Chapter 39: Preparing for the Banquet

"The concubine is well." Zhou Yunyi was a little more meaningful, and it could be regarded as a salute.

"This is the Queen's Mother." Concubine Zhang looked at Zhou Yunyi with the rest of her eyes, and she was very similar to her sister Zhou Lingyi at that time.

"What a standard beauty."

"Thank you for the compliment." Zhou Yunyi learned from her sister's style when she was in the boudoir, but she couldn't lose face in front of her sister's mother-in-law. If she knew her true virtue, she wouldn't have a good face for her sister if she didn't turn her head.

This is the so-called family style and family motto, if there is a female virtuous family, the reputation of the daughters of the whole family will be better, and if there is a female evil in the family, the reputation of the sisters will also become bad.

Although he wants to maintain his and his sister's reputation, it is really uncomfortable to pretend to be a well-behaved junior in front of Concubine Zhang.

In fact, if she really came according to the previous rules, how could the queen ask the concubine for peace?

Even the Queen Mother is on an equal footing with the queen in terms of position, but she is just higher in seniority.

The reason why the emperor and empress will come to see Concubine Zhang now is entirely because Xiao Chengze detained Concubine Zhang in the capital, which is obviously to tell Xiao Chengtian not to be too arrogant, your mother is in my hands.

Concubine Zhang also knows this, but in order to allow Concubine Zhang to stay in the palace all the time, he has also improved Concubine Zhang's treatment a lot, including his respect for her, and he is about to catch up with the Queen Mother, not only to salute her, but also to ask the queen and the harem concubines to salute her.

This is the art of the emperor, envy and power, while detaining Concubine Zhang, as soon as he told Xiao Chengtian, don't mess around, and used his actual actions to be good to Concubine Zhang, telling Xiao Chengtian that as long as you keep to yourself, you and your mother will have a good life.

For Xiao Chengze, Concubine Zhang is a bargaining chip to balance Xiao Chengtian. Naturally, he couldn't let Concubine Zhang die so easily.

"Don't worry, I will definitely find the best doctor in the country to help you see a doctor." Xiao Chengze comforted Concubine Zhang.

Zhou Yunyi understands this, but it is all beautiful scenes. Let's ask, how many miracle doctors in the country can compare with the imperial doctors in the palace who are experienced and have superb medical skills?

Mrs. Zhang said: "I know my own illness, I know in my heart that I am 53 years old this year, and I can be regarded as enjoying life, and now I have nothing to regret." ”

Zhou Yunyi thought to herself that Concubine Zhang was completely opposite to his vicious stepmother's personality, and she could tell by listening to the tone that Concubine Zhang was a gentle little old lady.

This may also be the reason why he was more favored when he was young, and there were many harem concubines of the first emperor. When this Concubine Zhang was young, she was a celebrity around the first emperor. However, her background is not good, she was just a little palace maid who served the queen, and she was introduced by the queen to the old emperor and was elected, let's just say, Concubine Zhang's stomach is a fight. Just one night passed. I was pregnant with the eldest princess.

This is a happy event in the entire palace, after all, the emperor has never been selfish in the harem for many years, although he is a princess, but he is also full of dignity, and directly turned him from a small show to a noble concubine.

Later, the old emperor's love for her continued undiminished, and he gave birth to Xiao Chengtian smoothly.

The strange thing is that he doesn't seem to have participated in the palace fight from beginning to end, in fact, if you think about it, you can figure it out, after all, he was the queen at that time, and the children he gave birth to naturally stood on the side of the queen and the queen, and the queen helped her deal with a lot of open guns and hidden arrows for her own interests.

It's a pity that the Wang family was later found to have embezzled a lot of money, and Queen Wang's brother was drunk and committed a crime to kill a new champion at that time, and betrayed the punishment.

The entire Wang family collapsed in an instant, and Queen Wang couldn't afford to fall ill, and finally died of depression.

If the Wang family does not fall, maybe today's emperor is Xiao Chengtian.

Xiao Chengze said many comforting words. It can be summed up as letting Concubine Zhang relax, don't think too much, take medicine on time every day, and eat on time.

Zhou Yunyi responded frequently beside him, looking well-behaved and sensible.

Xiao Chengze led Zhou Yunyi back to his bedroom, Zhou Yunyi wanted to massage Xiao Chengze's shoulders, after all, he had been working overtime for the past two days, and Zhou Yan had broken his shoulders.

Zhou Yunyi was still standing behind Xiao Chengze, pinched his shoulder twice, and listened to Xiao Chengze. sighed, followed one after another.

"Are you worried that Concubine Zhang's life will be short, and Xiao Chengtian will come to trouble you?" Zhou Yunyi asked.

Xiao Chengze had a headache, the current situation in front of him, "Concubine Zhang is seriously ill, this news is inevitable." It will be transmitted to him through his domestic route, and once he requests to return to Beijing through this request, then I have no reason to refuse a son to return to Beijing to visit his mother. ”

Oh, yes! The prince was not allowed to return to Beijing without the emperor's order, but if his mother was about to die of a serious illness, the son would have to show filial piety to his mother, and he would take this opportunity to return to the capital.

Zhou Yunyi is also afraid that Xiao Chengtian will come back to do things, but to be honest, he also misses his eldest sister Zhou Lingyi very much.

