Chapter 304: Family Banquet
And the Cao family, it seems that because of the final results of Lord Lu's investigation, with Lord Lu's iron face and selflessness, he mercilessly pointed out on the Golden Palace that the Cao family's case was the Cao family's first murderer, and then it was killed, so it can be regarded as a cycle of cause and effect, and the retribution is unhappy.
Although this Lu stubborn temper is not good, but his ability to do things is obvious to all, he investigated such a result, and also wrote all the beginning and end of the matter on the chapter, attached strong evidence, one by one, one by one, many old cases related to the Cao family were all placed in front of the emperor.
In the face of the bloodstained complaints of the people, so much outrage of the people, the emperor was naturally furious, not to mention the honor of the Cao family after his death, it was directly decreed, not to mention that all the glory and favor of the Cao family were deprived during his lifetime, and the Cao family was directly sent to hell for the ten major crimes such as bullying the king, disregarding human life, and embezzling military salaries.
As for the Fang family, because the Cao family was confirmed to be charged with these crimes, then Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye could not slander the important ministers of the court, so they were pardoned for innocence on the same day.
In this way, when Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye saw the sun again and returned to the Chaoyilang Mansion from the prison, the big red firecrackers hanging high in front of the door crackled in the sky.
That Fang Jingpeng and Fang Jingtai were holding a large string of firecrackers, and at this moment, watching Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye enter the house safe and sound, the smile on their faces couldn't be concealed.
At this time, although Fang Dongqiao didn't believe in this kind of mildew thing, people always hoped for a good omen, and hoped that their families would be lucky and safe, so Fang Dongqiao at this time also asked Qingluo Hibiscus for advice with a happy face, and followed the second sister early, and his mother prepared mugwort leaves contaminated with the water in front of the Buddha Hall for the eldest brother Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye, as well as the brazier.
She asked the two of them to step on the brazier first, and then gently swayed it out with the mugwort leaves dipped in the water before the Buddha, and sprinkled them all over their bodies, and then instructed the people below to take the two of them to bathe and change their clothes, put on new robes, put on new robes, put up the old robes, and let the maids below take them out to find a place to drown them.
After a busy day, the family gathered around the dinner table, this time there was no separate table for men and women, but the whole family sat at the same table.
This dinner was not made by the cook at home, but a celebratory family banquet prepared by the Yun family, Fang Xiayao and Fang Dongqiao in person for Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye.
On the dinner table, all kinds of dishes, hot dishes and desserts are all ready, cold dishes have crystal meat, grilled fish, garlic shutters, glutinous rice lotus, honey stuffed dates, mixed eight silk six dishes, hot dishes have braised fish, green onion fragrant chicken tail shrimp, Bazhen grilled crispy duck, Yangzhou lion head, back to the pot meat, fish-flavored shredded pork, sweet and sour grunt pork, spicy tofu, stir-fried vegetables, fried spring rolls and pine nut corn, in addition to dessert wine stuffed balls, lotus seed longan eight treasure soup, and a big bowl of pork knuckle rice noodles.
After the meal was served on a plate, the Yun family had already scooped a bowl of pork knuckle rice noodles for Mr. Ye, and then Fang Jingshu's was also a bowl of pork knuckle rice noodles.
The Yun family asked the two of them to finish this pork knuckle rice noodle bowl by bowl before eating. That Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye understood what the Yun family meant, and knew that this was to completely remove the mildew for them, so the two silently didn't say anything, picked up the bowl, and finished the bowl of pork knuckle rice noodles.
After seeing that Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye had finished eating pork knuckle rice noodles, the Yun clan nodded and smiled, saying that the family banquet could begin. As soon as this statement came out, it meant that everyone could move chopsticks, so as soon as he heard that he could move chopsticks, Fang Jingtai, who had been staring at the fragrant kitchen food all day, had already had green eyes at this time, and he was busy eating when he lifted the chopsticks.
Fang Dongqiao saw that the food was neat, so he instructed the two of them to take out the two jars of Tusu wine, one jar of plum blossom wine, and one jar of chrysanthemum wine that had been taken out of the space of the medicine field, all of which were moved from their own bamboo lotus courtyard, and let the eldest brother Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye drink the best wine Tu Su.
This Tu Su wine is newly brewed by Fang Dongqiao, and a lot of precious medicinal materials are added to it, which is used to strengthen the body and replenish the body.
"Come, big brother, Mr. Ye, this is Qiao'er's newly brewed good wine, you master and apprentice have to taste it well, don't waste a piece of Qiao'er's heart."
Fang Dongqiao said and smiled, and poured a glass of wine for Mr. Ye and Fang Jingshu, signaling the two of them to appreciate the good taste.
That Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye heard Fang Dongqiao say this, and naturally knew that this wine was specially prepared by Qiao Er for the two of them, so the two of them were not polite, raised their wine glasses, and after the master and apprentice clinked glasses, they raised their heads and poured it down.
