Under the Empress Dowager, all members will be King

Chapter 83 The New Emperor's Banquet

Chu Chu picked up the peaches and cut them into small pieces, chilled them on ice, and Gu Yingxia picked up a small spoon to dip a spoonful into the buttermilk and ate it.

"Then you have to pack up the two vacant rooms and come out, maybe the new emperor has finished eating your peaches, and suddenly comes to another courtyard to visit you on a whim."

"Don't, I'm so clean."

"At the beginning of last year, the crops in the Southwest grew slowly. The new Emperor visited you, and you gave a prescription to improve the soil quality. At the end of the year, the Southwest had a bumper harvest. The people are grateful."

"It hasn't rained a single drop this summer, just wait and see, the new emperor will come to visit you soon."

"Stop talking, I have a big head."

"It is said that those who are capable work harder. From now on, the concubines of the new emperor's harem will be suppressed by you, and the new emperor's children will be taken with you. You will not be clean for a few days."

Gu Yinwei lay down on the rocking chair, "Let me die."

"Hahaha, you go to the harem to fight by yourself, I live in another courtyard, raise flowers and grass and three yellow chickens."

"Don't think about it, if the new emperor invites me to go back, you and Concubine Zhen have to go back with me."

Concubine Zhen, who had been silent all this time, frowned, "What am I going back for? I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here. I can't hold back the new emperor's concubine."

Gu Yingxia put her arms around Concubine Zhen's neck, "How boring it is for you to live alone in the deep mountains and old forests, how happy it is for us to go back to the harem to abuse newcomers."

"At that time, you will raise a group of fat cats, and each cat will have a different name. The white cat will be called Baipao Xiaojiang, and the black cat will be called Heifeng Hero. "

Concubine Zhen clapped her hands happily, "Copying Buddhist scriptures is good, and you can cultivate your character in meditation."

Gu Yinwei persuaded: "You two better not try to bully the younger generation, when the cat's name is too complicated to get, you can't remember it yourself, and it will be a joke instead."

"How is it possible, my memory is unforgettable."

Gu Yingxia kept putting gold on her face.

"Let me ask you, what did you have for breakfast?"

"I ate it in the morning, two egg whites, a flower cake, and...what else."

Gu Yin shook her head slightly, "With this memory, I still want to make things difficult for others."

The peaches are peeled and cut into small pieces and dried in the sun, brewed with dried peach blossoms, it tastes refreshing and appetizing.

Concubine Xian and Concubine Zhen chatted endlessly and drank two pots of tea.

The meat is simmering in the soup pot, and the broth is fragrant.

Fugui guarded a small pot with red oil and twelve peppers in it. He ate the red pot alone, accompanied by a pot of sour plum wine. Almond went to look at it. Fugui said, "Come and take a bite."

Tin Tao refills with a glass of sour plum wine, shakes his head and walks away, the pot you ate is too spicy, I can't eat it. "

Chu Chu and Ah Qing guarded a sauerkraut pot, which contained sauerkraut, vermicelli, and seasonal vegetables.

Tontao loves pepper pot, and everyone toasted to celebrate the arrival of summer.

The ice cubes in the cup swayed crisply, watermelon, grapes, tomatoes, peaches, fresh and delicious.

The party lasted until late at night. After all, life outside the palace was comfortable, and she didn't want to go back to the palace at all.

……

Kyoto, in front of the palace gate.

Miss officials who participated in the palace banquet were only allowed to bring one maid into the palace. Before entering the palace, they first checked the greeting card, and then checked the gifts they brought.

Everyone brought priceless gifts, but Xi Jiaorong was the only one who carried a basket of peaches.

Others looked sideways, contemptuous in their hearts, but they didn't express it clearly.

The eunuch who checked the items did not despise Xi Jiaorong because she was carrying the fruit basket, but his attitude became more respectful.

"Miss Xi picked this basket of fresh peaches from Jiuhua Peak, right?"

"Eunuch has good eyesight."

"Girl is lucky, I met a nobleman on the way to Kyoto."

