The noble concubine picked up the spoon and stirred it gently, and suddenly the aroma was fragrant, and the delicate voice of the noble concubine was also fragrant and fragrant: "Your Majesty, this winter solstice festival eats wontons, but there is a story!

"Good!" the emperor narrowed his eyes happily, carefully watching the noble concubine's excessively extravagant and rich dress, and nodded slowly and interestingly.

The noble concubine subconsciously twisted the waist of the bee, her head was full of pearls and emeralds, and she swayed with light leisurely, but this vulgar behavior made her whole person look extremely luxurious, like a peony that bloomed to the top of the country: "Legend has it that the two leaders of the Hun clan and the Tun clan in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people were not at peace and hated them to the core. On the day of the winter solstice, some people wrap the meat stuffing into horns, take the sound of "muddy" and "tun", and call it "wonton". Hate to eat, but to calm the war, can live a peaceful life. Concubine Gao said, personally scooped a wonton, blew it, and leaned it towards the emperor's mouth, "Your Majesty, taste it." ”

The emperor naturally bowed his head and ate it with the hands of the noble concubine, and nodded with satisfaction: "The noble concubine has good craftsmanship, excellent taste, and good stories!"

Concubine Xu Shu watched as Concubine Gao took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of the emperor's mouth affectionately, her eyes trembled, and she said gently with a happy smile: "My sister only cares about the emperor, which makes my sisters greedy! Your Majesty, the concubines also have a dish, please try it." ”

"Good!" the emperor looked at Concubine Xu Shu expectantly, and joked with a smile, "Do you have a story to accompany your dishes?"

"The emperor is wise," Concubine Xu Shu pursed her lips and smiled, beautiful and detached, with a unique charm, compared to the beauty and beauty of the noble concubine, it is not inferior, "There is an immortal who traveled to the earth, and ate this dish on the day of the winter solstice, and felt that the taste was particularly delicious, and he was full of praise." This dish strengthens the body, nourishes and nourishes the gods, and can also seek the blessing of the gods, and there is a good omen for the coming year!"

"Oh, the story is good!" The emperor nodded, looking at the jade jade plate presented by Concubine Xu Shu, the two kinds of meat in the plate were cut into neat slices, arranged in the shape of Ruyi Bagua, and the hexagram eyes were dotted with two pinches of thin onion pipes and coriander leaves, and the meat was fragrant, "What is this dish made of?"

"Your Majesty, it's mutton and dog meat. Concubine Xu stepped forward, picked up a piece with silver and gold wire chopsticks, and handed it to the emperor's mouth.

The emperor opened his mouth to eat and nodded approvingly: "It is indeed delicious, the concubine's craftsmanship is good, and all the princes can taste it." ”

"Father!" A cheerful crisp cry sounded outside the hall, the eldest princess and the second princess came hand in hand, and as soon as they stepped into the hall, they knelt down and said in unison: "The son has something to delay, come a little late, please don't blame the son and the emperor!"

"Okay, I don't blame you, my father is waiting for you!Rou'er, Xin'er, why did you come so late?" the emperor looked at his daughter who was like a pair of flowers and jade, and smiled.

"Father, the sons are looking at the pot! It's not that the pot will run away, hehehe! It's the heat that can't leave people!So it's too late~" The second princess Xuanyuan Jia, who has always loved to laugh, is only nine years old, looking up at the emperor with a happy face, and her bright eyes are full of eyes waiting to be praised.

The emperor looked at his daughter dotingly, and smiled lovingly: "Let's all get up and sit." ”

"Father, the sons and daughters made black glutinous rice and red bean porridge, please try it. The posture is not yet fully grown, but between the eyebrows, it is steady and quiet like the eldest princess Xuanyuan Rou, indicating that her maid is condensing the snow in the sky of Shanghai and the sun rising in the east, "Glutinous rice is sweet and warm, and it can nourish the body's righteousness." According to legend, there was a man named Gonggong, whose son did many evils and died on the day of the winter solstice. After death, he became a plague ghost and mutilated the people. When the plague ghost was born, he was most afraid of red beans, so people cooked and ate red bean rice on the day of the winter solstice. One of them can drive away epidemic ghosts, prevent disasters and eliminate diseases; Second, it can help the family to be healthy and healthy when they are old and young, and there will be no diseases and disasters. ”

"My father is the Son of Heaven, so I will eat a mouthful of black glutinous rice and red bean porridge for the people of the world, pray for the blessings of the people of the world, and be free of disease and disaster in the coming year, smooth and healthy!"

"The coming year will be safe and smooth!Good! Well said! I pray for the people! My daughters will cook porridge! Taste it! Of course, you have to taste it!" The emperor waved his hand excitedly, and Qin casually took it and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor picked up the spoon placed on the white and flawless brocade, stirred it, scooped up a small bite, tasted it carefully, and then took another bite, and then nodded with a smile: "Well! This porridge, the father and the emperor have eaten the taste of heart! The glutinous rice is soft but not rotten, the red beans are soft but not broken, and the heat is just right! The sweetness is refreshing but not greasy, this bowl of porridge, you have indeed put your thoughts!"

"Thank you for your father's approval!" Xuanyuan Rou led Xuanyuan Jia to kowtow and bowed to the elders on the winter solstice, "The son wishes his father's world peace every year, and I wish my father a leisurely day!"

"Okay!" the emperor smiled, his eyebrows stretched, "It's all here, let's start eating the winter solstice dumplings prepared by my father." ”

The imperial dining room immediately got busy, and presented the rice balls to the desks of the royal families respectfully. Even the personal guards who followed behind the princes got a share. ”

The masked young man behind Xuanyuan Xi, the eighth prince, knelt on the floor in a decent manner, lowered his eyes and looked at the dwarf pestle in front of him, and heard the name of the dish announced by the sharp voice of the big eunuch in the imperial dining room, and his ears moved curiously.

"Xiangrui Hehe~~" The voice of the great eunuch was soft and soft.

The masked boy hurriedly picked up the spoon and pressed it, auspicious and harmonious, it was actually sesame peanuts and tangyuan that became filling!

"Spring returns to the earth~~" is a colorful fruit cut stuffed rice ball.

"Rich Flowers Bloom~~" is to press out a variety of flower shapes and bright colors of the color of the rice balls.

"Flowers bloom in half summer~~" is a ginger tea dumpling that refreshes people's hearts and warms the heart when they hear it.

"Crystal clear~~" is a faintly revealing rose and durian filling, which is naturally like a glass bead-like crystal rice ball.

"After the rain, the sky is sunny~~" is a crystal shining rain flower stone shape rice balls lying in the thorough soup.

"The full moon is ~~" is a silk-drawn rice ball that is fried into a golden yellow color like a full moon.

"Ruyi auspicious~~" is a rice ball wrapped in kidney beans with a green color like jade.

"Full House of Splendor~~" is osmanthus, red dates, wolfberry and sweet wine-stuffed rice balls.

After the last course of rice balls, the hall was silent. Everyone was attracted by the glutinous rice balls in the glazed azure and soft Changchun acacia cup on the table in front of them.

Even the emperor, who knew the mystery, couldn't help but look at the dumplings in the cup, refreshed as if he was enjoying the most elegant antiques.