The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 173
Sydney originally meant to find a few low-ranking concubines to help her, but what Baimao recommended to her was Xu Shuyi, Jiang Shuyuan, and Sun Jieyu, who had the highest status in the current harem.

This made Sydney feel very inappropriate - if she has become a queen, she can ask anyone to come, but isn't she still untitled?
The low-ranking concubine can be suppressed by the prince Diji, but it is not appropriate for these three to treat her as their respect now... Isn't it appropriate!

But Bai Nao said: "Miss, your idea is right, but you also listen to me - those little concubines are destined not to be able to make big waves in the harem, not to mention that you can suppress it, but you can't suppress it." It’s nothing serious. The ones who are really capable and can take the momentum are the ones above. You catch them, and only those in the harem will know to be honest.”

Oh, to capture the thief first capture the king.This Sydney understands, but she feels...

"Then what if I really can't hold them?"

This is a banquet ordered by His Majesty, and the family members of the royal residence are all here, so if this is embarrassing, it will be far away!

Bai Momo just laughed: "Your Majesty gave me this errand, so it's the right time for you to arrest someone. Even if someone is really dissatisfied, it's His Majesty, so they won't dare to make a mistake—this time they are low-key." If you think about making up for it in the future, your aura will also be weak. As for if you really don’t have eyesight and are not afraid of death so much that you have to embarrass you this time, you can go directly to report to His Majesty, and you are definitely not the one to blame.”

Is that so?
After thinking about it, Xue Li thought it made sense, so she asked Dou Sha, Sesame and Brown Sugar to pass on messages respectively, telling them to be more polite.

After about half a stick of incense, all three of them came back, and they all said that they were free there, and they would come on time that day.

very good!

For the time being, Xueli was able to not think about the troubles these three people might have when they came, and only told herself that "there is a helper", and then added a bit of confidence to continue to arrange the big and small affairs of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On the other side of the Zichen Palace, the moon cakes can be served less.Although this thing is a Mid-Autumn Festival food custom, but the banquet is in front of you, it is actually for a scene, and no one will stare at the moon cakes and eat them endlessly.Crabs should be served more, because crabs are not just a vulgar food. The main reason to eat this during the Mid-Autumn Festival is that the crabs at this time are the most plump, creamy, yellow and fresh.And this thing is also good for food and drink, how delicious it is to eat crab meat and drink a little wine!

Therefore, in line with the item of "add more crabs", the corresponding eight pieces of crabs must be prepared.From the prince to the little princes who came in to attend the banquet, they must have a set of staff. They can't be peeled by their own hands when the time comes, right?

On the side of Jiugeyuan, the female relatives from various prefectures will come, including the Weng Lord, the princess, and the county owners.

Sydney didn't ask to serve more crabs. The female relatives would probably find it troublesome to eat this, so they just had enough crabs according to the original plan.But in addition to steamed crabs, she also asked to add some other crabs, such as small crab meat wontons, crab stuffed oranges and other things that don't need to be peeled by hand. She also invited Su Zixian to come and cook crabs, in case anyone arrives I'm really hungry for that crab and I'm too lazy to peel it, so I can still eat these to satisfy my greed!

On the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the princes brought their families into the palace one after another.When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the people from each prefecture divided into two groups, the men went to the Zichen Palace, and the women's family members went to the Jiuge Courtyard.

The front and rear of the Jiuge Courtyard have been prepared early, and the main rooms of each government have meals in the main courtyard, with Sydney and Xu Shuyi sitting in the seat; the banquets in the side rooms are set in the north, accompanied by Jiang Shuyuan and Sun Jieyu; the children are all in the south. , although there are differences in status between Wengzhu, Junzhu, and Countyzhu, but after all, they are still young, and they are all cousins, so there is nothing to worry about.

When the crowd was almost halfway there, Xueli took the time to go to the moon gate and glanced south. As the emperor and the master of Jiugeyuan, Ayao took the main seat according to the rules, but she was not very happy.

