Li Lianying went down to order, and the queen mother took the play and handed it to the emperor, and the emperor was polite, "The son will listen to his father." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The Empress Dowager Cixi handed it to Concubine Li again, and Concubine Li also shook her head and humbly conceded, "That's it," the Empress Dowager smiled, "I'm not happy to order a play, but I don't know the story below, and it's a little interesting to come out suddenly, but you are humble and want me to order it first, that's it, I'll order it as soon as it comes out, and then you will take your turn to order, don't work for my master!" ”

The Queen Mother said witty words, and the rest of the people didn't dare to disagree, and after laughing for a while, she casually clicked on the play list, "Come on, this one is good." ”

The first one is "Wujia Po", the eunuch got the order, and hurriedly went down to pass the decree, "Wujia Po" is a fold in the Peking Opera "Red-Maned Horse", which is about Xue Pinggui's return after 18 years, and the story of testing whether Wang Baochuan is loyal on the Wujia Slope, but there is no fight scene, that is, Danjiao and Lao Sheng sing in duet, which is the most important way to show their skills.

"My father knows the weight as soon as he makes a move," the emperor said with a smile, "King Li, if your church meeting is successful, this one-shot father will come to try the throat of these horns." ”

"It's natural," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "If you can't sing well, you don't care about the food!" ”

As soon as the gong struck, the show began, the emperor and the others were listening to the play leisurely, and the rest of the people were not so empty, Li Lianying hurriedly went to the dining room with the housekeeper of the Liwang Mansion, which was already full of cooks brought out by the Old Summer Palace, the dining room was steaming, and the steamer or something had been burned, "This Buddha has made a decree, there are foreigners present, and the food should be exceptionally good," the eunuch in charge was already waiting next to Li Lianying, "Take the menu and take a look." ”

"Don't worry, old ancestor," the eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room took out the piece in his sleeve and handed it to Li Lianying, "We are all serving Lafayette, can't we take care of the foreign devils?" Please! ”

"What kind of feast is this?" In the inner court, there are six kinds of banquets in the convention, which serve different dishes on different occasions, and the first six kinds of banquets here are the banquet of relatives, the banquet of courtiers, the banquet of longevity, the banquet of Qiansuo, the banquet of Jiubai, and the feast banquet of six kinds, each with its own characteristics and not the same.

"Today I have prepared a festival banquet, just when it is the Dragon Boat Festival, eat the Dragon Boat Festival, eat zongzi, drink realgar wine, the best, and the seasonal dishes are also the freshest." The eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room said.

"Is there anything rare?" Since the banquet is made in accordance with the established solar terms, it will never be wrong to go there, Li Lianying was a little relieved, and asked again.

"Yes, there are good things from Heilongjiang today, rhino nose, fish bones, fish roe, lion's mane mushroom, hash toad, deer tail, leopard fetus, but there is the best bear paw arrived, in the garden has been simmered in broth for three days and three nights, just waiting for this use, this is our northeast cuisine, southern cuisine and northern cuisine add up to a total of one hundred single eight dishes, "54 southern dishes: 30 Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes, 12 Fujian dishes, 12 Guangdong dishes." 54 Northern dishes: 12 Manchu dishes, 12 Beijing dishes, 30 Shandong dishes. That adds up, and that's enough.

Li Lianying nodded, and then she was relieved, "Don't underestimate these foreigners, in case you don't serve well at that time, their food is useless, and it is not delicious for us to cook food, but it is the face of our Great Qing Kingdom, you just wait to eat the board!" ”

"Oops, Ancestor!" The eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room, who didn't care about it, was a little panicked, "What's the matter, you can't smash our signboard!" Slaves are not afraid to eat boards, but they can't lose the face of the Qing Kingdom, right? He told Li Lianying, "It's good that the old ancestor wants to save the little one!" ”

"Don't panic!" Li Lianying thought about it for a while, "Foreigners don't seem to eat offal, you take the money in it and turn it into the intestine and replace it with other dishes, in addition, foreigners like to eat bread, and the pastry master makes some bread and pastries to deal with it." ”

"And the Japanese? What about the Japanese? Prince Li's housekeeper hurriedly added.

"There are Japanese? It's easy to do, Japanese people love to eat sashimi, and this one has the best snail green, which is perfect for cutting sashimi. ”

In this way, there are 100 orders and 8 dishes of cold meat and hot dishes, 124 snacks and teas, and 232 dishes, although it is not as good as the big banquet in the palace, but here, it is also good. Li Lianying looked at the tableware again, and she used a full set of pastel Wanshou tableware, with silverware, which would definitely not be wrong.

By the time Li Lianying rushed back, the top had already changed the play, and it was replaced by a play in "Nanke Dream", this time it is Jingkun is not taboo, which one you want to watch, you can play which play, the Empress Dowager Cixi and the emperor talked from time to time, and what they said was all about the government and politics.

"The bank is almost done, and then it will be built immediately, built, and then you can issue new currency, I estimate that the new currency, with three years to straighten out the new currency, can not be rushed, can not be slow, and wait until the new currency is issued, then we will not be short of money, when the time comes, buy what you want, do what you want."

"Yes," the emperor nodded and said, "The son has already thought about it, the garden that my father wants to build, no matter how short it is, must be done quickly, and it cannot be delayed. ”

"This is your filial piety, I naturally don't stop it, it's good for you to go out for a walk occasionally, this garden is not for me to enjoy the blessings, it is to show the majesty of our China, to put it in popular terms, it is to boast of national strength, of course, it can't be delayed," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "I'm not in a hurry now, but there will be a few years in the next few years, of course I have to hurry." ”

"Japan's affairs, Li Hongzhang handled it well, the Japanese bowed their heads," the Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile, "Apologizing and paying compensation, this is really not an easy matter, you must know that the Japanese are the most hardened, and apologizing is more uncomfortable for them than killing them. The Queen Mother shook her head, "When the time comes, let them live in the garden." ”

"Yes."

Li Lianying was listening quietly, and suddenly his sleeve was gently pulled, and when he turned his head, he saw the eunuch from the internal affairs office coming up with a telegram, and he hurriedly took the telegram, "Buddha, there is an important telegram." (To be continued.) )