Chapter 804: The Palace Banquet Begins
Chapter 804
The mist of the winter morning in the capital gradually dissipated, just like Erfu's mood at this time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Concubine De retracted the coldness on her face, and the kindness in the eyes of the old man Kangxi made her find a trace of comfort, she habitually looked at the fourth master, and happened to see the fourth master staring at herself with gentle eyes, shyly and shyly lowering her head, she secretly pulled the sleeve of the fourth master under the corner.
"When the second day of the second month of the new year has passed, I will make an order for the two of you, and the fourth daughter-in-law will have to take care of her body before that, so as not to be unable to hold up the cumbersome marriage ceremony when she arrives. "Although Fuzheng side Fujin seems to be incompatible with etiquette, but the royal family is a place that does not pay attention to vulgar etiquette, even if the old and old-fashioned people in the Ministry of Etiquette are all on the book, it can't change the things decided by the old man Kangxi, since he is satisfied with the candidate of the fourth daughter-in-law, he will naturally not let Erfu be criticized by outsiders, and the fourth is his chosen heir.
He and the fourth child stayed in the main hall and talked for a while, watching the little couple say goodbye affectionately, and then as when he came, he led the fourth child to leave the Yonghe Palace quietly, and Concubine De Niangniang no longer taught Erfu with a straight face, she smiled and taught the various experiences she had summarized over the years to this somewhat confused daughter-in-law, seeing Erfu's eyes full of surprise, she laughed rarely," This world is already harsh on women, especially if you are the first person to be corrected for the blessing of the law, the road you will take in the future, I am afraid that it is not easier than the road that this palace has walked in the past, but you have to believe in the fourth, and you must really consider him from the perspective of the fourth, don't make trouble with the fourth child for some trivial things, and hurt the love between you and the fourth. ”
But even so, she still asked with some unease.
Compared with the other princes' Fujin, Erfu is still too simple, Concubine De can imagine that when the old man Kangxi issued an edict and officially established the identity of the fourth heir, those who were staring at the Supreme Dragon Chair with eyes would be crazy, and then Erfu would become the point of those people attacking the fourth master, only if Erfu and the fourth child really trust each other, they can get through this difficulty.
"Thank you for the teachings of the mother, the concubine has written it down. Sensing Concubine De's kindness, Erfu is not an uneducated arrogant son, she holds up her huge pregnant belly, and bows sincerely to Concubine De with difficulty, and says respectfully, whether it is for the fourth master or for her children, she will make herself strong.
Concubine De Niangniang left Erfu to talk in the main hall for a while, and then she estimated the time, and asked Yuxiu to invite all the people who were talking and playing in the side hall over, and went to Ningshou Palace to ask the Queen Mother for peace.
The Queen Mother, who was born in the Borzigit clan, is now in her prime.
A phoenix robe and phoenix crown that symbolized her status as the queen mother were worn, making her look particularly dignified, and the smile between her eyebrows and eyes made her show the unique charity side of the old man.
The Queen Mother, who has no children all her life, has always pitied pregnant women.
At the beginning, Concubine Yi sent the five princes Yinqi to the Queen Mother to raise, so that she could gain a firm foothold in the palace, it can be seen that the Queen Mother loves children, and the Queen Mother who sits on the first golden throne, although she does not know Erfu, but also gave this love to Erfu, she raised her hand and called the people who knelt and bowed, and spoke in unskilled official language, carefully inquired about Erfu's fetal image, smiled and instructed the palace people to bring the embroidered pier for Erfu to sit down, and ordered someone to prepare snacks such as sour dates that are often eaten by pregnant women, and then the attention fell on the faces of other concubines。
On the day of the New Year, the palace concubines who can come to Ningshou Palace to invite her are all sons and daughters, and some of the new palace concubines are not qualified to come at all, she doesn't like to hold her mother-in-law's shelf, and deliberately embarrass these palace concubines who are already not having a good time, and after a few words with the big guys, they let the big guys disperse, leaving only the pregnant Erfu to talk to her in Ningshou Palace, and deliberately walked through the small back door to come to the palace with her double body to invite Angel, so as not to let her walk around the palace more in the wind and snow.
