The queen mother's return to the palace is considered to have brought good news to the imprisoned concubines, and it also brought reassurance, although the palace was in chaos, and even some palace maids and eunuchs fled with their property, but they were all ordered by the queen mother to be arrested.

Since a palace change on that day, the queen mother has assumed the responsibilities of the emperor in the palace, with the prince assisting, the queen supervising, and the ministers doing their part, which can be regarded as being carried out in an orderly manner.

"Today is the third day of the mourning family's return, the mourning family was not there a few days ago, and the palace became a mess.

As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, a few guards over there came in carrying a large iron stove, and the iron stove was placed on the ground staggeringly, with all fours facing down, and most of the originally wide field was occupied.

"I thought this queen mother was going to set up a stage and sing! Who knows what such a big guy is going to do? The Queen Mother is really strange. ”

A concubine of a slightly lower status who was full of food and drink spoke quietly, she touched her slender waist and thought that she had lost so much weight by the prince in the past half a month, and now she had to eat it raw and raise all the meat back.

"Jixiang, you go to see for the mourning family, are all these people here?" The Queen Mother smiled and beckoned, and the aunt beside her immediately left.

After a while, the aunt, who was called auspicious, came back and said, "If you go back to your mother, all the guests on the list have arrived, and the banquet can begin." ”

"Let's get started! Don't keep everyone waiting. The Queen Mother waved her hand kindly.

"The banquet begins! "A little father-in-law shouted at a high level, and his voice could be heard by the whole hall.

With that shout, there was a guard slowly closing the door of the main hall, as the door closed, the hall instantly darkened, everyone looked up, only to see a cow with a red bell being driven out of the back of the main hall.

"Cow, it's cow, right?" Everyone became lively for a while, asking each other questions and being curious.

The list of the queen mother's banquet this time includes ministers, family members, and even young ladies and wives, and the first sons, all of which are clearly and clearly.

Not to mention these half-grown children, even the housekeepers' wives and ladies have never seen this real cow, let alone call it a cow, they are glamorous all day long, and they are used to eating and drinking, and they don't know where the fragrant beef they eat comes from.

Looking along the corner of the main hall, the guard who drove the ox put the ox into the big iron skull of Fang Cai, where was an iron furnace, it was clearly a large ox tool, like a human mask, with a nose and eyes, and a huge iron ring hanging from the nostrils.

After the cow was loaded, only to hear whether the cow made a 'Mou' sound inside, everything else was as usual, the door in the hall was gently opened, the light sprinkled in, the sun was about to set, the afterglow shone straight to the cyan cow, the queen mother turned the Bodhi Buddha beads in her hand, and recited a few Buddhist words silently in her heart.

All kinds of delicacies were served to the table, and everyone had the same dishes in front of them, the same rare fruits, tea and snacks, and the exquisite dishes sent by the beautiful maids who came in.

Although it is not allowed to eat more when entering the palace to participate in the banquet, the food in the palace feast is a rare delicacy among the people, and how can people who are hungry for a while endure it.

The last touch of the remnant sun did not enter the ground, the sky gradually darkened, the queen mother said that the wind outside the house was strong, and the palace people closed the palace door again, even if the door was closed, the palace knew that it was very wide, and it was not boring at all.

At the beginning of the lanterns, everyone felt that the hall was extraordinarily bright tonight, and the Queen Mother ordered people to light hundreds of more lanterns, which were illuminated like day for a while, and the Queen Mother took in the joy of everyone.

"Light the fire for the mourning family, the mourning family wants to invite all the ministers and concubines to taste this delicacy today." As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, everyone looked curiously at the guards who were walking towards the big iron furnace with torches.

The guard did not hesitate, reached out and pulled an iron ring on the nose of the ox, the iron furnace carrying the huge cow body slowly moved up, slowly rising, a pile of firewood appeared below, the guard lit the firewood with the torch in his hand, and then left.

"Huh? What's to be done? Concubine Xian's words asked what everyone was thinking, and then everyone felt that something seemed to be wrong with the atmosphere.

"Let's look at this cow, as the surface of the bronze heats up, this cow will be evenly cooked, it will only take about an hour, and everyone will be able to eat the whole cow later."

The Queen Mother saw the panic in everyone's eyes at this moment, opened her mouth to explain, and smiled while covering her mouth with a handkerchief, she looked like she was shy, but the Queen Mother, who was nearly fifty years old, made such a move, and they all felt uncomfortable that something was about to gush out of their stomachs.

"The mourning family has investigated, and all the people present are very fond of meat, but don't excuse yourself by saying that you don't like to eat meat, that doesn't give the mourning family face."

