Chapter 393: Halloween
The eldest brother of Kapok, the second brother's family originally had no official position and could not participate in this Halloween Festival.
It was all Chu Huaijin who spoke before the emperor, praising the carpenter for his good work and novel style, which even the master carpenter in the palace would not do.
When the emperor heard this, he was excited, and Boss Xuanmu entered the palace and instructed him to make a few new styles of furniture.
This living wood boss will be great! I hit a sofa, a round table to be able to rotate, a sliding door wardrobe......
The sliding door wardrobe is convenient and saves space, and suddenly replaces the traditional wardrobe. It was very popular in the palace.
The concubines in the palace have one of these sliding door wardrobes, and any concubine who does not have a sliding door wardrobe in the palace will be ridiculed by her sisters and outdated.
In this way, the emperor was happy and rewarded Boss Mu with a lot of silver, not to mention. He was also allowed to bring his wife and children to Halloween.
This is a great honor for people who have no official status.
As for Mu Er's family also participating in this Halloween Festival, it is also thanks to Chu Huaijin's recommendation.
The palace banquet on the Wanshou Festival does not have to have a sumptuous meal, and the cooking skills of the second sister-in-law Mu are the true inheritance of kapok. The imperial chefs in the palace can't compare.
Chu Huaijin mentioned this, and the second sister-in-law of Mu cooked a must. The emperor also went to the road, and immediately Xuanmu's second sister-in-law entered the palace. The dishes on the palace banquet were handed over to the second sister-in-law Mu to be fully responsible.
Second sister-in-law Mu was stunned at the time, she never dreamed that one day she would be able to cook for the emperor and these nobles in the palace. I also want her to be the master of the dishes.
This made her excited and frightened, excited to be able to cook for the emperor, which was a great honor. It's the highest achievement of a chef.
Second sister-in-law Mu received the holy grace excitedly, and she walked out of the hall with vain steps. There are still some who can't make up their minds, and they don't know what to cook at the palace banquet.
Often when she encounters this kind of undecidable matter, she always goes to discuss with her little sister. It's like taking the little sister as the backbone.
Kapok was also happy for the second sister-in-law, and enthusiastically helped the second sister-in-law Zhang Luo, and came up with sixteen dishes in a short time. Each dish is taste-tested. Fun for all ages.
Second sister-in-law Mu also listened to her sister-in-law's suggestion and showed the agreed dishes to the emperor.
On such a grand festival as the Wanshou Festival, hundreds of military officials of the Chinese dynasty will be present to congratulate the emperor on his birthday. The dishes are naturally sloppy. It's best to make the emperor like it.
The emperor looked at the dishes of the second sister-in-law Mu, he was very satisfied, each dish was a special dish, and the palace kitchen couldn't make it. And most of them are his favorite foods.
He became more and more satisfied with the second sister-in-law Mu. Don't look at this Mu family as a farmer, there is no weakness. Everyone has something to offer, how good it is.
But Kapok is the one that combines the strengths of each family. She knows a lot, and no matter what she brings out, she is the best in each family.
As the chef of this longevity festival, the second sister-in-law of Mu was also allowed by the emperor to participate in this palace banquet.
At the palace banquet, the singing and dancing leveled down, the officials sat down, and Kapok sat in the front position next to Chu Huaijin.
Mu Li, an upstart in the court, also sat relatively far ahead.
His gaze passed through the crowd in the hall, and finally fell on Lu Feifei, and he didn't take it back for a long time.
Until Lu Feifei felt the burning gaze, looked back at the past, and looked at each other in the main hall. There is a strong love in each other's eyes.
Lu Feifei smiled at Mu Liyingying, which was a response.
Mu Li only felt that this smile bloomed in his heart. His gaze reluctantly withdrew from Lu Feifei.
It's just that this mind is still stuck on Lu Feifei's smile, and her delicate face is in her heart.
After the glamorous dancing girl danced, the next thing was for the civil and military officials to give gifts to the emperor to celebrate his birthday.
From the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother gave a string of Buddhist beads, and the material of the Buddhist beads was made of malachite. The color resembles the green on the spots of peacock feathers. Also known as royal blue jadeite.
The Buddha beads were specially opened by the Queen Mother to Huguo Temple to find a monk, and she could help prevent disasters when she carried them on her body.
When the emperor received the meaningful Buddhist beads from the Queen Mother, he was still very happy. "The queen mother has a heart, and I will wear the Buddhist beads sent by the queen mother on my body day and night."
The queen took the lead, and the concubines at the bottom blew a wave of rainbow farts, which is nothing more than saying that the Buddha beads sent by the queen mother are really good. will definitely be able to help the emperor turn evil into good fortune.
The concubine also gave a valuable birthday gift.
"I wonder what congratulatory gifts my sister has carefully prepared for the saint? My sister must be very attentive to the congratulatory gift. My sister hurriedly took it out and asked the concubines to open their eyes. The birthday gifts prepared by the concubines must be less than one-ten-thousandth of the birthday gifts of the sisters. The voice of the imperial concubine Zhou resounded above the main hall, attracting the attention of all the ministers in the hall.
The father of the imperial concubine is a scholar of the first rank of the palace in the court, and her maternal grandfather is a veteran county king. The power of the mother's family is not bad.
However, the concubines in the harem have concubines, which ones are not illustrious.
The imperial concubine can be named a concubine by the emperor among the concubines, in addition to her illustrious family background, she also has a beautiful appearance that captivates the country and the city, you must know that she was the first beauty of the Great Chu State.
She is the only concubine in the harem, except for the queen, who has the highest status for her.
She has always had ambitions, whether it is family background or appearance, she is comparable to the queen, why should she be below her. The empress's son was born as a crown prince.
Not for her son. The concubine was unwilling.
She wants to compare with the queen in every way and press her, just like today's annual Halloween Day, the opportunity to show her face in front of the emperor and the queen mother, civil and military officials. Her birthday gift must be overwhelmed by the queen.
The reason why she spoke like this in front of all the ministers was not because she had sent spies to inquire about the queen's birthday gift before. When she learned that it was embroidery, she laughed for a long time in the dormitory.
The emperor is a high emperor, and he can see an embroidery. What kind of birthday gift is this?
Zhou thought that the queen was not worthy of her opponent, but in order to prepare for the birthday of the saint, she deliberately went back to her parents' house to discuss with her father and brother for a long time before she came up with something to give.
In previous years, the birthday gifts she gave were all glamorous, and the queen couldn't compare, but this year there was no suspense, as usual.
Zhou thought of these words and the corners of his mouth curled up proudly, and he sat up straight, waiting for a while to receive everyone's flattering words.
"The emperor is not in a hurry to see the birthday gifts prepared by the palace. What is my sister anxious about? I don't know, I thought my sister was in a hurry to see the palace make a fool of it. The Queen's half-joking words. The eyes are inviolable and majestic, which has been practiced for many years as the master of the harem.
She also knows the ambition of the concubine and understands her careful thoughts. It's just that the prince is smart and studious, and he is a son-in-law, and no one can shake the position of the East Palace.
She and the emperor are even more childhood sweethearts, when the emperor was still the prince, she was by her side, but the concubine was the emperor who ascended the throne for two years before entering the palace.
Naturally, it can't compare to her relationship with the emperor, and the emperor also promised that she will be the only queen in this life.
In her eyes, these careful thoughts of the concubine are just delusions that cannot be realized.
As long as it doesn't touch her bottom line, she doesn't want to deal with the concubine most of the time.
She is the queen and a model of the harem, and there is still some room for people. However, if the concubine asked her to lose face in public, she would not be polite.