"What about Meng Aiqing, why didn't I see Meng Aiqing?" After everyone was flattened, Zhu Qizhen swept around, but he didn't find today's birthday star, Meng Yan's figure, and asked with some surprise.

The emperor paid a private visit, and Wen Xiaoyu came out as the temporary principal of the Meng Mansion.

Those adults who came to congratulate her, she could also let Cai Jin receive them on her behalf, after all, she was a woman and a concubine, so she should not show her face.

But now, she can't help but show up.

Accompanied by Mei Ji, Wen Xiaoyu came to the front yard.

"The women's Meng Mansion Wen knocked on the emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

"Lord Meng doesn't understand the rules anymore, how can a woman take over the car, or a concubine?" Wang Zhen snorted, his words a little vicious.

"Mr. Wang......"

"Master, the old slave is a little out of shape." Wang Zhen hurriedly bowed. (Before, there was some confusion about Wang Zhen's own title, whether it was better to call a minister or a slave, but now it has been decided, and in the future, Wang Zhen will call himself "old slave" in front of the emperor)

"Meng Wen, get up." Zhu Qizhen said warmly.

"Emperor Xie!" Wen Xiaoyu stood up and bowed his head.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Sun Lian parted a gap in the crowd, crossed over, and walked forward.

"Cousin Sun Lian, are you here too?" Seeing Sun Lian, Zhu Qizhen was also a little surprised, didn't Sun Lian serve by the side of the queen mother, how could he come to Meng Yan's mansion.

"Lord Meng is my cousin's savior, how can my cousin not come on his birthday?"

"Yes, Meng Aiqing is your savior. You should come to congratulate as it should be, as it should be. Zhu Qizhen said with a smile.

"By the way, cousin, what did you give?"

"Your Majesty, this ......" Sun Lian was stunned for a moment, the emperor asked too directly.

"Yes, yes, I'm a little unsympathetic, this gift is a private matter, how can I say it in public?" Zhu Qizhen said with a smile.

As soon as the emperor came. The atmosphere is different. The originally relaxed atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

"Hey, you're all holding plates in your hands, what are you doing?" Zhu Qizhen suddenly found that many people were holding plates in their hands.

"Your Majesty, this is called a buffet. It is a way of eating invented by the husband of the people. Wen Xiaoyu explained.

"Oh. Buffet. It's the first time I've heard of it, how to eat this, and I didn't eat when I left the palace? Zhu Qizhen said with a smile.

Everyone was stunned. If this emperor joins in, how will he eat this meal?

"Master......"

"Didn't Mr. also haven't eaten, let's go together, this Meng Wen, tell me how to eat this buffet?" Zhu Qizhen asked with interest.

"Your Majesty, the way to eat this buffet is very simple, one person takes a plate, these meals, you can serve whichever one you like, and you can serve as much as you like." Wen Xiaoyu explained.

"Interesting, interesting, there are so many people here, you have prepared these, is it enough to eat?" Zhu Qizhen walked over with a smile.

"The hasty preparation may be a little insufficient, and the women have already asked the kitchen to prepare as much as possible, as many as possible." Smell the light rain road.

"Wang Zhen, come, bring the food we brought from the palace, let's make up the number?" Zhu Qizhen commanded.

"Master, this is not very good, you gave all this food to Lord Meng?" Wang Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to remind.

"That's right, this is what I gave to Meng Aiqing, otherwise, take it first, and then I will give him a table." Zhu Qizhen said.

"Yes, the master said it would be fine." Wang Zhen nodded.

A box of food was brought up, there were eighteen lacquer boxes, which made the people in the yard look stupid, this is the old man of the court, that is, this grade, right?

Meng Yan is a small inspector, at best, he is a fifth-grade official, and he is resting in the capital, can these five-grade officials be considered officials?

"Let's come along."

"Your Majesty, you come first!"

"It seems that if I don't come first, you must be uncomfortable in your hearts, okay, I'll be the first to come!" Zhu Qizhen said.