The Queen Mother continued to speak, and everyone was confused, what did the Queen Mother want to do, could it be that this cow that didn't even have a hair back was roasted and let them eat? That's disgusting.

While the Queen Mother was talking to everyone, the cows in the furnace seemed to feel the scorching breath, and the heat was uncomfortably tight, making an uneasy sound inside.

As time progressed, you could vaguely feel that the cow was hitting the iron furnace, probably because the temperature of the iron furnace was too high, the cow's fur was sticky, and the sound of the cow tearing the fur sounded in the hall, and the sound of stabbing and stabbing sounded, and there was silence in the hall.

The Queen Mother raised her glass to rejoice with the people, this is a special wine served tonight, the purple-red liquid swayed slightly in the white shiny wine glass, the tip of the pen was a strong smell of burning, and after a while the smell of strong oil sounded, and the sound of the cow was only lingering.

Everyone could no longer drink the wine cup in their hands, and it was not a hot potato, and it burned into their hearts like a hot potato.

The smell of the hall from the beginning of the burnt smell to now there is a slight smell of barbecue to come, the oil drips on the firewood one by one, the more the oil drips, the more the fire burns, the louder the sizzle, the quieter the crowd.

At this moment, the Queen Mother is like some cannibalistic ghost, sitting upright on a high position, her originally gentle and kind smile has become a little terrifying, the thin wrinkles on her forehead are also like snakes that meander and twist, and the auspicious and little eunuchs standing next to her are more like gloomy door gods from the underworld, all of this is so terrible, it is estimated that they will never be able to eat meat again in this life.

"Alright, it's done, go and sprinkle the spices and cut it up for the ministers to taste." The Queen Mother smiled and looked forward to it, but what she said was that she didn't eat it and distributed it to the ministers.

The guards prepared their knives, the bronze stove was removed, the young ladies and the ladies closed their eyes in fright, and the young sons looked around, only to see that the cow had shrunk and was still intact, but the skin and flesh were charred and stuck in one place, which was very cruel and disgusting.

Soon, the meat was distributed by Lisuo, and the queen mother asked that it must be distributed to the guests, and none of them could be neglected, these are rare literati and military generals in the court, and the harem ladies are also suffering, and they are more common.

I don't know who vomited when eating, this vomit doesn't matter, many people who can't bear it all vomited, they listened to the sound of the roast cow and endured, and now let them taste the meat themselves, and they went to the temple first and ate so many things, this time it can be regarded as all vomited.

Some people dare to vomit, some people dare to put chopsticks and not eat, the Queen Mother looked at the silent protest of everyone, she was very unhappy, stood up and smashed the wine glass to the ground.

"What? Don't you even want a little face now? is fighting like that on the royal steps, imprisoning concubines, and the entire courtiers are not subordinate to the king, but now they are directly breaking the jar and breaking it? Are the people of my Celestial Empire now unable to endure a little hardship like you? ”

In the face of the Queen Mother's reprimand, everyone knelt down one after another, begging for mercy, and confessing their guilt.

"If the mourning family comes back a few days late, you will be reversed!"

"Why don't you dare? You all want to destroy my Jimo country in one fell swoop, you want to give my Jimo country to others, you want to tear my old bones apart alive! ”

The queen mother smashed down from her head one by one, they were all going to be knocked unconscious, where did she think about it like that, didn't she send herself to a dead end!

If this person has the reputation of rebellion, then there must be no good fruit to eat, now Jimo is still the powerful Jimo, the treasury is not empty at all, the soldiers are strong and strong, isn't this Chu State and Feng State attacked for a few days without any urgent news? These people are all human spirits, and who doesn't know how strong their country is.

"Since the ministers have the mentality of atonement, it is the best, since the emperor disappeared, this palace is a lot deserted, the mourning family is old, and I like the children to surround me, since the ministers feel that this palace is very safe in their hearts, then leave all the sons and ladies to accompany the mourning family for a while!"

The Queen Mother finally said the ultimate goal, what kind of iron stove to cook cattle, but also to solve the cattle! She didn't have the heart to talk nonsense with them, she was just old, and the old people always liked some young faces, and these children were very good.

"Huh? The Queen Mother atoned for her sins, this must not be! ”

The ministers knelt down in fear and begged for mercy, the women were already in tears, tonight the invitation was all their own hopes, how could the young masters and young ladies who hurt to the bone stay in this palace that eats people without blinking, it is absolutely impossible!

"Why not? Could it be that the ministers are afraid that the mourning family has mistreated these children? "The Queen Mother has made up her mind, and she took the list to let the young ladies and sons be selected to stay in the palace, and personally chose a place to live for them, in short, she told the ministers that she would not treat these children harshly.