"The slave also noticed that once, the slave sprinkled a small amount of peanut powder on the pastry, and the princess used it after a large rash on her arm and never used it again, presumably because of an extreme allergy to peanuts."

"And what do you mean?" When Liu heard this, he still didn't understand Hua'er's intentions.

"The slave maid thought, madam, you can set up a banquet and invite all the concubines and beauties in the house to listen to the play together, and we will eat from the house. When the time comes, I'll tell the kitchen to make a snack that masks the smell of peanuts as the main meal. Add crushed peanuts and other flavorful ingredients to make a fragrant pastry. ”

"Peanuts are not used in ordinary pastries, and there is no taste of peanuts and it is the main meal, so the princess will definitely use a few more pieces."

"At that time, she will definitely be unwell and leave the scene early, with the experience of the slave maid, the princess has not been able to go to the house, and it is estimated that she will be covered in red rashes, and her body is itchy and unbearable, and it is difficult to breathe."

"We can have tea with Mrs. He a day in advance, and add a taste of herbs to the tea bag to cleanse the intestines, and the He family will be bedridden that day, and the imperial doctor will come over to see."

"He's house is the farthest away from the princess's house, and when the imperial doctor arrives at the princess's house, it is estimated that the princess will faint and die of poor breathing."

"Besides, no one in our house should know that the princess is allergic to peanuts except for the people around her, and if you cry next to the princess when you are there, you will naturally not suspect us. What do you think? ”

Liu Shi listened to Hua'er's strategy, and felt that this method was very feasible, so he brought Hua'er and said to her, "You dressed up as a family member and went out to the house, and there was a little er in blue clothes in the teahouse in the city, who was the one who sent a message to the palace on weekdays, and you asked him to tell the Queen Mother that I was going to do it." This matter is dangerous, in case something goes wrong, the Queen Mother can still save me. ”

After speaking, let Hua'er step back and look at herself in the mirror, distressed and happy.

66 Liu's birthday

In the past few days, Liu's room has been particularly lively.

Liu's family shouted everywhere that his birthday was coming, and ran to Zun Mojun to cry and say that he had never had a birthday since he got married, and this year there was a main room in the house, and the family was full of people, so he wanted to set up a birthday banquet in the house.

Zun Mojun was too busy with military affairs to pay attention to her, and asked her to ask Gu Muqing for instructions.

Liu agreed again and again, and hurriedly ran to Gu Muqing's room and had a long talk with her.

Liu told in a crying voice that she had been envious of her brothers and sisters in the family since she was a child, and there was an opera troupe to celebrate every year, because she was the youngest daughter born to Mrs. Yan and did not have such treatment, and she thought that she was like a sister to Gu Muqing today, so she thought about holding a birthday banquet this year.

Gu Muqing listened to it, thinking that he had watched how ancient people celebrated their birthdays in TV dramas and movies before, and he hadn't experienced this novelty himself, so he agreed.

Liu said that he had an opera troupe he knew, and he could handle his birthday banquet single-handedly, and he didn't need Gu Muqing to bother, just give her the silver taels she needed.

When Gu Muqing heard this, he felt that he was not familiar with this place, and he didn't know what the Liu family liked, so he asked Chunyu to tell the account office and let the Liu family prepare it himself.

The Liu family happily opened up for several days, dressing up the palace red, so lively.

The birthday banquet finally arrived as scheduled.

Liu Shi found his most gorgeous clothes from the closet, painted the delicate makeup early, and held a fan with a white jade pendant in his hand, waiting for everyone to arrive at the entrance of the garden. She was secretly looking forward to it, nervous and full of hope.

It didn't take long for Li Ming'er to wear a violet silk dress, with a hairpin with a night pearl on her head, vermilion and white teeth, wearing flowerpot shoes, putting her hand on the arm of the maid next to her, and pacing slowly.

"My sister congratulates my sister on her birthday, this is a gift from my sister to my sister, and my sister accepts it with a smile." With a wave of her hand, she asked her servant to bring her a delicate little box.

This Li Ming'er is a concubine who married in not long after the Liu family married into the Xuanwang Mansion, and she is the daughter of the Wupin Prefect. The prefect helped Zun Mojun with one thing when he was young, and the Liu family has not found out what it is for so many years.