But she didn't go there either, mainly because she was afraid that Ayao would be unhappy because she was afraid of being born. If that was the case, it would be better for her to adapt slowly. Now that she was a mother, she would inevitably refuse to come again. I stayed by myself.

She only waved her hand to call out Yang Tao who was beside A Yao and asked, "What's wrong with Di Ji? Is she afraid of being born or is she not feeling well?"

"I'm not uncomfortable, and it doesn't seem like I'm afraid of strangers..." Yang Tao replied, "Isn't this the emperor's eldest son going to the Zichen Palace? Diji thinks it's boring that His Highness is not here."

Oh, that's it, it doesn't matter.

Sydney knows that the two children, Ayao and Ayuan, have always been very close. They grew up together. Children are simple in thinking, and they like to stay with them who get along well.

But calling A Yuan back would definitely not work, not to mention A Yuan, A Cong, who was just half a year old, was carried to the Zichen Palace.She believed that Ah Yao would come back soon, at least when Xie Jinshu came.

Xue Li thought for a while, and only said to Yang Tao: "Wait for Lord Yi'an from the Fifth Highness's family to come in and bring Di Ji to sit next to Di Ji, no matter how unhappy Di Ji is, she must not lie to her with words like 'The eldest son of the emperor will be back soon'. Hmm... Let sour plums and dark plums serve her, they are familiar with it."

"My lady..." Yang Tao was a little dumb, and hurriedly answered "No".After facing Xueli Fu, he walked around to the back to call the sour plum and Wumei, feeling a little bit unhappy in his heart.

After Qingxi heard that Han was out of the palace, Di Ji's affairs around Pomegranate slowly became more important. Later, Nanny Bai simply said something, and officially made Pomegranate the main thing around Di Ji.The four people they dialed together were separated immediately.

But they are all messing about in Jiugeyuan, who wouldn't want to show their face in front of Diji?The remaining three have put in all their effort, in order to serve Di Ji at today's banquet, Yang Tao courted Pomegranate for more than half a month before they could be considered to have worn off this errand.

It's all right now, with a word from Mrs. Ruan, the two girls who were in slavery took advantage of it again.

Yang Tao didn't dare to say that Miss Ruan was wrong, but she dared to show sour plum and Wumei's face, and sour plum and Wumei were also afraid of her, and didn't even dare to breathe when she was waiting by Diji's side——Ah Yao didn't dare to breathe after such a long time. Awkward!Finally, Jin Shu came, Ah Yao didn't want her younger brother anymore, and the two people next to her were clearly uncomfortable, so could she be at ease?

So A Yao, who had been sitting at the table for a while, was really upset, pouted, took Jin Shu's hand and went to find his mother.

Sydney was tasting wine and eating crabs with the other concubines, the fourth princess personally served the wine to Sydney, and Ayao came out with her head drooping.

She didn't speak, she pulled Xueli's arm with her mouth flattened, climbed onto Xueli's lap and sat crookedly, with her head resting on Xueli's arms, and her hands wrapped around Xueli's neck: "Mom, I want to stay with you!"

Aggrieved, like a bullied kitten, Xueli wanted to teach her the etiquette of banquets but couldn't keep her face.

Of course the concubines next to her would not say anything wrong with Di Ji, and they took the initiative to coax her with a smile: "Come on, Di Ji, eat a piece of mooncake? What flavor do you want?"

Jin Shu and A Yao were lying on the mat in the main courtyard together, and after a while, the two little girls were happy, having their mother by their side was a peace of mind!
The two ate all the snacks at the banquet together, and Ayao, who just had no appetite for crabs, ate one and a half crabs after being fed by Sydney.After a long time, the other children who were still obediently waiting in the south courtyard couldn't sit still anymore, so they all ran to the main courtyard and the north courtyard to find their mother...

It's lively now.

