Chapter 38: Drinking the First Snow, Determining the Fate (3)
Jing Jin looked at Xing'er's delicate face, almost stunned, and didn't know what to say for a while, only smirked. Xing'er called him, and Fang came back to his senses.
"Seventh Highness, what's wrong?" Xing'er tilted her little head to look at him.
"Hey...... It's nothing......" Jing Jin scratched her hair, "Sister Xing'er, what are you looking at?" The eyes are all fascinated. ”
Hush...... Xing'er gestured to silence. Jing Jin was puzzled.
"Your Highness the Seventh, we said that we can only ...... when no one is around"
Jing Jin immediately looked around vigilantly, but didn't find anyone else.
"No one." Jing Jin looked serious.
Xing'er didn't answer his words, and pointed to the rice village outside the palace wall. Jing Jin looked in the direction she was pointing.
"That seems to be a rice cooker, right?"
Xing'er nodded.
"The people I can see are all red-faced, oh! Originally! This is a rice village that specializes in hot pot barbecue, Xing'er...... Ahh
Jing Jin swallowed the word sister, as if she had choked on eating. made Xing'er laugh for a while.
Xing'er Fu looked at the rice maker again. I yearn for it.
"At that time, I was still very young, I remember it was the first time to eat hot pot, my brother and I looked around the copper pot for a long time, wondering why this chimney still has a fat belly in the middle, and later I learned that it was a hot pot, and the meat slices could be eaten after a while."
Xing'er paused and glanced at Jing Jin, who was looking at her seriously.
"It was the warmest meal I ever had, because I had just practiced using chopsticks to eat by myself, and a lot of meat fell on the ground during that meal, and my eldest brother scolded me for wasting it...... I really want to eat hot pot like that again. ”
Jing Jin held Xing'er's little hand, and found that it was cold, so she quickly helped her rub it, and sighed while rubbing it, looking at Xing'er and smiling from time to time.
Xing'er looked at him and sighed, and also took a few mouthfuls in his hand, the two of them leaned against their heads and sighed at each other, making small noises from time to time, it was really a little guess, very cute.
All of this was seen by the prince Jingzhang who came to look for Xing'er, the prince originally called Xing'er to write a famous brand and use it in the afternoon, but when he saw them like this, although he knew that he had no guesses, he was still a little disappointed.
Standing by the door for a long time, Fang Jue stood for a long time, until his face was frozen and painful.
Behind the prince, Chen Yiqing stood longer, she looked at the prince's back stupidly, and suddenly, it turned out that the prince's love was this yellow-haired girl who had not dried up - Xing'er.
Chen Yiqing had a heartbreaking cramp in her chest, she worked so hard to make the prince look at her more and pay attention to her, and the prince really liked the little star she had always loved...... It's just ironic!
Jingzhang pounded the door frame! turned around and went back to the banquet hall, and bumped into Chen Yiqing as soon as he turned around, Chen Yiqing looked at him expectantly, and Jingzhang just glanced at her, and walked away with a little annoyance.
Chen Yiqing thought he would explain something to her, but he didn't, leaving only the quiet air and the sound of her own heartbreak.
Chen Yiqing's whole person was lost in an instant, it felt like falling into a deep well, everything around was dark, and there was only constant falling, falling, and falling.
Chen Yiqing stood in place, didn't move for a long time, tears quickly slipped down, she grabbed the placket on her chest with both hands, and the tighter she gritted, braiding Bei Hao's teeth clenched, making a gurgling sound, and her whole body trembled.
Good! Xing'er, since you treat me like this, don't blame me for being unjust to you! I, Chen Yiqing, am so beautiful, versatile, and captivating, I will lose to you as a yellow-haired girl?! No! No! No! I'm going to make you pay! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is mine! It can only be mine! No one can take him away from me! No one!
Chen Yiqing was secretly ruthless in her heart, she ripped off the buttons on her chest, she shook her hand hard, threw the buttons out, slammed her fist on the coffee table next to her, and the jade bracelet on her wrist was shattered in response.
Soon after, the snow feast began.