After Li Ming'er married in, she treated Li Ming'er well, respected her like a guest, never touched her, and spoiled her like a sister, so Li Ming'er has always been arrogant and rarely interacts with her.

She was also very surprised that she could come today.

After Li Ming'er sat down, she watched the maid in He's room running in a hurry, holding a box in her hand. Panting at the flowers.

"Sister Hua'er, our master suffered from the wind and cold yesterday and was unwell, so he really couldn't come to Concubine Liu's banquet. This is a gift from my master to your master. I hope to bring a no. The maid handed the box to the flowers.

Hua'er ran to explain to Liu. Liu walked up to He's maid, took her hand and said, "You call back to my sister and tell her to take care of her body, my birthday banquet is not as important as her body, so I accepted the gift and thanked her." ”

It was the first time that the maid was treated like this by the concubine in the house, and she was overwhelmed with excitement for a while. Hua'er kicked her a little, and she reflected, and after kneeling down and thanking Liu, she went back to He's room.

Liu sat down and chatted with Li Ming'er about some homely things, and flattered each other. The guards at the door announced loudly: "Princess Gu is here for the banquet." ”

Liu and Li Ming'er hurriedly got up to greet them because of the courtesy.

I saw Gu Muqing in front of him dressed in light red light gauze clothes, embroidered with a few birds with wings spreading. A few strands of braid were braided on his head, coiled in the center of his head, and a butterfly with a ruby was sandwiched between his head. It looks gorgeous and not tacky.

Liu and Li Ming'er bent their knees slightly, like Gu Muqing saluted, "The concubine visits the princess." ”

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's your birthday, what kind of salute do you want to do with me." Gu Muqing picked up Liu Shi and said to her, "This is a gift I prepared for you, I see that every time you come to my house, you look at it for a long time, I guess you like it." I'll give it to you today. She picked up the scroll in her hand and handed it to Liu.

This painting is a landscape painting given to the prince by the emperor, and it was painted by a famous gentleman who has passed away. This painting is very precious, Liu Shi cultivated from Xiaoqin, chess, calligraphy and painting is very fond of paintings, and he always looks at it in the Gumu Qing room and never returns.

Gu Muqing is a person who has traveled from the modern era, she studied science in college, which has nothing to do with art, how can she understand the quality of these paintings, in her eyes they are just a painting.

Liu took the painting, and bent his knees to thank Gu Muqing, but was stopped by Gu Muqing. The hand she didn't hold the painting clenched tightly behind her back, thinking to herself that from this painting onwards, everything that belonged to her Liu clan would be taken back tonight.

Gu Muqing took Chunyu and sat on the main seat. She is still the mistress of this family, no matter if the Liu family has a birthday tonight, she still has to sit in the C position.

She looked around at the garden setting, at the red lanterns hanging on the walls, at the silk on her head, at the ribbons on the trees. I thought to myself, how can having a birthday be the same as a wedding in ancient times. It's really nothing new, if you can catch her birthday here, you must come up with some new tricks, so that they can feel the progress of the times.

Yao Chi received the teachings of the Virgin Mary, and turned around to take a bottle of wine. Before entering, he hurriedly saluted the fairy girl, and carefully poured the golden pot and jade liquid. Drinking a cup can increase life, and drinking a cup can prolong life. May I wish the immortal master a long year, and may I wish the immortal master a long life than the Antarctic star. Drink all the elixir in an instant, may you live forever every year......"

The troupe came to the stage and sang an excerpt from Magu's birthday, Gu Muqing listened to this babbling singing, thinking that he had also felt the feast of intangible cultural heritage.

The people of the palace brought one dish after another of delicacies and put them on the table of the masters. Gu Muqing knew that there must be something delicious tonight, so he deliberately asked Chunyu to make a few dishes at noon, and waited for this meal in the evening with an empty stomach.

Liu on the side poured a pot of wine, raised his glass and said to the guests seated: "Thank you for coming to the birthday banquet of the little girl tonight, Liu is here to give you a glass." After speaking, he drank the wine in the cup.

Gu Muqing also took a drink.

Liu, who put down the wine glass, picked up the chopsticks and ate them, while watching Gu Muqing eat the pastries prepared by Hua'er with his spare eyes.

She breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Gu Muqing gulp down the dishes on the table, almost finishing the entire cage of pastries. Raising her head to look at the meteor streaked across the sky, she thought to herself that her happiness was finally coming.