Chu Lian was leisurely drinking a cup of Jiuhua honey water prepared by Gong'e, and before he could swallow it, he suddenly heard this result, and was choked for a while, and coughed violently.

What? How could it be Jing'anbo Mansion that won the championship!

Fortunately, their side was far away from the first seat, and her anomaly just now did not attract too many people to see it.

Xiyan hurriedly handed the handkerchief to Chu Lian, and asked in her ear uneasily, "Third grandma, are you okay?"

Chu Lian shook his hand and signaled that it was okay.

At this time, almost all the noblewomen looked in the direction of Jing'anbo's Mansion, and after a moment of silence, some noblewomen congratulated Mrs. He.

Mrs. He was stunned for a moment, reacted in time, and took the two granddaughters-in-law around her to return the gift to the congratulatory lady one by one.

Mrs. Pan sat at a table in front of them, and at the same table with her was Mrs. Yang, who was also a cabinet minister.

If you want to talk about embarrassment, it is Mrs. Pan's table.

Before the female official announced the ranking, the lady at this table had already begun to congratulate Mrs. Pan, and now the leader is not the Pan Mansion, there is nothing more slap in the face than the current situation.

The ladies who had just spoken suddenly closed their mouths tightly and bowed their heads slightly, trying their best to reduce their sense of existence.

Only Mrs. Yang smiled knowingly on the side.

Mrs. Pan's very amiable face could no longer maintain its former modesty, and it was as dark as the bottom of a pot in an instant.

She looked up and looked up, she couldn't believe it, it was obviously predetermined, how could it suddenly change and fall on the head of Jing'anbo Mansion!

She couldn't hold back her anger, stood up, took a few deep breaths, and then barely pulled out a smile, and said to the table where Old Taijun He was sitting behind: "Old Taijun is really hidden! I don't know if I have the luck to taste the cake offered by your mansion today?"

Chu Lian frowned slightly, but at this time, the head of the family was Mrs. He, and as a granddaughter-in-law, she had no right to speak.

Mrs. Yang next to her also stood up, but she didn't speak, just looked in the direction of the ladies of Jing'anbo Mansion, with a light smile in her eyes, especially when she looked at Chu Lian, her expression became more and more gentle.

Mrs. Pan didn't believe that the group cake of Jing'anbo Mansion could win the championship at all!

Others don't know, isn't she still clear, the cake of Jing'anbo Mansion was snatched away when she entered Ninghe Palace!

I don't know where to get the group cakes to make up the numbers, and where to put the faces of the major wealthy families in Shengjing to win the championship!

Today, in front of the emperor, let her demolish the Jing'anbo Mansion! Let them lose face!

Diagonally opposite the table of the inner wife, Wei Guifei was also curiously looking at the table where the inner family of Jing'anbo Mansion was located, and saw that the ladies over there stood up, as if there was a dispute. The corners of her eyes raised, and she was very satisfied, if she hadn't quarreled, she would have failed to live up to the good show she had specially arranged!

Emperor Chengping's eyes squinted, and he saw Wei Guifei with a smile on her face, he took a sip of the wine glass, swept towards her gaze, and suddenly said, "Guifei, I seem to be very happy to see you?"

Wei Guifei was stunned, hurriedly put away the strange look on her face, and replied coquettishly: "Your Majesty, this Mid-Autumn Festival is only once a year, how can the concubines not be happy." ”

Emperor Chengping retracted his gaze, put down his wine glass, and said plausibly: "Really?"

"Of course, how dare the concubines deceive the emperor. ”

The county lord of Duanjia looked over and saw that Chu Lian seemed to be in trouble again, so he hurriedly got up and was about to go over to help, but was pulled by Princess Wei.

"Mother, don't stop me, I want to go over and see, Chu Liu's stupid guy has been bullied again!"

Princess Wei glared at her, "Don't go! You are going to make trouble now! Jinyi is not as stupid as you think, if she doesn't have a follow-up, she will send someone to ask us for help." ”

"But ......"

"But what, you look at it carefully, I can't say that the unlucky person in the end wants to bully Jinyi. ”

After being said by the Wei Wangfu, the county lord of Duanjia could only sit down and look at the situation over there with an anxious face.

When Mrs. He was young, he also dealt with these noble ladies in Beijing all day long, so naturally he was not so easy to bully, Mrs. Pan insisted on watching the cake of Jing'an Bofu, which obviously did not believe in the strength of Bofu and wanted to slap her face.

Seeing the confident look on her face, Mrs. He already knew in her heart that today's Bofu Tuanbao cake was taken away inexplicably, and I am afraid that it has something to do with this Mrs. Pan.

Although Mrs. He is old and her hair is gray, her eyes are sharp and shiny, and her brain is not confused at all.

The old lady didn't flinch at all, but the Zou family on his side shrank back from the staring eyes of the high-ranking officials and wives, and stood behind the old lady, trying to hide himself.

Now she had long forgotten that she was jealous of Chu Lian's offering of group cakes just now, and she was only glad that this matter had nothing to do with her.

Chu Lian supported Mrs. He, and saw that Mrs. He not only did not flinch, but her waist was stiff, and Chu Lian felt that she was standing straighter.

