After the Gold Festival, it was winter, and Li Yan was afraid that it would be a little cold this winter, so he sent all the winter clothes to the people below early.

After cultivating for half a year, Jin Concubine also came out at this time, and picked out a colorful dress from her own clothes, but most of Jin Concubine's clothes are green, what agate green, emerald green, and finally found a purple dress, but it is not so outstanding.

Li Yan looked at Jin Concubine like this, and still ignored her with a smile on her face, what did she do, but this Jin Concubine Li Li disdained to ignore her, and some people couldn't look at it.

"Sister Jin's body is better now?" Xiang Concubine took a sip of tea, and then said to Jin Concubine.

Concubine Jin replied to her delicately and politely: "Thank you sister for your concern, this body is almost fine, but there is some tightness in the chest." ”

Concubine Ning interjected at this time: "Then can you find a doctor to take a good look?" Concubine Jin sighed sadly: "Look, the imperial doctor said that I have to take care of this disease, and if I am lucky, I can still conceive again." ”

I don't know who I'm responding to when I say this.

You said that it was the concubines here, they either didn't have sons, or their sons were older, and they didn't care anymore, they couldn't conceive for so many years, and they didn't expect to work hard now.

As for Li Yan, he was indeed answered, and Li Yan had never had a good impression of this kind of white lotus, so he was directly shocked.

"I see that my sister's body really has to be well maintained, but my sister is indeed delicate and like a flower, and if the palace holds a white lotus banquet when I go back, my sister is afraid that she will be the leader."

The expression on Concubine Jin's face was stunned for a moment, why didn't the queen play her cards according to common sense, shouldn't the queen maintain the dignity of the main room?

However, the white lotus is a white lotus in the end, and Concubine Jin immediately responded with a smile: "The white lotus is also a beautiful flower." ”

Li Yan smiled: "That's the same, ugly can't be a white lotus." Li Yan is secretly planning to wear winter clothes this year, and will not give Jin Concubine light-colored clothes.

A group of people chatted like this for a while, and they dispersed.

It was still late autumn at this time, and the grape leaves outside Yuhua Palace had already fallen, Li Yan looked at the sky outside, and couldn't help complaining: "Why is it so cold this year?" ”

That's not the case in previous years.

Li Yan is wearing clothes with raw edges today. The hall is deserted, Ah Qiao has a brazier in the corner, the master is afraid of the cold, but don't catch a cold because of this.

"Master, why don't you ask someone to burn the floor heating?" Yuzhu said, she is also afraid of the cold

"It's not good to burn this time, it's too dry, it's better to wait, it's not in October." Yulan smiled: "Just wear a few more pieces if you're afraid of the cold." ”

"Bear with me, it's not a few days." Li Yan said with a smile.

When the fourth master came, their master and servant were smiling, and the fourth master heard it and said: "If it's cold, it's burning, it seems to be cold early this year, no matter when, even if it's hot and it's extinguished." Su Peisheng, you go and say. ”

Su Peisheng bowed his head, when did the general affairs in the queen's palace have to be managed by Su Da, it is really overkill.

"Why is Ye here at this time?" Li Yan looked at the time, isn't it in the study this half morning?

"Hong Pan got a basket of crabs, and he planned to invite us to eat crabs, thinking that you liked it, so he came to ask you to go with him." The fourth master sat on the couch and picked up the book that Li Yan was reading.

"Then I'll go change my clothes, who else?" Li Yan said with a smile, every time this season, the fourth master always remembers the crab and is not allowed to eat more, but he always asks himself to eat some.

"A few children, Concubine Xi and Concubine Qi are here, you change your clothes and leave, let's be close." The fourth master said lightly.

Li Yan went inside and chose a red dress embroidered with cloud patterns, a fox fur edge, a white jade jewelry, and then put on a cloak.

At the beginning of the year, Hongpan got the garden given by the fourth master, compared to the Old Summer Palace, it is naturally not enough to see, much smaller, but the scenery inside is excellent, this was originally built when Kangxi was alive, it is also exquisite, and it is very close to the Old Summer Palace.

The two got into the carriage, but it was only a short distance.

When she arrived at the place, the fourth master got out of the car first, and did not need to be served by the slaves and maids, so he personally took Li Yan's hand and helped her down.

Everyone arrived, even Concubine Xi and Concubine Qi, who had set off from the palace.

The crowd fell to their knees and said goodbye.

"Get up, it's cold, and it's talking." The fourth master took Li Yan's hand and went inside.

In Wanchun Garden, there is a big pavilion facing the water on all sides, called Changyin Pavilion, which is exquisite and beautiful.

From then on, a banquet was held. The first to arrive were all princes, and Fujin did not arrive.

The fourth master and Li Yan sat at the top, Concubine Xi left and Concubine Qi on the right, and then the princes.

"Early this morning, Qingfeng Si sent several baskets of crabs, all of them are fat and big, and the ministers look very good, and the emperor Ama and the emperor will eat a few more after a while." Hongpan got up and said.

"You're not in good health these days, and the crabs are cold, so eat less." The fourth master said.

