Chapter 146: A Special Gift
"Miaojin, although these dancing girls are graceful and beautiful, they are not to the point of being amazing, why are these guests so surprised?"
Concubine Zhou, who was sitting at the front of the top, was also attracted by this beautiful dance, but she was more curious about the surprise of the guests. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Concubine Zhou lived in the palace for the first half of her life, and it was already the thirteenth year of Hongwu when the three famous buildings were built, and Concubine Zhou did not know the existence of the three famous buildings at that time.
"Mother, don't you know, there are three famous buildings in our Ming Dynasty, namely Tianxian Tower, Feixue Pavilion and Xiahai City, no matter which of these three famous buildings have their own strengths, and these girls are from Xiahai City."
Xu Miaojin patiently explained to Concubine Zhou.
"Flying Snow Pavilion, Flying Snow Pavilion ......"
Concubine Zhou muttered a few words, suddenly her eyes lit up, and said: "I remember, I remember that the emperor was angry because of a cook named Yingyu Long Yan, that Yingyu seems to have been born in Feixue Pavilion, if it weren't for the intercession of Empress Xiaoci Gao, I'm afraid that Feixue Pavilion would have been gone a long time ago!" ”
"Yes, Concubine!" Xu Miaojin clapped his hands and said, "It's Xiahai City, which is as famous as that Flying Snow Pavilion." ”
"Oh!" Concubine Zhou said: "I remember that the people in these three places are extremely stubborn, and it seems difficult to invite them out of the building, right?" ”
"What's so hard about that?" At this time, Zhu Song walked over and said, "The princess and the young landlord of Xiahai City, that is, everyone is infatuated with sisters, why is it difficult to invite them out?" ”
Although Zhu Song does not like fascination very much, he must admit that although he has seen a lot of Chinese classical dances in later generations, none of them have given him a wonderful feeling of combining natural dynamism and bewitching beauty like the dances he sees today.
These girls in Xiahai City are indeed superb in dancing.
"Mother concubine, these are Erchen's two sons, one is called Hui Yan and the other is called Hui Xuan!" At this time, Zhu Yang led the two little guys over.
At this moment, Zhu Huijun has long lost the arrogance and arrogance he had at the beginning, and even has obvious tears on his face. It seems that Zhu Yang didn't get used to this little guy this time, but taught him a hard lesson.
"Grandson Hui Xuan, Hui Xuan, I have seen my grandmother!"
The two little guys behaved very well-behaved, kneeling on the ground and respectfully saluting Concubine Zhou.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Concubine Zhou waved her hand with a smile on her face and said, "Come, come over and let grandmother take a good look." ”
The two subconsciously looked at Zhu Yan.
Zhu Yang pushed the two little guys forward and said, "Go, didn't you hear your grandmother calling you?" ”
The two little guys nodded, and then walked slowly towards Concubine Zhou.
Concubine Zhou pulled the two little guys to sit beside her, pinched Zhu Huixuan's face, rubbed Zhu Huixuan's little head, and the smile on her face never stopped.
"Brother Yu, you can pick the time!" Zhu Song came to Zhu Yan's side, looked at Concubine Zhou, who was talking to the two little guys, and said.
"You kid still have the face to talk about me!" Zhu Yang rolled his eyes and said, "No matter how you say that Hui Yan is also my son, your own nephew, you actually left him on the high platform and left him alone, is there such an uncle as you?" ”
"You don't know how to take care of children, okay?" Zhu Song glared at Zhu Yan angrily, and said, "You see that Hui Xuan and Hui Xuan are compatriots of the same mother, how can their style of behavior and personality and habits be so different?" ”
Zhu Yang held back for a long time and threw out a sentence: "Blame me?" ”
"Okay, go and greet those guests, no matter what you and Brother Qiao say, you are also the masters of our house, just leave people to dry, you are embarrassed!" Zhu Songcai didn't bother to continue to entangle on this issue, and directly dragged him down to entertain those guests and friends who came to celebrate his birthday.
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Time passed slowly, and at five o'clock in the morning, the guests and friends who came to the birthday banquet also drank seventy-seven-eighty-eight.
Zhu Song, who was a little drunk, glanced at the people who were about to leave the table, smiled, and invited a subordinate to whisper a few words.
