Kou Shu didn't leave the palace for a long time, there were mandarin ducks and ripples guarding the Changle Palace, plus Song Jinyan helped cover the outside world, but nothing major happened.

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year, and the palace banquet at the end of the year will invite all the central officials to banquet together, and officials with outstanding political achievements in various states and counties will also be invited to participate. Even if it is a border general, the mansion of the head of the family who stays at the border pass will send New Year's dishes. It is the most important banquet of the year.

As the queen, Kou Shu naturally needs to handle this matter single-handedly. This matter is very important, and even the Queen Mother asked several times in succession, telling that if there is not enough manpower, Lan Ruoxuan can help from the side.

After ten days of busy work, from the list of palace banquets, to singing and dancing wine shops, and New Year's dishes, they were finalized one by one. Kou Shu didn't have a good rest for a few days, and she was so tired that she lost weight.

The palace banquet under the year was held as scheduled, early in the morning, Kou Shu changed into the queen's ceremonial big brocade vermilion dress, ripples and mandarin ducks were busy putting a very cumbersome high bun on Kou Shu's plate, and two nine-tailed soft gold glazed hairpins were placed on each side of the hairpin.

Holding the mandarin duck in one hand, Kou Shu slowly sat down, the palace concubine and the courtiers and their families had all sat down, Kou Shu looked down at everyone in the audience with a dignified and decent smile on her face.

"The Queen Mother has arrived-" A sharp voice, when everyone heard this, they all got up and knelt down and saluted the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother said with a smile: "Get up, today is the end of the year, after a hard year, everyone doesn't have to be formal." ”

Everyone nodded and agreed, the Queen Mother glanced slightly, saw Lan Ruoxuan, and smiled even more: "Seeing Lan Yatou dressed up like this today, it reminds the mourning family of themselves back then." ”

When Lan Ruoxuan heard this, two pretty red glows flew up her cheeks, and she said coquettishly: "Queen Mother, you will make fun of your sons." ”

"Hahaha-" The Queen Mother smiled heartily, but heard Su Peiyuan's voice and said, "The emperor has arrived-"

Everyone got up and saluted, Song Jinyan seemed to be in a good mood today, raised his hand in the air, and said, "Everyone is exempt from courtesy, let's start." ”

For a while, the musician plucked the guqin, and the crisp music poured out like a mountain spring, caressing everyone's ears, and then more than a dozen dancers with light veils lined up in a row, dancing with the music gently waist. The slender waist is matched with wide sleeves, and between the pitches, it sings and dances lightly, and it is extremely feminine.

After the song and dance were played, a column of eunuchs entered the hall in a neat procession, walked to the table in front of everyone, put down the tray in their hands, and presented a pot of wine to everyone one by one.

Song Jinyan raised the wine in his hand and said, this wine is called Xia Yang, the entrance is clear, the aftertaste is sweet, everyone can try it.

Seeing that everyone raised their wine glasses, a trace of coldness flashed in Song Jinyan's eyes: "This wine is produced by my Daxuan, what do you think of this wine?" ”

The Queen Mother smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, this time the wine is excellent, the mourning family only drank a small sip, and then felt that the lips and teeth were fragrant, mellow and rich, the soil of my Daxuan, the wine produced is bitter, but this wine is not the slightest bitter." That's a rarity. ”

Song Jinyan nodded, but turned around and said, "Queen Mother, this wine is produced in Yanzhou. ”

"Yanzhou?" The Queen Mother frowned: "What's so special about this place?" ”

Hearing the word Yanzhou, Kou Shu's heart trembled, she had been away from the palace for a few days, but she had not contacted Sui Yuanzhou, and she didn't know how Sui Yuanzhou was investigating in Yanzhou.

Song Jinyan replied, "The wine in Yanzhou is different from everywhere else," Song Jinyan paused and continued, "What I said is right? The prefect of the king? ”

Wang Furen is the prefect of Yanzhou, hearing Song Jinyan's words, Wang Furen has a proud look on his face, and gets up and says: "Back to the emperor, it's true." I Daxuan is mostly in the mountains, the rain is abundant, but the soil is hard, and the wheat produced has a faint bitter taste, but Yanzhou is different here, Yanzhou is surrounded by mountains, the soil under the foot of the mountain is soft, and at the same time rainy, so the wheat produced is not bitter, but slightly sweet, and the natural flavor of the wine is different from other places. ”

Song Jinyan looked at Wang Furen with a smile and said, "What the prefect said is right, but half of the sentence is wrong. ”

Wang Furen was stunned for a moment, bent down slightly, bowed his head and arched his hand: "Weichen is frightened, I don't know what is wrong, and I hope that the emperor will give you some advice." ”

Song Jinyan's face slowly sank, and there was a hint of coldness in his voice: "I taste this wine, it is not slightly sweet, but it is more bitter than the wine produced in other places in Daxuan." ”

Wang Furen's body trembled slightly, and a trace of bad premonition rose in his heart, and he only listened to Song Jinyan's voice and continued: "Just because every drop of wine in this is the blood and sweat of the people, I drink it, and I only feel that the more I drink, the more bitter it becomes, and the more I drink, the colder it becomes." ”

Wang Furen knelt down with a thud, his heart was already beating drums non-stop, and he still pretended to be calm: "The emperor said this, and the ministers were terrified. ”

"Panic?" Song Jinyan sneered, "I only feel panicked now, doesn't Aiqing think it's too late?" Do you feel terrified when you scavenge the people's fat and ointment, and when you fish and flesh the people? When you oppress the old and weak women and children, and rob the women of good families, do you feel afraid? ”

Wang Furen was horrified. Thinking of this, Wang Furen was even more desperate in his heart, only to feel feverish, and after a while, the entire official uniform was half wet, and the whole person fell to the ground and did not dare to move.

Everyone looked at each other when they saw it, originally thinking that this was just a good wine, but they didn't expect the emperor to be suspicious, there was such a source behind this wine, they all lowered their heads, and they didn't dare to look directly at the anger of the Son of Heaven.

Only the Queen Mother still raised her head, but her face was completely devoid of the kindness and warmth just now, her face was cold, and her tone was also calm: "Wang Furen, why didn't you answer what the emperor asked you?" Did you really do those pickled things? ”

Wang Furen lowered his head, thinking quickly in his heart, as if he had suddenly figured out something, his eyes were sharp, and he said with a stiff neck: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the lower officials are confused for a while, so they will be blinded by lard, and the lower officials will be guilty, and ask the emperor for forgiveness." ”

"Bold—" The Queen Mother slapped the chair support under her hand and shouted angrily: "Wang Furen, do you know what you are talking about now? ”

Song Jinyan's eyes turned cold: "You are honest, and you don't quibble when the matter comes, do you plan to bear it all by yourself?" ”

Wang Furen whispered, and his voice was even more submissive: "The emperor is clear, Weichen is indeed a little confused in office. ”