, it is gold that can shine anywhere!" ”
Xiaoguo has always been a big grinning character, there is no longer a dear and beloved existence in that world, and there is no such thing as nostalgia, so she gladly accepts the matter of the soul crossing into this strange world, and does not reject the uncomfortable feeling.
She was still trying to think about what her grandfather was saying behind her, when she suddenly heard someone on the other side of the curtain push the door and walk in, and then a slightly sharp voice whispered, "Mama Wang, is Niangniang awake?!" ”
This sound! Eunuch? Xiaoguo pricked up her ears and listened carefully.
"Niangniang's body has not recovered, I went to bed early yesterday, and I didn't even use dinner, I hope my father-in-law will forgive me." It was the old woman who whispered.
"It's okay for the minions to wait a little longer, it's just that it's delayed for so much time, I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will blame her, and it's hard to explain!"
Grand empress dowager? Xiaoguo hurriedly got up, she forgot to care about her identity in this world, they called her "Queen Mother"! Then the Empress Dowager is her "mother-in-law"?
Wait, Queen Mother?! Could it be that she is already a half-old who has given birth to a child, God, this consciousness makes her a little broken!
She lifted the covers and jumped out of bed, rummaging around for something that could shine in the shadows.
The curtain was opened, and Xiao Guo looked back, only to see the old lady yesterday and several white and beardless eunuchs in purple palace robes, looking at him dumbfounded.
"Hi~ Hello everyone!" Xiaoguo waved at them and said hello.
Seeing that everyone didn't react, she looked down at herself, her clothes were disheveled, her hair was scattered, and she was standing on the ground barefoot.
She grinned at them, jumped to the edge of the bed on one foot, pulled her embroidered shoes on her feet, and rummaged around.
Mama Wang was the first to react, and she smiled at several eunuchs: "The Queen Mother burned too badly this time, maybe her brain, her brain is not sober yet, and she laughs when she sees a smile!" ”
Several eunuchs laughed twice and nodded in agreement.
Mama Wang is the one who has experienced strong winds and rains, she quickly calmed down and smiled at the eunuchs: "A few fathers-in-law, please move to the outer hall, wait for the queen mother to freshen up a little, and then go to receive Yi's order." ”
Turning her head, she instructed the little eunuch standing next to her: "Xiao Chizi, quickly lead the father-in-law to find a place to sit and rest for a while, take some tea and snacks to eat, and warm up your body!" ”
After sending away a few "big Buddhas", Mama Wang walked over quickly, half-pulled and half-mopped Xiaoguo and sat down on the brocade stool: "My ancestor, you can be considered awake, Father-in-law Liu and they can wait outside for a while, I will keep it after saying anything, let them go back to the Queen Mother empty-handed to restore their lives, and we will have a good life in the future!" ”
She rushed out and shouted, "Niang Niang is awake!" ”
After a while, several palace maids poured in with basins, towels, and spittoons.
"Mama, is there a mirror?" Xiao Guo asked, pulling away the hot towel covering his face.
"! You don't really remember, do you? Mama Wang's eyes widened.
"This, I've been feeling messy lately, and I don't remember a lot of things clearly!" Xiaoguo grinned hard.
"I had such a high fever a while ago, no wonder my head burned and I was confused! You, in the past two years, I always had nightmares, and I dreamed that there were dirty things in the mirrors, so I removed all the mirrors in Cining Palace! Mama Wang smiled.
"Ahh That's the thing! Xiaoguo hurriedly suddenly realized and said with a smile, "It's just Mama, this time and that time, ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, I won't taboo these anymore, and then invite the mirrors back!" ”
When the palace maids present heard this, they remembered what happened five years ago, and collectively shuddered.
Mama Wang glared at them very quickly, calmly smeared the powder on Xiaoguo's cheeks, and replied respectfully: "Obey!" The minion ordered someone to bring back the withdrawn mirror! ”
"By the way, give me the basin!" Xiaoguo's eyes lit up.
The palace maid with the basin of water walked up to Xiaoguo.