Emperor Yude, together with the Queen Mother, Queen Zhou, and the crown prince, were listed in the main seat, and the princes, the concubines and concubines of each palace, as well as several princes, close ministers, princes and princes, were arranged on the left and right, and sat down.
Today's snow feast, the most rare thing is that Concubine Shu also came with interest, the emperor and the queen mother saw her coming, first worried, and then looked at her as if she was very good, and couldn't help but be more interested.
And Xing'er and the other three were not qualified to participate in such a banquet, but because of the relationship between the queen mother and the princess, a small table was set up for the three of them alone, and they were under the steps in front of the queen mother's seat.
Chen Yiqing and Wang Zhen'er are the main ones of the small seat, and Xing'er is purely stained, so Xing'er consciously sits on the side. The Queen Mother has always admired Xing'er's self-knowledge the most.
"Everyone, don't be restrained, today is a private banquet, let's put down state affairs and have a good day." Emperor Yude raised his glass, "Come, everyone and I will drink!" ”
Everyone raised their glasses and "please", and then drank it all.
After drinking the wine, the virtuous concubine got up and walked to the queen mother's table, blessed with a blessed body.
"The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager have a small skill in carving insects, and they want to please everyone."
"Oh? What did the concubine say? ”
I saw the virtuous concubine clapping her hands three times, and a pair of palace maids and eunuchs rushed in, the eunuchs held a delicate small stove in their hands, and the tray in the hands of the palace maids held beautiful vegetables and meat slices with knife work, but these were all raw. Then the dishes were arranged according to the rank for each seat.
Emperor Yude saw the delicate little stove, which was quite characteristic.
"What is this concubine?"
I saw that the virtuous concubine clapped her hands again, and the palace people opened the small stove, which was steaming.
"It turns out that it's a delicate little hot pot, haha!" Yudedi surprise.
"Emperor Qiyu Empress Dowager, on weekdays, we only use that big pot, a few people sit around the fireplace, very warm, but only suitable for our private banquet, the concubines want to be able to eat hot pot at a big banquet, so in the autumn, it is worse to make the office, to create this batch of exquisite small hot pot, today is not talented, carving insect skills to take out the ugly."
The virtuous concubine was slightly blessed.
"When I was writing with the Queen Mother just now, I still said, on such a snowy day, if you come to eat hot pot, you will be comfortable, but I didn't expect that the concubine thought of me in front of me, and I was very heartfelt, and I was very happy. Haha......" Emperor Yude laughed.
The Queen Mother took a slice of mutton with chopsticks, put it in the pot, and then put it on a plate.
"The Queen Mother, wait a minute." Concubine Xian said, and slapped her palm again as she spoke.
A group of palace maids rushed in again and laid a stack of dipping sauce in front of each person's table.
"The Empress Dowager, the concubine asked the small dried fish from Haining Province to grind, and then with the sesame oil sauce, tried many times, and then mixed this dipping water, please taste the queen mother first, the concubine also let the imperial dining room with the fresh coriander from the Western Regions from General Liu Yi, and dipped in water, it has a different taste."
"Oh? There are such things, and the mourners will taste them. The Queen Mother's words fell, and Liyue hurriedly took a snapshot of the method of the virtuous concubine, dipped it in water, and gave a piece of meat to the Queen Mother.
After eating, the Queen Mother nodded again and again, looking very delicious.
"Hmmm! Well! The virtuous concubine really has a heart, usually we only sprinkle some salt, but now this seafood is dipped in water and coriander, the taste is really delicious, and it is slightly sweet, good! Good! The Queen Mother was full of praise.
"Is it really as delicious as the queen mother said? I'll try it too. ”
Saying that, the emperor's family picked up a piece of meat and concocted it in the same way, and when he tasted it, his mouth was full of aroma and slowly pleasant. Emperor Yude, the interest is even greater.
