Prince Huang's Mansion wanted to treat a guest, but word spread throughout the court in two days. Everyone wanted to get closer to the prince, so naturally they didn't dare to neglect it. And the wives and daughters of the princes and nobles wanted to see the young lady of the Chu family who made the prince give up the throne.
He looked so good that he all wrote replies immediately and arranged invitations to come and visit on a certain date.
In the past few days, Chu Yiqing's symptoms of ecstasy have slowly subsided, but she still suffers from occasional nausea. Therefore, Li Huang did not allow her to worry about the banquet at first, and planned to invite the chef from the Tiandijian branch in Capital City to cook at the house.
Although all the dishes in Tiandijian were invented by Chu Yiqing, Tiandijian has been established in the capital for three or four years. Those high-ranking officials must have been tired of it long ago. Chu Yiqing immediately rejected Li Huang's suggestion.
After drawing out the menu, let Mai Xiang be responsible for the purchase, Ying Qian be responsible for supervising in the kitchen, and let Yingrun take Dangui and the others to prepare a farm banquet.
"Farmer's banquet?" Li Huang also felt strange after hearing the name, but he was afraid that his mouth would not be used to eating these delicacies.
"Look at my menu. The main dishes are pancakes, steamed vegetable buns, kimchi pancakes, and cold dishes such as beef slices with soy sauce, couple's lung slices, mixed vegetables, cucumbers in sesame sauce, and mixed vegetables. The main dish is glutinous rice chicken wings.
, stuffed tofu, and egg custard, stir-fried rabbit, braised pork knuckles with lentils, pork ribs and radish soup, duck with winter melon, boiled fish, glutinous rice ribs, pork belly and tenderloin, steamed fish and steamed meat, grandma's dish, the soup is small ribs of tomatoes
Thick soup and salty clam soup!" Chu Yiqing put a piece of paper in front of Li Huang and read, and finally thought about it and added another thing, "And Wo Wotou shrimp paste!" [
Li Huang actually likes to eat all the dishes on the menu, but he is afraid that these dignitaries are not used to eating them, and without the expensive ingredients, people will think that the Prince's Mansion is stingy and evil.
"Farm food has the taste of farm food, and these dishes look ordinary. I guarantee that they have never tasted them before. Moreover, some of the ingredients used in them are not available in the world, such as shrimp paste, dried vegetables, etc.
, it is good for these nobles to have a change of taste. Besides, there is a drought now. It has not rained for three or four months. You are the prince and you have just returned to the palace. If you are extravagant, if someone gets caught and spreads the gossip,
, it’s also troublesome, we can send the gift money we received this time to the emperor to fight against the disaster, so the emperor will be happy!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile.
When Li Huang heard it, it was indeed a good idea. Now that they had just come back, many pairs of eyes were thinking about it. The farm banquet was not only novel but also economical. There was no clue about it. He immediately said happily: "You are still thoughtful, it's just like this."
Come on, I have to worry about you again!"
"It's just some dishes, why bother? As I do these things, I feel more at peace and my morning sickness is less severe!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile.
Li Huang lowered his eyebrows and whispered suddenly: "You have severe morning sickness, which may be due to acclimatization. Our decision was a bit hasty that day. You are pregnant and should not take such a long journey!"
Chu Yiqing was startled, and then he quickly smiled and said: "What is the acclimatization? Don't forget, I grew up in the capital. I asked the imperial doctor, and they all said that this morning sickness is...
Early, some late, some still have to vomit up to five months. I started late, maybe I can just feel uncomfortable for another month, which is better than feeling uncomfortable at the beginning!"
Li Huang shook her hand and said uneasily, "There are not enough manpower in the mansion. I will send some from Qiankun Palace. Anyway, please pay attention to your health!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I won't tire myself out for some strangers!"
Li Huang nodded when he saw that she was speaking firmly.
The day before the banquet, the house had been busy all day, and all the utensils for serving dishes and all kinds of seasonings were prepared. Because the weather is hot now, these materials cannot be prepared in advance, but people have already been sent to negotiate with Guan Yu.
On the next day, Mai Xiang got up early and took the maids and guards from the mansion to Shangguan Yu's shop.
When Mai Xiang arrived, he didn't expect that Shangguan Yu would be the one to receive him personally. Meeting an old friend in this capital, Mai Xiang was naturally happy. He stepped forward and called out: "Uncle Shangguan, it's really you. I was looking outside just now. I thought I was looking at you."
