Chapter 34: Reward
Princess Li was sweating a little on her forehead, and quickly knocked her head to the ground: "How dare you bother the emperor and the mother to be so worried." The prince repaired the original book for the emperor......"
Before Princess Li's words were finished, Queen Wei interrupted the princess's words with a smile as if she knew what she was going to say: "The princess doesn't have to be polite, Prince Li is an elder, and he has worked hard for many years to repair books, and the emperor should add any reward." Uncle Wang's birthday next month, although it is not a whole birthday, but it should not be slow, Hanbi Manor is also the emperor's heart, to add life to Uncle Wang. ”
Speaking of this, the princess had no choice but to kowtow and thank her, and the palace lady on the side smiled and helped the princess to sit down again on the round stool.
The daughters of the Anguo family on the side looked at it with a smile, from Mrs. Mu to the four daughters-in-law of the Mu family, everyone sat calmly, and even the biological daughter of Prince Li didn't have a big reaction.
The princesses who got married all returned to the palace, and the queen mother looked very happy, chattering with the wife who gave tea some topics about raising children and daughters, and never mentioned the birthday of Prince Li.
But Prince Li knew that it was impossible for Prince Li's birthday not to be done this year, she secretly glanced at her daughter and her mother-in-law, and then looked at the queen mother who was talking to the third princess, straightened her face, and smiled respectfully at the queen mother.
Mrs. Gu, who was sitting with a few first-class orders, raised her eyelids slightly, glanced at Prince Li as if unintentionally, and then also took the tea from the queen mother with a smile.
And Mrs. Xie, who was sitting next to Mrs. Gu, still sat upright as if she hadn't heard anything, until the queen asked her eldest grandson with a smile that she had just gotten married, and she smiled and answered a few words.
Xie Xiang's eldest grandson had just gotten married, and the queen mother pulled out the topic of children's marriage, and said that the fifth prince and the sixth prince were also seventeen and had not yet been engaged.
The topic of children's marriage is naturally concerned by all the ladies, and for a while, there were constant laughter in the Yuyang Palace, only the ladies of the Mu family in the Anguo Mansion were silent, smiling and drinking tea, as if these topics had nothing to do with them.
Mu Zhengyi, the eldest young master of the Mu family, will be nineteen in the New Year, and he will return to Beijing to get married in another year at most, but the queen mother didn't seem to know about it, so she didn't ask, and the ladies present also seemed to have a tacit understanding.
Receiving the banquet in the palace is actually very hard, going out early in the morning, waiting for several hours with a heavy command, and then kneeling down to receive the banquet according to the rules, not to mention Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Xie are elderly ladies like Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Xie, even if they are young and healthy for a long time, they can't stand it, and after kneeling down and getting up again and again, they are dizzy.
Even if the queen is sympathetic and exempts Mrs. Mu, Mrs. Gu and others over fifty years old from kneeling, it is still very tiring to sit with a straight waist and accompany the banquet, and it is inevitable that the back hurts after a long time.
At the beginning of the day, when Xie En left the palace, both the banquet officials and the lady of the decree showed fatigue and wanted to go home and lie down immediately.
It's just that the men can rest when they go home, but the women can't. The Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet also has to be Zhangluo, there are a lot of things at home, after the Duchess An Guo returned home, she took off her dress and crown, and she didn't even have time to rest, and a large number of housekeepers and mothers-in-law came over.
Mu Hongshang stood at the door, probing her brain into her mother's room. She was holding a small food box in her hand, and what was in the food box was the pirated custard snow skin mooncake that Xie Shurou had studied for several days before trying to make.
Duchess An Guo looked tired, but she still listened to the stewards with spirit, and when she looked up, she just saw her daughter probing her brain at the door.
"Why did the red dress come here at this hour?" Duchess An Guo smiled and beckoned to Mu Hongsheng: "Didn't go to copy the book?" ”
"It's been copied a long time ago," Mu Hongsheng smiled and ran into the house with the food box in her hand: "Today's holiday, Mr. has a holiday in the morning, and the second and third brothers asked me to copy the book first, and the second brother personally watched and copied it." ”
"You are good today," Duchess An Guo smiled and nodded the tip of her daughter's nose: "Why, as soon as your second brother and third brother say it, you are willing to copy it?" ”
"My mother and grandmother entered the palace early in the morning," the expression on Mu Hongsheng's little face was extremely serious: "My brother said that my grandmother must be very tired when she comes back, so don't let her bother staring at me anymore to copy the book, I think it makes sense, so I copied it in advance." ”
"Your grandmother is indeed tired," Duchess An Guo nodded: "Since the book has been copied, don't bother your grandmother, my mother is busy here, you can go play with your brothers and brothers." ”
"Mother," Mu Hongshang held the snack box in her hand high like a treasure: "Eat moon cakes." It was sent by the sister of the Xie family yesterday, I think it is delicious, and you can also taste it. ”
Duchess An Guo shook her head with a smile, and was about to speak, but Mu Hongsheng's personal maid water chestnut added with a smile: "Madame, just taste it." Miss Xie Si's mooncakes are novel and good-looking, our eldest lady liked them very much after tasting them last night, but she refused to eat them after only eating a piece, saying that she would keep them for Mrs. and Mrs. When she heard that the lady was back, the young lady hurriedly brought the food box and sent it over, and the slaves and maids were not allowed to move. ”
"If the red dress is so good, then the mother will taste it." Duchess An Guo took the food box in Mu Hongsheng's hand and opened it in front of her daughter.
Inside the food box is a small plate, in which are placed four small mooncakes, the translucent skin looks crystal clear, revealing the yellow filling core inside.
Of course, it was not the first time for Duchess An Guo to see these moon cakes, and Xie Shurou sent someone to deliver moon cakes on the first day, which was delivered to Duchess An Guo's hands, so of course she knew that the moon cakes sent by Xie Shurou were about a dozen pieces, because the moon cakes were small, in fact, they were only a small box, not much.
Approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family is busy, although this mooncake is novel and beautiful, but Duchess An Guo only glanced at it in a hurry, and sighed that Miss Xie Si was really smart, so she sent someone to send it to her daughter. But I didn't expect that after Hongshang tasted the moon cakes, she knew that she was worried about her mother, and she specially held the moon cakes and sent them over.
Duchess An Guo was in a good mood, she picked up a small moon cake and compared it to Mu Hongsheng: "Mother, just taste a piece, if you like this moon cake, you will keep it." ”
"These are all mother's, mother's taste, it's really delicious, you will definitely like it." Mu Hongsheng shook her head and counted seriously: "The moon cakes sent by Sister Xie are sixteen pieces, I will eat one, and there are fifteen pieces, four pieces for my mother, four pieces for my grandmother, one piece for my uncles and father, and the rest for my brothers and brothers." ”
"According to your division, your brothers and brothers will have three pieces of moon cakes left," Duchess An Guo laughed at Mu Hongsheng: "Is it difficult to cut it?" This moon cake is so small, I'm afraid it's not enough for one person. ”
"I was supposed to let them taste something fresh!" Mu Hongsheng's eyes widened, and she replied confidently: "Sister Xie's moon cakes are so novel and delicious, it's rare to get half a piece for one person!" It's a big deal that I won't eat it, let them each have more points. ”