Xiaoguo took a deep breath and looked into the water, only to see a faint figure inside, she couldn't see her appearance very clearly, she was dead, and sat there honestly at the mercy of them, but her heart was like a cat scratching, tickling.
Xiaoguo's face was smeared with at least five layers of incense powder, her hair was pulled into high sideburns, she wore a phoenix crown, and she was dressed in a red golden phoenix official robe, and she was hugged by everyone to the outer hall.
The eunuchs who were eating snacks in the side hall heard that the Queen Mother had come out, so they hurriedly poured the food in their mouths with tea, touched the crumbs on their mouths, and rushed over.
They first knelt down to greet the Queen Mother, and then got up and stood tall with their heads held high.
This time it was Xiaoguo's turn to kneel, Mama Wang pressed Xiaoguo to the ground and knelt well, her posture was correct, and she knelt to the side.
Xiaoguo muttered in his heart: Feudal society is trouble, look, time is wasted on kneeling under the salute, you kneel me, I kneel to you, this is even!
The eunuch who looked the most imposing, touched his sleeve for a long time, took out a piece of crumpled paper, cleared his throat and sang: "The Empress Dowager Yizhi, it is the spring of March, the sun is shining, the flowers are fragrant, the most is the benefit of the spring of the year, the talented and beautiful, how can the beautiful scenery of the good day live up to the waste?" Therefore, the Empress Dowager specially selected a good day and an auspicious day, and held the Hundred Flowers Meeting, which had been abandoned for five years, and re-held it. ”
Xiaoguo couldn't help but smile and took the "holy decree".
She stood up, remembered the scene in the TV series, turned her head and whispered to Mama Wang to take some benefits for the eunuchs.
The eunuchs had a smile on their faces, they had never benefited from running errands in Cining Palace.
Secretly swept the golden beans in his hand, and the eunuch who read the edict thought about it, and said with a flattering smile: "The Queen Mother, don't blame the servants for coming over early in the morning to be annoyed, the Queen Mother woke up in the middle of the night yesterday, and said that she dreamed that his wife was going to the emperor, and blamed her for not arranging the marriage of the king. ”
Xiaoguo smiled and nodded.
Another eunuch was not to be left behind, and then said: "The Empress Dowager is to hold a banquet for the princess of Dingwang, and the Empress Dowager only needs to post to the official ladies of the right age, and the more people who participate, the more satisfied the Empress Dowager designates, and the content of the flower party is secondary." ”
Another eunuch hurriedly said: "No, the flowers in the hundred gardens are in full bloom, and it is most suitable to hold a hundred flowers party at this time." ”
"Queen Mother, the slave has a little experience in the layout of the banquet venue, what do you need the slave to do, just command!"
"The Empress Dowager attaches great importance to this banquet, it took three or four hours just to write this edict, and the Empress Dowager must not let the Empress Dowager down!"
"It's not, the ancestors have changed back and forth, from midnight yesterday to dawn today, it's extremely hard!"
"The Empress Dowager likes to listen to music the most, and the minions can bring a few actors with good voices and skills over to give you a look."
"The food and drinks at the banquet must also be exquisite, the Queen Mother, the slave knows a few masters with superb cooking skills, you need to give orders!"
The eunuchs scrambled to make suggestions, and a eunuch who was not fluent in stuttering could not interject, blushing, and waited until everyone was gossiping, searching the intestines and scraping the stomach to finish everything that could be said, and he even said a few "yes, yes" to the end.
Xiaoguo accepted all of everyone's suggestions with a smile and asked people to take notes.
The eunuchs were all affirmed and went back to their lives satisfied.
Xiaoguo rubbed her stomach that had screamed several times, sat down at the table, and began to eat.
Breakfast was two sweet greasy pea buns, boiled meat, a bowl of rice porridge and a few pickles.
Xiaoguo frowned, staring at the porridge in the bowl, the silver spoon in his hand kept stirring, the heat was too big, the rice fragrance was completely gone, and it was difficult to swallow!
Pity the heirs of her generation of gourmet families, who want to eat like this, at this moment, Xiaoguo decided to build a small kitchen of her own immediately!