Dazzled!"
"The Prince's Mansion has come to order dishes. The shopkeeper will naturally report such a big matter to me. How can I not come to receive it in person?" Shangguan Yu said, waving his hand, asking people to load the ingredients into the car, looking at the smell of wheat, and finally
Still couldn't help but ask: "How is your aunt...?"
Mai Xiang nodded and said: "My aunt is fine. It's just because she's pregnant. She's been suffering from severe morning sickness these days, but it's gotten better these days. Maybe it's because she's on the road!"
When Shangguan Yu heard that Chu Yiqing was not feeling well, he looked a little anxious, but when he thought of his current status, he smiled and said: "Tell your aunt that I will bring my wife to visit in a few days!"
Mai Xiang nodded and said: "These days, I have to deal with the people in the palace and the court, so I'm afraid I won't have time to see Uncle Shangguan. But when I came, I also talked about Uncle Shangguan, saying that in this capital, Uncle Shangguan is considered
My aunt’s only friend!”
After Shangguan Yu heard this, he naturally felt comforted. Seeing that it was getting late, he was afraid of delaying Chu Yiqing's important event, so he asked Mai Xiang to take the people away quickly.
Watching the motorcade gradually go away, Shangguan Yu stood blankly at the door. Suddenly he seemed to think of something. He quickly turned around and told Han Wu behind him: "Let someone go to the mansion to get some tonics. If you want the best, send it to the prince."
Go to the house!"
Hanwu was startled and asked hesitantly: "If Madam asks..."
"Just tell it like it is!" Shangguan Yu ordered in a low voice. He believed that his relationship with Chu Yiqing was aboveboard and there was nothing to hide behind anyone's back. What's more, now that he and Helian Bingshuang were close to each other, there was no need to hide anything.[
"Yes!" Camwu responded quickly.
Han Wu went home to get the medicinal materials. When Helian Bingshuang heard that he wanted the best tonic, he naturally asked, and Han Wu just said it. Helian Bingshuang nodded and said: "We have such a big connection with Miss Chu.
Miss Chu is not feeling well, so naturally she should express her condolences. However, I am afraid that it is not dignified enough to send this to someone. After all, Miss Chu’s status is different now. I heard that there is a banquet for the princes and nobles at the Prince’s Mansion today. We can’t disturb it. Why don’t we do it tomorrow?
It’s never too late to go and hunt the beautiful evil god!”
Hanwu quickly responded and went to report to Shangguan Yu. Shangguan Yu then realized that he was too worried about Chu Yiqing's health and didn't even think about it. He immediately nodded and agreed to go to the Prince's Mansion tomorrow.
At this moment, Prince Huang's Mansion has already been changed into the Prince's Mansion. The big gilded characters are very majestic. Early in the morning, the housekeeper and his people stood outside the door to greet the distinguished guests. Although the banquet was at noon, he was afraid of any high-ranking official.
The noble man arrived early on a whim.
When there was still half an hour before the banquet time, all the ministers from the court came with their families. The male guests were in the front hall, while the female guests were taken to the backyard by Yingrun. There was a lotus pond in the backyard. At this time of year,
The lotus flowers in the lotus pond were in full bloom, so Chu Yiqing placed the table in the corridor beside the lotus pond. The breeze was gentle and cool, but it had a different flavor.
Most of the women who came here were the wives of the ministers of the court, and some were young and beautiful and had not left the cabinet. Naturally, they were attracted by the mighty general Chu Huan, the crown prince of Chu, who came to the banquet today, so they all followed Chu Yiqing.
The relationship suddenly became lively.
Mai Xiang was busy in the kitchen earlier. Now, Chu Yiqing asked her to dress up and sit aside, and also introduced her to the ladies. When the ladies heard that Chu Yiqing also had a niece, they secretly told her
Daughters should be closer to Mai Xiang.
"Let's talk and let the children play. They are about the same age and have topics to talk about, so don't be bored here!" Yang Xin's wife seemed kind-hearted and took the opportunity to call her little daughter to stand up and ask her to join Mai Xiang.
We went to the pavilion on the side first.
As a result, all the ladies also whispered to their daughters, for fear of missing this opportunity to win over Chu Yiqing.