Don't you say it, this Tu Su wine specially brewed by Fang Dong Qiao, the taste is naturally extraordinary, and the feeling of drinking it is naturally unusual, after the two of them entered the wine, they instantly felt warm all over their bodies, and in the cold and damp place of the prison for several days, the cold brought by the invasion seemed to be swept away in an instant.
Moreover, after drinking this special Tusu wine, the two of them felt that their spirits were much better at this time, and their eyes were clearer. In this way, the two of them didn't dare to waste a single drop, and drank Tusu wine one after another.
As for the other family members, Fang Dongqiao let them drink plum blossom wine and chrysanthemum wine.
This chrysanthemum wine is clear and clear-hearted, this plum blossom wine is fragrant and pleasant, the taste of the two wines, each has its own merits, and the plum blossom wine and chrysanthemum wine are fruit wines made by Fang Dongqiao, the taste is very good, but as long as you don't drink too much, it will not be intoxicating, so it is very suitable for women to drink.
So, at this time, at the dinner table, the wine and food, the family members were amusing and competing for food, and occasionally there were small fights staged, such a happy picture, this kind of warm feeling of sitting together and eating lively, Fang Dongqiao saw it, not to mention how happy he was in his heart.
However, at this time, when the Fang family was eating and drinking happily, someone else actually came to the door.
The people who come are not strangers, they are all familiar old people.
There are Gong Tianyu, Rong Ruochen, Rong Chaoliang's family, Su Lige's family, and the county lord Zhou Liyan, these people are here, and the Fang family has nothing to be surprised by, but there is one more prince in this group of people, His Royal Highness Zhou Hongguang, and His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, Zhou Honghan, which is a little restrictive.
Such a distinguished guest came to the door, since he came to celebrate the safe return of Fang Jingshu and Mr. Ye, the Fang family naturally welcomed it. However, because of the special status of these people, the Fang family did not dare to slack off, and naturally it was just a family banquet for the whole family to sit together, but at this time, they had to order the kitchen to quickly prepare good wine and food.
This Fang Dongqiao saw such a large group coming, and he was busy running around for the affairs of the eldest brother and Mr. Ye these days, how could the Fang family have to say something, didn't they?
Therefore, Fang Dongqiao, who felt that she had eaten about the same, first took the hibiscus and Qingluo to retire and returned to her own bamboo lotus courtyard, and then she asked the two of them to guard outside the pharmacy, and she wanted to go in and prepare some gifts for these distinguished guests, so that they could take them back.
This hibiscus Qingluo heard Fang Dongqiao's instructions, nodded cautiously, and the two of them moved a small stool and sat outside the pharmacy room, helping Fang Dongqiao to guard the outside, not letting anyone get close to half a step.
As soon as Fang Dongqiao entered the pharmacy room, he flashed directly into the medicine field space.
She swept the rows of warehouses with her mind, roughly calculated the number of various wines, fruits and vegetables, fruits, tea, and flowers and fragrances, and looked at the ones that were suitable as gifts, Fang Dongqiao took out all of them from the medicine field space, and then distributed these gifts one by one.
After preparing these gifts, Fang Dongqiao pushed open the door and asked Hibiscus Qingluo to move these things to the courtyard outside one by one, and then asked Ah Niu and Rong'an to help Hibiscus Qingluo and the two of them, and carefully moved all the generous gifts she had prepared to the courtyard of the main hall in front.
At this time, their gifts were solved, Fang Dongqiao seemed to remember what Gong Tianyu's kid told her, that His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince Zhou Honghan seemed to want to get her a pair of Gongbi zodiac fun pictures, and he seemed to want to create that set of zodiac pendants, so Fang Dongqiao simply satisfied the wishes of His Royal Highness the Five Princes this time, went back to her room, took out the four treasures of the study, and began to draw an interesting picture of the zodiac pendants for him.
About a quarter of the time of the pillar of incense, Fang Dongqiao drew this interesting picture of the pendant of the zodiac.
Her current zodiac pendant interesting picture is naturally different from the zodiac pendant she gave to her fourth brother Fang Jingtai as a birthday gift, although the image of the zodiac is the same, but the posture is different, the decoration is also different, in addition, this painting is much more detailed than Fang Dongqiao painted in the Treasure Pavilion, and it is much more elaborate, she has colored the paintings, not a simple brushwork with a black and white background.
Therefore, if such a painting was given to the fifth prince Zhou Honghan, Fang Dongqiao felt that it could also be given away, so it would not be too simple, so thinking so, she asked Qingluo to find her a suitable gift box, put the painting in it properly, and then closed the box, and took the hibiscus Qingluo and the two of them to the main hall together.
Sure enough, as she expected, the wine banquet in front of her was almost dispersed at this time, and after they were full of wine and food, they were all chatting in twos and threes, so at this time, Fang Dongqiao went to find her mother Yun and told Yun her plan.
Yun was a little surprised when she saw Fang Dongqiao leave the table halfway before, but now when she saw Fang Dongqiao talking about gifts, she understood, it turned out that this little girl was so thoughtful, she actually went to prepare gifts for the distinguished guests.