Chapter 574: Palace Banquet
Time flies quickly, the New Year is coming in two days, and the sisters have helped Zilan a lot, and they only went back before the New Year.
I have learned a lot of things by helping her work these days, and I also have a preliminary understanding of the treasurer, Min'er is the fastest learner, and Zilan thinks that she will be successful in the future.
Yan'er also learned well, and it was enough to be a clan wife after two or three years of training.
The two promised to come over to help her after the New Year, but Yan'er may not have much interest in the treasurer, just to help, and did not show it.
Zilan pretended not to know, she still had to learn, it would be good for her to go out in the future, even if it was a clan girl, she couldn't be too willful.
After the New Year, Zilan has to prepare to enter the palace for dinner, including the old lady and the mother-in-law and aunt, who are all high-ranking women, and they are the most tired during the New Year's holidays.
"Grandmother, are you ready?"
"Okay, don't freeze when you wear thicker, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten, half full."
Zilan smiled and patted her stomach.
"Well, that's good, everything in the palace is cold, you don't want to eat it, just make a show, don't drink the wine, I'd rather endure it."
"Don't worry, I know."
The Li family stayed at home to take care of them, and the group took two carriages to the palace.
The palace banquet dishes are very varied, and they look extremely beautiful, but unfortunately they are basically cold when they come up and put them on the main hall, and there is a layer of white flowers on them, and they can't be eaten at all.
Everyone picks up the vegetables on it and eats a few bites, such as shredded radish, shredded cabbage, etc.
Men can drink alcohol, the wine is scalded, and it's not bad if it doesn't cool down so quickly. Women are pitiful, they are drunk without food and drink.
Chatting and gossiping, from clothes and jewelry to beauty and skin care, after talking about other things, I can't ask a word about important things.
Zilan was pregnant, her belly was bulging, she sat there without eating or drinking, and chatted with the people who came up to talk to her.
The palace banquet is timely, and if you don't have enough time, you can't run out alone.
She is more cautious, she would rather sit there and suffer the cold than run around, the palace is not her backyard, in case she encounters something bad and wrongs people, sit honestly.
It's a little boring to sit and sit, and she can't help but doze off, she is not cold at all, she wears characteristic clothes and trousers, and her boots are also special, very warm, and she sits here and takes a nap.
The military general of the military department sat with Cui Hao and pushed him, "Why is your daughter-in-law asleep, it's so cold, don't get cold." ”
Cui Hao looked up and saw that Zilan was sitting very well, her head slightly lowered, sitting there napping.
I couldn't help but feel a little distressed, but I was helpless.
"What then? I can't call her either, she should be fine if she wears a thick outfit. ”
Cui Hao couldn't help but be worried.
"Wait."
The military general looked left and right and saw that his wife was gone, squeezed his eyebrows and used the wine glass as a cover, and pointed his finger at Zilan.
Fortunately, his daughter-in-law has been in the palace to participate in the palace banquet all the year round, she is very experienced, and she is also smart, so she tilted her head and thought about it for a while and looked at the direction of the master's fingers.
found that Zilan was asleep, so he quickly whispered to the people around him, and the person woke up Zilan.
"What's wrong? Are you leaving? ”
Zilan blinked her eyes and looked sleepy, she had already fallen asleep at this time in the past.
"Not yet, there will be a while, the county lord can't sleep, be careful of catching a cold, it's not good for people to see."
"Oh, thanks, I'm too sleepy to hold back."
"It's okay, I'm sleepy too, but I can't sleep, it's too cold."
"Okay."
Zilan rubbed her eyes and took a breath, raised her head and saw Cui Hao looking at her, grinning at him, indicating that I was fine.
It's easy to wait until the banquet is over, and the family supports each other and walks out.
"Grandparents and grandfathers, are you cold?"
"It's not cold, it's not that cold, it's thickly dressed."
Old Man Cui shook his head, but his head was always exposed, his ears were a little icy, and his body was really not cold.
After getting into the carriage, Zilan stabbed the fire on the small stove, heated the mutton soup prepared in advance, and took out the baked cakes in the oven.
This small stove was specially made to order, and there was an empty box made of rectangular iron sheet behind the stove, and a door to open.
It plays the role of ventilating the stove, you can also bake cakes with hot tea, ready-made clay oven.
This shape is a small stove commonly used by people in the northwest, she found it very good and let people make it customized to press on the carriage, morning and evening the masters go to court too early, the sky is not bright, there is this can drink a sip of hot soup and hot cakes, stronger than an empty stomach.
"Grandfather, take a sip of hot soup, don't drink the cool breeze. And the bread is also hot. ”
Zilan put the cake in her hand, blew the ashes of the grass and trees, and handed it to the second elder.
The old lady soaked the cakes in the mutton soup and ate them hot, only to feel that her stomach was warm.
"Whew, comfortable, child, you can also take a sip, don't patronize us, you are frozen."
"I'm not cold, I'm hungry and sleepy, and I've slept through."
Zilan also poured a bowl of mutton soup and soaked the cakes and ate them slowly, holding the hot soup bowl, which was really comfortable.
Cui Hao also came out, and he was pulled to say a few words and came out late.
"Grandfather, grandmother, are you okay, Lan'er, why did you fall asleep at the banquet, what should you do if you get sick on such a cold day?"
He looked anxious, but he couldn't show off at the banquet, and his anxious tone was a little rushed.
Zilan hugged the bowl and flattened her mouth, and whispered aggrievedly, "I'm bored...... I was sleepy. ”
The old lady put down the bowl and glared at her grandson, "Okay, don't blame her, people with double bodies are already hard, and I can't sleep at night, I'm sleepy." ”
"I'm afraid she'll catch a cold."
"I boiled a bowl of mutton soup, you can also have a bowl of wine."
Zilan hurriedly served him a bowl of hot soup, put the cakes in and soaked them in and handed them to him.
Cui Hao brought it over and ate it in three bites and two bites in the carriage, and the hot soup turned into a warm current and was sent into his stomach, and he breathed a comfortable sigh.
"Do you still eat, slow down and don't burn."
"Another bowl, I won't eat when I go home after eating, and I feel sick to my stomach when I drink it."
Cui Hao pursed his lips and gasped, and the person relaxed.
"A lot of people talked to you, what did they say?"
Zilan was curious, and many people toasted him.
"It's not your business, it's all like a cat smelling a fishy smell, and they're all pestering me to cooperate, annoying me."
After all, Zilan is a woman, and she is not a sociable person, so the big guy can only start with Cui Hao, and it is much more convenient for the master to talk and drink.
"Hey, hey! Don't agree, just fool around, if you don't succeed, you have to promise to the Ten Princes and the Seventh Princes. ”
"I don't know this, you can't eat yet, eat some more, go back and rest when you're tired."
The carriage soon arrived home, and Li did not sleep until they returned, and arranged a meal.
Only Zhang's Jiang and Cui Yu and others ate a little food, and the second elder and Zilan were full in the carriage and didn't eat either.
"Brother Hao, send your daughter-in-law back to rest, I've stayed up for most of the night with a big belly, hurry up and go back to wash and sleep, Ming'er doesn't have to enter the palace and don't come to ask for peace, I also have to sleep lazy."
The old lady yawned too, looking very tired.
"Okay, grandmother, you can rest early."
Cui Hao helped Zilan back to the house.
As soon as she came back, the maid hurriedly brought hot water to wash her face, and scalded her feet to warm her body.
"Fifteen still have to enter the palace, oops! It's annoying to think about it, but it doesn't matter if I'm normal, I'm so bored sitting there now that I'm pregnant. ”