The ladies wanted to win over Chu Yiqing and had a high opinion of Mai Xiang. The ladies were also enthusiastic about Mai Xiang. One of them, named Liu'er, was the daughter of some governor. She looked at the beautiful rabbit hair hairpin on Mai Xiang's head.
He even took it over to play with, and asked carefully where he bought it, and said he wanted to buy one too.
Everyone was talking lively and harmoniously when suddenly they heard an announcement from outside: "Princess Jue, Princess Qian has arrived!"
As soon as everyone heard this, they stood up quickly.
After waiting for a long time, eight maids dressed in rose-colored brocade came first. Each of them held an exquisite tray, which contained fans, handkerchiefs, smokers, beads and other items.
A maid entered the hall and walked away. After a long time, she saw that Princess Jue was wearing a princess court dress. The purple material was embroidered with gold thread, and a peacock with spread wings was embroidered on the front and back, soaring gracefully in her body.
The long tail proudly unfolded, pressing a circle of blue sparrow patterns and colorful ground on the hem of the clothes. The flower group between the cuffs and elbows was also embroidered with colorful stones, and tied with a gold silk and jade belt, and the neck
A round east pearl pendant hangs on the neck, and the hair is combed into a double-ringed bun with flowing clouds. There is also a purple silk flower on the gorse flower in the middle, and three gold-cut hairpins are inserted on each side.
Paired with crystal beaded earrings, the dress is elegant yet charming, elegant yet charming.
Princess Jue let her maid support her and walked high-spirited. Behind her, Princess Qi Yunluo, although she was also dressed in imperial attire, only wore a bun with a flowery bun and several gemstone flowers, revealing a patch of hair on her neck.
Her delicate and white skin looks very gentle and pleasant, forming a clear contrast with Princess Jue's arrogance.
Although Chu Yiqing is a side concubine, her clothes are very different from those of the side concubines. The gold threads and patterns of the clothes are all made according to the regulations of the main concubine. They use gold and silver silk embroidery patterns of Luan birds facing phoenixes.
The materials and workmanship are no worse than those worn by the royal concubine. The Queen Mother specially ordered people from the Clothing Bureau to make them. They delivered them yesterday. They also gave her a lot of jewelry, including a phoenix royal phoenix.
I heard that the hairpin was worn by the Queen Mother when she was crowned Queen. It was very elegant and luxurious. Chu Yiqing didn't want to wear it at first, but thinking of the Queen Mother's wishes, she wore it.
Now Chu Yiqing has three thousand black jade-like green silk hairs, twisted into a complicated and exquisite bun with combed leaves. The back of the head is fixed with the Queen Mother's last phoenix hairpin, and a red gold inlaid with the Holy White Jade Night Pearl is inserted into the top of the hair.
She wears a half-moon crown, a white jade pearl necklace hanging on her chest, a white jade flat bracelet on her hand, and a white jade fish ring. Then she wears a set of gold and silver silk court clothes embroidered with phoenixes and phoenixes, and clouds and satin embroidered with flowers and flying butterflies.
Embroidered shoes and make-up are simple but bright.
Seeing the uniform on Chu Yiqing's body, and seeing that Chu Yiqing didn't stand up to greet him, the proud expression on Princess Jue's face was somewhat gloomy. When she entered the pavilion, she said in a strange voice: ", Chu Side
The concubine has such a big air, so logically speaking, I am the main concubine and you are the side concubine, why do you have to stand up to greet me?"
If it were anyone else, she would be the host entertaining guests today. Even if they were lower than her, she would stand up to greet them. However, Princess Jue was obviously putting on a show when she appeared. Look at the eight maidservants surrounding her.
The posture was even more extravagant than that of the real Queen Mother, and she deliberately did not stand up immediately. Seeing Princess Jue's accountability, Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "I am heavy and it is inconvenient to get up, but I am so embarrassed by my sister-in-law that I am training the fox!"
Chu Yiqing said neither humble nor arrogant, citing his heavy body as an excuse. For a moment, Liu Jun could no longer say anything, but still said: "Concubine Chu, you just returned to the capital. I'm afraid you don't know the rules here. After all,
You are just a concubine, and you are a bit inferior in this regard. From now on, let’s move around more, so that I, the sister-in-law, can teach you the rules of the palace!"
Hearing what Liu Jun said, Chu Yiqing couldn't help but laugh and said: "Rules? We don't live in the palace, so naturally we don't have to follow the rules in the palace!"