"Your Majesty, let the old slave come to you, right?"

"No, the buffet, as the name suggests, I'll come by myself." Zhu Qizhen refused.

"Your Majesty, give you a saucer!" Wang Zhen hurriedly took a plate and handed it over, and Zhu Qizhen nodded and took it.

"Meng Wenshi, do you choose what you like to eat?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, as long as you like it, you can choose whatever you like." Wen Xiaoyu nodded.

"Meng Wenshi, what is this?"

"Your Majesty, this is bacon and fried cabbage!"

"It's so fragrant, sir, I don't think I've ever eaten it?" Zhu Qizhen sniffed and moved a little.

"Master, this is the food eaten by the common people, which is not the same as the food in the palace." Wang Zhen hurriedly explained.

"Yes, I haven't eaten the food of the common people yet, so I'll try it today?" Zhu Qizhen reached out and took the spoon, and was about to step forward to hold a little.

"Master......"

"What's the matter, sir?"

"Nothing, this thing might not be to your liking?" Wang Zhen thought of an excuse and said.

"I haven't eaten it, how does my husband know it's not appetizing?"

"Master, the old slave guessed, guessed!"

"Sir, I know that you care about me, I know in my heart, but I can't stay in the palace every day, you always say that I don't understand the people's suffering, I also want to know about it personally, this people's food, I also want to taste it myself, can't I?"

"Yes, of course the master can!"

Zhu Qizhen spooned some and put them on his plate, and then continued to walk over to the next dish!

"What is this?"

"It's a beef stew with sweet potatoes."

Zhu Qizhen lowered his waist and sniffed it, felt that it tasted good, and also took a spoonful.

"Your Majesty, this is mutton stewed noodles, can you have a bowl?"

"Okay, let's have a bowl." Zhu Qizhen was very interested, and happily nodded and accepted Wen Xiaoyu's construction. Took a bowl of lamb stewed noodles.

"Your Majesty, you are eating here, I'm afraid you adults will not be able to let go, old slave Jianyì, are you going to the restaurant?" Wang Zhendao.

Zhu Qizhen, as the emperor, naturally knew that although this was not the Jinluan Palace, these officials were all his subordinates, minions, and masters, how could they let go?

"Okay, listen to sir. Go to the restaurant! ”

"Meng Wen's. Where are the restaurants in your Mon province? Wang Zhen asked.

"Your Majesty, Princess, please here!"

"Sir, Jean's cousin. and Imperial Physician Wen and Yang Dan came in to accompany me to dinner. Zhu Qizhen commanded.

"The old slave obeys."

A moment of effort. Sun Chain. Yang Dan and Imperial Physician Wen walked in one after another with plates.

"Why don't you take something to eat, sir?" Zhu Qizhen sat down and saw Wang Zhen empty-handed. Asked in surprise.

"The old slave still has to serve the master!"

"Go ahead, I don't need you to serve here for the time being." Zhu Qizhen said.

"Master, do you want the old slave to give you a taste first?" Wang Zhen pointed to the food on the plate.

"No, you don't."

"Master......"

"I said sir, this is the Meng Mansion, what are you worried about?" Zhu Qizhen said impatiently.

"Yes, yes, the old slave lost his word!"

"By the way, Meng Wen, where did Meng Aiqing go, and the guests of this congratulation are waiting for him alone?" Only then did Zhu Qizhen remember that he had been here for a while, but he still didn't see Meng Yan.

This question was wanted to know by the three people who came in, but they had also asked it, and none of the people from this Meng Mansion could answer.

But these people are not stupid, there must be people in the Meng Mansion who know, but they can't do anything if they don't say it.

"Your Majesty, the women don't know, the husband went out in the morning, this man's affairs, we are not easy to ask as women."

"That's right, you go, I'll just wait for him here." Zhu Qizhen waved his hand.

"The women have retired!" Wen Xiaoyu really doesn't want to stay for a moment, this companion is like a tiger, if he says a wrong word, it will be a big trouble, who knows how this emperor will react?