Hongpan pouted and said, "Why can't I eat it." ”

The brothers all talked funny, and Hongpan also went to move a pot of Yanxia chrysanthemum to Li Yan to see, he remembered that when he was a child, Eniang liked to see Yanxia chrysanthemum very much.

"This chrysanthemum is still from the Old Summer Palace, but the sixth brother brought it to the emperor to show it, borrowing flowers to offer the Buddha is just that, this is borrowing the flower of the emperor and showing it to the emperor. Page Bozhe laughed.

"The flowers all grow about the same, if you don't say it, I don't know, it's still your Wanchun Garden that grows by itself." Li Yan also smiled.

"There are other chrysanthemums in the garden, so if you like them, you can move them." The fourth master said.

"Erchen just moved a few pots to suit the occasion, and more of them are cows chewing peonies." Hongpan said with a smile.

"Hongpan, it's not just crabs today, right? I don't love crabs. Hongxu tried hard to hook Hongpan's shoulder.

Hongpan glanced at him: "I know, yours are indispensable." ”

After a while, the slaves and maids were served with vegetables, all kinds of pots, but the crabs were served in cage drawers, all of them were fat river crabs, one was the size of half a plate, with a small ** flower, but quite meaningful.

Li Yan couldn't help but think of Baoyu's crab poem, thinking that if there was only the fourth master, she would definitely say it, but the children were there, so forget it.

Qi Guifei secretly looked at the queen mother as if she was in a good mood, and smiled, she actually didn't want to come today, the seventh elder brother wanted to invite the emperor and queen to eat crabs, why did she come to join in this fun, in case the long live lord and the queen didn't like it, wouldn't it be bad?

When the crabs were served, there were eunuchs who came forward to serve, first the fourth master, and the eunuch chose the fattest one for him. Peel it and put it in a white porcelain plate, so big crab roe crab paste.

"Here you go, are you hungry?" The fourth master put the plate in front of Li Yan and said with a smile.

Li Yan is embarrassed, this is not just you and me.

"Concubine Xie Long Live Lord, the concubine is welcome." They were all acquaintances, and she didn't even bother to get up.

"This year's crabs are extra fat. Li Yan said with a smile after eating.

"The concubine remembers that the queen mother has always liked to eat crabs, and she still likes it after many years." Concubine Xi said with a smile.

"But isn't it, Hongpan has a heart, but it makes me naked." Li Yan also smiled.

"Huang Eniang tastes this autumn bamboo shoot beef pot, it's not bad." Hongpan recommended with a smile.

"Hongxu loves beef, and you had a fight over beef meatballs when you were young."

Hongxu and Hongpan scratched their heads embarrassedly: "Eniang, when did this happen." ”

Li Yan glanced at Hongpan: "I don't know, but Eniang knows that the children are older and are going to marry Fujin." ”

"E-niang, you can taste this beef." Don't say it again, there are so many people, your son and I still want to save face.

"Okay, I'll try it." As soon as Li Yan's words fell, a eunuch put a bowl in front of her. Li Yan first tasted some soup with a spoon, the taste was light, but not bland. The aroma of bamboo shoots is mixed with the aroma of beef, and it is very delicious.

Then I sandwiched a piece of bamboo shoots, which was really delicious, and the aroma of the meat had almost penetrated into the bamboo shoots.

"Excellent, which cook made it, reward him." Li Yan said with a smile.

"If you are greedy, you won't eat badly." The fourth master smiled and sandwiched a piece of sweet and sour osmanthus fish for her.

"Why not? Leeks are not delicious, and I don't eat them any way. Li Yan said with a smile.

Concubine Xi lowered her head, listening to the homely words of the emperor and the queen's mother, and couldn't stop feeling sour in her heart. Look at the queen, she didn't dare to talk to the fourth master like this, not to mention the issue of identity, that is, when the queen was still Gege in the mansion, she told the fourth master like this.

Look at the children again, it's not the same, Hongday, I don't dare to talk to the fourth master like this, Hongqing doesn't dare, as for Hongshi, I don't dare to, I don't have this confidence, I don't have this confidence.

"What the emperor likes must be delicious, and the ministers used to sing the bamboo shoots and lotus roots that the emperor asked the cook to make, which are rare practices and are extremely delicious." Hongyang smiled.

"This dish is specially made by the chef here, especially for the emperor's mother."

Hongpan pointed to the boiling pot and said, it was beef meatballs with beef bone broth, and diced lotus root, with a lot of pepper in it.

Li Yan tasted it and smiled: "You have a heart, this is just right, you all use some." ”

"Since it's rare today, you're allowed to eat two." The fourth master gave Li Yan another crab. He thought that Li Yan's little days had passed for a few days, and it didn't matter if he was conditioning two crabs.

Li Yan is happy today, for many years, the fourth master has not allowed her to eat cold things indiscriminately because of her body, and she is so happy that there are two crabs that are so big.

The emperor and empress were happy, and everyone was naturally happy.

This meal can be called the joy of the guests and the hosts.

After the meal, ginger soup and red dates were served, and Li Yan drank a big bowl to his heart's content, so that the fourth master stopped staring at her.