Chapter 32 Wangjianglou Dinner
It is in the middle of March, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom, like the season of brocade.
The palace ladies who came and went either held dishes in their hands, or held fine wine, or held tableware, for the Wangjiang Tower, which is close to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, put on a sumptuous royal dinner, with sweet and sour fish head, braised phoenix legs, secret monkey pulp, and flavored snake 。。。。。。
The pavilion echoed with the exciting sound of the pipa, the melodious and tactful sound of the gonghou, and the lingering sound of the guqin...
A team of dancers with beautiful faces, fluttering white clothes and long sleeves accompanied by the beat, writhing gracefully and gracefully, waving their soft fingers, blooming with youthful smiles, adding another touch of spring to this beautiful scenery!
Dressed in a phoenix dance fan skirt and a light veil, Xiao Meiniang, who was dressed up, was busy with the final preparations for the dinner, and smiled at Yang Guang: "The Supreme is so Yaxing today, it's rare to take us out of the palace to hold a dinner in this Wangjiang Tower, it's really a different style!" ”
Yang Guang laughed and replied: "That's natural, when I was young, I was also a literati full of romantic feelings!" At that time, I liked to invite me to Daxing City's famous talents, and we traveled together, sitting by the river, drinking and writing poems, and indulging in vocal music. ”
Xiao Meiniang smiled at Yang Guang and said, "In this situation, the Supreme will be improvised, lyrical, and emotional!" ”
"Those who know me, beautiful girls!"
When it comes to poetry, the predecessor Emperor Yang of Sui can indeed be called talented, claiming not to rely on his father's cuteness, but also to be the son of heaven just by virtue of his literary talents.
But at this time, Yang Guang remembered that in terms of rhetoric, Xue Daoheng, the first genius of the Great Sui, who was especially superior to himself, had already been executed for committing a taboo and was executed for the crime of treason.
Yang Guang couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity, there is no one to do 'empty beams and swallow mud'!" ”
Xiao Meiniang was empathetic, and immediately guessed Yang Guang's careful thoughts, and said with relief: "Supreme, you are lonely in a high place!" ”
Hearing this, Yang Guang smiled knowingly, took off the dragon robe himself, draped it on Xiao Meiniang's shoulder, and said: "It's windy here, wear so little, be careful of catching a cold!" ”
Xiao Meiniang also lifted Yang Guang's collar up, and said gently: "You too, the neckline is too low!" ”
Just when Yang Guang and Xiao Meiniang were showing affection and sprinkling dog food, Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, under the leadership of Yuwen Association, led his eldest son Yang Xiao, the king of Jiujiang, and Yang Zheng, the king of Lujiang, to Wangjiang Tower, and he saluted three zhang away from Yang Guang:
"Child Yang Jun, please meet the father!"
"Grandson Yang Xiao (Yang Zheng), meet the holy grandfather!"
"Oh, ah, you're here! Come on, come on, take a seat! Yang Guang took two steps forward enthusiastically, took Yang Yun's hand, and said with a smile.
Xiao Meiniang said with a smile: "Child, come, sit next to my mother!" Gao'er, Qi'er, you sit down at your aunt's! ”
"No!"
Yang Gao and Yang Qi had already received the signals from Yang Guang and Xiao Meiniang, Yang Qi was more steady, and saluted Yang Xuan: "Nephew to meet uncle!" ”
Yang Gao playfully jumped onto Yang Jun, and said with a smile: "Second brother, hug me!" ”
Yang Yan hurriedly caught Yang Gao, seeing that Yang Guang and the others were so enthusiastic about him, he didn't know what kind of medicine Yang Guang was selling in the gourd for a while, and when he saw Xiao Meiniang ushering in, he still said politely: "The child has seen the queen mother!" ”
Seeing this, Yang Xiao and Yang Zheng both saluted Xiao Meiniang and said, "Grandson has seen the Holy Grandmother!" ”
Yang Guang's concubine and Xiao Meiniang's cousin Xiao Ying'er, skillfully dressed in light makeup, wearing a plain wrapped green dress, holding hands, and hiring Tingting came over, and said with a sweet smile: "It's all a family, don't be so angry, please take a seat!" ”
According to the seating order, Yang Guang and Xiao Meiniang sat in the middle of the first place, Xiao Yinger and Yang Yan sat in the first place, followed by Yang Gao, Yang Qi, Yang Xiao, Yang Zheng, Yuwen Association and Yu Wenhui added the last seat.
After everyone was seated, Xiao Meiniang sighed with emotion: "Our family seems to have never eaten together for a long time!" ”
"yes, when was the last time we had dinner together? Baby, do you remember? Yang Guang asked kindly at Yang Xuan.
Yang Xuan replied uncertainly: "Erchen remembers that it seems to be a matter of the twelfth year of the great cause!" ”
"Oh! Two years have passed, and time flies! Yang Guang slapped his forehead and said apologetically: "Child, you won't blame your father, right?" ”
Yang Jun shook his head and said sourly: "Erchen knows that Father Sheng's state affairs are busy, and if he has the opportunity to see Father Shengsheng more, Erchen will be content!" How can you blame the Father? ”
Yang Guang knew that Yang Jian blamed himself for restricting his travel, and sent people to monitor him, living a life like house arrest, which was not a good feeling in his heart.
So, Yang Guang looked around and said in a harmonious voice: "It's all strange that I usually only know that I am in love with wine, and I have delayed state affairs, but now I have to be busy all the time, but I neglect you dearest relatives!" In the future, if you want to be me, you can come to see me at any time, no need to pass through! ”
Xiao Meiniang then played a round and said with a smile: "Child, if you are okay, you can come to visit the queen mother more in the future, between our mother and son, but there has been no talk for a while!" ”
Yang Jian knew that this was Yang Guang showing favor to himself, indicating that Yang Guang had forgiven himself. So, Yang Xuan borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and hurriedly said: "Erchen remember the teachings of the father and the queen mother, and he will definitely go to the Liangyi Hall and the Ganlu Hall to walk around more in the future!" ”
Seeing this, Yang Guang raised his glass and said, "Okay, let's make a toast to this multi-day gathering!" ”
Yu Wenyan likes to be lively the most, and rushed to speak, saying, "!" I Yu Wenyi did it first for respect! ”
"Huh! Dry! ”
Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.
After drinking, Yang Guang pointed to the secret monkey pulp on Yang Jun's table filled with silver porcelain, and said, "Ah Child, this monkey pulp is a new method in the palace, you can try it!" ”
Seeing this, Yang Junhu took a sip suspiciously, pursed his lips, and seemed to be reminiscing about the taste of monkey jelly.
"How does it taste?" Yang Guang asked with a smile.
"It's warm in the mouth, sweet and delicious!" Yang Jun smashed his mouth and praised sincerely.
"Haha! The way and practice of eating this monkey pulp came from Lingnan! I heard the imperial chef of Guanglu Temple say that this monkey jelly is not easy to make, and it is a great tonic! Yang Guang said to the palace maid who was waiting on the side: "Come, I will also reward my share to the King of Qi!" ”
"Thank you, Father!"
Xiao Ying'er looked at Yang Guang narrowly, and joked with a smile: "Supreme, in the eyes of the concubine, you need to drink more of this monkey pulp!" As the saying goes, if you drink more monkey jelly, our family will be able to eat more family dinners! ”
"Hahaha~! Mischievous! Yang Guang touched the back of his head awkwardly and said with a smile.