The dawn of the east is beginning to appear, and the roosters next door are sounding one after another.

One of Shen Fu's family members, from the master to the servant, had already gotten up, neatly finished the porridge and cakes, and gathered in the courtyard to count all kinds of ingredients and bottles and jars filled with sauces.

Half an hour later, at dawn, there was a knock on the courtyard door.

Gao Yu has arrived.

Because of the fact that Yao Huan had led him to deal with several times in advance, and because of his common friendship with the Su family, Shen Fuzhi and Gao Yu were also quite familiar.

"The second sister-in-law, Yao Niangzi, it is easy to teach the two of you to know, and the names of the distinguished guests I said have not changed. Only the day before yesterday, a nobleman in the palace brought news, saying that Empress Meng heard the king of Suining County say that the concubine Duwei had a good painting, and after playing the official's house, she sent the female official Zhang of the Shangyi Bureau to bring an internal attendant to enjoy the painting and copy. Coincidentally, Li Xiaoshu heard that a female guest was present, and he also bowed to the post, and will bring his girl Jun Li Qingzhao to the banquet today. ”

Yao Huan was tying Yao Ruzhou's headscarf by the fish pond, and when he heard the words "Li Qingzhao", he suddenly felt a thrill, and he almost didn't believe his ears.

On her own journey, to this day, she feels that she is about to usher in a small climax.

When Gao Yu said the names of the guests that day, she was pleasantly surprised.

are all heavyweights, including the one Gao Yu hopes to help her bring chicken feet.

As a lover of Tang and Song Dynasty history, Yao Huan came with the memories and knowledge reserves of his previous life, and of course he knew that during the Yuan You period, Wang Xu, a concubine, held a gathering of scribes in the West Garden of his mansion.

It was regarded by later generations as the only gathering of literati who could be as famous as the Eastern Jin Dynasty Lanting Yaji. Participants, including Su Shi, Su Zhe, Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan, Mi Fu and other 16 people, discussed articles, watched paintings and ink, listened to the piano and tea, burned incense and enjoyed cigarettes. Its grand occasion is outstanding and famous. That collection was not only recorded by the contemporary painter Li Gonglin with Danqing, but also by the later generations who occupied a place in the history of painting to draw materials, Liu Songnian, Zhao Mengfu, Tang Yin, all painted it.

The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year. The world is impermanent, the wind and clouds are treacherous, but today's West Garden, even if it can no longer show the grand occasion of the elegant gathering in the Yuan You period, the guests who will be received are not idle people.

I don't want to, I want one more Li Qingzhao, although this little girl should be eleven or twelve years old this year.

As for the "Zhang Shangyi" in Gao Yu's mouth...... Zhang Shangyi, Zhang Shangyi, Empress Meng......

Uh, a trace of conjecture flashed through Yao Huan's heart, could this Zhang Shangyi be the person recorded in the history books?

Compared with the pseudo-ancient Yao Huan, the real ancient Shen Fuzhi is very calm.

Shen Fuzhi didn't feel strange at all about the list provided by Gao Yu. The relationship between Wang and Su Shi is not known, and the invitation can only be the prince of leisure, the children and grandchildren of the former courtiers, and the marginalized "remnants" of the old party.

Hearing Gao Yu say that there should be a few more people on the table temporarily, Shen Fuzhi said confidently: "Gao Langjun, rest assured, the banquet prepared by my family originally had a surplus of thirty percent, even if four or five more guests were added, it would be enough." ”

Gao Yu nodded: "That's good." Although the cooks in the house are also waiting, it's just that since the horse taught me that day, I want the freshness and fun of the folk food, and if I want to add vegetables to the house halfway, it will be ruined. ”

"Save, save." Shen Fuzhi responded, while lifting the covers of several bamboo baskets, and asked Gao Yu to inspect them.

After half a burnt incense, everyone moved, lifted, and loaded the raw materials into the mule cart brought by Gao Yu.

After receiving such a big order, Shen Fuzhi's restaurant on the bank of the Bianhe River will naturally be closed for a day, and she and her niece Yao Huan, the servants Meituan, Ah Si, and the little doll Yao Ruzhou will become the main labor force for today's banquet.

Yao Ruzhou seemed to like Gao Yu very much, and begged Gao Yu to take him on horseback. Gao Yu agreed, and lifted the little guy into the saddle with a "hi".

Yao Ruzhou stabilized his buttocks without a teacher, grabbed the reins, and said to Yao Huan quite proudly: "Sister, I have grown up and want to join the army." ”

Gao Yu flew on the horse and patted Ru Zhou's shoulder: "Good ambition, I'll take you to fight the Northern Barbarians and build a career for the Great Song Dynasty, how about it?" ”

"Who are the Northern Barbarians?"

