Chapter 281: Mung Bean Cake
At the intersection of spring and summer, the rain is always endless and tiresome.
The subordinates in the palace are also cowardly, and they have to be in charge of the mothers to raise their spirits to do things.
The weather is so tidal, the palace maids are a little lazy, so that the palace wall has a large area of green mold, and now they are being punished by the grandmothers to kneel in the rain.
Song Tian lifted the sedan curtain and took a look, and saw the two low-level palace maids kneeling in the rain shivering, and said, "It's really pitiful." ”
She just came out of the Wende Palace, since the first day of the wedding, the emperor has summoned her for ten days, stayed in the Funing Hall for the next time, and then accompanied the emperor to the Wende Palace, and waited for him to have lunch together, and then returned to his Kunning Palace, and went to the Funing Hall to eat with Shen Ze for dinner.
Song Tian's heart was soaking in this honey water, and it was inevitable that it would swell a little, and she could be regarded as careful, but Shen Ze gave too much, too much eye-catching, Song Tian just hugged it carefully, and still sprinkled a little bit of it.
She and Shen Ze are always glued together, and naturally they don't have time to get close to the concubines in the harem, even if they meet the queen, they hurriedly squeeze out time in the afternoon.
Zhao Huang is okay, his attitude towards Song Tian is as usual, he doesn't know that the identity of the queen is pressing, so he doesn't express jealousy, or he really doesn't feel jealous.
However, Cui Meiren, who was present at the same time, sneered a few words, only saying that Song Tian was tyrannical and refused to let go, and Zhao Huang also blocked a few words for Song Zhi.
Cui Mei left angrily, Zhao Huang watched her skirt fluttering, smiled helplessly at Song Tian, and said, "The two Cui family girls have different temperaments. Cui Concubine has a good appearance, and her temperament is calm and generous, no better than this, she always doesn't know the truth that trouble comes from her mouth. ”
Zhao Huang and Song Tian are somewhat affectionate, and Zhao Huang has a peaceful attitude, so Song Tian is willing to bow her head and give her the honor of the queen, she smiled lightly and said, "Oh? In general, safflower also needs green leaves to lining, and the float of one sets off the charm of the other. ”
When Song Tian came out of Zhao Huang's Cifu Palace, he felt that he was in a good mood, and when he returned to his Kunning Palace, he used a bowl of stewed glutinous white fungus soup, and still went to Shen Ze when he waited for dinner.
But at that hour, I heard a report that the emperor had announced Cui Concubine.
Song Tian was holding a small brush to dust the flower bottle, and said lightly to the old eunuch who was talking: "Got it." ”
This old eunuch is also a person who has served two palace concubines, and seeing that the concubine who has just entered the palace is still so indifferent when she gets this news, she also looks at her more, and retreats after receiving the reward.
As soon as the door closed, Song Tian threw the small brush and looked annoyed.
Xia Zhi hurriedly comforted: "Niangniang, this is a matter of time. ”
How did Song Tian not know that this was a matter of time sooner or later! It's just that......
She still sighed and said, "That's it." Tomorrow, please invite my sister into the palace to talk to me. The emperor of the province always felt that our sisters had a disagreement, and they asked several times. ”
Xia Zhi was blessed, and said to Song Tian: "Yes, Niangniang." I will immediately send a message out and invite the princess into the palace. ”
Song Tian nodded, his red lips were slightly nudden, and he blew out a candle.
On the second day, when Song Zhi saw someone coming from the palace, he was about to go out to have tea with the tenth princess, and when he heard that Song Tian wanted to see him, he also wanted to agree, but he agreed to the tenth princess first, and it was not good to break the appointment, so he said that he could go again tomorrow.
The person who delivered the message was a eunuch who was assigned to the Kunning Palace, called Wu Gonggong, and he was a little old when he entered the palace, and Song Tian was definitely not the first master he served.
He quickly raised his eyes and glanced at Song Zhi, and said in his heart, "How similar are these two sisters, if they are the same age, they may not know which one entered the palace." ’
With a perfunctory smile on his face, Wu Gonggong bowed down and said, "Yes, the old slave will go back first." ”
Song Zhi didn't care too much, and when he saw that Si Hua had led the barbarian over, the mother and daughter went out together.
The carriage of the Wu Gonggong left one step earlier than Song Zhi, Song Zhi watched the carriage go away, and was stunned for some reason, until the meteor urged softly, and then boarded his own carriage.
Spring is passing, and summer is hot and dry.
The mung beans are soaked in water overnight, boiled slightly, the outer skin is removed one by one, the inner kernels are cooked and mashed, kneaded with gauze, mixed with ground sugar powder and mint juice, put into the mold, press out the lines of willow branches, and then steam them in the pot, and sandwich them into the crystal saucer one by one.
Lychee wine is a treasure from the south of the tribute, this year the palace got twenty jars, this wine is the queen mother's love, half of it was given to her. In addition to the queen of the harem concubines, only Song Tian won two altars. She was a little proud, and took the wine out to give Song Zhi a taste.
"What? Not coming? Song Tian was ordering the dim sum he had prepared in the kitchen, all of which were what Song Zhi and Man'er liked to eat, and when he heard Wu Gonggong say that Song Zhi was not coming, a little displeasure rose in his heart.
"Yes, I said that I had made an appointment with the tenth princess earlier, but I didn't miss the appointment, so I said that I would come back tomorrow." Wu Gonggong seemed to bow his head and frown, but in fact, he paid attention to the subtle look on Song Tian's face.