"Thank you for your hard work, child, you don't have to be restrained in the mourning palace, the bedding in the warm pavilion next to you is brand new, if you are tired, lie down, and if you need anything, you can go directly to Mama Wen." "The Queen Mother, who was born in the Mongolian steppe, has never learned to speak good official words all her life, but Erfu doesn't know a word of Mongolian, the two of them talked for a while, and the Queen Mother was also a little tired, she smiled and explained to the palace maid next to her, turned her head and said to Erfu word by word.
To tell the truth, compared to staying in the unfamiliar Ningshou Palace, Erfu would prefer to return to Concubine De's side, anyway, there is the fourth master's serious mother, she and Concubine De Niangniang have also lived together for a while, compared to the completely unfamiliar Queen Mother, let her relax.
However, the Queen Mother's kindness, she is not easy to refute.
She bowed to the Queen Mother in a proper manner, and then followed Mama Wen out of the main hall.
The small warm pavilion is divided into two rooms inside and outside by a screen, the fire kang in the inner room is burned warm, and there are smoking cages and charcoal basins in the outer room, Erfu wears a big dress and comes in with a hot sweat beads, and the palace maid who waits with her is afraid that she will not feel comfortable before going out, so she hurriedly beckons the maid to help change the thick clothes lined with rabbit skin, and wears a padded gown ready to be washed, and sits at the round table placed outside.
As soon as Erfu, who had simply washed her hands, sat down, Bai Zhi came in with a food box.
In the food box, a bowl of lotus seed porridge warmed by a charcoal fire is not too delicate to eat, but it is better than clean, she checked it carefully, sent it to Erfu with a smile, and reminded softly: "Master, Mama Wen asked someone to bring you food, do you want to use some." ”
"I'm not hungry yet, you can let it go. Erph smiled and waved her hand.
She believed in Bai Zhi's medical skills, but she didn't want to eat in the palace.
Although she doesn't think that she is worthy of being dealt with by others like this, she has to be careful in the palace, and she is not too hungry, even if she is hungry after a while, she is more willing to eat some snacks prepared for her by Xiaoshengzi.
Bai Zhi didn't bother too much, put the lotus seed porridge back into the food box, and gently walked behind Erfu, reached out to loosen Erfu's long hair that was pulled up by the hairpin, and gently combed it through the grate little by little.
This is a good way to relieve fatigue, don't look at Erfu did not walk too much, or standing for a long time, but the long-term tense nerves, or let Erfu feel a little tired, as the hair was slowly dredged, Bai Zhi put down the grate in her hand, with soft fingers and gently pinched both sides of Erfu's sideburns, relieving her tense emotions, enough to have a cup of tea, Erfu felt that her body was loose, she patted the back of Bai Zhi's hand with her backhand, walked to the inner room with her outer robe, half lying on the warm kang, with a fragrant and soft quilt, and gradually fell asleep。
It's rare to spend time in the palace so easily......
The corners of Erfu's mouth have been pouting with a shallow smile, even if she was asleep and was woken up by Ya'er, she just twisted her eyebrows, sat up, hugged the quilt, and half-dreamed and half-woke up and let Ya'er re-dress herself, until the bun was re-tied, and her face was also swept with a layer of light fat powder, she reluctantly left the warm quilt, put on the heavy dress with fragrant fragrance, covered with a cloak, and came to the main hall of Ningshou Palace, waiting for the Queen Mother to come out, and then followed the Queen Mother to the palace banquet to the nourishing fast。
Seven rooms are wide, and have not been rebuilt by several emperors in the late Qing Dynasty, the overall layout is similar to the Jiangxue Xuan opposite, and the flying dragon in the sky plaque inscribed by the old man Kangxi is hung in the middle of the upstairs, adding a touch of domineering to the elegant and quiet viewing building.
The Queen Mother, as the most noble woman in the world, was the latest to arrive.
The concubines and the prince Fujin, the family members and others who had arrived one step earlier did not wait for the queen mother to walk to the top seat and sit down, so they all got up to salute, Erfu hurriedly dodged to the side, and did not follow the queen mother to receive the salute, she slightly arched her back and looked around, found the direction where Concubine De Niangniang was, and slipped to the side of Concubine De Niangniang in a few steps, and also bowed down with the big guy.
Her approach like this, although a little rude, but not out of line, plus this is the Chinese New Year's Eve palace family banquet, this is a happy and peaceful day, no one deliberately found fault with her, that is, she was not convinced that she could stay in the Empress Dowager Palace to rest in the big Li side Fujin, did not take advantage of this to trouble her, but took the initiative to move to the side, making room for her to salute, so as not to let more people notice her late arrival.