The children spoke clearly and brightly, and there were so many people that they seemed to be joking.The north courtyard and the main courtyard immediately became more festive. Sydney saw that it would be inappropriate to drive people back, so she asked the concubines what they meant: "Otherwise...all of them will be moved to the main courtyard, and we will enjoy the moon together later?"

The princesses agreed one after another, and everyone gathered in the main courtyard together.Sitting in the side rooms on the porch would be elegant and interesting, but Xueli felt a little ashamed.

——It was well arranged, but all of a sudden it was all messed up.No matter how she understood, the concubines would nod their heads in agreement with Cai Cai's proposal just to give her face, but in fact, even she herself felt that this was not appropriate.

However, after a short while, after the courtyard was rearranged properly, the effect was surprisingly good!
They used their own things just now, and there was a feeling of "family banquet", but it lacked the joy and harmony of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.It feels more right now, the children are staying with their mothers separately, and the auspicious meaning of the reunion festival is everywhere in the courtyard, it seems that everyone has relaxed a lot.

"Mom, I want to eat steamed tofu with fresh shrimp!" A Yao pointed to the dish a little far away. There were nine small pieces of square tofu on the plate, and a whole shrimp was topped on each piece.It is also poured with a dark yellow delicious sauce, which is something that looks appetizing at a glance.

The third concubine, who was close to the dish, smiled when she heard the words, and did not let the maids come over to serve. She reached out to pick up the dish for Sydney to pick up the dishes. She lowered her eyes and smiled: "My lady, it is comfortable here. Princess Xian'an in our mansion, I always heard that Lord Yi'an from Fifth Brother's place said that my lady's place is good, and I also want to come in and read with Di Ji."

Xueli was stunned, the third princess had already turned her eyes to the corridor, and someone called Princess Xian'an, who was snuggling in her mother's arms and drinking fish ball soup: "Come and meet your aunt and sister, we will meet again in two days." Come in and study with your sister Yi'an."

Princess Xian'an looked timidly, and looked at Sydney without blinking.Xue Li took a sneak peek and saw that Princess Xian'an's biological mother was also nervous on the corridor.

She didn't respond to the matter first, and smiled at Princess Xian'an, holding Princess Xian'an's hand, "I have to ask His Majesty about this first. But don't worry, Princess, if Princess Xian'an comes in, I will definitely take good care of her. "

"Naturally, naturally, I believe in the emperor's wife..." The third concubine closed her mouth suddenly as if she was startled, and then said awkwardly, "Cough...look at my mouth. The filial piety period hasn't passed yet, I shouldn't be so early Just changed it."

When she said this, she not only brought up the title "Emperor's Sister-in-law", but also because she took the initiative to "correct mistakes", people couldn't say that she was rude.Not to mention Sydney herself, even the other concubines next to her can clearly hear that the third concubine is rushing to post with the future empress.

For a while, everyone in the courtyard had different expressions - it's not good to be preempted by others, it's not good to appear to be too slow.

In Zichen Palace, Chen Jijiang's head is getting bigger!
If you invite a censor to take a look at this "hustle and bustle" in the hall, tomorrow your majesty and all your majesties will be impeached endlessly!

What's wrong with this!Just drink when you drink, and punch!Don't be afraid of punching, I used to play this before, just for fun, good thing - but before they were either writing poems or gambling for a small amount of money!Who came up with the bad idea today that "the loser must either drink alcohol or drink soup dumplings one bite at a time"?How wicked!

Soup dumplings are full of soup, and they have to be served while they are hot, as they will not taste good when they are cold.

But it's not good to eat "one bite at a time" while it's hot!Hot mouth!
So, the scene just a few moments ago was: drinkable wine in the hall, resolutely not to eat soup dumplings; what can't be drunk... For example, the corners of the mouths of the seventh and tenth princes became red.

It was even worse for the younger ones, such as the Twelfth Highness who just turned 16, he wanted to drink, and the Sixth Highness went over and snatched the cup with a smile: "You are still young, drink less."