"Your Majesty?"

"Jiuhua Peak has been closed since spring, and there is only one person who can pick fresh peaches from the mountain this season."

"who is it?"

"Empress Dowager Heng Le."

Xijiaorong's maid was elated, "Miss, you are so lucky, this time you went to the banquet, instead of meeting the emperor first, you met the empress dowager first."

"The fortune teller said, I was born with a lucky star, you should be close to me more often."

The master and servant were talking and laughing, Jiang Yuan not far away frowned, Queen Mother, it turned out that the woman disguised as a man in the tea shed was the Queen Mother, no wonder her eyes were so intimidating at that time.

Everyone sat down in order. The woman in the purple shirt came late, her face was cold and her temperament was dusty, "Jian Rang, my seat is in front of you."

Guo Qiuyu moved out of the way, and Sun Hengbo asked, "Who is she, she is late."

Guo Qiuyu whispered: "Hush, she is Mei Qingqing."

Everyone at the banquet whispered.

Chen Minjun raised his eyes lightly, except for Mei Qingqing and Xi Jiaorong who was foolish, the others present were not afraid.

Chen Minjun's eyes flew around, Qi Yu'er stretched her neck to look behind the screen, when will the emperor come out, she is so hungry, why don't you start the banquet.

Chen Minjun's heart skipped a beat, Qi Yuer's fox eyes are too alluring, he must be on guard.

Xijiao looked at the screen obsessively, looking forward to the reunion with her cousin again.

When she was a child, she often went to Xiaoyao Wangfu to play, and secretly went to the street with Zhu Beifeng to buy mung bean cakes.

Four years passed by in a hurry, and the young man at that time turned into the new emperor. I don't know if he still misses the old friendship.

A group of elderly eunuchs removed the screen and shouted loudly: "The emperor is here."

Everyone knelt down one after another, shouting long live.

Wearing a bright yellow robe, Zhu Beifeng came out from behind the screen, "Everyone is flat."

"On this festive occasion, I will have a drink with you all."

During the banquet, the noble ladies raised their wine glasses one after another.

"For the first glass of wine at the banquet tonight, I wish everyone peace and beauty."

As soon as Zhu Beifeng sat down, many noble ladies were eager to have a try. Guo Qiuyu held up his wine glass, "Your servant has a toast to Long Live. The beautiful day is beautiful, and I would like to dance to cheer you up."

"I don't know what dance Miss Guo is going to dance."

"Long live back, the court lady is good at dancing Hu Xuan dance."

"I'll wait and see."

The dance of the Hu people was passionate and unrestrained. Only the noble ladies and the emperor were present at the banquet, and there was no restraint from the elders. Guo Qiuyu danced to the beat.

Her basic skills are solid, she lowers her waist for a while, and twirls for a while. Qi Yuer is hungry when she sees it, and she is tired after watching how much energy is wasted dancing Hu Xuan dance. She can eat two more bites.

Chen Minjun secretly compared Guo Qiuyu's waist, her waist was a full circle thinner than his own, with such a large section exposed, she was not afraid of the wind and cold.

Mei Qingqing was expressionless, scratching her head and posing, unable to get on the stage. After Guo Qiuyu finished dancing, she went up to perform a set of Tai Chi swordsmanship for the emperor to relieve his boredom.

Xijiao Rong is holding a peach in her hand, her face is bulging, why doesn't brother Feng look at me, brother Feng quickly take a look at me, hum, brother Feng is a big radish, if he doesn't look at me again, I will be angry.

The peach rolled off the table, Xi Jiaorong bent over to pick it up, the moment they raised their eyes, the two looked at each other, Zhu Beifeng smiled at each other.

Xijiao's face is humming, brother Feng's smile is so gentle and handsome, I really want to marry him.

Xi Jiaorong covered her face and lowered her head shyly.

Zhu Beifeng looked at the woman in front of him, all her movements fixed his gaze, the gentleness of her lowered head was like the shyness of a water lotus.

(End of this chapter)