Chapter Seventy-Seven: Shangyuan
The banquet is still the same, similar to what Chen Zhiyi imagined, watching dance and listening to music. It's just that this New Year's banquet will definitely be more lively, and more people will come!
The venue of the banquet was still divided into men and women, and Chen Zhiyan had been following behind Xie all the time, for fear that something would happen this time.
The banquet she attended when she returned to Beijing this time can be counted with a slap, and the banquet she went to, she asked which time there was no accident?
Fu Siyi's banquet, Princess Pingle provoked trouble; On Queen Xia's birthday, something happened to the Fu family.
It's just horrible.
But after thinking about it carefully, Chen Zhiyi felt that there were two hands in the capital that were secretly controlling all this.
Fortunately, there was no accident at this New Year's banquet - perhaps because Concubine Yu Guifei was sick and still hasn't gotten out of bed, in short, this banquet passed so plainly and peacefully.
After the first day of the new year, of course, I had to go to this house to give gifts, but fortunately, Xie let go of Chen Zhiyi this time and didn't ask her to follow him every day.
On the morning of the fourth day of junior high school, Chen Zhiyi went back to the house for breakfast after practicing the sword.
Originally, there were peanuts in the kitchen, but the next person knew that Chen Zhiyi didn't like peanut filling, so he only gave her sesame filling.
Chen Zhiyi ate quickly, one bite at a time, and finished it after a while, there were two eggs in it, and she didn't eat it after taking a bite.
It's so full......
Chen Zhiyu wiped his mouth, and Murong Jin just came in: "Zhiyu finished eating?" ”
"Hmm."
"Uncle Zhang is here, and the master asked me to call you." Murong Jin said.
Chen Zhiyi had heard that Zhang Dongwei was coming, wait, wait, wait, the fourth year of junior high school, he finally came, Chen Zhiyi grinned: "Then let's go quickly!" Let me guess if Uncle Zhang has brought me a souvenir......" she said as she stepped out the door and ran towards the hall in high spirits.
Murong Jin shook his head helplessly, thinking that there were still eleven days before the fifteenth, and he felt that time was really slow, and after calculating the time, he followed.
Zhang Dongwei brought Lianchuan's fried potatoes to Chen Zhiyi, the potatoes were cut into small pieces, boiled in water first, and then fried after boiling, golden and golden, mixed with condiments, it has a unique flavor.
Chen Zhiyi knew that fried potatoes were made in this way, and she had tried this method before, but it tasted strange and greasy to eat, and she hadn't made it herself since.
Chen Zhiyan asked while eating fried potatoes: "Uncle Zhang is here this time, when will he go back?" ”
The freshly fried potatoes are the most delicious, and after a few days of fried potatoes brought by Zhang Dongwei, the taste has changed a little, but Chen Zhiyi is still energetic to eat.
Zhang Dongwei watched her eat, and replied with a light smile: "It's still early, this time I will go back to the capital to discuss a business by the way, maybe I will go back in February." ”
When Chen Zhiyi heard this, he was happy: "That's a good feeling, Uncle Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
The last time we met was in April, and now it's New Year.
Zhang Dongwei has a small courtyard in the capital, but he wants to be lively during the New Year, so Chen Bozhong let him live in Chen's mansion.
Xie felt that Prime Minister Xie was strange and cold in the Prime Minister's Mansion alone, so he asked Xie Lenran to pick him up, and the Chen Mansion was lively all of a sudden.
But there's still one person missing.
Xie Fanghua.
"Tomorrow will be fifteen." In the palace, Xie Fanghua sat in the house reading a book, there was a carbon stove in the house, it was very warm, "I heard that Uncle Zhang also came to the capital?" ”
Qingzhi poured a cup of tea for her, the water was freshly boiled, and it was still very hot, so she put the tea on the table, feeling that it was too close to Xie Fanghua for fear of knocking over and scalding her, so she moved the tea out a little, and then nodded and said: "Yes, the Chen Mansion is lively now, but Niangniang can go back tomorrow to be lively with the old lady." ”
Xie Fanghua glanced at the misty teacup and smiled: "Yes, it's quite lively for the family to be together." What about Concubine Yu? Is she still cured? ”
It's been sick for so long, Concubine Yu still hasn't gotten better, and Xie Fanghua is almost wondering if she deliberately pretended to be sick to escape this catastrophe.
But it's good that Concubine Yu doesn't come out.
Qingzhi said: "The slave maid inquired from the maid of Yongqing Palace that the concubine's illness was not yet cured, and she couldn't even get out of bed. But...... The people we planted in it were removed, so the slave guessed that the concubine's illness might have been cured, and she pretended to be sick, perhaps just to let His Majesty know that she was wronged. ”
"She was indeed wronged." Xie Fanghua put down the book and closed it, and on the cover it was written "Yunlie Miscellaneous", which seemed to be a travelogue book, "I think, maybe it's because Concubine Yu knows about the black market, so she wants to use her illness to divert His Majesty's attention." ”
Xie Fanghua thought for a while, and then said, "But this time, Your Majesty will not indulge her again." ”
"Why?" Qingzhi was puzzled, but as soon as she finished asking, she reacted, "Your Majesty wants to deal with the Yu family?" ”
Qingzhi thought of the emperor's attitude towards Murong Jin, and remembered that the emperor rarely seemed to go to Yongqing Palace anymore, so she understood at once.
The emperor wanted to use Murong Jin to balance the Yu family.