Liu Jun was startled and said in a deep voice: "Even if you don't live in the palace, you still have to abide by the rules of ordering elders and younger ones and distinguishing between seniority and inferiority! Concubine Chu has been in Chu Han these years. What is Chu Han?
This place is a place where prisoners are exiled. I heard that the people there even eat human flesh, they are very barbaric, and there is no difference between etiquette, justice and shame..."
"Princess Jue, have you been to Chu Han?" Chu Yiqing interrupted her coldly.[
Princess Jue was startled, and immediately pointed at Chu Yiqing's nose and said: "Look, if the master is talking, then it's the concubine's turn to interrupt? There are no rules!"
Chu Yiqing originally wanted to be nice to Liu Jun for the sake of all the guests today, but he didn't expect that Liu Jun was shameless and became more and more arrogant. Did she really regard herself as her master?
Chu Yiqing sneered and said: "My lord? May I ask where you are? This is the Prince's Mansion, not your Prince Jue's Mansion. Besides, I remember the post from that day, but it was not sent to Prince Jue's Mansion. May I ask?
Princess, did you come uninvited today?"
Liu Jun was stunned. In fact, the Prince's Palace had sent out invitations for the banquet guests. Although there were no invitations from Prince Jue's Palace, she thought that Chu Yiqing was ignorant and missed it, so today she brought Princess Qian to the party uninvited, but she didn't expect it.
When Chu Yiqing said it outright, he immediately felt a little embarrassed on his face.
"You are just a little concubine, how dare you speak like this? I am here to give you face, but you actually..." Liu Jun's face changed with anger.
Chu Yiqing chuckled and said: "I don't need Princess Jue's face. Princess Jue, you are a little too pretentious!"
Liu Jun was startled. She didn't seem to have thought that Chu Yiqing would not give her face. She was so angry that she shook her whole body and clenched her little hands tightly. Maybe she was thinking of ways to punish Chu Yiqing when she saw Chu Yiqing suddenly running in from the garden door.
One person shouted loudly, "His Majesty's decree has arrived!"
The female guests present had originally seen Princess Jue and the Crown Prince's concubine arguing, and they didn't know how to persuade them. Now that they heard the emperor's order, they quickly arranged their clothes and gathered the two of them to the open space outside. At this moment, Li Huang
All the civil and military officials were already kneeling down, ready to receive the order.
Eunuch Fu came with the imperial edict and said to Li Huang and Chu Yiqing with a smile: "Your Highness, Concubine Chu, your Majesty has a reward!"
Everyone was shocked. Usually, only for specific banquets, such as the crown prince, the prince's inauguration, and the concubine's elder birthday banquet, the emperor would send people to give out rewards to show his favor. But today, it was just a banquet for the prince, his concubine, and the ministers.
It was a family banquet, but I didn’t expect that the emperor would pay so much attention to it.
Everyone was stunned when they heard that Eunuch Fu had already begun to recite the previous time, "The emperor gave a pair of golden squares with flowers for double happiness, a pair of white jade flat squares inlaid with precious stones, a pair of coral screens, and hundreds of pieces of brocade, as a token of gratitude.
Glory, admire this!"
When everyone heard it, the coral and brocade were nothing. It was just that the double-happiness flat square with flowers and the white jade flat square inlaid with precious stones were used by the people in the palace. The emperor rewarded these items to a concubine. Goodbye Chu Yiqing
All the civil and military officials present were well aware of the uniforms on their bodies. There were a few stubborn ones, led by Liu Hu, the Minister of Rites, who couldn't accept it. They immediately knelt on the ground and asked: "Eunuch Fu, this is a flower."
The Double Happiness Flat Square and the White Jade Flat Square inlaid with precious stones are both used by the concubine in the palace. How can they be given to a concubine, Eunuch Fu, the Emperor..."
Xiao Fuzi flicked his fly whisk, stared at Liu Hu and asked, "Does the Minister of Rites mean that the emperor's reward was wrong?"
How could Liu Hu dare to say that? He quickly lowered his head and said: "Liu Hu doesn't dare, it's just that..."
"This reward is originally at the pleasure of the emperor. The emperor can reward whatever he likes. If the Minister of Rites has any advice to report, please report it to the court tomorrow morning. The Zajia family is just here to announce the decree. After the decree has been announced, the Queen Mother has nothing to do with it.