Kerala!
After a while, there was a sound of a wooden wheel hitting the ground.
Everyone in Fenghua Hall followed the sound and looked over, and saw two middle-aged men in white robes and long hats pushing a wooden cart into the lobby.
The trolley was actually a flatbed cart with two more wheels, and it looked at least a lot smoother.
On top of the flatbed, there is a box with a diameter of about two feet and a height of nearly three feet.
"What's in there?"
"And the clothes they were wearing, they looked strange, but they were very kind. Harmonic. ”
Regardless of whether it was Concubine Zhou or the guests below, none of them knew what this was.
"Miaojin, do you know what this thing is?" Concubine Zhou asked Xu Miaojin curiously.
Xu Miaojin also looked puzzled, and said, "Mother, I don't know, this thing was made by the husband himself from us." ”
"Brother Song, what the hell are you doing?" Zhu Yang poked Zhu Song's waist and asked.
"Hehe, I promise you've never seen this before." Zhu Song laughed, and the smile on his face looked like a woman's cheating.
"I'm still sloppy with me." Zhu Yang pursed his lips and said,
Zhu Song didn't speak, but walked straight to the side of the small cart and nodded to the two of them.
The two men put their hands on the box in unison, and then gently opened it.
In an instant, a very tempting sweet fragrance emanated from the inside of the box.
I saw that the box contained a cylindrical pastry-like thing, which was divided into five layers from the bottom to the top, and the surface was dotted with flowers, and in the middle of the position, there were several big characters written 'Blessing is like the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan'.
At this moment, if there are people from later generations here, they can naturally recognize at a glance that this is a birthday cake, and the clothes worn by the two middle-aged people are chef clothes.
"This ...... What is it? Concubine Zhou stood up and took a look, and was stunned for a moment and asked.
Naturally, she didn't know the birthday cake, but her instincts told her that it was supposed to be a special gift to celebrate her birthday.
"Mother, don't you know, this is a pastry, called cake!"
Zhu Song pointed to the cake and said, "The cake was originally used by the people of Fanbang in the extreme west to celebrate their birthdays, and it is said that only nobles or kings are eligible to enjoy it. Erchen also learned the method of making cakes from the people of a state, today Erchen and the two chefs, busy for a long time to make such a one, you must try it! ”
This time, in order to give Concubine Zhou a special gift, Zhu Song did a very good job of secrecy, and even the Xu sisters didn't know what Zhu Song was doing in a day.
For this reason, there was almost domestic violence.
"This ...... Is this really Song'er, you made it yourself? ”
When Concubine Zhou heard that it was made by Zhu Song herself, her whole body trembled with excitement.
She doesn't care about what is dedicated to kings or nobles, as long as it can reflect Zhu Song's filial piety, and the cake made by Zhu Song himself in front of her is undoubtedly the greatest embodiment of her filial piety.
"Niangniang, Your Highness has really worked hard to make this cake for you, and even the small ones may not be able to withstand this kind of suffering."
The man who spoke was a middle-aged chef standing on the left side of the cart, his name was Zhou Kang, and he was a famous pastry chef in the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhu Song invited him to the house and taught him how to make cream cakes, Zhou Kang was shocked.
With his ability, following Zhu Song's side, he also studied for several days to make a complete cake embryo, after all, this cake needs to be baked in the oven, so Zhu Song and Zhou Kang's hands will inevitably be scalded out of a few bags.
Hearing Zhou Kang's words, Concubine Zhou's beautiful eyes sparkled.
"Mother, what are you doing?" Zhu Song saw that Concubine Zhou was so easily moved, and hurriedly said: "Today is the birthday of the concubine, which is a happy thing, not to mention that there are so many guests and friends now, the princess ......"
When he said this, Zhu Song glanced at Xu Miaojin and said, "Quickly wipe your tears for your mother!" ”
"Mother ......" Xu Miaojin took out a brocade from her sleeve and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Concubine Zhou's eyes.
"That's it!" Zhu Song clapped his hands and said: "Mother, birthday is a happy thing, so this cake should also be divided and eaten, this is also to share the happy emotions to all guests and friends, and collect the blessings of all guests and friends!" It's just that before that, Erchen still has to trouble his mother! (To be continued.) )