Chapter 344: Preparing for the Feast
Shao Liang's incident passed, and no one mentioned it in the door, and the maids didn't dare to say a word about it. Vertex X23US
It's done silently.
But these days, Zhu Jiu has no time to spare, and Mother Sang brought the list of guests in each room this year.
There are also gifts to be used for this year's spring banquet, and food to be prepared.
Everything is done well, and it is nothing more than to show it to Zhu Jiu. It was the first time she had been in charge of these things, and she wanted to see what to expect, and then she would know what to prepare later.
"This year is the first year that the young lady has been in charge, and the people who invite these gifts are all set. The young lady also has to walk around with the doors of communication this year, and our long courtyard has a lot of movement. Mother Sang said this in front of Zhu Jiu, and these things were sent over for Zhu Jiu to write down.
Again, since this year's spring banquet in the Shao family, Zhu Jiu has shown up, and she will be able to walk around the various portals this year.
In previous years, Mrs. Shao was rarely free, not only to manage the door, but also to move around the portals.
Hearing this, Zhu Jiu said to Sang's mother: "I don't know about these portals, and I still bother Sang's mother to introduce them one by one." ”
"Young lady, don't worry, the old slave will definitely tell you about these portals."
The Shaojiamen is dominated by the long courtyard and the long house, and the doors to and from are all dignitaries, most of whom are relatives of the emperor.
Zhu Jiu is in charge this year, and Mrs. Shao just wants to take a look, she may be around.
In a portal door, the most important thing for the women to move around is that the person in charge can behave and speak, and all aspects are indispensable.
Mother Sang didn't mention anything else, but she mentioned Princess Ling and Princess Xian.
Although the virtuous king is a virtuous king, in the capital, everyone is also happy, and this virtuous king is like an idle king.
After dividing the fief, the fief was only a palm-sized place, and King Xian did not do anything in the court on weekdays, let alone have real power.
King Xian is the same as Lord Ling, not the same as today's son and mother.
But Prince Ling had a Zhu family before, and this concubine is still alive.
King Xian's mother passed away early, and the princess married by King Xian is the daughter of today's Taifu, and she is a talented woman.
In comparison, Princess Ling is different.
"Princess Ling's favorite dance and writing on weekdays is ink, but Princess Xian loves to be gentle. The two met in the capital before they left the boudoir. Sang's mother mentioned the two like this because a few years ago, the two formed a bond because of the talent competition.
After that, if it weren't for the palace banquet and other invitations, these two princesses would inevitably only go to one.
is the only one in the Shao family who has such a face, and can invite both of them to the door.
It stands to reason that Princess Ling should not be invited, and she is not as close as Princess Xian in the Shao family.
But this year, Zhu Jiu entered the door, she was born in the Zhu family, and Princess Ling must be invited to the door.
This year, Princess Ling was able to come to the door, presumably because she knew that the Shao family had entered the Zhu family, and she was more or less looking at the face of the Zhu family.
In the past half a day, Zhu Jiuguang has listened to Sang's mother mention these individuals and things, and he has been a little tired to listen.
After noon, it was time to rest, and there was still half a month left for the banquet.
The first few days were to sort out the people who came and went in these portals, and the next few days were to look at the objects to be prepared one by one.
From preparing gifts to eating, not only must you remember the names at a glance, but also what foods you have tasted and what you have to say.
It can be seen that it is not so easy to manage things in the door.
"Sugar crispy fruit, Bazhen cake This is" Zhu Jiu looked at the table full of pastries, eating and eating.
There are so many pastries, there are hundreds of pastries alone.
I ate it every day, and I had to keep a record of it.
In addition, there are also dishes.
Which famous dishes come from where, what the ingredients are, and what the statement is all to remember.
Zhu Jiu's memory was not bad before, it was easy to write down the invitations, but it was not easy to write down these foods.
"Young lady, this is apricot blossom cake." Aunt Jin reminded from the side.
Zhu Jiu pursed his lips, "It was originally an apricot blossom cake, but it tasted average." ”
After thinking about it, "That's it, Aunt Jin, you go and get the pen and ink, and if you don't need to put on a pastry, you don't need to put it on." The people who come and go here like to eat and even stay, and the famous pastries in the Shao family also stay. ”
"The rest, the indiscriminate pastries, are all removed." It's not good to eat, and no one likes to eat it, so naturally you don't need it.
"By the way, the same goes for the dishes."
"Yes." Aunt Jin said that, and hurriedly went to get the pen and ink.
Zhu Jiu thought about staying at this time, and leaving what should not be left.
After two days, the drawn up list was sent to the kitchen and the gift room by Aunt Jin.
This year is also different from previous years, the business is not the same as the official, and the Shao family has always been in the name of frugality, which is both how to reduce it and common sense.
The gift list was never sent to the main courtyard for inspection, and Zhu Jiu thought about it, since she was in charge, she would be in charge of the matter.
When the spring banquet arrived, the people in the long courtyard were busy.
However, the housewives of the second and third rooms are also idle, and they set up banquets every year, and they are patronizing to entertain guests, and they don't have to worry about anything else.
Early in the morning, Zhu Jiu led people to the door to greet them.
There are two princesses who came to the door today, and she is in charge of the banquet, and she is going to go.
The others stayed in the courtyard gate to greet people.
It was also a coincidence, Princess Ling and Princess Xian's carriages came from the left and right, but they stopped at the door one after the other.
The two princesses were helped out of the carriage by their grandmothers.
The two looked at each other, and it stands to reason that Princess Ling still has to call Princess Xian a sister-in-law, and now she looked at it, and she just nodded.
Princess Xian opened her mouth and said: "You are the royal family, and etiquette is the first." When my younger brothers and sisters saw this princess, how could they be so hasty. ”
Princess Xian is a person who values etiquette, whether in the house or outside, this etiquette is notoriously good.
"My brother and sister-in-law have seen my sister-in-law." When Princess Ling heard this, she turned her head to look at it and saluted slightly.
Seeing that Princess Ling was so impatient, Princess Xian was about to say something, and Zhu Jiu spoke at the right time, "Shao Zhu's greetings to Princess Xian, Princess Ling." Presumably, the two princesses were tired on the way, so they went first and sat down to chat. ”
"You are the heir of the Zhu family, and this princess heard Qing'er mention you before." Princess Xian is over forty years old, she is a generous and decent person, and she is also a little curious when she looks at Zhu Jiu.
She hadn't seen Zhu Jiu before, and the reason why she heard it mentioned was because of the daughter of the Liu family in Jinzhou.
The daughter of the Liu family said that she became the princess of the Xianwang Mansion.
This Liu family is Zhu Jiu's father-in-law, and Mrs. Liu of the Liu family is still from the Shao family.
Speaking of which, this portal is all in contact, and it is very intimate.
Zhu Jiu was a little stunned when he heard this, and it took a while to react, "Back to the princess's words, when the Zhu family was in the door before, he had a one-sided relationship with the princess. ”
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