"Who else could it be, of course the Liao and the Western Xia. The Liao people occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Xia people occupied the Longyou of Hexi, well, one day, the Great Song Dynasty would take those places back. ”

Yao Huan had already walked to the side of the mule cart and was about to board the cart, when he heard their conversation, he looked back at the tall steed, one big and one small, both with a straight back and a knight's posture.

She thought about this city, these people, the future of this dynasty, and she was a little worried for a while.

In 1095 AD, the Great Song Dynasty went from the monarch to the minister, from the subject to the people, who would have thought that it was neither the Liao people nor the Xia people who would destroy their own country in the end.

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"Wang Xu, you Sven scum, a wolf-hearted thing, the first emperor values you so much, the princess is as kind to you as a mountain, and the pickled things you do are worthy of the princess and your ancestors!"

In the slanting light and shadow of the morning sun, an old woman supported her waist, stood in front of the Horse Mansion, and scolded hoarsely.

Shen Fuzhi and Yao Huan, who saw this scene through the car window, glanced at each other in surprise.

Where did this come from, the big fairy girl, scolding the mountain gate in front of the Horse Mansion early in the morning!

Gao Yu's brows also frowned.

He grabbed the reins, came over in parallel, and said to Shen and Yao: "The princess's nurse comes to make trouble every three or five times, because the first emperor, the Empress Dowager Gao, and the Empress Dowager Xiang are all protecting her, and the horses have orders, and we must not move a finger of her, and every time she is angry enough, she will leave." ”

Shen Fuzhi's open O-shaped mouth slowly closed.

Although the family affairs of the royal family are not openly publicized or arranged by storytellers and miscellaneous playmakers, Kaifeng City is so big, and the more rich and noble people call them, the more unruly they are, how can the gossip of the princess and the horse not spread to the market.

From the gossip of the diners, Shen Fuzhi knew that the eldest princess of the first concubine of the Great Song Dynasty passed away more than ten years ago. Emperor Shenzong and this sister have been very affectionate since childhood, and thought that it was the concubine who spoiled the concubine indiscriminately, stimulated the princess, made the princess sad and died, so he was furious, and sent all the eight concubines of the concubine to the army, and degraded the concubine and released the concubine.

It is also rumored that Wang Juma was demoted, which is also related to his previous campaign for his friend Su Shi in the Wutai poetry case and wanted to save his life. Emperor Shenzong is just killing chickens and setting an example, so that all the emperor's relatives and ministers can see what will happen if they make friends with the old party.

No matter what the reason, how many years have passed, I am afraid that the reincarnated eldest princess has already married a woman, and Wang Shu has already recovered from the new son of heaven who is a nephew to restore the status of the captain of the horse, but the white-haired old nurse in front of her is still wailing for the old master.

Shen Fuzhi and Yao Huan have never been mothers, but the natural empathy instinct of women makes them feel sad when they are also touched by the scene in front of them.

Gao Yu also sighed: "The concubine said that the nurse made false accusations to the emperor because she misunderstood him, which made him sad. But the princess went west in the arms of this nurse, and when the princess was dying, no one shouted, just the nurse. Even if the queen mother and the official family did not send it, for the sake of the princess and the princess, the concubine would not embarrass the nurse. ”

Yao Huan said in his heart, this gossip is still being chewed a thousand years later. Although the historian's pen may not be the truth, when the eldest princess was dying, she only called the nurse and not her husband, which explains something to some extent.

cough, Mo Duo thinks about Mo Duo, we are just Party B who came to do Haidilao service, regardless of whether the owner who paid the money is a scumbag.

When the mule cart arrived at the door, several domestic servants had come out to help transfer a basket of main and auxiliary materials to the trolley that passed in the house.

The old nurse squinted her eyes, seeing clearly that it was all food, and saw that Shen Fuzhi, Yao Huan and the others were all dressed as neat and short shirts, and wanted to follow Gao Yu into the door, her anger that had vented a little bit accumulated again.

"Why, the colt invited guests to a banquet today. Very good, very good, the old man sat down here to greet his guests. ”

As she spoke, she took a handful of things from the purse she had slung around her wrist and picked one up and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Yesterday I entered the palace, and I rewarded the autumn dates to the Queen Mother, I will eat a few to boost my breath, and I will wait for ......"

Suddenly, the old nurse was silent.

Everyone suddenly heard the annoying sharp female voice stop abruptly, and they couldn't help but be curious, and turned their heads to look at her in unison.