Although the emperor deliberately separated from the officials who came to congratulate him in the courtyard, everyone was not as presumptuous as before and became more regular.

However, this "buffet" has attracted many people, and this kind of eating method of eating whatever you like without asking about your superiority and inferiority makes many people feel very fresh.

The combination of court cuisine and the home-cooked food of the common people, on the contrary, the home-cooked food prepared by the Meng Mansion is very popular.

Although this palace food is fine and nutritious, it has been a long time, some beams, and secondly, the taste is relatively light, compared to the home-cooked food with good color and flavor, or the hot and hot one, everyone's choice is naturally the same.

Besides, the officials who congratulate Daohe in the coming year today are basically below the fourth or fifth grade, and they belong to the middle and low-level officials of the Ming Dynasty.

These officials usually don't necessarily have the delicacies of the mountains and seas, big fish and meat, and most of them are martial artists, so their preference is naturally a large and sufficient amount of home-cooked food.

The roasted red braised pork, a big pot full of it, was eaten out in less than a moment, and the rice was really packed in a rice bucket, fragrant, and it bottomed out quickly!

These martial artists originally had a large amount of food, and they were all hungry, so they didn't let go of their stomachs to eat?

"It's delicious, it's delicious, the chef of this Meng Mansion is really good, this braised pork is made, fat but not greasy, if you come to such a bowl every day, Lao Tzu will have to do anything!"

"Rude, the emperor is still inside, be careful to let his old man hear?"

"Yes, yes, I forgot ......"

……

Guo Mansion.

"What, the Holy Servant went to the Stone Mansion?" When Guo Nu received the news, he was so shocked that he almost didn't bite his tongue.

"Master, what now, should we go over?"

"The news hasn't spread, has it?"

"There shouldn't be, and the saint doesn't want to make trouble, and everyone knows it, and this news is still from the people of the Meng Mansion." Old Dadao.

"Let me think about it, think about it......" Guo Nu ran out of ideas for a while, Meng Yan's birthday, he sent someone to send a gift to pass, but the person didn't go, although he was the identity of his father-in-law, but now Guo Yue has not married, so he can't commit self-surrender, and Meng Yan didn't do a big deal, he couldn't even post it, and relatives and friends familiar with it verbally notified.

It's just a reason for the big guy to sit down and have a drink.

However, no one expected that it would be like this, and the news was passed on one by one, and those who knew and had friendships all went.

Of course, a little Meng Yan's birthday is still shocking to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but in the Jinyi Wei system, as well as some familiar doctors and inspectors in the Tai Hospital, they have a little relationship, or they have Meng Yan's good, so you know, if you don't go, how bad is it?

"Lao Da, let's change into civilian clothes, my son-in-law celebrates his birthday, and my father-in-law comes to celebrate his birthday, so it should be, right?" Guo said angrily.

"It should, it should!" Old Dadao.

"Dad, I'm going too!" Guo Yue heard the conversation between Guo Nu and Lao Da at the door, and pushed the door in regardless of Qiē.

"You girl, hurry back, you are a wife who has not passed the door, and now you will run to your husband's house, what kind of system is that?" Guo rebuked angrily.

"Dad, I just want to go, stay at home alone, bored to death!" Guo Yue pouted dissatisfied.

"Isn't there your Aunt Qin at home?" Guo glared angrily.

"I don't want to be with her, either embroidering or playing chess, bored to death." Guo Yue said.

"Miss, just listen to the master, the saint went to the Meng Mansion, you said that if you go, the saint knows, wouldn't it be a joke?" Lao Da persuaded him.

"Yes, Lao Da is right, you really can't go today, although the saint doesn't know you, but that Wang Zhen will definitely accompany you, he saw it, and your father is not strict with his tutor!" Guo said angrily.

"If you don't go, you won't go, what's the big deal!"

"This girl, hey!" (To be continued......)