"Let's get up!" The Queen Mother took Mama Wen's wrist, walked to the innermost main seat and sat down, raised her arms gently, beckoned everyone to get up, and said with a smile, "This is a family banquet, and those who can enter the palace to raise and go to the banquet are our own family members who love the Xinjueluo family, so don't pay attention to these false courtesies, you are too restrained, don't you live up to the emperor's good intentions." ”
As she spoke, she asked people to go to the front and invite Old Man Kangxi over.
After a while, the old man Kangxi, who sent the important ministers of the court who came to the palace to ask for peace, also led a group of Zhong Lingyuxiu's sons over, and there were several close ministers whom he relied on a lot.
The big guy was a salute again, and all the princes also gave their mothers and concubines a salute, and they all stood beside their mothers, and the old man Kangxi waved his hand and let everyone sit down, he beckoned Wei Zhu to open the banquet, and at the same time beckoned his young grandson to come and say a few thoughtful words.
The grandchildren who were called to the side by the old man Kangxi were all children who were too young to go to the front with Amma, and he didn't have much chance to see them on weekdays.
The old man Kangxi who was in a good mood, touched this head melon, patted that little belly, not to mention how proud, as a benevolent grandfather, he was very generous to let Wei Zhu open a private vault, and rewarded these children with jade pei, small swords and other things, which made them each return to their own Ama and Eniang, took the lead in raising their wine glasses, said a few words, and opened the curtain of the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet.
Everyone in the world praises the exquisite and delicious imperial food in the palace, but those who can really eat it often feel that it is as difficult to swallow as chewing wax.
The emperor in Beijing has a lot of relatives and relatives, and the old man Kangxi is a blessed man with many sons and grandchildren, even the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve is the own family of Aixin Gioro, this Lin Lin always sits together There are more than 100 people, and there are so many masters in the palace dining room, in a short period of time, a table of delicacies that satisfy everyone, that is simply an impossible task, so except for the tables of important people such as the old man Kangxi and the queen mother, the dishes on the other people's tables are cold, if it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, The palace banquet when the weather is warm like Dragon Boat is good, at least it will not cool so thoroughly, and it will not cool so quickly, but the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, the big guys are more offended.
Fortunately, this palace banquet was personally supervised by Concubine De, she referred to the cold dishes and cold soup she had eaten over the years, she specially asked the imperial dining room to prepare a copper pot mutton for one person and one pot, and a mouthful of exquisite copper pot was sent to the table, and charcoal was kept below, even if it was eaten to the end, it was also very delicious and delicious.
In addition, she also specially customized a batch of double-layer porcelain through Taoshaju to serve as dishes used by everyone in the palace banquet, and the middle layer of the dishes was added with hot oil for heat preservation.
Don't look at this little thing as inconspicuous, but let the big guys thank Concubine De very much.
Among them, especially Erfu, you must know that the palace procurement, which can be called a huge profit, a batch of porcelain burned out of clay can be exchanged for a large amount of silver, Rao is Erfu sits on a lot of industries, and when he suddenly heard Bai Jiao talk about this, he couldn't help but secretly speak, but in order not to give Concubine De's opponent a reason to attack her, Erfu finally gave up this eye-popping income, and sent this batch of porcelain as a tribute, through the hands of the fourth master, into the palace for free.
It seems that she has lost a lot of money, but in fact she has gained more benefits.
Taoshaju, which has always been inconspicuous under her name, successfully entered the eyes of Kangxi Ye for this batch of porcelain, and the brand of Neigong poked outward, and the things in the store immediately appreciated by more than 100%, which made her rein in a huge fortune a year ago, and also made the fourth master discover more moths of the country.
If those who curry favor with the fourth master by spending a lot of money know about this......
Erfu thinks it must be very interesting, but now is not the time for her to be cranky, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded in the nourishing fast, one by one wearing tulle dance skirts, waving goose feather paste fluff fans, showing the most feminine dancing, the dancing girls with hooks in their eyes, and they are not willing to live so despised by others, and they have hidden in front of the man sitting on the seat, throwing the soft charm of women, which is a phenomenon that has never been seen in the palace banquet before, Erfu looked at Concubine De Niangniang on the side with a little puzzlement, and happened to see Concubine De Niangniang twisting her eyebrows and contemplating。