Seeing that the people around him were not moving, Emperor Taiping glanced over with a cold look. Eunuch Wei didn't dare to do anything wrong, so he obediently went away with a bitter face. Pinshu.com ()
Chu Lian was eating the second mini mooncake when he heard Grandpa Sun salute beside him.
Chu Lian turned his head strangely, and saw behind him a middle-aged eunuch holding a whisk.
Eunuch Sun introduced to Chu Lian with a smile, "Mr. Xiang, this is Eunuch Wei, the chief executive, who works by the emperor's side."
Chu Lian nodded with a smile, and calmly called "Director Wei".
Manager Wei saluted Chu Lian respectfully, glanced at the small purse in her slender hand, and muttered in his heart: My aunt, eat slowly, the emperor is still waiting!
"Mr. Xiang really enjoys it. The Mixiang Pavilion in this imperial garden is now a good place to enjoy flowers. A few days ago, the queen mother said that it is really a joy to enjoy chrysanthemums and eat cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival." .”
Chu Lian felt strange, normally this Eunuch Wei should be a very busy person, why he has time to chat with her in this pavilion right now.
Seeing that Eunuch Wei still had the desire to continue the conversation, Chu Lian could only deal with it, "Boss Wei was joking, I just happened to be here, and I was hungry, so I stopped to eat some snacks." Chu Lian looked down. Looking at the small purse in his hand, he said again: "What I eat is not cakes, but some homemade snacks."
"Oh? I've heard that Xiang Jun Hui is a blue heart. I didn't expect to make dim sum by myself. I don't know if this slave will have a chance to taste Xiang Jun's craftsmanship."
When Eunuch Wei said this, he couldn't help but blush, but "the emperor's order is hard to break"!
Chu Lian was dumbfounded, what? The chief eunuch who had never seen her before asked her for snacks
Under the scrutiny of Chu Lian's strange eyes, Eunuch Wei took the small purse bag in Chu Lian's hand in shame, and then saw Eunuch Wei bowing deeply to himself, rubbing oil on the soles of his feet... and ran away...
In the end, only Chu Lian was left standing in the gazebo, holding out Erkang's hand, and said in a low voice, "Eunuch Wei, my purse..."
It's a pity that Eunuch Wei ran away early at this time and disappeared.
Chu Lian's face was a little dark, and he asked Eunuch Sun who was already frozen beside him, "Eunuch Sun, don't you all eat poorly in the palace?" run!
The corner of Eunuch Sun's mouth twitched stiffly, and he could only take the blame. He still has to work under Eunuch Wei, how dare he question Eunuch Wei's words and deeds, but he also wonders in his heart, Eunuch Wei is a celebrity in front of the emperor, even if he eats the best bird's nest and abalone every day, why hasn't he? I am greedy for the snacks of the little girl without virtue. Is the sun coming out from the west
But he slipped away a long time ago, it was just a purse for snacks, nothing special, and Chu Lian didn't think about pursuing anything.
Just as he was planning to rest for a while, he went to the Queen Mother to look for the old Matriarch, when he saw Princess Duanjia walking quickly not far away.
Princess Duanjia came to Chu Lian and pulled her up before Chu Lian saluted, "I heard from the Queen Mother that you were at the Imperial Garden when I first entered the palace, so I came to find you. I just ran into you."
Chu Lian hadn't seen Princess Duanjia for quite a while, and she was equally happy to meet her in the palace so early today.
Just as she was about to speak, Princess Duanjia looked up and down at herself with big smart eyes, and finally her eyes fell on her left hand, which was still holding half a mooncake. She blinked, "Chu Liu, are you here?" what to eat?"
As soon as she asked, Chu Lian couldn't laugh or cry, held up the remaining mooncake in his hand, and replied truthfully: "The dim sum I make myself is called mooncake."
"Moon cakes, they look delicious, Chu Liu, you actually brought snacks into the palace, why don't you want to prepare one for me!" Princess Duanjia said, puffing her cheeks and staring at her.
Chu Lian let out an "Ah", really didn't know how to deal with Princess Duanjia.
Princess Duanjia spread her white palms in front of her.
Chu Lian looked at Princess Duanjia's face in confusion, and then at Princess Duanjia's open palm, "Princess?"
"What do you want me to do, hand over the food!"
Chu Lian: ...
"It's such an unfortunate coincidence that the princess came here. I just happened to eat it up, leaving only half of it..."
Chu Lian raised her forehead, because the people around her are foodies! There are several waves of people coming to grab a snack! Do you want to do this!
Princess Duanjia thought for a while, and then snorted proudly, "Half a piece is half a piece, I just taste it, anyway, you will make it for me in the future, won't you?"
But that half of it has already been stained with her saliva...
In the end, Chu Lian really had no choice but to hand over the remaining half of the egg yolk mooncake, "If the princess wants to eat it, there is still a box with the maid I brought."
Princess Duanjia threw half of a mooncake into her mouth without hesitation, chewed it twice, and her eyes lit up immediately, "Chu Liu, this mooncake is much more delicious than lump cakes!"
Princess Duanjia, who is normally indifferent, did not expect to have such a naive and arrogant appearance, which made Eunuch Sun's eyelids twitch.
The two girls sat in the Mixiang Pavilion for a while, fearing that they would meet some strange people again, Chu Lian dragged Princess Duanjia to the Empress Dowager's Ninghe Palace.