"Mrs. Pan is deliberately embarrassing the old body? The cake has been dedicated to the Queen Mother, if Mrs. Pan wants to taste it, I am afraid she should ask the Queen Mother for this grace!"

Mrs. Pan was angry and her hand under the wide-sleeved court dress trembled, flicked her sleeves, turned around and walked out of the table and saluted the queen mother above.

The old queen mother was old, and she didn't see clearly who the lady who came out below for a while, and the female officer standing next to her hurriedly reminded.

"Mrs. Pan, what's the matter with you?"

Although Empress Shen didn't know about the entanglements at today's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, she was happy to see the excitement, looked at the scene below, and raised her eyebrows.

Listening to the Empress Dowager's personal question, Mrs. Pan was shocked, and replied respectfully: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the courtiers began to develop a new method of making this cake for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the early half a year. ”

Mrs. Pan has a noble status, she has the strength to say this, if the wife of an ordinary official dares to question the Queen Mother like this, she will have been charged with disrespect.

But even if it is Mrs. Pan, her behavior is a little inappropriate.

The Queen Mother listened to this reason, and her face was not very good-looking, in fact, the Queen Mother didn't care about this cake tasting at all, people are old, but they just want to take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to have a fun, but it is always unpleasant to be questioned.

Although the Queen Mother did not blame Mrs. Pan, her voice obviously lacked the kindness of Fang Cai.

"In this case, the mourning family will convince you. Go, bring the cake from Jing'anbo Mansion, and let the ladies of each province taste it. ”

The female official who was waiting for the Queen Mother squatted down and took the two maids to hurriedly go to the table where the cakes were placed.

Emperor Chengping sat in the first place, glanced below, and remained silent, as if the cake leader just now was not pointed out by him.

When Mrs. Pan heard that the Queen Mother had actually approved, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and she turned to look at the Jing'an Bo Mansion with contempt, as if she had foreseen their miserable consequences.

The female officials around the Queen Mother were careful, and she divided the group cakes offered by Jing'an Bofu into several parts, and put them in the porcelain plates of the innocent group flowers, and asked several maids to serve them to Mrs. Pan at the head, the imperial concubines and clan relatives at the head.

The maid walked to Mrs. Pan with the disk containing the dough cake, and when she squatted down, she said, "Madam, this is the dough cake that won the championship today, please taste it." ”

As soon as the maid said this, the eyes of all the ladies around were focused on the porcelain plate held by the maid in both hands, and when they saw the pastries on the porcelain plate, they all gasped.

The round pastry is also with lace next to it, and the frontal direction is a complex group of flowers, on which is a delicate Fu Lu Shou pattern, baked crisp yellow, a dim sum is only half the size of an egg, and five are neatly stacked on the plate.

How can such a small snack make such a complicated pattern, which can be compared with embroidery!

Before the ladies had even tasted a bite, they were already attracted by the delicacy of the dim sum.

Zou stared at the small plate of dim sum and couldn't believe it, this ...... Where did such a delicate dim sum come from? She had never seen it and didn't know it, thinking of this, she suddenly looked at Chu Lian on the other side of Mrs. He, it was her!

Mrs. He actually saw Chu Lian's dim sum instead of the group cake for the first time, and he was still playing the drum in his heart, but when he saw it with his own eyes, his heart was put down by most of it.

She glanced at Chu Lian gently, and Chu Lian replied with a faint smile.

Mrs. Pan's face was not so good-looking, he shook his hand and took a piece and tasted it, biting open the crispy yellow dough on the outside, the inside was a soft core, somewhat translucent, I couldn't see what it was made of, but it was somewhat similar to the filling of the dough cake, and there was a small layer of bean paste in the innermost part. The dim sum is very small, not greasy at all after eating a piece, the skin is delicate, the core is slightly sweet and glutinous, and there is a sweet red bean fragrance, even Mrs. Pan can't help but want to take the second one after taking a bite......

As soon as she stretched out her hand, she remembered the purpose of her coming forward.

She swallowed the saliva secreted just now because she ate the "group cake" of Jing'anbo Mansion, although she didn't want to believe it, but the facts were in front of her, the group cake of Jing'anbo Mansion was not tasted by her alone, and she couldn't deny it.

After Mrs. Yang took a piece of moon cake from Mrs. Pan, she couldn't wait to take a piece of it, and after eating, she glanced at Chu Lian with a satisfied face, and the rest was divided among the ladies, and she was also full of praise.

Princess Wei also got a share, and Lord Duanjia looked at the dim sum in front of her mother, and said strangely: "Isn't this dim sum the one I took from Chu Liu in the imperial garden? ”

"Oh, mooncakes?"

"Well, that's what Chu Liu said, but no matter what it's called, it's delicious, mother, try it, the piece I ate has an egg yolk core in it. ”

Princess Wei smiled, put the small piece of delicate moon cake in her mouth and took a bite, hmm...... This one is actually salty, ham filling, yes, right to her appetite.

In the main hall of the banquet, all the people who ate the cake of Jing'an Bofu looked at Mrs. Pan with different faces.

Mrs. Pan is embarrassed today, she took the initiative to admit her mistake with the Queen Mother, and after the banquet, she almost didn't say a word, and when the banquet was over, she left the palace in a hurry with people, and she didn't even bother to greet her.