Xiao Chengze's headache is not limited to this, there is also the fact that the Yang family has just defected and began to cooperate with him, and the relationship with the husband and wife, he also married Yang Mei into the palace, but this does not mean that the Yang family began to serve him wholeheartedly.

They don't seem to have reached mutual trust yet. to the point of .

If Xiao Chengtian returns to Beijing at this time and gives the Yang family more generous benefits and rewards, Xiao Chengze is really afraid that Yang Jiahui will change his mind because of this. Choose Septime Siu again......

Sure enough, as Xiao Chengze expected, the news that Concubine Zhang was seriously ill had reached the ears of King Li.

The letter to Wang Xiao Chengtian said that he would return to Beijing to take care of his elderly mother.

Xiao Chengze threw the fold on the table tiredly, and then said to the little dust next to him.

"Leave the king and the princess to return to the palace."

The author of Xiao Chengtian writes very language arts, and he writes his identity directly into one. The mother's son, not the prince of the prawns, Xiao Chengze could only agree to him coming back.

The news that Xiao Chengtian was coming back soon spread full, and in order to welcome him back, the entire palace naturally held some celebrations.

The matter of arranging the celebration fell to Zhou Yunyi and Yangmei.

Xiao Chengze's original words were to say that the queen presided over and the concubine consulted.

Zhou Yunyi had a headache and asked him to arrange the whole. process. I really don't know what Xiao Chengze thinks? He casually found a grandmother in the palace to arrange it better than her.

Yang Mei was extremely excited, feeling that this was a good opportunity for him to show his talents, and came to Chifeng Palace to discuss the steps to welcome the banquet with Zhou Yunyi like a chicken blood.

"We can buy some fireworks first and set them up in the yard. It's the most lively thing to put it in this way. ”

"For the banquet, there must be singing and dancing, so let the Teaching and Visiting Department quickly rehearse the two dances that are good at it, and the dancing clothes should be more gorgeous."

"And aromatherapy is also essential, is it to use your sandalwood golden incense? Or do you use thyme snow and plum fragrance? Yang Mei gushed about her plans for the banquet.

Zhou Yunyi listened to it with a big head, and absentmindedly played with an orange next to him.

Yang Mei snatched the orange in Zhou Yunyi's hand, "Are you listening to me?" ”

"I heard that your arrangement is very good, just do what you want." Zhou Yunyi said very perfunctorily.

Although Yangmei wants to show herself and shine, she can't let her teammates drag her feet with nothing to do. "Then I can't do all the work, just sit by and enjoy it!"

"But what you're saying is very good, and the design is perfect. What else do I need to add? Zhou Yunyi is not complimenting bayberry, in terms of organizing activities, bayberry is indeed well organized.

If bayberry can travel to modern times, it will definitely be a very good tour guide or event planner.

"Then that's what I just said. I'm going to look into the details of the banquet. Then get the food side you do best. ”

"Ahh Zhou Yunyi has no problem eating, and there is no problem arranging food, but she really has no experience in this kind of business meeting!

"No need, in this palace, if you talk about eating food, you are second, and no one dares to talk about first." Yang Mei felt that Zhou Yunyi should be allowed to give full play to her strengths.

Zhou Yunyi was forced to accept the task of arranging food.

Zhou Yunyi had no choice but to go to the imperial dining room to find his old acquaintance Wang Dasco and old money.

"Old money, Wang Dascoop." Zhou Yunyi walked around the imperial dining room twice, but did not see Wang Dascoo's figure.

Lao Qian let out a long sigh, "He, since Xiaocui died, he has been depressed all day long, washing his face with tears, sometimes cutting vegetables, tears can't stop flowing down, and the food is salty, so I simply gave him a leave of absence and let him go back and rest for a few days." ”

Zhou Yunyi felt uncomfortable when she heard that Wang Dasco was like this now.

"It's okay, Xiaocui's death has hit him too hard, and he needs to be given some time to let him take a good break."

Zhou Yunyi patted Lao Qian's shoulder, "In a few days, the king will return to Beijing from the fiefdom, and the dishes of the entire banquet must also be prepared well." ”

"I don't understand Lao Qian, but I believe that you have worked in the palace for so many years, you must be very experienced, and you will prepare according to whatever specifications you need to get to greet the prince."

Lao Qian patted his chest, "No problem, Queen Mother, you can rest assured that you will leave it to me, I will definitely wait for His Royal Highness the King to have a sumptuous banquet." ”

Zhou Yunyi was relieved when she heard Lao Qian's words, and was about to leave, but she thought of Yangmei again, afraid to turn around and say that she didn't care.

"Remember, give me a list of all the food for the banquet, I'll go through it."

"No problem, Queen Mother." Lao Qian chopped vegetables with a kitchen knife while chatting with Zhou Yunyi.

Zhou Yunyi finally arranged the food at the banquet, not that she was too lazy and didn't want to do the work, but since she knew that Xiao Chengtian was coming back, Xiao Chengze frowned every day, and Zhou Yunyi looked at Xiao Chengze with a bitter face every day, so naturally she couldn't be happy.

Zhou Yunyi wanted to help Xiao Chengze relieve this pressure, but he also knew that this pressure would not disappear easily, so she decided to have a good chat with her sister Zhou Lingyi when she saw her.

Let my sister go back and persuade Xiao Chengtian well, so that he can be his own prince with peace of mind.

Xiao Chengze will also treat them well, and will never erase the feelings between brothers for the sake of power struggle.