Not far away, in the blind spot of Mixiang Pavilion, Emperor Taiping was receiving the small pouch presented by Eunuch Wei with both hands.
Light color, with a layer of kraft paper inside, exquisite workmanship, but there is nothing special, it is just a snack bag prepared by wealthy families for children.
Opening the small purse, there was only a round delicate dim sum the size of half an egg lying inside. The word "Fushou" was printed on the front of the dim sum, which was delicate and pleasing.
After twisting out the dim sum and taking a bite, Emperor Taiping tasted it, and suddenly his deep eyes narrowed, the stuffing inside was actually salty!
After a closer look, Emperor Taiping found that the core of the dim sum was actually salted egg yolk.
This girl has a pair of skillful hands.
Eunuch Wei was standing behind Emperor Taiping, sweating profusely with disheveled hair. If he didn't know that Mr. Jinyi Xiang had married Saburo from Jing'an House, then he would have thought that their Long Live Lord had moved Fan's heart.
"This dim sum is good. It's not surprising that Jinyi can make such a dim sum, and the unique birthday peach."
"What the emperor said is that Mr. Jinyixiang is really different from other girls in the boudoir!"
Emperor Taiping ate the mooncakes in two or three mouthfuls, and then remembered something, and laughed loudly, "It's a little different, but she is much more courageous than ordinary noble girls from aristocratic families!"
Eunuch Wei twitched his forehead, no, the disgusting wriggling black worms in the fresh peaches, if it was someone else's noble lady who accidentally saw it, she would scream in fright, and she would carelessly smash the worms Pick it out and in turn scare others.
However, thinking of Concubine Wei Gui and her maid who intentionally used worms in fresh peaches to entrap people, Eunuch Wei felt that Mr. Jinyixiang who did this was really delightful.
Chu Lian went to the Empress Dowager's Ninghe Palace with Princess Duanjia.
At this time, the Empress Dowager's Ninghe Palace was full of excitement, and almost all the family members and relatives had arrived at this time, because Chu Lian had been delayed in the Imperial Garden for a long time, and Chu Lian had no chance to meet the Empress Dowager in person. She went to the side and warned.
Princess Wei watched her daughter Princess Duanjia standing with Chu Lian. Chu Lian didn't wear a woman's hair in a bun because she was dressed according to the township regulations today. She stood with Princess Duanjia. The two were similar in stature. Especially from the back view, they are clearly a pair of sisters.
Concubine Wei smiled, and patted Chu Lian's white and tender hands, "Old Madam He and the old lady of Zheng Guogong's mansion have gone to accompany the Queen Mother, and you and Duanjia will follow behind this concubine after dinner. The high-ranking wives of the government will go to the palace to have a banquet."
Princess Wei's affection for Chu Lian was obvious, how could Chu Lian not feel it, she immediately responded with a smile.
After lunch with the noble ladies and daughters of the royal family, Chu Lian and Princess Duanjia sat in a corner of the side hall to drink honey water for digestion, and watched the noble ladies who were led into the palace by the maids to pay homage to the queen mother.
It was the first time for Chu Lian to see this grand scene, so he couldn't help observing it carefully.
"Princess, why do those ladies carry a food box?" Chu Lian asked curiously.
Princess Duanjia put down the teacup in her hand, glanced at her strangely, a little surprised, "You don't know?"
Chu Lian shook her head in doubt, she really didn't know anything about it, in the part of the original text she read, Chu Lian had never been to the palace to participate in such a large banquet.
Princess Duanjia rolled her eyes speechlessly, "I think you have spent all your brain thinking about food! You don't even know that! The food boxes in the hands of those ladies are filled with cakes."
Under Duanjia's explanation, Chu Lian found out that the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet in the palace has had the custom of competing in cakes since Emperor Gaozu.
When the wives of each government come to visit the queen mother or the queen, they will bring a plate of cakes prepared by themselves. At that time, there will be palace maids who will place the cakes of each government on the table for worship. At the end of the banquet, everyone will judge together If the most delicious cake is produced, the mansion that wins the championship will naturally be rewarded.
Today's empress dowager likes this part of the Mid-Autumn Festival the most.
Chu Lian was a little funny, he didn't expect such an interesting thing to happen at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace.
"I don't know which family won the championship last year?" Chu Lian asked casually.
Princess Duanjia took a sip of tea and glanced at her, "Pan Mansion."
Pan House? Pan Ge's old mansion
There was a trace of suspicion on Chu Lian's face.
Princess Duanjia stared at her expression, and laughed, "Chu Liu, you are still very sensitive, let me tell you, not only last year, but also the year before last and the year before the year before, it was the Pan House who won the first prize at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet!"
Chu Lian's eyes widened slightly, and there was already a secret calculation in his heart.
Princess Duanjia didn't bother her thinking, but continued: "Last year, Mrs. Pan presented a plate of hazelnut-flavored cakes."
Princess Duanjia stretched out her hand and pointed, "Nong, the one over there in the purple gown is Mrs. Pan."
Looking in the direction of Princess Duanjia's finger, she saw a middle-aged lady with a round face and willow eyebrows. Her face was white and her lips were slightly thick. When she smiled, she would show eight white teeth. Always smiling slightly, it can give people a good impression.
Chu Lian couldn't help thinking about the scene when he went back to Linju that day and met his father blocking the gate of Pan's house.
Just when Chu Lian was lost in his own thoughts, he suddenly heard a mocking shout.