"It's just that the status of the Yu family in the imperial court has been deeply rooted, if Your Majesty can't cut down the grass and root out the Yu family at one time, I'm afraid the Yu family will also jump off the wall in a hurry......"
Xie Fanghua stretched out his hand and touched the teacup, which was still a little hot: "The black market sells salt, and the silver mine of road fish, isn't it enough to wipe out the Yu family?" ”
These two are both major sins of the Nine Clans.
Qingzhi asked, "When does the lady plan to tell Your Majesty about these things?" ”
"In February, Concubine Yu's birthday banquet." Xie Fanghua said, "I'm afraid that Concubine Wang Shu's child is about to be born, and there are many people in the New Year, so they have to pay more attention." ”
"Don't worry, Niangniang, the slave will go to Yanfei Palace for a while."
The fifteenth day of the first month.
For the high-status concubines in the palace, this is a good day, they can go home to reunite with their families, and they still returned to Yu's house when they heard that Concubine Yu was sick.
The emperor was suspicious of the Yu family, but he couldn't find a reason, so he could only let Concubine Yu go back.
When Xie Fanghua came back this morning, she wore an orange cloud-embroidered brocade robe and a pale yellow cloak, which looked very brisk.
Because she's in a good mood.
She hadn't been back to Chen's Mansion for a long time, and everyone was happy to see her, especially Murong Jin, who didn't want to go out anymore, she just wanted to keep looking at Xie Fanghua like this.
The elders were all there, and Xie Fanghua shouted next to each other.
Prime Minister Xie looked at his granddaughter and was in a better mood: "Fanghua, how long has it been since I went home to take a look?" ”
Xie Fanghua smiled and whispered, "Grandpa, isn't Fanghua back?" As she spoke, she looked at Xie Ran and said, "Grandpa is old, don't run outside, spend more time with him, do you know?" ”
Xie Eran heard Xie Fanghua call himself, looked at Chen Zhiyi, and then scratched his head embarrassedly and looked at Xie Fanghua: "Cousin, I know." ”
Xie Fanghua asked Zhang Dongwei when he would come to the capital and when he planned to go back, and after greeting for a while, the maid asked the big family to go to the dining room for dinner.
Xie Fanghua and Murong Jin walked last, and before stepping out of the threshold, Murong Jin suddenly turned around and looked at Xie Fanghua with a smile: "Let's go see the lights at night, it must be very lively." ”
Xie Fanghua had planned to go out for a walk with him at night, so he nodded and agreed.
As soon as lunch was over, Chen Zhiyi took Xie Fanghua and rushed out of the house, but when she walked to the street, she suddenly stopped: "Sister, where are we going to play?" ”
Chen Zhiyi ran too fast, the wind blew on his face like a knife cutting, Xie Fanghua touched his somewhat dry face, shook his head and said that he didn't know where to go.
Chen Zhiyi still has the Jiangnan smoke and rain hairpin on her head, and it can be seen that she still likes it.
Xie Fanghua also brought a purple * tassel hairpin.
"Sister, why don't you take me to buy some cream to wipe my face?" Chen Zhiyi touched his face and felt pitted, "I don't know what's wrong with me lately, my face is always itchy, my face is fine, just reach out and scratch it a few times, my body is ...... I wear too much, and I don't feel it when I grab it hard. ”
Xie Fanghua looked at Chen Zhiyi's face carefully, it was really.
Chen Zhiyi doesn't like to look in the mirror, and she herself probably doesn't know how many red acne there are on her face.
Xie Fanghua has had these acne before, but that was when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and Chen Zhiyi was twenty years old, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't have any more acne, right?
"Let's go, let's go to Xinyunzhai to see the fat powder, I bought one before, it won't itch on your face, don't scratch it, you can eliminate it yourself after a while." Xie Fanghua reached out and touched Chen Zhiyi's face, feeling that this acne was different from the one she looked at, but she couldn't tell what was different, "Remember, don't scratch it, otherwise you will have a scar." ”
"Okay."
Xie Fanghua took Chen Zhiyi to Xinyunzhai to buy fat powder, tried it first, and it really didn't itch after wiping it, so Chen Zhiyi bought a few more boxes.
The streets of the capital are very lively, and there are puppets with bamboo circles, three copper plates can set ten bamboo circles, Chen Zhiyi has not played much before, so he pulled Xie Fanghua to set thirty bamboo rings - in the end, he still caught two puppets, a tiger, and a rooster.
Xie Fanghua is a chicken, Chen Zhiyi gave her the rooster puppet, and kept the tiger for himself.
After playing for a while, it was dark, Chen Zhiyan didn't think time passed fast before, but today is different, playing with his sister in the afternoon, and thinking about going to Silver Lake with Xie Enran in the evening.
There may be fish in Silver Lake, and after catching fish, you can grill fish on the boat, which is fine.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xie Eran and Fu Siyi have cruised together, and Chen Zhiyi also wants to go on a cruise with Xie Enran.
So after eating in the evening, the four of them left their parents and others and ran away.
Xie Ran was afraid that Chen Zhiyi would be cold, so he brought a cloak for her, and Murong Jin also helped Xie Fanghua put one on when he saw it.
"In the afternoon, I think it's fun to go to the bamboo circle with Zhiyu, why don't you take me to try it too?" Xie Fanghua changed into a simple orange and yellow skirt, wearing the cloak that Murong Jin gave her, and even her head was covered.
"Okay. After putting on a bamboo ring, let's go to see the lights again. Murong Jin walked side by side with her, smiling slightly.