Song Tian turned around, pinched a piece of sesame crispy shell and ate it, and said after eating: "That's my sister's luck, I want to drink tea with the Queen Mother tomorrow, probably because I don't have time to see my sister, let's talk about it next time." ”
Wu Gonggong looked at Song Tian's slender back respectfully, dressed in a silver plain Mo Mei Tu, which looked particularly cool in the summer, and Wu Gonggong said respectfully: "Yes, Guifei Niangniang." ”
As soon as Yingchun saw Wu Gonggong leaving, Song Tian looked at the table full of snacks and said, "You can take it and eat it." I can't eat left or right. ”
Yingchun thanked him and said to Song Tian: "Niangniang, it's not good to be a slave, you should go to invite the princess one day earlier." ”
"What does it matter if it's a day earlier or a day later, if my sister wants to come, she will always come." The relationship between Song Tian and the Ten Princesses is not enough, and he also knows that Song Zhi and the Ten Princesses have a close relationship, but they always think that they are no more intimate than the sisters of the same mother.
"Maybe it's true?" Yingchun also got along with Song Zhi a little in Fuzhong when she was a child, and felt that Song Zhi was not such a person, so she couldn't help but say a few more words for her.
Song Tian twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while, and said, "That's it." You go and tell Grandpa Wu, I will wait for my sister to come to the palace tomorrow to talk. ”
"What about the Queen Mother?" Yingchun reminded me.
"The queen mother only ordered the queen around her, and I was invited by the queen. By the way, you just have to go and talk to the queen. Song Tian took a piece of mung bean cake to eat, wrapped it in a handkerchief after eating half of it, and said, "It doesn't seem to be as delicious as the mung bean cake sent by my sister last year." ”
Yingchun said: "The small kitchen said, it is all made according to the recipe you gave, it may be that the craftsmanship of the person who makes it is different, and there are still some differences." ”
Song Tian likes the mung bean cake in Song Zhi's small kitchen, in previous years, in the summer, Song Zhi would send a copy to Song Tian every three or five days, and it was inconvenient to send things after entering the palace, so he asked Song Zhi for a recipe before entering the palace, but the taste was always bad after several operations.
"Wouldn't it be better for you to let the princess pick someone from the small kitchen and send him to the palace?" Xia Zhi thought he had a good idea.
Song Tian was bored and pressed the lentil bean cake with a small spoon, and when he heard it, he said: "It's not that I haven't asked for it before, and my sister hasn't refused." ”
Most of the maidservants in Song Zhi's small kitchen are born to the family, and the family has taken root in the palace, and it is because of this that these people are in charge of the diet. Although Song Tian is not an outsider, he can rashly give his family and children to others, Song Zhi always feels a little awkward, so he refuses.
Song Tian didn't think much about it at the time, but now that Xia Zhi mentioned this matter again, he felt a little more embarrassed for some reason.
"At that time, you and the princess were sisters, she was older and you were younger, but now it is different, in addition to being sisters, there is also a layer of monarchy and minister relationship between you. You are a concubine, she is nothing but a princess. Xia Zhi's pair of fine eyes were slightly squinted, and the words that came out of his mouth were not so good, but they were inexplicably in his ears.
"It's not good." Yingchun hesitated.
Song Tian glanced at her and didn't speak. Xia Zhi peeked at her face, ignored Yingchun, and said, "Whose slave are you!" I don't know who I'm doing on an errand for! ”
"Alright." Song Tian waited for Xia Zhi to finish speaking, and then he spoke slowly, "You two are my confidants, don't quarrel." ”
Yingchun's tongue has always been as clever as Xia Zhi, and every time there is a slight dispute, she always loses first, and this time it is the same.
Although both of them are the palace maids in front of Song Tian, there are always times when they secretly compete, in the past, Song Tian was more partial to welcome the Spring Festival, and most of the time they went out with her, but recently the number of times the two served by Song Tian's side has gradually equalized.
Yingchun doesn't know if he did something wrong unintentionally, or if Song Tian changed a little?
On the second day, Song Zhi naturally came, bringing Lan Yue and Meteor, but not Man'er and Chu Ji.
Song Tian glanced at Lan Yue and asked with a smile, "Why didn't you bring the child here, I also gave it a special order." But the eunuch was lazy and didn't pass on good words? ”
"No, the barbarian went to his grandfather's house to learn painting. Chu Ji has been playing with Ru'er and Bao'er for the past few days. The boy is older and doesn't like to follow me anymore. Song Zhi took a sip of lychee wine, with a faint expression on his face, as if he was used to drinking it.
Song Tian was waiting for Song Zhi to praise her, but seeing her calm face, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister, how does this lychee wine taste?" ”
"Not bad." Song Zhi said lightly, Song Tian, who was blocked, didn't know how to tell Shen Ze's love and attention to her.
"Where's the water chestnut girl, you've been seeing this girl lately?" Song Tian knew that water chestnut was a kung fu person, and guessed that Lan Yue was also a kung fu person, thinking that Song Zhi would also bring guards to his palace, and he felt that there was a barrier between the two.
"Water chestnut with the children." Song Zhi didn't know Song Tian's thoughts, he just told the truth.
Song Tian pursed his lips and smiled, "Sister is really meticulous. Try the mung bean cake in my palace, but I made it according to your recipe. ”