I have a will, the latest chapter of Beauty CEO Qiao Jiaren!" Xiao Fuzi said coldly.
Liu Hu didn't dare to say anything anymore, and heard Xiao Fuzi say loudly again: "The Queen Mother's decree, Concubine Chu, the Queen Mother heard that Concubine Chu was hosting a peasant banquet this time, and the Queen Mother also wanted to try it, and it just so happened that the Queen Mother also
I miss Your Highness the Prince of the County, and the Queen Mother has decreed that Your Highness the Prince of Xuan County enters the palace to accompany the Queen Mother to have meals. Concubine Chu, please see, put the food in the brocade box and let the miscellaneous family take it back!"
When Xiao Fuzi said this, everyone was even more surprised. The Queen Mother personally sent people to ask for food. How shameful it was!
Chu Yiqing quickly accepted the order and personally took the people from the palace to the kitchen. He took some main dishes and put them one by one in the lunch boxes brought by the people from the palace. He also sent someone to call A Bao to bring the people from the palace.
Send people away.
After finishing his work, he saw that the time was about the same, and Chu Yiqing immediately asked people to serve the food.
Since the Queen Mother came to eat in person, everyone had greater expectations for the farm banquet in the Prince's Mansion. When the plates of dishes were served, the rich aroma wafted throughout the Prince's Mansion.
As soon as they smelled the aroma, everyone's appetites were greatly increased. They were planning to wait for Chu Yiqing to arrive before picking up their chopsticks, but they saw Princess Jue move to the main seat, start the meal first, and invite everyone to start together.
Everyone was in a dilemma, but seeing that Princess Jue was eating happily, it was hard to argue with Princess Jue's reputation, and the taste was really tempting, so slowly, some people followed suit and used their chopsticks.
At another table, several ladies were chatting very harmoniously with Mai Xiang. However, as they chatted, the ladies figured out that Mai Xiang was from the countryside. One of the ladies was curious about the rabbit hairpin on Mai Xiang’s head.
He immediately threw the hairpin to Mai Xiang, took the handkerchief and wiped his hands and said: "It turns out it's a country bumpkin's thing. I thought it was something good!"
When Mai Xiang heard this, she was trembling with anger. Could it be that she was begging these people to see her hairpin? The one named Liu'er just now was said to be the daughter of the governor's family. She kept trying to get close to her, but now she turned away.
The appearance has changed. It seems that these pampered young ladies are really hypocritical. How can the country people be like them? One is one and the other is two. If they really don't like it, they won't be so pretentious!
Mai Xiang was in a hurry, and it was uncomfortable to sit down. Just as he was about to get up, Liu'er was afraid that things would get worse, so a young lady who called him came up and pulled Mai Xiang hard, not letting Mai Xiang go. She struggled to get away, and one of them
The woman's hand actually pinched Mai Xiang's arm. Mai Xiang was annoyed. Although she was born in the countryside, she had never been wronged by Chu Yiqing's side in these years. She immediately turned around and hit the woman. The woman had a delicate body.
He was so weak that he couldn't withstand the fragrance of wheat. He fell to the ground all of a sudden, and his face hit the stone table, bleeding.
The one named Liu'er seemed to be afraid that there would be no excitement and nothing would happen. Seeing that Mai Xiang had gotten into trouble, she had already screamed happily, attracting the attention of the women over there.
Several ladies here are accompanying Princess Jue and Princess Qian. Chu Yiqing is not here at the moment. Princess Jue has become the real master. Her mouth is obviously full of oil after eating, but she still chooses the dishes while eating.
There were quite a few thorns, and everyone here naturally didn't say anything. They just laughed along with them. When they heard the exclamations, they hurried to take a look. One of the ladies, who was slightly fat, saw her beloved daughter sitting on the bed.
On the ground, there was blood on his forehead. He immediately jumped on it and shouted: "Oh, what's going on? Who did it?"
Liu'er gloated and pointed at Mai Xiang and immediately shouted: "She was the one who knocked Sister Ying down!"
Mai Xiang was very angry. She rolled up her sleeves and shouted, "She pinched me first, look!"
Everyone was stunned and saw a bruise on Mai Xiang's arm. However, Princess Jue sneered: "She is really a country girl. She exposes her body in front of others casually. It shows that she is really shameless!"