"Concubine! You little carving insect skill, but you control my mouth! Ha ha! Emperor Yude hurriedly looked at the other things on the plate, "These flowers can also be eaten?" ”
"Back to the emperor, those green ones are ordinary little green vegetables, not worth mentioning, the orange ones, does the emperor remember? That's the carrot that General Liu Yi and Liu introduced to Daxia, but today's carrots are all planted by farmers around the capital, and now these carrots have been planted everywhere in my Daxia. ”
"Yikes! It's true, I usually only eat fried food, but today I cut it into thin slices, and I really have some eyes. ”
"Your Majesty, this carrot can be boiled for a while longer, and it tastes extremely sweet, and it is delicious whether it is dipped in water or not." After speaking, Concubine Xian returned to her seat and ate as well.
Emperor Yude hurriedly asked Zhou Liang to cook and taste a piece of carrot, and it was as the virtuous concubine said. Everyone at the banquet also ate and praised the "carving insect skills" of the virtuous concubine.
Only the queen and Concubine De can't look down on these little tricks of the virtuous concubine, the queen will not show it on her face, Concubine De used chopsticks to balabala, those raw shabu-shabu, pouted and sneered.
"Concubine Ai is really a good one, Zhou Liang, come, take a good piece of Nanzhu that was paid tribute by the Nanyue Pearl Country a few days ago and give it to the virtuous concubine."
"Yes." Zhou Liang sent the little eunuch to fetch it.
Concubine Xian hurriedly got up and thanked her.
"Your Majesty, the concubine is really deserved, and the concubine feels that the reward should also reward Liu Zhaoyi."
"What are you going to say?"
"General Liu's father and son introduced this Western Regions food to the east, but it has greatly solved the food problem for our Great Xia, and it is a great achievement, and now Liu Zhaoyi is pregnant. You should be more sympathetic. ”
"Liu Zhaoyi is pregnant? It's true? The Queen Mother couldn't sit still for a while and asked happily.
Liu Zhaoyi got up lightly and smiled.
"It's been almost three months since the Emperor and the Queen Mother."
"Hahaha! Good! Good! Emperor Yude couldn't close his mouth with joy.
"Your Majesty, the concubines are still pondering, why did Sister Zhaoyi live in Jane recently, it turned out that she had a body, what a great joy!"
Empress Zhou hurriedly catered to her, and glanced at Concubine Xian and Liu Zhaoyi with her eyes, this slut, she didn't let herself know when she was pregnant, where did she put the lord of the six palaces in this palace? !
"Back to the queen, it's not that my sister deliberately concealed it, it's the first experience, and I don't know, and then I was reminded by the virtuous concubine that I asked the doctor to cut the pulse last night, and I knew that I had a body."
Everyone else cast blessings and envious glances at Liu Zhaoyi, but only Concubine De looked at her with a blank sneer faintly.
"Emperor Qiqi, since Zhaoyi Niangniang is already pregnant, it is really my blessing in Great Xia, the minister proposes, we drink this cup together, and make a toast for my Great Xia Blessing." The left prime minister Ji raised his glass and glanced at the right prime minister Zhongyue, "Brother Wenda? ”
"What Prime Minister Ji Cheng said is very true, this is really my great luck in Daxia, the emperor and the ministers drink this cup with you!" The right prime minister also stood up and raised his glass.
When everyone saw the two prime ministers on the left and right raising their glasses, they also raised their glasses one after another, congratulating the emperor and blessing Liu Zhaoyi.
"Good! It's rare that I work together in Daxia, and I drink this cup with all the ministers and concubines. The emperor took the wine cup in front of him and drank it all. Lang laughed again and again.
"Zhou Liang, I also rewarded Liu Zhaoyi with a string of Nanzhu, and asked the Ministry of War to write a compliment excerpt with the Ministry of Household Affairs, and quickly sent it to the border pass, and rewarded General Liu Yi with a string of coral pearls to show his appreciation."
When Liu Zhaoyi heard this, she was overjoyed and was busy with her body.
"The concubine treats his father Xie Huang Longen."
"Aifei, please get up quickly. Don't get the tire gas. ”
Liu Zhaoyi turned around and held the hands of the virtuous concubine, smiled happily, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, and her heart was full of joy.