Then a circle of people surrounded the adult wall to watch him eat soup dumplings. His Highness the Twelfth Prince blushed after eating a steamed stuffed bun. After swallowing it with difficulty, he chased His Highness Six and beat him: "Stop! Are you my brother?" You, you, you...don't run away!"

——This was still the beginning of the punching game.

After drinking for three rounds, it became even more noisy.The seventh and tenth princes didn't dare to eat soup dumplings after their mouths were burned red, so they had to bite the bullet and drink, but these two are notorious for drinking too much. After a few drinks at ten o'clock, they couldn't stand still Well, I simply have my brother, His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince, to help.

The Ninth Prince patted the table: "Come on! I'll drink for him!"

Chen Jijiang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and sure enough, after a while, His Majesty rolled up his sleeves and stopped the wine for His Highness the Seventh Prince.

Xie Han was already top-heavy from drinking, and his chest was obviously throbbing.As soon as the emperor blocked him, he knew what was going on, and he was about to grab the wine cup with all his teeth and claws: "Brother emperor...don't, don't..."

Drunk and want to turn back?Xie Zhao calmly supported him, and he tried to persuade him while stuttering: "Don't, don't worry about me, Brother Huang, you will... go to court tomorrow! Or... I will do it myself!"

Xie Zhao glanced blankly, the fourth younger brother sitting next to him didn't respond, and was still waiting to punch the seventh younger brother - the fourth younger brother was too drunk, and his eyes were no longer focused!
Xie Han continued to grab the wine cup with him: "I'll come...I'll come!"

Xie Zhaoyi let go and gave him the empty wine cup, turned around and asked the palace man for two bowls, and while pouring the wine, he said to the fourth king, "Come on, ignore what he can't drink, elder brother will drink with you."

"Pfft..." Chen Jijiang couldn't hold back his laughter, turned his face away and hid outside.He said in his heart that His Majesty was too poisonous, and if he drank such a bowl, the Fourth Highness probably would have to wake up in the middle of the night.

He went around to the outside of the hall to see that most of the wine jars beside the door were missing.

Tsk, Miss Ruan did this on purpose, right?In previous years, there were not so many wines prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but this year, there are many, strong, and complete varieties.

He squinted his eyes and looked inside again: Well, the seat also used some brains.In previous years, His Majesty and the princes set up a seat, and the princes and princes set up a seat next to it. This year, she moved the children's seats directly to the side hall.

There is an outer hall between the side hall and the inner hall!
The younger generation is not here, so the elders will be less dignified and open up, this arrangement is good.

Chen Jijiang breathed a sigh of relief, looked at His Highness the Seventh Highness who was so drunk that he was hanging on His Majesty's arm singing a ditty, covered his mouth and let out another laugh, beckoning Xiaocheng to come over.

He said: "Go, go to Jiuge Courtyard and tell Lady Ruan that Your Majesty will go to her place tonight. Let her put other things aside after the banquet, and ask someone to clean up the main courtyard first, and welcome you."

"Promise." Xiaocheng agreed, and Chen Jijiang lowered his voice and said: "Didn't His Majesty order you to make pajamas for Miss Ruan with the material brought in from the west? It has never been sent, you... I will send it here, Appropriate tonight."

Xiaocheng was taken aback for a moment, then remembered what kind of pajamas it was, and went away sullenly.

Thinking about the material of the pajamas, Xiaocheng said in his heart: Master, you are not serious!All eunuchs are eunuchs, and they know a lot!

Under the full moon on the fifteenth day, Chen Jijiang stood cheerfully alone for a long time.

Lady Ruan stood up and was able to help His Majesty with his work. It looked more like a husband and wife.What I need to help now is these "interesting" things.

In case they finally got to the step of standing side by side, but only the relationship between the emperor and the empress is there, then the gain outweighs the loss.

(End of this chapter)